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tA(ter Bazlacmz , W/by diddefl thou diflurhc Sbotlarzdr ‘
peace, and for my Sovcraigns Stamp upon thy Mon.
{lets ?,Diddczfl thou notié: d aBook of Innovations
' robe prefllfd , L wand“ imppfgd upon‘ the Churcheso/F
M thatNation at; And! diam thou not plot and pm
‘ V t t €’c.iié to fizbvett their ancient Government, {tl‘tt—lng-
my Soveraign forward by thf: advice of thy private fpirirs: flsducingw
him to proclaim the Ioyall Scot: Réhells, For not admining thy Hie. A
rarchy ; and caufing him--to nxufier up atgteat Army _af;ain{t them;
and what was the ¢V€Dt é’ Were not the Scot: Forced to come into Eng-t
land lagainfi thee Q Balaam, anddid not~tl1c 1' word tof the An gel fight
‘fot them; couldtft thou make our_En-glzfb Souldiers fight for thee P
No, they rather rm'1cchoic~:: to fh-:-athzz. their Swords in the Bowells. A
of th~:irPopifl1l~Con‘1mandc‘rs. This difpofition of our E¢:glzjb‘Souldti-. ;
ers towards t__hy wicked" .WarrE (flirliumt Ej2Lij"c¢op.¢Ie),might have been»
warning enough to thee O Btzlrmm to malie thee clelifl, So {hould not
I3h:1vt:had4need to open my mouth, A“ A  A t t . ”
Ag.zin,Diddeft. thou notperficute tllcCl111rC”ll€Sl.Mlw;]jfiry,0f Eng-t. A
ll l.;171C'15.byinllPdfi’HgUp0U them Popifh Innovations 5 {Emma vvitihowttt ll\,l§,;W,.“_ 
and fame ag;i$1&La§v lg, aMfilymW+itbhramm*WW’fi”ffhércto my S0vc- 
taigns Stamp» as if'~Sovt:ra°zgn Authority 'Vs‘7Cl‘é bound byntrcelllty roll
countenance land juflihe all the itrelgfzllar Clanonlsofftlie E piftopall;
party : What were thy tllreatndingsyxtcomrnunicatiomg,aggravatiotis, 4
depfigrMiOl]S,5CC. againft painfitll Proeach-:rs,and con féionablc heaters» 
of l the World of God 5 bar a way to force them to flye, fhmtc into Now-A’ I
Ezzglmd, andotl1ct'remotet places in the W orld, all t°ob“idc-thy “Atari-
c~hri{’tian Trinltets». by baniflting, thoft: tl’12tClC3lC€I‘n.Ed}£l1y Bahilonilh‘
Goverment.Again,Diddt{t thou mt devifla a wicked hook fbr Liberty
to prophane the Lords S,%2zl)l1.zi=:h,8:;fotrcc it to be read in mofl Churchcs
- in Efzg/a72d:.p1'.M.‘Clt1g upon it the Stamp of my Sovtzraigu, as an order
lf'rorn,H'3s lvlajofty ?~A»ncl diddell thou not pttiécute thofé mofl godly
Mtinillets that refufiad to read it 5 iljy inflléling 1’-Jponlthtmfuffvcmions,
6xCOmmt1DiG£tiOI3S,’f&ql.1fEfir'JEl0I.IS, Stc, to the great difidvantage of
their flbckslin the progtefll: of Cl‘1rit‘tiatnity,t;w in which cafe it gé
.Atimalo.rt!htc to pgzay Wit-Ellthy brothtt oB.2l.mv, tlgat LlIDu»mlgl3£Cfl die

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 though I fear thou wilt" never be To zealous in {elf-:;lAove~to thine downy’
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e7t,thinel—*~énld ht'ightl1‘lhe lli"keA»tAhé&.tsd;,

Lal’tl«y,l\aV0uldeft thou A:n0t.'.h21V(:' built anAAlt£trf'otthdy»  

by bland-hgainll theALaw of ‘God and man, eby.la»newdeviled Ootln, ;.toA{tAa-A-
 _ blifh thy wicl<ed.Government, againfl the truepowet and prerogatiye
 tofmy Sovereign P I mean E11312 Oath deviled by the Conévocationr at the

breaking of that Parlmment befbre this; and yet the:-eyltvas putlulponile

the Stamp of my Sovereign, l as an ortderl in HistNamef?Alll- What King ’
 was ever to flrangely uled, or Church,e and Kingdom to abuféd by fuch yd

BabilonitltIncetndiaries.

From my Mallet Balmm to his Cha-plins.
Hy did you Popilh aifiéted, and you de{olute,prophane, fbanl,
‘ dalons Minillerlsa take that Ouch ; tome fo wickedly, and fome

   

* flocotvardlyl? and why do you Plutalillls, and you Formalifis, and you

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loutthe Kingdom ;

the rel’: of the r;1bb1e,ol" my Mailer Bulaamx 1ukewarmeAChaplins 2 I
fay, why do you "infinlmtc, and infnfe into the heads and hearts ofmany
of my, my dear Countrymen, {itch apptehenfions of evi-ll, and fuel:

lafperfions, againfl the  godly in the ’.LandA; yeaogainfl tthatjttiolt
honourable alfelnbl y  Panliaxnent, by charging them to be Puritans‘,

«andfioundheads (nicknar-ne\7s fptung fl-omhell) and as much as you

-Adare in Pulpit by {ixtrle winding the Scriptures, todeny their OrdiAntn- 7
AA Ices, andwvwh‘ A A ‘
y guage amonglt your private weak neighbours, with whom you think

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it will more eaftlly« work. do-lnding t‘hem»by;» yonrtcunning -tongues,
diffwading themfrom” lalfifiing tthedP;1Hiame9nt : plainly afifirming,
thatit is againfl the King, molt defperatcly putting the Iycupon that
-tnofl honourable aflembly. But by the blefled wifdome of ‘God you are

dilltovered, For thofe whom you thttsadwi-fé, te11“it~fromdonelftziendsto C

another, »unti1l_atla{=l it comes to the ears of honeltmcn, fothat you
may be traced in the Towns and Villages where you dwell; through-
A and in fine, I hope you may be found out izatpublike
pswellas in private, byyout backwatdnefle in afliftlng the Parliament,
when theteunto required.  l l  by  W” l   t» '  

 Butlagainfiallvrhisllznow yottanei ready to muttet,tt that you a1jeA=~Aa

l .bettettSAubje&tlt‘eh Bataan: Alfie, ldelitlhgthe fafety otfttlhe:AKing, and t

perhaps contr1bu'tlngto_him according to his defire. Let me ask, I pray
«what were thelparties a8ting, or operating in that behalf, you cannot

 A deny them to be eithe~r a Popifh party, or a patty of ‘Delinquents, or a
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Malignant mifitnderlianding party in horde; or iiparty of 1‘ emrng;

drunken, whoring Cavaliers, or a party of delblute lnkewarme Mini.

em, onrather a party of all theii: together, ioyntly incorporated by ‘

the inliigation of the divcll for managing:thePopi{h~defigne: And It

praymay not {itch good. birds tell you alal-IE: tale in the Kings Name, a

and keep your monyes in them {elves ; or may not fuch a crew of Achi-
tophels.a&».{i1ch a treachery, and yet hide the miliery from the know-
ledge of the King ? WeIl,.I willta {ford you thebeli plea your wits-lean
devil}.-, and fiappofé it in the bell terms that time of the moi’: cunning
fort do moi! faltelyrinferre. viz. That it is ordered by the advice ofthe
Kings privyconncell about hlm,:.iMOW blaeffe me Lord ; What a-privy
Couneell is that”? Was there ever teen 21 privy Councsll bending them.

{elves to crofl'e, thwart, and overthrow the Oouncells ol’a pnblike l"ar- l

liatnent againfi all priviledge and publike Law? Sure you can never

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make me beleeve this, except the m::Ior- part of that privy Councell‘

conlifi of fuch parties before recite ;. or if? you will needs havoit
as fome does not flick to whifper, Thatit is-the Kings will and plea-
fure thus to proceed. Therefore we mull fnbmit uandlthe Parliament
has nopower agalnfl the Kings willythough private or perlomall: Here
let meadvilit youttottalte heed of charging the King~toolargeIy,or eon-
finingthe Parliament too-fi.ri&ly, tricks thefe are of treachery. Ma.
tier Laadiceanlyou had.-needlof Dofior Pric1oxI.odgiclt, to make good
your point of Law. To retire alittle, If atnan (hould ask: you of
whom is.it man lit for the Kingto take councell in thefi: bufinefles‘ of

('0. great confiiquencc. Whcther- of‘ this privy Counsel], or ofthe Pat- I

liament ; Iattow (except a .Ql.|'atfl a vetier Aflia  Affe) your

mulineeda Ray of the Par ianaent, becaufé privy Councellors (for they 
nxofi part ): are Eieets of the Parliament, and their Councells muiil‘

neceffarily be involved together with the ;Parliament  Why then do

they Iéparate, and rnnne out of their duties 5,- I t p‘Iainly~»di£E:ovér$ they
r are of private fpitica, and may be ranked amonglithe prodigious tron-

{lets of; thele difirrzéiious. Imarvellpwhat p new in.ventions..will next
appear,or what new afperfions will lpring out againfl the Parliament;

Surely Satans lDflTl'Eln1€DtS'iCODtil”ll:1dlly whether wits, andhelps you i
nowto whifper, thacJ'thc Parliament; keeps the King out of His own, 4

His own Cities, His own Caftles ,- His ownhoufes, H isown .Militz':,',

and Mz:gazin'e38tc. Surely t.here.nceda nogreazt wit to anfwet thisfalfe l

 atperfiongy Does [not the whole,Kingdom.»knowthatthe Parliament i »

hath {évyerally petitioned his iMa jelly to coxne to hisown, and to in joy
ownyyaccording'toiHis«own Pt=ight_,. and His own Laws; But the

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iurled geiie§atioh‘offMalign§ht§ lliiitev to Etalte thofé"th1'ngs his own»
in at perfonall eonfideration , or private Right , which is his own by e

ublilte Ordinance, as the is anointed to that great Offivce, whereby» he.

1 18 in trolled with the publike materialls of the Kingdome, for the good:

of the people; to this curfedcrew would makeatfe of them by tlneit‘

WiCk¢d Conn {E:ls,accordingto their own pgiva-te fpiritsfor the dell tn.-

iéiioniiof his own Parliament, his own Lavlts, his own Kingdoms, his-

own people, his own B.eligion~, as we have had wofuxll experience

heretofore, and liill prafiiled, and is like to continue, to theplundeta 

tingand killingof his Maieflies Subieéts of Eiiates or .Religi@n,unlelfe a

his own people {land lioutly with their perfons and purl?:s,(to»go out *
againfi thefe cut-fed enemies of the King and State. Again, they help.-

you to Wl'1ifp€I"tlle Kings lenity , and the Parliaments cruelty; He‘

wouldhave peace ., and nothing will lerve their turns but War , flill...

hunting out one flanderfiafter another againft them 5, It were well the
Bilhops were up to filcnc’e fuch tongues ; but alas if they were, they
would pail}: you by, and the matter isnot great ; for truth in time will

lay open to the eyts of the world all the peaceable procezdingsof that  

mofi. honourable Court,by taking a furvey of their precedent humble

t~itions,and efent difpofitions in this War thus forced 11 port thema-
fb that at leugt - you are like to want breath and matter to Vomit lyestr

T0 maltean endwith my M!‘ Baiqam and his Cbaplains,having rubbed.

your feet againli thewall. ;* I pray do not as my ‘old M’ Blzlaam did in

Bulacfkg time, Wiflrthere were a Sword inwyour hand to kill me,lcfl the

{word that I ;lté*3*dtawn_;in thc.Angels hand kill you,an.d kcep‘_xne.31iYca ..

r His Apoloy touching-the Minil'ft’y.~

Tgrieves me to have fu ch caufe to open my mouth againli the tribe.

t *ofLwi. I honoureverv godly Minifler , and do pray that God will.

turn the tongues of Lmdicearz: from troubling the peoples heads with
Seétaries preaching in Tubs, Woods, and Barns 5* ea ihing taken upta-
thet by hear-lily, then by tefiinrony or truth-3' venting malice agamlk
wrong objeéist, I meantheir brethren of the Miniflry, W3-MDT3 »:Psii‘-Will
preaching makes them fret like at Canlter ; and this~~afperfion reaches to

every good Chrillian -that eonlfiionably performs any private godly
duty. I deny not but many Seéitaries tn Iy befound it-l“tl'!c pzomb ofthzs V
Kingdom. which‘ in»go.-rod time may be clean~lE:d”by authority : the thm_g"
that I difltkeis thin, *That-thele Miniflers vent things of little credit
in the Pulpit, in colour of reproving‘Se&.zries. I do not taxevery
 Miinifiermottany Minifier that inalwifi: and godly mannfifi 5‘~'ek5;~‘° 1”‘

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need3'{:;y, I§~;;m~; f(';»lT:.'ll:t“t,,'t3tl tfa'”t.;‘ttr;;,r l 1;xl<:mra"rlm ~I*‘otmaliils, lyectnevier any ’
powerfutll godly 1'w?r1liallex"$ to .t<;:pt~o‘v‘e Setfitariesby thetoarmstof lPurl-A
’Atans,l P reoi H £11174? ow“ B1()1TmClli1t'i‘3dS , ;j:~.reachi’ng in Tubs, Woods, 0rl'.l31ll‘lUS9
as lmh been the culhjzne of our Formalills of late dayes. It is a nil{E2"r“;2-
-belt thing, that the people fl]f.].lL1l~L‘. have need topexhorttphofe that {:11 mid
be their Teachers, but it is to in manycongregations, Thereforeldetl me
exhortyout, to exhort them: thatthey beomote z,n':alous_ in preaching
1-"epentance, and {string forward the prafiztlie of Chtifiianityuin their.
‘Parillnes, thin goof more moment then thofe doatings ahoutfaélions,
tvhichtinfieed otoppofing dcvifion (as they would fzin be reputed) lzlhey
become the only Seedfinen of deviliotxsgfalfly lllfOWCllDg«Il1’£lIl[‘l3lV€S\U n-
der the Vail of holding up the Unity of the Spirit in theeb‘and~olpeace;

‘His-refolution of the qucllion touching gull-tincfle
l 0F blourzl in this Warrte. A e A
b Any men are much trottbledfome for want of jndgemengothers
A For want of courage in"'a good catzllet one {ayes the Kings plea.
Jiurfl is to be obeyed, either in doing or Tuffering, as is witn.cfl?:d,' Ham.
1 3; 1,2. And ttalllllflatrtyrs of former ages hovel?) fufiered, not ttfixling
the power, which is the Ortlinaoce of God. Now the quefioion hearis,
whotlter mllilfiing the Parliament, be a refilling the power and Ordi.
name offGod, and of whom the blond vflwd in fixch afwarre fhallbc
reqt1ircd.V- _ l   o y  
To Iiuisfie this quote, I make no quefiion, V bt1t”Waynyboth learned
and godly have given their opinions,b0tln by confiztehcé and maniflrript,
whleh mayJver.y well fatisfie any Chrifiian, .thgt.ft.  ‘+0 the Lordlor
knowledge with txprightnefle of heart, t ya": in rega1*dn,+gt‘ byte -comes A not
to the ban ds of all. Therefore Balaam: Afletcryes-out,a77ll ddelivers his
opinion, as followed). It is aflizmed by an cxce1Ienjt""lWriter..Thongs
private man may lawfully defend himfelf againftl thetuntjnll affault oF~a
Magifl race in ‘cafe of a perfonall aflliult, lbecaufe the ®td,_inanceofGod
is conferred upon the oflifbe of thellhxlagiiltate, nottupon His Perlbn.
  But if a Magifirate prefle an unlawful] thing upon a private man, and
tall him to qoefiionl by aform of Law, _ then the private man mull um-
ydergo the cenfurc of that form of A Law withou trefifiing. as in theycafl:
of our Martyrs in Qxecn Marie: dayes ; but if more Biflmps and Mal.-
ygi-firatées that nulawFul'ly impofed upon the Martyrs the prafiifissof
~ Idolatry, " hadcome violently upon them to killthgma for notobeying
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t~hi:i"ri imiiw fully coifihwiadndsi 3? dbubtieflé thofe M-iwityzsi in'igh‘thwiEii~Gi”e%y.r

ccmfciences have ta_kenupi Aims in defence of then1fe~lves5 and 'ti1l3blOl1d _
£h_;d in limb cafe, muff Aneceflanly be charged u pom the confciencesgof fiich V

Magifirates, withtheir a~fi‘1'1iCa~ntS {Z1 aflimitiing without Law, ordue fbrm
of Law ?' But faycsioine, there is greatydifference bcc’wi_xc a King and an
0r‘din'ary, Magiftrate. Iwnfwer, there is this difference, The King is the
{upream head_undcr Godoni ea-rth, The inferiour Magiflra:‘e is.fubordif-

have under him, yet hothin the execution or exerciieof their Ofiice, fits"

in /1%_fi:: chair ; But the priyace or pefifonall effiulc of a Magiflrate of the:
higheft degree wiv.jhout.due form of Law:, fepiraces that aébion of'the“2M1i.

giih-are from /Wvfinrichair, and puts upon is his own Scamp, nocthe Scamp. A

of Authority, which gives liberty to theyaffiulted pirtyi by the Law of
Godgby the Law of Nations. and by 1heLaw of Nature to defend hinzieiig.
and if this be 1?) for a private man, then thefitme rule will hold for a pub-~
?iikeiPariia1nem more {i rozxg, fbcuindz:m.legenz : The blond {bed not charged-
upSn'ti3€COI1{L5i€nCC:s0i the fzlf defenders. N ew bring this home, What
due form ofLaw was there irxigoing absutco brimgup the Army out of
t-he~N0r:h, agézinfl the Ilariiament, or what due fgrzn of Law was there in
ycomingyto r11e‘iPariiatnentP€{:.-tufe with :4 crew of Cavaliers: to challenge.
Cermitu Members ofrhe. ivlazvauiie as-Traiwrs, and ii) to take them by force,
if God had not prevented; or by when due fer-in of Lewis this, Cavaliers
warre againil the Parliament and Kingdom, under the name of Round-he
heads grounded. Is it by the Commifiion of Arrziyy? Then illegall and

»p.er£bpe1l. bI..opk upon the Scriptures, cheruie of the Word bf Gad, haw

  

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thrre apmpi A idsfiendingecheuifelves. King Sm! would by a
viola-m iiaffimilt uuiawfuiiyi have put to death his foIme_7mm:b.z2z, 1 Sent.
14. 15.The peaplcreTcu:d’hhim agaimfi til: pevfonall command of the
King”: "Buthear‘iyouwiil Cay there was no blond (had. Ianfvveigtnight
there nor.=ha.ve been bipud fhed, if Sam! had pmfl;-.cuced his unlyawhlll pur-
paie, but it pleaied God ro {imp {hi rage of V the King by the peoples fiend-a»
ing {£3 ftoutiy 5 and Ido pray that God will fl'0p.fi1c11»rages»»ini alllfiings,
Wirhqurigoingonin fl1ti'dd'IflgOi blond. 
Again, lock "uipony K611050317! ii a-nd‘hi's Aipeopie, I Kirzgii 12...1:e,weuid«
forfike the grave Cisounceils, and be.tai<e himfeu to the adiyvice of A the young
met-1, that is‘the;n’ Lmghty affeé’ced: twang which fi~:d11ced‘I{:bol2ozmro lay hea-

vy burthens uppnthepeople. The fioryféyes, Iji~aeli.rI1€u departed mum y

\:heirT¢mei; than Rébolmm firm: Addram, who” was 0V'€r=th€..tribUt€‘., and-I
'a1lyIfi-aélfiened,winhfionzs, that he died; ‘hear was blouflmed, bur-
youwillfay5tii"§§?‘wereiRébelIsfbr their-labours, Vc_r_/319. So Ifmel re...

bbeliediiagainfi. thciheuféz of1J2zvidnux1_to thisiday. ”Anfg:p. The. origin>;1i‘«.

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  and ah:‘houghior{a1{ing or falling away treachctoufly tram thehords Ann ;

oynted isa Rebellion, as the firm: of witchcraft; yet this tfi-a1%l’ing away
from Relcobaama W£1~S*ft) Farr: from Being difipproevfid of ‘Gad, That when

Rcbaboam had rwifed great forces to fight agalmfi Ifiael, the Wordof the

lord by the mouth of jSem.zi.zlo for-bad them to fight, becaufe it came of the

Lord; The Rory féyes, they hcarkned therefore to  Word of the1Lon§,- *

and term-tied to ‘depart according to the Word of ‘ the Lord. My prayer is,
That thefir thétt take up Armaagaitzfl lfraelunder the name offioundheadss

Fwoult! I-Jearken unto the Word of the L0rd,and accordingly depart,

' See again the Rory of D.zw'd.r taking up Aims to defendhimfilf, agai-n{-E

< the tmlawfull aflimlt ef King Saul, and his forces; mix! was a Subjea-3 A F

:§'.:ml 3 King ; yet in his own defence he took up Arms, as you may fee in
thefirfi Back of Samuel; and although -David: heart Gnotthimefbr cut.
ting of the lap-of Saul: Garment ;‘”y€t that makes Hoqflbut rhuic was

J lawful! f0r’D.z71id to take up Arms to defend bimiélf againfi the Army (af " e

Samrlz» What now dees the Parliament, more then D.-mid did ?A Sure the
Lord at Iaft mu {it needs rake thematter into histown hands, "and “take thefe

wicked men from the "King, that His Throne Ittiuy be eflabliflted; mad thie "
is the thing,» and the onl y thing that is fbught after, by our merit honoum... A

islecoutt of Parliament, and it is“ warranted, Prow.25.5 .
“His Pctitipn to the King.

.. A,,;jiPetitiont have been preflznted to Tour flizefijfiam Lyaur pgrljdmmtye

A fiom, Tome Catmtim   CititI,eutttfmmttTour  A  " jem“;“*“'&"“ A A 

Emil: If England and Scotland, =77Jwat—Tau nwxld be pleafed to repair in Perfim
to -Tour Parliamazzt, and to /eteerkm arm: ' tb¢irgra'72e>Caz4ncc*£?Jtt I yetmme could
take cfiéfl 5 Tlycrefirre Balaagme A 1]‘: it bold to beftccb/{our/Majefl}, tb;u“'1‘ga
will At/oink upon tbircfufiqn of Blaud, and corzfider wet Ha‘: ‘if’ God [3, ,1“,

month if Semaiah: bid’ I0“ “tum andfigbt 220“ 1Pvgcrdga‘“iiffiIGacl:Tfie

parliament Igy 2/it Law of God and max, ought tolve ~?l"0nr.'Cm11c'e?-I1, Otbgrgfire
"Axum my Savcraignt to the Cavtmcflg-, appointed Tau by‘ t/acLo$rd,. and leave tkc

V “_,4cbitapécl.r to tkcmfclw-:1, So flatill Your Kingdomx, Tmw Ceuiuier, *-Tour Citiex,

3»~,p;r V,?4rliamcnt,aud Gad: Pcqalc cw2_y wéeem czyaloudc 4:/wteflaaut in Harmft,
. A God fave the Churgh,
‘GoduIive4 the King.’

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