The Lancashire Levite rebuk'd, or, a vindication of the dissenters from popery, superstition, ignorance, and knavery, unjustly charged on them by Mr. Zachary Taylor, in his book, entituled, The Surey impostor. In a letter to himself. / By an impartial hand.

  • Carrington, John, -1701.
Date:
1698
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Credit: The Lancashire Levite rebuk'd, or, a vindication of the dissenters from popery, superstition, ignorance, and knavery, unjustly charged on them by Mr. Zachary Taylor, in his book, entituled, The Surey impostor. In a letter to himself. / By an impartial hand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ieffes his Raflinefs to the World, and as a Teftimony of his Repen¬ tance, writes an AjjJwer to his own Book- but there are many more Rubious things required in the new Conformity than in the old. Yet hill you, my Friend, join the two P s,' and here former and latter, and new and old juggle of the Diflenters and Puritans- and now if the W orld would know what this Juggle is, it's their calling out Devils. Some may be out of Curiofity wouldknow, who thefe Devils are, -that lb much pains is taken to vindicate their Innocency. They lay in the Days of old they were pure and holy Spirits, that They were amongft the Holy Angels, but affixing to be greater, they were call out of Heaven, and now area fort of Vagabonds that walk to and fro, up and down the Earth, being enraged again!! God, and all Goodnefs, and all good Men, they leek whom they may’ devour • the Chief of them is call’d Betlz.eM, and fometimes Mad Jon, and Apollyon, Satan, (you Mr. Taylor are Book-learned, and can tell the meaning) and is compared to a Roaring Lion, and an old cunninr Serpent : He is a Liar, and the Father of Lies: He is a Slanderer Informer, andanAcbtferofthe-Brethrtn; (it may be this Is it that procures him a favourable excufe with feme Folks) and he is* Mur- Aererx and thefo Devils are in Combination, to draw Souls after em, and ceafe not to tempt every body to Sin, ( only God hath them in Chains) and-their whole Buiinefs is to Torment Bodies, mid Damn Souls; and after wicked Men have been held in their Drudgery a while in this World, they lead ’em in Triumph to Hell, where they Torment them with Fire and Brimltone for Ever and Ever. Ahdwhat did thefe Diflenttng Puritannical Knaves do> Why they endeavoured by Falling and Prayer to drive away thefe Devils and to prevent them doing Mifehief to Bodies and Souls of their' Neighbours. _ Is this that which makes all this noife ? Surely they were Charita- foie Tv34n not like the two hard-hearted Black-coats, the Priejt and- £tv>te that palTed by the poor Man that had fallen among Thieves, foatlike the-good Samaritan, Ante to. 30,31, 32. Ay. but thefe Men pray d for them that were not Poflels’d, they were but Cheats and Diltempers: But did they know them to be Cheats > No Mr. Taylor will vouch for them, they were Fools, the Papifts were ■the Cheats, and they were Underling Slaves and Tools, ignorantly 111 warrant you; yes, they had not fuch deep Noddles as to find out the Cheat; why then truly they might in this thing be innocent i'ools, but not rafoally Knaves •, however, I have heard it laid. Its better