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A05113	Mr Henry Barrowes platform Which may serve, as a preparative to purge away prelatisme: with some other parts of poperie. Made ready to be sent from Miles Mickle-bound to much-beloved-England. Togither with some other memorable things. And, a familiar dialogue, in and with the which, all the severall matters conteyned in this booke, are set forth and interlaced. After the untimely death of the penman of the foresaid platforme. & his fellow prisoner; who being constant witnesses in points apperteyning to the true worship of God, and right government of his Church, sealed up their testimony with their bloud: and paciently suffred the stopping of their breath, for their love to the Lord. Anno 1593.	Barrow, Henry, 1550?-1593.	1611 (1611)	STC 1525; ESTC S122418	73,650	164

through want of supply in such outward helpes some doe sterve others doe steale through which many are hanged God is dishonoured the gospel disgraced the face of good people ashamed and true christian hearts are wounded And are not these the very engins of evill Desiderius Enough Miles the pointe is plaine And I see by these that you might make a whole volume of that argument onely Miles Micklebound But what think you then were it not better that our Clergie would cary thēselves concerning these livings as honest Abraham the father of the faithfull did about the spoiles of Sodome which he recovered from the five Kings who had immediatly before taken them for a spoile from Sodom Of the which Abraham would not take for himself so much as a threed or a shooe latchet lest the King of Sodome should say I haue made that all false and antichristian Ministeries yet re●●yned in the land ought by the Princes authoritie to be rooted out The second That by like authoritie their antichristian idolatrous livings ought to be cōverted to charitable civil uses are not to be given or appropriated to Gods true Ministerie for the maintenance therof neither ought it to receive the same For it stands not with the honour of God that Beth-el Gods house should be garnished and supported with the things belonging to or taken from Beth-aven the house of idols As if the Almightie wanted other meanes for support of his owne house and must needes be beholden to the house of idols to help him and his This sin is in nature somwhat differing from the sin of the Babylonians in stealing away the vessels out of the Lords house to busie in the belching banquets of Belshazzar but it differeth not in substance frō it Desiderius You call the writing the first part c. which implieth a second likewise But is there so Miles I never saw it but I hope ere my return I shal see Amsterdam and Leyden where I shal make diligent inquiry among the people there But doutful it is that after the Bishops heard of the first part of an intendement of a second that they hastned the authours death to stop the current that began to run so strongly against them Wherfore I exhort you to use this well read it advisedly and the Lord direct thy spirit to the right understanding good use making of all things And so fare ye well till to morow and the day after THE FIRST PART OF THE PLATFORME PENNED BY THAT WORTHY SERVANT OF IESVS CHRIST and blessed witnes of his most holy Ordinances to the losse of life Mr. HENRY BARROVVE 1. THat the offices of Archbishops Lord Bishops Archdeacons c. with all their Courts and under officers ought by the commandement of God to be suppressed by the Princes authoritie and the persons usurping the same hereafter to be compelled to walke in some lawfull calling eyther in the Church or commune wealth as God shall make them fit and call them thereunto 2. That this whole ministery and offices of Deane Sub-deane Prebends c. Parson Vicar Curates Stypendarie Lectorers as the ●aile of the Dragon ought by the Prince to be suppressed and abolished And the persons usurping the same to be compelled frō henceforth to walk orderly in some lawfull calling or office in Church or cōmon wealth as God maketh them fit calleth them la●●fully thereunto using the gifts that God ha● given them aright to the glorie of the give● the good of the Church 3. That the Landes and lordly revenues ● these Archbishops Lord Bishops Deane c. togither with the gleabes temporalitie c. ought to be resumed by the Prince an● wholly converted to civil uses 4. That the Prince may give unto her su●●jects the owners of them their severall tith●● aswel open as privie or reserve so much 〈◊〉 way of tribute therof as shall seeme good u● to her Majestie 5. That the true Ministerie ought not t● be mainteyned by such gleabes tithes set st●●pends or by the rated wages of the profan● but by the free contribution and dutifull b●●nevolence of the faithful especially of th● Congregation unto which they administer 6. That the Prince ought to proclaime ● publish the gospel of Christ with the tru●● preaching and sincere practise thereof in a●● things that God shal give knowledge of An● to forbid exterminate all other religion● worship ministeries within her dominion● SEeing that holy and mighty God of heaven and earth will onely be worshiped served ●n his Church according to his own prescript will in his word and not by any devises of men how holy or expedient soever they may seem to themselves and by that Ministerie onely which his sonne the Lord of the house hath instituted in his last will and testament and not by any other or strange Ministerie Seeing ●o great blessings promises both ●f this life and of the life to come are made to those people church●s that thus worship and serve the Lord according to his owne holy wil as we most plentifully com●ortably read in the scriptures and on the contrary such dreadfull plagues fearfull judgments denoun●ed against executed upon those Nations and people that make a ●hew otherwise to worship serve God according to their owne devises or policies Seing God alwayes speaketh by his owne Ministerie 〈◊〉 his owne people and never by a● false Sinistery but alwayes sende● the one in his espetial mercie 〈◊〉 prepare and make fit unto his he●● veny kingdome the other in h●● wrath and displeasure to seduce 〈◊〉 prepare al degrees unto judgemen● it behooveth every soule in what 〈◊〉 state soever to look diligently un●● to be well assured of their way wherein they walk and are led B● petially above all it is the offi●● and dutie of Princes and Rulers 〈◊〉 whom the word and sword of Go● is therefore committed most car●●fully to advance establish in the dominions the true worship M●●nisterie of God and to suppresse 〈◊〉 roote out all contrary as they te●●der their owne salvation at that da● of all accompts and the salvation 〈◊〉 all that people under their charge Private members howsoever the● ought to refraine and to keep the●● soules and bodies undefiled from ● false worship which is imposed suffering rather in all patient and christian manner whatsoever may be inflicted upon them for the same as they that feare more to offend God then men yet ought they not to stretch forth their hand by force to the reformatiō of any publick enormities which are by the Magistrates authoritie set up For that were to transgresse the limits of their owne place and calling to usurpe and intrude into the Princes royall throne and dignitie Which heynous presumption escapeth not due vengeance either in this life or in the world to come But now howsoever no private subject ought to intermedle with the