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A93596	Englands vvarning by Germanies vvoe: or, An historicall narration, of the originall, progresse, tenets, names, and severall sects of the Anabaptists, in Germany, and the Low Countries: continued for about one hundred and twenty years, from anno 1521. (which was the time of their first rise,) until these dayes. VVherein is set forth their severall errors dangerous, and very destructive to the peace both of church and state: the way and manner of their spreading them: the many great commotions: (yea,to the effusion of much blood,) which they occasioned in those parts, by their opposition to, and resistance of the civill magistrates; and what course there was taken for the suppressing them. / By Frederick Spanhemius, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the Vniversity of Leyden in Holland. Published according to order.	Spanheim, Friedrich, 1600-1649.	1646 (1646)	Wing S4798; Thomason E362_28; ESTC R201224	43,736	52

co-operation Apol. Fund Jac. Outer Demonst partly in the act it selfe while they ascribe perfection of holinesse to us Pilgrims here in this life insomuch as we can be free from all sinne whatsoever Brief Informat partly consequently while they teach that the grace of Sanctification may be cast off and wholy lost by the children of God and therefore those who are truly and properly such doe sometimes totally and finally fall away and incurre everlasting damnation and that this is manifest by the exhortations to perseverance by the carefulnesse which is required of the regenerate and by divers examples Confess Mennon Conf. Cl. Claess 5. While they erre about faith partly touching its originall denying that God alone workes the same in us without our working together with him but that faith is the worke aswell of man as God Jacob. Outer demonst Cl. Claess Confess partly touching the act it selfe while they deny that faith is a firme trust of the remission of our sinnes by the grace of God for the merit of Christ but confound it with obedience to the commandements teaching that faith consists partly in eschewing evill partly in doing good Joh. Pet. Vand. Moul. Pref. to his Christ Instit Treat of the 7 Artie confirmed by Menn Touching mans estate after this life the Anabaptists erre 1. 4. The state of glory Concerning the place of Souls teaching that the souls of the children of God loosed from their Bodies are not received into Heaven before the day of judgement but are untill then held in unknowne receptacles not expressed in the Scriptures Confess Menn and Claes Claess 2. Concerning the state of soules teaching that the soules of Gods children enjoy not the sight of God yea sleep with their bodyes untill the last day or at least-wise like those that are asleep are deprived of all knowledge both intellectuall and sensitive 3. While they deny that the soules of the wicked presently after death are cast into Hell and there punished for their wickednesse before the last day of judgement yee say that they cannot be punished before Colloq Embd. Confess Menn and Claes Claess 4. While they doe not onely deny the resurrection of the same bodyes which were buried but contented likewise that they shall be turned into Spirits and deny that the dead shall arise having feet hands flesh and bones because flesh and blond cannot inherit the Kingdome of God Conference of Frackendale And as the Anabaptists maintaine grievous errors about things to be beleeved Errors about things to be done so doe they not a little offend about such things as are to be done whether we consider the whole body of the Church in common or its members in particular and those either publique as in the policy is the Magistrate and in the Church are the Pastors or else private as are every one of the faithfull which professe the Christian verity in the Church of God What concerns the whole body of the Church in common 1. Concerning the whole body of the Church the Anabaptists erre while they imagine that those which are not perfect are to be kept out of the Church supposing that the Church consists of none but those that are perfect according to these ought to be judged of Cl. Claess Conf. Menn Summ. 2. While they will indeed have the Sacraments administred by the Pastors and received by Christians but withall will have them taught that they are but onely naked signes of the passion of Christ and badges of Christians but not seales of our communion with Christ Conf. Leeuward Menno Simonz booke of the fundam Theod. Phil. 3. While they deny that the Infants of the faithfull ought to be admitted or accounted for members of the Church Confer of Franck and Embd. 4. While they will not have Ministers administer Baptisme to Infants nor Infants brought unto them for that end yea teach that it is an abuse of Baptisme and an abomination before God Colloq Francothal Embd. and Leov Menno Simonz de fundam Theod. Phil in Enchirid. 5. While they teach that Baptisme conferd upon Infants is by the Pastors to be repeated againe and by such Baptized to be admitted yea earnestly defired and those likewise ought to be Baptized againe which were Baptized in other Christian Churches so that they will have even those of their own party rebaptized if they go over from one Sect to another Colloq Embd. Menno Sim. in his Summary Theod. Phil. in Enchir. 6. While they teach that the Lords Supper was instituted for none but pure and perfect ones nor to be administred to any others then such nor to be sought for but by such John Pet. Vand. Meul Christ Instit 7. While they condemne publique prayers pronounced with a loud voice and thinke that all the Psalmes are not fit to be sung in publike assemblies Frans. Knuyt Pref. Cl. Claess Ep. demonstr 8. While they will have Ecclesiasticall discipline exercised against offenders by all the members of the Church promiscuously and that without either convenient admonition afore going or consideration of their repentance following Coll. Embd. Leov and Conf. Menn 9. While they teach that when the sentence of excommunication is pronounced against any all rights and dutyes both naturall and civill are to be broken off towards them and that such as are cast out ought by no meanes either actively or passively to be communicated withall so that for this cause a divorce ought to be made between Parents Children Husband wife Brothers sisters Masters servants Col. Emb. Conf. Men. Jac. Out Apol. 10. While they teach that those which are unequally yoked with unbelievers ought notwithstanding their repentance by perpetuall excommunication to be shut out of the Church untill the unbelieving party be either converted or dead Coll. Embd. 11. While they imagine that Oaths ought neither to be taken nor required of any under the New Testament Coll. Franck. Leeu and Embd. confes Menn As concerning the members of the Church in particular 2. Errors concerning the particular members of the Church the Anabaptists erre both concerning those which are publique whether Civill or Ecclesiasticall and those wrich are private 1. Touching the publique Civill persons 1. While they teach that no man under the New Testament can with a safe conscience exercise the office of a Magistrate and that those things cannot stand together to beare the office of a Magistrate and be a member of the true Church Coll. Franckend Embd. confes Menn Cl. Claess 2. While they deny that the office of the Magistrate extends to both tables of the Law Coll. Embd. conf Menn 3. While they deny that it is lawfull for a Magistrate under the new Testament to proclaime or make warre Cl. Claess conf Dordr confes 4. While they deny it to be lawfull for the Magistrate to punish any man with death For say they as under the Old Testament civill punishments were inflicted without the discipline of the

name amongst all men likewise and to this end was so bold as to professe that he would restore the politicke or as sometimes he used to call it naturall liberty and deliver subjects from their yoke and Tyranny so did this contemner of Gods ordinance stile the Government of Princes and Magistrates But when he could not get Luther to joyne with him nor prove his fact to be lawfull unto him with whom he had often meetings thereabout at Wittenberg but on the contrary was rebuked by him and earnestly admonished not to disturbe the publique peace yea to submit to the order which God had ordained he began to rise up and thunder against Luther himselfe crying out that Luther was as much in fault as the Pope of Rome that it was true the worke of reformation was something furthered by him but left still infected with much leaven yea that Luther was worse then the Pope for that he had published onely a carnall Gospell Neither left he to exclaime against the Tyranny of the Civill Magistrate to the utmost nor to presse upon the common people that all things by nature were free and common and that the yoke of Princes was as much to be cast off as the Popes of Rome and seeing faire warning was not like to prevaile with them but they would have both the goods and lives of their subjects to be tribute to their lusts it was most just that every one seeke to recover that by force of Armes which God would have to be common to all The commons being stirred up by this Trumpet and inticed with the seeming sweetnesse of a certaine new liberty began every where to imbroyle themselves in dangerous mutinies Neere the River Acronius uproares are made in Alsatia Sweden Troops of factious persons gathered together liberty is every where pretended and all reverence and obedience due to Princes contemned yea altogether cast off CHAP. II. Of the progresse or increase of the Anabaptists WHen Sathan had by this meanes indeavoured not onely to make Schismes in the reviving Church and to cast dust in her face but likewise to render the reformation of the Temple of the Lord odious to the powers of the world as if thereby the just authourity of Princes over their subjects was abrogated and the new preaching of the Gospell led onely to faction and sedition it cannot be expressed into how much hatred the most holy worke of Reformation was brought with those men which were still addicted to their former superstition For these tumults were not onely imputed to their true Authours a few leaders of factious persons but likewise began to be layd to the charge of the Gospell it selfe and all the Teachers thereof And that so much the more because these new Patriarkes of the Anabaptists had afore-time beene familiar with those whose service the Lord had used in the Reformation of his house and for that they boasted Luther was of the same minde with them Hereunto adde that the multitude stirred up by them would seeme that they minded to sticke to the Gospell and cleave to the Scripture onely and would maintaine the liberty of their consciences by the sword But those worthies which had given sufficient proofe to the Church of their fidelity and integrity in repairing the Temple of God that they might wipe off the blot which was cast aswell upon themselves as the Gospell they thought fit by writing to defend both their owne and the cause of the Church of God which amongst the rest was stoutly performed by Luther Melanchton Zuinglius Bullinger Menius Regius and others who sharpely inveighed against sedition and seditious persons admonishing rebellious subjects out of the word of God of their duties towards the higher powers reproving those turbulent Preachers and exhorting all to quietnesse and due reverence towards Princes and left nothing undone which they thought might serve to abate the violence of those men which with inraged mindes runne headlong unto all ungodlinesse and mischiefe Chiefly Luther being more vehement against them contented not himselfe with exhortatory writings alone but likewise set forth sharpe Invectives against the unruly and by a speciall Booke published against those Countrey Robbers and Murtherers himselfe denounced warre against them exhorting Princes by force of Armes to restraine the course of these Robberies and compell them to be quiet which would not be perswaded to it These new Doctors Muntzer and his confederates being rather made fiercer then milder by these admonitions turmoyle still more and more crying out that Luther and those of his party savoured nothing but the flesh vaunting indeed that they have cut off some of the leaves of Antichrist but the tree and the rootes remained still untouched which must also be cut downe and which cut downe they would And seeing they could finde nothing in the written word of God to defend their errours and the tumults which they raised they flye to new devices to maintaine themselves and their madnesse by boasting of revelations inspirations and alwayes inculcate to the inconsiderate multitude inclined unto them that man must live by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God and therefore must not seeke to be wise onely out of books and writings but endeavour according to the prescript of the Apostle that they might all Prophecy Hereupon every Fish monger begins to boast of the Spirit feign revelations after the example of Storch and Muntzer to counterfeit inspirations the Pulpit is open to every Cobler or Tinker and what goodly dotage soever the method of deceit had dictated to any without and contrary to the written word was thrust upon men for the word of God scoffed at the publique Sermons of the reformed inveighed against the Lutherane faith as being void of good workes some of their doctrines and mysteries they would not reveale except to those who gave themselves to minister about their holy things others like the cuttell fish they cast their blacknesse about that they might not be thorowly discerned by strange arts lurked in Houses and Families gathering their conventicles in secret corners professe that they were sent chiefly to the needy and those of meane condition and by all kinde of craft and subtilty seek to possesse and bewitch the mindes of credulous men Having once opened a wide gate to errour by enthusiasmes all monstrous opinions whatsoever began to be obtruded upon simple people and those who were itching after novelties and turbulent wits are stirred up to introduce a new state of things both in Church and Common-wealth into the Christian world And that no regard either of conscience or fidelity sworne to Princes might be an hinderance to them they began to publish That Oaths in the time of the new Testament were unlawfull and therefore whether already taken or to be taken were altogether void and of none effect These foundations being once layd the common people are over all as it were set at liberty by factious Sermons conspirations