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A vindication of kings and nobles against that ungodly paper called The alarum to the head quarters by T.H.
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A VINDICATION OF KINGS AND NOBLES Against that ungodly paper called The Alarum to the head Quarters By T. H. LONDON Printed for R. L. Nov. 15. 1647. A Vindication of Kings and Nobles against that ungodly paper called An Alarm to the head Quarters A Vindication and cleering of King Charles against that ungodly paper called The Alarm to the head Quarters that paper speakes malitiously and wickedly against the Title Power and Person of King Charles and his posterity I hope the head Quarters will not commend such an ungodly Book for by the helpe of God I shall make it plainly appeare by the holy Scriptures that Kings doe much good and blessed is the Land where good Kings are Therfore let those that desire Anarchy count themselves slaves to their sins more then slaves to their Kings if hee rule according to godly Laws for all their bibble babling in that booke so leaving them to be wise in their own conceits let us come to shew somthing of the wisdome of the word of God first of all before Noahs floud we read of no Kings and what wickednesse was then committed was not the earth then filled with bloud and violence so that the Lord repented that he had made man upon the earth and so all was destroyed but eight persons and so there was no King in Judah nor in Israel when the civill wars began in Gibath of Benjamin what a beastly act was there committed by this free people how were they inslaved to their sins and would not give up those wicked men to any justice untill ruine and bloudshed came upon them all Judg. 10. 40. There was no King in Israel when they went tumultuously and wickedly went to burn and spoile their Neighbour Jephtaphs house Judges 12. 1. and many times the people of Israel were opprest by the Midianites and by the Moabites and the Cananites untill God raised them up a Judge or Generall to go before them and deliver them out of the hands of their enemies and for their Religion these people of Juda and Israel when they had no King but God they forsook him and did evill in his sight and served Baalim and As-shateroth and the God of Syria and the gods of Zydon and the gods of Moab and the gods of Ammon and the gods of the Philistims and forsooke the Lord and served him not Judg. 10. 6 7. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel where then are those men which put all fault in their King for their idolatry when as the people of Israel without a King fell so much into idolatry that God Almighty bid them cry unto their false gods he would deliver them no more Judg. 10. 13 14. Now at last all the Elders of Israel came to Samuel at Ramoth and said Make us a King to judge us like other Nations when as yet the Lord their God was their King And although Samuel told them the conditions of a King at large Sam. 8. yet no perswasions would prevail but they would have a King to fight their battels like all other Nations and God Almighty bid Samuel harken to the people and make them a King Sam. 10. 1. Then Samuel tooke a Violl of oyle and poured upon his head and kissed him and said Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be Captain of his inheritance and ver 20. Saul is chosen of the Lord in publike And ver 24. The people shouted and said God save the King Now presently God worketh a deliverance to the people by his King for Chap. 11. 1. the Amonites came up and besieged Iabesh Gillead and would make no Covenant nor shew no mercie but to put out all their right eyes but King Saul gathered the people together and slue them and scattered them so that there was not two left together and the people would have slain the enemies of King Saul had not the King hindered them Then after God chose King David Sam. 16. Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle and anointed him in the midst of his brethren and the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward Then Kings which come lawfully to be King are of Gods choosing Then let not men rail like Shimei in their words and in their books against Kings nor against our King nor call him bloudy man as some doe in their books for it is written Thou shalt not speake evill of the Ruler of the people But leaving these people to their own consciences let us speak somthing of the great good that many Kings have done Some good did King Saul wee reade of little Idolatry in his dayes and hee saved the people from the Amorites hee saved them from the Philistims and King David mourneth for him and sayth hee taught them to shoot and clothed them in Scarlet and King David after him did great good God Almighty enabled him to overcome all the Heathen his enemies round about hee brought renowme to his Nation and made the Cananites and the Amorites to pay Tribute so that hee had a great name through out the whole World And for Religion he was most excellent how many Psalmes of thanksgiving did this worthy King write how mightily did this King set out Gods works in the creation of the world and how doth he record Gods deliverance in former times how wonderfully did God reveal unto him by the spirit of prophesie the Kingdom of Christ and how did the people and the King rejoyce together in their free will offerings toward the building of the Temple and in their Sacrifices and feasting and then he blest them in the name of the Lord and let them goe And after his decease God chose Solomon to bee their King and he was anointed by the Prophet proclaimed with great joy so that the earth rang of the shouts of the people Then why doe Anarchy people scoffe at the anointing of Kings are they wiser then their Maker surely no and wee finde it no where forbid in the New Testament but wee are commanded to give Caesar his due and Christian Religion teacheth us to honour the King and to pray for him and all that are put in authority by him Saint Peter and St. Paul were better taught in Christs schoole then all the Anarchy men in the world And was not King Solomon the wisest man that lived God almighty loved him he builded that famous Temple at Jerusalem and directed and ordered stately and wise orders in the Church and Common-wealth as for his sins God gave him repentance and therefore wee ought to speake little of that then after his decease by succession for many ages God raised up his sons to bee Kings Rehoboam Abia Asa Jehosophat Ahaziah Joram Jehonas Amaziah Azariah Jotham Ahaz Hezekias and the rest till the Captivity Many of these were godly and religious Kings some were indifferent and some were very bad yet all were made Kings in order Abia had som fear of God and got a mighty victory against Jeroboam and Idoll Priests Asa feared God and praid unto him and God gave him a mighty victory over the Blackmoores and Lubines which came to invade his Land they had fared so well in his Grandfather Rehoboams time because he had fallen to idolatry that they came again but he made them fly to Gaza and took sheep and oxen and an exceeding great spoyle and Jehosaphat feared God and maintained righteousnesse and true justice charging the Judges to do no wrong And when he and the people fasted and prayed when three Kings with all their power came up with all their hosts the Lord heard their prayers and raisd up a Prophet to tell them that they should not be afraid of them but should goe out against them and so the Lord sent strife among the Heathen Kings that they destroyed one another in such abundance that the people were three dayes a gathering the riches which they left upon the ground Thus God helped those good Kings Hezekiah and Josias many good Kings hath God sent amongst his people and in many places we ought to judge so and not to cry out slavery because there are degrees of men one above an other they that are great and strong should help the needy and oppressed and pull the prey out of their strength which they have taken from the simple widows and father lesse children I hope none of these Anarchy people which are against Kings and Nobles I hope none of them will speak against the King of Saints in heaven for there are degrees of glory in heaven yet all are free one star diffeâ—eth in glory above another yet they should keepe their places Godlinesse is great gain if a man be content with his estate And here in England God Almigty hath sent us many good Kings Queens and Nobles although this Alarum paper doth envy all the Norman Race and Orders of Lords yet wee have had godly learned wise and valiant Kings and Nobles in this Land as any other What valiant Edwards have we had in this Land which conquered that great Kingdom of France and made them pay tribute And King Henry the Seventh how valiant hee was to pull the Kingdome out of the Usurper and Tyrants hand Richard the Third How wise and prudent was he in bringing Englands peace again how just was hee in sitting in Courts of Justice many times himself What buildings did he build at Westminster How valiant was his sonne Henry the Eighth and Edward the Sixth what care had he of Religion how charitable was hee to the poore Orphans of the City of London can tell then Queen Elizabeth how constant was she in the Protestant Religion how learned in Languages how wise and loving to the people then King James a man very learned and peaceable And now King Charles hath a great many good conditions Who can tell what favour the Lord will shew him Yet then I pray good brother and sister to them that cry out thou art in slavery under Kings and Nobles in this wicked paper called The Alarm to the head Quarters have yee not a double heart and would you not have the brambles Kings of the Forrest if it be so change your mindes for certainly God Almighty will keepe better order in the world therefore with the Apostles let us pray for Kings and Governours that under them we may live a free and godly life in peace and honesty FINIS Imprimatur I. 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