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JER. 23. 1.
Wee be unto the Pastors that destroy and scatter the Sheepe of my Pasture , saith the Lord .
ACTS 20. 28 , S9 .
Take heed therefore unto your selves , and to all the Flocke over the which the holy Ghost hath made you Bishops , to feed the Church of God , which hee hath purchased with his owne blood . For I know this , that after my departing shall grievous Wolves enter in among you , not sparing the Flock .
error
,
superstition
,
and
prophanes
.
many
prophane
erronious
,
impious
books
,
Majesties
pious
Arminianisme
,
Popery
,
and
Popish
ceremonies
the
very
morality
of
the
Sabbath
,
and
4.
Commandement
:
the
divine
institution
tule
and
intire
religious
sanctification
of
the
Lords-day
SABBATH
and
the
necessity
of
frequent
preaching
,
Homilies
,
and
book
of
out
of
meere
malice
to
religion
,
and
the
peoples
salvation
dance
play
,
revell
,
drinke
,
and
prophane
Gods
Sabbaths
,
to
draw
downe
more
plagues
&
judgements
on
us
,
for
this
sin
of
Sabbath-breaking
,
Synod
of
sundry
Popish
Synods
and
Bishops
prescribe
TWO
SERMONS
every
Lords-day
at
least
,
in
every
parish
Church
,
to
keepe
the
people
from
such
prophanations
of
this
sacred
Day
.
Belzebub
the
Prince
of
Devils
Divels
Bishops
,
at
least
,
Bishops
Divels
,
in
make
it
the
Divels
day
in
stead
of
the
Lords
day
and
to
advance
his
owne
kingdome
and
service
on
it
all
former
ages
have
prescribed
fasting
,
preaching
,
and
praying
,
as
the
chiefe
antidots
and
cure
against
it
)
Epist.
Ded.
lure
divino
holy
Ghosts
owne
institution
unpreaching
,
rarepreaching
Prelates
or
persecutors
and
suppressors
of
preaching
godly
holy
Fathers
of
our
Church
,
and
Pillars
of
our
faith
,
Step
fathers
and
Caterpillars
when
it
was
most
acceptable
and
requisi●e
the
thing
that
the
Divell
wrastleth
most
against
all
whose
study
hath
beene
to
decay
the
office
of
preaching
,
which
should
not
be
deminished
)
oft
protested
against
all
innovations
all
Sermons
(
the
very
life
and
soule
of
a
fast
,
as
being
the
onely
means
to
humble
men
for
their
sins
:
&
bring
them
to
repentance
,
)
London
and
the
Suburbs
,
and
in
al
other
infected
places
,
during
the
time
of
the
infection
in
them
Orders
sor
the
generall
fasts
in
the
two
last
great
plagues
which
prescribed
two
Sermons
,
of
one
houre
long
apeece
,
forenoone
and
afternoone
every
fast
day
,
and
that
as
wel
in
parishes
infected
as
others
:
famine
of
Gods
Word
,
the
greatest
plague
of
all
others
,
&
drawing
downe
of
Gods
wrath
upon
us
to
the
utter
most
,
by
inhibiting
Ministers
in
the
time
of
greatest
need
,
to
preach
unto
the
people
that
they
may
be
saved
.
commanded
that
the
booke
of
Common
prayer
for
the
fast
,
formerly
set
forth
by
his
authority
upon
the
like
occasion
should
be
reprinted
,
for
seasonable
weather
the
Lady
and
her
children
,
in
the
old
Collect
,
(
who
art
the
father
of
thine
elect
and
of
their
seed
)
new
Common
prayer
bookes
It
had
beene
best
for
us
&c.
continual
,
often
preaching
of
Gods
Word
,
and
the
Scriptures
,
Gods
servants
frequent
powerfull
Preachers
and
continuall
preaching
of
Gods
Word
though
prescribed
by
God
himselfe
&c
our
Homili
is
Thou
hast
delivered
us
from
superstition
and
idolatry
(
two
grand
causes
both
of
many
wherein
we
were
utterly
drowned
,
&
hast
brought
us
into
the
most
cleare
and
comfortable
light
of
thy
blessed
Word
;
by
which
we
are
taught
how
to
serve
and
honor
thee
,
and
how
to
live
orderly
with
our
neighbours
in
truth
and
verity
:
utterly
to
drown
us
in
popish
superstition
and
idolatry
and
to
remove
us
out
of
the
most
cleare
and
comfortable
light
of
Gods
Word
,
by
the
which
we
are
taught
how
to
serve
and
honour
him
and
live
in
all
disorder
,
without
truth
or
verity
.
6.
order
for
the
fast
To
avoide
the
inconvenience
that
may
grow
by
the
abuse
of
fasting
;
Some
esteeming
it
a
meritorious
worke
,
others
a
good
worke
,
and
of
it selfe
acceptable
to
God
without
due
regard
of
the
end
Papists
whose
doctrine
this
is
in
places
where
Sermons
are
allowed
by
the
Proclamation
superstition
,
idolatry
mock
God
Dr.
Pocklington
are
lineally
descended
hang
up
before
the
Lord
,
as
the
Gibeonites
once
did
the
7.
sons
of
Saul
,
such
a
fast
,
and
Fastbook
parishes
infected
parishes
infected
Cambridge
,
Norwich
,
Hampton
,
Bath
,
Norwich
Diocesse
they
have
neither
prayers
,
preaching
,
nor
fasting
:
persecution
of
Gods
Ministers
and
people
being
one
chiefe
cause
of
plagues
England
,
England
two
severall
before
God
to
all
thy
loving
Sub●ects
,
that
thou
wilt
never
give
way
to
the
licensing
or
authorizing
of
any
thing
,
whereby
may
creepe
into
our
Church
;
nor
ever
connive
at
and
that
it
is
thy
hearts
desire
to
be
found
worthy
of
that
title
which
thou
esteemest
the
most
glorious
in
all
thy
Crowne
,
Defender
of
the
faith
taking
vengeance
Index
expurgatorius
execute
judgement
on
them
this
plague
shall
be
ceased
Lord
have
mercy
upon
us
Ferdinando
Adams
It
is
written
my
house
shall
be
called
an
house
of
prayer
,
but
ye
have
made
it
a
den
of
theeves
Wo
is
me
if
I
preach
not
the
Gospel
Samuel
Burrowes
Patricke
Adamson
Publike
Recantation
in
the
Synod
of
Fiffe
,
That
the
office
of
a
Diocesian
Bishop
hath
no
authority
at
all
to
support
it
in
ths
Word
of
God
;
that
it
is
only
founded
on
the
politicke
divise
of
men
;
that
the
primacy
of
the
Pope
or
Antichrist
sprung
from
it
that
it
is
worthily
condemned
and
that
it
hath
been
for
500.
years
and
more
the
chiefe
originall
and
instrument
of
suppressing
the
preaching
of
Gods
Word
in
all
Kingdomes
,
as
all
Ecclesiasticall
Historians
testifie
: