THE plots REVEALED, AND THE PARLIAMENT VINDICATED: Or a full discovery of the wicked designs, plots, and conspiracies of Iesuites, Papists, popish Prelates, and other popishly affencted persons, from before the beginning of His now Majesties reign, unto this present, for the rooting out of the true Protestant Religion, and to establish Popery in this kingdom; with the several ways and means this design hath been prosecuted.  
Setting forth the true causes and end of this unjust war against the Parliament; and the point fully proved, that this war is no new quarrel, nor caused by the Militia, but devilish malice against the intended reformation of the true Protestant Religion, plotted by jesuits, and now managed by English and Irish Papists and their abettors.  
With a brief Narration and Vindication of the whole proceeding of this Parliament, from the beginning to this present; Justified by Nature, Law and Religion, against the false Calumniations of all Malignants, and sundry Scurrilous and abusive Pamphlets, of late Printed to delude and deceive the kingdom:  
And lastly, may serve as a sufficient encouragement to all the people o● this kingdom, to be no longer gazers on, but put their hands to the work, b● a speedy uniting, with the hazard of life and fortune, in defence of Gods true worship, your own Rights, Liberties, and this present PARLIAMENT.  
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London Printed for F. coals, and F. leech, and are to be sold in the Old-baily. 164●   

The plots discovered, and the Parliament Vindicated.  
WE all complaite of our present miseries by the bloody distractions of the kingdom, by this unnatural war; But few of us consider-seriously of the cause whence these distractions come.  
For information herein, take notice that sin is the only cause of every affliction, and of all punishments, whether to private men, or whole kingdoms. We by our sins have provoked God to anger, and God sheweth his anger by his judgments upon us. King and Subject have sinned, and now King and Subject are punished. God causeth us to punish one another; he doth it either to reform us, or to destroy us.  
But God is the efficient cause of all, the cause of all causes: all other causes are but Gods instruments. Now the instrumental cause of ●ur distractions, is wicked men. God useth one sinner to punish another, as Israels sins were punished by wicked Shishacke, and by Idolatrous Ashur, whom God calleth the rod of his anger, and the staff in his hand. So God punished Davids fin by wicked Absolom, and King Rehoboams sin by his rebellious people, and the sins of the people by their King Iereboam.  
Yet be informed, that though God do use wicked men for his instruments; wicked men do wickedly even in the things in which God useth them to do his will, for they are naturally the Devills instruments to execute his will, and their own devilish malice; as wee see in job. That which God doth by wicked men is just, but that which wicked men do is unjust: for they have no eye to the doing of Gods will, but to their own wicked end, which is always unjust and sinful. For example, It was just with God to punish Davids blood-guiltiness & Adultery by Absoloms rebellion, and defiling of Davids Concubines: But it was unjust and wicked in Absolom to do it: it was just with God to punish Rehoboam by the revolt of his people, but injust in them to cast him off from being their King.  
So it is ●●st with God to punish us at this day by these distractions, and unnatural Warres, and to suffer the King to be misled by a wicked council, to afflict and spoil his people: but it is unjust in that council, and error in the King to be lead by them to do such things.  
For their aim is wicked and devilish, and are naturally the devills instruments to make war against Christ: their end is to destroy the true Protestant Religion, to subvert our good laws, and to establish Popery, and bring us and our posterities, our bodies and souls into spiritual and slavish bondage for ever: and to root out Protestant Religion from all places in christendom.  
This is a certain truth, and will clearly appear to any rational man that will but take a view of their forepast proceedings, their present war, and the persons contriving, and acting it.  
First, take a view of their fore-past proceedings, and consider( not to look so far, as to the reign of queen Elizabeth, or King james, both of blessed memory) in whose times that jesuitical faction were active in Treasons, by poison, stabbing, blowing up Parliaments, destroying posterities of Kings, Nobles, and massacring whole kingdoms.  
Onely note their proceedings in the passages of things since the first of His Majesties reign, at which time we may remember, the Duke of Buckingham was the great favourite: who( by confederacy which jesuits and Priests, first in spain, and afterwards in France, when his Majesty married with the French Kings Sister) gave great encouragement to the Popish party in all places, and furthered their designs in England by uncontrolled power: for through the favour and authority the Duke had from the King, he ruled, and swayed the course of things in the kingdom: and it was evident by those times, that the jesuits swayed him, and by his greatness brought many of their own faction, into the greatest places of command, whom they desired, he put in, and whom they disliked, he put out: that most at the council-table were their friends, or such as durst not oppose them.  
And to make way for their disigne upon England, they set upon the Protestants in France, to weaken them, and to that end His Majesties ships were lent against Rochell, which destroyed their shipping, and blocked up the passage: and when the Duke was questioned in Parliament, the answer was, the ships were not lent with intention to hurt Rochell but in compliment to the King of France.  
Then a Fleet was prepared, the Duke himself would go with it, pretending to relieve Rochell: but when they came to Isle of Ree, all our brave Souldiers were betrayed to the sword, Rochell robbed of their provision, and the Protestants sold into their enemies hands.  
What other voyages were made( to Cadis and other places, wee remember too) & observed then that their end was nothing but to weaken the kingdom, and prepare to the enfuing treason against our Religion, and laws.  
Then they began the work of England, by crying up arminianism defending those tenants, patronizing their writings, printing and publishing those dangerous books of Mountagues: which( before King james had seen, disallowed, condemned, and forbid to be printed) montague was made a Bishop, and Doctor White also, for defending those books at a pact conference: All ot●ers were presently preferred, that favoured those tennts, as Cozens, Wren, Corbart, &c. Thus they sowed the seeds of Popery thoughout the whole kingdom, which shewed they expected to have a crop of pure Popery.  
To bring this forward, the power and professors of Protestant Religion were disgraced and persecuted. I will onely give you a view of some particulars: and you may judge of the whole, as the Geometrician did at the body of Hercules by his foot.  
We can remember( it is so lately) that all our best Divines, and honest Orthodox professors of Religion, of the laity were by authority scoffed at, and persecuted in the High-Commission, and all other Courts of that nature, if it were but for going from a dumb Arminian Reader out of his own Parish to hear an Orthodox Preacher: All laborious Orthodox Preachers were pecked at, and by some soul mouths almost devoured: I am sure very many suffered under the little Wren: for he pecked up all those precious plants out of his diocese.  
Then Lectures were put down in all places, and afternoon Sermons forbidden on the Lords day: books were also published and commanded to bee red in all Churches, giving liberty to profane that holy day, contrary to the express command of God, and against the enacted law of the kingdom; all Ministers that refused to read these books were suspended: Thus good men were weeded out in all Countreys and all to displant Religion, and plant popery.  
The Arminian Priests and Court Chapleins cried out against the Sanctifying of the Lords day, called Sunday no sabbath, and denied the morality of the fourth Commandement, &c.  
And these men would not be called Preachers, nor Ministers( names that Saint Paul gloried in) but called themselves Priests: the holy Table might no longer be called Table, but Altar: and the standing of it was altered, and it made a real Altar, ascended to by steps, with bowing, cringing, and reverence to it Crucifixes set up, basins and Tapers were set upon it: nothing was wanting of Popery, but the name Popery and the Idoll-Sacrifice of the mass.  
Nor was that idol altogether wanting, for it was daily in Somerset-House, St. Iames-house, and divers other places; common to all that would go to it: nor durst any man question those that went, though they were seen to go every day.  
Priests frequented Papists houses in all Counties, and no man might question them; if any by lawful authority did apprehended a Priest, they were checked for it, and the Priest discharged by special command from the queen, or under some privy Councellors hands.  
Court chaplains and Bishops preached justification by works, Free-will, seven Sacraments, and Consubstantiation:( a faire way to Transubstantiation) with a number of other popish Doctrines; and maintained, that there might easily be a conjunction between the Papist and us: so it is plain that wee must have gone wholly to them: for they profess they will not come one jot to us.  
The Presses were allowed to Arminians, and the Popish faction, to print any popish tenants, but forbid to the good Protestants: none might preach against their positions, much less print any thing for confutation of their errors or heresies, upon pain of imprisonment, fining, suspension, pilloring, cutting off ears, slitting of noses, banishment, &c. more cruelty then hath been inflicted upon any Protestant among the Turks: when these and more have been questioned in Parliament, our Parliaments were broken, the evils increased.  
Yea, Parliament men were disgraced and imprisoned: and because Parliame●ts would not give the kingdoms money without redress of these and other evils: they devised ways to wrest by force great sums of money out of the subjects purse, by illegal and unsufferable taxations.  
First by loan, and the refusers were imprisoned, or put to intolerable charges by continual attenda●ce at the council Table: and many eminent Gentlemen died without mercy in the prisons: others were sent into remote Counties. Then Souldiers were billeted in all Councies, and many Horses with their riders were sent for from beyond the Seas, to awe and subdue the kingdom, and by strong hand to wrest from us our Religion, and laws. But Divine providence,( by Feltons hand) cut off the actor of that design at that time.  
Here observe and clearly see, that this war is no new or sudden thing, nor occasioned by the Militia, as they now pretend; but the same in effect that was intended fifteen or sixteen yeares ago. After this another Parliament was called, voices were forced, and illegal means used, but when this would not serve to their purpose, that Parliament as others was dissolved.  

* S●e the first Remonstrance of both Houses.  Then came other taxes for non-knight-hood; who and what persons were brought within this taxation we all know, and the multitudes that were imprisoned, and made to attend the council-table, wee cannot forget.  

* If this Parliament had not taken away those Monopolies and taxes, the kingdom had suffered as much by this time in their estates, as they have by this war,( except the spoil by plundering) which is not the Parliaments fault.  After that came Shipmoney; a boundless and endless tax; also taxes for compositions for Cottages, for foreste Lands, Timber, Woods, &c. mighty exactions upon customs, and Monopolies, almost of all things of necessary use; thereby inhaunsing the prices, to the prejudice of the whole kingdom, yea, to the utter ruin of divers Trades, and Corporations: So that multitudes of Masters and prentices cried out of the burdens, which is now forgotten by them, and no thankfulness is returned by them, either to God or the Parliament: other cruel taxes were imposed upon bulidings, together with many other oppressions, all against law, and yet law could not help us; all Courts of Law, and our Courts of Justice were corrupted; Judges and great Officers bought places dear, and sold their service in them dearer, to make themselves gayners; besides many Judges were displaced for doing justice, or for refusing to judge unjustly: the whole kingdom was oppressed, all were wronged, and all left without remedy: Gunpowder and other Ammunition was taken from us, and wee left destitute of necessary defence: Popery broken in upon us: Parliaments were neglected: Prerogative was set up, and they began to promise to themselves a speedy accomplishment of all their designs: onely they had some fear that Scotland might bee some obstacle in their way( as indeed it proved) God infatuating their counsels, to thrust upon the Scots their new Liturgy and Popish Canons, before they had fallie finished the work in England:( though under a faire pretence of a glorious uniformity, which our brethren of Scotland did not so well fancy as we; nor did they give Land any great praise for the present; but refused it, though it was manifest that it was no worse, than was contrived at Rome, and from thence sent into England.  
The the little( great) Bishop( like a Pope) sent his commands by his legates and Commissioners, that they should receive that Liturgy, but not obeied: the honest Scots were proclaimed Rebells and Traitors, and an Army raised to compel them: His Majesty was incensed and persuaded( with his Army) to advance to berwick; but by Gods providence there was a pacification, and His majesty returned home in peace, though quickly after he returned to that wicked counsel of Bishops, and Popish affencted,( all promises butted in oblivion) was persuaded to raise another Army: New Proclamations and Declarations was printed, full of bitterness against the Scots: and a Parliament called to raise moneys for that war: the Parliament refusing, was presently dissolved: but the war notwithstanding went forward: then the Scots( as we all know) entred Newcastle, standing upon their just defence.  
Then this Parliament was called to debate of the war, which through Gods goodness they again pacified to the great content of both kingdoms; onely Bishops, Papists, and Popish affencted, stormed at the peace, especially, that His Majesty had graciously signed the Bill( because of the many great affairs in hand) that this Parliament should not be broken without the consent of both Houses, and presently they plotted how to break it. First, they endeavoured to bring the Kings Army from york against it, the earl of Strafford having in readiness 8000. Souldiers in Ireland, to be brought hither to assist that work, and to subdue the kingdom, as was before intended by the Duke of Buckingham: But this plot being( by Gods mercy) discovered, Lict●rs axe took off this actor, as Feltons knife the other: then they laboured to hinder the proceedings in Parliament by their Votes( as wee are informed by the Parliaments first Remonstrance) when Votes could no longer hinder, they bread division in both Houses: and then between the King and both Houses, caused His majesty to accuse ●ome of both Houses of treason: 
Honour blinds the eyes, and corrupts Iustice, as solomon sp●aketh of gifts.  but could never show what the treason was, though desired by both Houses.  
But indeed they thought to have put all in a present uproar, and so to have broken the Parliament: having during the time they were with the King in Scotland( as they hoped) made a party there: and by the honours which they had persuaded the King to bestow upon some of the Citizens, they thought they had blinded the City too: and then having actually raised that bloody Rebellion in Ireland, intending the same in England; they prevailed with His Majesty to come in hostile manner against his Parliament, to take thence by force those members before accused; having in a scroll divers others they likewise intended to accuse: so to have broken the Parliament, or forced it to their own ends; which Gods providence and the Parliaments wisdom prevented.  
Then presently they endeavoured to make themselves Masters and possessors of all the arms and strong holds of the kingdom: First, they bought out sir William Belford out of his place in the Tower, whom they knew to be uncorrupted and no instrument for their treason, and put colonel Lunsford in his place; after him Sir John Byrone, & captain Leg to be governor of Hull, then the earl of Newcastle, all very fit men to betray a kingdom.  
These passages declare evidently their intention was to make war against the Parliament and subjects. And hence it was that the Parliament desires to settle the Militia of the kingdom in safe hands; and for this cause most Counties petitioned to have it so: So that the Militia was not the cause of their war, but their preparation caused the Militia.  
They also made mutinies and tumults against the Citizens: First, Lunsford began in Westminster Hall, then others of that faction in Westminster, and after at Whitehall-gate and the Strand, cutting and slashing unarmed harmless Citizens: and then they persuaded they King from London, pretending danger to his Majesties person by tumults, when indeed there was no tumults but what themselves caused. But it is a paradox, 
The letter tha● came from L. D● to the King makes it clear, wishin● the King to b● take him to a strong hold.  if his majesty left London because of tumults, that they should endeavour( as they have done) to make mutinies and tumults in the City to bring him thi●her again. But it is manifest that his majesty was not( indeed) afraid of any hurt by the City, for then he would not have gone thorough the City( with onely one Coach, and a less attendance than Ordinary) to Guild-Hall a little before his going from London; and it is clear there was no cause of fear, because his majesty had no affront, but supplications and prayers from the people.  
But we now see they had another end in persuading his majesty away, 
The answer ● the London petition in par● promiseth so much.  as well as in sending the queen beyond the Sea, as also the Lord Digby and others to traffic for men and arms to assist their bloody designs: then they might not be suffered to gather an Army at Kingston, Windsor, &c.  
Then they persuaded they King to york, where they also pretend danger( where there was no tumults but what they made in abuse to good Protestants) and provide a guard of armed men and trained bands, which( as wee have seen) quickly grew to an Army of offence first to Hull, and since to the whole kingdom; and thus you see what their preparations were.  
Now let us consider a●d see what their war is; They  told us they would make no war against the Parliament, but they  told us of the Kings rights and Prerogatives, which they would maintain, and defend the Protestant Religion, the privileges of Parliament, and the rights and lib●rties of the subject, against Innovations, and arbitrary Government.  
But if that were the cause of their war, they would not fight against the Parliament, f r all these the Parliament would have to bee established for ever: First, for his Majesties just rights and Prerogative they offer to confirm to Him and his posterity; yea more, to make him the happiest of all his Progenitors.  
And for the establishing the Protestant Religion, together with the continuance of the just and ancient privileges of Parliament, and the known rights of the subject, it is all the Parliament desires of the King; that which they from the beginning( as still) do humbly supplicate his Majesty for, against all Innovations and Arbitrary government: therefore that can bee no ca●se of their war.  
Besides, I think no man needs information to assure him, that the cause why Popery is so far broken in upon us, and so much innovation and arbitrary government as of late yeares, hath been want of Parliaments, and would with greater violence break in if this Parliament were not.  
Nor was it ever known, that any free elected Parliament of 500 or 600 Lords and Gentlemen of several Counties and families, were the cause of any innovation or arbitrary government, nor is it likely can be; but contrary have ever been, and at this day are the security of this kingdom against both: and therefore it is that this war is made against this Parliament to destroy it, & with it all other and to bring in an Arbitrary Government, &c. It is true, particular men and private counsels may be corrupted to please Kings( in hope of present honours, and great estates) to betray a kingdom, as private counsels at this day. And particular men, lately fled from this Parliament to atchiefe their private ends, care not to destroy the priviliges of Parliament, or to take away all Parliaments;( or which is worse) by the same Army they break this, to force a pact Parliament of their own choice, and so make us slaves by act of Parliament, set up Popery by the Authority that ●hrew it down, and kill us with our own weapons. This is clear as the light, yet men will not see it, but are willingly held in the fools paradise, and suffer themselves to be deluded by Proclamations, Declarations and Protestations, which are but the snares of the wicked to catch simplo men: all which though they have passed under the Kings Name, I hope his Majesty never saw nor heard of, because they have been all satisfied, and their actions quiter 〈◇〉 ●●ry to their promises and protestations, like Owers, who set their faces Eastward, when they mean to row Westward.  
Therefore it will be the wisdom of every man to make his eyes Judge in this cause rather than his ears; actions best show the intentions; every three is known by his fruit.  
At the entrance of queen Mary to the crown, great protestations were made to maintain the Protestant Religion, but we see her actions were destructive to it. The like Protestations we have heard concerning Ireland, and great calling upon the Parlliament for assistance of that Kingdeme, but as often as preparations were made, all assistance and help was hindered, and the Rebells were from hence strengthened.  
Wee have heard several Proclamations to put laws in execution against Papists: but wee see that the Parliament themselves were restrained, and might not execute the known laws upon them, though they by humble petitions sought it, and now we see them in best esteem, and most trusted.  
We have heard great promises that there was no intention to make war against the Parliament, and seen it testified under many Lords hands( now in the Kings Army) onely a guard for the Kings person: but wee see a miserable and bloody war to destroy the Parliament.  
We heard great protestations that no Papist should bee admitted into the Army: but we may see Papists swarm in that Army( yea in the Kings Court) like wasps about a honey pot, and in the North under the Command of the earl of Newcastle, you may see 8000. professed Papists on a cluster.  
We heard heaven & earth called to witness, that their war was to defend Protestant Religion: but it were strange to see so many papists fight for it; but if it were so, why do they set up public mass in york and other places where that Army is? and imprison Protestant Ministers, and all others that do but say they fight for the Protestant Religion? We have heard protestations that privileges of Parliament should be maintained, and the liberty of the subject, but if a Parliament may be broken by force, how can privileges and liberties be preserved?  
You will say we have triennial Parliaments: I answer, that it is nothing, for the King is no more bound to be present at any triennial Parliament to confirm any Act( if it be called) than at this; besides the King is no more bound to call any triennial Parliament, than he is bound to preserve this.  
We have heard Proclamations prohibiting plundering by the Kings Army, and molesting his good subjects: but we see they do plunder daily in all places except where they cannot overcome, or where nothing is to be had.  
We have heard of an acceptation of an accommodation, and seen it published by their own faction: but we see them the next day come furiously and treacherously upon part of the Parliaments Army at Brainford, and barbarously slay many men, more righteous than themselves, an act like themselves  
We have heard of a gracious acceptance of the City Petition, and a readiness to embrace propositions of peace, but we have seen some of the p●titionnes excepted against, and accused of Treason; he that hath but half an eye may see their aim when they flatter, and animate the rudest of men to rebel against authority, and overthrow the government of the great City, to make way to overthrow the laws of the kingdom. skilful fishers will fish in troubled waters, and bankrupt Cavaliers can make best pillage in a divided City; 
Se the Remonstrance of both Houses of the expending the Treaty of peace at Oxford.  and this is their aim without difference to friend or foe, the pillage of one is as sweet as the other: propositions of peace have been sent as we desired, and they expected, with an humble petition of both Houses to the King to remove the cause of the war, and accept of their propositions: what effect it hath wrought let the world judge.  
But the people of this kingdom ever have, and I hope ever will account Parliaments the fittest and best expounders of the Law, and judges of offenders, either to acquit or condemn them: they never wrest the laws for private ends, as other expounders( or rather forgetters) of law have lately done: when the subject( had less use of the law, and less liberty) were imprisoned contrary to law, beyond the known power and rights of any King of England, their habeas corpusses and all bail denied them.  
Nor knew we by what Law to proceed against any Papist, though the laws were known to us.  
And by the discipline of our Church Government, we could not well distinguish between Protestant Religion and Popery; the book of Common Prayer( though no idol, was idolized) which hath in it good and holy, things may be, and was abused, contrary to the institution & meaning of the Parliament first instituting it. Things ceremonial were urged as substantial, what the Archbishop and his Romish pensioners pleased, and yet be no innovator: but for the Parliament to desire any diminution( though of things offensive) is innovation: whatsoever makes for Popery may be added, but nothing popish taken away.  
For my part, I protest before God the searcher of all hearts, that I am no Sectary,( so called) but a true Protestant, according to that established Doctrine of queen Elizabeth and King james of blessed memory: 
●t is a great ●isquiet and trouble to a state, when men ●ill go before ●●e Law, and ●ot follow the ●aw in obedi●nc●.  I disallow the opinion of the Brownists, and I condemn the opinion, doctrine and practise of Papists or Annabaptists, and never contemned, or( wilfully) neglected the common prayer in any assembly. Yet I am confident( and I think upon good ground) that the common prayer hath some needless things in it, and some offensive,( as they may be in the worst sense interpnted: thus much for information of the present war.  
Lastly, consider who, and what persons are the contrivers and actors in this war: which are all of one of these six kinds.  
First, jesuits and professed Papists.  
Secondly, Bishops and corrupt Clergy.  
Thirdly, Lords and Gentlemen, popishly affencted.  
Fourthly, Delinquents and Patentees.  
Fiftly, men of broken fortunes.  
sixthly, Atheists, and extreme deboist men.  
And these all agree in one final end ( viz.) to betray Protestant Religion, laws, and the just Liberties of the Subject.  
But the three last sorts name, have each a particular end to themselves.  
The Delinquents aim is, their own present preservation, to rescue their persons and estates from the justice of the Law, preferring themselves before Religion, Law, or posterity.  
Those of broken fortunes aim at pillage, to make themselves great estates out of the ruins of the kingdom, which they cannot do if Law bee not destroyed.  
The deboist Atheists seek to enjoy their licentious liberty, which they prefer before Law or Religion. They hate the very name of reformation in others, yet these are the men that tell us they fight for the protestant Religion, privileges of Parliament, and the subjects Liberty: But wee must believe that they have learned that damnable art of equivocation, or mental reservation of the jesuits.  
That when they protest to fight for the Protestant Religion, privileges of Parliament, and the subjects Liberty, their meaning is, that they fight for all these as ours, to take them from us as they do our estates, or as a thief fights for a true mans purse, and this is these mens war.  
Now if we examine why the Parliament and kingdom have raised an Army, and consider their forepast proceedings, their present actions, and the persons engaged in their war, wee shall plainly see that they aim at nothing but Gods glory, the safety of the Kings person and posterity, the defence of the true Protestant Religion, Parliament privileges, and the just liberty of the subject against those that( say they fight for them) and would take them from us: all which are at once assaulted by the several armies of the Cavaliers.  
1. In their proceedings in this Parliament, consider the declined and adulterated condition of things in Church and State, as they found them when the Parliament began. And then take notice of their care and wisdom to make peace between the two Nations, England and Scotland, His Majesty being then( by a Malignant counsel) engaged in a war against his good subjects of Scotland, which that council could not manage for him, nor his majesty desert with honour, they vindicated his Majesty, stayed bloodshed, reconciled the Nations, satisfied the wronged Scots, payed the Kings Army, disbursed great sums out of their own purses, and engaged themselves for much more.  
2. Consider their pious care for the settling good Order and government in the Church presenting their m●st humble desires to the King, that learned and godly Divines might consider of it, and his Majesty pass a Bill to that purpose, declaring their purpose was not to destroy our Liturgy, onely take away unnecess●ry Ceremonies, but were denied.  
3. Their diligence to suppress, and take away our many oppressions, and free us from the vexations of them.  
4. Their Iustice and good endeavour to put the laws in execution against jesuits, Priests, and Papists, addressing themselves in all hum●l●●y to his majesty for the same, but could not prevai●.  
5. Their industry in providing several bills for the good of the subject, besides those his majesty was graciously pleased to sig●●,( as they made known to us, by their first Remonstrance.)  
6. Their thankful gratitude in readiness to raise moneys for his present occasions, and future store, promising to make him the richest King in christendom.  
7. Their unwearied pains for above two yeares and an half in spending their time, strength and estates, neglecting whatsoever was their own for the common good.  
8. Their careful provision for the safety of the kingdom against Papists, and popish affencted, by putting the Melitia of the kingdom into trusty h●nds, when they saw eminent danger which hath hitherto preserved us, and disappointed them, which till they saw eminent danger they meddled not with, nor desired a Guard for their own safety in sitting; but his majesty then promised they should need no guard, but should bee as safe as his Q●eene or Children; yet within very few dayes after, he came in person, with about four hundred desperate Cavalieres, armed with swords, pistols, &c. against some of them; therefore no marvel if the Parliament doubt to trust the King with all out rights, Religion, laws, and Liberties; Kings are not Gods, but men, and subject to mens infirmities: yet I say not, the King is not to be trusted,( God forbid) I am bound to judge the best, and believe when his majesty promised safety to his Parliament, he intended it; and was thrust upon that breach in some violent passion, caused by that wicked counsel on purpose.  
You will say the King hath acknowledged that fault, and it is no more to be thought on. Answer, acknowledgement is nothing without repair, but no repair is made. Saul confessed his fa●●● in seeking Davids life, and confessed it with tears; yea, Saul by the wicked counsel of the Ziphites sought it again. And whilst his majesty still retains such Counsellors, he may still forget his promises. That which hath been, may be again.  
Who is that man for his own particular, that would bee willing at the Kings request, to cancel all his evidences for his Lands and inheritance, and rest onely upon a bare word to posterities? much less a Parliament to trust all the rights and inheritance of a kingdom, upon the bare word of a King, when guided by a Malignant counsel, who seeks the kingdoms ruin.  
9. Consider also their tender care of Ireland, to suppress that bloody rebellion so soon as it was discovered, earnestly supplicating his majesty to join with them, by passing a Bill for a speedy and sufficient expedition thither, which was graciously promised, why not performed, let the world judge.  
10. Their many Messages and Petitions to the King sent from place to place, till( at york) their Messengers were beaten, Parliament men threatened; their houses besieged, plundered, their friends abused and pillaged before the Parliament had any Army on foot, and after they had an Army they never struck before they were strike: such was their backwardness to war, else they might have easily fetch all that Malignant counsel from york and prevented all the mischief they have since made and done in the kingdom; which if the Parliament had foreseen and prevented, men would not have believed what now they see, but would have blamed the Parliaments forwardness more than now.  
That the Parliament have no end to themselves in this war, but onely Gods glory and the public good, is manifest in their contempt of dishonourable honours and corrupt dignities: do but consider what some of them have lost, and what others of them might have if they were or would be corrupted; some have lost the favour of their King, and the highest pl●ce of Honour and profit, others might receive what favours, honours, and dignities a King can give if they would betray Gods truth and the kingdoms trust. Yea, those very men that are for this c●●se hated, dish ●oured and proclaimed Traytors and Rebells, should not bee denied what outward honours a King could bestow upon them.  
And shall not we honour such Champions for Christ and such patriarchs of their country, and defend them while 〈◇〉, to the hazard of our lives and best fortunes with them who ●●●●●●●bly sacrifice themselves to honourable deaths, rather than to preserve their 〈…〉 ●ny dishonourable act to prodite their trust reposed by God and Men?  
To all the former, add this; that( after their offers, petitions, and propositions, formerly for peace were all rejected) they, at the request and humble petitions of many of us in the City of London and other Counties, willingly offered again new propositions more low than the former, accompanied with the humble Petition of both Houses to be accepted, a manifest testimony of their desires of peace, and unwillingness to war, if necessity constrained not.  
In the second place, consider their present actions in the managing of this their defensive war, having no other choice but two extremes, either to fight or lose all, all being challenged, and at once assaulted by menacing armies.  
Now we know that nature hath taught all creatures to defend their lives, but nature, law, and Religion teach and allow men to defend themselves from unjust violence, the law of the kingdom allows a man to kill rather then to be killed; and Religion restrained not that Kingly Prophet David to take arms in defence of his life against Saul his King: if David might defend himself against Saul, then much more against Sauls evil Counsellors.  
But it is objected, that David would not lay his hand upon Saul( the Lords anointed) when he had twice opportunity put into his hands. Answer. It is true David would not, nor might not kill Saul in a treacherous manner; But if Saul would wilfully thrust himself into battle against innocent David and perish, David would have been guiltless, as appeareth 1 Sam. 26.9, 10. David took arms in his own defence: The Parliament and kingdom in defence of their Religion and Hereditary rights, not onely so, but to defend the Kings person, and to rescue him from the hands of cursed Dam-my Rammy Cavaliers: Therefore scandalous are those mouths that report the Parliament takes arms against the King.  
Wee have made choice of the men, and have trusted them with all our rights: the King hath accepted of them, and acknowledged them his great council, and they according to their trust, defend our Rights and his person and posterity.  
They freely venture their lives and estates for us, and for our King against wicked Councellors, who seek his Majesties ruin as well as ours; Therefore we are bound by conscience, law, and Religion to defend them: should we neglect them because they do his Majesty and us right, or shall wee desert them because they will not betray us. Though Saul had sworn that jonathan should die, the people would rescue him, and said, jonathan should not die. Much more would they have rescued Saul against wicked Counsellors that sought his ruin? our Parliament is not onely in danger, and with it, all that is ours: but the person of our sovereign Lord King Charles, by jesuits and popish Traytors, who if they cannot poison his soul, will poison, stab, or destroy his body? we cannot think they will deal better with him than they did with Henry the third, and Henry the fourth of France, whom they slay; the one, because he would not suffer them to sway the sceptre; the other, because he refused to break his Covenants with the Protestant Princes. If these men should prevail in their war, and afterward be denied any thing what they wi l f●rther desire for the establishment of Popery, they will as treacherously end his dayes, whose Religion allows it, 
These words are by the Archbis●op minced and altered, as may appear by comparing the first copy with the late edition.  and commends us meritorious to kill any King that is a Protestant or favourer of Protestants. Therefore we may in this see how far our clergy is fallen towards popery, who now defend them, and most confided in them, who of late they declared to be Idolaters, terming their Religion rebellion, their faith faction, and their practise the murdering of bodies and souls: God in mercy deliver his Majesty from their Doctrines and treasons.  
Thirdly, consider the persons engaged in this defensive war, and it will appear, that they are all his Majesties best and most faithful subj●cts, true Protestants, yea, a Parliament, the Kings great( and known) council able honest, and godly men, not corrupted by flattery, nor misled by the hopes of fleeting honour, but like Nehemiah and Ezra, stout in the cause of God, hold the sword in the one hand, whilst they build the decayed wales of jerusalem with the other: Men that fear God, and honour the King: Not Papists, Anabaptists, nor Atheists, as some falsely have ca●led them; except any such have disguised, 
All of upright intentions will engage themselves for their just rights against arbitrary government, and the professed enemies of all Christendom, the Papists.  and treacherously intruded themselves to rob the kingdom of their money, & betray their Army to the Enemy, and would be a most acceptable service of any that could discover any such: If any Brownist be accepted in the Army( which is not by me denied) they cannot be said to have been incendiaries in the state; nor are they disconsonant from us in any fundamentals, onely they differ in Ceremonies, nor are there many of broken fortunes, nor deboist Dammys, though some such( too many) have intruded themselves into the Army,( none engaged into the war, but) as Mercenaries, such as love the war for the pay, but pay nothing to the war, and as backward to fight as unwilling to be disbanded: These by their fearful oaths dishonour God, and cause the land to mourn, and by deferring battle, and preferring plunder, prejudice their just war; as Achon in the Army of Gods people. There was one Iudas amongst Christs twelve Apostles, and one Achon in the camp of God. I pray God to purge such out of his and our Armies.  
Now having informed you of the kingdoms danger, and the justness of the kingdoms defensive war; for the Parliaments Army is the kingdoms, for God, the King, and the kingdom, the other is the cavaliers Army, against God, the King, in future,( though hide by present flattery;) and the kingdom which they would destroy( as wee by woeful experience see) where ever they come, or can prevail. Be therefore exhorted to be corragious in this cause, for God, the King, and your posterity; wisemen forewarned, will be forearmed; if through our credulity to deceivers we suffer ourselves to be destroyed, or if wee believe our danger and do nothing to prevent it, our misery will be the greater, and we most miserable under it. Consider what Mordecai in such a case said to easter, and the same I say to thee: If thou help not at this time according to thy ability, place, and degree, deliverance shall arise some other way, but thou shalt perish. Destructive war is now in the land, such a war as is against God, therefore sit not still and say with thyself, let others fight, give, pray, &c. and think to bee safe thyself, like Gilead, Dan, and Asher, and all reproved; But Zebulon and Nephtali are commended, who jeoparded their lives in the fields against the enemy: In the mean time Meroz a people able to help, and near at hand stood neuters: but Meroz is therefore cursed, and that bitterly, because the Inhabitants came not to the help of the Lord and his people. Therefore all that are Gods people, or look to have part in Christ, will now come forth to the help of the Lord against Baal. Halt not between two opinions. If thou be a Protestant, defend thy Religion against them that say they are Protestants, but are not. If thou be a Papist, why dost thou dissemble; profess ot bee what thou art, & be what thou professest: A professed Papist is in a better condition, & more to be trusted then a lukewarm Neuter. There is but one God, on truth, & one faith, in which men can be saved: The Parliament profess that one God truth, and true faith of Jesus Christ; and that they and all Gods elect( except such as are yet ignorant) defend, the other Army say the like,( but tis to deceive us,) and say they take arms to defend that which none oppose but themselves: They make Protestation and urge it upon men by force, wherein they call God to witness, and so do wee. But they have now brought the controversy to a desired Issue, for surely the Judge of all the world will do right, and though he now afflict his people, and for a time suspend sentence, it will be always so. But he will not show wonders in the world, and declare to the eyes of men who speak the truth, and who dissemble; a considerate man may see the Parliaments reality, and the others dissimulation, by the mercies of the one even to their professed enemies, and the barbarous cruelty of the other, not only to us, but to their own friends, spoiling & plundering all, one as well as another, witness Banbury, Brainford, Reading, newberry & all towns & places where by force or fraud, they have entered, which the Parliament forces have not done in any town or place where they have entred, with the hazard of their lives. Thus men consider not, nor compare their barbarous cruelty to our men their prisoners, whom they beate, wound, and starve, with the good usage their. Cavaliers have, which are the Parliament priso●ers, who are allowed good lodging, fire, food of all sorts, beer, Wine, and what not? They want nothing but honesty; 
* And libert● to act more mischief, but ● ours are denied all things ● but honesty.  which they cannot take from them. All this God beholds, whose eyes run to and fro thorough the Earth, beholding the good and the bad, and will recompense all according to their doings; God is the righteous Judge of all men, he is unchangeable, his power is not weakened, his eyes not shalt, nor his ears heavy to hear, his justice and his mercy is the same as in former ages; On him our eyes wait to see his judgements upon our enemies, and his deliverance to his people: wee know there is a mystery in the working of Antichrist, and he a monster having many heads and horns; but we are sure that Antichrist shall fall, and it is probable that this is the time and war in which England shall cut off one of those heads. This war is his war against Christ; and now Christ calls all that are his to stand for him. If now you deny your help, you deny Christ; and therefore give me leave to remember you of Christs words,( spoken to you in this case) That if you deny him before men he will deny you before his father: If you by Neutrality think to save your lives, you will endanger to lose your souls for ever. But if in this case for Christ and his Gospells sake wee lose our lives, we shall surely save our souls, and procure a blessing upon our Posterities: every man is willing to enjoy the propriety of his goods, and his liberty and peace, &c. But are unwilling to be at any pains or cost to preserve or procure it; but contrary, many at this d●y are so extremely stupid, and grossly sordid, that they take more pains to run into greater danger, 
Your charge for wives, bevers, and taffeta gowns, and your own expense in T●vernes would quickly recover that char●  and bestow more cost to betray their rights and liberties, &c. than is by the Parliament required of them for their present and future security. The twentieth part is the most they require, and that but lent; what may wee think of such men, but as men voided of natural affection, much more destitute and empty of Religion, love, or charity, who disobey or refuse such an order, seeing by lending a twentieth part, the other nineteen may be preserved, or else without order or parts, those Cavaliers will by force take altogether, and by it strengthen themselves to continue a war to destroy our laws and posterities: And if the Parliament have required more by a weekly assessment, the present necessity hath enforced them to it, and it is but to defend against their rage and rapine.  
But you will say( and think you hit the nail on the head) that it is against Law.  
Answ. If it be not against law to defend thyself against violence, or to preserve the Law itself from violation, then it is not against law to contribut money as a means.  
But a man in case of necessity in his just defence may kill, although the Law say he shall not kill; much more a Parliament( who are providers maintainers, and best judges of the Law) may by their order lawfully: in case of necessity, to defend the Law, cease the subject at their discretion. The whole kingdom have trusted them with Religion, laws, and estates, which they are to maintain and defend at the kingdoms charge.  
If the sword, in opposition against the Law, will force, and destroy the Ordinance of the Law; the sword by the equality of the Law, may defend the Law.  
But you will say you desire peace. answer, So do all good men; cursed be the man that desires it not, so that it be such a peace as hath assurance of truth joined with it: But to desire peace, or to accept a peace without truth will prove a cursed bondage, a remedy worse then the disease. Although war be a great punishment, and the effects miserable; yet a just war is better then a● unjust peace, a just war will be established a true peace, but an unjust peace will prove a more destructive war, our peace with Idolaters hath caused this war; but to have a peace with their Idols too, will be our present ruin: can we expect any good and happy peace so long as the whoredoms of Iezebell are so many: when Israel choose new Gods, then war was in the gates, when Israel followed the Gods of the Nations and worshipped Baalim; God brought upon them the sword of the Nations, and delivered them into the hands of the spoilers that spoyled them.  
But England hath followed the Idols of the Papists, and worshipped Baalim; therefore God hath brought upon England the sword of the Papists, and may most justly deliver us up into their hands to be spoyled and ruined.  
eighteen yeares ago the Lord delivered them into our hands( as his and our enemies) to be destroyed for their Idolatry, or at least to be banished for their Treason; but wee spared and cherished them; to be as thorns in our sides, and their Gods to be a snare unto us: wee have spared them as Benhadad was spared by merciful( though wicked) Acha●; and as God punished Aahab and his people by the hand of Benhadad, and his people: so is the King and the people of England punished at this day by the hands and plots of bloody jesuits, and Papists.  
Their design is great upon our King, upon us, and upon all his Majesties Kindomes, God rebuk them and deliver us, and that we may not fail of deliverance,( in due time) let us all of all sorts, Sexes, and conditions seek the Lord by hearty humiliation and resolved reformation; and in the, first place, with zeal and detestation, set ourselves against that sin of idolatry, as Phinehas did against Zimri and Cozbi, that so we may appease Gods anger; if wee withall our hearts seek truth, it will bring us to true peace with God and men.  
We have sought to the Parl. for peace, but they cannot give it us, we have sought by a humble Petition to the King for peace, and that procured our further prejudice; for while we sought for the peace of the whole kingdom, we received( from some of that Malignant bloody council) an Answer altogether contrary to our expectation, & after it a letter to the same effect, both tending to stir up war,( where yet by Gods mercy none is) in the great & populous City ( London) And since that a late horrid conspiracy: That because they cannot destroy us themselves, they would set us to destroy one another,( which God forbid) we know that while we hold the band of Uni●y, wee are able( by Gods assistance) to defend ourselves: But if we be once divided, we lay ourselves open to every adversary without resistance, to be devouted, we will be warned by Ierusalems misery,( that once famous City of the World) by such sedition brought to be a heap of stones; 
See Iosephus in war jerusalem.  And by the experiences of the bloody cruelties, and merciless Plunderings or all those towns that have, or do( by such division) give them entrance, Banbury had as much securing as King could give them, and yet Plundered; and the man( Master Viv●rs by name) who was the chiefest agent to bring them in, was most Plundered. But we will honour our King, and hazard ourselves, and fortunes for his Person, Posterity, and Parliament, to rescue them from the bloody hands of that Malignant council, and Army of Cavaliers, and will assure his Majesty of safety and security in this Cirty, if his Majesty will be pleased to come to his Parliament, and to us peaceably, as our King; and to the Parliament, as his great and faithful council, and besides them we know no other, though some who seek honour from the King, rather then honour to the King, divide between his Majesty and them.  

* Many proctors Prebends &c. mercenary trades-men, for profits and favour care neither for the welfare of King nor kingdom. If wee lose this Parliament, we must expect to have greater without all remedy.  We cannot forget how much we all groaned under the burdens of oppresions late laid upon us by the hard talk Masters, that were set over us; and then we all cried for a Parliament to ease us; Our bondage had some resemblance to that of the people of Israel in Eg●pt( & so hath our ingratitude) for whilst their deliverance was working, their burdens grew greater, and then they murmured, and so have some of us. They cried for deliverance, and God heard their cry, we cried for a Parliament, and God graciously, yea miraculously gave us a Parliament. But because Malignant Councellors, as the Magicians of Egypt, have hindered our present deliverance, we murmur against the Parliament as they against Moses & Aaron, God lead them thorough the wilderness to prove them, and they said, they had rather have dyed in Egypt &c. Thus God proves us by some opposition, and some say, It was better with us when we endured out former oppressions: but consider not that our sins have provoked God, and therefore he suffers our King to be misled, for a great punishment to us, nor understand that our impenitency hinders good things from us, and stop the Parliaments proceedings: we are a foolish and sinful people, that love our sins, and lose our liberty, we prefer, the twentieth part of our money; or the weekly assessment before our Religion, as the Gudare●rs their Swine before Christ.  
But let us not tempt God, as the Israelites did, nor with the multitude of atheistical Libertines, revile our Moses and Aarons, much less give assistance to destroy them and ourselves, left we be found to fight against God, we know what became of those wicked men that cast an evil report upon the Land of Promise, and discouraged the people, saying, mighty men were in the Land, that could not be overcome. But thus some do by reproachful speeches, and spreading venomous Pamphlets, and lying fictions to the dishonour of the thrice honourable Parliament, as if the Parliament had brought these things to this pass, to make us die by the sword, and our Children to be a prey &c. This the Israelites murmured, and were destroyed by the plague, before the Lord, and all their Carcases fell in the wilderness, but their Children, whom they said should be a prey to their enemies( together with Caleb & joshuah who speak well of the Land, enjoyed the promised blessing, when all else were cut off.  

Those dammy swearers, and thievish plunderers.  And wee need not doubt( if once those Achans that are in our Armies were cast out) but God will do the like for our Calebs and Ioshuah's, and all the rest of his people, that courageously oppose the wickedness and Idolatry of these times, and unfeignedly seek unto God by fasting and prayer, as Esther did; in whose time the people of God were sold to be destroyed, under Ahasuerus as we are at this day: they by the counsel of wicked Haman; wee by the wicked counsel of Iesuites, Papists &c. They by the Kings misled Authority against the queen and her people, 
Wicked Counsellors under pretence of good service to Kings, destroy Kings and whole kingdoms.  wee by the King misled in his Authority, by his queen and her people.  
Ahasuerus was guided by his council( and so are all Kings) he looked upon the council( in the presence) as profitable, but considered not so far as the end and intent of Human, which was destructive. Surely there was no thought in Ahasuerus to destroy Esther nor her people; but Haman intended both, he thought it not revenge to destroy part, but all the people of the Jews( as they do this day in Ireland, and ●●re about to do in England) he craftily accuseth them under a general Notion, and tells the King; There was a certain people scattered and dispersed amongst his people, and their Laws divers from all people, neither keep they the Kings laws, therefore not for the Kings profit to suffer them; and to put a fairer gloss upon the obscured Treason, he offers to give unto the Kings Treasure ten thousand Talents of Silver.  
Thus are we( all that are true Protestants) accused to the King, under the name roundheads, having laws and opinions divers from other people, 
By the name Roundhead, they do not onely mean Brownists and Anabaptists, but all that are godly men & good Protestant. Esth. 8.11. The many pieces of Gods providence working for our deliverance should strengthen our faith in all future dangers.  nor keep the Kings laws, &c. when indeed and in truth wee are the best observers and keepers of the Kings laws, and have no laws divers from any but Idolaters, and profane riotous persons, who therefore( as the Apostle Peter saith) speak evil of us because wee refuse to partake with them: for this name Round-head is new sprung from hell, and all they are so called who refuse any of these particulars, ( viz.) to drink drunk, to whore, to swear God-dam-my, to scorn at purity, to take arms( or contribute) against the Parliament, to abuse, cut, or kill the Ministers of Christ and other his members, or in a word, he that doth not profess and do all things that these cursed Cavaliers do, is a Round-head; against these( by the counsel of the jesuits and Papists) is past the Edict of destruction; by which we had perished, had not the over-ruling and over-working providence of God caused a contrary decree( by a better counsel) enabling us to stand in the defence of our lives, as the Jews did in Shushan, and all the Provinces of the King, which is a pledge unto us of our future deliverance, for where God giveth the means, he intends the end; and they that now refuse to use the means, are guilty of their own blood, and of the treason intended against the King and his kingdom. God in mercy open the Kings eyes, that he may see the treason and bloody designs of those Counsellors, and bring his Majesty again to consult with his Parliament, his great and faithful council, and besides which we know( at this time) no other. We know wise Kings have been misled, as Solomon the wisest, holy Kings have erred, as David the holiest, the one by the seducement of outlandish wives, the other by some remissness in his duty; But God opened the eyes of Solomon, and shewed David his sin. But Rehoboam was misled by the counsel of his young Councellors, and repented not, therefore was punished without repair: And ahab misled by the flatteries of four hundred Court false Prophets, was slain at Ramoth Gilead, in a battle which they would have him undertake, contrary to that good Prophet( though hated) Micaiah.  
Now my prayer is, and ever shall be, to the great and Almighty jehovah( King of all Kings) for my gracious sovereign King Charles, that God will show him the error of all his Malignant Councellors, and as holy David, turn wholly to God by repentance, that so He, His, & their Posterities, may to Gods glory wear the Crownes of all His Three kingdoms, and defend the truly Christian and apostolic faith against Popery and all superstition, until the end of all time; and receive the crown of glory for His and their Reward when time shall be no more: In the mean time, let all true Protestants pray for the peace of jerusalem, and for the prosperity of her, and of her King and people.  
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