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A74896	The generall-good to all people: or, The Lords free love running forth freely to his own people in these latter days, according to his promises made to his people, which he is now fulfilling. With something in answer to the petition put up to the Parliament, by many of the city and county of York, even they of the priests party. / By Richard Farnworth.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Aldam, Thomas, d. 1660. Exhortation to the magistrates.; R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666. Gods covenanting with his people.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1653 (1653)	Thomason E703_6; Thomason E703_6*	37,767	34

see the deceits of all our proud Priests and blind Guides that their sins testifie against them to their faces Hosea 5.5 6 7. that they are a seed of evil doers and live in the lust and filth of the flesh Persecuting Killing and Slaying the righteous and innocent ones and drive them away from them by their Envious Malicious wicked practises in life and conversation and are evil Examples they are kings of Pride and that is one of the seven Abominations which the Lords Soul loatheth Prov. 6.16 17 18. Prov. 6.16 17 18. And we are bound in Conscience to testifie against it and proud Priests are exceeding raging mad and would not that we should see beyond their Dirty Miry Doctrine of earthly conceivings and Imaginations wherein they did deceive us and have got our mony a long time for that which is no bread and caused us to spend our labor for that which gave us no satisfaction to our souls they were as theeves that wounded us and left us they led us into Pride by their evil example seeing them live in Pride we saying that if it was not right they would not do it and if they did it we might do it and so they being blind Guides led us into blindness and wounded our consciences and then they made us this cover for Pride and said it was but decency here they added their own inventions and we knew it not so long as we lived in Egypt and Sodom with them following the customs and fashions of the world which we find now we are taught to deny for the fashion of the world passeth away but the plagues of God is their portion Wo to all deceivers But we find our teacher the Lord writing his Law in our hearts and teaching us by his Spirit Jer. 31.33 34. Heb. 8.10 11. according to his promises made in the time of old Jer. 31.33 34. Heb. 8.10 11. And he having established his law in our hearts sheweth us sin and evil for we had not known that lust had been a sin but that the pure Law of God said thou shalt not lust neither after Pride nor Covetousness nor Envy nor anger nor pleasures nor the love of the world nor the honor of the world nor pleasures nor delights because the Priests that said they were sent of God lived in all these things and if they had been contrary to the mind and will of God they saying that they knew it and spoke his words from his mouth and we concluding within our selves said If they may do it we may do it and so they destroyed us for lack of knowledge and drove us from the Lord but now he is gathering us to himself by his Spirit according to his promise Ezek. 34.11 12 13 14 15. Ezek. 34.11 12 13 14 15. And lets us see whither we were driven even into the broad way of fleshly delights but that the Lord of his infinite love hath discovered it to us and we are brought to see where they left us in the cloudy and dark day and would never come to shew us any light nor to set our feet into the way of peace but led us further into the wilderness out of Pride into Covetousness and so caused us to taste of the forbidden fruit saying that Covetousness was but a provident care but we now find that it was the Devils Doctrine that they taught us For the Lord saith to us by his Spirit that Covetousness is Idolatry and draweth the heart from him but these Covetous Idolatrous Priests run with greediness altogether after it as those greedy dumb dogs did that Isaiah was sent to cry out against Isa 56.10 11. He said that the watchmen were al blind as these proud Priests are now blinded with covetousness For Tythes Gifts and rewards hath blinded their eyes that they see not Pride and Covetousness to be a sin but greedie after it Coveting altogether after great means and if they have not to satisfie their lusts to live in pomp and pleasures they complain of the people and if any for conscience sake towards God seeing his Ministry to be free and no sale set upon it which Ministry teacheth them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts as Pride Covetousness the love of the world knowing that if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him and that all that is in the world as the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the Pride of life is not of God but is of the world for conscience sake towards God who is the father of our Lord Jesus Christ whose wisdom is not to be bought nor sold Job 28. Job 28. and the Lords free love running forth to his People saying Why do you spend your mony for that which is no bread and your labour for that which doth not satisfie Hearken ye diligently to me Isa 55.1 2 3 4. Deut. 4.1 2. Prov. 30.5 6. and eat ye that which is good and let your souls delight themselves in fatness Isa 55.1 2 3 4. And we find it made good to our souls and every word of God being pure and a shield to them that trust in it and he that adds to it or takes from it is to be reproved being found a lyar Prov. 30.5 6. And he that adds his own Inventions the Lord is against him Jer. 23. And we that are of God are against him and are bound to testifie against his deceits and deceiveableness according to the command of the Lord who saith have no fellowship with the unfruitfull works of darkness Eph. 5.11 Joh. 10.1 8 10. Quest but rather reprove them and how can we see a thief and consent unto him but we shal be guilty of the same crime I pray you consider of it you that are spirituall judge what I say Are not all the Priests in England thieves Answer for them who wil Do they not study for what they say and walk by other lines Did ever the Ministers of Christ so As he bade them take no thought what they should eat Luk. 12.22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30. Luke 12.11 12. Gal. 1.10 11 12 15 16. 2 Cor. 3.6 nor what they should drink Luk. 12.22 23. So he bade them take no thought what they should say for it should be given them in that hour Luke 12.11 12. But these dare neither trust God for their meat nor drink nor cloathing as they did nor for words to speak as they did who were unlearned men but as they were taught of God and were made Ministers not by the will of man but by the will of God Gal. 1.11 12. And were able Ministers of the Spirit and not of the Letter 2 Cor. 3.6 But these both studie what they shall eat and what they shall drink and what they shall put on to make them proud and what they shall do to oppress poor people and they study every way how they may

7.59 And had it not been the Lords power more then their mercy at that time their mercies being very cruelties all had been destroyed for they stoned a great space out of the Town and stones did hit on the backs and heads of the people as if they had clattered on a wall and none did seek to quench the tumult see whether these be fruits of Christs Ministery or of Antichrists but it is but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled and now it is fulfilling here in Yorkshire and the Priests are the greatest persecutors was not Jesus Christ himself stoned Joh. 10.31 32 33. Joh. 10.31 32 33. and persecuted by the high-Priests and shall the servant be greater then the Lord Did the Ministers of Christ ever persecute as the Ministers of the world do and especially here in Yorkshire the Jews were persecutors who were enemies to Iesus Christ and stoned both him and his and beat them and struck them Paul received five times forty stripes save one they struck Iesus and spit in his face Matth. 26. Mat. 26.65 66 67. And those that stoned and struck them and did so shamefully entreat them petitioned or falsly accused them to the Council several times to have had their lives and they were willing to suffer death rather then deny the truth Iesus himself witnessed a good Confession before Pilate which Iesus we are brought to confess before men for whose sake we are hated and persecuted both by Priests and people here in Yorkshire who do profess him as the Iews did but will not confess or witness him ruling in them by his spirit but do deny him in their actions as their fruits make them manifest Seventhly Would they stand the tryal and prove themselves before their people then let them be laid open what they are but they will not stand are they not of a cowardly spirit Such is the University Spirit it is a thievish spirit and will not nor dare not stand they not being able to resist the Spirit of God in those who are sent to cry out against the deceits of them as Steven and the rest did but these run away and because they have a Popish Law to flye to they imprison the servants of the Lord as many are here in prison at York and have been a long time in prison by these persecuting Priests here in York-shire and they will not that the truth should come to light nor they to be tryed by course of Law see if these be not hinderers of the course of the Gospel and destroy the righteous both soul and body as much as in them lies but that the Lords love doth more appear in their preservation then the Priests mercy in delivering but woe is their portion and they break the Peace of the Nation not suffering the truth to be declared after that they have done speaking but rather encourage the rude multitude to beat and strike the servants of the living God and raile and revile them but wil not stand but let the rude people break the peace of the Land and that which they call their Church is rather a slaughter-house but the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling that the Scriptures may be fulfilled and the thief comes not but to kill and to steal and to destroy as it is now made manifest by their fruits or the Priests actings here in Yorkshire and then as the Iews did they petition or falsly accuse the good conversation of the righteous to the Councel of State but they are made manifest whose servants they are and the judgement will return upon their own pate Woe to the Idol-shepherds they are in a deep sense of losing their Trade and Handicraft whereby they have a long time deceived the people and now they cry out Great is Diana or the merchandise of Babylon wherein we receive our gain and if these men be letten alone we shall lose all our profits but we will cry out against them that we be not taken notice on our selves who are the enemies and hinderers of the Gospel which is the power of God unto salvation and we want that power amongst us and that 's the reason why our Ministery works no Reformation And that they may not take notice of us A confession for the Priests An exhortation to the Priests we will begin at home to cut off all those that are scandalous but indeed we may say we cannot cleer our selves for we were never sent but ran and we have not profited the people at all as it is now made manifest by our fruitless Ministery for all is light and vain covetous and prophane therefore let me exhort you by the Lord to begin with your own selves and see that you do not run on further into wickedness now that you are made manifest your sins testifie to your face that you are enemies of the truth of God and he will bruise you with his Iron rod for deceiving poor souls so long for the highest of you in your fleshly wisdom is the highest deceiver and the Lord is against you all both great and small though you say That many scandalous and ignorant persons enemies to the people and ways of God Petition upholders and practizers of the abolished Ceremonies and no friends to the present Government and peace of this Commonwealth are continued in the work of the Ministery to the prejudice of that Calling the hinderance of Reformation and danger of Immortal souls Answer You may see how you have been deceived all this while and lived under a Popish Ministery and now that it is discovered they would have people to take notice of it that many of them are of the Popish Clergy and are scandalous and enemies both to the ways of God and the people of God and if your understandings were enlightened you may see that there is but little difference of them 2 Joh. 9. 1 Cor. 2.14 for they are all contrary both to Christ and his true Ministers and he that abideth not in the Doctrine of Christ hath not God 2 Joh. 9. they are all carnal in their first nature and the natural man knows not the things of God because they are spiritually discerned and no man knows the Father but the Son and he to whom he is revealed The Heathen know not God and all are Heathens that know him not in their natural state and condition the world by wisdom knows not God 1 Cor. 3.18 19.20 Acts 17.20 21 22 23 c. but worships an unknown God and those that live in ignorance and Papists are all in one nature and both worship an unknown God as the Athenians did and every one in his natural state and condition lives in darkness Athiesm Popery and Idolatry worshipping the works of their own hands and following the imaginations of their own hearts drawing neer to God with their mouth and lips but their hearts are far from him as those were that he

so are upholders of old Popish Ceremonies teaching for Doctrine the Traditions of men And as the Priests here in York-shire make use of the Popish House and the Popish Law to imprison by as you may see in the Statute-Book in the 1. of Mary Assertion 2. Chap. 3. That which was set forth by Queen Mary for the upholding of Popish Clergy as is more at large in the book of Easter-reckonings and the Popish Ceremonies are used amongst the Priests here in York-shire as sprinkling Infants making Christians as they say by their Imaginations saying that they enter them then into the Covenant of Christ when they do but mark them in their foreheads as the Beast did that John speaks of in the Revelations and so they use their own inventions calling them Ordinances but it is but the ordinance of mans beastly corrupt Will and not the Ordinance of Christ neither is there any Scripture for it 4. Have they not the Popes Doctrine here among them try them well do they not keep you ever-learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth as those that Paul foretold of should come in the Last dayes when there would be perilous times when men should be lovers of their own selves Covetous boasters proud false accusers incontinent fierce dispisers of those that are good lovers of pleasures more then lovers of God and are not the Priests here in York-shire and the Priests of the World these sorts of men as their fruits make them manifest And have they not a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof Is there any Reformation by their Ministry now the Apostle bids Turn away from such 1 Tim. 3.1 2 3 4 5 6. c. Then turn away from all your Priests 1 Tim 3.1 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. for they are such that deny the power that reformeth and changeth and worketh out the old nature and engrafteth into Christ Jesus and leadeth up to perfection they the Priests in Yorkshire and likewise the Priests of the World say that they shall never be made perfect whilst they are here and so teach contrary to the Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles and If an Angel from Heaven should bring any other Doctrine we are forbidden to receive it Gal. 8 9 10 11 12. Gal. 1.8 9 10 11. They say that they can never overcome the body of sin nor be made perfect here and they say no unclan thing shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven how will they make these agree together try them ask them if they hold Purgatory and see if this be not the Popes Doctrine take heed to your selves call them to an account and try them for they are found false in these parts and have deceived us long but now the Lord at h let us see the deceits of them and they teach for doctrine the Traditions of men and rudiments of the world and not after God who say that you shall not overcome your sins here and that no unclean thing that cannot be denyed shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven then ask them if they would have you go into Purgatory to be made clean see if this be not Popery and they cry our first as the thief doth that saith turn theif turn thief least they should be taken in the snare themselves I do testifie against them all that they are deceivers every one and no Ministers of Christ neither were they ever sent of Christ and so they scandalize the Truth of God and hinder the work of Reformation as much as in them lies and do endanger poor souls and are as Hosea speaks of them Murtherers and murder the pure seed in themselves and in others where there is any appearance of it and deny the Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles Jesus Christ taught the people and pressed them to perfection and said Be ye perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect Mat. 5.48 Mat. 5.48 and the Apostle taught the people as he was taught of God and he pressed them to perfection and said Let as many as are perfect be thus minded and the rest to press on to perfection Phil. 3.15 Gal. 1.15 16. Col. 1.25 26 27 28 29. Phil. 3.15 this was the Doctrine that the holy men of God preached And the Apostle who was made a Minister according to the dispensation of the grace of God that was given him which was Christ revealed in him whom we preach warning every man everywhere and teaching every man in all wisdome that he might present every man perfect in Christ Col. 1.25.26 27 28 29. This was the doctrine of Christ to press them on to be perfect as their Father which is in heaven is perfect the Apostle who was his true Minister did press to the same thing to present every man perfect in Christ the Priests here in Yorkshire and the Priests of the World the Ministry of Antichrist or of man and not of God say that they shall never overcome their sins and so keeps them ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth saying that they shall never be perfect here and see if this be not the Popes doctrine It is not the doctrine of Jesus Christ nor his Apostle who said he did strive labouring mightily according to the power of God to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1.28 29. and the same man of God Gal. 1 8 9. who had the power of God working in him said He that brings any other doctrine let him be accursed which those Priests do deny as by their fruits and doctrine it doth appear in which Doctrine is the doctrine of the Devil that doth not purifie and purge the Conscience from dead works to serve the living God which doctrine is accursed and they cry out of Popery and Prophaness now see if they be not as he that cries turn theif turn theif to set the people to look on some other that he in tht mean time may escape and those Priests cry out to the Parliament of Popery and prophaness and live in the same themselves that they cry out against and would be blinding them with their flatteries and setting them to look on others whist they themselves should escape but if they do but turn about and look on with a single eye they may have a plain made here to cast out all the Priests in York shire and do them Justice according to their own desire light is risen out of darkness and sees them to be all scandalous and Ignorant and Enemies both to the people of God and the ways of God and upholders and practisers of the abolished Popish Ceremonies and are hinderers of right reformation and destroyers of poor souls as much as in them lieth 5. And these Priests they put Davids Conditions into rime and meeter going into the house of Rimmon to worship where they sing lyes in Hypocrisie saying All my bones shake and all

my flesh trembles when they lye and lying is dishonour to the Lord and they say O Lord my righteousness when they themselves are the servants of Sin and plead for it and teach the people to lye calling that the service of God but lying is of the Devil and he is the Father of lyes and they teach the People to sing and say O Lord I am not puft in minde I have no scornful eye when they are puft in scorn and derision and so sing lyes to the dishonour of God all lyes howling and lying when they read Davids conditions they read them with hats on and when they turn them into rime and meeter they put their hats off and lye singing and setting that nature on singing and to rejoyce which is for the curse and so worship the works of their own hands following the Imaginations of their own hearrs and take a glass and speak an hour by their old Author studyed spirit and their glass standing by as if the word of the Lord was to be bound to an hour 1 Cor. 14.15 Rev. 14.1 2 3. day or place see if this be not errour or Popery and hold it not up be not deceived God will not be mocked Let him that sings sing with the Spirit and the Vnderstanding to know what he sings They that are redeemed from the Earth shall sing new Songs which none can sing but those that are redeemed out of the Fall up to the Lord God and to the Lamb to Praise him for ever Let not your Priests deceive you and destroy your souls any longer and keep you under Popery Atheism and Ignorance of the Spiritual Ministry Christ is a Mysterie and none know him but they to whom he is revealed put out all your Priests they all deceive you every one And that you may know the truth wait upon the Lord for teaching who is the Teacher of all his by his Spirit and the ministration is powerful to redeem the soul out of the Fal up to God and to reform and change your natures and dispositions which will guide you and lead you into the way of peace to know the Lord to gather out of all the ways and works of darkness Atheism and Popery Covetousness and Prophaness which all are given to Preists and People that live in their first nature and know not God who is a spirit and of purer eyes then to behold Iniquity who is a consuming fire and is both the heart-searcher and tryer Petition and will burn up the wicked in the indignation of his Ire That the Faithful Ministers of Christ by whom we have believed whose labours have been so profitable and are yet so necessary to the Church of God and whose reputations and encouragements ought to be so dear unto us are daily laden with contempt and reproach disturbed in the diligent and peaceable execution of their office by evil and unreasonable men and also undermined in their calling and maintenance whereby the course of the Gospel is much hindered and the spirit of Gods people nay we doubt not to say the Spirit of God himself is grieved and vexed to see the precious Ordinances of Christ trodden under foot c. That the Faithful Ministers of Christ by whom we have believed c. That the Ministers of Yorkshire or the Ministers of the World are the Ministers of Antichrist Answ 1. The Priests Practise as their fruits do make them manifest and their Ministry is of man and not of God and the Faith that is spoken of is corrupt for it doth not purifie but worketh into Pride Covetousness oppression and persecution lust and revenge hatred backbiting scornfulness cruelty malice debate deceit malignity and envy drunkenness lying and swearing because of oaths the Land mourns and pride swels and Covetousness and oppression and grinding the faces of the poor and these are the fruits of the reprobate and are Ordinances of Antichrist and not of Christ and they are all gone out of the way both Priests and people and the people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge saith the Lord I will also reject thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me seeing thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God I will also forget thy children as they were increased so they sinned against me saith the Lord and as it was then so it is now therefore thus saith the Lord I will change their glory into shame for they eat up the sin of my people and they set their heart to do wickedly it is not now made manifest by their fruits for there is like Priest like people Hosea 4 6 7 8 9. I will punish them for their wayes and reward them their doings saith the Lord. Hos 4.6 7 8 9. 2. It is with the Priests now as it was with the false Priests and false Prophets and the people now as it was with the children of Israel after they had backslid and broken the Covenant of the Lord their sins testifie against them to their faces now as theirs did then Hos 5.5 They call the proud happy and they that work wickedness are set up and they that tempt God are even delivered Mal. 3.15 Mal. 3.15 as it was then so it is now in this generation and the Priests of the World are contrary to Jesus Christ and his Apostles who were his true Ministers in all things 1. They are exceeding proud and are called of men Masters which Jesus Christ hath taught his to deny Mat. 23.8 and herein they walk contrary to the Scripture and the command of Jesus Christ and shew the spirit of errour and are no Ministers of Christ that do not abide in his Doctrine but are of Antichrist and are Lords over Gods heritage Mat. 23.1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Proud Pharisees they are and sit in the same seat and act the same things as they did they have the chiefest places in the Assemblies as the Scribes and Pharisees had which were enemies to Iesus Christ they love the greetings in markets as they did and to be called of men Masters as they were and suffer men to worship them with cap and knee and are enemies to Iesus Christ as the Scribes and Pharisees were and hold up that which he came to throw down and so walk contrary to Iesus Christ herein they shew themselves to be Antichrists and of the sa●…e generation that persecuted Christ when he came in the flesh as they do now that he is appearing in Spirit and the chief Priests were the greatest persecuters of him then as the Priests of Yorkshire are now who follow their steps 3. They are exceeding covetous and burden and oppress poor people Acts 20.33 34 35. 1 Cor. 4.11 12 13. 1 Cor. 9.15 16 17 18. Gal. 1.10 Jam. 2.1 2. and are light and wanton living in pleasures and wantoness upon earth which the true Ministers of Christ did forbid as in all things they were good