A militarie sermon wherein by the vvord of God, the nature and disposition of a rebell is discovered, and the Kings true souldier described and characterized : preached at Shrewsbury, May 19. 1644, to His Majesties army there under the command of the high and most illustrious Prince Rvpert / by Edw. Symmons ...
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             A militarie sermon wherein by the vvord of God, the nature and disposition of a rebell is discovered, and the Kings true souldier described and characterized : preached at Shrewsbury, May 19. 1644, to His Majesties army there under the command of the high and most illustrious Prince Rvpert / by Edw. Symmons ...
             Symmons, Edward.
          
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             Oxford :
             1644.
          
           
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           Rupert, -- Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.
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           A
           Militarie
           SERMON
           ,
           WHEREIN
           By
           the
           VVord
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           nature
           and
           disposition
           of
           a
           Rebell
           is
           discovered
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           true
           Souldier
           described
           and
           characterized
           :
           Preached
           at
           SHREWSBURY
           ,
           May
           19.
           1644.
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Army
           there
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           High
           and
           most
           Illustrious
           Prince
           
             RVPERT
             .
          
           By
           
             Edw.
             Symmons
          
           Chaplain
           to
           the
           Life-guard
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           WALES
           .
        
         
           
             PROV.
             24.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             Fret
             not
             thy selfe
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             evill
             man
             ,
             neither
             be
             thou
             envious
             at
             the
             wicked
             .
          
           
             For
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             reward
             to
             the
             evill
             man
             ,
             the
             candle
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             put
             out
             .
          
           
             My
             sonne
             feare
             thou
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             meddle
             not
             with
             them
             that
             are
             given
             to
             change
             :
          
           
             For
             their
             calamity
             shall
             rise
             suddainly
             ,
             and
             who
             knoweth
             the
             ruine
             of
             them
             both
             ?
          
        
         
           OXFORD
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Henry
             Hall
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Yeere
           1644.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           The
           Honourable
           Sir
           MICHAEL
           VVOOD-HOUSE
           Governour
           of
           Ludlow
           ,
           and
           Colonell
           to
           the
           Life-guard
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             WALES
             .
          
        
         
           
             Noble
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           MY
           dependance
           on
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           respects
           to
           me
           ,
           did
           formerly
           move
           to
           some
           publike
           manifestation
           of
           my
           service
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           the
           Presse
           ,
           like
           the
           poole
           of
           Bethesda
           ,
           beene
           oppressed
           with
           multitudes
           ,
           the
           world
           ere
           now
           had
           taken
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           this
           following
           Sermon
           had
           the
           advantage
           to
           step
           in
           before
           that
           ,
           which
           had
           lyen
           there
           longer
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           dedicate
           to
           your
           Name
           :
           as
           it
           was
           with
           attention
           and
           favour
           heard
           ,
           by
           many
           gallant
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           ,
           so
           I
           hope
           by
           your selfe
           (
           who
           are
           both
           )
           it
           will
           be
           accepted
           ,
           as
           agreeable
           to
           godlinesse
           ,
           and
           entertained
           as
           a
           demonstration
           of
           the
           inward
           affection
           which
           is
           due
           from
        
         
           
             Your
             Servant
             ,
             
               E.
               S.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Readers
           .
        
         
           COurteous
           Readers
           ,
           in
           this
           following
           ●ermon
           ,
           you
           will
           meet
           sometime
           with
           this
           Title
           ,
           
             The
             men
             of
             Westminster
             ;
          
           I
           desire
           you
           would
           not
           conceive
           ,
           that
           thereby
           is
           intended
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
          
           (
           as
           some
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           them
           )
           but
           onely
           that
           powerfull
           Faction
           there
           abiding
           ,
           or
           thereunto
           relating
           ,
           which
           doth
           oppose
           the
           Lords
           Annointed
           ,
           subverting
           our
           Religion
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           Nation
           :
           for
           if
           (
           as
           themselves
           teach
           )
           some
           may
           (
           notwithstanding
           their
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           resist
           by
           force
           of
           armes
           the
           person
           of
           their
           Soveraigne
           Lord
           
             CHARLES
          
           as
           he
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           yet
           honour
           him
           (
           in
           the
           meane
           while
           )
           as
           he
           is
           King
           :
           I
           hope
           that
           I
           a
           Minister
           of
           God
           ,
           may
           more
           lawfully
           by
           Gods
           Word
           oppose
           the
           vices
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           men
           ,
           and
           yet
           reverence
           them
           if
           they
           be
           (
           as
           in
           their
           own
           account
           )
           Members
           of
           the
           honourable
           Houses
           :
           nay
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           speake
           against
           them
           as
           they
           are
           men
           ,
           but
           onely
           as
           they
           are
           transgressors
           from
           the
           holy
           and
           righteous
           wayes
           of
           God
           :
           't
           is
           their
           evills
           that
           I
           oppose
           ,
           not
           their
           persons
           :
           I
           am
           onely
           grieved
           at
           the
           hardnesse
           and
           perversnesse
           of
           their
           spirits
           ,
           and
           I
           desire
           with
           
             Jeremy
             ,
             Chap.
          
           9.1
           .
           that
           
             mine
             head
             were
             a
             fountaine
             of
             water
             ,
             and
             mine
             eyes
             springs
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             weepe
             day
             and
             night
             for
             the
             slaine
             of
             the
             daughter
             of
             my
             people
          
           occasioned
           by
           them
           :
           And
           good
           Readers
           (
           if
           you
           be
           true
           Christians
           ,
           and
           right
           borne
           Englishmen
           )
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           us
           all
           strive
           together
           with
           God
           by
           our
           teares
           for
           the
           softening
           of
           these
           mens
           hearts
           (
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           .
           )
           Our
           Saviour
           wept
           for
           the
           sins
           and
           ensuing
           miseries
           of
           those
           that
           sought
           his
           ruine
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           lik●
           object
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           O
           let
           us
           discover
           in
           our selves
           the
           minde
           of
           Christ
           ,
           God
           expects
           it
           from
           all
           his
           Saints
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Military
           SERMON
           .
        
         
           
             
               PROV.
               17.11
               .
            
             
               An
               evill
               man
               seeketh
               onely
               Rebellion
               ,
               therefore
               a
               cruell
               Messenger
               shall
               be
               sent
               against
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           THe
           maine
           scope
           (
           as
           I
           apprehend
           )
           of
           this
           Militarie
           Sermon
           is
           ;
           First
           ,
           to
           discover
           out
           of
           Gods
           Book
           the
           nature
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           rebellious
           men
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           encourage
           from
           the
           Lord
           the
           Kings
           loyall
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           true
           hearted
           Souldiers
           in
           their
           opposing
           such
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           first
           of
           these
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           is
           the
           use
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           A
           Rebell
           is
           an
           evill
           or
           wicked
           man
           ;
           for
           such
           a
           one
           is
           he
           ,
           (
           saith
           the
           Text
           )
           
             That
             seeks
             Rebellion
             :
          
           sure
           then
           Rebellion
           it self
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           wicked
           worke
           ,
           or
           a
           worke
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           that
           which
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           wicked
           men
           onely
           seek
           for
           ,
           or
           thirst
           after
           :
           there
           is
           your
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           The
           use
           followes
           naturally
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           this
           ;
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           all
           good
           men
           to
           oppose
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           the
           suppression
           of
           all
           Rebellious
           men
           ;
           yea
           ,
           if
           extreme
           severity
           be
           exercised
           upon
           such
           ,
           they
           have
           but
           their
           due
           portion
           alloted
           them
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           for
           saies
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             a
             cruell
             Messenger
             shall
             be
             sent
             unto
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           you
           see
           the
           Text
           doth
           well
           sute
           the
           occasion
           ,
           if
           my
           discourse
           shall
           but
           as
           well
           sure
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           your
           attention
           (
           noble
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           )
           my
           discourse
           ;
           I
           hope
           through
           ,
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           our
           meeting
           will
           not
           be
           altogether
           fruitlesse
           and
           unprofitable
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           better
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Rebells
           and
           their
           work
           :
           of
           your selves
           and
           your
           owne
           duty
           ,
           I
           le
           give
           you
           a
           more
           full
           description
           of
           both
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           the
           Text
           too
           ;
           which
           to
           my
           apprehension
           doth
           offer
           a
           double
           discoverie
           ;
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           enemies
           ,
           and
           another
           of
           his
           friends
           or
           good
           Souldiers
           .
        
         
         
           The
           enemy
           is
           discovered
           by
           three
           particulars
           ,
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           verse
           :
           
             
               1.
               
               By
               his
               naturall
               disposition
               ;
               He
               is
               
                 malus
                 ,
              
               an
               
                 evill
                 man
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               his
               active
               di●igence
               ,
               in
               the
               word
               ,
               
                 quaerit
                 ,
                 seeketh
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               By
               his
               ungodly
               worke
               ,
               in
               the
               word
               
                 Rebellion
                 :
              
               or
               
                 tantùm
                 rebellionem
                 ,
                 An
                 evill
                 man
                 seeketh
                 onely
                 Rebellion
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Kings
           true
           Souldier
           is
           described
           by
           three
           more
           particulars
           ,
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           the
           verse
           :
           
             
               1.
               
               By
               his
               O●fice
               ,
               He
               is
               
                 Ang●lus
              
               or
               
                 Nuncius
                 ,
              
               a
               
                 Messenger
              
               ▪
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               his
               Commission
               ,
               in
               t●e
               word
               
                 mirtetur
                 ▪
                 shall
                 be
                 sent
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               By
               ●is
               Imployment
               ,
               in
               the
               word
               
                 Cruell
                 ,
              
               a
               
                 cruell
                 messenger
              
               ;
               he
               is
               so
               called
               from
               the
               severity
               he
               shall
               use
               ,
               or
               from
               that
               sharpe
               punishment
               which
               shall
               be
               inflicted
               by
               him
               :
               
                 therefore
                 a
                 cruell
                 Messenger
                 shall
                 be
                 sent
                 against
                 him
              
               :
               
               of
               these
               in
               order
               ,
               and
               first
               of
               the
               enemy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           1.
           
           His
           naturall
           disposition
           ,
           he
           is
           
             malus
             ,
          
           an
           evill
           man
           ,
           
             An
             evill
             man
             seekes
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           some
           read
           
             Rebellis
             tantùm
             quaerit
             malum
             ,
          
           a
           Rebellious
           man
           seekes
           onely
           mischiefe
           ;
           so
           making
           a
           Rebell
           and
           a
           wicked
           man
           to
           be
           all
           one
           ,
           as
           they
           doe
           mischiefe
           and
           Rebellion
           to
           be
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           and
           indeed
           so
           they
           are
           ,
           adde
           but
           
             most
          
           to
           
             wicked
             ,
          
           turne
           but
           
             malus
          
           into
           
             p●ssimus
             ,
          
           and
           they
           are
           Synonymaes
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           predicated
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Doctrine
           is
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           
             
             A
             Rebell
             is
             a
             most
             wicked
             man
             ,
             of
             a
             most
             malignant
             disposition
             .
          
        
         
           I
           say
           a
           most
           wicked
           man
           ,
           because
           Rebellion
           it self
           (
           as
           we
           shall
           shew
           anon
           )
           is
           the
           very
           height
           and
           top
           of
           all
           mischief
           ▪
           therefore
           that
           is
           arrived
           at
           that
           pitch
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           a
           Rebell
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           most
           wicked
           man
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           you
           know
           that
           by
           Rebellion
           ,
           I
           mean
           that
           which
           is
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           I
           define
           it
           to
           be
           ,
           
             A
             resisting
             the
             Authority
             ,
             and
             a
             violent
             opposing
             the
             will
             and
             person
             of
             the
             lawfull
             Governour
          
           ;
           which
           being
           a
           sinne
           for●idden
           in
           the
           Commandement
           of
           the
           second
           Table
           ,
           is
           more
           against
           the
           light
           of
           nature
           ,
           then
           Rebellion
           against
           God
           onely
           .
        
         
           Every
           wicked
           man
           is
           a
           Rebell
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           sinneth
           against
           grace
           and
           piety
           ,
           yet
           being
           indued
           with
           humanity
           and
           morall
           honesty
           ,
           such
           may
           happily
           live
           in
           obedience
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           and
           may
           fight
           for
           him
           ,
           against
           those
           that
           doe
           resist
           him
           :
           But
           they
           that
           rebell
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           sinne
           not
           onely
           against
           piety
           ,
           but
           even
           against
           nature
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           grace
           doth
           seldome
           overtake
           such
           men
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           highly
           wicked
           ;
           so
           farre
           ,
           or
           so
           fully
           malignant
           .
        
         
           
             Cajetan
          
           makes
           a
           difference
           between
           
             facinerosum
          
           and
           
             rebellem
             ,
          
           a
           naughty
           man
           ,
           and
           a
           Rebell
           :
           a
           naughty
           man
           (
           saies
           he
           )
           will
           admit
           of
           
           evill
           ,
           and
           commit
           it
           too
           ,
           upon
           occasions
           of
           gaine
           or
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           a
           Rebell
           is
           he
           that
           studies
           mischief
           ,
           and
           seeks
           occasions
           to
           foment
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           the
           distinction
           is
           good
           ,
           onely
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           adde
           this
           ,
           I
           doe
           believe
           (
           for
           my
           part
           )
           that
           every
           wicked
           man
           who
           is
           a
           Rebell
           against
           God
           in
           
             esse
             ,
          
           is
           also
           a
           Rebell
           against
           the
           King
           in
           
             posse
          
           :
           he
           that
           is
           not
           converted
           to
           God
           by
           grace
           ,
           may
           in
           time
           prove
           a
           rebell
           unto
           his
           King
           :
           He
           that
           loves
           not
           the
           King
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Oath
           or
           Command
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           neither
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           nor
           a
           truly
           good
           subject
           ;
           they
           that
           hold
           with
           the
           King
           for
           their
           wealth
           sake
           ,
           to
           keep
           that
           ,
           or
           that
           serve
           him
           onely
           for
           their
           pay
           ▪
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           if
           others
           could
           give
           them
           better
           security
           for
           their
           Estates
           ,
           or
           would
           give
           them
           better
           wages
           ,
           they
           would
           make
           no
           matter
           to
           cast
           off
           their
           present
           obedience
           :
           such
           men
           are
           but
           like
           the
           Cananites
           in
           the
           booke
           of
           the
           
             Iudges
             ,
          
           who
           when
           they
           could
           get
           ability
           and
           advantage
           to
           themselves
           ,
           did
           shake
           off
           the
           yoak
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           took
           part
           with
           the
           enemies
           against
           their
           Governours
           :
           I
           wish
           these
           present
           times
           had
           not
           spoken
           too
           loudly
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           surely
           as
           
             feare
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
          
           so
           
             love
             God
             and
             the
             King
          
           go
           together
           .
        
         
           But
           further
           I
           grant
           this
           ,
           't
           is
           one
           thing
           
             facere
             malum
             ,
          
           and
           another
           thing
           
             quaerere
             malum
          
           ;
           even
           a
           good
           man
           may
           unadvisedly
           or
           through
           weaknesse
           doe
           evill
           ,
           but
           not
           purposely
           seek
           to
           do
           it
           :
           He
           may
           be
           an
           assister
           
             in
             ,
          
           but
           not
           a
           contriver
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           one
           may
           be
           recovered
           out
           of
           the
           snare
           of
           Satan
           ,
           (
           as
           those
           are
           who
           are
           come
           from
           the
           Rebells
           unto
           us
           ,
           )
           for
           why
           ?
           Rebellion
           is
           but
           adventitious
           unto
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           whereas
           unto
           the
           other
           ,
           't
           is
           naturall
           ,
           yea
           't
           is
           his
           naturall
           disposition
           to
           rebell
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           a
           Rebell
           ,
           the
           Text
           speaks
           :
           and
           him
           I
           affirme
           to
           be
           a
           most
           wicked
           man
           ▪
           a
           man
           of
           a
           most
           malignant
           disposition
           ,
           which
           I
           prove
           thus
           .
        
         
           This
           rebellious
           disposition
           or
           inclination
           is
           bred
           and
           borne
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           't
           is
           rivetted
           into
           his
           very
           soul
           .
           
             David
          
           speaking
           of
           such
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           58.3
           ,
           4
           ,
           &c.
           saies
           ,
           
             They
             are
             refractory
             from
             he
             Wombe
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             borne
             ,
             they
             go
             astray
             ,
             and
             speak
             lies
             ,
          
           (
           the
           true
           practice
           of
           all
           Rebells
           )
           
             the
             poyson
             of
             their
             lipps
             is
             the
             poyson
             of
             a
             serpent
             ,
          
           (
           blasting
           the
           credit
           and
           reputation
           of
           their
           betters
           ,
           )
           
             they
             are
             like
             the
             deafe
             adder
             which
             stoppeth
             her
             eare
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             hearken
             to
             the
             voice
             of
             charmers
             ,
             charme
             they
             never
             so
             wisely
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           they
           will
           not
           be
           perswaded
           by
           any
           good
           couns●ll
           to
           put
           off
           their
           mischievous
           disposition
           of
           evill
           speaking
           and
           evill
           doing
           .
        
         
           For
           indeed
           as
           t
           is
           in
           them
           
             ab
             initio
             ,
          
           from
           their
           beginning
           ,
           so
           it
           abides
           in
           them
           alwaies
           ,
           
             Rebellis
             quaerit
             duntaxat
             malum
             ,
          
           (
           saies
           the
           Text
           )
           A
           rebellions
           man
           seeks
           onely
           evill
           ,
           he
           minds
           nothing
           else
           ,
           he
           is
           alway
           inclining
           to
           the
           way
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           a
           stone
           is
           to
           its
           center
           ,
           some
           translations
           
           read
           ,
           
             tantùm
             ,
             Rebellis
             ,
          
           onely
           a
           rebellious
           man
           mindes
           this
           mischeife
           ,
           which
           tyes
           it
           as
           a
           Property
           to
           him
           alone
           ,
           he
           and
           none
           else
           studyes
           rebellion
           :
           nor
           will
           he
           by
           any
           meanes
           be
           moved
           to
           cease
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           for
           sayes
           Solomon
           in
           the
           words
           immediately
           going
           before
           the
           text
           ,
           
             an
             hundred
             stripes
             will
             not
             enter
             into
             a
             foole
             ,
          
           he
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           being
           amended
           by
           corr●ctions
           that
           he
           still
           persists
           in
           his
           rebellious
           way
           ,
           and
           seekes
           to
           act
           mischeife
           ,
           even
           till
           a
           
             cruell
             messenger
             be
             sent
             unto
             him
             ,
          
           not
           to
           give
           him
           more
           stripes
           ,
           for
           they
           will
           do
           him
           no
           good
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           cut
           him
           off
           from
           having
           a
           being
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           former
           Chapter
           
             Prov.
          
           16.27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29.
           this
           rebellious
           man
           is
           well
           set
           forth
           by
           his
           titles
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           practices
           ,
           these
           we
           shall
           note
           in
           the
           next
           point
           but
           observe
           his
           titles
           now
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           is
           called
           there
           v.
           27
           ,
           
             nequam
          
           an
           
             ungodly
             man
             ;
          
           and
           if
           we
           would
           know
           what
           kind
           of
           ungodly
           man
           the
           spirit
           meanes
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           it
           from
           the
           Originall
           ,
           for
           the
           Hebrew
           reads
           it
           
             vir
             Belial
             ,
          
           a
           man
           without
           yoake
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           live
           under
           Government
           ,
           which
           in
           plaine
           English
           is
           a
           rebell
           :
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           is
           called
           v.
           
           28.
           
             vir
             perversitatum
          
           a
           man
           of
           perversities
           ,
           
             a
             froward
             man
             ,
          
           a
           man
           of
           perverse
           lips
           ,
           of
           a
           crosse
           spirit
           ,
           that
           studies
           only
           to
           thwart
           ,
           and
           crosse
           ,
           and
           vex
           ,
           and
           grieive
           the
           spirit
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           He
           is
           called
           there
           
             Susurro
          
           a
           
             whisperer
          
           of
           slanders
           ▪
           or
           a
           backbiter
           ,
           that
           breakes
           peace
           ,
           and
           makes
           divisions
           among
           friends
           :
           
             Tremelius
          
           read●s
           it
           
             Susurro
             disjungit
             ducem
             ,
          
           a
           whisperer
           that
           makes
           a
           seperation
           betwixt
           the
           Prince
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           9
           verse
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           same
           phrase
           againe
           
             iterans
             rem
             disjungit
             ducem
             ,
          
           he
           that
           repeates
           a
           matter
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           (
           as
           backbiters
           use
           to
           doe
           for
           want
           of
           other
           faults
           )
           seperates
           the
           Prince
           from
           his
           people
           or
           them
           from
           him
           :
           this
           is
           another
           of
           his
           properties
           :
        
         
           4.
           
           He
           is
           called
           there
           in
           the
           29
           vers.
           
             vir
             violentiae
          
           a
           violent
           man
           ,
           or
           a
           man
           of
           bloud
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           titles
           and
           conditions
           of
           a
           rebell
           ,
           and
           experience
           tells
           us
           they
           are
           true
           conditions
           :
           And
           who
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           these
           do
           speake
           a
           
             Rebell
             to
             be
             a
             most
             wicked
             man
             ,
             or
             a
             man
             of
             a
             most
             malignant
             disposition
             ?
          
        
         
           
           The
           ground
           of
           this
           malignity
           of
           disposition
           we
           gather
           from
           our
           Saviours
           words
           to
           some
           in
           whom
           the
           same
           was
           .
           Joh.
           8.44
           .
           
             You
             are
             of
             your
             Father
             the
             Devill
             ,
             and
             his
             workes
             you
             will
             do
             :
          
           now
           the
           Devill
           was
           the
           first
           rebell
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           seducer
           of
           others
           to
           rebellion
           ,
           he
           did
           effect
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           
             Gen.
          
           3.
           only
           by
           belying
           and
           by
           slandering
           of
           his
           Soveraigne
           :
           now
           as
           
             Iubal
          
           and
           
             Tub●l-Cain
          
           were
           call●d
           the
           Fathers
           of
           them
           that
           followed
           their
           art
           and
           trade
           which
           they
           first
           invented
           ,
           
           so
           may
           the
           Divell
           be
           called
           the
           Father
           of
           all
           Rebells
           :
           And
           he
           wee
           know
           is
           stiled
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           wicked
           one
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           the
           most
           malignant
           one
           ,
           and
           they
           in
           their
           measure
           are
           of
           a
           disposition
           like
           him
           .
        
         
           Nay
           Satan
           is
           more
           their
           Father
           then
           in
           that
           sence
           :
           he
           is
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           their
           naturall
           Father
           ,
           
           and
           as
           the
           godly
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             partakers
             of
             the
             godly
             nature
             ,
          
           so
           Rebells
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           partakers
           of
           the
           very
           Diabolicall
           nature
           ,
           his
           owne
           wicked
           spirit
           acts
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           it
           acts
           his
           worke
           ▪
           and
           in
           his
           method
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our
           Saviour
           calls
           those
           very
           men
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           
             serpents
             broode
             ,
             and
             generation
             of
             vipers
          
           :
           
           now
           a
           viper
           (
           as
           some
           write
           )
           doth
           destroy
           its
           owne
           damme
           ,
           which
           gave
           it
           being
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           they
           their
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           all
           Rebells
           ,
           (
           yea
           our
           Rebells
           )
           indeavour
           the
           destruction
           of
           their
           owne
           Nation
           that
           bred
           them
           ,
           of
           their
           owne
           Soveraigne
           that
           preserved
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Nero
          
           ript
           the
           Bowels
           of
           his
           owne
           Mother
           that
           bare
           him
           ,
           so
           do
           these
           
             (
             patria
             mater
             )
          
           rip
           up
           the
           very
           bowells
           of
           their
           owne
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           gave
           birth
           and
           breeding
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Iohannes
             Aventinus
          
           tells
           us
           that
           
             Maximilian
          
           the
           Emperour
           was
           wont
           to
           call
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spaine
             R●x
             Hominum
             ,
          
           a
           King
           of
           men
           ,
           because
           his
           Subjects
           like
           men
           liv'd
           in
           obedience
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           he
           would
           call
           
             Rex
             Diabolorum
             ,
          
           a
           King
           of
           Divells
           ,
           because
           the
           Su●jects
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           had
           divers
           times
           rebelled
           against
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           (
           though
           alwaies
           to
           their
           owne
           ruine
           ,
           )
           as
           in
           King
           
             Iohn
             ,
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           ,
           
             Edward
          
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second's
           daies
           :
           And
           I
           would
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           some
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           did
           not
           now
           prove
           themselves
           worse
           Divells
           then
           ever
           ,
           but
           alasse
           they
           do
           ,
           for
           the
           Religion
           here
           professed
           now
           ,
           is
           more
           opposite
           to
           this
           rebellious
           way
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           was
           practised
           in
           those
           former
           daies
           :
           But
           in
           this
           ,
           we
           may
           more
           fully
           behold
           the
           malignity
           and
           vicious
           disposition
           of
           Rebellious
           spirits
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           gracious
           or
           evangelicall
           instructions
           ,
           never
           marvaile
           if
           they
           who
           offered
           spight
           to
           the
           cleare
           dictates
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           do
           rebell
           against
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           be
           not
           a
           Rebell
           ,
           Trust
           not
           a
           Rebell
           :
           
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Be
             not
             a
             Rebell
             ,
          
           walke
           not
           in
           the
           way
           with
           them
           ,
           for
           so
           to
           doe
           ,
           will
           speak
           you
           the
           Devills
           Child
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           reached
           to
           the
           highest
           staire
           of
           villanie
           ,
           your
           Titles
           will
           be
           the
           same
           which
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           gives
           to
           
             Elimas
          
           the
           Sorcerer
           .
           
             Act.
          
           13.10
           .
           
             Full
             of
             all
             Subtilty
             ,
             Child
             of
             the
             Divell
             ,
             Enemy
             of
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             perverter
             of
             the
             right
             waies
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           you
           may
           remember
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           that
           the
           worst
           Title
           that
           the
           evill
           spirit
           could
           teach
           King
           
             Saul
          
           in
           the
           heate
           of
           his
           wrath
           to
           call
           
             Ionathan
          
           by
           ,
           was
           this
           ,
           
             Thou
             Sonne
             of
             the
             perverse
             and
             Rebellious
             Woman
             .
          
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           20.30
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             Trust
             not
             a
             Rebell
             ,
          
           't
           is
           
             Solomons
          
           advice
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           26
           ,
           25.
           
           
             Though
             he
             speaketh
             faire
             ,
             yet
             believe
             him
             not
             ,
             for
             there
             be
             seven
          
           (
           that
           is
           a
           multitude
           of
           )
           
             abhominations
             in
             his
             heart
             :
          
           they
           that
           seek
           Rebellion
           (
           as
           appeares
           by
           the
           practice
           of
           some
           in
           our
           Nation
           ,
           )
           doe
           hold
           that
           Principle
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           break
           their
           word
           ,
           promise
           ,
           or
           oath
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             causam
             ,
          
           to
           promote
           their
           cause
           ,
           and
           what
           man
           that
           is
           wise
           will
           credit
           such
           ?
           
             He
             that
             hateth
          
           (
           saies
           Solomon
           )
           
             dissembleth
             with
             his
             lips
             ,
             and
             layeth
             up
             deceit
             within
             him
             :
          
           so
           did
           these
           
             men
             of
             Hope
             ,
          
           when
           to
           get
           leave
           to
           sit
           as
           long
           as
           they
           pleased
           ,
           they
           promised
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           the
           payments
           of
           the
           Kings
           debts
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           him
           the
           most
           glorious
           Prince
           in
           Christendome
           :
           for
           how
           well
           they
           have
           kept
           (
           or
           indeavoured
           to
           keepe
           )
           their
           word
           ,
           let
           all
           men
           judge
           ▪
           They
           make
           lyes
           their
           refuge
           ,
           and
           confide
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           there
           's
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           their
           neerest
           kindred
           ,
           even
           their
           owne
           Brethren
           ,
           Children
           with
           themselves
           of
           the
           same
           Father
           :
           I
           could
           shew
           you
           how
           all
           the
           foundation
           stones
           of
           their
           rebellious
           building
           are
           nothing
           but
           Lyes
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           the
           pillowes
           that
           uphold
           the
           same
           ▪
           cemented
           they
           are
           together
           ,
           with
           a
           morter
           of
           craft
           ,
           malice
           ,
           and
           impudency
           ,
           but
           experience
           hath
           too
           sufficiently
           taught
           this
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           :
           beside
           I
           should
           want
           time
           if
           I
           should
           now
           speake
           of
           it
           ,
           onely
           there
           is
           one
           thing
           I
           'le
           desire
           you
           to
           note
           in
           all
           Rebells
           :
           It
           is
           their
           nature
           (
           being
           men
           that
           like
           
             Ahab
          
           have
           sold
           themselves
           to
           worke
           wickednesse
           )
           to
           charge
           (
           as
           he
           did
           )
           by
           their
           lyes
           their
           owne
           conditions
           and
           intentions
           upon
           others
           :
           
             thou
             art
             he
             that
             troubles
             Israel
          
           (
           sayeth
           he
           to
           
             Elias
             )
          
           when
           it
           was
           himself
           :
           so
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           companions
           when
           they
           rebelled
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aron
             ,
          
           did
           charge
           them
           
             for
             taking
             too
             much
             upon
             them
             ,
          
           when
           it
           was
           onely
           themselves
           that
           did
           so
           :
           And
           Satan
           when
           he
           tempted
           our
           first
           Parents
           to
           rebell
           ,
           did
           charge
           most
           wickedly
           upon
           the
           Lord
           his
           Soveraigne
           ,
           his
           own
           conditions
           of
           falshood
           and
           envy
           .
           And
           so
           his
           Brood
           amongst
           us
           ,
           how
           directly
           have
           they
           trod
           in
           his
           steps
           :
           for
           (
           seducing
           the
           people
           to
           rebell
           against
           their
           Leige
           Lord
           )
           they
           have
           most
           maliciously
           accused
           him
           of
           falshood
           (
           their
           owne
           condition
           ,
           )
           and
           of
           envy
           at
           the
           welfare
           and
           happinesse
           of
           them
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           intended
           to
           alter
           religion
           ,
           to
           destroy
           the
           Liberties
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           properties
           of
           his
           people
           ;
           yea
           and
           to
           bring
           in
           forraigners
           to
           invade
           the
           Nation
           ;
           while
           themselves
           (
           as
           wofull
           experience
           doth
           now
           teach
           us
           )
           have
           indeavoured
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           sort
           eff●cted
           all
           and
           every
           one
           of
           the
           same
           things
           :
           wherefore
           from
           hence
           (
           I
           sa●
           )
           learne
           to
           be
           so
           wise
           as
           not
           to
           trust
           a
           Rebell
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           remember
           the
           example
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Iohn
          
           2.24
           .
           though
           they
           speake
           him
           faire
           ,
           and
           made
           great
           professions
           of
           their
           good
           will
           towards
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           being
           his
           Disciples
           ▪
           
           yet
           
             he
             would
             not
             commit
             himself
             unto
             them
             .
             For
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Text
           )
           
             he
             knew
             well
             what
             was
             in
             them
             ,
          
           they
           were
           some
           of
           that
           Serpents
           brood
           I
           spake
           of
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           remember
           too
           ,
           how
           they
           (
           our
           Rebells
           I
           meane
           )
           will
           not
           believe
           the
           King
           ,
           off●ring
           undeserved
           mercy
           and
           pardon
           unto
           them
           ,
           although
           he
           like
           that
           Inhabitant
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           15.
           hath
           kept
           his
           word
           with
           them
           to
           his
           owne
           losse
           ,
           do
           you
           therefore
           believe
           such
           unbelievers
           .
           But
           what
           should
           be
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           their
           suspicion
           ,
           (
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           )
           why
           even
           this
           :
           they
           judge
           of
           the
           King
           by
           themselves
           ,
           they
           thinke
           hee
           will
           deceive
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           already
           ,
           and
           still
           thinke
           to
           deceive
           him
           :
           what
           paines
           hath
           been
           taken
           ,
           and
           at
           this
           present
           is
           ,
           by
           those
           
             Councellors
             of
             Peace
             at
          
           Oxford
           ,
           to
           worke
           faith
           in
           these
           Infidells
           ,
           but
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           which
           the
           Psalmist
           saies
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           
             Let
             the
             Charmers
             charme
             never
             so
             wisely
             they
             will
             not
             heare
             ,
          
           for
           't
           is
           mischiefe
           onely
           which
           they
           seeke
           after
           ,
           and
           are
           resolved
           ,
           yea
           have
           sworne
           ,
           and
           taken
           a
           Covenant
           to
           persevere
           in
           :
           
             A
             wicked
             man
             seeketh
             onely
             Rebellion
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Seeketh
          
           :
           this
           word
           notes
           his
           active
           diligence
           :
           seeking
           is
           studying
           and
           devising
           occasions
           and
           meanes
           to
           promote
           that
           which
           is
           aimed
           at
           ,
           
             quaerit
             tantùm
             ,
          
           he
           is
           diligent
           ,
           for
           he
           mindeth
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           this
           he
           minds
           alwaies
           :
           the
           Lesson
           or
           Doctrine
           is
           this
           .
           
             Rebellious
             men
             are
             exceeding
             industrious
             and
             diligent
             in
             their
             way
             .
          
        
         
           They
           are
           alwaies
           plotting
           or
           acting
           somewhat
           to
           the
           furtherance
           .
           
             Mat.
          
           2.1
           .
           
             They
             devise
             iniquity
             in
             the
             night
             season
             ,
             upon
             their
             beds
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             day
             time
             they
             practice
             what
             they
             have
             devised
             ,
             because
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Text
           )
           
             they
             haue
             got
             power
          
           (
           or
           the
           
             Militia
             )
             into
             their
             hands
             :
          
           nay
           sometime
           they
           are
           so
           great
           with
           Egge
           to
           act
           that
           mischiefe
           which
           they
           have
           plotted
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           against
           the
           righteous
           man
           that
           lives
           quietly
           by
           them
           :
           that
           they
           will
           fetch
           him
           out
           of
           his
           bed
           at
           midnight
           :
           the
           diligence
           of
           a
           Rebell
           is
           well
           expressed
           in
           that
           place
           before
           named
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           16.27
           ,
           28
           ,
           29.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Vir
             Belial
             ,
          
           a
           Rebell
           or
           an
           ungodly
           man
           
             diggeth
             up
             evill
             ,
          
           that
           is
           he
           takes
           paines
           to
           undermine
           his
           brother
           ,
           as
           men
           do
           by
           digging
           to
           undermine
           Cities
           :
           or
           he
           diggs
           into
           mens
           lives
           to
           find
           faults
           ,
           as
           men
           do
           into
           the
           earth
           to
           find
           coales
           and
           mettalls
           ;
           and
           when
           with
           the
           teeth
           of
           his
           malice
           he
           hath
           digg'd
           up
           some
           errour
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           made
           it
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           of
           Counsell
           digg'd
           from
           Hell
           ,
           
             his
             lipps
             are
             as
             a
             burning
             beame
          
           to
           shew
           it
           unto
           all
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             He
             soweth
             strife
             ,
          
           (
           saies
           the
           Text
           )
           amongst
           men
           ,
           namely
           in
           publique
           ,
           by
           his
           perversenesse
           and
           frowardnesse
           ,
           and
           
             maketh
             divisions
          
           among
           
           friends
           in
           private
           
             by
             his
             whisperings
             :
          
           or
           (
           as
           was
           said
           before
           )
           betweene
           the
           Prince
           and
           his
           people
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             He
             inticeth
             his
             neighbour
          
           into
           ill
           wayes
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           by
           his
           cunning
           insinuations
           ,
           or
           els
           
             by
             violence
          
           he
           doth
           force
           them
           to
           helpe
           him
           in
           acting
           mischief
           .
           Observe
           
             Solomon's
          
           words
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           easily
           finde
           this
           to
           be
           the
           sense
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           then
           say
           whether
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           doth
           not
           most
           notably
           describe
           the
           conditions
           of
           our
           Rebels
           :
           I
           hope
           none
           of
           you
           will
           gainsay
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           to
           doubt
           of
           those
           being
           such
           who
           have
           these
           conditions
           :
           and
           indeed
           mark
           it
           alway
           ,
           your
           own
           reading
           and
           experience
           will
           confirm
           this
           truth
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           a
           Rebell
           is
           never
           idle
           ,
           but
           is
           either
           digging
           of
           evill
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           plotting
           it
           ,
           or
           sowing
           of
           strife
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           planting
           it
           ;
           making
           breaches
           ,
           whispering
           lies
           ,
           caluminiating
           the
           honest
           ▪
           inticing
           the
           simple
           ,
           threatning
           others
           ,
           doing
           mischief
           one
           way
           or
           other
           to
           further
           his
           own
           designes
           ,
           not
           such
           a
           man
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           world
           again
           for
           activitie
           of
           spirit
           ,
           as
           a
           Rebell
           .
        
         
           
           And
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           their
           activity
           is
           ,
           that
           abundance
           of
           malice
           which
           is
           in
           them
           ;
           now
           malice
           is
           like
           quicksilver
           alwayes
           in
           motion
           ,
           and
           extreame
           hot
           ,
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           grace
           in
           them
           to
           coole
           it's
           fervour
           ,
           whereas
           in
           the
           best
           men
           there
           is
           some
           Corruption
           to
           coole
           the
           edge
           of
           zeale
           :
           againe
           ,
           guilty
           men
           (
           such
           as
           Rebells
           be
           )
           are
           naked
           men
           ,
           and
           such
           are
           alwaies
           deligent
           to
           get
           cloathing
           :
           but
           they
           seeke
           it
           onely
           from
           webs
           of
           their
           own
           weaving
           ,
           
             scelere
             velandum
             esse
             scelus
             ,
          
           is
           their
           opinion
           ,
           one
           villany
           must
           hide
           another
           :
           and
           then
           too
           ,
           they
           are
           (
           like
           men
           of
           the
           plague
           )
           desirous
           to
           infect
           others
           ,
           to
           involve
           them
           in
           their
           own
           ●ulphs
           ,
           their
           fathers
           own
           children
           they
           be
           to
           an
           haire
           ,
           like
           him
           they
           would
           faine
           bring
           all
           men
           (
           if
           they
           could
           )
           into
           the
           same
           condemnation
           with
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           
             Peter
          
           notes
           the
           diligence
           of
           the
           devill
           that
           Arch-Rebell
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           of
           his
           :
           
           
             he
             goes
             about
             like
             a
             roaring
             lion
             ,
             continually
             seeking
             whom
             he
             may
             devoure
             ,
          
           and
           in
           another
           place
           by
           his
           concatenation
           of
           
             busie-bodies
             ,
          
           with
           
             murderers
          
           and
           
             evill
             doers
             ,
          
           he
           doth
           well
           informe
           us
           ,
           that
           murderers
           and
           evill
           doers
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           devill
           and
           all
           Rebells
           be
           ,
           are
           also
           
             busie-bodies
             :
          
           indeed
           they
           have
           nothing
           but
           their
           busie
           diligence
           ,
           to
           supplie
           their
           lacke
           of
           honestie
           ,
           and
           to
           support
           their
           wicked
           cause
           .
           Satan
           for
           his
           diligence
           and
           activitie
           in
           evill
           ,
           is
           called
           in
           the
           Gospell
           
             Beelzebub
             ,
          
           a
           
             Flie
             ,
          
           or
           the
           God
           of
           
             Flies
          
           who
           (
           you
           know
           know
           are
           mightie
           impudent
           and
           busie
           creatures
           ,
           beat
           them
           away
           from
           to
           place
           never
           so
           oft
           they
           will
           come
           againe
           :
           so
           will
           he
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           they
           ,
           he
           is
           the
           great
           Flie
           ,
           and
           they
           (
           the
           Rebels
           I
           meane
           )
           are
           his
           Flies
           ,
           alwaies
           seeking
           out
           sore
           places
           ,
           and
           making
           them
           worse
           ,
           nor
           are
           they
           ever
           wearie
           of
           ill
           doing
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           let
           no
           man
           think
           the
           better
           of
           the
           Kings
           enemies
           ,
           or
           of
           their
           cause
           ,
           
           for
           their
           activitie
           and
           diligence
           in
           it
           :
           will
           you
           think
           the
           better
           of
           
           the
           devill
           for
           his
           diligence
           ,
           or
           of
           murderers
           ,
           and
           evill
           doers
           ,
           because
           also
           they
           are
           busie
           bodies
           ?
           sure
           you
           have
           no
           reason
           :
           but
           strive
           you
           in
           all
           to
           be
           as
           diligent
           in
           good
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           evill
           :
           be
           as
           unmoveable
           in
           well
           doing
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           ill
           doing
           ,
           as
           Christ
           our
           Saviour
           was
           ,
           who
           went
           up
           and
           down
           doing
           good
           ,
           as
           Satan
           doth
           in
           doing
           mischief
           ,
           was
           as
           carefull
           to
           save
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           to
           destroy
           ,
           to
           gather
           together
           the
           dispersed
           ,
           as
           he
           and
           they
           are
           to
           divide
           and
           scatter
           abroad
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           doth
           so
           clearly
           note
           the
           pains
           and
           diligence
           of
           rebellious
           men
           ,
           do
           but
           you
           in
           your
           secret
           thoughts
           consider
           how
           well
           the
           
             Kings
             enemies
          
           (
           the
           
             men
             of
             Westminster
          
           I
           meane
           )
           have
           approved
           themselves
           to
           be
           fully
           such
           by
           their
           caraiages
           .
        
         
           First
           consider
           how
           painfull
           and
           diligent
           they
           were
           at
           first
           ,
           in
           all
           places
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           to
           get
           themselves
           chosen
           to
           be
           Members
           :
           then
           how
           cunning
           they
           were
           to
           get
           leave
           to
           sit
           so
           long
           as
           they
           listed
           :
           then
           how
           politike
           they
           were
           to
           drive
           from
           the
           House
           all
           that
           were
           not
           of
           their
           own
           faction
           :
           then
           how
           subtill
           they
           were
           to
           get
           the
           strength
           and
           
             Militia
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           :
           then
           how
           impudent
           they
           were
           in
           working
           suspicious
           thoughts
           in
           peoples
           hearts
           ,
           against
           their
           loving
           and
           religious
           Soveraigne
           :
           and
           then
           how
           industrious
           they
           were
           to
           get
           the
           vulgar
           ingaged
           with
           themselves
           in
           their
           rebellious
           way
           :
           what
           digging
           ,
           what
           sowing
           ,
           what
           whispering
           ,
           what
           inticing
           ,
           and
           what
           violent
           waies
           did
           ,
           and
           still
           do
           they
           use
           to
           perpetuate
           this
           Rebellion
           ?
           But
           above
           all
           devices
           and
           tricks
           ,
           one
           (
           to
           my
           apprehension
           )
           is
           the
           most
           remarkable
           :
           when
           they
           had
           seized
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Revenues
           and
           his
           Subsidies
           (
           granted
           to
           another
           end
           ,
           )
           and
           had
           borrowed
           much
           money
           upon
           the
           pretended
           sale
           of
           
             Irish
             Lands
             ,
          
           and
           had
           collected
           a
           great
           deale
           more
           upon
           preaence
           to
           relieve
           the
           poore
           Protestants
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ;
           after
           these
           ,
           and
           manie
           other
           purse-milking
           stratagems
           ,
           (
           before
           they
           came
           to
           downright
           plunder
           ,
           and
           to
           leavie
           by
           way
           of
           Excise
           ,
           and
           to
           weekly
           or
           monethly
           taxations
           ,
           they
           did
           set
           up
           for
           advantage
           ,
           a
           certain
           counterfeit
           puppet
           stiled
           
             Publique
             Faith
             ,
          
           who
           like
           a
           wise-woman
           (
           whom
           they
           call
           a
           witch
           )
           did
           extremelie
           cozen
           and
           cheat
           the
           vulgar
           :
           for
           upon
           her
           bare
           word
           ,
           promising
           repaiment
           ,
           (
           and
           with
           interest
           too
           )
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Nobilitie
           and
           Gentrie
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           (
           which
           were
           alreadie
           become
           of
           the
           same
           tenure
           with
           
             Irish
             lands
             ,
          
           and
           nearer
           home
           ,
           )
           they
           (
           the
           common
           people
           I
           meane
           )
           brought
           in
           their
           plate
           and
           money
           with
           extreme
           greedinesse
           ,
           whereby
           they
           have
           so
           deeplie
           ingaged
           themselves
           in
           the
           Rebellion
           with
           these
           Craftmasters
           ,
           that
           these
           wise-men
           can
           and
           do
           now
           urge
           it
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           strongest
           argument
           of
           all
           ,
           to
           keep
           them
           to
           themselves
           ;
           
             All
             is
             gone
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             and
             you
             will
             be
             beggers
             ,
             and
             never
             have
             
             penny
             of
             your
             money
             againe
             ,
             unlesse
             you
             hold
             out
             unto
             the
             last
             :
          
           and
           thus
           have
           they
           digged
           down
           many
           mens
           estates
           ,
           and
           dived
           all
           the
           money
           out
           of
           many
           purses
           ,
           &
           made
           thousands
           of
           people
           as
           desperate
           as
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Nay
           alas
           they
           have
           digged
           down
           the
           walls
           of
           many
           bodies
           ,
           and
           beene
           occasions
           of
           the
           slaughter
           of
           many
           thousand
           men
           ;
           they
           have
           digged
           down
           the
           walls
           of
           many
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           still
           living
           )
           by
           their
           execrable
           oaths
           and
           accursed
           covenants
           ;
           nay
           more
           then
           this
           ,
           they
           have
           in
           a
           manner
           digged
           up
           the
           most
           reformed
           Church
           in
           the
           woorld
           ,
           by
           their
           prophanenesse
           and
           Atheisme
           ;
           and
           the
           most
           flourishing
           Common-wealth
           in
           Christendome
           ,
           by
           their
           cruelties
           and
           combustions
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           digged
           and
           searched
           into
           all
           the
           practices
           of
           
             Hell
          
           and
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           for
           policies
           ,
           into
           the
           conspiracies
           and
           conditions
           of
           
             Catiline
             ,
             Sylla
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sejanus
             ,
          
           they
           have
           looked
           into
           all
           the
           actions
           of
           
             Nero
          
           and
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           into
           the
           Schooles
           of
           
             Machiavel
          
           and
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           for
           tricks
           and
           devises
           to
           further
           their
           designes
           :
           I
           durst
           undertake
           to
           evidence
           somewhat
           of
           all
           these
           in
           their
           doings
           .
           Yea
           so
           diligent
           and
           industrious
           have
           they
           been
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           acted
           Satans
           part
           ,
           in
           rebelling
           themselves
           ,
           and
           seducing
           others
           :
           
             Cains
          
           part
           in
           slaying
           and
           murdering
           their
           brethren
           ;
           
             Chams
          
           part
           in
           mocking
           their
           Father
           ,
           their
           common
           Father
           :
           they
           have
           acted
           
             Achitophels
          
           part
           in
           devising
           destruction
           unto
           their
           Soveraigne
           :
           
             Absolom
          
           and
           
             Sheba's
          
           part
           ,
           in
           lifting
           up
           the
           hand
           against
           him
           ,
           
             Doegs
          
           part
           in
           slandering
           and
           murdering
           the
           Priests
           of
           God
           :
           they
           have
           acted
           
             Ieroboams
          
           part
           in
           their
           endeavours
           to
           rent
           the
           Kingdome
           from
           the
           house
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           in
           their
           defiling
           the
           worship
           and
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           setting
           up
           to
           be
           Priests
           the
           lowest
           and
           basest
           of
           the
           people
           :
           they
           have
           acted
           
             Rabshakehs
          
           part
           in
           railing
           against
           the
           Lords
           Annointed
           ,
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           even
           on
           purpose
           to
           stirre
           them
           up
           to
           rebell
           against
           him
           :
           and
           
             Iudas
          
           his
           part
           in
           betraying
           their
           Master
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           betraying
           that
           trust
           which
           he
           reposed
           in
           them
           .
           Well
           (
           friends
           )
           I
           say
           but
           this
           ,
           doe
           you
           consider
           seriously
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           then
           judge
           in
           your
           secret
           thoughts
           ,
           whether
           the
           Kings
           enemies
           ,
           those
           
             men
             of
             Westminster
             ,
          
           be
           not
           exceeding
           diligent
           and
           industrious
           Rebels
           .
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           third
           thing
           in
           their
           discription
           ;
        
         
           
           Their
           ungodly
           work
           ,
           Rebellion
           ,
           
             An
             evill
             man
             seeketh
             Rebellion
          
           ;
           for
           Rebellion
           ,
           some
           read
           
             jurgia
             ,
          
           quarrels
           ,
           some
           read
           
             contradictiones
             ,
          
           or
           
             contentiones
             ,
          
           indeed
           all
           these
           tend
           unto
           rebellion
           ;
           some
           read
           
             mischiefe
          
           or
           
             evill
             ,
          
           for
           evils
           and
           mischiefs
           only
           are
           proper
           to
           procreate
           and
           uphold
           rebellion
           ;
           and
           therefore
           you
           may
           observe
           in
           story
           ,
           that
           rebellious
           men
           have
           alwayes
           heretofore
           (
           as
           well
           as
           now
           )
           allowed
           of
           all
           evills
           ,
           Sects
           ,
           and
           heresies
           ,
           have
           pulled
           up
           the
           pales
           of
           all
           Lawes
           ,
           have
           cried
           up
           Liberty
           ,
           
           and
           permitted
           all
           kind
           of
           vill●ny
           and
           wickednesse
           ,
           as
           meanes
           most
           sutable
           to
           further
           rebellion
           :
           the
           lesson
           shall
           be
           this
           ,
           
             Rebellion
             is
             a
             worke
             of
             mischief●e
             
          
        
         
           Nay
           't
           is
           mischiefe
           it self
           ,
           wickednesse
           in
           the
           abstract
           ,
           the
           highest
           wickednesse
           ,
           I
           have
           call●d
           it
           
             *
          
           elsewhere
           ,
           and
           not
           untruly
           ,
           the
           sinke
           of
           all
           villany
           and
           the
           puddle
           of
           all
           sinne
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           breach
           of
           all
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           relations
           both
           towards
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           pride
           ,
           prophanenesse
           ,
           perjury
           ,
           envy
           ,
           wrath
           malice
           ,
           theft
           ,
           murder
           ,
           cruelty
           ,
           rapine
           ,
           spoile
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           irreliligion
           ,
           and
           unnaturallnesse
           ,
           are
           all
           concentred
           in
           Rebellion
           ;
           yea
           ,
           all
           sins
           by
           all
           names
           that
           sins
           can
           be
           named
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           meanes
           that
           sins
           can
           bee
           committed
           do
           follow
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           found
           among
           that
           disordered
           and
           disobedient
           sort
           of
           people
           :
           I
           wish
           that
           experience
           did
           not
           teach
           that
           Rebellion
           were
           the
           ruine
           of
           Re●igion
           ,
           Church
           and
           Commonwealth
           ,
           of
           states
           ,
           families
           ,
           and
           men
           ;
           't
           is
           contrary
           to
           God
           in
           every
           notion
           ,
           Hee
           is
           the
           God
           of
           
             grace
             ,
             peace
             ,
          
           and
           
             order
             ,
          
           but
           Rebellion
           is
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           all
           these
           ,
           it
           resists
           grace
           ,
           it
           murders
           peace
           ,
           and
           destroies
           order
           ;
           I
           wish
           (
           if
           it
           were
           Gods
           will
           )
           there
           were
           need
           for
           me
           to
           prove
           all
           these
           unto
           you
           ;
           but
           alas
           !
           alas
           !
           your
           owne
           eyes
           and
           eares
           are
           my
           witnesses
           in
           this
           thing
           ,
           and
           shall
           serve
           for
           proofes
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           so
           ,
           that
           rebellion
           is
           a
           worke
           of
           mischief
           ,
           
           for
           't
           is
           the
           work
           onely
           of
           mischievous
           and
           evill
           men
           ,
           yea
           of
           such
           as
           have
           climed
           up
           to
           the
           very
           top
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           and
           (
           saies
           our
           Saviour
           )
           
             can
             a
             man
             expect
             grapes
             of
             thornes
             ,
             and
             siggs
             of
             thistles
             ,
          
           any
           thing
           but
           extreme
           evill
           from
           persons
           extremely
           wicked
           ,
           
             tantùm
             malus
             quaerit
             rebellionem
             ,
          
           onely
           such
           men
           are
           plotters
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           (
           saies
           the
           Text
           ,
           )
           no
           good
           man
           will
           willingly
           have
           so
           much
           as
           a
           finger
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           No
           ,
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           why
           ?
           
           we
           are
           told
           that
           all
           the
           good
           men
           be
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           whom
           you
           call
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Preachers
           ,
           whose
           Doctrines
           and
           lives
           have
           been
           most
           unblameable
           ,
           yea
           our selves
           know
           many
           honest
           and
           good
           men
           who
           are
           ingaged
           in
           that
           way
           :
           and
           we
           are
           told
           also
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           Papists
           ,
           swearers
           ,
           drunkards
           ,
           and
           uncleane
           livers
           are
           on
           the
           Kings
           sid●
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           (
           God
           helpe
           )
           many
           of
           this
           sort
           with
           our
           owne
           eyes
           ;
           wherefore
           either
           those
           you
           account
           Rebells
           are
           not
           such
           ,
           or
           else
           your
           Doctrine
           is
           not
           true
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Those
           I
           call
           Rebells
           are
           truly
           such
           ,
           
           for
           rebellion
           (
           as
           was
           said
           before
           )
           is
           a
           resisting
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           a
           violent
           opposing
           the
           will
           and
           person
           of
           the
           lawfull
           Governour
           ;
           and
           none
           can
           deny
           ,
           but
           these
           doe
           resist
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           violently
           oppose
           the
           will
           and
           person
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           lawfull
           Governour
           ,
           therefore
           they
           are
           truly
           called
           and
           counted
           Rebells
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           I
           answer
           concerning
           those
           wicked
           on
           this
           side
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           deny
           but
           we
           have
           of
           them
           too
           many
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           are
           our
           shame
           ,
           I
           wish
           also
           they
           were
           more
           our
           sorrow
           ;
           the
           Lord
           give
           them
           all
           hearts
           and
           grace
           to
           amend
           their
           conditions
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           cease
           at
           length
           to
           discredit
           a
           religious
           King
           ,
           and
           a
           righteous
           Caus.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           For
           those
           known
           good
           men
           who
           are
           ingaged
           on
           the
           Enemies
           side
           ,
           I
           Answer
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           my
           former
           distinction
           )
           
             facere
             malum
          
           is
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           
             quaerere
             malum
          
           is
           another
           ;
           good
           men
           through
           deception
           may
           be
           assisters
           
             in
             ,
          
           but
           they
           are
           not
           the
           contrivers
           
             of
          
           this
           black
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           For
           those
           eminent
           Preachers
           whose
           diligence
           in
           their
           callings
           ,
           and
           commendable
           lives
           ,
           have
           so
           bewitched
           people
           ,
           as
           to
           thinke
           well
           of
           this
           rebellious
           way
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           because
           they
           walke
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           answer
           ;
           I
           'le
           not
           deny
           their
           good
           gifts
           ,
           but
           this
           I
           'le
           say
           ,
           that
           gifts
           and
           grace
           doe
           not
           alway
           bed
           together
           ,
           Satan
           hath
           more
           abilities
           and
           gifts
           then
           any
           man
           :
           Nor
           doe
           I
           deny
           their
           restraining
           graces
           ,
           but
           doe
           confesse
           that
           many
           of
           their
           lives
           (
           like
           those
           of
           the
           Pharisees
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           that
           loved
           the
           praise
           of
           men
           )
           were
           outwardly
           very
           commendable
           before
           this
           Rebellion
           did
           begin
           :
           But
           you
           must
           know
           that
           Satans
           tricke
           hath
           alwai●●
           been
           (
           when
           he
           hath
           endeavoured
           ,
           or
           done
           most
           mischiefe
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           )
           to
           appeare
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           an
           Angell
           of
           light
           ;
           to
           worke
           by
           the
           persons
           of
           such
           well
           reputed
           men
           ;
           He
           that
           could
           make
           use
           of
           
             Peters
          
           tongue
           to
           tempt
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           (
           when
           Christ
           bad
           that
           great
           Apostle
           ,
           
             get
             thee
             behind
             me
             Satan
             ,
          
           )
           no
           doubt
           but
           he
           can
           and
           will
           ,
           and
           doth
           make
           use
           of
           the
           tongues
           and
           examples
           of
           these
           men
           ▪
           to
           deceive
           the
           common
           people
           :
           
             Samuel
          
           from
           the
           Lord
           saies
           ,
           that
           
             Rebellion
             is
             as
             the
             sinne
             of
             Witch-craft
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ▪
           't
           is
           exceeding
           apt
           to
           entice
           and
           bewitch
           people
           to
           it self
           ,
           by
           those
           specious
           and
           religious
           shewes
           which
           the
           fomenters
           of
           it
           shall
           make
           unto
           the
           World
           .
        
         
           Or
           perhaps
           because
           people
           did
           too
           much
           adore
           the
           abilities
           of
           those
           men
           ,
           would
           heare
           the
           word
           onely
           (
           for
           their
           sakes
           )
           when
           they
           preached
           it
           ;
           and
           would
           look
           upon
           their
           examples
           more
           for
           their
           imitation
           ,
           then
           upon
           the
           word
           it selfe
           for
           their
           direction
           :
           God
           as
           a
           punishment
           on
           such
           people
           ,
           hath
           suffred
           those
           whom
           they
           so
           admired
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           instruments
           to
           lead
           them
           into
           those
           of
           misery
           and
           errour
           ,
           that
           others
           might
           learne
           by
           their
           harmes
           afterward
           ,
           to
           love
           men
           for
           the
           words
           sake
           ,
           and
           to
           trust
           more
           unto
           that
           then
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           (
           in
           short
           )
           I
           would
           have
           you
           all
           consider
           but
           two
           things
           out
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           must
           bee
           the
           rule
           to
           judge
           both
           men
           and
           their
           waies
           by
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Consider
           that
           grace
           and
           peace
           ,
           or
           truth
           and
           peace
           ,
           goe
           alway
           
           together
           in
           holy
           Writ
           ,
           and
           what
           God
           hath
           joyned
           together
           there
           ,
           is
           alwayes
           joyned
           in
           every
           truly
           honest
           heart
           ;
           therefore
           if
           you
           see
           men
           that
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           own
           the
           way
           of
           peace
           to
           walk
           therein
           ,
           you
           may
           well
           conclude
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           surely
           out
           of
           the
           paths
           of
           truth
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Consider
           what
           S.
           
             Iames
          
           saies
           of
           sinfull
           and
           heavenly
           wisdome
           ;
           
           the
           former
           he
           saies
           is
           
             earthly
             ,
             sensuall
             ,
             divellish
             ,
          
           and
           the
           fruits
           of
           it
           are
           
             envy
             ,
             strife
             ,
             confusion
             ,
          
           and
           
             every
             evill
             worke
             :
          
           but
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           
             which
             is
             from
             above
             ,
             is
             pure
             ,
             peaceable
             ,
             gentle
             ,
             easie
             to
             be
             intreated
             ,
             full
             of
             mercy
             and
             good
             fruits
             ,
             without
             partiality
             and
             hypocrisie
          
           :
           yea
           ,
           
             the
             fruit
             of
             it
             is
             righteousnesse
             and
             peace
          
           ;
           and
           hereupon
           do
           you
           but
           judge
           in
           your
           own
           consciences
           whether
           the
           course
           which
           those
           admired
           Ministers
           take
           doth
           savour
           more
           of
           that
           earthly
           and
           diabolicall
           ,
           or
           of
           this
           divine
           and
           heavenly
           wisdome
           .
        
         
           And
           last
           of
           all
           remember
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           some
           comfort
           to
           men
           who
           have
           indiscreetly
           thrust
           themselves
           into
           a
           mierie
           way
           ,
           to
           have
           many
           companions
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           so
           part
           of
           the
           blame
           and
           shame
           might
           be
           on
           them
           ,
           which
           els
           would
           lie
           wholly
           on
           their
           own
           heads
           :
           you
           have
           heard
           the
           Fable
           of
           the
           Fox
           ,
           who
           having
           lost
           his
           own
           taile
           ,
           perswaded
           other
           Foxes
           to
           cut
           off
           their
           tailes
           too
           :
           faire
           p●etences
           indeed
           he
           used
           ,
           but
           his
           true
           end
           was
           that
           his
           own
           deformity
           might
           be
           lesse
           noted
           :
           suppose
           those
           Ministers
           to
           be
           as
           that
           Fox
           ,
           and
           your selves
           may
           make
           the
           Application
           ,
           and
           this
           shall
           serve
           to
           answer
           that
           objection
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           use
           of
           the
           point
           therefore
           be
           to
           work
           an
           hatred
           in
           you
           of
           rebellion
           by
           any
           means
           ,
           do
           not
           countenance
           the
           devils
           worke
           ,
           
           whatever
           wrongs
           or
           injuries
           are
           offered
           to
           you
           by
           either
           side
           :
           walk
           not
           in
           the
           way
           with
           these
           evill
           men
           ;
           
             malum
             pati
             malum
             non
             est
             ,
             malum
             facere
             malum
             est
             ,
          
           't
           is
           no
           sin
           to
           suffer
           ,
           but
           to
           rebell
           is
           the
           highest
           evill
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           found
           to
           ,
           be
           
             malum
             sibi
          
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Rebell
           :
           indeed
           some
           read
           this
           Text
           thus
           ,
           
             Rebellis
             quaerit
             malum
             suum
             ,
          
           a
           Rebell
           seeks
           his
           own
           destruction
           ;
           for
           when
           a
           man
           is
           once
           in
           ,
           he
           can
           scarce
           return
           ,
           or
           leave
           off
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           as
           the
           present
           example
           of
           their
           Brethren
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           doth
           sufficiently
           declare
           :
           they
           began
           to
           set
           foot
           in
           t●is
           sinfull
           way
           some
           three
           or
           foure
           years
           ago
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           honest
           mens
           thinking
           ,
           (
           upon
           their
           pardon
           ,
           and
           the
           pacification
           ,
           and
           the
           receipt
           of
           so
           much
           money
           )
           they
           might
           have
           been
           qui●t
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           oath
           and
           duty
           ,
           and
           stirred
           no
           more
           to
           the
           molestation
           of
           their
           gracious
           and
           mercifull
           King
           ;
           but
           we
           see
           they
           are
           returned
           to
           their
           former
           vomit
           :
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           before
           ,
           is
           called
           witch-craft
           ,
           and
           another
           reason
           (
           beside
           that
           already
           alledged
           )
           is
           because
           if
           a
           man
           be
           once
           intangled
           in
           its
           charmes
           ,
           he
           can
           hardly
           get
           free
           or
           loose
           againe
           :
           't
           is
           no
           small
           mercy
           of
           God
           to
           those
           men
           that
           are
           come
           out
           
           from
           them
           ,
           who
           were
           once
           of
           them
           :
           O
           let
           such
           offer
           unto
           God
           immortall
           praises
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           have
           you
           seen
           from
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           verse
           ,
           the
           enemie
           discovered
           :
           
           I
           come
           now
           to
           describe
           the
           Kings
           true
           Souldier
           ,
           nay
           the
           Text
           also
           describes
           him
           ,
           by
           his
           Office
           ,
           by
           his
           Commission
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           imployment
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           By
           his
           Office
           ,
           he
           is
           
             Nuncius
             ,
          
           a
           Messenger
           ,
           or
           
             Angelus
             ,
          
           so
           some
           read
           it
           ,
           and
           an
           Angell
           is
           a
           Messenger
           of
           God
           ▪
           and
           so
           is
           he
           ,
           being
           an
           executioner
           of
           Justice
           to
           punish
           evill
           ;
           and
           that
           shall
           be
           the
           lesson
           ,
           
             
             The
             Executioners
             of
             Iustice
             are
             the
             Messengers
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           God
           is
           King
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           as
           by
           his
           providence
           and
           mercy
           he
           preserves
           the
           innocent
           ,
           so
           by
           his
           Angels
           both
           good
           and
           bad
           he
           doth
           inflict
           punishment
           upon
           the
           wicked
           ;
           the
           Devills
           are
           his
           bad
           Angels
           to
           execute
           his
           Justice
           upon
           the
           damned
           ,
           and
           so
           perhaps
           shall
           the
           Rebels
           themselves
           be
           ,
           to
           lay
           his
           vengeance
           upon
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           who
           are
           wicked
           and
           ungodly
           men
           :
           for
           though
           you
           be
           on
           the
           right
           side
           ,
           yet
           God
           may
           suffer
           your
           persons
           to
           fall
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           men
           for
           your
           own
           sins
           ;
           he
           usually
           sets
           one
           wicked
           man
           to
           punish
           another
           .
           But
           the
           good
           Angels
           also
           are
           executioners
           of
           Gods
           justice
           at
           some
           times
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           good
           Angell
           that
           smote
           the
           Host
           of
           
             Sennacherib
             ,
          
           and
           so
           was
           that
           which
           smote
           
             Herod
          
           with
           wormes
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           12.
           so
           in
           like
           sort
           good
           men
           are
           somtimes
           imployed
           as
           instruments
           of
           justice
           to
           punish
           the
           wicked
           ;
           the
           Prince
           or
           Magistrate
           is
           the
           Angell
           or
           
             Minister
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             carries
             the
             sword
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             evill
             doers
             ,
          
           and
           so
           are
           all
           they
           who
           being
           imployed
           by
           him
           ,
           doe
           neither
           abuse
           themselves
           nor
           their
           Authority
           ,
           of
           which
           number
           are
           all
           honest
           martiall
           men
           ,
           sent
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           Gods
           Vicegerent
           ;
           
             David
          
           and
           his
           men
           being
           authorized
           by
           
             Saul
          
           against
           the
           Philistines
           ,
           were
           said
           to
           fight
           Gods
           battels
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           be
           brief
           (
           for
           the
           time
           runs
           ,
           )
           wherefore
           let
           the
           use
           of
           this
           consideration
           be
           ,
           
           to
           perswade
           you
           all
           ,
           who
           are
           men
           of
           war
           ,
           to
           walk
           worthy
           the
           honour
           which
           God
           hath
           put
           upon
           you
           ;
           you
           are
           his
           Messengers
           to
           execute
           his
           will
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           remember
           that
           he
           is
           an
           holy
           God
           ;
           and
           holinesse
           becomes
           all
           his
           servants
           :
           you
           'l
           think
           we
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           are
           Gods
           Messengers
           in
           another
           kind
           ,
           should
           much
           dishonour
           him
           our
           Master
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           not
           live
           holy
           lives
           ,
           but
           should
           drink
           ,
           and
           sweare
           ,
           and
           commit
           evill
           ;
           why
           be
           pleased
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           your selves
           are
           Messengers
           to
           the
           same
           Master
           ,
           and
           holinesse
           is
           comely
           in
           the
           camp
           ,
           and
           is
           required
           thereto
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           read
           at
           your
           leisure
           in
           
             Deut.
          
           23.
           from
           Vers.
           9.
           to
           the
           15.
           
           Nay
           believe
           it
           ,
           (
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           )
           your
           practice
           of
           vice
           and
           sin
           will
           both
           dishonour
           God
           ,
           and
           your selves
           ,
           in
           that
           service
           
           wherein
           you
           are
           imployed
           ;
           the
           maine
           Argument
           which
           the
           Enemies
           have
           to
           keep
           the
           people
           in
           rebellion
           in
           ,
           is
           ,
           their
           Declarations
           to
           them
           of
           the
           wicked
           and
           deboist
           lives
           of
           the
           Cavaliers
           :
           O
           say
           they
           ,
           do
           you
           think
           such
           wretched
           swearers
           ,
           such
           vicious
           livers
           ,
           as
           the
           Cavaliers
           be
           ,
           are
           of
           Gods
           sending
           ?
           will
           they
           maintain
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           that
           shew
           so
           little
           of
           it
           in
           their
           carriages
           ?
           thus
           they
           argue
           :
           Indeed
           I
           know
           they
           vent
           many
           of
           their
           own
           fiction
           ,
           and
           also
           that
           they
           inlarge
           the
           faults
           of
           some
           upon
           all
           ,
           wherein
           they
           deale
           most
           unjustly
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           should
           we
           but
           deal
           so
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           (
           as
           well
           they
           might
           )
           exclaime
           much
           upon
           us
           .
           Because
           one
           of
           them
           was
           lately
           taken
           in
           the
           act
           ,
           and
           hang'd
           for
           the
           sin
           of
           Buggerie
           ,
           here
           in
           this
           Town
           ,
           if
           we
           Preachers
           should
           hereupon
           tell
           you
           from
           the
           Pulpits
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           blessed
           Reformers
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           they
           are
           called
           by
           their
           adorers
           )
           are
           even
           such
           men
           ,
           and
           guiltie
           of
           that
           horrid
           sin
           ,
           I
           believe
           (
           for
           my
           part
           )
           we
           should
           much
           abuse
           them
           in
           that
           particular
           ;
           and
           yet
           thus
           divers
           of
           their
           Ministers
           are
           pleased
           to
           deale
           with
           the
           Kings
           Friends
           :
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           good
           time
           rebuke
           them
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           ▪
           (
           gallant
           Gentlemen
           and
           Christian
           people
           )
           you
           all
           know
           that
           there
           are
           too
           great
           ,
           and
           too
           manie
           occasions
           given
           by
           some
           amongst
           us
           to
           our
           enemies
           to
           report
           evill
           of
           us
           :
           I
           beseech
           you
           therefore
           in
           the
           feare
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           manie
           of
           you
           are
           better
           borne
           and
           bred
           then
           those
           are
           who
           do
           accuse
           you
           ,
           and
           as
           all
           of
           you
           are
           imploied
           in
           a
           more
           righteous
           cause
           then
           they
           ,
           by
           your
           holie
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           religious
           King
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           would
           all
           indeavour
           to
           be
           more
           holie
           in
           your
           carriages
           then
           they
           be
           ,
           to
           walk
           worthie
           your
           imploiment
           :
           and
           you
           that
           be
           Commanders
           ,
           (
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           more
           strictlie
           punish
           sin
           in
           those
           that
           are
           under
           you
           ,
           according
           to
           those
           Militarie
           Orders
           set
           forth
           by
           His
           sacred
           Majesties
           your
           religious
           Master
           .
        
         
           The
           profession
           of
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           honourable
           ,
           so
           it
           may
           be
           holie
           if
           you
           please
           ;
           we
           read
           of
           holie
           men
           of
           that
           profession
           :
           
             David
          
           was
           a
           man
           of
           warre
           ,
           and
           did
           (
           as
           you
           do
           )
           fight
           the
           
             Battailes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           he
           was
           an
           holie
           man
           ;
           that
           great
           sin
           which
           did
           so
           blemish
           his
           reputation
           ,
           was
           committed
           by
           him
           afterward
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           left
           off
           to
           follow
           the
           Camp
           :
           the
           Centurion
           in
           the
           Gospell
           was
           a
           man
           of
           your
           profession
           ,
           and
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           gives
           this
           testimonie
           of
           him
           ,
           
             that
             he
             had
             not
             found
             his
             like
          
           (
           for
           goodnesse
           )
           
             in
             all
             Israel
          
           :
           and
           so
           that
           Captain
           
             Acts
          
           10.
           
             was
             one
             that
             feared
             God
             with
             all
             his
             houshold
             ,
             and
             whose
             prayers
             and
             almes
             ascended
             daily
             into
             Gods
             presence
             .
             Abraham
          
           himselfe
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           was
           a
           brave
           Souldier
           ;
           he
           with
           the
           number
           of
           318.
           assaulted
           five
           Kings
           with
           their
           Armies
           ,
           vanquished
           them
           ,
           and
           took
           the
           spoile
           :
           you
           may
           read
           the
           storie
           in
           the
           14.
           
           Chapter
           of
           
             Genesis
             ,
          
           where
           you
           may
           
           also
           see
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           first
           men
           whom
           the
           Scripture
           notes
           ,
           did
           run
           away
           in
           the
           day
           of
           battell
           ,
           and
           hid
           themselves
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           say
           in
           Saw-pits
           ,
           but
           the
           Text
           saies
           ,
           
             in
             Slime-pits
             ,
          
           they
           were
           men
           full
           of
           guilt
           and
           sin
           ,
           even
           the
           Princes
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           and
           Gentlemen
           of
           
             Gomorrah
             .
          
        
         
           Nay
           to
           speak
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           in
           one
           word
           ,
           for
           the
           honour
           and
           comfort
           of
           a
           Souldier
           ;
           God
           himselfe
           is
           called
           a
           man
           of
           warre
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           15
           3.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             a
             man
             of
             Warre
             ,
             and
          
           JEHOVAH
           
             is
             his
             Name
             .
          
        
         
           I
           tell
           you
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           there
           is
           not
           to
           an
           honest
           eye
           in
           these
           sad
           and
           dismall
           daies
           ,
           a
           more
           gallant
           sight
           ,
           then
           a
           valiant
           and
           religious
           Souldier
           ;
           Religion
           causeth
           courage
           in
           a
           good
           cause
           ,
           and
           giveth
           an
           high
           lustre
           to
           it
           ,
           especially
           in
           men
           of
           birth
           and
           place
           :
           what
           true
           English
           heart
           is
           not
           warm'd
           with
           joy
           to
           see
           the
           living
           flames
           of
           ancient
           valour
           conjoined
           with
           generous
           minds
           in
           Gentile
           bloud
           ?
           but
           if
           thereto
           be
           also
           annex'd
           Religion
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           to
           a
           trulie
           pious
           loyall
           eye
           the
           Sun
           it selfe
           is
           not
           more
           glorious
           .
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           your
           enemies
           call
           you
           Cavaliers
           ,
           a
           name
           ,
           as
           they
           take
           it
           ,
           of
           great
           reproach
           (
           els
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           they
           would
           not
           call
           you
           by
           it
           )
           will
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           in
           briefe
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           your
           owne
           Character
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           the
           Character
           of
           such
           a
           man
           as
           everie
           of
           you
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           your
           friends
           and
           servants
           in
           Christ
           desire
           to
           conceive
           of
           you
           :
           why
           listen
           to
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           
             A
             complete
             Cavalier
             is
             a
             Child
             of
             Honour
             ,
             a
             Gentleman
             well
             borne
             and
             bred
             ;
             that
             loves
             his
             King
             for
             conscience
             sake
             ,
             of
             a
             clearer
             countenance
             and
             bolder
             looke
             then
             other
             men
             ,
             because
             of
             a
             more
             loyall
             heart
             :
             He
             dares
             neither
             oppose
             his
             Princes
             will
             ,
             nor
             yet
             disgrace
             his
             righteous
             cause
             ,
             by
             his
             carriage
             or
             expressions
             :
             He
             is
             furnished
             with
             the
             qualities
             of
             Piety
             ,
             Prudence
             ,
             Iustice
             ,
             Liberality
             ,
             Goodnesse
             ,
             Honesty
             ;
             He
             is
             amiable
             in
             his
             behaviour
             ,
             couragious
             in
             his
             undertakings
             ,
             discreet
             and
             gallant
             in
             all
             his
             executions
             :
             he
             is
             throughly
             sensible
             of
             the
             least
             wrong
             that
             is
             offered
             to
             his
             Soveraigne
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             professed
             enemy
             to
             all
             Rebells
             :
             the
             aimes
             of
             his
             sword
             are
             onely
             to
             dissever
             the
             malignity
             of
             those
             forces
             that
             have
             conspired
             the
             ruine
             of
             Monarchy
             and
             Innocency
             :
             he
             feares
             no
             evill
             thing
             to
             come
             upon
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             contemns
             all
             dangers
             that
             look
             towards
             him
             :
             he
             dares
             accept
             of
             deaths
             challenge
             to
             meet
             it
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             yet
             can
             embrace
             it
             as
             a
             speciall
             friend
             when
             it
             comes
             into
             his
             chamber
             ,
             where
             he
             is
             alwayes
             making
             provision
             for
             its
             better
             entertainment
             :
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             he
             is
             the
             onely
             Reserve
             of
             English
             Gentility
             and
             ancient
             valour
             ,
             and
             hath
             rather
             chose
             to
             burie
             himselfe
             in
             the
             Tombe
             of
             Honour
             ,
             then
             to
             see
             the
             Nobility
             of
             his
             Nation
             vassalaged
             ,
             the
             Dignity
             of
             his
             Countrey
             captivated
             by
             any
             base
             domesticke
             enemy
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             forraigne
             fore-conquered
             foe
             .
          
           
           This
           is
           a
           compleat
           Cavalier
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           of
           you
           be
           not
           according
           to
           this
           Character
           ,
           believe
           me
           you
           are
           not
           right
           ,
           nor
           the
           men
           you
           ought
           to
           be
           :
           And
           so
           much
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           for
           the
           first
           particular
           in
           your
           description
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           to
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           your
           Commission
           in
           the
           word
           
             sent
             :
             shall
             be
             sent
          
           :
           namely
           by
           him
           who
           hath
           power
           from
           God
           to
           send
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           only
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           all
           the
           Commissions
           which
           God
           grants
           to
           Souldiers
           ,
           are
           signed
           by
           the
           Kings
           hand
           ,
           who
           is
           (
           as
           
             Moses
          
           was
           )
           
             the
             mouth
             of
             God
          
           unto
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Commission
           so
           signed
           ,
           doth
           constitute
           a
           lawfull
           Souldier
           :
           the
           Lesson
           is
           this
           :
           
             A
             right
             Commission
             makes
             a
             lawfull
             Souldier
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           
           a
           right
           Commission
           makes
           the
           Warre
           it self
           lawfull
           to
           the
           Souldier
           ,
           although
           it
           were
           undertaken
           by
           the
           Prince
           upon
           unjust
           grounds
           :
           for
           the
           Subjects
           duty
           is
           ,
           to
           mind
           his
           owne
           call
           rather
           then
           the
           Cause
           ,
           for
           though
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           we
           disclaime
           and
           abhorre
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           blind
           obedience
           ,
           yet
           in
           matters
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           order
           ,
           wee
           professe
           allowance
           of
           it
           ;
           
             quae
             supra
             nos
             ,
             nihil
             ad
             nos
             ,
          
           things
           above
           us
           ,
           belong
           not
           to
           us
           :
           if
           we
           pry
           into
           the
           reason
           of
           Princes
           undertakings
           ,
           we
           may
           prove
           our selves
           to
           be
           the
           Busie-bodies
           ,
           whom
           (
           as
           we
           noted
           before
           )
           the
           Apostle
           yoakes
           with
           murderers
           ,
           and
           evill
           doers
           :
           And
           I
           thinke
           these
           times
           doe
           sufficiently
           declare
           the
           due
           concatention
           of
           these
           conditions
           ▪
           But
           as
           I
           was
           saying
           ,
           though
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Kings
           Cause
           ,
           
           (
           which
           is
           as
           cleare
           as
           the
           Sun
           to
           all
           ,
           unlesse
           to
           those
           that
           are
           given
           up
           to
           blindnesse
           ,
           and
           to
           believe
           lies
           :
           )
           were
           not
           so
           manifest
           and
           apparent
           ,
           nay
           were
           it
           an
           unjust
           cause
           on
           the
           Kings
           part
           ,
           yet
           were
           it
           not
           so
           to
           those
           Souldiers
           that
           are
           authorized
           by
           him
           ;
           for
           according
           to
           the
           point
           ,
           
             a
             right
             Commission
             makes
             a
             right
             Souldier
          
           :
           and
           that
           cannot
           be
           given
           by
           any
           ,
           nor
           derived
           from
           any
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           This
           truth
           doth
           more
           stownd
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           and
           more
           puzzell
           them
           ,
           then
           any
           one
           that
           I
           know
           ;
           and
           therefore
           to
           perswade
           their
           followers
           that
           themselves
           can
           give
           a
           right
           Commission
           ,
           they
           are
           faine
           to
           deny
           the
           King
           to
           be
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           cleane
           contrary
           to
           the
           testimony
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           2.13
           ,
           (
           where
           the
           King
           is
           called
           the
           Supreme
           )
           and
           like
           him
           who
           chose
           himself
           Pope
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           say
           ;
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           is
           seated
           in
           themselves
           ,
           which
           is
           such
           a
           transcendent
           fancy
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Traitors
           in
           the
           world
           (
           that
           I
           read
           of
           )
           durst
           never
           vent
           it
           ,
           till
           these
           sate
           :
           But
           being
           driven
           to
           so
           great
           a
           streight
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           of
           necessity
           either
           yield
           their
           warre
           to
           be
           unlawfull
           ;
           for
           want
           of
           a
           right
           Commission
           ;
           or
           else
           thus
           exalt
           themselves
           above
           him
           that
           is
           called
           God
           ,
           this
           second
           course
           being
           the
           more
           Antichristian
           and
           furthest
           from
           the
           
           practice
           of
           self-deniall
           ,
           they
           have
           made
           choi●e
           of
           :
           But
           let
           them
           fancy
           what
           they
           please
           ;
           indeed
           ,
           and
           in
           truth
           ,
           were
           they
           never
           so
           honest
           men
           for
           life
           and
           conversation
           ,
           (
           and
           were
           the
           Cavaliers
           never
           so
           vile
           ,
           or
           so
           abhominable
           ,
           )
           yet
           the
           warre
           on
           their
           side
           is
           utterly
           unlawfull
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           right
           Commission
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           sent
           ,
           or
           authorized
           hereunto
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           they
           are
           therefore
           no
           other
           then
           ranke
           murderers
           of
           all
           those
           they
           kill
           and
           destroy
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           blood
           shed
           by
           them
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           then
           innocent
           blood
           :
           As
           God
           saies
           of
           rebellious
           
             Edom
             :
          
           (
           who
           without
           any
           authority
           ,
           or
           command
           from
           God
           ,
           did
           joine
           with
           the
           
             Caldeans
             ,
          
           against
           the
           people
           of
           Israell
           ,
           unto
           whom
           (
           as
           being
           Subjects
           )
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           lived
           in
           obedience
           )
           
             Ioel
          
           3.19
           .
           
             that
             they
             had
             shed
             innocent
             blood
             in
             the
             Land
             :
          
           Though
           Israels
           blood
           was
           guilty
           blood
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           against
           whom
           they
           had
           sinned
           ,
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             Caldeans
          
           too
           ,
           whom
           God
           imployed
           as
           his
           instruments
           to
           punish
           them
           ;
           yet
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             Edomites
             ,
          
           that
           had
           no
           Commission
           to
           go
           about
           any
           such
           businesse
           ,
           it
           was
           innocent
           blood
           ,
           and
           as
           shedders
           of
           innocent
           blood
           they
           are
           threatned
           to
           be
           punished
           :
           
             Edom
             shall
             become
             as
             a
             desolate
             Wildernesse
             ,
          
           for
           that
           very
           thing
           ,
           saies
           that
           Text
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           serve
           to
           stirre
           up
           you
           ,
           who
           are
           rightly
           authorized
           to
           be
           couragious
           ,
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           your
           charge
           :
           all
           the
           incouragement
           which
           the
           Rebells
           your
           Enemies
           have
           against
           you
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           is
           from
           the
           evill
           lives
           of
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           the
           Kings
           Souldiers
           :
           )
           but
           you
           have
           to
           animate
           you
           ,
           against
           them
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           not
           onely
           their
           ill
           lives
           ,
           but
           also
           their
           ill
           Cause
           ,
           and
           their
           lacke
           of
           a
           lawfull
           Warrant
           ;
           And
           most
           especially
           of
           all
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           Justice
           of
           your
           own
           Cause
           ,
           the
           lawfullnesse
           of
           your
           owne
           call
           ,
           and
           to
           these
           I
           may
           adde
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           your
           King
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Your
             Cause
          
           is
           to
           defend
           him
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           exalted
           ,
           to
           keepe
           the
           King
           in
           the
           Throne
           wherein
           God
           hath
           set
           him
           ,
           against
           those
           that
           would
           remove
           him
           from
           it
           ;
           't
           is
           to
           maintaine
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Dignity
           of
           your
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           suppresse
           Rebellion
           that
           Child
           of
           Hell
           ,
           that
           Parent
           and
           Nurse
           of
           all
           Mischiefe
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Your
             Call
             ,
          
           't
           is
           lawfull
           from
           the
           Prince
           himself
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           under
           God
           in
           his
           Dominion
           ,
           who
           alone
           (
           as
           
             Austine
             contra
             Faustum
          
           speakes
           )
           hath
           power
           to
           wage
           Warre
           ,
           and
           to
           authorize
           them
           that
           are
           Agents
           in
           the
           same
           :
           whereas
           those
           whom
           you
           do
           oppose
           ,
           as
           their
           cause
           lacks
           honesty
           ,
           so
           do
           they
           themselves
           lacke
           a
           Warrant
           to
           maintaine
           it
           ;
           and
           having
           no
           Call
           they
           cannot
           (
           upon
           any
           good
           ground
           )
           look
           for
           Gods
           blessing
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             The
             goodnesse
             of
             your
             King
          
           ;
           A
           Prince
           of
           that
           untainted
           life
           ,
           of
           
           that
           religious
           disposition
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           the
           greatest
           vexation
           the
           Rebels
           have
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           fasten
           guilt
           upon
           him
           :
           but
           onely
           because
           themselves
           have
           belied
           him
           ;
           and
           here
           
             Solomon
          
           is
           so
           much
           their
           friend
           ,
           as
           to
           speake
           a
           reason
           for
           them
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           26.28
           .
           
             A
             lying
             tongue
             hateth
             him
             that
             is
             afflicted
             by
             it
             :
          
        
         
           Nay
           let
           me
           adde
           for
           your
           incouragement
           as
           you
           are
           Christians
           :
           your
           King
           is
           a
           man
           that
           lives
           by
           Faith
           ;
           He
           doth
           oft
           acknowledge
           in
           his
           pious
           expressions
           ,
           what
           ever
           yet
           hath
           been
           done
           for
           him
           (
           by
           yours
           or
           others
           hands
           ,
           )
           to
           be
           a
           fruit
           of
           divine
           favour
           ;
           and
           from
           what
           he
           hath
           tasted
           ,
           he
           is
           still
           confident
           according
           to
           Gods
           promise
           of
           divine
           assistance
           :
           I
           may
           speake
           of
           him
           ,
           (
           as
           
             Ambrose
          
           of
           S.
           
             Austine
             ,
             )
          
           with
           a
           little
           variation
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           
             impossibilè
             est
             Principem
             tantae
             fidei
             ac
             pietatis
             perire
             .
          
           't
           is
           impossible
           but
           a
           Prince
           of
           such
           faith
           and
           piety
           should
           at
           last
           prevaile
           over
           all
           his
           enemies
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           last
           particular
           of
           all
           ,
           in
           your
           description
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           your
           imployment
           ;
           to
           inflict
           sharpe
           punishment
           upon
           rebellious
           
           men
           ,
           noted
           in
           the
           word
           
             Crudelis
          
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           Messenger
           without
           bewells
           ,
           so
           call'd
           from
           the
           severity
           he
           shall
           use
           against
           the
           Enemy
           ;
           Hee
           shall
           be
           inexorable
           ,
           and
           not
           abate
           one
           jot
           of
           the
           punishment
           that
           he
           is
           commanded
           to
           inflict
           :
        
         
           By
           this
           Cruell
           Messenger
           some
           Interpreters
           understand
           ;
           Satan
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           instrument
           of
           wrath
           ,
           who
           without
           all
           compassion
           shall
           undoubtedly
           in
           the
           end
           plague
           rebellious
           men
           :
           some
           hereby
           understand
           the
           conscience
           of
           a
           Rebell
           :
           which
           like
           a
           Cruell
           Messenger
           ,
           shall
           meet
           him
           at
           every
           turne
           ,
           and
           scourge
           and
           lash
           him
           ,
           (
           and
           oh
           that
           this
           Messenger
           were
           but
           once
           awakened
           ,
           and
           set
           upon
           our
           Rebells
           ,
           that
           their
           Consciences
           did
           but
           storme
           them
           !
           )
           some
           interpret
           the
           words
           thus
           ,
           He
           that
           rebells
           against
           a
           loving
           and
           kind
           Governour
           ,
           shall
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           one
           that
           is
           severe
           ,
           who
           like
           a
           cruell
           Messenger
           of
           God
           ,
           shall
           throughly
           pay
           him
           for
           his
           disobedience
           ;
           or
           some
           will
           have
           it
           thus
           ,
           the
           same
           Prince
           that
           formerly
           used
           him
           with
           humanity
           and
           like
           a
           Lambe
           ,
           shall
           put
           on
           the
           disposition
           of
           a
           Lion
           ,
           and
           deale
           with
           him
           according
           to
           his
           deserts
           :
           we
           read
           in
           Scripture
           of
           the
           
             wrath
             of
             a
             Lambe
             ,
          
           or
           of
           the
           Lambe
           Christ
           Jesus
           himselfe
           who
           shall
           turne
           a
           Lyon
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             those
             mine
             enemies
             that
             would
             not
             I
             should
             reigne
             over
             them
             ,
             bring
             them
             and
             slay
             them
             before
             me
             :
             Patientia
             laesa
             fit
             furor
             ,
          
           Patience
           abused
           turnes
           into
           wrath
           :
           But
           interpret
           or
           read
           the
           words
           how
           we
           will
           ,
           the
           sence
           is
           this
           ,
           Rebellious
           men
           shall
           be
           grievously
           punished
           ,
           a
           sharpe
           punishment
           remaineth
           for
           the
           workers
           of
           this
           Iniquity
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           seekers
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           The
           Lesson
           shall
           bee
           in
           these
           words
           .
           
           
             Severe
             punishment
             is
             the
             assured
             portion
             of
             Rebellious
             men
             .
          
           I
           could
           evidence
           and
           affirme
           this
           truth
           many
           waies
           ,
           as
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           By
           the
           exemplarie
           punishment
           of
           Rebells
           in
           all
           ages
           ;
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           how
           the
           earth
           swallowed
           up
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abiram
             ,
          
           (
           who
           rebelled
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aron
             )
          
           together
           with
           their
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           and
           Substance
           ;
           a
           typicall
           Lesson
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           it
           was
           to
           teach
           all
           after
           Ages
           that
           utter
           extirpation
           is
           the
           due
           portion
           allotted
           of
           God
           unto
           such
           men
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           how
           an
           halter
           catched
           
             Achitophell
             ,
          
           and
           a
           tree
           
             Absolom
             ;
          
           how
           
             Shebae's
          
           head
           was
           severed
           from
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           how
           
             Bigtan
          
           and
           
             Teresh
          
           suffred
           death
           for
           having
           an
           ill
           purpose
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           punishment
           of
           theirs
           is
           recorded
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           ordained
           and
           allowed
           of
           God
           ;
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           also
           of
           
             Ieroboam
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           succeeding
           Kings
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           that
           begun
           and
           continued
           the
           revolt
           from
           the
           house
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           how
           there
           was
           not
           one
           good
           man
           of
           all
           the
           number
           ;
           and
           how
           they
           and
           the
           people
           that
           adhered
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           heresie
           ,
           idolatrie
           ,
           prophanesse
           ,
           and
           villany
           ,
           grew
           worse
           and
           worse
           (
           as
           being
           
             alwaies
          
           attended
           with
           Gods
           curse
           for
           their
           Rebellion
           ,
           )
           till
           they
           were
           carried
           away
           God
           knowes
           whither
           ,
           no
           man
           can
           tell
           what
           became
           of
           them
           to
           this
           day
           :
           I
           could
           also
           tell
           you
           out
           of
           your
           owne
           Chronicles
           the
           fearfull
           and
           dismall
           ends
           of
           those
           (
           together
           with
           their
           families
           )
           who
           have
           opposed
           their
           Soveraigne
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           but
           the
           time
           will
           not
           permit
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           could
           assure
           the
           downfall
           of
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           men
           delighting
           in
           Warre
           ,
           from
           
             Psal.
          
           68.30
           .
           
             Rebuke
             the
             company
             of
             the
             speare-men
             ,
             the
             multitude
             of
             the
             Bulls
             ,
             with
             the
             Calves
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             till
             every
             one
             submit
             himself
             with
             pieces
             of
             Silver
             ,
             scatter
             thou
             the
             people
             that
             delight
             in
             warre
             :
          
           It
           is
           a
           rule
           in
           Divinity
           that
           a
           propheticall
           prayer
           is
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           prophesie
           :
           Rebuke
           thou
           O
           Lord
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           the
           Lord
           will
           rebuke
           ;
           and
           scatter
           O
           Lord
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           the
           Lord
           will
           scatter
           :
           now
           by
           the
           
             speare-men
             ,
          
           in
           that
           verse
           ,
           you
           may
           understand
           those
           degenerate
           Gentlemen
           that
           have
           lifted
           up
           the
           hand
           against
           their
           Soveraigne
           ,
           or
           have
           consulted
           in
           this
           Rebellion
           :
           by
           the
           
             multitude
             of
             Bulls
             ,
          
           you
           may
           understand
           the
           rich
           fat
           Citizens
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           wealth
           and
           money
           have
           administred
           strength
           to
           this
           Rebellion
           :
           and
           by
           
             Calves
             of
             the
             people
             ,
          
           you
           may
           understand
           those
           Country
           folk
           ,
           that
           came
           bleating
           up
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           (
           from
           the
           adjoining
           Counties
           )
           with
           their
           Petitions
           against
           the
           present
           established
           Government
           ;
           all
           these
           ,
           or
           all
           such
           as
           these
           ,
           shall
           bee
           
             rebuked
             by
             the
             Lord
          
           (
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           teacheth
           )
           and
           made
           to
           
             submit
             themselves
             with
             pieces
             of
             silver
             ,
          
           they
           shall
           be
           glad
           to
           offer
           money
           ,
           for
           the
           ransome
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           even
           because
           they
           are
           
             a
             people
             that
             delight
             in
             warre
             ,
          
           and
           they
           that
           will
           not
           do
           so
           ,
           shall
           be
           
             scattered
             ,
          
           and
           blowne
           away
           ,
           as
           dust
           is
           before
           the
           wind
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           I
           could
           prove
           that
           an
           heavy
           woe
           is
           belonging
           to
           these
           Enemies
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           spoilers
           and
           treacherous
           persons
           ,
           from
           that
           place
           
             Easy
             .
          
           33.1
           .
           
             Woe
             unto
             thee
             that
             spoiledst
             when
             thou
             wert
             not
             spoiled
             :
             and
             to
             thee
             that
             didst
             deale
             trecherously
             ,
             when
             they
             did
             not
             deale
             treacherously
             with
             thee
             ,
             when
             thou
             shalt
             cease
             to
             spoile
             thou
             shalt
             be
             spoiled
             ,
             and
             when
             thou
             shalt
             cease
             to
             deale
             treacherously
             ,
             others
             shall
             deale
             treacherously
             with
             thee
             :
          
           This
           is
           
             verbum
             Domini
          
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           
             manet
             in
             aeternum
             ,
          
           't
           is
           an
           eternall
           truth
           ;
           in
           all
           ages
           it
           hath
           beene
           made
           good
           ,
           and
           so
           for
           ever
           shall
           be
           ,
           upon
           all
           those
           ,
           unto
           whomsoever
           it
           is
           appliable
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           could
           pormise
           their
           assured
           punishment
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           bloudy
           and
           deceitfull
           men
           ,
           from
           
             Psalm
             .
          
           5.6
           .
           where
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           
             God
             shall
             destroy
             them
             that
             speak
             leasing
             ,
             the
             Lords
             abhorres
             the
             bloudy
             and
             deceitfull
             man
             ,
          
           and
           Psal.
           55.23
           .
           't
           is
           concluded
           hhat
           
             bloudy
             and
             deceitfull
             men
             shall
             not
             live
             out
             halfe
             their
             daies
             :
          
           And
           I
           thinke
           none
           can
           denie
           that
           the
           Kings
           Enemies
           whom
           you
           are
           to
           oppose
           are
           such
           persons
           :
           they
           have
           practised
           nothing
           hitherto
           but
           deceit
           and
           lies
           ,
           under
           the
           cloake
           of
           Piety
           ;
           and
           they
           breath
           forth
           nothing
           but
           warre
           and
           bloud
           ,
           
             Kill
             ,
             Slay
             ,
          
           and
           
             Destroy
             ,
          
           hath
           been
           their
           language
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           way
           of
           peace
           they
           will
           not
           own
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           le
           take
           these
           men
           only
           in
           the
           notion
           of
           Rebells
           ,
           to
           evidence
           their
           assured
           ruine
           ;
           for
           in
           that
           respect
           they
           are
           the
           people
           of
           Gods
           curse
           ,
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           doth
           so
           call
           them
           
             Esay
          
           34
           5.
           
           
             My
             sword
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             shall
             be
             bathed
             in
             heaven
             ,
             behold
             it
             shall
             come
             downe
             upon
             Idumea
             ,
             upon
             the
             people
             of
             my
             Curse
             to
             judgement
             .
          
           The
           
             Idume●ns
          
           were
           the
           
             Edomites
          
           or
           childen
           of
           
             Esau
             ,
          
           they
           are
           called
           the
           
             people
             of
             Gods
             curse
             ,
          
           for
           they
           were
           Rebells
           against
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           
           unto
           whom
           in
           
             Iacob
          
           the
           superiority
           over
           them
           was
           given
           ,
           and
           by
           
             David
          
           seized
           upon
           :
           and
           we
           may
           doubtlesse
           conclude
           that
           all
           such
           Rebells
           are
           in
           the
           very
           same
           condition
           ,
           
           the
           people
           of
           Gods
           curse
           as
           well
           as
           they
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           conditioned
           Rebells
           these
           
             Edomites
          
           were
           ,
           we
           shall
           more
           fully
           see
           in
           the
           35
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           
           where
           also
           God
           vowes
           their
           destruction
           .
        
         
           
             As
             I
             live
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Lord
           God
           )
           
             I
             will
             prepare
             thee
             unto
             bloud
             ,
             and
             bloud
             shall
             pursue
             thee
             :
             sith
             thou
             hast
             not
             hated
             bloud
             ,
             even
             vengeance
             shall
             pursue
             thee
             :
             thus
             will
             I
             make
             Mount
             S●ir
             most
             desolate
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             from
             it
             him
             that
             passeth
             out
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             returneth
             :
             And
             I
             will
             fill
             his
             Mountaines
             with
             his
             slaine
             men
             ,
             in
             thy
             hills
             and
             in
             thy
             valleys
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             thy
             rivers
             shall
             they
             fall
             ,
             th●t
             are
             slaine
             with
             the
             sword
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             thee
             perpetuall
             disolations
             ,
             And
             thy
             Cities
             shall
             not
             returne
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             know
             that
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             ,
             because
             thou
             hast
             said
             these
             two
             Nations
             and
             th●se
             two
             Countri●s
          
           (
           namely
           of
           Israel
           and
           Iudah
           )
           
             shall
             be
             mine
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             possesse
             them
             —
             Therefore
             as
             I
             live
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             I
             well
             even
             do
             according
             
             to
             thine
             anger
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             thine
             envy
             which
             thou
             hast
             used
             out
             of
             thine
             hatred
             against
             them
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             make
             my selfe
             knowne
             amongst
             them
             when
             I
             have
             judged
             thee
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           In
           all
           which
           words
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           beside
           the
           certainty
           of
           
             Edoms
          
           ruine
           evidenced
           by
           the
           oath
           of
           God
           twice
           over
           ,
           
             as
             I
             live
             ,
          
           observe
           these
           their
           conditions
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           
             They
             did
             not
             hate
             bloud
             ,
          
           they
           delighted
           to
           make
           themselves
           instruments
           of
           wrath
           when
           they
           had
           no
           call
           thereto
           ,
           God
           did
           at
           sundry
           times
           punish
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           by
           all
           their
           neighbour
           Nations
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Egyptians
             ,
             Moabites
             ,
             Midianites
             ,
             Philistims
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           but
           never
           by
           the
           
             Edomites
             ,
          
           these
           were
           alwaies
           voluntiers
           in
           wars
           aginst
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           never
           imploied
           by
           the
           Lord
           in
           that
           businesse
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           brethren
           to
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           (
           being
           the
           children
           of
           
             Esau
             Iacobs
          
           brother
           )
           and
           they
           were
           to
           live
           in
           obedience
           to
           them
           by
           Gods
           ordination
           disposing
           the
           superioritie
           to
           
             Iacob
          
           and
           his
           seed
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           not
           Gods
           Custome
           to
           set
           Brethren
           at
           odds
           ,
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           or
           Subjects
           against
           their
           Soveraignes
           ;
           the
           God
           of
           nature
           and
           order
           ,
           is
           no
           breaker
           of
           natures
           bonds
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           own
           Laws
           :
           that
           is
           Satans
           work
           rather
           the
           father
           of
           divisions
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           
             Edomites
          
           were
           Rebells
           ,
           unnaturall
           and
           bloudy
           Rebels
           ,
           
             they
             did
             not
             hate
             bloud
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           were
           also
           sacrilegious
           and
           covetous
           rebels
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           
             Edomites
          
           that
           cryed
           out
           against
           the
           Temple
           ,
           (
           as
           some
           do
           now
           against
           Churches
           )
           
             down
             with
             it
             down
             with
             it
             even
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           and
           they
           were
           these
           ,
           that
           swallowed
           up
           in
           their
           expectation
           the
           estates
           of
           
             Israel
          
           and
           
             Iuda
             ,
          
           (
           after
           that
           manner
           as
           the
           
             men
             of
             Westminster
          
           with
           their
           Abettors
           ,
           do
           the
           Inheritances
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           that
           are
           with
           his
           Majesty
           )
           they
           said
           ,
           
             these
             two
             Nations
             shall
             be
             ours
             :
          
           which
           is
           a
           sin
           mightily
           provokeing
           God
           to
           wrath
           and
           jealousie
           ,
           
             the
             fire
             of
             my
             jealousie
          
           (
           saies
           ,
           he
           
             Ezekiel
          
           3.5
           .
           )
           
             is
             against
             the
             Idumeans
             ,
             because
             they
             have
          
           (
           in
           their
           own
           thoughts
           )
           
             appointed
             my
             land
          
           (
           for
           the
           land
           bestowed
           by
           my
           providence
           upon
           such
           men
           )
           
             unto
             their
             owne
             possession
             ,
             as
             a
             prey
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             with
             the
             joy
             of
             their
             hearts
             and
             with
             despightfull
             mindes
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Observe
           that
           God
           (
           in
           punishing
           wicked
           Rebells
           ,
           )
           doth
           observe
           the
           law
           of
           retaliation
           (
           as
           't
           is
           lawfull
           for
           the
           King
           (
           Gods
           Vicegerent
           )
           to
           do
           in
           cases
           of
           like
           nature
           :
           )
           because
           they
           were
           men
           of
           bloud
           ,
           therefore
           they
           shall
           meet
           with
           bloud
           ,
           
             because
             thou
             hast
             not
             hated
             bloud
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Lord
           )
           
             even
             bloud
             shall
             pursue
             thee
             ,
          
           and
           againe
           ,
           I
           
             will
             even
             do
             to
             thee
             ,
             according
             to
             thine
             anger
             ,
             and
             envy
             unto
             them
             ,
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           I
           will
           enable
           them
           ,
           whom
           thou
           didst
           hate
           and
           envy
           ,
           and
           whose
           Lands
           and
           revenues
           thou
           didst
           covet
           ,
           to
           deale
           so
           with
           thee
           ,
           as
           thou
           in
           the
           dispightfulnesse
           of
           thine
           heart
           didst
           purpose
           and
           resolve
           to
           deale
           with
           them
           .
        
         
         
           And
           indeed
           you
           may
           observe
           (
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           )
           that
           though
           God
           doth
           not
           usually
           imploy
           his
           owne
           people
           as
           instruments
           of
           wrath
           to
           punish
           ,
           but
           rather
           of
           mercy
           to
           comfort
           ,
           yet
           he
           imploied
           
             Israel
          
           in
           speciall
           to
           punish
           
             Edom
          
           :
           see
           
             Ezek.
          
           25.12
           ,
           14.
           
           
             Because
             Edom
             hath
             dealt
             against
             the
             house
             of
             Iudah
             ,
          
           (
           unbidden
           )
           
             and
             hath
             taken
             vengeance
             ,
          
           (
           for
           some
           conceived
           wrongs
           ,
           )
           
             and
             hath
             greatly
             offended
             ,
             and
             revenged
             himself
             upon
             them
             ,
          
           (
           whereas
           being
           their
           brethren
           and
           superious
           ,
           they
           should
           rather
           (
           if
           wronged
           by
           them
           )
           have
           referred
           the
           same
           to
           God
           :
           )
           
             therefore
          
           (
           saies
           the
           Lord
           )
           
             I
             will
             stretch
             out
             my
             hand
             against
             Edom.
             
             And
             I
             will
             lay
             my
             vengeance
             upon
             Edom
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             my
             people
             Israel
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             do
             in
             Edom
             ,
             according
             to
             mine
             anger
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             my
             fury
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             know
             my
             vengeance
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             :
          
           and
           the
           reasons
           of
           this
           are
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           't
           is
           according
           to
           the
           course
           of
           ordinary
           Providence
           ,
           to
           punish
           Rebellious
           Subjects
           ,
           by
           their
           owne
           Princes
           ,
           against
           whom
           they
           do
           rebell
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           't
           is
           according
           to
           ordinary
           Justice
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           injuriously
           encroach
           upon
           other
           mens
           rights
           ,
           should
           forfeit
           their
           owne
           ,
           (
           as
           a
           punishment
           for
           their
           injustice
           )
           to
           these
           very
           persons
           ;
           
             qui
             invadunt
             aliena
             merentur
             perdere
             sua
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           said
           by
           
             Obediah
             ,
          
           that
           
             the
             house
             of
             Iacob
             shall
             be
             a
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             House
             of
             Ioseph
             a
             flame
             ,
             and
             the
             House
             of
             Esau
             for
             Stubble
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             kindle
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             devoure
             them
             ,
             yea
             they
             shall
             possesse
             their
             possessions
             ,
             even
             the
             mount
             of
             Esau
             ,
             and
             Saviours
             shall
             come
             out
             of
             mount
             Sion
             to
             judge
             the
             mount
             of
             Esau
             .
          
           The
           application
           of
           these
           things
           I
           leave
           to
           your selves
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           There
           is
           one
           thing
           more
           that
           I
           would
           have
           you
           observe
           from
           that
           place
           before
           quoted
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           35.
           the
           last
           words
           ,
           where
           God
           tells
           
             Edom
             ,
          
           that
           he
           will
           make
           himself
           known
           amongst
           Israel
           ,
           by
           his
           judgements
           upon
           him
           :
           
             I
             will
             make
             my self
             knowne
             among
             them
             when
             I
             have
             judged
             thee
             :
          
           for
           indeed
           God
           was
           not
           knowne
           or
           acknowledged
           before
           ,
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           among
           them
           :
           the
           Israelites
           were
           growne
           a
           most
           deboish'd
           ,
           prophane
           ,
           impudent
           ,
           and
           ungodly
           people
           (
           the
           major
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           )
           which
           made
           the
           Lord
           give
           them
           up
           to
           be
           punished
           by
           the
           
             Chaldeans
          
           :
           but
           by
           his
           giving
           into
           his
           Israels
           hands
           ,
           the
           rebellious
           ,
           bloody
           ,
           treacherous
           
             Edomites
             ,
          
           (
           who
           had
           no
           call
           nor
           cause
           to
           warre
           upon
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           joine
           with
           the
           
             Chaldeans
          
           against
           them
           ;
           )
           the
           Lord
           did
           meane
           so
           to
           gaine
           upon
           their
           hearts
           and
           spirits
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           learne
           thereby
           to
           know
           him
           truly
           ,
           and
           for
           after
           times
           to
           serve
           him
           (
           better
           then
           ever
           they
           had
           done
           before
           )
           in
           humility
           and
           holinesse
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           (
           friends
           )
           I
           have
           an
           hope
           that
           when
           the
           great
           and
           mighty
           God
           shall
           have
           subdued
           under
           your
           power
           these
           
             Edomites
          
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           
           who
           are
           so
           full
           of
           spight
           ,
           and
           so
           thirsty
           after
           blood
           ,
           and
           shall
           have
           brought
           on
           their
           heads
           ,
           what
           themselves
           did
           purpose
           against
           others
           ;
           you
           will
           all
           gaine
           more
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           serve
           ,
           feare
           ,
           honour
           and
           obey
           him
           in
           holinesse
           ,
           and
           righteousnesse
           ,
           more
           then
           ever
           you
           yet
           did
           in
           all
           your
           lives
           ,
           the
           Lord
           sanctifie
           the
           observance
           of
           his
           judgements
           so
           unto
           you
           that
           you
           may
           .
           And
           thus
           have
           you
           seen
           the
           certainty
           ,
           and
           in
           part
           the
           severity
           of
           the
           Judgement
           which
           shall
           be
           executed
           upon
           Rebells
           evidenced
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           you
           demand
           the
           Reason
           why
           the
           God
           of
           mercie
           and
           bowels
           should
           be
           so
           severe
           .
           
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           such
           severity
           in
           God
           ,
           to
           beat
           men
           with
           their
           owne
           rods
           ,
           to
           do
           to
           them
           according
           as
           they
           determined
           to
           do
           to
           others
           ,
           beside
           't
           is
           but
           equity
           and
           justice
           to
           proportionate
           punishment
           in
           weight
           and
           measure
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           height
           or
           weight
           of
           sin
           :
           But
           there
           is
           no
           such
           sin
           as
           Rebellion
           ,
           this
           is
           
             ingens
             &
             supremum
             scelus
             ,
          
           the
           most
           huge
           and
           highest
           sin
           ;
           and
           therefore
           doth
           merit
           the
           sharpest
           and
           surest
           punishment
           :
           Rebellion
           is
           a
           sinne
           that
           strikes
           at
           Gods
           owne
           self
           ,
           at
           the
           face
           of
           Majestie
           :
           there
           is
           no
           such
           expresse
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           a
           King
           is
           ;
           every
           Christian
           is
           the
           Image
           of
           Christ
           as
           man
           ,
           every
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospell
           is
           (
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           )
           the
           Image
           of
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           but
           a
           King
           is
           the
           Image
           of
           Christ
           as
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           rebell
           against
           a
           King
           is
           to
           strike
           at
           the
           face
           of
           Christ
           as
           God
           ;
           which
           was
           more
           then
           they
           that
           crucified
           him
           durst
           dare
           to
           do
           ,
           
           
             for
             had
             they
             knowne
          
           (
           saies
           the
           great
           Apostle
           )
           
             they
             would
             not
             have
             crucified
             the
             Lord
             of
             Glory
             :
          
           therefore
           no
           marvaile
           if
           a
           cruell
           messenger
           be
           sent
           against
           a
           Rebell
           ,
           if
           severe
           and
           sharpe
           punishment
           be
           the
           proper
           portion
           of
           such
           men
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           now
           you
           expect
           that
           by
           way
           of
           use
           ,
           I
           should
           stir
           you
           up
           to
           be
           cruell
           :
           
           But
           (
           noble
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           :
           )
           If
           I
           should
           do
           so
           ,
           I
           should
           forget
           my self
           to
           be
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           mercie
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           a
           Subject
           of
           a
           most
           mercifull
           King
           ,
           whose
           meeke
           and
           gentle
           Spirit
           ;
           as
           we
           all
           honour
           and
           admire
           ,
           so
           should
           we
           strive
           to
           imitate
           .
           And
           I
           blesse
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           I
           could
           never
           yet
           speake
           that
           language
           of
           
             Kill
             ,
             Slay
             ,
             and
             Destroy
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Rebells
           side
           are
           so
           skilfull
           in
           ;
           I
           durst
           never
           excite
           men
           to
           fight
           up
           to
           the
           back
           in
           blood
           ;
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Gospell
           is
           no
           bloody
           spirit
           ;
           
             we
          
           (
           saies
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           speaking
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           all
           true
           Ministers
           )
           
             have
             the
             mind
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           endeavoured
           the
           salvation
           ,
           not
           destruction
           of
           men
           ;
           wherefore
           I
           beseech
           you
           give
           mee
           leave
           (
           as
           the
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           for
           your
           souls
           good
           ,
           )
           to
           propound
           a
           few
           such
           particulars
           to
           your
           consideration
           and
           remembrance
           ,
           as
           shall
           tend
           both
           to
           your
           present
           honour
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           everlasting
           peace
           .
        
         
         
           I
           am
           confident
           (
           through
           the
           strength
           and
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           )
           that
           these
           rebellious
           enemies
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           whom
           you
           oppose
           ,
           (
           notwithstanding
           their
           height
           of
           pride
           ,
           and
           their
           studie
           to
           be
           auke
           ,
           crosse
           ,
           perverse
           ,
           and
           peevish
           ,
           and
           to
           vex
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           mild
           ,
           and
           gracious
           King
           ,
           not
           withstanding
           their
           multitude
           of
           Armes
           and
           men
           ,
           and
           their
           diligence
           in
           their
           way
           )
           shall
           ere
           long
           ,
           (
           if
           your
           sinfull
           and
           unsutable
           carriages
           do
           not
           hinder
           ,
           )
           be
           brought
           to
           beg
           ,
           their
           lives
           at
           your
           hands
           ;
           and
           at
           that
           time
           I
           pray
           remember
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           though
           it
           be
           true
           Gallantry
           ,
           and
           noblenesse
           of
           spirit
           ,
           to
           bee
           fierce
           and
           contagious
           in
           the
           Battaile
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           no
           true
           valour
           to
           set
           your
           foot
           too
           hard
           upon
           the
           neck
           of
           a
           fallen
           foe
           ,
           that
           beggs
           your
           mercy
           ;
           the
           generous
           Lion
           scornes
           to
           exercise
           his
           fury
           upon
           an
           enemy
           that
           's
           prostrate
           before
           him
           :
           I
           would
           have
           the
           Kings
           men
           do
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           Kingly
           ,
           let
           Rebells
           practice
           basenesse
           ,
           it
           best
           becomes
           them
           :
           Beside
           the
           Scripture
           saies
           ,
           that
           
             mercy
             pleaseth
             God
             ;
          
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           we
           are
           bidden
           to
           be
           like
           him
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           judgement
           remembers
           mercie
           :
           
             Be
             yee
             mercifull
             as
             your
             heavenly
             Father
             is
             mercifull
             ,
          
           for
           (
           as
           in
           another
           place
           )
           
             there
             shall
             be
             judgement
             mercilesse
             to
             them
             that
             shew
             no
             mercy
             :
          
           as
           men
           do
           to
           others
           ,
           so
           shall
           it
           be
           done
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Remember
           to
           distinguish
           between
           
             quaerentes
             &
             facientes
             malum
             ,
          
           the
           plotters
           and
           contrivers
           of
           ,
           or
           the
           leaders
           in
           this
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           by
           seduction
           onely
           are
           drawne
           into
           it
           ;
           between
           your
           sturdy
           Rebels
           and
           those
           that
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           inforcement
           are
           made
           to
           take
           their
           parts
           :
           the
           Text
           speaks
           only
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           that
           severitie
           is
           to
           be
           used
           against
           them
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           men
           may
           call
           it
           cruelty
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           justice
           rather
           ,
           and
           the
           prevention
           of
           mischief
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           for
           as
           such
           have
           been
           meanes
           alreadie
           to
           undoe
           and
           murder
           many
           by
           leading
           them
           into
           paths
           of
           death
           ,
           so
           if
           they
           should
           continue
           they
           would
           destroy
           more
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Remember
           I
           pray
           to
           shew
           respect
           to
           Women
           ,
           Children
           ,
           and
           aged
           persons
           ,
           to
           the
           first
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           their
           Sex
           ;
           to
           the
           second
           sort
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           minority
           of
           their
           yeares
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           latter
           sort
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           gray
           haires
           :
           't
           is
           said
           of
           the
           barbarous
           Chaldeans
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           36.17
           .
           
             That
             they
             had
             no
             compassion
             on
             the
             young
             Children
             ,
             on
             the
             Maiden
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             old
             man
             ,
             on
             him
             that
             stooped
             for
             age
             ,
          
           indeed
           though
           God
           did
           deliver
           the
           nation
           into
           their
           hands
           to
           punish
           ,
           yet
           he
           looked
           they
           should
           have
           showne
           some
           pittie
           on
           such
           as
           these
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           did
           not
           ,
           he
           threatned
           to
           punish
           them
           ;
           
             Esai
             .
          
           47.6
           .
           
             O
             Daughter
             of
             Chaldea
             ,
          
           I
           
             was
             wrath
             with
             Israel
             ,
             and
             I
             gave
             them
             into
             thy
             hand
             ,
             and
             thou
             didst
             shew
             them
             no
             mercie
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             ancient
             thou
             didst
             lay
             very
             heavily
             the
             yoke
             ,
             therefore
          
           (
           v.
           9.
           )
           
             these
             two
             things
             shall
             come
             upon
             thee
             ,
             in
             one
             day
             ,
             losse
             of
             Children
             and
             widdow-hood
             .
          
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Remember
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           your
           King
           and
           Cause
           ,
           and
           for
           your
           own
           inward
           peace
           and
           outward
           credit
           sake
           ,
           that
           you
           neither
           do
           ,
           nor
           (
           so
           much
           as
           in
           you
           lieth
           )
           suffer
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           in
           coole
           blood
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           impious
           Rebels
           ,
           any
           thing
           that
           savours
           of
           immodestie
           ,
           barbarousnesse
           ,
           or
           inhumanitie
           .
           To
           uncloath
           men
           and
           women
           of
           their
           garments
           ,
           and
           to
           expose
           their
           nakednesse
           to
           open
           view
           ,
           as
           the
           enemies
           did
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           is
           most
           immodest
           ,
           and
           offensive
           to
           God
           and
           all
           good
           men
           :
           to
           be
           an
           houre
           or
           two
           in
           hacking
           and
           torturing
           a
           wofull
           wretch
           ,
           or
           in
           taking
           away
           that
           miserable
           life
           which
           might
           be
           concluded
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           or
           to
           wreak
           ones
           furie
           upon
           a
           dead
           carkas
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           barbarous
           ,
           cowardly
           thing
           ,
           and
           odious
           to
           God
           ,
           though
           offered
           to
           an
           
             Edomite
             ,
          
           as
           appears
           by
           that
           his
           threat
           unto
           the
           
             Moabites
             ,
          
           for
           their
           
             burning
             the
             bones
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Edom
             to
             lime
             ,
             Amos
          
           2.1
           .
           so
           to
           use
           reviling
           speeches
           ,
           and
           cursed
           execrations
           ,
           against
           them
           that
           are
           readie
           to
           die
           ,
           or
           are
           in
           going
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           full
           of
           wounds
           and
           paines
           ,
           is
           most
           inhumane
           :
           nay
           't
           is
           plainly
           diabolicall
           to
           insult
           over
           men
           in
           miserie
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           vile
           ,
           never
           such
           wretched
           enemies
           .
        
         
           The
           ancient
           Romans
           (
           the
           bravest
           Souldiers
           in
           the
           world
           )
           were
           carefull
           to
           absteine
           from
           all
           kinde
           of
           harsh
           words
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           (
           as
           
             kill
             him
             ,
             hang
             him
             ,
             knocke
             him
             down
             ,
             rogue
             ,
             villain
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           :
           )
           as
           also
           from
           all
           kind
           of
           barbarousnesse
           and
           inhumanitie
           in
           their
           executions
           ,
           for
           they
           said
           they
           acknowledged
           their
           enemies
           to
           be
           men
           ,
           not
           Tigers
           :
           
             Metius
             Suffetius
          
           was
           drawn
           in
           pieces
           with
           foure
           horses
           for
           his
           Treason
           ,
           from
           which
           (
           as
           a
           spectacle
           of
           great
           horrour
           )
           the
           people
           turned
           their
           eyes
           .
           The
           storie
           sayes
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           the
           first
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           the
           last
           punishment
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           rigour
           that
           was
           exercised
           amongst
           them
           ;
           for
           
             nulli
             gentium
             minores
             plaeuisse
             poenas
          
           (
           saies
           
             Titus
             Livius
          
           of
           them
           ,
           )
           no
           Nation
           so
           carefull
           to
           preserve
           the
           reputation
           of
           humanity
           as
           they
           :
           Be
           you
           also
           carefull
           (
           noble
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           )
           to
           abstein
           from
           all
           such
           unworthy
           conditions
           :
           object
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           enemies
           deal
           so
           shamefully
           with
           our
           men
           ,
           when
           they
           get
           them
           into
           their
           power
           ,
           for
           I
           'le
           assure
           you
           ,
           basenesse
           doth
           better
           become
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           cause
           ,
           then
           ever
           it
           will
           become
           you
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Take
           heed
           you
           do
           not
           do
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           enemies
           out
           of
           your
           own
           private
           hatred
           :
           remember
           that
           you
           are
           the
           Kings
           men
           ,
           and
           your
           enemies
           are
           the
           Kings
           enemies
           ,
           and
           them
           you
           are
           to
           oppose
           as
           such
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           enemies
           of
           your
           Countrey
           :
           even
           in
           battaile
           it self
           ,
           you
           must
           strike
           and
           shoot
           as
           at
           the
           common
           foe
           ,
           let
           God
           direct
           the
           bullet
           or
           arrow
           as
           it
           pleaseth
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           that
           which
           being
           shot
           at
           a
           venture
           slew
           
             Ahab
             ,
          
           and
           then
           't
           is
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           man
           that
           killeth
           :
           for
           to
           levell
           at
           any
           knowne
           men
           ,
           or
           to
           pursue
           any
           out
           of
           particular
           malice
           ,
           may
           be
           found
           murder
           in
           Gods
           account
           at
           the
           great
           day
           .
           The
           Lord
           threatens
           to
           execute
           great
           vengeance
           
           upon
           the
           
             Philistines
          
           with
           furious
           rebukes
           ,
           
             because
          
           (
           saies
           the
           Text
           )
           
             thou
             didst
             take
             vengeance
             upon
             thine
             enemies
             with
             a
             despightfull
             heart
             ,
             for
             the
             old
             hatred
             ,
             and
             private
             grudge
             that
             was
             betwixt
             you
             .
          
           
           Though
           God
           imploys
           men
           as
           his
           instruments
           to
           punish
           the
           publike
           enemies
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           yet
           never
           to
           revenge
           themselves
           :
           he
           never
           gave
           any
           man
           a
           Commission
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           us
           all
           to
           referre
           such
           wrongs
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Remember
           what
           ever
           you
           do
           ,
           you
           do
           it
           with
           a
           publike
           spirit
           ,
           and
           do
           it
           valiantly
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           manner
           as
           may
           no
           whit
           discredit
           the
           Kings
           cause
           ,
           or
           blemish
           your
           own
           reputation
           ,
           nor
           occasion
           griefe
           to
           your
           spirits
           afterward
           :
           and
           to
           this
           end
           remember
           the
           graciousnesse
           of
           the
           Kings
           spirit
           and
           disposition
           ,
           how
           he
           hath
           hitherto
           looked
           upon
           the
           vilest
           of
           them
           all
           with
           an
           eye
           of
           pitie
           :
           and
           look
           you
           to
           your
           Commission
           (
           which
           you
           have
           from
           His
           Majestie
           ,
           )
           which
           (
           let
           the
           enemies
           bawle
           never
           so
           ,
           )
           is
           far
           more
           mild
           then
           they
           deserve
           it
           should
           be
           :
           and
           remember
           too
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           have
           by
           their
           actions
           renounced
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           offered
           despight
           to
           the
           patient
           ,
           obedient
           ,
           and
           peaceable
           spirit
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           have
           forgotten
           you
           to
           be
           their
           brethren
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           too
           ,
           which
           themselves
           professed
           foure
           years
           ago
           ,
           and
           do
           in
           their
           Turkish
           charity
           ,
           call
           you
           nothing
           but
           Dogs
           ,
           Popish
           Dogs
           :
           yet
           be
           not
           you
           like
           them
           ,
           but
           yeeld
           them
           still
           to
           be
           your
           Brethren
           ,
           though
           rebellious
           and
           degenerate
           ,
           and
           approve
           your selves
           towards
           them
           to
           be
           Christians
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           be
           the
           Mementoes
           which
           as
           Gods
           Minister
           I
           do
           here
           propound
           unto
           you
           ,
           yea
           which
           I
           do
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           charge
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           perhaps
           some
           of
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           follow
           this
           Counsell
           ,
           
           how
           shall
           we
           make
           your
           Text
           good
           ,
           and
           approve
           our selves
           cruell
           messengers
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Text
           is
           rather
           a
           Declaration
           then
           a
           precept
           ,
           it
           doth
           not
           command
           you
           to
           be
           cruell
           ,
           but
           doth
           declare
           that
           a
           Rebell
           shall
           meet
           with
           crueltie
           ,
           
             i.e.
          
           with
           sure
           and
           sharp
           punishment
           ,
           and
           when
           such
           a
           one
           doth
           meet
           with
           such
           a
           portion
           ,
           who
           ever
           be
           the
           inflicter
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           are
           taught
           by
           the
           Text
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           sent
           him
           of
           God
           :
           and
           indeed
           do
           what
           we
           can
           ,
           there
           are
           wicked
           men
           enow
           in
           an
           Armie
           ,
           who
           will
           extend
           their
           furie
           even
           to
           crueltie
           ,
           which
           when
           we
           have
           observed
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           Gods
           hand
           therein
           against
           the
           Rebels
           :
           though
           I
           confesse
           this
           too
           ,
           that
           somtime
           God
           hath
           (
           in
           their
           heat
           of
           bloud
           )
           infused
           into
           good
           and
           holy
           men
           a
           certain
           spirit
           ,
           which
           hath
           appeared
           as
           a
           cruell
           spirit
           ;
           for
           example
           ,
           such
           was
           that
           which
           shew'd
           it self
           in
           
             David
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Citie
           
             Rabbah
          
           of
           the
           Ammonites
           was
           taken
           :
           
             He
             put
             the
             people
             under
             Sawes
             
             and
             Harrowes
             of
             iron
             ,
             and
             axes
             of
             iron
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             passe
             through
             the
             Brick-kilne
             .
          
           Now
           I
           say
           when
           by
           the
           effects
           we
           see
           such
           a
           spirit
           in
           any
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           note
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           therein
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           let
           me
           advise
           you
           of
           one
           necessarie
           thing
           from
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             A
             cruell
             messenger
             shall
             be
             sent
             against
             him
             ,
             scil.
          
           against
           the
           rebellious
           man
           :
           your
           severitie
           therefore
           must
           be
           onelie
           against
           such
           ,
           and
           not
           against
           anie
           of
           the
           Kings
           loyall
           and
           good
           subjects
           ,
           that
           bed
           you
           ,
           and
           board
           you
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           house-roome
           for
           your selves
           and
           horses
           :
           't
           is
           the
           custome
           of
           too
           many
           (
           but
           I
           affirm
           they
           are
           no
           true
           Gentlemen
           ,
           no
           true
           Cavaliers
           ,
           )
           when
           they
           have
           had
           free
           quarter
           in
           a
           place
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           have
           devoured
           up
           all
           the
           provision
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           then
           to
           requite
           their
           Landlord
           with
           eobbing
           and
           plundering
           him
           of
           his
           houshold
           commodities
           ,
           or
           els
           threaten
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           will
           give
           them
           money
           to
           forbeare
           :
           O
           these
           carriages
           do
           speak
           such
           men
           to
           be
           sent
           rather
           to
           make
           the
           King
           enemies
           ,
           then
           to
           rid
           him
           of
           his
           enemies
           :
           but
           ,
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           ,
           if
           you
           acknowledge
           your selves
           the
           Kings
           Messengers
           ,
           remember
           your
           imployment
           ●ccording
           to
           your
           Commission
           ,
           is
           to
           punish
           rebels
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           abuse
           good
           Subjects
           .
           And
           in
           your
           actions
           against
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           I
           can
           ,
           from
           the
           Text
           ,
           excite
           you
           to
           be
           couragious
           :
           for
           they
           being
           such
           as
           they
           be
           ,
           the
           people
           of
           Gods
           curse
           ,
           and
           you
           having
           the
           Kings
           Commission
           ,
           and
           fighting
           in
           defence
           of
           his
           sacred
           Person
           ,
           Crown
           and
           dignity
           against
           them
           ;
           what
           ever
           bloud
           of
           theirs
           you
           shed
           in
           battell
           ,
           is
           not
           innocent
           bloud
           ,
           but
           as
           guiltie
           bloud
           as
           ever
           was
           shed
           by
           Christians
           in
           a
           just
           warre
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           Christianity
           :
           for
           concerning
           the
           heads
           of
           this
           Rebellion
           ,
           the
           
             men
             of
             Westminster
             ,
          
           or
           the
           faction
           there
           ,
           who
           to
           vex
           their
           religious
           King
           ,
           have
           bestowed
           their
           best
           care
           to
           lose
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           to
           give
           away
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           to
           destroy
           
             England
             :
          
           these
           men
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           bloud-thirstie
           Chaplains
           ,
           by
           whose
           venemous
           tongues
           they
           belch
           out
           so
           much
           blasphemie
           ,
           treason
           ,
           and
           crueltie
           ,
           against
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           people
           :
           and
           by
           whose
           witcherie
           and
           specious
           pretences
           ,
           they
           have
           conjured
           so
           manie
           of
           the
           poore
           vulgar
           into
           their
           desperate
           and
           destructive
           circles
           :
           if
           ever
           any
           combination
           of
           men
           upon
           earth
           ,
           since
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           of
           Christs
           time
           did
           sin
           the
           sin
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           I
           feare
           these
           are
           they
           :
           for
           they
           do
           knowingly
           resist
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Gods
           Word
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           studiously
           oppose
           the
           light
           of
           their
           own
           consciences
           and
           former
           professions
           .
           How
           often
           have
           they
           charged
           it
           upon
           His
           sacred
           Majestie
           to
           intend
           that
           mischiefe
           which
           themselves
           were
           in
           practice
           of
           ,
           and
           in
           plotting
           to
           performe
           ?
           How
           have
           they
           hood-winked
           the
           poore
           Commonaltie
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           with
           suspitions
           of
           the
           Kings
           calling
           in
           Forraigners
           to
           invade
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           of
           aiming
           to
           
           destroy
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           till
           themselves
           have
           effected
           the
           very
           same
           things
           ?
        
         
           What
           peevish
           constructions
           have
           they
           made
           of
           all
           His
           Majesties
           most
           honest
           and
           candid
           expressions
           ?
           How
           have
           they
           studied
           most
           irreligiously
           to
           thwart
           him
           in
           all
           his
           pious
           and
           peaceable
           desires
           ?
           all
           this
           doth
           plainly
           speak
           to
           every
           discerning
           eye
           ,
           that
           their
           labours
           are
           ,
           against
           their
           owne
           consciences
           ,
           to
           grieve
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           Gods
           Annointed
           .
        
         
           Nay
           let
           every
           man
           judge
           of
           their
           spirits
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           their
           sin
           by
           two
           things
           in
           particular
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           By
           their
           forcing
           their
           late
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           upon
           people
           ;
           whereas
           themselves
           did
           most
           highly
           condemne
           and
           oppose
           that
           new
           Oath
           made
           by
           the
           Convocation
           some
           five
           yeares
           ago
           ,
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           the
           Clergie
           ,
           as
           most
           ungodly
           ,
           unreasonable
           ,
           and
           illegall
           ;
           affirming
           that
           the
           proceedings
           in
           the
           urging
           thereof
           were
           too
           extremely
           violent
           ,
           and
           the
           penaltie
           annexed
           thereto
           upon
           the
           refusall
           thereof
           was
           too
           cruell
           :
           and
           many
           arguments
           (
           specially
           those
           called
           the
           
             London
             Quaeres
          
           )
           were
           framed
           and
           countenanced
           by
           them
           against
           the
           same
           :
           themselves
           have
           now
           point-blank
           against
           those
           their
           own
           Arguments
           inforced
           an
           Oath
           far
           more
           ungodly
           ,
           more
           unreasonable
           ,
           and
           more
           illegall
           ,
           with
           more
           extremitie
           of
           violence
           ,
           and
           with
           heavier
           penalties
           ,
           upon
           more
           people
           ,
           all
           in
           generall
           ,
           more
           ignorant
           ,
           whereby
           they
           have
           indangered
           millions
           of
           soules
           ,
           and
           deposed
           many
           faithfull
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           from
           their
           places
           ,
           means
           ,
           and
           maintenance
           ,
           because
           they
           dare
           not
           offend
           God
           and
           their
           own
           consciences
           in
           taking
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           By
           that
           common
           Answer
           of
           theirs
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           often
           given
           by
           so
           many
           of
           them
           ;
           when
           they
           have
           beene
           moved
           to
           restraine
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           vicious
           persons
           (
           whereof
           there
           be
           such
           swarmes
           among
           them
           )
           namely
           ,
           
             that
             these
             serve
             to
             advantage
             the
             Cause
             ,
             to
             promote
             the
             great
             designe
             in
             hand
             (
             scil.
          
           to
           depose
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           murder
           all
           his
           friends
           )
           
             therefore
             they
             must
             be
             borne
             withall
             for
             the
             season
             .
          
        
         
           From
           these
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           such
           particulars
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           concluded
           ,
           that
           your
           Enemies
           are
           the
           Enemies
           not
           onely
           of
           peace
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           Gods
           truth
           and
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           as
           you
           have
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           righteous
           Cause
           on
           your
           side
           ,
           so
           have
           you
           their
           own
           Consciences
           against
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           praiers
           of
           sincere-hearted
           men
           pleading
           for
           you
           :
           wherefore
           be
           you
           confident
           and
           couragious
           ,
           more
           are
           for
           you
           ,
           then
           against
           you
           ,
           
             be
             holy
             ,
             be
             valiant
             :
          
           Yea
           be
           holie
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           be
           valiant
           ;
           nay
           be
           holie
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           be
           valiant
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Holinesse
           is
           the
           Spirit
           of
           fortitude
           ,
           and
           the
           Authour
           of
           good
           successe
           :
           Remember
           that
           precept
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           23.9
           .
           
             When
             the
             Host
             goeth
             forth
             against
             the
             enemies
             ,
             then
             keep
             thee
             from
             every
             wicked
             thing
             :
          
           Nay
           let
           me
           assure
           you
           ,
           you
           cannot
           gall
           your
           enemies
           ,
           or
           prejudice
           them
           more
           ,
           then
           by
           being
           upright
           and
           holie
           ;
           for
           they
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           seekers
           of
           Rebellion
           )
           are
           such
           imbittered
           enemies
           against
           the
           truth
           of
           grace
           ,
           (
           what
           ever
           they
           pretend
           )
           
           that
           they
           gnash
           their
           very
           teeth
           at
           those
           whom
           they
           cannot
           vitiate
           with
           their
           rebellion
           ,
           or
           darken
           with
           their
           lies
           and
           slanders
           .
           Yea
           friends
           ,
           let
           me
           assure
           you
           that
           holinesse
           in
           you
           will
           quite
           disarme
           and
           unweapon
           them
           ,
           wheras
           your
           sins
           do
           set
           an
           edge
           both
           upon
           their
           tongues
           and
           swords
           ;
           your
           holinesse
           shall
           take
           away
           the
           edge
           of
           both
           ,
           or
           els
           turn
           the
           same
           upon
           themselves
           :
           wherefore
           I
           say
           and
           say
           againe
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           beseech
           you
           withall
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           of
           your
           soules
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           your
           King
           ,
           whom
           you
           love
           and
           reverence
           (
           gallant
           Gentlemen
           and
           Christian
           Souldiers
           )
           
             be
             holy
             ,
             be
             valiant
          
           ;
           and
           be
           you
           sure
           ,
           though
           you
           do
           but
           your
           duty
           in
           opposing
           these
           men
           of
           bloud
           (
           who
           will
           have
           nothing
           but
           
             war
             ,
             war
             ,
          
           )
           yet
           you
           shall
           not
           lose
           your
           reward
           :
           God
           will
           see
           them
           paid
           that
           are
           imploied
           in
           his
           work
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           in
           
             Ezek.
          
           29.18.19
           .
           That
           God
           takes
           order
           for
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           and
           his
           Armie
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             be
             paid
             for
             the
             service
             they
             had
             done
             against
             Tyrus
             .
          
        
         
           But
           perhaps
           some
           of
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           do
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ?
           To
           answer
           this
           ,
           I
           must
           turn
           my
           speech
           to
           other
           persons
           .
        
         
           You
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           Townsmen
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           are
           not
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           assist
           personally
           in
           this
           righteous
           way
           ,
           be
           it
           knowne
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           bound
           in
           dutie
           and
           conscience
           ▪
           to
           afford
           the
           liberall
           and
           willing
           aid
           of
           your
           purses
           :
           for
           is
           it
           just
           that
           these
           your
           Countrimen
           should
           (
           like
           
             Zebulon
          
           and
           
             Nephthali
             ,
             Iudg.
          
           4.
           )
           
             jeopard
             their
             lives
             unto
             death
             in
             the
             high
             places
             of
             the
             field
             ,
          
           while
           you
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           like
           the
           men
           of
           
             Reuben
             ,
             abide
             in
             your
             sheepfolds
             ,
             hearing
             the
             bleatings
             of
             your
             flocks
          
           ;
           or
           be
           striving
           among
           your selves
           who
           shall
           afford
           the
           least
           assistance
           to
           the
           subduing
           these
           enemies
           of
           your
           King
           ?
           I
           confesse
           you
           have
           been
           loyall
           ,
           and
           exemplarie
           to
           others
           in
           many
           things
           ;
           I
           beseech
           you
           all
           to
           persevere
           ,
           and
           remember
           that
           all
           you
           have
           lies
           at
           the
           stake
           ,
           and
           he
           deserves
           to
           lose
           all
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           some
           to
           preserve
           the
           rest
           ;
           nay
           (
           Sirs
           )
           let
           men
           think
           as
           they
           please
           of
           themselves
           ,
           I
           believe
           he
           is
           no
           true
           Subject
           ,
           nor
           hath
           such
           an
           heart
           as
           he
           should
           have
           ,
           that
           desires
           any
           thing
           more
           then
           a
           bare
           being
           ,
           till
           his
           Soveraigne
           be
           again
           setled
           in
           the
           throne
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           all
           (
           whom
           God
           hath
           blessed
           above
           others
           with
           wealth
           and
           substance
           )
           approve
           your selves
           right
           ,
           and
           like
           those
           
             Governours
             of
             Israel
             ,
             that
             offered
             themselves
             willingly
             among
             the
             people
          
           ;
           that
           we
           (
           as
           the
           Prophetesse
           there
           did
           )
           may
           rejoice
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           blesse
           God
           for
           you
           :
           
             Mine
             heart
          
           (
           saies
           she
           )
           
             is
             towards
             the
             Governours
             of
             Israel
             ,
             that
             offered
             themselves
             willingly
             among
             the
             people
             ,
             blesse
             ye
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           For
           be
           assured
           that
           otherwise
           the
           curse
           of
           
             Meroz
          
           will
           be
           your
           portion
           ,
           
             Curse
             ye
             Meroz
          
           (
           saies
           the
           Angell
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           
             curse
             ye
             bitterly
             the
             inhabitants
             thereof
             ,
             because
             they
             came
             not
             to
             help
             the
             Lord
          
           (
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Annointed
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           
             against
             the
             mighty
             ,
          
           or
           against
           his
           ungodly
           enemies
           ,
           that
           did
           so
           mightily
           increase
           ,
           and
           so
           mightily
           exalt
           themselves
           .
        
         
         
           And
           you
           (
           good
           people
           all
           )
           of
           what
           ranke
           or
           condition
           ,
           sex
           or
           degree
           ,
           soever
           you
           be
           :
           be
           carefull
           (
           I
           pray
           )
           to
           afford
           the
           assistance
           of
           your
           praiers
           ,
           that
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           may
           come
           upon
           that
           Princely
           Generall
           whom
           God
           hath
           sent
           for
           your
           protection
           into
           these
           parts
           ,
           
           as
           it
           did
           upon
           
             Sampson
          
           when
           the
           Philistimes
           were
           upon
           him
           :
           And
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           where
           ever
           others
           are
           pleased
           to
           lay
           the
           fault
           of
           our
           no
           better
           proceedings
           in
           these
           parts
           hitherto
           :
           I
           (
           who
           have
           been
           an
           observer
           of
           passages
           )
           do
           professe
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           lay
           it
           on
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           on
           your
           want
           of
           prayer
           :
           wee
           had
           at
           first
           a
           most
           honourable
           ,
           valiant
           ,
           and
           loyall
           hearted
           Generall
           :
           whose
           personall
           care
           ,
           diligence
           and
           courage
           ,
           envie
           it self
           was
           not
           able
           to
           blemish
           ,
           
           but
           he
           was
           not
           fortunate
           in
           these
           parts
           :
           we
           had
           after
           him
           a
           person
           of
           like
           noblenesse
           ,
           against
           whom
           the
           very
           faction
           at
           Westminster
           (
           when
           time
           was
           )
           could
           object
           nothing
           but
           honestie
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           affection
           towards
           him
           :
           whose
           known
           wisdom
           and
           valour
           hath
           been
           successefull
           also
           in
           other
           places
           ;
           but
           not
           so
           happie
           as
           yet
           in
           these
           parts
           ;
           though
           attended
           too
           ,
           with
           the
           concurrence
           of
           many
           valiant
           souldiers
           ,
           and
           experienced
           men
           :
           And
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           ,
           the
           maine
           cause
           of
           all
           this
           is
           ,
           your
           neglect
           of
           praier
           ;
           wee
           have
           daies
           appointed
           by
           His
           Sacred
           Majestie
           to
           fast
           and
           pray
           in
           ,
           but
           how
           poorely
           are
           they
           observed
           ,
           nay
           how
           highly
           are
           they
           prophaned
           ,
           here
           is
           nothing
           among
           many
           that
           I
           see
           ,
           but
           swearing
           and
           drinking
           ,
           and
           despising
           of
           pietie
           ,
           and
           thus
           have
           you
           weakened
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           valiant
           .
        
         
           O
           but
           I
           beseech
           you
           offer
           not
           the
           like
           injurie
           to
           this
           Man
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           this
           mirrour
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           this
           Honour
           of
           Christendome
           for
           Ch●valrie
           and
           valour
           ,
           so
           fully
           beautified
           with
           all
           the
           qualities
           of
           a
           most
           accomplished
           Generalll
           ,
           and
           made
           more
           glorious
           yet
           ,
           by
           the
           spaule
           and
           daubings
           of
           the
           treacherous
           and
           foule-mouthed
           Rebells
           ,
           (
           which
           alone
           is
           sufficient
           to
           speak
           him
           excellent
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           know
           not
           him
           ,
           but
           them
           :
           )
           O
           doe
           not
           I
           beseech
           you
           tie
           the
           hands
           of
           this
           illustrious
           
             Sampson
          
           with
           the
           cords
           of
           your
           sinnes
           ;
           do
           not
           blast
           the
           greennesse
           of
           this
           Royal
           branch
           ,
           with
           your
           prophanesse
           and
           neglect
           of
           duty
           ,
           do
           not
           weaken
           him
           by
           trusting
           in
           him
           ;
           let
           your
           confidence
           be
           onely
           in
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           worke
           by
           him
           ,
           but
           follow
           alwaies
           with
           your
           prayers
           ,
           that
           good
           successe
           may
           also
           attend
           him
           here
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           done
           in
           other
           places
           ;
           And
           let
           us
           daily
           blesse
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           Princely
           Brother
           ,
           the
           two
           great
           Instruments
           of
           our
           supportation
           ,
           
           in
           these
           daies
           of
           our
           calamity
           ;
           let
           us
           observe
           the
           Almighties
           doing
           ,
           how
           hee
           in
           bl●ssing
           and
           honouring
           them
           hath
           at
           length
           regarded
           the
           low
           and
           afflicted
           estate
           of
           their
           Royall
           Mother
           ,
           and
           hath
           thereby
           graciously
           answered
           our
           prayers
           for
           her
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ,
           that
           our
           enemies
           are
           ready
           even
           to
           gnash
           their
           teeths
           at
           the
           Majestie
           of
           Heaven
           for
           it
           ,
           (
           as
           may
           appeare
           by
           their
           rating
           and
           chiding
           of
           God
           for
           the
           same
           in
           some
           of
           their
           prayers
           :
           )
           well
           (
           friends
           )
           I
           say
           but
           this
           ;
           take
           yee
           heed
           we
           be
           not
           means
           by
           our
           ungodlie
           courses
           to
           darken
           those
           whom
           God
           hath
           honoured
           ;
           leave
           swearing
           ,
           
           drinking
           ,
           Sabbath-breaking
           ,
           and
           prophanation
           of
           the
           Fast
           daies
           ,
           lest
           thereby
           we
           obstruct
           the
           concurrence
           of
           divine
           aid
           ,
           unto
           their
           Princely
           undertakings
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           to
           the
           Governour
           ,
           Major
           ,
           and
           Officers
           of
           this
           Towne
           ,
           I
           would
           speak
           a
           word
           :
           Sirs
           ,
           you
           are
           fortifying
           your
           Town
           ,
           and
           have
           spent
           much
           money
           about
           it
           ,
           to
           little
           purpose
           hitherto
           ,
           your
           Rampires
           have
           fallen
           downe
           ,
           and
           your
           labour
           hath
           been
           in
           vaine
           :
           and
           wot
           you
           what
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           ?
           why
           even
           the
           uncontrouled
           sinnes
           within
           it
           ;
           such
           cursing
           and
           such
           swearing
           ,
           even
           by
           women
           and
           children
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           men
           ,
           did
           I
           never
           heare
           ,
           as
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           sure
           these
           oaths
           and
           curses
           be
           the
           bullets
           that
           have
           battered
           down
           your
           Fortifications
           ;
           O
           that
           you
           would
           for
           your
           owne
           safetie
           and
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           upon
           his
           righteous
           Cause
           ,
           take
           some
           order
           to
           reforme
           these
           abuses
           ,
           
             quantum
             in
             vobis
             est
             ,
          
           beside
           you
           might
           save
           some
           Money
           by
           it
           ,
           your
           works
           would
           stand
           the
           better
           ;
           yea
           if
           you
           would
           take
           the
           course
           which
           I
           shall
           prescribe
           ,
           you
           would
           spare
           your selves
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           trouble
           in
           another
           kind
           ,
           and
           some
           charges
           too
           ;
           't
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           full
           of
           suspicions
           here
           in
           the
           Towne
           ,
           (
           I
           perceive
           )
           that
           you
           have
           treacherous
           persons
           among
           you
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           better
           affected
           to
           the
           Enemies
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           King
           :
           and
           many
           have
           bin
           imprisoned
           upon
           jealousies
           and
           fears
           ,
           and
           nothing
           that
           I
           see
           yet
           can
           be
           proved
           against
           them
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           perhaps
           they
           may
           prove
           honester
           men
           then
           some
           of
           those
           that
           have
           molested
           them
           .
           Now
           one
           true
           way
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Kings
           Enemies
           amongst
           you
           is
           this
           ,
           appoint
           Officers
           in
           everie
           street
           (
           let
           the
           Church-Wardens
           and
           Constables
           assist
           therein
           ,
           )
           to
           inflict
           and
           leavie
           (
           according
           to
           Statute
           )
           a
           pecuniarie
           mulct
           upon
           every
           Townsman
           ,
           for
           everie
           oath
           that
           is
           sworne
           either
           by
           himself
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           that
           is
           under
           his
           charge
           ,
           and
           also
           upon
           everie
           Alehouse-keeper
           ,
           who
           shall
           suffer
           any
           in
           his
           house
           to
           sit
           drinking
           on
           the
           Lords
           daie
           ,
           or
           on
           the
           Fast
           daie
           ,
           while
           they
           should
           be
           at
           Church
           ;
           and
           this
           Monie
           thus
           leavied
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           imploied
           to
           buy
           food
           &
           victuals
           for
           the
           Prisoners
           of
           the
           Rebells
           party
           ,
           (
           some
           of
           whom
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Town
           alreadie
           ,
           and
           manie
           more
           I
           do
           not
           doubt
           by
           the
           help
           of
           God
           but
           we
           shall
           have
           shortly
           :
           )
           so
           shall
           you
           save
           the
           charge
           which
           you
           are
           at
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           also
           thereby
           easily
           learne
           who
           are
           the
           most
           affected
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           side
           ;
           for
           without
           question
           they
           that
           afford
           them
           most
           monie
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           most
           reliefe
           ,
           that
           feast
           their
           bodies
           best
           ,
           may
           be
           yeelded
           their
           best
           friends
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           greater
           Enemies
           :
           This
           is
           all
           I
           had
           to
           say
           ,
           now
           the
           Lord
           give
           you
           all
           a
           right
           understanding
           in
           all
           things
           .
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A62101e-340
           
             
               Part.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Doct.
               
            
          
           
             
               Reason
               .
            
          
           
             2
             
               Pet.
            
             1.4
             .
          
           
             
               Mat.
            
             12.34
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reason
               .
            
          
           
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             5.
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             4.15
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             3
             Doct.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Loyal
               Subjects
               belief
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reason
               .
            
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iam.
            
             3.15
             ,
             16.
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Part
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             5
             
               Doct.
               
            
          
           
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             4.15
             .
          
           
             
               Gen.
            
             27.29.37
             .
          
           
             1
             
               Chro.
            
             18.13
             .
          
           
             
               Ezek.
            
             35.6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             &c
             ,
          
           
             
               Reason
               .
            
          
           
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.8
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ezek.
            
             25.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             
               P.
               Rupert
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Capell
               .
               L.
               Byron
            
          
           
             
               P.
               Mauric●