They found themselves exposed to the derision of the public.

Among the fanatics of the house, there was an active member much noted for his long prayers, sermons, and harangues.
He was a leather-seller in London, his name Praise-God Barebone.
This ridiculous name, which seems to have been chosen by some poet or allegorist to suit so ridiculous a personage struck the fancy of the people; and they commonly affixed to this assembly the appellation of Barebone's parliament.[***] * Whitlocke, p.

543, 548.
* Conference held at Whitehall.
* It was usual for the pretended saints at that time to change their names from Henry, Edward, Anthony, William, which they regarded as heathenish, into others more sanctified and godly: even the New Testament names, James, Andrew, John, Peter, were not held in such regard as those which were borrowed from the Old Testament, Hezekiah Habakkuk, Joshua, Zerobabel.

Sometimes a whole godly sentence was adopted as a name.

Here are the names of a jury said to be enclosed in the county of Sussex about that time:-- Accepted, Trevor of Norsham.