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A76849	The fanatick history: or an exact relation and account of the old Anabaptists, and new Quakers. Being the summe of all that hath been yet discovered about their most blasphemous opinions, dangerous pactises [sic], and malitious endevours to subvert all civil government both in church and state. Together with their mad mimick pranks, and their ridiculous actions and gestures, enough to amaze any sober christian. Which may prove the death & burial of the fanatick doctrine. Published with the approbation of divers orthodox divines.	Blome, Richard, d. 1705.	1660 (1660)	Wing B3212; Thomason E1832_2; ESTC R7493	128,247	230

THE FANATICK HISTORY OR An Exact RELATION and ACCOUNT OF The Old ANABAPTISTS AND New QVAKERS Being the summe of all that hath been yet discovered about their most Blasphemous Opinions Dangerous Pactises and Malitious Endevours to subvert all Civil Government both in Church and State Together with their Mad Mimick Pranks and their ridiculous actions and gestures enough to amaze any sober Christian Which may prove the Death Burial OF The Fanatick Doctrine Published with the approbation of divers Orthodox Divines Beloved beleive not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false Prophets are gone out into the world 1 Joh. 4.1 London Printed for J. Sims at the Cross Keyes in St. Paul's Church-yard 1660. Charles t e second by the grace of God King of England Scotland France Ireland Defender of the Faith To the Majesty of the most high and Mighty Prince Charles the II. King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith c. ROYAL SIR THe Author of this book if living doth as yet conceal his name but however the work doth speak his worth it now happily came into my hands and if your title and office did not warrant me I had not presumed to make your Majesty the Patron to so small a book although of great consequence But as you are the Defender of the Faith you have some obligation upon you to patronise it For when had the Faith of Christ more need of Defence then now and when was it more assaulted and adulterated by Blasphemous tenets and Heretie opinions especially by Anabaptists and Quakers then now which none but a regal authority can stifle They are grown so exceeding high and daring that if your Majesty put not out your royal hand of power suddenly to restrain them they are so numerous and so seducing that they will in a little time diffuse their poyson over the better part of your Kingdom I beseech your grace to pardon the presumption of Your most Loyal and obedient Subject Richard Blome The PREFACE to the READER REader thou hast here an exact account and History of the Opinions Blasphemies and practises of the Old Anabaptists in Germany which so much infested those States and the New Quakers in England which have of late so much molested us I have taken the pains of the Collection that we being fore-warned of them may be fore-armed against them to avoid the like danger they are a generation most pestiferous in their Doctrine and dangerous in their Seduction and so ought of all men to be avoided There are many of late and some of noble rank and quality that are sensible of their erronious ways and are reduced from them it is hoped in a little time many more will be so wise to do the like which may prove the Death and Burial of their fanatick doctrine I have made a faithful Collection both out of their own books and out of Authors of known reputation and that I may the better cleer my integrity therein I have all the way along noted the Book and the Page where every particular is mentioned In short let me admonish thee to observe these rules 1. That thou take no offence at Religion or Religious Men For there is pure Religion and undefiled and Religious ones whose hearts are upright whose wayes are holy and ends sincere if thou shouldst be so taken in the Devils snare though thou beest not fallen into Anabaptism or Quakerisme yet thou art by them to love Religion and Religions ones the better but never the worse for this 2. Do justice Set the Saddle on the right horse do not nick-name any thing thou dislik●st with the brand of Anabaptist or Quaker thereby thou maist shew thy dislike but not thy charity remember the command Thou shalt not bear false witnesse against thy neighbour the commonnesse of th● thing makes me caution thee rather it is tedious to instance i● many one for all Phanatique is extended beyond intention now it is come abroad and in vulgar months every prophane person readily brands his neighbour with it that will not ru● readily with him into the same excesse of riot 3. Be Zealous But 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to knowledge do not speak evil of the things thou dost not understand the things may well deserve blame but thou art to be blamed that letst thy tongue run before thy wit 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and secundum regulam according to Gods rule let not thy fire become wildefire do no wrong violence to any bring not a railing accusation but wisely consider thy place and power the Quakers have too just occasion of complaint against many this I humbly advise and for shewing thy zeal it will be sufficient in thy place and according to thy power that God hath intrusted thee withall to keep thy self and others from their tenets wayes companyes and persons too many run into the Mouth of them but keep thy ground where God hath set thee and make use of the hands God hath given thee 4. Stand and wonder 1. At the corruption and deceitfulnesse of mans heart 2. the subtilty of Satan 3. and the severe judgement of a righteous God they are tremenda astonishing things See you not how the Devil can change his shape alter his tone make use of Scripture reveal sin presse duty ravish the affections come as Christ and the spirit of God and all this but to deceive and destroy and violently force the mortification of the body that that way may be the destruction of the Soul who knows his methods his depths he was a Serpent before a Lyon and a Serpent still to deceive that he may be a Lyon to tear Again what is man well educated rightly principaled far restrained yea making a great shew of godlinesse got almost in the eye of the world to the door of Heaven yet when Offence is taken Pride nourished a Lust satisfied a way fallen into affections tickled a party confederate whether may not this man fall into a Lust against light sin against relations Heresies against the foundations Blasphemie against God and setting up of himself equal to the Almighty Lastly all this of God as a righteous avenger of all unrighteousnesse who when he sees what men do not behold and findes an opportunity most subservient to his glory le ts man lust to fall into the hands of his own heart into the power of his worst adversary and then what a piece of provocation instrument of mischief and mirror of wonder doth he become 5. Rise up and blesse God If not fallen from the truth if not decayed in thy spiritual life if still attending on God in the use of his means for further communion quickning and growth who hath made thee differ how comes this to passe but by grace that when others are fallen thou shouldst stand when others are gone off thou shouldst go on others waxing worse and worse thou shouldst

Lantgrave of Hesse whom he hoped to draw to his party And with his smooth tongue he pacified the people assuring them that by Easter they should certainly be delivered from all th●ir enemies The princes of the Empire seeing their danger if this pretended King of the world came out and met with his confederates met at Goblents as they had appointed and took a course for the Bishops help and the straight besieging of the Town and sent letters to the people of Munster to represent them their fault and their danger and that if they did not submit to their natural Prince they should draw all the forces of the Empire upon them This was about the end of December 1534. They answered many words in commendation of their holy purpose yet nothing to the purpose and sent private letters besides to me Lantgrave of Hesse to perswade him to join with them for the killing of all the wicked and establishing the Kingdom of the righteous in the world and they sent him a book of that argument whose title was De restitutione f They should have thought of it now and writ l●ss the Lantgrave caused it to be answered by his Divines To draw towards the last Acts of that wild King among the Prophets that were taken one called Henry Hilversum was saved by the Bishop who after some private conference with him let him go And he returning to Munster said that God had delivered him out of prison by an Angel like Peter and had sent him to announce to the King that he had given him three rich Cities Amsterdam Deventer and Wesel which should shortly embrace his party The King gladly received Hilversum and made him one of his Court and presently dispatched one James of Kemp to Amsterdam to bring that City to his obedience which he was like to have done having by his seditious doctrine stirred the most part of the people against the Magistrate but that the Count of Hochstral Governour of Holland opposed them with great wisdom and with a high hand Soon after John of Leyden hearing a report that many of his sect in Holland and Frize were wandring in great Troops like sheep having no shepherd sent them one John Giles that had some skill in war with a great sum of money charging him that like another Moses he would be their leader in the wilderness g Very ●rue there they were and bring them to Canaan that is to Munster But when much time past and he heard nothing of those wandring Israelites nor of their Moses he sent the Prophet Henry Hilversum and one John Nortell into Holland and Frize to hasten them or raise new troops For that expedition he had loaden Henry Hilversum with so much Gold that he could scarce go wherefore he went no further than the Bishops camp where he stayed John Nortell went as far as Deventer and soon after returned without effect Hilversum writ a sensible letter to the people of Munster wherein he acknowledged that his former Prophesies were impostures and exhorted them to open their eys to see how they were deluded by a company of Rascals what beastly life they led having violated all Laws of pudicity and honesty and what danger they were in of a miserable destruction These letters moved the hearts of many that already were weary of that life for their publike ordinary grew short and was reduced to one meal a day and a short one where their community of goods was violated for every one had his bread by weight But while they fasted in the Town they feasted in the Court for the King fared sumptuously to the very last Which one of his wives disliking said once that she thought not that such a course was pleasant to God that in the publike misery while some pined for hunger others should surfet with plenty The King being told of it brought her to the market place with his other wives made her kneel down and cut off her head then made his other wives to sing and give praises for it to their heavenly father Then he led a dance h A mad dance from first to last and commanded all the people to dance and rejoice with him though the poor people had no great heart to dance being fed with bread and salt only At the same time two young men of the Town weary of that fare were taken running away and brought back unto the King who killed them both with his own hand And to appease the people of whom many began to repent i All are not lest that are gone ●ut of the way of their error and murmured against him he made them a fine speech saying that he would never have thought that they being born again by a new Baptism would shew themselves so impatient in their sufferings for Gods cause whereas they should have followed Pauls example bearing hunger nakedness and cold to attain to the haven of salvation k It is easie to preach the cross by them that wear the Crown That God was powerful enough to send them Manna and Quails from heaven That he had great troops in Holland and Frize that would certainly come with great provision of victual and beat the enemie back That God had revealed unto him that at Easter they should be delivered for certain To confirm the people he would from that time appear every day abroad in his greatest glory and made his Queen shew her self often with a crown of gold on her head and royally attired and attended and she became that pomp very well for she was of an exquisite beauty Himself altered one point of his ordinary pomp for whereas the Bible was carried before him at his right hand and a naked sword on the left be transferred the Sword l The sword is the strongest Argument to the right hand of which he gave this reason that the Gospel had been presented to the impenitent world but now the Sword came in the place to destroy those that had rejected the Gospel With such toys and riddles he fed the eyes and the ears of the hungry people much like the Lydians that invented games to pass away their hunger in a year of famine Well Easter came and no help came this put our Prophet King to his plunge he shut himself up faining to be sick for six days then he came forth and said to the people that in his sickness God had set him upon a blind Ass m True● had judicialy made him a blind Asse and laid upon him the sins of the whole multitude whereby they were all made clean and free from their sins and that was the deliverance which God had promised them at Easter Sure if ever there was a false Christ n Another egregious in the West Country cf. Ellis his Pseudo-christus 1650. this was one Much did he rely upon the negotiation of Jo. Geles whom he dayly expected beleiving as it was true that