Christ's most faithful Servants, who do only aim at the glory of Christ, and Hi●… Majesty's happiness. He also prayed, That God would give Him most real, solid, and sound Humiliation for His own, and His People's most fearful, raging, and Crying sins, their idolatry, Superstition, Profaneness, and Blasphemies: That the Lord would humble Him for His overlong favouring and honouring of the Enemies of Jesus Christ, that he would let him see and know what manner of persons are about him and to discern his Friends from his Foes, all true hearted Nehemiahs, from al●… treacherous Tobiaths and Sanballats; all well affected Mordecays, from all those proud insulting. haman's, who only seek the utter extirpation, and rooting out of al●… the people of God, and of his precious Truth out of all his Kingdoms. That he would remove fare from him all Ahabs, false Prophets, and overpowerfull and malicious Doegs, with all ambitious and prating Diotrephesses, against the Lords most blessed People and Truth: together with all time serving Sycophants, all wicked, cursed, profane Atheistical and Popish affected persons; and worldly wise Achitophel's, with all Apostatical Demasses, that for the love of this present world forsake the Truth, and the Cause of the dear Saints of God, which is Gods own cause; that hereby his Throne may be established in righteousness: and in the utter confusion of the cursed and pernicious Counsels of these Enemies, his Crown might flourish upon his own, and the heads of his posterity.  
Also for the Queen he prayed, That God would bring her to the knowledge of Christ, and give her a sincere love and affection unto the Truth, with all his holy Ordinances; to grant her an understanding and a tractable heart to all the ways of God, and to let her know that all the ways of Antichrist are ways of death; that she being throughly acquainted with all the hellish, and abhorred practices of Popery, may utterly detest and forsake the same.  
He prayed also, for the Religious, holy heavenly and happy education of their Royal Issue, and especially of the Prince his Highness. And because whom the Lord blesseth should be blessed, and whom he curseth should be cursed, he desired The God of all blessing, with all the blessings both of heaven and earth, to bless that most learned, wise, and Religious Assembly, the high Court of Parliament, his Majesty's great, brave, and worthiest Council in that most renowned Kingdom of England, in which Kingdom the Lord had been, and it was his prayer and his hope that he still might be worshipped in great power, and purity, even in the beauties of holiness, notwithstanding all the cursed conspiracies and practices of all the enemies of Reformation there. He also earnestly prayed, That the Lord should bless all those that blessed them and that he would curse those that curse them; to be a friend to those that are friends to them, and an enemy to those that are their enemies; and that he would smite through the loins of all them that rise up against them, and of those that hate them that they arise not again.  
He also prayed very affectionately and zealously, that the Lord would bless all their Armies, both by Sea and Land; all their Officers and Commanders in Chief, especially the Right Honourable, God's faithful Servant, Robert Earl of Essex, Lord General of their Forces, with all subordinate Officers employed in that service, for the glory of God, the felicity of his Majesty and tranquillity of the Kingdom. He prayed, That God would fight his own Battle and maintain his cause against that cursed, deceitful, and Traitorous profession and practice of bloody and hypocritical Roman Catholics, risen up in Arms in dear England, and distressed Ireland, to exterminate the truth, and sincere professors of the glorious Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh that God would divide these cursed enemies in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel, and give glorious victory to his Servants, in either Kingdom, and render to all their implacable enemies a recompense answerable to the work of their hands, and give them sorrow of heart. The curse of the Lord be upon them, even to the utter destruction of all such who do not belong to the Lords election of grace: and if still the Sword of the Lord would not be quiet, he desired that God would give it a charge to destroy his enemies the adverse party, those uncircumcised Philistims, Atheists and Papists, that have banded together, and would not have jesus Christ to reign over them, who refuse to be guided by the Statutes of his Kingdom, and desire not the knowledge of his holy ways.  
This was the sum of that part of his prayer which occasioned exception: besides divers exceptions which were taken at his Sermon, which I forbear to mention.  
We are waiting for the King's answer unto our Commissioners, and accordingly you shall see the resolutions of this Kingdom raised, for most of our Gentry & Commonalty, are firm unto the Parliament of England, but amongst our Court Parasites, both Nobles & Gentry, there is nothing but unsoundness in them, and treachery to be expected from them: your Court Malignants there have such influence into ours here, that had not the divine providence prevented it, we had ere now been embroiled in the same sufferings: but I hope God will break their bands, and burst their cords asunder; not our bands (whom you call Malignants) can affect, although it tends unto the ruin of their own, as well as of your Kingdom; they will attempt it, at what price soever: upon Thursday last, being 16. February The Earl Mon Rose and Lord Oglseby, were proclaimed Traitors to God, their King, and Country, with the beat of a Drum, and the sound of a Trumpet here in our City of Edinburgh, Because that contrary to there Covenant (to the breach of the peace of both Kingdoms they) stole out of Scotland to Newcastle an hundred and twenty horse & men, to assist the King against the Parliament. There be two books in Print, the one is called Plain English, the other a New Plea for the Parliament, which have done much good in this Kingdom: But we hear that you are about a Treaty, which is much wondered at, that contrary to former expresses it should now be concluded, and upon such disadvantages as we hear of, and as you will find the pardoning of Delinquents to be unto you: such a peace will lay a foundation of future misery unto your Kingdom, and end in a more bloody war: so their treaties intent only their own ends. The Spaniard ever gained more by their Treaties, than by their Swords; & by their Counsel's King Charles is too much acted, as all the World can witness, and his Popish Army make no little boast thereof. And if both Armies were disbanded (which we believe the Catholics will never yield unto, although the King should grant unto adisbanding, (this cause concerning them so much) are you not in statu quo prius? nay worse? can that be cordially forgiven, which will never be forgotten? Is it not a Court principle to wait a fit opportunity of revenge? sed Manum de tabula, your body is more corrupt and diseased than ours: and if those Relics left in our Stare, are so active now in wickedness, how much more operative and stirring will the humours be in yours, when all power in their hands? We had thought our Lenity unto Delinquents here, would have been monitory unto you there, who have been eye witnesses of our distractions and divisions, the effects whereof are now seen in England's and Ireland's extremities. But Oh popopuli ad servitudinem praeparati! as said Tiberius. This we say, for we pray for your Parliament, that if Moabs' wiles do not destroy them, Balaams' curse shall never hurt him: If they keep close to God, he will preserve them from both, but if they disert him, and forsake their first love, love to his truth, and love to Justice, he will forsake them: And then woe unto them, the Lord grant that you never taste the bitter fruits of a back-sliding Parliament, and of the Treasons and Treacheries of any of the members thereof, who for their own ends care not to betray God, his truth and people, to make a sale of their dear Country, friends and whatsoever is precious, with which only they are made feoffs in trust: Oh that your eyes may never see it, nor my ears may never hear it.  
We hear it for a secret, yet as certain News, and it came from some persons about the King, that His Majesty hath vowed and sworn to pawn His Crown, for the Prelate's Mitre: that he will bear out the Catholics in this their unnatural Rebellion, upon which they are so bold as to say, That if the King deserts them, and disbands his Forces, ere he accomplish his ends propounded to them in raising this Army, he is never to be trusted by God or man.  
We hear the Queen is landed, and hath brought over besides great store of Arms, much money, the benevolence of the Catholics beyond Sea, for the maintenance of this War, yet our secret intelligence is, that she hath Instructions (and we hear also from whom) to mediate for a peace (and we know for what ends, and with what reservations) but we wish your Parliament the wisdom of God, of Angels, and of men, in this hour of temptation.  
We hear also that your Lords that went to the King, and those Commons has went along with them, have sucked in much of the corruptions of the court at Oxford, which since hath produced bad effects in the Parl. House, to the great discouragement of the best affected Citizens of London, upon whose shoulders a great part of the burden of this war hath laid: we look upon it as a sad omen: & fear that things have been only carried as politicly & not so piously as was pretended hitherto: the report is, that the fear of a Reformation surpriseth the spirits of your licentious Nobles, who had rather lose the power ●…nd purity of the Gospel, than their Court Minions, their pride their State, ●…nd their book of Common Prayer. We desire and hope better things: but ●…here is a whispering as if their affection to some about the King, related and ●ngaged to them hath made them so cold (not to speak so broad as others do) in this cause all along, and therefore so little hath been done by them; or by those employed for them, and yet much must not be expected from these Lords any longer, now they see the terms upon which the truth must be purchased: but were you of their counsel, I would tell them one of Solomon's Proverbs, that he that layeth up deceit with him, and covereth his hatred therewith, ●…his wickedness shall be discovered to the whole World, or one of Gamaliels politics, that if this work be of man, it shall come to nought, but if it be of God, they cannot overthrow it, lest they be found fighters against God, Faelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. There is a History of the Sweathens, who when their Nobles in compliance with their Sovereign went about to betray their liberties, the people (whom God and nature hath invested with all power primitive, it being only in the hands of others derivative as men entrusted therewith by them, and go accountable to them) they unwilling to be enthralled and brought into servitude, risen up for the vindication of their just privileges, and apprehended their Nobles, and put them to death as Traitors to their State, God in justce will suffer dishonour to stain the glory of such who have no regard unto his honour.  
We hear that you do much wonder that we in all this time have afforded you no assistance, both States being embarked in one & the same cause: you shall see what we will do shortly, but when you consider what jealousies there were of us in your State before, who durst not trust us with the spoil of our Enemies, the Papists (which was all the satisfaction was desired in consideration of our vast expenses occasioned by them, or had prevented all those miseries that have now invaded you, besides the loss of much blood which hath been spilt and monies spènt but secundae cogitationes are ever the best) you thought we came to enrich ourselves, and to impoverish you, and had we not obtained our ends we had never departed in peace, how much more shall we be suspected now, the same principles of jealousy still remaining in you●… and your means of resistance being less powerful through your own divisions: if these surmises were removed in your parts generally, and prejudice by that means, were taken off our Spirits: you should finde us not comtemplative but active, to afford you all Fraternal assistance; but you will say these jealousies were never fostered in the hearts of the best affected; but of the Malignants of the Kingdom. I wish it had been so: but beloved you shall find this no obstacle in your spirits, do you remain fixed in your Resolutions, and you shall see a speedy issue of our determinations upon the return of our Commissioners; But judge with yourselves if this had been reasonable, nay if it would not have been prejudicial to you, much more to us, that an Army should have been raised by us, to be so suddenly disbanded ere the end pretended had been effected: your inconstancy and uncertainty amazeth us, but let your premises, and principles only be established, & thence you shall see answerable conclusions deducted according, answerable to your expectations, to your desires. Today it is resolved that you will treat in no place but in Parliament, to morrow you will in any place appointed: (which we judge not only to be dishonourable but a breach, but a loss of the trust privilege of Parliament.) To day it is declared that you will no more Petition His Majesty, to morrow you will: (whereas we hold Declarations to be more suitable to the Sovereignty of so supreme a Court, whose power is coordinate with Princes, than Petitions. To day it is protested that you take up Arms to bring Delinquents to Judicial trial, and to condign punishment: to morrow it is determined otherwise, they shall be pardoned. To day it is ordered, that the ships be sequestered for the service of the Kingdom, the Forts and strong holds secured and maintained for the security of the Kingdom from evil insurrections, and foreign invasions, that they be entrusted in the hands of such as the Kingdom may conside in; to morrow it is disputeable, whether for peace sake, and upon condition of disbanding all may not be left to the disposition of the King. These former Votes either were the reason of the Kingdom or not, if the Reason, than the cause still remaining, the ebuity of the reason continues in force: and so the same care is yet to be had that was formerly, if not, why djd you at all take Arms? how can it be justified before God and man? upon whose heads shall all that innocent blood lie, that hath hitherto been shed? Hinc illae Lachrymae? We are astonished that so wise a Parliament should be deluded by the Sophistry of a Jesuited faction, about the Court and in the Kingdom, whose Counsels have been deep to contrive the ruin of Parliament and Kingdom, and hath swept away the honour of many of their Members who were in the head, & at the first session thereof Gold, but in the feet are clay: Let England's Parliament, beware of Neutrality, for there is no halting before God; the Land hath already smarted for compliance with men of Antichristian spirits, & if now they hear not the rod, the next stroke will reach unto the soul: our earnest prayer is that they may wisely distinguish between Christ's and Antichrists, in this their day may understand the things of their peace; for the quarrel is whether Jesus shall be King or no. O that England may never seek the death of crowned King Jesus! may never comply with dying Antichrist, against whom in special is all Christ's quarrel in this last age of the World. Our soul's desire is that your Parliament abate nothing of their professed zeal, and resolved integrity, lest they utterly lose the heart of God, the prayers of his people, and to procure to themselves a curse, a blot of ignominy throughout all Kingdoms (whose eyes are fixed upon them) as shall never be wiped out from generation to generation. Oh that the God of Wisdom would lead you into all wisdom, for it is not in man to direct his way! if he ratifies a peace who can procure trouble? Remove the cause, & the effect will cease: supplant the root, and the fruits will whither and die; lop the branches only, and your distractions will sprout forth again with great increase, to the utter undoing of future Generations, if God's mercy prevent it not by withering. Blessed is he that hath a seeing eye, a hearing ear, an understanding heart to attend to Counsel ere repentance comes in too late. Oh let not selfe ends, security, distrust of divine Providence and power, prove all your hopes abortive, and lose you the Crown, the recompense of so many months and years travel both from God & man! Oh let not fear, nor favour, engagements, or prejudice forest all your Judgements, or divert your intentions from the rule of God's Word, or that Protestation so solemnly sworn before God, and the whole World, lest your iniquities pursue you, and your hypocrisy and Apostasy do find you out! You have begun well, and who do let you that you should not finish the work in the purest Reformation? he that hath an ear let him hear. Hear me in this your day that God may hear you in his Even, in the great Judgement day.  
FINIS.