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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91466	The fruits of a fast, appointed by the churches gathered against Christ and his kingdom, who go about to mock God with their outside-worship, and appointed fasts, and dayes of voluntary humiliation. Or, A declaration of the persecution of a messenger of the Lord, by a people who go under the name of Independants, in Essex, who have set themselves in the enmity of their spirits to oppose the truth of God, calling it a lye, and persecuting his messengers as deceivers, and wanderers, wherein their persecuting spirits is made manifest, and them to be in Cains generation, and stranges to the spirit of Christ, which vener persecuted, and so are noen of his, Rom.8:9. And also, of the unjust dealing of Judge Hills, ... And also, severall queries, that was sent ot the priests and magistrates, shich may be serviceable for them, or any other to answer, whom they do concern. / By ... James Parnell.	Parnell, James, 1637?-1656.	1655 (1655)	Wing P530; Thomason E854_14; ESTC R207483	31,427	32

Justice and Equity in his heart without putting off a hat to a Magistrate and he that so doth Whether is he fit to be called a Magistrate that calleth such a one a contemner of authority and commits him to Prison for mis-behaviour and whether this be Justice or Equity yea or nay 20. And you that pleads this Scripture Be subject to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether is it for the Lords sake that a man would have his Fellow-Creature to stand with his hat off before him or for his selfes sake and whether then it is to be obeyed yea or nay 21. And he that for the Lords sake and for conscience sake cannot so rob God of his Glory and honour as to bow to or Worship any creature but God alone who is the Creator Whether ought he to be imprisoned for misbehaviour or a contemner of authority yea or nay according to the law of equity and whether this is to be called liberty of conscience according to the Law of England yea or nay Now all you that profess your selves christians and the Scripture to be your Rule take the Scripture and prove your practise by the Scripture amongst all the christians or else let the life and practise of the true christians judge you and condem you and own your selves to be in proud Hamons nature and so liable to Hamons judgement and henceforward look to your Office to rule for God and not for your selves and then you will not stand upon such frivolous things for it is a frivolous thing to look for the putting off the hat and is no part of true nobility or christianity Given forth for the clearing of the truth to which the Nations must bow I. P. Here followeth a Copy of a Note that was written against the Idolls-Temple which was iudged a contempt of the Ministry THis is the Idols-Temple where the worship of the Beast is upheld down with it down with it 1 Cor. 8.10 Rev. 13.7 8. Dut. 12. God that made the world and all things therein dwels not in Temples made with hands Act. 7.47 48 49. Act. 17.21 neither is he worshipped in Idolls-Temples made with mens hands Act. 17.24 God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth for the Father is seeking such to worship him Iohn 23.24 All the world wonders after and worships the beast but those who have their name written in the book of life Rev. 13.3.4.8 And they that worships the Beast receives his mark in their foreheads Rev. 13.16 as sprincking Infants and worshipping the works of their own hands Isa 2.8 And following the imagination of their own hearts such must drink of the wine of the wrath of the Almighty powred out without mixture Rev. 14.9 10 11.12 This Idoll-Temple that is made with hands is a place for N●ght-birds and Skrich Owles to meet each one with his male Jer. 34.13 14 15. to the dishonour of the only true God that dwelleth in temples made without hands at new Ierusalem where the tabernacle of God is with men Rev. 21.3 Drunkards and Swearers Revilers and Scoffers and Scorners proud and wanton ones Hypocrites and Dissemblers envious Haters Backbiters Persecutors Iustfull covetous ones and Earth-worms meets here the fearful and unbelieving peevish perverse contentious ones meets in these Idols-Temples to satisfie their lusts and saith the Lord these people draw neer me with their mouths and honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me but in vain do they worship me teaching for Doctrine the traditions of men Mat. 15.7 8 9. But know you not that no unrighteous person shall inherit the Kingdome of God 1 Cor. 6.9 10. But must be cut down and cast into the Lake that burneth Rev. 21.8 Be not deceived God is not mocked such as you sow such must you reap Gal. 6.7 And to whom you yeild your members servants to obey his servants you are Rom. 6.16 For he that commits sin is the servant of sin and so is of the Devill Ioh. 6.34 1. Ioh. 3. This is a Deceiver that stands up here every first day of the week to deceive the people he is proud and Covetous and speaketh a divination of his own brain but not from the mouth of the Lord and so makes the people light and vain Ier. 14.14 But the Lord is against him hold him not up for he ran and the Lord never sent him therefore he profits not the people at all Ier. 23.21 22.32 but hath stoln the Letter which is carnall with it to feed the carnall for carnall ends and lucre and so hath a form but denyes the li●e and power and therefore from him turn away 2 Tim. 3.5 therefore spend not your moneys for that which is not bread nor your labour for that which profiteth not Isa 55.1 2 for all the children of the Lord are and shall be taught of the Lord and in righteousness shall they be established and they shall be far from oppression Ier. 31.34 Isa 54 13 14. 1 John 2.27 He that hath an car to hear let him hear what the spirit saith and be deceived no longer J. P. Here followeth severall queries that was sent to four of the chiefe Priests in Essex with some more added which may be serviceable for them or any other to answer whom they do concern SEverall queries unto Priest Sammes Priest Sparrow Priest VVillis and Priest Stellum and your gathered Churches by you to be answered according to Scripture which you profess to be your rule Query 1. How and by what was you called to the Ministry which you profe's 2. What is the Gospel which you pretend to preach and how did you receive it and whether your Gospel be free and without charge as the Apostles was yea or nay 3. What do you Minister from and what do you Minister to in the naturall man and what is the end of your Ministry 4. What rule have you in the Scripture to take a Text of the Apostles words and speak from it what you have studyed with your Uses Points Tryalls and Motives and Applications 5. Whether do you speak by the same infallible spirit as they did that spoke forth the Scripture yea or nay 6. And whether he that hath the same infallible spirit need study how or what to preach 7. And whether it is not as lawful now for Fisher-men Plow-men or Herds-men to preach if they be called to it and fitted for it by the same power and spirit as they was in the dayes of old and whether Christ is not the same yesterday to day and for ever according to Scripture 8. And whether any now ought to teach and preach in the name of Jesus but who are caled to it and fitted for it the same way as the holy men of God was spoken of in Scripture 9. Whether do you own immediate Revelation now yea or nay 10. What is a Minister of Christ and what is a