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           AN
           EXAMINATION
           OF
           THE
           ESSAY
           :
           OR
           ,
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           Fifth
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           
             Revel.
          
           Behold
           ,
           He
           cometh
           with
           Clouds
           and
           every
           Eye
           shall
           see
           Him
           ;
           and
           they
           also
           which
           peirced
           Him
           ,
           and
           all
           Kindreds
           of
           the
           Earth
           shall
           wayl
           because
           of
           Him
           ;
           Even
           so
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             Jam.
             5.
             8.
             
          
           Be
           ye
           also
           Patient
           ,
           Establish
           your
           hearts
           ;
           for
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Lord
           draweth
           nigh
           .
        
         
           
             By
          
           Edward
           Iohnson
           ,
           
             Gent.
             
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           W.
           Thomas
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           AN
           EXAMINATION
           OF
           THE
           ESSAY
           ,
           OR
           ,
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             the
             Fifth
             Monarchy
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Proof
           of
           the
           
             Essay
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Essay-Masters
           pursuant
           to
           the
           Invitations
           ;
           Judg.
           19.
           30.
           
           
             Who
             having
             Considered
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             taken
             Advice
             ,
             Let
             me
             speak
             my
             mind
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Account
           it
           a
           great
           unhappinesse
           this
           Nation
           groans
           under
           ,
           not
           onely
           that
           it
           is
           broken
           into
           many
           Factions
           ,
           but
           that
           whilst
           each
           of
           them
           Imposeth
           the
           other
           upon
           ,
           All
           (
           or
           at
           least
           the
           most
           of
           them
           )
           pretend
           to
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           (
           and
           amongst
           those
           the
           late
           
             Essay
             )
             .
          
           How
           much
           men
           (
           under
           this
           notion
           )
           have
           shrouded
           their
           own
           Errors
           and
           Designes
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           exposing
           
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           to
           Blasphemy
           ;
           I
           leave
           every
           serious
           Christian
           to
           consider
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           censure
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Paper
           ,
           they
           being
           (
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           )
           strangers
           to
           me
           :
           but
           wish
           that
           whilst
           we
           are
           Contending
           about
           (
           what
           least
           becomes
           one
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           Pilgrime
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           
             viz.
             )
          
           the
           Civil-Government
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           (
           to
           which
           there
           are
           many
           pretended
           Titles
           on
           foot
           )
           we
           may
           not
           ,
           as
           a
           House
           divided
           against
           it self
           ,
           fall
           into
           confusion
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           .
           For
           preventing
           which
           ,
           by
           moderating
           and
           helping
           the
           Considerations
           of
           these
           Essay-Masters
           ;
           I
           propose
           these
           following
           Queries
           .
        
         
           I.
           Whether
           the
           late
           Single
           Person
           were
           not
           incited
           to
           the
           putting
           a
           force
           upon
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           set●ing
           up
           a
           Power
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           by
           you
           or
           some
           of
           you
           ?
           Or
           at
           least
           wise
           ,
           whether
           you
           did
           not
           ,
           or
           do
           not
           approve
           the
           Action
           ,
           by
           owning
           of
           ,
           and
           contending
           for
           ,
           the
           short
           Convention
           and
           turning
           out
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ;
           all
           but
           a
           few
           of
           which
           you
           Judge
           qualified
           for
           Trust
           and
           Rule
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           whether
           you
           are
           not
           accessary
           to
           his
           Evil
           ,
           in
           taking
           the
           Government
           ;
           as
           an
           apt
           medium
           is
           ,
           to
           a
           necessary
           consequence
           ?
        
         
           II.
           Whether
           your
           apprehensions
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdom
           had
           it's
           beginning
           in
           our
           late
           Revolutions
           (
           without
           assigning
           ,
           in
           which
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           began
           )
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Ground
           to
           debarr
           the
           Nation
           from
           their
           share
           in
           Government
           ?
           And
           why
           our
           Revolutions
           of
           late
           years
           are
           more
           an
           evidence
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdom
           ,
           then
           those
           in
           former
           years
           ;
           or
           the
           Revolutions
           in
           other
           Nations
           ,
           
             viz.
             Holland
          
           in
           the
           Change
           of
           their
           Government
           the
           troubles
           lately
           in
           
             Poland
             ,
          
           formerly
           in
           
             Germany
          
           and
           
             France
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
          
           And
           whether
           men
           had
           not
           as
           good
           Grounds
           for
           such
           conclusions
           formerly
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           now
           for
           yours
           ?
           and
           whether
           the
           Jews
           by
           the
           same
           Ground
           are
           not
           justified
           in
           their
           conclusions
           against
           Christians
           ;
           And
           the
           Pope
           in
           his
           pretended
           Infallibillity
           .
           They
           both
           having
           their
           apprehensions
           to
           justifie
           their
           Actions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           yours
           for
           your
           Conclusions
           ?
        
         
           III.
           In
           what
           speciall
           sense
           can
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           more
           then
           other
           Nations
           is
           given
           to
           Christ
           ,
           since
           his
           Government
           ,
           whether
           considered
           Personall
           ,
           or
           Spirituall
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           Universall
           ;
           And
           his
           coming
           to
           his
           Government
           (
           when
           he
           takes
           it
           into
           his
           hands
           )
           being
           in
           respect
           of
           certainty
           and
           speed
           ,
           like
           lightning
           from
           the
           East
           to
           the
           West
           ,
           or
           by
           what
           Promise
           or
           
           Prophesie
           so
           inconsiderable
           a
           part
           of
           the
           World
           (
           as
           
             England
             )
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           the
           seat
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdom
           ,
           when
           all
           other
           Nations
           shall
           remain
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           men
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           ?
        
         
           IV.
           Whose
           work
           is
           it
           to
           take
           the
           Government
           from
           Men
           ,
           and
           give
           it
           to
           Christ
           ,
           whether
           the
           Work
           of
           Men
           ,
           or
           of
           God
           ?
           If
           of
           God
           ,
           what
           is
           Man
           that
           he
           should
           interpose
           in
           it
           ?
           If
           of
           Man
           or
           Men
           ?
           At
           what
           time
           and
           times
           ?
           and
           by
           what
           Commission
           doth
           he
           or
           they
           do
           it
           ?
           that
           we
           may
           know
           how
           to
           obey
           :
           many
           having
           formerly
           pretended
           to
           this
           Work
           ,
           when
           designing
           onely
           a
           Crown
           for
           themselves
           ?
        
         
           V.
           What
           Person
           or
           Persons
           are
           they
           ,
           that
           in
           your
           sense
           are
           so
           qualified
           for
           Government
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           right
           do
           they
           so
           stand
           ?
           If
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           by
           what
           Law
           ?
           If
           by
           God's
           Word
           ,
           where
           ,
           and
           how
           doth
           it
           appear
           ?
           since
           the
           reference
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           new-Haven
           in
           new
           
             England
          
           is
           no
           more
           binding
           then
           the
           Laws
           of
           new-Boston
           there
           ?
        
         
           VI
           .
           Whether
           the
           Plat-form
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             Israel
          
           suited
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           a
           select
           People
           ,
           under
           a
           special
           Profession
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           Typical
           and
           Allegorical
           ;
           will
           ,
           in
           all
           things
           suit
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           whether
           the
           Scriptures
           doth
           condemn
           all
           Civil
           Government
           in
           other
           Nations
           ,
           differing
           from
           that
           ?
        
         
           VII
           .
           If
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             Israel
          
           (
           besides
           which
           we
           have
           no
           Example
           of
           a
           Popular
           Government
           in
           Scripture
           )
           be
           to
           us
           onely
           a
           Plat
           form
           for
           our
           Government
           ,
           what
           need
           then
           is
           there
           of
           any
           qualified
           Persons
           ,
           for
           making
           Laws
           ,
           those
           Laws
           being
           already
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           yet
           (
           not
           to
           derogate
           from
           the
           Scripture
           )
           it
           is
           humbly
           conceived
           ,
           will
           hardly
           extend
           to
           the
           determination
           of
           Controversies
           in
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           about
           titles
           of
           Land
           ,
           raising
           of
           Assessements
           ,
           securing
           the
           Peace
           thereof
           from
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           ,
           
             &
             c
             ?
          
        
         
           VIII
           .
           Whether
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           you
           witnesse
           against
           future
           Violence
           ,
           in
           the
           foundations
           of
           it
           you
           do
           not
           own
           the
           Violence
           ;
           putt
           on
           part
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           impose
           on
           most
           of
           this
           Nation
           the
           greatest
           violence
           imaginable
           ,
           the
           being
           excluded
           (
           for
           ever
           as
           well
           as
           at
           the
           present
           )
           from
           all
           right
           of
           Government
           ?
           And
           whether
           ,
           at
           what
           Instant
           it
           becomes
           practicable
           ,
           are
           the
           Governed
           any
           way
           beuer
           related
           to
           the
           Governours
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Gibeonitcs
          
           were
           to
           the
           
             Israelites
             ?
          
        
         
         
           IX
           .
           Whether
           the
           Debarring
           and
           Bereaving
           the
           Nation
           of
           their
           just
           Rights
           ,
           in
           matters
           Civil
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           Future
           ,
           as
           at
           Present
           ,
           tends
           not
           to
           the
           provoking
           them
           ,
           to
           deprive
           you
           of
           both
           Civil
           and
           Spiritual
           ;
           all
           men
           desiring
           (
           as
           lawfully
           they
           may
           )
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           those
           by
           whom
           they
           are
           Captivated
           :
           And
           thus
           whilst
           you
           are
           pleading
           for
           the
           Freedome
           and
           Rule
           of
           Christians
           ,
           you
           adventure
           their
           utmost
           Vassallage
           ,
           giving
           the
           Nation
           a
           just
           Plea
           for
           it
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           Blaspheme
           your
           holy
           Profession
           ,
           and
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           
             Munster
          
           hath
           got
           footing
           in
           
             England
             ?
          
        
         
           X.
           Whether
           you
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           in
           former
           times
           were
           not
           forward
           Disciples
           of
           
             John
             Lilburn
             ,
          
           and
           Active
           in
           asserting
           the
           Freedom
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           promoting
           their
           then
           intended
           Agreement
           ;
           And
           if
           you
           run
           into
           so
           great
           Extreams
           about
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           what
           security
           can
           the
           Nation
           have
           of
           your
           Constancy
           to
           any
           Government
           ,
           though
           by
           your selves
           proposed
           ?
        
         
           XI
           .
           Whether
           seeing
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           this
           Parliament
           have
           been
           honoured
           in
           God's
           Work
           ,
           the
           benefit
           of
           which
           we
           this
           Day
           reap
           ;
           We
           may
           not
           hope
           God
           will
           honour
           them
           further
           ,
           in
           their
           cleaving
           to
           Him
           and
           His
           ,
           seeing
           after
           six
           years
           preparation
           ,
           by
           affliction
           ,
           and
           when
           under
           the
           height
           of
           Contempt
           ,
           they
           were
           unexpectedly
           brought
           together
           again
           ;
           without
           any
           projection
           ,
           or
           contrivance
           of
           their
           own
           ?
        
         
           XII
           .
           Whether
           you
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           of
           you
           ,
           have
           not
           been
           as
           active
           as
           most
           men
           ,
           in
           supporting
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           late
           Single
           Person
           ,
           by
           holding
           and
           executing
           Places
           of
           special
           Trust
           and
           Profit
           for
           several
           years
           ,
           untill
           difference
           arose
           betwixt
           Him
           and
           You
           ,
           or
           till
           it
           fell
           in
           course
           to
           You
           to
           be
           Disbanded
           :
           and
           whether
           You
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           You
           have
           not
           received
           extraordinary
           Rewards
           under
           that
           Government
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           whether
           you
           own
           your selves
           qualified
           for
           Government
           ,
           the
           chief
           and
           chargeable
           part
           of
           Repentance
           being
           yet
           wanting
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           Restitution
           ?
        
         
           XIII
           .
           Since
           Obedience
           to
           the
           late
           Government
           is
           lookt
           upon
           as
           so
           great
           a
           Crime
           ,
           that
           Repentance
           is
           required
           in
           the
           most
           godly
           ,
           and
           best
           qualified
           that
           acted
           under
           it
           ;
           You
           are
           desired
           to
           shew
           out
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           where
           ever
           any
           People
           are
           required
           to
           Examine
           the
           Right
           and
           Legality
           of
           a
           Power
           ,
           under
           which
           they
           Live
           ,
           and
           have
           Protection
           ,
           before
           they
           yield
           obedience
           in
           things
           morally
           lawful
           ;
           and
           whether
           such
           being
           possest
           with
           the
           seat
           of
           Government
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           looked
           upon
           as
           the
           Powers
           that
           are
           ;
           to
           
           which
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           directs
           Obedience
           ,
           even
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           
             Caesar
             Augustus
             ,
          
           who
           got
           the
           Empire
           by
           Blood
           ,
           Treachery
           ,
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           .
        
         
           XIV
           .
           Whether
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           ground
           ,
           if
           your
           Government
           Essayed
           ,
           were
           setled
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           as
           well
           to
           dispute
           our
           obedience
           thereunto
           ,
           as
           you
           ,
           to
           former
           or
           present
           Powers
           ,
           since
           this
           hath
           no
           more
           of
           the
           Suffrage
           of
           the
           People
           (
           if
           so
           much
           )
           as
           that
           had
           :
           neither
           can
           you
           hold
           out
           more
           specious
           pretences
           of
           Freedom
           and
           Godlinesse
           than
           hath
           been
           formerly
           pretended
           to
           ;
           and
           the
           great
           Offence
           ,
           taken
           at
           the
           former
           Government
           ,
           arose
           from
           subsequent
           Actions
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           can
           foresee
           what
           the
           best
           of
           men
           will
           be
           ,
           till
           tryed
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           what
           security
           shall
           the
           Nations
           have
           ,
           that
           your
           Essayed
           Government
           and
           Governours
           shall
           be
           better
           than
           the
           last
           form
           ,
           surnamed
           the
           Apostacy
           ?
        
         
           XV
           .
           Whether
           ,
           Since
           Repentance
           is
           required
           for
           former
           Obedience
           ,
           Works
           will
           not
           serve
           as
           well
           as
           Words
           ,
           (
           especially
           ,
           being
           joyned
           with
           Words
           )
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           Whether
           our
           Chief
           Commanders
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           that
           adventured
           lives
           and
           all
           ,
           (
           when
           you
           were
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           secure
           ,
           )
           to
           restore
           this
           Nation
           to
           its
           present
           freedom
           ;
           Whether
           these
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           looked
           on
           ,
           as
           specily
           qualified
           for
           Government
           ,
           (
           God
           having
           been
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           owned
           them
           ,
           )
           and
           so
           to
           be
           the
           Subject
           of
           Commendation
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Reproach
           ?
        
         
           XVI
           .
           That
           since
           in
           all
           Repentance
           some
           must
           judge
           the
           truth
           thereof
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           assign
           your
           Judges
           ,
           otherwise
           we
           are
           left
           without
           Government
           ,
           all
           (
           or
           almost
           all
           )
           being
           in
           your
           sense
           transgressours
           ;
           And
           that
           herein
           you
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           pitch
           upon
           the
           baptized
           or
           Independent
           Churches
           ,
           As
           they
           (
           as
           such
           )
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           to
           judge
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           without
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           they
           will
           judge
           favourably
           each
           for
           his
           own
           party
           :
           And
           being
           your
           triers
           (
           you
           denying
           Communion
           each
           with
           other
           ,
           and
           therein
           differing
           )
           would
           hardly
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           principles
           ,
           find
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           signed
           the
           Essay
           ,
           qualified
           for
           Government
           .
           The
           Presby●er
           ,
           you
           will
           hardly
           set
           him
           up
           to
           judge
           ,
           being
           byassed
           also
           by
           contrary
           Principles
           and
           narrow
           spirit
           :
           the
           Magistrate
           (
           if
           any
           there
           be
           in
           your
           account
           )
           cannot
           judge
           ;
           they
           onely
           by
           your
           Essay
           ,
           are
           to
           meddle
           with
           things
           meerly
           Civill
           :
           so
           that
           it
           is
           humbly
           conceived
           ,
           your
           Essay
           is
           
             felo
             de
             se
             ,
          
           and
           ought
           forthwith
           to
           be
           interred
           ,
           and
           the
           Testimony
           thereunto
           ,
           
           since
           published
           ,
           may
           serve
           for
           its
           winding-Sheet
           .
        
         
           XVII
           .
           Whether
           there
           be
           not
           more
           of
           the
           Serpentine
           subtilty
           and
           craft
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           Simplicity
           and
           Innocency
           of
           the
           Dove
           ,
           in
           so
           placing
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Subscribers
           ,
           that
           one
           
             John
             Owen
          
           is
           the
           first
           in
           the
           Paper
           ,
           thereby
           misleading
           the
           Reader
           to
           conceive
           it
           to
           be
           Dr.
           
             John
             Owen
             ,
          
           in
           order
           to
           the
           giving
           reputation
           to
           your
           Paper
           ?
        
         
           XVIII
           .
           Wherefore
           consider
           of
           it
           ,
           take
           advice
           ,
           and
           speak
           your
           minds
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           the
           Duty
           of
           all
           that
           meddle
           with
           Governments
           ,
           seriously
           to
           weigh
           the
           Apostle's
           words
           ,
           
             Jud.
          
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           verses
           .
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           better
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           Christians
           ,
           to
           study
           more
           their
           and
           your
           own
           duties
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           obey
           ,
           and
           heartily
           pray
           for
           our
           Rulers
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           spirit
           them
           for
           their
           great
           work
           ,
           and
           so
           fill
           them
           with
           Wisdom
           ,
           to
           establish
           both
           our
           spiritual
           and
           civill
           Liberty
           ;
           that
           neither
           any
           Christlan
           be
           debarred
           in
           spiritual
           or
           civil
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           Prophaneness
           ,
           Atheism
           ,
           or
           Injustice
           be
           in
           our
           Land
           ;
           but
           Justice
           run
           down
           as
           a
           stream
           ,
           which
           ;
           if
           the
           Lord
           have
           any
           pleasure
           in
           us
           ,
           will
           be
           our
           portion
           ?
        
         
           FINIS
           .