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A95789	Hell broke loose: or An history of the Quakers both old and new. Setting forth many of their opinions and practices. Published to antidote Christians against formality in religion and apostasie. By Thomas Underhill citizen of London.	Underhill, Thomas.	1660 (1660)	Wing U43; Thomason E770_6; ESTC R207275	38,367	59

God were sent Prophets and Apostles Answer to Brecks Letter p. 4 5. Of the Tryall of Spirits and Doctrines 101. That the infallible Spirit in the Saints is the sole tryer of all spirits and Doctrines and they are not to be tryed by the Scriptures James Nailors Answer to Fr. Harris p. 9. Geo. Whithead against Clapham p. 13. 102. That the Spirits are to be tryed whether they be of God or be the Spirit of errour delusion and darkness not by the Scriptures but by truth which is eternall and infallable by the same eternall infallable Spirit as spoke forth the Scriptures and was before Scripture was written and this Spirit gives judgment upon thee Edw. Breck and knows thee and tryes thee and thy light which is the Scripture and judgeth thy Spirit to be a fallible lying Spirit And this Spirit and judgment do we Q witness and this shall be Answered by that of God in all Consciences Answer to Mr. Edw. Breck of New-england his Letter p. 8. 103. That a mans being charged with lyes errour falshood by the Quakers is an infallable proof of his guilt Answer to Mr. Breck p. 16. Farnworths Answer to Hagger and Pollard p. 14. 104. Thou saith Edw. Burroughs indeavourest to prove thy accusation by vain consequences and false conclusions but our assertion is proved by the Spirit of God or the light that every one is inlightned with Burroughs against Firmin p. 14. which Spirit or light is to be exalted above all things as the searcher and tryer of all things and Spirits and is not to be judged or tryed by the Scriptures Burroughs against Firmin p. 15 16. Of the Popery of the Quakers By this we may clearly see that they are in many of their opinions very Popish agreeing with the Papists in all these things 1. That the Ministers of the Reformed Churches are not true Ministers 2. Nor the Ordinances Administred by them the Ordinances of Christ 3. That a man is justified by the merit of good works by inherent righteousness 4. That the Scriptures should not be read by the ignorant and unlearned 5. That the Church hath an infallable unerring Spirit to try and judg of Scripture it self is to be judged by none whose dictates and determinations are of as great Authority as the Scripture 6. And as the Papists by their Doctrine of the Reall Corporeall presence of Christ in many thousand places at once overthrow as much as in them lyeth the Articles of Christs Humanity viz. of his being a reall Man of his suffering death rising ascending and sitting at the right hand of God So the Quakers destroy the Humanity of Christ by denying his being corporcally in Heaven and affirming that he hath but one Body which is his Church and that God manifest in flesh is to be understood in the Saints Also their opinion That the Magistrate is not to meddle with matters of Religion unless to pull down the Reformed Religion is a plain Point of Popery And for the truth of these I appeale to all men in the world that know what Popery is and they are many Millons that shall also read the Opinions of the Quakers in this Catalogue CHAP. III. Of the Actions and Manners of the Quakers THey will not put off their Hatts nor bow their bodies to the greatest Persons The Parliament 1659 appointed a Committee of purpose to hear their Complaints before which the Quakers stood covered and thou'd and thee'd the Chair-men and Members thereof to the greatest dishonour of the Authority of England as ever was admitted They will not petition to men no not the highest Powers but Councel and Command Witness all their Addresses to the Protectors and Parliaments in Print many of them to be seen They will not take an Oath before a Magistrate or otherwise saying it is unlawfull And yet this Summer 1659. to revenge themselves of some Countrey men about Sawbridgworth in Hartfordshire for affronting them they could freely swear against them in order to the binding them over to the Sessions and rail against St. T. H. a Justice of the Peace accusing him in Print for not taking the Parliaments new Engagement They say the Magistrate hath nothing to do to meddle in matters concerning Religion and yet do continually importune him to pull down Religion as is well known to all the late Authorityes and thousands more by Edward Burrow's Letters to the Protectors and other Papers Printed They cry up Liberty of Conscience but are not willing to give it to others How many thousand times have some Ministers or other in all parts of the Laud been most impudently disturbed by them in their publike religious exercises is so well known that none but John Impudence will deny it They are notorious Lyars for all their Blasphemies and Errors are so many lyes Not because I say they are lyes that 's their common disproof but because they are contrary to the Law and the Testimony the Scriptures as all do know and can witness that have savingly learned those Statutes and so are taught of God If St. Paul himself had told the Bereans that for Masters and Mistresses to make their Servants read the Scripture is Treason against the King of Saints and his tender Lambs as Mason against Mr. Rayner doth See Catal. Educa would not they who tryed his Doctrine by the Scriptures and therefore are called noble Acts 17.11 have told him he lyed 2. Every one of the Quakers saith he is taught and guided by an infallible Spirit and is without sin And that they are all so and that 's a lye with a latchet as I 'le prove presently by another way then by comparing what they say with the Scripture though that 's the best way even by their notorious contradicting one another Many instances might be given I 'le only name one or two Hubberthorn in his Truths defence against Refined Subtilties p. 101. doth affirm That the wicked are not to read the Scriptures but the godly and gives his wise Reasons for it But Burroughs against Firmin p. 16. allows only the wicked and ungodly Such as the Scribes and Pharisees were to search and read the Scriptures and not the godly Here 's a plain opposition and contradiction from which I infer that both of them did not write truth they were not both guided and directed by an unerring infallible Spirit and consequently that to say all the Quakers have the guidance of such a Spirit ey and that in all their speeches and writings as they say they have is such a lye as I called it And there is that in all men that will not offer violence to their Reasons that will witness to the truth hereof Take but one more instance James Natlor in his Answer to Francis Harris useth the name SCRIPTURE and the WORDOF THE LORD indifferently as convertible termes as being fullfilled by mens coming from far and sitting down in the Kingdome c. thereby contradicting his well known elsewhere

Hell broke loose OR AN HISTORY OF THE QUAKERS Both Old and New Setting forth many of Their Opinions and Practices Published to antidote Christians against Formality in Religion and Apostasie By Thomas Vnderhill Citizen of London LONDON Printed for Simon Miller at the Starre in St. Paul's Church-yard 1660. TO THE HONOURABLE THE Officers of the Armies OF England Scotland and Ireland SIRS SVpposing that possibly your heads have been so taken up for a long time with these Questions How shall we keep the Power in our own hands And What is the end of Government For you answer that last Question very well in your late Plea that you have not seriously viewed the complexions and spirits of people in the glasse of such Books as are daily dispersed all the Lands over And therefore sith you are uppermost and under God may do much good or harm as his grnce shall incline you or leave you I thought good to dedicate this small Piece to you that you may see what Spirit they are of that are the enemies of the Ministry and our Christian Religion and Assemblies who if you nurse encourage and protect in their ungodliness and blasphemy it will be under the notion of Godliness reckoning them Godly and so you 'l be like them in calling evil good And will not you thereby in Gods just account be reckoned among them and judged with them And how can you possibly please Gods enemies and not dsplease both God and his servants Gentlemen be serious God will not be mocked If you are not as bad as Infidels who are resolved to play with Religion you will bear with me if I tell you That though you seem to be much doubting what sort of people are good Christians and therefore you include all that do but say they are such to the apparent ruine of all true Religion and piety if God prevent it not by you or some other way Yet you do know That the Scripture is Gods written Word and a holy perfect Rule of faith and practice That this Scripture holds forth an Infinite God in three Persons A Mediator who is true God and true man that gave his bloud as a price for mans Redemption who was buried Rose again Ascended and now is in his humane glorified body in Heaven That there is an everlasting state of misery and happinesse A Gospel-Ministry to be continued by a mediate Call to the end of the world That the Ministers of Christ must be entertained honourably as his Embassadours And you know that he that believes in Christ shall be saved and that he who obeys not his commands shall be damned That the objects of Saving Faith and Obedience are without us though the capacitated faculties by which we act Faith and Obedience are within us and a part of us That Faith Repentance New-Obedience are the free-gifts and Graces of God which he works in those whom he will save by his holy Spirit and that the Spirit works and increaseth them in a man by the Ordinances of the Gospel That it is most equitable and well-pleasing to God that one day in seven should be set apart for Rational Souls to mind the things of eternity and have more intimate communion with God by hearing his Word and calling upon his Name That Uniformity and Unity in what is good is well-pleasing to God and beautifull and profitable unto men That it is well done in any Governour of a Family to ordain Vniformity in his Family as to what is good both in reference to Duties and the time of performing them and therefore no lesse well done in the Magistrate effectually to appoint the same to his Subjects I mean in things absolutely necessary to the salvation of souls and the well-being of the publick That it is the duty of Parents both Natural and Political to cause all their children and Subjects to learn the will of God I say most certain it is that we may presume that you that make such a great profession of Religion do know and believe these things If you do not you are no Christians and we shall have cause to mourn that ever we had such Rulers were it not for our hopes that God will sanctifie unto us the worst that you can do unto us If you do so know and believe as no doubt but you 'll say you do then let it appear by your practice by your love to and care of Gods truths Ministers and Ordinances otherwise there are many thousands of the Children of the most high God who are the excellent upon the Earth that will not believe you and you will prove that your Knowledge and Faith are but Historical at the best And how then can you scape the wrath to come Unfeignedly I dare foretell that if God will make you instrumental for the setling of us upon a holy and righteous foundation he will incline your hearts to be nursing Fathers unto his Church and enemies to the enemies thereof especially Blasphemy and Blasphemers And the more good you do the more you shall be loved and honoured and the more God shall be praised for you by all his people and in particular by him that desires your everlasting happiness and is Your fellow-souldier Tho. Vnderhill Postscript IF any enemies of the Christian Ministry and Ordinances shall take offence at my seeking to the Civil or Military Power to support Religion contrary to the Great Church-door which is erected for the letting out of the Reformed Religion and the letting in of Popery I mean this Assertion That the Magistrate qua Magistrate is not to meddle with matters of Religion My Defence is this That the contrary is my belief and my addresse is the exercising the Liberty of my Conscience And why may not I that so believe more acceptably move the Higher Powers for Religion then they against it who therein cross their own professed opinion as they have very much done of late years by the multitude of motions in Councels Books Papers Letters which they have sent or delivered unto every pretended Authority for these many years for the pulling down the Ministry and the Steeple-houses and the obtaining leave to disturb all the Ministers and Assemblies contrary unto their way Their very importuning the Magistrate to pull down the publick Ministry and worship is a yeelding the cause and an owning his Authority in the matters in question though thereby they contradict themselves while they say he hath no such Authority which if they did believe to be a truth they would move him in stead of pulling them down to let them alone as matters beyond the sphere of his calling And undoubtedly if the Magistrate as such ought not to meddle with the things of Religion then it is a sinne for him to pull down as well as build Oh the worth of a truly tender conscience how rare is it TO THE REVEREND AND Wellbeloved in the Lord the Pastors and People of the Church of Scotland