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A41067	A touch-stone, or, A perfect tryal by the Scriptures, of all the priests, bishops, and ministers, who have called themselves, the ministers of the Gospel whose time and day hath been in the last ages past, or rather in the night of apostacy : they are tried and weighed by the Scriptures of truth, and are found out of the life and power of the scriptures, and out of the spirit and doctrine of them that gave them forth, and quite contrary to their principle and practice, both Papists and Protestants : unto which is annexed, Womens speaking justified, &c.	Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.	1667 (1667)	Wing F639; ESTC R7178	82,431	96

they were Baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus And when Paul had laid his hands upon them the Holy Ghost came upon them and they spake with Tongues and Prophesied Acts 19. So here is the true and only Baptism the Power and Spirit of Christ Jesus which as John said shall increase who is that Living Fountain that if any man be athirst they may come unto him and drink And this was spoken of the pourings forth of his Spirit and with this Spirit were they Baptized while Peter was speaking unto them when the Holy Ghost fell upon them and they spake with Tongues And they of the Circumcision which believed were astonied and came to Peter because the Holy Ghost fell upon the Gentiles But Peter answered Can any man forbid Water that they should not be baptized who have received the Holy Ghost So he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus and so they were united into the Body and into the Christian Faith and into the Unity as well as the Jewes And by this Spirit did Christ send forth his Disciples to go teach and Baptize all Nations Acts 2. 38 41. And this is not an outward Element of Water neither is this poured only upon Infants but upon all that are athirst And this is that one Baptism which the Apostle mentioneth in Ephes 4. where he saith There is one Body and one Spirit one Lord and one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of all So as there is but one Lord and one God and one Faith and one Spirit and one Body so there is but one Baptism if we believe the Apostle who saith By one Spirit we are all Baptized into one Body 1 Cor. 12. Then we cannot believe that it is outward Water So this one Baptism and one Spirit is not outward Water So the Baptizing of Infants with outward Water which both Papists and Protestants use is contrary and without any ground from Scripture for if there be but one Baptism surely outward Water is not it And whereas they say They do it as a Sign or Signification and call it a Sacrament this is nothing but their own Invention and Imagination to keep People in ignorance and darkness for they have no Scripture for it So much for that Particular of Baptism There is no Scripture that mentioneth a Sacrament this word hath been invented at Rome by the Pope who was the first that set up the Sacrament and the Altar and the Eucharist which they call the Real-Presence which after their Priests have consecrated Bread they call it The Real Body of Christ and many have lost their Lives by them because they could not believe this Something of kin to this is that which our Protestants use though it 's not altogether so gross for they call Bread and Wine after they have blest it A Sacrament as though the nature and property of it were changed from what it was before but this is not the fruit of that Vine which Christ said he would drink with his Disciples new in the Kingdom of God When Christ was speaking to his Disciples that the Son of Man must be betrayed he said unto them I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer for I say unto you I will not any more eat thereof untill it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God And he took the Cup and gave thanks and said Take this and divide it among your selves For I say unto you I will not drink of the fruit of the Vine until the Kingdom of God come And he took Bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave it unto them saying This is my Body given for you this do in remembrance of me Likewise also the Cup after Supper saying This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood which is shed for you Luke 22. Mat. 26. Mark 14. Now if the Bread and the Wine had been the Real Body and Blood of Christ which was given and shed for them he needed not to have said as he saith in the next words Behold the hand of him that betrayeth me for he ate of the bread that betrayed him which words make a distinction betwen him and the Bread and Wine But he said This do in remembrance of me And with this the Apostle agreeth in what he writeth to the Corinthians for he saith I received of the Lord that which also I deliver unto you That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he brake it and said Take eat this is my Body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me In the same manner also he took the Cup when he had supt saying This Cup is the New Testament of my Blood this do ye as often as ye drink in remembrance of me For saith the Apostle to these Corinthians As often as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye shew the Lords death till he come 1 Cor. 11. So that the eating of this Bread and drinking of this Cup is but the remembrance of his death how Judas betrayed him and the Jewes Crucified him until he come saith the Apostle But where is the drinking in his Resurrection New in his Kingdom It is manifested these Corinthians were not come to that by what the Apostle was speaking to them of in all the foregoing part of this Chapter he is speaking to them of the state and condition of the Man and of the Woman and of their Praying and Prophesying with their heads covered and uncovered and of their long hair and of their heads being shaven and of Nature it self teaching them but more especially in this particular he saith When ye come together into one place this is not to eat the Lords Supper but in eating every one taketh before other and one is hungry and another drunken So any that read this Chapter may see that these Corinthians were not come to the Power of his Resurrection they might well eat in remembrance of his Death for they were one with them in sinning that Crucified him and so Crucified him by their sins afresh as the Apostle saith And so are our eaters and givers of Bread and Wine for they eat it in remembrance of his Death and sin again as soon as they have done and this they call A Communion but it is a Communion in sin and transgression which was the cause of Christ's Death in the eating of this Bread and drinking of this Cup Yet in the foregoing Chapter he saith Wherefore my dearly beloved fly from Idolatry I speak as to wise men judge ye what I say The Cup of Blessing which we bless here he taketh in himself Is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ the Bread which we break Is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ This is not the Communion in sin and transgression For we being many are one Bread and one Body for

away from the Lord and turned unto Idolatry and Abomination and was in Rebellion against him then he complains of their Teachers That they speak a Divination of their own Brain and not from the Mouth of the Lord But the Lord saith That he will frustrate the Tokens of the Lyars and make the Diviners mad and turn the Wise men backward and make their knowledge foolish Isa 44. And again he complains of the Blind Watchmen and said They are all Ignorant they are all dumb Dogs they cannot bark sleeping lying down to slumber yea they are greedy Dogs which can never have enough and they are Shepherds that cannot understand they all look to their own way every one for his Gain from his Quarter Come ye say they and I will fetch Wine and we will fill our selves with Strong-drink and to morrow shall be as this day and much more abundant Isa 56. Again the Lord complains of them by his Prophet Jeremiah Jeremiahs heart was broken within him because of the Prophets and his bones did shake like a drunken man because of the Lord and the word of his Holiness For the Land saith he is full of adulteries for because of swearing the Land mourneth for Prophet and Priest are prophane yea in my house have I found their wickedness saith the Lord. Wherefore their wayes shall be unto them as slippery wayes in the darkness they shall be driven on and fall therein I will bring evil upon them even the year of their visitation saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts Hearken not unto the words of the Prophets that prophesie unto you thy make you vain they speak a Vision of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the Lord. They say still unto them that despise me The Lord hath said ye shall have peace and they say unto every one that walketh after the Imaginations of his own heart No evil shall come upon you But behold the whirlwind of the Lord is come forth in fury and it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked the anger of the Lord shall not return till he have executed and till he hath performed the thoughts of his heart In the latter dayes he shall consider it perfectly I have not sent these Prophets I have not spoken unto them yet they prophesied I heard when the Prophet said that prophesied lies in my name which cause my people to forget my name as their Fathers have forgotten my name for Baal Is not my word like a fire saith the Lord and like a hammer that breaketh the rocks in pieces therefore behold I am against the Prophets saith the Lord that steal my words every one from his neighbour behold I am against the Prophets saith the Lord that use their tongues and say He saith behold I am against them that prophesie false dreams and tell them and cause my people to erre through their lies and by their lightness and yet I sent them not nor commanded them therefore they shall not profit my people at all saith the Lord Jer. 23. And again the Lord said unto me The Prophets prophesie lies in my name I sent them not neither commanded I them neither spake I unto them yet they prophesied unto you a false Vision and a divination and a thing of nought and the deceit of their heart Chap. 14. Therefore hearken not ye to your Prophets nor to your Diviners nor to your Inchanters nor to your Sorcerers for I have not sent them yet they prophesie a lye in my name that I might drive you out and ye might perish Jer. 27. For thus saith the Lord of Hosts the God of Israel Let not your Prophets nor your Diviners that be in the midst of you deceive you for they prophesie falsly unto you I have not sent them saith the Lord Jer. 29 And Ezekiel saith Her Prophets have daubed them with untempred morter seeing vanity divining lies unto them saying Thus saith the Lord when the Lord hath not spoken Ezek. 22. 28. And Zechariah saith The Idols have spoken vanity and Diviners have seen a lye and have told false dreams and have comforted in vain Zech. 10. 2. And Micah saith Then shall the Seers be ashamed and Diviners confounded yea they shall all cover their lips for there is no answer from God Micah 3. 7. After the children of Israel and Judah were fallen away from the Lord God and from his Worship and Service into Idolatry and worshiping of Baal then their Priests and Prophets and Teachers fell to divining and enchanting in the power of darkness and fell into all manner of wickedness and grosness and prophaness and drunkeness in so much that the Lord complaineth of their drinking wine in bowles Ye that put far the evil day and cause the seat of violence to come near that lie upon the beds of Ivory and stretch themselves upon the Couches and eat the Lambs out of the Flock and the Calves out of the midst of the Stall that chant to the sound of the Vial and invent to themselves Instruments of Musick like David that drink wine in Bowls and anoint themselves with the chief oyntment but they are not grieved at the afflictions of Joseph therefore they shall go into captivity with the first Amos 6. Surely the Diviners and Inchanters of these last dayes in this night of Apostacy in which the Apostle John said that Antichrist should come have taken example by these false Prophets and false Teachers that were fallen away from the Lord and from the Ordinances of his Law that he gave out to those that were to minister at the Altar and were to minister in the Priests Office when they were fallen away into Idolatry they then fell into Divination and digging and diving into the darkness and imagination of their wicked hearts and so spake false Visions and false Dreams and false Prophesies and said the Lord saith when the Lord had never spoken to them So it hath been with our professed Christian Ministers in this time of Apostacy since the Apostles dayes they read the Prophets words and said Thus saith the Lord and they read Christ's words and the holy Apostles words who worshiped the only true God and spake in and by his holy Spirit And they themselves will confess the Lord never spake unto them neither do they ever expect to know revelation nor hear the voice of God as the Apostle did for they have preached to all people that that is ceased And though it is true that it hath been ceased among them in their dark night of Apostacy yet the holy Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ which spake in him and in all his holy Apostles is alive and lives for evermore which he sent and signified by his servant John Rev. 1. Who bare record of the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ and of all things that he saw Who when he saw him fell at his feet as dead and he laid his right

power to eat and drink Who goeth a warfare at any time on his own charges Who planteth a Vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof Who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk thereof For it is written in the Law of Moses Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Oxe that treadeth out the Corne. If we have sown unto you spiritual things is it a great thing if we reap of your carnal things Do you not know that they that minister about holy things live of the things of the Temple and they which wait at the Altar are partakers with the Altar Even so hath God ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel All this we would freely allow them and it would be joy and gladness to us to see them come to this upon the same tearms the Apostles did for first of all he saith Am I not an Apostle Am I not free Have I not seen Jesus Christ Are not you my work in the Lord If I be not an Apostle unto others yet doubtless I am to you for the seal of mine Apostleship are ye in the Lord. If others are partakers of this power over you are not we rather Nevertheless we have not used this power but suffered all things lest we should hinder the Gospel of Christ. For we have used none of these things neither have I written these things that it should be done unto me for it were better for me to die than that in this any man should make my glorying void for though I preach the Gospel I have nothing to glory of for a necessity is laid upon me yea woe is unto me if I preach not the Gospel For if I do this willingly I have a reward but if against my will a dispensation of the Gospel is committed unto me what is my reward then Verily that when I preach the Gospel I may make the Gospel of Christ without charge that I abuse not my power in the Gospel For though I be free from all men yet I made my self servant unto all that I might gain the more unto the Jew I became a Jew c. Here the Apostle maketh all clear so that if they would come to preach the Gospel in this Spirit and Power they need not set up their Courts of violence and lay such heavy oppression upon the Consciences of men and women For the Apostle saith Though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but spiritual and mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down imaginations of every high thought that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God and bringeth into captivity every thought into the obedience of Christ Here is no need of Courts or Prisons where the power of God is manifested in the Ministry of the Gospel they need not want means nor maintenance where every thought is brought down into the subjection and obedience of the Lord's Truth But as the Apostle saith Those that sow spiritual things ought to reap carnal things So he that planteth a Vineyard ought to eat of the fruit thereof and whosoever feedeth a flock ought to eat the milk thereof and whosoever treadeth out the corn ought not to have his mouth muzzeld according to the Law that so he that ploweth in hope and thresheth in hope should be partaker of their hope All this is just and equal and ought to be without force or constraint for the Apostle saith Nevertheless we have not used this power but suffer all things lest we should hinder the Gospel of Christ The Lord hath ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel but I have used none of these things Therefore he saith Have I committed an offence in abasing my self Because I have preached to you the Gospel of God freely And when I was present with you and wanted I was chargable to no man 2 Cor. 11. Also the Apostle saith I did not burden you Did I make a gain of you by any of them I sent unto you I desired Titus and with him I sent a Brother Did Titus make a gain of you Walked we not in the same Spirit Walked we not in the same steps Think ye that we excuse our selves unto you We speak before God in Christ that we do all things dearly beloved for your edifying Here the Apostle desireth their growth into grace that he preached to not his growth into their estates as ours do now in these dayes 2 Cor. 12. But this hath not served our late Gospel-Ministers they will not be contented where they have planted to eat of the fruit nor where they have fed the flock to eat of the milk nor where they have plowed or threshed to partake of their hope but they will be paid of all within the compass of their power and Lordships whethey feed them or no and where they never planted nor never plowed nor never sowed there they will make them to pay them and that by force and violence And this all people may see is contrary to the Apostles Doctrine Life and Practice Surely the Apostle saw these things coming on when he wrote unto his Son Timothy whom the Holy Ghost made Bishop and Overseer when he shewed him how he should behave himself in the House of God concerning Elders Fathers and Mothers and concerning Children and Servants saith he Let the Elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour especially they who labour in the Word and Doctrine for the Scripture saith Thou shalt not muzzle the Oxe that treadeth out the Corn. The Labourer is worthy of his reward I charge thee before God and our Lord Jesus Christ and the elect Angels that thou observe these things without preferring one before another doing nothing by partiality laying hand suddenly on no man neither be partaker of other mens sins Keep thy self pure If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholsome words even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the Doctrine which is according to godliness he is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions and strife of words whereof cometh envy strife railings evil surmisings perverse disputeings of men of corrupt minds and destitute concerning the Truth supposing that gain is godliness from such withdraw thy self But godliness with contentment is great gain for we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out but having food and raiment let us therewith be content But they that will be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition For the love of money is the root of all evil which while some have coveted after they have erred from the Faith and pierced themselves thorow with many sorrows But thou O man of God fly these things 1 Tim. 5 6 Chapters All that read this may

nor yet Herod and they accused him vehemently Luke 23. Matth. 26. The chief Priests and Elders sought false witness against Jesus to put him to death and when they found false Witnesses that witnessed against him Jesus said nothing And the high Priest arose and said Answerest thou nothing And he said I adjure thee by the Living God that thou tell us if thou be the Christ Jesus said unto him Thou hast said it Hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power Then the high Priest rent his clothes and said He hath spoken Blasphemy And when the morning was come all the chief Priests and Elders took counsel to put him to death and when they had led him away they delivered him to Pontius Pilate Matth. 27. Mark 15. And when Pilate asked of them Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews But the chief Priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas And Pilate said What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews and they cried Crucifie him crucifie him Now Ananias sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high Priest and he asked him of his Disciples and of his Doctrine Jesus answered Why askest thou me ask them that heard me And one of the Officers struck Jesus with the palm of his hand and said Answerest thou the high Priest so And Jesus said If I have spoken evil bear witness of the evil if well Why smitest thou me Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas the high Priest into the Hall of Judgment and Pilate went unto them and said Take ye him and judge him according to your Law the Jews therefore said unto him It is not lawfull for us to put a man to death John 18. But they looked upon it lawfull to accuse him falsely and vehemently to accuse him and to cry out Crucifie him crucifie him and to desire Barrabbas that was found in an Insurrection and a Murtherer to be released and to cry that Christ the Lamb of God might be Crucified also after the same manner did they with the Apostles And those Scribes and Elders that caught Stephen and brought him and set up False Witnesses to witness against him the high Priest with the Councel said Are these things so And after Stephen opened his mouth and spake unto them and opened through the Scriptures and when they heard those things that Stephen spake from the Scriptures They gnashed on him with their teeth Acts 7. And as Peter and John spake unto the people the Priests and Captain of the Temple and the Sadduces came upon them and then Ananias the high Priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and as many as were of the Kindred of the high Priest were gathered together to take counsel against Peter and John after they had wrought the Miracle upon the Impotent man and when they could find nothing against them they threatned them and let them go Acts 4. And what ado made they with Paul for all he was one of their own Nation and made his Defence before them and called them Men and Brethren and Fathers and spake unto them in the Hebrew Tongue and told them how the Lord had converted him As also the high Priests doth bear me witness and all the Elders from whom also I received Letters unto the Brethren and went to Damascus to bring them which were there in Prison to Jerusalem to be punished Acts 22. Paul that had been one of their Servants and had acted in the same way with them in Persecution after he was converted to the Christian Faith he received no more favour from them than others for afterwards when Paul was brought before the Council to be Examined wherefore he was so accused And Paul earnestly beholding the Council said Men and Brethren I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day And the high Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth Then said Paul God shall smite thee thou whited wall and they that stood by said Revilest thou Gods high Priest Then said Paul I wist not Brethren that he was the high Priest for it is written Thou shalt not speak evil of the Ruler of thy People Paul acknowledged and confessed his Transgression of that Law where it is said Thou shalt not revile the Gods nor curse the Ruler of thy People Exod. 22. 28. But David saith I have said ye are Gods but ye shall die like men And so it appeareth by this high Priest for he was far from executing of his duty where he sate to judge according to the Law when he commanded to smite the Prisoner contrary to the Law and afterwards gave consent to the People to bind themselves in an Oath to murther Paul but were prevented by the chief Chaptain and Souldiers Acts 23. And after five dayes Ananias the high Priest descended with the Elders who enformed the Governor against Paul and said We have found this man a pestilent fellow a mover of sedition among the Jews throughout the whole world a Ring-leader of the Sect of the Nazarens with much more And when Felix heard their Accusations of him he deferred the examination of him Acts 24. Likewise when Festus was come into the Province then the high Priest and the chief of the Jews informed him also against Paul and desired favour against him and besought him that he would send for him to Jerusalem lying in wait by the way to kill him but Festus answered That Paul should be kept at Cesarea Acts 25. By these places with much more that the Scripture maketh mention of we may see the cruelty and bloody-mindedness of ●hese high Priests that were then Rulers of the Nation of the People of the Jews under the Roman Monarchy for they were always worse in cruelty against the Christians then the Heathens and joyned with the Kings and incensed them what they could against the Christians as is manifested for they joyned with that Herod and Pilate that crucified Christ Also when King Herod heard that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judah he gathered the chief Priests and all the Scribes of the People together to demand of them where he was to be born intending to kill him but the Lord prevented him who in his Rage slew all the young children Also Herod the King that killed James the Brother of John with the Sword and because that he saw it pleased the Jews he proceeded further and took Peter and cast him into Prison and when Prayer was made to the Lord for Peter and that the Lord delivered him out of Prison there was no small stir among the Souldiers what was become of Peter And when Herod had sought him but found him not he commanded that the Keepers of the Pison should be put to death But when this Herod was arrayed in Royal Apparel upon his Throne the Lord smote him by his Angel

immediately he was eaten of worms and gave up the ghost Acts 12. This with much more might be instanced concerning this Generation of men of their cruelty and oppression joyning with the Heathen Monarchs in the crucifying and persecuting of Christ Jesus and all his holy Apostles and all the Primitive Christians But we never heard of any Bishops neither in the time of the Kings of Israel nor in all the four Manarchies before Christs time neither in the dayes of the Apostles nor in the Primitive times there was no such Bishops as had Courts and Laws to make people to Swear and to imprison them if they would not such as there could not be Kings without there were Bishops For Christ Jesus nor none of his Apostles sought not after neither looked after Earthly Kingdoms for he said His Kingdom was not of this World neither could his Servants fight And the Apostles said The Weapons of their warfare were not Carnal but Spiritual neither did they wrestle with Flesh and Blood but with Spiritual Wickednesses And so they that are true Christians and of the same Faith and Principle that Christ Jesus was of they desire not Caesars due nor right but give unto Caesar that which bears his own Image the outward earthly Image and the money that bears the Superscription of Caesars Prerogative this they can give unto Caesar and not wrong any man of his outward Propriety or Prerogative for they seek not after earthly Crowns nor Inheritances but after heavenly The Apostle when he wrote to Timothy exhorted That first of all Supplications Prayers and Intercessions might be made for all men for Kings and all that are in Authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable Life in all godliness and honesty for this is good and acceptable to God who would have all men to be saved This he wrote to him that was a Bishop which if any man desireth the Office of he desireth a good work for it is no more then to be an Overseer of the Church of Christ and not to look after carnal means or carnal maintenance neither to be a burden or an oppression to the People nor to be upholden by men or the Powers of the Earth such Bishops and Overseers of the Church of God as Timothy and Titus were and all those holy Apostles the Scriptures mention we should be glad of Such as are lovers of Hospitality lovers of Good Men not given to Wine not greedy of filthy Lucre but Patient not a Brawler not Covetous for the Apostle saith The love of Money is the Root of all Evil which while some have coveted after they have erred from the Faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows Such things as these the Apostle exhorted Timothy and Titus from which many of the Bishops in our dayes and for the last twelve hundred years and upwards it is to be feared they are fallen into Demas his way and trodden his paths and have forsaken the Apostles Spirit Doctrine and Principle and have embraced this present world and here hath been the misery of these Ages last past But this is that which Christ Jesus foresaw which he mentions Matth. 24 and 25 Chap. As also the Apostle Paul foresaw when he told them That grievous Wolves should enter into the Church not sparing the flock Acts 20. 29. 2 Pet. 1. 2. 1 John 2. 18. All these had a true sight of the dayes of darkness and night of Apostacy that was coming on As also the Revelation of Jesus Christ which he sent and signified by his Angel to his servant John he saw the Beast rise out of the Sea and out of the Earth and power was given to him for forty and two moneths and this power began at Rome which is the foundation of the Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Power and here was the first Bishop that was called his Holiness and his Children are called as high as they can but Timothy and Titus were not such who made war with the Saints and overcame them and power was given unto him over all Tongues Kindreds and Nations and his power was to endure above twelve hundred years And one of the seven Angels that had the seven vials shewed him the judgment of the great Whore with whom the Kings of the earth had committed fornication and the Inhabitants of the earth had made themselves drunk with the wine of her fornication And he saw a Woman sit upon a scarlet-coloured Beast full of names of Blasphemy having seaven Heads and ten Horns which Beast he had seen before Chap. 13. And when John marvelled the Angel said unto him Wherefore dost thou marvel I will tell thee the Mystery of the Woman and of the Beast that carrieth her Chap. 17. And so He that hath wisdom may reade and count the number of the Beast for it is 666. And this Proverb which hath continued so long No Bishop no King hath risen out of the Bottomless-pit and must go into Perdition for there were no such Bishops in the times of the four Monarchies before Christ neither among the Primitive Christians that had Ecclesiastical Courts and tossed poor people up and down and caused them to swear contrary to Christ's command which they have nothing to do with wrangling among them for getting of money The Apostle saith They should be no Brawlers And now this usurping power is gotten up under the Profession of Christianity and because it is upholden by Monarchial Power it hath hatched a Cockatrice into the minds of People No Bishop no King but this we can say That Kings have reigned by the Power of the Lord God and may reign as long as it pleaseth him and God sent his Prophet to anoint a King So can we say that this usurping Power hath been alwayes against and contrary to the power of the Lord God and hath ever been the Oppressour of the Innocent and the Just and Gods Heritage and People have alwayes been Sufferers in all Ages by this Power and this generation of Priests hath been the cause of all the Saints sufferings they stoned the Prophets and slew them before Christ and ye may see how they used Christ and his Apostles And now in the Apostacy O the Inquisitions the Racks and the Tortures the Courts Citations and Imprisonments that have been and are continually imposed upon poor People so that the very misery of Nations cometh by these Usurpers and their Superiority in having Power and Oppressors and Layers on of Burdens grievous to be born that upon this Generation might come all the righteous blood shed upon the Earth from Abel Mat. 23. 35 36. But the Lord is coming to Redeem his People and his Flock out of their covetous mouthes and bloody hands and the Lord hath sent the Spirit of his Son into the hearts of his People and his Light is risen in their Consciences and the Lord will Teach them all Himself and set them free from the bondage and slavery of these Taskmasters and he hath committed all Power in Heaven and Earth unto his Son and he hath all Times and Seasons in his hands and it is good for Kings that are set up by the Lord to fear him that by his Power they may stand and not uphold that power that God will throw down for he is come to Reign and Teach his People himself Read Isa 21. THE END First Theit Titles which are your Holiness Lord-Bishop your Lordship and your Gra●e contrary to Christ and his Apostles Secondly Their Qualifications contrary to Christ and his Apostles who were 1st Meek Lowly and Humble 2. Suffering and taking up the Cross 3 Love and Charity to all men Thirdly Their Call contrary to Christ and his Apostles which was by special command and revelation in Christ Jesus Theirs of men and from men The true Worship it self discovered Fourthly Their Worship contrary to Christs example and all his Apostles 1. In Preaching 2. In Praying 3. In Singing Studying and Divining contrary to Christ and his Apostles and contrary to the Levitical Priesthood The second particular of their practice is binding and limitting people to their Worship by citing them to their Courts The Third Particular of their Practice in causing People to Sware contrary to Christs and the Apostles Commands Practice and Doctrine The fourth particular of their practice is Sprinkling of Infants without ground from Scripture The Anabaptists Baptism with outward water condemned Tythes contrary to Gospel-Maintenance Long Robes and Surplices Hoods Tippets are contrary to Gospel Ornaments