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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44794	The heart of New-England hardned through wickednes in answer to a book, entituled the Heart of New-England rent, published by John Norton appointed thereunto by the General Court. The doctrine of the Quakers uindicated [sic], his ignorance manifested, and his lying doctrines brought to light and judged with the word of truth, and truth cleared from his aspersions and slanders. By him that waits to see the throne of righteousness exalted above all deceit. Francis Howgill.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing H3166; ESTC R223647	32,471	42

THE HEART OF New-England HARDNED THROUGH WICKEDNES In Answer to a Book Entituled the Heart of New-England Rent Published by John Norton appointed thereunto by the General Court The Doctrine of the Quakers Uindicated his Arguments made void his Ignorance manifested and his lying doctrines brought to light and Judged with the Word of Truth and Truth cleared from his Aspersions and slanders By him that waits to see the Throne of Righteousness Exalted above all Deceit FRANCIS HOWGILL And the rest of the men which were not kil'd by the plagues repented not of the works of their hands neither repented they of their Murders nor sorceries nor worshippings of Devils Revel. 9. 20 21. LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659. NOw when the Lord of life and glory is appearing in his Power as in the days of old and his goodness mercy and truth as in the years past and the riches of his Grace Salvation which he maketh to flow forth and spring forth from the great deep now when he is manifesting his light from his holy habitation his saving health from his dwelling place that the sons of men might be partakers thereof and praise him who liveth for ever and ever who is the Author of Eternal Salvation unto them that believe the pit of darkness hath also opened its mouth and out of it many unclean spirits doth arise and foggs and mists of darkness Ignorance and Error is also arisen out of it to hinder the light from shining and to darken the Air that the Son of Righteousness might not be beheld and would dam up the way that the springs of life might not refresh the City of God and his tender plants that so the Prince of darkness and the King of the bottomless pit might not lose his Dominion for this end hath he mustred up and is mustring up all his men of War with their several weapons and all the Engines of wickedness to resist the Lamb of God who is risen to make War in Righteousness that so the Kingdom of darkness might still be established and the Subjects thereof live at ease and peace in Egypt and Sodom where Christ and the witnesses are flain I say for this end hath he sent out his men of War to resist the work of the Lord which is to destroy the Devils work one of his Champions more stout then his fellows is come out with his weapons of War which are most of them borrowed and not his own and the City in which he hath encompassed himself is a refuge of lies but however he appears with the face of Authority and subscribes himself John Norton Teacher of the Church of Christ at Boston in New England who was appointed thereunto by the order of the General Court his Book he calls The heart of New England Rent at the blasphemies of the present Generation or a brief tract concerning the Doctrine of the Quakers shewing the destructive nature thereof to Religion Churches and State Now whether John Norton was appointed of the General Court to be Minister of Boston or he was appointed by the General Court to tell lies how the heart of New England is Rent whether he intends should be believed the Reader may judge for his words may be understood of both however John Norton hath manifested his Master that it was not Christ who appointed him to be Minister at Boston but the General Court that appointed him neither was it Christ nor his Spirit that set him to work to publish lies to the World that the heart of New England was Rent but the General Court neither was it Christ nor the General Assembly that ordered him to write this Book which he calls a Tract concerning the Doctrine of the Quakers but the General Court they have ordered thee to tell lies and thou hast received thy Commission and acts it and shewes it to the World and the sign thereof is by the appointment of the General Court before we go any further men of understanding will Judge whose Minister whose Souldier whose Warrier John Norton is and at whose appointment and Commandment he Ministers and Wars and hath cleared himself to be no Souldier of Christ no Minister of Christ but appointed to Minister and to War at the appointment of the General Court and so what will be brought forth by him in his Tract as he calls it afterwards as to Minister Grace to the hearers and Readers the Reader may Judge seeing that he is a Minister by the will of Man and his work is appointed by the General Court and doth John Norton believe that People will receive his Testimony as that the heart of New England is broken and Rent when as the blood-thirsty cruelty and Barbarous actions and inhumane acts of cruelty and the noisome smell and a bad example have you given to the World and the Laws and appointments and orders of that General Court of Boston and New England stinkes in the Nostrils of all sober People which is sounded through the World and your State is as it was with Israel when blindness hapened unto them through their unbelief the effect of it manifested their Apostacy the Judges then judged for rewards the Priests Preached for hire and Prophets devived for mony and the People loved to have it so in their unbelief and then ●id the Rulers grind the faces of the Poor and chop them in pieces as flesh for the Caldron even as you have done banished some from their Habitations some from their Wives and Children and some you have seized upon their Lands taken away their goods by the Appointment and Order of your Courts by which thou art made a Minister and appointed to tell these lyes and to utter forth deceit to cover your wickedness and to strengthen the Devils Kingdom and the subjects thereof against Christ and his Kingdom who came not to destroy mens lives but to save them who came not to lay burdens but to take off burdens who came not to destroy the Poor and Needy but to relieve the Oppressed And have not your General Courts done all this and much more which they may see and behold with confusion of face And when they have whipt them and scourged them fined them and imprisoned them ceized upon their Lands taken away their goods wasted their Estates banished them upon pain of death and when nothing hath remained of all their Estates have ordered their Children to be sold for Bond-slaves and this by the appointment of your General Court and for no other cause but because they would not put off their Hats to their Equals or come to your publick Assemblies Oh! un-heard-of and unparallel'd wickedness the name of your General Court and the Appointments and Ordinances thereof will be crowned with infamy and reproach from Generation to Generation but this is com'd to pass that your hypocrisie might be made manifest and your skirts uncovered that your shame might appear