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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67263	A discoverie of the beasts being an exposition of the XIII chapter of the Revelation of Jesus Christ : wherein all true Christians (yet in Babylon) are admonished to come out, and the anti-Christians fore-told what their plagues will be / by I.W.	I. W.	1641 (1641)	Wing W41; ESTC R6846	38,588	101

is the true and right rule whereby Gods people ought to walke and by so doing they become indeed the true Church of Christ to whom he hath promised his presence and blessing yet notwithstanding such persons are for this to be accounted Schismatikes and to be excommunicated ipso facto as holding wicked errours Thus they open their mouthes wide to speake evill of the waies of God whereby also they appeare to be the very Images of the Beast that blasphemed the Tabernacle of God as is shewed before upon the sixth verse Further whereas the Apostles did ordaine divers Elders in every Church to whom they gave charge to feed the Flock of Christ whereof the Holy Ghost had made them Overseers On the contrary these Prelates in stead of Elders to feed one Flock they do ordaine one idle priest to be fed of divers Flocks that is some to have two some three and some foure Benefices and this they are not ashamed to publish as appeareth in the 41 Canon by which it is allowed that Licences and Dispensation shall be granted to Masters of Arts and other Graduates to have plurality of Benefices so that they be within the compasse of 30. miles Concerning their Copes Surplices Crossing in Baptisme and other their foolish Ceremonies which they themselves acknowledge to be things indifferent yet those that refuse to use them through the tendernesse of their consciences are therefore greatly afflicted and persecuted so far are they unlike the Apostle who would not use necessary things that were offensive to his brethren as that they themselves will not onely use those things which are unnecessary but also in their use justly scandalous and offensive yea and compell their brethren also to use them which if they refuse they shall enjoy neither liberty nor worldly possessions How unworthy this their practise is for those that would be accounted Christians let the world judge certainly it is so contrary to Christian charity as that it is to be accounted Heathenish impiety and beastly cruelty and it is a Marke in their foreheads to testifie unto the world that they are those which our Saviour Christ speaketh of that should come in Sheeps clothing that is pretending themselves to be the Ministers of the Gospell and such as desire peace and unity but inwardly are ravening Wolves such as do sow strife and contention and by this meanes they grow rich filling themselves with the spoile of their Brethren whom they persecute as Lions Beares and Leopards fill themselves with their prey These and many other evils by their Canon Law established and to the dishonour of God and vexation of his people daily practised have been much opposed and the iniquity of them sufficiently manifested but as yet it remaineth like unto the Decrees of the Medes and Persians that may not be changed yea they boast and say like their old Mother that without their Laws the Church of Christ would run into confusion as if the Testament and Laws of Christ were not sufficient for the government of his Church and Kingdom Thus they open their mouthes and reproach the Almighty But he who sitteth in the Heavens laugheth them to scorne and will vexe them in his sore displeasure if they repent not By these few examples of their wicked practises I have briefly shewed that this Church of England still remaineth under the bondage of Antichrist and is ruled and governed by the Image of the Beast mentioned in this 13 Chapter which usurpeth that power which is onely proper to Christ Jesus And whereas it is objected in the behalf of the Church of England that it is fallen and separated from Babylon the universal Church of Rome and therefore it is the true Church of Christ and needs no other separation To this I answer that true it is that that great City is now divided into three parts as was foreshewed in the 16 Chapter of this prophesie and the Cities of the Nations that is the Nationall Churches whereof the Church of England is one are fallen from it but this is no argument that therefore they are the true Churches of Christ that are divided from Rome unlesse they be united and joyned to Christ and framed and built together according to the patterne prescribed in his Testament It is indeed an argument that this kingdom shall not long stand as our Saviour Christ teacheth Mat. 12. Every kingdom divided against it selfe is brought to desolation and every City or House divided against it selfe shall not stand And if Satan cast out Satan he is divided against himself how shall then his kingdom stand Thus by the division of this Great City Gods people may receive comfort and rejoyce in assured hope that the fall and destruction of Babylon is neare and that the Lord will shortly be avenged of their iniquities which should teach us to come out from amongst them that we partake not of their sins and so receive of their plagues and to have no fellowship with their unfruitfull workes of darknesse but rather reprove them and stedfastly resist and fight against them So shall we receive the Crown of righteousnesse which God the righteous Iudge shall give at his appearing To whom be glory and Dominion for ever and ever Amen REVEL 20.4 And I saw the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus and for the Word of God and which had not worshiped the Beast neither his Image neither had received his Marke upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years FINIS