ENGLAND'S SATISFACTION IN EIGHT QVERIES; Concerning the true place, Office, and power of a KING, according to GOD'S Word.  
A KING, as he is the Lords Anointed over his 
GOD'S Judgements upon his people for ask of a King.  people Israel, 1 Sam. 8.11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. will take your sons and your daughters to serve him; He will take your fields, vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them from you, and give them to his servants; He will take the tenth of your seed and of your vine-yards from you, and give them to his Officers and to his servants; and he will take your man-servants and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your Asses, and put them to his work; He will take the tenth of your sheep, and ye shall be his servants.  

1. Quest. Is it lawful for Kings to do as Samuel from the Lord told the people Saul would do?  
Answ. No: for Samuel at the establishing of Saul, 1 Sam. 10. 25. told Saul and all the people the duty of a King, as it is written, Deut. 17.16, 17, 18, 19, 20. and wrote it in a Book and laid it up before the Lord, as a witness betwixt King and people, so that all that the Lord doth command, is lawful to be done, and it is a sin not to do it; and all that the Lord doth forbid, is unlawful to be done, and it is a sin to do it. The Lord in the 8th of the 1 Sam. doth not command Kings to take from one and to give to another, and to do their own wills: therefore it is not lawful for Kings to exercise this regal power: but the Lord saith, that they will do so and so, which is not a sufficient warrant for Kings to do so and so, because the Lord in his Law of the duty of a King hath expressly forbidden the same. Deut. 17 18, 19, 20. And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his Kingdom, that he writ him 
The duty of a King▪  a copy of this Law in a Book, and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God; that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, to the right hand or to the left. Therefore it is unlawful for Kings to exercise this regal power: King David, though a man after Gods own heart, because he by virtue of this regal power, would have Barshebah, the wise of Vriah to be his wife, and caused joab to put Vriah in the forefront, that he might fall by the sword: for which Nathan the Prophet told David, 2 Sam. 12. 9 Thou hast killed Uriah with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the Children of Ammon: Vers. 10. Therefore the sword shall never departed from thine house: It made good David by the experience of evil, the sight and knowledge of evil, and repentance for evil, say at his latter end, 2 Sam. 23. 3. He that ruleth over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of the Lord. Rehoboam thinking by this regal power he might do what he would, over and with his Subjects, refused the good and mild Counsel of his grave and wise Elders, and took the rough and evil Counsel of his young Counsel, 1 King. 12. 3. which lost him ten of his twelve Tribes. Ahab by this regal power thought he might take away Naboth's Vineyard, and so followed the wicked Counsel of Idolatrous jezabel his wife, and put Naboth to death: for which the Lord saith by Eliah the Prophet, 1 Kings 21▪ 19 21, 22. In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. And I will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat: therefore it is utterly unlawful to use this regal power.   

2. Quest. If it be unlawful for Kings to take from, and to give unto, and to do what they please, why did or doth the Lord (in the 1 Sam. 8. 17.) command the people to yield obedience, and serve their Kings, according to such demands, commands, will, and pleasure.  
Answ. For two reasons: first, in respect of the Lord himself, because he was King of Israel, and had that regal power and prerogative▪ Royal, to do his own will with man; as the Potter with the clay; who being able, and did with a mighty hand, and stretched-out-arme▪ bring Israel out of Egypt from the cruelty of Pharaoh through the red Sea, and in the Wilderness caused the stony Rocks to yield them water to drink, giving them Manna, Angel's food, and sent them Quails to eat; and gave them the Land of Canaan, houses they builded not, Vineyards, Orchards, and gardens they planted not, and cast out seven Nations greater than they before them; even a Land flowing with milk and honey: Notwithstanding all which, Israel would have a Man King, as had the Nations, 1 Sam. 8. 5. At which Samuel was displeased: but the Lord said unto Samuel, ver. 7. hear the voice of the people: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them: therefore testify (vers. 9) unto them, and show them the manner of the King (being but a man what evil inclinations he will be of) that shall reign over you, to take from one (unjustly) and give it to another (that hath no right to the same unequally to demand of, and command over and from you (according to his own corrupt lusts) as it is vers. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. And when these things shall come upon you▪ vers. 18. ye shall cry, because of your (man) King whom you have chosen you; but the Lord will not hear you at that day: therefore bethink yourselves O Israel, because you will forsake the Lord to reign over you as formerly, and will have a man to be your King to sit in the Lord's throne of Majesty; for in all these things, ver. 17. ye shall be his servants, in obeying of him without redress: whose answer is ver. 19 Nay but there shall be a King over us, Chap. 10. 18, 19 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hands of the Egyptians, and out of the hands of all Kings that troubled you; but you have this day cast away your God, who only delivered you out of all your adversities and tribulations: And out of Chap. 12.12. the hands of Nahash King of the Children of Ammon▪ when the Lord your God was your King: yet ye said, A King shall reign over us: Know O Israel, vers. 3, 4, 5. you and your King bear record, Whose Ox have I taken, or whose Ass have I taken, or whom have I done wrong to, or whom have I hurt, or of whose hands have I received any bribe, and I will restore it saith Samuel? Then they said, thou hast done us no wrong, nor hurt us, neither haste thou taken aught of any man's hand: Then Samuel said, the Lord and your Anointed is witness this day that ye have found nought in my hands: And they answered he is witness, so the Lord in his anger Hosea 13. 11. gave them a King, who was no blessing but a curse unto them, as will appear.  
Secondly, In respect of man, because Israel would have a man to be their King, and forsake the Lord their God peremptorily; notwithstanding all before mentioned, Israel must know that a mortal man, one of their brethren, to be exalted to the dignity of the Lords throne of Majesty, unto which belongs such a regal power and royal prerogative, that was not fit for any sinful mortal man, because the ways, power, and wisdom of man, cannot (as the Lord) exercise such a power, but either on the right hand or on the left, they will transgress against God or man, in disobeying the Commandment of the Lord, and this is the cause of the Lords anger; and therefore for a punishment Israel must (although their Kings should will unlawful things, 1 Sam. 8. 17.) yield in obedience, and serve their Kings accordingly: and therefore the Lord Chap. 12.17. sent them (in judgement even in wheat harvest) such a thunder and rain, to convince and to show them their great wickedness in ask of a King; that (ver. 19 all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God (they durst not say our God) that we die not, for we have sinned in ask us a King, Chap. 8. 20. to judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles: the first whereof was against the Philistims, where Saul Chap. 13. 12. was bold to offer a  offering: for which Samuel vers. 13, 14. told Saul, thou hast done foolishly, for because thou hast not kept the Commandment of the Lord thy God, thy Kingdom shall not continue; for the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to govern his people: Another battle against the Amalekites, Chapt. 15. 9 who (against the Commandment of the Lord) spared Agag and the best things of the Amalekites; for which Samuel told Saul, vers. 22, 23. Obedience is better than sacrifice, and to hear the Word of the Lord better than the fat of Rams; that rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness as iniquity and idolatry: because thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord, he hath rejected thee from being King, ver. 28. The Lord hath rend the Kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and given it to thy neighbour that is better than thou: therefore Kings though Anointed of the Lord, and sit in the Lord's throne, may not exercise this regal power to do their own wills, against the Commandments of the Lord, no not by duties of  offering, or sacrifice; even Kings are to be as subject to the Commandment of the Lord, as well as other men: none may do evil for good to come of it▪ for with the Lord there is no respect of persons; and Kings must know as they are but men, That Pro. 28. 15. as a roaring Lion and a hungry Bear, so is a wicked Ruler over the poor people: therefore thus saith the Lord, Ezek. 45. 9 Let it suffice you O Princes of Israel, leave off cruelty and oppression, and execute Judgement and Justice, and take away your exactions from my people: Thus saith the Lord, Jere. 21. 12. O house of David execute Judgement in the morning (and do not delay) and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor. Chap. 22. 2, 3. O King of Judah, that sittest in the throne of David, execute ye judgement and righteousness. And Pro. 25. 5. Take away the wicked (Counsellors) from the King, and his throne shall be established in righteousness: for Chap. 29. 14. A King that Judgeth the poor in truth (according to God's Word) his throne shall be established for ever: for Chap. 22. 23. The Lord will defend his cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoil them. Chap. 19 21. Many devices are in a man's heart, but the counsel of the Lord standeth. Chap. 14. 26. In the fear of the Lord is an assured strength, and his Children shall have hope: therefore know, O Kings, Princes, and Rulers, that Chap. 21.30. there is no wisdom, neither understanding, nor counsel against the Lord; who saith, Mat. 5. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Luke 6. 20. Blessed be ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God, that fear the Lord, and unto salvation believe in Jesus Christ; for Mat. 11. 5. The poor receive the Gospel. Luke 4, 18▪ 19 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, that I should preach the Gospel to the poor, and heal the , and preach deliverance to the captives, and set at liberty them that are bruised, and preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And Isa. 61. 3. To give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of gladness for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. Jer. 22. 2, 3. O King of judah, vex not the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, do no violence, nor shed innocent blood in this place (where such of the Lords dwell) although Kings think they have a regal power to do their own wills, they are mistaken.   

3. Quest. What is the true and only right place, office, and power of a King, according to the Word of God.  
Answ. First, the true and only right place of a King, is from amongst, above, and over all the people, alone to sit in the Lord's throne of Majesty.  
Secondly, The true and only right office of a King is Rom. 13. 4. to be the Minister of God for the wealth or good of the people over whom he is set; doing the will (according unto the Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances) of him in whose throne he sits, vers. 1. Let every soul be subject to the higher power, for there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God: therefore Kings are not to make any Statute, Law, or Ordinance, destructive or contradictory unto them that were made by God before he made any King; so that even Kings are to be as subject to the Lord as men to Kings; and so as one entrusted by God, as the Lords Vicegerent or Lieutenant over the Lord's people, betwixt God and man, to see and look unto it, that God may be honoured, glorified, and served by himself, and all the people, and to see and look to, and preserve the people from all enemies, perils and dangers, both from abroad and at home.  
Thirdly, The true and only right power of a King, is as the Minister of God, Rom. 13 4. to bear the sword of Justice, to take vengeance on, or execute Justice upon all evil doers: and vers. 3. to praise, honour, and encourage all such as do well: and also Exod. 18. 16. to judge of, and decide matters in difference betwixt man and man, according to the Laws and Ordinances of the Lord, and provide and appointing vers. 21. men of courage; fearing God▪ dealing truly, and hating covetousness, such shalt thou make Deut. 16. 18, 19 Judges and Officers, and they shall Judge the people with righteous Judgement, not wresting the Law, nor respect any person, neither take a bribe, knowing that the Lord is King of Kings, and Judge of all the world, who is the searcher of the heart, and tryer of the reins, and discovereth the thoughts of man's heart.   

4. Quest. Was there no difference between the Kings of Israel's powers, and the Kings of the Nations powers, and the Subjects of both?  
Answ. Yes; for the people of Israel were within the Covenant and promise of Jesus Christ, unto whom the Lord gave his Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances, both Moral and Ceremonial: unto whom also was given Priests, Levites, and Prophets, to administer unto them, and to teach and direct them; and Judges to guide and lead them; and the great God of heaven and earth to be their King, to save, defend, and deliver them: therefore the Kingdom and Crown of Israel, was the Gods of Israel, and so of a greater and higher power and majesty, than any other Kingdom of the earth; for the Kings thereof were by the immediate appointing and anointing of the Lord; and unto whom with their Crown, the Lord gave, or of right unto the throne of that dignity did belong, a regal power, and royal prerogative of self-will and pleasure; which made them cry out and say, Nehemiah 9 36, 37. Behold the Land that thou gavest unto our Fathers, to eat the fruit thereof, and the good things thereof, behold we are servants in it this day (indeed) it yields much increase, but it is unto our Kings, whom thou hast set over us; who because of our sins (in ask a King) have dominion over our bodies to command them, and over our estates to take away them at their pleasure; so that this promise or gift little availeth us: so that the Kings of Israel had a regal power over their Subjects, to demand and command, according to their own wills and pleasures, in respect of the people's charge of obedience.  
The Subjects of Israel because of their sins against the Lord in ask of a King, must submit 1 Sam. 8. 3. and be his servants without any redress. 1 Pet. 2. 13, 14. Submit yourselves unto all manner of Ordinance of man for the Lords sake, both to the King as superior, and to governor's scent for the punishment of evil doers, Rom. 13. 1. Let every soul be subject to the higher powers: and when they suffered they had no other means but to say, Nehe. 9 37. We are in great distress.  
The Kings of the Nations came out of the loins of cursed Ham, Gen. 9 25. A servant of servants shalt thou be unto thy Brethren, whose Grandsonne Nimrod, Chap. 10. 8. began to be a mighty man in the earth, ver. 10. The beginning of his Kingdom was Babel, whose very name signifieth a rebel or wicked one, and Canonised for a Proverb, ver. 9 Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty Hunter before the Lord, who was neither appointed nor anointed of the Lord. The second generations of Kings of the Nations was out of the loins of Esau, whom God hated in the womb, Gen. 36. 31. And these are the Kings that reigned in the Land of Edom, before there reigned any King over the Children of Israel, who was chosen by Election, vers. 32, 33▪ 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 The Kings of the Nations were out of the Lords Covenant, and so had nothing to do with the Lords mercies or promises, but were used as the Lords instruments of wrath, whom the Lord regarded not for good, because they served him not, nor knew the Lord by his Word. joshuah 8. 29. took the King of Aye, and hanged him on a tree, and cast his carcase down at the entering of the gate of the City, and laid thereon a heap of stones. Chap. 10. 23. The King of Jerusalem, the King of Hebron, the King of Jarmuth, the King of Lachish, the King of Eglon, vers. 24. joshuah said to his Captains, come and put your feet upon the necks of these Kings, ver. 26. and joshuah slew them and hanged them on five trees, Chap. 12. 24. joshuah slew one and thirty Kings of the Nations, whose manner of reign was according to the custom of their Countries, and their power was by man: and therefore all destroyed by the power of God: so the power, the honour and dignity of the Kings of the Nations was not from the Lord as was the Kings of Israel, therefore not worthy to be compared with the Kings of Israel, therefore the Kings of the Nations cannot plead any right to this regal power from the Lord by his Word; for the Kings of the Nations were ordained by and ruled over the Nations, before the days of the Prophet Samuel, they were not obedient unto the Commandments of the Lord, and therefore have no right to the promises of the Lord.   

5. Quest. Now what difference is there betwixt the power of the Kings of Israel, under the Moral and Ceremonial Law, and the power of the Kings of England, under the Moral Law, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the Subjects of both?  
Answ. The Kingdom and Crown of Israel, was the Gods of Israel, who in Judgement to the people for their sins, gave the same to Saul, and confirmed it upon David and to his seed, 1 King. 8. 25. There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel: So that the inheritance of the Crown of Israel was established upon David; for Bathsheba said, 1 King. 1. 20. My Lord, O King, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them who shall sit on the throne of my Lord the King after him: saith David ver. 34. let Zadock the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, anoint Solomon King over Israel, and blow with the Trumpet, and say, GOD save King Solomon. The Lord never gave any Kingdom, nor Crown, neither did the Lord appoint or anoint any Kings, save only of Israel and Judah.  
The Kings of England were not at their beginning appointed nor anointed, as were the Kings of Israel, but were by the Nation ordained as Kings over this Nation, according to the custom of this Nation, which is, before they will admit the Crown to him they do intent, he must by Covenant and Oath imposed upon him, yield them their rights and privileges, and that he will rule them according to the Customs and Laws of the Land; and then they grant unto him the Crown for his own life: so that power that hath power to impose an Oath before a Grant, hath power to detain the thing to be granted, if the Oath be refused by him to whom the Grant is intended, and every Grauntee is subject to the Grauntor, according to the Covenant of the Grant, there can be no fee-simple estate in the Grauntee of the thing granted, but the fee-simple estate of the thing granted is in the grauntor: The Kingdom or Commonwealth of England is the grauntor, the King of England is the grantee; the Crown of England is the thing granted; so that the fee-simple estate of the Crown of England, is the Commonwealths of England to dispose of, according to the Custom and Laws of the Land, which is by Covenant and Grant to the Prince in being, and after whose decease by custom, but not by right of inheritance, to the next in or of blood; and so from one generation to another in like manner. So that this regal power in the 1 Sam. 8. doth not at all belong to a King of England, therefore if the Lord was wrath, and did exceedingly punish the Kings of Israel for exercising this regal power, before the light of the Gospel, wherein is revealed a greater light of liberty unto the members of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. 2. 7. 9 10. Unto you therefore which believe in Christ Jesus, he is precious, for by him ye are a chosen generation, a royal Priesthood, an holy Nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. Revel. 5▪ 9, 10. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the Book and to open the Seals thereof; for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, and hast made us unto our God, Kings and Priests: How much more than shall Kings under the knowledge and light of the Gospel, incur the wrath of God, if they be found guilty of oppression and tyranny against the believing members of the Lord Christ? themselves professing the same faith, and acknowledging the same knowledge: the Lord is no respecter of persons, but the soul that sinneth shall die.  
A King of England may not by this regal power demand and command of and from the people, as the Kings of Israel, neither by the Laws of God, nor by the Laws of the Land, neither are the people of England bound to that slavish obedience, as the people of Israel were; but the people of England, both by the Laws of God, and by the Laws of the Land, are freed from such a slavish obedience; and therefore both according to the Laws of God, and the Land, may lawfully deny, and refuse to submit, because it is an unlawful imposition; and where the demand and command is unlawful, the denial or refusal is lawful.   

6. Quest. How shall we know when a King doth transgress against his Oath, and break his Covenant, and what is the remedy?  
Ans. A King doth transgress his Oath, and break his Covenant, when that his demands are beyond the Nationall Law, which by virtue of his Oath, as it is a breach thereof, is oppression; and when a King doth command of, and from the people, such things as are opposite unto, and against the fundamental Laws of the Land; which by virtue of his Oath, as it is a breach thereof, is tyranny: which lawfully begets in the Commonwealth an absolute denial and refusal to such demands and commands, and so the peace of the Land is endangered: the only remedy to preserve the same, is for the King to call a Parliament, that is, to send out his Writs to the Commons, to choose their Knights and Burgesses, who by virtue of the King's Writs, and the Commons voices for them, are Parliament-men, and as Arbitrators are to decide all differences in Church, State, and Commonwealth; whose conclusions and determinations, together with the King's assent, consent, and signing, are binding Laws both to King and people.   

7. Quest. How fare may or ought a King lawfully to deny to assent, consent, and sign their determinations and conclusions?  
Answ. A King as he sits in the Lord's throne may, and as he is entrusted by God over the people ought to deny to assent, consent, and sign their determinations, if the same shall either be dishonourable to the glory, worship, and service of the Lord, or injurious to the good of the Commonwealth, and no further; for it is his office to be as (or more) forward and careful for both, as any other man, both by the Laws of God and the Land, as he is the great Minister of the greatest trust for both, by taking the same charge upon him.   

8. Quest. But if a King shall deny to consent, assent, and sign the Parliaments determinations, although honourable to the Lord, and good and beneficial to the Commonwealth; then what is the King's offence, benefit, or danger; and their power, as they are Parliament-men, and so the body representative of the Land.  
Answ. If a King shall deny to assent unto that which is lawful before God and man, and contend against it; and in stead of consenting unto them, to descent from them; and in stead of signing their determinations, to separate himself from them, and make war against and upon them; he doth thereby break the peace, which as he sits in the Lord's throne of Majesty, he ought to keep, maintain, and preserve; and also thereby he breaks and wilfully violates his Oath, and Nationall Covenant, by which he enjoys the Crown; and so is an offender both against God and man, by both, for both, he is entrusted betwixt both. Adam did not transgress until he was advised by Eve; Gen 3. 6. And the woman said, ver. 13. The Serpent beguiled me: because a King doth nothing without advise, therefore he cannot transgress, but by the evil advice of evil Counsellors, who with Eve are beguiled by that old Serpent the Devil: and such Counsellors was 1 King. 12. 13, 14. Rehoboams young Cavaliers, and such evil Counsellors was Chap. 22. 6. Ahabs' four hundred; Balls Prophets, who were beguiled by the Devil, who said ver. 22. I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets: and also such advisers had Pharaoh, Gen. 7. 11, 12. Jannes and Jambres, who had the Devils help, and by him did that they did in their withstanding of Moses: and so such are all they that do advise the King against the good advice of his grave and wise Elders the Parliament. Long ago these Counsellors were branded out and foretold by the Apostle Paul, 2 Tim. 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 In the last days, perilous times shall come, men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness (in their mouths) but denying the power thereof (in their hearts) ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth; who as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth; Men of corrupt minds, reprobates concerning the faith; but they shall proceed no farther; for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as Jannes and Jambres. By which war, if the King get the better, these woeful advisers will advise him, that then he need not submit to the legal power, according to his Covenant and Oath, but may rule by that unwarranted unlawful, forbidden, and often punished regal power of his own will, both in Church, State, and Commonwealth, and so have all his Subjects to be his slaves; as all tyrannical Kings have that so do: as in prevention, in a foretelling way of such an evil in these latter days, wise prophetical Solomon, as a remedy against such an evil, and to make known the lawfulness of a violent power against such, says in a high and commanding language, Pro. 25. 5. Take away such wicked (Counsellors) from before the King, and his throne (by new and stronger Covenants, and better Counsellors) shall be established in righteousness: vers. the 4. take away these drossy hearts from the King's silver godly heart, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer, who is the Lord, to make thereof a vessel of honour for his own glory, to do his own work: which is Revel. 17. 5. And upon her forehead was written a name, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, and abominations of the earth: this mystery is ver. 8. The beast which thou sawest was to ascend out of the bottomless pit, and is not, because she shall go into perdition, ver. 9 here is the mind that hath wisdom (or the mind of God's intentions, who is the God of wisdom) the seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman or whore or Antichrist sitteth: ver. 12. and the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten Kings, or Kingdoms: ver. 17. whom God hath stirred up or put in their hearts, and as one man to agree; ver. 13. and have one mind; ver. 16. to hate the whore, the Pope of Rome, and Antichrist of the earth, and shall make her desolate and naked to show her filthiness, and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire, even the fire of God's wrath, that she may never take root, to appear again, or any more. Chap. 13. 18. Here is wisdom from heaven, let him that hath (spiritual) understanding count the number of the Beast, or the time of her desolation, which shall be fulfilled in the year of Christ 1666. (in Christ Col. 2. 3. are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge) and therefore are revealed to none but such as are in Christ, and so a mystery to others; for it is the number of a man by computation of man's nature, which is 66. or a Prince, or the prime Prince of the ten Kingdoms, his age shall agree with 1666. and make up that number, being added to 1600; for 1600. having 66. added unto it, makes up 1666. Charles the first, now King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, his age doth agree to make up and to fulfil this prophecy, who is the King of England's Lion, the King of Beasts; of Scotland's Unicorn, the chief sovereign expeller of all poison of Popery: and of Ireland's Dragon, the chief of all poisoning fierce Serpents: and now have cause to be the most fierce in this work, because the whore Antichrist hath sucked out Ireland's blood in abundance: these three Kingdoms, are three of the ten Kingdoms, and his Majesty a triple, or three comprised lawful King, is to be the Lord Christ's chiefest instrument to the destruction of the great whore or Antichrist the Pope, who unjustly usurpingly, and unlawfully wears the triple Crown: Now this work of the Lord to destroy Antichrist, must be done by the members of Jesus Christ, which formerly have been of Antichrist; of whom Peter saith in his first Epistle Chap. 2. ver. 10. In time past were not a people, and without mercy (because ye were of Antichrist) but now are the people of God, and have obtained mercy (because ye have forsaken Antichrist, and are now the members of Jesus Christ▪ therefore as now all things stand, the Parliament or representative body of the Land, as by the Lord's providence are lawfully called by the King's Writs, thereby laying aside his regal power, and the Commons voices, wholly committing all things unto them, have power lawfully, according to Solomon's tenant, by (if need require) a violent force, even from before, or out of the King's presence, Pro. 25. 5. To take away these forenamed evil Counsellors from the King, that his throne in righteousness may be established unto him: and then as in the 4. ver. the Lords refining work of separation by a thorough reformation, in taking the Atheistical and Papistical dross from the silver members of jesus Christ, quite out of these Dominions: but as Paul saith, 2 Thes. 2. 3. 7, 8, 9, 10. Let no man deceive you by any means, for the mystery of iniquity doth already work, only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way (who are the King's evil Counsellors, Papists, Atheists, traitors, and all such, as is before mentioned, therefore away with them) and then shall that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, even him (the Pope Antichrist) whose coming is after the working of Satan, devilish, with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, for want of the knowledge and love of the truth in Christ, that they might be saved; and when such wicked ones are taken from his Majesty, then as Jethro, Exod. 18. 21, 22. Counselled Moses, so do ye his Majesty, to provide out of all the people, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, making such Rulers and judges and State Counsellors, as it is Deut. 16. 18, 19 that thereby both King and people may all as one man, go on amain in the Lord's refining work of Reformation in these three Kingdoms, by turning out of them all Antichristian dross, that nothing of it may remain ever any more to defile the silver truths, doctrines, or members of jesus Christ, who must be first reform from errors, and then be informed in the truths of jesus Christ (for without a true knowledge there can be no good obedient practice) and then the Lords second work of actual destruction, will go on the better against that Beast Antichrist, to the glory of God in their destruction, the jews conversion, and Gentiles further information and confirmation.   
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