The case between a father and his children humbly represented to the Honourable Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen. James, Elinor. 1682 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46612 Wing J416 ESTC R17243 11861857 ocm 11861857 50019 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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My Lord , Since Gods providence hath so highly advanc'd you to that Honour and Dignity , as to be in some measure a Father to this City , that hath been famous for Loyalty , Justice , and Equity ; and I knowing your Lordship to be so good , that you hate to do any thing that should lessen the Grandeur , or to incourage Rebellion or Disobedience , and I question not but your Brethren the Aldermen are of the same mind : Therefore I thought I could not apply my self to any fitter persons than your Worships , neither can I expect that any should consider my Case so well as your Honour . I beseech your Lordship to pardon me in giving you this trouble , it is the great love I bear to Unity , and the consideration that I am a Mother of Children , and in some part am sensible of the Excellency of Obedience , and how it prevails over the hearts of Parents ; so that thereby they are instrumental to obtain the Blessing of God Spiritual and Temperal ; but what a lamentable case it is when Children are disobedient and rebellious , it provokes the Wrath of God and Man , and makes them miserable in this World and the World to come , without Repentance . The serious consideration of this , hath caused me to present to your Lordship , and the Aldermen your Brethren , a Case between a Father and his Children . There is a certain Friend of mine that lives near me , whose Vertue and Patience is known to all the Neighbourhood , and that he is the most Indulgent Father , and loveth his Children extraordinary , therefore he thought himself happy and did not question their Assistance , when he stood in need thereof , but the Children taking no notice of his necessity , he was compelled to crave their Assistance ; but the Children finding their Father in necessity , they dealt subtilly , and said amongst themselves , We will deal by him as we please , and he shall condescend to our Proposals , for who knows whether our Father hath walkt according to the Rules of Law or no , and if not , we will get advantage thereby , and so we will not allow any Succour to our Father , nay not so much as respect them that love him , neither shall they Succour him , but we 'll hate them with a mortal hatred that shall either lend him , or give him any thing ; nay moreover , our Father shall not sell any thing , for we will count them our great Enemies that shall buy any thing ; so we are resolved to humble our Father , to comply with our desires , or to make him miserable , in not Ministring to his necessities : But God , that over-rules all things , took pity of this good Father , and indued him with Patience to bear it , and the Lord helped him , and when his Children were a little peaceable and quier , he thought with himself , I will try whether my Children walks by the Law or no ; if they do , certainly I shall have Justice done me , for the Law of God and Man is on my side ; for they both exhort to Love and Obedience : But when the Father propos'd this Question , though it was with mildness and sweetness , they were so far from acknowledging their Faults , that they would make themselves as though they had received an injury to be questioned , and therefore they would Right themselves by the Law ; and though they would not assist their Father in his necessity , yet they could find Kash to incourage the Lawyers . But I 'll appeal to your Lordship and your Brethren , Whether these Children are not unkind and ungrateful ? Should not they rather humble themselves , and acknowledge their Faults , and amend it for the time to come ? For they may very well think that their Father is Wise , and would not take any notice of any thing , before he had good ground . Therefore I beseech you for the Lords sake , to favour me so much , as not to despise my poor weak Endeavours , who longs for a Unity between the Father and his Children , but cannot be so happy without your Lordship and the Aldermen your Brethrens Assistance ; and through you and by you I do not question but to obtain it . Therefore I beseech you for the Lords sake , to use all pious Endeavours to make up this Breach and to decide this Controversie , for Blessed are the Peace-makers ; undoubtedly my Lord , thrice Blessed will you be to be Instrumental in this Peace , for this end Christ took Humanity upon him , to make Reconciliation between God and Man , so that they might be able to cry , Abba Father . These Children hath been naturally Good , but only too much inclin'd to hearken to the Whisperings of Satan and his Instuments , to incense them against their Father , as he did in the beginning with our First Parents , to make themselves miserable by their disobedience . So Satan envies these their happiness , and therefore perswades them to disobedience ; thinking thereby to make them miserable and wretched : for it is seldom known that an unkind Child to a Temporal Father , was ever counted an Obedient Servant to God , if not Obedient then Rebellious . What against Heaven ? Then Gods Hand will be against them , which the Lord of his Mercy prevent , shall be always the Prayers of Your Humble Servant and Souls Well-wisher , ELINOR JAMES . London , Printed by Tho. James at the Printing-press in Mincing-lane . 1682.