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A91711 A Return to the priests about Beverley for their advisement. 1654 (1654) Wing R1185; Thomason E727_12; ESTC R206822 12,015 15

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calling of the Jews to Christ which makes you unrighteous ones to rage who are called out of your Kingdom He is not a Jew who is one outward which is in the flesh but he is a Jew who is one inward that of the heart in the spirit not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of God And the calling of these Jews to Christ is dayly praised be the Lord God for ever who is encreasing his Kingdom which is not of this world And whereas you say That whensoever God hath drawn near to any Country or City in the light of his Gospel to expel Popery and Antichristian darkness the Devil hath in such Countries and Cities raised up a sort of new and spiritual Antichrists You are the Antichrists belching forth your wickedness who have got the form yet live out of the life of Christ As the Pharisees had the form of Moses the form of the Prophets so have you Gospel but have put the Books Matthew Mark Luke and Iohn for the Gospel which is the carnal letter and a part of the declaration of the Gospel which Gospel is Jesus Christ the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world which is glad tydings to every troubled Soul And hence it is that whensoever God hath drawn night to any Country or City in the light of his Gospel to expel Popish and Antichristian darkness which is your conditions for you have had Christs words and a form but walked out of his Command but now the glorious light of the Gospel shines and you are all found to be Antichrists having nothing but the form which is empty For God hath in this age drawn near unto this Country and his true light shines and in Cities the light of his Gospel is risen to dispel your Popish and Antichristian darkness which hath long reigned and layd close and kept all poor people in darkness The multitude of proud and covetous Teachers that have been and are in this Nation and the multitude of Sermons what good have they done all this while A Constable in his place may do more service in keeping in Civilness then all your Teachers in speaking once a week to the people on the first day and then in the week days some in the world some to fighting and oaths and drunkenness and some to their pleasures and the Priests often with them in the Ale-houses so that they do but observe that they call their Sunday and come to the Idols Temple and give him his wages all is well O ye devilish proud Priests who are patterns of pride which goes before destruction God is coming to confound you all and set up his Gospel which freely should go abroad for he hath suffered you long to reign in Popish and Antichristian darkness The Devil hath usually in such Countries and Cities raised up a sort of new and spiritual Antichrists And there you are in the mystery of iniquity and spiritual wickedness not having the life of Christ which have the form of the Apostles But now the life of Christ and the Apostles is made manifest and risen which sees your new and spiritual Antichristian darkness which is got up since the Apostles so it is new as in this age but it is the old and there you are the generation which was ever against Christ who are far worse then the gross and Popish Antichristians who live in the midst of the Antichristian Babylonish Territories and Dominions and are members of that Body making War against the Saints and against the Lamb but the Lamb hath got the Victory praises praises be to our Lord God Almighty for ever And thou Babylon are become a habitation of Devils and the Cage of unclean Birds for the Popish Antichristians have many Idols and Images and Crosses without them and do not beleeve the overcoming of their sin but must have a Purgatory to be cleansed in So in Teachers near unto Beverley are full of Images having your Idol Temple without which Stephen was stoned to death for witnessing against which beleeve you shall never overcome sin so long as you are upon Earth Here you differ nothing from the Papists but must have a Purgatory else where will you be cleansed seeing no unclean thing must enter into the Kingdom of Heaven And the light of the glorious Gospel is risen and Christ is coming to overturn all your Popish and Antichristian Doctrine which hath long reigned but it shall not long have dominion over the simple ones And as you say The Sun is accompanied with divers Caterpillers and venomous creatures so many venomous principles and practises have discovered themselves in the profession and lives of some This is your own condition for as Caterpillers you go up and down eating up the green where it is springing as it speaks in the Revelation And here in your paper of Advisement you have made manifest and as venomous creatures you are full of poyson Serpent-like Mat. 23. And so many venomous principles and practises have been discovered in your profession and lives which we cannot but testifie and cry out against which is contrary to the Prophets and Apostles the pride and oppression that is held up by the profest Ministers of the world who go after the error of Balaam who bear rule by their means who seek for their gain from their quarter who are up in the chiefest places of the Assemblies which Christ and the Prophets cryed out against and now Christ is made manifest and sends his servants to cry out against you and your venomous principles and practises and have discovered your selves and your profession and lives this all people in England who dwell in the light will own what I speak and witness against your practise Whereas you accuse That Some in their profession discover themselves in their practises and lives All unrighteousness and ungodliness we do deny and not justifie But as the Summers Sun is coming and the tender herbs are growing you go like Caterpillers and Locusts to eat them up but the West wind is arising which will drive you away whose King over you comes out of the bottomless pit and must return thither again And as you do accuse some of their lives had you mentioned the fact there had been honesty in it but all who are in the Truth will judg you here to be Back-biters venting forth your malice for no ungodliness do we justifie but deny therefore doth the world hate us because we testifie against the world and the works of the Devil And whereas you say Where the Gospel hath gloriously shined for the enlivening and enlightening of others True it is you have had a glorious time as you call it in making a trade of the declaration of the Gospel in deceiving of others Instead of enlightening you have kept in darkness where the Gospel hath gloriously shined for the enlivening and enlightening of others all your Witchcraft and Sorceries are discovered for God