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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79851	A second voyce from the temple to the higher povvers. Wherein is proved that the decrees and institutions of popes and popish counsels, which have been established by the law of the land, and have been continued and confirmed throughout divers ages, by several acts of Parliament, against Jesus Christ, in the way and order of the Gospel (the same yet standing) ought by the present supream authority of this nation to be taken away. Moreover; here is shewed, some particular decrees of popes, which have beeen established by several acts of Parliament, viz. A nationall ministry, tythes, prohibiting men from publick preaching of the Gospel, unlesse elected and ordained after a popish manner, &c. All which as they are the institutions of popes, formerly confirmed by the law of the land, so now, to be abrogated. By John Canne.	Canne, John, d. 1667?	1653 (1653)	Wing C442A; Thomason E710_19; ESTC R207195	25,656	36

A Second VOYCE FROM THE TEMPLE TO THE Higher Powers WHEREIN Is proved that the Decrees and Institutions of Popes and Popish Counsels which have been established by the Law of the Land and have been continued and confirmed throughout divers Ages by several Acts of Parliament against Jesus Christ in the way and order of the Gospel the same yet standing ought by the present supream Authority of this Nation to be taken away MOREOVER Here is shewed some particular Decrees of Popes which have been established by severall Acts of Parliaments viz. A Nationall Ministry Tythes Prohibiting men from publick Preaching of the Gospel unlesse Elected and Ordained after a Popish manner c. All which as they are the Institutions of Popes formerly confirmed by the Law of the Land so now to be abrogated By JOHN CANNE LONDON Printed by M. Simmons and are to be sould at his House next door to the Gilded Lyon in Aldersgate street 1653. TO THE SVPREAM AVTHORITY OF THIS NATION The PARLIAMENT of the Common-wealth of England SIRS WHo knowes whether ye are called to the Common-wealth for such a time as this It is a singular mercy when the Lord in the way of his providence calls men himselfe to imployment and puts a faire opportunity into their hands to Act for him Your Call to this present work was more then ordinary and there is something more then ordinary expected now to be done by you I would think you should never be sitting in that House but be thinking still on those who sate there before you whom the Lord hath laid aside as dispised broken Idols and vessels wherein his soule had no pleasure and why ah they knew not their Generation-work neither were faithfull to the interest of Jesus Christ God is no respector of persons as men sow so they shall reap Charles King of Naples was sir-named Cunctator Delayer because he stayed till opportunity was past but Fabius the Sheild of Rome was so called because he onely stayed till opportunity was come Truly my desire and prayer to God is that you may be like Fabius As for the opportunity it s come it s before you and in your hands doe ye aske what The Lord is now taking vengeance and doing execution upon Babylon in order whereunto he hath stained the power and pride of the Prelates destroyed their Courts Canons and other abominations This work he is still carrying on for it must be wholly desolate not a stone left upon a stone which shall not be throwne downe And as before he made use of the Higher Powers for the effecting of what was then done so he will doe for the rest command his sanctified ones and call his mighty ones to fulfill all his pleasure upon the great whore It is true as the work behind is more choice high and spirituall so he will single out men of clearer principles greater zeale and larger affections and love to him and his Son for it Whether you be the men whom the Lord will honour in this worke I know not but this I know it is speedily to be done for Sion is in travail and ready to bring forth Is it not a goodly thing to behold in Poets Jupiter who hath forsaken his fiery Chariot and rainged Horses letting all goe at randome in the mean time to busie himself in painting upon the Clouds sometimes Goats Apes Centaures c. To deliver my mind plainly for I desire to be plain if you stick not to the interest of Christ and set upon his worke in good earnest which is to destroy the Antichristian Kingdome so far as your power and place extends as for other things comparatively I speake it they are but as Jupiters paintings on the Clouds soon passe away and the remembrance of them hereafter will administer small comfort to you I remember Christs words to his Spouse Rise up my love my faire one and come away for lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone If you speak to a Mariner in winter why he keeps at home and lets his Vessel lye still in the Harbour he hath something to say in reason for himselfe viz. the unseasonablenesse of the time but in summer he cannot excuse himselfe so If a man should have spoken to you 10 or 20 yeares past about this Nationall Ministry Tithes and to have men preach not ordained by Bishops you might have said then it 's winter we are not Parliament men nor in a capacity to help the Lord against the Mighty well it is otherwise now with you and therefore suit your selves like men and doe the Lords worke whiles it is to day Let not this Voyce from the Temple passe through your eares without taking some impression your hearts The which is the desire of Your humble Servant in the work of Sion JOHN CANNE SEVERAL REASONS Proving that the Decrees and Institutions of Popes and Popish-Counsels viz. A Nationall Ministry Tythes Prohibiting men from Publick Preaching of the Gospel unlesse Elected and Ordained after a Popish manner ought to be Abolished by the Present Authority IT is a saying of Solomon To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the Heaven Eccl. 3.1 I know not that ever there was a time or season more fit then now to publish these things For I hope and till I see the contrary shall believe it that those men who are the Higher Powers as they will prove all things so hold fast that which is good My meaning is whatsoever they find upon due and mature examination to be the mind of Christ revealed in his holy word as a work proper to them so they will accordingly act and doe that good that acceptable and perfect will of God First then I shall lay down this Assertion and humbly set it before them Whatsoever Decrees and Institutions of Popes and Popish Counsels have been established by the Law of the Land and have been continued and confirmed throughout diverse ages by severall Acts of Parliament against Jesus Christ in the order and way of the Gospel the same yet standing ought by the present supream Authority of this Nation to be taken away My Reasons for it are these 1. This tends to the effectual accomplishing of that good Promise in Zeph. 2.11 where the Lord speaks that he will famish all the Gods of the earth and men shall worship him c. Now what way or course can be taken more effectual and certain to starve and famish the Antichristian Idols as the false Church Ministry Worship Government then the Magistrate to take away the food and maintenance whereby hitherto and at this present they are nourished fed and kept alive 2. If the Civil Magistrate be to hate the whore and make her desolate and naked as it 's expresly prophesied Rev. 17.16 then he is to repeal all such Lawes and Statutes which Popish Princes formerly have made whereby she hath lived deliciously and proudly and keeps on