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A88210	L. Colonel John Lilburne revived. Shewing the cause of his late long silence, and cessation from hostility against alchemy St. Oliver, and his rotten secretary; as also of the report of his death. With an answer in part, to the pestilent calumniation of Cap: Wendy Oxford (Cromvvels spie upon the Dutch, and upon the English royallists, sojonrning [sic] in the United Provinces) closely couched in a late delusive pamphlet of the said Oxfords, called The unexpected life, & wished for death, of the thing called parliament in England All vvhich, vvith many historicall passages, giveing light into the unvvorthy practises of the English grandees, is contained in three letters (The first to a friend in the United Provinces, The second to a friend in Scotland. And the third, to the honourable, Colonel Henry Martin, in England VVritten by L. Colonel John Lilburne.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.; Oxford, Wendy. Unexpected life, & wished for death, of the thing called parliament in England.	1653 (1653)	Wing L2128; Thomason E689_32; ESTC R206981	43,475	37

hold it as an undoubted article of their faith for the support of their State and policie that it is not fitt nor convenient for them to keep faith with any Interest or generation of men in the world longer then it serves their owne ends being absolutely in their owne thoughts as their constant practises sufficiently demonstrate and declare as cleare as the Sunne at noone day tyed by noe ingagement declarations protestations oaths Covenants or Contracts whatsoever that even amongst Pagans and Infidels themselves are most Sacred longer then they please and if any of their mercenary penmen dare be so impudent as to deny this that I now say of them and indeanor in there behalfe to proove the contrary I dare hereby ingage my life and reputation by abundance of evident declared and knowne instances to prove these my pressent asertions as cleare as the Sunne in its most glorious shineing therefore let all wise men be wary and take heed how they trust them But a little further to goe on me thinks it seems ugly and so inconsistent with the principles of a man that would really be reputed a Christian and that injoys Communion with the Lord of Life and glory and beleeves his Almightie power and faithfullnes to be a pursuer of any designe whatsoever but what he well examines and before hand compares with the Rule of truth and righteousnes the revealed will of god contained in the Scripture and which evidently upon the examination appears to his conscience and Judgement to be just and honest in it selfe and in the mannageing of which he Steeres his course by those two sure and never faileing cards or Compasses of righteousnes viꝪt doe as you would be donn unto and yee shall not doe evill that good may come of it that should I either undertake such wicked designes as my Cromwellish Bloodie adversaries constantly for these 5 or 6 Yeares together have donn against me or pursne the accomplishment there of with such false treacherous hellish diabolicall Bloodly cowardly meanes and ways as they have commonly done upon me not with standing any glorious outside pretences of religious fastings prayings and preachings which yet in themselves rightely preformed are excellent good things that possible I could have acted or performed really I should have Judged my selfe so farr from deserveing to be reputed to be a true Christian indeed that truly I should rather have thought that abundantly more justly I had truly deserved to have that saying of Christ in Iohn 8 44 spoken unto me that Christ himselfe spoke unto the hypocriticall jewes that boasted much to be Children of Abraham but did not doe his works but the quite contrarie and therfore saith Christ to them you are of your Father the Deviland the lusts of your Father you will doe he was a Murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is noe truth in him when he speaketh a lye he speaketh of his owne for he is a lyer and the Father of it The second consideration that I have had in my thoughts ariseth from that indeared affection that I justly beare to the Land of my nativitie above all nations in the world and that extraordinary obligeing cause and ground I have to beare the same to multitudes of the honest in habitants thereof for their former tender affection in the day of my great adversitie largely manifested unto me now if under the pretence of my indeavering to preserve my self against Cromwells faithles and apparent indeavoring utterly to destroy me and mine and extirpating me from the Earth I should in the present day of Englands adversitie by their warrs with Holland hand over head rashly and inconsiderately by way of hasty revenge ingage against it and indeavor to have done to the whole as severall bannished men upon farr greater causes and grounds then mine that I have redd of that were bannished from Rome and Athens did who by joyning their presonall and particular interests parts and abilities to the strength of Rome and Athens their professed enemyes and thereby severall times brought their native Citties countryes almost to utter desolation I say should I have done or indeavonred to have done this in the day of Englands present adversitie though I have I am confident of it as much cause given me in any open avowed way in the world to indeavor to right my selfe against that grand Tyrant Cromwell and his lawles bloodthirstie Crue as can be given unto a man yet I say if my indevoring my owne right should intentionally or rationally and consequentially tend to the mischeise and destruction of the whole I should have had little peace or comfort of minde in it or small honour or repute in the estimation of righteous and just men who might justly have told me God himselfe though absolute Soveraigne over all mankinde in wicked Sodoms case abhorred to destroy the righteous with the wicked Gen. 18. And all those that truly professe the feare of his name ought to be like unto him at least in the habite or disposition of there mindes And besides They might also have justly told me of Gods severe threatned revenge upon Edom for dealing with the house of his brother Jacob in the like case although the smitings of God himself for their sinnes was upon them yet in this very case God in Obadiah Verse 9.10.11.12.13.14.15 thus saith And thy mighty men o Teman shall be dismaied to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cutt off by slaughter for thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee and thou shalt be cutt off for ever in the day that thou stoodest on the other side in the day that the strangers carried away his forces and forraigners entered into his gates and cast lotts upon Jerusalem even thou wast as one of them But thou shouldest not have looked upon the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger neither shouldest thou have rejoyced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of their distresse Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamitie Yea thou shouldest not have looked upon their affliction in the day of their calamitie nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamitie neither shouldest thou have stood in the cross way to have cutt of those of his that did Escape neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distresse for the day of the Lord is neare upon all the heathen as thou hast done it shall be done unto thee thy reward shall return upon thine own head And also having redd the Scripture as I have done diligently they might have told me if the blood of one righteous Abel causesly shed called or cried so loud in the ears of God for wrath and vengeance against Cain how much

the world but they were cause allso of encreaseing their dominion and Empire over all Nations and that the world afterwards had great Affiance and trust in them and that most justly So that the People and Citties did not only receive the Captaines and Governouis the Romans sent them but they allso went unto Rome and procured them to come and did putt themselves into their hands And not only the Citties and Commonalties but Kings and Ptinces also that were oppressed by others more mighty then themselves had no other refuge but to put themselves under their protection by reason whereof in a very short time with the favour and helpe of the Gods as my Author is persuaded all the world came to submit themselves to their obedience and to bee under the protection of thir Empire Titus himselfe also did glorie more that he had restored Grece againe unto libertie then in any other service or exploit he ever had done and having besides all this done many more famous things he went to Rome with a world of riches and treasure and triumphed And this year being out longer then which no Roman Generall did ordinarilie hold his place especiallie in the puritie and glorie of their common-wealth and mischeife in his absence being a brewing amongst the poore Grecians by the forementioned Antiochus a potent king who went out of Asia into Greece with a potent fleet of Shipps and a very puissant Armie to stir up the Citties of Greece to forsake their league and alliance with the Romans Thereupon the Romans fearing the riseing of the People in Greece and the fame of the power of that great king Antiochus they chose and sent out for the next yeare Manius Acilius for a Generall and Titus was content without scruple to goe under him as one as his Lieutenants Whose behaviour in that Journey was as full of wisedome and humanitie as in the former in saveing severall Citties by his sweet and overcomeing perswasions from the furie of the present Generalls Rage who in battell haveing overthrowne the said great king sought and prosequted revenge on those that had any way sided with him Which made the poore People of Grece when beseiged to looke over the walls to spie Titus and to call unto him by his name holding up their hands unto him and praying him to take pitty upon them But he answered never a word to them at that time but turned his back and fell a weepeing Yet was he their sure Intercessor to prevaile with the Generall for their pardon Which made one of the Citties being preserved by his meanes to consecrate unto him all the remembrances that that heathen Age could devise to honour a Man with And in the Temple that they dedicated to him they had a Preist chosen by the voyce of the People to doe sacrifice unto him After which the People sing a song of triumph made in praise of him the latter end of which runns thus The cleare unspotted Faith Of Romans we adore And vow to be their faithfull friends Both now and evermore Sing out ye Muses nine To Ioves eternall fame Sing out the honour due to Rome And Titus worthy name Sing out I say the praise Of Titus and his faith By whom ye have preserved bin From Ruine Doole and Death And after his return from the warrs with Antiochus he was chosen Censor at Rome which office is of great dignitie and as a man may say the crown of all the honours that a Cittizen of Rome can have in that Common-wealth And he and his fellow Censor by their office having power to put all such as they judged unworthy persons out of the Senate did put out onely foure They did receive also into the number of Cittyzens of Rome all such as would present themselves to be enrowled in their common Register with a proviso that they were born free by Father and Mother unto which last they were compelled by Tenentius Culio Tribune or protector of the peoples liberties who to despite the Nobilitie perswaded the people of Rome by their Supreme authority to command it should be so After all which high dignities and honours and brave and noble actions he abased himself to become a Colonell of a thousand foote being obtained of and by his own seeking of purpose to goe into the warrs to fight for the glory of his Countrie which action in my opinion is to be commended in him For I beleeve none of the great Generals of our age but would scorne after their being Generals to goe into the warrs again as private Colonells And so much for famous and renowned Titus Quintius Flaminius All which you may reade more at large in Plutarchs Lives Fol. 381.382 to 395. Makeing Sir no farther Application of these things at present I onely beg your pardon for my tediousnes to you especially to whom I know large Epistles are no way pleasant intreating you likewise to steale a little spare time from your many great occasions to read these lines seriously which I very strongly imagine may prove of some use to you And oblige me yet so farr unto you as to present my heartie service to my old true-hearted plain and blunt friend Mr. Moyle of your house and tell him from me that he often used to clap me on the back call me Noble Cato which before I came to Flanders did not fully understand what he meant by it But haveing red so much of famous Plutarchs Lives lately with so much delight and seriousnes as I have done reading for many daies together fiftie of his large Folios in a day and also largely takeing notes as I reade my common practise in reading any book that pleaseth me I hope shortly in a few lines which I intend to present him with to let him know I now fully understand his meaning So with my heartie and true love and service presented to you I take leave to subscribe my self SIR Your most affectionate Friend heartily to serve you being yet as much an English man as ever I was JOHN LILBURN Semperidem From my delightfull dwelling in Bruges Saturday Novemb. the 9. 1652. 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