and servants of God ought not to declare the Nationall-Church of England viz. the Nation pretending to be a Church to be indeed no Church of Christ but a Daughter of Babylon And is it not their duty to discover her abominations in such Language in speaking of Babylon either the Mother or her Daughter as the Spirit of God makes use of and commends to us in the holy Scriptures Doth not that command to Gods people to reward her as shee hath rewarded them extend to a full reward both in words and deeds And if through flatteries of men slavish feare or foolish pitty Gods Archers his Ministers withhold to shoote such arrowes against Babylon in preaching or printing as God hath put into their Quiver for that purpose may they not be justly rebuked for it 9. Whether a bare forsaking of the Nationall Church and a verball declaring against it be a sufficient witnesse-bearing for Christ against Antichrist in the matter of Worship or whether besides all this are not Gods people called by a bold profession and visible practise of the ordinances of Christ according to the Gospel pattern to hold forth a true Baptisme Church-worship and so by a contrary practise to beare their testimony in the strength of Gods Spirit and truth against that false way And in so doing though the worke of Zions building may appeare now in its beginning as nothing in comparison of that glorious patterne in the Apostles dayes is there not ground to beleive God will vouchsafe his presence and helpe to his people in the work according to his good word Haggai 2. 1 2 3 And when the Saints come out of Babylon ought they not then to call upon one another to flow to Zion and there to declare the worke of the Lord Jer. 1.6.9 10. And if this be the season for the former duty why not for the latter and having with and amongst them the Word and Spirit according to that stable Covenant to beleivers in all generations Isa 9.21 Neh. 2.18 What hinders but they should rise and build 10. Whether many zealous Ministers and people in the Parish-way by reason of their ignorance of the times and seasons and the great worke of God at this day to bring his people out of Mysticall Babylon may they not be in danger of fighting against God and kicking against the pricks as did many devout Jewes who were zealous of the old legall Worship not knowing or considering that the time of reformation from Jewish rudiments Heb 9.10 was come And doe not many now as they then little consider Gods call to his people to reforme thorowly from all Antichristian pollutions and to touch no uncleane thing in this day of the Lords controversie for Sion And may wee not see as then so now the things which God winked at in times of ignorance hee will not winke at but witnesse against in times of light And is there not a very great security upon many professors Can yee not discerne the signes of the times Mat. 16.3 and darknesse upon their right eye that notwithstanding all the signes of the times and all the late wonderfull workes of God they are not awakened to discerne and doe the speciall duties which God by his strange dispensations calls them to And is it not apparent that many who should instruct others in the duty of the day It is the duty of the wise Steward to give the Children of God the portion of Doctrine sutable to the season Luk. 12 42. doe discourage them from enquiring into such things telling them of the danger of mistakes and the great difficultie of finding out truth referring them in many things to the footesteps of the flock in times of Popish darknesse But is it not high time for Gods people to goe a step beyond such Watch-men enquiring after Christ in the further discovery of truth And seeing God hath chosen the weake and foolish things of the world to confound the wise ought not even such to search into the booke of revelation seeking God by faithfull fervent prayer for his promised Spirit to lead them into all truth remembring the words of David Thou through thy precepts hast made me wiser then mine enemies I have more understanding then all my teachers Psal 119.98 99. 11. Whether the Parish-Ministry in their standing and acting as such are not found taking part with Babylon and warring against the true visible Churches of Christ and all others who withdraw from and witnesse against the Common polluted way of worship And if so whether those who are enlightened may warrantably upon the account of the gifts and godlinesse of such Teachers follow after them so as to have fellowship with them in their broad Church-way And is it not to make Idolls of them and preferre them before Christ and set them above him if they choose rather to follow after such Ministers in that way which hath no word of God for it then to follow Christ in that despised way of worship which hath the sure word of Scripture for its warrant Mark how Satan makes use of Eminent instruments sometimes to promote his wicked Designes If Peter that eminent Preacher might be and was so farre captivated by the Tempter as to oppose by rebuking Jesus Christ himselfe when he spake of his suffering death Mat 16 21 22 23. And againe denied him shamefully when he came to suffer with cursing and oathes saying he never knew the man And after all this at another time the same Peter who was so famous an instrument in Gods hand for converting so many soules even he becomes a misleader in a way of dissimulation Gal 2.11 12 13 14. so that Barnabas an eminent Minister of Christ If some who see such dissembling tell them that dissemble that they are to be blamed they do but as Paul did who told Peter of his fault Gal. 2.14 and divers others were carried away with his dissimulation If so it were with Peter is there not ground enough for the good people in that way to feare that their Ministers even the choicest of them may be fallen into temptation to be prejudic't against the worke of a thorow-reformation seeing their preferments livings and honours seeme to be struck at and so being offended labour to draw in others to be one with them in their offence and opposition against the Saints in their present warfare for Christ against Antichrist 12. Whether the greater number of people in the Parish-Assemblyes are not in danger of eternall Damnation through their high presumption that they are in Christ and in a good estate And whether have not Englands Church-Ministry much to answer for who have begotten and cherished this confidence in them by declaring them in their old Catechisme To be regenerate in their Baptisme made Members of Christ and inheritors of the kingdome of Heaven If this be true and no lye they have taught them who thus exalted them unto heaven
obscure or hide the glorious power of the death of Christ which should appeare to the eyes of all men in the visible selfe-deniall of beleevers (a) What is there that is more visible to all that behold the Saints then their apparrell Phil 3.20 Secondly As in consideration of his death the Saints are called to dye to this world so with respect to his resurrection all those who are risen with him ought to seeke those things which are above Col 3.1 And having their conversations with Christ in heaven to mortifie their members which are upon earth (b) Doe they mortifie their members who seeke so much to please their eye Joh. 15.19 Col 3.5 And thus plainely declaring by their words and actions behaviour and apparrell that they are not of this world but are strangers to it in so doing they shew forth the power of Christs resurrection drawing up their affections to himselfe As the corruption of mens hearts doth appeare as it were written in their foreheads in their vaine wanton fashions (c) How doe these or their sureties for them keepe their promise at the 〈◊〉 to forsake all the pomps and vanities of this world 1 Thes 5 22. so on the contratrary the grace of God in man doth appeare and shine in his Saints in their abstaining upon pure Gospell-grounds from all appearance of pride and vanity in apparrell and cloathing themselves with humility as becomes the selfe-denying followers of Christ (d) Such selfe-denyall doth become those who say they are 〈◊〉 with Christ in Sapâ—isme But as Paul complaines sadly of some who minded earthly things that they were enemies to the Crosse of Christ Phil. 3.18 May wee not take up a light complaint of many now who in adorning themselves shew that they minde earthly things by heaping on vaine superfluities are not such enemies in this thing or at least apparent non-conformists to the Crosse of Christ Great reason there is therefore that they who have otherwise learned Christ dead and risen should make it appeare by putting off or at least forbearing to put on such things which are not only unbecoming their profession but also are abused by most men for an occasion to the flesh and as they are commonly borne about are apparently uselesse to all Eph. 4.17 20 21 22. 2 Ground or Reason As the first reason chiefely respects the crosse of Christ the se-second in like manner relates to his yoake to which all beleevers owe subjection and ought to manifest the same by a visible universall obedience to him whom wee are bid to heare in all things Acts 3.23 Who as he hath by his owne mouth spoken to his followers to deny themselves Math. 10.38 Mark 8.34 So hath he by the mouth of his Apostles in the holy Scriptures which he hath given to furnish the man of God to every good worke prescribed profitable and precious directions for regulating the Saints practise in apparrelling themselves These are either first more expresse and perticular as to this one thing of adorning as in 1 Tim 2.9 Where not onely is forbidden to beleeving women that vanity they who have wherewith are too prone unto to adorne themselves with gold or pearles but also the adorning themselves with costly aray is there forbidden that aray being there counted costly which men crucified to this world 2 Cor. 6.4 2 Cor. 11.27 28. and often in necessities and sensible of the wants of others as Paul and Timothy with others like minded accounted costly Secondly There are directions which are more generall of which I have here set downe some of the principall as Rom 12.2 Be not conformed to this world 1 Pet. 1.14 Fashion not your selves according to the former lusts of your ignorance Make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof Rom. 13.14 Moreover we are commanded to lay apart all filthinesse and superfluity of naughtinesse Jam 1.21 And in the 1 Pet 4.10 we are required to be good Stewards of the manifold grace of God which relates not only to spirituall gifts but also to things of this life Now with that speciall rule before-going let us take these generall rules and well apply them (e) Those Rules with many more such are assented to in generall but seldome applyed to any one thing in particular 1 Joh. 2.16 3. Ground to the particulars of evills forbidden and dutyes enjoyned in those Scriptures and this doubt may soone be resolved Whether Saints are called to refraine from further expence in such vaine superfluities which the men of this world procure and put on to satisfie the lusts of the flesh and the lust of the eye The third ground is made good from the present apparent wants and streights of divers poore precious Saints that lack to be supplyed with things necessary who by reason of sicknesse weaknesse or want of Stock to manage their honest trades are unable to provide for themselves and theirs so that they may attend on God without distraction Is not the supplying of their neede the feeding and cloathing of Christ in his poore members for so he accounts what done to them done to him Math. 25.40 to be preferr'd before providing such needlesse trimmings Let the tender-hearted sober Christian consider it well should not Saints lay to heart these things with a due respect to their receivings from Christ and engagements to Christ not forgetting the Law of their relation as fellow-members with the meanest in that body whereof Christ is head The third ground thus briefely laid downe with the case of the poore Saints unrelieved stated truly as it is I leave this to the judgement of those who are spirituall and proceede to the fourth 4. Ground The fourth ground is That by ceasing to cast away their substance on such superfluities Saints may be in a better capacity to adorne by their good works the doctrine of God our Saviour the credit whereof ought to be much dearer to us then our lives and how much then to be preferr'd before our needlesse ornaments How few of the men of the world are convinc't at this day by the Saints liberality to the poore their seeking out the widdow and the fatherlesse the blind and the lame to relieve them in their distresse How few I say are convinct on this account viz. of such good works done by professors that God is in them of a truth and that the doctrine of grace they hold to and maintaine is the true doctrine Doe not many great professors on their part leave the Gospell naked without those good works of mercy and bounty which should adorne it whilst their flesh is gorgeously arayed Have not such need to be put in remembrance of their duty To honour the Lord with their substance and with the first fruits of their encrease Prov. 3.9 No sooner doe they abound in wealth and riches but suddenly they abound in costly superfluities not in good works proportionable to their ability
ARROWES AGAINST BABYLON OR Certaine Quaeries serving to a cleere Discovery of the Mystery of Iniquity Whereunto are added Endeavours for Reformation in Saints apparrell With some Quaeries for the people called Quakers By JOHN PENDARVES a well wisher to Sion Put your selves in array against Babylon round about shoote at her spare no arrowes c. Jerem. 50.14 v. Flee out of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his soule be not cut off in her iniquity for this is the time of the Lords vengeance hee will render unto her recompence Jere. 51.6 v. And I heard another voyce from heaven saying Come out of her my people that yet pertake not of her sins and that yee receive not of her plagues Rev. 18.41 v. O Daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us Psal 137.8 v. LONDON Printed by M. S. for Livewell Chapman at the Crowne in Popes-head-Alley 1656. The Epistle Dedicatory To the precious Sonnes of Sion who minde the work of their generation and to all the faithfull and beloved Servants of God small and great THe fall of Babylon being decreed in Heaven and declared on Earth and the time said to be neare at hand a This is one of the things of which John saith They must shortly come to passe Rev 1.1.8 so many hundred yeares agoe as have past since the revelation was given to John b Much neerer now Why should it be thought beside the work of this day to seek her down-fall and to cry aloud unto Gods people to come out of her Hath not God and man of late yeares appeared against her oppressing powers spirituall and civill in these Nations Her maine Pillars the Archbishops Bishops c. with their grand supporter where are they Did not the sure word of Prophecy against Babylon take hold of them since those Pillars have been removed hath not that unhappy building been as a falling house out of which many thousands of Gods people have hasted forth the Lord going before them by many wonderfull signall providences opening a wide doore unto them If the remnant of old who preferr'd Jerusalem above their cheife joy which holds forth a true Character of Sions lovers were so bold in her behalfe to tell the daughter of Babylon to her face Thou art to be destroyed calling them happy who should be the Instruments to reward her cruelties to Gods people Psal 137. If they speak thus whilst yet remaining captives let it not seeme strange if we who are in so great a measure delivered doe in the same spirit of faith declare openly the approaching fall of the daughter of mysticall Babylon which that wee may not shoote at rovers I have in the ensuing Quaeries laboured to discover the mother and her daughter the mark at which those arrows are shott The mother being more notorious for her bloody persecutions and filthy abominations may soone be discovered her daughter having putt on a new dresse appeares fresh coloured and well-liking and hath her lovers amongst great if not good men They who drinke of her wine and eate of her dainties praise her beauty as shee is now reformed Shee hath it seemes painted her face with more art and better successe then Jezebell or else some have had lesse zeale then Jehu who having no great power on his side yet commanded that painted Jezebel to be thrown downe With this Jezebel the daughter of Babylon men formerly of great note for zeale and piety preferring peace before purity c The wisdome that is from above preferres purity before peace Jam 3.17 Its first pure then peaceable the wisdome from beneath is quite contrary opposing truth under a pretence of peace in that true wisdome they who have acted of old and of late are accounted troublers of Israel become confederate to oppose a thorow reformation who seeme well content with the old garment some new peices put to it which as our Saviour saith makes the rent worse they cannot beare to have the axe laid at the roote How doe many in our dayes like Herod heare good men gladly till their lusts and wills be crost their hearts cleave to some worldly interest which being as the right eye they will not part with Such can take Law and Covenant in their mouth pray and preach well with much excellency of speech but their spirits may be discerned by this one thing They like not to reform or to be reformed with a thorow reformation which is the onely right reformation according to the word of God to which our solemn Covenant binds us as also with subordination thereunto to the example of the best reformed Churches which are such undoubtedly as stand at greatest distance from Antichristian pollutions Is the Religion of this Nation so reformed if not why doe they not presse forward Nay doe not many sit downe and take up their rest as if they had attained and as if the worke were perfected Hath mysticall Babylon been rased to the foundation thereof If not ought not that remnant of Gods people who retaine their first zeale against Babylon to proceed to pray against her as the remnant of the faithfull of old against the Children of Edom d Is it not the duty of Gods elect to cry day and night for vengeance upon Babylon see Luk. 18.1.7 and 8 verses Psal 137.7 Remember O Lord the Children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said rase it rase it even to the foundation thereof Let us take heede of concluding such prayers though put up by godly men of like passions with us to be the fruite of their passions and peevishnesse If here were need of further Apology for this work and for the Saints zealous praying and declaring against Babylon in a right spirit sufficient might be offered not onely to justifie the practise but also to invite thereunto from this one consideration that the glory of God and the comfort of his people are so highly concerned in her fall as the Scriptures largely shew Oh what joyfull Hallelujahs shall be sung by the Saints when they shall see the judgements of God on the great Whore which corrupted the Earth Rev. 19.1 2. c. If men of great light see not how this matter concernes the glory of God Is it not because they study to promote their owne interest more then his have they no better insight into the things that make for their owne glory It is the joy of my heart in the midst of many causes of griefe that God will forme yea he is forming a people for himselfe which shall shew forth his praise e And the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord Psal 102.18 Esay 43.21 The naked single designe of the people of this new Creation shall be that the Lord the Lord alone may be exalted which if the Author know his heart is the one thing aymed at in spending those Arrowes upon
If so then 4. Whether is it not the duty of all Gods people in this Nationall Church and in the Parochiall pretended Churches to seperate from that false Church-state and their professed Church worship in all the exercises thereof together with their Church-Ministry as they stand and act on the account of office in that false Church And whether the Commands of God to his people to come out of Babylon Rev 18. To flee out of the midst of her Jer. 51. To depart thence and touch no uncleane thing Isa 52.11 Let such as 〈◊〉 at the Word read and weigh those Scriptures quoted in this Quaery be not a sufficient Scripture-warrant for their so doing And whether Gods people neglecting to come out of Babylon doe not thereby doe great disservice to the cause of Christ against Antichrist and expose themselves by their disobedience in this thing to the danger of receiving of her plagues by pertaking of her sins Rev 18.4 v. This Quaery with the two following may afford some help to discerne the times and to resolve the 〈◊〉 Question what is the work of the day 5. Whether the strange and wonderfull providences of God in the late Warrs in England Ireland and Scotland have they not in their courses not in one single act onely agreed with his word to cleere the call and open the way to his Saints to come out of Babylon Hath not the Lord eminently appeared against King Bishop and Scotch-Presbyter who refused to let Gods Israel goe free from the hard bondage of a forced Conformity to the Nationall Church-worship And did not God who put it into the heart of Cyrus to give liberty to the Jewes to goe up to Jerusalem to build Gods house Ezra 1.1 put it also into the hearts of our Rulers after great and signall successes given their Armies to grant liberty to his people to walke according to their light without restraint and confinement to the Parish-Churches And was not the hand of God strong upon them to vouchsafe that release from our bondage notwithstanding the uncessant provocations of some to compell us to their way If wee aske our Fathers can they shew us our Elders can they tell us of such a deliverance wrought out with so high a hand for Gods people in this Island 6. Whether if wee look at inward impressions on the hearts of Gods praying people which when they agree with the word and providences of God are speciall helps whereby to judge of our dutie and the season thereunto belonging may we not observe how the hearts of Saints have during the late warres Let such as have lost their first zeale against Babylon remember from whence they are fallen and repent The people had a minde to the work as in the dayes of Nehemiah Neh 4.6 Such are more like the Children of Hagar the bond woman then Sarah the free mother Some are so filled with prejudice against Seperation that they will not heare a word of it Doe not such speak and thinke evill of the things they know not Is it because they have no need of this Ordinance or because they have not living enough to bury their dead Are not many theeves murderers adulterers such as are publickly convicted of such offences harboured in the parochiall Churches without any Church censure upon them And if this be so there is little cause why they should blame those who leave such a company of corrupt men O horrible hypocrisie Do not some Parish-Ministers act as if they were willing to slide out of their old way not fai ely taking their leave taking to themselves the shame of their abominations Let such as speake against Babylon take heed that they doe it in a right spirit Rev. 18.6 Jer. 15.14 Shall not the steps of the poore 〈◊〉 downe the lofty City Isa 36.6 Even the steps of those who walke by the footsteps of the flock been stirred up to a great zeale against the whore of Babylon Hath not God cast that false Church state and worship roote and branch out of the hearts and affections of very many of his people who being dead to mens traditions minde a pure way of worship cleerely discovering to them the confusions and corruptions of that way causing them to protest against it and forsake it though to the hazard of their credit and profit suffering great opposition on that account from their neere relations Have not few yeares brought out of that way many thousands in this Land who have turned their back to Babylon with their faces towards Syon enquiring the way thitherward And of those who remaine behind are not many held back by worldly interests and slavish feare of man The more ingenious of them blush to affirme being driven to it in defence of their staying there that their Congregations are true Churches either in respect of matter or forme yet some there are who are so affrighted with feare of errour that they are not free to enquire after the truth in this thing 7. Whether the zealous and tedious labours of the Parliament and Synod for reforming of the Nationall Church-Discipline hath not proved like the washing of a Blackmore and answer not to that saying Wee would have healed Babylon but shee is not healed What followes as the Saints duty then but to forsake her Are not the people in their Parish-Congregations so incorrigible that their Physitians despaire of the cure In stead of cutting off the corrupt part have they not even rejected for some yeares that Ordinance of Excommunication which serves to keepe a true Church pure If one wicked person must be cast out with his wickednesse least a little Leaven might leaven the whole lumpe may wee not thinke their lump is long since leavened who have in their Congregations so long retained as members without rejection so great swarmes of prophane ones Is not their Nationall Church if wee denominate them ought with respect to the greater number rather a Cage of uncleane birds and a hold of every soule spirit then a true visible Church of God a spirituall house consisting of lively Stones Some indeed exclude the rude rabble from partaking in the Supper which is but one act of Church-worship but Doe not many professing to be Ministers of their Churches make large shew of zeale for Ordinances as if they strained at a gnat and yet in this thing easily swallow downe a Camell taking no notice in any way of practise of so great an Ordinance which being duely practised by a true Church tends to the destruction of the flesh and the saving of the soule in the day of the Lord 1 Cor 5.8 If men take not to themselves the shame of these their abominations in the matter of worship what grounds have they or their followers to beleive that God will shew them the patterne of his house the goings out and commings in thereof c. Ezek. 43.11 And if these things be so 8. Whether then the Saints
may they not boldly conclude from many promises to beleevers that their soules are in a safe condition But it may now be said they have laid by that Catechisme and now they preach to them a necessitie of regeneration But seeing they have been trained up from their infancy in this beleife which they have by heart as wee say that they were regenerate in their Baptisme long wnce Is it probable that the old evill sent which hath remained in the vessell for so many yeares will be removed by telling them now and then they must be borne againe Although many declare this to them in the Pulpit and so wound them a little for the present time yet doe they not quickly heale them againe at the Font or Bason Is not this to justifie the wicked that evill condemned Prov. 24.24 accepting them there for beleevers by administring that to the children of all or most of them that which they declare to be the priviledge of the Children of godly beleeving Parents Doth not this easily help them to conclude that whatsoever they say in preaching their Ministers by their practise declare them to be beleevers And have their Ministers notwithstanding so much talke of reformation at any time plainely solemnly and openly declared their repentance for this their sin or the sin of their predecessors in this thing whereby they have deluded thousands of soules Have they declared it so that the common people might run and read their meaning should not the playster be made as broad as the soare If so then 13. Would it not be a praise-worthy deed and that which would much tend to free the present Parish-Ministry from being guilty of the blood of their people for them to confesse openly the great sin of their predecessors and their sin so far as they have partaken with them in declaring the people to be borne againe in Baptisme and made inheritors of the kingdome of heaven discovering the danger of this horrid delusion giving them plainly to understand that they the generality among them who say they are Christians are not such but are of the world as appeares by their hatred of those whom God hath chosen out of the world And should they not doe well to informe the godly among them that they are in no visible orderly Church-state provoking them to arise and measure the patterne and sending them forth by the footsteps of the flocks in the primitive times and would it not well become them having thus borne their testimony in word against the aforesaid evill to back the same in their practise with a plaine deniall to administer any Ordinance of Christ to the common multitude more then such as are for conversion which belong to Heathen and Publicans Luk. 6.44 till they see them bring forth fruits meet for repentance Good and bad men must be knowne by their fruit Luk 6.44 The Parish people are a people of mans forming by such meanes whereby a man may probably know and warrantably judge them to be converted and brought to the most holy faith of Christ And as for their present profession taught them by the tradition of fathers and by the customes and precepts of men not by the mighty power of God through the Word what solid satisfaction can it administer whereon to ground a probable judgement that they are in the faith Considering that in this Land there is now no persecution as in the Apostles dayes but on the contrary many worldly advantages attending the common profession of Christ And except some such effectuall course be taken as is before commended in this Quaery can the Ministers of such a people by all their faire glosses and subtill arguings acquitt themselves from the blood of soules Is it not their duty to take up the stumbling blocks out of the way of their people Are not many thousands of poore ignorant soules by looking at such things as these their supposed Christning and Church-state together with their dead saith hindered from receiving Christ and strongly armed against the sight and sence of a lost estate to their eternall undoing Shall God make inquisition for the blood of mens bodies and shall he not one day make inquisition for the blood of soules and require it of those who have holpen them to and strengthened them in such delusions Woe to them that call evill good Isay 5.20 If that old saying Quod fieri non debet factum valet will justifie such an unlawfull act why may it not justifie any other act of will-worship when it is done 14. And if so Whether the Ministry and people in some Congregations seperated from the Parish way may not doe well to consider whether they be not found accessary to the aforesaid great transgression of the Parochiall Ministry in justifying the sprinckling of ungodly prophane and Popish Parents Children as a sufficient obedience to Christs command of Baptisme doctrinally discharging from the obligation of that command the consciences of such of their Members as have no other visible Baptisme Is not this to call evill good will-worship service to Christ and by mans tradition to make a command of God of none effect Doe they not by such a practise though themselves refuse to sprinckle such Children yet strengthen the hands of those who doe And whether this be not more then a touching even the retaining an unclean thing forbidden to those who come out of Babylon the command requiring to destroy her utterly Let nothing of her be left Jer. 50.26 Whilest this unlawfull sprinckling of the seed of the ungodly is thus set up may it not stand in their way as an obstruction to the sight and acknowledgement of the truth concerning the true visible Baptisme Can it be true Baptisme according to rule without a right visible subject And whether all their arguing to prove that sprinckling before spoken of which themselves say hath not warrant for it to be sufficient obedience to the command be not that which will be found wood hay and stubble when every mans worke shall be tryed by fire 15. Whether the unwarrantable mixture of Legall and Gospel-worship and worshippers accounting this Nation a Church after the likenesse of the Jewish Nation not by regeneration Antichrists device to forme a false Church but by fleshly generation gathering together into a pretended Church-body the visibly Godly with the ungodly withall promoting againe tythes offerings consecrated places Altars with many other such like Jewish Ceremonies which were typicall The Priesthood being changed there is made of necessitie a charge also of the Law Heb. 7.12 and to cease in Gospel-dayes the joyning with all these a shew of the Ordinance of breaking bread and Baptisme Whether I say may not such a mixt worship and the worshippers be fitly termed Babylon or confusion And whether to establish such a worship be not to deny in a Mystery as doth Antichrist Christs greatest professed friend that Christ 1 Joh.