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A90953	A breife relation, of some of the most remarkable pasages of the Anabaptists in high and low Germany in the year, 1521. &c. Gathered out of the writings of Sleyden, Antonius, Servanus, Lambertus, John Gastio, and others who write of their practises. And Bullinger, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, Vrsinus, and others who write against their heresies. By George Pressick, of Dublin in Ireland.	Pressick, George.	1661 (1661)	Wing P3295; Thomason E1047_5; ESTC R208094	24,194	24

provision left for his own family the town was taken in Iune 1535. having indured a left of eighteen moneths Upon the surprize the Towns-men cryed for quarter and had it but the King resisted to the last in St. Lamberts Church-yard and was with much ado taken with Kniperdoling and Krechling another Prophet and Rotman would not yeild but was slain in the Conflict The King and no King was sent Prisoner to a castle four miles from Mu●ster he went thither a little faster then he would being tyed to the tayle of a galloping horse Kniperdol●ng and Krechling were sent prisoners to another place soone after all three were brought to Telgate where the Bishop asked John of Leyden by what authority he made himself King over his City John of Leyden asked him again who had given him authority over that City and people he answered he came to it by election and I sayd Iohn of Leyden came in by the will and calling of God two Lutheran Divines were sent to conferre with John of Leyden and Kniperdoling the first did abujre many of his errors and would hear reasons But Kniperdoling was like a mad beast would neither hear nor answer reason but stood only upon revelation a particular spirit as our Quakers do they were condemened and executed as Traytors Rebels Krechling suffred the like death J. of Le●d●n hearing the sentence read he confessed that indeed he had offended the Magista●●s but not offended God thus died this imaginary K of justice by the hand of justice and there was the end of his kingdome and prophesies he was about twenty six years of age a lusty young Prophet of a fair proportion of an awfull yet lovely presence of a present wit eloquent close politique ambitious which aspired to no lesse then the dominion of the world he was a dangerous instrument of Satan the good Lord destroy the plots of such where ever they are What other tumults were raised in Frezeland Holland and other places by the Anabaptisticall crew especially in Amsterdam and Leyden may be seen at 〈…〉 in the province besotted the minds especially of the vulgar sort under the colour of simplicity sincerity humility charity c. So that many otherwise good and zealous persons sided with them and were deluded by them as too many do at this day But these sectaries brake into Fractions and like new Incendiares prosecuted each other with inveterate minds and writings thundering against one another and delivering each other to Satan to set forth their severall opinions were almost impossible but it is well known that then and now at this day they are divided into severall Classes and names derived either from their Ring-leaders or from the course of life they follomed or the place of their entertainment In the front are placed the Muntzerians so called from Muntzer that grand incendiary their generall others were called Hulites from John Hull who his after example called themselves the Corporal Israel of God he taught that all the Cananites were to be cut down with the sword and that the day of judgement was at hand that the angel was sounding the last trumpet others were called the Hopmannians from Melcher Hopman one furnished with popular eloquence he first grew famous at Argentum and drew a great sort of Disciples after him that they cryed him up for Elias others were called Servetians from Michael Servetus a Spaniard who for his execrable and not once to be named blasphemies against the sac●ed Trinity spread abroad maintained with great obstinacy and other wickedness he was burnt at Geneva breathing out his soul in blasphemies The Davideans had their denomination from David George a Batavian an infamous Imposter both for blasphemies and shamefull lusts who came to that height of impiety as to arrogate to himself to be Christ the Lord to be the eternall son of the eternal Father to apply to himself the prophesies concerning Christ our Saviour which blasphemies and other dotages he compiled into a book intituled wonders but was bitterly inveighed against even by other Anabaptists whereupon he renounced his own name and sled calling himself by the name of John a Bruck he went to Basill a famous Citty where with the direfull sting of an accusing conscience rather then any bodily infirmity he dyed all these miscreants with an outward forme of godlinesse drew multitudes of followers after them In Ianuary 1535. It was discovered that the Anabaptists had a plot to set Leyden on fire by night and although timely notice was given fire was set in severall places of the town houses were searched and the cheif of the conspiratours taken together in one house fifteen men and five women the men were beheaded and the women drowned and so baptized the third time The neath moneth in Amsterdam one Theodoret a taylor who beare himself for a Prophet fell upon his face and prayed with great vehemency and rising as it were out of an extasie I have seen God 〈…〉 Heaven then he said he descended into Hell and searched every corner It s possible Mr. Gray might descend from that Tribe he knowe's Hell so well because he declares He● to be paved with Kings crovvne and Bishops Sculls c. but thou saith this Prophet to one of the company art not good enough for Hell then the poor condemned man fell on his knees craving pardon and the Prophet anounced him a full remission of all his sinnes another night the Prophet and six men more and five women vvho had left their husbands in bed met in a house after some time spent in prayer and teaching the Prophet stripped off all his cloaths and his shirt and threvv all into the fire and commanded them all to do the like they did so the women having not so much as a hairface nor any thing to hide their shame for the Prophets pleasure was to burne all as a sweet sacrifice to God then he commanded them to follow him so running his disciples after him through the streets they cryed horribly Woe Woe Woe the divine vengearce the divine vengeance which put the whole town in an uprore thinking they had been surprized by some enemy they were all taken but one woman that slopped aside and brought before the Magistrates and they stood naked before Court they refused garments offered to cover them saying they must have no covering for they were the ●aked truth they were kept in prison till the great conspiracy about two months after and then executed In another Town at noon ●●y five Anabaptists ran naked through the streetes with swords in their hands crying in the name of the Lord that the blessing of God lay upon one part of the Towne and his curse on the other part and soone after were followed with others of the same faction in Armes but the Magistrates raised in hast some companies of Archers to oppose them the Authors of the sedition were taken the rest quieted

miscarried in the tumult and now they being masters of the City began to order their new state they made two Consulls Knipperdoling and Kapinbrook and two and twenty Senatore or Aldermen that had the civil power and the Prophets wereto rule matterrs of religion under which name they governed Church and Common-wealth for all matters were within the compasse of religion and what ever a Prophet said to be revealed to him passed for law the must famous of these Prophets was John Matthias a Baker of Harlem who was in effect a perpetuall Dictator in Munster that made lawes and thanged them at his pleasure by him was the aforesaid Order made his chief adjunct was John of Leyden and the next was Bernard Kniperdoling and by a revelation of John Matthias an order was made upon pain of death that all the gold and silver and moveable goods in the town should be brought to the common stock For which they appointed a publick house the order was obeyed more for fear than conscience For two maides prophetesses took upon them to find out the fraud to that common stock were brought all the goods of those that were driven out of the City with that common stock they kept four great Ordinaries where all fed in common none being allowed to diet at home unlesse he were sick plenty of provision they had and they husbanded it very ill feasting every day untill the Bishop beseidged them and began to cut off their victualls and then they stinted themselves but with too large allowance for the Towne was so strong by nature besides the fortification that the Bishop despaired to take it but by famine The Prophets then turned their care to the spirituall government Commanding that none should keep any bookes but Scripture and all the books that could be found but Bibles were brought to a publique place and burned from executing of books they fell to execution of persons For Hubart Trutling a bl●ck-smith seeing John Matthias pass by said there goes a shitten Prophet for this offence he was brought before the congregation and condemned to death John Matthias would himself be the executioner and first he wounded him with an halbart and after shot him through with a pistoll and then pardons him saying that God was appeased and that he had a revelation the man should not die which proved false for the poor man died in a few daies after we may from hence see the truth of that in the 12 of Proverbs the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel though they call themselves Saints Prophets But John Matthias to make amends for his false revelation when the man vvas dead runs in a mad mood through the Citty bearing a pike Crying that God the father had commanded him to drive the enemies from the Citty and so rushed alone into the enemies Camp to drive them away and was their slaine John Matthias being dead John of Leyden comforted the people saying that he knew long before by revelation that John Matthias should die that death and that himself should marry his wife which he did shortly after though he had one before but she was one of singular beauty able to make a lusty young Prophet of about six and twenty yeares old as he was to preach up the Doctrin of poligamy which he did shortly after and had Fifteen wives but he fell to other work before to make way for that in the interim Knipperdoling came forth with a revelation that they that were in high places should be brought down to the lowest and the lowest raised up to the highest We have seen this by wofull experience acted amongst our selves But John of Leyden met him with another revelation that seeing it was the heavenly fathers pleasure that those that were highest should be brought lowest he was sent of God to put down Knipperdoling from his place of Conful and to make him the hangman and for that purpose he gave him from God a sword to execute Justice But there was need of more revelations for the alteration of government John of Leyden was led by a propheticall spirit upon the City walls where he put off his cloths and ran naked through the Citty crying the kingdome of Sion is come the kingdome of Sion is come By which we may take notice by the way that our Quakers and Ranters are acted by the same deluding spirit that John of Leyden was acted by then John of Leyden returned home and falls into a deep propheticall sleep and dreames three dayes and three nights together and being awaked he comes forth and speakes not a word but by signs calls for a table book as Zachariah did and there he writes down the names of twelve men coblers and tinkers all trades men but on Gentleman of the Citty to these he assigned the government of the commonwealth putting down the order set up by John Matthias affirming that was the Fathers good will which he had received by revelation In that table-book also he writ and charged the preachers to teach the people or else he would have it ratified by the congregations which was that a man is not tyed to one wife but that he may marry as many as he pleaseth when his Doctors would not approve of that monstrous paradox he cited them before his twelve Magistrates there he recoverd his tongue keeping a great clamour and throwing down his clothes upon the ground and the new testament upon them swearing by that holy book that the doctrine which he had announced was revealed unto him from heaven and threatned that if they consented not God would withdraw his mercy from them and to testifie his evidence of spirit and Power he commanded the first opposer of that new Gospell to be beheaded which was presently done and for three dayes together they preached for confirmation of that opinion but the best confirmation was his own practice for presently he married three wives one of which was the relict of the grand prophet John Matthias and married again and again untill he had Fifteen wives many followed his example and it became a matter of great praise to have many wives This seemes to have been the first motive to move him to broach that doctrine A souldeir of the Bishops having changed partyes was harboured in the house where John of Leyden lay and he observed in the night that this holy Prophet left his own bed and went to the servant womans bed John of Leyden perceiving he was discovered calls the souldier aside and gives him gold to keep his Counsell but after mistrusting the souldiers toung he thought it safer to countenance the fact by a publique doctrine of the lawfullness to have many wives this doctrine then was readily imbraced by those whose Age and temper was ablest to consult with flesh and bloud none refrayning himself from having many wives for want or Coveteousness for their wives were kept upon the common stock and after receiving that law