THESE SPIRITVALL VERSES OF JAMES HUNT, Concerning the Down-fall of the Ceremonies.  
Whereby the Bishops and their Clergy have made, as it were, a trade to blind and deceive the Children of God, whom Christ Jesus hath redeemed from the bondage of Hell and corruption, by his suffering upon the Cross, and the power of his Resurrection.  
LONDON: Printed for Andrew Coe. 1642.   


Wherefore Greeke and Latin that seemeth to be so bright as the Sun beam,  
I pray give me leave to interpret a woman's dream,  
Which said, she was a dreamt she had on a Lawyer's gown,  
Which doth plainly signify their crafty kingdom will come down;  
For if they will be joined to the God of peace,  
Their crafty Law must end and cease;  
But master Lawyer, you may think this is an ill sound,  
To tell us our crafty kingdom will go down,  
But I would entreat you not to think so,  
For I am your friend and not your foe;  
For I shall sing you a pleasant song,  
You may be School masters to teach other Nations the English tongue,  
For God will gather all Nations into Religion one;  
So by degrees all shall be taught the English tongue;  
For the Word which proceedeth from the God of peace,  
Doth plainly say, that tongues shall cease: 1 Cor. 13.  
But Lord Bishops & deep Doctors which Scholarship so much adore,  
You may perceive this being so, your Universities will grow poor,  
But the children of God shall glorify his name therefore,  
For they shall plainly understand, they are thetosels of the whore;  
For henceforth no man shall need the Universities,  
For to learn the wisdom of the wise;  
For there are very few mysteries in the Gospel that be so strong,  
But they may be unfolded by the plain true English tongue;  
For now I make no doubt, but Babylon will be quite thrown down,  
By the clear voice of the Trumpet sound;  
I mean by the powerful Preaching of God's grace,  
That true and sound Religion will take place;  
These things I behold with my spiritual eye,  
For which the name of God, I honour, worship, and magnify.    

CHristian Brethren, God hath laid the Gospel in such a complete way, that if there be a mystery or parable that speaketh something darkly in one place, I can find two or three other places for to prove and justify what that dark mystery signifieth, so that is the true and perfect way to interpret the mysteries of God to the true meaning and signification, wherefore Christ saith plainly, First seek the Kingdom of Heaven and the righteousness thereof, and then all things shall be added unto you: I understand and can prove that Christ and his Gospel signifieth Christ and his Kingdom, and all those people that are and shall be reconciled to Christ, and to the obedience of his Word, which is revealed in his Gospel, they are those whom God hath ordained for to reign with Christ in glory for ever. Now I hope the Clergy of England, nor no other man will fight against that which they pray for in the Lord's Prayer, which saith, Thy King doom come, thy will be done: Wherefore seeing it is Gods good will and pleasure, to show his power in weakness, for to raise me up to show unto all people the true and perfect way, how they may be delivered from the bondage of hell and corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God: I say again, I hope the Clergy nor no other man will show themselves for to be so unwise, as to fight against that which they pray for every day: It is written in the 22 Chapter of the Revelations, vers. 16. Christ saith plainly, I Jesus have sent mine Angels to testify unto you these things in the Churches; The Angel plainly signifieth for to be the Minister and Messenger of jesus Christ, whom God our glorious Father, and Christ jesus our Redeemer, hath raised up for the establishing of true and sound Religion: Wherefore if the Honourable High Court of Parliament will be pleased to take notice hereof, it may be a good means to help forward Reformation; which will be to the praise and glory of God, and to the confounding of false doctrine and false worship, which belongeth to the devil, which God hath promised shall come to confusion; and God is true, and his Gospel is true, and every title of his Word shall be performed.  
Now for matters of Law, I would feign know what difference can arise betwixt man and man, but that a justice of Peace, and a jury of twelve men, may make a peaceable end, and so every man may have his right. It is written in the seventh Chap. by S. John, vers. 51. Nicodemus said concerning Christ; Doth our Law judge any man before it hear and know what he doth; So I hope our Royal King and Honourable Parliament, will not maintain any such Law, that a man shall be cast in prison, as I have been eight times, and now am threatened to be cast in prison again, for speaking and justifying nothing but the very truth, to the praise and glory of God. But that I shall be brought unto my trial, to show the cause why I cry out so much against the Clergy, which are under the authority of the Bishops, which have linked themselves together, as in a chain, against Christ and his elect children; Wherefore I beseech some good Christian people, for the mercies of God, and true love that is in jesus Christ, that you will stand my friend, for to entreat the High Court of Parliament, that I may be brought to my trial; that the same abominable bond of iniquity may be broke; and on the other side, the spirit of God may be granted to have his free course; for the which, you need not doubt but that Christ will reward you with the Crown of his everlasting glory: And so God save the King and Queen, and their royal issue; with all the Nobility and Communality of this Land, and guide them all with thy grace and holy Spirit, that they may lead their lives pleasing and acceptable in thy sight, that they may reign with Christ in glory here in this world, and in the world to come for evermore world without end, Amen.  
FINIS.