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A42134 The doctrine of the asse, or, A brief account of their principles and practice in whose behalf the complaint was written that it may serve for advice to others : whereunto is added the asse's complaint, Balaam's reply, and the authors apology / by Lewis Griffin. Griffin, Lewis. 1661 (1661) Wing G1982; ESTC R28049 18,183 44

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A righteous Man is mercifull to his Beast Balaam come downe and let thy Master ride T' was not for thee the Asses colt was tyed Vrge not the Harmlesse Beast to be uncivill For if thou rid'st thou 'lt ride him to the Devill THE DOCTRINE OF THE ASSE OR A Brief Account of their Principles and Practice in whose behalf the Complaint was written That it may serve for Advice to others Whereunto is Added The Asse's Complaint Balaam's Reply And The Authors Apology Never before Published By LEWIS GRIFFIN The Ox knoweth his Owner and the Ass his Masters Crib but Israel doth not know my People doth not consider Isaiah 1.3 LONDON Printed for Henry Marsh at the Princes Armes in Chancery-lane 1661. THE PREFACE MAn that is in honour and understandeth not is like unto the Beasts that perish when our first Parents lost Gods Image they were degraded from Humanity as well as Divinity and became as brutish as the Creatures below them so that there is no Beast or Monster in the Wildernesse of the Great World but what may be found in the Microcosmus or Little-world of Man Hence it is that false Prophets are said to be inwardly Wolves Drunkards inwardly Swine Whoremongers inwardly Goats Dissemblers Foxes Flatterers Dogs Valiant Men Lyons Innocent Men Lambs as though we had Cloathed our Souls with their Natures as well as our Bodies with their Skins Amongst the rest it hath been my Part to act the Asse and no wonder for the whole Kingdome hath done the same before me and like the Tribe of Issachar been a long time Couchant betwixt two burdens that is in plain English the Prophanesse of some who call themselves the Kings true Subjects and the Hypocrisie of others who term themselves Gods precious Saints as though Loyalty consisted in Ranting Swearing and Drunkenesse or Religion in Treason Murder and Sacrilege I am not ignorant how some have rebelled against the King in nomine Domini witness the Devills Martyrs at Charing-Crosse who pretended their unparallel'd Treason was Acted in the fear of the Lord others have sinned against God in nomine Regis witnesse those Hectors of the times whom if you should check for Swearing would call you Phanatick others have dishonoured the Church in nomine Episcopatus and as the wickednesse of Phinehas and Hophni made the people abhorre the Sacrifice so hath their Ignorance Scandall Insufficiency made the Sacred name of Bishop the decent Ceremonies of the Church and the Divine Liturgy become odious And shall a man see all this and be afraid to speak no Friends these are not times to daub and flatter the sinfull burden of a corrupt Balaam will make a dumb Asse turn Oratour The Soul of a Man or Woman I hope I may speak it without offence is worth more than his Majesties three Kingdoms and shall the charge of a Whole Congregation of these be committed to a Dunce a Drunkard a Beast that hath neither Grace nor Learning God forbid shall he that writes nothing but Truth and Reason have his Mouth stop'd with being told he is a Seditious Person Shall it be more safe for some men to Commit Sin then for others to reprove them I hope not In the Verses called the Asses Complaint however they may be mistaken I know nothing that can justly offend a sober Man The King Himself hath Declared that it is and shall he his Majesties Will That no Insufficient Negligent nor Scandalous Ministers be permitted in the Church c. and may not a Subject Lawfully Beg that which the King is Graciously pleased to Grant He that sayes the Asse hath spoken Treason Let him tell him that Prays Thy Will be done that he speaks Blasphemy But possibly it is supposed by some that Ignorance and Scandall are quite out of fashion and that there is no such thing in any of the Clerge Truly I could wish it were so indeed But when our Saviour amongst twelve Disciples had one Devill it would be a wonder that the Bishops amongst so many thousand Curats should have none Yet to name or mention any particular Person untill I have further occasion I think will be as absurd as for a Minister that reproves any grosse Sin to tell his Parishioners openly in the Pulpit the name of any Person whom he knows to be Guilty Let this suffice although others are unsatisfied with the harshnesse of my Expressions yet I my self am well satisfied with the honesty of my Intentions which I question not will bear me out against all malicious Gain-sayers Now whereas it is objected that my unlucky Pamphlet hath proved a Doctrine of Sedition unto disaffected persons What then I beseech you have they not also made the same use of the Sacred Word of God If a Revengeful wretch should stab his Neighbour would that hand that made the Sword be found accessory to the Murder I think not It was not my purpose when I published those Verses to encourage Sedition but to rebuke Prophanesse and therefore to give the Reader further satisfaction I have written these following Precepts which are the Rules by which those People walk for whose sakes the Cry was written You may find in them seasonable advice which though it seem to lye confusedly in my Meditations will be brought into better order in your Practice He that would know more of my mind let him read my Apology which follows the Verses of H. W. for the rest of His name I know not I could wish that he had imployed his Wit to a better purpose I can only Judge this that the Gentleman is a civil Person and his Reply is an Ingenious piece of Misconstruction as for the Rest who have written against me I regard them not at all I shall not throw stones at every Dog which I hear bark Only I beg of the Ingenious Reader to weigh my words in the ballance of Reason and not like the rude Barbarians to account me a Notorious Sinner becau●e he sees I am stung with Viperous Tongues It is not unknown to several persons of credit in the Country where I lived how much I have been persecuted by the Presbyterian party and yet I am now threatned by some who have more malice to conceive Mischief than power to bring it forth for being a supposed Enemy to that which I alwayes Adored Episcopacy And not only I but the Stationer who Printed my Verses Mr. Marsh although he hath to manifest his Loyalty Printed more Sheets against that Monster in Politicks called the Rump than all of his Profession in London to the Hazard of his Life and losse of his Liberty Which things being rightly considered we both may Deserve a Milder Censure THE DOCTRINE OF THE ASSE 1. STay hasty Reader Least the strangeness of our Title which at the first view may seem to promise nothing but some antick piece of Drollery or messe of Ridiculous Nonsense should cause thy careless hand too soon to cast away this well meaning Paper Remember I