The Inditement.
Lay-Prophet, thou art here indited, by the name of Lay-prophet of the City of Amsterdam in the County of Babel, for that thou, contrary to the Peace of our Soveraign Lord and Saviour, his Crown and Dignity, hast usurped another man's Office, and thereby hast brought Disorder, Anarchy, and Confusion into the Church of God, together weth a Bastard-brood of Arrians▪ Arminians-Socinians Anti-Trinitarians▪ Anti-Nomians, Anti-Sabbattarians, Anti-Scripturists, Ana∣baptists, Mortalists, Familists, Separatists, Millenaries, Enthusiasts, Seekers, Shakers, Quakers, Ranters, Libertines, Erastians, Scepticks, Independents, &c.
What sayst thou? Art thou guilty, or not guilty?
Not guilty, my Lord.
By whom wilt thou be tried?
By the Independents, my Lord.
Alas, the wiser and better sort of those know no such creature, neither will they own thee.
Then, my Lord, I appeal to thek 1.1 Anabaptists and Libertines.
These are thy l fellow-prisoners, and so can be no fit Iudges in this Case.
My Lord, if there be no Remedy; I am content to be tried by the Jury.* 1.2
Thou hast well said: thou shalt have a full, a fair, and free hearing. Cryer▪ call the Iury.
Call in Reformed Churches. Vous avez Reformed Churches,* 1.3 Call the French Church.
What can you say against the prisoner at the Bar?* 1.4
My Lord, we believe that 'tis not lawful for any man upon his own authority to take upon him the Government of the Church; but that every one ought to be admitted thereto by a lawful Election,* 1.5 so neer as may be, and so long as the Lord giveth leave, &c. And we de∣test all those Fanatical spirits, who, as much as in them lie••h, desire that