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A82314	The city-ministers unmasked, or The hypocrisie and iniquity of fifty nine of the most eminent of the clergy in and about the city of London. Cleerly discovered out of two of their own pamphlets, one intituled, A serious and faithful representation; the other A vindication of the Ministers of the Gospel, in and about the City of London. Together vvith a prophesie of John Hus, touching the choosing of a new ministry; and an ancient prophetical farewel of Hildegards, to the old corrupt ministry. Both very useful for the knowledg of the long deceived nations. / By a friend of the Armies, in its ways to justice and righteousnes.	Dell, William, d. 1664.	1649 (1649)	Wing D920; Thomason E546_2; ESTC R206085	24,534	40

THE City-Ministers unmasked OR THE Hypocrisie and Iniquity of Fifty nine of the most eminent of the CLERGY in and about the City of LONDON Cleerly discovered out of two of their own PAMPHLETS One Intituled A Serious and Faithful Representation The other A Vindication of the Ministers of the Gospel in and about the City of London TOGETHER VVith a PROPHESIE of John Hus touching the choosing of a new Ministry And an ancient Prophetical farewel of Hildegards to the old corrupt Ministry Both very useful for the knowledg of the long deceived NATIONS By a Friend of the Armies in its ways of Justice and Righteousness London Printed for Giles Calvert 1649. TO THE READER THis Reply comes forth late for my occasions would not suffer me sooner to read their Books but yet seasonably For it is fit the City and Kingdom should be instructed aright touching their Ministers And if any shall think I have been too rugged and sharpe with men of such reputation I shall Answer much after that maner Luther answered Erasmus when he told him he had been too bold and saucy with K. Henry the eighth saith Luther if he was not ashamed to reproach my heavenly King Iesus Christ I am not ashamed to reproach him being but an earthly King In like maner seeing these men have not been ashamed to reproach and revile the righteous ways and works of God together with his own cause and faithful people unjustly I am not ashamed to reproach them justly for these evil doings Remember this and read on if thou hast a minde THE City-Ministers VNMASKED WHen I had read the City-Ministers REPRESENTATION and VINDICATION two Pamphlets lately set forth by them and numbred at the end of the former Pamphlet forty six names of men and threescore wanting one at the tayle of the latter it minded me of that Scripture Rev. 14. 4. where it was foretold That the Dragon should draw down with his tayle the third part of the stars of Heaven and cast them to the Earth And of that Scripture also Rev. 6. 13. where it was foretold That the starres of Heaven should fall to the earth as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when it is shaken of a mighty winde and the figs fall in so great abundance through the violence of the winde that scarse any are left behind For have not many of the forenamed names seemed as the starres of Heaven as bright and glorious lights in the Church Hath not their Ministry seemed to shine and spa●kle in the City and other places And do not they still give themselves forth under the shining and starry names of Ministers of the Gospel Ambassadors of Christ c. who do all out of zeale to Gods glory care to discharge their own duties and a hearty desire of the comfort and salvation of mens soules So that if a man should so receive them as they give forth themselves he would be ready to say sure these do glister and glimmer like starres of Heaven But yet if you seriously minde their discourses both preached and printed and can discern and judge as spirituall men and can take a true view of them by the true light that shineth in the Gospel of God our Saviour you shall finde them no other then the fallen starres here foretold even stars fallen from Heaven to earth from the Church to the world from the Spirit to the flesh from the power of godliness which they once pretended to to the forme and from Christ whom they once seemed to preach to themselves and this present world a sad and wofull fall indeed and well worthy the tears and astonishment of all the truly faithfull Now to let passe their pulpit-stuffe which is nothing for the most part but the cruell poyson of Aspes we will take a brief view of the most considerable passages in their forenamed Pamphlets They say in the preamble of their Representation That divers Applications were made to them both by word and wriing to invite them to meet with the Officers of the Army in their Consultations about matters of Religion but that they did refuse to give any such meeting because they were not desired to give a resolution of their Judgments upon the matters but to cont●ibute their assistance in prosecution of what the Army had undertaken out of their own Sphere Where you see these Ministers do acknowledg they were freely and friendly invited by the Officers of the Army to consult about matters of Religion which doth clearly argue the ingenuity and integrity of the Councell of the Army that in the things that might concern all they desired the presence of any especially of those whom they conceived godly and able to hear what they could say for or what they could object against the things there propounded touching matters of Religion which serves to silence their old slander That they would not admit Presbyterians into the Army when yet they invite the chief Ministers of them into their Councell to speak what they could in their own cause But the Ministers say they refused any such meeting as was proposed for they disdained it may be to be called to consult about matters of Religion having for a long time before expected to be used in matters of State and so took it in dudgeon that they were not called to resolve the Councell of the Army whether the State way they were walking in in reference to the Tyrant King and the treacherous members of the Parliament were right or wrong So that it seemes all Civill aswell as all Ecclesiasticall affaires must still be submitted to their Judgment and they will be very angry if the Kingdome expect not their determination in both But let us hear them out they say They refused to meet with the Councel because they did not call them to hear the resolution of their Judgments but to desire their assistance in that wherein they were already resolved Yea but whatever they called you for you being come might have discharged your duty and if you had wisdome and Spirit enough might either have reclaimed them if they had been out of the way or else have left them without excuse And if you had been confident of the presence and mind of God with you you needed not have waved a conference after so fair a call But you would not conferre with them but resolve them that they were out of the right way what ever they could say for themselves to the contrary out of the word of God And thus still the Clergy will have their Doctrine become Resolutions against which no man may presume to dispute or argue and they that will not entertain them on these termes it seemes must want their company But why should the Army require your resolution in the work they were about they having before better satisfaction in their own brests then you could give them being better acquainted with the true sense of the Scriptures and more used to