The true English Protestant Soldiers Resolution.  
IT is not alone the many Declarations and Votes of Parliament, that reveal unto us how strong an influence the Papists have over the King, and his Dominions: Nor all the Remonstrances concerning Ireland so clearly evincing by what means that barbarous and horrid Rebellion was first fomented, and hath been since continued: Nor the Kings own Letters to the Queen so wholly depending upon her Counsels, conveyed from Rome and Jesuits: (All which have been published to forewarn us of our dangers.) But it is more than manifest also, By the Pope's Letter to the King, and the Kings to the Pope, long since made known to the world in French, and now translated, acted, and almost fulfilled in English. By all the passages and proceed of both the Matches when a Protestant Lady was propounded and neglected: By the Jesuits arguing for the Spanish Match: By the increase, domineering, threaten, and preferments for many years of Papists, By Intelligence from all the parts of Christendom: By Sir Toby Mathews; The three Nuntioes; The Queen Mothers, with all her Jesuits gracious entertainment: By an whole College of Capuchins: By the exceeding great decay of our ancient Protestant Nobility; and the discouraging, neglecting, and affronting such as remained: By forcing Idolatry and Popish Ceremonies upon the Conscience: By long pleading for six Priests and Jesuits, contrary to Law and promise after two others pardoned, which ended in the accusation of as many Members of Parliament: By making havoc of Protestants, to set up Protestant Religion: By arming of Papists, to beat down Popery; And by thousands of Arguments and Observations more, That we are absolutely sold to Rome and her Adherents: The Achme of whose Antichristian Devotion is, not only to assault the liberties and rob the treasures, but confound, destroy, massacre, and root out all People and Nations that make not haste with them to the same degree of damnation: To prevent which overspreading mischief, we (as all true Protestants of the Kingdom have done) have taken up defensive Arms against these bloody enemies of nature, goodness, and Religion, wherein since there have been already wasted much precious and truehearted blood of many thousands of our dear kindred, friends, and allies, and many millions of our free and liberal loans and Contributions expended towards the same; There is now no likely way left to save us from being no more a Nation nor a People (much less to have our Religion) by all the attempts so aimed at, but for the whole Nation, (at least so many as have any sense of piety, honour, or compassion towards their brethren, and do truly weigh and understand their Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, Protestation, and late Covenant) to unite as one man: And according to the Orders and Declarations of Parliament; especially of the 26th of january last, to come to aid that high Assembly, and in them ourselves, whose eternal Trophy it will be, (though their lives and States suffer by it,) to die in reforming England, and in the strength of Christ, to oppose the Gates of Hell, and powers of Darkness, with their sworn factors the Priests and Jesuits. For these are they that have at once attempted, and in great measure acted the Massacres of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as they have formerly done in the Low Countries, France, and Germany.  
These are they who though discovered, dare yet continue to plot mischief, and persuade the King to proclaim and justify himself the author of those plots against his own natural subjects.  
These are they who yet in despite of the Acts and Orders of Parliament, dare walk our streets, and confront authority.  
These are they whose jesuitical incantations first wrought jealousies, and afterwards by the bare names of Brownists, Anabaptists Separatists, and Roundheads; conjured up most strong divisions into the members of the same Body, and by them through the whole Kingdom. For it is their Character to seduce (if it were possible) the very elect, and as the tail of the Dragon in these last times, to sweep down the stars of heaven.  
These are the Locusts of that Apollion Abaddon, That destroy both reason and conscience, soul and body, liberty, and estate, That destroy the King, That destroy the Parliament, That destroy the Kingdom, That destroy all holiness. This is Antichrist, The Antichrist, even Babylon the great. So that the contemplation, of this is enough to inflame the frozen spirits of the dead, and raise them up to battle. Here is a Cause, here, here is an Alarm to call forth Michael and his Angels, and the glorious Host of Heaven to war. Wherefore forsaking all by respects and nicknames invented to divide us, and looking up to the Almighty power which is to be seen in the Mount, believing these extremities ordered by his alwise providence to necessitate us to the performance of his will, against that mother of Harlots and abominations of the Earth.  
We do in the voice of the Angel earnestly entreat all Protestant Christians to come out of Babylon, and forsake those Antichristian Papists, and not to plead for them, nor join with them, lest they be partakers of their punishment. And we do for our parts all solemnly protest in obedience to the said declaration of Parliament, of jan. 26. last, that since there is no other means left (as we conceive) of assisting that honourable Assembly, or of enjoying peace, or the Gospel of peace, nor so much as our own Lives, where these Antichristian Locusts have any footing, We will endeavour the banishment or utter extirpation of all Papists out of this Kingdom, as the authors and incendiaries of these unnatural and bloody wars; and bring to condign punishment, all such as contrary to their oaths of Supremacy, Allegiance, Protestation and Covenant, shall oppose themselves to hinder the just and necessary performance of this our resolution.  
— Neque est lex justier ulla,  
Quam necis artifices arte perire suâ.   

Printed at London upon the day of the general muster of all the forces of the said City, September 26. 1643. for THO. VNDERHILL.