design but to exalt your selves and to be exalted and live like Kings it is but usurpt authoritie by the Devill are you led a deceiver from the beginning was he a subtill Serpent and his seed are you who seek the fleece and starve the flock and call your serves sheapheards Christ Jesuâ— is the true Shepheard he giveth his life for his sheep he is a redeemer and saveth his people from their sin How do you think to be saved By a carnall bit of Bread that you call the Bodie of Christ Impudent blasphemers who make an Idoll to your selves and eat it and say that it is Christs flesh and the wine that you drink in Bowls is his Bloud he that eateth my flesh saith Christ shall live for ever and you dye and your God with you and this is an end of your dumb Idoll vvhich cannot save you God is a Saviour of his people from sin they that feed on that Spirit which leadeth out of carnall things to be carnall minded is death to be spirituall minded is life and peace no peace to the wicked they shall dye vvithout mercy and judgement shall fall upon them that forget God God is judge of all he is judged of none nor none can know his judgements but by that Spirit which is pure you make your selves Judges and Rulers by an usurpt authoritie you have received from the Devill the Father of lyes and by a lye are you upheld in your inchantments and Conjuration airy minded men by that Climate are you guided airy substance Clouds without water broken Cisterns that cannot hold water exalted Jezabel painting your faces with colours Dives like you be sitting at your table feeding on dainty dishes fitting your selves to the slaughter through your abhomination which is exalted above all that is called God God is pressed under your abhomination the righteous groaneth for redemption but you hear not the Cry of the poor the poor in Spirit shall see God and live for ever and the rich shall be sent emptie away avvay with all your vain bables your imâ—ges and likenesses of wood and stone and crosses Learn to knovv the Cross of Christ it will teach you to know God desire to know Christ crucified in the flesh your sins subdued by him that suffereth in you The Lamb of life leads to Innocency out of all inventions of man out of all carnall things it will you lead if it you mind which discovers sin it will dissolve your enemies by the brightness of his coming if you desire to know God mind his witness it will lead you out of visible things and your carnall desires shall be dissolved If you mind this witness which leads to truth the lyars mouth shall be stopt the issue of iniquity shall be dryed up by the brightness oâ— the Sun shall the fountains of the earth be dryed up and the Spring shall be stopped wherein iniquity doth abâ—und Abundance of iniquities hath the world gathered into her self yea the men of the world calleth her mother through the abundance of her delicates she hath deceived the Nations and Kingdoms throughout the Earth the mysterie of iniquitie hath been exalted exalted bubbles have borne the sway upon the earth and the innocent hath been forgotten God hath not been known to them they have forgot his ways followed the fruits of darkness and darkness hath possest the heart of man man hath been led from the light of Jesus by the grand enemy of his soul the Devil who from the beginning hath misled man through lust and desire of the flesh which cannot ever be satisfied from one invention to another an invention of the Devill is this which you call your Religion a humane invention mixed with lust filth and deceit is not this deceit to weary the people with your bables and your inventions of Beads Crucifixes and other inchantments which your airy minds have gathered in even plain Sodomites do you shew your selves studying iniquity against the Lord and his anointed the holy one of Israel is he called a name that is unknown by you he is a good Israelite indeed in him there is no guile and they that are guided by that Spirit are like unto him kept in innocency and in that house there is no guile where innocency dwels righteousness doth flourish and plenteous redemption to those that fear the Lord redeemed are they from the earth that mind the light of Jesus by it to be guided it leadeth from all manner of evill to serve the living God of life light and power powerfull is he that redeemeth from death to life This redemption is not of corruptible things that corrupt and die of themselves he cleanseth the body and washeth from dead works to everlasting life world without end An end shall be put to all your bables and inventions made by the works of your hands your Crucifixes say you puts you in mind of Christs death remember he is slain in you in spirituall Sodom and Egypt are the two witnesses flain their Blood shall be required of the children of disobedience disobedient are you that forget God as a blossom shall you wither and all your glory which you have received from the Author the Devill The ground of iniquity is highly exalted among you who know not God neither regard ye his wayes nor bring your deeds to the light your acting is in the dark where light is not seen the fruits of darkness doth appear in all your practises is not the living God known to be your guide he leadeth out of all unrighteousness up to know God in that Heavenly City where God dwels there is no unrighteousness nor no unclean thing can there enter as clear as the Sun at Noon Day is the Lord in his glory his glory exceedeth all flesh it shall wither before the Lord and be cut down even as grass like stubble shall the fire of the Lord consume his enemies and all that is exalted above the innocent own the Lamb of life the life of the righteous is death to the man of sin therefore turn to the Lord that your wickedness may be forgiven and fear him that cleanseth the heart and maketh glad the mind and reneweth the life and turneth from darkness to light to serve the living God the living praise the Lord yea the living praise his name for ever never can you praise God in that nature you stand in Turn to the light of Christ it will lead you to another Kingdom which you know not to know God is life eternall and this life is the light of the world Every man hath a talent given him it is the light of Jesus that discovers good from evill it shews you when you do amiss it is the check of your conscience that tells you you should not lye nor swear nor deal faâ—sly bring all your deeds to this it doth not flatter it is your friend it leads to eternall happiness and that is durable riches which the world
A BRIEF DISCOVERY OF THAT Which is called the Popish RELIGION WITH A word to the Inquisition discovering their seat of Injustice and Cruelty And also a word to them who are in Bondage under this deceit that upholdeth the Beasts Worship And a word to the Pope who calls himself a Bishop and is not his throne of deceit is discovered by the Spirit of the Eternall God Given forth by me who am called of the World A. GARGILL LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the black spread Eagle neer the West end of Pauls 1656. A brief discovery of that which is called the Popish Religion with a word to the Inquisition discovering their seat of Injustice and Cruelty and also a word to them who are in Bondage under this deceipt that upholdeth the Beasts worship FRIENDS MInde the light of Christ Jesus him by whom the world was made who will lead you to righteousness and holiness in him there is no strife nor no debate you are guided by the Prince of the Air who leadeth to iniquity and all manner of abhomination against the Lord and his anointed your imitation and false worship lyes in the fall of Adam your guide is the Serpent full of subtilty and invention and pride covetousness and all manner of evill is exalted in you your fruits are the deeds or darkness out of the right of Jesus bring your deeds to the light let that judge your ways and practises whether they are wrought in God yea or nay God is the guide of all them that fear him he leads unto righteousness but your wayes are deceit and abhomination they are wrought by Magick art the Magicians of Egypt imitated Moses who had the power of God by the Devill were theâ— guided to work by subtilty for their glory but that glory had an end and so will yours in time the Lords hand is against your deceit your abhominable pride and wickedness which standeth in your deceit you are deceivers of souls for your own advantage you seek the fleece and starve the flock by this your magick authority and conjuration which you have gathered in by the Prince of the air the Devill is your God whom you serve he was a deceiver from the beginning by him you are led to deceive the people of their eternall happiness to be led by your conjuration and your Necromancy The Prince of the air leadeth you to airy imaginations without substance Christ is the substance and him you know not to be your guide you are guided by another the Harlot is your guide the well favoured Harlot decking her self making of Images and painting of likenesses of things without substance the substance of all you know not the light of Jesus is a stranger to your wicked minds who are bent against God and his wayes you despise and cast them behind your backs you are the painted whore in this your practise The Devil is your Head and Christ the Head you know not the Lamb of Innocency you never knew to be the light of the world who leads to plainness and honesty your comfort is in this life you know no other but that which leads to pride and all manner of abhomination covetousness is your root it is the root of evill by which the Canker enters it hath corrupted your hearts and minds and made you subject to the Devil who is a Master and Lord over you you are his servants whom ye obey your Idoll Gods in them you live and have your being your being is in this life you know no other nor no better Pride is exalted in you you know not him that leads out of the world nor out of the things of the world for your being is in them your being is in the dust among the Serpents and beasts and ravenous Wolves and with them you do feed in the wilderness of destruction destruction is your end if you do not repent and serve the living God who leadeth out of all babels and trifels pleasing the mind with the fruitless works of darkness your pictures and Images and your praying to Saints and worshipping your dumb Gods which cannot answer the true God you do not know that leadeth out of the world he is unchangeable your God changeth but our God lives for ever whom we serve he dyeth not the God of Heaven is our Lord and Lawgiver and our Head and no other do vve ovvn but Christ Jesus the Son of God he leadeth out of all things that are visible he is invisible to the carnall eye no man can see his face and live it is death to the carnall to knovv God is life eternall all carnall things must dye and have an end your Pope is carnall and vvicked and abhominable before the Lord and an exalted bubble is he vvhom you call your Head of that vvhich you call your Church it is but bables and an invention of the Devill and by him are you guided to exalt one another and to make you a God like your selves Christs-Vicar you do call him where have you learnt that word or from whence did it come can ye tell it is deceit that is your guide you plead antiquity but the antient of daies shall judge you all and all your gathering without God subtilty and deceit hath upheld your vain titles of Monks Fryers and other Orders gathered in by your imaginations who led you to these things did the Spirit of God yea or no or by tradition of them whom you call your antient Fathers Fathers they were of iniquity Authors of evill like your selves by the Devill are you guided to follow tradition knowing not the Spirit which leads to life all your practise is in death it doth not renew your minds nor change the heart to become holy for you are desperately wicked and murderers and thieves and Idolaters you have stoln your Religion as you call it out of the pit it came and into the pit it shall return any one that comes in any other way but by Christ Jesus are thieves and Robbers Whoremongers and Adulterers God will judge your Harlotting is known to the Lord who is the Judge of all Judges your deceit gathered in by the Counsell of the wicked one who is your foundation by him you are guided to practise that which neither Apostles nor Prophets did and yet you say your Pope is Peters successor where do you read in the Scripture that Peter sate in a Chair with a triple Crown upon his Head did not the Apostles freely Preach the word of the Lord without money or any advantage to themselves the glory of the world by them was denyed they feared not their lives to the death they gave all their substance to the poor now learn to know the power the poor in Spirit shall see God and live for ever but you are exalted above the light that which discovers sin the light of Jesus who enlightens all men into the world it shews your evill deeds of darkness acted out
an exalted Bubble your Pope I mean that sells you pardons for your sins and say that they are forgiven when he himself sinneth worse than you in so doing even as Judas betrayed the innocent for money turn unto the Lord he is a cleanser and a redeemer his redemption standeth for ever and ever he that is redeemed by the Lord is free from sin sin is death and death leadeth to the destructions of mans soul man is made desolate by sin and death and death is the end of all them who love their iniquities love the Lord he is a friend to all them who come unto him come all ye ends of the earth and be saved saith the Lord come all ye people of the earth and turn to the righteous God he will cleanse you of all manner of pollution and your bloody garments shall be washt in the blood of the Lamb if you repent repent and be baptized that your sins may be be forgiven This Baptism is not sprinkling of childrens faces with water and putting Salt in their mouth and spitting upon their noses and under their ears and crossing of them with their fingers Are you not ashamed of these practises did ever the Apostles do these things you say you have a Scripture to put Salt in the childrens mouths it is said in the Scriptures let your words be seasoned with Salt how comes it then that your children and you swear and curse and take Gods name in vain this is not seasond nor commendable before the sight of God or man it is unsavory before the Lord to what effect is this Salt Johns Baptism it is not so he preached to amendment of life and to be washed and cleansed by the blood of Jesus who cleanseth from sin and redeemeth from dead works to serve the living God your service is vain your practice vain without wisdom are you guided the true wisdom of God you do not know the Covenant of Grace you are strangers to you are without where are Dogs and Wolves and ravenous Beasts in the beastly nature in that which God cannot own in the filth and lust of your flesh you offer up that which cannot be accepted Cains sacrifice it is enmity against God you murther the just your service that you do pretend to the Lord it is abhomination the just God will not be so served any longer for he will be avenged of his enemies he will call to an account the iniquity of the Heathen By vain Philosophy have the innocent been betrayed that which the Apostle speaks against your Schools of learning which hath upheld the Den of Divills Vain Philosophy have ye studied to deceive the people of their eternall happiness to advance your selves the Spirit of Christ is plainness it cometh not by study Innocencie leadeth into Christs kingdom even as a little Child must you there enter no policie of man can therein come it is hidden from that nature which dwelleth in the Serpents kingdom A light from Jesus is come into the world which discovereth all your deceit and all that abhomination The mighty day of the Lord is coming yea it is coming upon you all to consume and dash in pieces and rend your kingdom in sunder the vail shall be rent the dark world shall be enlightned by the light of Jesus who enlightneth all men now shall he appear in glory a glorious possession shall he gather unto himself out of the dust long hath the heritage of the Lord lain waste yea long hath the glory of man been exalted and the Lamb of innocencie forgotten howl ye inhabitants of the earth yea howl for bitter lamentation shall come upon you in a day when you know not know this God is righteous and his judgements are true you shall give an account for all your abhominations to the living God of life and power powerfull is the Lord he will execute judgement upon all his enemies yea he will be avenged of all his enemies and bring them under his feet now is the Lord going to reckon with all flesh and the glory of it shall be stained his own kingdom shall be advanced the glory of man shall be laid in the dust and God alone shall reign and the kingdoms of the earth shall become the kingdoms of God for many hundred years hath the righteous Law of God been forgotten he hath been a patient God and hath spared the Heathen but now will the Lord call to account your unrighteous dealing and all your worldly mindedness earth hath been lodged in your hearts covetousness and pride and all manner of abhomination hath been exalted in your minds turn to the light of Jesus that discovers sin God is a true witness placed in your consciences be guided by that it leadeth to the kingdom of Jesus Christ the son of the eternall God this kingdom is righteousness purity peace to them which love God and keep his Commandements but no peace to the wicked they shall dye without mercy The wicked shall have their portion in the lake where there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth The Well-spring of life shall be set open to all those that fear the Lord and obey his voyce the voyce of God is known to all but they burden their hearts and will not hear they will not bring their deeds to judgement because they have hardned their hearts against the Lord and his annointed the holy one of Israel is he called he who leadeth from death to life to serve the living God of life and power to him be all power and glory for ever and ever A Declaration of truth be it unto you receive it in the honesty of your minds receive the truth as it is in Jesus in honesty of your Spirits examine your selves whether or no these things be not so come down to the light of Jesus and let that judge your fruits from whence they come and what they are and what he is that leads you to these practises If by the Spirit of God you are led then would your works make you manifest whose children you are there is that in your consciences tells you your deeds are evill and not accepted of the Lord. Turn unto it which lets you see the sight of sin wait in it in true obedience to the Lord and power shall be given against your enemies and you shall receive peace through him which is a redeemer of his people his they are that fear the Lord and dread his presence and fear to sin This was I moved of the eternall God to write unto you for the good of your souls who call your selves Roman Catholicks Written per me from the Spirit of truth who is called of the world A. GARGIL UNto thee that calls thy self Bishop of Rome thy Bishoprick is of the Devill the Devill is the Author and finisher of thy authority where is thy authority gathered from out of the pit it came and thither shall it return Thy Genealogy and thy