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A45698	The woolf under sheeps-clothing discovered, or, The spirit of Cain, appearing in the Bishop of Liechfield, reproved as hereafter is sufficiently manifested by the fruits of his sermon at Polesworth in Warwickshire ... / Charles Harris.	Harriss, Charles.; Harris, William, 1634 or 5-1705.	1669 (1669)	Wing H920; ESTC R4146	17,879	26

Gen. 1. And the Lord God took the man and put him into the ●arden● t● dress it and to keep it and the Lord commanded the man 〈◊〉 Of every Tree of the Garden thou mayest freely eat but of 〈◊〉 Tree of knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of i● for in the day thou eats thereof thou shalt surely dye Now the Serpe●t was more subtil then any Beast of the field and he said unto the woman ye shall not surely dye but we see the Serpent was a Lyar from his beginning who got in through a temptation and a Lye by which sin entred through ●ransgression for which the Law was added and for his wicked work was accursed from God and man for his disobedience was cast out from God so by the disobedience of one many were made Sinners and by the obedience of one many were made Righteous● which was and is through Faith 〈◊〉 Christ For the Iust lives by Faith and without Faith it is impos●●ble to please God but ●here was and is the Faith of Devils that works not in the love but in the emni●y and so brings forth of the sower Grap● which is sin and unrighteousness and through disobedience sin entred by which man is led captive at the Enemie● will into the corrupt nature into ungodliness and unrighteousness which is the corrupt ground from whence proceeds all evil in which ●ate there is none doth good no not one and in which 〈◊〉 all have sinned and come short of the Glory of the living God in whom is Salvation● and Eternal Life through Christ Jesus who is the Author and the Finisher of our Faith which we have received from God Almighty from whence every good and perfect gift comes● And that Faith which comes from God alone it works by love in the heart and this is the Love of God that we keep his Commandments and his Commandments are not burdensom For all that are born of God overcometh this World 1 Iohn 5.4 But the Priest told me that thou saidst to him thou strangest at me that I opposed thee in that partic●lar above all the rest for thou well remembredst what thou wert speaking of thou wer● come to thy last point and to conclude that all were miserable ●inners and thou saidst all the World would con●ess that they were Sinners now as 〈◊〉 is written 1 ●ohn 5.19 We know that we are of God and thi● whole World lyeth i● wickedness and the World loves its own in which is the lust of the flesh the lust of the eye and the pride of life which is not of the Father● but of this World And when the Ph●ri●ees he●rd that Jesus had put the Sadduces to silence one of them which was an expounder of the Law asked him a Question saying Master which is the greatest Commandment in the Law Jesus said unto him Thou shal● love the Lord thy God with all thy heart wi●h all thy soul and with all thy mind and the second is like ●nto this Thou shal● love thy Neigh●our as thy self Matthew 22. Now to the witness of God in thy Conscience do I speak which if thou turn in to it it will tell thee whether thou art faithful herein and whether thou doest act herein according to Christ's Doctrine and the Scriptures which was given forth from the Spirit of Truth freely and not to be made a trade of for money neither can the gift of God be purchased with money if so then would Simon Mag●● have purchased the Kingdom of Heaven with money and the rich of this World but Christ's Kingdom stands not in corruptable things but in that which is uncorruptable and is Pure Holy R●ghteous and Eternal of God therefore said Christ unto them in the dayes of old Except a man ●e regenerated and born again he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Read the Scriptures as Christ said for they are them which do tes●ifie of me but you will not come unto me that you might have Life Now many have a life in the ea●thly part serving their own hearts lust but whos●ever will follow Christ let him forsake himself and take up his cross and follow him and whosoever will not take up his cross and deny himself daily is not worthy of him And whosoever will save his life shall lose it but whosoever shall lay down his life for my Name sake and the Gospel the same shall find it For what shall it profit a man though ●e should win the World if ●e lose his soul or what exchange sh●l● a man give for his soul And whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and my Words amongst this adulterous and sinful Generation of him shall the Son of ●an be ashamed also when he cometh in the Glory of his Father with his holy Angels Mark 8. And he that fulfils the lust of the flesh he shall dye but if thou through the spirit do mortifie the deeds of the flesh then shalt thou live● so now doest thou know the new birth ar● thou regenerated and born again not of flesh and of blood but of the Water and of the Spirit the Water washeth and the Spiri● purifieth the heart through Faith in Christ by which we come to witness Mortification Redemption Sanctification and newness of ●ife by the Power of God revealed in Christ whose Blood was shed for his people now that none make his Blood his Covenant his Commandments of none effect by their Traditions For the Blood of Christ cle●seth from all ●●n and it is only the sins of people that makes the separation between God and man mark Your sins ●ath separated between me and you saith the Lord God and as it is written He heareth not sinners neither doth he ac●ept of the Prayers or Teachings or any Sacrifices of sinners while they remain in their sins but he that comes to believe in God and in Jesus Christ and repents and forsakes shall find Mercy but he that hideth his sins shall not prosper so that it is good for all to confess and to forsake and not alwayes to be making a confession of miserable sinners year by year and so all a mans life time this is but the sacrifices of the wicked which is abomination in the sight of the pure God therefore confess and forsake and return to the Lord while thou hast time that if thou hast not sinned ou● the day of thy visitation thou mayest find Mercy with the Lord for there is no repentance beyond the Grave For as the Tree falleth so it lieth and as death leaves so Iudgment finds and if any dies in their sins which is the transgression of the Royal Law of God for which the Law was added now when God shall come at the last day to call all to Judgment for their deeds done in their Bodies whether good or evil if thou hast done well thou shalt be accepted if no● sin lies at the door then he that hath done well and wrought out his

THE VVOOLF UNDER Sheeps-Clothing DISCOVERED OR The Spirit of Cain appearing in the Bishop of Liechfield Reproved As hereafter is sufficiently manifested by the Fruits of his Sermon at Polesworth in Warwickshire Published for the benefit of the people in those Parts by a lover of their Immortal Souls Charles Harris For I know this that after my departure shall grievous Wolves enter in among you not sparing the Flock Acts 20. 29. Printed in the Year 1669. The Woolf under Sheeps-Clothing discovered c. IN or near the seventh moneth 1668. the Bishop of Liechfield came to preach upon a first Day at Polesworth whether many people resorted to see and hear who for his Text clothed himself with the words of the Psalmist David to the fourth verse of the first Psalm And after he had pa●ched up his Matter and came to his last point it was to conclude all men sinners and that the best of men cannot be perfect which I know would be very sweet doctrine to many Drunkards and such as love their Pride and Pleasures there abouts But there being by the appointment of God a young man in the place whose Soul loved Righteousness and being grieved to hear such sin-pleasing or licence to ungodliness the Word of the Lord was as a fire in his Brest by which he cryed God accepts not of the Sacrifice of sinners therefore I warn all in the Name and fear of the Lord to repent repent and to return unto the Lord while they have time● neither is he worshipped in Temples made with hands for he is a Spirit and is worshipped in the Spirit and in Truth therefore I warn all again to repent and return unto the Lord for it is their sin that makes the only separation between God and man but he that repents and forsakes and returns to the Lord there is Mercy with him When he had thus spoken the Bishop Ieroboam like cryed for some to lay hands on him and would not reason out the matter but soon gets his way and left the people in a confused noise and had all the rest been as envious as the Bishop it s much if the man had not been spoiled but many of the people knowing him to be an honest man it pleased the Lord to work for his preservation and at that time had liberty out of all their hands but as Soloman saith anger resteth in the bosome of Fooles for afterwards the Bishop sent to warn him to his court so the young man went according to time and place and desired seeing the Bishop would not stay at the Steeple-house● that now he would appear to maintain in his own court that which he had delivered or to own his shame but he would not appear nor bring him upon tryal so the man returned home But the Woolf divised another way giving order to the Priest of the place to excommunicate him which the Priest said he would do and then said he If any one run him through with a Sword and kill him there is no Law against them You that have an understanding judge what Spirit rules this man he also told the young man that he had better have broke the commands of God and committed Adultry with any lewd woman or to have layn drunk under a Hedge that while meaning that time whilst he cryed against sin and called to repentance Oh Neighbours and People was ever the like heard surely that Prophesie is now to be fulfiled their Folly shall be manifest to all men and they shall not proceed much further it 's like this Priest is brother to Priest Vincent of London who said It s better to go to a Bawdy-house then to go to Quakers Meetings surely the Merchants of Babylon are casting du●t upon their own heads because the Day is dawned that people will buy their wares no more The same Priest at another time told me I deserved to be whipt at a Cart-tayl and if he was in power to make Laws and had the rule he would have all such as I to be hanged because I opposed him about Sprinkling of Children and called for Scripture-proof Is it not high time to post up the fruits of such Bishops and Priests as these Oh the very Nation stinks of them they are a shame to the name of Christianity And furthermore this Bishop proceeded against his opposer until by a private way he sent a writ and fetched the man out of the field not suffering him to go speak with his tender Parents and Relations or get his cloaths but one pulled out a Pistol and said If he offered to stur from them he would shoot him though he never resisted so they took him to Warwick Goal 20 Miles from his Father's house and there hath been kept as a close Prisoner ever since and if this Bishop hath not appeared more like a Woolf then a Sheep of Christ let all true Christians judg and hath not the spirit of Cain plainly appeared in him for mark Cain was the evil doer and the sin was laid at his door and because of sin his Sacrifice was not accepted but Abel's righteous Sacrifice did witness against Cain and then Cain like this Bishop was full of wrath to destroy his Brother So let all people see whose rule the Bishops and Priests walk by Cain's rule for Persecution Balaam's rule for Reward Corah's rule for gainsaying the Truth Now let us try the Bishop by his own Text Psalm the first Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly yet at the same time manifests whose counsel he takes such as Ieroboam and wicked Ahab and Herod but not the counsel of Christ who bids Love Enemies and overcome evil with good but it was no evil work to bid sinners to repent and turn to God again as to his Text nor standeth in the way of sinners but delighteth in the Law of God And yet at the same time himself not only standing in the way of sin but pleading for a continuance in it term of life surely boys and girls may see this mans confusion Now that which fulfils the royal Laws is to do as one would be done by but who believes the Bishop would be served as he hath done Verse 3. He shall be like a Tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in due season well Every Tree is known by its fruit but we see this old Thorn-like-man doth not bring forth sweet Grapes but untimely fruit by which its manifest his root is not watered by a River of Life and Love but by the foul black puddles of Egypt such as Pharaoh's hard heart and root was watered by which made him grow up in rebellion against God and reject the counsel of his servants and strive to bring and keep the righteous People in bondage let all people consider this the close of the Text The ungodly are like the Chaff which the wind driveth away well it is sin that makes