TO THE Most High and Mighty PRINCE, Charles the II.  
By the Grace of God, KING of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.  
AN EPISTLE Written and humbly presented For His Majesties use, and enlightening of the Nation.  
By ARISE EVANS.  
LONDON: Printed for R. Lowndes at the White Lion in S. Pauls Church-yard, and Simon Gape next door to the Hercules Pillars in Fleetstreet, 1660.   

FOR HIS MAJESTIES USE, And enlightening of the NATION. The PROLOGUE.  
MOst glorious King, I beseech Your Majesty to red through this little Book, and then I believe Your Majesty will red it again and again, and promote it; for it will quench the spirit of Rebellion, establish Your Majesties Throne, and bring all to obey Your Majesties command in unity as one man.  
Royal Sovereign, I have not had the education and learning fit to compose, garnish and sweeten with eloquent phrases of delights, an Epistle meet for Your Majesties reading; but since I understand that Your Majesty stoops so low, as to hear Quakers, and such as scorn learning, I hope to have the like favour: It is an high presumption in such as I to direct a speech to a King; for if Moses, who was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, Acts 7.22. when God sent him to Pharaoh, complaineth to God, saying, he had not eloquence and ability sufficient to speak to a King, Exod. 4.10. much more may I bemoan my want thereof; and we cannot be ignorant of this, that Truth from the mouth of eloquent Apollo is more mighty to operate upon the spirits of men, Acts 18.24, 25, 26, 27, 28. than it is from the mouth of an unlearned person: But, Oh King, to what end do I thus speak? I am sensible of my wants, but not capable of a supply: Therefore I shall humbly address myself to Your Royal Majesty in the best manner and method that I am able.   

TO THE KINGS Most Excellent Majesty.  
GLorious and illustrious King, set up of God, beyond all compare in transcendent glory: If I had the tongue of men and of Angels, I ●ould not express my joy at Your Majesties Restauration, for I was almost dissolved at it, and carried up to heaven in a chariot of unspeakable joy full of glory: I ●●ve learned how to beat down the greatest sorrow with ease, but such a joy I can hardly master. Indeed I had of all men living the most re●son to rejoice a● it, for as I may so say with reverence to the divine Majesty of God, I had set the Truth and glory of God, Your Majesties honour and glory also, with my own repute and credit as I was Gods servant, all at stake▪ now that God( being blasphemed by wicked men, upon this account) for his own name sake, ●hould vindicate his own honour, truth and glory, Your Royal Dignity, and myself, by Your Majesties appearance and Restauration, was such a mercy to me, that my heart could not contain the joy thereof, neither could my to●gue express my thankfulness; but sighs and groans, mingled with tears of joy, was all I could offer to God upon that day; the glory of the Lord astonished me, so that I looked upon that day as Dooms-day, to stop the mouths of Gods enemies, Your Majesties enemies, and mine also, who for seven years together was under the reproach of friends and foes, because I kept Your secret, according to the advice of the Angel, Tobit 12.7. for a great and effectual door was opened to me, but there were many adversaries, 1 Cor. 16.9. so that I was not ignorant of the time of Your Majesties coming personally to Your throne; yet prudence would not give way to show it plain, for the adversaries had got too much advantage against You, had they known the time.  
Most glorious sovereign, to Repeat the Noble acts of God, is a thing most pleasing to him, and to call to mind his former mercies, & praise him for them, is the way to find mercy in time to come; the Royal Prophet King David, is our example for the said purpose, who writes and records the works of God from the beginning, that all might praise him for his mercy which endureth for ever; not only that present generation, but also the generations to come: Psalm 78.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. forgetfulness of Gods mercies, and not Regarding the works which God hath done for us, is a great sin, that hath a damnable judgement following it; Psalm. 28.5. my soul is troubled, because some Royalists despise my words, 1 Thes. 5.19, 20. which proved so effectually for their welfare; Therefore I think it fit, to give your Majesty a hint of what Gods providence hath brought forth for us, that we and the generations to come, might behold it and praise his name: I beseech Your Majesty to red this book, and Consider it Diligently for your own good; for though my words be mean, yet they have been always powerful, for God doth own them.  
And now to look on things past, and so come forward, may it please your Majesty to consider that there was a spirit of Rebellion among a party on foot, all along from the beginning of Queen Elizabeths days to Your famous fathers time; which spirit still smo●king and burning with fury, troubled both Church and State: And there was an antipathy between me and it from my Child-hood, that notwithstanding the said party was mighty kind unto me, and would fain gain me to be of their side; yet I could never Consent to be of their mind, but Contend and Reprove them, and pray to God for power to Defeat them, because I foresaw the evil of their way.  
And the said spirit though burning and smoking was kept so low, that it could not get sufficient fuel to burn out, until the Parliament was called in 1640. from that time forward there was a bridle in the jaws of the people causing them to err, Isa. 30.28. then it broken out into a mighty flamme, and then the factious party began to show themselves, and to preach in pulpits open Rebellion; saying, that Kings were not to be Regarded nor obeied, but the people they were the anointed, and not the King; and they despised and slandered the King, and stirred up the people to oppose Him, making them believe that every one was more a King then His Majesty, and bringing it to a bloody war they Cursed all that would not go out to it, or Contribute to the maintenance thereof, so that the servant maids being terrified with the Curse, were forced to throw their Thimbles and Bodkins into that massy heap at Guild-hall.  
And they preached down and destroyed, so far as they could, all fabrics erected and set up, to keep Christianity in memory. And they striven to have all the holy feasts kept for the honor of Jesus Christ put down and butted in oblivion; I mean Christmas, Easter, and 〈◇〉 suntide and their off-spring the Sectaries, 〈◇〉 so high in Rebellion as to have the Holy 〈…〉 Contempt, and to count that Record of God,( which he hath appointed to hold forth his name and glory in all ages and to all eternity,) far inferior to a thing they call a light within them, which light falsely so called, can be nothing else but gross da●kness and damnable ignorance.  
Thus they went on furious●y preaching without intermission, until they brought his glorious Majesty to the block, and having slain him, they seized upon all belonging to the Crown and Church, and made it their own, and their next voice in pulpits was( after they had slain the King) prepare slaughter for His Children, yet God had his design going on for Your Majesty all this while, that he reserved a select part of that Parliament, from having a hand in the highest Crimes, who in time were appointed to defeat their brethren, and to open the way for Your Majesties Restoration, and these were called the secluded members.  
But the bold party went impudently on, that notwithstanding all their wickednesses, they believed with a high confidence, that they and they only were in the favour of God; and after Worcester fight, all hopes was go●e, so that most of the precious Royalists, like David, Psalm. 73. were staggering at their prosperity and successses, ready to give up their hopes, and the spirits of the people were laid-down so flat, that none durst be known to mention Your Royal name, except to reveil it.  
Now things being thus, I was sore grieved, and the Lord God blessed be his name for ever, was pleased to light a candle of understanding in my heart; That I reading and searching the Scripture, as I used to do, found new things, Isa. 48.6. all promising Your glorious Restoration, & coming by Gods Providence to look upon the 8. Chapter of Amos, I found the whole tragedy set down in order, and in the conclusion thereof, that the Traytors should fall and never rise up again; and in Chapter the 9. of Amo●, I found Your Majesty, or rather Your Royal father as He is in You set up in a triumphant manner, to destroy Your enemies and the establishing of Your Royal house for ever; and all this to be so easily understood, that any ordinary capacity with a little guiding might see it plain: which Chapters as I have opened them, are worthy of Your Majesties serious consideration.  
Then I went among the Sectaries, and at their several meetings I shewed those Chapters, opening it unto them, and though they were mad against me, yet could they not find arguments to wi●hstand such invincible truths, for I resolved now being armed, to go in the name of my God, into all places where I could find Your Majesties greatest enemies, and to overthrow their high Confidence, and pierce their hearts with my sharp arrows.  
And I wrote my exposition on the 8. and 9. Chapters of Amos, and carried it first to Hugh Peters, who seemed then not to regard it, for he thought I could not get it printed; but when I gave it him in print with much more, and that he had red it, then we had a terrible 'bout, so that at last I drive him out of his Chamber with arguments.  
Then I carried it Mr. lily, and he being not at home, I left it for him, a●d after a few days when I came for it, lily was very thankful to me,( being a stranger to him) for showing him such things, and before some Gentlemen that were with him he commended it highly, saying that he never saw better things come from a man in all his days, and he desired me to let him have it a while longer, and I left it with him, and had it again: And after my book was printed I met lily, who then was mighty glad of my book, and did encourage me to writ more books, and follow it close, g●ving me to understand, that by that book he judged me to have sufficient ability( through Gods blessing upon it) to turn the world upside down; this lily was civil to me, and I shewed the said exp●sition on Amos to all them that were the greatest sticklers for the State, and found ●t daunted their spirit and courage very much.  
By this time my little Manuscript was grown to a pretty volume, for I added to it daily, and had many Copies to lend out, so that the sound thereof came to the ears of the Royal party; and then I was sought out and sent for by persons of quality, and my Manuscript did fly about among them, and they were much cherished and strengthened by it; but yet I found no ease, because I could not get it Printed for the benefit of all; I offered it to Booksellers, but could find none that durst print it, yet I found that money would bring it out.  
Then I made my moan to many persons of worth and quality, who said, They could willingly part( for so good a work) with so much money as I needed, but durst not do it, lest it should be known, and that by thence assisting of me they should forfeit to the Rebels their lives and estate, such a fear they were in.  
But it pleased the Almighty God,( that my Manuscript going from hand to hand) by his divine providence to order it so, that it came at last to the hand of a Gentleman of Grays inn, by name Mr. William Saterthwayt, a Gentleman of Your Majesties Exchequer, of great inintegrity, full of charity and good works, and a mighty over of Your Majesty; the same Gentleman being so great a lover of Your Majesty, must needs come and see me for Your Majesties sake.  
And coming, a friend being with him, they called at my door, whereupon I went to them, and the said Gentleman gave me my Manuscript in such a manner, that I did admire at his grace and humility; but yet desiring to be solitary, I shewed him no countenance; and as we were parting, the other Gentleman seeing that, said to me, Come and take a glass of wine, it will do you good, fo● you are very sad; and as they compelled me, I went with them, and coming to a Tavern, where we drank one pint of wine, they asked me why I was so sad? I  told them it was because I could not get my Manuscript printed; for, said I, if it were printed, it would operate much for His Majesties advantage, otherwise it will be but of small effect. Mr. Saterthwayt answered, if you think so, then take no care for that, said he, for I will have it printed whatsoever it costs me: when he said so, my heart leaped for joy.  
And then I looked upon h●m, not as a man, but an Angel of God sent to relieve me; for the night before, about the same ●ime, I had prayed to God to ease me, and to ●end one speedily to help me to have my book printed, and God heard me, and sent this blessed man within 24. hours to do it;( it was a gre●t mercy, blessed be God for it) and he gave me forty shillings in hand to go about it, and appointed me to come to him the next day, for to go seek one to print it; and we went and found one, and had it out in print quickly; and then I began to be famous among the people, but I did not esteem it, for I knew what I had to do, and that a cloud of reproach was yet to come upon me.  
And when my Book came out, I gave it cronwell, Bradshaw, and to all I could find of Your Majesties greatest enemies, and I spread it among the soldiery both Horse and Foot; my manner was this with them; I knew the time of their going to the Guard, and as I went with them, I asked one question, he would give me a civil answer, and to gratify him I gave him a book; he being on his march had not time to see what I gave him; and I slipped to another a good way off, gave him one after the same manner, so I gave them books, and I knew when they came to the Guard they did red them: And there was a time set in the same book for the dissolution of the Parliament, cronwell and the souldiers through Gods providence brought that to pass.  
Then I became mighty famous, for all the people both high and low, that had seen my book or heard of it, beholding the effect thereof, came to me so thick, that I was not able to answer them, but gave them books, to the poor gratis, the others paid me, and all their enquiry was, to know what time Your Majesty would come in?  
By this time I had printed another book, in which book, upon good consideration, I had set down the year 1653. for Your Majesties coming into power and possession, though not personally, and I knew the time of Your coming in personally, as I shall make it appear by two witnesses.  
My first witness is the holy Scripture, my second witness is a prophesy of a thousand years standing, signed by both our welsh Merlins.  
For the Scripture, I believed, and do believe Your Majesty to be that David which God promised to raise, Jer. 30.9. Ezek. 37.24, 25. Hos. 3.4, 5. Therefore I concluded that Your Majesty was not to come in and reign personally, until You came to the Age that David began to reign in, and that is 30. 2 Sam. 5.4. and I made it clear in my book called, The Voice of King charles the Father to King charles the Son, pag. 7. that Your Majesty would come in at 30. years of Age, and I cited 2 Sam. 5.4. to prove it; but I durst not say so much till 1654. then was I not regarded.  
The Merlins prophesy is as followeth, say they, when the year of Christ comes to be, 1660. Then verily own will come, with his sword of steel will he come, and the moon from Sivern bank shall bring own in his hand. Then wars shall never come to the land of Katwg, let all take notice of the time, so much the Merlins say.  
This prophesy Your Majesty shall find in pag. 87. of a book Called british and outlandish prophesies, Printed by Lodowick LLoyd, and sold at his shop next to the Castle in Corn-hill London, and put forth by Thomas Pugh, an adversary, in 1657.  
In the said prophesy Your Majesty is called own, because ye descended from own Tudor grandfather to King Henry 7. and the moon that is said to bring Your Majesty in, is his Excellency general monk who came from Puderig house in Devonshire not far from Sivern sea.  
Now I looked always upon Your Majesties entrance into Your Dominion in a two-fold manner, First, Your coming in to have power in 1653. Secondly, Your coming in personally in 1660. Touching the last I have spoken, now it remaineth that I should show how Your Majesty came in at 1653. And this I affirm and say, That in that instant of time, when Oliver cronwell did sign his Excellency General monks Commission for Scotland, Oliver, under God, became the prime Instrument to bring Your Majesty into power; and in that instant of time General monk set foot in Scotland, Your Majesty had gower and possession, for he minded your work: All this came to pass in the year 1653. let this serve all for my vindication.  
Now had I declared this in 1653. when I was so famous, the Enemies would not have suffered General monk to go to Scotland; or had I then declared that Your Majesty would come in personally at 1660. the Enemies would have armed themselves against the time, that Your Majesty should not have been able to come in as You did, God be praised; and my setting of 1653. for Your Majestis coming in did baffle the Enemies, for seeing nothing of it come to pass, by degrees they grew careless, that by Gods providence they fall out among themselves to make way for Your Majesties Restaunration.  
And therefore I was resolved to lose my credit among men for seven years time, and suffer reproach; so that I, my Wife and Children could not go no where, but we were mocked and despised for Your Majesties sake; which if Your Majesty knew all our sufferings, You would reward us greatly: And all this came upon us because I kept Your sectets, and went in a sure way to work, for in such a case I was to use Policy as well as prophesy, else I had spoiled all Your Majesties Game.  
For all Gods Promises or Prophesies are given forth upon condition of using the appointed means to obtain them. I could make a long Discourse of this, but I leave it in short to Your Majesties Royal consideration, and go forward.  
I have written many little books, in which there are some things put on purpose to draw the Sectaries to red them, in hope to bring them to obey Your Majesty, for the scope of all my books is to press them to it; many of the Royal party were offended at me for such things, and specially about cronwell, because I affirmed that he should bring You in, and propounded the way to be by marriage, but I found those books more effectual for Your Majesties advantage, than any other books; and cronwell was more offended at me for those books,( for always I was aff●onted by his Order, after I sent them to him) than he was when I wrote point blank against him.  
For cronwell knew that my persuading the Army, and those people which he most depended upon, to believe that Your Majesty and he were such enemies one to the other, that ye could not agree, and that Your Majesty should come in and destroy him: I say he knew such persuasion was the onely way to strengthen him, and make his Party keep close to him for to withstand and keep out Your Majesty; according to 2 Sam. 16.21.  
On the contrary, cronwell knew that my persuading his Party to believe that he would bring in Your Majesty, would be the onely way to make them jealous of him, and to fall away from him, as they did, to his and their ruin; now all this time I durst not mention his Excellency General monk. neither in any books nor in discourse, till his coming last winter to London, then indeed I wrote an Epistle to him, to have him bring in Your Majesty.  
For the People, though they did reproach me, yet they constantly inquired of me, saying, When will His Majesty come? but I was forced, as the Prophet saith, Isa. 30.1. to add year to year for it, and so keep them in hope; for I durst not declare otherwise; and last winter I was like to spoil all with one word.  
It was this: I being at a booksellers shop( a friend of mine) in S. Pauls Church-yard, and a Company of General monks souldiers being newly come to Town, stood before the Shop door; the mistress of the house calling me false Prophet, said, Now there is no hope that ever the King will come in; No, said I, pointing at the Souldiers, There is them that will bring him in: A fellow hearing me, goes to the Souldiers and tells them what I said; whereupon they being mad at that, came fierce upon me, saying, Do you say that we shall bring in the King? and they were ready to pull me in pieces, for then the Parliament( so called) were at the height: Gentlemen, said I, you are under command, you cannot do it of yourselves, but do you follow your Leaders. This would not satisfy them, but they were ready to seize upon me; by providence of God, at the instant the man of the house coming suddenly in, and finding them in and about his door, asked them roughly and boldly, What had they to do there? and being daunted by him they fell back and I sli●t away.  
But put the case I had been taken Prisoner, and that the matter had come before the Council of the Army and Parliament, it might have disappointed General Monks noble purpose, and brought forth a sad consequence; but this God did, to show, that my former prudence in keeping Your Majesties secret was good, and that my hasty speaking imprudently might have spoiled all, had not God( to him be the Glory) by his providence prevented it. I beseech Your Majesty and all others consider it.  
And to go back and come forward in order, when I came with books to cronwell, the Commanders of the Army coming about business to him at Whitehall, and finding me there, did many times set upon me in their way of Dispute,( in which way I was sufficiently versed, having been often at their meetings) that many times we disputed four hours together; sometimes I had a dozen at once to speak to one after another, as they could frame Arguments against Your Majesty, and I, having truth on my side, foiled them all, and some being mad at it were ready to run me thorough with their swords, saying, Why should we suffer such a man to live and speak such words to weaken our hands, and to strengthen our enemies? others would have sent me to prison: for all that they would take my books, and give me not a farthing fo● them.  
But still there stood up a party for me, which said to them, The man speaks no railing language, he speaks with good words what in conscience he believes to be true, and you know we are for liberty of Conscience, if you can convince him do, otherwise let him go; but I never did depart from them so long as they had a word to say to me upon that account; and I am sure that I s●●ke ten times more home for your Maj. among them at Whitehall and at other meetings, than I spake in all my books, for they put me to it; and I would not leave them to carry it aw●y, but stood to it, and their hearers did so sigh and groan at it, seeing me always come off victor, that I spoiled their meetings, God strengthening me, and giving me at an instant what to say unto them, blessed be his name for ever and ever, and I believe I g●ve forty pounds in books amongst them.  
I had many worthy persons that stood to me all ●his while, and helped me with money to m●intain my Family; but chiefly that good and pious Gentleman Mr. Sa●erthwayt, the true lover of Your Majesty, as I said before, and another godly Gentleman, a tr●e lover of Your Majesty also, by name Mr. Samuel Starli●g; these two, under God, were my chief friends that never failed me, but gave me money at all times when I needed it, because I did Gods work and Your Majesties; and I hope Your Majesty will remember them, if occasion be, for indeed they have merited Your Majesties favour, as I could make it appear at large, but I would be brief.  
I cried up Lambert the last year with a loud voice, saying, That he should bring in Your Majesty, but once I was like to be brought to Ireton, called The bad Lord Mayor of London, for it, yet the Witnesses could not agree about it, one saying, He did not heed what I had said; the other had a brother great with Lambert, therefore he would have had me suffer for disgracing his Lord Lambert, and make the Army and Sectaries to be jealous of him; my Lord broken that share, as abovesaid, and I escaped.  
Now Lambert, if it be rightly considered, did Your Majesty the last and greatest service in the field; for the Sectaries depcnded so much upon him, that they thought at last if they could get him out of the Tower to stand in the field, all was their own; for they made account that he should prevail, and that then the Parliament would steer their course another way, and not bring in Your Majesty. But Lambert getting out, and being many dayes in the field, yet could get no considerable party, is taken and brought up prisoner again: This deadened the hearts of the Sectaries, and made the Parliament go on courageously to bring in Your Majesty with all speed: Now I know not what thanks is Lambert worthy of for that good service, State-policy is a deep thing, and Lambert is made( according to what I said) a great instrument to bring in Your Majesty.  
Most glorious Sovereign, I spake always( as guided of God) those things that I knew would most effect for Your Majesties advantage, and my wo●ds by some were counted ridiculous, yet they are words of truth, though not always to be understood in a vulgar common sense, but as it is made out in the aforesaid business of Lambert, and to proceed in order.  
In September last 1659. when Lamberts Army and the Parliament so called began to strive about superiority, I had certain visions which shewed me what would become of them; the visions as I wrote them then are as followeth: September 22. as I was in a trance, I heard a repo●t of the people, saying, That the King was with an Army up towards Windsor, but no war intended; and as I went to the Thames side, wi●h an intent by water to go and see the King, the side of the Thames towards Southwark run up with a swift course, and the other half of the river run down, so that the watermen and people wondered at it, saying, We have seen two tides in a day, but such a thing was never seen before, that the water being thus high tide, the one side running up, the other running down, for a day together, is a great wonder; and many went up by water to see the King, and some that I knew beckoned their hands that I should not tell of their going, for methought they were in great fear; and as I did get up methought toward Hampton Court, I returned back, and as I was alone marching toward home, with a bright, drawn, long Knife in my hand, I met a grim woman in sad-colour clothing, who made toward me furiously, but as she saw my Knife, she turned and fled away from me; then methought I was on horseback, and rid till I came near London Southward, and there in a little village near the River I met my wife, and as we came to take water the Thames was dried up, so that one might across it and not go over shoes, and the banks were grown with Grass to four yards breadth, in which the River ran, and methought it was not a quarter of a yard deep in the channel, and as I was reasoning with a Water-man about it I awoke.  
September 23. in a trance I was with a company that pleased me well, and going a little way from them, with an intent to come to them again, I heard a melodious noise of music in the dead of the night, and my thought it was the City Waits that played to the Lord Mayor, and methought it was their custom to play so every night, and I saw them having their Instruments in their hands, and play in their beds, for their Chamber was low, and they had a candle, and I was at their window; then I left them, and as I went seeking my company it was day-light, and I came to a ●lace where an innumerable company of Bricklayers, Labourers, and such men, were building an high brick tower, and making fine walks, and as I turned about and looked upon the tower again, on a sudden the builders were all gone, not one to be seen; then I asked a man that was all alone, and trimmed a green bank, belonging to an old great house, which stood on a hill over against the brick building, Why they left work? said he, Because it is Saturday noon: but he went on trimming the bank till it was on the back like a creature, then at last he with his great strength did take it in his arms and raised it up on end, by that it had a lively face like a woman, and then I began to praise the Workman, saying, Never did any Limner the like; but as I looked on it, the said bank b●came a perfect woman indeed, speaking and walking about her business, and having her maid, which rose with her, to attend her: At which sight I was amazed, and said, Surely this is Gods work; and then meeting with some of my company, and telling them what I had seen, with much joy I awoke.  
Now having these Visions I thought good to stir about with them, and see what Gods ●rovidence would bring forth by them, Prov. 29.18. and because I would not intrude to go and see the Great Ones of the times without some lawful occasion by their account, I wrote a few lines and had them drawn fairly, to get their hands for a place at the Custom-house, and I went to them to have their hands, being assured they durst not subscribe to any thing under my name.  
First, I went to the then Lord General Lenthal,( it was on the fifth of October 1659. the day before the Lord Mayor and City feasted the Parliament( so called) and the Army) and gave my Paper to Lenthals Secretary, and he brought it me again, saying, His Lord would not sign it; I  told him, that I would not take his answer, and immediately Lenthall came down, and I shewed it him, and spake to him; said he, I am going now to the Parliament, come at three a clock and I will speak with you. From thence I went to Fleetwood, he was sick, none but Sectaries must come nigh him; I sent him my paper, and he sends me a fine smooth denial. Then I went to Lambert, and he answered me proudly, saying, that his Lordships hand was not to be had at so cheap a rate; Hasilrig  told me also, that he did not love to have his hand lie in lavender: such expressions they had.  
Then at three a clock I came to Lenthall again, and with much ado among others I got to him, and he  told me he would not put his ha●d to my Paper at that time, but, said he, I will speak for you to some of the Commissioners of the Customs to morrow at the feast, and after that come to me again: and two dayes after I came to him, and he bid me stay.  
And when all the company was gone, for it was Saturday at night, he took me aside, and said, Do those Visions of God continue with you, as formerly they did? Yes, said I; said he, Can you tell what will become of us? said I, yes, that I can; and I tell you no good will come of you, except you bring in the King; otherwise there will be nothing, but one will be getting up, and others will be pulling him down, and confusion and destruction of all will follow. It is true, said he.  
Now if we go about to bring in the King, can you show us any assurance from God that we shall bring it to pass? Yes, said I, and I  told him my Visions as they are above written, and did interpret them to him; indeed he could discern the meaning of it as well as myself: Then said he, this gives no assurance that we shall make our peace with the King, have you had any Vision to that purpose? Yes, said I, and it hath been printed this half year: said he, I never saw it, pray let me hear that: then I began as followeth:  
I shall show you a Vision that I had in June 1634.  
Being in a trance I saw myself standing in a Pool of water in Merionethshire, at the parish of Talylun, and as I stood upon the water I saw a company of black Foxes pursuing a young Lion, and as they followed the Lion they ran round about me, sometimes on the water, and sometimes on the high way, that is on the North side of the Pool; I pitied the Lion, and cast stones at the Foxes with all my might; but as I was throwing stones at the Foxes, immediately they appeared to be young Children, and stood still a while on the way, the North side of the Pool, and a voice said to me, Why dost thou cast stones at the children? and as I came to Land, immediately they turned to be black Foxes pursuing the Lion again; but on a sudden the Foxes being on the water became white Lambs, stood still, and the Lion being on the water turned to them, and they, as it seemed to me, kissed each other. Thus the vision ended.  
The Interpretation is this:  
KING CHARLES is the Lion, and you are the Foxes, the stones are the words of my books against you, your becoming Children was your Dissolution by cronwell, which made you repent th●t you did not before make your peace with the King; your turning to black foxes again signifieth that you are the same now as ye were before your Dissolution; your turning to be white Lambs, is that you shall seek for peace to the King; and your kissing each other, signifieth that you will effect it, and settle peace in a glorious manner.  
Then was Lenthall much satisfied, and said, We have human learning enough, and we can guess at things to come, but we look upon you to have certain Revelations from God; I pray when any more is revealed to you let me know it. So we partend that time.  
The week following they made three Acts, one to turn out Lambert and eight more Commanders of the Army with him, the other to put Commissioners over the Army, the third, that no money should be raised without consent of the people in Parliament; and Lenthall was the main man in devising and making of these Acts: Now these Acts divided Your Majesties Enemies, and shut up the purses of Your Subjects, that neither the pretended Committee of Safety, nor that Parliament, could raise any money to pay the Army, and made way for his Excellency General monk and a free Parliament to bring in Your Majesty; and Lenthall did partly fore-see the consequence of those Acts when they were made.  
Now after the Parliament( on the thirteenth of October 1659.) was Dissolved by Lambert, I went often to Lenthall, who  told me that now he wanted power; said I, be faithful and stirring you will soon come to your power again. Then he sent his Letters about and was not idle, and when he had his power again, it was he that sent for general monk; it was he that sent the Army out of London to give place to general monk and his Army, and did many more things for Your Majesty worth respect: The man is nothing to me, for I neither eat nor drink at his cost, nor had a penny from him all that time; only I do love him, and do this for him because he regarded the things of God, and acted for Your Majesty accordingly, being then over Your Dominion in power above all.  
On the first of March 1659. as I met Lenthall in Westminster-hall coming from the Parliament house, I gave him these Visions as followeth.  
February 21. 1659. the day after the Secluded Members sate in Parliament, I beholded that my head was cut off I knew not how; and laid down upon a table before me, and I admired how I could see it and live as I did without my head: But withall finding myself not well or like to continue alive so, I speedily with my hands wiped the face thereof which was a little soild, and set it upon my neck in its right place again; and then I thought I was at first a little heavy-headed, but presently my head was so settled that I felt myself better then ever I had been afore in all my life, I saw no blood spilled or any blood in all the Vision, to God be the glory.  
The interpretation:  
My body is the Nation or Parliament, and specially the secluded Members which seems by the circumstance of time to be the life of all; my head is the King, and doubtless as I wiped my face and set up my head seeing a necessity of it, so shall you speedily set up King Charles Steward, and you shall see such a necessity of Him, that you and the Nation cannot possibly live without him; and you shall do it without any blood if you hasten it, but take this Vision also from God; that if you do not hasten to bring in King Charles, you will be ruined all in blood afore you are ware of it, for ye have the subtle, restless Sectaries among you that endeavour to bring it so to pass according to a Vision that I had February, 27. 1659. which is as followeth.  
I perceived I was not well in my body, and as I opened my clothes to see it, my shirt was all bloody, then I thought some one had given me privately a mortal wound with a bodkir● or small pen-knife or some such thing, which I thought was within my body. In this also I signify the Nation and Parliament, therefore have a care you be not surprised. Thus much I gave Lenthall Verbatim as abovesaid, and I saw him no mo●e until May 4. 1660.  
Now I thought in regard of his great service, that Lenthall should have been the greatest man of that party in England, except General monk, whose name ought to be for his Loyalty, Recorded with Letters of Gold; but hearing the report that Lenthall was out of favour and sequestered, I was amazed at it and went to see him, when I came to his sight, said he to me am I now at the lowest? said I, how came you to be so, had you no correspondency with the Kings Majesty all this while? no, said he, I durst not sand to him for fear of marring all, if it had been known it would have done i●.  
Said I that spoiled you, but however God knows what you did for His Majesty, he will reward you, and in due time I shall show of it as much as I can for the glory of God, and I hope it will be for your honour. God will not have such good deeds go unrewarded, and He will inform the King that His Majesty may reward you. In the mean time I will acquaint my very good friend Sir John Greenfeild,( now Earl of Bath) with a hint of it: said he, I pray do, so we partend and I wrote to the Earl for him.  
After that he lost his place at the Rolls, but see the hand of God upon it, he that had his place is soon taken away by death, as if God by it should say to Your Majesty thus, you knew what service the Lord Culpeper did for You, therefore he had Your favour, and You made him Master of the Rolls; but You knew not what Lenthall did for You, who was put out, therefore behold my hand for him; and I say, though Culpepper was faithful to Your Majesty, yet if he had had Your three Kingdoms in his hand, as once Lenthall had them, it is a question whether he would have harkened to the Counsel of God, and done as Lenthall did: I beseech Your Majesty to take it into Your Royal consideration.  
An honest man may meet thieves and murderers, and go with them, being forced to feign himself a thief, and so save his life and purse; yet when any opportunity comes he will make his escape, and bring them all to the hold: and this was Mr. Lenthalls case; for I believe he had always a good heart towards Your Majesty, but could not show it till God gave the opportunity.  
It was a special providence of God for Your Majesties Exaltation, that kept in Lenthal to go on with the Sectaries until these times; he was always right for you, and so prudent, that the Sectaries could not be without him: Such providence is not to be forgotten, for Lenthall was great in power, and accordingly did he act for Your Majesty.  
And it was also a mighty providence of God, in General monk and many others, some did for Your Majesty( though not willing) out of envy to the House of cronwell, as Fleetwood, Lambert, Desborough, and many more supposed; others of pure affections, as noble monk, worthy Len●hall, and several beside them; as it was Phil. 15.16, 17, 18. and all for Your Majesties advantage, as it proved: These acted, yet in the dark.  
For, had not God by his special providence sent me the aforesaid Visions in September 1659. when the Parliament and Army were at a difference, and had not I gone to Lenthall, and he listened to me as he did, then I tell Your Majesty what was like to come to pass; and it was partly in agitation, as may be seen by the Diurnals of that time: The Parliament and the Army had agreed for Fleetwood to go to be chief in Ireland, and Lambert likewise chief in Scotland, noble monk removed, as Richard and Harry, Cromwells Sons, were; and Lenthall to be Lord Paramount in England.  
Therefore let us glorify God for those Visions, and think that Lenthall and I have been his Instruments to turn the stream another way for Your Majesties Restauration; and God never faileth in sending means to bring to pass what he hath determined or forespoken, as it is here seen, the Visions of God with my holding them forth to Lenthall, who was at the stern, turned all for Your Majesties Exaltation.  
It is true, many Ministers are against Vision and Dreams, and I myself am against superfluity of that nature; but yet I say these Visions were so seasonable and so suitable to the affairs of our Nations, showing what the issue of things then on foot would be, that I may boldly say twenty of those Ministers all agreeing to preach long Sermons before him, would not have persuaded Lenthall so much as these Visions did, for Your Majesties Restauration and the good of the people thereby.  
Solomon saith, Prov. 29.18. Where there is no Vision the people perish: I am sure it was verified in this our time, and had not God sent these Visions, these three Nations had come to a sad end. And though General monk meant well, what could he have done while Lenthall was in power and command above him? again, if any other man had  told Lenthall such Visions, he had not believed him; but he having experience of the truth of my former Visions and Books, did both inquire and believe what I said: to God be the glory of it; I prayed for wisdom, I acted by it, I desired Visions, and all for Your Majesties sake; seeking nothing for myself all the while: And now I hope Your Majesty will do something for me.  
And now I come to speak for myself: Truly my condition at this time, as to matter of outward substance, is worse than it was before Your Majesties Restauration; for my friends of the Royal party, that helped me heretofore, now say to me, You must go to the Kings Majesty, who doubtless will make you a great man, in regard of your faithful eminent service done to h●m, we will do no more for you: and I am old, and so weak for the want of outward comforts, that I am not able to work if I had it, so that I am cast by Gods providence wholly upon Your Majesties Grace, as a child is left to his Fathers care, for food and raiment.  
Again, the Sectaries( for this cause) glory over me, saying, Ah, now, you have your King, but what are you better for it? If you had done so much for the Parliament as you did for him, they would have done for you, and you might have had a great estate, and been more capable of his favour( if he had come in) than now you are; for notwithstanding all you did for him in hope of great things, you are in the same condition still, and like to continue a poor man; he will not look upon you, for now merits are not weighed in the balance of the Sanctuary, and favours are not equally distributed, but it is bought and sold, he that gives most money is preferred, and the Kings poor faithful friends, that have done most for him, go without, witness yourself for one; the Parliament abhorred such doings, and God and all good men do hate it.  
My answer to them is this, His Majesties Revenues for the present are in Hucksters hands, and so is the Estate of all his friends, especially those Nobles that came over with him, have nothing left them; these Nobles having the disposing of places, are forced to make the most of them to subsist for the present, but when His Majesty, and His Nobles, and Gentlemen have their own again, as I hope the King and Parliament will quickly bring it so to pass, then shall you see places will not be sold, and that things in Church and State will be so well carried on, that neither you nor your Forefathers in any age have seen the like heretofore.  
And for your saying, That His Majesty will take no notice of His poor servants, That is not true, for I meeting His Majesty walking in Saint James's Park, upon my bare relating of my name, His Majesty called me to Him, gave me his hand to kiss, promising to remember me; which, I hope, will be by raising my fortune beyond mine enemies expectation; and having an evil humour that did disfigure my face much, the very touch from his blessed hand( for I did not kiss it because my mouth was fore) wrought such an alteration in my body, that on a sudden the humour was gone, and my Neighbours knew me not by face, and yet Mr. Knight, the Kings chirurgeon, said it was not the Kings-evil.  
And now I am speaking to You I will speak further, and though it be not handsome to speak to You in an Epistle directed to the Kings Majesty, yet I hope it will be as well taken as intended; for I would not be, to separate the King from his People, nor to draw the People from Him; but I, God enabling me, shall endeavour to unite the Body to the Head, or the King and his People, and bring the Sectaries, who are furthest off, to return and be united to His Majesty and the Church of God: Therefore take notice of Gods work done before the eyes of all the world, and before our eyes in particular.  
First, consider how God permitted that Apollyon and destroyer to drive out the King, and to keep him out by bloody war and shedding innocent blood; and that nothing done in order to bring in His Majesty by war did prosper, so that most men thought and said, That there was a fate upon that House, and that God had cast off that family for ever: But men know not Gods thoughts, Isa. 55.8, 9. Jer. 29.11. for when you thought that all was most sure in your hands, and had provided an Oath of Abjuration against that Family, then the Lord appeareth for it, and brings in the King miraculously, so that not one drop of blood is spilled in His Majesties Restauration: This was the Lords doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes, Psalm 118.22, 23.  
Secondly, consider that all the Kingdoms in the world had their beginning by war and bloodshed, so that all the Founders thereof waded through blood to their Thrones; but this of ours is a new kingdom with a white Throne, Rev. 20.12. set up of God in a new way( without blood) not known before: As it is written Psalm 2.6. I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion: The Lord Jesus doth own him, for the Lord is the Lord of peace, 2 Thes. 3.16. and now the King is not to hold his Kingdom onely as it descended to him by a Royal descent, but to hold it as it was given him( in a new way) of God blessed for ever, 1 Tim. 6.15.  
Thirdly, consider the Battle by which this Conquest came: It was not a Battle with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but it was a Battle with burning fuel of fire, Isa. 9.5. It was the fiery zeal to Gods glory that first broken out in the heart of noble G. monk, then in the hearts of the Royal Parliament, that made the Royal City of London, and all England, to be in a flamme of Bonfires with mirth and joy; which fire did consume the wicked, and brought forth this Kingdom of glory, Heb. 10.31. Heb. 12.28, 29.  
I am confident you have prayed earnestly to God for this his glorious appearance, but why do you not believe it now it is manifest, and repent of your dead works, calling for mercy to the Lord and the King? for I may not separate them, Pro. 24.21.  
And now I shall speak touching the Church of God, and decide the Case between Episcopacy and Presbytery so called.  
Episcopacy is of God set in order according to a military Institution or way; the Archbishops are Generals, the other Bishops are Colonels, the rest of the Clergy are Officers and Captains under them, all to act in their order, and obey their superiors, else to be cashiered. Now the true way of Presbytery, as it is spoken of in Scripture, is this; That when these are by their superiors called together, to consult about the affairs of the Church of Christ,( as sometimes the General of an Army doth in their affairs) then all those Ministers being met make a Presbytery, according to Scripture and Reason; but none( be his parts never so good) is to stir out of his Rank, except he be called to it by the superior Power; For God is the God of order, and not the author of confusion, as it is seen in all the Churches of the Saints, 1 Cor. 14.33. and such are in a fit posture to stand for Christ, and to maintain his Church every one in his Precinct.  
But our Presbyters, that refuse Bishops, are like a confused tumult, or at best like an Army ●h●t hath neither a General nor Colonels, that when any occasion cometh of standing for Christ and his church, they are divided and fight one against another, some turn Independents, others turn otherwise, and there is nothing but confusion follows; as we have seen it sufficiently manifested in these our dayes.  
Now I have spoken touching the true government of the Church, and of our Presbyterian false disorderly way of Government, I will show the different way of their Reformation from Popery.  
Our true Sion and Church of England was reformed by the Kings command, and when Queen Mary reigned, they did not take up arms against her to maintain the Reformation, but yielded their bodies to suffer for the truth sake, waiting upon God for deliverance, and so it pleased God to cut off that cruel Queen Mary in a short time, and to set up Queen Elizabeth to restore his Church, and to comfort his people.  
But the false Presbyterian Church of Scotland was not so reformed, for when their Ministers would have had a Calf with a White face, or somewhat done, they knew not what, nor yet do: Then their Queen Mary understanding their design, prudently sends for John Knox and other Ring-leaders of their sedition, and they did not obey their Queens Command, but contrarily stirred up the people to rebel against her, bringing it to a bloody War, and spilling of innocent blood; thus they reformed or builded the false Sion with blood, as the Prophet saith, Micah 3.10, 11, 12. Therefore it shall be destroyed and ploughed like a field.  
But some will say, Queen Elizabeth sent them aid, therefore she was partaker with them.  
I answer, No; but the Queen understanding that a great Army of Frenchmen was to come to Scotland, to assist Queen Mary against the Rebels, and upon their request Qu. Eliz. sends an Army of Englishmen to fight the French, lest they mastering the Rebels should come to invade Engl. she sent not to countenance their Rebellion or Sedition, but for the defence of her own people committed to her charge, as you have it more at large in Holinsheads Chronicle of Scotland, pag. 371. that sheweth touching those affairs. Let this stop the mouth of such Objectors.  
And now to come to speak something touching Gods Worship, Bowing at the Name of Jesus, and before the Lord at the Sacrament, which Bowing the Presbyters call Idolatry and Superstition, and they would prove it out of the Law, and specially by the second Commandment; and to speak the truth soberly, yet merrily, for Gods Spirit loveth mirth, as I shall prove hereafter.  
Now I would fain know, Whether the Prophet David or the Presbyters doth best understand the Law of Moses? if you grant to King David that Prerogative, as I believe you cannot deny it, then we will see what he saith, Psal. 95.6. O come let us worship, and bow down, and kneel before the Lord our maker: Surely King David was no Presbyter, else he had never done this, to bow and kneel, and bid all the Worshippers of the Lord do it also; a Presbyter hates it. But, methinks, I hear King David, and all Protestants with him, say, O ye foolish, brutish Presbyters, We do not bow before any false god, but before the Lord our maker, we bow before the Lord our maker.  
And that Saint Paul furiously seconds him with his sword drawn in his hand, saying, You Presbyters, will not you bow at the name of Jesus? Yes, forsooth, we bow the knee of the heart: Who seeth that, ye bloody Presbyters? ye lye, we see what you do: have not I said, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow? mark, Every knee should bow, Phil. 2.10. and do you think to put it off, saying, We bow the knee of the heart,( when your actions prove the contrary) you shall bow the knees of your bodies, else your legs shall be cut off, and then where are your knees? Do not you know, that by Bowing, Kneeling, Prostrating or Falling down before him, Worship is done to God? and there is no Worship without such manifestation found in all the Scripture: Do not you see how God is Worshipped under the Gospel, Rev. 4.16. Rev. 5.8. Rev. 7.11. Rev. 11.16. Rev. 19.4. Now, you Presbyters, if you would know how to Worship God, learn of these, they all along fall down upon their faces to Worship God, yet you will not bow the knee before him, or at the great and dreadful Name of JESUS: I believe God is come to judge you for these things.  
It is clear that you Presbyters Worship the Dragon and the Beast; for mark, they that Worship the Beast do not fall down, bow or kneel before him,( that is out of doors with them, the Devil is grown cunning, he matters not that) their Worship is to praise him for his bloody acts, in killing the Saints and people of God; that is their manner of Worship, and that Worship pleaseth the Beast, Rev. 13.4, 5, 6, 7, 8.  
Now, Presbyters, Was not that your manner of Worship, namely, to give thanks for killing the Servants of God and the King? Wi ness your many dayes of Thanksgiving yet upon Record: Whereas on the contrary, the late famous ●ious King, when Word was brought to His Majesty, that his Forces had killed some of you, and a motion made to him for a day of Thanksgiving, No, said His majesty, not for killing of men, I have the loss on every side, for they are my people. And God is displeased with such a Worship, and with such bloody Worshippers; he bid: them not come to his presence with their hands full of blood, Isa. 1.10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. thus the good King did disapprove of their motion.  
And now I shall speak( if God permit) touching the Surplice and those holy Garments, with which the Presbyters are much offended.  
It is true, the Surplice is not a fit Garment for a Butcher, because it will trouble his arms and hands, and comes under his feet when he stoops to kill a Beast: Therefore John Knox, and the rest of the Presbyters, when they turned Butchers of men, they cast away their Surplices, for it hindered their Work; because blood, or any spot and soil, is soon seen upon the Surplice.  
But our Ministers of the Church of England used it, and kept their Garments undefiled; and as for the Surplice and those holy Garments used in our Church, we understand that they were used in the Church of Christ all along from the Apostles time: And such Garments they had under the Law, as we see they had a rich embroidered Ephod for the High-Priest, and linen Ephods also for their other Priests, Exod. 39. 1 Sam. 22.18. but we take it not from the Jews manner, though much alike, for the Garments of the Angels, or men( as Mark and Luke calls them) that first preached Christ after his Resurrection, are described for our imitation; Luke saith they had shining garments, Luke 24.4. in imitation of that our embroidered Copes were made, which we had in the Cathedral Church to be worn on high dayes, as Christmas, Easter and whitsuntide.  
Now the other two Evangelists say, They were Angels in white raiment, Mat. 28.3. John 20.12. but Mark tells us, that it was a long garment, and after that fashion is the Surplice made, Mark 16.5. and if you would know what this long Garment was made of, Daniel the Prophet will tell you that it was made of linen; for that Gospel-preacher, sent to show him what came to pass in our dayes, had a Surplice, Dan. 12.6, 7. and the seven Angels that routed the Beast, Rev. 16. were all sent forth clothed in their fine linen Surplices, Rev. 15.6, 7. And I pray consider to what end did the Evangelists describe the habits of those first Gospel-ministers, which spake to the Women, Mat. 28. Mark 16. Luke 24. John 20. but to give a pattern to all Gospel-ministers that were to come. We red of several Angels sent to particular persons, but nothing spoken of their habits; now the Presbyters suppose that Cloaks were the holy garments which the Apostles used to minister in; and Why, say they? because Saint Paul had a Cloak, therefore they use to pray, preach, and do all in Cloaks.  
I answer: Saint Paul was a great Traveller, 2 Cor. 11.26, 27. and had need of a Cloak to shelter him in foul Weather; and it being fair Weather he had left his Cloak at Troas, yet he thought good to have it brought to him against Winter, 2 Tim. 4.13, 21. now if it had been Saint Pauls Ministerial garment, he would not have left it behind him at Troas: Therefore doubtless in those Churches that were settled in order then, they had such garments as we used formerly in the Church of England, and we had it from them all along downward by Tradition; and of that Tradition the Apostle speaks, 2 Thes. 2.15.  
And Saint Pauls Cloak was not such a long one as the Presbyters use to go in, for such a long Cloak was not fit for a foot-Traveller, and of Saint Pauls horse there is no mention made: We have an old saying, That the Devil used to appear in a long black Cloak to hid his cloven foot: and I met him once in such an habit, on Good Friday at night by Black Friers Church in 1644. I thought he was a Presbyterian Minister, and justling with him, as I passed on, he fell under my feet like a black Cloak spread upon the ground and vanished before me: as you have it at large in pag. 121. of the first impression of my book called The echo to the Voice from Heaven: and as the Presbyterian Ministers delight to follow the Devils fashion in all things, so they will have long Cloaks also.  
I shall speak a little of music, which the Presbyters cannot abide, specially to have it in the Church.  
But how beautiful was the Worship of God in the choir in our Cathedral Churches, where God was worshipped in the beauty of Holiness, Psalm 29.2. Psalm 96.9. with songs, and praised God according to the injunction of David, Psalm 105. 1 Chron. 16.4, 5, 6, 42. with voices and all Instruments of music. Truly when I was a chjld I found music so effectual, that I may say it was the first moving cause that brought me to be well affencted with coming to Church, and tempered my spirit to listen to the Preacher, and I believe it will much work to the same purpose on all Children: Therefore I beseech God to sand us our Quires of Angels again.  
It was a bold attempt of Satan, when once he tried Gods way of music to draw men to worship an Image; but he got such a wound by it, that he could never abide music neither before nor after; for the three Children, who though they loved the music( yet hated the Idol) would not fall down to Worship the Image, but rather choose to be cast into an hot fiery Furnace; out of which Furnace God delivered them,( Daniel 3. from vers. 12. to the end of the Chapter) and so wounded the Devil, that King nabuchadnezzar and all the Worshippers, seeing the miracle, forsook him and praised the true God, Dan. 4.1, 2, 3. Therefore the Evil spirit is and was always an hater of music.  
Now the Lord loves music and comes to it, for the Lord comes to Elisha when the Minstrel played before him, and not before, 2 Kings 3.15, 16. here it is evident that the Lord loves music and comes to it.  
Again on the contrary, the Devil departed from Saul when David played on the Harp before him, 1 Sam. 16.23. here it is evident that the Devil hates music and flieth from it.  
I am sure you Presbyters hate music, for you would have none in the Church, nor any where else, by your good will, as you have fully manifested when you had power; but do you not see now, by what I have shewed you, what spirit you have, and shall not I with the Finger of God cast it out? Truly I shall by Gods help cast it out whether you will or no: I had a visible sign of it, as I shewed before, and the Word of God which I hold forth to you is able to do it, and will you not repent and turn to God? And if you would have God to come to your Churches and country, have plenty of music, then God will come to you, and drive away the Devil from you.  
Again, see Saint Paul would have men that want Instruments of music, to learn Spiritual songs and sing them, to make melody at all times to the Lord in their hearts, Ephes. 5.19. And you see how the Church under the Gospel is set forth, and is said to worship God with Instruments of music, even Harps, Rev. 5.8, 9. Rev. 14.2, 3. for indeed under the word Harps here is signified all sorts of music, and the Harp hath the pre-eminence, because David with it drive away the Devil from Saul, 1 Sam. 16.23. and a company of good Harpers, playing all at once together, make the most melodious noise in the world; but it is no loud music, therefore Organs and such like loud music are most fit for the Church, that all may hear and rejoice in the Lord, Psalm 150.  
And truly you Presbyters Ministers, this is a great sign that you shall fall and come to nothing:  
This time twelvemonth there was not above six seen in L●ndon streets that wore caconical coats and girdles, but now we may see six hundred in such habit, that the Church of England may say as it is written Isa. 49.21. Who hath begotten me these? and wonder seeing so many, where they were all this time, and say, These were the hidden ones of God, which are now come forth to rout the Presbyters.  
But you will fall a Preaching, and stir up the people, Acts 6.12. Acts 13.50. Acts 14.2. in your wonted way again: Have a care, and be sure the people will not believe you, for they know what evil you have brought upon them, for believing your rebellious lying Doctrine the last time, you shall never be able to preach them up to war for you again, but beware of hanging; for the same prophesy that saith, King Charles should come in at 1660. and that there should be no more Wars, saith also, that after his coming in there shall be nine Halter-moneths, and then the old Cathedral Churches should be repaired, as you have it in the aforesaid Thomas Pughs book pag. 150. and you may believe it better than your own Preaching; for it is a certain truth, and you shall find it so, if you go on in your Rebellious ways as heretofore.  
For there is but one Anointed on earth at one time, and he that nurseth Meroz must curse it, for not coming out to the help of the Lords Anointed against Rebels; for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob being heads of their Families and people of God, were every one, one after another, the Anointed for their times, Psalm 105.15. for the word is no where set down the Lords Anointed to signify many, but the Lords Anointed sig●ifieth but one,( as you have it throughout the Scripture) for Barak was the Lords Anointed when those words were spoken, Curse ye Meroz, judge. 5.23. and they were therefore cursed that did not help the Lord with Barak: but now the Gospel saith, Curse not, Rom. 12.14. therefore you err in holding it forth, and you are not Preachers of the Gospel; our Ministers of the Church of England never used that Text in all the time of the war.  
Again, I say the People were Anointed as long as they continued their obedience to the King, for the oil ran down from the head to the feet, that is from the King to the meanest of his Subjects,( as the ointment that was upon the head of Aaron ran down to the skirts of his garments, Psalm 133.2.) but when the People were divided and cut off from the King, by your persuading of them to rebel, then the holy Unction came no more upon them; yet on those which continued loyal it remained, and that Anointing did teach them and confirm them,( though you did deprive them of their Teachers) so that you could not seduce them, 1 John 2.19, 20, 26, 27.  
Now Presbyters and all other Sectaries, confess your sins before God and all the world,( for your sins are public) that you may be glorious penitentiaries, and call to the Lord, the King, and the country for mercy, all which you have offended, and return again to your true mother and true Church of God, the Church of Eng. to give thanks to God for giving you the grace of Repentance unto life; and do not you foolishly and childishly look upon every thing to be an Idol, as your brother Theaura John did sand to call his friends to him in Saint Georges fields, and after he had talked a while to a great company of them, he had a fire made, and he burned his Bible, money, arms, clothes, and all that he had, saying, they were Idols: I say, do not you do so, for we of the Church of England are sufficiently cautious in that matter of Idolatry or Superstition, and we will worship nothing but God onely. Thus much in love to you, hoping it will not be in vain.  
A word to describe the Presbyters and Sectaries.  
They are very just in their dealings, true in their Promises, they will not swear, lye, nor be drunk; and excellent qualities they have in their dealings between man and man, onely they will deal so hard, that a poor man cannot get water to his hands by them; but they pay just, and you● shall not find the least sin in them, for they sin not by Retail but by Whole-sale, and their Conscience being nice and curious in small matters, and not at all in great things; they make no Conscience to swear, and oft forswear themselves, to und● the King and country; they make no Conscience to wrest the sword out of their Kings hand, though they might know that he is the great Servant of God, even the supreme Sword-bearer of God, 1 Pet. 2.13. Rom. 13.4. they make no Conscience to kill their King, and to take all from him and his; they make no Conscience to kill Gods Ministers, and rob his Church; they make no Conscience to destroy thousands of great and noble Families for their loyalty to God and the King; they make no Conscience to pretend to the People to take away Patentees, but in the mean time lay upon them Excise, Seisments and Taxes, an hundred times greater: These things they can do and not be troubled at it, but if they leave Six pence unpaid to a rich man, O their Conscience is so troubled till they pay it! and in their words they are most heavenly, that men say, they are mighty honest, just and godly.  
Now, indifferent Reader, are not these th●y our Saviour speaks off, Mat. 23.24. That will strain at a gnat and swallow a camel? Truly these are they, for we do not red that the Pharisees had any such fat plundering times to show themselves as these had: I do not s●eak this to accuse them, for it is known openly before God and the World; neither do I say it to discourage them and cast them down, for they are low enough already; but I s●y it to the end they may repent, and give glory to God by making known what horror of Conscience they have now, and by it prevent the generations to come, that they fall not into such folly, and that they may become glorious Saints( as they said they were) by their repentance and amendment; and though they doubtless shall find the mercies of God in abundance, yet they must look for a severe outward punishment from the Lord, who will by no means clear the guilty, for by their deeds they have given the enemies cause to blaspheme the Word of God, which they took to be their Rule.  
But of all other Sects there is none so disorderly as the Quakers; they take upon them blasphemously to be the seed of God, yet have not so much in them as common civility: The beasts of the field, by the instinct of Nature, honour their superiors,( in their order) according to the excellency of their strength, but these proud impudent Quakers glory in nothing more than to despise Power and Dignities, 2 Pet. 2.10, 11, 12. judas 8, 9, 10.  
They dare stand bolt-up-right before their King and his Nobles, without so much civility as once to move their hats, when presumptuously and peremptorily they discourse with His Majesty, being admitted to have such favour to try them.  
Whereas Abraham, the Father of the faithful seed of God, in whom all the Nations of the earth are blessed, Gen. 12.3. Gen. 18.18. speaking to Ephron and his People, bowed himself again and again before them, yet Abraham was a mighty Prince, a Prince of God, as they call him, and as you have it in the Margin, Gen. 23.6, 7, 12. and Jacob bowed himself seven times to Esau his elder brother, Gen. 33.3.  
Now if these Quakers were the children of Abraham,( as our Saviour saith, John 8.39.) they would do the works of Abraham: and I am sure if they be not Abrahams seed, they are none of Gods seed, for all are blessed in Abraham, Gen. 12.3. Gen. 18.18.  
And Saint Paul first saluted the Elders, and then declared what God had done by his Ministry, Acts 21.18, 19. here we see Saint Pauls practise was to salute men, and specially being now before the Court of James Bishop of Jerusalem, Acts 21.17, 18, 19. doth salute them.  
Besides, Saint Paul and the rest of the Apostles, accordingly touching this point, doth charge the Christians to salute one another, and to kiss one another,( which a man cannot do with his hat on) as you see in the conclusions of most of their Epistles, Rom. 16. 1 Cor. 16.19, 20. 2 Cor. 13.12, 13. Phil. 4.21, 22. Col. 4.15. 1 Thes. 5.25. 2 Tim. 4.19, 21. Titus 3.15. Philem. 23.24. Heb. 13.24. 1 Pet. 5.13, 14. 2 John 13. 3 John 14. I think here is enough to reform the Quakers,( touching this point) if they be men, or were not more voided of Reason than bruit beasts; for if they were the seed of God( as they vainly boast) they would follow the Children of God, and the Father Abraham.  
I heard say, that such a privilege as the Quakers claim, was once given to Korsygedol in Merionethshire by King Henry the seventh, for Henry then Duke of Richmond being hunted by that Tyrant Richard 3. went to welsh, and lived with Mr. William Vechan Korsygedol a certain time, and Henry being afterward King, when Mr. Vechan Korsygedol saying he had enough, would take no other gifts from him, the King compelled him to take this, That his house should be free, even his seed, to stand with their hats on in the Kings presence: and King Henry the seventh did never suffer the said William Vechan to stand bare-headed before him. Now if the Quakers can derive themselves from that honourable houfe, they may have some plea for themselves; otherwise I know no plea for them; and I think none of that House are Quakers, they hate such disorderly foolishness.  
And now the Presbyters and Sectaries would fain set their former Tragedy on foot, to be acted over again; for they begin to quarrel with that worthy Bishop Wren upon the old account, that is, because he sought to bring them to worship God in the right way, and with more reverence than they can afford: They had him in the Tower of London these 18. years, yet God would not suffer them to hurt him; and now God hath vindicated and delivered him: do they think to fight against God and prevail? they shall know that the Rules of Bishop Wren( which they despise) will be so owned of God, that all Nations shall observe it, and Rome itself shall not prevail against it.  
The Sectaries have reprinted their old Articles against Bishop Wren, to stir up the people to Rebellion, Acts 6.12. Acts 13.50. Acts 14.2. and one Henry Jesse, a great Sectary, hath put forth a book of lying wonders, to fulfil what is written, 2 Thes. 2.9, 10, 11, 12. and to strengthen his wicked brethren; in which book is many blind letters and stories of Frogs, and killing of people for their sakes.  
Truly I believe the Devil will do what he can for them, as far as God permits him, he can kill men, and bring up Frogs, and do more than all that, Exod. 8.7. Job 1.19. And doubtless there is abundance of Witches among the Sectaries, yea some, as it is reported, before Authority, have professed and said, that they worshipped the Devil: Therefore such miracles as Henry Jesse brings forth, are juggling, Lying, Devilish miracles; for the true miracles of Jesus Christ and his Apostles, were to heal the sick, raise the dead, and always doing good; and for all they were persecuted, we do not red that any of their Persecutors dyed upon it: and by such good works of healing, God beareth witness to our King also.  
All the Sectaries, which last year were at enmity among themselves, can now join and be friend● to withstand the Kings Majesty and Gods Church, as Herod and Pilate were made ●riends when they withstood the Son of God, Luke 22.12. and forasmuch that His Majesty granted them liberty to meet, and that they use their liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, 1 Pet. 2.16. against His Majesties Parliament and the Church, as it is evident by that book of Henry Jesse, and the Quaeraes of late scattered abroad, which strikes at King, Parliament and Church: I say, is it not just, that upon this their malicious doing,( before they go any further) that His Majesty should withdraw his Acts of grace from them, and put forth a sharp Proclamation to prohibit their meetings, and command them to come to Church; and speedily to cut off his Fathers Murtherers, for I cannot see how His Majesties foresaid white Throne can be established, until that Royal and Loyal blood be avenged, that cries loud to God from under the Altar, Rev. 6.9, 10. now His Majesty having the sword of God for to revenge it justly, and to appease the wrath of God, which cannot be done without the said innocent blood be revenged, Rom. 13.4. and that His Majesty and Parliament judge them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours, Psalm 28.4. and give them double according to their works, Rev. 18.6.  
And therefore His Majesty and Parliament should make them take the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance, and order it so, that whosoever he be that will not take the said Oaths, should not have the benefit of the Kings Laws; for did they not put an unlawful Engagement upon His Majesties Subjects to the same purpose? therefore it is just in His Majesty to do the same: Neither can His Majesty be justified otherwise, now they slight His Acts of grace offered to them, and speak evil of Him; and certainly they would show Him no mercy if they had Him and His in their power, and no mercy should be shewed to such cruel merciless people, James 2.13.  
It is true, God was gracious to England in giving us some moderate men to oversway and temper the fury of the Adversaries, so that they could not have their will, else much more mischief had been done; for if Harrison and his party had got the power, he dealt had with Eng. as he dealt with them which he murdered at Bazing-house, after he had given them quarter; which blood crieth up to heaven to be avenged on him, being betrayed by his lying tongue, and then murdered by his bloody hands: Therefore shall that party trepan one another, and by them whom they most confided in shall they be betrayed, and drawn into snares as a beast for the slaughter, till they are consumed from off the face of the earth.  
The Sectaries a while ago called Harrison their little David: Truly little indeed, or nothing like David: and after they had great hopes in Lambert, looking upon him to be their Lamb that should stand upon Mount Sion for them, Rev. 14.1. but last April being at the Mount he could not get that number of souldiers which he expected, for the hundred forty and four thousand stood up in the Mount with our glorious King Charles, and therefore Lambert came quickly down from the Mount; and now their hope is in Henry Jesse, he is their David because David was the son of Jesse, 1 Sam. 17.12. and their great hope now is in the said Jesse according to Isa. 11.1, 10. but they shall find their Jesse to be a false Jesse, and that Jesus is the man who appeareth eminently in King Charles, which if they were not wilfully blind they might see it.  
But methinks these people should look a little upon the wisdom of the Ancients of our Nation, that feared God, and not prefer themselves before them; whose Books, in regard of their excellent knowledge and holy life, these Youngsters are not worthy to carry after them; for they, by a divine ir●spiratoin of God, could tell above a thousand years ago what we have seen done before our eyes, namely, the great Transactions that were among us, and show the very time of our glorious Kings Restauration; when indeed our new self-wise Generation( that despise them) are so ignorant, that they cannot tell to day what shall be to morrow: The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his Covenant, Psal. 25.14. I believe our despised Merlins were them that feared the Lord, for they knew his secret.  
I know the English Chronicles, through the ignorance of the Historians, do disgrace our chief princely Merlin, and to take off that aspersion I shall show you his noble Descent, and the cause of your English Writers ignorance, in saying, Merlin had no father, but was begot by an evil spirit.  
And now to vindicate Merlin, the truth is, about the year of Christ 446. one Vortigerne a Nobleman, through treachery got the King Constantius to be murdered, and by his policy gets to Reign; the said Usurper and Tyrant thus ascending the throne, the murdered Kings brethren, Aurel. Ambrosius and Utherpendragon by names, with many more noble Britains, fled into Britain in France, now after they had been there some small time, Aurelius Ambrosius, who was King by right, in a disguised manner came over sea into Wales, and hearing that a Princess, daughter to a King of Dalmatia,( formerly designed for him) was gone to a Nunnery at a place in South-Wales, now called Carmarthine, whereupon Aurelius Ambrosius the King went there, and must needs see the said Lady.  
The governours of the house being much troubled at it, yet at last looking upon him as their lawful King, consented to his demand: And ordered it, so that always when the King was to come to the said Lady, all her fellow Nuns were called away to other Rooms; and she being alone, the King was let in unto her, till at last He prevailed with her, and begot Merthin or Merlin, as ye have it in English.  
Now the Lady knew not what he was that came to her, only he seemed to be a fine young man; but she proved to be with Child and brought forth a Man Child, and the governours that knew who was his Father, called his name Merthin Ambrosius, which in English is the marrow of the Man Ambrosius: The said Merthin was born in Carmarthen,( which Town is called by his name to this day,) and was brought up in Learning, and God gave him such gifts that he was the wonder of the world; and because his Wisdom was so exceeding great, and his Birth and Parentage so obscure, the Britains thought him to be a good Angel sent to comfort them: And the Saxons thought him to be an evil Angel sent against them; thus they could not believe him to be a Man, as indeed he was a Prince.  
Now Vortigerne the tyrant being full of fear( as all traytors are,) sends workmen to build him a strong Castle at a place he had made choice of near the Sea in South-walsh: But as they began to build, nothing would stand there, for what they built in the day was thrown down in the night. And Vortigerne being vexed at it, sent for all the Barthes and Wise men to come before him: And he threatened them, saying, if they could not tell him how to prevent the throwing down of his building, he would put them to death; whereupon the Barthes  told him, that he must find out a Man Child that had no Father, and take his blood to water the foundation of his building, after that his building should go forward and stand.  
Then Vortigerne sent out scouts all about the Land to seek for such a Child, and some of them coming to Carmarthen, as a company of youths played by the high-way, one of the youths falling out with Merlin, said, thou art a stripling and hast no Father, the scouts hearing that took Merlin and his mother, and brought them before Vortigerne, and he examined the mother of Merlin, and she  told him how it was; that she being a Virgin in such a place, a fair young man in appearance came to her always when her fellows were absent, and at last overcame her with Love, and that was her Sons Father; and she entreated him to save her Sons life: saying, he though but young, was wiser then all his Barthes and Wise men, and a holy Child.  
Then Vortigerne seeing Merlin had no power to hurt him, for he was of such a lovely sweet countenance full of Life and Spirit. And he to try his Wisdom asked what was the reason his building would not stand? said Merlin, the Rock upon which you build is hollow within, and there are two Caves in it, one on each side, and there are two great Dragons in the Caves which meet every night in the hollow of the Rock; and fighting shakes the building so that it falls: But in the day while the builders are there making a noise, they do not stir out of the Caves; but now dig deeper until you come to the firm bottom of the Rock, and lay your Foundation thereupon, and besure your building will not fall: Whereupon Vortigerne did as Merlin counseled him, and found all true, so the Castle was built.  
Thus by Gods providence Merlin was brought before Vortigerne, and became great with him, and Merlin by his wisdom did so defeat the Tyrant and dishearten him by his prophesy, that at last Aurelius Ambrosius, with his brother Utherpendragon, came over sea, and quickly had a great Army, and burned Vortigerne in the said castle which he had built, when he had tyrannized near upon 40. years, and had done a world of mischief to the Church, and to the King and Nation: and Aurelius Ambrosius reigned in his stead.  
Here you see who was Merlin Ambrosius his father and mother, where he was born, and how he came to Vortigerne; now methinks his very name and the time which he lived in should have informed our Historians, and shewed them Merthins father, and that there is great reason why it was concealed then, his father being a banished King, that du●st not be known to have been in the Land, for if it had been known many had dyed for it; and his mother a Nun of great repute: and indeed Carmarthin should have  told them where Merthin or Merlin, as they call him, was born, and that he was not born at Maltborow, as some would have it to be the place of his birth. So much for Merlin Ambrosius.  
And now to our Wisemen of Gotham again: The Quakers give out, forsooth, that they will not rebel nor fight, when indeed the last year, and all along the War, the Army was full of them; there is no truth in the Sectaries, as to that point, for if they have liberty to meet and increase till they get a considerable party, you shall find that they will strive to be masters of all.  
The Puritans, Anabaptists and Brownists to my knowledge said, It was not lawful for them to resist the Kings power; but they, finding themselves strong enough for Him, stick not to unsay it again; and they resist Him in the highe●t degree, but it will be in vain for them now to strive, for whosoever he be that stands against the King and Church of England shall be destroyed, so saith the Word of God to me, and our Merlins do witness it also; therefore let Fox the Quaker not glory in his foolishness, for it will come to nothing, all such bubbles blown up in the air,( as Children use in their play) will fall to the earth and be seen no more, for though they bark they cannot bite.  
And what exceeding madness is it for any to withstand such a King, that by the Word of God is so shewed beforehand in Prophesies and Promises, and His birth witnessed by a Day-star, 2 Pet. 1.19. Rev. 2.28.( yea, and many hundred saw it) to show the world that Christ in him appeareth, Heb. 9.28. besides the holy Scripture that is full for it, there are abundance of modern Prophesies that do also witness it.  
Again, see how God( as I may say so with reverence) contrived the year of His Nativity, to be complete according to the holy Scripture and our Merlins sayings; for if the King had been 31. or 29. when He came to the throne, then he could not have been that David spoken of, Jer. 30.9. Ezek. 34.23, 24. Ezek. 37.24. Hos. 3.5. Pughs book pag. 76. and if He had not come in at 1660. then he could not have been that own which the Merlin speaks of in Pughs book, pag. 87. pag. 86.  
But God brings in the King according to the holy Scripture and our Merlins sayings, for he comes in at 1660. and in the 30. year of His age, agreeable to the holy Scripture touching Joseph, Gen. 41.46. David, 2 Sam. 5.4. Jesus, Luke 3.23. and last of all Charles under the name of own, Pughs book pag. 76. all four coming personally at 30. years of age to exercise their power and authority, and agreeable to our Merlins he comes in at 1660.  
Methinks the harmony of the holy Scripture with our modern Prophesies, and the miraculous coming of King Charles in accordingly, 2 Thes. 1.7, 8, 9, 10. should convert you Sectaries, seeing you profess to have knowledge in divine mysteries: sure if you see not now, doubtless ye are blinded with vain conceits; and if you do not say to King Charles as the People said to Cyrus, Isa. 45.13, 14. Surely God is in thee, you will be shut up in darkness for ever, judas 13. and so be it, if you will not receive the truth and be saved, and not make work for the Hangman.  
Yet you believe you have the same game to play as you had in 1641. and so forward, do not you believe that: for then the King had no Army, and the People were foolish and wanton through over-much prosperity; but now the King hath an Army on foot, under such noble Commanders as hate your whimsical way of preaching, or rather prating; and the people having smarted for such things, they are grown wiser than to believe you; therefore the best way for you is to wheel to the right, and as you were Protestants come to the Church of England again, and there you will find rest for your souls.  
And now I have spoken largely touching these Presbyters and Sectaries, whose persons I love, but I hate their evil ways: I shall speak a word to You, Most glorious Parliament, saying, Beware of upholding the Presbyterian or Sectarian Interest, lest any of you fall by it; you know what fruit you had heretofore from it, and how the Church and Kingdom was metamorphosed by it: More especially I speak to you, sometimes called the secluded Members, you have done the most glorious work of all( in opening the way to Peace) when you first sate after your seclusion; O do not you lose your reward by your standing for the aforesaid Interests.  
And I beseech you all, most Honourable Parliament, to be united and agree together as one man, to settle the Kings Majesty and His Kingdom and Church in the good old way, as it was in the beginning of Englands trouble▪ There is talk of an Act of Oblivion to come forth from you, to exempt some persons and punish others; all being equally guilty, that in my judgement is partiality, which will have a bad consequence: Save none that are guilty of murder, but deliver them up to the former Laws made by King, Lords and Commons, that is a just and a sure way; for how can you in Justice quit them, that murdered those which stood for God, King and Law, and not bring that righteous blood upon your own heads, and take the Murderers guilt upon you?  
Your Honours see how cruel I am to the Sectaries, and Why? because I find by their 37. Quaeraes how cruel they are against His Majesty and Your Honours, for all the King is so merciful unto them: I thought to have written altogether for them, that Your Honours would be merciful to them as followeth:  
But if you will make an Act of Oblivion to save any, save all and be clean, for God is full of mercy: You know touching the plague of leprosy, Levit. 13.12, 13. if a man hath it upon any part of his body, the Priest must pronounce him unclean; but if a man hath it all over his body, then the Priest must pronounce him clean; Now the case is the same; Your Honours look upon a part of the Nation to be guilty of the late famous Kings blood, but if you exactly go according to the Laws of England, you shall find the whole body of the Nation is guilty of his blood.  
Now his Majesty wisely weighing this, for the peace of the Nation, hath engaged Himself in the Word of a King, to pardon all that come in to Him,( with a reference thus to Your Honours) except some few persons that Your Honours shall think fit to exempt from pardon, in regard of their hands being deep in the late Kings blood; for the bonds of natural affection( yet contrary to His Fathers mind) binds His Royal Majesty, so that he could do no less than seek some satisfaction for His Royal Fathers blood, and therefore the burden lieth now upon Your Honours shoulders.  
And partiality is to have respect to Persons in judgement, James 2.4. The late King you know, hath to his everlasting glory before God and the World forgiven his enemies; and would have our present King not to study revenge on them, this is sufficiently made out in His late Majesties last Speech to our present King.  
But these Lords, Derby, Strafford, Bishop Laud, Hamilton, Holland, capel, Montrosse; and many more great Persons that suffered for the same cause, gave no such order to their Sons or friends: Now If Your honours require blood for the late Kings blood, who indeed would have no blood spilled for him; and by your Act shut out the other great families from having justice against those that murdered their Fathers and Friends, it will cause heart-burning of a dangerous consequence.  
And our late K. Charles of famous memory did foresee all this: Therefore it is one cause why he would have our present King Charles to pardon all, but it is fitter Your Honours should quit them then His Majesty, and for any thing that I know it is referred to You for that End. Then all the abovesaid Families in reason, cannot but content themselves with such an Act as well as his Majesty; though it be all Mercy and no Equity, I break forth my judgement to Your Honours, if my mite may add any thing to Your Information, I am not for bloodshed, yet I would have their Purses a● empty as mine is; and that with a ruined Conscience, is as bad as the Popes Purgatory, if not worse.  
But now I am against them, seeing no Reason that I should stand for them; being they stand against the King, Parliament and Nation. The Sectaries now urge upon us, that we have taken the Scottish Covenant: What if we have? we are not bound to keep it; for according to Englands laws, there is nothing binding to us, but what is done by King, Lords and Commons.  
The thieves at Newgate enter into Covenant amongst themselves, and make it as firm as any Covenant can be; suppose an honest man be forced to take that Covenant, Sectaries, will you say that he must needs keep it? or in reason must you not confess that Covenant to be a vain thing done without true Authority, and that a man ought not to keep it?  
The thieves Authority is as authentic, as the Authority of the Scots Covenanters: Nay rather more authentic, for the King hears nothing of Newgates Covenant when it is made, therefore he saith nothing against it; but the King declared against the Scots Covenant all along to His dying day: Therefore it hath not so good Authority as the thieves Covenant hath, and the ends of both their Covenants are alike, tending to rob and destroy the Kings loyal Subjects.  
I hope this manifestation is sufficient to destroy that work of the devil, 1 John 3.8. and to disoblige every Soul that took the Scots Covenant from fear of breaking it, for doubtless the Scots Covenant, and such is that called, Isa. 28.14, 15, 16, 17, 18. A Covenant with Death and agreement with Hell, which the Lord doth promise to disannul; which if Your Honours red the said Scripture, you will see the reign of the Sectaries and their ruin: Therefore hasten to ruin them accordingly, and so fulfil the said Scripture.  
And let his Excellency noble General monk, the Honourable secluded Members, and the Royal City of London, take heed they never fall into the hands of the Sectaries; for I am sure nothing troubleth the Sectaries more, then that they did not,( when they had power) destroy them all( last year) and burn the City of London, because under God, the City, monk, and the said Members were made so instrumental to bring His Majesty upon them, and all the Presbyterians beware you fall not into their hands again; they will pay you because you were for Kingship, and destroy you also.  
And when I  told their Commanders many times at Whitehall, that His Majesty should come in. They answered me saying, let him come in when he please, rather then he shall have it, we will destroy London and every place; so that he shall have but little left him.( This was their resolution,) I answered them saying from these Texts, 1 Thes. 5.2, 3. Rev. 16.15. That His Majesty should come in like a Thief in the night, and they should not destroy as they though to do: Nay said they we shall watch him for that.  
And now their watch is broken up, Your Honours had need to watch, for Praise-God-Barbone the Leather-seller in Fleetstreet is very brisk, which signifieth to me, that the Sectaries have some design on foot, that ministereth great hopes unto them: Behold I warn you of it aforehand, Ezek. 3.17.  
And Your Honours differing, and deferring the act of Oblivion may be of great advantage to the Sectaries, for all the Land is full of fear until that act come out, because honest precious men( as well as the vile that did it voluntary,) were forced to take up arms, pay Taxes, and bear Offices under the Rebels against the King; and they are afraid they shall be called to an account for it, which fear may cause them to join with the Sectaries and rise against Your Honours.  
Now the only way to take the precious from the vile, Jer. 15.19. And to prevent their rising against Your Honours, is speedily to make an act; that all which shall take the oaths of allegiance and Supremacy is pardonned for these crimes: Namely, taking up arms, paying Taxes, bearing Offices for the Rebels against the King; and that all those which were assistants to bring His Majesty to His Throne,( be their Crimes nere so great) is pardonned also, but express none by name; and that those which will not take the said oaths, to be declared Rebels, that shall not enjoy the benefit of the Law to protect them.  
And for you Quakers, which think it a sin to take the said oaths, our Saviour, Mat. 5.34. forbids not such oaths as are tendered by his Authority unto men for their own good; but he forbids all other oaths commonly used by swearers upon small occasions, and in common talk, and so doth the Apostle Jam. 5.12. for God himself( upon great occasions) swore many time to confirm his promise to his people, Heb. 6.16, 17. Psalm 110.4. and Ezek. 33.10, 11. As I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, and the Angel swore Rev. 10.5, 6. And our Saviour Himself upon great occasion to confirm the Truth, used to say, Verily verily I say unto you, these words of Christ are no small engagement if not an Oath, as some affirm it to be an Oath; thus you see an Oath upon great occasion is not sin, for God himself doth it.  
Now the King will not punish you, nor forbid your meetings for not taking the oaths: if you take them not, it is nothing to him; you hurt yourselves by it: for be sure Masters of families will destroy you, rather than you shall meet to seduce their children and servants; and when you complain to the King he will not hear you, nor have any thing to do with you, you are none of his Subjects, any body may kill you, and take all from you, and not be questioned, you must not have the benefit of the Law; if you were strangers, then the King ought to defend you whatsoever your Tenets were, so that you did not wrong his people; but being Natives, and will not obey your King, your condition will be worse than the beasts of the field.  
And now most Royal sovereign, I am come to Your Majesty again; beseeching Your Majesty to pardon my Rudeness of speech: for I have( as many more have) so long conversed with Rebells, that I know not how to frame a loyal speech aright, though I endeavour to do it, and my further request to Your Majesty is, that you stir up the gift of God that is in you, which was given You by prophesy, 1 Tim. 4.14. 2 Tim. 1.6. Be strong and of good courage, Josh. 1.5, 6, 7. and observe the laws of England.  
It is faid that when the Prophet Daniel shewed King Cyrus what the Prophet Isaiah had Prophesied of King Cyrus, about 200. yeares before he was born; that he should let the Captive Jews go and build Jerusalem and the Temple of the Lord, Isa. 44.28. Isa. 45. King Cyrus rejoiced, and immediately he made Proclamation, to sand the Jews withall speed to do it accordingly, Ezra 1.1, 2, 3.  
Oh King, there are more Prophesies of Your Majesty then can be held forth to You, and of thousands of yeares standing: King Cyrus was but a Type of Your Majesty, and now do you build our Jerusalm, and build you the House of God at Jerusalem, and do you inquire what Bishops remain, and sand them to the work: The charge is upon Your Majesty, and King Cyrus understood it so, as ye see Ezra 1.2, 3, 4. Let no Presbyt●nian have a hand in building Gods House, and let them not hinder the building of it. Your Majesty may see them plainly set out, Ezra 4.1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Let it be done up as it was, before it was destroyed: That is, as Bishop Laud,( by Your Royal Fathers command) ordered it, and as Bishop Wren, by the same command put it in practise; For the House of God which Your Royal Father and Bishop Laud hath sealed with their blood, may not be altered in form nor fashion.  
Most glorious sovereign, Consider that heinous Crime of Harrison, exceeds all the Sectaries evil actions: For Your royal Father, Nobles and gentry that suffered, did not expect mercy from their enemies, because they agree not with them; but at Bazing-house the Captain and Harrison agreed upon quarter, and he delivered himself and all accordingly into Harisons hands, now for Harison when he had disarmed him blasphemously to say these words, Jer. 48.10. Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and with that killed the Captain, was such a work of the Devil, that the like was never heard of; for Harrison, if he were not an ignorant Devil, might have understood, that the work of the Lord is to keep his Word, and to save them that believe him, and that it is the work of the Devil to lye and destroy them that believe him, for so did Harrison destroy that Captain, which Captains blood cries to Your Majesty for justice against him; therefore Your Majesty ought to make inquisition for such blood, Psal. 9.12. and destroy the murderers: Yet Harrison glorieth in all his wickedness, and shall he live?  
Now for Your Majesties judging those Sectaries, I advice You to refer them to the former Laws made by Kings, Lords and Commons, and for using( except for murder) Your Royal Prerogative as King David did, 2 Sam. 29.22. for matter of life as large as You please, I say it is good; but as touching judgement in other things do not meddle, but let the Law both ecclesiastiical and civil decide the matter, and as King Jehoshaphat did, 2 Chron. 19. do You sand forth Judges, and charge them to do right in the presence of God, for what is mercy to one may be cruelty to another; therefore let Justice decide it, and for those that have been Instruments to restore Your Majesty and the Law, let all their former misdemeanours be butted in oblivion, and they deserve Your Majesties favour, among whom I hope to have a portion of Your Majesties favour also.  
Blessed be God, Your Majesty is come to the Throne, yet Your Majesties poor friends, that suffered for You and the Law, have little or no relief, but the rich enemies triumph and abound in prosperity, having Yours and Your Majesties Loyal Subjects Estates in their hands as before, which if it continue so, doubtless they will seek the pre-eminence again, to the endangering of Your Majesty and Your friends: Therefore it is necessary for Your Majesties safety, that You and every one have their own again speedily, as Pro. 29.14. Pro. 20.28. there was no pro and con used with Solomon when he dispatched his great enemies, and then the Kingdom was established in his hand, 1 Kings 2.46.  
And now to conclude, praying for Your Royal Majesty and the noble Dukes Your Brothers, with Saint Pauls words, saying, For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole Family in heaven and earth is name, that he would grant You, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in Your hearts by Faith, that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all Saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God: Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all Ages world without end. Amen.  
Your Majesties Loyal Subject, Arise Evans. From my House near the Kings Play-house in Black-friers, August 20. 1660.  
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