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A89490	The ranters last sermon. With the manner of their meetings, ceremonies, and actions; also their damnable, blasphemous and diabolicall tenents; delivered in an exercise neer Pissing-conduit. The third day of the week, being the 2 of August. 1654. With their mock-Psalme. Also God's wonderfull judgements shewed upon Ranters, Quakers and Shakers, and other wicked and profane persons at their meetings and exercises in London and other places. Written by J.M. (a deluded brother) lately escaped out of their snare.	J. M.	1654 (1654)	Wing M47; Thomason E808_1; ESTC R207492	3,340	8

THE RANTERS LAST SERMON WITH The manner of their Meetings Ceremonies and Actions also their Damnable Blasphemous and Diabolicall TENENTS delivered in an EXERCISE neer Pissing-Conduit The third day of the Week being the 2 of August 1654. With their Mock-PSALME ALSO GOD'S wonderfull JUDGEMENTS Shewed upon Ranters Quakers and Shakers and other wicked and Profane Persons at their Meetings and Exercises in London and other Places Written by J.M. a deluded Brother lately escaped out of their Snare LONDON Printed by J. C. in the Year .1654 THE RANTERS LAST SERMON ON Monday the second of this instant Aug. a Company of People called Ranters meeting in a House neer Pissing-Conduit in Cheap-side taught many Diabolical Blasphemous TENENTS the very recital of which makes both my Heart Hand to tremble Yet for the satisfaction of many Godly People that know not the d●spositions of these men and other simple Novices that they seek to draw in to be of their Atheistical Opininions as once I was my self though by Gods Gracious goodness to my soul I am now reclaimed from their Errors I have adventured to lay open to the World their licentious lives and most blasphemous doctrines of Devils which you may well perceive if you cast but your eye upon their TENENTS which they hold and Teach 1 They taught That they could neither sce Evill know Evil nor Act Evill and that whatever they did was Cood and not Evil there being no such thing as sin in the World Whereupon Mistris E. B. striking fire at a Tinder-box lights up a Candle seeks under the Bed Table and stooles and at last comming to one of the men shee offers to unbutton his Cod-piece who demanding of her what she sought for she answeth For sin whereupon he blows out her Candle leads her to the Bed where in the sight of all the rest they commit Fornication 2. They taught That it was quite contrary to the end of the Creation to Appropriate any thing to any Man or Woman but that there ought to be a Community of all things 3. That to Feast Revell Drinke Sing Roare and to sweare great Oathes and to lye with a Whore though in the Market-place was as good Actions as to Pray Preach or perform other Duties of Christian Religion 4. That there was neither God nor Devill Heaven nor Hell Angel nor Feind but that all things were by Providence 5. That our Ever blessed Saviour was a Bastard and an Impostor and deceiver of the Christians as Moses was of the Jews and Mahumet of the Heathens 6. That the Sacred BIBLE was but a meer Romance and Contradictory to it self only invented by the Witts of Former Ages to keep People in subjection and as they term it in Egyptian slavery likewise That there was as much truth in the History of Tom Thumb or The Knight of the SUN as there was in that Book Oh detestable Blasphemies ¶ After they had discussed upon these Diabolicall Errors and Atheisticall Blasphemies for the space of two hours in the mock and derision of singing of Psalmes one of them read this lacivious and Bawdy Sonnet following all the rest singing after her ¶ Their PSALME YOu that can Revell Day and Night To enjoy the Fruits of Loves Delight With whomsoere you can acquire To quench the flames of Cupid's fire You must mark this that when you meet In Garden Orchard Field or street With Feeble Brethren that scarce can Perform the duty of a man Let them not saly from your lapp Til you salute them with a Clap Dear Sisters you may freely doo 't As easy as to stirr a foot But if you cannot tell me now And I my self will teach you how When you meet lusty men of strength That will not bate a jot of length Oh hugg them hard and suck them in Vntill they even do burst your skin Spread forth the crannyes of those Rocks That lie beneath your Holland smocks Stretch out your limbs sigh heave and strains Till you have opened every veine That so Loves gentle juice that flowes Like Dewie Nectar out of those That press you down may run a tilt Into your wombs and not be spilt Do this dear Sisters and hereby You shall increase and multiply And in some 20 years you 'l spread Further then Jacob's Children did But like the Saints I pray be sure Your speeches all be fine and pure Let Gospel words and sweet Expressions Divine Narrations and Confessions Be in your mouthes though lusty T ses Are stowtly knocking at your A ses Oh damnable Impieties oh Monsterous Wickedness oh cursed Blasphemies How can the glorious Eye of heaven behold these miscreants without melting into tears to cause a second Deluge over the face of the whole Earth Must they needs like flies burn themselves in that flame that should light them A sad race to run through all Religions into al wickedness and consequently into eternall destruction Never Never Never to behold the face of God Tell mee O Atheist Who made those gloriou● Lamps of Heaven the Sun and Moon the twinkling Starres the Windes the Hale the Rain the frost and snow the Rain-bow Thunder Lightning the Night Day Winter Summer the Earth the Sea and all that in them is Certainly none but the LORD GOD could do this All these He cast in the pure mould of LOVE That Man might place his soul and thoughts above But in vain do I seek to wash these Blackmores white or to charm these deaf Adders Therefore I shall here insert some few of God's direfull Judgements happening on some of these Renters Quakers Shakers and the rest of their atheistical Crew as it is instanced by that famous and Reverend Divine Mr. Edward Cotton A Crew of Ranters meeting at Hammet in Germany after many dayes spent in Riotting and Revelling Drinking Swearing Blaspheming saying There was no God no Devil no Heaven no Hell but that the Soul was mortall and the Scripturture a Fiction As they were belshing out these Blasphemies the Devil appeared amongst them in a very High Terrible and Monsterous shape like unto an invincible Gyant carrying away a Hundred and Thirty of their Children in a great smoak and fiery Flame that they were never seen again to this day That at Boulton in Lancashire the Devil apperred to one Mr Smith a Ranter and bid him go to an Apothecaries to buy an Ounce of Arsnick whereupon the said Smith presently went but could not procure the sad Arsnick unlesse he brought sufficient security That he should do no injury with the same either to himself or any other so he said Smith departing said He would fetch securrity and the next day came again accompanyed by the Devil in the shape of a man who ingaged he should do no harm to any one but so soon as he had received the said Asnick a great flash of Fire appeared as if it had been Lightning from the highest Firmament and carried away both the Ranter and the Apothecary neither of them being seen ever after that time to this very day That constantly at their Ranting-Meetings both in this City of London and in the Countrey the Devil oftentimes appeares amongst them sometimes in the shape of a man and other times in the shape of a Woman and taking them by the hands very familiarly he leaves the print of his fowl Paws behinde him which the Ranters can never after get out it remaining black and Blue they being fearfully tormented thereat that neither Chains nor cords can hold them in their beds Others are pluck'd out of their beds and crrried out of their Chambers by the Haire of their heads and tossed up down from one Room to another Many other dreadfull Examples of Gods heavy Judgements upon such Atheists and filthy unclean wretches and their fleshly foolishness might be shewn at large to dehort others from their evil Instigations but this may suffice to shew that these filthy Dreamers are such that having had some knowledge of the wayes of God and his holy Word turning his Grace into wantonness wrest the sacred Scriptures to their own destruction and like Apostate wretches abandon God and all goodness and being given over to all manner of filthiness and uncleanness become the very seed and spring of the Serpent consecrating a continual Hollyday to all licentiousness of Living committing sin with grediness without the least sense thereof which is most miserable But if this be the perfection of new fancied Religions to run through all into Atheisme I praise God that he hath given me grace to come out of Babylon leave them in the broad way and seek out the good old Way the right Path that leads to eternall felicity And truly when I was amongst them I saw no Reverence but much Impietie Presumption Profanation and secret wickednesse which was the cause I left them and since renouncing my own carnall wisedom I rather desire to be rul'd by sound Reason then carnall sense look into my felf and my own deceitful heart and so lay my hand upon my mouth strike upon my breast and humble my self to the very dust and according to Gods holy Word Worke out my own salvation with fear and trembling love GOD above all my Neighbour as my self and do as I would be done by and in what I come short of this to rely upon the Al-sufficient merits of my Lord and Saviour To whose most holy NAME be ascribed al Power Glory and Thanksgiving by Angels and Men in this World and that which is to come AMEN FINIS