A supplement to The asses complaint against Balaam; or The cry of the country against ignorant and scandalous ministers. Asses complaint against Balaam Griffin, Lewis. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03529 of text R220075 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing G1984). 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. 4 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 2018 B03529 Wing G1984 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[8] 99884917 ocm99884917 182679 2240899790

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B03529) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182679) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:2[8]) A supplement to The asses complaint against Balaam; or The cry of the country against ignorant and scandalous ministers. Asses complaint against Balaam Griffin, Lewis. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [London : 1661?] Signed: Written by Lewis Griffin. Imprint suggested by Wing. Verse: "A vaunt ye smooth-tongu'd flatterers of the age ..." Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Clergy -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Political satire, English -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. eebo A supplement to The asses complaint against Balaam; or The cry of the country against ignorant and scandalous ministers. Griffin, Lewis. 1661 1 551 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.15 C The rate of 18.15 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-03 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A SUPPLEMENT TO THE Asses Complaint against Balaam ; Or the Cry of the COUNTRY AGAINST Ignorant and Scandalous Ministers . A Vaunt ye smooth-Tongu'd flatterers of the age ; Praesto ye meal-mouth'd Prophets ; clear the Stage ; Enter the Asse again , who ( though he Kneel Unto the Higher Pow'rs ) lifts up his Heel Against all those who make Gods house a Den Of * * It hath been a Den of Lay Theeves too long already . Clergy Theeves ; Have at them once agen . — But hark ; I hear a Country Parish crye , " Were ever Christians in such slavery ? " Must we be taught by an Illit'rate Bear ? " Hee Preach ? Hee 'l only teach our Boyes to swear . — Is then your Priest a Swearer ? Hah — must he That taunts a Bishop taste a Pillory ? And 't is but Just , and right ; Yet who controules Him who Blasphemes the Bishop of our Souls ? What ? Is an oath lesse poenal then a word ? Or is the Servant greater then his Lord ? No ; He that swears commits the fouler Sin , And more deserves to lose his eares then — — 'T is true Seditious Spirits , that Deny Obedience to the Sacred Hierarchy , Merit Severe Correction , let them hae't ; They 'r the Disturbers both of Church and State ; Yet Praelat's Zeal would be much better shown In striking Gods offenders then their own , — Nay , Gods are theirs ; for he that wears lawn sleeves Like Christ is murder'd 'twixt a brace of Theeves , Both shew their enmity , but Divers wayes , The Presbyter Denyes , but This betrayes ; Now tell me ( gentle Reader ) which were Greater , The sin of Judas , or the crime of Peter ? — Then let the Bishops cast them out , for thus They do but Justice to themselves and us ; Like the wise Mariners , who , to appease The fury of the raging VVinds , and Seas , Threw Jonas over-board ; such was hi●● There was no Cannon Law to keep him in . Nor is it reason all should be maintain'd I' th Church , who took Degrees , and were Ordain'd ; For He that after proves a Drunken Beast , Degrades himselfe from Man , much more from Priest And such they were who caus'd our Bloody War , When Levy's tribe were kick'd by Issacar ; For though Men speak with a not so my Sons , Yet God reprov'd them with the voice of Guns . Phanaticks , those Philistins , wan the field , Whilst our poor Israel were forc'd to yield ; For Eli's boyes had lost the Ark of God , Each Phinehas begat an Ichabod . Then Oh ye Bishops heal these sad disasters , We do not call for Rectors but for Pastors . A Priest should lead his Parish as a guide , Not leap upon their galled backs and ride , For 't is our Mother Churche's grand disgrace , That these black patches stick upon her face . Written by Lewis Griffin .