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A89161 The down-fall of Babylon or, The ruine of Antichrist : being that mystery of iniquity, which beginneth to worke in the children of disobedience, the Independents. / By Alexander Mingzeis minister of Gods Word. Mingzeis, Alexander. 1647 (1647) Wing M2192; Thomason E1184_6; ESTC R204875 9,425 33

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The down-fall of Babylon OR The Ruine of Antichrist Being that mystery of Iniquity which beginneth to worke in the children of disobedience the Independents By Alexander Mingzeis Minister of Gods Word Knowing this first that there shall come in the last dayes scoffers walking after their own lusts And saying Where is the promise of his coming For since the Fathers fell asleepe all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation 2. Pet. 3.3.4 Printed in the Yeare 1647. To His Sacred Majestie CHARLES By the grace of God of England Scotland Fance and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. Dread Soveraigne WHither should Faith have its refuge but to Faiths Defender If Apostates dare abuse authority then surely truth may take sanctuary under your sacred protection There are a frie of Locusts in these licentious times smarmd out of the bottomlesse pit which have almost consumed our Vine And while we have gone about to drive out one Antichrist a worse is come in his roome Help therefore O King to drive out these Caterpillars Let not those which deny authority usurpe authority Your humble Subject takes God to witnesse that he aimes not at the godly or truely religious but onely at such as whose consciences accusing them may have time and leasure enough to repent and amend The Lord turne them and preserve and keepe your Majesty from all danger for ever Amen Your Majesties most humble and Loyall Subject Alexander Mingzeis Minister The Downefall of Babylon c. Christian Reader MEE thinkes the very word sets foorth and declares the odiousnesse of the Sect for it intimates in the first place that as they depend of none so they are worthily called Independents and may in time proove pendants if not dependants First therefore they depend of none neither God nor man Of God they doe not because they have denied Christ the truth and principles of the Oracles of God As first the use of the morall law 2. The use of Scripture in generall 3. In speciall or particular First therefore they have and doe deny Christ by their cursed and blasphemous detractions and calumniations First in giving forth that Christ did more hurt in teaching the Lords prayer As divers both in Countrey and City and saving the Thiefe upon the crosse then ever he did good in all his life 2 In giving forth that he was but illegitimate As a Weaver in Kent and a woman in the City A Gentleman in Hartfordshire a I have been credibly informed 1. John 2.12 2. Pet. 2.1 and a Carpenters Sonne 3. And lastly there and have beene some of them which have and doe flatly deny that ever there was such an one as a Christ in the world c. John saith that he is Antichrist which denieth the Father and the Sonne that is which denyeth Christ to be the Son of God and have not our adversaries done so The Apostle Peter telleth us that there shall be false Teachers among us in the last times who privily shall bring in damnable Heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction And have not our adversaries done so And St. Jude saith that they were before of old ordained to this condemnation Jude 4. which should turne the grace of God into laciviousnesse denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ The Jewes deny Christ but never accused him of folly and ignorance as some of our adversaries have done The Turks confesse him to be the great Prophet and Messi as that should come into the world Deut. 18.15 Dan. 9 25. only they deny him to be the Son of God but they never gave forth that he was illegitimate and a Bastard Therefore Independents are worse then either Turks or Jewes Heathens or Infidels Rev. 13 4. The Divine Evangelist maketh mention of a beast that should arise out of the Sea having seven heads and ten hornes and speaking blasphemies 5.6 to whom the Dragon should give his power ● 2. And what is this beast but the pernicious sect of the Independents for are they not risen out of the sea of the promiscous and various multitude of people 2. Is not their power almost become infinite and boundlesse noted by the beasts seaven heads and ten hornes 3. Hath not the Dragon or Devill given them this power for sure I am neither God nor man ever gave it them 4. And lastly doe they not in a most ample and large manner open their mouthes to blasphemy with the beast yea in such a measure as was never heard of among Jewes or Gentiles Turkes or Barbarians insomuch that it is a wonder the Land doth not sinke under the burthen of them But to this it will be objected that this is but the error of a few and is not known nor acknowledged by them all I answer by a part wee may judge of all even as Apelles tooke Hercules length and stature by the measure of his foote Besides as our adversaries cannot deny but that those which have opened their mouthes in such a measure of blasphemy against Christ are also those which are of their owne sect and opinion neither have they beene rebuked by them or written or spoke against so farre as ever I have read or understood by any of them for the same Secondly as these our adversaries have denyed Christ so they have do deny the use of the moral Law bearing us in hand that it is of no force strength or vertue And indeede what can be better for lawlesse people then to have the Law abrogated and abolished Therefore albeit there may seeme to be no dispute against those that deny the principles of faith and reason yet have I undertaken for conscience sake and their owne good to shew unto them the use and necessity of the Law and that it is in as great force strength and vertue according to the inlightening and directing power of it as ever it was And that first by the testimony of Christ himselfe who plainely telleth us that he is not come to destroy the Law and the Prophets Mat. 5.17 but to fulfill them Rom. 3.31 And the Apostle that he did not make void the Law but did establish it And the reason is because the Law is holy 7.12 and the commandement is holy just and good Therefore David made it his delight Psal 119.70 and the Prophet Isaiah concludeth Isay 8.20 To the Law and to the Testimony if they speake not according to this word it is because there is no truth in them I must confesse as many as are led by the spirit of Christ Gal. 5.18 are not under the curse or rigour of the Law by reason that in respect of our selves and our owne weakenesse the Law can make nothing perfect Heb. 7 1● but that hinders not the Law to be still in force and perfect in it selfe Ps 19.7 not only as it