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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64639	Perez Uzza, Or, A serious letter sent to Master Edm. Calamy, January the 17th, 1663 touching his sermon at Aldermanbvry, December the 28th, intimating his close design, and dangerous insinuation against the publick peace : with some queries he is to answer, for the satisfaction of the world.	Udall, O.	1663 (1663)	Wing U17; ESTC R23555	20,153	32

false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders insomuch that if it were possible they shall deceive the very Elect. And I pray teach them wherefore if they shall say unto you behold he is in the desert go not forth behold he is in the secret chambers or meetings believe it not Object 16. The people of God you said were much troubled because of the misery of a nation when the Ark is departed A Gentleman to whom words of this nature were communicated and I am loath to write this of my self that where is you said ●o be to that nation when the Ark is gone said wo be to that nation where the Ark of Presbytery for it s followed and attended with war sedition bloud ruine and confusion and O that sad experience did not confirm this in England Scotland and other places Insomuch that the foreign Churches the men of Ashdod of the Ark say this way shall not abide with us let it be carried about to Gath to other Churches as Scotland and in those places it was attended with very great destruction and they send it to England and the English cried out they have brought this way hither to slay us and our people and the King Lords and Commons in Parliament say send this way to its own place that it slay us not and our people for there was a deadly destruction throughout the whole Country that came along with it and the hand of God was very heavy here And the cry of the Countrey went up to heaven destruction and misery saith he is in their way and the way of peace have they not known Obj. 17. I was glad indeed to hear you say That the people of God must needs tremble when the Ark is in danger because of their accessariness to the loosing of the Ark for to deal plainly with you is the Church in danger your disturbances cause it doth Popery break in upon us the breaches you made upon Law and Government open the way to it doth prophanenesse prevail O you have made serious holiness odious by goodly pretences and unworthy practices doth not the Magistrate watch over Papists It s because your dangerous attempts makes him wholly intent upon you doth he indulge them you say men must have liberty of conscience do we want Ministers why did you withdraw your selves is the nation divided against it self who hath occasioned it have we lost our first love why do you by depraving the first Reformation cause us to loose our first love Do the people run beadlong to the Garlick and Onions of Egypt you mean Popery and have not you forced them to do so by crying down every thing that was established for Popery that the people have nothing upon which they may settle themselves but Popery if they stay with us they are in Babylon say your party if they go over to you you are antichristian say the poor Libertines where ever they are in an orderly established way they are in Popery and if all that is orderly and settled be Popery to hear Papists we will go if all decent worship and regular Government be Popery the Popish people shall be my people their God shall be my God where they die I will die and there be buried do poor discontented souls desire to return to the Church of Rome Is it not because they of the separation say there is no true Church in England Object 18. But you were plain it seemes at last and told them it must not be denyed but the Arke was in danger to be lost If you meane Presbytery which we never had established there is no harmedone If you meane the Church of England with her Doctrine Discipline Worship Rites and Ceremonies as established by Law it 's well you have forewarned us the King and Parliament I hope will take you at your words and will take care to secure the Church upon such foundations as the Gates of Hell cannot prevaile against well Sir I leave with you that of Eccl. 3.11 with you He hath made every thing beautifull in his season yea he hath set the World in thine heart so that no Man can find out the work that God maketh from the begining to the end who know what is good for a Man in this life all the dayes of his vaine life which he spendeth as a shadow for who can tell a Man what shall be after him under the Sun the thing that hath been it is that which shall be and that which is done is that which shall be done and Sir there is no new thing under the Sun is there any thing whereof it may be said be hold this is new it hath been already of old Time which was before us Mr. Calamy I know whatever God doeth it shall be for ever nothing can be put to it nor any thing taken from it and God doth it that men should fear before him That which hath been is now and that which is to be hath already been and God requireth that which was past Object 19. I was informed you told your people that in their own concernments they were very sensible But in the concernments of Religion very careless If you intended to raise a sedition which I hope you did not I am sure the providence of God never called you to it you could not take a better course then to add to civill grievances which you know the people murmure against Religious jealousies and feares O when Religion which should restraine the multitude provokes them to sedition to what excesse of riot do they run 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Naz. inde furor vulgo its naturall for men to think nothing little in the case of Religion so that they can hardly perswade themselves they can be angry enough in the case of a Diety a discreet man will never stirre up the people in the defence of any point of Religion for their force when stirred up will destroy all religion you know the late popular tumults were not so easily ellayed as they were raised by you you know when the multitude had served your humours in pulling down Episcopacy they served their in overthrowing you It 's more proper to tell the people of their duty then of their danger our businesse is to discover to the people the state of their souls let those that are in Authority shew them the state of the Government as who attend upon this very thing and for the people let them stand still and see the salvation of God let them peaceably walk with God and God will watch over them let them keep Religion every one in his heart and Religion will keep its self in the Church Object 20. I hear you said We had enjoyed the Gospell these hundred yeares and above It 's true we enjoyned the Gospell these 1400. yeares as we can make it appear against the Papists from the several men that in all ages were eminent for their adherence