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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45295	Hypocrisie discovered, or, A further manifestation of the secret designe, practices, and inventions of the Protector, so called, to seat himself in and be vested with, the power and office of chief magistrate in this nation, contrary to those many declarations, engagements and protestations in opposition thereunto, not onely as it was contrary to an act of Parliament, made after many out-goings of God, against the late King and his monarchy, but also as it did oppose the kingdome and interest of our Lord Jesus		1655 (1655)	Wing H3887; ESTC R7532	18,726	17

as enemies to Magistracy Ministry and Propriety because they agreed not to gratifie him in his lust The first considerable fruit 〈…〉 Government after he had sworn to govern according to Law and the Paper called the Instrument of Government is contrary to them all the imprisoning Mr. Feake Mr. Powell and Mr. Simpson persons unspotted in their lives and conversations all Ministers and labourers in the work of the Gospel and such as are not inferiour to many in the Nation having been eminently owned by the Lord in his work much more of the like nature after appeared M. G. Harrison Col. Rich M. Cary Quart M. G. Courtney M. G. Overton Cornet Day Mr Spitle-house John Jones Col. Allured 〈…〉 to this day remain in prison against whom no crime is objected but it s said they may have their Liberty if they will though when that is inquired into it cannot be unlesse they will engage to the present Government which is contrary to their consciences to acknowledge him as an authority much less a rightful Authority over them and which is worse to binde them up from following the Lord how signall soever his appearances should be With all hast also in order to settlement at home the peace must be concluded with the Dutch and that upon tearmes sufficiently dishonorable after all the eminent appearances of the Lord in every engagement leaving the guilt of bloud in a very great measure at the door of this Nation which both the long sitting and the litle Parliamen● did abhor to assent unto being throughly sensible that the finger of God and not their lust had led them into that war but this must be done also under fair pretence of having peace with Protestants that the more vigorously a war may be carried on against Antichrist but was not this to make himself wiser than God and indeed is it not plain that the meaning of it was that he might have ships and men to bring home gold from the Indies whereby as he had set up himself so he might maintain himself in despight of all and this being blasted the return of gold failing no stone must be left unturned for getting it nearer home the good and well-affected will not be deluded by him and now he that would not be disswaded 〈◊〉 ●arrying on the Act of Oblivion though told that thereby he would be cast out of the hearts of good people which he himself confessed that he thought it would tend much thereunto with a high hand unjustly and unrighteously breaks the same to raise a revenue whereby he may be enabled further to oppresse them and others This together with his ●educing the forces and abridging their pay for his own ends and self preservation which he would never be drawn unto for the sake of the Lord his work and the Nations ease doth evidently to half an eye declare by what principle he acted Upon the same ground and principle Jeroboam like whatever is pretended the National Parochiall Clergy in their corrupt and Antichristian standing and maintenance are upheld and imposed upon the good people of this Nation and the succession thereof provided for in a way as bad if not worse then that which derives it self through the Papacy and of this he greatly boasts in 〈◊〉 page of his first Speech to the Parliament as a blessed fruit of Government to put a stop to that heady way as he phrases it of every one making himself a Preacher When he hath been often heard in England Scotland and Ireland but especially upon Pencland hils in Scotland at Glascoe to the Presbytery there and at Edinburgh when he would maintain laymens preaching in opposition to the Scots that spoke against it to urge that scripture Num. 26.27 28 29. where word was brought to Moses that Eldad and Medad prophesied in the Camp and that Moses though his servant desired him to forbid them did say unto him envyest thou for my sake I would all the Lords people were Prophets and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them and as Moses did judge his servant to be of a ridgid narrow spirit because he would have them forbidden prophesying so himself judged the Scots and Presbyterians to be of the same spirit who would speak against laymens preaching of which see move in a Book intituled Several Letters and Passages between the Lord Gen. Cromwell and the Governour of Edenburgh Castle with the Ministers there Page 10 Let the Saints and Churches even all that fear the Lord in these Nations well weigh those his words it s to be fearred he can turn himself into any shape as may best serve his designes having formerly said of the Earl of Manchester that 〈◊〉 would never be well so long as he kept those hedge Priests about him reflecting upon Mr. Ash and Mr. Good persons of approved gifts and grace who then waited upon his Lordship yea let this be compared with his Speech to the little Parliament fol 2● But when it came to other tryals as in that of Wales which I must confesse for my own part I set my self upon if I should inform what discountenance that businesse of the poor people of God there had who had watchings over them Men like so many Wolves ready to catch the Lamb assoon as it was brought into the World how signally they threw that businesse under foot to the discountenancing of the honest people there and to the coun●enancing of the Malignant party of this Commonw●al●● I need but say it was so many have f●lt it by sad experience who will better impart that business to you which for my self and fellow Officers I think was as perfect a tryall of their spirits meaning the old Parliament as any thing it being known to many of us that God hath kindled a seed there not to be parralleld since the Primitive times of this seed are those that have lately declared against him by their Paper intituled A Word for God or a Testimony on Truths behalf to which the Reader is referred for further satisfaction Now its needfull you should know what that businesse in Wales was that he would have you understand met with such opposition from that Parliament as ministred occasion to him and his Officers to break them It was upon the best information I can get briefly thus An Act was obtained enabling Commissioners to eject ignorant scandalous and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters and to place in their rooms such as sho … be approved of for that high calling or to imploy some in an Itenerary way as should be judged most conducible for the spreading of the Gospell These Commissioners vigorously put in execution this Act so that in some Countries there were not left above 5 or 6 of the old stock few were found fit or willing to be settled in the room of the ejected but many were encouraged and received maintenance out of the publique treasury to preach in an Itenerary way whose labour were