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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91233	Nevves from Ipswich discovering certaine late detestable practices of some dominiering lordly prelates, to undermine the established doctrine and discipline of our church, extirpate all oxthodox sincere preachers and preaching of Gods Word, usher in Popery, superstition and idolatry.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1641 (1641)	Wing P4021A; Thomason E177_12; ESTC R9558	6,302	9

NEVVES FROM IPSWICH Discovering certaine late detestable practices of some dominiering Lordly Prelates to undermine the established Doctrine and Discipline of our Church extirpate all Oxthodox sincere Preachers and preaching of Gods Word usher in Popery Superstition and Idolatry VVoe be unto the Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my Flocke saith the Lord. Ierem. 23. 1. Only Canonicall prayers no afternoon sermons Alter Cringing Priest Church wardens for Articles First printed at Ipswich and now reprinted for T. Bates 1641. Newes from Ipswich CHristian Reader this is the deplorable newes of our present age that our Presses formerly open onely to Truth and Piety are closed up against them both of late and patent for the most part to nought but error superstition and prophanesse witnesse many prophane erroneous impious bookes printed within these 3. years by authority point blanke against the established doctrine of the Church of England and his Majesties p●om declarations in defence of Arminianisme and Popish ceremonies and which is yet more impious and detestabl● against the very morality of the Sabbath and 4. Commandement the divine institution title and intire religious sanctification of the Lords day Sabbath and the necessity of frequent preaching exceedingly pressed in our Homil●es and book of Ordination which some of our unpreaching dominiering secular Prel●ts our of their A●ch-piety towards God and Arch-charity to the peoples soules which they seek to eradicate now so far derest that they not only give over preaching themselves as no part of their function and suppresse most wickedly Lectures in divers countries but have likewise lately shut up the mouthes of sundry of our most godly powerfull painfull Preachers who have won more soules to God in a yeare then all the Lord Bishops in England or the whole world have done in divers ages out of meere malice to religion and the peoples salvation contrary to the very lawes of God and the Realme strictly prohibited under paine of suspension in sundry Diocesses all afternoone Sermons on the Lords own day that so the prophane vulgar might have more time to dance play revell drink and prophane Gods Sabbaths even in these dayes of plague and pestilence to draw downe more plague and judgements on us for that sin of Sabbath-breaking when as not only the Synod of Dort but sundry Popish Synods and Bishops have been so religious as to preferre the two Sermons every Lords day at least in every Parish Church to keep the people from such prophanations of this sacred day Alas what could Belzebub the Prince of Divels had he been an Archbishop or Lordly Prelate here in England as there were many such Bishops in Bernards age and most sure there are too many now have done more against the strict intire sanctification of the Christian Sabbath day to abuse the Lords day and to advance Popish innovations on it or against the frequent powerfull Preachers and preaching of Gods word and salvation of the peoples souls then some Luciferian Lord Bishops have lately done whose impiety in this kind transcends all prefidents whatsoever in former ages And yet these prophane Atheisticall persecuters of all holinesse piety sincerity godly Ministers preaching of Gods word yea in these pestilentiall times as meanes to spread the plague though the Scripture and all former ages have prescribed fasting preaching and praying as the chiefe antidotes and cure against it will needs be Lord Bishops Iure divine by the holy Ghosts own institution who never yet instituted any unpreaching rare preaching Prelates or persecuters and suppressors of preaching and shame not to stile themselves the Godly holy Fathers of our Church and pillars of our faith when as their fruits and actions manifest them to be nought else but very Stepfathers and Caterpillers the very pests and plagues of both Take one fresh instance for an example these desperate Archagents for the Divell and Pope of Rome and Master underminers of our Religion as they were the onely instruments of delaying the present generall Fast in the beginning of the pestilence when it was most acceptable and requisite so to shew their inveterate malice against preaching the thing that the Divell wrastleth most against all whose study hath been to decay the office of preaching which should not be diminished they contrary to his Majesties pious intention who hath so oft protested against all innovations have cunningly caused all Sermons the very life and soul of a Fast as being the only means to humble men for their sinnes and bring them to repentance to be prohibited on the Fast day both in London and the Suburbs and in all other infected places during the time of the infection in them in Parishes not infected as if preaching only of all Gods ordinances were pestilentiall and that on the Fast day not on others contrary to the presidents of all former ages and the orders for the generall fasts in the two last great plagues which prescribed two Sermons of one houre long apeece forenoon and afternoon every fast day and that as well in Parishes infected as others even in the Summer season when the infection was more contagious raging then now By which device they have not only made this fast distastfull to all sorts of men in infected places who have little heart unto it robbed the poor of much charitable relief and deprived the people of the spirituall food and physick of their souls when they need and desire it most to their intolerable griefe and discontent but quite suppressed all setled Wednesday Lectures in London and other infected townes as long as the infection shall continue in any one Parish though it should last these 7. yeares the thing they principally aimed at forced many Ministers and people to flye out of infected places into the Countrey to keep their Fasts where there is preaching brought in a famine of Gods word the greatest plague of all others to the increasing and further spreading of the present pestilence and drawing down of Gods wrath upon us to the uttermost by inhibiting Ministers in the time of greatest need to preach unto the people that they may be saved O heavens stand amazed at this unparalel'd practise of impious Popish Prelates But is this all No verily for whereas his Majesty commanded That the book of common prayer for the fast formerly set forth by his authority upon the like occasion should be reprinted these Romish Inquisitors have miserably gelded it after it was new printed in sundry particulars First they have purged out the prayer for seasonable weather one cause of the shipwracks and tempestuous unseasonable weather since its publication Secondly they have dashed the Lady Elizabeth and her children in the old Collect quite out of the new as they have expunged both them with our gracious King Queen and their children out of the catalogue of Gods elect by blotting out this clause who art the father of thine Elect and of their Seed out of the Collect for them in

purity of his Worship and taking vengeance on these perfidious Prelates who have thus gelded thy Fast-booke and intend to make an Index Expurgatorius upon all other ancient English Writers ere they bee reprinted a thing considerable thus openly abused thy onely Sister and her Children now present with Thee oppressed and grieved thy faithfull subjects dishonoured thy God betrayed thy Religion increased the plague among thy people and as much as in them lyeth robbed thee both of thy Gods and peoples loves and pulled thy Crowne off thy Royall head to set it on their owne ambitious pares by exercising all Ecclesiasticall power yea Papall jurisdiction over thy subjects in their owne names and rights alone and by trampling all thy lawes and subjects liberties like Cob-webs thy subjects like Dogges and dirt under their tyrannicall feet If thou thus execute judgement on them and ease thy people from their intolerable tyranny no doubt this plague shall bee ceased and this Fast bee pleasing to the Lord else hee will not accept it but proceed to plague more and more O blessed Soveraigne that thou didst but heare the severall cries and out-cries of thy people against these persecuting Prelates in many places especially in our Norwich Diocesse where little Regulus hath played such Rex that hee hath suspended above threescore of our sincerest painfullest comfortablest Ministers both from their Office and Benefice so as many of our Churches as the like was never since King Iohns dayes are quite shut up and Lord have mercy upon us may bee written on their doores The people cry for the bread of their soules and their Ministers are prohibited to give it them This not onely wounds but breakes their hearts and makes them amazed O therefore Gracious Soveraigne help now and heare the petitions cryes and teares of thy poore people and punish these Popelings for these and other innumerable oppressions extortions innovations and harmes who suspend imprison and ruine others for meere toyes and trifles yea for defending your Royall Prerogative against their Papall usurpations This is all the newes I shall now impart in this Coranto the next week God willing you shall heare of Mr. Dade his excommunicating of Ferdinando Adams a Church warden in our Town for not blotting out of this sentence of Scripture written on Mr. Wards Church wall over his Court It is written My house shall bee called an house of Prayer but yee have made it a den of Theeves which excommunication is recorded in Star-chamber of our Bishops commanding Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel out of Mr. Scots Church and of the strange proceedings at Colchester against Mr. Samuel Burrowes for inditing Necoman for railing in the Communion Table Altar-wise and causing the Communicants to come up to the Raile to receive in a new unaccustomed manner contrary to the Statute of 1. Eliz. c. 2. and his Majesties Declarations this last Michaelmas Sessions which inditement the Grand-Iury hath found but his Majesty yet can get no judgement In the meane time I shall conclude my Newes with the words of Patrick Adamson Archbishop of St. Andrewes in his publicke Recantation in the Synod of Fyff Aprill 8. 1591. That the office of a Diocesan Bishop hath no authority at all to support it in the Word of God That it is onely founded on the politicke device of men That the Primacie of the Pope or Antichrist sprung from it That it is worthily condemned And that it hath been for five hundred year and more the chiefe originall and instrument of the suppressing the preaching of Gods Word in all Kingdomes as all Ecclesiasticall Historians testifie I therefore shall close up all with the Collect on St. Matthias day A mighty God which in the place of the traytor Bishop Iudas didst chuse thy faithfull servant Matthias to bee of the number of the twelve Apostles grant that thy Church being alwayes preserved from false Apostles may bee ordered and guided by faithfull and true Pastors through Iesus Christ our Lord. And with the Collect on St. Peters day Almighty God which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hath given to thy Apostle S. Peter many excellent gifts and commandest him earnestly to feed thy flock make we beseech thee all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word and the people obediently to follow the same that they may receive the Crowne of everlasting glory through Iesus Christ our Lord and Saviour AMEN From Ipswich November 12. 1636. Thine in the Lord Matthew White