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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93700	The first addresses to His Excellencie the Lord General, with the Assembly of elders elected by him and his Council for the management of the affairs of this Commonwealth; as also, to all the cordial officers and souldiers under his command. Containing certain rules & directions how to advance the kingdome of Jesus Christ over the face of the whole earth. By John Spittlehouse, a late member of the Army, and a servant to the saints of the most high God, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and whom all dominions shall serve and obey, Dan. 7.27.	Spittlehouse, John.	1653 (1653)	Wing S5008; Thomason E703_19; ESTC R203632	22,947	31

that they used such language no otherwise then to edification as in 1 Cor. 14. where the Apostle plentifully discovereth the vanity of speaking with tongues unless to edification And if so what need is there of Latine Greek and Hebrew here in England where the whole Nation is bred up in the English tongue And therefore why may not Englishmen edifie one another in the English tongue albeit they are ignorant in the aforesaid languages of Latine Greek Hebrew Yea albeit they may be as justly termed unlearned and ignorant men in their English or mother-tongue as the aforesaid Peter and John was in theirs Again have not the people of God in this Nation the same immediate teachings of the Spirit as had the Prophets and Apostles of Jesus Christ are the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament any other then the dictates of the Spirit of God 2 Pet. 1. 19 20 21. Are they not the same in print as they were in the Apostles writings and the same in their writings as they were in their words and the same in their words as they were in their thoughts and the same in their thoughts as they were in their conceptions and the same in their conceptions as in the infusion and the same in the infusion as they were in the Infusor viz the Holy Ghost and therefore as Jesus Christ saith in another case unto his Apostles He that despiseth you despiseth me and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me So may I say of the printed word of God which whosoever despiseth despiseth not only that but also the Apostles that writ the same as also the Holy Ghost it self who infused the same into their minds and thoughts as also Jesus Christ and GOD the Father from whom the said Holy Ghost did proceed they being a manifestation each to other as printing is a manifestation of writing writing of a word and a word of a thought so is the Holy Ghost of Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ of God and therefore to speak evil of the printed Bible is to speak evil even of God himself who was the Original Author thereof Againe are not the said Scriptures appointed to that very purpose of edification as also of instruction and direction as to the management of such an office yea and that to every particular thereof as in the Epistles of Timothy and Titus and particularly in 2 Tim. 3. 16. viz. 1. In that they are given by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and therefore a far more excellent way of teaching the minde and will of God then to read the conceits of heathen and Antichristian Rhetorick Logick Philosophy and the rest of the rabble of such-like trumpery whereof the Apostle exhorteth the people of God to beware In which very things the students in Universities do spend the greatest part of their time they can spare out of the Taverus and Ale-houses 2. In that the Scriptures of themselves are profitable for doctrine for reproofe for correction for instruction in Righteousness and that in such a measure as to make the man of God whether teacher or hearer perfect and thorowly furnished to all goods works viz. a compleat teacher and hearer and that to all ends and purposes instance Timothy whose very breeding in Theology was solely from that School-book being trained up therein from his childhood and not in vain Philosophy as aforesaid As also in Apollos who is likewise applauded by the Apostle in that he was mighty in the Scriptures which is able to make men wise unto salvation and I I know no greater thing to be aimed at 3. In that the Scriptures are the very meanes which Jesus Christ himself hath appointed for that very purpose as in John 5. 39. where he inviteth all men thereunto as the chief testimony of him Yea I challenge the whole tribe of the Priesthood in this nation to prove either by precept or practise of Jesus Christ and his Apostles that ever there was any other course prescribed or practised by them to fit or prepare labourers for Christs Vineyard or worke of the holy Ministery for succeeding times 4. I would gladly know what fruits of the Spirit are to be obtained in Colledges that may not be obtained out of them or rather what vices are there in all the Nation that are not practised there Yea are they not the very fountains of Atheism and Antihristianism and nests to breed such ravenous Rooks in as pester the whole Nation by their forcing Tithes from such as know it is a sinne to pay the same and that by means of your predecessors acts yet in force to that purpose yea and that under pain of treble damages for which things sake with other their unjust actions their glory hath gone out like the snuff of a tallow Candle 5. What are the Authors which their Libraries are stuffed withal other then Heathenish and Antichristian Again is there any promise annexed to the practice of reading them Yea doth not experience teach that most if not all such Commentaries Expositions c. which have been composed by such Heathens and Antichristians are found to be light as vanity instance the voluminous Volumes of Philosophers and ancient Fathers as they call them yea so light as that they are of no esteem at all amongst the people of God that are come out of Babylon which I hope you very well know whereas he that readeth the book of the Psalms will finde that godly David became wiser then his teachers by reading and meditating in the Law and Prophets And if so then what need have we of other teaching then is expressed in the Old and New Testament Certainly he that putteth in practise what is there prescribed will finde it sufficient to bring him to the port of heaven whereas as I said before the other are even rejected to be cited by the people of God as a testimony to the Truth All which doth evidently demonstrate the teachings of men quatenus men to be invalid in comparison to the teaching of the Scriptures And if so what need is there of Universities to breed Divines since the holy Scripture alone is sufficient to compleat a practitioner in that Profession as aforesaid as also inasmuch as he whosoever of the people of God that is able to speak to the edification exhortation and comfort of their brethren are compleat Prophets of God what need have we of such devouring Wolves as aforesaid Object But I know some amongst you will yet say How shall illiterate ignorant and unlearned men know the Original which if they do not then they must of necessity take the Translation upon trust which Scholars do not Answ In answer to which I deny the conclusion for he that can read the Bible in English takes it no more upon trust then he that can read the same in Hebrew Greek c. For unless such persons as the later can produce the very copie which Moses writ and have also

The first ADDRESSES TO His EXCELLENCIE the Lord General with the ASSEMBLY of ELDERS elected by him and his Council for the management of the affairs of this COMMONWEALTH As also to all the cordial Officers and Souldiers under his command CONTAINING Certain RULES DIRECTIONS how to advance the Kingdom of Jesus Christ over the face of the whole earth By John Spittlehouse a late Member of the Army and a servant to the Saints of the most high God whose Kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and whom all dominions shall serve and obey Dan. 7. 27. Richard In Paules Church Yard Att The London Printed by J. C. for himself and Richard Moone at the seven stars in Paul's Church-yard neer the great North-door 1653. To his Excellency the Lord General Cromwel My Lord IT hath not been out of a fantastick humour as some think that I did in my late warning piece c. compare you to Moses or that I went about in the least to claw you but that I was assured that as the Lord had decreed that his people in these latter days should have judges as at the first so likewise Rulers as at the beginning which doubtless had reference as well unto Moses his power and authority whom it is evident did in Gods stead select Judges for the people of Israel which Judges did not in the least impower Moses or add any authority unto him but contrariwise he unto them as he was the immediate Minister of God and therefore beware how you receive any Commission from this present Assembly either as to your relation as a souldier or upon any other account whatsoever for in so doing you cleerly deny Jesus Christ to be King of this Nation so that you are to make no further use of them then to appoint them to destroy Antichrist in his Dragonical and Priestly power with their appendancies and to advance the Kingdom of Jesus Christ with his Laws and Ordinances to which purpose the whole scope of this Treatise tendeth which when you have once put in an orderly posture that then you would in like manner order them their several stations in the Commonwealth for Moses did not keep the Elders of Israel continually together in a lump but dispersed them as occasion was offered making the same Elders he had chosen heads over the people c. Exod. 18. 25 c. reserving the chief management of affairs to himself which certainly was not barely to himself alone but with the assistance of his faithful Officers of war about him of which I hope you may be plentifully supplyed so that the Church or kingdom of Jesus Christ may appear in its now proper posture viz. terrible as an Army with Banners unto all the Nations upon the face of the whole earth And therefore your and their posture will not now be to sit still and sing a Requiem unto your souls saying Soul take thine ease eat drink and be merry thou hast goods laid up for many yeers but to persevere in the work of the Lord in forraign parts and not to make peace with the Gibeonites or any other Nation which the Lord hath a controversie withal and who are designed to destruction to the end you may rest quietly upon your beds of Ivory For if you do know assuredly that as you have been parallel'd with Moses in your acts of valour so you shall likewise die in Mount-Nebo which the form or Model of the house you live in is not much unlike but I hope the Lord hath not onely intended to shew you the Land of Canaan but will also lead you over the flood Iordan into the Land of the Canaanites c. viz. over the Narrow Seas into Holland France and so to Rome it self to the end you may pluck up all Antichristian power whatsoever doth oppose Jesus Christ in the least which is the earnest expectation of Truths and Your honors servant J. S. The first ADDRESSES to his Excellency the Lord General c. Right Honourable and well-beloved IT is a saying not so ancient as true That the right beginning of an action extendeth to the half accomplishment thereof And therefore in as much as Providence hath elected you servants in his present designe it will be very requisite that you know before-hand what your work is to the end you may not be ensnared by ignorance to your infamy as many of your predecessors have been Knowledge saith one is that understanding which we have of our Creator as also of his works and will and likewise of our selves in reference to the last of which it is reported that over the Temple of Apollo the God of the Paynims there was this inscription engraven in letters of Gold Nosce teipsum Signifying that he that would have admittance there must first learn to know himself and could not otherwise be received Yea such excellency was ascribed by the Athenians to such knowledge as that they presented Pompey the Great with this Motto viz. Thou art so much a God as thou knowest thy self to be a Man And doubtless the Spirit of God did not in vain record Moses to be found in an Ark of Bull-rushes and after that to keep sheep as also Joshua to be Moses servant Gideon a Thrasher Jephtah the son of an Harlot David a Shepherd c. but that he did foresee it as requisite to put them in minde of their once low condition as of their valiant atchievements tending to their Exaltations Yea so willing was the Virgin Mary to have such shamefac't things made manifest as that she becometh her own Herald to blaze the same to all posterities as where she saith My soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour for he hath regarded the Low Estate of his handmaid c. for he that is mighty hath done to me great things and holy is his Name and his Mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation he hath shewed strength with his Arm he hath scattered the proud in the imaginations of their hearts he hath put down the Mighty from their seats and exalted them Of Low Degree He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He hath holpen his servant Israel in remembrance of his Mercies as he spake to our forefathers to Abraham and to his seed for ever And therefore think not much with me that I put you in minde how the like Mercies are now confer'd upon many of you when you were in as low a condition as the aforesaid Mary Even whilst you were Brewers and Brewers servants Shoo-makers Taylors and such other Mechanick men Yea I am very confident that many of you thirteen or fourteen yeers ago did little think you should ever have attained to such honour and wealth as you are now by Providence dignified withal Gentlemen Mistake me not as that by these expressions I should in the least go about to blast any of your