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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43822	Nevv lords, nevv lavvs, or, A discovery of a grand usurpation, in opposition to the Holy Laws of God and contempt of the good laws, and royal prerogative of the supream magistrate, as it hath been lately practised by the lordly Matthew Caffin, a pretended true apostle of our blessed Lord and Saviour, and ruling head of his congregation, usually meeting at Southwater near Horsham in Sussex. By R. H.	Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.	1674 (1674)	Wing H202B; ESTC R216445	62,553	67

Nevv Lords Nevv Lavvs OR A DISCOVERY OF A Grand Usurpation In Opposition to the Holy Laws of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Good Laws and Royal Prerogative 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Supream Magistrate as it hath been lately practised by the Lordly MATTHEW CAFFIN A Pretended true Apostle of our Blessed Lord and Saviour and Ruling Head of his Congregation usually meeting at Southwater near Horsham in Sussex By R. H. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man for the Lords sake whether it be 〈◊〉 the King as Supream Or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Doers and for the praise of them that do well As free and not using your Liberty as a Cloak of Maliciousness but as the Se●●●●…of God Honour all Men Love the Brother-hood Fear God Honour the King 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. v. 13. 14. 16. and 17. London Printed in the Year 1674. THE AUTHOR TO THE READER Christian Reader HAving certain knowledge of the many Scandals and Abuses cast upon those who are the Faithful Professors of the ways of truth I should be most heartily Sorry to give any just occasion of encreasing the same yet do believe it my Duty to do my part for the Defence and Vindication of the Innocent And conceivng my self as will appear by the following Discourse to have received no small injustice from a pretended Apostle of our Blessed Lord and Saviour by Name Matthew Caffin though his Acts of Vsurpation Tyranny and Partiality have in part already made manifest to the world that he is far otherwise and for that his and his deluded confederates Tyrannical dealing with me by way of Excommunication was for my doing a thing which is so far from being any transgression of any known Law That both the Law of God and the Law and Royal Prerogative of the Supream Magistrate of this Nation and as I am informed all Neighbour Kingdoms do allow of and justifie the same I therefore think it my duty to publish to the world his Usurped Authority his new Laws strange Prerogative and acts of Injustice all which are to my certain knowledge utterly disowned by all the Officers of the Baptized Congregations both in Country and City that I have as yet had the opportunity to treat with those only that are under this pretended Apostles awful wings excepted All which I am not only induced but constrained to publish for th●se Reasons following First because it doth appear to me and others that the Authority by which he and his Consederates have executed such his new laws and inventions is an Usurped Authority and therefore the timely Publication of the matter is to prevent the like errors from creeping into the Church of Christ as heretofore have done being brought in by such Lordly Spirits whereby the Church of Rome once the Spouse of Christ is Apostatized and become an Harlot as he the said Matthew Caffin hath said on which account I conceive it my duty by this means to do my part in order to the suppressing this growing and dangerous Distemper which otherwise like a Gangrene may destroy the whole body Secondly that the Truth and honest Professors thereof may be preserved from those reproachful abuses and Censures which by this means are apt to be cast upon them That so the burthen may be laid on the right shoulder and a whole Profession not be condemned for the proud Extravagancies of 〈◊〉 or some few more particular men for so it is that some otherwise judicious and sober persons hearing of such strange Carriage daily say that these Professors are a crooked and perverse generation running into a thousand errors that their pretence of Holiness is but deceit to cover a design of mischief And some persons of good quality and repute no enemies to the Truth or its Professors have by this means been provoked to entertain hard thoughts and open their mouths against them to say both in words and writing that we are of dangerous opinions accompanied with rancour and malice against all that will not go along with us be it right or wrong For say they we can expect no better fruit from them then what you have had from your Saint meaning the Lordly Apostle aforesaid all which and much more of that nature doth abound to the great dishonour of the Gospel and the Professors thereof wholly upon the account of this Busie-body The third reason for Publication hereof is because all other Admonition and Advice which was publickly given him in full Meeting by several Church Officers of known integrity to wit Mr. G. Mr. W. Mr. P. Mr. C. and Mr. T. and divers others the most or however the most Eminent in London was and still is wholly slighted and could no way incline his mind to Humility but he still goes on to justifie his Practise of Tyranny notwithstanding this meeting was singly for the hearing and determining of his case only Fourthly Because I would thereby have the World to know that I know not one Professor in the way of the Baptized Congregations to be of the like quarrelsome and dangerous principle unless it be those who are at his own dispose or in servise subjection to his own Laws as aforesaid And now Impartial Reader this one thing I humbly beg of thee and I pray deny me not viz. That thou wouldst not by means of any thing contained in the ensuing discourse accuse or condemn the Innocent with the Guilty nor the peaceable Loyal and Obedient with the Peace-breaker Contentious and Disobedient For although it may appear in thy Judgment that we are both unworthy yea although I my self through the Instigation of the Devil should become an Adversary to all good for I dare not hoast of my future Perseverance though I can through mercy say I have more than a little Confidence notwithstanding I say thy worst Imaginable should happen yet be intreated I pray ever to love and ●●ver to be offended with the honest godly and peaceable 〈…〉 walk in the ways of truth which according to the Holy 〈…〉 the Royal Road and Kings high-way to Life and Glory which Profession I hope I may say I never in all my Life did yet despise And if I know my heart I had rather a thousand times suffer the ●●proaches and Censures of him who now through malice and a lying Tongue may abuse me at his pleasure than that the way to Glory and those that humbly and devoutly walk therein should be corrupted abused and evil spoken of And this I pray further take notice of that I do declare that the Publication of the ensuing matter to the world in this manner was wholly contrary to my own will and desire neither had I so much as the laise thoughts of so doing had not they to wit Mr. Caffin or his Confederates first published my Excommunication to the World and particularly to such as they had reason to believe did hate me most and this they did within less than three