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england_n	london_n	parliament_n	print_v	3,116	5	9.0916	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93646	The guilty-covered clergy-man unvailed; in a plain and candid reply unto two bundles of wrath and confusion, wrapt up in one and twenty sheets of paper. The one written by Christopher Fowler and Simon Ford of Reading; the other by William Thomas of Ubley in Somersetshire. Wherein all their malicious slanders and false accusations, which they cast upon the truth, are clean wash'd off; their weapons with which they war against the Lamb, broken over their own heads; and they, with the rest of the tyth-exacting teachers, proved to be the great incendaries, and mis-leaders of these nations. In which also there is made a brief and sober application, to the magistrates, and other inhabitants, within the city of Bristol. / By Thomas Speed, a friend to all that tremble at the Word of the Lord; but an irreconcileable enemy to the mysterious deceit, and monstrous hypocrisie of those that do teach for hire, and divine for money.	Speed, Thomas, b. 1622 or 3.	1657 (1657)	Wing S4905; Thomason E893_1; ESTC R203614	61,807	87

THE GVILTY-COVERED CLERGY-MAN VNVAILED IN A plain and candid REPLY unto Two Bundles of Wrath and Confusion wrapt up in One and twenty sheets of Paper THE ONE Written by Christopher Fowler and Simon Ford of Reading The other by William Thomas of Ubley in Somersetshire Wherein all their malicious Slanders and false Accusations which they cast upon the Truth are clean wash'd off Their weapons with which they war against the Lamb broken over their own heads and they with the rest of the Tyth-exacting Teachers proved to be the great Incendaries and Mis-leaders of these Nations In which also there is made a brief and sober Application to the Magistrates and other Inhabitants within the City of Bristol By THOMAS SPEED a Friend to all that tremble at the Word of the Lord But an irreconcileable Enemy to the mysterious Deceit and monstrous Hypocrisie of those that do Teach for Hire and Divine for Money Jer. 10.21 The Pastors are become BRVTISH and have not sought the Lord therefore they shall not prosper and all their Flock shall be SCATTERED Sence Tragoed Sequitur superbos ulter à tergo Deus Juven Sat. 6. nihilest audacius illis Deprensis iram atquè animos à Crimine sumunt LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle at the west end of Pauls 16●● To the Parliament of England now assembled at Westminster SIRS ALthough I dare not give you flattering Titles with the pen of a Sycophant yet I can truly say that I love you as you abide in the fear of the Lord with the heart of a plain-dealing friend Job 32.22 It s recorded in the Scriptures of truth that imperious Haman flush'd with his advance to his short-lived honor did strenuously endeavor to have cut off the necks of thousands of innocent Jews upon Mordecaies stiff knee The murderous design being laid the subtle old serpent that ruled in this man of blood was not to seek of an expedient to bring it into execution Let but the Kings approbation and Decree be obtained and then this proud Courtier maketh sure of satisfying that lust upon the Jews throats which he could by no means effect upon Mordecaies knee To this end Ahasuerus his ears must be filled with suggestions as full of falshood as malice These harmles people are slanderously represented to him to be very evil members of his body politick Est 3.8 both by reason of the diversity of their Laws from all other people and also their disobedience to the Kings Laws And therefore it could not well consist with the Kings profit to indulge to such a heterodox generation within any of his Provinces the benefit of breathing in the common air Although Haman be dead yet that foul spirit by which he was acted survived him throughout all generations unto this very day When Christ the Sun of righteousness began to rise in the brightness of his glory and so out shine the faint glory of all the Jewish Rites Worships Services the Rulers Mat. 26.4 Priests Scribes Pharisees and the people also by the Chief-Priests perswasion conspire his death The life appeareth but the letter would destroy it the power is brought forth but the form standeth ready to devour it But Christ is innocent 1 Pet. 2.22 there being no guile found in his mouth And therefore since he cannot be impeach'd as an evil doer for matter of fact he must for matter of Opinion Judgement Principles Although he hath done no evil being in his conversation holy Heb. 7.26 Mat. 26 61. harmless undefiled and separate from sinners yet it is by them presumed that he thinketh evil because they judge him to have spoken evil viz. dangerous words about their Temple Vers 65. nay blasphemous words against God and therefore by the consent of Priest-ridden Pilat he is hurried to the cross to suffer as a Deceiver Eccles 1.9 Is there any new thing under the Sun Is not the same spirit of pride and persecution clothed in the garb of seeming zeal found walking openly in the streets of our Cities Towns and Villages at this day Are not the innocent now as of old traduced to you both by Press and Pulpit under the notions of Quakers Hereticks Blasphemers and Deceivers And where malice cannot reach them as transgressors of the Civil Law being thereunto obedient for conscience sake are they not with Daniel ensnared concerning the law of their God Dan. 6.5 Have not the impetuous instigations of the Pulpit of late had that destructive influence upon many in authority that contrary to the righteous law of this Nation it hath been made matter of crime unto many peaceably to travel upon the high ways Nay have not several persons One and twenty in a few days taken up by armed guards and sent to Exon Goal of which one died there that have been constantly faithful to the States interest been violently surprised as they were travelling about their lawful occasions and cast into bonds among Rogues and Felons for no other transgression but this that they did own but the name or the person of one that is called a Quaker An unheard of inrode upon the liberties of English men and a practice rarely to be parallel'd in the times of the forest persecutions that history maketh mention of It 's storied of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Euseb Hist a Roman Emperor that in the time of the fourth persecution of the Christians being reduced to a great exigent both because he and his Army were streightly environed by their enemies in the midst of Germany and had also wanted fresh water for the space of five daies And having called but in vain upon his Country Gods for relief he sendeth for a number of Christians against whom at their first approach he was not a little enraged for that they came saith Antoninus himself without either Weapon Munition Armor or Trumpets as men abhorring such preparation and furniture but only satisfied in trust of their God whom they carry about with them in their CONSCIENCES These falling prostrate upon the ground prayed to a God saith he VNKNOWN of me upon which there fell pleasant showres upon Antoninus his host but a storm of hail mixed with much lightning upon the host of his enemies by which means it came to pass that he and his were refreshed and his adversaries discomfited Whereupon he writeth an express to the Senate and people of Rome in these words If any shall apprehend one that is a Christian only for that cause I will that he being apprehended may without punishment have leave to confess the same so that there be none other cause objected against him but that he is a Christian but let his accuser be burned alive I write not this the Lord is my witness as desiring fire from heaven upon those that thirst after mine own and the blood of thousands in this Nation because we cannot worship the image which they would set up but only to