A catalogue of the several sects and opinions in England and other nations With a briefe rehearsall of their false and dangerous tenents. 1647 Approx. 11 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A78343 Wing C1411 Thomason 669.f.10[111] ESTC R210684 99869458 99869458 162643

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78343) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162643) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f10[111]) A catalogue of the several sects and opinions in England and other nations With a briefe rehearsall of their false and dangerous tenents. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed by R.A., [London] : 1647. Partly in verse: "By hellish wiles the States to ruine bring."... Illustration represents archetypal figures from each of the 'sects and opinions'. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 19th 1646"; the '7' in the imprint has been crossed out. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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A Catalogue of the ſeverall Sects and Opinions in England and other Nations. With a briefe Rehearſall of their falſe and dangerous Tenents.

caricatures of heretical sects
Ieſuit

One Evins a Welch man was lately com̄ited to Newgate for ſaying hee was Christ

Arminian
Arian
Adamite
Libertin
Ante Scripturian

Heers one blaſphemouſly That hee was Chriſt did ſay Such ſpirits were foretold To riſeith latter daye.

Soule Sleeper
Anabaptist
Familist
Seeker
Diuorcer

Jeſuite. By helliſh wiles the States to ruine bring, My Tenents are to murder Prince or King: If I obtaine my projects, or ſeduce, Then from my Treaſons I will let them looſe: And ſince the Roman Papall State doth totter, I'le frame my ſly-conceits to worke the better. Socinian. By cunning art my way's more nearly ſpun, Although deſtructive to profeſſion; Obſcuring truths, although ſubſtantiall, To puzle Chriſtians or to make them fall: That precious time may not be well improv'd, Ile multiply ſtrange notions for the lewd. Arminian. Would any comfortleſſe both live and die? Let him learne free wills great uncertaintie: Salvation that doth unmov'd remaine, Arminian Logick would moſt maintaine, And faith that's founded on a firme decree, Is plac't by them to cauſe uncertaintie. Arrian. What they dare to deny, Chriſtians know, Chriſt God and Man, from whom their comforts flow, 'Tis ſad, that Chriſtians dive by ſpeculation, Whereby they looſe more ſweeter contemplation: Where Chriſtian practice acts the life of grace, There's ſweet content to run in ſuch a race. Adamite. Hath Adams ſin procur'd his naked ſhame, With leaves at firſt that thought to hide his ſtaine? Then let not Adamites in ſecret dare Aparent ſinfull acts to ſpread; but feare, Since Adams ſin hath ſo defil'd poore duſt, Caſt from this Paradiſe by wicked luſt. Libertine. A piſh at ſin and open violation, By wilfull luſt, deſerves juſt condemnation: Repentance, though a Riddle, this Ile ſay, Thou muſt unfold the ſame or periſh aye. Then leaſt this holy Law thou yet doſt ſleight, Shall preſſe thee one day with a dreadfull weight. Antiſcripturian. By curſed words and actions to gainſay All Scripture-truth, that ought to guide thy way, Without all queſtion, were it in thy power, Thou would it all ſacred Rules at once devoure: Poor man, forbear, thou ſtriv'ſt but all in vaine, Since all mans might ſhall but confirme the ſame. Soule-ſleeper. That ſoules are mortall, ſome have dar'd to ſay, And by their lives, this folly ſome bewray; Whilſt (like the beaſt) they only live to eat, In ſinfull pleaſures waſt their time and ſtate: Meantime forgetting immortality, To woe or joy for all eternity. Anabaptiſt. Poore men contrive ſtrange fancies in the braine, To cleanſe that guilt which is a Leopard ſtaine: 'Tis but a fain'd conceit, contended for, Since water can but act its outward matter: Regenerate, new-born; theſe babes indeed of watry Elements have little need. Familiſts. Were all things Goſpell that H.N. bath ſaid, A ſtrange confuſed worke were newly laid: A perfect ſtate, like Adams, is pretended, Whilſt out wardly each day God is offended: No Sabboth, but alike all daies ſhall be, If Familiſts may have their Liberty. Seeker. All Ordinances, Church and Miniſtry, The Seeker that hath loſt his beaten way, Denies: for miracles he now doth waite, Thus glorious truths reveal'd are out of date: Is it not juſt ſuch men ſhould alwaies doubt Of cleareſt truths, in Holy Writ held out. Divorcer. To warrant this great Law of Separation, And make one two, requires high aggravation: Adultry onely cuts the Marriage-knot, Without the which Gods Law allowes it not. Then learn to ſeperate from ſin that's common, And man ſhall have more Comfort from a woman. Pelagian. What Adams ſtate had been with out a fall, Is but preſumption to contend withall: But Adams ſtate of deprivation Profits by ſerious meditation; Men it keep backe, Chriſt's all in all to all, Then live by faith obedientiall. Separatiſt or Independent. The Saints Communion Chriſtians do profeſſe, Moſt neceſſary to the life of grace, But whilſt ſome ſhrowd them by this bare notion, Condemning all the reſt for Antichriſtian, Preferring much confuſed ſad deſtraction: They thus diſturb a ſettlement i'th' Nation. Antinomians. Under this name ſhrowds many deſperate Deſtroying Doctrines, unregenerate, Expreſſe oppoſing grace in its true power, And glories luſtre ſome do much abhor; Repentance and obedience are condemn'd, And rareſt Chriſtian duties much contemned. Anti-Sabbatarian. This curſt opinion long hath been on foot, A Chriſtian Sabboth from our Iſle to root: When for baſe pleaſures or curſt recreation, On Lords daies duties loſt by prophanation, Divine example hints ſufficiently, A firſt daies Sabboths full Authority. Anti-Trinitarians. That dare to ſearch into the Trinity, And in divine diſtinctions much to pry: Chriſts humane nature they would dare to ſtaine, As ours by Adams guilt, but all in vaine: Then let's beware, leaſt diving thus too far, We leeſe our love, and much increaſe ſad jar. Apoſtolicks, That now expect a new revealed way, Unknowne in Scripture, they have dar'd to ſay, Beyond the way of uſuall diſpenſation Guifts infallible with Revelation, And miracles againe with Miniſtry, Thus men are loſt, when they too far do pry. Thraskites. The Jewiſh Sabboth theſe would have remaine, As warrantable by command moſt plaine: But ſince the Prieſt and ſacrifice are ceaſt, That Sabboth Judaicall is decreaſt: The Lords daies raviſhment divinely is Confirm'd by Practice which unerring is. Hetheringtonians. That Englands Church is falſe do firmely hold, What truths are therein taught deny thus bold Without true ground, there's many yet that ſay As much as theſe that erre and go aſtray: Oh could we keep within a Chriſtian bound, That ſhould ſuch ſad diviſion not be found. The Tatians In what time that Euſebius lived, have All Pauls Epiſtles dar'd reject and have The Acts of the Apoſtles ſer at nought, Thus ſtrange opinions have confuſion brought: Not far from thoſe are ſome now in our daies, That leave the Word and act contrary waies. The Marchionites. All Matthew, Marke, and Iohns divine Moſt ſacred Writ, theſe Goſpels trine, Tertullian doth report, rejected were, By this ſtrange Sect, thus heretofore: As now we ſee, diviſion greatly ſpread, And from the bounds of practice get a head.

VVE read how that in the laſt daies many falſe Prophets ſhall ariſe, and many ſhall ſay, Loe here is Chriſt, loe there is Chriſt, and ſhall deceive many, 2 Pet. 2.1. there were falſe Prophets alſo among the people, as there ſhall bee falſe teachers among you, who privily ſhall bring in damnable hereſies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themſelves ſwift deſtruction, therefore we had need to be eſtabliſhed in the truth, as in 1 Cor. 16.13. ſtand faſt in the faith, 1 Pet. 5.9. whom reſiſt ſtedfaſt in the faith, 1 Joh. 2.23. Let that therefore abide in you which yee have heard from the beginning, and yee shall continue in the Sonne and in the Father; Verſ. 25. Theſe things I have written unto you, concerning them that seduce you. Many, ſtrange Sects and Opinions are held amongſt us, ſo that it is to be feared, that what rule ſoever our wiſe and honourable Parliament ſhall eſtabliſh it will not content the unquiet ſpirits of a lawleſſe generation, which would have no rule; for ſet any Rule in the Church they will call it perſecution, and they ſay they diſlike ſome things commanded becauſe they are Impoſed. Some there are that looke for a Temporall Kingdome of Chriſt, that ſhall laſt a thouſand years this opinion is moſt dangerous for all States, for they teach that all the ungodly muſt be killed, and that the wicked have no propriety in their eſtates Others out of confidence that they are ruled by the ſpirit, deſpite all ordinary calling to the Miniſtry, all written prayers, all helps of ſtudy: Some make no conſcience to heare and ſing Pſalms, but rather follow their own inventions, as he that would not believe the ſun becauſe it went not with his watch: Likewiſe this ordinary ſaying of theirs; Be in Chriſt and ſin if thou canſt; meaning, that regenerate men cannot ſinne; this is the Doctrine of the Anabaptiſts: alſo that to receive the Communion with a prophane perſon, is to partake of his ſinne; that the Lords Prayer was never taught to be ſaid; that the Goſpell was never purely taught ſince the Apoſtles times; that a liberty of Prophecying muſt be allowed; that all humane Lawes muſt be abolished; that Miniſters of Gods Word ſhould rule both the Spirituall and the Temporall; that diſtinction of Pariſhes is Antichriſtian. Should theſe abſurd and groſſe opinions take place, what diviſion and confuſion would they work amongſt us? but ſuch is the wiſdome and care of our worthy and pious Parliament, to provide an Ordinance for preventing of the growing and ſpreading of hereſie.

Printed by R.A. 1647.