Reall persecution or, The foundation of a general toleration, displaied and portrayed by a proper emblem, and adorned with the same flowers wherewith the scoffers of this last age have strowed their libellous pamphlets. Collected out of several books of the sectaries to discover to world their wicked and abusive language against godly Presbyterian ministers. 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) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A92212 Wing R457 Thomason 669.f.10[114] ESTC R210691 99869465 99869465 162645

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Reall Perſecution, or the Foundation of a general Toleration, Diſplaied and Portrayed by a proper Emblem, and adorned with the ſame Flowers wherewith the Scoffers of this laſt age have ſtrowed their Libellous Pamphlets. Collected out of ſeverall books of the Sectaries to diſcover to world their wicked and abuſive language againſt godly Presbyterian Miniſters. Eſay. 28. 22. Now therefore be ye not mockers, &c. 1 Pet. 3. 13.

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good.

But to you that ſuffer for righteouſneſſe ſake, happy are ye, be not afraid of theſe men nor troubled.

Having a good conſcience that whereas them that thus ſpeak evil of you as of evil doers, they may be aſhamed that thus falſly accuſe you, &c.

The Picture of an Engliſh Perſecutor or a Foole Ridden Ante▪ Preſbeterian Sectary

For Oppoſeing Authority Reuileing the Aſſembly Slandering the Gouernment by Preſbetry and diſturbing the miniſters at the time of their publique excerſiſe by giueing up bills in mockery calling the miniſters preiſts rideing ſlaues, horſe leeches Cormorants gorbellyd Idoll Conſiſtory of devills etc: hath not this discoverd jſhmaels carnall ſpirits perſecuting godly Iſaaks

1. MArtins Eccho, pag. 16. Loving friends and neighbours, ſtand ſtill gaping with your mouths open, and quietly bow down your backs whilſt you are bridled and ſadled, and let the holy humble gentle Presbyterians get up and ride, &c. 2. Theyle deal very gentle with you, though the Proverb be, Set a beggar on horſe-back and he will ride to the Devil. 3. Though they have ſpurs, yet they will not uſe them; yet if they do chance to gall your backs and ſhoulders, and force you to cry out, &c. 4. Then you ſhall have liberty to leap out of the frying pan into the fier, by making your appeal to the Common-councell of Presbyters. 5. Here you ſhall have Rehoboams anſwer, our fathers the Biſhops chaſtis'd you with whips, but we will chaſtiſe you with ſcorpions, &c. 6. For the ſame power which was lately reſident in an Arch-biſhop, is inherent and of divine right in every Presbyter. 7. Hath not the Proteſtant Religion been lockt up in the breſt of the Aſſembly. 8. Hath not your Faith been pind on their ſleeve, and you muſt take the reſult of them whether it be right or wrong. 9. You have ingag'd to ſuppreſſe Prelacy, High-Commiſſion, &c. thus you have beat the buſh, but the Presbyterians have caught the bird. 10. Thus to ſhun the ſmoak, you have leapt into the fier. 11. Pag. 7. 8. Be ye mounted upon your great Horſes, that trundle you to and fro from London to Westminster. 12. Mount all your Cannons, and advance like mighty men of valour, &c. even whole black Regiments of you into the Fields. 13. Pag. 21. Presbytery is but a ſhift at a pinch, what good the Devil will have of it, I know not. 14. Who knows the luck of a lowzy cur, he may prove a good dog. 15. Pag. 5. 6. Sir John Presbyters life is like neither, to be long nor good. 16. He will be brought to ſome ſudden untimely end, perhaps to hanging. 17. Presbytery ſhall have but a ſhort time to do miſchief in, and then the people will ſing, Hey toſſe the Devils dead. 18. The Synod ſhall ſpeedily be diſſolv'd, and the Devil chaind up. 19. Rejoyce oh England, Presbytery ſhall ſhortly have never a child to vex thee, or to ſuck up thy fat. 20. Then farewell Aſſembly of Divines diſſembled at Westminster, Sir Simon Synod and his ſon Presbyter Jack. 21. Pag. 5. The barbarous Caniball Sir John Synod, &c. 22. Let him ſuffer his teeth and nayles to be pluckt out and cut off by an Independent Barber. 23. That hereafter he may never bite or ſcratch more. 24. Well Sir Simon, if you will not mend your manners, Martin will obſerve all your poſtures. 25. An Martin will ſet Chriſtopher Skale-skie, Rowland Rattle-prieſt, Martin Claw-clergy, and Bartholmew Bang-prieſt upon your back. 26. And in time theſe will pull down your Synod, and your ſphear about your ears. 27. Behold a Troup comes, Sir Simon Martin is of the tribe of Gad. 28. Though a Troup of Sir Johns overcome him for a time, yet he will overcome him at laſt. 29. Martin is reſolv'd to jeet you out of your black Cloaks and Caſſocks. 30. Martin intends no longer to dally with you, but to handle you without mittins. 31. He'lethwack your Caſſocks, and rattle your jackets. 32. He'l ſtamp upon the panch of your villany, and ſqueeze out the garbidge of your iniquity. 33. He is reſolved to beat you and your ſon Jack into a mouſe hole. 34. Ther's not a man of Martins, but is a man of valour • and mettall. 35. Theſe all hate a Tithe divouring Prieſt, as they hate the Devil. 36. You ſtif necked Prieſts, turn to Martin, leſt his fierce wrath confound you and your whole poſterity. 37. Harken you rebellious Aſſembly to Martin, and perſecure no more. 38. Perſecution hath a thouſand Jack-tricks to block up all paſſages, and ſtop all mouths. 39. Pag. 2. He turn'd Reverend Imprimatur, and here was all as ſure as the Devil and Presbyter could make it. 40. Pag. 14. We imploy Doctor Featley's Devil to make up a Deſcription of the Anabaptiſts. In the Nativity of Presbytery. 41. That the Devil made the urchin Sir John Presbyter an abject, a fugetive newly come out of Scotland. 42. Pag. 5. Like his father the Devil, he delights in black. 43. That he is fitter to be a weather-cock, then a Divine. 44. Onely the evil ſpirit of Mercury preſents him to be the Devils goat-head. A Pamphlet againſt Tithes. 45. The ſabred Ordinance of Tithes was wiſely thought on before the Directory. 46. Becauſe he is worſe then an Infidel, and denies the faith that provides not for his Family. 47. My Lord the Defendant, ſmels of a fat Benefice. 48. See, his pockets are full of presbyterian Steeples, the Spires ſtick under his girdle. 49. Ha, ha, ha, Inſtead of weather-cocks, every Spire hath got a black box on it. 50. Inſtead of Moſes, Aaron, and the two Tables, we ſhall have Sir Simon, and Sir John, holding the late ſolemn League and Covenant. 51. And then that ſpotleſſe ſacred Ordinance of Tithes, the two Tables of our Presbyterian Goſpel, painted on all the Churches in England. 52 O brave Sir Simon, the bels in your pockets chime all in; ours chime all out. 53. I pray you give us a funeral Homely for your friends before you depart, here is twenty ſhillings for your pains. 54. Tis Sacriledge to bring down the priſe, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ſhall be ever more, world without end. 55. Our temporizing Doctors are not ſo ſimple to ſwim againſt the ſtream. 56. Their Religion moves upon the wheel of the State. 57. I would your Lordſhips would call in your Ordinance for Tithes, and turn them to the peoples good wils. 58. Then we ſhould have a tithe Pig ſold for a peny. Sacred Decretall. 59. The Ordinance permitting none to Preach but ſuch as are Ordained, is a Patten of the Spirit worſe then the Monopoly of Soap. 60. Therefore we wiſely conſulted of a Committee of Examination to be choſen out of us. 61. It muſt not be eſteemed a Court of Inquiſition, that's Popery. 62. Onely an inlet to a thorough Reformation, that's a goodly name, may do much good. 63. O ye two houſes of Parliament, make an other Ordinance, that all the martins may be made to fly the three Kingdoms the next Mid-ſummer with Cuccoes and Swallows. 64. That ſo we may have a Blew-cap Reformation, amongſt bats, owles, jackdaws, & wood-cocks. 65. Then Blew-cap for us. A Bil given up at M. Calamy's Church as followeth. 66. You are deſired to remember the Prieſt-Ridden-ſlaves that went about to gather hands for the disbanding, Sir Tho. Fairfaxes Army. Reverend Aſſembly, up ariſe and jog, For you have fairly fiſht, and caught a frog: Now you have ſate four years, pray can you tell A man the way, that Chriſt went down to Hell. In theſe two years, what can a wiſe man think, That you have done ought elſe, but eat and drink: Presbytery climb'd to the top of fame, Directory and all from Scotland came; O monſtrous idleneſſe, alack and welly, Our learned Clergy mind nought but their belly. IUDE 17, 18, 19.

Beloved, remember the words that were ſpoken by the Apoſtles and our Lord Ieſus Chriſt.

How they told you there ſhould be mockers in the laſt times, who ſhould walk after their ungodly luſts.

Theſe are they that ſeparate themſelves ſenſual having not the ſpirit.

Theſe are they that make it their common practiſe and delight to caſt reproach and contempt upon the Goſpel, and the faithful Meſſengers and Miniſters thereof.

London, Printed for J. H. and are to be ſold in Popes head Alley. 1647.