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A14660	The English pharise, or religious ape Being the weekes worke of a poore vnlearned professor of the gospell of Christ, zealously and truely checking the counterfeit professor, but open persecutor of Christs true doctrine and disicpline. By Iohn Walker, dwelling at Leeds in Yorkshire.	Walker, John, dwelling at Leeds in Yorkshire.	1616 (1616)	STC 24962; ESTC S102097	38,058	238

with Iannes and Iambres not onely withstood Mos●…s in resisting the truet●… thy selfe But lik●… w●…se by thy inchantments hast dost draw dayly infinite of multitudes vnto thi●… thy wilfull disobedi●…nce in so much that thou hast iustly caused our gracious King not onely to cry out with the Prophet Da●…id Lord how are they increased that t●…ouble me many are they that rise against mee Psal. 3. 1. But likewise as iustly caused him with the same Prophet to say Woe is mee that I am constrained to dwell in Mesech and to haue my habitation in the Tents of Kedar And thus thou hast by thy disobedient inchantments caused such a contention in this Land that thou hast iustly deserued with Mesech and Kedar those Israelites which did degenerate from their godly Fathers beeing hatefull and contemning the faithfull that most fearefull Iron rodde of Gods wrath to bruise thee in pieces sodainely I must tell thee Brother and I am sorry that thou hast giuen mee such iust cause to tell thee so that if it were not for one crying sinne which that bloody and wandering Cain is branded in the fore-head withal I meane that most monsterous Beast of Babylon who denyeth the Offices of our Redeemer I say and speake it from the Spirit of God that thou art become so little inferiour in persecuting and murdering the soules of Christs members that thou hast not onely pledged the Pope of ROME a full health of the dregges of your conceited inuentions and false imaginations but as thou hast pledged him herein I feare me it will proue before wee part that thou hast begun another halfe pot to him againe And although thou doest not runne on with him in deniall of some fundamentall points of Religion yet I dare vndertake that thou resting thy selfe in thy owne conceit denying but the circumstances shaddowes therof whose substances cannot bee without dost more hurt by thy disobedience amongst vs herein then he doth or can doe being so publikely knowne as hee is And here as our Sauior Christ saith Thou art but a blind guide which straines out a gnat and swallows a Camell Mat. 23. 24. Thus Brother thou carriest this offence of disobedience vpon thy back and therefore thou canst not perceiue it thy selfe Now I haue made bold comming behinde thee to take it off haue layed the same as thou now seest before thy face For which if thou wouldst so keepe there and cast it no more behinde thee I shall be glad that it was my chance to remoue the same But if thou rest thy selfe in thy owne conceit casting obedience from thee and so become a carrier still of thy offences behind thee then wilt thou enforce mee to say with Salomon That there is more hope in a very naturall foole then of him that is conceited Pro. 26. 12. ver And this shall serue for a taste of thy disobedience and to let the world see That as Saint Iude saith Hauing separated thy selfe from the true members of Christ thou art become no better then a wandring Starre whose portion without repentance is blacknesse of darknesse for euer Iude 13. vers And therfore Brother let mee aduise thee to learne a lesson of that Starre which guided the Wise men from the East Countrie vnto Bethlem where our blessed Sauior CHRIST was as that Star did stand still when it came iust ouer where the Babe was and so left them there so thou who doest rest thy selfe but in thy owne conceit denying obedience vnto supreme power let it now be sufficient too much that thou hast settled thy affections in that East countrie of thy owne imaginations where nothing can bee found but Inchanters and Sorcerers And heere I must leaue thee and turne my self vnto those of whom as Saint Paul saith I perswade my self better things Heb 6 9. And thus faithfull Christian thou seest what great danger the children of disobedience haue broughtthemselues into Thou seest that our elder brother for his disobedience is counted no better in the iudgement of Saint Iude then a wandring Starre Thou seest what such haue prescribed in the Scriptures for their diet after this life S. Paul saith condemnation Rom. 13. 2. Saint Peter and Saint Iude saith blacknesse of darknesse for euer 2. Pet. 2. 17. Iude the thirteenth Verse Thou seest these blessed Apostles so speaking against these disobedient spirits as worthy of these fearefull iudgements And in briefe thou seest how truely these holy Apostles hath prophesied of these disobedient spirits in these very last times And againe thou seest how opposite these spirits are vnto the obedience of our blessed Sauiour Christ himselfe who paied Tribute vnto Caesar in his owne person who rather then hee would bee an ensample of the least offence although a freeman yeelded himselfe vnto a base Publican And thus may all men see the King of all Kings an ensample of obedience vnto the whole world And yet behold heere thou seest a disobedient spirit so full of contradiction that hee will transcend aboue principalities and powers But faithful Christian let this fearefull example be such a speciall warning vnto thee that thou keepe thy selfe in all loyall obedience vnto Princes especially and likewise let this example bee a warning vnto all sorts of people that they yeeld obedience vnto whom soeuer it is due As Children to Parents and Parents to their Children Wiues to their Husbands and Husbands to their Wiues Seruants to their Masters and Masters to their Seruants Col. 3. 18 19 20. And in a word al in general to our most gracious King Now that we may the better performe these duties let vs take counsell of that blessed Apostle St. Paul who speaking against such disobedient spirits saith Turne away from such 2. Tim. 3. 5. And thus faithful brother thou seest what danger our elder brother hath brought himselfe vnto in despising gouernment It resteth now in the second place to let thee see his disobedience in his doctrine and as in briefe thou seest his disobedience against man thou shalt likewise by Gods assistance see his disobediē●…e against both God and man who perseeuteth Christ in his members both thou and I haue felt the smart but faithfull brother I must leaue thee for a while And now brother by Gods assistance according to my promise I am readie to encounter with thee this second time And wheras I haue already reproued thee for thy disobedience against man not finding thee in this Combate to yeeld beeing prouoked further I am readie to manifest vnto the whole world how contrarie thou art to Christ and all good men by thy disobedience in thy Doctrine Likewise shewing the difference betwixt the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error But before I proceede I am to meete with an obiection which the whole world who being against the truth may propound and that is where the true Church of Christ is and therefore to giue satisfaction herein the world shall

hee might doe to inherit eternal life Mark 10. 2●… Hee affirmed before the company of many hundred persons that this yong man is a damned soule in Hell I know there was Hypocrisie found in him and who can say hee is free heerein But seeing that our blessed Sauiour who answering an obiection of his Disciples said Although with men it seeme vnpossible yet with God no hing is impossible and againe for those many good parts the which Iesus Christ said that hee loued him for I gather that hee is in a farre more happie case in my iudgement then thou whosoeuer thou art that iudgest thus vncharitably of him Againe in the same Sermon the partie being a meere stanger it was d●…manded by a Church-warden for his Licence but what angrie answer was returned I haue omitted to set it downe onely to satisfie his own m●…licious humour and to disgrace the Officer hee said in a publike speech being in the Pulpit that hee was a Cadauerous Knaue implying that a Tinker or a Pedler might find more fauour and haue no such questions put vpon them and for want of matter hee said that God made all but the Deuill would haue all but heerein hee equiuocated for he ment all but those of his sect and being too bold and too impudent for such a place he said in a verie peremptorie passion that if hee had spoken any thing which might seeme preiudiciall the Law was open his name was knowne and likewise where hee dwelt and in conclusion of all without exception hee said that hee cared for the face of no man Againe thy followers vsing their exercises after thy Sermons in the Church some one of them stands vp to speake and expostulate of things that haue beene spoken before and to the number of an hundred or more or lesse doe attend him Now after thy Sermons whatsoeuer is spoken all are well pleased but if it chance that a reformed Minister nay let it bee the Bishop himselfe then the leafe must bee turned ouer to see whether that Lots wife looked back only in her head or in her heart or in both and heere they are at odds and cannot agree These followers of thine are the silly ones of this age they are Buckes of the first head they haue very pregnant wits of indiscretion they thinke that none can bee saued but such as vse these their outward obseruations We know them when we meet them for they haue no good morrow for vs but wee know them better when wee bargaine with them for then their sound horse prooues lame This feminine kind are very silly and louing creatures seeming very deuout although very ignorant for after thy after-noone Sermon some Gentlewoman or other must in treat a Sermon after supper Now thou who cāst preach without studie hauing no power to deny this deuout company with thy sel●…e must meete when all honest men in the Towne are in bed whatsoeuer thou or this company doe although a crime very grieuous yet in thy owne eie it seemes good and tolerable but if thy brother Protestant chance to get a fall of infirmity this in thy sight proues a present beame and therfore thou saist damnable But whatsoeuer thou doest in thy own sight it seemes good but whatsoeuer I doe in thy sight it is naught Now the reason is as Saint Iohn saith because darkenesse hath blinded thy eies 1. Ioh. 2. 11. These are children of thy owne begetting here is like Priest like people But wilt thou heare what comes of thy darke sermons I would not omit to tell it although I take no pleasure therein A Gentlewoman who seeming very deuout being one of the chiefest followers of that sexe and whom no occasion might hinder to follow thee tenne miles or more to heare thee speake thou couldest not quote the Scripture so fast but shee was ready to looke thereon thus farre was verie commendable But behold what happened this seeming deuout Gentlewomā chanst to prooue with child and when the time of her houre drew neere she acquainted some of her kinswomen with it who being readie to attend her demanded whose the child was but shee being not willing to returne an answer staied her tongue so long in so much that her Kinswomen making an offer to depart and leaue the duty of womanhood she presently consest that it was her eldest brothers for which I am very sorry to heare it and I could wish that it had neuer been Brother I haue not noted this in way of any disgrace for such clewes will wind themselues to their open shame and although this sin bee grieuous be it farre from mee to enter into Iudgement in the least degree I leaue it vnto Iesus Christ who must iudge both quicke and dead and therefore without a speedy repentance thou who hast most violently pulled this heauy rod of Gods iudgements foorth of his owne hands which is only peculiar to himselfe shalt one day heare this heauie sentence of Goe ye cursedinto euerlasting iudgments And thus may all men see what fruits doe come from thy darke doctrine and likewise from thy night-Sermons and how that thou shewest thy selfe vnto the whole world as Saint Paul saith To bee but a creeper into mens houses leading silly women captiue which are laden with diuers sinnes and many lusts 2. Ti. 3. 6. Thou wouldest make all men beleeue by a little s●…eming strict and outward obseruation that thou art an innocent and a harmelesse man but who is he that hath but halfe an eie and seeth not how that thy puritie is without charitie and thy demurity but impurity nay who is so blind and seeth not the still Sow eating all the draffe Therefore as Saint Paul saith He that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reape corruption Gal. 6. 8. I could speake much more by experience but seeing that it is accomplished alreadie which Saint Paul hath prophesied long before how that thy madnesse is euidently known vnto all men 2. Tim. 3. 9. I will therefore giue ouer where I might herein reprehend thee further and turne my selfe vnto those of whom Saint Paul s●…ith I per swade my selfe better things He. 6. 9. and after some friendly exhortation with them I purpose to encounter with thee once again but farewell for a while And now faithful brother in Christ according to my promise and that little measure of knowledge which God hath lent me I haue first shewed thee the difference of the spirit of errour from the Spirit of truth by the child of disobedience Secondly I haue likewise shewed thee the difference of the spirit of errour from the Spirit of truth by his doctrine and such fruites ●…s come thereof how that he being so deepely conceited in his own imaginations that he is no Teacher nor Scholer at all in the schole of Christ for powring in the wine of God●… iustice into the wounded members of Christ reseruing the oyle of Gods mercies vnto himselfe he is so