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A91187 A fresh discovery of some prodigious new wandring-blasing-stars, & firebrands, stiling themselves nevv-lights, firing our church and state into new combustions. Divided into ten sections, comprising severall most libellous, scandalous, seditious, insolent, uncharitable, (and some blasphemous) passages; published in late unlicensed printed pamphlets, against the ecclesiasticall jurisdiction and power of parliaments, councels, synods, Christian kings and magistrates, in generall; the ordinances and proceedings of this present Parliament, in speciall: the national covenant, assembly, directory, our brethren of Scotland, Presbyterian government; the Church of England, with her ministers, worship; the opposers of independent novelties; ... Whereunto some letters and papers lately sent from the Sommer-Islands, are subjoyned, relating the schismaticall, illegal, tyrannical proceedings of some Independents there, in gathering their new-churches, to the great distraction and prejudice of that plantation. / Published for the common good by William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1645 (1645) Wing P3963; Thomason E261_5; ESTC R212456 96,461 90

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Bocardo Sir Simon Synod New upstart frisking Presbiters Synodian Cormorants the Synodian Whore of Babylon the traiterous Synod called the Assembly of Divines presbiterian horse-leeches blood thirsty Cattle this great gore-bellied idoll called the Assembly of Divines Arch-Jesuiticall traytors the Jesuiticall and traiterous designes of the Synod our dissembly Doctors a Consistory of devils and the like These be the charitable modest Independent Epithites which this libeller bestowes upon them See next his libellous and blasphemous speeches against and censure of them and the good end his charity wisheth to them Page 1● The Synod is guided by the holy Ghost sent in a cloke-bagge from Scotland as of old from Rome in the Councell of Trent Because the Assembly have sadled the Parliament it is unlawfull for the Presbiters to goe on foot page 29. The traiterous Synod called the Assembly of Divines labours with might and main to establish and settle this traiterous spirit of persecution in the land page 35. 36. It is most certaine that this fellow whose name Sir Simon faineth to be Reformation is absolute Persecution so that had these Reformers but as much power as Queen Marie's Clergy their reformation would conclude in fire and faggot Judg. Oh insufferable Assembly I see 't is dangerous for a state to pin their faith upon the sleeve of the Clergy J. Reason Further my Lord whereas others are impoverished spend their estates engage and loose their lives in this Quarrell they are enriched and advanced by it save their purses and persons cram and fill their greedy guts too filthy to be carried to a Beare heap up wealth to themselves and give not a penny while others against whom they exclaime venture and expend all yea my Lord this great gorebelly Idol called the Assembly of divines is not ashamed in this time of state-necessity to gull up and devour more at one meale then would make a feast for Bel and the Dragon for besides all their fat Benefices forsooth they must have their foure shillings apeece by the day for sitting in constollidation and poore men when they had filled all benefices with good Trencher-men of their owne presbiterian Tribe they move your Lorpship that all Ministers may be wholy freed from all taxations that now the trade of presbiter is the best trade in England all are taxed and it goes free poore men that have no bread to still the cry of their children must either pay and goe in person to the warres while these devouring Church lubbers live at ease feed on dainties neither pay nor goe themselves but preach out our very hearts they make it a case of conscience to give all but wise men they 'le give none Let the sick the lame and maimed souldiers and those that have lost their limbs and begge in streets let women that have lost their Husbands let parents that have lost their children let children that have lost their parents and let all that have or suffer oppression and misery in and for the publike Cause consider this and be no longer ridden and jaded by Clergy masters but to give the devill his due one thing to their commendations I have observed that they are so zealously affected with the honour of their Cloth that 't were pitty to disrobe them of their cassock Garbe to be led in a string from Westminster to Algate in Leatherne Jackets and Mattockes on their shoulders and my Lord though some thinke they would doe the State more good in leatherne jackets and Mattockes then in long cloakes and cassockes yet my think they would doe the state better service with their canonical girdles were the knot tyed in the right place page 36. 37. Primacy Metropolitanisme prelacy c. are shrunk into the presbytery and our High-commission turned into an Assembly of Divines My Lord they have sate even till they have runne mad you might doe well to adjourne them to Bedlam for my Lord they are raging mad to have the innocent blood of the Anabaptists Brownists Independents c. My Lord they have over-studied themselves even wracked their wits to find out a Religion for us poore men they have beene mightily puzled about it it hath cost them the consumption of many fat pig chicken capon c. the infusion of many a cup of sacke to bring it to birth and after such dolorous pangs and bitter troubles for almost these two yeers who would have thought they would be delivered of such a ridiculous vermine called a Presbyter parturiunt montes nascitur ridiculus mus And now my Lord after this montanous delivery they are at their wits end what dressing to put it out in all the Taylors in the Kingdome are not able to content them what to doe they know not and now the matter 's worse then ever it was they had thought to have shewne the world it in the godly shape of Reformation but upon examination 't is found to be Persecution a sad event there is no way now but Bedlam for our Doctors it may chance to chastise them into their wits againe and then upon their second thoughts it may be they 're bethink themselves to put a blew bonnet upon'● and then it will passe from England to Scotland and Scotland to England againe without question or controle Page 93. Good my Lord have mercy upon me I beseech your honour even for the Clergy sake have mercy upon me consider my Lord that in my death is their ruine it will be the greatest inroad upon the Divines of Christendome that ever was made Oh! I beseech you my Lord. by the Mystery of their holy Convocation by their agony and bloody sweat by their crosse and passion at my shamefull approaching death and burial Good Lord deliver me By their glorious resurrection and assention from the Pulpit above the State by the comming of the holy Ghost to them in a cloak-bag from Scotland Good Lord deliver me By the late solemne League and Covenant by the 400. and 50. l. for the Copy of their Directory because they could get no more by all the fat Benefices and goodly revenues of the Clergy Good Lord deliver me Page 43. 44. It is the sentence of this Court concerning Sir Simon and Sir Iohn Presbyter who have thus Jesuitically endeavoured to pervert the Justce of this Court That Sir Simon be committed close prisoner to King Henry the eights chappell there to be kept in Parliamentary safe custody till the Great Assiges held in the first yeere of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Christ when the Kingdom and the greatnesse of the Kingdoms under the whole Heaven shall be given to the Saints of the most high there and then to be arraigned with the rest of his holy Tribe whether universal national provincial or consistorial counsels or Synods whatsoever before his Highnesse the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and my Lord in the meane time to keep his Holinesse in action I beseech your Honour