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RELIGIONS LOTTERIE, OR THE Churches Amazement.
VVherein is declared how many ſorts
of Religions there is crept into the very bow
Whereunto is annexed each of their ſeverall o
London, Printed by T. F. for F. S. Iuly 20, 1642.
Athieſt, he being indeed
the worſt of all creatures, as in this his
difinition may plainly appeare.
An Athieſt is one that believes that there is no God,
onely aſcribes all things to the power of chance and
fortune, he lookes onely upon the naturall things of
the world, not dreaming of any other Deity.
Anſw. To confute this Argument, I will uſe but
onely this one Teſtimony, The Heavens declare the
Glory of God, and the Firmament ſheweth the worke of
his hands, Pſalme 19. verſe 1.
The Papiſts among us are a people who would have
a Church conſiſting of Cardinals, Arch-biſhops,
Biſhops, Deacons, Jeſuits, Friers, &c. independent
to the Crown or civill Magiſtrate, he will acknow
Anſw. To confute this opinion of the Papiſts, I
ſhall onely uſe this Argument to prove that there is
no High Prieſt but Chriſt Ieſus, you may read in the
7. chap. of the Hebrewes, at the 17. 23, 24, 25. verThou
art a Prieſt for ever after the order of Melcheſideck.
The Arians among us are people that would mainMoyſaicall Law, with the ſame Leviticall
Ceremonies.
The Old Law was aboliſhed by the new Teſtament,
Even as by the firſt man Adam, all men was made ſin
The Arminians among us are a people which
would have the Church governed by Arch-Biſhops,
Biſhops, they are halfe Papiſts and halfe Proteſtants,
they would have Altars, Cuſhions, Wax-Candles,
with the firſt and latter Service, one at the Deske,
the other at the Altar, with many other ſuperfluous
Ceremonies.
Either that theſe Ceremonies may be lawfull or
no J will not queſtion, but J am ſure they are not
effectuall to Salvation, but rather a Rocke of ofwhoſoever ſo ſinneth againſt his
Brother and woundeth his weake conſcience, ſinneth againſt
Chriſt, Cor. 1. 12.
The Adamites are a people which would live under
no command of Magiſtrate or Church, they would
be meere Libertines and live as they liſt, following
that place of Scripture, Increaſe and multiply, and in
their ſociety they are ſo overcome with the fleſh
that they cannot pray.
That this opinion is grounded on a vaine
and fruitleſſe foundation may be eaſily diſcerned, for
St. Paul tells us in his Epiſtle to the Galatians, chap.
5. ver. 13. this Leſſon; For Brethren though you
have beene called unto liberty, yet uſe not your liberty
for an occaſion to the Fleſh, but by love ſerve one another.
The Familiſts would have no Biſhops nor governors
in the Church, but all things common, as wife, chil
To confute theſe, I will uſe no other Argument
but the word in the Commination, Curſed is he that
lies with his Neighbours Wife.
The Anabaptiſt would have no Government at all
in the Church, neither would they have any Bapti
You may read that Chriſt rebuked his DiſciSuffer little Children to come unto me,
and forbid them not, for of ſuch is the Kingdome of
God, and if Children be Saints in the Church Try
Novoliſts are thoſe that change in their opinions
oftner then the faſhion, ſometime they are Papiſts,
ſometime Puritanes, they are never conſtant in one
thing, but alwayes wavering like a Read ſhaken with
the wind.
To theſe I will onely give a Chriſtian like admonition,
Examine your ſelves whether yee be in the faith
prove your owne ſelves, know you not that Ieſus Chriſt is
in you, except ye be Reprobates, Cor. 13. 5.
Timeſervers are alwayes of the ſtrongeſt ſide, they
commend no diſcription but what they are like to
have, they are like Virgins wax capable of any im
The Proteſtants Anſw. To theſe I will likewiſe beſtow
a friendly admonition, make your Election ſure,
beware leſt any man ſpoyle you through Philoſophy and
vain receipt after the tradition of men and not after
Chriſt, for in him dwelleth all fulneſſe of grace, Coloſians,
2. 8.
The Canoniſts deſire the government of Biſhops
ſtill to abide, becauſe they ſtand upon Canon Law,
likewiſe they ſtand for all Canonicall Ceremonies.
Anſw. I need quote no Scripture to prove this oCanterbury, may be ſent to the
Tower, where they ſhall meet with a little Cano
The Lutheran would have no Biſhops, but a Church
government under the King, they would have all Or
That there was in the time of the Apoſtles BiPaul, you may find in the third of
Tim, ver. the 1. This is a true ſaying,
The Separatiſts are men that would have no Bi
Prot. Anſw. That the government of the Church
eſpecially in teaching doe no way belong to Laymen,
is made apparent in theſe words; Having then
gifts, differing, according to the grace that is given as,
whether propheſie let us propheſie according to our prothat is, every one muſt labour diligently
in the calling in which he is placed, Rom. 12. 6.
The Browniſt would have no Common-Prayer, onely
extemporary Prayer, by the motion of the Spirit.
Anſw. Their opinion is not much different from
the Separatiſts, and may eaſily be confuted by the
ſame Argument.
The Puritane is the moſt commendable of all the
reſt, for he would have a Religion for which he hath
a preſident, to wit, the Kirke of Scotland.
Prot. Anſwer, To which opinion I can ſay little,
onely I conceive, that the difference in the Ordinance
alters not the effect, ſince in the fundamentáls wee
doe perfectly agree,
The Rattle heads are a company of ſhallow-pate
haire-brain'd ſhittle witted Coxcombes, that nei
Anſw. To thefe I have little to ſay, onely I wiſh
that they had more grace, ſo leaving them to the
pricke of conſcience
The Round-heads are people that would have the
Church and Service orderly performed, but yet
they are the chiefe Ring-leaders to all tùmultuous
diſorders, they call the Common Prayer Porridge,
and they will allow no Doctrine for good, nor no
Miniſter a quiet audience, without he preach abſo
To theſe men that are diſturbers of the Church I
ſay with St. Paul, Corinthians, 13, 17. If any man d
Thus having finiſhed my intended courſe I reſt.