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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14660	The English pharise, or religious ape Being the weekes worke of a poore vnlearned professor of the gospell of Christ, zealously and truely checking the counterfeit professor, but open persecutor of Christs true doctrine and disicpline. By Iohn Walker, dwelling at Leeds in Yorkshire.	Walker, John, dwelling at Leeds in Yorkshire.	1616 (1616)	STC 24962; ESTC S102097	38,058	238

am contented with any thing that is reasonable but because thou doest wrongfully charge me to fauour any religion but that onely which I professe I must tell thee brother before we part seeing that thou art neither conformable vnto the Law of God nor man I say thou art no better then a flourishing tree without fruit Puri Wherein canst thou prooue me a flourishing tree without fruit seeing that I preach the Word of God very zealously and lead my life very strictly PRO. I am able by the Spirit of God to reproue thee both in thy life and doctrine Puri As how PRO. In thy doctrine concerning thy rashe iudgements against the members of Christ and in thy disobedience against man being the principal member thereof In a word I am ready to reprehend thee for thy disobedience against both God and man according to our Sauiour Christs owne words Hee that despiseth you despiseth mee and hee that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me Luk. 10. 16. Puri I perceiue that thou beginnest to bee angrie but if I had better remembred my selfe I would haue giuen thee no aduantage of my words PRO. I looke for no aduantage in thy words for denying in thy practice a thing lawfully commanded it matters not whether thou hold thy peace or seeme to excuse it with thy tongue Puri Wherein canst thou disprooue mee for any thing lawfully commanded PRO. I can iustly reprooue thee in many things but two or three shal be sufficient to proue thee but a flourishing tree and a wandring star first thy disobedience vnto eccle siasticall gouernement which the Church of his Land hath commanded Secondly thy want of charitie hauing seuered thy selfe from Christ in pronouncing rash and accusing iudgements against his members Thirdly thy contradiction against Christ in the length of thy praiers with the manner and likewise of thy behauiour therein Puri I had thought we might haue conferred after another manner but I perceiue now that I haue kept thee cōpany but too long Thou hast promised to goe forward therein thou maist please thy selfe for I am pleased to turne my backe PRO. Brother thou hast not deceiued mee for as Salomon saith Ineuer tooke thee for any other but for such a one as scornes reproofe Prou. 9. 8. But seeing that thou hast so scornfully turned thy backe and separated thy selfe without iust cause denying to haue any more conference wherein thou deseruest iustly to bee reproued I will not faile by Gods assistāce to let the world see that thou art no better as Saint Iude saith Then a whithered tree twice dead and fit to bee plucked vp by the rootes Iude 13. v. Now because thou shalt take no exception wherein I may offer thee the least wrong I am ready to reprehend both thy life and doctrine onely by example in the Scripture and therefore let mee intreate thy patience if thou haue any for the thing that I ayme at is thy conuersion and not thy destruction And as wee are taught in the Word of God to reproue either friend or foe with the words of meekenesse euen so my elder brother I am willing and ready to reprehend thee onely with the words of meeknesse and loue and although thou doest not thinke thy selfe vnworthy of reprehension because thou carriest thy offences behinde thee yet seeing that others doe see that in thee which thou canst not perceiue thy selfe I haue presumed to lay open vnto the view of the whole world that a publike offence deserues an open rebuke LOuing and faithfull Christian I must tell thee before I goe any further that whereas I was determined to goe forward after a dialogue maner thou seest here how that my elder brother hath already preuented mee and therefore am constrained to take another course intending by God●… permission to goe forward wherein I haue promised The Spirit of God saith I haue chosen the foolisb things of this world to confound the wise and weak things to confound the mightie Louing Christian beeing no Scholler thou must not expect that at my hand●… which I haue not onely my good will wherein the Lord hath enabled me by his holy Spirit that specially by his especiall grace I will freely offer thee but being not fit to ●…iscourse of things at large I will only point at some heads wherin thou maist plainly perceiue the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error and for this purpose thou must vnderstand that there are in this land two sorts of teachers amongst vs the one sort is reformed and the other sort much deformed the one sort doth teach in Christs Schole with the words of meeknesse the other seemeth to teach therein with the words of accusing Iudgements the one is guided with the spirit of humilitie the other with the spirit of iniquitie the one with the spirit of obedience the other with the spirit of disobedience the one teacheth and resteth himselfe in the schole of Christ the other maketh but a proud flourish therein resting himself in hi●… owne conceite in a word the one hath the Spirit of truth and the other but the spirit of error And first against the spirit of errour our blessed Sauiour himself Saint Paul Saint Peter Saint Iohn and Saint Iude with others hauing prophesied of these very last times wherein we liue doth tel vs in plaine words the qualities and conditions of such false prophets as are now resident amongst vs. And now to our elder brother to whom I must tell thee before I proceede that seeing it is a thing subiect to flesh and bloud not onely to passe ouer offences vnto others from themselues but likewise imputeth many faul●…s only to one whi●…h somtimes appertaine vnto diuers herein doth shew it self ●… great indiscretion of iudgement as appeareth sometimes in quotation of our English Bibles for example S. Peter saith in the●…e words and chiefly th●…m which walk after the flesh in the l●…st of vncleann●…sse and d●…spise gouernmen●… which are bold and stand in their owne conceit not fearing to speake euill of dignities 2. Pet. 2 10 Herein I know that the Church of Rome iustly and worthily deserues this imputation Now who is so blind and seeth not how that thou likewise art not onely fleshly minded and despisest dominion as S. Iude saith but likewise agreeable vnto Saint Pauls words resistest the ordinance ordained of God Rom. 13. 2. And to proue this further bec●…use thou art ready to take exception without cause S. Peter speaking of the Ministery doth seeme to teach thee thy dutie both to superiour and inferiour Magistrates his words are these Submit your selues vnto all manner ordinance of man for the Lords sake 1. Pet. 2. 13. And in the verse going before he giues a reason why the words are these That they which speake euill of you as of euill doers may by your obedience which they shall see glorifie God in the day of visitation therefore saith hee submit your selues 1. Pet. 2. 12. This word

dead and plucked vp by the roo●…s Iude 12. verse Euen of whom Saint Paul saith For these things whose mindes cogitations being vnsanctified the wrath of God is fallen vpon you being the children of disobedience Col. 3. 6. And therefore to giue thee a Title of an English Pharise or but an imitator of Religion all such which truely perceiue any thing may plainely see that I haue done thee no wrōg at al. And now at last because thou art conceited in thy selfe Of such Salomon saith there is no hope hauing ioyned thy selfe with the Pope of Rome in your false imaginations wherein yee thinke that yee doe God good seruice I must of necessitie seeing that the god of this world hath thus darkened your vnderstandings leaue you at your study of vanities to ponder vpon these places of Scripture vnder-written Iude 12. verse latter end 2. Pet. 17. latter end Rom. 13. 2. latter end Luk. 13. 27. latter end Mat. 7. 2. Rom. 2. 1. 1. Cor. 4. 5. For I must turne my selfe vnto such of whom as Saint Paul saith I perswade my self better things Heb. 6. 9 And who haue not thus learned Christ Ephes. 4. 20. which beeing taught by him walke as the truth is in Iesus Ephes. 4. 21. being renewed in the Spirit of their mindes Ephes. 4. 23. walke so as they haue Iesus Christ for an example who hauing put off that old man of sinne are now become so sanctified in their liues and conuersations that beeing clothed with that glorious garment and robes of righteousnes do walk worthy of their calling in true holinesse of life And now faithfull Brethren in Christ of whom I wish as to my owne soule seeing that this our elder brother doth so rest himselfe in this word only in Christ that neglecting such duties required at his hands runnes into all manner of sinne Let it be your speciall care and such a warning vnto you that you neuer cherish or har bour any one sinne at all and that not any one sinne may seeme pleasing in your eyes striue and endeuour against all sin For without holinesse no man shall see the Lord. And againe seeing that Christ doth command vs not onely to beleeue in him but to loue one another 1. Ioh. 3. 23. Let it not be as Saint Iohn saith in word and in tongue onely but in deede and in truth 1. Iohn 3. 18. For hee that hath this worlds goods and seeth his brother haue need and shutteth vp his compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him 1. Ioh. 3. 17. Therefore I humbly intreat you in the bowels and compassion of Iesus Christ as you tender your owne soules that ye walk worthy of your vocation whereunto ye are called with all humblenesse of minde in meekenes with long suffering supporting one another through loue alwaies endeuoring to keepe the vnitie of the Spirit in the bond of peace hauing your lamps with those fiue wise Virgins so furnished with the oyle of Gods graces that our blessed Sauiour at his generall appearance may haue iust cause to say Come yee blessed of my Father possesse the Kingdome prepared for you before the foundations of the world Mat. 25. 34. For when I was an hungred ye gaue mee meate I thirsted and yee gaue mee drinke I was a stranger and ye lodged me I was naked and yee clothed mee I was sicke and yee visited mee I was in prison and yee came vnto mee Mat. 25. 35 36. Now enter into your masters ioy vnto the society of that blessed company of Angels Archangels and all holy men and women and children departed there to remaine in euerlasting comforts for euermore And here my faithfull Brethren I trust in Christ Iesus that we shall meete there very shortly to sing with that holy company euerlasting praise to the whole Trinitie to God the Father who hath created vs to God the Sonne who hath redeemed vs and to God the holy Ghost our comforter who hath doth sanctifie vs to whom bee endlesse praise for euer and euer And now at last that this glorious Kingdome may bee increased let mee intreat you once againe to ioine with me in our continuall prayers in often remembrance vnto this holy Trinitie that this little number which being the signe of the Son of man may be so aduanced now hard before hiscomming that these thicke cloudes of iniquitie being dispersed it may appeare more cleare vnto the view of the whole world And that this may be the better and sooner effected I most humbly desire the Lord of Hosts from the very bottom of my heart with heartie teares of humilitie vpon my bended knees that it would please him of his infinite mercy so to grace our most gracious and reuerend Bishops of this Land that they all in generall both in word and deede may bee so readie to stop the passage of these mystie cloudes of darknesse that the Gospell of Iesus Christ being the true light may shew it selfe like the bright morning Starre now at his last cōming to iudgement And againe grant deare Father for thy honour and blessed names sake vnto our most gracious and reuerend Bishops of this Land with all reformed Ministers of the same such a powerfull spirit of humilitie that they being able to beate downe these transcendēt spirits of iniquity thy glorie shining more cleerly the power of sinne and Satan may bee darkened speedily and that these most sinfull times may haue a speedie ende I humbly desire with thy seruant Iohn in the Reuelation Come Lord come Lord Iesus come quickly Amen To the Puritane THy disobedience it doth reach in height aboue the skies Thy hie conceit doth please thee well and therein thou art wise Disdaine within thy heart doth dwel fraught with reuenge an dire Thy words burst out in iudgements as hot as any fire deepe With singular eie thou do'st espy great beames in others sight And therin do'st thy self much boast with rayling words of might Leaue off for shame thou hast disgrast thy selfe in open view The Scripture doth reueale thee plain and therefore is most true Thy prayers long doe please thee wel against the Word of Christ In him thou wilt not rest alone by Satan thou art tiste Thou wilt stand vp in thy conceite in begging for thy neede Without remēbrance where thou art in full hope for to speede But hee that doth behold thy face whose face thou do'st not feare Will send thee away to thy disgrace where want shall be thy cheare Where t●…ou must stay and then subthy selfe in thra'l to dwell mit Where nothing is but fearefullcries in that deepe pit of hell Thus hauing climde in thy conceite in height aboue thy reach And with misconstring of the same the Scriptures for to search Thy height of pride hath brought thee for want of penitent speed low Wherein thou hast thy selfe disgrast thy humours for to feede To all A word or two in generall to whom these verses heere