ENGLAND'S JOY, FOR THE KING'S Gracious Proclamation for the banishing Papists.  1 KING. 18.21. 
How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, then follow him, if Baal, then follow him.  2 KING. 17.24,25. 
And the King of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthagh, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the Cities of Samaria, in stead of the Children of Israel, and they possessed Samaria, and dwelled in the Cities thereof.  
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: Therefore the Lord sent Lions among them, which slew some of them.  
Printed M.DC.XL.   

ENGLAND'S JOY, for the KING'S gracious Proclamation for the banishing of Papists.  
I Confess that Prayer is so forcible, that it openeth the gates of Heaven; and as you read, how the holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles, in the form of fiery tongues, so through the enforcement of Prayer, all blessings spiritual and temporal are let down amongst the children of God, like Peter's sheet. Who would not then ask to obtain: seek to find: knock to have it opened: and importune the father of mercy to have no denial, considering the Parable tells us, That the wicked Judge who neither feared God nor man, granted the widow's Petition to be delivered from her clamours, and her troublesome attendancy: and thus are we beholding to our God.  
But now, to make God beholding unto us, were a secret out of the Treasure-house of heaven indeed, wherein I will be bold to tell you how you may be proficient, and invite you to wisdom's school to learn a cunning, which the heart of the natural man is uncapable of; and that is, to retribute thanks to God, to give his glorious name the praise, to be grateful unto him, and to rejoice in hymns and spiritual Songs, when a benefit is imparted, and our souls are comforted.  
What a story is the story of the jews, being delivered from Hamans' cruelty and persecution, for the purpose in hand. The Text saith; 
Hester 9.17,18  That they rested the same day, and made it a day of feasting and gladness, a good day, and sent portions and presents one to another: but wherefore was all this? For saving their lives, and prevailing against their enemies.  
But, oh thou God of heaven! that ride upon the wings of the wind, and holdest the reins of the kingdoms of the world in thy hand, to let lose or restrain at thy pleasure. Thou knowest that we have more causes to rejoice and be glad then the jews, in their Purim. For, if we may compare the less with the greater, they had but the preservation of their bodies, and a slight triumph against their corporal enemies, we are in the way to save our souls and put our spiritual adversaries to flight, the Flesh, the World, and the Devil  
What? Papistry to be suppressed? The Priests and jesuites to be banished? And the Gospel of jesus Christ to flourish? 
Psalm 45.  My soul leaps for joy, and my heart is enditing a good matter, I speak of the things which I have made, touching the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Oh blessed be GOD for this alteration?  
Doth not jeremy tell us, that, 
jeremy 31. Math. 2.  In Ramah there was a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted because they were not. Did not all England wring their hands for sorrow, and begin to mourn and be affrighted, when they saw the Papists so arrogantly mischievous, to insult in every town and shire, and mock us to our faces, as if Sandolet and Tobiah were to scoff and deride the jews, when Nehemiah came to re-edify the Temple? And hath not God put into the King's heart to damn up this inundation, and to keep the raging Sea within limitation, that it do not overflow the lower and fruitful grounds.  
Mark but the progression of business, tell it to your Children, and write it in the Phylacteries of your garments. Did not we determine some 16. years ago to match with Spain? And did not Spain resolve to overmatch us in the contract? Did he not resemble an unmannerly and impudent guest, who invited to some neighbourly meeting, would not only come himself, but brought a whole rabblement of Cormorants with him, so Spain must not only condition for a daughter, but the Papists through the kingdom have liberty of Conscience, Mass in their houses, Priests within their doors, penalties remitted, and the Pursuivants and Officers restrained from their privy searches, whereby the Spanish Ambassador presumed on his meritorious service, & some Papists triumphed, as if the wiser sort knew they were in the right. And was not this a fearful beginning, and who knows with what strength the strong man would have increased in keeping his possession: so have the Papists done within these 2. or 3. years, and insolently bragged of their great forces, and impudently threatened the utter overthrow of us all, especially of our renowned City of London.  
But was this all? No, no, the several shiers of England, worse than the jews that poisoned the springs of sweet water, in these days had malicious instruments to corrupt the youth of the Country, and the Priests, jesuites and Friars ran from house to house, and made them all amazed with crying out; Great is Diana of the Ephesians.  
But now Papistry shall be suppressed, and the Priests and jesuites banished. O blessed alteration! O blessed King! oh blessed Parliament! The Ambassador's houses were so many hives, to which the drones resorted, who not only fed upon the honey of the Bees, but presumed to kill and beat them away, which preserved them: Thus these unconstant people, not only despised the Pastors of their own Congregations, and under protection of the Prerogative of Kings, railed on the Lord & his anointed: The Streets swarmed with ruffianly apparitions, Priests in disguised apparel, and jesuites in Courtly vestments. And what did they? Not only watch the outward behaviour of men, and government of the City, but took advantage of the weak, carnal gospeler, and set upon them with the outward glory of a visible Church.  
The Cathedral of Paul's had her walks mingled with a number of peremptory and audacious Romanists, who not only branded us for lukewarmness and unjustifiable actions, but boasted both of and in their disputations, that they had put the true and learned servants of God to silence, as if Sidchiah should strike Machiah on the face, and peremptorily ask him, when the Spirit of God departed from him, to be infused into such an underling.  
The Court hath not only every corner, but public walks filled with Papists, and Hispaniolized temporisers. And what did they, appear in several disguised forms, and their corrupt hearts taught their tongues to vent forth blasphemy, and notorious abuses: For as you read how jeremy was taken by his Enemies, and brought before the Princes and Priests, for weakening the hands of the men of war, and daunted their hearts that wished well to the peace of Zion: So played these imposturing spirits, charming all men with such subtleties. What? the house of Austria to be checked, and the Emperor of Germany to be affronted?  
What? Spain to be threatened with war, and intrusions of hostility? Who is able to cover the Vienna, as Xerxes once did the Hellespont, with a numberless, and invincible Armado, to set upon the Island of Britain as a Conqueror, and to make England to tremble with the multitude of his forces, and yet dare you talk of war and assisting the Low-Countries? But now God be thanked, Papistry shall be suppressed, the Priests and jesuits banished, and these mighty Bulls of Bashan either have their horns sawed off, or their chaps muzzled, and what an alteration is here?  
Oh let us then give thanks unto God, and confess his mercy is beyond our apprehension, and his benefits are Ocean in comparison of our duty, or standing pool of deserving. And seeing the King is so gracious to look upon us, like a fair moving Planet, in a conspicuous Orb, from whose influence can proceed nothing but sweet presages: Seeing our Parliament is so religiously Honourable, to sound the ford of Spain's projects, and their country's hazard by collusion, and halting between two opinions; with the plummets of true Wisdom, and zeal to the Gospel of jesus Christ: Seeing that they are so indulgent, and will not suffer either the wild Boar of the Forest to trample down the hedges; or little Foxes to destroy the Grapes, but are willing that jehojadas filthy garments may be taken away, and a Crown of pure Gold set upon his head, seeing the people are prepared to call and hasten one another to go up to the Temple of the Lord; and rather than Reuben shall raise a heap of stones like an Altar, to put the people in fear of Idolatry, they are ready to arm with their brethren, and examine how the matter stands, let every man exhilarat himself, and cry out: Why art thou cast down O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, he is the health of my countenance, and my God: So than if Paplstry shall be suppressed, the Priests and jesuites banished, and our enemies, both Foreign and Domestic overreached: let God have the glory, the Prince the honour, the Parliament the commendation, the people the comfort, the Country the benefit, and every true hearted Christian sing jopaean, and Epithalamiums to jehovah.  
Mark the difference between flourishing Kingdoms through the blessing of reformation, and advise of good governor's, and the fearful distraction of Commonwealths, where irreligion and indirect courses overmaister: While the ambition of Athalia was predominant over her affection, and drive her headlong to all obscenity & tyranny, she committed idolatry, she neglected the house of God, she defiled the Altar, she destroyed the seed royal, she usurped the Diadem, and disturbed the peace of juda and Israel: But when jehoash was miraculously preserved and instructed by jehojada: Athalia is slain: jehoash doth that which is right in the sight of God, the Priests repair the Temple, the Altars are cleansed, the Common wealth reform, and the whole Country resettled in order; and was not this a great alteration?  
In the story of Manasses, and Ammon his Son, you shall find these imputations of wickedness cast upon them by the holy Ghost: He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, he lived after the abominations of the Heathen, he reared up Altars for Baal, he offered incense to the Host of Heaven, he made his Sons pass through the fire, he used enchantments, observed times, and dealt with familiar spirits, and wrought much wickedness before the Lord: But when josiah came to reign, and was instructed how? he feared God, and lived uprightly, he cleansed and repaired the Temple: he commanded the book of God to be read, he rend his , as strucken with compunction of soul, he made a covenant with God to observe his testimonies, he put down all the Offices of Baal, and the groves dedicated unto him: He slew his Priests, he solemnised the Passeover, and he performed the words of the Law, which were written in the Book; and was not this a great alteration?  
Thus it is between the government of Spain and England, especially the contrariety of Religion, and diversity of serving God, between Papists and Protestants: the Papists both in Spain and in England, commit blasphemous idolatry, are polluted with incests and fornication; derogate from the honour of God, to attribute adoration to creatures, pacifieth himself in the Labyrinth of aequivocation: Dissemble with God, their own souls, and all that deal with them, care not by what means, or treachery they compass their own ends, deny Christ's presence in Heaven, a main article of Faith, extenuate the power of the Godhead, by allowing a deity to Creatures, and invocation to Devils▪ First, they have made many Saints that are passed down to Hell. Allow of murder, and monstrous impiety: and in a word, are poisoned with the dregs of abomination, wherewith the whore of Babylon hath filled her cup.  
The true Protestant and zealous Christian alloweth God the pre-eminence of all adoration, will by no means blaspheme with idolatrous exorcisms, detesteth whoredom, and all incestuous Leprosy, defieth the participiation of God's glory to murder, simply and plainly contriveth his affairs, and keepeth his word, though it be to his own hindrance, intermeddles not with matters of state, except he be called to place of eminency, is with Anna praying in the Temple, and continually rejoiceth in the conversation of God's servants, and maketh the Church the sanctuary of his soul, in a word, is ruled by the directory of God's word, and neither dare abuse the Majesty of Princes by inter jecting a Jealousy and suspicion between the Prince and the Subject, nor run away with the deceit of his own heart, in presuming to be more holy than his brethren, or prejudging others either maliciously, or foolishly. And is not this a great alteration? And is not this cause enough to induce us to thank God, and acknowledge his mercy and kindness, that our King and Parliament would go and buy eyesalve without money, perspicuously to look into the enormities of the Church and Common wealth, and not only with Nehemiah, to abridge the extremity of usury: compel a relaxation of debts and oppression, keep and sanctify the Sabbath, drive the Merchants and Sellers of meat out of the City, and at last put away their idolatrous wives: but also will not suffer the Ammonites and Moabites to come into God's Temple, but enforce them to banishment out of jerusalem. For as you read how jacob after his return from Laban cleansed his house of the idols: so did Nehemiah in despite of Eliashib the Priest, who had allied himself to Tobiah a stranger and idolater, put him from his lodging, and cast out all the snuff out of his chamber, which in the text is likewise called cleansing, and thus thanks be to God, our great Nehemiah dealt with the Papists, he hath not only thought them as pricks and thorns in the sides of good Christians: but now found them as noy some and infectious weeds in the Common wealth, to choke and eat up the sweet Flowers, and springing grass; and thus hath the Church of God example enough in Scripture to be an enemy to God's enemies, and fall to reformation with courage and magnanimity.  
Shall such a man as I fly (saith Nehemiah) shall such a King as I (saith King Charles) that have been trained up from my infancy to deny Popery, and suffer my Kingdom of great Britain, the very nursery of zealous professors, and mirror of purity and piety, to be defiled and contaminated with the poison of superstition, and now I have recollected myself, shall I give way to rotten and filthy policy to eat upon the heart of true Religion, or suffer private ends to thicken themselves, like some obscure and dangerous cloud, to stand as an interposition between the Sunny splendour of God's word, and the fair progress of government? No, No: I will now be myself, and therefore if either the Pope, or Spain deride me with Michol for dancing before the Ark, and bringing it into God's house: I will answer with David, I will yet be more vile and zealous for the Lord; and as he told his wife; that therefore God had taken the Kingdom from her Father, and invested him with the Diadem: so may King Charles answer Spain, that therefore God will make him mighty in his Provinces, in despite of malignant opposition, and great Britain shall not be only able to stand firm, like an impregnable Rock in all honour, riches, & prosperity: but of sufficiency to protect distressed neighbours, and recover unfortunate and surrepted Provinces. Therefore away ye Friests and jesuites, pack hence for your lives; and let me not hear any further of your daring impostures, and you that will remain Papists, and with the Adder stop your ears, that charm the Charmer never so cunningly, he shall not prevail to remove you, take heed and be warned, that you live modestly in your wilfulness, neither daring to break our Statutes against those Locusts of Rome, nor to insult yourselves, or be offensive to any civil conversation, by thewrong defence and supportation of Rome's corrupted Doctrine. For I protest unto you by the faith of a Religious King, I take a pleasure in hearing, what God said to Abraham: 
Genesis 18.19  For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgement, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken unto him: And therefore as I am God's substitute in the supreme royalty, so will I be his instrument in the practice of this Reformation, neither suffering any Papist whatsoever, to have the use of Idolatrous masses, nor to bring up their own children in the Cimmerian darkness of ignorance, and devilish devotion: For the Apostle tells us plainly, 
Colos. ●.  that the tormenting of the body, worshipping of Angels, observing of Days, and many foolish humiliations, likewise denying of lawful marriage, and forbidding of meats, and celebrating of superstitious times, are all the doctrines of the Devil: and is not this joy to great Britain, and how are our hearts cheered, as you read of the Israelites, that in the time of Solomon rejoiced with one another, and made merry eating and drinking under their own Vines?  
Thus shall we see the backs of our adversaries, and by God's special favour and grace the banishment of Priests and jesuites: But ye Magistrates of the Common wealth, let them not imitate the Israelites in this, to rob the Egyptians in their departure out of Egypt? Let them not export our treasures, nor enrich other Countries with our spoils: Let not your Ladies bestow their jewels and ornaments upon them: For though they could be contented to love them with gratuities and presents, yet must the Common wealth reserve some secrets of State, not to be impoverished by the lavish gifts of those, that understand not the Mystery of carrying wealth out of the Land, or consuming our silver in trifles, let none of their houses be furnished with those remnants of gewgaws, wherein the ancient idolaters excelled them in be decking their idols, I mean their medales, crucifixes, relics of Saints, the Wood of the Cross, the milk of our Lady, and a thousand such like trumperies fit for nothing but toys to play with all, as Apes do with Nut shells: For as you read how the children of Israel were tainted with the gross superstition of Egypt: so must needs the tender hearts of your women be captivated with the reservation of these things: Let your Pursuivants and Officers a God's name be the researchers of suspected places, that the very children, which as yet, know no harm, may be sent to the Schools of the children of the Prophets, and by that means learn to live in the fear of God, and die in his favour: Let the potent men be disarmed a God's name, not to give them cause to think the better of themselves, as if they were to be feared, or reputed dangerous and politic: but as you take knives and other hurtful things from mad men to prevent mischief, that they neither endanger others, nor themselves: In a word, let all good orders be observed, and a fashionable body of a religious Common wealth erected, that his Majesty's person may be secured, the Prince, and the rest of that Royal issue protected and pleased, the honest neighbours sublevated with care and diligence, the whole Island flourishing with prosperity and confidence, the poor relieved, the trades restored, the City repaired, the Merchant countenanced, the Soldiers esteemed, the Clergyman beloved, the well deserving reverence, the weak supported, the obstinate finner punished, the offender through frailty remitted, and all justifiable actions practised to the glory of God, and comfort of our own souls.  
Then if there be cause of war, and so success fallen, Moses and Israel shall sing a song of Triumph to the Lord, and Miriam the Prophetess shall take a Timbrel in her hand, and all the women go after her with Timbrels and Dances: Then if there be the flourishes of peace, and that Solomon hath finished the Temple of God, and his own house, 
1 King 3.22.9  he will present himself before the Lord, and kneel to his prayers, spreading forth his hands toward Heaven: And then to conclude both in war and peace shall great Britain confess to the Lord. What is man, that thou shouldst think upon him, or the son of man, that thou wilt remember him? And so praise the Lord in his Sanctuary, and in the firmament of his power: praise him in his mighty acts, and according to the excellency of his greatness, praise him for thinking upon us, even in this particular of suppressing Papistry, and banishing the Priests and Jesuits.  
I will meddle with no matter of State, nor adventure traducing for self love, or advising others wiser than myself, but keep close to the shore of this one special observation: Let the adversaries of Religion say what they can to accuse a Protestant of one murder, whereas God and the world knows, that not only the turbulencies of Europe have been blown up with Popish breath, and sufflation of Consistorian Cardinals: but the fearful slaughters of Princes have been andaciously prosecuted, either by Friars and Priests, or such instruments, whom the pestilent jesuites have seduced: what state then in the world (especially our reformed Churches) if there were no other cause then this affrighting, would endure them in the government, and therefore now this must needs be a happiness to England, that at this instant such a mercy floweth towards us, as a Proclamation against them.  
How Geneva hath continued, and groaned under the pressure of many difficulties, yea, endured divers assaults of whole Armies, and volleys of shot, from the mounted Cannons against her; and yet was never any attempt made upon the Duke of Savoy, and her adveisaries by her procurement, or suggestion, is well known to the world.  
In all those bloody massacres of France, and terrors of the civil wars there, what one mischief was ever conceived against the persons of their Kings, by any Protestants, and who but Papists durst lay hands on the Lords Anointed? In that fiery trial in the days of Queen Mary, when the rages of Papists made them more furious, than a Bear rob of her Whelps: What one Protestant slipped out of the circle of obedience, to put her in suspicion of her life, yea it is well known, that the Protestants of Suffolk, advanced her to the Crown though they were the first that felt the effect of her ingratitude. In all the troubles of Germany, and exactions upon the free Cities, how securely did the Emperors go on concerning their own persons, and when did you read of a Pope slain, but as they poisoned one another. I will name but one thing in the Low-Countries, and that is the pride and cruelty of the Duke of Alva; so that if ever an excuse might have been made for taking away a Tyrant's life, it might here in some action or other, have received a justifiable form, and yet Alva lived without touch, and practised all manner of wickedness without control: whereas on the contrary side in these Countries formerly mentioned, there hath been a 1000 several murders committed upon the bodies of public and private persons, or at least prosecuted with resolution to be actuated upon advantage by Popish Priests, jesuites, and their Officials, and Ministers: Is it not high time then to banish them our Commonwealth, or do as we have done (and so it shall be no new matter or devise of punishment) even hang them up at Tyburn, or detrude them into the house of slaughter, where Justice is predominant.  
Mark for God's sake, mark the secrets of good husbandry, he that means to till and manure a woddy ground, must leave no stumps within touch, lest he break his plough in the labour, and see fresh sciences, as sprigs to sprout up to choke the Corn: the best way is to stock up root and tind, and follow the picke-axe with a spade, that the ground may be throughly searched indeed; and so must great Britain do with this brood of Vipers, either pull out their stings, or chap them in pieces: For so were the Priests of Baal served at several times, and in several places by Gedeon, john, Elias, josias, and other good Priests and Princes: but seeing this good beginning of our gracious and judicious King, in quenching the smoke of these firebrands, which in time would either have blinded our eyes, or put them clean out, hath cheered our hearts, and poured the balm of Gilead into our wounds, let him have the glory of his own handiwork, and great Britain the joy, and so both he, Great Britain, and every true Christian retribute all possible thanks to the ancient of days, whose hairs are as white as wool, and dies as a flame of fire; and to the voice that commandeth us out of Babylon, lest we be destroyed in her abominations: For Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great City, because she made all the Nations drink of the Wine of the wrath of her Fornication.  
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