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A94335	Three speeches, being such speeches as the like were never spoken in the city. The first by Master Warden to the fellowes of his company, touching the affaires of the kingdome. The second by Mistris Warden, being her observations on her husbands reverent speech, to certain gentlewomen of Ratliffe and Wapping. The third by Mistris Wardens chamber-maid as she was dressing her mistris, the wifedome and learning whereof will amaze your judgements. / Published by Antibrownistus Puritanomastix.	Puritanomastix, Antibrownistus.	1642 (1642)	Wing T1118; Thomason E240_31; ESTC R5023	8,363	8

seditious Fox of the Church who begot the Protestation protested And now I am come so neare the Church I will handle my Husbands point as it stands The Language of the Liturgy is nothing for 't is confest the unlearned may know enough to be saved ergo learning is needlesse and if needlesse why not prophane nay if learning were either necessary or convenient the Scriptures would enjoyne it but the most unlearned may be saved nay are saved ergo learning is neither necessary nor convenient and consequently if not Learning neither Reason nor sence For as that man of Revalations Mr. Greene proves it fully ignorance and noyse are sufficient markes of our Election and sanctified Mr. Hunt in his Tale of a Tub both maintaine that Learning is a trouble and vexation to Religion Moreover it is as lawfull for women as men to be Bishops if Bishops were lawfull which we must deny for 't is Orthodoxly beleeved that Bishops are Antichristian not because of their estates and honours which are not to be despised if placed upon the right Saints and resigned to us and our righteous seed who ought to inherite the ea●th And we give thanks that in despite of the prophane bridle of the Laws the bowells of our hope is somewhat inlarged The Anabapaists excellently deny all the Scriptures than make against them and we and so do we calling them Apocriphall A Barn a Stable or any hole are places proper to our Doctrine and conversation for a Church makes not Religion but our religion makes any place a Church where we congregate in the spirit to feele as well as heare and what Church can be more universall for Simplicisme Dotagisme and Hypocrisis●e The Antichristian Wardrop will serve the Kirke of Scotland and Amsterdam wondring that our Brothers of Scotland could at their first comming hither over-looke this trumpery in the Church when they begged the loades of it Concerning my Pearle Hatband which my Husband mentions in his Speech I never wore it with any pride since he compared it to Popish Beades though there be some wholsome principles which we scorne to owne from the Iesuites but from our owne inventions being the rule of all our Faith Hope and Charity That Church holdeth Ignorance the Mother of Devotion so doe we They have Revelations Visions Dissentions so have we they have shrifts veniall sins with Sisters or with a Neighbours wife so have wee they allow deposing and regulating of Princes and ruling over Church and State so would we doe Lastly they hatch Faction deny all this inwords but grant it in deeds and so doe wee And though we cannot endure a Surplisse or Crosse the Popish Bulls nor Iesuites yet we hold it lawfull by the same vertue of Equivocations and mentall reservations to cheate sweare and lye in a holy Cause So that whether the Iesuite or we were the best or most honest Sub●ect would be a hard question if we were suffered to make our owne Lawes And ●herea● my Husband speakes out of his good will concerning the advancement of ●he holy Brethren methinkes it would be a more heavenly sight to see Mr. How 〈…〉 grave observator himselfe in his Barre Gowne mounted on the steps at the Banquetting house in White-hall expounding Chapters to the Courtiers and Cavalliers and to have all the Privy Counsell chosen out of the Elect the Pentioners Lay-Dostors and the Guard devout Elders then for the Lord Chamberlaine Groome of the Stoole and Bed-chamber places most fitting for women some of the holy Sisters taught to resist the world of flesh and the Divell in the Zion of New England that both the King and State might the more securely confide in their continence and purity Let us all fling up the whites of our eyes in an holy hope that the strong breathing of the Spirit may stir up some worthy instrument to say amen to the worke But to draw to a conclusion because I perceive by your twinckling eyes and licking of your lips that you would faine be at your Devotions I shall but wag my Petticoate at the first of his two last Reasons concerning Ireland And I observe that the Spirit doth alwaies helpe us to overcome our Adversaries the Protestants for if we breake in knavery or begary wee may still have a Land of Promise to sly to Yet sincerely though living in Ireland might be very advantagious I know not what to say since no venemous beast will live there as they doe in New England therefore I will speake little of that designe for I had rather all the Souldiers were in Hull than in Ireland for if the King take it it will put the Brethren to many hard Texts and tedious prayers and even breake the heart of the Conventicle And therefore let any reverend Round-head that is not a Cuckold judge what feare or jealousie can be like that Therefore it is high time to best●r●us Mistris Sprit-sayle pray lend the Chamber-pot and so I will conclude all with another quart and with this application A Speech made by Mistris VVardens Chamber-maid MIstris VVardens Chamber-maid called Abigaile was a pretty white-fac'd thing of a right Puritane complexion and thought as other maids doe to get a Husband by a simpring shew of Religion She had offended her Mistris in bringing up her cleane warme s●●●k too late one morning when she was to goe very early to a Conventicle and being c●●dden for this delinquency to vindicate her diligence and confirme her words through passion she said 't was true by the Masse Her Mistris presently taking notice of the abhominable word Masse grew exceeding angry with Abigaile and called her Reprobate and baggage Papist The colour in Abigailes cheekes rose at her words scorning the word much more the name of a Papist biting the lip a while and powting at last her zealous anger for being called Papist flew out in this Speech consisting of many parts starched together I must tell you forlooth good Mistris that though I was brought up in the Country yet my Father being ●exton of the Church in the Market Towne would after Evening Prayer was done make his house ring with singing of Psalmes and though I say 't I was bred as well as any of the elect Maids here in London so that I had rather you had called me a zealous dislembler as some of our Sisters be than a Papist For I am so absolutely against them that if all Papists heads were on one neck I would cut them off with one blow that so in Country Townes I might be drawne in the painted cloath like Iudeth cutting off Holofernes head A Papist is in my conceit an abhominable creature and holds damnable Opinions some bad and some good whereof I was never guilty I count fasting to be but a foolish thing for our Cupboard at home stood alwaies open and on fridaies or fasting-daies I could goe to it and take what I list without any resistance of the Spirit for Religion must lye in a maids heart though her fortune doth sometimes lye in her belly and for good workes I never lov'd them since I left my Sampler and then I was out of Charity with them because they were wrought in Crostich and another Reason was because as you know forsooth embrodery was much us'd in times of Popery for Copes and other Idolatrous apparrell so that not onely their opinions which I naturally detested being as I said a Sextons Daughter of the reformed Religion but also their Persons have bin odious in my sight and if I were as my Master and you good Mistris for you are wise learned and can be as Religiously angry as he I would ●faith tickle these Papists and firke them out of the Parishes in London my Mr. talkes of yoaking themselves like horne-beasts to plow them up but now let us rather with Hey-forkes taken out of Barnes where we exercise zealously prick them forward till for very feare they leape over Sea and utterly forsake the Land If Master VVarden would but play the Divells part in punishing and plundering and plaguing these Papists I my selfe when I come amongst any of them am fully resolved to scratch out their eyes for it is a proper signe of an elect young man or maid to condemne that wee understand not and to be furiously obstinate in our zealous anger Therefore good Mistris I wish in your presence that are a great spirituall observer as appeares by your learned observations on my Masters wise Speech that I may never see Conventicle more but that if I had the power I would be worse then all the Divells in Hell Haggs Furies Witches and instruments of Damnation whatsoever to punish these Papists O Mistris you know not how stiffe maids are in their opinion and if they once get a thing by the end they will hold it fast and I will ever hold that Papists are in a certain state of Damnation as certaine as the Elect and the Brethren and Sisters of Predestination are sure of salvation Thus have I prov'd my selfe no Papist now I will tell you good Mistris my opinions which jumpe just with yours as a Chamber-maid should doe I like Hypocrisie as well as Monarchy and that a Barne or Stable may be a Church our old Church in the Country being decayed was like a Barne or Stable I never lov'd Learning nor learned men sir Roger our Curate deceived me in a deepe point therefore learning is no Religion nor learned men are not alwaies zealously religious and learning Mistris as you say is prophane and sence and reason in Religion are unnecessary for though we can have feeling other waies yet we can have no sence of Religion and feeling I hope is a sence respected much of us the Elect and therefore though you banish sence and reason yet let there be alwaies a religious feeling in and amongst us This said shee finished the dressing of Mistris Warden and so ended her speech FINIS