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A16247 Boanerges. Or the humble supplication of the ministers of Scotland, to the High Court of Pariament [sic] in England Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626. 1624 (1624) STC 3171; ESTC S102729 18,586 38

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you of Pauls instructions to Timothy concerning the doctrines of diuels speaking through hypocrisie hauing their consciences burned with a hot iron forbidding meates and mariages and giuing heed to the spirit of errors to be seduced so that you see there must be a doctrine amongst professors of Gods word prescribing things abominable to the truth and it shall be perspicuous to the world and plainly reuealed and when it is discouered and made knowne the conclusion followes without distinction or exception that it is the doctrine of the diuel answer then a Gods name you that must answer before the throne of the Lambe is not this Papistrie and who would be thus defiled Oh marke the goodnes of God when the guests made excuses and would not come to the feast the Master sent about into the high wayes and hedges for the poore the blind the halt and the lame yea hee compelled some to come that knew not what that hospitalitie meant and yet for all this when hee discouered a man in the bride-chamber that had not on his wedding garment he cast him forth and his ministers threw him into vtter desolation what then will become of Papists can you conceiue that the Popes triple crowne his vestments embrodred with pearle and gold the Cardinals bloody scarlet gownes the Priests stately and pompous copes the altar-hangings of rich arras with all those proud and pompous attires are wedding garments fit to come into Christs bride-chamber No no. It is true humiliation and the washing of our sins with his precious blood must make vs fit for admission What is Calamus Benimmi or Storax says the Prophet or a thousand riuers of oile to make vs delicately cleane and smell of perfumes except the Lord purge and cleanse vs and by the operation of his holy Spirit wipe away our leprous spots of iniquitie and purifie vs by a new sanctification not by the Purgatory of Papistry the intercession of Saints the Masses of Priests the merits of works the Indulgences of the Pope the trentals dirges of cozening Friers nor in a word the trumperies and fooleries of processions and puppet playes Now come to the hammer that strikes all home to the stone that pushed the golden image in peeces to the iron rod that bruiseth Gods enemies to powder the Apocalips I meane and he that hath eares to heare let him heare I saw vnder the altar the soules of them that were killed for the word of God and for the testimonie which they maintained Oh the bloody massacres of France and the crueltie of the Romane Bishops oh the tyrannie of the Inquisition and the searches of Iesuites and Priests all ouer Europe oh the fiery trials persecutions in Queen Maries dayes and those blood-thirsty enemies of God Gardner and Bonner with the rest of Satans instruments worse then Adonibeseck the tyrant who cut off the hands and feet of 70 Kings But vnderstand what followes both to them and all the rest that forget God And the Kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chiefe Captaines and the mightie men and the bond-man and euery freeman hid themselues in dens and among the rocks of the mountaines and said to the mountaines and rocks Fall on vs and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. And he opened the bottomlesse pit and there arose the smoake of the pit and the smoake of a great fornace and the Sunne and the aire were darkned by the smoake of the pit And there came out of the smoake Locusts vpon the earth and vnto them was giuen power as the Scorpions of the earth haue power What is all this and much more that followes but Popish Priests false teachers hereticks indeed and such as would eclipse and darken the glory of Gods word and peruert the doctrine of holy Scripture Marke the rest we beseech you And when they haue finished their testimonie the Beast that cometh out of the bottomlesse pit shall make warre against them and shall ouercome them and kill them and their corpse shall lie in the streets of the great Citie which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt where our Lord also was crucified And there appeared another great wonder in heauen for behold a great red Dragon hauing seuen heads and ten hornes and there was a battell in heauen Michael and his Angels fought against the Dragon And the great Dragon that old Serpent called the Diuell and Satan was cast out which deceiueth all the world And I saw a Beast rise out of the Sea with seuen heads and ten hornes and he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy against God And I saw three vnclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the Dragon and out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of the false Prophet And great Babylon came in remembrance before God to giue vnto her the cup of the wine of the fiercenesse of his wrath Come I will shew thee the damnation of the great Whore that sitteth vpon many waters with whom haue committed fornication the Kings of the earth And I saw a Woman sit vpon a scarlet coloured beast full of names of blasphemy Oh reade the whole Chapter with all that followeth concerning Romes prophesie and then consider with your selues who would either be a Papist or allow of Papistry in any Christian gouernment for either you must discredit this prophesie or think the holy Ghost very vnmannerly in these epith●tes and titles or be ashamed of your profession and so turne to the Lord if be possible by true contrition and reformation of life But most gracious Lords we will come nearer home to you you know what letters haue passed from your Bishops to inferiour Ministers concerning what and how they shall preach with certaine limitation of handsome language toward the Papists that none of these fearfull characters in Scriptures shall be once mentioned against them you know how the Lord Keeper would faine haue moderated the charges of the Iudges of Assise at their solemne Sessions and Assemblies as if there were a full determination in the gouernment to repeale all the Statutes of Queen Elizabeth yea the King himselfe against Papists Priests and Iesuites You know how audacious they haue been euen of late dayes to iustifie their bad dispositions toward the State and make a publicke protestation of their inficious wilfulnesse insomuch that some of them dared to say when we reioyced with bonfires at the Princes returne that they were sory to see so much wood spent in vain for there would not be fagots enough left to burne the Hereticks in London What then hath our gracious Soueraigne gotten by this partiall charitie or conniuencie at Papists but at home a generall feare lest the Diuell should lay hold vpon the latch of the doore and so take aduantage of no bodies
Boanerges OR THE HVMBLE SVPPLICATION OF THE MINISTERS OF SCOTLAND TO THE HIGH COVRT OF PARIAMENT IN ENGLAND 2. COR. 4. 13. We beleeue and therefore haue we spoken Printed in Edenburgh 1624. 2. CHRON. 19. 6. Take heed what you doe for you execute not the iudgement of man but of the Lord and he shall be with you in the cause and iudgement A Preface or Introduction to the Supplication THere is a common saying among ours and Gods enemies the Papists that the Christian Church must be knowne by these Characters Visibility Antiquity Vniuersality and Consent but the Spirit of God sayes that all these are the marks of the Beast and persecution and paucitie the infallible signes of the true Church thus began the first prophesie I will put enmity betweene thee and the woman and betweene thy seed and her seed thus it continued in Iohns Reuelation Then the Dragon was wroth with the Woman and went and made warre with the remnant of her seed which keep the commandements of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ And thus could we spread the testimonies of Scripture like a mantle exposed to your view full of delicate resemblances wherein you might behold how the true Church of God hath been euer without any cessation subiect to scornes opprobry the malignant circumstances of time or fearfull persecution But withall we pray you remember that we make not our approches from Nebuchadnezars heating the oven seuen times hotter but the Dragons watching the Woman the Man that sitteth in the Temple of God as God those that be in Moses chaire such as were invested with Aarons ornaments and in plaine termes the continued persecution which we meane must arise out of the hate and malice of Christians yea Preachers themselues that are opposites to zealous professors and this we complaine of Oh reade reade for Gods sake the story of Ieremie and marke his persecutions and who were his greatest enemies Shemaiah a false Prophet and Zephaniah the chiefe Priest in stead of Iehoiada yea if you step a litle further you shal find that the king Zedekiah durst not iustifie his conference with Ieremie as being afraid of the Princes and Priests so that in truth he had no friends but Baruch the Prophet and Ebedmelech the Moore And as it was with him so it continued with all the rest vntill the comming of Christ and then wherfore did he call them generation of Vipers or who were those hypocrites that Christ exprobrated but the Scribes and Pharises who sat in Moses chaire and at last condemned the Sauiour of the world to an ignominious death so that it is apparant here was nothing but persecution And for visibility did not Eliah crie out he was alone and those that were the true seruants of God durst not iustifie their profession And after-terward he that was the Author of all truth was reputed an impostor and deceiuer of the world Oh marke what the Apostle saith For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles as men appointed to death for we are made a gazing-stocke vnto the world vnto the Angels and to men Which place of Scripture driues vs to amaze when we consider the disparitie betweene the flourishing Churches ambitious Prelacie exalted Bishops and maiesticke glory of Clergie men in Europe and the pouerty persecution and disreputation of the true Church of God indeed as either it was in the time of the Apostles or must be according to this prophesie to the worlds end Reconcile vs then we pray you whether the Apostle onely meant the present time or from the Spirit of God by way of prediction had reference to after ages yea the end of the world but doe not come too neare our eyes to dim our sight or deafe our eares with the fearfull sound of the prerogatiue of Princes the high commanding voices of authoritie or the seeming flourishes of the orders of a Church but plainly out of coherence of Scripture rectifie our vnderstanding in this point For if the Apostles haue prophetically set downe and indefinitely concluded that this must be the estate of the true Church of God we shall neuer beleeue but that outward pomp pride wealth eminencie and the ill sounding accent of supereoritie ouer their brethren can decipher any other thing then Antichrist and so must loue such in our soules as either out of Pauls humilitie content themselues with that portion which God hath allotted or Dauids patience endure the Micols of the world to call them fooles THE SVPPLICATION OR PETITION IT SELFE Most gracious Lords WHen Paul came to preach at Ephesus and bring as it were the Arke of God into the Temple of Dagon that hee might breake his necke it is said the whole Citie was moued and Demetrius a siluer-smith who got his liuing by making of Images raised such a hurliburly amongst the people that they would not endure any motiue for their conuersion to Christianitie but cried out Great is Diana of the Ephesians Whereupon the Apostle afterward exclaimed vpon them that he had fought with beasts at Ephesus Thus is it with all kingdomes and setled gouernments though neuer so many thornes and thistles grow vp to choke the good seed yet if there be a desire to set a crowne of gold on the Priests head and take away his rags and deformed garments to bring some leprous offender to publicke view that it may be discerned whether he be vnclean or no to make the Priests to cleanse the Temple of filth and pigeons dung as you reade of Hercules who let in the riuer to cary away the ordure of Angens stable to search the vnswept corners of vicious mens soules and in a word to reforme the abuses of a Cōmon-wealth then shall some Amasiah tell Amos Bethel is the Kings Court and the Kings Chappell there is no preaching there then shall some Prince or Lord tell Zedechiah that Ieremy weakens the kingdome and disheartens the souldiers then shall Sandolet and the rest affright Nehemiah when hee attempts the discouery of foule enormities in a word then shall your great men and officers for feare some charming arme of Hecate turne their inside outward crie out of innouation sedition turbulencie or some hare-braind spirit But most gracious Lords we beseech you remember how worthily King Philip of Macedon entertained a petitioners presumption when a certaine woman kneeled before him to deliuer a supplication he reiected her suite and turned away in scorne from her the woman amazed yet boldly answered Then cease to be a King if thou deniest to heare thy subiects petitions The King hearing her voice but not vnderstanding what she said returned againe and askt her what she meant The vndaunted woman repeated the words againe and the magnanimous Prince not onely pardoned her but tooke her vp in his armes and as you shall reade that Dauid blessed Abigail for keeping him from shedding of blood so did King Philip blesse the woman