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A29447	A brief discovery of a threshold estate of Antichrist now extant in the world viz., a description of 1. the true and false temple, 2. the false ministery, and 3. the false churches : whereunto is added the trial of one George Fox in Lancashire, with his answer to eight articles exhibited against him, being sent in a letter from Keller to some friends in York-shire : also, certain queries upon a petition lately presented to the Parliament from divers gentlemen and others in Worcester-shire : necessary to be answered by the petitioners who are said to be 6000 in number.	Buttivant, Samuel.	1653 (1653)	Wing B4585; ESTC R29903	15,599	25

restitution to whom you have robbed in taking tythes gifts and rewards contrary to the minde and will of the Lord Alas alas poor poor Priests your downfal is near at hand Published by Thomas Aldam Benjamin Nicholson John Harwood The Idols Temple where the Beast is Worshipped THis is the Idols Temple where the worship of the Beast is upheld and all the beasts they meet here to the dishonour of the onely true God that dwelleth in Temples made without hands who is worshipped in his Temple at new Ierusalem the City of the living God by those who have their Fathers name written in their foreheads Rev. 14.1 ver. to worship him in Spirit and in truth for he seeketh such to worship him Ioh. 4.23.24 vers. Rev. 15.1 2 3 4 5. verses Cease from this hireling that standeth up to deceive you all by his imaginations Isa. 2.22 Ioh. 10. The Lord is coming to beat up your quarters all ye proud Priests God that made the world dwelleth not in Temples made with hands neither is worshipped with mens hands Act. 17.24 25. verses and all the children of the Lord are taught of the Lord and shall be taught of the Lord Isa. 54.13 Jer. 31.34 Heb. 8.10 1 Iohn 2.27 verses Down with this Idols Temple the Saints are made the true Temples of the living God 1 Cor. 3.16 Down with this Deceiver Tythe-monger and Robber stealing the words of the Prophets and the Apostles to sell them for money to uphold them in pride and covetousness lusts and excess Away with them for shame come down thou Deceiver and give over deceiving the people and God and make restitution to whom thou hast robbed by taking gifts and rewards and tythes and confess thy faults to the people the Lord doth require it sit down and lament in dust and ashes All people that meet here live in pride and hautiness covetousness and oppression lying and swearing scoffing and mocking and drunkenness hypocrisie and dissimulation pleasures and wantonness gameing and sporting and all manner of unrighteousness these are the fruits of the Devil and his servants ye are to whom ye do obey Repent and amend your lives and forsake the evil of your doings the great day of the Lord is near he is coming to plead with all flesh by his sword and by fire sit down in dust and ashes and lament for the misery that is coming know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdome of heaven worship not the Beast fear the Lord God and lay aside pride and covetousness and drunkenness lying and swearing sports and pastimes lay aside your hoods and vails ye careless daughters that are at ease wo is to you lay aside your silks and velvets and your rings and gawdy attire and feed the hungry cloath the naked and let the oppressed go free sit down and lament the Lord hath sent to forwarn you of his judgements that are to come upon you except you repent and turn to him with speed the Lord is coming to judgement the glittering sword is drawn it is furbished and made fit for the slaughter to cut down to the ground all fruitless Trees he is coming to plead with all flesh by his sword and by fire upon all the Children of disobedience the wrath of God is to be revealed from heaven in flames of fire upon all the children of disobedience Now the Scriptures is to be fulfilled iniquity is grown to the height awake awake and stand up to the judgement let the time past of your lives seem sufficient that you have wrought evil and now forsake the evil of your doings pride is abomination to the Lord away with it for shame lay aside your bare necks and bracelets your tricks and toys and changeable suits of Apparel that you make to make your selves appear beautiful in the eyes of the world and fear the Lord God Almighty Rev. 18.20 21 22. Rev. 19.11 12 13 14 15 16. Isa. 3.18 19 20 21 22. Lay aside your curious mindes that feedeth upon novelties and dainty dishes Dives-like forget the poor that are in wants seek them out and feed them and cloath them suffer them not to want the earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof lay aside hauking and hunting and seek the Lord while he may be found wo to the crown of Pride saith the Lord God wo to all drunkards wo to the swearer and vain talkers wo vnto them that draw iniquity as with cart-ropes adding sin unto sin lying to swearing swearing to foolish talking adding foolish talking to drunkenness and revenge pevishness and perversness gameing and sporting pleasure and wantonness nourishing your hearts as in a day of slaughter repent repent and hast to meet the Lord by yeelding obedience to him least his judgements come upon you at unawares and destroy you all at once take heed of makeing a scoff at this as you will answer it before the great Judge of heaven and earth Written from the Spirit of the Lord Of the false Ministery THe Priests of the world are 1. Conjurers raising dead Doctrines dead Reasons dead Uses dead Motives dead tryals out of the Letter which is death raising death out of death not able Conjurers speaking a divination of their owne brain Heb. 7.16 2 Cor. 3.6 7. Ier. 14.14 Ezek. 13.6 7 8.9 Mic. 3.11 2. Theeves and Robbers Iohn 10.1 He that enters not through the door into the sheepfold but climeth up another way the same is a thief and a robber such as never came through sufferings in the flesh through the death of Serpentine power within to life viz. Ier. 28.30 32. Rom. 10.8 9 10 11. 3. Antichrists 1 Ioh. 4.3 such as in words profess the Scriptures to be their rule and walk contrary to the Scriptures A declaration of the eternal word are Antichrists but the Priests of Baal cannot shew any Scripture-command or example for their heathenish wayes and beastial worships 4. Witches such as draw poor creatures from dwelling in waiting upon the pure light within them to follow the dreams and fancies of blind guides without them bewitch and beguile poor creatures Gal. 3.1 5. Devils such as abide not in the doctrine of Christ are Devils the Serpent is head in them but where light is manifested it doth discover the Priests of the world that turne their backs from the pure doctrine of Christ not living in the life and power of the Scripture as they did that gave them forth Iohn 8.24 Rev. 2.10 6. Lyers such as seemingly preach the truth not having the faithful witness ruling in them are lyers he that saith he is sent and is not called internally by the Lord is a lyer The commission and call of Baals Priests come from Oxford and Cambridge which they call the Well-head of Divinity but I am sure many corrupt streams issue from thence and then the fountain cannot be good that I can witness fetching the same commodities drinking a

cup of the same poisonous fountain the fountain is filthy the streams are no better Simon Magus would have purchased the holy Ghost with money the great gift of the Father but he missed of his end Even the Sir Simons of our days run to Cambridge or Oxford there they give a large price for something which is a thousand times worse then nothing as mountains and bulwarks to keep the pure seed in bondage O infinite folly of men in thinking to buy that Pearl with money when as the Lord plainly saith that it cannot be bought with money Iob 28. neither shall it be exchanged for gold but they not regarding the Lord nor what is spoken by him run with Simon to buy this imbuyable Pearl Alas this University-spirit hath no power to open as much as one of the seven Seals whatever they can purchase makes them but seemingly pure but really impure notionary creatures naturals and the natural man is not acquainted with the pure language which such speak as are redeemed from the earth Plainly such as these that have no call but what they fetch and purchase are not Ministers of Jesus Christ but Stewards of the devils Magazine dissemblers and lyers Ier. 5.2 1 Cor. 12.3 Ier. 23.25 Ezek. 13.22 7. A Viperous and Serpentine generation going about to murder and strangle the childe Jesus where he is manifested Herod under a pretence of worshipping Christ sought to murder him even these bloody Herodians professe love to him in words but when he is born and utters his voice they would devour him because he discovers their villany holding up a wormeaten beastly form and persecuting the power of godliness Mat. 23.33 8. Blasphemers living in the Kingdome and government of the Prince of the Ayr strangers to the guiding of the eternal Spirit in them speak evil of it in others calling it a Spirit of error of giddiness yea of the Devil fearful blasphemers Iohn 8.4 8. 1 Pet. 1.4 Rev. 13.1 5.6 7. Isa. 5.20 9. Scarlet-coloured beasts trimmed and painted with the Saints words inwarldly full of deceit and self-ends a wel-favoured harlot having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication Rev. 14.5.6.7 Rev. 9.2 10. Babylons Merchants selling beastly wares for a large price all the week time heaping up a rabble of notions into the brain and comes into the Pulpit a penysome market place where they have good sale for bad ware this they like wondrous well onely the first day called the Lords day but the Lords day is a Mystery they know nothing of it they sell the report of other mens riches the letter which is dust and death a declaration of the inheritance of these Saints that spoke forth the Scripture and likewise of all such as come into the Saints condition but the Priests have nothing to do to take the word in their mouths but that they must needs be busie-bodies that the Scriptures may be fulfilled medling with that which belongs not unto them for filthy lucre sake A cup of trembling and astonishment is their portion and they must drink the dregs thereof long have they had good sale may be 10 20 or some 40. s. a sermon then sermon making was worth something when one may buy a better in Print for 4 d. And they will with their good will compel all men to buy their wares take it as it is not questioning it and if any man refuse to buy their wares and take it as it is they cry out against them and brand them to be Hereticks Schismaticks or New lights Everlasting praise be to the most High he is riding on conquering and to conquer and coming to grinde to powder all opposing powers to cleave the rocks asunder to make the earth tremble and the hellish powers quake the day is coming when these Idol-merchants these costly Sermon-makers shall howl and cry Alas alas none will buy their wares any longer they have been traffiquers too long Rejoyce O heavens the pillars of their kingdom are reeling and shaking Mic. 3.11 Rev. 18.9 10 11. Jer. 5.30 31. 11. Whited walls painted sepulchres professing something possessing nothing but poyson'd stuff fetch'd out of old Commentators and Heathenish Authors into their brains out of that Store-house they give out such gear as they have Matth. 23.25 27. 12. Ravening Wolves evermore persecuting the pure Truth that the Saints live in Never was persecution raised against the true Prophets Christ or his Apostles but the Priests have had a mighty hand in it and were ring-leaders in that wicked designe and they are as tyrannical now as ever their predecessors could be Where light is manifested the truth of this will not be questioned Ezek. 22.17 Jer. 5.30 31. Matth. 7.15 16. Ezek. 34.4 13. Greedy dogs always contending and striving about great Parsonages fat Benefices large Augmentations if they have threescore or fourscore pounds per annum at a place yet ten pounds more per annum at another place is a sufficient call to draw them thither Really they are blood-hounds still hunting and gasping after their prey like the mouth of hell never satisfied witness their gasping after earthly things money is their Diana which makes them to toss and seek many old Commentators and Heathenish Authors still barking and raging like Sodomites against any that delight in purity and love the naked Truth that unmasks their deceits and subtil twistings and windings 14. Eminent and ambitious Pharisees living in the same Antichristian steps that the Pharisees did That Christ cryed out against Pharisees there are none can deny it justly witness their practices that are unsavoury and unbeseeming men of such high profession but as it hath been so it is now the highest profession is of the devil they love to be called of men Masters not willingly owning lesser titles they love the uppermost seats at feasts to be pearking in the chiefest places of the Synagogues they love the greetings in the Markets wear long Robes or Gownes and all to be accounted great to be petty Kings and Rulers over Gods heritage they lay heavy burthens upon mens shoulders Wo wo wo was the portion of those Pharisees then and wo wo wo is their portion now and wo and misery is the portion of the upholders of that treacherous crew and deceitful generation who are the onely maintainers of the seven heads and ten-horned beast Wherefore dear friends dwell in that which is pure and come from amongst these Babylonish Merchants and hear the voice of Christ within and I will be your God and you shall be my people saith the Lord Thomas Lawson one which was a Priest in Lancashire Witnessed by the Prisoners of the Lord at York Castle Thomas Aldam Benjamin Nicholson John Harwood A Copy of a letter to some friends concerning George Foxes tryal DEar friends and brethren in the Lord Jesus Christ my dear love unto you all desiring you may be kept stedfast in the Lord Jesus Christ and in