The Utter Routing of the Whole Army of All the Independents and Sectaries, Title page – Errata
THE UTTER ROUTING of the whole Army of all the INDEPENDENTS & SECTARIES, with the Totall overthrow of their Hierarchy that New Bable, more groundless than that of the Prelates.
OR INDEPENDENCY not Gods ORDINANCE, in which all the frontires of the PRESBYTERY, with al the quarters of the same are Defended, against all Enemies.
And all the Forces of the three Generals and Commanders of the / Sectaries, Hanserde Knollys, J. S. & Henry B Burton are all dissipated, with all / their whibling Reserves, and the field of Truth still kept, viz. /
That the Presbyterian Government Dependent is Gods Or- / dinance, and not the Presbyterian Government▪ Independent. /
Unto which is annexed an Appendix in way of answer to Henry / Burton Clerk, one of his quondam fellow sufferers, in the which all his ca- / lumnies are wiped away by the sponge of innocency, and the Postscript Vin- / dicated; the honour also of all our renouned Generalls and Commanders / is Vindicated; the honour of the City of London; the honour of our brethren / the Scots; the honour likewise of all the Presbyters through the Kingdome / are Vindicated from the obloquie of all the Independents and Sectaries; / and their due prayses given unto them in their severall ranks and or- / ders, as next under God to have been the principall and primary / Repairers of our breach, and the Restorers of our pathes to / dwell in: the honour of all which the Sectaries / wholly and solely ascribe to their Party. /
By JOHN BASTVVICK Captain in the Presbyterian Army, / Dr in Physick and Phisitian in Ordinary to all the Ill-dependents and / Sectaries to sweat them with Arguments twice a year gratis, spring and / fall, who discovering their distempers and malidies finds by the severall / symptomes of their diseases that they are very unsound, root and branch, / and therefore ought (with their venemous and intolerable Toleration / of all Religions) to be shunned and avoyded as a company of infected per- / sons by all such as are sound in the faith. /
Mat. 7. 15. Beware...but / inwardly...wolves. /
London, Printed by John Macock, and are to be sold by Michael Spark, / at the sign of the blue Bible in Green Arbour. 1646. /
TO My dear friend Dr Baſtwick, on the Frontiſpeice of his Book Intituled, The Ʋtter Routing of all the Independent Army &c.
TO be a Captain in an holy War,
Doth well become a man of peace ſo far,
As he contending, on Gods glory looks,
Which is the cauſe, maintain'd in all thy books.
And now in this, by Gods great might and power,
Thou wageſt War againſt high Babels Tower.
The whole armour of God thou'ſt thee upon,
Thy Loyns are girt with Truth; the breſt-plate on
Of righteouſneſse Thou haſt; thy feet are ſhod
With Goſpell-Peace, prepared by thy God.
And above all, the ſhield of faith in t' hand,
All fiery darts of Satan to withſtand.
T' helmet of ſalvation, the ſpirits ſword,
Thou fightest with, which is Gods holy Word.
A weapon, that all battels will abide.
March on: brave Captain, God is on thy ſide.
S. B.
TO My worthy and learned friend Doctor Baſtwick, on his book intituled, The Ʋtter Routing of all the Independent Army, &c.
THY former works I'ave read, and truly ſay,
They were a means I wandred not aſtray
From Truth to Error; But did pry into
The new opinions, which ſome ſay, and do
Pretend to be according to Chriſts mind,
But ſearching Scripture no ſuch way I find.
The paths which Independents do walk in,
Gods Word ſhew'd me, to be a way of ſin.
And not the only way, as they depone,
Chriſt to advance, and ſet upon his Throne.
For they thereby Chriſts ſeamleſſe Coat do rend,
And precious time in jangling quaeries ſpend.
Framing their notions, only to make fraction,
To Chriſts diſhonour, and th' increaſe of faction.
By their means, blaſphemies are ſpred about;
All ſorts of Sectaries, the Land throughout,
Do preach up Error, and ſo bold they grow,
To threaten ſuch as will not let them fow
Their tares amongſt them, nor let them miſlead
People from Truth, who readily give heed
To new opinions, ways of Liberty,
Being pleaſing Doctrine to delude them by,
And to make many follow them, becauſe
'Tis naturall to reject Gods holy Laws.
Grief overwhelm'd my heart when I did ſee
Poor ſouls ſeduc'd, yet men ſo ſilent be.
At length I heard, as thou haſt heretofore
Diſcover'd Error, out of thy rich ſtore
Of heavenly wiſdome, which the Lord gave thee,
Thou plead'ſt Truths cauſe, that All her worth may ſee
In this thy Book. To th' Preſſe I therefore went,
Perus'd ſo much as gave me ſuch content,
That whil'ſt I read, my ſpirits reviv'd again,
Seeing Error vanquiſht, and the Truth made plain
Unto all men, God ſo aſſiſting Thee,
That thoſe who read it o're, reſolv'd may bee.
Thy Arguments being prov'd by holy Writ,
None can deny, but ſuch who uſe their wit
To wreſt the Scripture, reaſon to deride,
Thereby to gain [Proſelytes] on their ſide.
For thou haſt laid down Truth ſo clear, I ſee,
That ſincere ſouls will bleſſe the Lord for thee.
Of all falſe Doctrines, I do now deſire
Good people to beware, and this Book read;
What ſatisfaction any can require,
They will find here who love the Truth indeed.
Read, meditate, of God ask wiſdome then,
Truth to diſcern from all falſe ways of men.
S. B.
ON The approved & tranſcendent worth of my dear and faithfull friend Dr Baſtwick,
Which the Independents and Sectaries of our times do labour to obſcure, with their black mouth'd railings, falſe accuſings, ſinfull reproachings, ſelf-conceited ſlightings, proud ſcornings, unworthy and unchriſtian vilifyings of him.
TO ſet forth all thy parts, Learning and skill,
It were a work too hard for Homers Quill:
And Virgils Poem excellent in Verſe
Would come far ſhort thy vertues to rehearſe.
Were they alive, and ſhould it take in hand,
Thy worth's above their muſe to underſtand.
For why? in thee divine and heavenly grace,
To be admir'd, do challenge the firſt place.
But they ſuch precious graces never learn'd,
Nor could perceive, b'ing ſp'rit'ally diſcern'd.
To ſpeak thy praiſes fully, they would find
A task not eaſie, though both were combin'd
To make a Record, onelyonly to declare
Thy morall vertues, eminent and rare;
As Juſtice, Fortitude, Wiſdome, (Charity)
Temperance, Patience, Love, Humility.
Thy knowledge They in Tongues might then commend,
And without doubt their muſes would contend
Thine Eloquence and Rhet'rick to ſet forth,
Yet could they never make known all thy worth,
Which they would ſee, and ſo conclude thy praiſe,
By ſetting on thy head a wreath of bayes.
And yet all this were to eclipſe thy glory,
Thy graces rare tranſcend ſo mean a ſtory.
In morall vertues, true, Thou Ex'lent art,
But here's thy praiſe, thou haſt an upright heart
To God thy maker, hating every ſin,
Thou art a man all glorious within.
Let Sectaries rail, raiſe Lyes; Yet without fear,
Truth ſpeaks thee one of Gods choyce Jewels dear;
As having been moſt faithfull to her cauſe,
When men preſum'd to make their will their Laws.
And this thy Book doth ſhew, for all their talk,
That in Truths paths thou perſever'ſt to walk.
Thy blameleſſe life and godly converſation
They cannot ſtain with ſlandrous exclamation.
Fight ſtill the fight of faith; moſt certainly
There is laid up, for Thee, in heav'n on high,
A Crown of righteouſneſſe, which at that day,
The Lord, the righteous Judge, ſhall give, and ſay
To Thee, Come bleſſed of my Father, take
The kingdome I prepared for thy ſake,
From the foundation of the world; and ſhall
Then, Crown thy head with glory immortall.
S. B.
TO The Victorious Worthy Mr John Baſtwick, Dr in Phyſick, and Captain in the Presbyterian Army, upon His induſtrious and learned Book intituled The Ʋtter Routing of all the Independent Army, &c.
TRiumphant Victor, Thou haſt won the day,
And Routed Legions too, without a fray
Or ſhedding blood: Thy deep myſterious skill
Hath been always to Cure, and not to kill.
Thou'ſt purg'd their melancholy, that began
To make all Zeal their own complexion.
Their Il-dependent Choler's cool'd by thee,
And Spleen, and Sanguine may Religious bee,
While they take leave to rage, and rail upon
Thee, as thou wert the Whore of Babylon.
Then thou couragious Captain, undertake
To vanquiſh Error, for Chriſt's Churches ſake.
Arm Thee, with Samſons ſtrength, or Davids, thus
Like Paul, fight Thou, with beaſts of Epheſus.
Then ſound a charge, utterly Rout all thoſe
Peace-Church-diſturbers, Separates that expoſe
Our Zion like to Sodome! what they're able,
Raze down Chriſt's Churches, to erect their Babel.
On Thee a furious Rabbie fouly fals,
Beats up Thy Quarters: All their Generals
Hanſerdo Knollys, nameleſſe I. S. Burton,
Have not a Scripture weapon that can hurt, One
Arm'd as Thou art, (their fury to abide)
With Arguments, by Gods Word juſtifi'd.
The Scriptures Thou unvail'ſt, we can behold
Their ſacred Truths, Thy works do plain unfold
Their myſteries: Thou with th' Apoſtles keyes
Unlockſt Chriſts Churches hidden Treaſuries.
In this, Thou haſt all Sectaries overthrown;
Now they'll cry out of Perſecution.
To whom th' diſſenting brethren do accord,
Who, with Hugh Peters keyes, Paul Hobſons ſword
Advance they will, boldly, (march madly on)
For all Religions,—a Toleration.
Which to Chriſts faithful Spouſ doth bring great ſcandal;
Such waſting New Lights ſhew Theeves in the candle,
Who from Chriſts fold, His Church, the fat ſheep ſteal,
Saints, Converts, Zealots, Rich-men, in our Weal.
'Tis better grow in grace, like thriving Lambs,
Then in ſhort time, become ſuch hurtfull Rams.
But Thou well prove'ſt their ſacrilegious theft,
Chriſt, nor His bleſt Apoſtles ever left
Them ſuch a Pattern: th' iſſues of thy pen,
Shews their falſe Lights, to all enlightned men.
And in their new ways, thou haſt them purſu'd
So cloſe, that Thou their Champions haſt ſubdu'd;
Routed their Army; all their force and might
They have's to rail, They are too weak to fight.
George Lindſey.
THE ERRATA.
In the Epiſtle to the Reader.
PAge 1. line 14. expreſſion read expreſſions. P. 2. l. 3. election r. affection & ibid. l. 9. new r. knew. P. 3. l. 31. Independent r. Independents. P. 15. l. 29. unihilate r. annihilate.
In the Book.
PAge 6. line 7. papiſticiae read papiſticae, & ibid. l. 15. Hrivie r. Privie. P. 9. in ſome copies in divers lines Pounties, Porporations, Pompanies, read Counties, Corporations, Companies. P. 20. l. 20. his time r. in his time, & ibid. l. 26. in ſome copies how ſaith God r. how ſaith he. P. 129. l. 18. Syllogiſm r. Syllogiſms. P. 256. l. 18. given, or them r. given them, or. P. 373. l. ult. Punies r. Ninnies. P. 374. alribiadian r. Alcibiadian. P. 635. l. 19. hollownes read holineſs.
The Reader in his wiſdome will both diſcern and pardon the other literal eſcapes in the printing.