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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38779	The voice of King Charls the father to Charls the son, and the bride say come being an invitation of King Charls to come in peaceably and be reconciled to his father's minde and shewing the integrity of His Highness Oliver Cromwel ... / by Arise Evans.	Evans, Arise, b. 1607.	1655 (1655)	Wing E3471; ESTC R26694	43,143	81

away the greatest wrath of God from a people if it be generally and commanded by their King and Governours otherwise it will not avail for in King Charles his time by some the Sabbath was kept more exact then ever and specially more then it is now when Families are broken into several Opinions that there is hardly three in a great Family of one judgement and all might have so kept it for any thing that he declared against it but he did not declare for it soon enough and therefore wrath came from the Lord upon his people A man in King Charles his time could not pass along the streets morning evening or at night on the Sabbath but he should hear them in most houses reading repeating of Sermons singing Psalms and praying yea and every day they had prayers in their Families both evening and morning and now such things are out of use Also how beautiful a thing was it to see them go to Church in those dayes the Master went before the Mistress Children and Servants following with one consent surely then they were in the way of God if I can judge but now the Master goeth one way the Mistress another the Children and Servants another every one goeth several wayes and when they come home Mum is best for they can neither pray together nor speak any thing of God if they do there is a hot house presently with their damning and confounding one another God is not the Author of such confusion but of peace and concord 1 Chron. 14. 33. and how can there be religious Government or a keeping of the Sabbath in Families when the Church is without Government for if the Foundation or Church-Government be destroyed what can the righteous Masters of Families do Psal. 11. 3. they cannot say with Joshua 24. 15. We and our Families will serve the Lord for there is a power above them that will nor suffer them to bear a compleat rule in their own houses Esther 1. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22. The granting Liberty of Conscience was the overthrow of the late King for had he been severe to make all men keep holy the Sabbath he had not fallen and his tolerating men to use on that day their own Conscience and wills as they listed was his failing so that he and his lost all by it and now there is no way left to pacifie God's wrath but by fasting and prayer to seek the Lord in publick and private and specially to keep holy the sabbath-Sabbath-day And to tell you which day is that day Bishop Bayley in the Practise of Piety doth witness from Scripture and Reason that it is the day commonly called Sunday and he gives you many instances of judgements on Towns and Persons that had profaned it And truely that Prophet for so I may call him foreseeing this judgement with an intention to prevent it directed his Book to King Charles But a lass that is nothing to what we can witness for the vindicating our Sabbath the Lord's day for we have seen since Kings and Kingdoms routed Parliaments and States destroyed and all for profaning that day Therefore now God hath resolved that Jews question so that it is without doubt our Sabbath and none but it is the Sabbath which God doth own Wherefore if you look to be saved of God strive and have a care to keep it holy and wait patiently upon the Lord we shall reap if we faint not Gal. 6. 9. I know many good Protestant is now in Job's condition having his Family destroyed his House and Goods plundered and perhaps his Body smitten with sore Diseases besides his Friends being Independent Anabaptist or Presbyterian as Job's three Friends come to oppress accuse and condemn him falsly but Job for al this appeals to God for his integrity and saying through Faith that though his flesh should be destroyed and his body consumed yet that he did believe as many now in the same manner do believe that they shall see King Charles on his Throne and was assured that he should see his Redeemer in that very same body Job 19. 25 26 27. And you see God doth at last shew himself to Job and as his three friends were forced to have him pray for them Job 42. 5 6 7 8 9. so these that now condemn you as evil doers will be glad to lie at your feet and have you pray for them to God and also petition to the King for them But observe this vers. 10. that after Job had prayed for his Friends then and not afore God turned away his captivity and gave him twice as much as he had lost From hence learn thus much You that have suffered most are to pray earnestly to God for them that most wronged you then shall you be accepted of God for your selves and them Again you must likewise make their peace with the King for you onely are accepted fitted under God and none but you can do that and doing thus your captivity immediately upon it shall be ended and you shall have twice as much as you had before both of honour and riches I speak thus much in particular to you that were great ones if you do as abovesaid you will be far greater then ever you were And do this with all speed it will take but a little time if you be willing to do it but however do not despair wait patiently upon God until he frames your minde to do it for it is far from you to consent to what I say in these things David though anointed to be King of Israel notwithstanding the promise 1 Sam. 16. 1 13. it being deferred and he hotly persecuted he thought it would never be and that one day he should fall by the hand of Saul 1 Sam. 27. 1. and again said in his haste All men were lyars Psal. 116. 11. concluding that Samuel had erred in anointing him and in saying he should be King but at last when David came to be King indeed he confessed his error in being too hasty Psal. 31. 21 22 23 24. and exhorteth men in such cases not to be hasty but to wait patiently upon the Lord shewing that though sometimes he was hasty which was but folly yet most times he waited patiently upon the Lord Psal. 27. 13 14. Psal. 40. 1 2. A Reproof for Withers Walker and Lily THere hath been and there is certain ungodly men that devour this Nation by infusing into them the spirit of rebellion confusion and disorder Truely such men are no less then Witches 1 Sam. 15. 23. Gal. 3. 1. and of late yeers they have gained too much credit to the ruine of the Nation by setting the Subjects against the King the Church against the Bishops and Pastors the Wives against their Husbands the Children against their Parents the Servants against their Masters the Souldiery against their Commanders striving to set all in rebellion against God's Ordinances pretending to the

men that have zealously devoted themselves to fight Christ's battels and to bring down his Rebellious enemies under his Iron Rod for to keep Gods Commandments and they shall prosper Yet let me not flatter our gallant English Souldiers lest I should deceive them for I read Joel 2. of a terrible Army called A Northern Army which I believe is designed for this place and shall do great things but if we turn to God and the King as you see Joel 2. 12 13 14 20. then God will remove this Sea Northern Army from us I had also Visions of such things And Grobnerus's Prophesie agreeth to it which speaketh thus Then shall appear one Charles descending of Charles with a mighty fleet on the coast of his Fathers Dominion and with the aid of the Danes Swedes Hollander and French shall subdue his adversaries and shall govern the people most happily and shall reign long and far and shall be greater then Charles the Great Besides there is in a Book of Sir Franc is Bacon a Prophesie to the same purpose thus as followeth There shall be seen upon a day Between the Borrough and the Bay The black Fleet of Norway And when that Fleet is come and gone England build houses of lime and stone For after wars you never shalt have none And Mr. Gostolawes Visions as you have it in his Book doth witness the same But I look upon there as a threatning from God to bring the Army to agree with the King in reason and honouring him and not to stand it out with him so as to look upon him altogether inconsiderable because he hath not men and money for God is able on a sudden to raise him both though it is hard to get such as our English Army consists of and I hope they will not lose the honour of bringing in the King they consisting of the purest sort of men But indeed in all other places where they raise Armies they raise them of the most vile and uncivil men that are among them as formerly they did take the Thieves from the Goals for Souldiers and press the most vile and wicked sort in all Countries such as had no fear of God in them Therefore as the Proverb saith Put a Sword in a mad-man's hand and see what will be the fruit of it and if you like it do it again I am sure the late King found a bitter fruit from it the last time but this Army are of a clean contrary sort of men for they that had most of the fear of God in them were the Foundation of this Army A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump be it good or bad Matth 13. 33. 1 Cor. 5. 6 7. And therefore ten thousand of them that pray to God when they fight and study God's word continually shall bear forty thousand of such as fear not God but contrarily curse swear be they never so desperate and strong men yet let none presume upon his holiness as the Pope did who thought to make the World flie before him and was choaked by a flye that flew in at his mouth The King can never have a better opportunity then he had the last time he came from Scotland for had not the blinde and the lame been with him who were hated of David's soul 2 Sam. 5. 6 8. the King had been on his Throne at London within eight dayes after he had entred England for if his Counsel of War had had eyes to have seen their way and legs to come valiantly forward when God gave them such an opportunity the work had been done and it had been wisdom and valour in them not to sleep upon it but to march night and day until they came to London and if they had taken all the horses in their way to bring them speedily up the King then might have suddenly recompensed the owners of such horses and the way was open no power being between them and London able to hinder them for the Parliament themselves were amazed at the sudden news of the Kings coming into England with such a great power and they being so unprovided were ready to receive him without a stroke had his Army been swift enough to come in time to London But had the Lord Protector with so many of his men been in their stead with the King upon such a design having so fair an opportunity the Lord Protector and his men had soon been Masters of London and had set the King on his Throne Therefore let not King Charles think that such men as brought his Father though unwittingly to the block and himself into such hazard at Worcester and themselves to a great destruction that ever they should do him good in the field It is true the men wish well to the King and who can be more truer to him then they are but alass they have deceived both him and themselves hitherto for they are not fit Souldiers specially to go against these men that are in the Army now in England because they are blinde and lame in all their proceedings We may not think that David's soul did hate a blinde and lame man that wanted the use of his natural eyes and feet No God forbid he should hate such poor creatures as could not help themselves but those blinde and lame that David hated were foolish negligent Souldiers that were not so wise as to see their time and swift enough to take their advantage when God gave them the opportunity And so I hope the King will be of David's minde for such Souldiers do but deceive destroy and waste themselves and those that imploy them Therefore the Jebusites said in scorn to David 2 Sam. 5. 6. Except thou take away the blinde and the lame thou shall not come in hither Thinking David cannot come in hither As our long Parliament justly scorned the King's men knowing they were both blinde and lame in all their enterprises But David returns the Jesubites mockery upon themselves saying they were the blinde and the lame 2 Sam. 5. 7 8. and Joab made them know when he sinote them that David had no such men as they thought they were 1 Chron. 11. 5 6. Therefore I say the King will do well if he agree and joine himself to this Army now on foot for I believe it will be a hard task for him to get an Army that shall beat them out for the late Kings blood the providence of God hath clearly shewed where it lieth if men had but eyes to see it I pray observe the Presbyterian Parliament for I believe the Independent consented not to it set forth a Declaration to invite the King saying That if the King would leave his evil Councel and come in to them they would make him a glorious King And the KING resting upon their promise hoping to finde them faithful went without his Councel to the chief strength of the Presbyters even the Scots Army Then the English Presbyters forsooth seemed to