England's REMEMBRANCER, OR, A thankful acknowledgement of Parliamentary Mercies to our English-Nation. Wherein is contained a brief enumeration of all, or the most of God's free favours and choice Blessings multiplied on us since this Parliament First began.  

This book of the law sh● 〈◊〉 not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day & night that thou mayst of serve to do a according to 〈◊〉 that is written therein; for than thou shalt make thy way prosperous etc: Jos: ●: 8  
Give the King thy judgements, O Lord & thy righteousness unto of King's son so shall, he judge thy people through equity & thy poor through judgement: psal: 72: 1.  
My heart is toward the governors of Israel who offered themselves willingly judges: 5: 9:  
Slack not thy hand from thy servants, come up to us quickly and sa●e●s, and help us: for all the Kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. Iosh: 10.6.  
Happy art thou O Israel, who is like unto thee, O people saved by the lord and who is the sword of thy excellency and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee: Deut: 33 and 29  
●hon the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly because with a cheerful heart they offered willingly unto the Lord, And the King also rejoiced with great joy: 1: Chron: 29: 9   

COmehither, each true Christian heart and see;  
But, bring a joyful, thankful heart with thee.  
Come see (I say) to God's eternal praise,  
His miracles of mercies in thy days. 
1 1. Two Parliaments dissolved   
How, though two former Parliaments were broke, 
2 2. A third called.   
A third is called, hopeful to strike the stroke  
Of blessed reformation; to which end,  
See how the Lord the people's hearts did bend 
3 3. Choice of Knights and Burgesses.   
To choose renowned worthies there to sit,  
Maugre the adverse plot t'have hindered it.  
How God stirred-up our Scottish Brethren brave, 
4 4. The Army of Scots our friends.   
As friends, not foes, justice, (with us) to crave.  
In which mean time, how by heaven's providence, 
5 5. Soldiers turn Reformers.   
Soldiers i'th' Country, with strange violence  
To 〈…〉 Reformers, hating the Popish-party 
6 6. And haters of Papists and Pontifictans   
And Pontificians with despite most hearty.  
Crossing Papists and the Prelates plots, 
7 7. Prelate's plots crossed.   
To force fierce wars betwixt us and the Scots,  
To three great Kingdoms certain Desolation, 
8 8. The Pacification.   
All crossed by a blessed Pacification:  
Scattering and battering (that time) Spain's great Fleet, 
9 9 Spanish fleet at Sea, vanquished by the Hollanders.   
By honest Holland, who, their pride did meet.  
How God begins t'avenge th'unpater'nd ruth, 
10 10. M. Burton, D Bast. M. Prins, happy return from captivity.   
Of that pair-royall-Witnesses of Truth,  
And all the suffering Worthies of the same, 
11 11. And the rest of Christ's sufferers.   
● them to comfort, credit, fame.  
How God hath shot those impious Canoniers 
12 12. Canons and Oath in the Synod damned.   
By cursed Canons to deep shame and fears,  
Of fatal, final fall, even by an Oath, 
13 13. And turned to their own ruin.   
Whereby they hoped to go full Popish growth.  
How Heaven discovered hath a rotten-Sort 
14 14. Scandalous Priests discovered.   
Of scandalous Baals-Priests of foul report;  
And open set a door of restauration 
15 15. Godly Pastors discovered.   
For faithful pastors happy replantation.  
How, by their own plots, God hath strangely wrought 
16 16. Plots harm the Prelates most.   
Papists and Prelates to decline to nought.  
How by the very blood of blood of traitorous foes 
17 17. Traitors executed.   
The Lord begins the wounds to heal and close  
Of Church and State, and, for this purpose, hath 
18 18. Days of private humiliation on by godly Christians.   
Kindled the fire of Supplicating Faith  
And fervent zeal in private humiliation,  
Such, as the like was ne'er seen in this Nation;  
And with transcendent sweet returns repaid 
19 19 And returns of their prayers   
Our prayers into our bosoms with blessed aid.  
How the Lord hath, the Spirit of Unity.  
Shed on Both Houses, Courage and Constancy; 
20 20. Blessed Union in Both Houses.   
O, how their indefatigable pains  
Our happy Hopes in Church and State maintains!  
To see both Prince and People blessedly  
Conjoined in a sugared Symphony 
21 21. Agreement twixt King and Parliament.   
To fit and consult with full content,  
Till they themselves dissolve this Parliament.  
And after it to sit triennially 
22 22. A trien●all Parliament conacted   
To Church and States future felicity.  
To see Ship-money, patents damned down, 
23 23. Ship money & patients damned   
And good men set in seats of high renown. 
24 24. Good men made officers of State.   
To see nonresident justly disgraced, 
25 25. Non Resident voted against.   
To see our lazy Pluralists displaced; 
26 26. Pluralists against.   
And godly Lecturers by their flock elected, 
27 27. Lecturers rightly chosen.   
And droanish Deans and Prebends disrespected 
28 28. Deans and Chapters voted down.   
And voted-down in Parliament. To see, 
29 29. Universities reformed.   
Oxford and Cambridge hopeful purged to be.  
To see God's Sabbaths more sincerely kept, 
30 30. Sabbaths better satisfied.   
Of carrier's, fruiterers, Taverns soil well swept; 
31 31. Printing Persses opened.   
And Presses open wide to vindicate  
The Sabbaths precious honour, which, of late, 
32 32. Sabbath-sports put down.   
By impious Prelates, Pontificks profane  
Had (by vain sports) received a deep-dyed stain.  
To see to th'Sacrament, none (now) admitted 
33 33. Lord's Supper rectified.   
But such as piously are thereto fitted,  
To see the Surplice and such Romish trash 
34 34. Popish Ceremonies sentenced.   
From Parliament receive a deadly gash,  
Whereby no Popish gestures, vestures are  
Imposed 'gainst Conscience on God's Saints to wear.  
And no man forced (now) at Church to stay 
35 35. Liberty to have the word more freely.   
Where is no preaching to promote God's day.  
To see God's outcasts called home again 
36 36. Persecuted Pastors recalled   
And sons of Belial feel just shame and pain.  
No High-Commission, spiritual-court to see, 
37 37. No High-Commission Court admitted.   
Whereby God's peoples hearts from fears are free,  
Of their unjust Commands, lawless taxations  
And all churchwardens cleared from vile vexations, 
38 38. Church wardens feed.   
To see our Seas and Cinque-Ports fortified; 
39 39 Sea's and cinque- 〈…〉 ●ifide.   
That we may und'r our Vines securely 'bide.  
But, specially to see, with exultation  
From Both the Houses a blessed Protestation, 
40 40. Ablessed Protestation   
Together, all true English-hearts to tie,  
In a blessed league, Rome's Strumpet to defy, 
Against all Popery and Popish innovations.   
All Popish Innovations to disdain,  
Christ's Truth tothth' death constantly to maintain.  
O, who cannot these halcyon-days admire,  
And with inflamed zeal be set on fire,  
To sound the praises of our bounteous Lord  
Who these heart-cheering comforts doth afford  
Unto a Nation, in th'esteem of most,  
For Sin, forsaken, perishing and lost.  
But, now, much like a Ship by swelling-wayes 
A proper Simile.   
Tossed to and fro, gaping to be the graves 
England compared to a Ship tossed at See.   
Of all its heartesse mariners, but yet  
A sudden calm and fair winds favouring it,  
'Tis brought in safety to a harbour fair  
Where all arrive, where all preserved are:  
So, O, even so, thy God in mercy free,  
O England, England, thus preserved thee! 
Admonition to England.   
Hopeless and helpless: Lay this then to heart,  
Rouse up thy soul, perform thy praising part.  
O great King CHARLES, cheer-up thy soul, like Wise, 
counsel to the King.   
Ponder these ponderous things, arise, arise,  
High time to put-on refolutions rare,  
To honour God, who with such honours fair 
Reformation desired.   
Hath blessed thee and thy three kingdoms, now,  
A thorough Reformation in them vow. 
5 Princely Petitionners to the King.   
Remember also and Commiserate  
Thy royal Sister's poor Palatinate, 
1 1.   
Sad Germany's long lamentable woes; 
2 2.   
Rochel, like Rachel in her childless throws. 
3 3.   
Thy near allied Denmark in distress, 
4 4.   
Holland thine honest, ancient friend no less. 
5 5.   
Who All, with Us, and on Us, look for aid,  
From thee, great Prince, who long have been ore-layd  
With Romish rage and Spanish cruelty, 
'gainst Spain and Rome.   
Still groaning, grieving, by their tyranny,  
To forward which most blessed work, behold, 
helps at hand.   
Thy prudent peers resolved with courage bold, 
1 1. Peers.   
Thy pious Prophets with their prayers addressed, 
2 2. Prophets.   
Thy people all with hearts and purses pressed, 
3 3. People.   
To give thee all their aid, to spend their blood,  
To hasten-on this work so great, so good.  
And, O our God, let thy good Spirit strike-in, 
4 4. A Prayer.   
To make the work complete, to pull-down sin,  
To setup Christ in his pure, powerful throne  
To rule and reign in all our hearts, Alone.  
So shall we All, all our remaining days  
To thee our God eternal trophies raise  
Of all obliged praises infinite,  
Who, thus, to do us good, dost take delight.   
FINIS.  
JOHN VICARS.   

London, Printed for Thomas Underhill, and are to be sold at the Bible in Wood-street, M. DC, XLI.