BOANERGES, OR The Parliament of Thunder WITH Their sharp Declarations against those rebellious Malignants that revolt and fall away from them.  
For which they are Voted evil members of the COMMONWEALTH,  
Rebels, and such who are the cause of all our present and bleeding miseries.  
feb. 8 1642 LONDON Printed for the serious consideration of all men who desire to have a permanent and lasting Peace.  
M. D.C.XLIII.   

The Parliament of thunder.  
IT is usual in time of public calamity, for carnal men to seek redress for themselves alone by carnallmeanes, but if we would demean ourselves like faithful servants to the Lord, we should examine ourselves, and find out the accursed thing that provokes God to anger, God strikes us not to destroy, but to bring us under the wing of heaven, when we oft creep into the black Cave of hellish practices, our crosses are as messengers to summon us before him, who will freely pardon where he finds true sorrow: God that is King above all Kings and Princes, Emperors and Monarches whatsoever, who sits in the royal throne of Princely glory, eternally at his right hand sits jesus Christ in Princely state, with all the Saints and Angels about them in the upper house of heaven, clothed with the Parliament robes of righteousness, lined with inocency; And in the lower house of this world God hath his house of Commons, where his servants meet to honour and do him worship, in which house his Prophets the Penmen of the holy Writ, are his Clerks, and his Ministers are his Speakers.  
God's Judgements here on earth is the Bar where sentence is denounced, and hell the place of final execution upon Malignants.  
In this high Court are decreed and established many permanent Laws, for the peaceable and well governing of the Church and commonwealth, with many Judgements thundered out by Proclamation against the disturbers thereof, for which purpose God hath appointed to take vengeance on such as do evilll. Rom. 13.  
1. The Prophet Esay, thunders against the the Sodomitish Isaralitea and tells them that they are Rebels and traitors, and by their superstitious idolatry had revolted from God's Law, confirmed in this high Court, they thought their superstition would be thought a blessing, but the Prophet told them that God loathed it, and that therefore their Land should lie waist, their Cities should be burnt with fire, and that strangers should murder them, and make them desolate, Esay 1.  
If we would have our Kingdom to be preserved (which God Almighty grant) we must take heed that we be not as rebellious as them, nor revolt from the cause of God, and permit Idolatry, and superstition abide peaceably amongst us, such peace will not bring a blessing, but make us to be loathed of God, and provoke him to lay our Land waste, to suffer the Enemy to burn our Cities, as they have done in Ireland already, and we shallbe in danger to have strangers fall upon us on a sudden, and murder us in our Beds, let us make our peace first with God, than he will send us such a peace as will make us happy.  
2. The Prophet jeremiah he thunders against jerusalem, for their lusts and uncleanness, and tells them that the Chaldeans and the Assyrians should come like a seething pot out of the North, to make their wickedness to boil up, and that they should be plagued with them, insomuch that they would submit to no rule but their own will, denying obedience to any Law.  
Oh what a Judgement is it upon this Land at this day, wherein the desperate Cavaliers in the North, boiling with their lust and filthiness, do despise Religion, and the people of God, fight against the high Court of Parliament, and bring such troubles and effusion of blood in the bowels of the Land, God turn away his wrath from us, that his Judgement may be removed from us, for it is a very sore one.  
3. The Prophet Ezekiell another member of this great Parliament, he is sent to a rebellious Nation, impudent children and stiff-hearted,, and because the Lord knew how he should be hated of the Rebels, therefore saith the Lord, fear them not, neither be afraid of their words, although Rebels, and thorns be with thee, and thou remainest amongst Scorpions, fear not their words nor be afraid of their looks, for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel, Chap. 2.  
And have not the Worthies of this Parliament been maligned and scorned by Rebels, impudent stiffnecked Papists, and popishly-affected people, but fear them not noble Senators, fear not the words of these Rebels, and scorpions, that are so full of thorny prickles, fear not, be not afraid, for God's work, the labour you are about, God will perfect in due time.  
4. The Prophet Daniel he was in captivity with the jews under Nabuchadnezar King of Babylon, but God provided for his safety, Chap. 1 and in the 3. Chap. three righteous servants of God were delivered from the fiery Furnace, which most cruelly was provided to burn them to ashes, but had not power so much as to touch their garments.  
And how many fires and tortures are at this day provided to grieve and trouble the righteous souls of God's Saints, but God is all sufficient, and he will provide for the safety of his People either to protect them, or to go through and deliver them from, and in all their troubles.  
5. The Prophet Hosea, he by his first child declares how God will visit the blood of jezrael upon the house of jehu. 2. By his Daughter he threatens to take Israel quite away, but to have mercy on the house of judah whom he will save. 3. By another son he declares that because Jsraell had forsaken god, therefore God would forsake them. Chap. 1.  
Did not the wicked zeal of the Prelates, cry for vengeance on their bloody designs, who though they pretended to do it for religion, yet it appeared plain enough that it was out of pride not conscience; And hath not the Lord wrought by wonders such great things, which by his proceed have been brought to pass since the Parliament sat, that we have cause to trust God, if our rotten hearts will but hold out, that Popery will quite be banished, and the true reformed Protestant Religion flourish, which God grant: Oh let us pray, and do you noble Senators labour still till you have perfected a thorough reformation, the Lord ●●osper you in it.  
6. The Prophet joel he tells them of judah, what a famine was ●ike to fall amongst them, because the palmer worm, the grasshopper, the canker worm, and the Caterpillar would destroy the vines, and that the drunkards should weep for want of drink to squench their thirst, joel chap. 1.  
And what a lamentable thing is it, to see how the Separatists the Palmer Worm; the Cavaliers the Grasshoppers; the jesuits, Priests and Friars, and other Papists, the Canker Worms, and Monopolies the Caterpillars of the Land, have taken pains not only to bring a famine of Bread in our Land, but a famine of the bread of the soul, the word of God; nay, how have many cruel hearted wretches fretted, with a kind of inward weeping, that they could not satisfy their greedy stomaches with the blood of the people of God, God deliver us from their power over us.  
7. The Prophet Amos, first he denounceth a thundering Judgement against Damascus, because they have threshed in Gilgall. 2. Against Azzah. 1. For captivating the people of God; and shutting them up in prisons in Edom. 3. Against Tyrus because they broke the Covenant. 4. Against Edom for killing their Brethren and plundering them, and using cruelty against them without all pity. 5. Against Ammon for ripping up the woman with child, and wicked rapine, Amos chap. 1.  
And if poor England, Scotland and Ireland, would have hope to escape destruction, the cruel enemies of the City must seize their threshing and malice, cruelty in prisons must be changed to mercy, men must have more respect to keep that solemn Protestation which was taken when we entered into Covenant (before the Lord) with the King and Parliament, the murder, rapine, plundering and cruelty against those that stand for God's cause, must not be suffered, for for such things as these God is highly provoked to anger.  
8. The prophet Obadiah threatens the Cavaliers of Edom that fortify themselves in Rocks and Castles, that God would pull down their pride and lay them low; Obadiah, chap. 1.  
And let the deboist Cavaliers of our days be sure, that God beholds all their actions, and will pull down the pride of their hearts and lay them low.  
9 The Prophet jonah was sent to thunder judgement against Nineveh, because the cry of the wickedness thereof was gone up before the Lord, chap. 1.  
And it is the cry of abominable Popery in our Land: It is the cry of cruel oppression, the cry of swearing and drunkenness that may justly make us to fear that our misery will be greater except we repent and these evils be reform.  
10. The Prophet Mica he thunders destruction against judals and jerusalem for their Idolatry, for which he tells them that their Cities should be made heaps of ruin, and strip them naked, and leave them howling and mourning, and rolling in the dust Mica, chap. 1.  
This would be in great danger to fall upon us if Idolatry should bear sway amongst us, it would bring our famous Cities to ruin, strip us naked of Gods holy word and worship, and make us to howl and mourn and roll ourselves in the dust till they utterly destroy us, and root us and our religion our.  
11. The Prophet Nahum thundereth vengeance against Nineveh and telleth them how God will destroy them utterly for their wicked Imaginations, but will send true peace to his people cap. 1.  
And let the highest inventions of wicked policy think of it what they will, let them be sure of this, that God will scatter and destroy them that use their policy against him or against his people, but to his servants he will send peace in an acceptable time.  
12. The Prophet Habakuk thunders out the destruction of the Chaldeans, those bitter furious Cavaliers that go upon the bre … of the Land to possess those dwelling places which are not theirs, they are terrible and fearful, their judgement and their dignity shall proceed of themselves, who are ●s fierce as wolves that come all to spoil, and make a mock of the King and Princes, chap. 1.  
And have not we as bitter furious Cavaliers as any of them were, that plunder and kill and do what they please, not regarding Law, but doing their own will, and make a mock of the King and Parliament, but God was ever highly displeased with such courses.  
12. The Prophet Zephaniah denounceth judgement against the People for worshipping the hosts of Heaven.  
And do not the Papists do the same, and yet are tolerated and bear great power and sway in some places of this Kingdom.  
If this thundering Parliament will not work upon us, nor move us to turn to God, than nothing can be expected but sudden ruin and destruction. The Lord give us grace to repent and relieve all our wants, and settle us in a permanent peace to his glory.   
FINIS.