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A95899	Speculum scripturale schismaticorum or, A scripture looking--glasse, most exactly characterizing all sorts of schismaticks: wherein, as, in a looking-glass, face answers face; so, scriptures paint seducers root and race: And, that they are the seedmen of all evil; and, must be shun'd, as serpents, or the Devil.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1649 (1649)	Wing V329; Thomason 669.f.14[65]; ESTC R211250	8,268	1

godly custom of the Saints society unto gluttony and excesse Vaporous clouds without rain and such indeed are almost all Sectaries fluttering and flashing up and down without any moisture or solidity Fruitlesse trees which also have neither life nor sap like withered trees in Autumn unfit to bring forth any good fruit of holinesse in themselves or edification to others yea trees twice dead by apostatizing and falling off from the life of grace to sin and death and as it were pluck'd up by the roots even cut off from spiritual union with Christ Raging waves and foaming seas even unsetled and proud spirits belching out abominable Doctrines and blasphemous Opinions Murmurers and complainers men of contentious and impatient spirits Admirers also of mens persons and parts for advantage and to gain by them for their base and false flattering of them Mockers and abusers of other men far better than themselves in all respects and O how daily and sadly do we see this practised especially in printed Pamphlets and that with authority wherein our most pious and painfull learned and religious Ministers are called no less than Baals priests Sons of Belial Sir Jack Presbyters and such like most base and ignominious names by the mercenary Sectarian Pamphleters of these times but to go on and conclude Separating themselves from their Brethren as sensuall and carnal self-seeking men who have not the Spirit wilfully cutting themselves off from the true spiritual Communion of Gods Church and are thereby deprived of the life grace and holy Spirit of the Prince of Peace and Union the Lord Jesus Christ John 15. 6. Wo unto the world because of offences it must needs be that Offences come but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh For whosoever shall offend one of those little ones which beleeve on me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the Scan Matth. 18. 7. 8. Such are false Apostles deceitfull workers transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ and no marvell for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of light Therefore it is no great thing if his Ministers also be transformed as the Ministers of righteousnesse whose end shall be according to their works 2 Cor. 11. 13 14 15. It is impossible for those who were once enlightned and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come if they fall away to renew them again to repentance seeing they crucifie to themselves the Son of God afresh and put him to an open shame The just shall live by faith but if any man draw back or fall away my soul shall have no pleasure in him Heb. 6. 4. and 10. 38. Consult then O all ye backsliding and apostatizing Independents Sectaries and Schismaticks this fair and faithfull Scripture Looking-Glass and see how neer ye come to the sin against the holy Ghost and fear and tremble Qui cum Jesu itis non itis cum Jesuitis vel Romanis vel Schismaticis that is Who-ere to walk with Jesus Christ delights Shun Romish and Sectarian Jesuites JOHN VICARS The Schismatical WOLF Sented MATTH 7. 15. Beware of false Prophets which come to you in Sheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening Wolves yee shal know them by their Fruits The Heretical FOX Hunted CANT 2 15. Take us the Foxes the little Foxes that spoil the Vines for our Vines have very tender Grapes FINIS London Printed for T. M. 1649.

Speculum Scripturale Schismaticorum OR A SCRIPTURE LOOKING GLASSE MOST EXACTLY CHARACTERIZING ALL SORTS OF SCHISMATICKS Wherein As in a Looking-Glass Face answers Face So Scriptures paint Seducers Root and Race And that they are the Seedsmen of all Evil And must be shun'd as Serpents or the Devil Prov. 30. 11. Ther is a Generation that is pure in their own eyes such are our Independents and all sorts of Schismaticks who call themselves Saints and the Godly Party but yet is not washed from their Filthiness Who say Stand by thy self come not neer me for I am holier than Thou But These saith the Lord are a smoke in my nose and a fire that burns all the day Isa 65. 5. ROM 16. 17 18. Now I beseech you Brethren Mark them which cause Divisions and Offences among you And do not Independents and all Sectaries this among us contrary to the Doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus but their own bellies and by good words and fair speeches just as our Sectaries do deceive the hearts of the Simple The Scripture Looking-Glass 1. KOrah Dathan and Abiram rose up before Moses and Aaron with certain of the children of Israel 250 Princes men famous in the Congregation and gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron and said unto them Ye take too much upon you seeing all the Congregation of the Lord are holy every one of them and the Lord is among them Wherefore then lift ye up your selves above the Congregation of the Lord Num. 16. 1 2 3. But for all their most wicked and proud pretence of Holiness Moses pronounced them all to be most wicked and rebellious men and they were most fearfully swallowed up alive into the earth and so perished most miserably for their Pride Rebellion and Hypocrisie from ver 26. to 33. The Schismaticall Reflection or Face answering Face I. Our Independents Anabaptists Antinomians and such like children of Errour and Schism some of them I confess men famous in their Generation for parts and guifts have also from time to time gathered themselves together just like those proud rebellious and hypocriticall men against our Magistrates and Ministers both in Pulpits Printers presses and private Conventicles and most factiously and seditiously say of them and unto them To take too much upon you in going about to confine and conjure all Religion and Worship of God into the power of the Parliament and Synodical Assembly of your Black-coats and Legal Preachers seeing that all our Congregations are made up only of Saints and a godly Party even every one of them and since that only King Jesus ought to reign and rule over us both in conscience and practice therefore no earthly coercive power is to be exercised over us to compel us to worship and serve God or to hold any other opinions in matters of Religion than our own consciences do prescribe and dictate unto us And are nor these words of ambition pride jealousie and sedition as learned and religious Mr. Deodate wel notes against the order and Government established by God himself as if Gods ordinary gifts of grace did free them from all manner of subjection and did confound all manner of Order by an equal popularity or Agreement of the People thus he But the Lord our God himself hath already begun most remarkably to declare and manifest unto us all very many of these men to be most wicked proud rebellious and most notorious self-seeking Hypocrites and dissemblers who thus craftily and deceitfully endeavour to overthrow and destroy our rightfull Magistracie and truly religious Ministry and all godly Government Order and Christian unity and however they craftily pretend King Jesus only to be their Governour as Judas Iscariot called Christ Master yet they cannot endure his precise and strict Government and therefore struggle though with all deceivablenesse that may be to introduce an accursed and intolerable Toleration of all sorts of Licentiousness especially in matters of Religion profanenesse and atheisticall Anarchie And therefore if some of the Grandecs and Heads of this Schismatical Faction dye the common death of all men I shall most justly mightily admire it The Scripture Looking-Glass II. Jeroboam that notorious Idolater who made Israel to sin by his golden Calves and deceitful trick of Ease to the people in their worshipping of God at Jerusalem added this wickedness also thereunto That he made Priests of the lowest and basest of the People which were not of the Sons of Levi. 1 King 12. 31. The Schismaticall Reflection or Face answering Face II. The Independents Anabaptists Antinomians and all other Sectaries and Schismaticks unto their sins of Separation from us their Wil-worship Rebellion against Magistracie and Ministry and that notorious deceitful trick of theirs Liberty or Licentiousness of conscience to do what they list in matters of Religion especially Have added this wickedness also That they make Mechanicks Mercers Linnen-Drapers Taylers Coblers Glovers Porters and Chicken-men and such like base bold and illiterate fellows yea they have not been ashamed to make brazen faced Huswifs and impudent women to be their Preachers and all under the cheating-colour of guifted persons forsooth And with most foul and grosse disgraces do contemn and scorn the learned godly grave and Orthodox Ministers of the Lord whom God himself hath set apart for the Ministry both by an outward and inward mission and qualification of Parts and Piety The Scripture Looking-Glass III. Now this I say sayes the Apostle Paul that every one of you saith I am of Paul and I of Apollo I am of Cephas and I am of Christ Is Christ divided was Paul crucified for you Are ye not herein carnall in thus dividing Christ into Sects and Schismes And are thus become children tossed to and fro and carried about with every winde of Doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lie in wait to deceive 1 Cor. 1. 12 13. 1 Cor. 3. 3 4. and Ephes 4. 14. The Schismaticall Reflection or Face answering Face III. And do not every one of our Independents and Sectaries of all sorts say thus also I am of M. T. Goodwins separate Church-way I am of J. Goodwins Church I of M. Lockiers Church I of M. S. Simsons And I of learned K●ffin the Glovers Church And in their thus irregularly and unauthoritatively dividing Christ into unwarranted Sects Schisms factions and fractions are they not carnal and earthly-minded men yea are they not as the Apostle fitly terms them vain and wanton children never setled never contented but tossed too and fro with every puff and winde of false dangerous and destructive Doctrines Blasphemies conceited New-Lights empty and ungrounded Revelations and Enthusiasms and thus most craftily cozening and deceiving and being deceived and under holy names separating from the rest of their faithful Brethren and not considering that though Christ hath divers Ministers and Instruments in his Church yet