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<HEAD>A Short ACCOVNT OF THE Vniu&s;t proceedings OF THE Court of <HI>King&s;tone</HI> upon <HI>Thames,</HI> IN A TRYAL between Richard Mayo, Prie&s;t, and E. Burrough, the 31. of the fifth Moneth, 1658.</HEAD>
<P><HI>RIchard Mayo</HI> Prie&s;t of <HI>King&s;ton,</HI> &s;ent for <HI>Edward Burough</HI> out of a Meeting in the Town, to come to the Steeple-hou&s;e; and <HI>R. Mayo,</HI> divers times challenged <HI>E. B.</HI> that what he had again&s;t him and his Doctrine, there he might &s;peak it, and <HI>E. B.</HI> went to the Steeple-hou&s;e, and heard <HI>R. Mayo</HI>'s Doctrine, who did Preach and affirm,</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>That</HI> Paul <HI>as a Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t, exhorted Saints (the Corin|thians) to follow and obey a light, which was not Chri&s;t, nor the light of the Go&s;pel.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>He did exhort the People of</HI> King&s;ton, <HI>as a Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t, in his Preaching to them, to follow and obey a light which</HI> (&s;aid he) <HI>is not Chri&s;t, nor the light of the Go&s;pel.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>He &s;aid that a man may be a righteous man, and not a godly man, without di&s;tinction.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Al&s;o at another time before that,</HI> R. Mayo <HI>affirmed, that the light of Chri&s;t, which every man is lightened withal,</HI> Joh. 1.9. <HI>is Carnal, and dark|ne&s;&s;e.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. <HI>He did affirm under his own hand, that Chri&s;t was not the word, that David walked by.</HI></P>
<P>But the&s;e Doctrines he could not prove by the Scriptures, being put upon it, and then <HI>E. B.</HI> &s;aid that they were damnable Doctrines, and
<PB N="2" REF="2"> errors, and not &s;ound, nor according to the truth; for which &s;aying, an Action was entered, and <HI>E. B.</HI> was arre&s;ted and impri&s;oned, and a|bout a yeer after was brought to tryal in the Court at <HI>King&s;ton,</HI> and being called to his An&s;wer in the Court, he lawfully proved by evi|dent Witne&s;&s;es, all the particulars aforementioned, and the Prie&s;t con|fe&s;&s;ed to the things that he did affirm and preach them; And <HI>E. B.</HI> &s;till confe&s;&s;ed and &s;aid that the&s;e Doctrines were not &s;ound, but damnable and error, which were the words charged again&s;t him to be a &s;lander: A Jury being called to hear and determine the matter <HI>E. B.</HI> de&s;ired to be heard, and would have proved according to the Scriptures to the Jury and whole Court, that the Doctrines afore&s;aid were damnable and un|found, and errors: But the Judge, Jury and Court would not &s;uffer him to be heard to manife&s;t the truth: But the Judge told the Jury be|fore they went out, they might find good damage for the Prie&s;t; and the Jury went forth, and brought in <HI>E. B.</HI> guilty, and gave the Prie&s;t 100. <HI>l.</HI> damage for &s;landering him, and yet would not &s;uffer E. B. to clear him&s;elf before they condemned him, but dealt unju&s;tly again&s;t him. Now the light of Chri&s;t that lighteth every man that comes into the world, which is the life of men which was in the beginning with God, which <HI>Iohn</HI> came to <HI>bear witne&s;s of, that all might believe in him, and have eternal life: For all that received him that lighteneth every one that came into the world with the true light, he gave them power to become the &s;ons of God, Iohn</HI> 1. <HI>chap. Now this light which every man is lightened withall by Chri&s;t</HI> (&s;aith <HI>R. Mayo) is carnal and darkne&s;&s;e;</HI> and that which is carnal and darkne&s;&s;e is of the fle&s;h and of the Devil. And the Jud|ges and Jury hath ju&s;tified the Prie&s;t in &s;o &s;aying, and fal&s;ly damnified <HI>E. B.</HI> for &s;aying this Doctrine is un&s;ound and damnable: And this Prie&s;t, Jury and Court have gone about to prove that <HI>Iohn</HI> came to bear witne&s;&s;e of that which is carnal and darkne&s;s, who &s;aith, he <HI>came for a witne&s;&s;e to bear witne&s;&s;e unto the true light, and that is the true light</HI> [&s;aith <HI>Iohn] that lighteth every one that comes into the world:</HI> And this was <HI>Iohns</HI> Record; and this is the light which the Prie&s;t of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> &s;aith is carnal and darkne&s;&s;e, and the Jury and court hath ju&s;tified him in it, and damnified <HI>E. B.</HI> for witne&s;&s;ing to the contrary, and &s;aying this is damnable Doctrine. Now that that is carnal and darkne&s;s, is earthly, fle&s;hly and devilli&s;h; but Chri&s;t nor his light is not earthly, fle&s;hly and devilli&s;h, but is from Heaven, and of the Spirit: And all that which is carnal and darkne&s;&s;e, is of the Devil and Devilli&s;h, and &s;o is the light of Chri&s;t that lighteneth every man, by <HI>Rich. Mayo</HI>'s Doctrine; and the Judge and Jury hath ju&s;tified that it is &s;o, carnal and darkne&s;s, of the fle&s;h and of the Devil; but in Chri&s;t there is no darkne&s;s, for the Father and the Son are one, and God is light, and in him is no dark|ne&s;s at all, the fir&s;t Epi&s;tle of <HI>Ioh.</HI> 1. <HI>chap.</HI> but this Prie&s;ts Doctrine is quite contrary to <HI>Iohns</HI> Doctrine, and contrary to the Scrip|tures,
<PB N="3" REF="2"> who hath held forth that the light of Chri&s;t is of the fle&s;h, and of the Devil, and therefore his Doctrine is damnable and error in the highe&s;t degree, and Chri&s;t &s;aid, <HI>the Devil had nothing in him,</HI> Joh. 14.30. but <HI>Rich. Mayo</HI> &s;aith, the light that Chri&s;t lighteth every one withall, which comes from Chri&s;t, is carnal and darkne&s;s (to wit) of the fle&s;h and of the devil, and &s;o would make appear that the Devil and dark|ne&s;s had &s;omething in <HI>Chri&s;t;</HI> and the Apo&s;tle &s;aid, <HI>Darkne&s;s had no fellowshhip with light, nor Chri&s;t with Belial,</HI> 2 Cor. 6.14. but <HI>R. Mayo</HI> holds forth that darkne&s;s is in <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> and would make Light and dark|ne&s;s one; for he &s;aith, the light of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> which lightens every one, is darkne&s;s and carnal; but in this the Prie&s;t and Rulers of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> hath &s;hewed to all the world what <HI>Spirit</HI> they are of, and what they believe concerning <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> even that his light which is pure and eter|nal, <HI>is of the flesh and of the devil, carnal and darkne&s;s,</HI> and its manife&s;t they are uncapable of judging Doctrines; for to &s;ay and ju&s;tifie as the Prie&s;t and Court of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> hath done, that the <HI>light of Chri&s;t which lightneth every man,</HI> which <HI>Iohn</HI> came for a witne&s;s of, that all men through him &s;hould believe, is <HI>carnal and darkne&s;s:</HI> It is bla&s;phe|my, it is fal&s;e, it is a lie, it is of the Devil, and damnable Doctrine, and he that affirms &s;o is not fit to be a Teacher: and you that ju&s;tifie him in it, and condemns him that reproves it, are not fit to be Judges of <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> Cau&s;e, nor of the things of God and <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> that are &s;piritual. And if the Judge and Iury &s;ay they do not own and believe that the light of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is carnal and darkne&s;s, then they have judged again&s;t their con&s;ciences, and again&s;t their oaths, in condemning a man for denying this doctrine, and &s;aying it is damnable; for is not carnal and darkne&s;s of the fle&s;h and of the devil, and out of the truth, and from below? And is not <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> from above, and from heaven? And is not his light &s;o? You have judged like heathens, and like men without any under&s;tanding, and you have &s;hewed your &s;elves to be like the un|believing Iews: Their Prie&s;ts and Courts and Coun&s;els, judged <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> to be a deceiver, and the Prince of Devils: And you &s;ay and do ju|&s;tifie it in your judgement, that <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> light which every man is light|ned withall, is of the fle&s;h and of the devil; and &s;o is carnal and dark|ne&s;&s;e: and have damnified a man for &s;aying the contrary: and you have &s;hewed your &s;elves to be again&s;t Chri&s;t as much as ever the Jews were, and to be of the very &s;ame &s;pirit: for you &s;ay and ju&s;tifie <HI>That Chri&s;ts Light is carnal and darkne&s;s:</HI> And they &s;aid he <HI>was the Prince of Devils and Darkne&s;s:</HI> And do you not herefully agree with the Jews? The Apo&s;tle &s;aid the Devil was the power of darkne&s;&s;e, and the Saints were tran&s;lated from the power of darkne&s;&s;e <HI>Col.</HI> 1.13. But how doth <HI>Rich. Maoy</HI>'s Doctrine agree with this? Is the Devil the power of the light of Chri&s;t that lightneth every man? Is not this damnable Do|ctrine? But hereby the Prie&s;t and court of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> have &s;hewed them|&s;elves
<PB N="4" REF="3"> to be in darkne&s;&s;e and carnal, which is a damnable &s;tate: and it is damnable to &s;ay and judge of Chri&s;t as they have done, that dark|ne&s;&s;e is in him, and that his light which lighteneth the World, is of the fle&s;h and of the Devil: But with the light which every man is lightned withall, which is pure and eternal of God, are they judged that &s;o jugde: and with the light &s;hall they be condemned: that <HI>is the word of the Lord God to you all:</HI> And God will make you a&s;hamed of your judgement who know not Chri&s;t, and therefore have you fal&s;ly judged him, and judged quite contrary to <HI>Johns</HI> words, who &s;aid <HI>that was the true light that lightneth every man;</HI> but you have &s;aid and judged it is carnal and darkne&s;s; and will you &s;ay that that which is carnal and darkne&s;s is a true light? And if you &s;ay &s;o, that is damnable Dotrine, and &s;o you are in a &s;nare, and hath brought a &s;nate upon your your &s;ouls and have left your Names and Judgements a &s;tink to all the Saints up|on Earth.</P>
<P>And the Judge, and Jury, and Court of <HI>King&s;tone</HI> have al&s;o jud|ged it to be &s;ound Doctrine, to &s;ay, <HI>Paul exhorted the Saints te follow, and obey a light which is not Chri&s;t, nor the light of the Go&s;pel,</HI> which the Prie&s;t affirmed: Now here you have &s;landered the Apo&s;tle, and bely|ed him, and given a fal&s;e judgement again&s;t him, as well as again&s;t <HI>E.B.</HI> for the Apo&s;tle did not exhort the Saints to follow any Light but what is Chri&s;t, and the light of the Go&s;pel; for hee &s;aith often, that he preached the Go&s;pel and Chri&s;t the power of God, through|out all his writings, 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 4.5. for hee was &s;ent <HI>To turne people from darkne&s;s to the light of the Go&s;pel,</HI> and from Satans power, (uhich is darkne&s;&s;e) to God, (who is light) <HI>Acts</HI> 26.18. and hee turned people to <HI>Chri&s;t within them,</HI> who is the power of God, and the <HI>Go&s;pel is the power of God, Rom.</HI> 1.16. And &s;aith hee, if any preach another Go&s;pel then what he had preached, let him be accur&s;ed, <HI>Gal.</HI> 1.7.8. And he preached Chri&s;t unto the Saints, and the Go&s;pel onely, and de&s;ired not to know any thing among them but <HI>Christ, and him cruci|fied,</HI> and that their Faith might &s;tand in the power of God, the Go|&s;pel; and evary where he preached the Go&s;pel, <HI>Acts</HI> 16.10. <HI>Rom.</HI> 15.19. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 9.16. 1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 2.9. and I affirm he preached nothing el&s;e, but Chri&s;t, the power of God, the Go&s;pel, to be obeyed and fol|lowed; for it is that which convertcd to God, and it is that he exhort|ed the Saints to walk by: <HI>Walk in the Spirit, and live in the Spirit, &s;aith he, and obey the Spirit;</HI> and &s;o &s;hall you not fulfil the works of the fle&s;h; <HI>And as many as were the Sons of God, walked by the Spirit, and were led by the Spirit,</HI> Rom. 8. and the Spirit, and the Go&s;pel, and Chri&s;t are one, and not many, nor divided. But this Prie&s;t, and Court of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> have judged contraiy, even that <HI>Paul</HI> did Preach to be fol|lowed and obeyed, and believed in &s;omething that is not the Light of the Go&s;pel, nor the Power of God, nor Chri&s;t, and &s;o have &s;landered
<PB N="5" REF="3"> and belyed the &s;ervant of the Lord the Apo&s;tle <HI>Paul:</HI> And is not this damnable to bely the Apo&s;tle? And is not this of the Devil, and Devilli&s;h doctrine, that &s;landers the &s;ervant of the Lord that is dead? but his &s;pirit and words are a witne&s;s again&s;t them; it is out of the truth, and contrary to truth to belye and &s;lander the Apo&s;tle; and that is of the Devil, and Damnable and Error: for every lye is out of the truth, and &s;o of the Devil, and that which is of the Devill is Damnable, and mu&s;t be ca&s;t into the Lake with the Devil: And &s;uch is <HI>R. Mayo</HI>'s doctrine.</P>
<P>And <HI>R. Mayo</HI> in his Sermon, held forth as good doctrine, <HI>That the people of King&s;tone might follow and obey, and walk by a light which</HI> (hee &s;aid) <HI>was not the light of the Go&s;pel,</HI> and exhorted them to it, and pre&s;|&s;ed them upon it, and yet he &s;aid, <HI>It would not lead to Chri&s;t, nor reveal him to them,</HI> yet pre&s;&s;ed them to follow that Light: And this doctrine hath the Judge and Jury and Court ju&s;tified to be &s;ound, and not fal&s;e Doctrine, and have damnified <HI>E. B.</HI> for a Slanderer, for denying his doctrine, and &s;aying, it is damnable. Now there is but Light and Darkne&s;s, God and Belial, Chri&s;t and Antichri&s;t; and if it be not the light of the power of God which is the Go&s;pel, which they are to follow, then it is darkne&s;s, and of the Devil which he exhorted them to follow; and if it be not Chri&s;t, nor God, nor the Spirit, which he pre&s;&s;ed them to obey, then it is Antichri&s;t, and that which is of the fle&s;h which they are exhorted to follow; and this is damnable: and if it be not the true Go&s;pel, the power of God, nor the light of it, nor Chri&s;t (as he &s;aith it is not) then it is another Go&s;pel that hee hath preached in the Pulpet in <HI>King&s;tone,</HI> and he is accur&s;ed that doth &s;o, and accur&s;ed Doctrine is danmable Doctrine, and a man that is ac|cur&s;ed is in a damnable &s;tate, and they that follow and obey any other thing be&s;ides Chri&s;t and the light of the Go&s;pel, they cannot be &s;a|ved; for this is &s;aving doctrine, to preach Chri&s;t and his Go&s;pel one|ly, <HI>For there is no other name given under heaven to be &s;aved by but Chri&s;t, Acts</HI> 4 12. Who is the power of God, the Go&s;pel, who is the light of life, the truth, to be obeyed and followed; and that doctrine that is otherwi&s;e and contrary to this, is damnable; and <HI>Richard Mayo</HI> hath preached another Doctrine, and hath preached that people &s;hould follow and obey &s;omething that is not Chri&s;t, nor the <HI>light</HI> of his Go&s;pel; and &s;o his doctrine is not &s;aving; for he hath preached another Name and another Light then <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> and his Go&s;pel and the Judge and Jury have ju&s;tified him in it, and judged E. B. for a &s;lande|rer, becau&s;e he &s;aid this was un&s;ound Doctrine, and Error, becau&s;e it is not the Doctrine of Chri&s;t nor his Go&s;pel, but another Doctrine, of another light, and of another way: But come Friends, is this Prie&s;t a Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t? And is this Court and Jury righteous Judges? let all the Saints that fear God upon Earth judge: Is not he a Decei|ver
<PB N="6" REF="4"> who hath preached another Go&s;pel then <HI>Paul</HI> preached? Is he not one of Satans Me&s;&s;engers? and the Court hath upheld him in it; for there is no &s;ound Doctrine held forth by any of Chri&s;ts Mini&s;ters, but the Doctrine of Chri&s;t and of the Go&s;pel: This we all affirm with <HI>E.B.</HI> And all that owns not this Doctrine, and comes not to it, are in a damnable &s;tate; And all Doctrine that is not ju&s;tly according to this, is damnable, and they that hold it forth are deceivers and Satans Me&s;|&s;engers: And <HI>E.B.</HI> denies the judgement of all &s;uch that doth not follow Chri&s;t, and walk in the light of the Go&s;pel, but believes that &s;ome other thing is to be obeyed and followed; and God wil confound their judgement, and bring the innocent to rejoice over all &s;uch Do|ctrines and Judges.</P>
<P>And <HI>R. Mayo</HI> the Prie&s;t affirms (and the Jury ju&s;tifies it) <HI>That the Word that David walked by was not Chri&s;t,</HI> and hath judged <HI>E. B.</HI> guilty of &s;lander for &s;aying this Doctrine is Error, and to be condemned: Now <HI>David</HI> was of the &s;eed, the fle&s;h of <HI>Christ,</HI> and <HI>Christ</HI> is the word, and <HI>David</HI> followed <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is the covenant of God, <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 42.6. And <HI>David</HI> was in the covenant, and followed Gods covenant, and &s;aid <HI>the Lord was his light, P&s;al.</HI> 27.1, and walked in <HI>Christ</HI> the word, the everla&s;ting covenant: And <HI>David</HI> was a follower of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> the word, for <HI>David</HI> called Chri&s;t Lord, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 10.1. And Chri&s;t was his Lord and his Shepherd, and fed him, and he led him into green pa&s;tures, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 23. And <HI>David</HI> walked in the light of Chri&s;t, and &s;aid, <HI>In thy Light we &s;ee Light, P&s;al.</HI> 36.9. And he did walk by Chri&s;t the Word; And the Apo&s;tle often brings <HI>Davids</HI> words that were &s;poken of Chri&s;t; and Chri&s;ts Name is the Word of God. And <HI>David</HI> and <HI>Abra|ham,</HI> and all the Fathers &s;aw the day of Chri&s;t, and eat and drank of the Rock that followed them; which Rock was <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> and him they believed in, and obeyed. And <HI>David</HI> &s;aw his re&s;urrection &amp; what &s;hould betray him: And doth not <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> &s;ay, <HI>It is written in your Law, I &s;aid you are Gods;</HI> if <HI>David</HI> were but onely in the Law? but he &s;aw Chri&s;t the end of their offerings, and he was of the fle&s;h of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> the &s;eed; but the&s;e things are out of your under&s;tandings; ye are rather of that generation that mocked <HI>David:</HI> And to &s;ay <HI>David</HI> did not follow Chri&s;t, and was not a follower of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> that is error and damnable Doctrine. But the Prie&s;t and court of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> have &s;aid and judged that <HI>David</HI> did not walk by the word <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> which is fal&s;e and a lye, and that's damnable, and of the Devil, and they have judged they know not what, they have put light for darkne&s;s, and darkne&s;s for light, and called good evil, and evil good; and have &s;aid and judged con|trary to the Scriptures: Shall not God plead with them, and &s;even Vials of plagues &s;hall be poured on the unju&s;t, and all the Saints &s;hall &s;ee their &s;hame.</P>
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<P>And the&s;e with many other things which <HI>R. Mayo</HI> hath affirmed for Doctrine, doth <HI>E.B.</HI> charge to be fal&s;e Doctrine, and not according to the Scriptures, and can prove theut to be fal&s;e by the Scripture: But as if you were affraid to hear the truth, and dur&s;t not &s;tand to the trial, you would not &s;uffer <HI>E.B.</HI> to prove the&s;e things in open Court, which he would have done according to the Scriptures. So this is written that all may &s;ee, and he may prove it over and over again, and publi&s;h it to all people to your &s;hame; for God will make you a&s;hamed, and teare you to pieces, ye that have forgetten God, and neglected ju&s;t judge|ment; ye gnaw not the bones till the morrow; ye think ye have gotten a great deal of prey to devour, a hundred pounds, them that did &s;o were like evening wolves, <HI>Zeph.</HI> 3.3. for this is the part of an evening wolfe, to leave the bones till the morrow. Think ye the Lord is blind like your &s;elves, and that he &s;ees you not? And think ye <HI>E.B.</HI> hath &s;poken that which he is not able to make good? yes greater things then tho&s;e he may ju&s;tly charge upon you, and among you, if you go on in injustice, may not he &s;ay ye pervert Ju&s;tice and true Judge|ment? Is it a &s;lander to &s;peake the truth, to &s;ay the Devil is a lyar? though you would not hear him in the court, he may make the Nation hear him after this. Was <HI>Paul</HI> a &s;landerer that called one a childe of the Devil, that perverted the way of God, who was &s;o? Was <HI>I&s;aiah</HI> a &s;landerer that called the Shepherds greedy dumb dogs, end &s;aid the people were like &s;ed Hor&s;es, that neighed after their neighbors wives? the Prophet told the people they were fat Kine of <HI>Basban,</HI> and people were like wilde bulls in a net: But was the Prophets &s;landerers who told the &s;al&s;e Prophets that they &s;poke a divination of their own brain, as <HI>R. Mayo</HI> hath done, and not from the mouth of the Lord? And the Prophets te&s;tified that the Judges judged for gifts and rewards, and were like Foxes in the de&s;arts, and were like evening wolves: but the Prophets were no &s;landerers, for they &s;pake the truth: Nor Chri&s;t was no &s;landerer, who called them that &s;tood praying in the Syna|gogues, and were called of men Ma&s;ter, Serpents and Vipers, <HI>Matt.</HI> 23. and compared men to dogs and &s;wine, and cryed wo again&s;t them, they were blind leaders of the blind. And what if you your &s;elves be proved to be &s;uch that brings forth fruit not meet for repentance, but are full of envy, bitterne&s;s and poy&s;on. Will it be a &s;lander when a man calls you Vipers, and proves it that you are in that nature the Apo&s;tle called them <HI>Evil Bea&s;ts, and &s;low bellies, that minded earthly things, and taught for filthy luere and love of money?</HI> And he was no &s;landerer who al&s;o &s;aid they were accur&s;ed that brought another Go&s;pel. And was the Apo|&s;tle <HI>Peter</HI> a &s;landerer who &s;aid <HI>there were &s;ome that brought in damnable he|re&s;ies, for they denied the Lord that bought them:</HI> And this was a le&s;s tran&s;|gre&s;&s;ion as men may account, to deny Chri&s;t, then to &s;ay his light is <HI>car|nal and darkne&s;s, of the fle&s;h &amp; of the devil,</HI> as the Prie&s;t &amp; unrighteous Jury
<PB N="8" REF="5"> <HI>King&s;ton</HI> have done; for they did but deny him, but you &s;lander him, and ju&s;tifies that his light is carnal, and darkne&s;s of the fle&s;h, and of the devil, this is wor&s;e then if you denied him, and &s;aid nothing at all of him, and it is more damnable to &s;lander him, that his light is carnal and darkne&s;s. Con&s;ider of this, and be not &s;o ra&s;h; for &s;hame in this life will come upon you, and judgement in the life to come, what ever become of <HI>E. B.</HI> in this life: You have &s;hewed much folly and wickedne&s;s, both Prie&s;t, Iudges and Iury, who hath damnified a man an hundred pounds for &s;peaking the truth, and you have given a bad example to many others, but they that follow you in your works &s;hall partake in the same judgement when the Lord gives you a ju&s;t reward.</P>
<P>And the&s;e are but few of the particulars which is proved damna|ble Doctrine and Error. And <HI>E. B.</HI> hath many more particular &s;ayings and affirmations of <HI>R. Mayo</HI>'s, which to all the world may be proved the &s;ame with the&s;e; and if you go on, and will not revoke your works, he may lay them open, and all men may know what &s;pirit <HI>R. Mayo</HI> is of: What will you think when he proves by many Witne&s;&s;es that <HI>R Mayo</HI> affirmed, <HI>That the Devil is the power of God;</HI> yea, <HI>even as the Go&s;pel is the power of God, &s;aid he; and &s;aid Chri&s;t was manife&s;t to de&s;troy the power of God, and him that is the power of God &s;aid he; and de|nied the Go&s;pel to be the power of God?</HI> The&s;e things with many more may be te&s;tified by many witne&s;&s;es before any Court in <HI>England:</HI> If you were quiet and did Ju&s;tice, his &s;hame and yours might be covered; but the more you &s;tir and meddle among this filth, the more it will ap|pear to &s;hame you. And what need <HI>E.B.</HI> be affraid, or any man, what you can do? for truth is of his &s;ide, in compari&s;on of which his life is not dear, not liberty; and truth will &s;hame you and pierce you to the hearts, and break you to pieces, though you may boa&s;t a while over it in your evil wayes, yet your day will the night of darkne&s;s &s;hut up in mi&s;ery, and the ble&s;&s;ing &s;hall depart from you in this life, and in the life tO come: The Lord hath &s;aid it, and ye that are froward the Lord will deal frowardly with you. Wherefore come to con&s;ideration of this matter, and repent ye unrighteous men, and for&s;ake this evil, and come to the light of God in your con&s;ciences, that will let you &s;ee your en|vy and prejudice again&s;t the innocent, and if you go in your evil cour&s;e I am clear, it &s;hall lye upon your own &s;elves unto damnation.</P>
<P><HI>Hereafter a more full and large account of this matter you may expect from &s;uch as hath a more perfect knowledge thereof, if the Court continue their inju&s;tice again&s;t the innocent.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>By one that was a Witne&s;s of that day's proceedings, and a Witne&s;s again&s;t the inju&s;tice of it unto death, <HI>Edw. Cooke.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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