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A39623	Five lookes over the professors of the English Bible wherein is shewed the infinite indiscreet invention, of inconsiderate, inveterate dissention about the exaltation of the propagation of that gospel which we all say, wee doe professe to beleeve : whereunto is added the English Protestants resolution / published by Levek Hunarry.	Walker, Henry, Ironmonger.	1642 (1642)	Wing F1109; ESTC R9379	4,315	10

after Consecration 18 That the Latin Service ought to be in Churches as it began to be used in S. Iohns Colledge in Cambridge 19 That Sacraments doe give and conferre grace and are instruments of Justification that they are as necessary in their place and no lesse required then beliefe it selfe as they often have declared in their Sermons 20 That Sunday is no Sabbath as Doctor Poclington hath writ These and many other things have they laboured to bring into the Church contrary both to the Scripture and the true Protestant Religion professed and taught in the Church England Scotland and all other Reformed Churches The Sword which the Arminian beareth in his hand doth shew that hee is a man that delighteth in blood who for the a●…ncing of his owne humour cares not how much blood is spilt The Arminian in a word is one who having gotten both Swords into his hands over the Protestants would soone fight for the Pope with the one and against the Protestant with the other he is like the Tartars to the O●… House amongst the Turks and fights for Rome expecting to be a Roman I pray God roote them out of the Church of England and grant us peace IIII. On the right side of the Picture you may see an honest-hearted Protestant weeping whose tender eyes send forth aboundance of teares meekly kneeling upon his knees who being grieved to see Religion clouded thus by cavilling ●…ee labours to know God truely out of his holy word ●…nd therefore labours to remove the veyle that obscures it from our eyes he is not grieved for himself alone but for the dishonour done to God neither doth he weepe because he is grieved but because the Church of God is so distracted hee ●…lies not to men but to God prayeth not for blood but peace being grieved to see poore England thus languish V. The Pope which you see behind the Bible doth the●… unto us what a danger the Church of God may be exposed to if God doe not helpe us for the Pope is glad of these distractions amongst us and would now take the opportunity to snatch away the Bible from us he would faine take our Religion away but we hope to send him backe againe to R●…e with a powder not like that in the Bishops Canons 〈◊〉 with nothing but Paper but the sword of the Spirit of God with which we hope he both root and branch will be utterly rooted out of the Church of England which God grant Amen The Protestants Resolution OH England thou that 〈◊〉 so rich and happy Nation God c●…ls on th●…e and offers Love Peace and Salvation G●…d ●…okes from heaven high beholding every thing F●…ll d●…e and pray aloud the Lord blesse Charles 〈◊〉 King Religion in thy Churches hath beene taught ●…ost free A●…ve this fourescore yeares and still it is ●…e ●…e S●… that the Romish Rabble have not power 〈◊〉 bring Th●…ir doctrine in then pray the Lord blesse Charles our King L●…ng time this Land hath now beene fil'd with peace and plenty Now we are full doe we forget are we so dainty That we shall quite neglect our selves no I will sing Whilst I have dayes to live the Lord blesse Charles our King King Charles thou art a Royall Prince and does ●…are To all the world thy goodnesse vertue love and care All Princes stand amaz'd to heare thy praise to r●…g Al●… true hearts daily pray the Lord blesse Charles 〈◊〉 King 〈◊〉 is a blessing great that God ●…th England sent To t●…ee so grave so godly wise a Parliament C●…England more desire then thus in every thing Blessed to be Oh pray the Lord blesse Charles our King Oh England would to God thou d●…st consider well Th●… ev●… where home War hath to the Church befell Nothing b●…●…w and misery it still doth bring Then pray for 〈◊〉 and say the Lord blesse Charles our King Come let us all ●…plore and pray to God for peace That all Domesticke wars and troubles soone may ●…ase Amen Amen O Lord Oh let u●… alwayes sing And pray with all our hearts the Lord blesse Charles our King Amen The Protestants Sacrifice Oh Lord my God for Engl●…nd I ●…mplore Which in thy Wrath thou now hast wounded s●…re Thy will be done Lord we submit For Mercy Lord 〈◊〉 make us fit That we may live And prays●…s give To thee alway Oh heare our prayer And doe us spare That are but ●…lay O send us peace good God Remove thy heavy rod And r●…concile us unto thee An happy union let us s●… Lord give us all g●…●…o rep●…nt and blesse 〈◊〉 King 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS

FIVE LOOKES Over the PROFESSORS of the ENGLISH BIBLE Wherein is shewed the infinite indiscreet Invention of inconsiderate inveterate dissention about the exaltation of the Propagation of that Gospel which we all say wee doe Professe to beleeve Whereunto is added the English Protestants Resolution Published by LEVEK HUNARRY Whilst we about nice poynts of Scripture strive The Pope would us quite of the Scripture shrive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…ondon Printed for George Lindsey 1642 Five LOOKES over the Professors of the English Bible T●…e Embleme which you see on the title of this Book doth very fitly represent unto the view of all m●…n the present condition of the Church of England as it now is full of distraction and trouble In the view whereof whosoever pleaseth to 〈◊〉 their eyes on the Bible as it there stands opened which is verb●…m Dei Gods o●… world revealed unto us to teach us for the salvation of our soule to be veiled with so blacke a mist that there is now great difficultie found in the true reading thereof even as there was many difficulties under the Law till the 〈◊〉 was taken away so is there now so great a veile or rather vanity of humerous ●…nventions under the Gospell at this day in the Church of England that whi●… they remaine t●…e true Protestant Religion is exceeding diffic●… to be ●…uly pro●…essed Is it not 〈◊〉 miserable thing that when England is at peace with all the world she should th●… quarr●… with her selfe and labour with the Spider to weave out her owne bowe●…ls what England that h●…th the most absolute Prince of Piety in 〈◊〉 the world art th●…u so ev●… to be at enmi●…y with thy selfe thou that hast called the wi●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ever ●…ate art tho●…●…ed thou that h●…st the 〈◊〉 preac●…d ●…o ●…rely to ●…e art thou so rude Oh E●… the g●…y of the world 〈◊〉 thou make thy se●…e the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 what wan●…●…ou that o●…her Na●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doe thee good or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thou desire more o●… God th●…n he hath done for thee O then take heed poore Engla●…●…at t●…u dost not pr●…ke God to leave thee and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…ove from thee lo●…●…e tr●… 〈◊〉 peace and learne 〈◊〉 ●…rve God I. On the right hand at the bottome of the Picture you may behold an Anabaptist laying claime to the Bible with one hand and holding an Olive branch in the other his laying hold to pull the Bible to him doth shew that he makes Religion his pr●…tence and desires the Bible to be the judge of his cause And the Olive branch in the other hand doth declare unto us that great Maxime of their doctrine for the Anabaptists teach that whereas they seeke to have a government of the Church in England to be as it is in Holland by Lay Elders independant to the Church of England and that none but believers shall be of their congregation nor infants baptized untill they can give a reason of their faith c. yet they hold it not lawfull to seeke it by the sword by blood or by disobeying authority but on●…ly to use the lawfull spirituall armes and weapons of a Christian namely faith and patience and by prayers to call upon God that it may be so II. The Picture at the foot on the left hand of this Emblem doth likewise demonstrate unto us that the Brownists do●… also pretend Religion for all their tenents actions wayes who are verily perswaded that they are the true Church and therefore doe admit no unsanctified person to be of their congregation they desire to have liberty of conscience to serve God without Ceremonies or precepts of men to the end they may not be hindred they desire an independent Church where they may freely assemble exercise after their own discipline in the pursuit whereof the club that is in his hand doth shew that he will fight for the Religion which he profess●…th and though he suffer never so much for his conscience yet i●… he no whit discouraged thereat but counts ●…t 〈◊〉 ●…our to suffer for Religion being mightily perswaded that all who ar●… not of his opinion are ungodly and reprobates III. The great Ar●…an that stands on the left hand of the E●…eme doth shew by his pulling of the Bible that he 〈◊〉 pretends to seeke to do all thing●… according to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God and these tenents he stands out stoutly for viz. 1 That Bishops be they never so wicked are Iure Divino 2 That the government of the Church of England as it now stands by Archbishops Bishops c. is so holy a government that it is a sin to alter it 3 That the discipline which the Prelates establish be it what it will is Iure Divino 4 That all the Ceremonies of the Church of England bind the consciences of the people to be subdued under them 5. That Christ is not originally God some of them have taught 6. That the Scriptures are not the onely meanes concerning God of all that profitably we know and that therefore we must build our faith on that construction which the Prelates of the Church make of the Scripture to prevent private construction thereof as the Bishop of Yorkes Chaplaine and divers others have affirmed 7. That mans will is apt naturally without grace to take or refuse any particular object whatsoever presented unto it and so consequently to beleeve that mens naturall workes or to do that which Nature telleth us without grace must needs be acceptable to God as some of our Bishops have taught 8. That the Word of God can not assure us that it is the Word of God and from thence to draw arguments to take all things upon trust from the Church whatsoever they establish How dangerous this doctrine is to overthrow the Fundamentals and principles of a Christians faith let all men judge 9 That a man may doe workes in themselves absolutely good and acceptable in the sight of God as they all maintaine 10 That the Minister hath power to absolve sin verily and indeed where according to his judgement he finds a person as he conceives to repent and beleeve a proud Arogan●… 11 That a Minister hath power to damne a man that is not conformable to the Ceremonies of the Church as a Lecturer in Cornhill and others have taught 12 That to be preserved from all sin in this life is not impossible 13 That the Church of Rome as it now standeth is the family of Christ and some members of that Church amongst us are the Kings best subjects as Master Squire of Shoreditch and others have preached 14 That Idolatrous wicked Hereticks are members of the visible Church if they be not excommunicated as it hath bin often taught in Pauls by some of the Arminians 15 That there is in Orders given an indeleble Character 16 That wee ought to receive the Communion upon an Altar and not on a Table 17 That the reall presence of Christ is visible in the Bread and Wine