A pair of spectacles for this purblinde nation with which they may see the Army and Parliaments like Simeon and Levi brethren in iniquity walk hand in hand together. Or A perspective to take a view of the Army, and Parliaments political combination in betraying their countryes priveledges. By H.M a true friend to this nations liberties.
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             A pair of spectacles for this purblinde nation with which they may see the Army and Parliaments like Simeon and Levi brethren in iniquity walk hand in hand together. Or A perspective to take a view of the Army, and Parliaments political combination in betraying their countryes priveledges. By H.M a true friend to this nations liberties.
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           A
           Pair
           of
           SPECTACLES
           For
           this
           Purblinde
           NATION
           With
           which
           They
           may
           see
           the
           ARMY
           and
           PARLIAMENT
           Like
           
             SIMEON
          
           and
           
             LEVI
          
           Brethren
           in
           Iniquity
           Walk
           hand
           in
           hand
           together
           .
        
         
           OR
           A
           PERSPECTIVE
           To
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           PARLIAMENTS
           Political
           combination
           in
           betraying
           their
           Countryes
           priviledges
           .
        
         
           By
           
             H.
             M.
          
           a
           true
           friend
           to
           this
           Nations
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           Semper
           ego
           auditor
           tantum
           ?
           nunquamne
           reponam
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Mungrel
           new
           Athenian
           Republican
           
             Tyrants
             ,
          
           or
           the
           pretended
           Parliament
           (
           if
           it
           needs
           must
           be
           so
           called
           )
           at
           
             Westminster
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Shall
           assume
           the
           boldness
           to
           speak
           a
           little
           unto
           you
           ,
           (
           O
           you
           men
           of
           
             Westminster
             )
          
           and
           I
           pray
           observe
           my
           words
           ,
           if
           Providence
           shall
           please
           to
           bring
           this
           my
           Paper
           unto
           your
           view
           .
           And
           first
           ,
           let
           me
           desire
           of
           you
           not
           to
           be
           angry
           ,
           if
           I
           speak
           rather
           to
           profit
           then
           to
           please
           you
           ,
           forbearing
           altogether
           those
           false
           and
           clawing
           expressions
           which
           your
           Adorers
           use
           when
           they
           address
           themselves
           to
           speak
           unto
           you
           :
           I
           dare
           not
           tell
           you
           of
           any
           humble
           tenders
           of
           my
           small
           constant
           devotion
           to
           serve
           you
           in
           your
           way
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           not
           the
           way
           of
           Christ
           and
           God
           ,
           nor
           can
           I
           acknowledge
           your
           spurious
           
             Good
             old
             Cause
          
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           Reformation
           and
           preservation
           of
           Church
           and
           Commonwealth
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           no
           such
           matter
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           direct
           contrary
           .
           This
           being
           premised
           ,
           
             I
          
           do
           now
           address
           my self
           unto
           you
           for
           the
           present
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           Tell
           us
           ,
           
             O
          
           unhappy
           men
           that
           have
           been
           the
           principal
           instruments
           of
           all
           our
           woes
           ,
           and
           have
           given
           life
           and
           motion
           to
           all
           our
           miseries
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           With
           what
           impudence
           could
           you
           affirm
           that
           there
           was
           a
           necessity
           to
           dethrone
           his
           late
           Highness
           ,
           and
           to
           abolish
           the
           free
           choise
           and
           election
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           the
           Representatives
           :
           it
           hath
           been
           observed
           that
           in
           all
           innovations
           and
           rebellions
           (
           which
           ordinarily
           have
           their
           rise
           from
           pretences
           of
           Religion
           or
           reformation
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           )
           the
           breach
           and
           neglect
           of
           
           Laws
           hath
           been
           authorised
           by
           that
           great
           Patroness
           of
           illegal
           actions
           
             Necessity
             .
          
           But
           let
           that
           great
           rule
           be
           received
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           be
           necessitated
           to
           sin
           ,
           our
           Divines
           generally
           damn
           an
           officious
           lie
           ,
           and
           the
           equity
           binds
           from
           any
           officious
           sin
           ;
           it
           would
           soon
           cut
           the
           nerves
           of
           the
           eighth
           Commandment
           ,
           if
           necessities
           and
           urgencies
           ,
           though
           real
           ,
           were
           propounded
           a
           sufficient
           excuse
           for
           stealing
           ;
           but
           that
           (
           which
           you
           )
           the
           Jesuitical
           powder-Traitors
           call
           
             necessity
             ,
          
           is
           no
           more
           then
           necessity
           of
           convenience
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           ,
           except
           we
           interpret
           that
           convenience
           ,
           may
           favour
           your
           own
           ends
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           convenient
           for
           your
           design
           ;
           but
           you
           use
           
             necessity
          
           as
           the
           old
           Philosophers
           did
           an
           occult
           quality
           ,
           though
           to
           a
           different
           purpose
           ;
           that
           was
           their
           refuge
           for
           ignorance
           ,
           this
           is
           your
           sanctuary
           for
           sin
           .
           It
           is
           a
           maxime
           that
           you
           have
           out
           of
           
             Livy
          
           to
           maintain
           that
           ,
           
             That
             war
             must
             needs
             be
             just
             that
             is
             necessary
             ,
             and
             those
             arms
             pious
             that
             are
             all
             our
             livelyhood
             ;
             I
          
           must
           confess
           it
           was
           a
           thing
           very
           incongruous
           in
           the
           late
           interrupted
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           desire
           that
           those
           ungratefull
           men
           should
           leave
           their
           crutches
           ,
           and
           to
           walk
           without
           them
           ;
           't
           is
           no
           less
           unnatural
           to
           invite
           these
           Gentlemen
           to
           quit
           their
           swords
           whose
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           lean
           intirely
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           Juncto
           of
           Tyrants
           who
           will
           admit
           of
           no
           rule
           to
           govern
           by
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           wills
           ;
           we
           know
           it
           was
           the
           unhappy
           misery
           of
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           when
           it
           suffered
           under
           the
           thirty
           Tyrants
           :
           You
           that
           take
           to
           your selves
           the
           title
           of
           the
           Lords
           worthies
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           but
           good
           names
           do
           not
           alwayes
           prove
           good
           men
           ,
           titles
           without
           truth
           ,
           serve
           but
           to
           enhance
           and
           disexcuse
           damnation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Tell
           me
           ,
           you
           cursed
           Cannibals
           ,
           was
           not
           his
           late
           Highness
           proclaimed
           as
           Protector
           and
           Supream
           
           Magistrate
           by
           the
           Commanders
           in
           chief
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           in
           the
           greatest
           solemnity
           imaginable
           ,
           first
           at
           the
           
             Exchange
          
           in
           
             London
             ,
             Westminster
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           through
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           testimonies
           of
           the
           souldiers
           good
           will
           and
           liking
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           peoples
           reception
           and
           entertainment
           with
           a
           
             nemine
             contra
             dicente
             ?
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Have
           not
           the
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           of
           the
           Army
           afterwards
           upon
           more
           serious
           deliberation
           addressed
           themselves
           unto
           the
           Protector
           as
           a
           supream
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           further
           thereby
           oblige
           themselves
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           a
           kinde
           of
           transaction
           subject
           themselves
           by
           way
           of
           the
           most
           solemn
           engagements
           unto
           him
           as
           supream
           Magistrate
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           Did
           not
           our
           addle-brain'd
           Senators
           
             Fleetwood
             ,
             Desborow
             ,
             Lambert
             ,
          
           cobling
           
             Hewson
             ,
             Cooper
             ,
          
           thimbling
           
             Barkstead
             ,
             Bury
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Confederates
           ,
           swear
           to
           be
           true
           to
           him
           as
           Protector
           ,
           and
           how
           hatefull
           to
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           the
           very
           Heathen
           have
           such
           things
           been
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           17.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15.
           speaking
           of
           the
           faith
           which
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           Kings
           had
           given
           to
           the
           
             Babilonian
             ,
             Shall
             he
             prosper
             ,
             shall
             he
             escape
             that
             breaks
             the
             Covenant
             and
             be
             delivered
             ,
          
           ver.
           16
           ,
           18.
           
           
             As
             I
             live
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             surely
             in
             the
             place
             where
             the
             King
             dwelleth
             that
             made
             him
             King
             ,
             whose
             oath
             he
             despised
             and
             whose
             Covenant
             he
             brake
             ,
             even
             with
             him
             in
             the
             midst
             of
          
           Babilon
           
             he
             shall
             die
             ,
             seeing
             he
             despised
             the
             oath
             by
             breaking
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             hath
             done
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             shall
             he
             not
             escape
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           Tell
           us
           you
           
             Sear-soul'd
          
           men
           that
           will
           swear
           
             pro
          
           and
           
             con
             ,
          
           tell
           me
           what
           an
           oath
           is
           ?
           is
           it
           not
           a
           Religious
           affirmation
           ,
           a
           promise
           with
           Gods
           Seal
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           should
           concern
           Christians
           to
           be
           cautelous
           before
           swearing
           to
           swear
           liquidly
           ,
           and
           to
           observe
           
           conscionably
           ,
           't
           is
           pity
           such
           slender
           evasions
           should
           satisfie
           us
           as
           hath
           been
           scorned
           by
           Heathen
           ?
           sad
           experience
           tell
           us
           how
           that
           you
           
             English
             Tigers
             ,
          
           in
           propounding
           of
           oaths
           ,
           requiring
           promises
           ,
           and
           other
           solemnities
           ,
           have
           induced
           multitudes
           to
           binde
           themselves
           upon
           some
           secret
           ,
           loose
           and
           mental
           reservation
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           framed
           to
           your selves
           as
           a
           
             salvo
          
           in
           case
           of
           breach
           :
           But
           
             I
          
           see
           these
           
             Babylonian
          
           Sprats
           have
           advised
           more
           with
           corrupt
           wit
           ,
           then
           sound
           conscience
           :
           T
           is
           an
           huge
           advantage
           that
           you
           
             (
             Delphick
             Devils
             )
          
           have
           in
           this
           world
           that
           can
           easily
           say
           and
           swear
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           yet
           withall
           so
           palliate
           your
           falsifications
           and
           perjuries
           ,
           as
           to
           hide
           them
           from
           the
           connusance
           of
           most
           .
           
             I
          
           know
           conscionable
           
             Lenthal
          
           hath
           already
           defended
           your
           perjuries
           with
           this
           
             Axiome
             ;
          
           that
           though
           you
           swore
           (
           sayes
           he
           )
           to
           a
           thing
           not
           materially
           unlawfull
           ,
           if
           it
           impedes
           a
           moral
           good
           ,
           it
           becomes
           void
           ,
           and
           though
           you
           have
           taken
           liberty
           to
           swear
           ,
           yet
           in
           my
           judgement
           (
           sayes
           he
           )
           the
           person
           to
           whom
           you
           swore
           was
           incapable
           of
           an
           oath
           ;
           just
           as
           
             Cicero
          
           defends
           the
           breach
           of
           an
           oath
           to
           a
           thief
           ,
           from
           perjury
           ;
           and
           
             Brutus
          
           to
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           in
           
             Appion
             ,
          
           the
           
             Athenians
          
           esteem
           it
           an
           honest
           perjury
           to
           violate
           their
           faith
           with
           Tyrants
           .
           
             I
          
           see
           it
           is
           not
           difficult
           for
           you
           to
           cast
           your
           desires
           into
           such
           soft
           glib
           expressions
           ,
           as
           will
           down
           with
           most
           of
           you
           ;
           yea
           ,
           with
           many
           that
           would
           absolutely
           disavow
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           rough
           language
           .
           O
           Countrymen
           consider
           whether
           this
           way
           wherein
           you
           have
           gone
           be
           not
           also
           contradictive
           to
           the
           law
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           against
           common
           equity
           ,
           to
           practice
           the
           taking
           away
           from
           any
           one
           that
           which
           comes
           unto
           him
           by
           lawfull
           inheritance
           ,
           succession
           or
           just
           election
           ?
           whether
           you
           would
           not
           so
           judge
           it
           ,
           if
           any
           should
           divest
           you
           of
           what
           was
           left
           you
           by
           
           your
           parents
           ?
           Indeed
           if
           men
           come
           to
           power
           and
           authority
           by
           fraud
           and
           violence
           ,
           as
           you
           our
           new
           Masters
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           for
           you
           to
           concur
           in
           oppressing
           the
           supream
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           in
           taking
           from
           him
           what
           belongs
           unto
           him
           ,
           if
           conscience
           be
           suffered
           to
           make
           report
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           confessed
           to
           be
           the
           highest
           injustice
           ;
           for
           as
           to
           detract
           from
           the
           Standard
           which
           is
           the
           rule
           of
           measures
           ,
           is
           the
           greatest
           sin
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           to
           detract
           from
           
             Carolus
             Rex
             ,
          
           or
           Protector
           
             Richard
             ,
          
           who
           are
           the
           Standards
           of
           righteousness
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           for
           these
           incarnate
           devils
           ,
           to
           subject
           ,
           dispose
           both
           King
           ,
           Protector
           and
           People
           to
           their
           own
           lawless
           Arbitrary
           Power
           and
           Government
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           the
           product
           of
           a
           rabble
           of
           vanish'd
           Libertinism
           ,
           Quakers
           ,
           monstrous
           Anabaptists
           ,
           King-killers
           ,
           Covenant-breakers
           ,
           Jesuites
           ,
           Seminaries
           and
           Papists
           ,
           old
           Gunpowder
           Traitors
           contrived
           that
           Good
           old
           Cause
           ,
           Treason
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           in
           private
           secret
           Conventicles
           here
           ,
           but
           now
           avowed
           in
           open
           general
           Councels
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           by
           whose
           design
           it
           is
           and
           alwayes
           hath
           been
           to
           alter
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           Monarchy
           (
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           )
           which
           is
           the
           best
           of
           Governments
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           17.
           14.
           being
           that
           of
           God
           himself
           over
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           10.
           16.
           and
           of
           Christ
           himself
           in
           and
           over
           his
           Church
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           2.
           6.
           
           O
           God
           brand
           these
           jesuitical
           ,
           popish
           ,
           antichristian
           practises
           with
           the
           highest
           temporal
           punishment
           ,
           eternal
           torments
           and
           condemnation
           in
           this
           and
           another
           world
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Did
           the
           late
           Protector
           (
           for
           so
           it
           seems
           he
           must
           be
           called
           )
           ever
           give
           any
           ground
           at
           all
           for
           you
           Gentlemen
           ,
           to
           dethrone
           him
           and
           protest
           against
           him
           and
           his
           Government
           .
           
             I
          
           could
           wish
           and
           many
           thousands
           more
           ,
           the
           reasons
           might
           be
           seen
           ,
           for
           nothing
           
           hath
           passed
           or
           bin
           observ'd
           by
           diligent
           observers
           ,
           that
           might
           render
           him
           unlovely
           or
           inacceptable
           to
           any
           person
           whatsoever
           :
           however
           if
           there
           be
           any
           grounds
           or
           considerations
           that
           might
           induce
           the
           Army
           to
           such
           a
           grand
           transaction
           as
           this
           :
           first
           to
           reject
           and
           slight
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           give
           reasons
           ,
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           )
           is
           to
           hang
           a
           man
           first
           ,
           and
           to
           try
           him
           afterwards
           ,
           seeing
           there
           can
           be
           no
           substantial
           grounds
           ,
           as
           it
           s
           presumed
           there
           none
           can
           be
           ,
           even
           as
           little
           as
           you
           may
           blame
           the
           Sun
           for
           running
           his
           course
           ,
           so
           harmelesse
           hath
           he
           been
           :
           whether
           then
           there
           hath
           been
           in
           any
           age
           more
           unfaithfulness
           ,
           injustice
           ,
           greater
           covenant-breakers
           ,
           persons
           so
           rebellious
           ,
           men
           that
           have
           rendred
           the
           blessed
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           professours
           thereof
           ,
           more
           uncomely
           ,
           then
           this
           adulterous
           generation
           hath
           done
           ,
           let
           the
           world
           judge
           ;
           for
           indeed
           they
           have
           already
           given
           their
           verdict
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           which
           more
           is
           the
           pity
           .
        
         
           That
           mammonistical
           Hypocrite
           ,
           
             Hon.
             Vane
             ,
          
           had
           the
           impudencie
           to
           affirme
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           sociates
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           without
           want
           of
           modesty
           and
           duty
           depose
           him
           ,
           &
           return
           to
           the
           discharge
           of
           their
           trust
           :
           is
           not
           this
           a
           transparent
           figment
           !
           who
           trusted
           them
           ,
           the
           people
           ?
           but
           the
           people
           since
           have
           delivered
           their
           trust
           elsewhere
           ,
           for
           when
           his
           late
           Highness
           did
           send
           out
           Writs
           ,
           the
           people
           might
           have
           staid
           at
           home
           ,
           there
           was
           none
           forced
           to
           choose
           ▪
           but
           freely
           they
           have
           elected
           others
           ,
           &
           if
           so
           be
           the
           free
           choice
           and
           election
           of
           the
           people
           make
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           &
           they
           are
           also
           free
           to
           choose
           ,
           as
           often
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           shall
           put
           opportunity
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           then
           it
           s
           very
           doubtful
           ,
           whether
           this
           be
           any
           other
           thing
           then
           onely
           a
           Parliament
           so
           called
           ,
           the
           people
           having
           freely
           declared
           otherwise
           :
           are
           these
           the
           onely
           persons
           
           whom
           God
           and
           the
           Law
           hath
           trusted
           ,
           and
           may
           they
           do
           what
           their
           own
           i●clination
           and
           fury
           leades
           them
           to
           ?
           can
           it
           be
           presum'd
           that
           they
           were
           trusted
           with
           a
           power
           to
           destroy
           and
           dissolve
           our
           Antient
           setled
           Government
           by
           Kings
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           to
           a
           sneaking
           Oligarchial
           Tyranny
           ,
           under
           the
           bare
           name
           of
           a
           bastard
           
             Good
             old
             Cause
             ,
          
           which
           is
           as
           changable
           as
           the
           addle
           heads
           that
           contrive
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           themselves
           perpetual
           Dictators
           over
           the
           Protector
           and
           his
           People
           ?
           what
           doe
           you
           intend
           that
           the
           Law
           it self
           shall
           be
           subject
           to
           your
           votes
           ,
           and
           that
           whatsoever
           you
           say
           or
           do
           should
           be
           lawful
           ,
           because
           you
           declare
           it
           so
           ?
           Seeing
           that
           these
           hellish
           designes
           and
           actings
           of
           a
           malignant
           party
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           working
           to
           regard
           the
           progresse
           ,
           or
           subvert
           the
           being
           of
           the
           true
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           therein
           to
           bereave
           us
           of
           all
           our
           hopes
           of
           reformation
           ,
           or
           future
           peace
           or
           happinesse
           to
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdome
           ;
           It
           shall
           be
           a
           peece
           of
           my
           daly
           oraizons
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           brand
           these
           Iesuitical
           Doctrins
           with
           the
           markes
           of
           perpetual
           scorn
           and
           Indignation
           .
        
         
           7ly
           .
           Are
           not
           these
           our
           new
           State-mongers
           or
           this
           Parliament
           (
           if
           it
           needs
           must
           be
           so
           called
           )
           like
           to
           infringe
           the
           peoples
           rights
           ,
           and
           give
           lesse
           satisfaction
           than
           one
           single
           person
           with
           a
           Parliament
           ?
           for
           my
           reason
           is
           ,
           this
           Parliament
           of
           40.
           or
           50.
           or
           there
           abouts
           ,
           and
           70
           more
           Senators
           besides
           ,
           have
           every
           one
           of
           them
           a
           long
           train
           ,
           there
           is
           never
           a
           one
           but
           is
           a
           file-leader
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           hath
           at
           least
           16.
           or
           20.
           in
           a
           family
           ,
           to
           be
           provided
           one
           way
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           all
           hungry
           as
           Hawkes
           ,
           ready
           to
           catch
           at
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           nothing
           will
           serve
           but
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           for
           they
           must
           be
           fed
           with
           something
           ;
           a
           reason
           it
           is
           against
           the
           standing
           rules
           of
           reason
           ,
           the
           professed
           principles
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           for
           any
           power
           or
           Authoritie
           to
           have
           the
           Militia
           and
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Peoples
           purses
           which
           these
           Cormorants
           hath
           ,
           which
           is
           both
           destructive
           and
           pernicious
           .
        
         
         
           Though
           the
           command
           of
           the
           peoples
           purses
           was
           never
           desired
           or
           practised
           by
           a
           single
           person
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           the
           Government
           setled
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           under
           one
           head
           ?
        
         
           To
           Execute
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Government
           so
           made
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           more
           pleasing
           and
           rational
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           a
           body
           consisting
           of
           so
           many
           Knaves
           ,
           Drunkards
           ,
           and
           Whore-masters
           ,
           which
           is
           monster
           like
           .
        
         
           I
           desire
           all
           Christian
           people
           to
           consider
           also
           the
           condition
           of
           this
           factious
           Generation
           ,
           that
           have
           done
           more
           disgrace
           and
           wrong
           to
           Chrifts
           Gospel
           ,
           than
           ever
           was
           offered
           since
           Christs
           time
           :
           never
           did
           any
           in
           so
           short
           a
           space
           ascend
           to
           that
           zenith
           of
           villany
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           or
           pretend
           more
           Godlinesse
           ,
           with
           the
           practice
           of
           so
           much
           wickednesse
           .
           I
           confesse
           they
           promise
           fair
           ,
           like
           those
           
             Galathians
          
           whom
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           writes
           unto
           ,
           they
           begin
           in
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           with
           the
           mention
           of
           Sin
           and
           Mercy
           ;
           they
           have
           the
           faces
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           observe
           them
           well
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           they
           have
           the
           teeth
           of
           Lions
           ,
           and
           the
           tail
           of
           Scorpions
           :
           my
           endeavours
           shall
           be
           on
           purpose
           to
           detect
           their
           wiles
           ,
           that
           men
           may
           avoid
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           hurt
           by
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           got
           above
           board
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           and
           stile
           themselves
           in
           their
           scandalous
           Pamphlets
           ,
           the
           Army
           of
           God
           ,
           Gods
           only
           good
           Children
           ;
           but
           in
           very
           deed
           their
           works
           speak
           them
           not
           to
           be
           of
           God
           .
           
             La●my
          
           may
           their
           name
           and
           title
           properly
           be
           .
           We
           have
           two
           grand
           Impostors
           amongst
           us
           
             Rogers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Canne
             ,
          
           who
           are
           very
           zealous
           in
           their
           scurrulous
           pasquils
           for
           that
           whorish
           Old
           Cause
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           to
           revive
           that
           Tragedy
           which
           Mr.
           
             Hocker
          
           relates
           of
           the
           Anabaptist
           in
           
             Germany
             ;
          
           Who
           talking
           of
           nothing
           but
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           riches
           and
           honour
           were
           vanity
           ,
           at
           first
           upon
           the
           greater
           opinion
           of
           their
           Humility
           ,
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           procured
           much
           Reverence
           and
           estimation
           with
           the
           people
           :
           A●ter
           finding
           how
           many
           persons
           they
           had
           ensnared
           with
           their
           Hypoc●isie
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           propose
           
           to
           themselves
           to
           reform
           both
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Civil
           Government
           of
           State
           ;
           then
           because
           possibly
           they
           might
           meet
           with
           some
           opposition
           ,
           they
           secretly
           entred
           into
           a
           League
           of
           Association
           ;
           and
           shortly
           after
           (
           finding
           the
           power
           they
           had
           got
           with
           the
           credulous
           people
           )
           enriched
           themselves
           with
           all
           kind
           of
           spoyl
           ,
           and
           pillage
           ,
           and
           justified
           it
           upon
           our
           Saviours
           promise
           ,
           
             The
             Meek
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Earth
             ;
          
           and
           declared
           their
           title
           was
           the
           same
           which
           the
           Righteous
           Israelites
           had
           unto
           the
           goods
           of
           the
           wicked
           Egyptians
           .
           This
           story
           is
           worth
           the
           reading
           at
           large
           ,
           and
           needs
           no
           application
           .
           For
           the
           avoiding
           of
           this
           shadow
           of
           Religion
           ,
           I
           shall
           add
           an
           Antidote
           :
           External
           holinesse
           invites
           awful
           regards
           :
           there
           is
           no
           mask
           that
           becomes
           Rebellion
           ,
           Innovation
           ,
           so
           well
           as
           Religion
           ;
           nothing
           that
           so
           much
           conceals
           deformity
           ,
           and
           pretends
           beauty
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           excellent
           thing
           so
           to
           dissimulate
           piety
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           act
           strongly
           against
           it
           ,
           in
           that
           very
           artick
           of
           wickednesse
           the
           people
           Saint
           us
           .
           
             Herod
          
           would
           fain
           worship
           ,
           when
           he
           means
           to
           worry
           .
           This
           is
           that
           which
           leads
           the
           world
           in
           a
           string
           ,
           that
           hallows
           the
           most
           Hellish
           enterprises
           :
           for
           the
           Common
           people
           (
           which
           are
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           never
           see
           behind
           the
           Curtain
           ,
           a
           handsome
           glosse
           is
           with
           them
           as
           good
           as
           the
           Text
           :
           (
           'T
           is
           the
           Ethick
           of
           these
           Hypocrites
           )
           Let
           us
           injoy
           the
           temporal
           advantages
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           let
           others
           take
           the
           eternal
           ;
           Let
           us
           use
           it
           for
           a
           cloak
           or
           a
           crutch
           ,
           and
           let
           others
           expect
           from
           it
           a
           Crown
           .
           The
           River
           
             Atheneus
          
           is
           my
           embleme
           ,
           whose
           upper
           waters
           were
           sweet
           and
           gratefull
           ,
           but
           towards
           the
           bottom
           brackish
           ;
           But
           let
           all
           sober
           Christians
           know
           ,
           that
           this
           shell
           of
           Religion
           (
           which
           our
           new
           Masters
           do
           so
           hotly
           persue
           )
           though
           it
           may
           be
           of
           external
           conducement
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           Gods
           pure
           and
           undeluded
           eye
           looks
           on
           with
           more
           abhorrency
           :
           we
           may
           possibly
           deceive
           men
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           put
           Ironies
           upon
           God
           .
           A
           counterfeit
           Religion
           ,
           shall
           find
           a
           real
           Hell
           ,
           
           and
           't
           is
           pitty
           that
           such
           a
           sacred
           thing
           should
           be
           violenced
           ,
           and
           made
           subservient
           to
           rebellious
           irregular
           designs
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           you
           gentlemen
           ,
           who
           have
           conspired
           with
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           in
           the
           stupefaction
           of
           your
           conscierc●s
           ,
           though
           you
           may
           for
           a
           time
           struggle
           with
           those
           inward
           checks
           ,
           yet
           there
           will
           be
           a
           day
           (
           if
           not
           in
           this
           life
           )
           when
           that
           Witnesse
           ,
           that
           Judge
           ,
           that
           Jury
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           bribed
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           fixed
           it
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           as
           an
           internal
           Register
           ,
           as
           an
           impartial
           Diary
           ,
           as
           the
           Censor
           of
           the
           affections
           ,
           and
           the
           pedagogue
           of
           the
           passions
           ,
           and
           you
           that
           have
           by
           an
           inveterate
           wickednesse
           conquered
           the
           oppositions
           which
           God
           seated
           in
           your
           hearts
           to
           sin
           ,
           may
           possibly
           consult
           well
           with
           your
           present
           advantage
           and
           greatness
           ,
           but
           not
           at
           all
           with
           his
           future
           comforts
           ,
           for
           besides
           the
           losse
           of
           that
           intimate
           pleasure
           which
           waits
           upon
           innocency
           .
           There
           is
           another
           wile
           that
           these
           Gibeonites
           have
           to
           seduce
           multitudes
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           prevalent
           with
           most
           people
           ;
           Their
           successe
           in
           all
           enterpises
           ,
           as
           their
           
             Demi-God
          
           
             Rogers
             ,
          
           the
           forge
           and
           bellowes
           of
           sedition
           ,
           Infernal
           Emisarie
           ,
           stiles
           in
           his
           Pamphlet
           against
           Mr.
           
             Prynne
             ,
          
           the
           blessed
           and
           successefull
           Parliament
           .
           Seeing
           it
           is
           so
           great
           a
           Plea
           with
           these
           men
           ,
           I
           will
           first
           shew
           ,
           that
           successe
           is
           no
           argument
           of
           a
           good
           cause
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           wickedest
           men
           have
           most
           used
           it
           .
           Concerning
           the
           first
           ,
           
             David
          
           in
           the
           73
           
             Psalm
             ,
          
           describing
           the
           outward
           estate
           of
           evil
           men
           ,
           sayes
           ,
           they
           were
           successfull
           in
           their
           affaires
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           people
           thereupon
           came
           in
           apace
           unto
           them
           ;
           yea
           ,
           so
           prosperous
           they
           were
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           he
           was
           non-plus'd
           at
           the
           matter
           .
           And
           
             Jeremy
          
           the
           Prophet
           argues
           with
           God
           about
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           
             Jerem.
          
           12.
           why
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           That
           they
           who
           dealt
           very
           
           treacherously
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           very
           happy
           ;
           whose
           conditions
           also
           in
           another
           place
           he
           describes
           more
           fully
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Jeremy
          
           5
           chapt.
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           
             Among
             my
             people
             are
             found
             wicked
             men
             ,
             who
             lie
             in
             wait
             ,
             and
             set
             traps
             and
             snares
             to
             catch
             their
             brethren
             ,
             their
             houses
             are
             full
             of
             deceit
             and
             wrong
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           they
           do
           (
           in
           their
           Justice
           and
           cruelty
           )
           surpasse
           wicked
           men
           :
           
             they
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             be
             Judges
             ,
             and
             yet
             judge
             not
             the
             cause
             ,
          
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             fatherlesse
             ,
             or
             the
             right
             of
             the
             needy
             ;
             and
             yet
             they
             prosper
             ,
             are
             become
             great
             ,
             grown
             rich
             ,
             waxen
             fat
             ,
             and
             shine
             .
          
           Here
           was
           prosperity
           we
           see
           ,
           here
           was
           successe
           ,
           but
           no
           honesty
           ,
           no
           goodnesse
           .
           In
           the
           11.
           of
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           36.
           certain
           vile
           persons
           (
           so
           intitled
           )
           are
           prophesied
           of
           ,
           
             who
             should
             do
             much
             mischief
             against
             the
             holy
             people
             ,
             whom
             they
             should
             kill
             and
             destroy
             ,
             and
             speak
             blasphemous
             things
             against
             the
             God
             of
             Gods
             ;
             they
             should
             honour
             onely
             the
             god
             of
             forces
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           they
           should
           trust
           only
           in
           their
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           or
           strength
           of
           weapons
           ,
           for
           safety
           and
           protection
           :
           (
           all
           these
           it
           seems
           ,
           are
           the
           conditions
           of
           vile
           persons
           ,
           and
           should
           prosper
           for
           an
           appointed
           time
           ,
           untill
           the
           indignation
           be
           accomplished
           (
           saies
           the
           Text
           )
           which
           was
           determined
           to
           be
           done
           .
           )
           VVe
           know
           that
           
             Cain
          
           prevailed
           against
           
             Abel
             ,
          
           yet
           
             Abel
          
           was
           the
           better
           man
           ,
           and
           offered
           the
           better
           sacrifice
           :
           nay
           the
           Pharisees
           (
           we
           know
           )
           prevailed
           against
           Christ
           himself
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           had
           their
           wills
           of
           him
           ,
           got
           him
           Crucified
           by
           the
           common
           vote
           and
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           even
           according
           to
           the
           desires
           of
           their
           own
           hearts
           .
           And
           from
           hence
           it
           was
           believed
           by
           a
           great
           many
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           even
           such
           a
           man
           as
           his
           enemies
           reported
           him
           ,
           a
           deceiver
           ,
           and
           a
           malefactor
           :
           &
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Judgement
           of
           God
           upon
           him
           for
           his
           sins
           .
           
             He
             was
             despised
             ,
             rejected
             of
             men
             ,
          
           Esay
           53.
           4.
           
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           some
           of
           his
           Disciples
           themselves
           were
           so
           staggered
           at
           the
           matter
           ,
           that
           even
           they
           made
           a
           question
           ,
           whether
           he
           were
           the
           
           man
           whom
           they
           took
           him
           to
           be
           ,
           because
           of
           that
           successe
           which
           his
           enemies
           had
           against
           him
           .
           Indeed
           it
           is
           the
           humor
           of
           men
           to
           passe
           sentence
           upon
           others
           ,
           from
           a
           view
           of
           their
           outward
           conditions
           ;
           if
           they
           prosper
           ,
           then
           they
           conclude
           them
           good
           ,
           and
           beloved
           of
           God
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           then
           wicked
           presently
           .
           When
           the
           viper
           was
           seen
           hanging
           on
           St.
           
           
             Pauls
          
           hand
           ,
           he
           was
           judged
           a
           murtherer
           immediately
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           in
           all
           the
           Company
           .
           Does
           not
           Scripture
           throughout
           ,
           and
           dayly
           experience
           both
           ,
           inform
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           men
           are
           usually
           the
           most
           afflicted
           ?
           and
           thus
           we
           see
           that
           to
           argue
           from
           successe
           is
           but
           a
           weak
           kind
           of
           arguing
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           worst
           men
           have
           alwayes
           been
           wont
           to
           plead
           this
           Argument
           ;
           one
           or
           two
           examples
           amongst
           many
           shall
           be
           alleged
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           The
           Scripture
           tells
           of
           
             Rabshaketh
             ,
          
           when
           he
           moved
           the
           people
           of
           
             Jerusalem
          
           (
           as
           these
           men
           do
           us
           )
           to
           make
           a
           general
           revolt
           from
           good
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           he
           pretended
           that
           God
           had
           set
           him
           on
           work
           ,
           and
           had
           said
           ,
           
             Go
             up
             against
             this
             Land
             ,
             and
             destroy
             it
             ,
          
           and
           his
           main
           argument
           was
           ,
           his
           Masters
           extraordinary
           great
           successe
           ,
           
             Isay
             .
          
           36.
           10
           ,
           19.
           to
           which
           purpose
           he
           reckoned
           up
           (
           as
           our
           Tyrants
           doe
           )
           a
           great
           many
           Cities
           and
           Castles
           which
           he
           had
           taken
           ,
           as
           
             Hamah
             ,
          
           and
           
             Arphad
             ,
             Sepharvaim
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ivah
             .
          
           And
           so
           the
           Turks
           to
           this
           day
           argue
           against
           the
           Christians
           ,
           that
           their
           Religion
           excells
           ours
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           prospered
           better
           ,
           and
           prevailed
           more
           than
           we
           have
           done
           .
           Indeed
           there
           is
           no
           Argument
           more
           popular
           than
           successe
           ,
           because
           the
           bulk
           of
           men
           is
           not
           able
           to
           distinguish
           the
           permission
           of
           God
           from
           his
           approbation
           :
           and
           although
           it
           be
           in
           it self
           fallacions
           and
           feeble
           ,
           yet
           the
           misery
           of
           the
           conquered
           denies
           them
           the
           opportunity
           to
           dispute
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           opposition
           of
           the
           sword
           will
           never
           be
           
           confuted
           by
           the
           bare
           fist
           of
           
             Logick
             .
          
           I
           wonder
           that
           any
           would
           be
           so
           importunate
           to
           preach
           Laws
           and
           Moral
           reasons
           to
           these
           men
           with
           swords
           by
           their
           sides
           ;
           who
           are
           like
           those
           in
           
             Livy
             ;
          
           That
           all
           Laws
           are
           engraven
           on
           the
           hilt
           of
           a
           victorious
           sword
           ,
           to
           whose
           
             Mandamus
          
           all
           other
           Statutes
           must
           submit
           .
           But
           our
           new
           Masters
           by
           quoting
           the
           successe
           of
           their
           undertakings
           ,
           besides
           the
           plausiblenesse
           and
           insinuating
           nature
           of
           the
           proposition
           it self
           ,
           have
           the
           advantage
           of
           power
           to
           make
           us
           believe
           them
           ;
           nor
           is
           this
           bait
           contemptible
           ;
           many
           of
           parts
           and
           prudence
           ,
           yea
           and
           of
           Religion
           ,
           have
           been
           staggered
           by
           it
           .
           The
           Heathen
           could
           say
           ,
           happy
           Piracy
           is
           a
           thing
           of
           unhappy
           presidency
           ;
           fortunate
           sins
           may
           prove
           dangerous
           temptations
           ;
           But
           for
           these
           men
           to
           say
           that
           God
           doth
           signally
           attest
           the
           actions
           of
           their
           persons
           ,
           or
           the
           Justice
           of
           their
           cause
           ,
           by
           permitting
           it
           to
           prosper
           and
           taper
           up
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           deceit
           ,
           as
           deserves
           our
           serious
           abhorrency
           .
           And
           now
           (
           Reader
           )
           let
           us
           mix
           our
           prayers
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           for
           ever
           banish
           this
           cur●●d
           policy
           out
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           and
           the
           whole
           Christian
           VVorld
           ;
           and
           Damn
           it
           down
           to
           Hell
           ,
           from
           whence
           originally
           it
           came
           :
           and
           let
           such
           as
           delight
           to
           abuse
           others
           ,
           think
           of
           that
           self-cousenage
           ,
           with
           which
           in
           the
           interim
           they
           abuse
           themselves
           .
           God
           permitting
           the
           Devil
           to
           revenge
           the
           Imposture
           .
           And
           whilst
           we
           are
           busie
           with
           politick
           Stratagems
           ,
           and
           tortious
           arms
           to
           invade
           the
           rights
           of
           others
           ,
           let
           us
           all
           consider
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           not
           the
           violence
           which
           takes
           Heaven
           .
           It
           is
           manifest
           that
           we
           are
           fallen
           into
           the
           dregs
           of
           time
           ,
           we
           live
           in
           the
           rust
           of
           the
           Iron
           age
           ,
           and
           must
           accordingly
           expect
           to
           feel
           the
           dotages
           of
           a
           decrepit
           VVorld
           :
           what
           is
           become
           of
           truth
           ,
           sincerity
           ,
           charity
           ,
           
           humility
           ,
           those
           
             Antiqui
             mores
             ,
          
           whether
           are
           they
           gone
           ?
           did
           they
           attend
           
             Astraea
             ,
          
           and
           have
           left
           such
           degenerous
           successors
           ,
           as
           cruelty
           ,
           pride
           ,
           fraud
           ,
           envy
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
           
             O
             God
             be
             thou
             pleased
             to
             magnifie
             thy
             power
             ,
             and
             thy
             mercy
             in
             converting
             these
             men
             ,
             bring
             them
             upon
             their
             Knees
             ,
             (
             good
             Lord
             )
             before
             thee
             and
             before
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             perswade
             their
             proud
             and
             Rebellious
             Spirits
             ,
             to
             beg
             pardon
             for
             all
             their
             evils
             done
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             end
             let
             them
             feel
             that
             Hell
             which
             is
             in
             their
             own
             bosomes
             ,
             let
             the
             blood
             which
             they
             have
             shed
             cry
             ,
             and
             the
             evils
             they
             have
             committed
             roar
             within
             them
             ;
             Let
             them
             seriously
             think
             of
             those
             Devouring
             flames
             ,
             of
             those
             everlasting
             burnings
             ,
             upon
             the
             worm
             that
             never
             dieth
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             fire
             that
             never
             shall
             be
             quenched
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .