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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10049	To the musicioners, the harpers, the minstrels, the singers, the dancers, the persecutors; from one who loved dancing and musick as his life, which being parted with, and the light being come, which was before these things, in which they are all seen, and from it is declared, the ground, foundation, beginning, and father, and children, and compass, and end, and the effects of all the harpers, mucisioners [sic], singers and dancers: who may reade what I have learned, who have tryed their wayes, and also searched into the things of God, and declare this according to Scripture, and have found the joy which man cannot take away, in which I rejoyce for ever, because the marriage of the Lamb is come.	Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1658 (1658)	Wing S4082; ESTC R234931	7,451	10

TO THE MUSICIONERS THE Harpers the Minstrels the Singers the Dancers the Persecutors From one who loved Dancing and Musick as his life which being parted with and the LIGHT being come which was before these things in which they are all seen and from it is declared The Ground Foundation Beginning and Father and Children and Compass and End and the Effects of all the Harpers Mucisioners Singers and Dancers Who may reade what I have learned who have tryed their wayes and also searched into the things of God and declare this according to Scripture and have found the joy which man cannot take away in which I rejoyce for ever because the Marriage of the Lamb is come London Printed in the 11th moneth 1658. IUBAL was the father of all such as handle the Harp and Organ and so the father of all such Musicioners being himself of the seed of Lamech who slew a man and so the son of a man-slayer was the father of all such as handle the Harp and Organ and the man Christ the Light is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world and Jubal was of the generation of Cain who first slew a man and then built a City he slew his brother one that was near unto him and the light of the Lamb slain is near unto every one even that which comes from the man of sorrows is in the heart Cains seed slays the man of sorrows the Musicioners were of Cains seed and that which slays the man of sorrows invents set up and delights in the instruments of musick and the father of all such was Jubal the seed of Cain who built a City and so was a rich man and his seed delighted in musick and so his seed who are begotten from the Lord are building Cities strong holds high and large houses with painted Parlours and then set up the instruments of Musick in the cieled houses without and within themselves full of rottenness or as a Cage of unclean spirits whereby the just is murthered and the house lie waste and desolate as to the life of God which should be the Temple of the holy Ghost and the father of all these was Jubal the seed of Lamech a man-slayer who also had another son Tubal-Cain the seed of Cain an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron and he that hath attained to never so much if not come to that which fulfils the perfect Law is as a sounding brass 1 Cor. 13. and there is many also of the seed of this instructer whose instructions brings people to be but as sounding brass and this first instructer and Jubal were the off-spring of Cain the vagabond driven from God against whom the blood of the righteous doth cry yet so rich in the earth that he built a City being separated from God who confounds mans wisdome then comes that which makes merry over the Witness Gen. 4. And they who danced in the wilderness and sung and made a great noise and were in the mirth and vain delights were a stiff-necked people and such as sate down to eat and drink and rose up to play like the same generation now who are stiff necked and bow not to him who is the Light low in the heart to whom every knee shall bow but eat and drink and rise up to vain delights having musick at their feasts feeding themselves without fear Jude 12. like Jezabel at whose table the false Prophets feed who made a feast when she intended to murther the righteous to gain his possession reade within and that which murthers the just and such who forgets God delights in these things for they that sung and danced in the wilderness forgot the mighty power of the Lord which brought them out of bondage therefore they got into the carnal liberty like many others at this day before they come to the true rest and these were in the false worship who worship that which the carnal eye might perceive and these had lost the true guide and when they were in their singing and dancing they knew not what was become of him who was the Minsster of th● Law that discovers sin but though they who danced saw him not for a time and began to despise him yet in a time unexpected he came upon them in the fierceness of his anger who executed the judgments of the Lord upon those vain dancers with whom he was grieved who was in the Church in the wilderness and is the holy One in the midst who with a sudden slaughter destroyed these dancers whose voice of singing was not because of mastery neither was their voise the voice of the cry of the oppressed and these were Idolaters whose hearts were uncircumcised and knew not the wayes of God who therefore condemned them with an utter overthrow that they perished in the wilderness where they thus sinned after they had seen the deliverances of the Lord as many of the Rulers and people of England have done who have forgotten their Leader to whom these are left for an ensample of whom there were about thirty thousand slain for their singing dancing and false worship Exod. 32. 1 Cor. 9. And Herod had dancing before him and she that danced and he that was pleased with the dancing caused his head to be taken off that directed to him that is the Light and preached the Lamb that takes away the sin and their carnal nature and so this murthers that which is to prepare the way of the Lord and they took off his head and murthered him who was a burning and a shining Light and slew him that preached Repentance and so the dancers and the Rulers of the earth who were pleased with dancing and musick murthers that in them which calls to repentance and are ready to murther such as preach repentance to them and whilst there is a delighting in dancing and musick that which calleth to repentance is in bondage for John vvas in prison when Herod vvas pleased vvith the dancing and there is not a greater Prophet than he that preacheth repentance and he that proclaims the way of the Lord vvas in prison and she that danced desired his death and he that caused him to be beheaded vvas a King a great one in the earth vvho vvas pleased vvith dancing and vvas a svvearer out of Christs doctrine for he promised vvith an oath vvhatsoever she vvould ask vvho danced before him then nothing vvould satisfie the dancer but the death of him vvho preached repentance and he vvas an observer of dayes and kept the day of his birth vvith dancing it vvas his birth day the day of his birte in vvhich he vvas brought forth vvho vvas a svvearer the svvearers delight in dancing that caused his head to be taken off vvho vvarned them that had the Oracles of God to fly from the vvrath to come and said they vvere a generation of Vipers vvho had the Scriptures and came also to his baptism and brought not forth fruits meet for

likenesse without set up by the will of man And therefore it is this day that the Governours and Captains the Judges the Treasurers the Counsellers the Shriefs the Justices and all the Rulers in the earth who are of Babels stocke and of their Fathers Cain Lamech and Jubal are joyning together to pe●secute them that worship God in spirit who commanded not to bow down or worship any Image or likenesse and so their likenesses are denyed the substance being come and Christ revealed within who is a man of Sorrowes who said the world should rejoyce Iohn 16. 20. But their joy should be turned into sorrow and his light in the conscience is it which judgeth those vaine delights in carnall musick which is to perish with the using For when the Spirit was departed from Saul he sought for one to play upon a Harpe before him and for a time he was satisfied with that and when he heard the musick he would be well but afterwards his delight in the musick could not overcome that murthering spirit in him but at the very time that Saul heard the musick he sought to slay him that was to be King and such as Saul who rejecteth the Counsell of God slayes him that is the light and would not that he should Raign who is a man of sorrows and he that loved the musick had an evill spirit or something that troubled him and that which moved in him while he heard the musick to murther that which was to Raign the Lords Annointed the same thing lead him to the Witch and so first he left the Spirit of God then sought ease by musick then sought counsell from the Witch and he was shortly after destroyed they follow witchcraft who obey not the Truth which makes free and he that is the Light is the Truth and the Lamb slain by that which takes delight in that which is out of the Truth invented by the generation of Cain a fugitive in the earth of whom his deceived mother said I have gotten a man from the Lord whose seed loves that which keeps from the Lord and leads into the Witchcraft like Saul not obeying the Lord nor the Truth of his Son who is the Light and Saul being required made use of the Harp to quiet him for a time from whom the spirit of the Lord was departed and afterwards the seed of the evill doers even the chief of the Nations did chaunt to the sound of the viall and invent unto themselves instruments of musick like David putting far away the evill day lying upon beds of Jvory drinking wine in bowls but not grieved for the afliction of the Righteous seed and these were them that were at ease in Sion who were to go into captivity with the first that go into captivity whom the woe is to as may be read Amos. 6. And Solomons wives mensingers women singers and instruments of musicke drawed away his heart from the Lord and after he cryed against the vanity of these things for it leads out from the Spirit and fear of the God of order within into the many confused things without and such as follow that are of Babel the mother of Harlots who have made all nations drunk in whom the time is come that the voice of Harpers and Musitioners shall be heard no more at all for the foundation and Skirts of that great vvhore and her Craftsmen are discovered vvith the Light vvhich judgeth these things From a prisoner of Christ in vvhom my life is hid H. S. Concerning Poets Jesters Rhimers and all that wanton crew ALL ye Poets Jesters Rhimers makers of Verses and Ballads who bend your wits to please novelties light minds who delights injests toyes more then in the simple naked truth which you should be united to you are for the undoing of many poor souls it is your work to tickle up the ears of people with your jests and toyes this proceeds from a wrong heart where dwells the lust and feeds the wrong heart and mind and wits which brings them to the grave and dust and there buries the minds and clogs the nature which is a shame to all that be in the modesty and pure sincerity truth and cleaness of mind therefore all you young wits learn not to make verses for it is the Ballad-makers trade and fidlers road and the scholars of Oxford Cambridges gaine and learning and lay aside all your learning of Logistical Arts for that brings you into and keeps you in the dark but come to the naked simplicity of truth that with that you may rule that a pure understanding you may have you think your selves witty when verses you can make and rhimes this you learn in your Schooles like unto Ballad-makers and when you have gotten on your garment and coat of Lodgick you think to deceive the hearts of the people but that is out of the path of Christ and his road and way that he walked in as you may read in the Scriptures of truth you Jesters and Rhimers and Logick inventers which you deceive vain and light peoples minds withal amongst whom you are called witty But I shall tell you the Schollers of Oxford and Cambridge in your rhimes and in your jests in your verses and in your Lodgick it would be more pleasing to God for you to get a spade on your backs a great old glove and a bill in your hand and stop gaps and make up old hedges and thresh out corn go amongst the day labouring men for 3. d. a day and this is more wholesome and this is a sweet savour and burn all your Logick books and verse books ye schollars of Oxford and Cambridge you Ballad-makers and Fidlers and Players and Mountebancks who poysons the world and poor people but now are you discovered and throw away your inventions for the rod of God and the power of truth is gone over you and stands a top of your heads and with the wisdome of God you are comprehended and the wrath of God is come upon you all and your swimming seen and what you swim in with all your verses and your Logick and your Ballads and Rhimes both Ballad-makers and Mountebancks and Schollars and Fidlers the ground of your Scholistical Phrases and Verses Rhymes and Jests Verse makers Schollars Fidlers Players and Mountebancks are all from the witness of God in you and the Lord hath a controversie with you who will answer the witness of God in you by his power by his sword by his hand for all your inventions and actions Rhymes Verses Lodgick is from the plain innocent witness of God in you which if ever it stirr and be awakned in you it will judge you for your actions for the terrible God is come to reign and you have no place to hide your selves when every hailestone shall fall upon you the weight of a Talent this is in love to your souls G. B. This may be Translated truely into Latine French or other Languages by any friend in truth