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             The loyall convert
             Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
          
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             1644.
          
           
             A plea for political and religious submission to the King as ruler by divine right.
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           Divine right of kings.
        
      
    
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           THE
           LOYALL
           CONVERT
        
         
           
             VIRO
             .
          
           
             
               Improbus
               haec
               tam
               culta
               novalia
               miles
               habebit
               ?
               Barbarus
               has
               segetes
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             HOM.
             
          
           
             
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               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
        
         
           OXFORD
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Henry
             Hall
             .
          
           1644.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Honest-hearted
           READER
           .
        
         
           READER
           ,
        
         
           IHere
           protest
           before
           the
           Searcher
           of
           all
           hearts
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           no
           End
           ,
           either
           of
           Faction
           ,
           or
           Relation
           in
           this
           ensuing
           Treatise
           .
           I
           am
           no
           Papist
           ,
           no
           Sectarie
           ,
           but
           a
           true
           Lover
           of
           Reformation
           &
           Peace
           :
           My
           Pen
           declines
           all
           bitternesse
           of
           Spirit
           ;
           all
           deceitfulnesse
           of
           heart
           ;
           and
           
             I
          
           may
           safely
           ,
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           with
           saint
           PAVL
           ,
           say
           ,
           
             I
             speake
             the
             truth
             in
             Christ
             and
             lye
             not
             ,
             my
             Conscience
             bearing
             me
             witnesse
             in
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             that
             I
             neither
             walke
             nor
             write
             in
             craftinesse
             ,
             nor
             handle
             the
          
           
           
             holy
             Scriptures
             deceitfully
             :
          
           Therefore
           if
           thy
           Cause
           be
           
             Iesus
          
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           I
           adjure
           thee
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           wilfull
           ignorance
           ,
           all
           prejudice
           ,
           all
           private
           respects
           and
           Interests
           ,
           and
           all
           uncharitable
           censures
           :
           Deale
           faithfully
           with
           thy
           Soul
           ,
           and
           suffer
           wholesome
           admonitions
           :
           Search
           the
           severall
           Scriptures
           herein
           contained
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           open
           a
           Gate
           ,
           climbe
           not
           thou
           over
           a
           Stile
           ,
           Consult
           with
           Reason
           herein
           exerciz'd
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           finds
           a
           mouth
           ,
           find
           thou
           an
           eare
           :
           And
           let
           Truth
           prosper
           ,
           though
           thou
           perish
           ;
           and
           let
           God
           be
           glorified
           ,
           although
           in
           thy
           Confusion
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           LOYALL
           CONVERT
           .
        
         
           THe
           kingdome
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           for
           many
           Ages
           continued
           the
           happiest
           
             Nation
          
           on
           the
           habitable
           earth
           ,
           enjoying
           the
           highest
           blessings
           that
           heaven
           can
           give
           ,
           or
           earth
           receive
           ;
           the
           fruition
           of
           the
           
             Gospell
             ,
          
           which
           setled
           a
           firme
           Peace
           ;
           which
           
             Peace
          
           occasion'd
           a
           full
           
             Plentie
             ,
          
           under
           the
           gracious
           Government
           of
           wise
           and
           famous
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           over
           a
           thriving
           and
           well-contented
           
             People
             ,
          
           insomuch
           that
           shee
           became
           the
           Earths
           
             Paradise
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Worlds
           
             Wonder
             ,
          
           is
           now
           the
           Nurcerie
           of
           all
           
             Sects
             ;
          
           her
           
             Peace
          
           is
           violated
           ,
           her
           
             Plentie
          
           wasting
           ,
           her
           
             Government
          
           distempered
           ,
           her
           
             People
          
           discontented
           ,
           and
           unnaturally
           embroyl'd
           in
           her
           owne
           
             Blood
             ,
          
           not
           knowing
           the
           way
           ,
           nor
           affecting
           the
           meanes
           of
           
             Peace
             ;
          
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           shee
           is
           now
           become
           the
           
             By-word
          
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           the
           
             scorne
          
           of
           Nations
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Cause
          
           and
           ground
           of
           these
           our
           Nationall
           Combustions
           ,
           are
           these
           our
           nationall
           
             Transgressions
             ,
          
           which
           unnaturally
           sprung
           from
           the
           neglect
           of
           that
           
             Truth
          
           we
           once
           had
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           abuse
           of
           that
           
             Peace
          
           we
           now
           want
           :
           Which
           ,
           taking
           occasion
           of
           some
           differences
           betwixt
           His
           
             Majestie
          
           and
           his
           two
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           hath
           divided
           our
           
             Kingdome
          
           within
           it selfe
           ,
           which
           had
           so
           divided
           it selfe
           from
           that
           
             God
             ,
          
           who
           blest
           it
           with
           so
           firme
           a
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           so
           setled
           a
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           so
           sweet
           an
           
             Unitie
             .
          
        
         
         
           At
           that
           
             sinne
          
           brought
           this
           
             division
             ,
          
           so
           this
           division
           (
           sharpned
           with
           mutuall
           Jealousies
           )
           brought
           in
           the
           
             Sword
             .
          
        
         
           When
           the
           Lyon
           r●●res
           who
           trembles
           not
           ?
           And
           when
           Judgement
           〈◊〉
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           troubled
           ?
        
         
           Among
           the
           rest
           ,
           I
           (
           who
           brought
           some
           Faggors
           to
           this
           
             Combustion
             )
          
           stood
           astonisht
           ,
           and
           amazed
           ;
           to
           whom
           the
           
             mischiefe
          
           was
           farre
           more
           manifest
           then
           the
           
             Remedy
             :
          
           At
           last
           ,
           I
           laid
           my
           hand
           upon
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           concluded
           ,
           
             It
             was
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             :
          
           Where
           being
           plundered
           in
           my
           understanding
           ,
           I
           began
           to
           make
           a
           scrutinie
           ,
           where
           the
           first
           
             Breach
          
           was
           made
           ,
           that
           let
           in
           all
           these
           
             Miseries
             .
          
        
         
           I
           found
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           now
           contructed
           into
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           consisted
           of
           three
           Estates
           ;
           A
           
             King
             ,
          
           a
           House
           of
           
             Peeres
             ,
          
           and
           a
           House
           of
           
             Commons
             ;
          
           by
           the
           
             Wisdome
          
           and
           
             Unitie
          
           whereof
           ,
           all
           things
           conducible
           to
           the
           
             Weale-publique
          
           were
           to
           be
           advised
           upon
           ,
           presented
           ,
           and
           established
           .
        
         
           I
           found
           this
           
             Unitie
          
           dis-joynted
           ,
           and
           growne
           to
           variance
           even
           to
           
             Blood
             :
          
           The
           
             King
          
           and
           his
           
             Adherents
          
           on
           the
           one
           party
           ;
           and
           his
           two
           
             Houses
          
           and
           their
           
             Adherents
          
           on
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           
             presence
          
           of
           this
           division
           ,
           was
           the
           true
           
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
          
           which
           both
           protested
           to
           maintaine
           ;
           
             the
             Libertie
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
          
           which
           both
           protested
           to
           preserve
           ;
           
             the
             priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           both
           promise
           to
           protect
           :
           Yet
           neverthelesse
           ,
           the
           
             first
          
           never
           more
           profaned
           ;
           the
           
             second
          
           never
           more
           interrupted
           ;
           the
           
             third
          
           never
           more
           violated
           .
        
         
           Standing
           amazed
           at
           this
           
             Riddle
             ,
          
           I
           turned
           ,
           mine
           eyes
           upon
           his
           
             Majesty
             ;
          
           and
           there
           I
           viewed
           the
           
             Lords
             Annointed
             ,
          
           sworne
           to
           maintaine
           the
           established
           
             Lawes
          
           of
           this
           
             Kingdome
             :
          
           I
           turned
           mine
           eyes
           upon
           the
           two
           
             Houses
             ;
          
           and
           in
           them
           I
           beheld
           the
           
             Interest
          
           of
           my
           Countrey
           sworne
           to
           obey
           his
           
             Majestie
          
           as
           their
           supreme
           
             Governour
             .
          
        
         
           I
           heard
           a
           
             Romanstranoe
          
           cryed
           from
           the
           two
           
             Houses
          
           I
           read
           it
           ;
           I
           approved
           it
           ;
           I
           inclined
           unto
           it
           :
           A
           
             Declaration
          
           from
           his
           
             Majesty
             ;
          
           I
           read
           it
           ;
           I
           applauded
           it
           ;
           I
           adhered
           to
           the
           justnesse
           of
           it
           :
           The
           Parliaments
           
             Answer
             :
          
           I
           turned
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           His
           Majesties
           
             Reply
             ;
          
           I
           returned
           to
           his
           
             Majestie
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           tost
           and
           turned
           as
           a
           
             Weatherc●●k
          
           to
           my
           own
           weaknesse
           ,
           
           I
           resolved
           it
           impossible
           to
           serve
           two
           
             Masters
             .
          
        
         
           I
           fled
           to
           
             Reason
             ;
          
           Reason
           could
           not
           satisfie
           me
           :
           I
           fled
           to
           
             Policies
          
           Policie
           could
           not
           resolve
           me
           :
           at
           length
           ,
           finding
           no
           
             Councellour
             ,
          
           but
           that
           which
           first
           I
           should
           have
           sought
           ;
           I
           hyed
           me
           to
           the
           
             Book
             of
             God
          
           as
           the
           
             Great
             Oracle
             ,
          
           and
           ushering
           my
           Inquest
           with
           
             Prayor
             &
             Humiliation
             ,
          
           I
           opened
           the
           sacred
           leaves
           ,
           which
           (
           not
           by
           chance
           )
           presented
           to
           my
           first
           eye
           the
           20
           of
           the
           
             Proverbs
             ,
          
           v.
           2.
           
           
             The
             fear
             of
             a
             King
             is
             as
             the
             roaring
             of
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             &
             who
             so
             provoketh
             him
             to
             Anger
             ,
             sinneth
             against
             his
             own
             soule
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           I
           began
           to
           search
           ,
           and
           found
           as
           many
           places
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           as
           would
           swell
           this
           Sheet
           into
           a
           
             Volume
             ;
          
           so
           that
           in
           a
           very
           short
           space
           ,
           I
           was
           so
           furnished
           with
           such
           strict
           
             Precopts
             ,
          
           backt
           with
           such
           strong
           
             Examples
             ,
          
           that
           my
           
             Judgement
          
           was
           enlightned
           ,
           and
           my
           wavering
           
             Conscience
          
           so
           throughly
           convinced
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           that
           
             Power
          
           which
           directed
           me
           ,
           neither
           
             feare
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           
             By-respects
          
           shall
           ever
           hereafter
           remove
           me
           ,
           unlesse
           some
           
             cleaner
          
           light
           direct
           me
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           above
           all
           the
           Rest
           ,
           a
           
             Precept
          
           and
           an
           
             Example
          
           out
           of
           the
           Old
           
             Testament
          
           (
           strongly
           confirmed
           by
           a
           
             Precept
          
           and
           an
           
             Example
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             New
             )
          
           setled
           my
           opinion
           and
           established
           my
           
             Resolution
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           
             Precept
          
           out
           of
           the
           Old
           ,
           
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           27.
           v.
           6.
           
           Where
           it
           pleased
           
             God
          
           to
           owne
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           his
           servant
           ,
           (
           although
           a
           
           a
           known
           
             Pagan
             ,
          
           a
           profest
           
             Idolater
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             fierce
             Porsecuter
          
           of
           all
           Gods
           Children
           )
           concerning
           whom
           he
           saith
           ,
           v.
           8.
           
           
             They
             that
             serve
             not
             the
             King
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             and
             that
             will
             not
             put
             their
             necks
             under
             his
             Yoak
             ,
             I
             will
             punish
             them
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             Pamine
             ,
             and
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             till
             I
             have
             consumed
             them
             .
          
           v.
           9.
           
           
             Therefore
             hearken
             not
             to
             your
             Diviners
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             that
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             You
             shall
             not
             serve
             the
             King
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             for
             they
             prophosio
             a
             lye
             unto
             you
             ,
          
           v.
           10.
           
           
             But
             the
             nations
             that
             shall
             serve
             the
             King
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             and
             bring
             their
             necks
             under
             his
             Yoak
             ,
             those
             will
             I
             let
             remain
             in
             their
             own
             land
             ,
             (
             saith
             the
             Lord
             )
             and
             they
             shall
             till
             it
             ,
             and
             dwell
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           Can
           there
           be
           a
           stricter
           
             Precept
             ?
          
           or
           could
           there
           be
           a
           more
           impious
           
             Prince
             ?
          
           And
           yet
           this
           
             Precept
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           this
           
             Prince
          
           must
           be
           obeyed
           nay
           ,
           
             sub
             paena
          
           too
           ;
           Upon
           the
           paine
           of
           
             Gods
          
           high
           wrath
           ,
           fully
           exprest
           in
           
             Famine
             ,
             Sword
          
           and
           
             Pestilence
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           
           upon
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           but
           upon
           the
           
             Priests
          
           also
           ,
           that
           shall
           perswade
           them
           unto
           
             disobedience
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           
             Precept
          
           is
           enjoyned
           us
           out
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           Rom.
           13.
           1.
           
           
             Let
             every
             soule
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             higher
             Powers
             ,
             for
          
           
           
             there
             is
             no
             power
             but
             of
             God
             ;
             the
             Powers
             that
             be
             ,
             are
             ordained
             of
             God
             :
             whosoever
             therefore
             r●sisteth
             the
             Power
             ,
             resisteth
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             they
             that
             resist
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             damnation
             .
          
           This
           
             Power
             ,
          
           (
           this
           
             King
             )
          
           to
           whom
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           commandeth
           this
           subjection
           ,
           was
           
             Nero
             ,
          
           the
           bloody
           persecutor
           of
           all
           that
           honoured
           the
           blessed
           Name
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           Gods
           
             Command
          
           should
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Argument
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           enough
           :
           But
           when
           he
           adds
           a
           
             Reason
          
           too
           ,
           he
           answers
           all
           
             Objections
             :
          
           But
           when
           he
           threatens
           a
           
             punishment
          
           (
           no
           lesse
           then
           
             damnation
             )
          
           upon
           the
           resistance
           thereof
           ,
           he
           hath
           used
           all
           means
           to
           perswade
           a
           
             necessitie
          
           of
           obedience
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             every
             soule
             be
             subject
             .
             )
          
        
         
           Not
           equall
           ,
           much
           lesse
           superiour
           .
           And
           what
           is
           taking
           up
           of
           
             Armes
             ,
          
           but
           an
           implyed
           supposition
           of
           at
           least
           
             equalitie
             ?
          
           What
           are
           the
           hopes
           of
           conquest
           but
           an
           Ambition
           of
           
             Superioritie
             ?
          
           What
           is
           condemning
           ,
           judging
           ,
           or
           deposing
           ,
           but
           
             Supremacie
             ?
          
           For
           it
           is
           against
           the
           
             nature
          
           of
           an
           Inferiour
           to
           condemne
           ,
           judge
           ,
           or
           depose
           a
           Superiour
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           lest
           the
           Rebellious
           should
           confine
           his
           obedience
           to
           a
           
             good
             Prince
             ,
          
           the
           next
           words
           reply
           .
        
         
           
             For
             there
             is
             no
             Power
             but
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           Power
           in
           it selfe
           is
           neither
           good
           nor
           evill
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           is
           in
           
             subjecto
             ,
          
           the
           person
           ;
           If
           an
           evill
           King
           an
           evill
           Power
           ,
           if
           a
           good
           King
           ,
           a
           good
           Power
           :
           God
           sends
           the
           one
           in
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           we
           must
           be
           subject
           ;
           the
           other
           in
           Judgement
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           be
           subject
           :
           in
           things
           lawfull
           ,
           
             actively
             ;
          
           in
           things
           unlawfull
           ,
           
             passively
             :
          
           If
           a
           good
           King
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           our
           
             praise
          
           and
           our
           
             plyance
             ;
          
           If
           an
           evill
           King
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           our
           
             Prayers
             ,
          
           and
           our
           
             Patience
             .
          
        
         
           
             He
             that
             resisteth
             the
             Power
          
           (
           whether
           good
           or
           evill
           ,
           for
           all
           power
           is
           of
           God
           )
           
             resists
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             God
          
           (
           Ordinances
           of
           men
           are
           not
           resisted
           without
           ruine
           )
           
             and
             whosoever
             resisteth
             ,
             shall
             receive
             ,
          
           but
           what
           ?
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             damnation
             to
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           compare
           this
           place
           with
           th●t
           1.
           
             Cor.
          
           11.
           29.
           
           
             He
             that
             shall
          
           
           
             eat
             this
             Bread
             ,
             &
             drink
             this
             cup
             of
             the
             Lord
             unworthily
             ,
             eateth
             and
             drinketh
             ,
          
           What
           ?
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             damnation
          
           to
           himself
           .
           If
           then
           there
           be
           proportion
           betwixt
           the
           
             Sin
          
           and
           the
           
             Punishment
             ,
          
           you
           may
           hereby
           gather
           the
           heynousnesse
           of
           
             disobedience
             ,
          
           the
           punishment
           whereof
           is
           the
           very
           same
           with
           his
           that
           is
           guilty
           of
           the
           
             Body
             &
             blood
             of
             our
             Lord
             ;
          
           to
           the
           one
           
             for
             not
             discerning
             the
             Lords
             Body
             ,
          
           to
           the
           other
           
             for
             not
             discerning
             the
             Lords
             Annoynted
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Lords
           
             Annoynted
             ?
          
           And
           who
           is
           he
           ?
           None
           but
           the
           
             regenerate
             :
          
           
           Christ
           is
           not
           Christ
           to
           any
           ,
           to
           whom
           Jesus
           is
           not
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           Gods
           Word
           answers
           your
           silly
           Objection
           ,
           not
           I
           :
           was
           not
           
           
             Saul
          
           Gods
           Annoynted
           ?
           Was
           not
           
             Cyrus
          
           Gods
           Annoynted
           ,
           and
           
           many
           more
           whom
           
             God
          
           acknowledges
           so
           &
           yet
           wicked
           Kings
           ?
        
         
           
             Cyrus
             is
             mine
             Annointed
             yet
             he
             hath
             not
             known
             me
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           example
           for
           our
           Obedience
           the
           Old
           Testament
           
           proposeth
           to
           our
           imitation
           ,
           
             Dan.
          
           3.
           16.
           
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           the
           King
           of
           Babylon
           sets
           up
           a
           golden
           Image
           ,
           
             Shadrach
             ,
             Meshach
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abednego
             ,
          
           were
           commanded
           to
           fall
           down
           &
           worship
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           a
           knowne
           Pagan
           commands
           grosse
           Idolatry
           ,
           did
           these
           men
           conspire
           ?
           Or
           (
           being
           Rulers
           of
           the
           Province
           of
           
             Babel
             )
          
           did
           they
           invite
           the
           Jewes
           into
           a
           
             Rebellion
             ?
          
           did
           these
           to
           strengthen
           their
           own
           
             Faction
             ,
          
           blast
           their
           Soveraignes
           Name
           with
           
             Tyranny
          
           and
           
             Faganisme
             ?
          
           Did
           they
           endeavour
           by
           Scandals
           and
           impious
           Aspersions
           to
           render
           him
           odious
           to
           his
           people
           ?
           Did
           they
           encourage
           their
           Provinces
           to
           take
           up
           
             Arms
          
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           their
           
             Liberties
          
           or
           
             Religion
             ?
          
           Did
           they
           seize
           upon
           or
           stop
           his
           
             Revenues
             ?
          
           or
           annihilate
           his
           
             Power
             ?
          
           did
           they
           estrange
           themselves
           from
           his
           
             Presence
             ?
          
           Murther
           his
           
             Messengers
             .
          
           Or
           would
           they
           have
           slighted
           his
           gracious
           
             Offers
             ?
          
           No
           ,
           being
           called
           by
           their
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           they
           came
           ;
           &
           being
           commanded
           to
           give
           
             actuall
          
           obedience
           to
           his
           
             unlawfull
          
           commands
           ,
           observe
           the
           
             modestie
          
           of
           their
           first
           answer
           ;
           
             We
             are
             not
             carefull
             to
             answer
             thee
             in
             this
          
           
           
             matter
             ;
          
           and
           being
           urged
           ,
           ma●ke
           their
           pious
           
             Resolution
          
           in
           the
           second
           :
           
             Be
             it
             knowne
             ,
             O
             King
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             serve
             thy
             Gods
             ,
             nor
          
           
           
             worship
             the
             golden
             Image
             which
             thou
             hast
             set
             up
             .
          
        
         
           The
           King
           threatens
           the
           
             Fornace
             ,
          
           they
           yeeld
           their
           bodies
           to
           the
           Fornane
           &
           say
           ,
           
             God
             whom
             we
             serve
             wil
             deliver
             us
             out
             of
             thy
          
           
           
             hands
             ,
          
           and
           not
           ,
           he
           will
           deliver
           
             Thee
             into
             our
             hands
             .
          
           They
           expect
           
           deliverance
           rather
           in
           their
           
             passive
             Obedience
             ,
          
           then
           in
           their
           
             actuall
             resistance
             .
          
        
         
           But
           they
           were
           
             few
          
           in
           number
           ,
           and
           their
           Forces
           not
           considerable
           .
           
        
         
           Admit
           that
           ,
           which
           all
           
             Histories
          
           deny
           .
           Was
           not
           God
           as
           able
           
           to
           subdue
           
             Him
          
           with
           so
           few
           ,
           as
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           so
           
             many
             ?
          
           Had
           their
           
             weaknesse
          
           lesse
           Reason
           (
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           Gods
           
             apparent
          
           dishonour
           )
           to
           expect
           a
           
             miraculous
          
           assistance
           in
           those
           daies
           of
           frequent
           miracles
           ,
           then
           we
           after
           so
           long
           a
           
             cessation
          
           of
           Miacles
           ?
           Gods
           glory
           will
           not
           be
           vindicated
           by
           
             unlawfull
             means
             ,
          
           or
           
             unwarrantable
             proceedings
             .
          
        
         
           I
           ,
           but
           we
           take
           up
           
             Armes
             ,
          
           not
           against
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           but
           against
           his
           
             evill
             Counsellours
             .
          
           
        
         
           Adherents
           ye
           meane
           .
           A
           rare
           distinction
           !
           And
           ,
           tell
           me
           ;
           whose
           
             power
          
           have
           his
           Adherents
           ?
           The
           Kings
           :
           By
           which
           appeares
           ,
           
           ye
           take
           up
           Armes
           against
           the
           
             Kings
             power
             ;
             He
             that
             resisteth
             the
             power
          
           (
           it
           is
           not
           said
           the
           
             Prince
             )
             shall
             receive
             damation
             .
          
           
           Againe
           ,
           
             Where
             the
             word
             of
             a
             King
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             power
             .
          
           God
           joyned
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           his
           
             power
             ,
          
           and
           who
           dare
           separate
           them
           ?
           They
           that
           take
           up
           Armes
           against
           the
           
             Parliaments
             power
          
           (
           you
           say
           )
           take
           up
           Armes
           against
           the
           
             Parliament
             ;
          
           doe
           not
           they
           then
           that
           take
           up
           Armes
           against
           the
           Kings
           
             power
             ,
          
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           take
           up
           Armes
           against
           the
           
             King
             ?
          
           Now
           ,
           look
           back
           upon
           your
           intricate
           distinction
           ,
           and
           blush
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           betray
           the
           
             Trust
          
           reposed
           in
           him
           by
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           
           they
           may
           suspend
           their
           obedience
           and
           resist
           him
           .
        
         
           Kings
           are
           Gods
           
             Vicegerents
             ,
          
           &
           cannot
           be
           compelled
           to
           give
           
           an
           accompt
           to
           any
           ,
           but
           to
           God
           .
           
             Against
             thee
             ,
             against
             thee
             only
          
           
           
             have
             I
             sinned
             :
          
           That
           is
           to
           thee
           ,
           to
           thee
           only
           must
           I
           give
           an
           accompt
           .
           Though
           I
           have
           sinned
           against
           
             ●riah
             ,
          
           by
           my
           
             Act
             ;
          
           and
           against
           my
           people
           ,
           by
           my
           
             Example
             ,
          
           yet
           against
           
             Thee
          
           have
           I
           only
           sinned
           .
           You
           cannot
           deprive
           ,
           or
           limit
           them
           in
           what
           you
           never
           gave
           them
           .
           God
           gave
           them
           ,
           their
           
             Power
             ,
          
           and
           who
           are
           thou
           that
           darest
           resist
           it
           ?
           
             By
             me
             Kings
             Raigne
             .
          
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           his
           
             Crown
          
           was
           set
           upon
           his
           Head
           by
           his
           Subjects
           upon
           
             such
          
           and
           
             such
             conditions
             .
          
        
         
           Why
           was
           the
           penaltie
           ,
           upon
           the
           faile
           ,
           not
           expressed
           them
           ?
           
           
           Coronation
           is
           but
           a
           humane
           
             Ceremonie
             .
          
           And
           was
           he
           not
           
             Proclaimed
          
           before
           he
           was
           crowned
           ?
           Proclaimed
           ?
           But
           what
           ?
           A
           
             King
             ?
          
           And
           did
           not
           you
           at
           the
           same
           instant
           by
           relative
           consequence
           ,
           proclaime
           your selves
           
             Subjects
             ?
          
           And
           shall
           Subjects
           condition
           with
           their
           King
           ,
           or
           will
           Kings
           bind
           themselves
           to
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           upon
           the
           sorfeiture
           of
           their
           power
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           received
           their
           Regall
           
             Authoritie
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           the
           King
           hath
           ,
           by
           
             Writ
             ,
          
           given
           his
           power
           to
           his
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           
           and
           therefore
           what
           they
           doe
           ,
           they
           doe
           by
           
             vertue
          
           of
           his
           
             Power
             .
          
        
         
           The
           King
           ,
           by
           his
           
             Writ
             ,
          
           gives
           not
           
             away
          
           his
           power
           ,
           but
           
             communicates
          
           
           it
           .
           By
           the
           
             vertue
          
           of
           which
           Writ
           ,
           they
           are
           called
           
             ad
             tractandum
             &
             consulendum
             de
             arduis
             Regni
             ,
          
           to
           treat
           and
           advise
           concerning
           the
           difficulties
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           :
           Here
           is
           all
           the
           power
           the
           
             Writ
          
           gives
           them
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           exceed
           ,
           they
           usurp
           the
           
             Kings
          
           power
           ,
           being
           both
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           the
           constitutions
           of
           the
           
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           of
           necessitie
           ,
           when
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             Libertie
          
           lye
           at
           the
           stake
           ,
           the
           
             Constitutions
          
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           (
           for
           the
           preservation
           
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           )
           may
           suffer
           a
           
             Dispensation
             .
          
        
         
           Admit
           that
           :
           But
           what
           necessitie
           may
           dispense
           with
           the
           violation
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           of
           God
           ?
           the
           deviation
           where
           from
           is
           evil
           ,
           and
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             doe
             no
             evill
             that
             good
             may
             come
             thereon
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           we
           take
           not
           Armes
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           bring
           
             Delinquents
          
           to
           condigne
           punishment
           .
           
        
         
           And
           ,
           who
           are
           they
           ?
           even
           those
           that
           take
           up
           
             Armes
          
           for
           the
           
           King
           ;
           which
           an
           unrepealed
           Statute
           ,
           11.
           
           
             Hen.
          
           7.
           acquits
           .
           But
           ,
           admit
           
             Statutes
          
           may
           be
           broken
           ,
           and
           you
           seeke
           to
           punish
           them
           ;
           Who
           gave
           you
           the
           power
           so
           to
           doe
           ?
           The
           
             Law
             :
          
           And
           what
           Law
           denyes
           the
           King
           power
           to
           
             pardon
          
           Delinquents
           ?
           God
           that
           hath
           put
           
             power
          
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           Majestie
           ,
           hath
           likewise
           planted
           
             mercie
          
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           Soveraigntie
           :
           And
           ,
           will
           ye
           take
           away
           both
           his
           
             birth-right
          
           and
           his
           
             Blessing
          
           also
           ?
           Take
           heed
           ,
           you
           doe
           not
           slight
           that
           ,
           which
           one
           day
           may
           prove
           your
           
             Sanctuarie
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           being
           a
           
             M●●r
          
           Monarch
           ,
           is
           bound
           to
           his
           
           owne
           
             Lawes
             .
          
        
         
           There
           be
           two
           sorts
           of
           Lawes
           ,
           
             directive
          
           and
           
             coercive
             :
          
           As
           to
           
           
           the
           first
           ,
           he
           is
           onely
           bound
           to
           make
           his
           accompt
           to
           God
           ;
           so
           to
           the
           second
           ,
           he
           is
           onely
           lyable
           to
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           :
           
             who
             shall
             say
             unto
             him
             ,
             what
             dost
             thou
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           Kings
           now
           adayes
           have
           not
           so
           absolute
           a
           power
           ,
           as
           the
           
           Kings
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           Who
           limited
           it
           ?
           God
           or
           man
           ?
           Man
           could
           not
           limit
           the
           
           Power
           he
           never
           gave
           :
           if
           God
           ,
           shew
           me
           where
           ;
           till
           then
           ,
           this
           objection
           is
           frivolous
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           when
           Kings
           and
           their
           assistance
           make
           an
           
             offensive
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
           destructive
           warre
           against
           their
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           may
           they
           not
           then
           take
           up
           
             defensive
          
           Armes
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           no
           offensive
           Warre
           for
           a
           King
           to
           endeavour
           the
           
             Recoverie
          
           
           of
           his
           surrepted
           right
           ;
           however
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           Members
           of
           a
           Parliament
           
             Subjects
          
           to
           their
           Soveraigne
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           who
           are
           they
           ?
           If
           Subjects
           ,
           ought
           they
           not
           to
           be
           subject
           ?
           Gods
           people
           ,
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           that
           were
           to
           be
           destroyed
           by
           the
           Kings
           Command
           ,
           
           neither
           did
           not
           durst
           make
           a
           defensive
           Warre
           against
           his
           abused
           power
           ,
           untill
           they
           first
           obtained
           the
           Kings
           
             Consent
             .
          
        
         
           But
           admit
           it
           lawfull
           ,
           (
           though
           neither
           granted
           nor
           warranted
           )
           that
           subjects
           may
           upon
           such
           tearmes
           make
           a
           defensive
           Warre
           ;
           does
           it
           not
           quite
           crosse
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           defensive
           Warre
           ,
           to
           
             Assayle
             ,
             pursue
             ,
          
           and
           
             dis-possesse
             ?
          
        
         
           When
           you
           shot
           five
           peeces
           of
           
             Ordnance
             ,
          
           before
           one
           was
           returned
           at
           
             Edge-hill
             ,
          
           was
           that
           defensive
           ?
           When
           you
           besieged
           
             Redding
             ,
          
           which
           you
           after
           slighted
           ,
           was
           that
           defensive
           ?
           When
           you
           affronted
           
             Basing-house
             ,
          
           was
           that
           defensive
           ?
        
         
           The
           warrantable
           weapons
           against
           an
           angry
           King
           ,
           are
           
             Exhortation
             ,
             Disswasion
             ,
             wise
             reprenfe
          
           (
           by
           such
           as
           are
           nearest
           to
           him
           )
           
             Petition
             ,
             Prayer
             ,
          
           and
           
             Flight
             .
          
           All
           other
           weapons
           will
           at
           last
           wound
           them
           that
           use
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           
             Example
          
           was
           left
           us
           out
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           
           by
           Him
           that
           is
           the
           true
           president
           of
           all
           holy
           obedience
           ,
           our
           
             blessed
             Saviour
             ;
          
           whose
           humilitie
           and
           sufferance
           was
           set
           before
           us
           as
           a
           
             Copie
          
           for
           all
           generations
           to
           practise
           by
           .
           
        
         
           The
           
             temporall
          
           kingdome
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           successively
           usurpt
           by
           those
           two
           heathen
           Princes
           ,
           
             Augustus
             &
             Tiberius
             ,
          
           two
           Contemporaries
           ,
           was
           his
           
             natural
          
           Birth-right
           ,
           descended
           from
           his
           Type
           ,
           
           and
           Auncestor
           King
           
             David
             .
          
           Had
           not
           he
           as
           great
           an
           
             Interest
          
           in
           that
           Crown
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           in
           this
           Common-wealth
           ?
           Was
           not
           
             He
          
           as
           tender-eyed
           towards
           his
           own
           
             naturall
          
           people
           ,
           as
           we
           to
           one
           another
           ?
        
         
           Was
           not
           the
           Truth
           as
           deare
           to
           Him
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           the
           verie
           
             Truth
             )
          
           and
           the
           way
           to
           it
           as
           direct
           to
           Him
           (
           that
           was
           the
           only
           
             Way
             )
          
           as
           to
           us
           ?
        
         
           Was
           not
           
             He
          
           the
           great
           
             Reformer
             ?
          
        
         
           Had
           the
           
             Sword
          
           been
           a
           necessary
           stickler
           in
           Reformation
           ,
           how
           happened
           it
           that
           he
           mistook
           his
           
             weapon
          
           so
           ?
           In
           stead
           of
           a
           trumpet
           ,
           he
           lifted
           up
           his
           
             Voice
             .
          
        
         
           Were
           
             Plots
             ,
             Policies
             ,
             Propositions
             ,
             Prophanations
             ,
             Plunderings
             ,
          
           Militatie
           
             Proparations
             ,
          
           his
           way
           to
           Reformation
           ?
           Were
           they
           not
           his
           owne
           words
           ,
           
             He
             that
             taketh
             up
             the
             Sword
             ,
             shall
             perish
          
           
           
             by
             the
             Sword
             ?
          
           Nor
           was
           it
           want
           of
           
             strength
             ,
          
           that
           he
           reformed
           not
           in
           a
           Martiall
           way
           :
           
             Could
             not
             he
             command
             more
             then
             twelve
             legions
             of
             Angels
             ?
          
        
         
           Or
           had
           he
           pleased
           to
           use
           the
           Arme
           of
           
             flesh
             ;
          
           could
           not
           he
           that
           raysed
           the
           
             dead
             ,
          
           rayse
           a
           considerable
           
             Army
             ?
          
           Sure
           ,
           S.
           
             John
          
           the
           
             Baptist
          
           would
           have
           ventured
           his
           head
           upon
           a
           fairer
           
             Quarrell
             ,
          
           and
           
             S.
             Peter
          
           drawn
           his
           sword
           to
           a
           bloodier
           
             end
             ;
          
           No
           question
           ,
           but
           
             S.
             Paul
             ,
          
           the
           twelve
           
             Apostles
          
           and
           
             Disciples
          
           would
           have
           proved
           as
           tough
           
             Colonels
          
           as
           your
           associated
           
             Essex
          
           Priests
           did
           
             Captaines
             ;
          
           and
           doubtlesse
           
             S.
             Peter
             ,
          
           who
           converted
           3000
           in
           
             one
          
           day
           ,
           would
           have
           raysed
           a
           strong
           Army
           in
           
             six
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           blessed
           
             Saviour
          
           well
           knew
           ,
           that
           
             Caesar
          
           came
           not
           thither
           without
           divine
           
             permission
             ;
          
           In
           respect
           whereof
           ,
           He
           became
           obedient
           to
           the
           very
           
             shadow
          
           of
           a
           King
           ;
           and
           whom
           he
           actively
           resisted
           not
           ,
           he
           passively
           obeyed
           .
        
         
           I
           ,
           but
           there
           was
           a
           
             necessity
          
           of
           his
           obedience
           ,
           &
           subjection
           ,
           to
           
           make
           him
           
             capable
          
           of
           a
           shamefull
           death
           .
        
         
           No
           ,
           his
           obedience
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           death
           ,
           was
           
             voluntarie
             ;
          
           which
           makes
           you
           guiltie
           of
           a
           
             shamefull
          
           argument
           .
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           He
           was
           a
           
             single
             person
             ;
          
           We
           a
           
             representative
             body
             :
          
           what
           
           is
           unexpedient
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           is
           lawfull
           in
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Worse
           and
           worse
           !
           If
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           be
           not
           
             Representative
             ,
          
           
           Tell
           me
           where
           of
           art
           thou
           a
           
             Member
             ?
          
           woe
           be
           to
           that
           Body
           
           
             politick
             ,
          
           which
           endeavours
           not
           to
           be
           conformed
           according
           to
           the
           Head
           
             Mysticall
             .
          
        
         
           He
           preacht
           
             Peace
             ;
          
           Your
           Martiall
           Ministers
           (
           by
           what
           authoritie
           they
           best
           know
           )
           proclaime
           
             Warre
             :
          
           He
           ,
           
             Obedience
             ;
          
           They
           ,
           
             Sedition
             :
          
           He
           ,
           
             Truth
             ;
          
           They
           ,
           
             Lyes
             :
          
           He
           ,
           
             Order
             ;
          
           They
           ,
           
             Confusion
             :
          
           He
           ,
           
             Blessednesse
          
           to
           the
           Peace-makers
           ;
           They
           ,
           courage
           to
           the
           
             Persecutors
             :
          
           He
           ,
           
             Blessednesse
          
           to
           the
           persecuted
           ;
           They
           brand
           them
           with
           
             Malignitie
          
           that
           call
           them
           blessed
           .
        
         
           God
           was
           not
           heard
           in
           the
           
             whirlewind
             ,
          
           but
           in
           the
           
             still
             voice
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           his
           thoughts
           are
           not
           as
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           neither
           are
           our
           wayes
           like
           his
           wayes
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           whence
           proceeds
           all
           this
           ?
           even
           from
           a
           
             viperous
          
           Generation
           (
           which
           hath
           long
           nested
           in
           this
           unhappie
           
             Island
             )
          
           and
           those
           encreased
           multitudes
           of
           
             simple
             soules
             ,
          
           seduced
           by
           their
           
             sceming
          
           sanctitie
           ,
           who
           taking
           advantage
           of
           our
           late
           too
           great
           
             abuse
          
           of
           Ceremonies
           ,
           are
           turn'd
           desperate
           enemies
           to
           all
           
             Order
          
           and
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           being
           out
           of
           charity
           with
           the
           very
           
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
          
           because
           it
           comes
           within
           the
           Popish
           
             Liturgie
             .
          
        
         
           How
           many
           of
           these
           have
           lately
           chalenged
           the
           name
           of
           
             sanctified
          
           Vessels
           ,
           for
           containing
           the
           poyson
           of
           unnaturall
           
             Sedition
             ?
          
           How
           many
           of
           these
           have
           usurpt
           the
           stile
           of
           
             well-affected
             ,
          
           for
           dis-affecting
           
             Peace
             ?
          
           How
           many
           of
           these
           have
           counterfeited
           the
           honour
           of
           good
           
             Patriots
             ,
          
           for
           largely
           contributing
           towards
           the
           
             Ruines
          
           of
           their
           Country
           ?
           How
           many
           does
           this
           
             Army
          
           consist
           of
           ?
           How
           for
           their
           sakes
           is
           
             Blasphemy
          
           connived
           at
           !
           
             Sacriledge
          
           permitted
           !
           How
           ,
           for
           their
           encouragement
           ,
           are
           
             Lyes
          
           and
           brasse-brow'd
           
             Impudencies
          
           invented
           ,
           nay
           publisht
           (
           nay
           published
           in
           their
           very
           
             Pulpits
             )
          
           and
           tolerated
           (
           if
           not
           commanded
           )
           even
           by
           
             them
             ,
          
           who
           (
           pe●chance
           ,
           were
           this
           quarrell
           ended
           )
           would
           throw
           the
           first
           
             stone
          
           at
           them
           !
           How
           many
           of
           our
           Learned
           ,
           Religious
           ,
           and
           Orthodox
           
             Divines
          
           (
           who
           by
           their
           able
           
             Tongues
             ,
          
           and
           
             Pens
             ,
          
           have
           defended
           and
           maintained
           the
           true
           ancient
           and
           Catholique
           
             Faith
          
           and
           vindicated
           the
           
             Reformed
          
           Religion
           from
           the
           aspersions
           of
           her
           potent
           Adversaries
           )
           are
           now
           plundred
           in
           their
           
             Goods
             ,
          
           sequestred
           in
           their
           
             Livings
             ,
          
           imprison'd
           in
           their
           
             Persons
             ,
          
           (
           if
           not
           forced
           in
           their
           
             Consciences
             )
          
           whilest
           their
           Wives
           and
           poore
           Children
           begging
           their
           Bread
           ,
           are
           left
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           these
           ,
           〈◊〉
           
           
             mercifull
          
           times
           ;
           even
           for
           the
           encouragement
           of
           them
           ,
           whose
           
             pedantick
          
           learning
           durst
           never
           shew
           her
           ridiculous
           face
           before
           an
           easie
           
             School-man
             ,
          
           whose
           livelyhoods
           they
           unworthily
           usurp
           ,
           not
           dispensing
           the
           
             bread
             of
             life
          
           but
           the
           
             darnell
          
           of
           giddy-headed
           
             fancie
          
           and
           
             sedition
             ,
          
           abhorring
           the
           way
           to
           peace
           ,
           and
           maligning
           those
           that
           ensue
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           ,
           but
           we
           desire
           Peace
           ,
           so
           we
           may
           have
           
             Truth
          
           too
           .
           
        
         
           What
           meane
           ye
           by
           having
           Truth
           ?
           The
           preservation
           of
           the
           
             old
          
           Truth
           ,
           or
           the
           Institution
           of
           a
           
             New
             ?
          
           
        
         
           If
           ye
           feare
           the
           
             alteration
          
           of
           the
           Old
           ,
           (
           having
           your
           Soveraigns
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           which
           you
           dare
           not
           beleeve
           )
           what
           other
           assurance
           can
           you
           have
           ?
        
         
           The
           Blood
           you
           shed
           ,
           is
           
             certaine
             ;
          
           the
           change
           you
           feare
           ,
           is
           
             uncertaine
             :
          
           It
           is
           no
           wisedome
           to
           apply
           a
           
             desperate
          
           Remedy
           to
           a
           
             suspected
          
           disease
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           Peace
           depends
           upon
           a
           full
           
             assurance
          
           of
           Truth
           ,
           our
           discords
           may
           beare
           an
           everlasting
           date
           :
           God
           hath
           threatned
           to
           remove
           his
           
             Candlestick
          
           and
           our
           wickednesse
           justly
           feares
           it
           ;
           And
           so
           long
           as
           we
           feare
           it
           ,
           shall
           we
           abjure
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           the
           blessed
           
             meanes
          
           to
           prevent
           it
           ?
           He
           that
           seekes
           to
           
             settle
          
           Truth
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           
             distracts
          
           it
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
           is
           it
           a
           Truth
           ye
           
             want
             ?
          
           If
           so
           ,
           Is
           it
           of
           
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           or
           of
           
             Discipline
             ?
          
           If
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           
             Actum
             est
             de
             nostra
             Religione
             ,
          
           Farewell
           our
           Religion
           .
           Or
           ,
           is
           it
           of
           
             Discipline
             ?
          
           Discipline
           is
           but
           a
           
             Ceremony
             .
          
           And
           did
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           dispence
           with
           a
           
             morall
          
           Law
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           an
           
             Oxes
          
           life
           ,
           or
           an
           
             Asses
             ?
          
           and
           shall
           we
           ,
           to
           alter
           some
           few
           indifferent
           
             Ceremonies
          
           (
           allowed
           by
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           three
           
             pious
          
           and
           
             wise
          
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           practise
           of
           many
           holy
           
             Martyrs
             ,
          
           who
           sealed
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           with
           their
           
             Blood
             )
          
           cry
           down
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           shed
           the
           blood
           of
           many
           thousand
           
             Christians
             ?
          
        
         
           Our
           
             seduced
          
           Protestants
           will
           have
           no
           
             set
             Forms
          
           of
           Prayer
           but
           what
           proceed
           immediatly
           from
           their
           owne
           
             Fancies
             .
          
           This
           is
           their
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Our
           
             Semi-separatists
          
           wil
           heare
           our
           Sermons
           (
           if
           they
           like
           the
           Teacher
           )
           but
           no
           
             Divine
             Service
             .
          
           This
           is
           their
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Our
           
             Separatists
          
           will
           not
           
             communicate
          
           in
           our
           Churches
           ,
           nor
           
           
             joyne
          
           in
           our
           Congregations
           .
           That
           is
           their
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Our
           
             Anabaptists
          
           will
           not
           baptize
           till
           yeares
           of
           discretion
           ,
           and
           
             re-baptize
             .
          
           That
           is
           their
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Our
           
             Antinomians
          
           will
           have
           no
           
             Repentance
             .
          
           This
           is
           their
           truth
           .
        
         
           Our
           
             Independents
          
           will
           have
           an
           universall
           
             Paritie
             ;
          
           This
           their
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Good
           God
           ,
           when
           shall
           we
           have
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           if
           not
           till
           all
           these
           
             Truths
             meet
             !
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             Christ
          
           sayes
           ,
           
             I
             come
             not
             to
             bring
             Peace
             ,
             but
             the
             Sword
             :
          
           
           therefore
           ,
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           it
           is
           lawfull
           to
           use
           the
           
           
             Sword
             .
          
        
         
           So
           ,
           He
           is
           tearmed
           a
           
             stumbling
             block
             ,
          
           and
           does
           that
           warrant
           us
           
           to
           
             stumble
             ?
          
           So
           ,
           He
           sayes
           ,
           
             All
             you
             shall
             be
             offended
             because
             of
             me
             ;
          
           
           and
           does
           this
           patronize
           our
           Offences
           ?
           The
           Law
           is
           good
           and
           just
           :
           Because
           
             then
             we
             had
             not
             knowne
             sinne
             but
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           is
           it
           therefore
           lawfull
           for
           us
           to
           
             sinne
             ?
          
           God
           forbid
           .
        
         
           Our
           Saviour
           brings
           the
           
             Sword
          
           among
           us
           ,
           as
           
             wholesome
             meat
          
           brings
           sicknesse
           to
           a
           
             weakely
             sick
          
           stomack
           ,
           or
           physick
           to
           a
           body
           abounding
           with
           
             Humours
             ;
          
           not
           intentionally
           ,
           but
           occasionally
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           by
           your
           erroneous
           and
           weake
           mistakes
           ,
           you
           make
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             Peace
          
           the
           Patron
           of
           your
           unnaturall
           Warre
           ;
           and
           the
           God
           of
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           the
           president
           of
           your
           unexamined
           
             errors
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           Almightie
           God
           ,
           the
           
             Champion
          
           of
           his
           owne
           Truth
           ,
           and
           maintainer
           of
           his
           own
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           hath
           (
           to
           mere
           then
           common
           admiration
           )
           appeared
           in
           this
           great
           
             enterprize
             .
          
        
         
           He
           that
           delivered
           
             Israels
             handfull
          
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           
             Pharoahs
             Host
             ,
          
           hath
           shewed
           himselfe
           in
           the
           (
           almost
           incredible
           )
           proceedings
           of
           this
           heaven-displeasing
           
             Warre
             ;
          
           the
           brief
           relation
           whereof
           may
           move
           those
           hearts
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           seated
           ,
           or
           stone
           ,
           to
           melt
           into
           a
           thankfull
           acknowledgement
           of
           his
           
             Power
             ,
          
           and
           remaine
           as
           Monuments
           of
           his
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           that
           children
           (
           yet
           unborne
           )
           may
           say
           hereafter
           ,
           
             God
             was
             here
             :
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           The
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           made
           first
           a
           generall
           seizure
           of
           all
           the
           
             Armes
             ,
             Ammunition
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             Forts
             ,
             Magazines
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ships
             ,
          
           (
           being
           the
           whole
           visible
           strength
           of
           this
           unhappie
           Kingdome
           )
           to
           whom
           (
           having
           now
           setled
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           both
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           hands
           )
           tides
           of
           Proposition-gold
           came
           
           in
           upon
           the
           
             Publique
             Faith
             ;
             Money
          
           (
           like
           blood
           from
           the
           Liver
           ,
           conveighed
           through
           all
           the
           veines
           )
           issued
           to
           make
           a
           large
           supply
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           stopt
           a
           while
           ,
           mountains
           of
           massie
           
             Plate
             ,
          
           from
           the
           vast
           
             Goblet
          
           to
           the
           slender
           
             Thimble
             ,
          
           this
           
             Faith
          
           removed
           into
           their
           safe
           possession
           :
           And
           when
           the
           great
           
             Milch-Cow
          
           began
           to
           slake
           ,
           they
           prest
           her
           nipples
           ,
           and
           by
           hard
           streyning
           
             renew'd
          
           the
           stream
           .
           As
           Physicians
           evacuate
           the
           Body
           ,
           sometimes
           by
           
             Vomit
             ,
          
           sometimes
           by
           
             Purge
             ,
          
           sometimes
           by
           
             Phlebotomie
             ,
          
           sometimes
           by
           
             sweating
             ,
          
           sometimes
           
             fluxing
             ,
          
           sometimes
           
             diuretically
             ,
          
           yet
           purge
           but
           the
           same
           
             peccant
             humour
             ;
          
           So
           did
           they
           ,
           first
           by
           
             Proposition
             ,
          
           then
           by
           way
           of
           
             Contribution
             ,
          
           now
           by
           way
           of
           
             Loan
             ,
          
           then
           by
           way
           of
           
             Subsidie
          
           (
           no
           lesse
           then
           50
           at
           one
           time
           )
           here
           by
           way
           of
           
             Assessement
             ,
          
           there
           by
           way
           of
           
             Twentieth
             part
             ,
          
           then
           by
           way
           of
           
             Excise
             ,
          
           one
           while
           by
           way
           of
           
             Sequestration
             ,
          
           then
           by
           way
           of
           
             Plunder
             ,
          
           but
           still
           the
           issue
           ,
           MONY
           :
           And
           to
           work
           the
           better
           upon
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           all
           this
           for
           the
           behoof
           of
           
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
          
           for
           the
           pretended
           defence
           of
           (
           God
           knowes
           what
           )
           
             Religion
             ;
          
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           men
           came
           in
           like
           
             Swarmes
          
           to
           the
           next
           Tree
           ,
           or
           rather
           like
           treacherous
           
             Decoys
             ,
          
           with
           their
           innocent
           multitude
           ,
           into
           the
           
             Net
             ,
          
           and
           
             Horses
          
           without
           number
           .
        
         
           Thus
           were
           they
           supplyed
           with
           all
           necessaries
           which
           the
           
             Arme
             of
             flesh
          
           could
           provide
           for
           the
           waging
           of
           an
           
             unconquerable
          
           War
           ,
           whereon
           the
           Money
           alreadie
           expended
           ,
           makes
           no
           lesse
           figures
           then
           17.
           
           
             Millions
          
           Ster.
           besides
           the
           Revenues
           of
           the
           
             King
             Queen
             ,
             Prince
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Yorke
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             whole
             Estates
          
           of
           all
           such
           as
           take
           up
           Armes
           against
           them
           ,
           besides
           free
           
             Quarter
             ,
          
           and
           Souldiers
           yet
           unpayd
           .
           His
           Majestie
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           driven
           away
           with
           a
           few
           Attendants
           ,
           not
           having
           among
           them
           so
           many
           
             Swords
          
           and
           
             Pistols
          
           as
           these
           had
           
             Cannons
             ,
          
           wanting
           both
           
             Money
             ,
             Horses
          
           and
           
             Ammution
             ,
          
           onely
           what
           he
           received
           from
           the
           pietie
           of
           some
           
             beleeving
          
           Subjects
           ,
           (
           whose
           eares
           were
           Pamphlet-proofe
           against
           all
           defamations
           ,
           and
           scandals
           cast
           upon
           sacred
           Maiestie
           )
           finding
           slender
           Provision
           in
           his
           
             own
          
           Dominions
           ;
           and
           that
           stopt
           or
           seized
           ,
           which
           came
           from
           
             forreigne
          
           parts
           .
           No
           
             Shipping
             ,
          
           but
           what
           he
           purchast
           with
           the
           precious
           and
           extreame
           hazard
           of
           his
           
             few
          
           (
           but
           valiant
           )
           Subjects
           :
           No
           
             Armes
             ,
          
           but
           what
           he
           gained
           by
           the
           couragious
           venture
           of
           his
           owne
           neglected
           
             life
             ,
          
           the
           subject
           of
           our
           cortinuall
           
           Prayers
           .
           Yet
           ,
           hath
           God
           covered
           his
           head
           in
           the
           
             day
             of
             battaile
             ,
          
           and
           blest
           him
           with
           such
           successe
           ,
           that
           He
           is
           (
           by
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           )
           become
           a
           great
           
             Master
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
          
           and
           almost
           able
           to
           maintaine
           fight
           with
           his
           owne
           
             Ships
          
           at
           Sea
           .
        
         
           
             The
             God
             of
             Heaven
             blesse
             him
             ,
             and
             prosper
             him
             ,
             and
             make
             his
             dayes
             as
             the
             dayes
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             being
             here
             the
             Faiths
             defender
             ,
             he
             may
             still
             be
             defended
             by
             the
             object
             of
             that
             Faith
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           providentiall
           hand
           of
           God
           more
           visible
           in
           
             prospering
          
           him
           then
           in
           
             punishing
          
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           whose
           ruines
           may
           remaine
           as
           
             Sea-markes
          
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           
             Pyramids
          
           of
           Gods
           Power
           ,
           whereof
           a
           touch
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             John
             Hotham
             ,
          
           then
           Governour
           of
           
             Hull
             ,
          
           who
           first
           defyed
           and
           dared
           his
           Soveraigne
           to
           his
           face
           ,
           what
           is
           become
           of
           him
           ?
           How
           stands
           he
           a
           
             Marke
          
           betwixt
           two
           dangers
           ,
           having
           nothing
           left
           him
           but
           
             guile
          
           enough
           to
           make
           him
           capable
           of
           a
           
             desperate
          
           Fortune
           ?
        
         
           
             Master
             Hampden
             ,
          
           that
           first
           waged
           
             Law
          
           &
           then
           
             War
          
           against
           his
           own
           
             naturall
          
           Prince
           hath
           not
           he
           (
           since
           these
           unhappy
           troubles
           began
           )
           bin
           first
           punished
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           
             children
             ,
          
           nay
           visited
           to
           the
           
             third
          
           Generation
           ,
           to
           the
           weakning
           (
           if
           not
           ●●ining
           )
           of
           his
           
             Family
             ,
          
           &
           then
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           own
           
             life
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             same
             place
          
           where
           he
           first
           tooke
           up
           armes
           against
           his
           gracious
           
             Soveraigne
             ?
          
           was
           it
           not
           remarkable
           that
           the
           Lord
           
             Brook
          
           who
           so
           often
           excepted
           against
           that
           clause
           in
           the
           Lyturgie
           ,
           
             (
             From
             sudden
             death
             good
             Lord
             deliver
             us
             )
          
           was
           slaine
           so
           suddenly
           ?
           who
           was
           so
           severe
           an
           enemy
           against
           
             Peace
          
           should
           perish
           in
           the
           same
           
             Warre
             ,
          
           ●e
           so
           encouraged
           ?
           Who
           ,
           so
           bitterly
           inveighed
           against
           
             Episcopall
          
           Government
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           shot
           dead
           out
           of
           a
           
             Cathedrall
          
           Church
           ?
           who
           labouring
           to
           put
           out
           the
           
             left
             eye
          
           of
           establisht
           Government
           ,
           his
           
             left
             eye
             ,
          
           and
           
             life
          
           were
           both
           put
           out
           together
           ?
        
         
           How
           is
           Duke
           
             Ham●l●on
          
           (
           scarce
           warme
           in
           his
           new
           honour
           )
           taken
           in
           his
           owne
           ●●re
           ,
           having
           
             entangled
          
           his
           Lord
           and
           Master
           in
           so
           many
           inconveniences
           ?
        
         
           How
           is
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           whose
           livelyhood
           was
           created
           by
           his
           Soveraigns
           
             favours
             ,
          
           branded
           with
           a
           
             double
          
           treachery
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           
             Shittlecock
          
           fallen
           at
           the
           first
           
             returne
             ,
          
           and
           scarce
           able
           to
           raise
           himselfe
           by
           a
           sorry
           
             Declaration
             ?
          
        
         
         
           Is
           not
           
             Bristoll
             Fines
          
           (
           who
           at
           his
           
             Councell
             of
             War
          
           condemned
           and
           executed
           innocent
           blood
           )
           himselfe
           condemned
           ,
           (
           pleading
           innocence
           )
           at
           a
           
             Councell
             of
             War
             ,
          
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           his
           owne
           
             Generall
             ,
          
           though
           finding
           (
           perchance
           )
           more
           
             Mercy
          
           then
           he
           either
           deserved
           ,
           or
           shewed
           ?
           But
           that
           blood
           that
           cryed
           to
           him
           for
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           will
           crie
           to
           Heaven
           for
           
             vongeance
             .
          
        
         
           And
           are
           not
           many
           more
           ripe
           for
           the
           same
           
             Judgement
             ,
          
           whose
           notorious
           
             Crimes
          
           have
           branded
           them
           for
           their
           respective
           
             Punishments
             ?
          
        
         
           How
           many
           of
           those
           
             blood-preaching
          
           Ministers
           have
           died
           expectorating
           
             Blood
             ,
          
           whilst
           others
           at
           this
           time
           labouring
           under
           the
           same
           
             Disease
             ,
          
           can
           find
           no
           Art
           to
           promise
           a
           
             Recoverie
             ?
          
           All
           whom
           I
           leave
           to
           possible
           
             Repentance
             ,
          
           and
           passe
           over
           .
        
         
           
             Cromwell
             ,
          
           that
           profest
           desacer
           of
           Churches
           (
           witnesse
           
             Peterborough
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lincolne
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           and
           Rifler
           of
           the
           
             Monuments
          
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           whose
           prphane
           Troopers
           (
           if
           Fame
           has
           not
           forgot
           to
           speak
           a
           Truth
           )
           watered
           their
           Horses
           at
           the
           
             Font
             ,
          
           and
           fed
           them
           at
           the
           
             Holy
             Table
             ,
          
           that
           
             Cromwell
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sandes
             ,
          
           whose
           sacrilegious
           Troopers
           committed
           such
           
             barbarous
          
           insolencies
           ,
           with
           his
           (
           at
           least
           )
           connivence
           ,
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           used
           such
           inhumane
           tortures
           on
           the
           tender
           
             brests
          
           of
           women
           ,
           to
           force
           confession
           of
           their
           
             hidden
          
           goods
           ,
           the
           golden
           subjects
           of
           their
           
             Robberie
             .
          
        
         
           What
           can
           the
           first
           expect
           ,
           and
           what
           reward
           the
           other
           hath
           found
           ,
           I
           neither
           
             prophesie
          
           nor
           
             judge
             .
          
           If
           these
           and
           such
           as
           they
           ,
           doe
           fight
           for
           the
           
             Beformed
          
           Religion
           ,
           God
           deliver
           every
           good
           man
           both
           from
           
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             it
             :
             Cursed
             be
             their
             wrath
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             fierce
             ;
             and
             their
             anger
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             cruell
             .
          
        
         
           These
           (
           and
           of
           such
           many
           )
           are
           they
           ,
           that
           whilst
           they
           
             pretend
          
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           need
           first
           to
           be
           reformed
           .
        
         
           Nor
           doe
           I
           ,
           in
           tasking
           this
           Army
           of
           such
           impious
           
             barbarismes
             ,
          
           excuse
           or
           rather
           not
           condemn
           the
           other
           ;
           whereof
           no
           question
           ,
           too
           great
           a
           number
           are
           as
           equally
           prophane
           ;
           whilst
           all
           together
           make
           up
           one
           
             body
          
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           to
           bring
           a
           ruine
           on
           this
           miserable
           Kingdome
           ;
           for
           whose
           impieties
           his
           Majestie
           hath
           so
           often
           
             suffered
             .
          
        
         
           I
           but
           his
           Majesties
           Army
           (
           besides
           those
           looser
           sorts
           of
           people
           )
           
           consills
           of
           
             numerous
             Papists
             ,
          
           the
           utter
           enemies
           of
           true
           
             religion
             .
          
        
         
         
           To
           whom
           the
           King
           hath
           sworn
           his
           
             protection
             ,
          
           from
           those
           he
           
           may
           require
           
             assistance
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           unto
           all
           his
           people
           as
           well
           
             Papists
          
           as
           Protestants
           ,
           he
           hath
           sworne
           his
           
             Protection
          
           ;
           therefore
           from
           all
           his
           subjects
           ,
           as
           well
           
             Papists
          
           as
           Protestants
           he
           may
           require
           
             assistance
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           does
           he
           call
           in
           
             Papists
          
           as
           Papists
           ,
           to
           
             maintaine
          
           Religion
           (
           as
           himselfe
           hath
           often
           manifested
           )
           but
           as
           subjects
           to
           
             subdue
             ,
          
           or
           at
           least
           qualifie
           Sedition
           .
        
         
           The
           ayd
           of
           the
           subject
           ,
           is
           either
           in
           his
           
             person
          
           or
           in
           his
           
             purse
             ;
          
           both
           are
           requirable
           to
           the
           
             service
          
           of
           a
           Soveraigne
           .
        
         
           Put
           case
           his
           Majestie
           should
           use
           the
           assistance
           of
           
             none
          
           but
           Protestants
           ;
           Tell
           me
           ,
           would
           ye
           not
           be
           apt
           to
           cavill
           that
           he
           is
           
             favourable
          
           to
           the
           Papists
           ;
           neither
           willing
           to
           endanger
           their
           
             persons
             ,
          
           nor
           endamage
           their
           
             purses
             ;
          
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           reserv'd
           for
           a
           last
           blow
           ?
        
         
           Or
           ,
           in
           case
           Papists
           should
           largely
           
             under-write
          
           to
           your
           Propositions
           ,
           send
           in
           
             Horses
             ,
             Armes
             ,
          
           or
           other
           
             Provisions
             ,
          
           would
           you
           not
           accept
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           its
           sake
           their
           
             persons
          
           too
           ?
        
         
           Are
           you
           so
           strict
           in
           your
           Preparations
           ,
           as
           to
           
             catechize
          
           every
           souldier
           ?
           Or
           ,
           to
           examine
           first
           every
           
             Officers
          
           Religion
           ?
           Or
           ,
           having
           the
           proffer
           of
           a
           good
           
             Popish
             ,
          
           or
           
             debaucht
          
           Commander
           ,
           tell
           me
           ,
           should
           he
           be
           denyed
           his
           
             Commission
             ?
          
        
         
           Remember
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Ashton
             ,
          
           whom
           His
           Majesty
           entertains
           by
           your
           
             Example
             .
          
        
         
           These
           things
           indifferently
           considered
           ,
           it
           will
           manifestly
           appeare
           ,
           that
           the
           honest-minded
           vulgar
           aremeerly
           seduced
           ,
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           piety
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           impious
           ,
           as
           by
           
             paysoning
          
           every
           action
           of
           their
           lawfull
           Prince
           ,
           to
           foster
           their
           
             implicite
          
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           in
           case
           ,
           your
           side
           should
           prosper
           ,
           and
           prevaile
           ,
           what
           then
           ?
           would
           then
           our
           
             Misertes
          
           be
           at
           an
           end
           ?
           
             Reason
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           No
           ,
           God
           keeps
           us
           from
           the
           
             experience
             :
          
           Think
           you
           ,
           that
           
             Government
          
           (
           whether
           new
           ,
           or
           reformed
           )
           which
           is
           set
           up
           by
           the
           
             sword
             ,
          
           must
           not
           be
           maintained
           by
           the
           
             sword
             ?
          
           And
           how
           can
           
             Peace
          
           and
           
             Plentie
          
           be
           consistent
           with
           perpetuall
           
             Garrisons
             ,
          
           which
           must
           be
           maintained
           with
           a
           perpetuall
           
             charge
             ;
          
           besides
           the
           continuall
           excursions
           ,
           and
           conniv'd-at
           injuries
           committed
           by
           
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           judge
           you
           ?
        
         
         
           Or
           ,
           put
           the
           case
           ,
           this
           necessary
           
             Consequence
          
           could
           be
           avoided
           ,
           think
           you
           the
           ambition
           of
           some
           
             new
          
           States-men
           accustomed
           to
           such
           Arbitrary
           ,
           and
           
             necessitated
          
           power
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           remaining
           loyaltie
           of
           His
           Majesties
           
             dis-inherited
          
           Subjects
           watching
           all
           opportunities
           to
           right
           their
           injur'd
           Soveraigne
           ,
           and
           themselves
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           would
           not
           raise
           perpetuall
           
             tempests
          
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ?
        
         
           Or
           ,
           if
           such
           an
           (
           almost
           )
           unpreventable
           
             evill
          
           should
           not
           ensue
           ,
           think
           you
           ,
           such
           swarmes
           of
           
             Sectaries
          
           sweat
           for
           nothing
           ?
           Are
           their
           purses
           so
           apt
           to
           bleed
           to
           no
           end
           ?
           Will
           not
           their
           costs
           ,
           and
           paines
           expect
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           a
           
             congratulatory
          
           connivence
           in
           the
           
             freedome
          
           of
           their
           consciences
           ?
           Or
           ,
           will
           their
           swords
           ,
           now
           in
           the
           strong
           possession
           of
           so
           great
           a
           multitude
           ,
           know
           the
           way
           into
           their
           quiet
           
             scabbards
             ,
          
           without
           the
           expected
           
             liberty
          
           of
           their
           Religions
           ?
           And
           ,
           can
           that
           
             liberty
          
           produce
           any
           thing
           but
           an
           establisht
           
             disorder
             ?
          
           And
           is
           not
           disorder
           the
           mother
           of
           
             Anarchie
             ?
          
           and
           that
           ,
           of
           
             Ruine
             ?
          
        
         
           Open
           then
           your
           eyes
           ,
           closed
           with
           crasse
           ,
           and
           wilfull
           blindnes
           and
           consider
           ,
           and
           prevent
           that
           ,
           which
           your
           continued
           
             disobedience
          
           will
           unavoidably
           repent
           too
           late
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           They
           are
           all
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           by
           your
           
             Brand
             ,
          
           that
           comply
           not
           in
           this
           action
           with
           you
           :
           Admit
           it
           were
           so
           ;
           Are
           not
           
             Papists
          
           as
           tolerable
           for
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Brownists
             ,
             Separatists
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
             Antinomians
             ,
             Turks
             ,
          
           and
           indeed
           all
           
             Religions
          
           and
           
             Factions
             ,
          
           nay
           
             Papists
          
           too
           ,
           for
           His
           Subjects
           ?
           These
           of
           His
           Majesties
           side
           come
           freely
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           
             Allegeance
             ,
          
           as
           Subjects
           :
           Yours
           ,
           are
           preach'd
           in
           ,
           comming
           out
           of
           
             obstinacie
             ,
          
           as
           Rebells
           :
           They
           ,
           at
           their
           owne
           charges
           proportionable
           to
           their
           Abilities
           ;
           These
           like
           
             Iudas
             ,
          
           selling
           their
           Soveraignes
           
             Blood
          
           for
           
             ill
             payd
          
           wages
           :
           Yet
           ,
           both
           sides
           pretend
           a
           
             Quarrell
          
           for
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Good
           God!
           What
           a
           
             monstrous
          
           Religion
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           seeks
           protection
           from
           the
           
             implacable
          
           opposition
           of
           her
           two
           Champions
           !
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           
             protests
          
           to
           maintaine
           it
           :
           The
           two
           Houses
           
             protest
          
           to
           maintaine
           it
           :
           O
           ,
           for
           an
           
             Oedipus
          
           to
           reade
           this
           
             Riddle
             !
          
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           addes
           one
           
             Clause
          
           more
           ,
           wherein
           if
           the
           other
           
             Party
          
           would
           agree
           ,
           the
           worke
           would
           be
           at
           an
           
             end
             ,
          
           which
           is
           :
           
           
             According
             to
             the
             establisht
             Constitutions
             ,
          
           by
           Oath
           taken
           by
           him
           at
           his
           Coronation
           ;
           And
           there
           the
           two
           
             Houses
          
           leave
           him
           contending
           for
           a
           yet
           
             undetermined
             alteration
             .
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           conceive
           such
           evill
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Anointed
             ,
          
           and
           my
           gracious
           Soveraigne
           ,
           as
           to
           feare
           him
           perjur'd
           .
        
         
           Hatn
           not
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           the
           
             presence
          
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           by
           whom
           he
           reignes
           ,
           imprecated
           the
           
             Curse
          
           of
           Heaven
           on
           him
           and
           his
           Royall
           
             Posterity
             ,
             (
             Sub
             Sigillo
             sacrament
             .
          
           too
           )
           if
           He
           ,
           to
           his
           utmost
           ,
           maintaine
           not
           the
           true
           
             Protestant
          
           Religion
           exercised
           in
           that
           blessed
           
             Queenes
          
           dayes
           ,
           and
           propagated
           by
           the
           
             blood
          
           of
           so
           many
           glorious
           Martyrs
           (
           at
           which
           time
           God
           blest
           this
           Island
           in
           so
           high
           a
           measure
           )
           if
           he
           preserve
           not
           the
           just
           
             Priviledges
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Liberty
          
           of
           the
           
             Subject
             ?
          
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           more
           ,
           did
           not
           his
           Majesty
           so
           promise
           the
           severe
           execution
           of
           the
           
             Statute
          
           against
           all
           
             Recusants
             ,
          
           that
           if
           he
           failed
           ,
           he
           desired
           not
           the
           
             ayde
          
           of
           his
           good
           Subjects
           ?
        
         
           What
           interiour
           person
           would
           not
           think
           his
           Reputation
           
             wronged
             ,
          
           not
           to
           take
           up
           considence
           upon
           such
           
             terrible
          
           termes
           ?
           What
           notorious
           evill
           hath
           his
           Majesty
           perpetrated
           to
           quench
           the
           sparkles
           of
           a
           Common
           
             Charity
             ?
          
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           O
           ,
           Consider
           ;
           He
           acts
           his
           part
           before
           the
           
             King
          
           of
           
             Kings
             ,
          
           whose
           eye
           is
           more
           especially
           upon
           Him
           ;
           He
           acts
           his
           part
           before
           his
           
             fellow
             Princes
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           he
           hath
           declared
           this
           his
           
             Imprecation
             ;
          
           He
           acts
           his
           part
           before
           his
           
             Subjects
             ,
          
           whose
           stricter
           hand
           weighs
           his
           pious
           words
           with
           too
           
             unequall
          
           Balances
           .
        
         
           Were
           he
           the
           
             acknowledger
          
           of
           no
           God
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           (
           if
           guilty
           of
           such
           a
           
             Perjurie
             )
          
           would
           abhorre
           him
           .
           Or
           ,
           were
           all
           the
           
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           blind
           ,
           deafe
           ,
           or
           partiall
           ,
           would
           not
           he
           think
           his
           Crown
           a
           
             burthen
          
           to
           be
           worne
           upon
           his
           
             perjured
          
           brow
           before
           his
           own
           
             abused
          
           people
           ?
           Or
           ,
           (
           having
           renounced
           his
           Subjects
           ayde
           ,
           upon
           his
           
             fayle
             )
          
           could
           he
           expect
           that
           loyalty
           ,
           which
           now
           he
           wants
           upon
           a
           
             meere
             suspition
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           :
           He
           is
           a
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           whom
           God
           hath
           crowned
           with
           graces
           
             above
             his
             fellowes
             ;
          
           A
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           whom
           ,
           for
           his
           Piety
           ,
           few
           
             Ages
          
           could
           parallel
           .
        
         
           What
           
             Vices
          
           of
           the
           times
           have
           branded
           his
           
             Repute
             ?
          
           His
           Youth
           ,
           high
           diet
           ,
           strength
           of
           body
           ,
           and
           Soveraigne
           Power
           might
           have
           
           enclin'd
           ,
           and
           warpt
           him
           to
           luxurious
           vanitie
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           Monarchs
           ,
           whose
           effeminacles
           have
           enerv'd
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           
             declining
          
           Kingdoms
           ;
           How
           many
           would
           have
           held
           it
           a
           Preferment
           to
           be
           
             Attorny
          
           to
           His
           Royall
           Lust
           ,
           or
           
             Secretary
          
           to
           His
           
             li●some
          
           Sinne
           ?
           Yet
           ,
           he
           remaines
           a
           president
           of
           unblemisht
           
             Chastity
             .
          
        
         
           He
           might
           have
           pleasd
           and
           pamperd
           up
           his
           wanton
           
             Palate
          
           with
           the
           choice
           of
           curious
           
             Wives
             ,
          
           to
           lighten
           
             Cares
          
           which
           wait
           upon
           the
           Regall
           
             Diademe
             ;
          
           Yet
           ,
           he
           continues
           the
           patterne
           of
           a
           chaste
           
             Sobriety
             :
          
           He
           might
           have
           magnifyed
           his
           
             Mercie
             ,
          
           and
           
             sold
          
           his
           Justice
           ,
           to
           reward
           a
           
             Service
             ,
          
           in
           pardoning
           offences
           (
           committed
           by
           those
           of
           
             neare
          
           relation
           )
           yet
           He
           abides
           the
           example
           of
           
             inexorable
          
           Justice
           .
        
         
           These
           and
           many
           other
           eminent
           
             Graces
             ,
          
           and
           illustrious
           
             Vertues
          
           can
           claime
           no
           Birth
           from
           
             Flesh
          
           and
           
             Blood
             ;
          
           especially
           ,
           in
           those
           ,
           whose
           pupillages
           are
           strangers
           to
           
             Correction
             ;
          
           Nor
           is
           it
           safe
           Divinity
           ,
           to
           acknowledge
           such
           high
           
             Gifts
             ,
          
           from
           any
           hand
           ,
           but
           
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           ,
           being
           so
           ,
           my
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           and
           
             Religion
          
           tells
           me
           ,
           that
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           (
           who
           is
           all
           perfection
           )
           will
           not
           leave
           a
           work
           so
           forward
           .
           so
           imperfect
           ;
           but
           ,
           will
           ,
           from
           day
           to
           day
           ,
           still
           adde
           and
           adde
           to
           his
           transcendent
           
             vertues
             ,
          
           till
           he
           appeare
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           
             World
             ;
          
           and
           ,
           after
           many
           yeares
           be
           crowned
           in
           the
           World
           of
           
             Glorie
             .
          
        
         
           Martial
           .
           llb.
           8.
           
           Ep.
           66.
           
        
         
           
             Rerum
             prima
             salus
             ,
             &
             una
             Caesar
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Post-script
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           NOw
           thou
           hast
           heard
           the
           Harmony
           of
           Scriptures
           ,
           without
           Corruption
           ;
           and
           the
           Language
           of
           Reason
           ,
           without
           Sophistry
           .
        
         
           Thou
           hast
           not
           only
           heard
           Divine
           Precepts
           ,
           but
           those
           Precepts
           backt
           with
           holy
           Examples
           :
           Neither
           those
           out
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           alone
           ,
           but
           likewise
           out
           of
           the
           New
           .
           Being
           now
           no
           Matter
           lest
           for
           thy
           Exceptions
           ,
           prevaricate
           no
           longer
           with
           thy
           own
           soule
           :
           And
           ,
           in
           the
           feare
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           now
           adjure
           thee
           once
           againe
           ,
           as
           thou
           wilt
           answer
           before
           the
           Tribunall
           at
           the
           dreadfull
           and
           terrible
           day
           ;
           that
           thou
           faithfully
           examine
           ,
           and
           ponder
           the
           plaine
           Texts
           which
           thou
           hast
           read
           ,
           and
           yeelding
           due
           obedience
           to
           them
           ,
           stop
           thine
           eares
           against
           all
           sinister
           expositions
           ;
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           historicall
           Scripture
           will
           admit
           no
           allegoricall
           interpretations
           .
           If
           any
           thing
           ,
           in
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           shall
           deserve
           thy
           Answer
           ,
           doe
           it
           punctually
           ,
           briefly
           ,
           plainly
           ,
           and
           with
           meeknes
           ;
           If
           ,
           by
           direct
           Scripture
           ,
           thou
           canst
           (
           without
           wresting
           )
           refute
           my
           Error
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           reforme
           ,
           and
           save
           thy
           Brother
           ;
           If
           not
           ,
           recant
           thine
           ,
           and
           hold
           it
           no
           dishonor
           to
           take
           that
           shame
           to
           thy self
           ,
           which
           brings
           Glory
           to
           thy
           God
           .
        
         
           1
           PET.
           3.
           15.
           
        
         
           Be
           alwayes
           ready
           to
           give
           an
           answer
           to
           every
           one
           that
           asketh
           you
           a
           reason
           ,
           with
           meeknes
           and
           feare
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
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             2.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam
             ,
             26.
             9.
             
          
           
             Example
             1.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             51.
             4.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             ●
             ,
             15.
             
             
               Ob.
               
            
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ars.
             
          
           
             Hester
             8.
             
          
           
             Example
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             26.
             52
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             10.
             34.
             
          
           
             Ans.
             
          
           
             1
             Co.
             1.
             23.
             
             Mat.
             26.
             31.
             
             Rom.
             7.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans.