Gangrena Part 1 and 2, Title page 1 – License
The First and Second Part OF GANGRAENA: OR A Catalogue and Discovery of many of the Errors, Heresies, Blasphemies and pernicious Practices of the Sectaries of this time, vented and acted in England in these four last yeers.
Also a particular Narration of divers Stories, Remarkable Passages, Letters; an Extract of many Letters, all concerning the present Sects; together with some Observations upon, and Corollaries from all the fore-named Premisses.
By THOMAS EDWARDS Minister of the Gospel.
The third EDITION, corrected and much Enlarged.
2 TIM. 3.8, 9.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the Faith.
But they shall proceed no further, for their folly shal be manifest to all men, as theirs also was.
2 PET. 2.1, 2.
But there were false Prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false Teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable Heresis, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
And many shall follow their pernicious wayes, by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evill spoken of.
JUDE vers. 19.
These be they who separate themselves, sensuall, having not the spirit.
Lutherus in Epist. ad Galat.
Maledicta sit charitas, qua servatur cum jactura doctrinae fidei, cui omnia cedere debent, Charitas, Apostolus, Angelus é coelo.
Lutheri Epist. ad Staupitium.
Non hic tempus timendi, sed clamandi, ubi Dominus noster Jesus Christus damnatur, exuitur & blasphematur: mi pater grandius est periculum quam credant multi. Inveniar sane superbus, avarus, adulter, homicidia, antipapa, & omnium vitiorum reus, modo impii filentii non arguar, dum Dominus patitur.
LONDON, Printed by T. R. and E. M. for Ralph Smith, at the sign of the Bible in Cornhill near the Royall Exchange. M.DC.XLVI.
Reader,
THat thou mayest discern the mischief of Ecclesiasticall Anarchy, the monstrousnesse of the much affected Toleration, and be warned to be wise to sobriety, and fear and suspect the pretended New Lights, I approve that this Treatise, discovering the Gangrene of so many strange Opinions, should be imprinted.
JAMES CRAN…OR.