out. Laftly, I obferve the Coggery of the Reporter, or elfe the lewd lying and contradiction to himself of that wretched Seducer Hacket. For in his Answer to the fifth and fixth Articles, he knows no degrees of glory in Heaven; and yet in his Answer to the eighth, he affigneth more honour and higher places in Heaven unto fome few that are the most forward, than he doth unto

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But let us go on with the Narration of the principal Action, interrupted by occafion of the Conferences had with Wigginton, and of his report of them.

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"From Wigginton's Lodging the faid Cop- Hacket's Hi pinger and Arthington came directly to Story continued. "Hacket's Chamber in Walker's Houfe at "Broken Wharf, and there found the Beast "in Bed after Eight of the Clock: Where "being enflamed (they fay) with zeal out "of all measure, Coppinger began to pray at "the Bed's feet, and Arthington joined with "him; wherein they ftood much upon "their own unworthiness, &c. but yet of "fered their obedience to do as the Lord

fhould direct them by his Spirit, having "already done fo much as was enjoined "them. Whereupon Hacket came out of "his Bed, and prayed with them in his Shirt twice, that the Spirit might direct them, and they likewife obey the fame in all things, to the glory of God only. "After Hacker's latter Prayer, Coppinger of

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Arthington followed fo readily the faid ProC phet of Mercy, that he had no leisure to take "his Gloves with him, and ere Arthington could get down the Stairs, Coppinger had begun (in the Houfe below) to proclaim "News from Heaven of exceeding great "Mercy That Chrift Jefus was come, &c.

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as above is faid, with whom Arthington al"fo cried the fame words aloud, following "him along the Streets from thence by Watling-street and Old Change, towards Cheapfide, they both adding beyond their "Commiffion, thefe words, Repent Eng"land, Repent. But furely either their "Commiffion was delivered them (at one "time or other) more largely than the one

of them now reporteth; or elfe they went "beyond and exceeded it in many other "material Points befides this. For after "they both had thus come (with mighty "concourfe of the common multitude as to "fuch a novelty of hearing two new Pro"phets in these days arifen was likely) with

an uniform cry into Cheapfide near unto "the Crofs: and there finding the throng "and prefs of People to encrease about

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them, in fuch fort as that they could not "well pafs further, nor be conveniently "heard of them all, as they defired; there"fore they got them up into an empty Cart "which food there, and out of that choife "Pulpit (fur fuch a purpose) made their "lewd and traiterous preachment unto the People wherein they stood not only upon the words of their former cry, but (so CC near as I could learn from fo common an Auditory, and in fo confufed an Action) "they reading fomething out of a Paper, "went more particularly over the Office "and Calling of Hacket; how he reprefent"ed Chrift, by partaking a part of his glo"rified

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"rified Body; by his principal Spirit, and "by the Office of fevering the Good from the Bad with his Fan in his hand, and of "eftablishing the Gofpel in Europe (which as it feemeth they took to be all the "World, or elfe fuppofed, that all Europe "did profefs Chriftianity) and of bringing in that Difcipline which they fo often babble of, and which they mean by the term of Reformation, and the holy Caufe: That he was now come, and all these things were prefently to be performed by him, telling "alfo the People where they faw him, "where he lay and remained: That they

were two Prophets, the one of Mercy, the "other of Judgment, fent, and extraordina"rily called by God to affift him in this great

Work, and were Witneffes of these things: confirming the fame upon their own Sal"vation, and wishing themfelves confound"ed and damned for ever, if these things they fpoke, were not true. And thereupon, the one of them pronounced Mercy, great Comfort, and unfpeakable Joys "to all that fhould repent prefently, be "obedient, and embrace this acceptable Meffage and opportunity offered And

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pretended Prophet of Judgment, faith he gathered out of Hacket's Hiftory) was, that men fhould (there) kill and maffacre one cr another (as Butchers do kill Swine) all the day long, and no man fhould take compaffion of them. There was then and "there further delivered by them, or by the one of them, that Hacket was King of Europe, and fo ought to be obeyed and taken; and that all Kings muft hold of him, and that the Queen's Majefty had for"feited her Crown, and was worthy to be "deprived. Which moft traiterous Point amongst others Hacket enjoined them to

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publifh, as in the one of his Indictments "is contained. Laftly, In very unmannerly and fawcy terms they prayed to "God to confound two great Lords of her

Majefty's Counfel; for thefe two, (toge"ther with a certain Knight) they then and "there openly and moft lewdly accufed in "general terms of Treafon. This outrage "was done the fixteenth day of July afore"faid, about Ten of the Clock, or fomething after, in the Forenoon.

"By which their Proclamation, being laid together with their former Conferences, Letters, and Purposes against the "Queen and Counsel, and for advancing of Hacket, and for altering the State, with "the very time (when fo many Soldiers were about the City) it is evident to any, "who hath but half an eye to fee with, "that they intended and hoped to move "Tumult

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