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A75310 The Anabaptists faith and belief, open'd 1659 (1659) Wing A3040; Thomason 669.f.21[72]; ESTC R211270 1,593 1

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The ANABAPTISIS Faith and Belief Opend Some that pretend most Faith have least who say That their Belief is pure and will not pray I believe This illegitimate Sect is neither just In their own way nor will improve their trust in God A Spirit which can guide them they have got They 'l grant no other Conduct who know not the Father Almighty They 'l make a Chaos of the Church to see Their errors being compos'd whether he be maker of Heaven Thus they tempt their Creator and dare say They are more Holy and not made of Clay and Earth They are inspir'd from Heaven and thus they flout The Holy Scripture and with it play both out and in They 'l grant no worship to our Lord nor show Any though decent reverence unto Jesus They will derive their names from BROVVN and TOM Nor do they so care to extract it from Christ PLUTO laughs at them promising that he Who will persist thus in that way shall be his onely Son But O illuminate their Errors now Father of Heaven and Earth and still be thou our Lord What is not theirs is Romes and Popish dross Hence came the tumult abour Cheapside-Cross which was Thus is our Church condemned without hope To be reformed for 't was they say by th' Pope conceived T hey've been so long from Church that they 've forgot But Barns and Stables sure conceiv'd were not by the Holy Ghost They hate the nomination of a Mass Nor will observe the Rules of him that was born of the Virgin They'I have no Brothers name be called DAVY Nor Sisters MALL ' cause of ROMES Ave Mary They 're charitable the naked they will see Covered and none unless a Sister now shall be suffered under Some will reform Religion and some To crucifie Christs Church would even become Pontius Pilate Some preach in Tubs that scarce become a chair The Bishops Primacy in Lambeth fair was crucified The publlck Liturgy is condemn'd by most The Book of Common Prayer is almost dead and buried When Prophet HUNT did in the Gallery prate In Christ Church and sent to Counter-gate he descended These Amsterdamian tunes which they do sing In Conventicles will them shortly bring into Hell When SPENCER preacht and did his word fulfil He in his Text continued until the third day When HUNT came from the Counter went agen To the Old Exchange and Westminster and then he rose again These speak by Inspiration and are wise Their Doctrine's dull as if it did arise from the dead When Hovv rose from his Coblers Bulk and teacht His fond opinion in the Pulpit preacht he ascended Those that will thus their Souls health rashly venter To rob abused Levy shall not enter into Heaven They are as fierce as Hercules with his Club The chief among them 's placed in a Tub and there sitteth At the left hand there sits a Holy Mother And there is likewise plac'd a purer Brother on the right hand Thus are their new Assemblies all abhorr'd And thus they do profane the Sacred word of God We live and move by him that sits on High Whom I acknowledge seriously to be the Father Almighty MARLER for preaching Anabaptist Text Was sent to th' Gate-house and to Tyhurn next from thence be shall come But stay stisturbers of the time I know Your manners but who authorized you to judge Retract your fool'sh rage I humbly crave Do not proceed to censure and deprave both the quick and dead Why do you nourish th' Amsterdamian Brat For lo 't is not your Sect confusive that I believe in Thou Baptianisme that our Religion main'st Thou often dost protect the sin against the Holy Ghost He that can teach five hours inspir'd from high Denying Common-Prayer-Book shall be the Holy Most words of Popish Monuments are fram'd Religion's Romish too if it be nam'd Catholick A Church to them 's Apocripha a Tree A Barn a Stable they esteem to be Church Where the Brethren Sisters Anabaptist Elves Do meet together they call themselves the communion of Saints They'I not confess nor yet absolve they 'l be Competitors for the truth and so deny the forgiveness of sins When they should exercise their Talent and do move By the Spirit to a Sister O then they love the Resurrection of the Body Since they such obscure places will inherit Denying all good Works they cannot merit the Life everlasting And since they are led by the Spirit O then withall May the Spirit lead them unto Tyburn all AMEN London Printed in the Year 1659.