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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85551	Truths victory against heresie; all sorts comprehended under these ten mentioned: 1. Papists, 2. Familists, 3. Arrians, 4. Arminians, 5. Anabaptists, 6. Separatists, 7. Antinomists, 8. Monarchists. 9. Millenarists, 10. Independents. As also a description of the truth, the Church of Christ, her present suffering estate for a short time yet to come; and the glory that followeth at the generall resurrection. / By I.G. a faithfull lover and obeyer of the truth. Imprimatur, John Downame.	Graunt, John, of Bucklersbury.	1645 (1645)	Wing G1597; Thomason E277_7; ESTC R200005	70,586	79

By I. G. A faithfull lover and obeyer of the Truth Now I beseech you Brethren mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them Rom. 16. 17. Imprimatur JOHN DOWNAME TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFULL Sir BENJAMIN RUDYARD Knight one of the Honourable House of COMMONS SIR AS formerly I have acquainted you with two small Treatises which were dedicated to his MAJESTIE and the Right Honorable the High Court of Parliament so now I have presumed on Christian affection to dedicate this victory of Truth to your religious view and meditation The odds in the conflict was much ten to one and every one of them being roots of a thousand branches even so many in number and so grosse in nature that if I should speak all I know of them it might seeme incredulous to your exercised and experienced judgement and prejudicious unto many that want the like knowledge and discernment so that for this time I thought thus briefly to disarme the Leaders that so the following multitude of the Army may have premonition before the time come that all the enemies of Christ shall be slaine before him and the secrets of all manner of hearts discovered And for my own particular Sir finding the boldnesse and impudency of error as well as the multiplicitie whereby the whole Citie is in every part and place infected and from thence as from a fountain the Countryes also I could rest no longer silent for as much as God of his own goodnesse and infinite mercy hath been pleased to communicate and impart the knowledge of the mystery of his Word unto me in some measure notwithstanding my own unworthinesse and weaknesse this truth received in my heart hath been as a fire which I could no wayes hinder from burning into a flame through the light whereof by the means of your grave and prudent countenance he that reads it may have information of the evill and error without prefigured and within this Treatise manifestly revealed as also the good and happinesse of truth the old path and straight way of the Lord in some measure opened and declared to which all that are not of the houshold of faith are strangers and most of them perverters And Sir I pray of one thing take notice in the figure that he that is most obscure in his person is most dangerously subtill and mysterious in his doctrine and at this very time in which you sit in Parliament with the whole Counsell of the Kingdome he doth more hurt in one houre then in ten heretofore his badge is F. Wherefore Right Wor be pleased to take notice of the Churches enemies and let the despised and persecuted wife of Christ and her little children have your love helpe and assistance These are all that are intreated for to be granted by you most vertuous and noble Senator to him that is your faithfull and humble servant JOHN GRAUNT Truths Victory against Heresie TRVTH NOw all you Heresies new and old that have mustered up your powers and forces against me that am the Truth of God and have drawne out your Companies into Regiments and your Brigades into an Army of strong armed fighting cruell men whom all this world long have plotted devised and waged battel against me and my generation and by your subtile discipline in the artillery of error iniquity and deceit have made your selves so skilfull and artificiall that you have alwayes boldly and scornfully given mee many alarmes summons onsets skirmishes underminings stormings killings firings poysonings murthering of my Children and Witnesses denying us quarter or any mercy although we have cryed out for pity and compassion above these four thousand yeeres I pray you take notice therefore that I do now in these last dayes of the world even now in this little time to come that makes an end of sins and finisheth transgressions and which also accomplisheth my injuries and sufferings my teares and sorrowes my lamentation and weeping Now I say even in this day in which you are so much increased and grown so innumerable I challenge you all even all your multitudes and gatherings of what degree and condition Sect or Religion sex age tongue or nation soever you are of for that you have usurped my names and titles my house and children my birth my birth-right and inheritance my priviledges and my dignities my honour and authority my kingdome and Throne it self and that you all have robbed oppressed spoyled reproached belied persecuted beaten wounded and killed me in my truth and innocency at all times and in all places with despite and scorne contemptuously have cast me out from amongst you and defam'd my sincerity with heresie my purity with iniquity my fruitfulnesse you have call'd barrennesse and my faithfull fervency you call hypocrisie HERESIE What strange voyce is this that wee heare Truth saith shee what is that were you made to reprove our thoughts we tell you you are grievous unto us to behold let us therefore examine her with despitefulnesse and torture and let us condemn her with a shamefull death Truth Thus hath ever been your dealing with mee and mine from the beginning for your Cain kill'd my childe Abel and so your Ishmael mockt and persecuted Isaac my son of promise and my Lord of life was slain by your children of death and as alwayes you have been at enmity and sworn adversaries so from the beginning of this world to this very day you have had power and authority in your own hands to work your will and pleasure against us even the greatnesse of the pomp and glory of temporall dignity majesty in and by whom you have wrought your malice and implacable anger and wrath upon us The great Image consisting of the four Metalls which the Prophet Daniel described to be the four great powerfull Monarchs which should rule and govern in this world the golden head the silver breasts and arms the brazen belly and thighs the iron legs and the feet and toes they consisted part of iron and part of clay Dan. 2. 31 32 33 42. And all you my old sworn enemies have in and by them all even in all and every part of this terrible and great Images power and strength you I say again have wrought and effected under and in a seeming bright and excellent way your own wicked spleen and indignation against me your father the Devill exercising his false accusation and lies his enmity and cruelty in the Monarchie of the Babylonians which was the head of gold and after him he stirr'd up the Assyrian Monarchy to the self-same purpose deciphered by the breasts and arms of silver and when that power grew old weak and so failed him then hee stirred up the Grecian Monarchy who exceeded for strength though not for wealth whereby my children were cruelly oppressed to their great destruction for as their nature so is their operation declared by the Prophet to be a belly and thighs of brasse