A whip for the back of a backsliding Brovvnist Crouch, Humphrey, fl. 1635-1671. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A17047 of text S119530 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 3920). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A17047 STC 3920 Wing W1670 ESTC S119530 99854737 99854737 20179 2266780472

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A17047) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 20179) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 21241:237, 1196:14) A whip for the back of a backsliding Brovvnist Crouch, Humphrey, fl. 1635-1671. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed [by M. Parsons] for Humphrey Chrouch [sic], London : [ca. 1640] By Humphrey Crouch. In verse. Printer's name and estimated publication date from STC. Reproduction of the originals in the British Library. eng Brownists -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. A17047 S119530 (STC 3920). civilwar no A whip for the back of a backsliding Brovvnist, Crouch, Humphrey 1640 1 805 26 0 0 0 0 0 323 F The rate of 323 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A Whip for the back of a backsliding BROWNIST . HElpe Neighbours helpe , good women come with speed , For of your helpe there never was more neede , Mid-wives make haste and dresse you as you run , Either come quickly or were all undone , The worlds in labour , her throwes comes so quick , That with her paine shee s growne starke lunatick , For I did aske one of her Bratts of late : Why the Lords Prayer was almost out of date ▪ He told me Christ had new Disciples now , That of set forme of Prayer would not allow ; Alasse said I are they so dainty growne , Such a fantastick Crew was never knowne , These are the Bretheren of the Seperation , The Cancor wormes of this our English Nation , And it is feard if they be let alone , These wormes will knaw the Kingdome to the Bone These with the Papists breed the mischeife here , Whilst Cockle Braines builds Castles in the aire , Who Parrot like they having learnd to prate , Disturbe the Church the Common-wealth and State , Yea Church disturbers learnings Enemyes , Yea seeming Saints , yea painted Butter ▪ flyes , Yea Bug-beares of a Kingdom silly Elues , Whose Zeale transports you quite beyond your selves , Oh know you what you doe , that yea presist , Still day by day in doing what you list ▪ Shame to our Kingdome if this suffered bee , From hombred strife we never shall be free , If that you rule the rost you Moone-Calues all , Why doe you force my M●se to railing fall , That never was accustomed to scould , Had not so good a Cause made me so hold ▪ Gods sperit evermore good sperits makes , Then if your sperits of Gods spetits pertakes , You will be ruld by order , not by will , God is the same , the God of order still : And you cannot be his Disciples right , That end what you begin in hate and 〈◊〉 I judge no man but what their accions ●now Brings me of force to judge of what I know , Good Sister Mag-pye and good Brother Daw ▪ That ●eapes o're hills and stumbells at a ●●raw I pray be patient trouble not the State , Your friends at Amsterdam do for you waite ▪ Mistake me not I speake but this to prove you , I de rather have you stay b●cou e I love you , Yet if you stay ●'de have you know what 's meat , Betwixt an J dol● and an Ornament , Which if you doe ● should be g●ad to heare ▪ That to ●u Church once more you would repare , Which though it be of Stone should not be hated ▪ Cause to GODS service it is consecrated , I know not what your Barnes and Stables were , Where A●●e , bray , pray understand and heare , I speake unfainedly I blush to see , Such men so wise in show such Fooles to bee , What though the good and bad together meet ▪ Within the Church as well as in the Street , Shall we refraine the Church ever the more , Alasse ▪ alasse your Argument is poore : How angry were the Pharisees and why , Because our Saviour Christ kept Company With Publicans and Sinners thinke on this ▪ And rectifie your judgements that s amisse . You being good shall in the Chansell sit , The wicked in the Bellfree as 't is fit , If they be so contented on Condition , You 'le come to Church and not run to perdition , No Drunkard nor no Swearer shall sit neere you , For to anoy or other wise to feare you , Because I know you timerous are by nature , And wounderous fearfull of a wicked Creature , The Booke of Common Prayes refind shall bee , Or you shall pray extempory and be free From all occasion of a thing so common , No not so much as looke upon a woman ▪ They shall sit by themselves , let 〈…〉 . For feare your sperits on a suddaine rise , And leade away your mindes from what is good ▪ Brethren we know you are but flesh and blood . Vpon Condition you to Church will go , I le doe the best I can to have it so , Which if I do I hope I am your Friend , As I desire to be , and so ● end . Finis .

LONDON , Printed for Humphery Chrouch ,