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A76237	A seasonable warning and word of advice to all papists, but most especially to those of the kingdome of France; for them to turn from their idolatry, and gross superstition, and speedily to repent, and hast to meet the Lord by amendment of life, least he come on them, and smite them unawares ... / Charles Baily.	Bayley, Charles, 17th century.	1663 (1663)	Wing B1473A; ESTC R170471	59,588	68

Harlot Rome for all Nations professing the name of Christianity hath been made drunk with the Cup of her fornication which they have deeply drank off the one part of which are called Papists who are stark drunk with worshiping of Images and observing of dayes and times and men and are so horribly bewitched as to give money for pardons for sins as may evidently be seen in Rome and all the Popes Dominions but chiefly in Italy where they may have Indulgences for as little or as much as they will and some Indulgences perpetual As I have seen written in Greek Characters over an Idols-House door belonging to Rome And through such witchcraft and wickednesse as this is the people are strengthned in their sins and glory therein Oh! the Holy Spirit of the Lord is grieved with these things who hath said I will arise and ease me of my Adversaries And this is the fruits of that place which the people blasphemously call The Holy City which aboundeth as much in open whoredome and more in Idolatry than any City upon the face of the whole Earth yea whoredome is tollerated without any manner of Contradiction at all and every Idoll-Masse-House is a shelter for murder and if any murderer get but into one of them the Priests are by a Law bound to be a shelter unto them this and such like is the fruits of that place which people so much admire so that many leave their own Native Countrey to see it and when they are come thither they are carried to admire a great Image of Brasse which they say is the Image of Saint Peter and in honour to it fall down on their knees and kisse its feet which shews they are ignorant of the Image which Peter bare who was a Son of God and of the Apostles Doctrine who said Little Children keep your selves from Idols what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols For ye are the Temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my People John 5.21 1 Cor. 2.16 Levit. 26.12 Wherefore I say unto you People Come out from amongst these things for God will cut off the names of the Idols out of the Land Zech. 13.2 and the makers of Idols shall go into confusion therefore cease from these pilgrimages which tend but to the worshiping of Idols and many under a pretence of this go up and down the Countrey begging untill some of them are ready to starve and others steal where they can get an opportunity and all under the name of the Holy Cause And they who perform this pilgrimage are the most strict of them after they have prayed to Images and bowed to stocks and stones bring away a few Beads and Images and it may be kisse the Popes foot whom they say is Peters Successor who was the Temple of God and could not bow to an Idol as he doth therefore being measured by the line of true Judgement he will be found to be the Temple and Successour of the Devil else he would not bow to Idols and teach others so to do which sheweth nothing else but the Succession of the Man of Sin even the Antichrist for all his actings are absolutely against Christ and the holy Apostles and Prophets of God for they sought not the honour and riches of this world not the greatnesse thereof but in all things sought to be humbled that God alone might be exalted and honoured over all for Christ said How can ye believe whilest ye seek honour one of another And said this of himself He received not honour from man John 5.5 41 44. And they which did receive honour one of another were so far from being Christs Disciples of Peters Successors that it plainly appears that they were not Believers because they sought not the honour which cometh from God only for when they sought to make Christ an earthly King who sought his Fathers glory in all things he therefore denyed the earthly honours which men would have put upon him and hid himself from them And Peter when Cornelius fell down before him Peter took him up saying Stand up I my self also am a man Act. 10.26 So did the Angel forbid John bidding him worship God though he was one of them who kept the Commandements of God Christ Jesus and all who followed him forsook all earthly possessions and were so far from being honoured of men that they were hated persecuted reviled and shamefully entreated of men But the Pope when he was Elected though in worldly pomp before yet entereth into greater and is honoured and worshiped by men and causeth others to be persecuted imprisoned and put to death witnesse one of the dear Servants of the Lord called by name John Luff who came to Rome as he was moved of the Lord with his dear Brother John Parrot who only desiring to speak with the Pope were taken Prisoners from whence the said John Luff was taken and hanged secretly and to cover this same wicked murder they said He starved himself to death but this their secret murder they could not hide from the All-seeing eye who revealed their secret murder unto me and commanded me to fast for a witnesse against them which I did in their own Prison-House or Hospital of Mad-men where they held me in Chains for no other cause but for tendring my body for my Brother as I was commanded of the Lord they having detained him about three years Prisoner in which time his sufferings are hard to be uttered with the tongue of man neither could it hardly enter into the hearts of men if it were to be told unto them for I believe from Adams day of all the sufferings of the holy men of God the like could hardly be paralel'd the whippings buffetings and bruises which he received amongst them yet I believe the dayly grief of his righteous soul was more than all his outward sufferings and all this plainly maketh them to appear not to be Christ-like but wholly against him for his Spirit is the Spirit of meeknesse love forbearance peace long-suffering and forgivenesse for he teacheth to forgive enemies and to pray for them yea even for them that would shamefully entreat us in this the Pope plainly appeareth not to be Christ-like but contrary unto him and so Antichrist and against Christ who said Blesse and curse not but the Pope curseth those which will not be subject unto him and Christ said He came not to destroy mens lives but to save them and also said Swear not at all but the Pope ingages men to swear to fight and destroy men so long as they live witnesse the Knights of Malta who are also forbidden to marry which Paul said was a Doctrine of Devils and in this also he plainly appeareth to be absolutely against Christ who had not whereon to lay his head in this world but the Pope is not contented to have

women captive laden with sin and divers lusts and though they are ever learning of their Teachers yet come not to the knowledge of the Truth which would make them free from sin and lust and bring into that life which was before a lie was And this is not the fruit of the Popes Ministers for the furthest they bring people to is to bring them to be zealous to pray to a dead stock or stone which they make like unto men and women and tell them it is the likeness or representation of God and Christ and the Virgin Mary St. John St. Peter and the like and the Mistery of iniquity hath so wrought amongst them that though they manifestly prostrate themselves before them yet they say it is not to them which is darkness unheard of in Generations past And they are not content to commit this abominable Idolatry themselves but would constrain all others to do the like as witness the Protestants in this Nation who are constrained to shun and avoyd the way when one of these their Gods is carryed about else the people are ready to stone them if they do not put off their Hats or bow unto them These things are cause of sadness to the hearts of the righteous to consider therefore God will overturn it and cast it into the pit of confusion from whence it sprang even from Mistery Babylon where the Whore sitteth who hath made all Nations about her drunk with the Cup of her fornication which hath been forced upon people by the power of the Beast through the Inchantments of the false Prophets but their torment is near and hastneth apace to come upon them for the Whore and painted Harlot which rides upon the Beast and the false Prophets which attend her shall be taken and cast into the lake which burns with fire and brimstone for ever These are true and faithfull sayings which shall shortly come to passe and blessed shall all they be in that day which have not received the mark of the Beast in their hands nor in their foreheads for they onely shall live and reign for ever with him whose right it is to reign over all Nations and for his sake will God overturn overturn overturn untill his holy will be accomplished and the Nations shall never see peace more untill that day for the mistery of iniquity hath fully wrought and he that hath let shall be taken out of the way in this the day of Gods Allmighty power in which he will thresh the Mountains to dust and will honour his Saints so that they shall have power to bind Kings in Chains and Nobles in Fetters of Iron who also will turn the wisdom of the wise backwards and will make the Diviners mad and turn the counsels of their Achitophels into foolishness In this day the churl shall no more be called liberall neither shall he that doth wickedly be called good light shall not be put for darkness nor darkness for light without a manifest Woe and Judgment upon him which doth it saith the Lord God Allmighty who hath been as a stranger amongst the sons of men as though he had not created them yea more a stranger and unknown unto the chiefest of men than the Ox is to his Owner or the Asse to his Masters Crib It doth even pierce my heart to consider the wofull degeneration of mankinde who was created in the Image of his Creator and whilest he remained in that holy Image nothing but righteousness was wrought by him and he enjoyed the peace of God in him and in this state there was no oppression but through disobedience he was driven from his maker by giving ear to another Teacher by which means he was lead unto lust and uncleanness and to commit it with greediness yea to drink up iniquity as the Ox drinketh up water so as he naturally did at first obey the will of his Creator by which means he was wholly a Servant unto God bringing forth the works of righteousnesse and holinesse so through disobedience he became a Servant to Satan bringing forth nothing but sin and corruption even to the grieving of his Creator so that it repented him that he had made man yet he bore their iniquity untill the measure thereof was full and then swept them away with the flood of his wrath and from that day hath born and forborn the iniquity of many People and Nations untill this your time even untill the filling up of the largest measure of iniquity that ever yet was known so that righteousness is not to be found in the earth nor in the Inhabitants thereof therefore as sure as the righteous Judge of Heaven and Earth destroyed the old world with the flood of his wrath so will he this by fire which is already kindled in the Nations though at present they perceive it not but it shall overtake them unawares Therefore this is sent as a warning unto this Nation of France that they may take warning thereby and repent least they be consumed by the flame and fire of Gods wrath and indignation which is ready to break forth upon them And now ye people of this Nation seriously consider high and low rich and poor bond and free male and female what ye are a doing and with the light of Christ Jesus wherewith he hath enlightned you search whose works ye are a doing and who it is you obey and whose command you have for the things you do whether from God or from men for assuredly according to the Traditions of men God cannot be worshipped nor served for God is a Spirit And the true Worshippers worship him in Spirit and Truth and by such only is he worshipped therefore cease from all your Task-masters which lay heavy burdens upon you telling you that you must pray to the Virgin Mary and to the Saints saying ten Prayers to her and one to God shewing that they exalt her in their Imaginations above God besides this is clear against the Doctrine of Christ who bid them ask in his name for saith he Whatsoever ye ask my Father in my Name it shall be given you Mark that and take good notice of it for he is the only Mediator between God and man 1 Tim. 2.5 For there is one Mediator between God and man the man Christ Jesus for he is the Mediator of a better Covenant than that which stood in outward meats and observations which is established upon better promises and for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament that they which are called might enjoy the promise of eternal Inheritance Therefore people are to come to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel therefore see that ye refuse not him that speaketh from Heaven who saith What ye ask my Father in my Name it shall be

is an Abomination amongst many even to Turk and Jew even in cheating and cozening swearing and lying and open Abominations which causeth them to blaspheme the name of Christ therefore will the unresistable vengeance of God come irresistably upon you suddenly except you repent and plead no longer antiquity for your Religion seeing it is but of sin and uncleanness in which you openly live as all the heathen and profane ever did yea grosser Idolatry is not to be found amongst the sons of men than is in the Territories and Dominions of Rome this day though ye seek to paint your selves over with the name of God ye do but shew the more to every one that is not wilfully blind that ye are of Mistery Babylon the Mother of Harlots Mark that whose children are such as hold the truth in unrighteousness and have changed the glory of the incorruptible God as much as in you lyeth though his glory cannot be changed into flesh but you have perverted his true worship into a lye and make Images and prostrate your selves before them and yet say it is not Idolatry this is mistery Babylon which is now made manifest Glory Honour and Praise be to the Lord God for ever and let all the faithful say Amen for the secrets of the Whore is laid open with her Abominations and the place of her torment is prepared for her who hath thus made the Nations drunk with the Cup of her fornication out of which the Kings of the earth have been made drunk and not only have compelled the people of their Nations but others which thing will be heavy in the end if they repent not before it be too late for God is a righteous Judge who will render to every one according to their works without respect of persons time or places Therefore be wise O ye Kings be instructed O ye Judges of the Earth and serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling in your Generation and beware of persecuting of any people for that will unthrone you if ye meddle with the Throne of God which is the Consciences of men and women Therefore let it suffice you that your sword be turned against the evil-doer in the Land so will you be a praise to them that do well and blessed will you be of the Lord if ye put this in effect to wit to suppresse and expel Idolatry lying swearing drunkennesse and whoredome in the Land where ye are Rulers but if ye suffer those things to abound as they do this day in this Nation then know assuredly as the Lord God lives who hath created the Heavens and the Earth ye shall be expelled and those who shall be found more worthy than you shall be exalted in your stead though the Lord may take them from the Sheepfold as he did David and think not to stand because of your greatness and strength or by the multitude of an host Remember Nebuchadnezzar whom the Lord humbled unto the dust and made him to know that the Most High ruleth and reigneth in the Kingdomes of men Therefore ye Rulers of this Nation to you do I speak in particular I say hear and give ear and the words of my mouth shall be the words of truth and life unto you if ye receive them but if ye slight and reject them and will have none of the counsel of the Allmighty which through me is proffer'd freely unto you that ye may be warned from the evil which is to come then know assuredly that blacknesse and darknesse shall be your portion and habitation for ever and Gods dreadful face you shall never see but in judgement therefore I say give over for the Lord is raising to himself a Seed and People in this Nation which shall serve him with fear and trembling and hath purposed to establish them in peace and righteousnesse in this Land that living examples they may be unto all the Inhabitants about them and this hath the Lord determined to do in thee O France Therefore as I said ye Judges Rulers Officers Counsellors and King be ye warned as from the Lord that ye touch them not though you may have many false accusations against them and reports as people not fitting to live upon the earth as the innocent was in all Ages so reported to be as people being destructive to Law Rulers and Government and the like and enemies to the King Oh let this word be turned against these false Accusers and beware of touching the Innocent for for their sakes the Lord will rebuke Kings and he is the same as ever he was And this is a true and faithful warning and prophecy which shall shortly come to passe that when it come you may not be ignorant thereof and be left without excuse Remember Nineveh who at the preaching of Jonas repented and do ye take warning in time Consider and lay it to heart and look through the Nations ye Rulers thereof and weigh the thing seriously in your secret parts whether Nineveh or any other Nation could abound more in abomination than this Nation or that the city of Sodome or the inhabitants of Gomorrah was more in lust pride and fulnesse of bread then Paris surely is nay the like was hardly to be found or paraleld in all generations for pride hypocrisie lust deceit and murder and whatsoever is evill Therefore I say againe Be ye warned and take diligent heed that ye persecute not any whom the Lord is raising up amongst you bringing and sending amongst you to bear witnesse unto or against any thing even against the grievous Idolatry and whoredome which aboundeth amongst you and in all the Land and if ye instead of receiving their testimonies persecute and imprison them or doe them any harm better it were that a milstone were put about your necks and that ye were cast into the midst of the Sea for the Lord will avenge their innocent causes and utterly overturn their oppressors and will rebuke Kings for their sakes yea Potentates Armies Judges and Rulers as he hath done already in the Land of England and he who is mightier then the mightiest is on their parts and will rebuke and tear in pieces their adversaries for the Lord hath long born the iniquities of this Nation and his righteous Spirit hath long been grieved and he hath looked down out of his holy habitation amongst you and beholdeth your state and seeth that none of you so much as consider the cause of the needy and oppressed so as to ease their burthens but every one of you striving to maintain his own lust by cruelty fraud and oppression the like is not to be found in any Nation but the Lord will break the bonds of oppression and the oppressed shall goe free and be set at liberty to Gods endlesse praise for ever The mighty and terrible day of the Lord God is come and is at hand wherein the hearts of all shall be made manifest and accordingly shall every one

will-worship and voluntary humility and nothing to the edifying of the body and so by degrees hath crope in more and more as the dark night of apostacy came in which time Christ Jesus said would come wherein no man could work And also the Apostle saw before his decease as I said before even such a falling away in his time that he said All Asia was turned from him Likewise Peter John and Jude speak of it for John in his Revelation saw all the world wandering after the Beast and none could buy or sell but those who received the mark of the Beast yea such will be the misery of the sons of men who are wandering after him saying Who is able to make war with him And the Harlot rides upon the Beast cloathed with Scarlet with the Cup full of abomination and filthiness in her hand which hath made all Nations drunk Let him which hath wisdome read and understand and consider whether the Pope and Cardinals in Rome doth not wear her Livery without and within yea or nay are they not built upon blood and to this very day are thirsting after it if not what means their Inquisitions and secret places of murder yet they themselves will shew and tell of the place they call by the name of Amphiatar where they say the Christians were put in in former times to be destroyed with wild Beasts though the same they themselves do at this very day even to those who have the least desire after the Lord by which they come to misturst the Idolatrous way they are in and if this be perceived amongst them then presently he or she is termed under the name of an Heritick and then to the Inquisition with them where the wild bruit Beasts set about them to devour them though at first they may flatter and fawn upon them like a Dog and if they see they cannot prevail with them that way it is much if ever they escape their devouring hands and this is not unknown to many but the Lord God of Heaven and Earth is risen to make inquisition for the blood of the slain and it is not the Inquisition which shall be able to conceal it from him for he will rip it open and lay it desolate for ever so that it shall become a hiss and a by-word by all the passers by for it shall be made like their Amphiatar for ever open and free and Gods eternall Glory and Truth shall freely be declared in it with free consent every way and this will the Lord work for his own Gloryes sake and none can prevent the Lords purpose which he hath determined for all the world hath wandered after the Beast and hath given their glory and honour unto him I say notwithstanding all this the Lord will raise up to himself an holy seed which shall make war with him and overcome him his chosen ones have already read the number of his name which is the number of a man and all that rise up and joyn in war with the Beast against them woe woe will be to them for ever The Angels of the Lord are going forth with Commission from the God of Heaven to curse the Earth because of the abominations of the Inhabitants thereof Therefore O ye people be awakened and warned and seriously consider what you are a doing for of a truth woe and vengeance will be powred out upon you in an unresistable manner except ye repent speedily therefore as one who is a follower of the Lamb through tribulations do I warn you in obedience to my King and Law-giver to kisse the Son least he be angry that ye may obtain mercy in this day of love and visitation to the sons of men for the Lord hath certainly determined to reap the earth of all corruption which aboundeth and superaboundeth therein the harvest is fully ripe and long hath the Lord born and forborn and his righteous Spirit hath long been oppressed even as a Cart is pressed which is laden with sheaves therefore will he plead with all flesh with the sword and with fire which none shall be able to withstand therefore be ye warned that your souls may live And though many of them make vows in their own wills to abstain from meats and women this shall stand them in no stead for in words they say they will do this and that but being out of Gods will lust burns in their hearts they not being come to that which would subdue the evill in themselves and these are they which the Apostle speaks of They promise others liberty whilest they themselves are the servants of corruption for of what a man is overcome by the same he is brought in bondage 2 Pet. 2.19 for at best they say they are of such a Saints Order which will avail them nothing they not being sanctified themselves were it so that Saints were of several Orders and Lifes but that 's an absolute lye and a false conception and this is only to blind the minds of the simple-hearted thereby to get the more several Inheritances and fat possessions to themselves by going in several habits and going under several denominations by which policy and deceit where they have been most believed received they have got the fattest and best possessions and notwithstanding go a begging and a roving up and down and take and receive from them who have great families to maintain which thing is grievous to be born in the Land but God will judge for this hypocrisie and deceit and ease the Land of this oppression of a Truth and their lyes and feignedness shall be laid open to every eye for the Saints were not of many Orders but of one only true Order which was truth in the Inward parts which is the root and ground of Religion in which they did not shut up themselves in houses and live in idleness and eat the bread thereof which the poor laboureth hard for and purchaseth by the sweat of their brows and with it these men under a pretence of holiness feed themselves without fear and this is not the order of Saints but of belly-gods for the Apostle writing unto the Saints saith He that will not work let him not eat He being an Example unto them though he laboured in the Gospel above many yea and the care of all the Churches were upon him yet notwithstanding his own hands ministred to his necessities which is a witnesse against the idle drones of this Generation which you take for your Confessors and they pretend to have power to absolve you from your sins and are not cleansed from their own Therefore hear and consider all people who are thus kept in blindnesse and ignorance there is nothing but the pure Holy Spirit of God which is able or can forgive sins for to it only is the power committed and not unto you who live in sins And therefore be awakened out of this horrid delusion for Christ Jesus said to his Apostles Whose