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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64161	A cluster of coxcombes, or, Cinquepace of five sorts of knaves and fooles namely, the domatists, publicans, disciplinarians, anabaptists, and brownists, their originals, opinions, confutations, and, in a word, their heads roundly jolted together : also shewing how in the raignes of sundry kings, and in the late Q. Elizabeths raign the Anabaptists have bin burnt as hereticks, and otherwayes punished : and that the sect of the brownists is so new, that many are alive who knew the beginning of it : with other sects displayed / by John Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1642 (1642)	Wing T441; ESTC R2080	4,478	10

is likewise a name which covers a great deal of craft and villany under the veil and vizard of Hypocriticall sincerity and my opniion is that if there be any that are to be so called they must be such Romane Catholicks that doe presume to be saved by their own good works which pure most impure Doctrine is one of the grounds and Tenent of the popish Religion and of no Church else in the world so that my conclusion is that none deserves the name of a Puritan but such as dare presume by their purity to save themselves and others Thus have I briefly shewed that the Church of Christ hath in all ages been opposed and oppressed by Heretiques and Schismaticks I could name many more opinions of men who were all great and glorious lights in the Church and most illustrious instruments for the advancement of Christian Relig●on and yet they have in some points differed one from the other as Wickliffe Luther Beza Calvin Bucer Melancton Oeclampadius yet for all other great diversities they have alwayes agreed in the main Fundamentall points of Christian Doctrine so that the outsides of Ceremonies of Religion did not shake the peace of the Church But in these times the Church and Church-Government is not only shaken but shattered in pieces almost for nothing else but outward indifferent Ceremonies such as in themselves seemed offencelesse Hand-maids for their order and decency to wait and attend the Church as Ornaments and not for superstious Adoration These shaddows have not only bin with violence pu●'d down but the substance which is Gods Ordinance hath bin sacrilegiously intruded and usurped upon by an imdudent rabble of ignorant Mechanicks who have dared to prefume to preach not being cal'd or sent nor knowing how or when eyther to speak or hold their peace I have read that the Grand Senior or great Turk at Constantinople did demand due of an English Ambassadour this question Quoth he if I would be a Christian there are so many sorts and sects of them which Christian should I be to whom the Ambass●dour replyed that it was the only safe way to be a Protestant but a French Nobleman standing by being a Roman Catholicke and he demanded of the Englishman that if he would be a Protestant that hee would tell him which Protestant he should be by this may be perceived that the Turke takes notice of the divisions of Christian Religion and the Papists do take advantages at our d●sunion and contentions yet the Protestant Religion in it selfe is in a most sweet harmonious Uniformity but the crew of Corah Dathan and Abiram have done daily do and will do their uttermost malice and mischiefe to rend all in pieces whilst he is accounted the best member in a Common-wealth that can either Libell most scandalously revile most despightfully or teare and spoile most couragiously and villanously And it is to be wondered at the many unlicenced licentious Pamphlets that have been scattered about the Kingdome within these 23. months wherein neither Religion Church King Peeres Priest or people have escaped Railing Libelling and transcendent traducing so that it may be supposed that the paper that hath beene wasted by those pestiferous pamphleteeres would goe neere if it were laid sheet by sheet to cover the whole Kingdome and this is certaine that they have drawne many thousands of poore idle people from all parts of England to London where without serving any Apprentiship they take a freedom to sell Bookes so that the Book-sellers are encreased ten fold in number within these two yeares And what stuffe doe they sell for sooth things New Lye come forth and things either of no worth or else Speeches fathered upon men that never knew of them or Newes out of Scotland or Ireland made over night in an Ale-house and printed in the morning Cum privilegio 1642. then are the streetes embroidered with lyes lice and Beggers to the great abuse of true Writers the scandall of this Honourable Citie of London and the universall injury to the whole Kingdome for that such numberlesse numbers of lyes and Fables are scattered and disperst not onely here in our owu Couutrey but in all parts else they are transported over the Christian World To conclude this Booke of Errours and Heresies seeing there have beene are and will be such to the end of the world and that amongst all these wayes there is but one Right way It is a griefe to any Christian heart to consider how many thousands are out of the way that doe dare to presume to call themselves Christians some are so farre blinded that they hold all manners Decencie Order comely Gesture or Ceremony as standing at the Bel●efe kneeling at the Lords Prayer or at the receiving of the Sacrament Bowing at the Name of Iesus or Reverence in be●ng uncovered at the entring into the house of God all these are accounted Superstition Idolatry and Popery but to come to the Church boldly or rudely as into a Taverne an Ale-house or stable I am sure there is no Popery in that and for Christianity a man may finde as much amongst the barbarous Canniballs So that some men are jeered out of true and sincere Religion for feare of being called Puritans and too many have laid by all Order Manners and Decencie in the Church because they will not be accounted Papists Besides all these wayes of Heresie which are all out of Gods way let us consider the infinite numbers of Atheists Heathens Pagans Jewes Turkes Infidels and divellish Idolators that are upon the Face of the Earth If these things be but ponders in a mans heart that feares God it will strike terrour and amazement into him to consider how little service the Almighty hath from Ingratefull mankinde for that he by his power Providence and Mercie made all conserves all and Redeemed all true Beleevers yet for all these All 's that good God hath not the tithe of halfe either in meere thankfulnesse or acknowledgement FINIS