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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28306	A heavenly diurnall, glory be to God on high, peace on earth, good will towards men, it was good news, is, and ever will be, or, The long expected returne of the many publike and private humiliations of the people of God all which will by his blessing ere long, be turned into dayes of great praise and thanksgiving, and prove a fatall scourge to such traiterous, blasphemous tongues as Aulicus, &c / by I. B.	Blackwell, Jonathan.	1644 (1644)	Wing B3094; ESTC R4370	7,873	16

judgement against any debtors or debtors estate whom he supposeth to be with the King or otherwise absents himselfe and shall not repaire to his dwelling now or hereafter within the Parliaments quarters within a certaine time to be limitted or otherwise shew good cause for his absence because men will be fearful that the bringing in of their 10. l. in the hundred may make their debtors Delinquents whereas the thing armed at is that the Subject may be righted by his debtors estate not being able to reach his person by law God who is the God of peace and Jesus Christ who is the Prince of peaces send us peace and truth and which is the hearty prayer of the Author and which he professeth in the presence of the Omnicient God to be the onely thing he aymes at and for prosecution whereof he is by some particular persons ignorantly as in charity he conceives but certainly most unjustly termed a Malignant his heart being right towards God his Royall Majesty Parliament and Country and therefore heartily desires that this ill tare of devision may be speedily rooted out and that no man henceforward may dare to call a man a Malignant which name is much destructive to trade it being a weakning to many honest mens credit unlesse he can prove that he hath or shall have a head hand or purse against the Parliament or that shall hereafter disobey Parliamentary commands for as the Author conceives the Devill is the grant Malignant and all those who are now in Armes and maliciously bent against their God King Parlialiament and Country are his reall Children but the Author in judgement of charity must needs have better thoughts of many of them whose weak judgements have been wrought upon through the conning Prelaticall Jesuiticall Diabolicall insinuations of those blood-thirsty Jesuiticall Prelaticall Papists and Irish Rebels God be mercifull to their soules if they belong to him but certainly he will plague their bodies and estates for this their Rebellion and Roguery whereas the other so wrought upon as aforesaid the Author humbly desires should upon their timely submission be as freely forgiven their great Trespasses as we doe expect God should freely forgive us our Trespasses Further more Whereas the Authour doth confidently beleeve that the Almighty God hath honoured this God-●earing Parliament to lay the foundation of that Spirituall Temple of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ He doth also as truly beleeve that God how farre the Spirituall Temple exceeds the materiall which was but a type and shadow will in these our dayes if we could but fully beleeve in him who is the Eternall Almighty Lord of Heaven and Earth the onely wise God King of Kings and Lord of Lords soone plant the Gospell of Jesus Christ in the darke places of England and the two other united Kingdomes and so erect his Temple by the Spirituall Sword that which many think onely possible to be done by the Temporall and I am afraid many are guilty of this abhorrid Achan Gods blessing goeth along with his Ordinances to convert soules the fiery Ordinance which so much thunders now amongst us is onely to chastise the bodies of the above mentioned Malignants now in Armes as aforesaid If therefore a Treasury were erected for the people to bring in moneys freely for the building of this Spirituall Temple as was in the dayes of old for the Materiall God whose name is Jehovah God that changeth nor that hath the command of all mens hearts would so powerfully worke upon them that his glory might be knowne amongst the Sonnes of men in these latter times that the Author doth verily beleeve he would so move the hearts of people to this holy and heavenly worke that they should so freely cast in that it should be said as in old times forbeare there is more then enough The Author hath some reason more then supernaturall to beleeve so because he knowes that every true Protestant who desires to serve God in the wayes of his Fore-fathers since Reformation and is willing to be reformed by Authority in all Temporals as immediately from the Parliament who are their Heads But in spirituals as immediately from that reverend Assembly of Divines whom the Author conceives to be the most compudent judges in Divine things and are onely to hand such Spirituals to the Parliament for Confirmation if approved And because such a true Protestant as aforesaid will not willingly submit to the malignant humour of every giddy unsetled braine is thereupon presently termed a Malignant when God he knowes such a Malignant wil give ten in the hundred for Peace and Truth and none will refuse if able being allowed the Publique Faith for what shall be so flung into the said Treasury Whereas some men being not so well minded may offer to give as too evidently appeares three times as much for bloudy warre to serve their owne turnes not respecting the glory of God nor the Crowne and dignity of his Majesties sacred Person as he is Gods annointed nor of his great Councell the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled nor the welfare of their own native Country much lesse of the other two Kingdomes one whereof by a former but of late by a more speciall providence so strongly linked together all which are now lamentably bleeding and if not speedily stopt by God who is the onely wise Chyrurgion and is onely able to stoppe this 〈…〉 bleed to de●● I me●● to ru●● d●struc●●● 〈…〉 d●p●pulation and so at last ●o foraigne ●n●●●ion whic● God in mercy for 〈◊〉 Names s●ke ●nd his Son Christ Jesus sake the Saviour of us all timely prevent as doubtlesse he will Besides another Motive is That by this meanes all Assesments c. and proceedings for non-pa●ment thereof which were caused through our sinnes because we were so backward To helpe the Lord against the mighty which was Meros curse may according as the issue of this businesse shal prove upon triall thereof be speedily taken off which will mightily indeare the affections of the People to King and Parliament Let evill councellours be removed from the Throne and it shall be established in righteousnesse Dearly beloved in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ If any thing be not as it should be attribute it to the weaknes and inability of the Penner who goes by the name of the Author but not to the Author of the Penner I leave every man to judge that knowes the Penner and his disabilities in such things to judge who that Author is that set him on worke And the Penner humbly prayes you wil accept of as our most Mercifull and Heavenly Father doth the will for the deed being limited unto two houres time for the expediting hereof This businesse as he conceives admitting of no long delayes which hath bin and still is too great a fault amongst us for the old Proverbe of late hath oft times proved too true When the Steed is stolne then we shut the stable doore and these after games to a cunning skilfull Gamster seldome proves good b●● a word to the wise is sufficient Finally my Brethren let us trust in the Lord our God who is the Lord of hosts and who for bis unspeakable Glory and our comforts be it knowne unto you blessed be his great Name The Authour doth very beleeve that rather then these true Malignants afore named whom he hath endevoured but not fully able to set forth in their proper bloudy colour shall go unpunished for this their rebellion blasphemy c. but especially for the blood of Gods Saints which they have so cruelly and unmercifully spilt without any other cause save onely in opposition and malignity against God and goodnesse that very God Miracles being ceased who will be seene in the ordinary wayes of his providence Yet being unlimited I say againe rather then such Wretches shall goe unpunished He will fend an Angell from Heaven to destroy them or cause the earth of a sudden unexpectedly to swallow them up as he did Corah Dathan and Abiram who spake the same language to Moses and Aaron as these Wretches now doe to the Parliament nay more for these say in their hearts We will not that Jesus Christ shall reigne over us and so undeniably the Devill must who they need not feare but sooner or later will pay them their wages for this their falacious good service if not timely repented of which God grant them so to doe if they belong to him If wicked Achans be but removed and the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church setled God will be soone seene in the Mount

and just Also it is to be considered that this way suits with the late City Petition for provision of just Debts out of Delinquents estates and will unite London and the associated Counties and raise in probability as much Money as the whole publike Faith lent already comes to the State first and last being allowed 20 per cent which is the fifth part and there is owing as is conceived five millions at least if not ten The Question being which shall be first paid Iust Debts or Publike Faith Resolved as neere as I can with reference to better judgements That just Debts should be first paid for these reasons 1 BEcause it is the well affecteds estate and not the Delinquents and the Parliament as it is conceived only intended to satisfie the publique faith with what was the States owne not with what was the well affecteds Objection But all is forfeited to the State and Delinquents estates are not by the fundamentall law lyable to pay their Debts Answer Therefore the City pleads equity to the Parliament as may appeare by the Reasons annexed to the City Petition which are as followeth The City Reasons wherefore honest and well affected mens Debts should be made good out of their Delinquent Debtors Estates so far forth as they will pay the same BEcause in confidence they should be made good in case the Parliament prevailed they have answerably to such Debts which they alwayes accounted good estate given lent and subscribed great sums of money for the Parliaments service 2. That proportionably to their estates as well in Delinquents hands as others they alwayes were and still are estimated and valued and accordingly assessed for the fifty Subsidies and other Assessements for the Parliaments service 3. That according to their estates as well in Delinquents hands as others they have adjudged themselves and been adjudged to pay their twentieth part 4. That divers Merchants who have great sums known to be so owing and not able to beare the losse of it their credits which ie the life of trade will be impaired if not wholy lost and divers who have all or the greatest part of their estates so owing both themselves wives and children will be vtterly undone 5. That they who have beene alwayes very active and forward to and beyond their estates to bring Delinquents to condigne punishment may not be made sufferers with them as of necessitie they must if provision be not made as aforesaid their estates being involved in the Delinquents 6. That many for their extraordinary zeale and forwardnes to advance the Parliaments cause especially such as have taken upon them publike services have rendred themselves so notorious to the contrary partie that many of their Debtors would not and others durst not pay them one penny of their Debts which otherwise might have been secured 7. That if Debts so owing be not provided for all in generall especially the Citizens of London to whom most is owing will be much discouraged and dis-inabled to serve the Parliaments occasions as formerly they have done and still desire to doe Objection But how then shall the publique faith be paid Answer We therefore after this 10. l. in the hundred that Land may not be as yet sold at so low rates but thesequestrations may be continued for the States use till the Kingdome be more setled and then we desire our debts may be assured us at a full value which may be double that they are now offered to sale and by that meanes there will be enough to pay both Objection But how shall the State be supplied with monyes Objection Let them be but pleased to make tryall of the propositions which by judgement of wise men will advance more then sale of Lands and if it doth not prove so within the 28. dayes tryall then let them proceed to sale of Lands either in the way propounded or otherwise provision being onely made for such honest men as shall bring in their monyes within the time and then all claimourous mouthes will be stopt Secondly By the excise and divers other wayes the State may take order for satisfying of the publique faith when the Kingdome is setled in the meane time the overplusses of Delinquents estates may goe towards satisfaction thereof and doubtlesse many of them will have great overplusses Aud which is most of all considerable This will unite the affections of all to the Parliament whereas the not allowing just debts there being as conceived ten millions of money owing by Delinquents to the wel-affected may dis-unite their affections which God prevent Nay Whereas the paying of the publike faith is so much stood upon Our desire is that it may be put to tryall And we will produce of honest and wel-affected men ten to one nay an hundred to one that have lent ten to one upon the publique faith and not desire as they never expected payment thereof till the Kingdome be setled And therefore we offer ten in the hundred more upon the publique faith which we will also stay for provided our just debts be secured So the great question is Whether the Parliament to secure wel-affected debts it being some of their whole estates and in hopes whereof they have lent great summes of money to the Parliament will accept of three or soure hundred thousand pounds nay more there can be beleeved upon the publike faiths security or not But that which doth most induce the wel-affected to lend 10. l. in the hundred more upon publike faith is that the wel-affected Nobility Gentry and Comonalty of the Kingdome nay the Parliament and City be not undone For if these Lands now offered to sale being the Creame will produce but eight and six yeates purchase with such allowance of publike faith which if it be not doubtlesse may be and carried so closely too by severall wayes as may be thought inscrutable or not to be discovered What will the other Lands remote and in the Kings quarters yeeld next time the State wants moneys and so are necessitated to sell more Doubtlesse at last they will fall to an Irish purchase and so the wel-affected having spent themselves already for the service of the Parliament the great rich men generally though many of them as is the Author unjustly termed Malignants who have great purses as the Author hath not yet contented with what he hath may ingrosse all the Lands of the Kingdome into their owne hands In the feare of God let it be seriously and speedily considered of not fearing they will doe any wrong but that if they would they mightand accordingly judge of them who are willing to discover and make knowne such a gap for that purpose Now the better to advance moneys upon the propositions in hand it is desired a Declaration may be forthwith published that it shall be lawfull for every man bringing 10. l. in the hundred to have his debt tried in this new Court of Judicature and upon due proofe recover