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spirit_n	church_n	ghost_n	holy_a	15,335	5	5.3715	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89332	A looking-glasse for the Quakers or Shakers. And their follovvers, wherein they may behold their errours, acknowledge their false doctrines, and be converted. Written for the comfort of all true Protestants, and daunting of the Quakers, Jesuites, seminary priests, and all their cursed crew, who do oppose the church and Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ. / By Sam. Morris of Bristol, a well-wisher to the truth and Gospel of Iesus Christ.	Morris, Samuel, of Bristol.	1655 (1655)	Wing M2810; Thomason E830_17; ESTC R207447	5,225	8

A LOOKING-GLASSE FOR THE QUAKERS OR SHAKERS And their FOLLOVVERS Wherein they may behold their Errours acknowledge their false Doctrines and be converted Written for the comfort of all true PROTESTANTS and daunting of the QUAKERS JESUITES SEMINARY PRIESTS and all their cursed Crew who do oppose the Church and Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ By SAM MORRIS of Bristol a Well-wisher to the Truth and Gospel of Iesus Christ 1 Iohn 4.1 Dearly beloved believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits whether they are of God because many false Prophets are gone out into the world Math. 24.11 Many false Prophets shall rise and deceive many LONDON Printed for Edward Thomas in Green Arbour 1655. AS I was musing I thought there was one asked me what the Quakers were or from whence they came and of whom they had their knowledge and learning I told him I could give him no certain answer as yet but I would consult the Scriptures and then return an Answer to his Question Our Saviour Jesus Christ tels us Math. 24 11. That many false Prophets shall rise and shall deceive many And St. John saith Rev. 9.1 2 3. I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth and to him was given the key of the bottomless Pit And he opened the bottomless Pit and there arose a smoak out of the Pit as the smoak of a great fornace and the sun and the air were darkned by reason of the smoak of the pit And there came out of the smoak locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power as the Scorpions of the earth have power The Pope hath the key of hell gate and carrieth it on his arme as he acknowledgeth he can with his false doctrines send men to hell but can send none to heaven under the Pope are his Imps viz. Abbots Monks Friers Jesuites Quakers who are compared to Locusts because as Locusts destroy the fruits of the earth so the Quakers destroy the Church And I do verily believe there are many of them in this Land who like the Locusts begin to eat up all the green things they can in our Churches These Caterpillars were bred of Ignorance Errour and Heresie and came out of the smoak of the bottomless pit and by them the Gospel is much wronged hindred and abused The Quakers we may call Spirits which come out of the mouth of the Dragon and out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of the false Prophet and St. John saith these Spirits are like frogs by frogs the holy Ghost meaneth Iesuites and Seminary Priests now such are the Quakers who are of the same brood and they may fitly be compared to frogs for two reasons 1. As frogs delight in filthy lakes and puddles so the Quakers delight in their false Doctrines teaching the Traditions of men and so walk on in their wickedness according to St. Iohns saying Rev. 22.11 He that is unjust let him be unjust still and he that is filthy let him be filthy still 2. As frogs make a great croking in marish grounds so the Iesuites Seminary Priests and Quakers by their sweet and fair words get themselves favour in such Gentlemens houses where they can have entertainment The Quakers also are like unto Scorpions for as Scorpions sting the body so do they sting the soul and with their ●air words and false doctrines do corrupt as many as they can speaking lies in hypocrisie having their consciences seared with a hot iron 1 Tim. 4.2 And therefore God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie that they all might be damned who believed not the truth 2 Thes 2.11 12. The Quakers have stung and poysoned many in this Land by their fair words and false doctrines Behold I am against the Prophets saith the Lord that use their tongues and say He saith Behold I am against them that prophesie false dreams saith the Lord and do tell them and cause my people to erre by their lies Jer. 23.31 32. The Quakers walk after their Master the Prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience Eph. 2.2 But I hope and verily believe that God will keep and maintain his Church and the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in this Land so that neither the Pope nor Quakers shall ever be able to set up Popery again in the same And the reason of my belief is this because the everlasting Gospel which was carried by the Angel that did flie in the midst of heaven shall spread still more and more as appeareth Rev. 14.6 And our Saviour Jesus Christ hath promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against his Church and Gospel Math. 16.18 Wherefore our onely wisdom is to separate our selves from the Quakers and avoid their false doctrine and to joyn our selves to the true Church of God whereas those that do not shall perish for God is just and therefore he will recompence tribulation to all those that trouble the Church 2 Thes 1.6 We of this Land and Nation may justly fear that as God heretofore had a controversie with the children of Israel because there was no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of God in the Land so he will have a controversie with us because we are guilty of the same sins As concerning the knowledge and learning of the Iesuites Quakers Anabaptists Libertines c. I do believe that their knowledge and learning came from their old Master the Devill otherwise they would not maintain and defend these errors and blasphemies viz. 1. That there is no need of preaching reading praying the Sacraments singing of Psalmes and all other Ordinances the Spirit is all as they say 2. That all gifted persons may preach without ordination 3. That God revealeth his will not onely by the written word but also by Dreams and Visions which they believe more than the Word of God 4. They deny all Consequences drawn from the Scripture though never so clear 5. That the Magistrate must compell none in matters of Religion but must tolerate all 6. That Heaven and Hell are no where but within a man 7. That they may dissemble their Religion deny Christ before men so that they keep the Truth in their hearts God delighteth not in our bloud nor requireth that we should die for the Truth 8. That Infant Baptism is a childish needless thing and that no Infants ought to be baptized untill they come to perfect age and are able to make a Confession of their faith That Infant-baptism came from the Pope or Devill 9. That the Saints are freed by Christ from all Laws Covenants Vows paying of Tithes or Debts 10. That after Baptism they cannot sin 11. That the soul sleepeth when it departeth from the body and neither goeth to heaven or hell till the day of Judgement and that the soules of men are but terrestial vapours like Beasts perishing with the body 12. That a Christian cannot with