The Protestant's warning-piece or, The humble remonstrance of Ieffery Corbet citizen and grocer of London, composed for the view of his Highness, the Parliament, and all the good people in England, Scotland, and Ireland; and published to frustrate the designes of the incendiaries employed by the Pope, and the King of Spain, who have severall yeares contrived to fire the city of London in a 100 places at once, and then proceed to their long intended massacre.
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             The Protestant's warning-piece or, The humble remonstrance of Ieffery Corbet citizen and grocer of London, composed for the view of his Highness, the Parliament, and all the good people in England, Scotland, and Ireland; and published to frustrate the designes of the incendiaries employed by the Pope, and the King of Spain, who have severall yeares contrived to fire the city of London in a 100 places at once, and then proceed to their long intended massacre.
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           The
           PROTESTANT's
           Warning-Piece
           :
           Or
           ,
           The
           humble
           Remonstrance
           of
           
             Ieffery
             Corbet
          
           Citizen
           and
           Grocer
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           composed
           for
           the
           view
           of
           his
           Highness
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           good
           People
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           
             Jreland
             ;
          
           and
           published
           to
           frustrate
           the
           Designes
           of
           the
           Incendiaries
           employed
           by
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           and
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           who
           have
           severall
           yeares
           contrived
           to
           fire
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           in
           a
           
             100
          
           places
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           then
           proceed
           to
           their
           long
           intended
           Massacre
           .
        
         
           Sheweth
           ,
        
         
           THat
           about
           the
           yeare
           ,
           1639.
           
           The
           Pope
           and
           his
           Councell
           sent
           
             William
             Oconner
             ,
          
           an
           
             Irish
          
           Jesuit
           unto
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Princes
           for
           their
           contribution
           of
           Money
           ,
           Arms
           and
           Amunition
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Massacre
           of
           all
           the
           
             Protestants
          
           in
           the
           3.
           
           Nations
           .
           And
           for
           that
           end
           the
           said
           
             Oconner
          
           came
           over
           into
           
             England
          
           about
           
             Iuly
             ,
          
           1640.
           
           And
           went
           daily
           in
           the
           garbe
           of
           a
           Courtier
           attending
           upon
           the
           Queen
           Mother
           .
           About
           1.
           
             Septemb.
          
           1640.
           the
           said
           
             Oconnee
          
           did
           boast
           unto
           an
           Jrish
           convert
           that
           he
           was
           the
           chief
           contriver
           of
           that
           intended
           Massacre
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           were
           7000.
           men
           in
           private
           pay
           for
           the
           Massacre
           in
           
             London
             .
          
           And
           that
           the
           L.
           
             Cottington
          
           was
           to
           be
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
          
           and
           had
           500.
           
           
             Irish
          
           Papists
           sent
           out
           of
           
             Flanders
          
           to
           guard
           the
           Tower
           under
           him
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Queene
           was
           to
           goe
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           and
           pawne
           the
           jewels
           of
           the
           Crowne
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Money
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Amunition
           which
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           had
           sent
           over
           was
           secured
           at
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Ambassadors
           house
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           was
           disposed
           of
           amongst
           the
           Papists
           by
           one
           
             Garrat
             Dillon
          
           an
           Irish
           Iesuit
           ,
           who
           had
           his
           Residence
           at
           the
           Spanish
           Ambassadors
           .
        
         
           That
           upon
           discovery
           of
           the
           Massacre
           the
           said
           
             O
             conner
          
           was
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           committed
           to
           the
           
             Gate-hoase
             ,
          
           3.
           
             Septemb.
          
           1640.
           
           But
           divers
           persons
           in
           and
           about
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           
             West
             minster
             ,
          
           caused
           the
           said
           
             O
             conner
          
           to
           be
           protected
           from
           Iustice
           above
           4.
           years
           and
           then
           to
           be
           released
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           laws
           of
           the
           Land
           .
           And
           though
           the
           said
           
             O
             conner
          
           was
           so
           timely
           apprehended
           that
           the
           Massacre
           was
           prevented
           here
           ,
           yet
           because
           Iustice
           was
           not
           speedily
           executed
           upon
           him
           that
           others
           might
           heare
           &
           feare
           ,
           and
           do
           no
           more
           so
           wickedly
           .
           Therefore
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           Confederates
           were
           fully
           set
           in
           them
           to
           do
           evill
           .
           Insomuch
           that
           above
           100000
           
             Protestants
          
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           were
           barbarously
           murdered
           in
           cold
           blood
           severall
           moneths
           after
           the
           said
           
             O
             conner
          
           was
           apprehended
           .
           Moreover
           those
           persons
           did
           not
           only
           prevaile
           ,
           that
           the
           bloody
           Massacre
           was
           not
           at
           all
           discovered
           to
           the
           Protestants
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           to
           fore-warn
           and
           arme
           them
           to
           fight
           for
           their
           lives
           ;
           but
           they
           improved
           such
           an
           Interest
           here
           ,
           that
           the
           Popish
           party
           who
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           Massacre
           intended
           in
           
             England
          
           were
           never
           searched
           out
           .
           Yea
           those
           persons
           wittingly
           and
           wilfully
           suffered
           the
           Queen
           to
           goe
           beyond
           Sea
           to
           pawne
           the
           Jewels
           of
           the
           Crowne
           for
           laying
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           late
           warres
           here
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Popes
           hellish
           Interest
           .
        
         
           That
           those
           Persons
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           Protected
           the
           Popes
           Agents
           from
           Iustice
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           apprehended
           by
           his
           Highness
           ,
           and
           others
           during
           the
           wars
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           tryed
           for
           their
           lives
           as
           Trayterous
           Incendiaries
           .
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           &
           his
           Conclave
           finding
           such
           encouragement
           they
           sent
           over
           300
           chosen
           Jesuits
           into
           
             England
          
           to
           make
           factions
           ,
           and
           parties
           amongst
           Professors
           ,
           and
           so
           preach
           us
           into
           Confusion
           as
           they
           have
           boasted
           .
           Moreover
           the
           Pope
           caused
           his
           Buls
           to
           be
           hanged
           up
           on
           the
           Church
           doores
           at
           
             Antwerp
          
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           in
           1643.
           and
           1644.
           giving
           dispensations
           to
           all
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Iesuits
           to
           come
           into
           
             England
          
           and
           to
           transforme
           themselves
           into
           the
           various
           formes
           of
           Religion
           amongst
           us
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           divide
           the
           People
           and
           carry
           on
           their
           bloudy
           Designes
           under
           a
           form
           of
           Godliness
           .
           And
           by
           that
           stratagem
           they
           have
           all
           along
           exasperated
           the
           spirits
           of
           Professors
           differing
           in
           Iudgement
           and
           made
           them
           bite
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           devour
           one
           another
           .
           Mean
           while
           the
           Popes
           interest
           hath
           gone
           on
           unsuspected
           .
           And
           under
           this
           colour
           they
           have
           conspired
           divers
           yeares
           to
           set
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           on
           fire
           in
           a
           hundred
           places
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           then
           fall
           to
           Massacre
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           the
           root
           and
           branch
           of
           all
           the
           Protestants
           in
           these
           Nations
           .
           Yea
           ,
           they
           have
           boasted
           that
           they
           are
           in
           constant
           readiness
           ,
           and
           watch
           only
           for
           the
           remove
           of
           the
           Army
           as
           they
           did
           in
           1648.
           upon
           the
           
             Scots
          
           Invasion
           ,
           and
           the
           Insurrection
           in
           
             Kent
             Wales
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           the
           Captain
           Generall
           for
           that
           bloody
           worke
           had
           his
           constant
           resident
           at
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Ambassadours
           house
           till
           hee
           removed
           from
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           That
           the
           aforesaid
           Persons
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           dammed
           up
           Justice
           against
           the
           Discoverers
           of
           those
           horrid
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           who
           have
           appeared
           on
           their
           behalfe
           .
           And
           have
           caused
           them
           and
           their
           friends
           to
           bee
           defrauded
           of
           Estates
           above
           40000.
           pounds
           in
           value
           .
           Mean
           while
           they
           have
           caused
           divers
           friends
           to
           those
           discoverers
           to
           goe
           with
           sorrow
           to
           their
           Graves
           ,
           and
           others
           to
           lead
           languishing
           lives
           in
           disgrace
           and
           repreach
           .
           Upon
           which
           account
           the
           foresaid
           Persons
           being
           subtle
           secret
           Enemies
           did
           improve
           such
           an
           Interest
           in
           the
           three
           last
           Parliaments
           ,
           that
           no
           Law
           was
           made
           to
           remedy
           such
           abhominable
           obstructions
           of
           Iustice
           whereby
           the
           Agents
           for
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           and
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           and
           the
           King
           of
           
             Scots
          
           have
           been
           encouraged
           ,
           and
           protected
           in
           their
           barbarous
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           the
           friends
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           exposed
           to
           ruine
           .
           Onely
           the
           good
           hand
           of
           Providence
           hath
           preserved
           those
           Discoverers
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           their
           friends
           even
           to
           Admiration
           for
           to
           make
           good
           the
           fore-going
           particulars
           on
           behalfe
           of
           this
           divided
           ,
           and
           wel-nigh
           distracted
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           King
           of
           
             Scots
          
           hath
           many
           yeares
           since
           engaged
           to
           the
           Pope
           to
           set
           up
           Popery
           in
           these
           Nations
           upon
           the
           
             Popes
          
           engagement
           to
           improve
           his
           Interest
           to
           settle
           him
           in
           his
           Throne
           .
           And
           from
           that
           mutuall
           Ingagement
           ,
           The
           
             Presbyterians
          
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           here
           may
           gather
           that
           their
           making
           a
           party
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           K.
           of
           
             Scots
          
           for
           the
           Establishing
           of
           
             Presbytery
          
           was
           to
           strengthen
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Popes
           party
           to
           murder
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           posterities
           .
           And
           the
           
             Protestant
             Cavalier
          
           may
           likewise
           observe
           that
           if
           they
           should
           have
           conquered
           the
           Parliaments
           party
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           advantage
           they
           would
           have
           gained
           thereby
           would
           have
           been
           only
           this
           to
           have
           been
           last
           destroyed
           .
           For
           the
           
             Popes
          
           bloody
           Monsters
           would
           have
           given
           them
           no
           more
           quarter
           then
           they
           did
           the
           100000.
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           which
           they
           murdered
           in
           cold
           blood
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Spine
           saith
           .
           
             No
             Prophesie
             of
             Scripture
             is
             of
             any
             private
             Interpretation
             .
             And
             because
             thou
             hast
             let
             goe
             out
             of
             thy
             hand
             a
             man
             whom
             I
             appointed
             to
             utter
             destruction
             ,
             thy
             life
             shall
             goe
             for
             his
             life
             ,
             and
             thy
             People
             for
             his
             People
             .
             And
             neglect
             to
             strengthen
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             poore
             and
             needy
             ,
             was
             one
             of
             the
             sins
             of
          
           Sodom
           ,
           
             And
             God
             abhorres
             solemne
             Fasts
             ,
             and
             other
             duties
             where
             Iudgement
             and
             Righteousness
             are
             neglected
             ,
          
           (
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           20.
           1
           
           
             King.
          
           20.
           42.
           
           
             Ezek.
          
           16.
           49.
           
           
             Isa
          
           1.
           11.
           to
           18.
           
           
             Amos
             ,
          
           5.
           21.
           )
           From
           whence
           it
           doth
           appeare
           that
           the
           unparalell'd
           mercies
           which
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           these
           Nations
           have
           been
           hitherto
           intermixed
           with
           dreadfull
           Iudgements
           threatning
           utter
           desolation
           .
           Because
           !
           The
           
             Popes
          
           bloody
           Monsters
           have
           been
           let
           goe
           from
           time
           to
           time
           by
           the
           aforesaid
           secret
           Enemies
           .
           And
           ,
           because
           men
           of
           knowne
           Integrity
           ,
           fearing
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           good
           conversation
           are
           not
           appointed
           for
           Commissioners
           to
           bring
           these
           secret
           Enemies
           unto
           speedy
           publick
           Justice
           ,
           and
           to
           breake
           the
           heavie
           yoke
           of
           oppression
           by
           delivering
           the
           spoyled
           from
           their
           oppressors
           and
           strengthen
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           poore
           and
           needy
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           faft
           that
           God
           hath
           chosen
           ,
           and
           promised
           a
           speciall
           blessing
           unto
           .
        
         
           In
           tender
           consideration
           of
           the
           premisses
           J
           doe
           earnestly
           beseech
           all
           
             Protestants
          
           under
           what
           forme
           whatsoever
           ,
           specially
           in
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           
             West
             minster
          
           (
           as
           they
           will
           answer
           it
           at
           the
           great
           day
           of
           Account
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           be
           free
           from
           the
           blood
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           and
           friends
           .
           )
           That
           they
           would
           unite
           as
           one
           man
           ,
           and
           improve
           their
           utmost
           Interest
           in
           the
           Parliament
           by
           Petition
           and
           otherwise
           ,
           for
           the
           obtaining
           of
           such
           Cōmissioners
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           the
           Innocent
           blood
           which
           hath
           been
           spilt
           by
           the
           Trechery
           of
           those
           secret
           Enemies
           may
           be
           expiated
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Pope's
          
           bloody
           Designes
           now
           on
           foot
           may
           bee
           defeated
           .
           And
           that
           the
           complainings
           in
           our
           Streets
           may
           cease
           by
           setting
           the
           oppressed
           free
           from
           the
           obstructions
           of
           Iustice
           which
           they
           have
           long
           groaned
           under
           .
           And
           I
           doe
           hereby
           engage
           my
           Life
           to
           make
           good
           the
           aforesaid
           particulars
           before
           such
           Commissioners
           ,
           and
           do
           professe
           before
           God
           and
           men
           that
           J
           am
           moved
           to
           declare
           these
           things
           out
           of
           no
           self-end
           or
           by-respect
           whatsoever
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           a
           desire
           to
           discharge
           a
           good
           Conscience
           and
           a
           zeale
           to
           promote
           the
           good
           and
           welfare
           of
           these
           Nations
           ;
           being
           fully
           convinced
           that
           the
           appointment
           of
           such
           Commissioners
           would
           soone
           root
           out
           the
           
             Popes
          
           Incendiaries
           ,
           and
           undeceive
           many
           thousands
           of
           deluded
           dissenters
           ,
           and
           reconcile
           this
           divided
           People
           and
           open
           an
           effectuall
           doore
           for
           judgement
           ,
           &
           righteousness
           to
           run
           downe
           like
           a
           mighty
           streame
           ,
           and
           would
           give
           the
           People
           cause
           to
           blesse
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           raising
           and
           Spiriting
           his
           Highness
           ,
           and
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           Repairers
           of
           our
           Breaches
           ,
           and
           the
           Restorers
           of
           paths
           to
           dwell
           in
           .
        
         
           
             
               Prov.
               14.
               34.
               
               Isa.
               32.
               17.
               
            
             
               Iustice
               exalts
               a
               Nation
               .
               And
               the
               worke
               of
               Righteousness
               shall
               be
               Peace
               .
            
          
           
             
               Prov.
               3.
               27.
               
            
             
               Withhold
               not
               good
               from
               them
               to
               whom
               it
               is
               due
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               thy
               hand
               to
               doe
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iudges
               ,
               5
               23.
               
            
             
               Curse
               yee
               Meroz
               because
               they
               came
               not
               to
               the
               helpe
               of
               the
               Lord
               against
               the
               Mighty
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               8.
               
                 Novemb.
              
               1656.
               
            
          
           
             JEFFERY
             CORBET
             .