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The Counterfeit Ievv
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1653
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himselfe discover him he can varnish over the greatest wickednesse with the greatest shewes of godlinesse cast sand and dust in the eyes of all that come neer him and blinde them How many such are hugged kissed embraced in the armes of Saints as once it may be Phlygellus Alexander Philetus c. was of holy Paul who shall ere long be turned into the blackest Devils in Hell Oh who can fadome hearts who knowes those mysteries of Iniquity exceeding all those wickednesses that are done in the Cloysters of Monks the Colledges of Jesuits the Conclaves of Popes A singular piece of their wickednesse was this counterfeit lew a select Commissioner of Hell In utrumque paratus seu versare dolos sau certe occumbere morti sent from the Inquisition house to try his fidelity in order to Priesthood by some notable attempt upon the State Army by Division Intelligence poyson any way to which his acting at Hexham was but the Introduction to propagate the Catholique ends being impowred by the Popes Indulgence to doe any thing sweare any thing counterfeit any thing put off put on any Religion c. Oh the blood of bodies soules that Man of sinne is guilty of who rejoyceth so much to heare of any Martyr as he calls him though he be a wicked Rogue a Blasphemous wretch suffer for the Catholique cause the Lord Iesus will judge him shortly The strange discovery of this counterfeit did exceedingly take the hearts of all there present and made them fall down and adore and blesse God in this great Providence Greatly would they have rejoyced to see any the least true compuction of spirit such as flowes from sights of Christ and sence of pardon Pray that all those Emissaries of Hell may be discovered every where Prayer had a strange influence upon the discovery of this Counterfeit it will yet find out more of those lying spirits of Devils which come forth of the mouth of the Beast and the false Prophet drunke with the blood of Saints and Martyrs of Iesus who notwithstanding all his glorious splended Troope of Cardinalls and Iesuits those Cardines Diaboli those Engines of wickednesse dayly attending him and their boasting of the Conquest of Chinah the Atlas Romanae Ecclesia shall be tumbled downe and made to drinke of the Cup of the wrath of the Lord. Let the Pope use all his cunning to divide distract as Balaam did he shall not be able to escape the Sword of the Lord which is now drawn and set to his breast and will assuredly enter into his bowels Let him look from his high Prinacle of worldly glory and scorne the Army of England mock and laugh at the glorious providences of God among us as the actings of a giddy-headed people curse all our proceedings yet let him know Christ is making great preparations against him here in England and whetting the Arrowes of his indignation to destroy him and his Adherents Christ is undermining all the mountains of his Power and greatnesse upon which he sits Babylon the great shall fall and not one stone left upon another of all her stately Structure her Ecclesiasticall pompe and civill Power which shall become a place of Iim Zim the abomination of the Earth In that day the redeemed of the Lord shall rejoyce the Saints shall sing yea even now we are begun to sing our Hallelujahs Rev. 19. The Saints of England a Land of Victories of Ordinances of all sorts of glories have first begun to set the Tune of the Songs of Zion which shall be sung through all Nations Great and marveilous are thy works Lord God Almighty just and true are thy wayes oh King of Saints Who shall not feare thee O Lord and glorifie thy Name for thou onely art holy For all Nations shall come and Worship before thee for thy Iudgement are made manifest Rev. 15. An Anabaptist can never be a Papist nor a Papist an Anabaptist He that holds Infant-Baptisme as a Papist must is no Anabaptist A Papist may take up Baptisme upon a State-designe as this Counterfeit but he is a Papist still and holds Infant-Baptisme They differ in all Points Baptisme Supper Singing Sabbath Ministerie impossible to reconcile them 23. Iune 1653.
Baptisme Church-fellow-ship c. for a Iudas a Simon Magus a notorious Hypocrite abusing them The Devill will make notable use of this and possesse the World that Sheep are Wolves and fit to be destroyed because Wolves appeare in Sheeps cloarning one of his old fetches to raise up Persecution at least Tongue-Persecution which hath already too farre pruvailed upon this occasion Brethren should not strive Let us convert it to more holy uses and see the wonderfull goodnesse of God and his especiall care over his poore People in answering Prayers and so soon discovering as Simon Magus was this miscreant taking this Fox that intended to have spoyled the Vines that hath tender Grapes and one tricke was to have blowne up Churches with Notions above Ordinances if not that then to try what Free-will could doe c. in his owne net not suffering him to goe any further Churches as they have their Commission immediately from Christ so their Protection also his Banners of Love are over them their Comforts their Graces their Priviledges their Ordinances All the Iudasses Annaniasses Simon Magusses Alexanders Hermogenesses Hymeneuses all the poyson of Heretickes Pesecution of Magistrates and Rulers were never able to doe the least harme to the Churches of Christ They multiplyed flourished in despight of all the malice of Hell Never any designe the Devill had upon them but they gained by it and shortly Christ will tread Satan under the feet of his Churches and the Devill Anti-Christ Hypocrites shall pay for all the wrongs they have done Christ his Saints his Ordinances Thinke not somewhat is befallen which hath no president in the Primitive Churches thousands of glorious Hypocrites there are though its very rare to finde one so grosse so desperately profane as this Counterfeit so every way resembling the Devill Churches must looke for fiery Tryalls not onely from without but from within from Hypocrites Seducers in their owne bosomes but they shall lose nothing by all even such occurrences as these they shall serve onely to Polish them provoke them to more holinesse love watchfulnesse humility Oh take heed of stumbling at the stumbling-stone Blessed are those that are not offended at Christ his Truths his Ordinances in these dayes We are like to see more of these things Christ hath sore-told us The Devill will sute himselfe into all shapes appear in all formes to undermine Christ he is the Master Hypocrite the Master Polititian Quum pellis leonina non sufficit vulpina est assumenda Machi What need had we to beware of men especially men of Parts curious Wits who can turne themselves into any likenesse easily disguising themselves we are apt to be taken with Gifts and Parts suspecting least we be deceived Churches had need be very wary circumspect in these times when looked upon as a prevailing Party a way to preferment as Christianity was in Constantines Court. There had need be trying searching to purpose ransacking mens hearts turning them over and over before a cloze Nimia cautela non nocet sudden actings in Churches are dangerous He that suspects not will be * Qui cito credit facile fallituâ— deceived feare every man whom we doe not throughly know without much warinesse in these dayes Churches will be filled with Hypocrites and the most glorious Churches will harbour the greatest deceivers The World is full of * Melin oteâ— fil in cordâ— Deceivers The Devill is mightily busie extraordinary bestirrs himselfe in these last and perillous dayes He will raise up spirits on purpose who shall affront disgrace blaspheme the good wayes of God his Plots against the Saints the Churches all the Ordinances thereof are exceeding deep fairely guilded over He will soment jealousies raise up slanders back-bitings censurings judgings reproachings one another to divide to weaken to destroy He can set Saints against Saints Churches against Churches put fire to Churches and Common-wealths He hath variety of Instruments Engines fit for every worke The Devill and the Pope make use of no Fooles they are not for their turne they chuse the most sublimated Wits the choy cest pieces of Art and Learning men compounded of the nimblest spirits full fraught with the policy audacity of the Devill that have drunke in the very quintesscence of Hell who having lost all sence and seeling in their Consciences in Stew-houses Inquisition-houses are on purpose trained up to dare to doe any * Illis felix seclus pietas est wickednesse Poyson Stab Murther c. things that the thoughts of would afright any spirit that is but commonly wicked Cunning Artists deceitfully Workers who are Ingeniosissime nequam Ingenious Inventers of mischiefes Scelerum molitores egregii free to act all wickednesse for Jesuitis Diaboloque quaelibet audendi conceditur aequa potestat yet can transforme themselves into an Angel of Light Alas how easily are poore Lambes and Doves oft deceived before they be aware by such Foxes sawning Simons Honest simple well-meaning soules ignari scelerum tantorum artisque Pelasgae how easily are they circumvented Therefore Christs command is to be Serpents as well as Doves Rare where both Graces meet Amare sapore What need had Saints to keep close to Jesus Christ to Reade Study the blessed Word of God much to walke close in the order of the Gospel as an Army with Banners which would be as a Wall of Fire and Brasse against Deceivers What little cause of boasting in Ordinances Priviledges when a Devill a Witch may be under the most pretious Ordinances Church-membership may be without true Saintship men may get into Churches that shall be excluded Heaven at the last with the five Foolish Virgins and carry Baptisme and all Ordinances to Hell with them whose Flames of all others shall be the hottest there Prize grace in every Saint and love him for his grace meerly not his Opinion whatever it be When Judas is abroad when the Devill is playing all his prankes trudging up and downe to deceive what need had Saints to VVatch and Pray to watch one over another exhort one another continually examining their owne hearts to finde out the sophistries subtilties that are there there may be seen the greatest Divels Jesuits Impostures in the world acting their parts The more we feare suspect our selves others the safer from being deceived Look round about us within and without us and we shall see the hypocrite acting every where in Courts in Churches in Glosets in Pulpits in Shops no place free Many State-hypocrites Church-hypocrites must yet be unmasked in England Blessed are poore humble sincere soules such onely will he able to endure this day of the Lord this day of burning that is upon England Men of all forts of all Professions will be tryed None more Devill-like then an hypocrite he hath his designes in all that he doth but so closely cunningly layd as Vaux a Romish Emissary too layd his Powder-barrels under the Parliament House that none can possibly discerne him till God