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A44804	The popish inquisition newly erected in New-England whereby their church is manifested to be a daughter of mysterie Babylon which did drink the blood of the saints, who bears the express image of her mother, demonstrated by her fruit : also their rulers to be in the beasts power upon whom the whore rideth, manifested by their wicked compulsary laws against the lamb and his followers, and their cruel and bloody practises against the dear servants of the Lord, who have deeply suffered by this hypocritical generation : some of their miserable sufferings for the testimony of Jesus, declared as follows and some of their unjust and vvicked laws set down ... / published by a lover of mercy and truth, and an enemy to envy and cruelty, Francis Howgill.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.; Copeland, J. R. (John R.); Hodgson, Robert.; Norton, Humphrey, fl. 1655-1659.; Rous, John, d. 1695.	1659 (1659)	Wing H3177; ESTC R14218	58,023	78

The Popish INQUISITION Newly Erected in New-England WHEREBY Their Church is manifested to be a Daughter of Mysterie Babylon which did drink the blood of the Saints who bears the express Image of her Mother demonstrated by her fruits ALSO Their Rulers to be in the Beasts power upon whom the Whore rideth manifest by their wicked compulsary Laws against the Lamb and his Followers and their cruel and bloody practises against the dear Servants of the Lord who have deeply suffered by this hypocritical generation Some of their miserable sufferings for the Testimony of Jesus declared as follows and some of their unjust and vvicked Lavvs set dovvn by vvhich they have made the ungodly to rejoyce and the righteous to lament that all who fear the Lord may come out of their foot-steps Published by a Lover of Mercy and Truth and an Enemy to Envy and Cruelty Francis Howgill LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659 TO THE READER· GReat hath been the havock and spoyle that the old Dragon hath made since he was thrown out of Heaven and many hath been the floods which he hath cast out after the woman and great hath been the waves which he hath made to rise up in the sea yea the Nations that hath been as waters he hath gathered on a heap and made them burst out in a foaming rage to overflow and to drown and to swallow up the woman which was made to flye into the wilderness for many dayes having a retired place there which God hath prepared for her for a time times and half a time and the remnant of her seed hath he made war with every where and hath also given great Authority to the Beast who rose out of the sea to kill with the sword to cut off and to destroy all that worshipped him not and his Image and he hath had power over both small and great and hath killed them and hath compelled them forced them to worship him and all whose names have not been written in the Lambs Book of life have worshipped him for all hath wondered after him and all the Nations have drunk of the Whores Cup of Fornication and have been enflamed therewith and all have partaked with her in her whoredoms the Kings the Rulers the noble men the Captains and all both small and great who have drunk of her Cup hath made war and hated the free-woman and her seed and all the deceivers false prophets and seducers hath traded with her merchandize and have deceived the Nations with her Sorceries and they have the sheeps clothing the outside and are inwardly ravened And in the ensuing Discourse thou wilt see great Professors whom many did judge had been come out of Mystery Babylon many yeares ago to wit the Churches of New-England who cryed up Reformation thou wilt see them making war for their Mother Mystery Babylon for they are her off-spring manifest in every circumstance by their visage and countenance by their doctrine and discipline by their practise and fruit by their spoyle and violence by their cruelty and bloodshed their Mother drunk the blood of the Saints and so are they drinking of the same and the beast roars in that Na●io● which rose out of the sea upon which the Whore rides and he is in great Majesty there as ever he hath b●en since the Apostles dayes and breathes out threatings that none must buy nor sell w●o hath not his mark in his forehead or in his right hand and who hath not some of his Names of blasphemy they must be kill●d or tortured o● banished robbed and spoyled censured with the Whores censures a●d then destroyed by the Beast who calls himself the Higher Power when as his Authority is from the Drago● who was cast into the Earth and exercises his rage and the b●ast by his Authority would roo● out all ●nd destroy all that keeps the Testimony of Jesus and are obed●e●t to his will Reader the ensuing Discourse will prove it I need not say more but leave their fruits and actions to declare them what they are the sufferings of the Lords servants in that Land hath been great and thi● in so s●ort a time that I am sure any sober man cannot but abhor such practises say in his heart D●part from me ye blood-thirsty men The Narrative of the Sufferings is some of them from men of their own Nation the rest is the Sufferers own Narration under their own hands the substance of which I extracted in short for the Read●rs sake but much more hath been exercised upon the servants of the Lord in that Nation and to repeate all their wicked invented Laws and Enterprises would make a Volume i● self some of which Laws thou hast in this Discourse as many as came to my hand and in those which are manifest thou ma●st j●dge from what root the rest did spring which is all judged and to be judged with the life of God root and branch but in the long suffe●ing of God if there thou dwell I bid thee farewel F. H. The Popish Inquisition newly erected in New-England Whereby their Church is manifest to be a Daughter of Mystery Babylon which doth drink the blood of the Saints who bears the express image of her Mother demonstrated by her fruits c. THE Devil who was a Lyar and a Murderer from the beginning who abode not in the truth who spoke of himself and not from the Commandment of God or the motion of Truth who is curst from the presence of the Lord for ever who hath alwayes made war since he went out of the truth against God and all the children of Truth and he is that seed who has made war with the heir of all things and against the Woman in all generations which brought forth the Heir the Man-child and since he hath usurped Authority to wit the Serpent all the Earth hath been filled with violence where he hath born rule God did not appoint him to be Lord nor to be a Law-giver over man nor over any of Gods Workmanship but he was to be ruled over by man who was made in the Image of God but when he came to usurp Authority of himself contrary to the command of God he became curst man also who became subject unto his usurped Authority which he should have ruled over by the higher Power in which he was made and had power and authority over all the contrary but being gone from the power and ioyned to him who moved without the power they both became Enemies to the power and so came to be cursed by the God of Power for ever and then became at enmity to the povver of the endless life and fed upon dust and that which is corruptible vvhich shall have an end And now the Serpent and his Seed in the transgression striveth and resisteth against him vvho is the higher Power with all their strength and all the Weapons formed in the

the Prince of darkness to back fortifie all the wicked enterprises they attempted before Who gave you power to order so to enact to apprehend without Warrant So you have made every man a Magistrate and a Ruler in your Jurisdiction and I believe if they should kill or take away the life of any you would give them an Absolution Is this the example of Christ or any Church-members or any Christian-Magistrate And why do you call them a cursed Sect of the Quakers You have cursed them whom God hath blessed whom no Weapon that is formed against shall prosper And as for your legal Tryal we know your rule your own wicked proud arrogant imperious and envious Wills and this must sit as Judge and Tryer. Well you have now set your selves against the Lord in your strength having the old Dragon for your Leader Will this serve you The Angel of the everlasting Covenant hath a Chain in his hand to bind him and to dissipate your wicked Counsel and confound you in the midst of your devises And being convicted to be of the sect of the quakers shall be sentenced to be banished upon pain of death You who are banished from the presence of God your selves and are in Cain's way Vagabonds driven out into the Earth where the Dragon dwells you would banish them out of the Earth whom God hath shewed his face and presence unto and you are a Sect which hath risen from the great Whore your Mother who hath made all Nations drunk she that did drink the blood of the Saints and you are the fruit of her Womb are like your Mother you have drunk the blood of the Saints whom God hath sanctified washed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ and now you are grown so blood-thirsty that nought but banishment and loss of life will satisfie your rage your Cup shall be filled with the Wine of the Wrath of God which shall be poured forth without mixture and that will be your portion to drink Reader stil take notice All these laws mentioned in this Book and the fierce censures and punishments inflicted upon the servants of the Lord is because they will not complement like flattering Courtiers and Roysters Fidlers and use flattering titles to men who are in unbelief who seek respect honor one of another which is below and because they cannot ●oin with them in their hypocritical Assemblies nor partake of the Table of Devils who destroys mens lives nor drink the Whores Cup which hath drunk the blood of the Saints and this is a Fact worthy of banishment and death in the account of these blood-suckers And now they come to their own Inhabitants and thou shalt hear their judgement concerning them and thou shalt see how they love their Neighbours And that every Inhabitant of this Jurisdiction being convicted to be of the aforesaid Sect either by taking up publishing or defending the horrid Opinions of the quakers or the stirring up Mutiny Sedition or Rebellion against the Goverment or by taking up their absurd and destructive practises viz. Denying civil respect to equals and superiors and withdrawing from our Church-Assemblies and instead ●hereof frequent meetings of their own in opposition to our Church-Order Now all may see how these men loves their Neighbours themselves and here is a great deal of aggravating high boasting words packed up together in this unrighteous and ungodly Act as Sedition Rebellion and Absurd and Destructive Principles and like scolds they make a great noise and clamour but if thou enquire into the Fact is it not putting off the hat and disowning their Assemblies and in their account banishment and death is punishment little enough for this transgression These men would set up their Assembly as Nebucha●nezar's Image and whosoever will not bow must into the Fornace or be banished robbed spoiled and killed or like Jeroboam's Calf at Dan and Bethel and if Israel will not come to Da● or Amos cry against Bethel Amaziah will cry to the King He hath uttered Sedition and Rebellion among the people and he hath conspired against the King and the Land cannot bear his words And is not this the same language They will not come to our Church our Assemblies But they meet of themselves and opposes us and breeds mutinies sedition and rebellion in the Government These Priests of New-England a●d Rulers would have banished all the Apostles and have killed Paul and Stephen who said God dwelt not in Temples made with hands neither was worshipped in Temples made with mens hands and drew people out of the Temple into private houses and fields and by the sea side and these men would have killed Christ the same generation did in whose foot-steps they are he said neither at Jerusalem nor at Samaria but they that worship the Father worship him in spirit and truth Might the Jews have replyed Was not the Temple builded by the command of God And is it not so agreed upon by the whole Nation of the Jews And wilt thou say that God is not worshipped Thou art mutinous and rebellious And the Samaritans might have said This is the Mount we met in and it is agreed upon by our Rulers and people and it is the laudable Custom of our Country and our Assembly and dost thou teach thy Disciples to seperate from Jerusalem and from this Mount Then thou art seditious and a Mutinier and a stirrer up of Rebellion an Enemy to our Nation and Countrey And wilt thou respect no mans person Nay said the Pharisees tempting We know thou respects no mans person What saist thou of Caesar They might have said What wilt thou not respect thy equals and superiors Then thou art not civil and art against the laudable custom of our Countrey which all our approved Orthodox persons doth allow of thou must be banished and if thou return death Or by adhering to or approving of any known quaker and the tenents and practises of the quakers that are opposite to the Orthodox received Opinions of the godly and endeavouring to disaffect others to civil Government and Church-Orders or condemning the practise and proceedings of this Court against the quakers Now if any like Nicodemus would come but by night who are yet no Quakers if the Rulers and Priests of New-England know of you you must out of the Synagogue and be banished and if return be put to death for this is an Orthodox received Opinion to banish and kill them that comes not to their Assembly and puts not off the hat then the Orthodox received Opinion of the Church-members of New-England is banishment and if return death and he that justifies the practise and proceedings of that Court is not justified of God What Whippers Robbers Spoilers Killers and Destroyers Marrers of the Workmanship of God Wrestlers with flesh blood blood-suckers he that justifies you is condemned of God he that condemns your Court and proceedings and practises will God and all