THE RANTERS LAST SERMON.  
WITH The manner of their Meetings, Ceremonies and Actions; also their Damnable, Blasphemous and Diabolical TENANTS; delivered in an EXERCISE near Pissing-Conduit.  
The third day of the Week, being the 2 of August. 1654. With their Mock-PSALME. ALSO GOD'S wonderful JUDGEMENTS showed upon Ranters, Quakers and Shakers', and other wicked and Profane Persons at their Meetings and Exercises in London and other Places.  
Written by J.M. (a deluded Brother) lately escaped out of their Snare.  
LONDON, Printed by J. C. in the Year .1654.   

THE RANTERS LAST SERMON.  
ON Monday the second of this instant Aug. a Company of People (called Ranters) meeting in a House near Pissing-Conduit in Cheapside, taught many Diabolical & Blasphemous TENANTS; the very recital of which, makes both my Heart & Hand to tremble; Yet for the satisfaction of many Godly People, that know not the dispositions of these men; and other simple Novices that they seek to draw in to be of their Atheistical Opininions (as once I was myself, though by Gods Gracious goodness to my soul, I am now reclaimed from their Errors) I have adventured to lay open to the World their licentious lives, and most blasphemous doctrines of Devils; which you may well perceive, if you cast but your eye upon their TENANTS which they hold and Teach.  

1 They taught, That they could neither sce Evil, know Evil, nor Act Evil, and that whatever they did was Could, and not Evil, there being no such thing as sin in the World: Whereupon Mistress E. B. striking fire at a Tinderbox lights up a Candle, seeks under the Bed, Table, and stools, and at last coming to one of the men, she offers to unbutton his Codpiece; who demanding of her what she sought for? she answeth, For sin: whereupon he blows out her Candle, leads her to the Bed, where in the sight of all the rest, they commit Fornication.  
2. They taught, That it was quite contrary to the end of the Creation, to Appropriate any thing to any Man or Woman; but that there ought to be a Community of all things.  
3. That to Feast, revel, Drink, Sing, Roar, and to swear great Oaths, and to lie with a Whore, though in the Marketplace, was as good Actions, as to Pray, Preach, or perform other Duties of Christian Religion.  
4. That there was neither God, nor Devil, Heaven nor Hell, Angel nor Fiend; but that all things were by Providence.  
5. That our Ever blessed Saviour, was a Bastard, and an Impostor and deceiver of the Christians, as Moses was of the Jews, and mohammed of the Heathens.  
6. That the Sacred BIBLE was but a mere Romance, and Contradictory to itself; only invented by the Wits of Former Ages, to keep People in subjection, and (as they term it) in Egyptian slavery; likewise, That there was as much truth in the History of Tom Thumb, or The Knight of the SUN, as there was in that Book.  
Oh detestable Blasphemies!   
¶ After they had discussed upon these Diabolical Errors and Atheistical Blasphemies for the space of two hours; in the mock and derision of singing of Psalms, one of them read this lascivious, and Bawdy Sonnet following; all the rest singing after her.  


¶ Their PSALM.  
YOu that can Revel Day and Night,  
To enjoy the Fruits of Love's Delight  
With whomsoe'er you can acquire,  
To quench the flames of Cupid's fire,  
You must mark this, that when you meet  
(In Garden, Orchard, Field or street)  
With Feeble Brethren that scarce can  
Perform the duty of a man,  
Let them not sally from your lap  
Till you salute them with a Clap;  
Dear Sisters, you may freely do't  
As easy as to stir a foot,  
But if you cannot, tell me now,  
And I myself will teach you how.   

When you meet lusty men of strength,  
That will not bate a jot of length,  
Oh hug them hard, and suck them in,  
Until they even do burst your skin,  
Spread forth the crannies of those Rocks  
That lie beneath your Holland smocks;  
Stretch out your limbs, sigh, heave and strains,  
Till you have opened every vein:  
That so Loves gentle juice that flows  
Like Dewie Nectar, out of those  
That press you down may run a tilt,  
Into your wombs, and not be spilt  
Do this (dear Sisters) and hereby  
You shall increase and multiply,  
And in some 20 years you'll spread  
Further than Jacob's Children did.  
But (like the Saints) I pray be sure  
Your speeches all be fine and pure;  
Let Gospel words, and sweet Expressions,  
Divine Narrations, and Confessions  
Be in your mouths, though lusty T— says,  
Are stoutly knocking at your A— says.    
Oh damnable Impieties! oh Monstrous Wickedness! oh cursed Blasphemies! How can the glorious Eye of heaven behold these miscreants without melting into tears, to cause a second Deluge over the face of the whole Earth? Must they needs (like flies) burn themselves in that flame that should light them? A sad race, to run through all Religions, into all wickedness, and consequently, into eternal destruction; Never, Never, Never, to behold the face of God: Tell me O Atheist, Who made those glorious Lamps of Heaven, the Sun and Moon, the twinkling Stars, the Winds, the Hale, the Rain, the frost and snow, the Rainbow, Thunder & Lightning, the Night & Day, Winter & Summer, the Earth, the Sea, and all that in them is? Certainly, none but the LORD GOD could do this?  
All these He cast in the pure mould of LOVE,  
That Man might place his soul and thoughts above.  
But in vain do I seek to wash these Blackmores white, or to charm these deaf Adders; Therefore I shall here insert some few of God's direful Judgements happening on some of these Renters, Quakers, Shakers', and the rest of their atheistical Crew, as it is instanced by that famous and Reverend Divine, Mr. Edward Cotton.  
A Crew of Ranters meeting at Hammet in Germany, after many days spent in Riotting and Revelling, Drinking, Swearing & Blaspheming; saying, There was no God, no Devil, no Heaven, no Hell, but that the Soul was mortal, and the Scripturture a Fiction; As they were belshing out these Blasphemies, the Devil appeared amongst them in a very High, Terrible and Monstrous shape, like unto an invincible Giant, carrying away a Hundred and Thirty of their Children in a great smoke, and fiery Flame; that they were never seen again to this day.  
That at Boulton in Lancashire, the Devil apperred to one Mr Smith a Ranter, and bid him go to an Apothecaries to buy an Ounce of Arsenic, whereupon the said Smith presently went, but could not procure the sad Arsenic, unless he brought sufficient security. That he should do no injury with the same, either to himself or any other; so he said Smith departing, said He would fetch securrity, and the next day came again accompanied by the Devil in the shape of a man, who engaged he should do no harm to any one; but so soon as he had received the said Asnick, a great flash of Fire appeared, as if it had been Lightning from the highest Firmament, and carried away both the Ranter and the Apothecary; neither of them being seen ever after that time to this very day.  
That constantly, at their Ranting-Meetings both in this City of London, and in the Country, the Devil oftentimes appears amongst them, sometimes in the shape of a man, and other times in the shape of a Woman, and taking them by the hands very familiarly, he leaves the print of his fowl Paws behind him; which the Ranters can never after get out, it remaining black and Blue, they being fearfully tormented thereat, that neither Chains nor cords can hold them in their beds. Others are plucked out of their beds, and crrried out of their Chambers by the Hair of their heads, and tossed up & down from one Room to another.  
Many other dreadful Examples of Gods heavy Judgements upon such Atheists and filthy unclean wretches, and their fleshly foolishness, might be shown at large to dehort others from their evil Instigations; but this may suffice to show that these filthy Dreamers are such, that having had some knowledge of the ways of God, and his holy Word, turning his Grace into wantonness, wrist the sacred Scriptures to their own destruction, and like Apostate wretches, abandon God and all goodness, and being given over to all manner of filthiness and uncleanness, become the very seed and spring of the Serpent, consecrating a continual Holiday to all licentiousness of Living, committing sin with grediness without the least sense thereof, which is most miserable: But if this be the perfection of new fancied Religions, to run through all into Atheism, I praise God, that he hath given me grace to come out of Babylon, leave them in the broad way, and seek out the good old Way, the right Path, that leads to eternal felicity: And truly, when I was amongst them, I saw no Reverence, but much Impiety, Presumption Profanation, and secret wickedness; which was the cause I left them; and since renouncing my own carnal wisdom, I rather desire to be ruled by sound Reason, then carnal sense; look into my , and my own deceitful heart, and so lay my hand upon my mouth, strike upon my breast, and humble myself to the very dust, and according to God's holy Word, Work out my own salvation with fear and trembling, love GOD above all; my Neighbour as myself, and do as I would be done by; and in what I come short of this, to rely upon the all-sufficient merits of my Lord and Saviour; To whose most holy NAME be ascribed all Power, Glory and Thanksgiving by Angels and Men in this World, and that which is to come, AMEN.  
FINIS.