A letter from Mr. Robert Iohnston, one of the Elders of Edenborough, directed to Master VVilliam Agard in Cambridge, with a petition of the English there inclosed, to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Also Master Agards letter to his friend in London, conteyning matters of great moment, tending to the pacification of the miserable distractions of these present times.
         Johnston, Robert, one of the elders of Edenborough.
      
       
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             A letter from Mr. Robert Iohnston, one of the Elders of Edenborough, directed to Master VVilliam Agard in Cambridge, with a petition of the English there inclosed, to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Also Master Agards letter to his friend in London, conteyning matters of great moment, tending to the pacification of the miserable distractions of these present times.
             Johnston, Robert, one of the elders of Edenborough.
             Agard, William.
          
           [2], 6 p.
           
             for T. How,
             Printed at London :
             1642.
          
           
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           Agard, William.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           A
           Letter
           from
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Iohnston
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           Elders
           of
           
             Edenborough
             ,
          
           directed
           to
           Master
           
             VVilliam
             Agard
          
           in
           Cambridge
           ,
           with
           a
           Petition
           of
           the
           English
           there
           inclosed
           ,
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Also
           Master
           
             Agards
          
           Letter
           to
           his
           friend
           in
           London
           ,
           conteyning
           matters
           of
           great
           moment
           ,
           tending
           to
           the
           pacification
           of
           the
           miserable
           distractions
           of
           these
           Present
           times
           .
        
         
           Keepe
           the
           Vnity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           the
           bond
           of
           peace
           .
        
         
           portrait
        
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           for
           
             T.
             How
             .
          
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Letter
           From
           Mr.
           Robert
           Iohnston
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Elders
           at
           Edenborough
           ,
           directed
           to
           Mr.
           William
           Agard
           in
           Cambridge
           ;
           with
           a
           Petition
           of
           the
           English
           there
           inclosed
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           excellent
           Majesty
           of
           the
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Ioy
           to
           heare
           that
           my
           good
           Cousen
           your
           wife
           is
           already
           the
           happy
           Mother
           of
           two
           Sonnes
           ,
           for
           whom
           as
           for
           my selfe
           I
           pray
           daily
           ;
           desining
           to
           have
           an
           opportune
           meeting
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           rejoyce
           together
           in
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           I
           doubt
           not
           of
           your
           diligence
           in
           doing
           your
           God
           service
           .
           You
           are
           one
           of
           those
           Watch-men
           upon
           Ierusalems
           Walles
           ;
           Never
           hold
           your
           peace
           ,
           keepe
           not
           silence
           ,
           give
           him
           no
           rest
           ,
           untill
           hee
           shall
           establish
           and
           make
           his
           Sion
           a
           praise
           in
           the
           earth
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           great
           cause
           now
           ,
           for
           (
           with
           great
           regreet
           )
           I
           
           feele
           a
           fearefull
           shake
           given
           to
           the
           halfe
           happy
           Act
           of
           Pacification
           :
           Papists
           and
           Prelates
           joyne
           with
           men
           (
           acted
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           Sathan
           )
           to
           seperate
           the
           King
           from
           His
           Parliament
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           his
           loyall
           Subjects
           (
           here
           and
           there
           as
           in
           Ireland
           )
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           all
           :
           would
           to
           God
           they
           were
           all
           gone
           that
           so
           trouble
           us
           .
           Wee
           have
           hope
           here
           (
           and
           I
           pray
           for
           the
           like
           with
           you
           )
           that
           their
           wicked
           rod
           shall
           not
           long
           rest
           upon
           your
           Lot
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           please
           you
           to
           peruse
           the
           inclosed
           Petition
           ,
           it
           came
           to
           me
           by
           a
           good
           hand
           ,
           tends
           to
           a
           right
           end
           ,
           from
           a
           firme
           ground
           ,
           through
           a
           middest
           answerable
           your
           furtherance
           will
           doe
           much
           ,
           but
           God
           onely
           can
           accomplish
           the
           worke
           which
           I
           pray
           for
           ,
           and
           am
           still
        
         
           
             Your
             loving
             Cousen
             ,
             Robert
             Iohnston
             .
          
           
             Edenborough
             
               the
               12.
               of
               Septemb.
               1642.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           most
           Honourable
           the
           Lords
           and
           Peeres
           of
           this
           Realm
           .
           As
           also
           to
           the
           honourable
           the
           Lords
           and
           others
           ,
           Knights
           Citizens
           ,
           Barons
           and
           burgesses
           in
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           now
           ASSEMBLED
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           humble
           Petition
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           God
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           of
           every
           lively
           member
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           Iesus
           is
           the
           Head
           .
        
         
           Sheweth
           .
        
         
           THat
           
             I
             am
             ,
          
           is
           the
           God
           of
           Vnity
           and
           Order
           ,
           But
           his
           enemy
           (
           
             Sathan
          
           )
           is
           the
           author
           of
           division
           &
           disorder
           ;
           as
           appeares
           by
           the
           first
           
             Adams
          
           fall
           ,
           &
           the
           second
           
             Adams
          
           reparation
           ,
           when
           to
           prevent
           the
           malice
           of
           
             Abaddon
             ,
          
           God
           united
           his
           Diety
           to
           humanity
           in
           the
           person
           of
           his
           deare
           son
           ,
           and
           him
           sent
           to
           seeke
           and
           save
           ,
           al
           poor
           lost
           sinners
           beleevers
           :
           That
           in
           the
           hypostaticall
           union
           ,
           there
           are
           3.
           distinct
           Offices
           ,
           of
           Prophet
           ,
           Priest
           ,
           and
           King
           ,
           of
           all
           which
           (
           in
           his
           humanity
           )
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           had
           possession
           ,
           yet
           alleadged
           that
           his
           Kingdome
           (
           as
           then
           )
           was
           not
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           remayning
           now
           and
           ever
           since
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           his
           most
           holy
           Father
           in
           glory
           ,
           untill
           his
           enemies
           shall
           be
           made
           his
           footstool
           .
           That
           in
           1642
           years
           from
           the
           incarnation
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           hath
           already
           vindicated
           the
           Prophetique
           and
           Priests
           Offices
           to
           his
           Son
           ,
           against
           all
           Turkes
           ,
           Iewes
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           infidels
           :
           The
           Regall
           Office
           onely
           remains
           undetermined
           :
           And
           the
           axe
           is
           now
           laid
           to
           the
           root
           ,
           he
           that
           will
           not
           take
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           for
           his
           K.
           must
           be
           brought
           out
           and
           slain
           .
        
         
         
           That
           your
           Most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           (
           the
           fountaine
           of
           piety
           and
           justice
           ,
           and
           the
           life
           of
           the
           Law
           unto
           us
           your
           most
           humble
           Petitioners
           &
           obedient
           Subjects
           )
           have
           set
           to
           your
           seale
           and
           in
           acknowledgment
           of
           Gods
           truth
           ,
           have
           subscribed
           ,
           
             Christo
             auspice
             Regno
             .
             Posui
             Deum
             adiutorem
             meum
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           That
           your
           Lordships
           and
           Honours
           have
           likewise
           come
           into
           the
           same
           Government
           ,
           contending
           against
           those
           Laws
           and
           Customes
           ,
           opposite
           to
           the
           Law
           establisht
           by
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           which
           
             Elutherius
          
           prescribed
           to
           
             Lucius
          
           first
           Christian
           King
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           both
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           setled
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           when
           at
           Antioch
           the
           Disciples
           were
           first
           called
           Christians
           ,
        
         
           That
           the
           recovery
           of
           that
           name
           Christian
           will
           expell
           the
           by
           names
           ,
           
             Papists
             ,
             Protestants
             ,
             Lutherans
             ,
             Brownists
             ,
             Sectaries
             ,
             Roundheads
             ,
             Prickeare
             ,
          
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           disgracefully
           put
           upon
           the
           Christian
           Subjects
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ;
           Quiet
           the
           present
           distractions
           and
           distempers
           ,
           cleare
           all
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           settle
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           Your
           Majesties
           Prerogative
           ,
           the
           Parliaments
           priviledge
           ,
           and
           the
           Subjects
           propriety
           and
           peace
           ,
           will
           so
           be
           all
           at
           one
           ,
           to
           your
           generall
           contentment
           ,
           and
           the
           saving
           of
           All
           in
           all
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           therefore
           please
           Your
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           and
           your
           Parliament
           to
           agree
           speedily
           upon
           that
           one
           thing
           necessary
           ,
           and
           prevent
           the
           malicious
           intendments
           of
           the
           Common
           adversary
           .
        
         
           For
           which
           your
           petitioners
           are
           daily
           suppliant
           at
           the
           Almighties
           throne
           ,
           and
           your
           laborious
           servants
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           Letter
           From
           one
           Master
           Agard
           to
           his
           friend
           in
           London
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           read
           his
           Majesties
           Declarations
           at
           large
           ,
           printed
           at
           Cambridge
           ,
           as
           also
           his
           Majesties
           vindication
           ,
           written
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           say
           by
           a
           Parliament
           man
           ,
           but
           without
           his
           name
           thereunto
           printed
           and
           published
           .
           I
           have
           also
           seene
           the
           passages
           (
           publisht
           )
           betweene
           the
           Scots
           and
           the
           English
           answering
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           agreeing
           together
           to
           a
           far
           better
           end
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           )
           than
           
             Sampsons
          
           Foxes
           with
           their
           fire
           brands
           ,
           for
           they
           burnt
           up
           onely
           the
           standing
           Corne
           of
           the
           Philistims
           ,
           who
           did
           then
           Lord
           it
           over
           Israel
           ;
           these
           I
           hope
           will
           eradicate
           all
           those
           Fox-like
           incendiaries
           ,
           Papists
           and
           Prelates
           ,
           that
           have
           wrought
           their
           ends
           upon
           the
           continent
           of
           Europe
           hitherto
           ,
           and
           now
           are
           at
           worke
           in
           England
           and
           Ireland
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           the
           North
           Country
           Scotland
           ,
           &
           the
           parts
           of
           England
           bordering
           thereupon
           ,
           are
           som
           in
           calmer
           condition
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           Pray
           God
           continue
           it
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           eternall
           Majesty
           be
           pleased
           to
           tell
           his
           Majesty
           (
           our
           most
           Gracious
           Soveraigne
           )
           that
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           England
           is
           not
           yet
           sufficiently
           reformed
           ,
           and
           
           that
           his
           Majesty
           may
           not
           stand
           still
           as
           the
           Sun
           (
           albeit
           
             Ioshuah
          
           should
           command
           it
           )
           much
           lesse
           goe
           backe
           as
           in
           
             Hezechiahs
          
           time
           ;
           but
           he
           must
           goe
           forward
           as
           a
           Gyant
           ,
           fight
           the
           good
           fight
           ,
           and
           finish
           his
           course
           in
           keeping
           faith
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           stagger
           ,
           but
           stand
           fast
           to
           his
           temporall
           Crown
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           so
           obtaine
           an
           eternall
           Crowne
           of
           glory
           :
           to
           which
           my
           prayer
           made
           in
           the
           name
           and
           mediation
           of
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           let
           the
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           faithfull
           servants
           say
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           sent
           you
           herewith
           a
           Copy
           of
           a
           Petition
           which
           came
           from
           England
           to
           Edenborough
           ,
           and
           is
           thence
           againe
           returned
           unto
           me
           in
           a
           Letter
           from
           my
           Cousen
           
             Johnston
             ,
          
           the
           originalls
           are
           here
           inclosed
           ,
           you
           may
           consider
           how
           usefull
           they
           may
           prove
           ,
           and
           use
           them
           as
           you
           please
           .
           Pray
           let
           me
           heare
           from
           you
           as
           you
           can
           with
           the
           first
           opportunity
           ▪
           I
           will
           repay
           it
           thankfully
           ,
           and
           rest
        
         
           
             From
             my
             house
             in
             Lond.
             
               24.
               
               Sept.
               1642.
               
            
          
           
             Yours
             to
             be
             commanded
             .
             William
             Agard
             .
          
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .