CONCERNING the gouverment of the present PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND, Those are in the behalf of the Supreme judge to be delivered to the Lord Major and the Aldermen of the city of London, and are by them to be made known and manifested unto all the other Magistrates of the Cities and Provinces of the whole Kingdom. EVery sin is as a sharp sword, Sirach. 21. 1. johan. 3. johan. 8. 18. and doth so wound, that no body can heal it. For he that committeth sin is of the Devil, who is a liar and murderer from the beginning, with all those which do not continue in the truth, but have resisted God; Therefore hath he thrust and throune Epist. judae. 2. Petri. 2. 1. johan. 5. 2. Timot. 3. the hellish Angels out of heaven. Apocal. 12. Now therefore they which after his manner do stir up the most part of the world, Esai. 59 they do heap sin upon sin, upon their own selves. Sapient. 2. But they which inwardly in their Rom. 1. 2. hearts or consciences do resist the grace of God our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Tit. 2. according 1. Petri. 1. 5. Roma. 8. 9 johan 12. Hebr. 10. 12. Apoc. 20. Esai. 29. 2. Pet. 2. 3. Matt. 5. 7. Lucas, 6. to the humble Spirit of innocency, Galat. 4. 5. 6. they walk not att all in the light; and do outwardly exalt and promote themselves to be judges one of an other, 1. Corint. 4. and are already as much under the power of the Devil, as those scoffers and tyrants in the first world were; whom God by reason of their perverse courses overwhelmed with the Deluge, Genes. 6. 7. And especially in the new Testament it is not where taught that any one shall revenge or judge his enemies. Rom. ●▪ Therefore principally they of England Ephes. 4. may according to the words of Christ, his Disciples 1. Cor. 11. and Apostles, judge and try themselves, Ephes. 5. whether or no they be in the faith of Christ, or Rom. 11. Collos. 1. 3 jerem. 23. 1. Pet. 2. 4. if Christ be in them 2. Corint. 13. for they which have not the Spirit of Christ are not his, Rom. 8. And they which do not believe the word of God or Christ, those shall according to that same word Matt. 21. 24. Marc. 12. 13. jerem. 7. 8. 19 Nahum. 3. be judged, scattered and consumed. john. 12. Which therefore to avert, no false Prophets, Matth. 7. 24. no shows of any outward Temple or false service of God shall help. And moreover no roveing, murdering, stealing, public abominations or bloodsheading, Hosea 4. 9 12. shall be Hezec. 6. 11. 13. 22. Matt. 23. 1. Thes. 5. Luc. 3. 12. 17. Matt. 3. 13 covered, hid, or forgotten. By reason of which the day of the Lord is att hand, in which the Lord will cleanse his barn, and the chaff (namely, the children of iniquity, which would hinder his harvest; by whose means the good wheat is choked,) shall be cut down and burnt in the everlasting Esai. 9, 27, 65. 66. fire. The only, eternal, incorruptible, invisible, 1. Tim. 1. 6. Deut. 10. 32. jerem. 10. 32 50. 51. Mich. 6. 7. only wise immortal King of all Kings and Lord of all Lords, Revel 19 viz. the strong, true and living God, jesai. 10. 40. 45. 66. who from the beginning hath judged righteously here upon the face of the earth, which is his, Psal. 9 17. 18. 75. 89 96. 97. 98. and Revel. 17. 19 jerem. 23. Ezek. 13. Rom. 16. Phil. 3. Psal. 89. Zach. 12. 14. Daniel. 7. 11. appointed the ancient people, jesai. 44. will before the end of the world, not only have destroyed the Babylonical Whore, but also revealed and overthrown (Psalm 141.) the hypocrisy and lies of all the other false teachers, 2. Pet. 2. mercenaries, john. 10. or Servants of the belly. Wherefore also he still causeth to be fought forth, according to truth and righteoosnesse, 2. Tim. 2. 4. and his judgement to be denounced: In regard of which 4. Esd. 11. 12. 15. 16. Amos. 3. Heb. 4. 10 Isai. 47. 48. jerem. 50. 51. it is signified, according to the power of the living word of God, more and more, unto the Emperor, King of Spain and others, that are under the great Babel, Revel, 16. to leave the idolatry and witchcraft of their false Prophets, and to go out of Babel, if they desire to escape the fierce anger of God. But amongst the pretended Evangelical hypocrites Ezek. 34. Matt. 24. Mar. 13. or false Christians, he hath not found to his Servant David, in no place, any help at all, concerning the full deliverance of the elect, jerem. 30. as also neither faithfulness nor love, Ose. 4. nor faith, Galat. 5. Revel. 16. Titum. 1. 3 Psalm. 10. 52. 68 94. Isai. 42. 48. 49. 60. nor justice, Luc. 18. Those envious, nay wicked, proud, angry, haughty and tyrannical men, who in their do or purposes desire not at all to look principally upon the glory of God, nor upon the universal, temporal and eternal welfare of mankind, they should kill Christ himself, or seek Matt. 23. Luc. 11. after his live, if he should begin to overthrow, according to the Zeal of the Lord, their outward temple-doing and false worship of God, whereupon, 2. Tim. 4. jerem. 7. 8. 18. Rom. 1. 9 11. Psal. 69. 109. john. 2. Luc. 19 1. john. 3. Isai. 57 for the Salvation of their souls, they do stiffneckedly and obstinately rely, as in former times the jews did. But for as much as in this regard there is no peace 1. Thessaly. 5. For the furious, envious and bitter Cain in his generation, they in England especially, may look very well to themselves, how to behave them, concerning these so long lasting troubles Luc. 21. Matth. 24. Psal. 2. 99 and insurrections of war, whereby Satan is wholly set lose with rage and fury, Revel. 20. and to take heed, lest they further trespass and sin, Obad. 1. in using ill those poor innocent souls, jerem. 2. Rom. 1. the soldiers or the flock of the slaughter, Zachar. 11. who, by the unjust, nay crafty, murderous and traitorous design, Ezek. 22. of the Scots, are fall'n into their hands. For no body ought to be himself judge over another Rom. 12. 1. Pet. 2. Psal. 10. 94. Sap. 6. 1. Cor. 4. Seeing it is not only against the new, but also against the old testament, and cannot avail nor subsist before God, the judge of all. Hebr. 10. 12. And because no worldly magistrates, no nor those, Amos. 2. 3. 4. 5. who in their office are by God himself appointed to judge and to govern, have any power or licence, to charge the poor people and subjects, Isai. 1. 32. 53. with such a burden, nor to flay them, according as they please, for to maintain their violent gouvernement Mich. 3. invented by themselves, Amos. 6. therefore this printed letter, sent thither once already, jam. 5. is before all other things very well to be considered: Eccles. 10. 35. It hath been directed many years ago, because of the troubles of Germany principally, to the two Prince's Electours, of Saxen and Brandenbourg, but it belongeth also unto all the other pretended Evangelical Magistrates, Princes, Judges and Sap. 6. Rom. 1. 11 Mich. 7. Isai. 30. Matt. 29. Psal. 82. Isai. 8. 30. 50. Amos. 5. Ezek. 22. States there; who in their apostasy, hypocrisy, falsehood, unbelief and prevailing iniquity, have also undertaken to protect and defend themselves against the Counsel and Spirit of the Lord. Isa. 1. 8. 30. 31. Whereupon there hath been kindled such a fire, in that murdering den. jerem. 7. 11. 15. 17. or bloody city of this false Jerusalem, Matth. 21. 24. Marc. 11. that in many places or countries there have not been left neither men nor beasts, Zephan. 4. Esdr. 15. 16. 1. Cor. 12. Rom. 12. Isai. 59 Revel. 12. 16. 17. 1. To pass over in Silence, that the afflicted fellow-members, or those that are of the household of faith. Gal. 5. 6. by reason of such cunning despisers, Isai. 28, and inconsiderate violent men, are constrained to remain under the Babylonien yoke or abomination, and to be in danger, to perish eternally with body and soul, Dan. 12. which also will bring jerm. 23. Act. 20. Matt. 7. Zeph. 3. 2. Petr. 2. Revel. 16. Habac. 3. Zach. 13. Marc. 13. Coloss. 2. Isai. 5. 29. 33. Psal. 12. 80. Nahum. 2. 3. Mal. 3. Matth. 13. their dreamers. (Epist. jud.) the terrible ravening wolves risen in the flock, first off all into hell, as being such, upon whom men have relied concerning their salvation, and by whom Satan hath enticed to all wickedness. Wherefore it hath been written very sharply and powerfully unto the Scots, especially, that for the maintaining, establishing or propagating of their Covenant, they should not Subject themselves unto the whisper of such unclean Spirits, the false prophets, in such a manner, as a time hitherto hath been done with the destruction of the poor and miserable by other warriors and tyrants, thiefs and murderers, jerem. 7. 19 and principally by those in Germany, by whom all is so fare become a Spoil, nay quite a curse. jerem. 2. 17. All which shall as yet be judged on the children of that wicked one Isai. 3. who have Deut. 32. Rom. 12. Tit. 3. Matth. 7. 13. 24. Rom. 2. 14 1. Cor. 4. 2. Thes. 2. Revel. 12. 20. 14. 19 22. Isai. 9 27. 65. 66. 1. Cor. 15. entrenched upon the vengeance of God the Most high. Psal. 94. Hebr. 10. and so undertaken, by their unjust purposes or envious do, according to the working of the furious Satan within them, to hinder, nay quite to bring to nought the harvest, wherein God according to his word and Gospel, will judge the hidden things of the hearts; Who therefore shall thrust in his Sickle and cut off many into the very hell, and execute vengeance in anger & fury, Mich. 5. and make all his enemies his footstool. Psalm. 110. Hebr. 1. 10. A Servant of the Lord, Isai. 42. 49. jerem. 23. 30. 33. Mich. 4. 7. Psal. 89. 132. SErving God in his JUDGEMENT. Revel. Daniel. 2. 7. 12. Psal. 50. 97. 145. Hebr. 10. 11. 12. Isai. 1. 5. 51. 59 61. Amos. 5. 2 Thren. 2. 4 Rom. 8. 11 Psalm. 75. 125. Rom. 1. 9 11. joh. 1. 8. 12. 1. Corinth. 2. 1. Thesal. 2. 5. 14. 16. 18. the kingdom of affliction and patience, 2. Thess. 1. upon which men should have waited and hoped according to the righteousness in the Spirit by faith, Gal. 5. and by no means in such a manner, as the stubborn, obstinate jews blinded by the Devil, have done, when Christ their poor despised king came, Isai. 53. Zach. 9 11. 12. CONCERNING The troubles and the false JUDGEMENT In ENGLAND. GOD is just, and his word doth not lie. For Deut. 10. 32. Tit. 1. Hebr. 6. john. 8. 12 jerem. 23. Matth. 5. it is impossible, for God or for the strength of Israel to lie, 1. Samuel 15. Malac. 3. And he will have that same his word kept, or performed according to his council and will, Matth. 7. 24. 25. According to which he hath dearly signified unto those in the second or new Testament, that they should not revenge themselves on their enemies Rom. 2. 12. 14. 1. Thess. 5. Wisdom. 6. 12. Psa. 10. 94. and judge nothing 1. Cor. 4 nor render evil for evil, but to leave all revenge unto God 1. Pet. 2. Who judgeth righteously and without respect of persons, Deuter. 10. and will not suffer vengeance to be taken from him, as a while hitherto divers have attempted, intending to hinder the Kingdom of God, nay to bring to nought (Matth. 24) Dan. 2. 7. 12. Marc. 13. Revel. 16. his Judgement, concerning the universal redemption of his elect, Luc. 18. When I being there present had put to mind unto the King of England, that what He and his Parliament had taken from the subject, for to kill and destroy one another, they maight have employed it for to help their poor neighbours in Germany, He did answer, that it was true: Which those his adversaries, by whom he is killed, have not done, nor desired to regard the common temporal and eternal welfare of mankind: but they undertake after the fashion of the Jews 2. Cor. 10. Rom. 1. 16. in former times, to set up an earthly and worldly Dominion, wherein the inward obedience within, the conscience towards God shall cease, nay have no place at all amongst them: And besides this, the 2. Tim. 3. 4. 1. john. 2. 4. strive and discord of the Scribes or worldly learned men, whence originally all the destruction in whole EUROPE is risen, shall remain. It agreeth therefore very ill, that such men who in regard of the hope of faith are quite separated from Rom. 8. Hebr. 11. God, do hope the confirmation of their Commonwealth from those under the great Babel, namely Rom. 16. 17. Psal. 125. 146. from the King of Spain and his like, and approve thereof, whereas they have killed their King even for this cause, that, as they pretend, he had favoured the Roman catholics and complied with them. But there will be an ill end with those men that do Epist. judae. Mica. 6. jam. 5. Mica. 3. Malac. 3. 4. Isai. 57 Psalm. 10. 68 Amos 5. Hebr. 10. 12. Luc. 12. 17. 18. 21. Matth. 24. Rom. 2. 12. 14. Psal. 94. not obey, nor take notice of this present and last time, Dan. 8. 11. 12. but dare begin with the revenue of the country and means of the subject, the which they force and squeeze out of them and waste, according to their pleasure, such tumults and insurrections, whereby the outward opposition groweth the longer the greater, and the inward fire, because of envy and bitterness, becometh burning more and more. The true believers ought, according to truth and Justice, Psal. 89. 97. to look upon God and upon the universal temporal and eternal welfare of mankind, and therefore not to be judges themselves, 1. Cor. 4. For God suffers not vengeance to be taken from him, Hebr. 10. GIVEN According to the vengeance, Zeal and 2. Thess. 1. Isai. 9 42. 51. 59 63. Wisdom. 6. 12. justice of God, and because of his Kingdom and JUDGEMENT, Dan. 2. 7. 12. Isai. 47. 48. Revel. 16. 18. 19 ANNO 1651.