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A78562	A narrative plainly shewing, that the priests of England are as truely Antichrist (who got up since the dayes of the Apostles) as the pope and his clergie denying Christ to be both a king, a priest, and a prophet; : with a serious warning to the Parliament not to uphold and maintain them by a law, under any pretence whatsoever ... / By one who ... hath escaped the snares of sin and deceit, and bin [sic] brought ... into His pure fear, known by the name of John Chandler.	Chandler, John, 17th cent.	1659 (1659)	Wing C1927B; ESTC R171147	13,008	16

A NARRATIVE PLAINEY SHEWING That the Priests of England are as truely Antichrist who got up since the dayes of the Apostles as the Pope and His Clergie Denying Christ to be both a King a Priest and a Prophet With a serious warning to the PARLIAMENT not to uphold and maintain them by a Law under any pretence whatsoever As also a warning to all People that upon peril of their immortal souls they be no longer deluded and bewitched by their Sorceries But that they come to Christ the true Light which will lead them out of the paths of sin into the way of peace By one who through mercy from the Lord hath escaped the snares of sin and deceit and bin brought through Judgement into His pure fear known by the Name of John Chandler LONDON Printed for the Author 1659. A Narrative plainly showing that the Priests of England are as truly Antichrist who got up since the daies of the Apostles as the Pope and his Clergy c. GIve ear Oh all ye Priests of England for this word is to you to shew by the true light which hath enlightned me that ye are Antichrist and that the Spirit of spiritual Whoredome and Fornication is in and upon you as truly as in and upon the Pope and his Clergy so called For ye deny Christ the Son of God to be both a King Priest and Prophet both by your words and actions and what doth he or they more First Ye deny Christ to be a Priest who by the eternal Spirit hath offered up himself once for all to put an end to all carnal Covenants National Churches Ministry and Maintenance and to perfect for ever them that are sanctified Now ye uphold by Doctrine and practise the Covenant with the seed after the flesh as it was with the Jew outward of old of which Circumcision in the flesh was a signe which were both but figures of the Jew inward who was to be circumcised without hands by the circumcision of Christ in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh Ye uphold this I say by sprinkling of Infants under the former pretence which ye apply to them as a Seal of the said Covenant so accounting them as Christians Members of your Church which is according to generation and not according to regeneration which thing alone gives persons a right to be Members of Christ's Church which is his body so the matter of your Church is the World and not the Saints And as for a National Church before Christ the true light was manifested in that body which died at Jerusalem there was but one in the whole World to wit in the Land of Judea which was a figurative State to hold forth that the Saints of Christ in his day wherever they were gathered out of the World were a royal Nation and peculiar people unto him as Peter calleth them after Christ's departure when the Apostles and Saints had received power from on high they went forth in that power and by their Ministry gathered the Seed of God out of several Nations Cities and Places who were the Churches of Christ but ye in stead hereof have raised by your carnal Covenant with the carnal Seed many National Churches as ye call them and ye neither tremble nor are ashamed to father them upon Christ who is a pure holy and spiritual head and must have no other body But these are seen in the light to be but so many Cities of the Nations which John in his Revelation mentioneth which he saith fell when great Babylon came into remembrance before God to give her the Cup of the Wine of the fiercenesse of his wrath As for a Nationall Ministry or Ministry setled all over the Nation which are your selves it is suitable to a National State to wit a certain peculiar Tribe known by distinct Garments and appropriating the exposition and opening of the Scriptures to the people to themselves as the Priests the Tribe of Levi were and did under the Law before Christ by God's command which first Priest-hood there was a necessity of disanulling saith the Apostle by reason of its faultinesse imperfection and unprofitableness wherefore Christ whose Father 's Law to do was within his 〈◊〉 heart came and offered up himself once for all and so put an end to that first Priest-hood which ye most wickedly and ungodlily still endeavour to hold up together with its maintenance Tythes or the Tenth of the encrease which ceased with the first Priest-hood most wickedly unjustly forcing the same from People by a Law of Man and punishing the refusers whereas the Jewish Priest-hood had it by the Law of God Neither give or allow ye one penny out of it to the Fatherlesse Widow or Stranger So that are ye not rightly called Priests Surely ye need not snuff at it for Ministers of Christ ye can in no wise be called who thus so visibly withstand his everlasting Priesthood Ye are also seen to deny the Faith of and on Christ the everlasting High Priest though ye will acknowledge his person in words for how else should ye be Antichrist and the false Prophet who entring himself once for all into the holy of holies doth give forth living vertue to all his Members who wait in his light to feel his pure life whereby they are purged and purified thoroughly from sin by the living Faith and Hope which entreth within the Vail and all your vailes and coverings and so are perfected for ever for Christ's work is perfect and everlasting But ye cry out Blasphemy Blasphemy To say that Christ thoroughly freeth or purgeth any Man or Woman from Sin while they live here but in part onely so denying the efficacy of Christ's blood which is his life which cleanseth those who sincerely confesse their sins from all sin so making them perfect as pertaining to the conscience which I testify none can ever be while any sin is standing which while so will certainly raise up guilt and condemnation there through God's pure witnesse shewing the evil wherefore since ye being out of the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ cannot witnesse Victory over sin and transgression ye enter not into the true spiritual and eternal rest prepared for the people of God but maintain and uphold a natural day to wit every first day of the week as for an outward Sabbath or Rest which ye are not ashamed to call the Christian Sabbath or Rest Is this day the true Christian's rest or have they peace with God all the week and all their daies and for ever standing in his everlasting Covenant which is to give them Rest from their labours and sore bondage But the Sabbath day which we sanctify not speaking our own words or thinking our own thoughts on his Holy day which is one continual day known to him and his people that stand in obedience ye Priest's know not and how then should ye declare it to others but your Sabbath which is a

suffered and are still lyable thereunto that both ye and they shall go down into the Pit together for the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it whose anger is hot in this his day against all unrighteousnesse of men wherewith the earth hath been long corrupted and burdened who hath looked down from heaven in pitty and at length visited his captivated Seed and wo be to the Oppressour which in the day of the Lord's deliverance would still hold it in the chains of Babylonish captivity Therefore chuse you whether ye will now leave a good savour behind you or a stink in the nostrils of God and his People whether ye will be accounted those that undo every yoak and let the oppressed go free or Magistrates that bear not the Sword in vain but such as are a terrour to evill doers of whom the Priests are the chief and a praise to them that do well or whether ye will by the Saints who do and shall walk in the light of the Lamb be esteemed the Beast which pusheth at the Saints and innocent Ones which saith John opened his mouth in Blasphemy against God to blaspheme his Name and his Tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven miscalling the truth calling them Sectaries Heretiques Seducers Enthusiasts Troublers of Israel c. Know this Oh thou Parliament and all future parliaments that while the false Prophet● in this or these three Nations are upheld of you by a Law or any kind of set-maintenance whatsoever that the Seed and Saints of God must needs suffer and if so How can a Blessing and not a Curse from the Lord God of heaven and earth be expected For this is the Lord's promise to his Church in the last daies The Nation that will not serve thee shall perish yea saith God those Nations shall be utterly wasted Wherefore since it 's hard for you though great and lofty to kick against the pricks and for ye Pot-sheards of the earth to strive against your Maker and since the Lord God Almighty hath decreed the utter ruine of the Whore that hath bewitched all Nations from his pure life by her Sorceries and Iuchantments and since the Priests are seen by the light of Christ to be such Sorcerers and the generality of these three Nations to be thus bewitched I advise you in the love of the Lord O ye of the Parliament and all other that are called Magistrates to break off your sins by repentance in your own particulars to wit your Pride Covetousnesse love of Money the Honour and Glory of this wicked World respect of Persons giving and receiving Honour one of another Courting one another c. which hinders you from believing in the true light which will shew you and reprove you for all these things and more if ye hearken to it and in humility and lowliness of mind do seek the honour that cometh from God onely which is his gracious acquittance and acceptance of all the penitent who turn unto him with their whole hearts stamping his Image and Mark upon them by his eternal Spirit witnessing in their consciences that they are his and shall receive an eternal Inheritance as Coheires with Christ this is honour enough and will blast all the fading Honour and Glory of the World as a flowr And Oh ye Magistrates Rulers till ye come to witnesse somewhat of this in your own particulars I cannot expect that ye should act aright and thorowly for God Now there is a Prophesie in John's Revelation that the Kings of the Earth shall bring their Honour Glory into the Holy City new Jerusalem that comes down from God out of Heaven As any of you shall do so ye will truly and freely give all Honour to the Lord and expect none but what He giveth you then would none of you dare to make any Law against the Saints or the Truth but on the contrary Or to maintain the false Prophet but would leave him to himself to stand upon his own Legs but into this O ye Rulers of the Earth ye are not yet come but are at present seeking your own Honour Profit and Interests and being out of Gods living Power run to State-policy to make that your refuge and a cover for your present actings saying if we should not maintain and uphold a National Mini●tery we should not be like any nation and the Nation it self would be so incensed and divided that the destruction thereof would be feared also how should so many Ministers with their Families live Now ye Magistra●es and Rulers consider in the fear of God where ye are that thus reason where were the Jews when they forsook and stood not in the counsel of the Lord but would be as other Nations And shall the Antichristian State in the several Nations think ye uphold it self alwayes by the Nations taking example by each other so as to prevent the intended purpose of the Lord God in the Whore of Babylons destruction Assure your selves that this block will not hinder Antichrists Kingdome in this Nation one moment the longer from falling than the Lord God hath determined Then as for the fear of so greatly incensing and dividing the Nation know ye not that those who stand simply and singly in the counsel of the Lord faithfully to do his will shall be carried thorow all opposition and danger doth any thing weaken and deject the hearts and spirits of men but sin I find nothing so to do while the Jews of old kept out of transgression against the Lord the promise was one should chase ten and ten put a thousand to flight So ye if ye knew the will of God and had sincere hearts to do it need not fear what man could do yea I affirm A blessing should be in your right hand and upon the Nation so as it should be preserved in peace and plenty for this is the Lords promise Psal 77. that as his way is known upon Earth and his saving health unto all Nations the People shall praise the name of the Lord and be glad and sing for joy because the Lord shall Judge Govern he Nations Righteously upon the Earth then saith the Spirit shall the Earth yield her increase and God even our own God shall blesse us God shall bless us and all the ends of the Earth shall fear him And is not this a beggerly and slavish thing though bearing the shew of charity and pitty to let the fear of an outward livelyhood of some to be a hinderance of doing the will of God who giveth life breath all things Hath not Christ said and do not the Priests acknowledge and Preach as much that men should first seek the Kingdom of God and the righteousnesse thereof and all other things shall be added Now if the Priests State and Kingdom be discovered by the light to be a Kingdom of darknesse for which cause they ought not to be upheld and maintained by the Magistrate Let them first

of all repent and be humble and come to the Light which leads the way into Gods Kingdom which stands in Peace Righteousnesse Purity Holinesse and Joy in the Holy Spirit so waiting and seeking for this Kingdom in the light out of their own Wills and Wisdoms and the Lord by his providence will surely provide for them and theirs for there is enough in the Creation for every one with contentment And love is with the Saints who know allought to be fed and nourished in an honest upright and just but not in an unjust way and therefore can they not pay them in the way they are in one six pence willingly though 't were to the losse of all Besides Oh ye Rulers doth the Lord God say any where that Babylon should be a whit the more spared for Merchants Wives and Childrens sakes What is a worldly Interest to the glory of God and the Salvation of Souls Wherefore lay ye aside I advise you these and all such slavish objections for they will not justifie or excuse your actings before the Throne of God or answer to that of God in your consciences which calleth for Justice Righteousnesse Holinesse and Equity And ye people of the Nation consider that it is not a leight thing that ye are deceived deluded and captivated by the Priests and salse Prophets so as to believe lyes for saith the Apostle the man of sin should come with all deceive-ablenesse of unrighteousnesse in them that perish who because they received not the love of the Truth that they might be saved therefore God gave them up to strong delusions to believe lies that they all might be damned who believe not the Truth but have pleasure in unrighteousnesse Mark People the man of sin the Spirit of errour which worketh in the Mystery of iniquity deceiveth with all unrighteousnesse and those who have pleasure in that unrighteousnesse but love not the truth are suffered to beieve lies that they all may be damned Oh lamentable Little do people think what Coals of Indignation they heap upon their own heads that hate the light that reproveth their evil deeds and deceit and yet call themselves Christians that plead for the Priests the Beast and the Whore and Idol-worships and sin as long as they live hating revising deriding and persecuting the Saints who stand as Witnesses with Christ the Light against all these things Heate also what John saith Revelations 13. which Book is a Prophesie of these times saith he All that dwell upon the Earth shall worship the Beast whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World if any man hath an ear to hear let him hear where by he sheweth that its a thing of great concernment for people to consider who they worship fear obey and serve whether God or Man and his Laws and Will lest they are for ever excluded from and never enjoy a part in eternal life But perhaps people ye will say what is it to worship the Beast or his Image or likenesse For we scarce know what thou meanest To worship the Beast or his Image is to do whatsoever the false Antichristian Powers of the Earth shall command you to do and obey in the faith and service of God so as ●f they command what Religion people should professe what manner or form of worship they shall use in their Steeple-houses what they shall do against the Saints and Servants of the Lord c. they are ready like Issachar who bowed down his back to the burden to observe the same not minding or considering what the light of Christ in their consciences tells them or leads them unto and whether it be pleasing or displeasing in the sight of God so that if the Magistrate will have them keep a Fast they keep it or a natural day for a Sabbath they will observe it or to hear Praying in their Steeple-houses first then Reading then singing of a Psalm then Praying again then Preaching in the Priest's dead form then Praying again and then a Blessing so called on the People they readily do and hear all and so in other things though out of the life of God in which all Sacrifices should be offered up and not moved thereto by the Spirit of God Or if the Magistrate command any of them to hale the Saints to prison or otherwise punish them they will do it saying In all such things we are commanded by the higher Powers and therefore we must obey This People I declare is to obey Man rather than God yea grievous Idolatry for the Lord saith in every one of you Thou shall have no other Gods but me now what a man serveth and obeyeth that is his god so the Lord all this while is forgotten who is the higher Power and man an empty nothing-Creature obey'd which must needs kindle his holy anger against all such Idolaters for he hath said His glory will He not give to another nor His praise to any graven Image now People that is not onely an Image which is made of Wood or Stone but whatever created thing any sets up in his heart to serve or obey besides or more than his Creator These sayings are true and faithful Therefore fear and tremble all people before the Mighty God who made the Heavens and the Earth and all that is therein who gives man his being upon the Earth time and means to come out of his fallen and cursed estate by disobedience which meanes is by his Son Christ the second Adam who is made a quickning Spirit to all that receive Him who is the true Light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the World whereby they may see their evil thoughts words wayes works and have Power by believing in the light to overcome the evil with good that so the evil being forsaken and the good cleaved unto they by the power beauty thereof may be transformed into the pure Image of God which was lost by the Fall whereby the whole Creation hath bin brought out of order that so peace reconciliation with their Creator they may come to feel in themselves which is a most happy and blessed condition for this I bear my Testimony unto before all Nations upon the Earth that they can never come to enjoy peace with the Living pure Lord God of Life in whose favour is Life any further than they come out of sin and transgression and feel their hearts purged and cleansed from the filth thereof for the Lord is pure and holy who can behold no iniquity without reproof where-ever he finds it So that it s but in vain for any one to talk or think of justification by a Christ without and not to feel his living vertue purifying their souls by his good spirit within them but denying it there for none but the pure in heart ever did or ever shall see the face of the pure God Wherefore ye people of England let not the Priests deceive you any longer with their too ●●row coverings and with the pillows they have so long sewed under your arm-holes for lucre-sake whereby ye have been lulled asleep in a wicked security thinking your selves good Christians if ye have but kept your Church as ye call it which to the Peoples understanding hath bin no more but a Steeple-house which is like the Papists and had an outward conformity of Religion though out of the power of godlinesse living in all manner of sin and licentiousnesse for now is the Lord risen to awaken the Earth having put life into his witnesses again who cannot but Prophesie and testifie against the World that their deeds are evil though they suffer unto death therefore as some of the Lords servants have within this few years done that so the Lords purpose in raising them up may be accomplished which is to gather his precious seed which shall inherit the promise of life and to lay the wicked and disobedient under eternal condemnation for the Gospel of the Kingdom is like a Net cast into the Sea which having gathered and drawn to shoare both the good and the bad the good are received into Vessels and the bad are cast away So righteous Abel and his offering is accepted but Cain the wicked one envious and murderer is rejected and is but a Vagabond though he build a City for the day of the Lord burns and shall burn as an oven and all the proud yea and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day cometh that shall burn them up that it shall leave them neither Root nor Branch but unto those that fear the name of the Lord shall the Sun of Righteousnesse arise with healing in his wings and they shall go forth and grow up as Calves in the Stall and they shall tread down the wicked for they shall be as ashes under the soles of their feet as already they appear to be FINIS