The quakers terrible VISION; OR, The Devils's Progress to the City of LONDON: BEING A more true and perfect Relation of their several Meetings, Trans●s, Quaking●, Sh●kings, Roarings, and Trembling Postures; the appearing of two strange Oracles, with an old Love-lo●k cut off from Satans head; ●he manner of putting it in practise, and drawing in of others; the burning of their fine Cloath●, P●ints, and Ribbons, which seemed to them like so many Hellish Hags, and Fu●●●s; their several Opinions and Tenets, holding a community with all mens Wive●, either sleeping or waking; their strange Doctrine, Raptur●s, and Inspiration●; and the most hideous Actions of all the several sorts of Quakers; as Catharists, Familists, Enthusiasts, Montanists, Valencians, & libertines, the liike never red, or hea●d of before, since the memory of man.  
 woodcut of three men standing around a prostrate devil  
London, Printed for G. Horton, in the grea● year of Quaking, 1655.   

The Quakers new Vision: or, the Devils Progress from the North of England, to the City of London.  
AMbrose Bishop of Millan, withstood the Emperour in his dayes at the entrance of the Church, because he thought him altogether unfit to be partaker of such holy things; and Paul was zealous in his way( though erroneous) persecuting the Saints; but in these days appear too visible such a Generation of Enthusiasts, that they leave no Art unassayed to dissuade and delude the people from entering into our public and Church Assemblies, accounting them a Rabble of iniquous persons, not worthy the Saints to interveen: These antiscripturists walk under the notion of Seekers; and many of them in the Northern parts, having turned out prayer, preaching, and the Ordinances of God, accounting them too low things to follow, the Old Seeker, who goes about continually seeking whom he may devour hath fallen upon them, and drawn them both into absurd and unreasonable principles & practices, by running up and down the country, and taking their progress from Yorkshire to London, to act in quakings and transes, and drawing many after them to leave Ordinances, Callings, Relations, and despite both Nature and Grace, by holding universal whereupon, Free-will, and falling from Grace, publishing that all men have the pure seed of God in them, and that they themselves were the onely Saints, perfect, and without sin; that they knew at the first sight sincere Christians from hypocrites; And very observable it is, that at their meetings( after lodge silence) sometimes one, sometimes more, fell into a great and dreadful shaking & trembling in their whole bodies, and all ●he●● joints, with such rising●, & swellings in their bellies and bowels, sending forth such shreekings, yellings ▪ howlings, and roa●ings, as not onely aff●ighted the spectators, bu●●●●s●d the Dogs ●o bark, the Swine to cry, and th● cattle ran about, to th●●●nishment of all that heard them. And this was chiefly occasioned by thei● quaking and trembling posture●, which they say they cannot ●●id or ●●y●● from, conceiving it to be divine inspiration, which indeed i●●o more ●ha●● a mere delusion. For know, Mr. Transers, it's an old Love look ●ut off 〈◇〉 Satans head, and now grown into fashion again, witness the relation of holy Zuinglius when the Church of Zu●●ck was extremely p●●●●d wi●h these qu●king Catabaptistick, ecstatic ▪ En●husiast●, &c. At which ●ime, 〈◇〉 old woman at ●●●ga●, with the Devils Ora●les, seduced many 〈◇〉 the holy truth, having continually 3 or 4 of his di●bolical Imps attending her.  
 woodcut of woman feeding a cat and toads  
Note, this is observable, that although they are seldom entr●nsed in th●● Extatital Quakings, but in company, to the end they might persw●de, ●●●vinity is upon them to their credulous Auditors, yet they hold a comm●nity of women and other mens wives, and practise a living upon ●he another too much. They make nothing of outward teaching the word, Bread and Wine they cal● a Carnal Ordinance, baptism and Matrimonies they call Formalities; and these are called Familists. But the Quaking Liberti●● imputes all their lewd and bold speakings and doings to the Spirits. Th●y look for extraordinary raptures, inspiration●, miracles, brag of mirac●●ous healings, and promise to ca●● Devils out of men, and women, making all ●o have the Devil in them that is n●t in their way. And what comes into the frenzy Noddles of your Quaking Socinians, is h●ld to be all Spirit & prophesy. Men, women, boys & girls, may all turn into Prophets & Preachers by Q●aking, and all other Preachers and Ministers, are but deluders, and without calling. Too much are they addicted to conversing with women; and after the manner of Valencinians, draw women from their husband, having some kind of philtra & charitesia, to that purpose, in●●●ing● to love and follow them. Certainly, they make the Word of God but as a shadow, to stand by at their pleasure, when the man will leave the wife, or wife the husband, to follow their Circumcellion walks and ●oving about, from the E●●● to the West, and from the West to the East; and whereas they are sitted by God for some mechanic Calling they must needs turn Preach●rs, for they are learned in two great books, Ignorance and Impudence. God never calls these thus.— And as for the Qu●kers of Malton, who burn● their good●, b●caus● they might be abased by p●ide, certainly there was little devotion o● charity to feed the fire: Had it not been more p●etious devotion to have devoted t●ese things for good to some? Yea, surely. But mark, I have oft heard of a ro●e of sand, at length they make one; and compare these fellows burning of their ribbons and si●k, with Moses burning the melted Calf, Heze●iah breaking the bras●n Serpent, and the burning of the Ephesian conju●ing books in the Acts, that were directly used for Idolatry and Demonolatry. No marvel if they ●u●nt them that were such dangerous things. I see Scriptures are ordinarily pr●st souldiers to fight for their fancies. I know no● what to say to this ignorance and folly, 'tis best to leave them in their pleas●nt humour, that have found scriptures to burn fine commoditi●s, under the notion of new Regeneration. And whether it be not the high-way highly to off●nd God, and grieve his Spirit, to say, that standing naked on the top of a across in a Market-place, a mans lying naked, and a womans coming to lie with him, is commanded them by God, and by the Spirit of God, that so they should do? let the World judge; For the nakedness of Esay was only the putt●ng off his shoes, and his l●rge upper garment, which was his prophetical mantle, and then he was said to be naked, though he had an under and shorter garment, which shewed some nakedness of thighs and legs. When the Jews cast off any outward Ornaments they used to wear ordinarily they are said to be naked. David, when he laid by his Royal upper rob, and danced before the Ark Michael charge● him with immodesty, for uncovering himself, and making himself too naked, and yet it is well seen there, that he was not altogether uncovered, for he was girded with a linen Ephod.  
These a●e the the fruits of Catabaptisme, and Catharists ▪ who hold themselves to be come into a state of perfection, when they are regenerate into their transing way. And withall they make the people believe Christ hath but taken away part, and not all that is of sin. Another s●rt of Enthusiasts there are, who are called Menandrians, and they hold an opinion, that th● Resurrection is past already. But Pa●l called this( in Hymeneus and Philetus) profane and vain babbling, and that which tends to overthrow the Faith. Another sort are called Seekers, and they wait for new things every day, and seek for strange things as ever were among Prophets or Apostles; and say, they can do miracles. By these artifices one M. Gilpin was drawn in to associate himseif with them, and was so taken with their Doctrine, that he resolved to close with them, refusing to red any good books, to hear any preaching Minister, or to call to remembrance any thing which he had formerly learned concerning God, Christ, his own estate, or any other thing contained in the Scriptures; for they  told him that all such knowledge was but Notional, carnal, & hanging upon the three of knowledge: adding, Cursed is every one that hangs on this three.  
And one of them  told him, that Christ was a man, had his failings, disinherited God, &c.  
At his next meeting he was urged to carry the Cros●, and to harken to a voice within him, speaking much of a light within them, which Gilpin not yet finding, was much troubled, and desired to f●l● into the Quaking fit, thinking that thereby he should attain to the immediate discoveri●● of God to him.  
And accordingly soon after as he was walking in his chamber, he began to quake so extremely that he could not stand, but fel upon his best, where he houled and cried in a terrible and hideous manner,( as others of them used to do) yet was he not afraid, but looked upon it as the pangs of the New birth. After half an hour he ceased from howling, and rejoiced that he could now witness against the Ministers of England, as false Prophets & Priests of Baal.  
All the night after he was much troubled with Dream● about his sins, and when he awaked, he discerned something to enter into his body, which Satan suggested to be the Spirit of God like a Dove; and he thought he heard a voice within him, saying, It is day, it is day, so sure a● it is light shall Christ give thee light. Thus, in a Vision, granting a Bond and Covenant, he waited for 2 or 3 days for more light, and walking into his Garden, he lay down with his face to the earth, at which time his right hand extremely to shake; and he was in a great Rapture of joy, apprehending it to be a figure of his spiritual Marriage and Union with Christ.  
Then did the power within raise him, and set him on hls feet, and afterwards lai● him on his back, brought his sins into remembrance, and caused his hand at every sin to strike the ground, hearing a voice within, saying, Now is such a sin mortified.  
Then he went to another of their Meetings, with which he was more affencted then formerly; for that he was conceited he could inwardly witness to what he spake And upon the speaking of one J. Audland, Gilpin was by the Devil within him drawn out of his Chair, and thrown upon the ground, where he lay all night.  
All which time hi● body and members were in motion, being turned from his back on his belly, and so back again several times, making Crosses with his leg●, and his hands moving on the ground zs if he had been writing; and he heard( as he thought) a voice saying, That that writing with his hand on the ground signified the writing of the Law in his heart: then were his hands moved to his head, and he heard the voice saying, Christ in in God, God in Christ, and Christ in thou, for ever, and ever, world without end.  
Which words he was compelled to sing forth in a strange manner, and with such a voice as was not his own. Then the Devil raised him up, and ●ad him be humble, and lead him out at a back door to the River, and back again, and then into the Town, where he was drawn down the street to a door that he knew not: whereupon two of them that followed him, said, Whither will you go? This is the fiddle ●s house: Gilpin answered, Be it whose house it will, Christ leads me hither, and hither I must go: Then was his hand fo●ced to knock at the door, and a voice bad him say, Behold Christ stands at the door and knocks.  
The fiddler opening the door, he went in, and taking down a Base-viol, he was forced to play on it, and to dance; whereupon he questioned what power lead him to such actions? and the voice presently answered him, This is not because I love music, for I hate it, but to signify to thee, what joy there is in heaven at thy conversion: as also, what spiritual melody thou shalt have hereafter.  
Then was he lead out of the house, and carried through the Town, being forced as he went, to proclaim, I am the way, the truth, and the light. Then his hand was forced to take up a ston, which he thought to be like a man● heart, and the voice  told him, That Christ had taken that ston out of his heart, and given him an heart of f●●sh: then holding it forth to the sp●●tators, he threw the ston amongst them.  
Then was he cast upon his back on the ground, and the voice said, Thou sh●●● have two Angels to keep thee; and immediately two Swallows came down the Chimney, ●nd sat on a shelf near him: whereupon he cried, My Angels, my Angels, and withall lifted up his hands; At which motion they vanished.  
After which, it pleased God to give him a sight of these delusions, and in a Vision( by the assistance of the spirit) vi●wed a great number of misled souls, walking in the darkness of self-man, and in a Dream apprehended sund●y Rap●ures, which at last proved but a fancy or somnaical, whereupon his passionate soul burst forth into these words: Arise, O God, judge the Earth, fill their faces with shane, that they may seek thy name, O Lord, who say, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession; that all may know, that th●u whose Name alone is Jehovah, art the most High over all the Earth.  
Many others are converted, but especially M. Emm●t of Durham, who was drawn in by the illustrious beams of the Northern Candle, viz. Barbara the Woman Quaker, to whom( saith he) I went on Pilgrimage, and was  told I was but in the Letter still; whereupon she gave me a terryifying drug that wrought so strongly, affirming all Teaching was in vain, and gave me Scriptures for it, Jer. 31.34. that I quiter relinquished the Ministry, threw away the Bible, and accounted the Church only a Steeple-house and ridiculous.  
Thus being new moulded, he met with his friend Mr Fox, whom he heard syllabically dictate, as though he could not utter but what the Spirit forc●d forth, and  told him he was wading in a Whirl-pool, who with one finger helped him out, and set him on dry ground, saying, Christ i● now within thee. After which, he was so transformed, that he accounted tte world an Idol, his clothes and new Apparel, with ribbons, points, and the like, seemed like so many Hags or Furies sent from ●●ll to torment him; whereupon like a-man distracted, he threw them off as obnoxious, and cast them by as pernicious, pus on an old svit of apparel, a small cord about his H●t, to have in readiness for that which without Gods special providence he was running to. T●en he began to be very ill disposed, and in a Vision beholded two m●n with Viols in their hands, to whom he said, My soul is Christs, my sins were nailed to the across, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; Avoid, avoid you are Spirits of D●lusion, and many seeming Saints have the Devil in them: whereupon, they vanished, and the Gentleman is again to the Gospel-love resto●ed.  
FINIS.