The humble request of certain Christians reproachfully called Anabaptists who onely desire to owne, imbrace, professe and maintain the pure truths of God in the hatred of all errours, as namely universall redemption, ... Nutt, Thomas, 17th cent. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A89781 of text R212104 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.8[27]). 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 A89781 Wing N1473 Thomason 669.f.8[27] ESTC R212104 99870756 99870756 161078 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A89781) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161078) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f8[27]) The humble request of certain Christians reproachfully called Anabaptists who onely desire to owne, imbrace, professe and maintain the pure truths of God in the hatred of all errours, as namely universall redemption, ... Nutt, Thomas, 17th cent. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1643] Author's name mentioned in final line of text. Title from first lines of text. Imprint from Wing. The Anabaptists' request thay they may be allowed to publicly justify their belief. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Thom Nutt Put: cariar of norwich"; "London 20th Septemb 1.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Anabaptists -- England -- Early works to 1800. Freedom of religion -- England -- Early works to 1800. A89781 R212104 (Thomason 669.f.8[27]). civilwar no The humble request of certain Christians reproachfully called Anabaptists, who onely desire to owne, imbrace, professe and maintain the pure Nutt, Thomas 1643 897 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Pip Willcox Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Pip Willcox Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THe humble request of certain Christians reproachfully called Anabaptists , who onely desire to owne , imbrace , professe and maintain the pure truths of God in the hatred of all errours , as namely universall redemption , free-will and falling away , with all other things contrary to wholsome doctrine , who are accused as factious movers of sedition and rebellion , and the cause of these unnaturall warres , and of the difference betwixt His Majesty and the Parliament , that seeing such a common defamation is raised upon them , by reason that perhaps some professing and owning some truths of God in outward profession which they hold , being hypocrites , do walk very scandalously in the broaching and practising of damnable errours and heresies , even denying the Lord that visibly seemed to have bought them , and bring upon themselves swift damnation , and many follow their pernicious wayes , by reason of whom the wayes of truth are evill spoken of , 2 Pet. 2. 1. 2. and indeed now this Scripture is fulfilled , whereby we , according to that which our Saviour Lord and Master said , do undergo the hatred , revilings , and all manner of evill speakings of many , which although it be a signe to us of our blessednesse , Matth. 5. 11. inasmuch as they speak it of us falsly for his name sake , yet considering he saith , that they that kill us will think they do God service , although indeed he saith withall , it is because they have not known the Father nor himselfe , John . 16. 2. 3. and seeing he hath a time to reveale himselfe to his own , and hath promised that the knowledge of God shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea , Esa. 11. 9. and that all shall know him from the least to the greatest , Jer. 31. 34. mark , it seems knowledge shall begin at the least . And whereas we now see God stirring up the Magistrates to take part with his poore despised Saints against their antichristian great opposers , wherein he hath made them his sword to lop off the heads of them already , which we acknowledge with all thankfulnesse , first to God , and secondly to them , and are further incouraged to intreat them as they are just and godly , for Gods sake to heare our cause , and do us justice , that if God be God , we may follow him altogether , then will wrath and stripes flee away , and peace , plenty and prosperity with true joy and gladnesse will come in the roome thereof : for when our wayes please the Lord , he will make our enemies at peace with us , Prov. 16. 7. we therfore desire all that feare God , that they that are the most affectionate Christians would get the hands of all in their Parish that feare God , who may be many more then they expect , for there were seven thousand that had not bowed to Baal , 1 King. 19. 18. when Eliah thought he had beene left alone : therefore go to all in your Parishes , and desire their hands to so reasonable a request as this , namely , that inasmuch as there are such accusations against us as aforesaid , that the Parliament would be favourably pleased for the glory of God and the clearing of his truths , and the farther shining forth of Jesus Christ in his glorious Gospell to his people , to call us before them , and also of the Doctors of the Synod as many as they please , and proclaime that all the accusers of what we hold contrary to the truth of God , may here accuse us ; and if those Doctors can prove their Ministery , Baptisme or Sabboth to be commanded of God , or owned by Christ , or any thing we hold to be contrary to godlinesse , then we will thankfully be reduced to the truth , and repent and revoke our errour , and suffer for our presumption , but if it shall be made evident , that neither their Ministery , Baptisme nor Sabboth be commanded of God , although it be a light but very new sprung forth to bring us out of ignorance , whereout when it pleased not God to give us the means to see and come forth , the time of that ignorance God regarded not , but now will command all his people every where to repent , and walk after the light , and give them repentance for his glory , and their eternall comfort . Even so come Lord Jesus . Thus intreating all that feare God , as they pitty poore soules , that desire to be reduced from all errours to all truths , and be confirmed and setled therein , to get in their severall Parishes as man y hands as they can to a Petition to the Parliament for this so reasonable a desire , the which Petition you shall have at M. Barbers in Thredneedle-Street at the horse-shoe , from Thomas Nutt , one for every Parish .