A survey of the spiritual antichrist opening the secrets of familism and antinomianism in…A survey of the spirituall antichrist opening the secrets of familisme and antinomianisme in…

I love not to compare men with men; only good Reader, pardon me to name that Apostolic, heavenly, and Prophetical man of God, Mr. John Welsh, a Pastor of our Church, who for this same very cause was first condemned to death, and then the mercy of King James changed the sentence to him and other six faithful and heroic witnesses of Christ, and Ministers of the Gospel, into banishment to death: this worthy servant of Christ preached everyday, & in France, in his Exile, converted many souls; the King of ⟨image 8⟩France gave the same command concerning him, when the Town he preached in, was sacked and taken (as the man of God foretold them publicly it should be razed,) that the King of Babylon gave touching Jeremiah, do him no harm, see well to him, his person, wife, children and servants; from the godly witnesses of his life I have heard say, of every twenty four hours, he gave eight to prayer, except when the public necessities of his calling did call him to preach, visit, exhort in season and out of season; he spent many nights in prayer to God, interceding for the sufferers for Christ in Scotland, England, France ▪ when he was in prison and condemned, he and his brethren as traitors, he hath these words as a full answer to the Prelatical railings against the meeting of a General Assembly at Aberdeen, and all the Erastian party, and to M.H. Burtons present words, & his objecting of a poor premunire by the Laws of England against Christ Jesus his free Kingdom: Who am I that he should have called me, and made me a Minister of the glad tidings of the Gospel of salvation, ¹these sixteen years already, and now last of all to be a sufferer for his cause and Kingdom?

I love not to compare men with men; only good Reader, pardon me to name that Apostolicke, heavenly, and Propheticall man of God, Mr. John Welch, a Pastor of our Church, who for this same very cause was first condemned to death, and then the mercy of King James changed the sentence to him and other six faithfull and heroicke witnesses of Christ, and Ministers of the Gospel, into banishment to death: this worthy servant of Christ preached everyday, & in France, in his Exile, converted many soules; the King of ⟨image 8⟩France gave the same command concerning him, when the Town he preached in, was sacked and taken (as the man of God foretold them publickly it should be razed,) that the King of Babylon gave touching Jeremiah, doe him no harme, see well to him, his person, wife, children and servants; from the godly witnesses of his life I have heard say, of every twenty foure houres, he gave eight to prayer, except when the publicke necessities of his calling did call him to preach, visit, exhort in season and out of season; he spent many nights in prayer to God, interceding for the sufferers for Christ in Scotland, England, France when he was in prison and condemned, hee and his brethren as traitors, he hath these words as a full answer to the Prelaticall raylings against the meeting of a Generall Assembly at Aberdene, and all the Erastian party, and to M.H. Burtons present words, & his objecting of a poor premunire by the Laws of England against Christ Jesus his free Kingdome: Who am I that he should have called me, and made mee a Minister of the glad tydings of the Gospel of salvation,