The vindication of the seperate brethren of the spirit, against a libell, called The resolution of the Rovnd-heads and against all slanderous pamphlets, since the time that Symon Magus tempted Symon the Cobler / published by H. Drewrey.

The vindication of the seperate brethren of the spirit, against a libell, called The resolution of the Rovnd-heads and against all slanderous pamphlets, since the time that Symon Magus tempted Symon the Cobler / published by H. Drewrey.

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The Vindication of the Round-heads.

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THE VINDICATION OF THE SEPERATE BRETHREN OF THE SPIRIT, Againſt a Libell, Called The Reſolution of the ROVND-HEADS.

And againſt all Slanderous Pamphlets, ſince the time that Symon Magus tempted Symon the Cobler.

Publiſhed by H. Drowrey.

LONDON, Printed 1641

The Vindication of the Round-heads.

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FIrſt whereas that Libell begins with our head, wee therefore pronounce it a Capitall Libell.

It then butts at our hornes which in deſpite of that Libell ſhall ſhoot out to a greater length, and be more viſible then they were, there being no contradicting ſince Doctors Commons ſuffred an Eclipſe.

As for the Cavalliers, our black and blew Armes and Sides doe confeſſe that deere truth, and we onely ſay they are a Company of Abſoloms, and wee hope to ſee them hang'd in their long Locks for that affront.

To the ſhutting upon Shopps, we anſwer, that even as when the Sky falls you may catch Larkes, juſt ſo when Biſhops goe downe we may ſet up againe.

As for the Whitebrothes, &c. they are diſhes the Libeller would lick his lips at, and we ſay, that at one of thoſe Feaſts we edifie ſo much, and grow ſo ſtrong, that the Devill himſelfe cannot tame us.

To that point where he ſaith that wee hold to maintaine Biſhop, Order, learning and Unity, in the Church, Univerſityes and Common-Wealth, [Page] is Prophaneneſſe, ſuperſtition, and plaine Popery, Though it be put upon us as a jeere, yet thus wee confirme it; Firſt, to maintain Order is proph [...] neſſe; for if there were no Order (as it is amongſt as) there could be no tranſgreſſion of the Order, and conſequently no prophaneſſe. Secondly, Learning is ſuperſtition, for thereby Schollers are ſo furniſht with ſuffient arguments againſt us, that they dare ſtand ſtiffe upon their owne knowledge and as it were overtopps us. Laſtly peace and Vnion is Popery, for what doe the Papiſts more boaſt of then their Uniformity, That we may not therefore be like them, we entend as long as we may have any Countenance, to ſet all the Kingdome together by the ears, whereby we in time ſhall become as famous for our ſeperations as they, for their Uniformity.

As for the Tearmes of Roundheads and prickears, we ſay it is a ſeemly ſight, and if our example could but beget that faſhion, amongſt the Courtiers, they would look juſt like ſo many Shadrach, Meſhach, and Abednegoes, in the Kings Houſe, to the amazement nay afrightment of all forraign nations that ſhould behold them, which ſome of them may eaſily doe, without the helpe of a Barber, 'tis but even pulling off a Cap of haire, and the thing is done if not over done.

Then for our Lecturers of both Sexes, I pray you who is it but they that beget Children Dayly and Hourly in our Churches? The men haild out of the world, and the women pull them in by the ſhirts of the fleſh, and in ſhort, time draw them emptie of Carnall things, abating much of their fleſhly luſt, [Page] leaving them onely to the comfort of a creſtfalne Spirit which wee call Repentance, and after that brunts over they quickly learne the Miſtery of conventicle, break-faſts which ſurely proveth Cordiall and Reſtorative, enabling them to goe through with the worke they take in hand Cheerefully and powerfully.

Concerning the Community betwixt the Brethren and the Siſters, ſurely ſurely no fleſh is able to reſiſt the ſweet alurement of a zealous fleire when ſhe heares a not able piece of ſtuffe from the impudent Lecturer, or of a goodly Sky-coloured gleg upwards, upon the pricking of her conſcience, and the Deepe-ſigh of two minuits long preſently after it, for theſe cauſes we wonder that the yong Gentlemen of the Inns of Court do not convert, verily the provocatives thereunto are plump, and ſmoath, and yet rough enough in ſome places, (but thoſe are Common places, and therefore not worth mentioning) They are no Ieſebels paynted or brayded, but rather faithfull Rahabs, penitent Harlots. Another inducement to the Gentlemen might be good Husbandry: for queſtionleſſe, the Commons are larger, and the payment leſſer. Beſides, they teach the Tone of the Noſe an Artificiall way, as wel as the Siſters of Saint Giles in ruefull earneſt▪ and we hope this will be conſidered.

Touching the Woods and Sawpits, they were places frequented onely in thoſe times, when Learning played the Tyrant, by Commiſſion, ſince which extirpation; every of our own houſes are Synagogues for that purpoſe. And for the putting out lights, ſome reaſons may be ſhewed, and ſome not; one cauſe [Page] thereof may be, for that in our Prayers we ſhould ſee each others yawning, gaping and ſtaring upward, the divine rapture would be converted to a lowd laughter at one anothers ill-favoured faces, and we ſo prevented of that fruit, which from the exerciſe will otherwiſe ariſe▪ as for other reaſons they are not to be diſcovered to any reprobate, whoſe haire is longer then his eares.

Then the Lybel wrings us by the Noſe, the Noſe is to be conſidered as part of the Face, and is the inſtrument of one Sence (then 'tis well you'l ſay we have ſome ſence) but you ſhall finde we make other uſe of it then you expect, for even as the Apoſtles did ſpeak with Tongues, ſo verily do we ſpeake with Noſes, yea, with fiery Noſes, which do guide a Muſicall and Tintinable relliſh to our Language; like the hum of a Bel, or the drove of a Bagpipe; but (as the Song hath it) let Symons Beard alone, ſo let Beters Noſe alone.

For the Ruffe, the Dublet, and the Breeches, they have their ſignifications▪ the Ruffe ſheweth how terrible we are in our Choller, the Doublet is the Emblem of the Stomacke which is ſpacious, and the ſhortneſſe of the Breeches, conduceth to the length of the Leg, and therefore demonſtrates our adverſneſſe to the Charactor of the Duck, O Ducks, plaguie Creatures.

As for our Faith, Charity and good Works, we linke them thus together▪ our Religion is built on Faith only, and great need there is it ſhould be ſtrong, in reſpect the other Graces and Symptomes of heavenly mindedneſſe are ſeldome apparant in us, not need they be ſo, For Faith applyeth it ſelfe to things [Page] not ſeen, our Charity and good Works were never ſeen nor ever ſhall be, for that is the common way of Salvation, and diſſonant from the rules of ſingularity; but ours preſcribeth a new way to be ſaved by ſtratagem.

The length of the Prayer is a qualification in the Lungs, the toutologie thereof a Vertigo in the Braine, and the earneſtneſſe of the ſame, a habit got by practiſe, which ſeemeth to ſtraine the interiours of the whole man, with a kind of Divine Witchcraft, even raviſheth the Soules of the tender Siſters, and filleth them with a ſervent deſire to experience the ſtrength of thoſe able bodies that retain ſuch powerfull graces.

As for the Robes, Geſtures, and Utenſils Eccleſiaſtick, what is a Canonical cote, but a woollen Smock; or a Surpleſſe, but an over-wide Linnen Smock, and is a habite quite contrary to a plaine Text, that men ſhould not put on Womens Apparell, what are the ornaments of the Altar, but Images of Gold and Silver in the forme of Candleſticks and Emboſſed Books, and the Cringes and Bowings, but Sacrifices of dexterous hamſtrings thereunto.

As for the Synod of Morefields and Pimlico, wee doubt not but the Canons there deviſed, will hould good with as much ſucceſſe as thoſe laſt enacted a Paules, eſpecially for that the Agent of them are now, &c.

Now truely and verily for the Reſolution and the Reformation, it could not have been [...]ed, though the Ironmonger, Law [...]t of our Family had draw [...] it; but onely the raſcally Libeller put it in jearing Termes; but that may be requited when we meet him in Cheapſide.

Now for an Addition of better Arguments for the maintenance of this Religion, take theſe few; It is [Page] confirmed by the lamentable death of a godly Knight, the Proto-Martyr of the Spiritual cauſe, who becauſe he is dead, our Secretary (being principall Councell in this Vindication) thinks it good manners or, let him reſt in peace; but in his life time Ram-Ally knew him well.

Rome is the Beaſt with ten Hornes, we having but two Hornes, are therefore no Roman Beaſts; thoſe Horns were empailed with Crownes, which our horns rather puſh againſt. A glorious Whore did ride on that Beaſt▪ but we are Beaſts our ſelves, and ride the Whore.

The Jeſuits are the onely Roman Puritans, that our ſingularities ought to take the right hand of theirs▪ they are the Brothers of Jeſus the Sirname▪ but we are the Brothers of Chriſt the proper name, which alwaies preſerves the eminence of the Pedigree in every great Family.

That this Religion is meerly of the Spirit, what do you ſay to many of us, that can reade as perfectly at the wrong end of the Book, as at the right end; or to a Brown-Baker that will take a Sermon Verbatim in Charactors (which you would take for Conjuring formes, they look ſo ghaſtly) and yet could never reade a Letter of the Book, or to another, that never read his Accidence, and hateth Latine, yet derives Hebrew roots with facility; if theſe be not peculiar and ſi [...] ple gifts of the Spirit, then we have no good Spirit in us, and the Reſolution is an honeſt Libel.

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The vindication of the seperate brethren of the spirit, against a libell, called The resolution of the Rovnd-heads and against all slanderous pamphlets, since the time that Symon Magus tempted Symon the Cobler / published by H. Drewrey.

Drewrey, H.

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