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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

should pay one penny for the liberty of my body in this cause would be as much as if I paid the whole fine which thou hast unjustly laid upon me for therein I should own my self a Transgressor where I am not guilty and also a bought liberty is bondage to my spirit but my liberty under thy bonds is bondage to thee which liberty thou canst not rob me of with all that thou canst do for it is the free gift of God which none can take away though thou wilt not allow me in thy bonds to have the outward liberty that thou allows to Thieves and Murderers and Fornicators that is to have my friends and acquaintance to come to seeme wherein the very heathen wil condemn thee who when they had committed Paul to prison said Forbid none of his friends and acquaintance to come to fee him Acts 22.24 Therefore now read how thou exceeds the Heathen in persecution and injustice though I am a free-born subject in England therefore let the life of all the Christians condemn thee who never was persecutors And this of the Lord I was moved to write which is the VVord of the Lord unto thee whether thou wil hear or forbear in the peace of my conscience I do rest in the VVill of God Known to thee by the name Iames Parnel And now a few words unto you who call your selves gathered Churches who go under by the name of Independants in Essex you are gathered by the wil of man and are joyned by the wil of man and so stands in the will of man and are upheld by the wil of man by which you are begotten but stil alive in the worlds nature in the worlds customes fashions and traditions in the worlds fellowship words and waies and rudiments only differing from others in judgement opinion or profession wherein is your life in high notions and feigned apprehensions and false applications and glorious expressions and customary duties and vain Traditions which all appertains to the great Image which all the world worships by which they are deceived whose head is gold and brest of silver and thighs of brass and legs of Iron and feet part Iron and part clay and in the same nature ye are found with the world the day doth declare it and you to be the enemies and strangers to the light which is not of the world which is now come into the world testifying against the world and the deceit of the world the deceivers in the world and the profession of the world and this is the condemnation of the world Iob. 3.19 that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evill in which evil you are found despising and sett●ng at nought the Corner-stone and standing in the enmity of your spirits and joyning with the powers of the earth to persecute the life and power which now is manifest in the earth and is come to discover your empty shadows forms and fair shews of godliness but without life and power which you have set up in your imaginations and thereby are deceived and blinded and led in blindness so that you cannot see the light nor receive the substance now it is come and made manifest but stands up in your wills and wisdome to oppose the same and persecute it in the enmity of your spirits as if you hoped to kill the heir that the inheritance might be yours and therefore because you do despise this day of your visitation and reject slight the glad tydings which now are come to them that dwel upon the earth and revile and reproach persecute and slander the faithfull messengers of the Gospell rejoycing your hearts in their sufferings by you and amongst you therefore the Lord will rayse up a people out of the dust gather them from far to bear testimony unto his name and bear witness against you yea and shall sit down with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kingdome of the Son and you and such as you shall be cast out into Tophit prepared of old for hypocrites and unbelievers therefore now read your portions ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in hearts cars who do alwayes resist the Holy Ghost as did your fathers so do ye but the greater wil be your condemnation who go about to mock God with your wil-worship with your calling of Assemblies and Solemn Meetings with your appointed Fasts and dayes of voluntary Humiliation with your long Prayers and feigned duties all which is done out of the Light and so are your own works acted by selfe for selfe But who hath required these things at your hands it is all abomination to the Lord his soul loaths it for your sacrifices are as Cain's for your are found in Cain's nature envying and persecuting the righteous yea the witness lies slain in your streets therefore wo is unto you who go on in the way of Cain for upon you shal come all the righteous blood shed from righteous Abel until now and your professions stinks in the nostrils of the Lord for you have lift up your hands against him and his Annoynted opened your mouths in blasphemy and false reports against the truth yea you are blinde and stumble at the noon day you come neer the Lord with your lips but your hearts runs awhoring after other Lovers and you know not the only true God that dwels in Temples made without hands whose worship is in spirit and in truth but would limit the unlimited under your wils as if he were not a God of might but that you could controle him with the arm of flesh but be not deceived God is not mocked such as you sowe such shall you reap and your end shal be according to your works Gal. 6.7 for our God is a God of Judgement and Justice wil avenge the cause of the innocent upon you his adversaries yea and though your Teachers do cry peace peace unto you because you put into their mouths and so daubs you up with untempred morter that you cannot see your wound and so heals you slightly yet you shal know that our God is a God of Truth and his word shal stand for ever and their sorcery shal appear and their witchcraft shal be laid open and the cup of fornication wherewith they have made drunk and deluded the Nations shal be taken from them and the cup of the wrath of the Almighty given them to drink their reward and then shal you behold the Harlot with whom you have committed fornication who now lies in your bosomes bewitching you with a golden cup with whom you have defiled your garments then to be cast into the bottomless pit where you shal all be tormented together who now partake of her pleasures and thus shal you fal amongst them that fal in the day that I visit you saith the Lord. And all you my dear friends you scattered and despised ones in and about the County