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A89332	A looking-glasse for the Quakers or Shakers. And their follovvers, wherein they may behold their errours, acknowledge their false doctrines, and be converted. Written for the comfort of all true Protestants, and daunting of the Quakers, Jesuites, seminary priests, and all their cursed crew, who do oppose the church and Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ. / By Sam. Morris of Bristol, a well-wisher to the truth and Gospel of Iesus Christ.	Morris, Samuel, of Bristol.	1655 (1655)	Wing M2810; Thomason E830_17; ESTC R207447	5,225	8

a safe Conscience possess any thing proper to himself but he must let all be common 13. That the Sacraments in use amongst us are not appointed by God in the Scriptures 14. That the righteous enter into life for their good works 15. That no opinion is damnable and that a man may be saved in any Religion 16. That Christ is a meer man not having any other nature beside the humane nature 17. That the Holy Ghost is not God but onely the chief of the ministring Spirits 18. That man is a right Rule yea the Rule of all things 19. That God neither doth nor possibly can hurt us and therefore is not to be feared 20. That no civill Government is to be acknowledged by the Government of the Law 21. That the civill Magistrate hath not any coercive power to punish any man or to restrain any for their Judgement Conscience Opinion or way of worship if they act or speak nothing that is destructive to the civill Power or tending to the breach of the peace or to the injury of another and the reason they give is this because the Magistrate he is natural and knoweth not what is Blasphemy Heresie Errour and Idolatry they are foolishness to him neither can he discern them 22. That the Magistrate ought not to have the Title of Worshipful or Right Worshipful given unto them 23. That none are Ministers of God and called by him who are sent forth by Authority of men 24. That the worship which is performed by the people of England in fellowship with the Ministers thereof is heathenish worship By all which we may see how necessary it is that both Magistrates and Ministers with united hearts and hands endeavour to oppose and suppress these errours and heresies which bring swift destruction both upon false teachers themselves and upon those that are deceived by them I do earnestly intreat all those that fear God to take these things into their serious consideration and meditation both in publick and private and lay to heart how dangerous and pernicious these errours and heresies are for if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ they are again intangled therein and overcome the later end is worse with them than the beginning 2 Pet. 2 20. And let all men that have any care of their salvation follow the counsel of the Holy Ghost saying come out from among them and be not partakers of their sins for many deceivers are entred into the world and certainly into this Land 2 John 7. who privily shall and do bring in damnable heresies even amongst us denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift distruction And many shall follow their pernitious wayes by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evill spoken of 2. Pet. 2.1 2. The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears who shall say to their new Lights prophesie not unto us right things speak unto us flattering things prophesie errours Isai 30.10 And we will walk after our own devices and we will every one do the imagination of his evill heart Jer. 18.12 Yea they made their hearts as an adamant stone lest they should hear the Law and the wordt which the Lord of Hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former Prophets Zech. 7.12 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts Hearken not unto the words of the Prophets that prophesie unto you they make you vain they speak a vision out of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the Lord. How long shall this be in the heart of the Prophets that prophesie lies yea they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart Behold I am against them that prophesie false dreames saith the Lord and do tell them and cause my people to erre by their lies and by their lightness yet I sent them not nor commanded them therefore they shall not profit this people at all saith the Lord. Ierem. 23.16 26 32. We read in the Book of Numbers chap. 16.1 2 3. That Korah Dathan and Abiram rose up before Moses with two hundred and fifty Princes of the Assembly and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them ye take too much upon you seeing all the Congregation are holy every one of them and the Lord is among them c. So the Quakers gather themselves together against the Godly learned Ministers of the Gospel saying unto them the people are holy and the Lord is among them and therefore why may not they preach as well as you Black-coats But they consider not that none ought to preach except they be called according to that of the Apostle Heb. 5.4 No man taketh this honour unto himself but he that is called of God as was Aaron And how shall they preach except they be sent Rom. 10.15 It is a note of false Prophets to run and come without a call and sending as our Saviour Christ affirmeth Math. 7.15 Beware of false Prophets which come unto you c. So that it is evident no private person ought to take upon him to expound and interpret the Scripture in publick for this is the ready way to breed disorder errour and confusion in the Church If every Souldier that hath the gifts of a Commander should take upon him the Office of a General without a lawful Call or he that hath the gift of a Magistrate should take upon him the Office of a Magistrate and execute the same without a lawful Call or if a Lawyer ●●●ing the gifts of a Judge should step up into the Judges seat and censure men without a lawful Call then farewell Generals Magistrates Judges which would breed disorder and confusion in the Common-wealth Be admonished all you that take upon you to preach or rather prate in houses gardens and elsewhere without a lawful Call to desist from this your ungodly practise lest the same judgement befal you which did befal Vzzah for putting forth his hand to stay the Ark of God the anger of the Lord was kindled against Vzzah and God smore him for his errour and he died 2 Sam. 6.6 7. Let me conclude all with these scriptural exhortations to my Country-men for whose sakes I have compiled this short discourse Beloved remember ye the words which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lusts these be they who separate themselves sensual having not the Spirit Iude 17 18 19. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power 2 Thes 1.9 Watch ye stand fast in the faith quit you like men be strong 1 Cor. 16.13 Be sober be vigilant because your Adversary the Devil as a roaring Lyon walketh about seeking whom he may devour whom resist stedfast in the faith 1 Pet. 5.8 9. Be not soon shaken in minds or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter 2 Thes 2.2 That we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive Eph. 4.14 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithful that promised He. 10.22 23. Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord in the power of his might put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil Eph. 6.10 11. There be some that trouble you and would pervert the Gospel of Christ If any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have received let him be accursed Gal. 1.7 9. FINIS

A LOOKING-GLASSE FOR THE QUAKERS OR SHAKERS And their FOLLOVVERS Wherein they may behold their Errours acknowledge their false Doctrines and be converted Written for the comfort of all true PROTESTANTS and daunting of the QUAKERS JESUITES SEMINARY PRIESTS and all their cursed Crew who do oppose the Church and Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ By SAM MORRIS of Bristol a Well-wisher to the Truth and Gospel of Iesus Christ 1 Iohn 4.1 Dearly beloved believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits whether they are of God because many false Prophets are gone out into the world Math. 24.11 Many false Prophets shall rise and deceive many LONDON Printed for Edward Thomas in Green Arbour 1655. AS I was musing I thought there was one asked me what the Quakers were or from whence they came and of whom they had their knowledge and learning I told him I could give him no certain answer as yet but I would consult the Scriptures and then return an Answer to his Question Our Saviour Jesus Christ tels us Math. 24 11. That many false Prophets shall rise and shall deceive many And St. John saith Rev. 9.1 2 3. I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth and to him was given the key of the bottomless Pit And he opened the bottomless Pit and there arose a smoak out of the Pit as the smoak of a great fornace and the sun and the air were darkned by reason of the smoak of the pit And there came out of the smoak locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power as the Scorpions of the earth have power The Pope hath the key of hell gate and carrieth it on his arme as he acknowledgeth he can with his false doctrines send men to hell but can send none to heaven under the Pope are his Imps viz. Abbots Monks Friers Jesuites Quakers who are compared to Locusts because as Locusts destroy the fruits of the earth so the Quakers destroy the Church And I do verily believe there are many of them in this Land who like the Locusts begin to eat up all the green things they can in our Churches These Caterpillars were bred of Ignorance Errour and Heresie and came out of the smoak of the bottomless pit and by them the Gospel is much wronged hindred and abused The Quakers we may call Spirits which 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 St. John saith these Spirits are like frogs by frogs the holy Ghost meaneth Iesuites and Seminary Priests now such are the Quakers who are of the same brood and they may fitly be compared to frogs for two reasons 1. As frogs delight in filthy lakes and puddles so the Quakers delight in their false Doctrines teaching the Traditions of men and so walk on in their wickedness according to St. Iohns saying Rev. 22.11 He that is unjust let him be unjust still and he that is filthy let him be filthy still 2. As frogs make a great croking in marish grounds so the Iesuites Seminary Priests and Quakers by their sweet and fair words get themselves favour in such Gentlemens houses where they can have entertainment The Quakers also are like unto Scorpions for as Scorpions sting the body so do they sting the soul and with their ●air words and false doctrines do corrupt as many as they can speaking lies in hypocrisie having their consciences seared with a hot iron 1 Tim. 4.2 And therefore God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie that they all might be damned who believed not the truth 2 Thes 2.11 12. The Quakers have stung and poysoned many in this Land by their fair words and false doctrines 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 saith the Lord and do tell them and cause my people to erre by their lies Jer. 23.31 32. The Quakers walk after their Master the Prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience Eph. 2.2 But I hope and verily believe that God will keep and maintain his Church and the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in this Land so that neither the Pope nor Quakers shall ever be able to set up Popery again in the same And the reason of my belief is this because the everlasting Gospel which was carried by the Angel that did flie in the midst of heaven shall spread still more and more as appeareth Rev. 14.6 And our Saviour Jesus Christ hath promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against his Church and Gospel Math. 16.18 Wherefore our onely wisdom is to separate our selves from the Quakers and avoid their false doctrine and to joyn our selves to the true Church of God whereas those that do not shall perish for God is just and therefore he will recompence tribulation to all those that trouble the Church 2 Thes 1.6 We of this Land and Nation may justly fear that as God heretofore had a controversie with the children of Israel because there was no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of God in the Land so he will have a controversie with us because we are guilty of the same sins As concerning the knowledge and learning of the Iesuites Quakers Anabaptists Libertines c. I do believe that their knowledge and learning came from their old Master the Devill otherwise they would not maintain and defend these errors and blasphemies viz. 1. That there is no need of preaching reading praying the Sacraments singing of Psalmes and all other Ordinances the Spirit is all as they say 2. That all gifted persons may preach without ordination 3. That God revealeth his will not onely by the written word but also by Dreams and Visions which they believe more than the Word of God 4. They deny all Consequences drawn from the Scripture though never so clear 5. That the Magistrate must compell none in matters of Religion but must tolerate all 6. That Heaven and Hell are no where but within a man 7. That they may dissemble their Religion deny Christ before men so that they keep the Truth in their hearts God delighteth not in our bloud nor requireth that we should die for the Truth 8. That Infant Baptism is a childish needless thing and that no Infants ought to be baptized untill they come to perfect age and are able to make a Confession of their faith That Infant-baptism came from the Pope or Devill 9. That the Saints are freed by Christ from all Laws Covenants Vows paying of Tithes or Debts 10. That after Baptism they cannot sin 11. That the soul sleepeth when it departeth from the body and neither goeth to heaven or hell till the day of Judgement and that the soules of men are but terrestial vapours like Beasts perishing with the body 12. That a Christian cannot with