A brief RELATION, of some of the most Remarkable Pasages of the ANABAPTISTS in High and low Germany in the year, 1521. etc. Gathered out of the writings of Sleyden, Antonius, Servanus, Lambertus, John Gastio, and others who writ of their Practices.  
And Bullinger, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, Vrsinus, and others who writ against their heresies.  
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Prov. 29.2.  
For through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you, whose Judgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 2 Pet. 2.3.  
For such are false Apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. 2 Cor. 11.13, 14, 15.  
By GEORGE PRESSICK, of Dublin in Ireland.   

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, Roger Lord Broghill, Sir Charles Coote, and Sir Theophilus Jones, Grace and peace be multiplied  
Right Honour.  
I Have four years since put forth a book in answer to Mr. Thomas Patients book, called the doctrine of baptism, and the distinction of Covenants, and I did expect, that, Mr. Patient would have replied to mine, and therefore I did by reading provide myself in part for a rejoinder, but seeing he hath not replied, I have made bold to present to your Honours, something of what I had gathered together, and by what I have observed from the Anabaptists and Quakers amongst us: I have drawn up, I think the breifest relation that hath been hitherto, of the most remarkable passages both of Doctrine and practice in Germany 139 years ago, and so forward. In which, the Judicious Reader may observe, how near these Sectaries in these Nations have advanced both in Doctrine, and practise to these in that in Germany. And considering how God hath raised up your spirits, and how Instrumental your Honours have been, in the hand of God to suppress their insolent, tyrannical usurped Authority, which they exercised over God's people in this nation, to enslave us to their insatiable lusts, and also how God hath prospered your Honour's endeavours therein, beyond what we could in natural reason expect, in so short a time. Which plainly demonstrates the work to be of God, and yet we may and aught, and that upon well grounded reason own your Honours, as God's instruments, to be the three chief worthies of Ireland, in this blessed work, and though there are many other gallant spirits in this land, that have acted their several parts, and are most honourable, yet none have attained to the Honour of the first three. I therefore humbly beg leave to dedicate my service to your Honours, as your deuce and my duty. First for that your earnest care and endeavours for the defence of the protestant religion, and the lawful liberties of the people have manifestly appeared to all men. Secondly, that I may hereby acknowledge my humble thankfulness First to God the author of all good, Secondly to your Honours in hope of being a sharer in this mercy of deliverance, as I have had a sad share in suffering, under their tyranny and wickedness, I humbly beg pardon for my presumption, and I beseech the God of heaven, to keep your hearts humble, and to deliver you from every evil way, until he bring you to his Glory, which is the prayer of him, who is.  
February. 1659. Your Honour's humble servant Gorge Pressick, of Dublin.   

A brief Relation of some Remarkable Passages, of the Anabaptists, in High and low Germany.  
Gathered out of the writings of Sleyden, Antonius, Servanus, Lambertus, John Gastio, and others, who writ of their practices. And Bullinger, Luther, Malancthon, Calvin, Ursinus and other who writ Books against their Heresies.  
TRithenaeus Abbas, Aspergensis sets forth, in his Chronicle of the year, 1503. The disposition of the commons in high, and low Germany. That there arose agreat sedition of Peasants about Brussels, which he calls Liga Solutaria, which were sworn to these Articles (viz) to shake off the yoke of all higher powers, and get liberty by force of Arms, to pull down all Magistrates, and kill all that should stand against them, (I pray God bless England, Scotland, and Ireland, from such plots) and they engaged to seize on the City of Brussels, and invade the marquis of Baden, and to seize on all the revenues of Monasteries, Churches and Clergy men, to stay no no where above twenty four hours, but to go forward still, till they had brought many Countries in to their society, to pay no more tithes, nor Lords rents, nor tribute, and who oever was received into that league, was to say five times a day on his knees one Pater noster, and one Ave Mary for the good success of their Enterprise, and their word of Cognizance was the Virgin Mary, and St. John the Evangelist. But they were timely prevented, and the authors put to death, by Maximilian their Prince.  
But by this, we may see from whence Anabaptists, and Quakers and Ranters, and Levelers; all had their original, namely from the Papists, by their word of Cognizance and their Ave Maries and their Pater nosters.  
If you compare these with the Anabaptists and other their do some few years fter, and now in this Age, in these Countries, only the Anabaptists added something more to their licentious rebellion, as their rebaptising and polygamy, etc. but both were varmished with a Colour of religion: For about the year 1521. there arose a new sect in Saxonr much like our Anabaptists and Quakers now, who boasted, that they talked with God, and God with them, and had revelations, and that God Commanded them to kill all the wicked, and to make a new world, wherein the godly shall reign alone Melancthon saith, that Nicholas Stoke was the first that broached this opinion, for 〈◊〉 spoke to him by an Angel, and revealed his will to him in dreams, promising him the place of the Angel Gabriel, and the Empire of the world, he taught that the Saints must reign in the world, and that he should be their leader to kill all the Kings and Princes, and to purge the Church, he took upon him, to have the gift of descerning spirits, to know the elect, from reprobates; he made holiness to consist in speaking little, and living homely and sordidly, as our Quakers do.  
In Nicholas Stokes school was Thomas Muntzer bred, who amplified his Master's doctrine, he began to teach at Alstetum a place belonging to the Elector of Saxony. He tanght that his Consorts must have a new baptism, And that Christians must be of Austere Countenance, and speak, little and wear long beards, and this he called the mortification of the flesh, and that they ought to retire into deserts and private places he: ascribed much to dreams.  
In that City he began to make a confederacy, administering an Oath, and taking the names of all them that promised to assist him in his design of killing all the ungodly and all Princes, and Magistrates, and erecting new ones in their places, professing openly that he had commission from God, to punish wicked Governors, and to change there civil policy, as Anabaptists have done with us, and for this cause being expelled out of Saxony, he wandered up and down Germany, and Helvetia, sowing the seeds of sedition: at length he came to Mulhus, where many of his disciples resorted to him: where he prevailed in a short time, to put down the Magistrates, and assumed to himself to judge all causes, both civil, and Ecclesias●ciall, affirming that under the new Testament, all causes must be judged by the word of God, and whatsoever he determined was received as an Oracle, especially when he preached that all goods must be common, and all men free and of equal dignity, an acceptable doctrine, where the Nobility and Gentry oppressed the poor people, he gave also the Monasteries for public plunder; and those that had Estates, if he could not persuade them to give it by arguments, he took it from them by violence. No wonder then; if this new doctrine wonnemany of the meaner sort to be of his opinion, who presently left working, and what they wanted, they took from them that had it.  
About that time in Daringen, Fueva and Franconia, forty thousand Boars & Trades men-rose up in Arms, killed & ransacked a great part of the Nobility, pilledged and burned many forts and Castles, and overthrew all like a sudden inundation: for the banks of authority being, beaten down nothing could stop their suries, till they lost themselves in their own Confusion by running ventures in that holy war.  
Muntzer's chief associate was on Henery Phiser, one that gave much heed to dreams, and night visions, and amongst other visions, he said he had seen a great company of rats in a stable, and that he had driven them all away, which he interpretea as a command from God to take Arm and dispossess all the the Nobility and Gentry. Whereupon he rushed into the Country, and pilledged Castles and Churches, destroyed many of the Nobles and brings some of them bound, and returns with a great booty, which success raised the minds of the Boars, and caused another defection in the county of Mansfield: so Muntzer hoping that the rebellion was universal, taketh his journey from Mulhus, and is presently supplied with a Company of Franchusians, but before he could do much more, Count Mansfield stopped his course, for having raised in haste some companies of horse, he falls upon him, and killed two hundred of his men; at which the rude Boars were so terrified, that they all fled to Franckhus, this skirmedge broke the edge of their fury, and gave time to John elector of Saxony, & his uncle George of Saxony, and Philip Land-Grave of Hesse, and Henery Duke of Brunswik and Count Mansfield, to raise, Fifteen hundred horse, and some Companies of foot. The Boars were pitched upon a hill by Frankhus, but very ill armed, and worse disciplined, the Princes sent to offer them pardon, if they would yield up the authors of the sedition, but Muntzer understood not that Gospel; and told the Boars that proffer came from the Prince's fearfulness, and that he was sent of God to command, and lead them in that action, and their duty was to obey as Abraham did, when he was commanded to offer his son, and that they should ceartinly overcome these and all other enemies. It being promised, that the righteous should wash his foot, in the blood of the wicked From hence we may see how Satan transforming himself into an Angel of light, enters into and deludes poor people, until he brings them to ruin; Muntzer further exhorted them to be valiant in the Lord, and to kill every mother's son, for an acceptable sacrifice to the Lord. By this you may guess, if Anabaptists, Quakers, and Ranters should get the upper hand, what they would do: Muntzer further assured them, that God himself had promised him victory, and endowed him with such strength, that he was able to turnt the bullet back with his coat, and perceiving a rainbow in the sky, he turned toward his Colours, where a rainbow was painted, look up said he to heaven, here is a Joyful sign of God's favour, the rainbow, the very Emblem of our Colours, and besure that God promiseth us to be our standard bearer to fight for us himself.  
This new doctrine made a strong impression in some, but the Princes drawing near with a warlike march, made a stronger impression of fear in that rude multitude than Muntzers revelations and signs, the Princes began to play with their Ordinance, one cannot well say to break their ranks, for they kept neither rank nor sile, nor scarce their understanding: for, for a time they neither advanced not fled, not put themselves in a postuer of defence, only they had made some entrenchments, and they began to sing, Come holy Ghost, expecting that God would fight for them, as their General Muntzer had promised them, and that he would turn back the bullets with his coat, but then all proved to be Satan's delusions, for the Princes advanced and came to handy blows, away fled all the Boars, some one way, some another five thousand were flain, Frankhus taken the same day, and three hundred taken and executed, Muntzer was found on a bed in Frankhus, saying him to be long sick of an Ague, but the truth is, he was brainsick of giddie-mindedness, but letters being found about him, he was known to be Muntzer, which yet this lying Prohpet denied long: he was executed by the common hangman, and his head set one a high pole, in the field near Frankhus, in the year 1525. shortly after Phiser and other rebels were taken and executed at Mulhus.  
The rout then of these cracked brained seditious schismatics seemed to be rooted out, but the seeds remained; for in the year. 1527. arose another of great learning, his name was Micher Hopman with several others, they denied the incarnation of Christ in the virgin's womb, Condemned the baptism of children, and rebaptised themselves, and all that embraced that sect, They would not allow Christians to recover their own by law, nor to take an oath, nor to bear the office of a Magistrate, for they pulled down Magistrates where they had strength, and gave the power of the sword to their Ministers, and Prophets, who was to decide all differences, they undertook to kill all Princes, & cut off the ungodly with another sword, than that of the spirit, they taught that in their Churches all were holy, and that none could be saved that would not make his goods common, and that it was lawful to have many wives, and that all learning is profane, and that mean men are the fittest to expound Scripture, and that there must be no ordinary Calling in the Church, but every man must speak as he is inspired, and this is it which the Anabaptists and Quakers and Popish Agents, that are amongst them, who are their ringleaders, have been endeavouring in these three nations, these eight or nine years by past: They taught that Christ must reign over all the world, & therefore all other Kings and Princes must de slain, and what they taught they went really about to practise until Hopman for his sedition was imprisoned at Strasburg and his confederates repressed by the maigistrates, that crew dispersed themselves in Westphallia, Frise, Holland & most parts of the low countries, where they got many to join with them, and when they were admonished, and by arguments Confuted, thei● answer was that the Spirit taught them other ways, and would say, the spirit bloweth where it listeth as our Quakers and Annabaptists say now, judging none to have the Spirit but themselves, but their rage could not be kept in long, for sometimes they would rush out of Cities and places where they were in great companies, and ransack Convents, and great men's houses; pretending for their warrant, the Example of the Israelites, that took the spoil of the Egyptians, yet in these incursions, they made conscience of entering into the temples of such as were not rebaptised, as Lutherans or Calvinists, but made no Conscience to lie with their wives, as being left a prey for the godly.  
It is a Grief to tell how that in the City of Munster, truth made way for errors, for one Bernard Rottman came to St. mary's Church hard by Munster, and for a time preached good Doctrine, as I fear many others do amongst us for a time to get into favour. The people would have brought him into the City, but the Papists gave him a sum of money to departed, and he loving the wages of unrigteousnesse did departed for some time, and returned again, at which time some of the best sort, brought him into the City, but the Papists kept the Church-dores shut, they made him a pulpit in the Church yard. Rotman, seeing the progress of reformation, sends to Marpurge, and desires some Ministers might be sent to carry on the work of reformation, which was done so, that they challenged the Popish Clergy, to dispute, and presented thirty Articles against them, and did so prevail, that the Senate allowed the reformed party, six Churches in the City.  
Hitherto all went well, if it could have stayed there, in the interim comes a pestilent Anabaptist, a Tailor of Leyden, John Becold by name; but better known by the name of John of Leyden, this man gins to confer with Ministers and people, maintaining the baptism of Children to be unlawful, seducing many and sowering the whole lump with the leaven of his perverse doctrine, this was the year 1533. He being assisted by one John Mathias, a Baker of Harlem, and one Harman Strapeda, who had been brought up with Henery Rell, a little before executed at Vtrech for his villainy. With several others, these had their meetings in the night, and got a great party to join with them, who they incensed with most desperate resolutions, many of them being the very filth of men, invited thither by the Anabaptists, from neighbouring Provinces, till than Rotman did well, but seeing such multitudes of Anabaptists, increasing daily, he hunting after popular applause, joins himself to them by an open revolt, the Magistrates and people not yet infected with that new seditious Doctrine, finding so much distraction amongst them, commanded all foreigners, and sectaries, to departed out of the City, but they went out at one gate and came in at another, saying, they must not desert God's cause: The Senate to prevent sedition, appointed a public conference, where Rotman and his faction appeared, but was opposed by a worthy divine, one Herman Basilius, that the Senate was satisfied, and concluded for the truth, and the Anabaptists teachers were sentenced to be banished, but they being resolved not to go, lay lurking among the sectaries, whom they had poisoned with their doctrine, and still increased as they did of late here in Ireland.  
One of the Anabptists, feigning himself to be seized with a prophetical spirit, ran through the City crying, repent and be baptised again, or else the wrath of God will fall upon you, this stirred up the people, for many ran with him crying the same words, that many of the simpler sort were baptised, some for fear of the wrath of God, and many for fear of the wrath of men, for this crying and running through the streets, ended in ransacking the best houses, and laying violent hands on the owners, for many that lay hid before came forth and rushed into the market place, crying out that all that were 〈…〉 must be killed presently as ungodly, and heathens: and they seized on the Townhouse, & the weapons there, and began to domineer as in a conquered place. The other party gathered themselves in a place called Overwater, and both sides were fortifying the places for three days, till hostages were given on both sides, and agreed that every one should enjoy the freedom of his religion, and all should go home in peace; this tumult was toward the end of December. 1533.  
But this would not satisfy the Anabaptists, for we now see by woeful experience, that Anabaptists will either have all, or else they will not be satisfied: for this composition gave but time to the Anabaptists, to strengthen themselves; for in 1534. Rotman, and Bernard Knipperdoling, etc. Sent letters to Ousburg, Wesel, Croswel, and Waringdorp; that God had sent a holy Prophet to Munster who spoke wonders and shown the right way to salvation, and that if they would leave their houses and come to Munster in all haste, they should get ten times more than they left, and with worldly riches, get also spiritual wealth.  
These fair promises, drew all the scum of the neighbouring towns, to Munster, the poor and Idle people liking well of that religion, that made all men alike, and all goods common, and put down the Magistrates: that should restrain their licentiousness. But can any man imagine, that all these were believers before they were rebaptised, that was won with this kind of doctrine, so pleasing to the flesh, as to share other men's goods, and to have as many wives as they pleased, yet in a short time the City was full of strangers, and vagrants that looked upon the place as a land of promise, and that they must expulse Canaanites, the richest of the town being frighted at their coming, thought it their safest course quietly to give them place, and without ●oyse to with raw themselves out of the City.  
The Anabaptists seeing themselves strong, ran to St. Laurence Church and burned it, with all the houses about it, and pillaged other Churches, depopulated Convents and Colleges, and burned a great Library, and drove all the protestants out of City but some few that they mistook for Anabapists, drying get you hence all ye wicked, else ye shall be slain, and with such violence they thrust them out, that some women with Child, miscarried in the tumult, and now they being masters of the City, began to order their new state, they made two Consuls, Knipperdoling, and Kapinbrook: and two and twenty Senatore, or Aldermen that had the civil power, and the Prophets wereto rule matterrs of religion, under which name they governed Church and Commonwealth, for all matters were within the compass of religion, and what ever a Prophet said to be revealed to him passed for law, the must famous of these Prophets was John Mathias, a Baker of Harlem, who was in effect, a perpetual Dictator in Munster that made laws and thanged them at his pleasure, by him was the aforesaid Order made, his chief adjunct was John of Leyden, and the next was Bernard Kniperdoling, and by a revelation of John Mathias, an order was made upon pain of death that all the gold and silver, and movable goods in the town, should be brought to the common stock. For which they appointed a public house, the order was obeyed more for fear than conscience. For two maid's prophetesses, took upon them to find out the fraud: to that common stock were brought all the goods of those that were driven out of the City, with that common stock they kept four great Ordinaries, where all fed in common, none being allowed to diet at home unless he were sick, plenty of provision they had, and they husbanded it very ill, feasting every day, until the Bishop beseidged them, and began to cut off their victuals, and then they stinted themselves, but with too large allowance, for the Town was so strong by nature, besides the fortification, that the Bishop despaired to take it but by famine.  
The Prophets than turned their care to the spiritual government, Commanding that none should keep any books but Scripture, and all the books that could be found but Bibles were brought to a public place and burned: from executing of books, they fell to execution of persons. For Hubart Trutling, a blacksmith seeing John Mathias pass by, said there goes a shitten Prophet, for this offence he was brought before the congregation, and condemned to death: John Mathias, would himself be the executioner, and first he wounded him with an halbart, and after shot him through with a pistol, and then pardons him saying, that God was appeased, and that he had a revelation, the man should not die, which proved false, for the poor man died in a few days after: we may from hence see the truth of that in the 12 of Proverbs, the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel, though they call themselves Saints & Prophets.  
But John Mathias, to make amends for his false revelation, when the man was dead, runs in a mad mood through the City, bearing a pike, Crying that God the father had commanded him, to drive the enemies from the City, and so rushed alone into the enemy's Camp to drive them away, and was their slain.  
John Mathias being dead, John of Leyden comforted the people saying, that he knew long before by revelation, that John Mathias should die that death, and that himself should marry his wife, which he did shortly after, though he had one before, but she was one of singular beauty, able to make a lusty young Prophet of about six and twenty years old, as he was, to preach up the Doctrine of polygamy, which he did shortly after, and had Fifteen wives, but he fell to other work before to make way for that, in the interim Knipperdoling, came forth with a revelation, that they that were in high places should be brought down to the lowest, and the lowest raised up to the highest We have seen this by woeful experience acted amongst ourselves. But John of Leyden met him with another revelation, that seeing it was the heavenly father's pleasure that those that were, highest should be brought lowest, he was sent of God to put down Knipperdoling from his place of Conful, and to make him the hangman, and for that purpose he gave him from God a sword to execute Justice.  
But there was need of more revelations for the alteration of government: John of Leyden was led by a prophetical spirit upon the City walls, where he put off his , and ran naked through the City, crying, the kingdom of Zion is come; the kingdom of Zion is come. By which we may take notice by the way, that our Quakers, and Ranters, are acted by the same deluding spirit that John of Leyden was acted by: then John of Leyden returned home, and falls into a deep prophetical sleep and dreams three days, and three nights together, and being awaked, he comes forth and speaks not a word, but by signs calls for a table book, as Zachariah did, and there he writes down the names of twelve men cobblers, and tinkers, all trades men, but on Gentleman of the City, to these he assigned the government of the commonwealth, putting down the order set up by John Mathias, affirming that was the Father's good will, which he had received by revelation: In that table-book also he writ, and charged the preachers to teach the people, or else he would have it ratified by the congregations; which was, that a man is not tied to one wife, but that he may marry as many as he pleaseth, & when his Doctors would not approve of that monstrous paradox, he cited them before his twelve Magistrates, & there he recovered his tongue keeping a great clamour, and throwing down his clothes upon the ground and the new testament upon them, swearing by that holy book, that the doctrine which he had announced, was revealed unto him from heaven, and threatened, that if they consented not, God would withdraw his mercy from them, and to testify his evidence of spirit and Power, he commanded the first opposer of that new Gospel, to be beheaded, which was presently done, and for three days together they preached for confirmation of that opinion, but the best confirmation was his own practice; for presently he married three wives, one of which was the relict of the grand prophet John Mathias, and married again and again until he had Fifteen wives; many followed his example, and it became a matter of great praise to have many wives.  
This seems to have been the first motive, to move him to broach that doctrine. A souldeir of the Bishops having changed parties, was harboured in the house where John of Leyden lay, and he observed in the night, that this holy Prophet left his own bed, and went to the servant woman's bed. John of Leyden perceiving he was discovered, calls the soldier aside, and gives him gold to keep his Counsel, but after mistrusting the soldier's tongue, he thought it safer to countenance the fact by a public doctrine, of the lawfulness to have many wives: this doctrine than was readily embraced, by those whose Age and temper was ablest to consult with flesh and blood, none refraining himself from having many wives for want or Covetousness, for their wives were kept upon the common stock, and after receiving that law, the brethren ran to the handsomest women in the City: striving who should be the first served, and lay with them without any contract, so that within a few days, there was scarce a woman of fourteen years of age but she was violated.  
But those of the City, that had some remnant of sound mind, and groaned under that tyranny: made a party and laid hold of John of Leyden, Kniperdoling and the rest of the prophets, but the frantic rabble, which was the greatest number took Arms, and rescued their Prophets, and killed fifty of their adversaries, most of them in cold blood: and with several kinds of devised crueltyes: John of Leyden encouraged the murderers, crying, he that would do God service should give the first blow.  
Whilst they were thus wiving, and thriving in Munster, the Bishop that besieged them had fair play, if he had husbanded his time well, but hitherto he bore the charge of the siege himself, but was after assisted with men and money, by Harman Archbishop of Collen, and John Prince of Clevis, and others about which there was a meeting at Coblents, December the 13. 1534. But this delay gave time to John of Leyden, to project new designs. He declared that the spirit of prophecy was departed from him, and rested upon John Tuscocorer a Goldsmith of Warendorp whom he before hand had suborned to counterfeit an Enthusiasm and revelation from heaven, this new Prophet called the congregation together, and declared, that it was the will of the heavenly father, that John of Leyden should be King of the universe, and that with mighty Arms he should kill all other Kings, and Princes: and destroy all the ungodly, and save the people that love righteousness. Whereupon John of Leyden fell on his knees and lifting up his hands said, men and brethren, so much. I knew long ago, but would not reveal it until now, God hath made choice of another to bear witness of that truth, Then said Tuscocorer, thus saith the Lord, as I made Saul King in Israel, and after him David taken from the sheepfold. I have set John Becold to be King in Zion, give ear, O Israel, thou shalt abrogate thy magistrates and put down thy preachers, and in stead of them, establish twelve simple men, without learning Arts and tongues, and they shall read my word, unto my people, and without any help, but my spirit expound it, and hath not this been the practice of Tailors and Cobblers etc. amongst us: and into them will I pour the spirit of wisdom and understanding, then giving a sword to John of Leyden, otherwise called John Becold. To thee, Father Beccold saith he, the Father giveth this sword, and calleth thee not only to be King in Zion, but over all the world, and to extend thine Empire unto the ends of the earth, this oracle was followed with great shouting, and acclamations of the people, crying, God save the King, and as it was then with these, so it is now amongst us, if they could prevail to bring their Erterprises to pass, our Anabaptists, and Quakers, would neither have King Magistrates, nor ministers but of themselves, one Grandee said, he hoped that before Mayday, there should not be a man in the land should he employed in any places of trust but such as walked in their way, meaning as Anabaptists, they would have kings but of their own fraternity, instead of having one King, but of their own fraternity, for instead of having one King, they would have five hundred Kings: for every man that had any command would reign as a King in his precincts, some by woeful experience have found it so: they would have Parliaments too, but of themselves, and their own choosing, they would take away the privileges of the people from choosing, and destroy all the fundamental laws of the Land, they would have ministers too, but they should be such as were without learning, such as John Tuscocorer prophesied, John of Leyden should have in stead of Orthodox Ministers: their threatening, slighting, and despising Ministers, and endeavouring to make fewer Parishes and fewer Ministers makes the truth of this appear to all men's sight, that is not wilfully blind.  
This new King John of Leyden created four Councelours of State, the chief whereof, was one Gerard a booke-binder, and one Talbek he made Lord steward of his household, and one Kipinbrok Treasurer of his plate and Jewels, and Kinperdoling Governor of the City, and appointed twelve Archers for his guard.  
This Tailor King presently made use of his skill to make himself fine in clothes, he translated the copes, and carpets of Churches and Convents they had rob, into doublets and breeches and cloaks, which set out his Majesty all in gold and silver; his horse wore a suitable livery, with gold and silver saddles, & foot : thus he appeared abroad, having his chief Officers riding before him in state, next to him rid two young men richly attired, one carrying a naked sword, with a golden hilt set with precious stones, the other carried a Bible, and triple Crown of gold glittering with diamonds, himself wore a great chain of Gold about his neck, like a collar of some noble Order, with a golden globe, having a golden sword, through it, hanging at the chain with this Motto. John King of new Jerusalem, the king of Righteousness of, this whole world, after him followed Fifty Pencioners with party coloured garments of ash colour and Gr●sse green, and white caps, and golden rings on every fingar, making the Ash colour an emblem of mortification the grass green of regeneration, the white caps of innocence, the golden rings of charity, but amongst these prophetical riddles, he ordered his court, with so much state as, if he had been a King borne, truly but that so many godly orthodox divines, have written of these things that lived in that Age, and in those countries, we could scarce have believed that men should be given up to such delusions and that we see others amongst us partly treading the same steps.  
In that royal array he shown himself three times a week, and went up to a high throne set up with great magnificence, where he judged all controversies, most of which were about divorce, for by his new gospel any man that were weary of his wife, might put her away and take another, this was the king of Zions Government. Then this jolly Tailor King having stitched up a kingdom in haste, turns his care to go through stitch with it, to have supply to remove the siege, and because it should be done in a prophetical way, Tus●●corer his chief Agent, came to him it seems by his appointment, as he sat on his throne and told him, King John, The Gospel must be renewed by thee, thus saith the Lord God, go say to the King of Zion, that he prepare my holy supper in the great Church yard, and choose teachers to send into the four quarters of the world, to teach the ways of righteousness, & according to this Anabaptists and Quakers have gone all Ireland over, a public Communion was celebrated of above four thousand men, but at that time the King accused a man of treason, and cut off his head with his own hand and with that bloody hand, he took upon him to administer the Sacrament, being assisted by the Queen, sometime wife to the lying Prophet, John Mathias, who then did the office of a minister: after supper the King asked them if they were all willingly disposed to do the will of God, and to suffer & die for the faith, they answered they were all of that mind then Tuscocorer their Prophet read a note the names of those he said God had chosen for that legation, of whom himself was chief, they were twenty six, seven were sent to Osneburg, six to Cockswold, five to Warendorp and eight to Suzat; these new Apostles went crying in the streets of these Cities that the people should repent and join with them, or else they should shortly perish, with that noise they raised tumules, and were apprehended and brought before the Magistrates, to whom they said they were sent of the Father to offer them peace, when it was but John of Leyden that sent them, which peace they said, if they refused, God's wrath would follow for their hardness of heart and ungratefullness, this was just like our Quakers doctrine now, and they affirmed that the time was come, fore prophesied of that the whole world should follow righteousness, which God would work by their King, and then he should deliver up the kingdom to his Father, and being questioned before the Magistrates, about their faith, they said that none in the world had the true doctrine but they, which they would seal with their blood, and that since the Apostles time till then the word of God had not been purely preached, that there was four great Prophets in the world, two good which was David of Delft, and John of Leyden, and two bad, the Pope and Luther, Being asked by what Scripture they could justify their deposing so many good men from their houses, and goods, and make so bold with their wives; they answered that the meek should inherit the earth, and that in the same manner, God gave the Egyptians goods to the Jsraelites, & a mongst goods they reckoned wives, and that they might lawfully have as many as they pleased, so that when one was with child they might take another in her stead, and they put away barren women and past child bearing, as useless, and that they knew by revelation, that their King would shortly be King of the whole earth & denied all other Magistrates but their own King, for which they were put to death, and here was the end of their Apostleship, that should have preached a gospel of rebellion, and licentiousness over all the world, this was in December. 1534.  
To draw towards the last Act, of that wild King among the Prophets that were taken, on Henery Hilversum was saved by the Bishop in sallying out of the City, who let him go, and he returned into Munster. 1535. and said God had delivered him out of prison by an Angel, and told the King that God had given him three rich Cities, that should embrace his party, namely, Amsterdam, Deventer, and Wessel; for which news the King made him one of his Court, and dispatched away one James of Kemp to Amsterdam, to bring it to his obedience, soon after the King hearing that many of his sect were in Holland, and Freeze in great troops, as sheep without a shepherd, he sent one John Giles, with a great sum of money, that he like another Moses should be their leader through the wilderness to bring them to Canaan, that was to Munster, but when much time was past, and he heard nothing of these Jsraelites nor their Moses, he sent the Prophet Hilversum and one John Nortell, to Holland and Freeze to hasten them, or to raise new troops, and for that expedition he loaded Hilversum with as much gold as he could well bear. It seems he prophesied for gold, and he had now gotten it, therefore he went no further than the Bishop's camp, & there stayed, & writ a letter to the people in Munster, that his former prophecies were impostures, exhorting them to open their eyes and see how they were deluded by acompany of rascals, and what beastly lives they led, and how near they were to destruction. John Nortell went as fare as Deventer and soon after returned without effect, this letter moved some of the people, for their community of goods was violated, they had their bread by weight, but their King still feasted. Which one of his wife's disliking said, she thought it not pleasing to God, in such a public misery, while some pined with hunger, others should surfeit with plenty, the King being told it, brought her to the market place with his other wives, made her kneel down and cut off her head, and made his other wives to sing and give praise to their heavenly Father: at the same time two young men were taken running away and brought to the King, who killed them both with his own hands, and to appease the people, he told them that he would not have thought that they being borne again by a new baptism, would show themselves so impatient in their suffering for God's cause, whereas they should with Paul suffer hunger, cold and nakedness to attain salvation.  
But Easter came, at which time their King had promised them deliverance, but his disciples he had sent to Hollond and Frise, not the rabbel rout he expected came not, which put the Prophet King to a plunge, he shut up himself six days, and feigned himself sick, and then came forth to the people, and said, God had in his sickness set him upon a blind ass, and laid upon him the sins of the whole multitude, whereby they were freed from their sin, and this was the deliverance God had promised them at Easter, this poor Lord of Misrule, King John all his hopes being frustrate, could no longer pacify the people, for famine was so fierce, that horses, dogs & cats were consumed, the grass and the very root; were picked out of the ground, in that extremity the King commanded the gates to be set open, and that so many as would should go forth, so that in one day a thousand of all ages and sexes went out, and yielded themselves to the Prince, who received them, said them, and let them go.  
A few days after, the King proclaimed that as many as wanted faith in God's help should avoid the town, but withal he said those that would forsake the faith should be forsaken of God, many were so blindly zealous, his speeches stayed them, yet many were so fed with starved mice, broiled shoes & lean prophecies, they took the safety prosered them. Antomius Corvinus a Lutheran divine writes, that he had seen books, when the town was taken, whose covers were eaten in the famine. Children half eaten were found, yet the King had six month's provision left for his own family, the town was taken in june 1535. having endured a left of eighteen months. Upon the surprise, the Townsmen cried for quarter and had it, but the King resisted to the last in St. Lambert's Churchyard, and was with much ado taken with Kniperdoling, and Krechling another Prophet, and Rotman would not yield, but was slain in the Conflict.  
The King and no King, was sent Prisoner to a castle four miles from Mu●ster, he went thither a little faster than he would, being tied to the tail of a galloping horse, Kniperdol●ng and Krechling were sent prisoners to another place, soon after all three were brought to Telgate where the Bishop asked John of Leyden by what authority, he made himself King over his City, John of Leyden asked him again, who had given him authority over that City and people, he answered he came to it by election, and I said john of Leyden came in by the will and calling of God, two Lutheran Divines were sent to confer with John of Leyden, and Kniperdoling; the first did abujre many of his errors, and would hear reasons. But Kniperdoling, was like a mad beast would neither hear nor answer reason, but stood only upon revelation & a particular spirit as our Quakers do, they were condemened and executed as Traitors & Rebels, & Krechling suffered the like death. J. of Le●d●n hearing the sentence read, he confessed that indeed he had offended the Magistrates but not offended God, thus died this imaginary K of justice by the hand of justice, and there was the end of his kingdom and prophecies, he was about twenty six years of age, a lusty young Prophet, of a fair proportion, of an awful yet lovely presence, of a present wit, eloquent, close, politic, ambitious, which aspired to no less than the dominion of the world; he was a dangerous instrument of Satan, the good Lord destroy the plots of such where ever they are.  
What other tumults were raised in Frezeland, Holland, and other places by the anabaptistical crew, especially in Amsterdam and Leyden, may be seen at 〈…〉 in the province & besotted the minds especially of the vulgar sort under the colour of simplicity, sincerity, humility, charity etc. So that many, otherwise good and zealous persons, sided with them, and were deluded by them, as too many do at this day.  
But these sectaries broke into Fractions, and like new Incendiares prosecuted each other with inveterate minds, and writings, thundering against one another, and delivering each other to Satan: to set forth their several opinions were almost impossible, but it is well known that then, and now at this day, they are divided into several Classes, and names derived either from their Ringleaders, or from the course of life they follomed, or the place of their entertainment.  
In the front are placed the Muntzerians, so called from Muntzer, that grand incendiary their general; others were called Hulites, from John Hull, who his after example called themselves the Corporal Israel of God: he taught that all the Canaanites were to be cut down with the sword, and that the day of judgement was at hand, that the angel was sounding the last trumpet: others were called the Hopmannians from Melcher Hopman, one furnished with popular eloquence, he first grew famous at Argentum, and drew a great sort of Disciples after him, that they cried him up for Elias: others were called Servetians from Michael Servetus a Spaniard, who for his execrable and not once to be named blasphemies, against the sac●ed Trinity spread abroad & maintained with great obstinacy, and other wickedness, he was burnt at Geneva, breathing out his soul in blasphemies. The Davideans had their denomination from David, George a Batavian, an infamous Imposter, both for blasphemies and shameful lusts, who came to that height of impiety, as to arrogate to himself to be Christ the Lord, to be the eternal son of the eternal Father, to apply to himself the prophecies concerning Christ our Saviour, which blasphemies and other dotages he compiled into a book entitled wonders, but was bitterly inveighed against, even by other Anabaptists, whereupon he renounced his own name, and fled, calling himself by the name of John a Bruck, he went to Basill a famous City, where with the direful sting of an accusing conscience, rather than any bodily infirmity he died: all these miscreants with an outward form of godliness, drew multitudes of followers after them.  
In january 1535. It was discovered that the Anabaptists had a plot to set Leyden on fire by night, and although timely notice was given, fire was set in several places of the town, houses were searched, and the chief of the conspirators taken together in one house, fifteen men and five women, the men were beheaded, and the women drowned, and so baptised the third time.  
The neath month in Amsterdam one Theodoret a tailor, who bear himself for a Prophet, fell upon his face, and prayed with great vehemency, and rising as it were out of an ecstasy I have seen God 〈…〉 Heaven, than he said he descended into Hell, and searched every corner. It's possible Mr. Grace might descend from that Tribe, he knows Hell so well, because he declares He●, to be paved with King's crown, and Bishops Sculls, etc. but thou, saith this Prophet to one of the company, art not good enough for Hell, than the poor condemned man fell on his knees craving pardon and the Prophet anounced him a full remission of all his sins, another night the Prophet and six men more and five women, who had left their husbands in bed met in a house, after some time spent in prayer and teaching, the Prophet stripped off all his , and his shirt, and threw all into the fire, and commanded them all to do the like, & they did so, the women having not so much as a hairface, nor any thing to hid their shame: for the Prophet's pleasure was to burn all as a sweet sacrifice to God, than he commanded them to follow him, & so running & his disciples after him through the streets, they cried horribly Woe, Woe, Woe, the divine vengearce, the divine vengeance, which put the whole town in an uproar, thinking they had been surprised by some enemy: they were all taken but one woman that slopped aside, and brought before, the Magistrates, and they stood naked before Court, they refused garments offered to cover them, saying they must have no covering, for they were the ●aked truth, they were kept in prison till the great conspiracy, about two months after, and then executed.  
In another Town at noon ●●y, five Anabaptists ran naked through the streets with swords in their hands, crying, in the name of the Lord, that the blessing of God lay upon one part of the Town, and his curse on the other part, and soon after were followed, with others of the same faction in Arms, but the Magistrates raised in haste some companies of Archers to oppose them, the Authors of the sedition were taken & the rest quieted for a time. The same day such another sedition was raised at Harlem, in which six Anabaptists were slain, and two at the Hague were executed shortly after, six of the most seditious were burnt at Harlem, and two women drowned  
John Gastio in his Book saith, it was their constant doctrine that women must be common, and three reasons they gave for it worthy to be registered, to persuade honest women to prostitute their bodies, if they would be saved: the first was that Christians must renounce those things they love best, and therefore women must renounce their beloved honesty. The second was, that for Christ's sake, we must undergo any kind of infamy, the third was that Publicans and harlots go to heaven before Pharisees, lying with other women than their wives they called spiritual marriages, with that doctrine they had seduced two sisters at St, Gall near Zurick as John Gastio writes in his third Book p. 21. soon after they were rebaptised, being in bed two spiritual husbands came and lay with them, but with such fervent spirit that they broke the bottom of the bed, the noise whereof wakened the people in the house, who coming up in haste to know the matter, found two spiritual  
They had another main reason for community of women, that as Christi●●… are all one spirit, so they must be all one body: its very like the Ranters teach these: doctrines now the author saith that these two poor maids of St. Gall. before they were Anabaptists had been much solicited, and could never be won until they were Anabaptists, and then were persuaded to be whores for conscience sake: others under pretence of childish innocency, would ride naked upon sticks, and hobby horses like children in great companies, and women would run naked with them, and then in pure innocency they lay together, so in the end it proved to be children's play indeed.  
In the same town one being in his prophetical mood, called his father, mother, brothers & sisters together, & commanded his brother to kneel down, & with one blow he cut off his head, and said the will of God was done, and coming before the Burgomaster, he said I announce unto thee, the day of judgement, it being the year 1541. a day which two years before they had foretold should be the day of Judgement: but the Burgomaster announced him his day of judgement, and he was executed as he deserved.  
It were almost an endless piece of work, to reckon up all their Doctrines and practices, but this I have gathered to give an hint of their woeful proceed, where they got to any head, & we may see the sad symptoms hereof amongst ourselves, some have not spared to say, they hoped within a short time, there should not be a minister left in Ireland, and have they not rooted out the Parliaments and all the fundamental laws of these lands, and as John of Leyden did, assumed a usurped power to themselves to make laws, and abolished laws at their pleasure, and exercised tyranny and oppression over the poor people, and have they not assumed a regal power, if their wings be not clipped, to call a Parliament of their own, with no less than one and twenty Kings, I mean officers of the Army, to have a negative vote in the Parliament, so that if God do not restrain them, and stir up his people to withstand them, It is to be feared the consequence that will follow may prove as bad, if not worse, than their proceed in Germany, yet they call themselves Saints and holy people, and righteous persons, and all others that differ from them in not being rebaptised they counted wicked and ungodly and heathens, not yet come out of Babylon, whereas upon trial there will little difference be found between them &, those you read of in Numbers 16.3. Corah, Dathan and Abyram, for just so they dealt with Magistrates and Ministers. Moses and Aaron as these do with ours now, seeing ye take too much upon you, ye sums of Levi, seeing all the Congregation is holy every one of them, to these three Ch●rah, Da●han and Abyram We may compare the three ringlerders of Anabaptists, Quakers and Ranters for as then Corah, etc. gathered two hundred and fifty Princes famous in the Congregation, men of renown to take part with them in their rebellion. So these in England, Scotland, and Ireland, have gathered, I may justly say two hundred and fifty Officers in the Army, famous in the Congregation, men of them to take too much upon them, seeing all their Congregations arch o●y in their own esteem every one of them. And therefore like Thomas Munster and John of Leyden, they would either remove or kill all Princes and Magistrates; and all the ungodly, and root out ministry, but what the end was of these wicked men for their rebellion, The Chapter shows at large, and the two hundred and fifty that took their parts, and with their brass censers offered strange fire as Nadab and Abihu did. Levit. 10.1, 2. Fire came out from God and Consumed them. I desire these fearful examples of God's displeasure may be a warning to others, for in due time God will show who are holy, and who not holy, and as in Revela. 2.2. He will try them that say they are Apostles, & are not but, are liars, & those that call themselves Jews, as some of the Quakers do, and are not but of the Synagogue of Satan ver. the 9 and those that call themselves Prophets & Prophetesses and are not, but teach rebellion, and seduce the people, ver. 20. He will also try those that say they are Saints, and are not but live more like Heathens, and those that say they are Christ and are not, as James Naylor, and James milner of Beakley in Lancasheer, who also said that George Fox was John the Baptist, such false Prophets and prophecies as these we have heard too much of in these three Nations of late, so that it behoves all godly persons both civil and military and Ministers and people to endeavour by all lawful means to defend the truth against such seducers.  
FINIS.   

Certain reasons against some Points of Popery, which they are desired to answer if they can.  

Of works of Supererogation.  
FIrst, we demand being the Pope doth brag that he hath in the treasury of the Church, the superabounding pains and travels of Saints, Munks, Martyrs and others, which is called works of Supererogation, and which the Pope converteth into payment, for the panishments due unto others, distributing them by indulgence; We demand who hath put the suffering of the Saints, etc. into the Pope's treasury to be thus distributed.  
Secondly, we demand when this distribution began.  
Thirdly how shall we be assured that God will receive that payment for us.  
Fourthly, We demand why God should receive such payment for us, seeing the death of Jesus Christ is sufficient payment.  
Fiftly, how do ye prove that Jesus Christ doth give to any one that virtue to pay a debt which .  
Sixthly, hath the Pope also in the Treasury of the Church, the punishment and travels of Noah, Abraham, Jacob and others, and to whom doth he distribute them.  
Seaventhly, why did not the Sacrificers in the time of the law distribute them to the faithful in their times?  
Eightly, why did not Jesus Christ; nor the Apostles, nor their disciples, in all the first Age of the Church distribute any indulgence unto the dead.  
Ninethly, why was it that they did not celebrate any Jubilee, nor establish any such privileges as the Pope doth, now, whereupon he that causeth certain Masses to be said, draweth a soul whom he will choose out of Purgatory, nor give any bulls to deliver a foul out of purgatory, nor tie the remission of sins to a certain place, where the pardons are to be procured? Is it because the Popes have better inventions than the Apostles and others had, or that God is grown more liberal than he was in former, age's.  
Tenthly, how do you prove that there are any works of Supererogation seeing God requires that we should love and serve him with all the heart, and all the soul, and all the strength, and all the mind; Now if God requires all, who is he that can do more than all, that he should best of superabounding works more than God requires, when he requires all.  
For whatsoever any man can do, or perform that is lawful to be done, it is included in this word, All, and it is either expressed or included in some command or precept in the word of God: and if it be not expressed nor included in the word of God, than God will say of it as in Isa. 1.1. ●ho h●h required this at your hands, and God will esteem of it, as he saith, Isa. 66.3. He that killeth on ox is as if he slew a man, and he that Sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck, and he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood, and he that burneth incense, as, as if he blessed an Idol, and the reason is given in the latter part of the verse, they have chosen their own ways, and their so●l delighteth in their abominations, for whatsoever you do that is not either expressed nor included in some command or precept, in which God requires all; it is your own ways, and abominations, and not God's ways, and therefore God will not accept it. Ergo there is no works of Supererogation.   

Secondly of Merits.  
First, how do you prove by Scripture, that any man can merit any good at the hands of God, seeing Christ himself tells us, that when we have done all that we can, we should count ourselves unprofitable servants, and have done no more than what is our duty to do, and therefore not meritorious as to Eternal life.  
Secondly, the favour of God, saith Mr. Perkins, is of such infinite dignity, that no creature is able to do a work to countervail the favour of God, but Christ alone.  
Thirdly, saith he, for one good work we do, we do many evil works, the offence whereof defaceth the merit of our best works, and makes them too light in the balance of the law of God.  
Fourthly, God shows mercy unto thousands of them that love him, and keep his Commandments. Exod. 20 6. Whence we reason thus, that where reward is given upon mercy, there it is not given upon merit, but reward is given upon mercy, even to them that love him and keep his Commandments the refore not given upon merit.  
Fiftly, Christ himself hath taught us to pray, give us our daily bread, it must needs therefore, saith Mr Perkias, be a Satanical insolency for any man to think that he can merit eternal life, who cannot merit bread; but aught daily to pray for it.  
Sixthly, the Apostle in his Epistle, Titus. 5.3. saith, that it is not for any works of righteousness that we have done, but of mercy we are saved, and if of mercy, than it is not of merit.   

Thirdly of Purgatory.  
First, whereas Papists teach that Jesus Christ is the intercessor and meadiator for those souls which they say are in Purgatory. We demand why they do not presently go forth upon his intercession, but remain some hundred or thousand years, as appears by five or six thousand year pardons, which the Po●e grantetth, unless you think that there is more efficacy in the Pope's pardons then there is in Christ's inercession, answer it if you can.  
Secondly, we demand how it comes to pass that other religious men now a days in small account in 〈…〉 Carmelites have the privilege granted them by the Pope, that they shall not be in Purgatory but till the Saturday after their death, and the Cordilians have this privilege granted them to draw a soul out of Purgatory, by saying five Pater Nosters, and five Ave Maiyes, why have not the Jesutes the like privilege, and how prove you that the Carmelites and Cor●ilians have such privileges.  
Thirdly, we demand if the Pope have power to grant such privileges to others, and have power himself, as some hold by way of jurisdiction, or by way of suffrage, if he have such power as he pretendeth, and your Church teacheth, then why doth he not take them all out of Purgatory? why doth he suffer his children to lie in a burning fire so many hundred years, if he be able to deliver them?   

Fourthly of Transubstantiation.  
First, Mr. Perkins saith that in the first Institution before Christ's passion, the body of Christ was Sacramentally eaten as already sacrificed, now how the body of Christ Crucified should after a corporal manner be eaten, he being not as yet Crucified, is impossible to imagine.  
Secondly, we demand whether the Priest break in the Mass the same thing that Jesus Christ brak in the supper with his disciples, for it is evident that our Lord brak bread, whence it follows that he broke nothing but bread, but the Priest breaketh after consecration, by virtue of which consecration, you say the elements are changed into the real body and blood of Christ, and if so, than you actually Crucify Christ afresh, breaking him in pieces both with your hands and, teeth, putting him to open shame, and yet the Priest saith he sacrificeth in breaking, which if it be true, prove it by Scripture, and who gave you this authority thus to sacrifice Jesus Christ, he being now in heaven.  
Thirdly, we do not find in Scripture that the Apostles did adore that which Jesus Christ gave them, as now the Papists do, neither do we find that Christ in his administering the supper, spoke any thing of sacrifice, nor made any elevation of the host, as you now do, he communicated it to all the assistants, spoke in a language understood of all, why then is it at this day the Priest doth quite contrary.  
Fourthly, if there be a real Corporal presence in the Sacrament, as Papists pretend, and that shortly after the Apostles had received it in their stomaches, Jesus Christ did sweat drops of blood, and was apprehended and buffeted, Then we demand, if that body of Jesus Christ, which was in the stomaches of the Apostles, if it did also sweat drops of blood, and was apprehended and buffeted by the soldiers, for if it did sweat drops of blood, and was apprehended, under the species in the stomaches of the Apostles, it was passable, and also the soldiers that must buffet it, must be put under the same species, but if it did not sweat nor was not apprehended nor buffeted under these kinds, then there as wat the same time a lesus Christ suffering, and a Jesus Christ not suffering, and so by consequence who was not our Saviour.  
Fifthly, the body of Jesus Christ celebrating the Sacrament was weak, passable and mo●●●…l, but the body which the Apostles received of him was impassable, and could suffer nothing. Let our adversaries prove, if any aught to receive their opinion which giveth unto Jesus Christ at the same time two bodies of contrary natures, or at least one body contrary to itself.  
Sixthly, when Victor the 3 Pope of that name was poisoned in the Chalice, and Henery the 7. in the Host we demand what that was which was poisoned, for to say the body of Jesus Christ was poisoned, is to profane his body, what was it then with which they killed a Pope and a good Emporour? let them answer etc.  
Seventhly, but seeing we and you both agree that Jesus Christ at the institution of this Sacrament, he did eat and drink with his disciples. We demanded, did Jesus Chest eat his own body, and what profit that would be either to him or us, but if there be a corporal bodily substantial presence of Christ's body and blood in the Sacrament, by a change or conversion, of the bread and wine into the same body and blood after the words of Consecration, as you say there is, than he must needs eat his own body and drink his own blood, which we put you to prove, if you say the outside of the body is within the body, it's all one as if you should say the sheath is within the sword etc.  
Eighthly, if Christ's body be eaten corporally in the Sacrament, and that all that eat his flesh and drink his blood, have eternal life, as John 6.54. which you apply to the Sacrament; then should wicked men, as well as the faithful have eternal life: for they eat that which you say is the flesh and blood of Christ as well as the faithful, if there be a corporal presence in the Sacrament, Christ said his body was the bread, his blood it was the wine, they eat, they drank, yet he their shown their feeding was divine.  
Ninthly, we demand how you prove it lawful to pray in a language not understood of him that prayeth, seeing the Apostle in the 1 Cor. 14.19. saith, I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue, and vers. 14.15. If I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful, therefore I will pray with the spirit and will pray with understanding also etc.  
Tenthly, we demand how you prove that we ought to adore the Cross with the same odoration that God is worshipped withal, as Thomas and many other Doctors of the Church of Rome teacheth, and if when the Priests saith to the Cross, All hale triumphal wood, that wood understands what the Priest saith, seeing he speaks to the wood, and where God hath commanded us to honour him thus.  
Eleventhly, we demand how you prove it lawful to have the Image of God, or of the Trinity in Churches represented in stone, or in pictures, seeing God hath forbidden it, Deut. 4.15, 16. Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves (for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spoke unto you in Horch, out of the midst of the fire.) Lest you corrupt yourselves; and make you a graven image, the likeness or similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, etc.  
Twelfly, seeing the Church of Rome holdeth that Infants which die shortly after Baptism go strait way into paradise. We demand whence it cometh that the Priests takes money, to pray and say Masses for them, and what profit redoundeth thereof unto their children.  
Thirtenthly, where is it that God hath Commanded that we should offer jesus Christ as a Propitiatory sacrifice for the quick and dead, seeing that you say the Priests calling is that they are established to sacrifice Jesus Christ, We demand where, in what Scripture God hath established them sacrificers, seeing that Jesus Christ doth not give that quality to his disciples, and the new Testament doth not in any place call the pastors of the Church Sacrificers.  
14ly. We demand if, in the holy Scriptures there be any command not to eat flesh on Friday, etc. seeing that Friday was the day in which Jesus Christ did eat the paschal lamb, and that the Apostle in the 1 Tim. 4.1, 3. says they are seducers; and calls it the doctrine of the devil to forbid marriages, and command Abstinence from meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving  
15ly. When there were many Popes at once, and the strongest Pope, carried it, how will you prove that the strongest, was the lawful Pope, for if you prove not that the succession hath often been interrupted, and they that followed are successors of usurping Popes, being chosen by Cardinals, created by the preceding Pope, who not being the lawful Pope had no Just authority to create Cardinals, nor those Cardinals, to choose a Pope.  
16ly. How do you prove that the blessed Virgin Mary was rapt up in body into heaven, and there crowned Queen of heaven, for seeing she is so represented in your Churches, and the people taught so, we demand how you prove it to be so.  
17ly. We say that the Munks and Friars as they stand at this day, are those the Apostle foretold of, Col. 2.18 that do in voluntary humility worship angels and pray to them, not holding the head which is Christ, and therefore not holding the head there is no salvation to be had in any other: they also teach the people in some things, touch not, taste not, handle nor, which all are to perish, though they have a show in will-worship and humility and neglecting of the body to the satisfying of the flesh.  
By George Pressick.