Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 275' defpifing them. And now in England, when this plot is defcryed , andwe-had taken down that fuperflu- ous honour, as Antichriftian, what doth the Devil but let in again on the other fide ? and none is fo Zealous a Reformer as he:. Hecrys down all as. .n- tichritfian which he defireth fhould fall Their Tithes& Maintenance are Antichriftian and oppref- five ( O Pious Merciful' Devil ) down with them I Thefe Church- lands were given by Papits to Po,- pifhufes , to maintain Bithops , and Deans , and Chapters ; down with them. Thefe Colledge-lands, thefe Cathedrals, nay thefe Church-houfes, or Tem- ples (for fo Ile call them, whether the Devil will or no) all cornefrom Idolaters, and are abufed to Ido- latry : down with them. Nay think you but hehash taken the boldnefs to cry out , thefe Prieíts, . thefe Miniíters, areall Antichriftian.. Seducers, Needlefs, Enviers of the fpirit of prophetic, andof the Gifts of their Brethren Monopolizers of Preaching : down with them to I so that though he .yet have not what he would have, theold Serpent bath done more as a Reformer by over-doing, then he did in many a year as a Deformer or hinderer of Refor- mation : Yet if he do but fee that there is a.SovR- raignPower that cando him a Mifchief, he-is ready to tell them, They muff be Mercifull, and not deal Cruellywith fanners I Nay it belongs not to them to reform, or to Judge who are rHereticks and who snot, or to:reltrain falfe doarine, or Churcl -difur- ,bers. Chrif4 is fufficient for thishimfelf. J How oft bath the Devil' preached thus, ,to<,tye the hands of thofe that might wound him ? Would you ice any further owbe hatth played this
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