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spirit_n	believe_v	faith_n	know_v	6,721	5	4.2859	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52229	News from the sessions house in the Old-Bayly being a true account of the notorious principles and wicked practices of that Grand Impostor Lodowick Muggleton, who has the impudence to stile himself one of the two last commissioned witnesses and prophets of the Most High God, Jesus Christ : collected out of his own writings, for which damnable heresies being bound over, he made his appearance at the sessions this 14th of Decemb. and gave fresh security in order to his future tryal.		1676 (1676)	Wing N1018; ESTC R31093	3,813	10

News from the Sessions House IN THE Old-Bayly Being a true Account of the Notorious Principles and Wicked Practices OF THAT Grand Impostor Lodowick Muggleton VVho has the Impudence to Stile himself one of the Two last Commissionated Witnesses and Prophets OF THE Most High God Christ Jesus Collected out of his own VVritings For which Damnable Heresies being bound over he made his Appearance at the Sessions this 14th of Decemb. And gave fresh security in order to his future Tryal Licensed and Entered according to Order London Printed for B. H. 1676. A Brief and True Account of the notorious Principles and wicked Practices of that Grand Impostor Lodowick Muggleton c. TO Trace this impious Impostor from his Original who ever takes pains but to go into Cloak Lane will there be informed by the Generallity of the Inhabitants that this Lodowick Muggleton was at first no other than a factious Journiman Taylor whose Extravagances being too large for the compitent allowance of about 10 s. p. week began in the year 1651. to consult with one John Reeve a brother both in Trade and necessity how they might betake them to some more profitable imployment whose lurded Incomes might more kindly indulge their Lukury to this end they made some small inspection and progress into all sorts of Heresies as he has since confest to J. C. and others but finding those Chair● already taken up they resolv'd to be beholding to no body but to contract such a competent measure of impudence and impiety as should inable them to stifle all the oppositions of Religion on Conscience and set up for themselves And that which gave them no small incouragement hereunto was the wonderful success and almost infinite Riches two precedent impostors John Ro ●bins and Joh Tauny had lately gained by the same damnable practice The prosperity of these two rendred the private conditions of Reeve and Muggleton more unsufferable so that the former being the more impudent and having with some curiosity perused the Revelations of St. John and found to his extreem sorrow that the Holy Ghost had never so much as dreampt of him throughout the whole Book he resolves by the help of a feigned Enthusiasm or pretended Revelation to force in the minds of Listening Ignorants whose Gaping curiosity lay always open for the reception of any Novelty a certain belief of a strange inspiration and Comission then delivered unto him whereby for sooth he not only pretends a Soveraignty over Mankind but assumes a power to pass upon the least contradiction of his wicked principles a sentence of everlasting Condemnation even upon the blessed Angels themselves as is affirm'd he hath authority to do in a book of Muggletons called the Quakers Neck broke● pag. 20. To exact this necessary Credulity from his Gazing admirers he calls one Evening of Muggleton to go with him to the Tavern from whence after they had Gorged thei● Guts with an excess of Wine and Victuals they resolved forthwith to go Chew the Cud both of their discours● and Viends upon their Pillows whereon Reeve had no● long laid his shallow skul but whether caus'd by fume● arising from an undisgested Supper or the important pre●sures of his designed greatness I know not but up he gets runs to Muggleton tells him as Muggleton does us in his nonsensical interpretation of the 11. chap. of the Revelation pag. 158. That Godspake in the night unto him and told hi● that he had given him more understanding in the Scriptures th●● all other men in the World That he had put the two edge● sword in his mouth and in the next words following and have Chosen thee Lodowick Muggleton to be thy mouth 〈◊〉 That I have given you power both to bless and curse and whos●ever either of you shall bless or curse it shall be in the power of 〈◊〉 Spirit nor Angel No nor as Mugleton says in page 4● in the Almighties himself to revoke from eternal Damnation This falacy being blown about by some of the●● graceless Adherents the greedy Vulgarity mistak● it for a Verity and to shew their obedience as well as Credulity relinquish their former principles as eronious to list themselves under the destructive Banners of of his forgeries and impostures The promising superficies of this black design at first seem'd to recompence the paines of these spiritual Engineers with a favourable progression but Heaven who could no longer forbear to punish their impieties sufficiently testified its displeasure in Beckoning Reeve to give an account in the other World of those Damnable principles wherewith he had tainted the minds if not Ruin'd the Souls of divers in this which one would have thought might have put a stop at least to the proceedings of this Lodowick Muggleton who now double Gilded with Brass pretended also to have had left him by Reeve a double portion both of spirit power and commission inlarging his Authortiy even beyond the prerogative of any deceased Saint Prophet or Apostle as will by a Letter he sent R. Fransworth and the said Book of his entitled the Quakers Neck-broken most obviously appear In the Letter page 43. he writes thus speaking of the power he pretends God has given him to bless curse c. Neither says he will God give this power to any after me neither can any man come to the assurance of the favour of God now in these days but in believing that God gave this power to John Reeve and my self For there is no coming to know God or see God but by the faith in this commission of the spirit for I having the Keys of Heaven and Hell none can get into Heaven unless the witness of this spirit doth open the Gate Again in his Quakers Neck-broken page 20. He says Neither doth any man know the Scriptures neither can any man interpret them truly but my self and in the same page he goes on God hath put the two edged sword into my mouth that whosoever I pronounce cursed is cursed to Eternity For I do not only say let him be accursed but I have power to curse men or Angels to Eternity And in Page 28. Speaking of his spiritual knowledg how he has resolved all sorts of questions in Divinity these are his words Nay some have gone so far as to ask who made God and I have given answer to that also Again in his letter to S. H. and W. S. who in a former letter condemned him for Cursing to which Muggleton answers page 17. 4s for my mouth being full of cursing that is my commission Again page 18. Full of his Cursing I confess my mouth is and I do rejoice in it too I know that God is well pleased in the damnation of those I have cursed and I am wonderous well satisfied in giving Judgment upon them acccording to the Te●●●t of my condition In fine Reader I am a weary and it makes my hair stand an end to Rake thus in the Naucious Dunghil of his horrid