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A79864	A rod discovered, found, and set forth to whip the idolaters till they leave off their idolatry (which yet remains in the rulers of England, their ministers, and the people who follow thier wayes) which doth consist in the houses of high places, falsly called churches; the two universities, Cambridge and Oxford, (and their ministers, which are made by man, and not of God) and their ministers maintenance (not the ministers of Christs) which is portions of lands, tythes, offrings, oblations, obventions, and great houses for a certain dwelling place on the earth, and forms of oathes, all which is the fruit of idolaters, and the abomination of the heathen. So likewise here is described the true magistrate and his work; and the way (for he who is not) to become such a one; and likewise, the way for all people to come out of their idolatry, vo worship the true God in spirit and truth. Written by me Henry Clark. Unto which is prefixed the epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Laodiceans.	Clark, Henry, 17th cent.	1657 (1657)	Wing C4457; Thomason E926_1; ESTC R207580	107,831	79

the face of the depth when he established the clouds above when he strengthned the fountains of the deep when he gave to the Sea his Decree that the waters should not passe his commandment and when he appointed the foundations of the earth then was Christ with God as one brought up with him 1 Cor. 1.24 Iohn 1.1 2 3. 17.24 Coll. 1.16 17 18. Eph. 5.23 25 26 27. Ioh. 10.11 1 Pet. 2.25 Matt. 9.37 38. Luk. 10.2 Matt. 20. ch Ier. 15.19 Matth. 3.12 Ioh. 5.17 10.30 37 38. 15.16 Isa 6.3 48.10 to 15. Ioh. 15.16 Mar. 3.14 15. Luk. 9.1 2. Acts 1.4 2.1 2 3 4. Ps 68.18 Eph. 4.8 to 13. he was daylie his delight rejoicing alwaies before him he was by him when the Lord by his wisdom founded the earth and by his understanding established the heavens Christ the Power of God and the Wisdom of God by whom all things were made without him was not any thing made that was made he was before all things and by him all things consist he rejoyceth in the habitable parts of his earth and his delight is with the sons of men he is the first and the last the beginning the end he is the Head of the body the Church which he loveth and gave himself for it and he Christ Jesus is the Saviour of the Body viz. the Church He is the good Shepherd and Bishops of our souls he is the Lord of the Harvest who is to be prayed unto that he would send forth labourers into his Harvest to reap the wheat of the Vinyard to separate the precious from the vile and to gather the fruit into his Garners Christ Jesus said I and my Father are one the Father is in me said Christ and I in him and my Father worketh hitherto and I work It was and is the work of Christ Jesus to ordain choose and to send forth Labourers into his Vinyard and not mans work for the whole earth is full of his glory and his glory he will not give to another And they who laboured in the Word and Doctrine were chosen and sent forth by Christ Iesus and not by man for said Christ Iesus to his Apostles Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you that you should go and bring forth fruit All power said Christ is given unto me in heaven and in earth And Christ he gave them power and said unto them Go ye therefore into all the world and preach the Gospel and teach all Nations and he endued them with power from on high and he ascended up on high and he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men and he gave some Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists and some Pastors and Teachers for the word of the Ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ and for the perfecting of the Saints And said Paul 1 Cor. 12.28 God hath set some in the Church not of mans setting first Apostles secondly Prophets thirdly Teachers c. Now there is diversity of Gifts but they are given by the same spirit And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withall c. And thus much in the general for proof that it was and is the work properly of God and Christ to ordain choose give power commission and to send forth the Ministers of the Word and Gospel to preach the same and to teach all Nations every where And now I shall prove in particular that God and Christ did do this work without the help of the Rulers of the earth or the Pope and his Adherents As for instance For Paul he was an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the commandment of God and our Saviour the Lord Iesus Christ which is our hope 1 Tim. 1.1 And God said unto Annanias a Disciple Acts 9.10 to 15. Gal. 1. chap. That Paul was a chosen Vessel unto him to bear his Name before the Gentiles and Kings and the children of Israel And Paul said he was an Apostle not of man neither by man but by Iesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead but said Paul When it pleased God who separated me from my Mothers Womb Acts 26.19 and called me by his Grace to reveal his Son in me that I might preach him among the heathen immediately I was not disobedient unto the heavenly Vision nor conferred not with flesh and blood neither went I up to Ierusalem to them which were Apostles before me but I went into Arabia and returned again unto Damascus c. And said Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians But I certifie you Brethren That the Gospel which was preached of me is not after man for said he I neither received it of man neither was I taught it but by the revelation of Iesus Christ it pleased God to reveal his son in me that I might preach him among the Heathen Hereby it is plain That Paul was not made a Minister of the Gospel at the Vniversities by man neither had he a commission given him to go preach the Gospel by Authority from the Rulers of the earth neither was he by man taught how to preach the Gospel And Iohn the Baptist he was not sent of man but of God for it is written in the first chapter of Iohn and the sixth verse Ioh. 1.6 7 8 9. There was a man sent from God whose Name was John the same came for a witnesse to bear witnesse of the Light And John the Disciple and Apostle of Christ writ and said These things we writ unto you that your joy might be full This then is the Message which we have heard of him and declare unto you That God is light and in him is no darknesse at all And John the Baptist he bore witnesse of the same light that the Apostles were witnesses of 1 Ioh. 1.4 5. and of the said Light was their Message to declare that the people might be turned from darknesse to the Light and from the power of Satan unto God who is light And John said That was the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world and that light is Christ for said Jesus Christ I am the light of the world John he was sent of God to bear witness of Christ the light that all men through him might believe for the Word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the Wildernesse Luke 3.1 3 4 5 6. John he went into all the country about Jordan preaching the baptism of Repentance for the remission of sins c. And this was done in the dayes of Tiberius Caesar but John was not ye may see sent by Caesar but he was sent of God to bear witnesse of the light And the Prophets of the Lord they were all sent of God and not by man Amos 1.1 7.10 to 15. as you may read Amos said that he was an Herdsman and a

man in an evil cause because he is poor neither is he to countenance a rich man in an evil cause because of his riches and high titles of honour neither is he to pervert the words of the righteous whether he be rich or poor Neither is he to judge for reward nor to take bribes or gifts because they blind the eye and so they cannot see to do just judgement nor to judge righteously for the Lord betwixt man and man rich and poor great and small c. 4. The Magistrate that ruleth over man must not accept the person of the wicked Psal 82.2 3 4. Deut. 16.18 19 20. but he is to defend the poor and fatherlesse and to do justice for the afflicted and needy and to deliver the poor and needy and to rid them out of the wicked speedily Therefore he is not to be afraid of the fear of man but to fear the Lord God and him alone to serve in doing of true justice and in judging righteously and he is to follow altogether that which is just that so he may leve and inherit the land which the Lord God giveth him Hear O ye Kings Rulers and Iudges of the earth the double-minded man is unstable in all his wayes he wavereth like a wave of the Sea that is driven with the winde and tossed to and fro Therefore let your eye be single that your whole body may be full of light that ye may behold the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ and so ye may see to do true justice and judgement for the Lord betwixt man and man but if your eye be evil your whole body is full of darknesse confusion and every evil thing and so no justice nor true judgement is then done by you for the Lord. Be wise therefore O ye Rulers and Iudges of the earth serve the Lord with fear the fear of the Lord is to depart from iniquity and the beginning of wisdom Therefore kisse the Son least he be angry with you and when his wrath is kindled ye perish from the right way of truth and judgement And ye that rule while ye have time prise it and rule with diligence and be not sloathful in your businesse but be fervent in spirit serving the Lord and meddle not with things that be too high for you nor with those things which ye ought not to have to do with Read 1 King 12.31 13.33 34. 16.30 31 32 33. In the time of ignorance God winked at many things but light is now come into the world and God calls upon all men every where to repent and would have them come to the knowledge of the truth that they may be saved Therefore come out of Babylon my people come out of Babylon saith the Lord and return O Israel if thou wilt return return unto the Lord the onely true God who is light and in him is no darknesse at all Christ Iesus is the light of the world he and his Father is one whoso followeth him shall not walk in darknesse but shall have the light of life He it the light and life of men and to as many as receive him and believe in his Name to them he gives power to become the sons of God and the sons of God are led by the spirit of God and the spirit of God it leads into all truth righteousnesse and peace But they who walk in darknesse they hate the light they hate God who is light they hate Christ who is the light of the world and the Law is light the reproofs of instruction are the way of life Christ Iesus is the way the truth and the life and light of men he that believeth not is condemned al●eady because he hath not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God and this is the condemnation Yhat light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds be evil Every one that doth evil hateth the light neither cometh he to the light lest his deeds should be reproved Whatsoever is reproved the light makes it manifest What know ye not that Christ Iesus the light is in you except ye be reprobates the reprobates know not ●hat Christ is in them for light shines in darknesse and the darknesse comprehends it not and if the Gospel be hid it is hid to them that perish neither is there any communion betwixt light and darknesse nor no fellowship hath Christ with Belial for he that believeth not is condemned already because he believeth not in the onely begotten Son of God the light and the light is the condemnation of all that hate it The light shines in the heart Christ he opened their understandings For God who commanded the light to shine out of darknesse hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ whatsoever is reproved the light makes it manifest that which is reproved is sin and sin is the transgression of the law that is holy just pure and good Now the light makes every transgression of the law manifest the evil thoughts are made manifest by the light the evil deeds are made manifest by the light the evil words the light makes manifest yea the light makes manifest and brings to remembrance all things that a man hath done in his life time and sets his sins in order before him although they have been done in secret So that one man cannot reprove another for the thing done in secret yet there is that in him that makes it manifest to him and reproves him for it which is the light God is light Christ is the light of the world and doth enlighten eve-very man that cometh into the world The Law it is light and I had not known sin but by the Law and the Law is written in the heart by the spirit of the living God Now the same that makes sin manifest the same reproves for sin and this that reproves of sin is the spirit of truth who reproves the world of sin of righteousnesse and of judgement God he is a spirit and he is light Christ is the light of the world the last man was made a quickning spirit the second man is the Lord from Heaven who was made a quickning spirit it is the spirit that reproves the world or every man in the world of sin and the same that reproves of sin the same condemns for sin this is the condemnation that light is come into the world God sent his son to condemn sin in the flesh the condemnation of God is to them that walk after the flesh for this purpose was the son of God manifested that he might destroy the works of the Devil but there is no condemnation to them that walk after the spirit Therefore take heed to the light that makes sin manifest believe in the light believe in God for he is light believe in Christ the light of the

of Gold upon their heads to win them honour and reputation from all people who have been under the delusion of Antichrist and in the confirming of those Graduations or Degrees which is also done f●r a sum of money they give the Graduates License and power to preach and to expound the Scriptures and that by the sole Authority of the Vniversity for said he The Vice-Chancellor admitting a Batchellor in Divinity to his Degree useth these words In the Name of the Vniversity we admit you to declare all the Apostolical Epistles in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost And so the Batchellor in Divinity hath power in his Degree onely to deal with the Apostolical Epistles but must go no farther And admitting a Doctor to his Degree the Vice-Chancellor saith thus We admit you to interpret and profess all the holy Scriptures both of the Old and New Testament in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost c. So that it is plain That the Parish-Priests of the Nations called by the world their Ministers buy their Power their Gifts at the Vniversities of men for a sum of money Simon Magus-like that they preach by for hire and study or divine for money by Therefore they who are made Ministers at Cambridge and Oxford are the worlds Ministers and not Christs Ministers for Christ Jesus said All power in Heaven and in Earth is given to me and he ascended up on high Eph. 4.8 9 10 11 12. Matth. 28.18 19. and he gave gifts unto men for the work of the Ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ and for the perfecting of the Saints And to those that he gave gifts to he sent them forth to preach the Gospel in all Nations saying Go ye into all Nations and preach the Gospel in every creature And he gave them power and of him they received power and were by Christ alone made able Ministers Matth. 10.8 Acts 2.4 Gal. 1.11 12. 2 Cor. 3.6 1 Cor. 12.28 Eph. 4.11 not of the Letter but of the Spirit and for this they gave not any money for said Christ Freely have ye received freely give neither did they learn the Gospel of man but had it by the revelation of Iesus Christ And those whom Christ sent out to preach the Gospel were called Apostles Prophets Evangelists Pastors Teachers c. But those that are made Ministers at the Vniversities of Cambridge and Oxford are called Batchellor of Art Master of Art Batchellor of Divinity Master of Divinity Doctor of Divinity c. and these receive their power from men and not from Christ We saith the Vice-Chancellor admit you to declare c. Now Christ told his Apostles That all power in heaven and in earth was given to him of his Fatther but of whom received the Vice-Chancellor his power not of Christ but of man as appears by a Statute-Law the words are these Anno 1. MARY 1 Parl. cap. 3. a carnal commandment to make Ministers by Prov. 15.8 9 26. ver If any person or persons shall molest disturb vex or misuse any Preacher or Preachers that at any time hereafter shall be licensed allowed or authorized to preach by the Queens Highness or by any Arch-Bishop or Bishop of this Realm or by any other lawful Ordinary or by any of the Vniversities of Cambridge and Oxford c. Here by mans Laws the Vice-Chancellors receive their power and Authority to make Preachers and for money do they admit men to preach and for their gifts they pay men for and for their admittance to preach they give money for and for hire they preach and for money they study and divine and all that is done by the means of the two Vniversities which is an abomination to the Lord for a corrupt fountain cannot send forth at the same place both sweet water and bitter for I say There is three sorts of men or four that ascends out of these two Fountains viz. Cambridge and Oxford and these four sorts are all learned men and men that are in high esteem with the men of the world and these are the Lawyers the Priests called Ministers the Doctors of Physicks and the Astrologers which the world runs after a whoring as after so many Idol-gods for first many people if they have lost any thing or have any thing stolne from them then they run to the Astrologers to know where it is and there goes one part of their money for casting of a figure and telling of a lye Secondly If they be sick a little then they run to the Doctors for help and not to God for he is not in all the thoughts of the wicked and so the Doctor he gets another sum of money for his imaginary directions that profits not but does hurt to the bodyes of men women and children Thirdly If any difference or quarrel befall amongst men then straightwaies they run to ask counsel of a Lawyer and ask not cousel of the Lord and of the Counsellors Lawyers c. they take counsel to arrest and sue one another at the Law and they get another part of the peoples money Fourthly The people run generally after the Priests who they call Ministers that preach to them for hire and divine for money thinking that by those unprofitable talkers they shall be taught the way to heaven and to them they pay tythes and to them they give money gifts and rewards and of them they are ever learning but are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth because they are seduced by such unprofitable talkers PAULS Epistle to the Laodiceans ver 4. and so the Priests take the peoples money for nought and the people being seduced by these unprofitable talkers give their money for that which is not bread whereas if they would come and learn of Christ who is the true way and the way to the Father and the way to peace and rest for their souls he would lead them and teach them and feed them freely without money and without price Therefore I say to all people So long as you follow the unprofitable talkers which you call Ministers Psal 107.19 20. Mark 5.25 26 27 28 29. Luke 4.38 39. you will never come to the knowledge of the tr●th nor to rest and peace for your souls Thefore cease from them and come to Christ Jesus the light that by the light ye may come to the Father and behold the Lamb of God Christ Jesus that takes away the sins of the world and behold the glory of God in the Grace of Christ Iesus And again leave of going to ask counsel of the Lawyers neither do ye take counsel of them for so long as ye take counsel of them ye will never keep money in your purse nor your selves be at peace Therefore I say people When there ariseth any difference amongst you go and ask counsel of the Lord and take counsel of the Lord what ye shall do therein and

then others are and will not put their hands to do violence and blood as others do but of this better sort there is the lesser number And so I say of those who are called the Parish-Ministers take notice that for all this I do not own them to be Ministers of Christ that some of them and but few are more wise in their generation sober and moderate men and have not yet put forth their hands to do wickedly as the other have done who professe themselves to be Ministers of Christ but are not his as appears by their pride covetousness envy malice wrath for they are fierce despisers of those that are good heady Epist of Paul to the Laodic v. 11. high-minded and are desirous after filthy lucre and seek the honor of men and not of God and the ruine and destruction of mens bodies and so are out of the faith patience gentleness quietness and the meek spirit which is of great price with the Lord and could they have the Magistrate in all things to do their will they would have had fire and Faggots put to the people called Quakers to have burned them or else to have had us banished out of the Land before this out of their way nay they would not have spared some of their own Brethren the Ministers so called for they would have done by them as Stephen Gardiner and Edmund Bonner did by Ridley Latimor and Philpot in Queen Maryes dayes or as the late Bishops did to Henry Burton for the same spirit as was in Gardiner Bonner and the late Bishops is ruling in the Parish-Ministers now but that they cannot get all the Rulers of the Land to joyne with them to accomplish their designe and these are such who are made Ministers and Teachers by a carnal commandment of men and the people who will not endure sound doctrine but turn away their ears from hearing the truth are turned unto fables and according to their own lusts having itching ears they heap up to themselves Teachers made of Cambridge and Oxford Schollars heaps of teachers made by a carnal commandment to be be Preachers Ministers of Parishes but not Ministers of Christ Parsons Vicars Curates Lecturers Rectors Chaplains viz. His Highnesse Chaplain the Ladys Chaplain the Earls Chaplain and their Lords Chaplain and these Chaplains feed at their Earls and their Lords and Ladyes Tables like the prophets of the Groves that fed at Iezzabels Table And thus they creep into Houses and leadsilly women captive who are laden with sin and lead away with divers lusts ever of them learning but by their preaching are not yet come to the knowledge of the truth And again by the means of these parish-Ministers who are so made by a carnal commandment rule hath been born and is born to persecute the righteous under the Notion of Hereticks Sedition Schism Seducers Blasphemers c. whenas all discord debate strife erroneous Opinions and divisions in matters of Religion and what points of Religion they will believe and what they will not believe and blasphemy imitations deceiving and beguiling unstable souls is amongst the learned men themselves who are trained up and have been traind up at the Vniversities in Logick Rhetorick Philosophy and vain deceit for are not some of those who are called Ministers for the Pope and his Religion in general and others for the Episcopal Religion and others for the Scottish Presbyters Religion and are not some of them of the Independents Religion and others of the Anabaptists Antinomians Arminians and Fifth Monarchy-Men so called and from whence arise all these Nick-names and ill-favoured tearms but from these Cambridge and Oxford Schollars those unprofitable talkers Epist of Paul to the Laod. v. 4 who are made Ministers by a carnal commandment of man and not of God for the Ministers of Christ were not made Ministers by a carnal commandment but by the Spirit for said Paul Our sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. 3.5 6. who also hath made us able Ministers of the New-Testament not of the letter but of the spirit It was and it is the work of the onely wise God Heb. 11.5 Iude 14. Exod. 3.2 3 4 5 6.10 11 12 13 14. Ier. 35.15 Isa 6.8 9 Ier. 1.5 Mat. 9.37 38. 10.1 5 6 7. 28.18 19 20. Mark 16.15 Luk. 24.47 48 49. Act. 1.4 2.2 3 4. 1 Cor. 12.28 Eph. 4.8 9 10 11 12 13. Gal. 1.11 12 15 16 17. 2 Tim. 4.2 Epist Paul to the Laod. ver 1. and our Lord Jesus Christ to ordain to call to elect to sanctifie to give power gifts and commissions and to send forth all true and faithful Messengers Prophets Apostles and Ministers of the Gospel for to declare his Messages in particular and likewise to preach the Gospel in all Nations in Cities Towns and Villages unto the utmost parts of the earth and to bear witness of his Name before the Gentiles Kings and Rulers and the children of Israel in season and out of season to divide the word aright And with this work God never did trust nor put into the hands of Pharoah King of Aegypt to do nor Jeroboam nor the Turk nor the Emperors nor the Kings nor Dukes nor any other sort of Magistrates to do for God neither did God put this work into the hands of the Pope nor his Cardinals Ier. 7.31 19.5 Isa 1.12 John Goodwin in his book of Tryers p. 5. Matth. 28.18 19. Mark 16.15 Rev. 1.17 18. 21.6 22.13 nor his Bishops nor the Priests nor the Vniversities nor the Commissioners of Tryars to do for him therefore I say Who hath required this at any of their hands to do and by what Authority did any of the aforesaid make Ministers seeing that God never required it at their hands to do for said John Goodwin in his book The two Commissions we implead the one for Tryers the other of Ejecters being neither of them given in charge by Jesus Christ For Christ Jesus spake unto his disciples saying All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth go ye therefore into all the world and preach the Gospel and teach all Nations Christ Jesus the Son of God the same yesterday and to day and for ever the first and the last it is he that liveth and was dead but behold he is alive for evermore he was before his works of old he was set up for an everlasting salvation unto the ends of the earth Prov. 8.23 Isa 49.6 from the beginning before ever the earth was made when there was no depths when there was no fountains abounding with water and before the Mountains and the Hills was setled was Christ the Light brought forth and was by his Father while as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields nor the highest part of the world Prov. 8.22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31. for when God prepared the heavens when he set a compasse upon

the Mount of God And when Iezzabel cut off the prophets of the Lord 1 King 18.4 Obadiah hid a hundred of them by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water c. And now see after what manner Elisha the prophet of God was maintained It fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem where was a great woman and she constrained him to eat bread and it was so 2 King 4.8 9 01. that as oft as he passed by he turned in thither to eat bread And the woman of Shunem said unto her Husband Behold now I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us continually let us said she make a little Chamber I pray thee on the Wall and let us set for him there a bed and a Table and a Stool and a Candlestick and it shall be when he cometh to us that he shall turn in thither And it fell on a day that he came thither and he turned into the Chamber and lay there c. By these ye may see now that the Kings of the earth would not provide first fruits tythes offerings oblations obventions nor set out portions of land and great Houses for the prophets of God which he sent to live in 2 Chron. 18 25 26 as they did for their own that they themselves sent worth 100. l. a yeer more or lesse nay said Ahab by Micaiah the prophet of God Go take Micaiah and carry him back unto Amon the Governor of the City and to Ioash the Kings son and say Thus saith the King Put this fellow in prison and feed him with bread of Affliction and with water of Affliction until I return again in peace And this is that which the Kings and Rulers of the earth the Pope and his Adherents provide for the prophets that come and go in the Name of the Lord but the prophets of the Groves that come and go in their own Name they shall feed at Iezzabels table And Iohn the Baptist the Messenger of the Lord Matth. 3. chap. Luk. 1.15 Luk. 3.1 2 3 4 Matth. 1. chap who was filled with the holy spirit of God from his Mothers Womb went preaching in the Wildernesse of Iudea and in all the countrey about Iordan preaching the baptism of Repentance for the remission of sins and he was great in the sight of the Lord but his Rayment was of Camels Hair and a Leathern Girdle about his loins and his meat was Locusts and Wilde-Honey Here was nothing provided for him by the Kings of the earth to maintain him the messenger of the Lord no but instead of a great House Glebe-Land Tythes and Offerings Oblations and Obventions and 100. l. Matth. 14 ch a yeer Herod the Tetrach laid hold on him and bound him and put him in prison and afterward cut off his Head And such is the provision that the Kings and Rulers of the earth the Pope and his Adherents make for the Messengers of the Lord But the priest and preachers and teachers and Ministers that are of their own ordaining consecrating or by their appointment and law so made are well provided for so that they eat of the fat of the land and the finest of Wheat and drink Wine and strong Drink and take Tobacco and go clothed in black soft Raiment Cuffs and Rings on their fingers Ribans and Boot-hose-tops and sit at ease like a Queen and feel no want in the outward like other men Aaron and the sons of Levi who received the office of the priesthood they were maintained by first fruits offerings tythes c. according to the law which was a shadow of good things then to come until the time of reformation But when the fulness of time was come God sent forth his son made of a woman made under the law who in the fulnesse of time came having compassion on the ignorant of them that were out of the way and being made perfect he became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him but Christ Jesus he glorified not himself to be made an High-Priest but he that said unnto him Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee the same said unto him thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec Now Christ Jesus he was called of God an High-priest and made an High-priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec of God not by a carnal commandment but by the power of an endlesse life and he offered up his body a sacrifice once for all and by that one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified and after he had offered that one sacrifice for sins for ever he sate down at the right hand of God and now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin So that Christ Jesus who is the Mediator of a better covenant then that of the old is the sum and substance of all figures and shadows held out by the Law which he put an end to for he changed the priesthood and disannulled the Law which was a shadow of good things to come by which the tythes was paid So that it is evident that Christ Jesus was not maintained by first fruits offerings nor tythes neither did the Kings and Rulers of the earth provide any House or Lands for him whom God sent For God so loved the world that he sent his onely begotten Son into the world but they would not bestow hundreds of pounds a yeere to maintain him with nor settle him in a Vicarage Parsonage nor in a Rectory of two or three hundred a yeer for said Christ Jesus The Foxes have Holes and the Birds of the Air have Nests Luk. 9.58 Luk. 8 1 2 3. Ioh. 13.29 but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head For he went throughout every City and Village preaching and shewing the glad tydings of the Kingdom of God and those that received his Doctrine and believed on him such ministred unto him of their substance and Iudas carryed the bag and he betrayed him into the hands of the chief priests the Elders the Rulers Herod and his men of War who delivered him up to Pilate to be condemned and to be crucified and platted a Crown of thorns and put it on his head and provided a Crosse and crucified him upon it and mocked him and thrust a spear in his side and cast lots for his Garment and gave him Vinegar to drink and this was all that they provided for the Son of God but they did not serve their own so for the world loves their own and calls them Master Master and sets them at the uppermost room at their feasts and in the highest seat in their Assemblies c. Neither was the twelve Apostles nor the seventy Disciples that Christ called and gave power to and sent forth to preach the Gospel maintained neither with first fruits offerings tythes oblations obventions c. for Christ

world know you not that Christ Jesus is in you except you be reprobates but he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him and if we love one another God dwelleth in us and his love is perfected in us Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in us because he hath given us of his spirit Believe therefore in the light receive the light love the light bring your deeds to the light that they may be proved whether they be wrought in God for to as many as receive Christ Jesus the light and believe in his Name to them he gives power to become the sons of God and the sons of God are led by the Spirit of God and the spirit of God leads into all truth and the spirit it teacheth to worship God in spirit and in truth and hereby know ye the spirit of God That spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God and that spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God Therefore hearken to the Lord and hear what he saith incline your ear and hearken to his word that is nigh you in your hearts hear what the spirit of God saith unto you who speaketh expresly Be obedient to the spirit of God for there is no condemnation to them who walk after the spirit for the Law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus frees from the law of sinne and death and it is the grace of God that hath appeared unto all men that teacheth us to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly righteously and godly in this present evil world and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin for he became the Author of eternal ●alvation unto all that obey him Therefore mind the light for they whose minds are stayed upon the Lord he keeps them in perfect peace but there is no peace to the wicked for their minds are out from God minding earthly things so that God is not in all their thoughts therefore the wicked and all that forget God shall be turned into Hell Therefore love not the world nor the things of the world for he that is a friend of the world is an enemy to God for the whole world lies in wickedness and God is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity and he that delighteth not in the Law of the Lord takes pleasure in unrighteousness and he that takes pleasure in unrighteousness will do no true justice righteousness nor judgement for the Lord betwixt man and man Wisdom is profitable to direct and it is God that gives wisdom Solomon asked of the Lord and said Give therefore thy servant wisdom and an understanding heart to judge thy peogle that I may discern between good and bad Who teacheth like God that giveth wisdom that teacheth the Senators wisdom and he is a wise man that will be ruled by the Law of God the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and he that is without this and unruled by the Law doth neither righteousnesse justice nor true judgement for the Lord God Therefore ye Rulers and Judges of the earth let wisdom guide you and the spirit of God teach you to serve the Lord and to judge for him the people at all seasons and see that ye respect not persons in judgement but hear the cause of the poor as well as the cause of the rich and rid the afflicted out of the hands of the wicked speedily and let justice be done speedily upon the evil doers and answer the people of the Land Concerning their parish-Ministers their Houses of High-places falsly called Churches and tythes oblations obventions c. as Ioash did the Midianites when his son Gideon had thrown down the Altar of Baal and cut down the Grove that was by it And Ioash said unto all that stood against him Will ye plead for Baal will ye save him He that will plead for him let him be put to death whilest it is yet morning If he be a God let him plead for himself because one hath cast down his Altar Judg. 6.28 29 30 31. And so it is concluded READER thou art desired in thy reading to take special notice of the Errata's in the ensuing pages and lines which have been committed at the Press let them and all other litteral faults which thou findest be mended with thy pen for thy own and others clear understanding viz. Pag. 5. lin the last read the hands of the Philistines p. 8. l. 33. r. House p. 9 l. last r. the Levites p. 14. l. 23. r. Kine Gilsus King of the Mercians l. 30. r. Monketon p 15. l. 3. 1. so strong p. 16. l. 3. dele formerly p. 17. l. 19. r. Legate of the See l. 27. r. Courelefu p. 19. l. 41. r. his Army l. 43. r. Iehu the Seer p 23. l. 42. r. our non-payment of tythes p. 49. l. 43. r. to bear witness of Christ p 55. l. 14. r. but onely the children of Israel p. 56. l. 33. r. the head