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A41852	One out-cry more against tythes unto the chief ruler of the nation of Engand [sic] and all that are with him of God permitted to be in present authority, whether Parliament, Councel or Army; by whatsoever name or title known or called: but in a more especial manner, to such of them as are yet remaining faithfnl [sic] unto the former declared for, and never to be forgotten cause of King Jesus, who are such as have not departed, through sinning against the light of a good conscience, ... And yer notwithstanding, you that are in present power know these things, do even as he did, suffer the saints in your name, and by your power daylie to be imprisoned, and otherwayes afflicted; and that you may not be ignorant thereof, I have been moved to make the same known unto you by way of declaration, which is grounded upon the Holy Scriptures; wherein is contained the manner of our sufferings, and by whom: ... Written the beginning of the second month, 1657. by Isaac Grayes, prisoner for the cause of Christ in the Wood-street Compter, London, ...; One out-cry more against tythes unto the chief ruler of the nation of England.	Graye, Isaac.	1657 (1657)	Wing G1626; ESTC R220318	27,098	37

this generation of Baalamish Priests who love the Wages of unrighteousness being willing for to follow the example of their Makers the late late Bishops denyed the Book of Common-Prayer and received that Pamphlet called the Directory rather then they would offend their great Masters the late old wicked Parliament who for their service done did grant them an Ordinance for to take Tythe-Eggs Pigs and Geese c. which the true Ministers of Christ never did And what they now own I hope is sufficiently made manifest unto all the children of light vvhich makes them unto me of no esteem they being such as care not who they own for their chief Head that matters not to them vvhether he be called of God or chosen by his people seeing they are Christs Enemies as doth appear by their petitioning of you the povvers of the World for to maintain and uphold them in what Christ hath changed by doing the Will of God who is heir of all things which shall abide in the house for ever unto whom the right of Inheritance doth belong whose gift is free and all that are made Ministers by him are free indeed and as they have freely received so do they freely give by which they are known from the Ministers of Antichrist who are of the corrupt Tree as by their fruits they are known Matth. 7. 15. who are denyers that Christ is to be come the second Priesthood who is the unchangeable one which shall endure for ever although they believed it not who are such as do teach another Gospel according to what they have been taught of their predecessors who as they are were the upholders of that which Christ hath abolished who do also justifie the maintaining of those places wherein the Nations have served their gods in which places they are now found doing the service of their Mistress viz. the Whore of Babylon although the Lord God of Israel hath commanded that those places should be by such as are his people destroyed Deut. 12. 2. by this their service they make themselves clearly manifest not to be of God nor Christ but men of corrupt minds and being destitute of the knowledge of the truth do suppose their gain which is brought in unto them by tythes through the help of the power of the cruel Beast is godliness whose Ministers they are as doth appear by their false Worship also which by them is promoted for which they have neither precept nor example in all the holy Scriptures therefore are they inforced for to get their Wages of Tythes by a popish Law contrary to such as were the priests of the first Covevenant who imprisoned none for Tythes as they do but as the Lord ordained so did they do and continue who were made by a Law as doth appear Exod. 4. 13 14. Exod 28. who had also a command from the Lord for to justifie them in their Ministry whose power they abused not as the National priests do their power which is of the World whose practise is continually to live upon the abuse of that their power by which they stand who never were called of God as Aaron was Heb. 5. 4. neither did they go to the Magistrate for to get Warrants for to put into the hands of a Constable for to take away peoples Houshold-Goods for Tythes upon trebble damages which is 3 s. for one as these of England daylie do by whom the Saints do continually suffer the spoiling of their goods because they are not the Ministers of Jesus Christ therefore do they not own his Doctrine they being of the World neither can they know him according as it is written Joh. 14. 17 who are such as live in pride covetousness and oppression as their makers the Bishops did who in their day with them their under-Clergy were called the body spiritual or English Church as doth appear by the Statute of 24. of Henry the eight chap. 12. and the same Statute doth further declare That the Kings Queens and Nobles of this Realm so called since the time the Pope had his Domination indowed them the false Church both with Honors and Possessions And again saith the Statute The Pope and the See of Rome did in the time of their rule reserve unto himself amongst other things the tryal of the right of Tythes as doth appear by the Statute of the 26. of Henry the eight some time King of England and in chap. 1 it is declared That he and his Successors were the onely supreme Head of this called Church of England Thus have I made appear the root of these Priests and their fhundation have I also made manifest and discovered not to be of Christ but have proceeded from man who have accordingly erected two places for their breeding up of Priests viz. Cambridge and Oxford which are by them called two Eyes for the furnishing every parish in England with able lying seducers where is also by them Churches built at the charge of the ignorant people wherein is also provided for the service of the whorish Priests Funts and Basons for the management and carrying on of what they so gravely solemnise with much pretended seeming zeal viz. the sprinkling of Infants which they say is baptism but they lye for which piece of cheating service they have never a vvord of Scripture besides their Easter-Reckonings and time of Christmas and Churching or else cheating of Women and their Mortuaries and for the smoke going up peoples Chimneys all which Trade bringeth them in much gain Thus through the assistance of Christ Jesus have I according to the Gospel proved the Priests of the Nation to be no Ministers of Christ nor Messengers of God which is my second ground why I deny to pay them or any else Tythes who are such as the Lord God of Israel for their oppression will feed with their own flesh yea saith he They shall be drunk with their own blood and then shall they know that I am the Lord the Saviour of them whom they oppress Read Isa. 49. 26. And thus the Lawyers wth them may also take notice for the same judgement vengeance that is due to the Priests belongeth unto them also because they are the Executors of the power of the cruel Beast who are the guard of his Throne therefore do they spoile the dear Saints people of the Lord Jesus Christ Prince of Peace King of Righteousness whose people for their obedience to him and are with their persons estates by them continually devoured destroyed in their murtherous Gaols and all for want of such Justice and true Judgment for to be executed upon them for breach of Law as was performed by that honest King called Alpheret who defended the cause of the poor and needy and rescued the right of the oppressed from out of the hands of such destroying Lawyers as did live upon the abuse of his Laws he hanged up Judge Hasf because he saved one Trustram vvhich vvas Sheriff

ONE OUT-CRY More against TYTHES Vnto the Chief RULER of the Nation of ENGAND and all that are with him of God permitted to be in present Authority whether Parliament Councel or Army by whatsoever Name or Title known or called But in a more especial manner To such of them as are yet remaining faithful unto the former declared for and never to be forgotten Cause of KING JESUS who are such as have not departed through sinning against the light of a good conscience by opposing such as would have promoted the same nor have sought by any secret endeavours to hinder and obstruct the performing to God Almighty and making good unto his poor every-wayes-wronged people viz. All those many National-Engagements Declarations Remonstrances Protestations Vows Oaths and Covenants with solemn Appeals which unto him were in the dayes of greatest distress made for obtaining deliverance from Sions destroying bloody Enemies to the end Christs Kingdom might be advanced and Satans Kingdom of Tyranny defaced and the Government of the Lord God of Israel by his holy just and good Laws Ordinances Statutes and righteous Judgements be established in the room of the Popes destroying Power which upholdeth wicked devouring men as yet to tyranize over the dear Saints and Servants of God for their consciences as much as ever they did in the Kings time who in his Days regarded not what tyranny by his Power and in his Name was done against the Members of Christ as did appear by his suffering of them to be so inhumanely used as they were both by imprisonments banishments and setting of them gagged in Pillories burning of them with hot Irons and cutting off their ears from their heads besides whipping and stocking with many more bloody cruelties all which cruelties being by the King suffered and connived at was the only cause why the wrath of God with his revengeful Judgements came upon him his posterity and the three Nations of England Scotland and Ireland c. And yet notwithstanding you that are in present Power know these things do even as he did suffer the Saints in your Name and by your power daylie to be imprisoned and otherwayes afflicted and that you may not be ignorant thereof I have been moved to make the same known unto you by way of declaration which is grounded upon the Holy Scriptures wherein is contained the manner of our sufferings and by whom Together with serious Advertisements concerning the abuse of Power and the abominations of Priesthood the wickedness of Lawyers with them combining for to destroy the Just from off the earth Written the beginning of the second Month 1657. by ISAAC GRAYES Prisoner for the cause of Christ in the Wood-street Compter London where I have been kept above three years Given forth for the sake of such as with my self do suffer for the testimony of Faith and a good Conscience For if I build again the things which I have destroyed I make my self a transgressor Gal. 2. 18. And thinkest thou this O man that judgest them which do such things and dost the same that thou shalt escape the judgement of God Rom. 2. 3. Let all such therefore take heed that their own wickedness of backsliding do not come when it is too late to correct them let him that is wise in heart read with understanding Jer. 2. 19. LONDON Printed for the Author and some of them are to be sold at the Black-More neer Fleet-Bridge 1657. The unlawfulness of the National Priesthood with their unjust demands proved by way of grounds reasons laid down according to the holy Scriptures why there ungodly Wages of Tythes by the suffering persecuted and every wayes afflicted Members of Christ Jesus in this their day of faithfulness to him are denyed as by this following Declaration will be made appear HUmbly sheweth unto you O ye Rulers of the people the abominations which are committed in the matters of tythes by the called Ministers of England and others for as much as that it doth evidently appear by the Law of the Lord God of Israel Tythes were given to Levi and his sons and to such as with them were appointed of God unto the Office of the first Priesthood and none else who had a commandment to take tythes of the people according to the Law that is of their Brethren as may appear of vvhich Priesthood the Priests of this Nation are not for they cannot prove themselves made by the Law of God as the first Priesthood vvas neither can it be made appear they ever received from the Lord God of Israel any such commandment for their taking tythes of the people of England as the Aaronical and Levitical Priesthood did for their taking tythes of their Brethren the children of Israel as for the Priests of this Nation it vvill appear they never vvere made Priests of God but by the late Bishops who themselves vvere formerly made by the Pope of Rome as I shall make appear tovvards the later end of this Treatise by the Lavvs and Statutes of this Nation And again I find that the Priests the Levites and all the Tribe of Levi had no part of Inheritance vvith Israel and therefore vvere they appointed to eat the Offerings of the Lord made by fire because they had no Inheritance amongst their Brethren for the Lord vvas their Inheritance Read Deut. 18. v. 1 2. And as it doth appear by Moses in his refusing to give them any possessions of Lands vvith their Brethren after God had given them victory over such of their Enemies as they became possessors viz. of the Lands of those many Kings vvhich vvere slain of them by the edge of the Svvord and nothing vvas by Moses given to the Tribe of Levi because said he the Lord God of Israel vvas their Inheritance as he had said unto them Josh. 19. 3 c. And again it doth and may appear that the Lord God of Israel did appoint Store-houses unto vvhich the people were expresly commanded in the time of the first Covenant for to bring their tythes that thither the Widovv the Fatherless and Stranger might also come within the Gates of the Priests to be filled by which it is manifest That the Widovv Fatherless and Stranger had as much right to the Tythes as the Priest through vvhich relief there vvas not a beggar in Israel neither vvere they the Priests and Levites permitted to persecute any upon Trebble Damages vvho did not bring their Tythes according to the Commandment of the Lord for they that did neglect vvere cursed vvith a curse as it is evident Mal 3. Novv the contrary doth appear among the Priests of England whom I have heard often say They vvere of Gods ovvn Tribe of Levi and yet live in the practise of such abominable things and do also justifie such as with them do the same as never vvas committed nor done in the time of the first Priesthood as is daylie made manifest in that unsufferable vvickedness of theirs in taking

avvay peoples Cattel out of their yards and Goods out of their Houses for pretended Tythes upon trebble Damages which is three for one against the express Lavv of God vvhereby it doth and may appear unto such as are vvith my self of the seed of Israel That it is not only the Priests fault alone who are not of God but you sin in suffering of them as you are the Rulers of the people who do permit them in your Name and by your Povver to do what they do These evils rightly considered doth give a discovery that you are departed from the Lord God of Israel whom you once declared for as doth appear by your taking part vvith the Priests who are his Enemies or else if it were not so your consciences would teach you to obey observe and keep the Laws Statutes Commandments Precepts and Judgements of the Lord as vvell as my self vvho for keeping the same do suffer which would not be if you did stand in the counsel of the Lord vvhich then you vvould seek to do his will by seeing his Laws duly and truly executed upon such as are the breakers thereof vvhich vvould cause your dayes to be prolonged in the Land vvherein ye yet live as so many Enemies to that most holy God whose just and righteous Laws yea even hate to obey observe and keep and in effect do amongst your selves conclude That the Government vvhich God Almighty did appoint his people to be governed by according to his righteous Order vvhich by you is not judged good enough nor wise enough to be governed by in your generations as is evident by your ruling of the people with such Laws as you and other transgressors before you did from Imagination make and set up to oppose the Laws Commandments and Statutes of the onely wise God for vvhich vvickedness of theirs so committed the just judgement and vengeance of the Lord hath from one generation to another destroyed both them and theirs from off the earth and yet you are not sensible for what they have been cut off although he hath made use of you as Instruments in his hand to cut off the late King for his disobedience to the Lord God of Israel who stood not in his counsel but vvas driven aside by the flattery of wicked Priests and Lawyers as you are although little notice by you is taken thereof I therefore desire from my heart in love to your souls that you did fully understand and know wherefore the Lord did permit you to put the King to death and then you would seek how to do his vvill and not your own and then who do you think would harm you but because you do not therefore it is that you delight not in the Law of the Lord as King David his servant did for which cause plots and conspiracies are daylie and justly ●y him suffered for to be contrived against you which hitherto hath been discovered to that end and purpose that you might be warned for to return unto the Lord from the evil of your doings before destruction in good earnest doth come upon you and then it will be too late to seek repentance or to wish you had unto God and his people paid your vows now know that through your disobedience unto him whom you have promised reformation unto and yet have not performed what you have so promised the number of of oppressors under you have taken boldness for to increase at which the lying National Priests do rejoyce who do in like manner make their boast and say That they will have Tythes paid unto them upon force by such people as do refuse for conscience sake or else they will take away their goods which daylie they do in your Name that are the chief Rulers of these three Nations viz. England Scotland and Ireland and by your Power they also imprison the Saints as they did in the Kings time for that they cannot in conscience pay Tythes the Priests excusing the manner of their tyranny so committed doth lay the fault and blame upon you they saying they are enforced to do what they do because you require of them Offerings or first Fruits which they cannot pay unto you unless the people first pay the same by way of Tythes unto them now if it be so betwixt you and the Priests then where is that Liberty of Conscience performed with your former Engagemens Declarations Remonstrances and those many Oaths Vows and Covenants discharged which were made in the sight of heaven in the dayes of your distress when you were entrusted by the people of God as their servant to fight their Battels viz. at Dunbar Worcester-Fight and several other places as you cannot but remember was put forth under pretence of Publike Liberty but are all yet unperformed with your last Promise also which you made to my loving friend Mr. Iessie and several other friends concerning your taking away of that yet continued Antichristian Oppression of Tythes which should be done said you by the third day of Siptember which was in the year 1654. or if they were not taken away then you bid them call you Juglers Novv knovv that had this last Promise vvith your former Remonstrances Engagements and Protestations c. been by you really intended for to have been performed according to vvhat you pretended then my self vvho formerly have made redress unto you and many more of the dear Saints and faithful Servants of the Lord God of Israel could not have been by you suffered for to be thus ruinated in our outvvard Estates many of us as are and yet notvvithstanding our persons kept prison for that vve cannot sin against our consciences in paying Tythes in vvhich Prison I have been many times in danger of being throvvn into the Hole through poverty vvhich hath made me unable of my self for to provide moneys for to pay my Chamber-Rents so that if my sufferings must for conscience sake be by you stil continued then that you vvould be pleased to shevv some compassion unto me by taking care for to have my Chamber-Rent satisfied I shall remain very thankful to you for the same through vvhich kindness of yours if I may so finde it I shall be the better enabled for to be kept from perishing till the Lord is pleased to give deliverance some other wayes it may be through the death of my cruel Enemies if it may not come from you for I am wel assured from the Lord a deliverance I shall have from my oppressors ere long And thus having discharged my conscience in what I have already declared I shall return again to my former Matter from whence I am a little digressed Giving of you to know and all in Authority with you That forasmuch as you by your Power do uphold the Priests of this Nation for to take the wages of the Law of the Lord God of Israel by way of tythes which peculiarly was given unto the first Priesthood for their service done