A SPEEDY POST FROM HEAVEN, TO THE KING OF ENGLAND. Never put out by any before. Written by A. H. London, Printed in the year. 1642. A Speedy Post from Heaven, to the King of England. THat he fight not against the Gospel and the truth of God's word, and those his loving subjects that will defend his regal person, Crown and dignity, and seal it with their blood: lest it happen to him as to former Kings of Israel and Judah. Read the twenty one of Ezekel the 25. 26. 27. And thou profane wicked Prince of Israel whose day is come when iniquity shall have an end. Thus saith the Lord, remove the Diadem and take off the Crown this shall not be the same, exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will Overturn overturn it, and it shall be no more until he come, whose right is, and it will give it him, Read Isaiah the 14. and the 4. verse that thou shalt take up this Proverb against the King of Babylon And say how hath the oppressor ceased the Golden City ceased, 5. the Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the Sceptre of the Rullers he who smote the people in wrath verse 6. with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger 16. persecuted and none hindereth. Thou shalt not be Joined with them in 20. 21. burial because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people, the seed of evil doers shall never be removed, prepare slaughter for his Children, for the iniquity of his father that he do not rise nor possess the land nor fill the face of the world with Cities. The judgement of God upon three Kings jer. 22. Shallum of jehoiakim and Coniah for opresing of their subjects and breaking their Covenant with God. Ahab being left to the Council of his 1. Kings 21. wicked Wife lost his Kingdom and his posterity after him. You may read the judgement of God, 2. Kings 1. 1. through wicked Counsel upon Ahaziah. O King add not thou to this number of wicked Council, but add to the number of those good Kings who by giving ear to Good Council, preserved their Kingdom long to themselves, And their posterity, as King David in the 2. Sam 18. 4. first place that he was so far from seeking his own Council that he said to his people, what seemeth to you best I will do, and who is best for the but the high Court of Parliament, there was but two in David's Charge, but thou O King hast three in thy charge that thou hast not only neglected to settle the peace of them, but thou hast by all means laboured the utter destruction of them with the first, the hostile manner against Scotland, and the bleeding condition of Ireland, and as for England my pen shakes to write the Condition of it, not knowing what will befall it, having begun, not how to end, seeing thyself o King, And thy posterity being compassed about with thine enemies, and so little regarding thy friends, which is the great court of Parliament, O KING return to it and forsake these wicked counsel of all Achitophel's which seeking nothing more, the abolishing of the Gospel and the best of thy Subjects, whose names here followeth, Lord Kimboulton Master Stroud, Mr. Martin, Sir Henry Ludlow, Mr. Hollis, Mr. Pim, Mr. Hamden, Sir Arthur Hasslridg, Alderman Penington, Captain Venn, the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Stamford the Lord Brooke Sir john Hotham, these are like David's worthies and mighty men that broke through the hosts of the Philistims to fetch water for David in his necessity, but David would not drink the blood of these men, then do not the o King drink the blood of these 2 Sam. 23. men, which seeks to preserve thy Kingdom for thee and thy posterity, from these wicked sons of Beliul that are thy councillors against all right and law of God, of nature and of the kingdom, and this power and order hath equity and truth in their mouth and the two edged sword in their hand Psa. 149. 6. 7. 8. 9 to execute vengeance upon the heathen and punishment upon the phople, to bind their Kings with Chenes, and and their Nobles with fetters of Iron, to execute upon them the judgement written. In this Psalm what became of all them that the holy Ghost sets down 63. Psal. such prayers and desires to light upon them, that go against any truth of God, and divers other places of Scripture, which might be alleged for this purpose. FINIS