Seasonable mementoes, AND Sober Advice: The former in a very concise Narrative of eight yeares marvelous merciful Providences, and mans ungrateful Return.  
The latter in XVIII. additional Expedients.  
Humbly tendered to the view of all, partakers in the mercies, and parties in the delinquency, BUT Especially to the great Sticklers in the two grand divisions of the Presbyterian and Dissenting Parties.  
He remembered us in our low estate, and rescued us from our oppressors,  Psal. 136.23, 24. 
Yet they sinned still against him, and provoked God in the wilderness,  Psal. 78.17. 
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be the greatest,  Luke 9.46. 
By righteousness and judgement the throne and the land is established,  Pro. 16.12. & 29.4. the reason is Psal. 89.14. 
So shalt thou take away the cry of innocent blood from thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord,  Deut. 21.2. to 9. 
Printed in the year 1647.   

Seasonable mementoes AND Sober Advice, &c.  
LOok a little backward, O ye british Christians, behold and wonder at what the Lord of Hosts your God hath wrought, not onely in the daies of our fathers, in our deliverance from Antichristian darkness and tyranny, from Spanish plots, and powder-treason, all which never to bee forgotten. But in our daies when we were involved in a condition near hopeless, and were brought to the very brink of desperation; how he raised a religious, noble, and magnanimous spirit in our dear Brethren of renowned Scotland, and how he led them by the hand through strange difficulties, and those( many) seldom trodden paths; and how he made them to us a blessing, in procuring to us a Parliament, and how by discovery of plots and secret crafty Councells, and by overmatching by strong providences the will and potent adversaries, he catched the wise, even Bishops, and all in their own craftiness, and over-turned them by their own counsels not a few times, defeating all machinations of Strafford, Canterbury, and their Confederates, of Jermine, and Piercy, and their Complices, of Digby, Byron, Lunsford, of hostile House of Commons visitors, and all that crew, how often since he hath appeared for us ( as in the Mount) in the very pinch of our greatest extremities, when our hopes were giving up the ghost.  
As at Edge-hill, at gloucester, at newberry Marsh, and in that march near horn Castle, and at Selby, the routing of the earl of Newcastles formidable Army, the timely help by our Scottish Brethren, and taking in Newcastle, at Namptwitch against Irish English, at Cheriton Down, and at Marston Moore, at newberry again, when we were near as low as any time before: And after all these, when Leicester was lost, and we were again brought low, when paleness and fearful astonishment had seized upon all spirits, and Taunton Dean and the West, were giving up the ghost, and fear was on every side; when the enemy was at the height of his pride, and carnal confidence, and hoped to have over-run us as a flood.  
Then, then the Lord arose as in a Baal-Perazim, and brought in salvation to his people, and broken down those that rose up against them, as a flood of mighty waters, that the sound thereof was heard in all Lands, as 1 Chron. 14.11.17.  
Or as when he marched in the angel of his presence before Iosua, and Israel his people, when they entred to possess the Land, how good was the Lord then in all these unto us, and how greatly to be praised, and truly and faithfully to be served by us? how well might he say to us, as to his people, Exod. 19.4, 5, 6.?  
And again, look we back, look we back, O foolish people and unwise, and see how ungratefully we have requited the God of our salvation.  
Even when he was most glorious in our deliverance, we then even then instead of consecrating ourselves unto his grace, to receive Christ into our hearts, and to walk worthy of him in our lives; instead of provoking each other to love and to good works in going one before other in the example of a real Reformation, we then in opposition to the many and great commands of the gospel, begun to side into parties, to turn Religion into Faction, and band it one against another, even to turn( if possible) each other out of place: bending our endeavours rather to advance a party in Religion,( as if the main of Religion consisted therein) then to show forth the virtue, the graces of him who called us out of darkness, and delivered us out of the night of our affliction, which is indeed the main of our holy profession,( and of all our holy vows, made in our distress) viz. to live by faith, and walk in love, and to take for our helmet the hope of salvation, ( as having had so many experiences) in holinesse, righteousness and self-denial, holding forth the word of life( to receive Christ in our hearts, and to walk more worthy of him in our lives, to go one before another in the example of a real Reformation) in worshipping God in the Spirit, rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and having no confidence in the flesh, consists the all in all of the Christian, whether of the circumcision or the uncircumcision, of the Presbyterian or any ways dissenting judgements: In all which we know we have most sinfully, shamefully, declined, and have frequented most contrary ways of diffidence in God, and hasty acting in our own strength and way, towards the attaining our desired ends, which he that believes needs not do, yea and have walked in ways of hatred, anger, envy, clamour, and evil speaking, in pride, oppression, & worldly minded, self-seeking; yea and in much wherein we pretended to be most for God, if we were but preached to the bottom; we are rather acted by a sense of our pre-ingagements, and so indeed serve therein our own selves( yea and in much the devil) and not our God: we look not towards him with a single eye, nor towards our brethren with an eye of true Christian love, which covereth sins, but we look on them through a multiplying glass, we multiply and discover them to all the world I and that before any Christian proceedings to gain our brethren: and whereas love seeketh not her own, nor looketh on her own things; we look not on the things of others, unless on their failings, nor do we seek others, unless their failing; we consider not one another to provoke unto love, and thankful service to the God of our mercies, but to that wrath, which worketh not the righteousness which is of God: declining the Rules of Christ, and way of his peaceable Saints, and giving ourselves to bite and devour one another, until now our sin is ready to become our plague; this Cockatrice egg is ready to bring forth a fiery devouring serpent, and most certainly will ( for Gods word is true) if mercy interpose not to the reconciling of our spirits; though in our judgements we should in some things differ still.  
Alas, alas, may not Christians and Christians, yea eminent Christians live and enjoy civill interests in common together, because they exactly come not up( or peradventure in some things not done) to each others received opinions and practices in religion, must one party of necessity lay the other under board?  
Are ye swollen so big with pride, that the Land and places of trust cannot hold you both, now the good Lord be good to his poor people, will not these sons of Zebedee receive our Saviours check?  
Take we heed brethren, I beseech you, for the Lords sake, and for his peoples sake, his own inheritance, that are embarked with you; if you sink the ship, you are likely to answer for all our lives, and ye must give account thereof to God, ye shall stand before the Judge, and if ye persist in this contention, it will most certainly sink us; you see we have enough to do to sail when all united.  
Truly, it is to me a wonder, that the small flock of Christ is not devoured by the much greater number of greedy Wolves, even when they stand fastest together, itis only the miraculous hand of him that dwells among the united in love, and bids them not to fear, that is their security: but if they divide and he with-draw, can they be safe? no, reason saith, they cannot, justice saith, they shall not, yea love and mercy consents in it, that so they may be constrained to unite and stand together: but how much less can they bee safe, if they shall as a fire consume, or as potters vessells,( for such we are) dash in pieces one another.  
O friends, friends, as ye fear God, and love his Son our Lord, who is so tender over his little ones, take heed ye lose not yourselves, and these stickling fiery spirits amongst yourselves, that would engage you to call fire from heaven upon their brethren,( but who it would consume they know not;) their Master loves them better then to lose them, for all their heat, and would not have the law of retaliation take place upon them; he hath died for them, as for those, Luke 9.54.  
But if ye shall yet be careless of yourselves and these, yet look well to it, there are many thousands of peaceable spirits, whose sighs to heaven will make a sad complaint against you; Against you, O ye the great sticklers in these two grand divisions,( that I say not factions) if you shall engage them in blood, either for the obtaining the Militia, and places of trust in the kingdom, into the hands of all of either of your two parties; that ye as Kings may rule alone: Or for the obtaining from the Magistrate against those whom holy Paul Phil. 1.7. or other holy Scripture judges meet to be esteemed Saints, either stripes or frowns in reference to those miscarriages which are to be accounted conscientious failings in their religious conversations in the Churches of Christ.  
Or else on the other side, for maintaining heresies, or the obtaining a licentious lewdness in Religion, to be encouraged or countenanced by a Law.  
I say, if you shall engage them in blood, or endanger the loss of Religion and liberty, for the obtaining many things less principal, although desirable and good, how much more if for such as ought not to be desired?  
Take heed, O take heed of division and contention to advance factions, and be entreated in the spirit of Christ, to pursue peace and holinesse, to stand fast in the faith, and follow truth in love, and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you, Eph. 4.32. And, Put on as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye; and above all these put on charity, which is &c. Col. 3.12. to 15.  
Yet O dear Brethren, fellow-Christians, and countrymen, if there be any( as I fear there is much) such guilt upon persons amongst us, as that with the persons upon whom it is we may make no peace, justice commanding and calling for execution from; in this I must be silent, or else notwithstanding all those engagements to love, mercy and forgiveness, I must cry for justice also, especially( and unquestionably) in the case of blood; if any be known to have the guilt of blood upon them, or if the land be guilty, the person or persons not being known.  
The Scriptures are indeed therein express, that whosoever( without exception) shall kill any person, the Judge shall slay the murderer, by man shall his blood bee  shed; no satisfaction shall be taken for his life, but he shall surely be put to death, Rom. 35.30, 31. and that the Land cannot be cleansed from the blood that is  shed therein, but by the blood of him that  shed it,( for blood defileth a Land) Ver. 33.  
So that in case the murderer is known, the case is clear the murderer must die: and in case that murder is known to bee done in the Land, and the murderer is not known, nor can by diligent inquisition( which must be made) be found out and discovered: yet then are the Elders( the chief Governours) in most solemn manner to declare the thing, and protest their own innocency and their ignorance of the murder, that their eye hath not seen it, as Deut. 21.1. to 9. and solemnly to pray that it bee not( by the Lord) imputed unto the Land, and the blood shall bee forgiven them, Ver. 8. and what must then be done in reference to our father James of famous memory, and his son, his uncle, and his cousin, with many others,( if Doctor Egleshams printed report be true) but especially in reference to those multitudes of innocent Irish English Christians so barbarously massacred in Ireland.  
And further in this our pursuit of peace and good agreement, we also must be mindful( as ignorant we are not) that there are many persons in each party of our two grand divisions, who according to the extreamenesse of their principles, do pursue after extreme desires and ends, as either on the one hand lusting after Dominion and Lordship over Gods heritage, endeavour to obtain a carnal power from the Magistrate to exercise that domion carnally, or betraying the authority given by Christ our Lord, unto his Church, not onely engage the Magistrate in things properly appertaining to the Churches cognizance, but refuse to act in Christs name and by his authority, until( or any further then) the Magistrate will by his power direct them in and secure them for, so doing; or else on the other hand to tie up the hand of the Magistrate from punishing notorious evil doers against Rom. 13. if not, which is worse, to engage him by a declared general toleration to countenance and encourage heresies and blasphemies by a Law.  
Neither of which can have their desires granted without an extremer damage and disadvantage to Religion and the public interest, whom our endeavours therefore must be rather to moderate and pacify, then to satisfy in their desires; onely the wise according to sobriety, can have their desires( as consisting with Gods honour and public safety) satisfied and fulfilled. And peradventure for peace sake, something of what is truly desirable must for present be forborn, as not yet to bee obtained, without a greater over-ballancing, evil coming along with it.  
For the avoiding of which evils and extremes, on the Right hand, and on the left, and obtaining a greatly desired healing and settling of our present distempers, and prevention of that destruction which now lieth at the very door: These Additional expedients are humbly tendered to Consideration.  
First, that a day of general humiliation may be speedily obtained wherein in special to humble ourselves for our miscarriages in the former references, and to wrestle with God for Grace and mercy in this business.  
2. That the Solemn Covenant truly and candidly understood should be Religiously and inviolably observed. That the Word of God, and not human example, nor Magisterial authority or countenance, may in our Church Reformation be especially eyed.  
3. And that we in tithing of Mint and anise, in our eager pursuit of uniformity in circumstantials, endanger not the losing of unity of spirit and the lively exercise of faith, and love, the great duties of a Christian, and so be found contrariant to sound Doctrine, and the power of godliness: But that we make it our Great design to live together in faith and love, that the Lord may delight to dwell among us.  
4. And although we be not all of one size, some higher and stronger, some weaker, and less necessary— that we covering sins, and being ambitious of giving honor, may give more abundant honor to that part which lacketh, whether Presbyterian or dissenting, that there be no schism in the body 1 Cor. 12.25. And yet by all due Christian means, endeavour to suppress all superstition, heresy, profaneness, and whatsoever is found contrary to sound Doctrine, and the power of godlsness, That the Lord may be one, and his name one.  
5. That in the name of Christ, and by his Authority all worldly Institutions and officers, as Prelates &c. in the Church and Kingdom of Jesus Christ may be expulsed and suppressed.  
6 That justice may be done, both to King and people, and all in their just Rights defended in the preservation and defence of true Religion and Liberty.  
7. That Justice be done upon Incendiaries, Dividers of Church or state into factions and parties among the people; and in particular and special upon the wilful opposers and hinderers of the peace and union of, and between the three Kingdoms.  
8. That a quest of iniquity be speedily appointed for searching ofts the Achans, especially men of blood that trouble our Israel, and procure the curse, or the continuance thereof: that Justice may proceed according to Covenant and the curse may cease. And that: any thing hard or difficult herein appear, The assembly of Divine be therein consulted.  
That what guilt of innocent blood is found to lye upon us, the authors whereof cannot be found( or not dealt with according to common Iustice)— That in reference thereunto though we are not to kill the read cow, as Deut. 21. yet to do that which is equivalent thereunto— viz. solemnly to humble ourselves before the Lord, and expiate the sin by faithful prayer for pardon in the blood of Christ, That the sin may be forgiven us, as Deut. 21.8.  
9. That in pursuance of Unity, Peace and good Agreement in the things of Religion( as there is already appointed fit persons to treat for the settling of the general and great affairs of the Kingdom) so also in particular and special, That( if it be not already done as was reported) some of the most eminently approved godly, impartial, and in this difference most disengaged either of the Parliament or Ministry, or others, whom the Parliament shal think fit, be appointed speedily to consider of some expedients tending thereunto.  
10. That things may therein be so stated, that none fearing God and conscientiously walking in his word and worship( or according to Scripture grounds to be accounted for such; viz. visible Saints not liable to Church censure, but capable of Christian Communion) may not be therein molested or disheartened, but receive all due encouragement and countenance both from each other, and from the Magistracy of the Kingdom, yet so as not owning one anothers errors or miscarriages, but walking together in that whereunto they have already attained.  
11. and that in settling the other great affairs of the Kingdom care may be taken so to state things with impartial respect unto the wel-deserving of either judgement, that none that are well-affected to the public Interest may be deprived of their just civil Rights and privileges, nor any that have well deserved of the Kingdom may lose their due honor and reward, because dissenting something in opinion.  
12. That in the time of the Treaty for the removing and preventing of suspicions and jealousies on either side; That all those Commanders formerly of the Army at the time of the displeasing Vote passed against their Petition, as well as the old Militia of the City of London, except such of both against whom material objections of unfaithfulness or other palpable gross absurdities can be made, may be set in statis quo prius. Or if the City cannot yield that the old Militia shal take place with the exceptions as above, that then the City beg leave of the Parliament to choose a new with promise and assurance to choose such as shal please the Parliament and remove Jealousies,( the City soldiery in the interim to be enabled to act under any one, two or three for common quiet, and the Army to forbear advancing) which course would also unite the City. And the places of trust in the City & Kingdom being for the present impartialy distributed amongst the able, wel-deserving, best-esteemed, and most moderate of both parties, would remove jealousies and unite both City and Kingdom.  
13. That immediately after such settling the Army and Militia, The Eleven Members be speedily called to trial, or else( urgency of occasions not permitting) to give security to answer when called and in the mean time to enjoy their places and privileges of Sitting and Voting in Parliament.  
14. That the Presbyterian Government in the most Spiritual perfection and freedom thereof may be encouraged.  
15. That( the Law of praemunire being taken away) they may have liberty to act according to the Word of God, and Cannons of the Great Doctor and Lawgiver, Christ Jesus; and may be admonished( as the Britains by the Bishop of Rome, to search there for Rules and Laws to govern the Churches of Christ, And may not be bound up by human Restrictions.  
16. That some course be thought on to inflict severe penalties upon railing Rabshekaes, that in such sordid and scurrilous language or writings( as is now common) do or shal vilify the said Government or Ministry thereof, or the Ministry of the Kingdom in general, or any religious way, or persons in reference to such way, or any religious Societies whatsoever, especially if not before declared against by the then present Government of the Kingdom.  
17. But let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamour, and evil speaking bee( commanded to be) put away( from all Christians in this Kingdom) with all malice, Eph. 4.31. Seeing Michael the Archangel, when contending with the Devil &c. durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuk thee, Iude 9.  
18. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful, Col. 3.15.  
Fall not out by the way, Gen. 45.24.  
Have peace one with another, mark 9.5.  
By this shal all men know that you are my Disciples, if ye have love one to another, John 13.34, 35.  
He that loveth not his brother abideth in death, 1 John 3.14.  
Love envieth not, boasteth not itself, is not puffed up; love seeketh neither own things, thinketh no evil,— love believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 1 Cor. 13.4.5.7.  
Thy destruction is of thyself O Israel.  
FINIS.