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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92002	The ranters bible or, Seven several religions by them held and maintained. With the full particulars of their strange sects and societies; their new places of meetings, both in city and countrey; the manner of their life and conversation; their blasphemous opinion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and their burning of his blessed word, and sacred Scriptures; ... A strange voice from heaven speaking to one Mr. Roulston, a London-ranter, upon his going from White-Chappel, to meet some of his fellow-creatures at Hackney ... And Mr. Roulston's letter to his late fellow-ranters, with his advice and proposals, to be published in all cities, and market-townes, throughout England and Wales. / Published by Mr. Gilbert Roulston, a late Fellow-Ranter.	Roulston, Gilbert.	1650 (1650)	Wing R2006; Thomason E619_6; ESTC R206365	4,424	8

The Ranters Bible OR Seven several Religions by them held and maintained WITH The full particulars of their strange Sects and Societies their new places of meetings both in City and Countrey the manner of their life and conversation their blasphemous Opinion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and their burning of his blessed WORD and sacred Scriptures the names of their new gods and worshiping of the Sun and three black Clouds with the manner of their idolizing them North West East and South their drinking of healths to the Devill and disposing of places in Hell their blasphemous Creed and Letany their Savage Opinion to ly with any mans wife either in houses fields or streets in the presence of hundreds of people their Declaration in Kent the apprehending of 30 of them neer Uxbridge with their trials and examinations and the routing and dispersing the rest of their fellow ranters neer Lin in Norfolk A strange voice from heaven speaking to one Mr. Roulston a London-Ranter upon his going from White-Chappel to meet some of his fellow-Creatures at Hackney and the great things that happened thereupon to the admiration of the Reader the coming in of 700 since the second of this instant December their Recantation Oath and Protestation And Mr. Roulston's Letter to his late fellow-Ranters with his Advice and Proposals to be published in all Cities and Market-townes throughout England and Wales Published by Mr. Gilbert Roulston a late Fellow-RANTER Imprimatur J. DOWNAME London Printed by J. C. and are to be sold in Cornhil near the Exchange and at Temple-Bar 1650. The Ranters Bible c. GReat are the troubles of this Age in respect of that persecution on all sides that hardly one opinion can afford another a good word And what is the reason of all this Sure it is not of God but of the Man of sin who was a murtherer from the beginning This spirit of persecution hath not ceased to work since Adams fall going amongst rich and poor high and low to set them at variance and divide them in judgment and as God is the Authour of all good so the Devil is the Authour of all evil being now very busie and active in this Nation for the depriving of the poor people of their Soul-salvation sowing the Atheistical Seed in the hearts of divers by which meanes they are too prone to fall from their former principles studying and practising new-found devices and Hel-bred stratagems as will appear by this ensuing Relation wherein is contained a description of the several Sects Societies and Factions of the new Generation of those called Ranters both in City and Countrey and the particulars of their several Tenents viz. The Ranters new God North East West ☉ ♍ in South II. Another sort of Ranters are called by the name of Shelomethites who hold swearing but a Complement and blasphemy a badge of honour accounting that fellow-Creature the greatest and most worthy that can invent the chiefest Oaths springing from the bitter and fiery lake of Hell and Pluto Of this wicked Generation a party of them were lately discovered near Uxbridge who upon examination before a Justice of Peace confessed That they held it lawful so to do resolutely breaking forth in most bitter and unchristian like language against all those who endeavoured to turn them from these desperate and soul-damning opinion but since their restraint of liberty divers of them have detested against this diabolical way protesting against their infernal tenents and Hel-bred principles and utterly disavowing any fellowship or society with them for the time to come and promising a discovery of all others of the like nature resident in those parts or else-where III. Another sort of Ranters are called by the name of Clements who are perswaded that after death notwithstanding their lascivious actions as aforesaid they may repent in the world to come and that it is then sure enough to seek Gods mercy which absur'd and false Opinion causeth divers both in City and Country to attend to this blasphemous Crew and wholly to cast off their blasphemous principles of Christianity and sobriety of life O the ignorance of these times that men should fall from the ways of truth and comply with the spirit of darkness IV. Another sort of Ranters are called by the name of Athians who affirm that when the body dies the soul perisheth and both shall be received again at the day of judgement which Doctrine is something like that which lately possessed divers about Lin in Norfolk who at a meeting the 17. of Novemb. last would needs take upon them to maintain this point to be just and right but others of their late Brethren after a serious and great dispute wholly denied this tenent and publickly declared That in respect of that condition in which the soul is stated which being immortal cannot die shall be increased but never changed To which principle above 100. came in there present declaring themselves enemies to all those who persisted in that blasphemous opinion insomuch that some of those that refused to re●eive conversion were apprehended others escaped but in fine they all received a blow and were all subdued and ro●ted V. Another sort of Ranters are called by the name of Nicholartanes much like the former who lived promissiously like Beasts no man having his own proper wife but using any Woman at their pleasure and thirsting after their proprieties and estates These are not only plunderers but Robbers of their very skins and bones VI. These sorts of Ranters are called by the name of Marcious who believe that there are two Gods one the Authour of all good the other of all evil things which Sect Paipiripes in his time called The first born of the Devil and in these latter times too too many hold these erroneous Opinions there being a Generation sprung up who have a great respect to observe the traditions of men but deny Scriptures holding this dangerous Discipline which the mad and ranting Ranters calls his B●●le That Swearing whoring Roaring Revelling Bl●spheaming and the greatest vices they can imagine are the only actions of honour to bring them to happiness and in which happiness they assume to themselves a right by drinking Healths to the Devil and casting lots for the disposing of places in Hell but some amongst the rest being indu'd with the spirit of Grace upon the carouzing of the Cup about in like manner aforesaid at a meeting near the Wild in Kent when it came to their turns to drink refused the same saying From this wicked Company of Atheists And from their wicked plots and conspiracies Good Lord deliver us all Where upon this infernal Crew began ro utter many bitter rexecrations and blaspheaming Vows and Protestations to send them head-long to the Devil which the reformed Ranters before spoken of hearing imediately fell upon them and beat them exceedingly uttering these words Where is your Devil and dark Angels that can delive● you out of our hands for