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A93694	An answer to one part of the Lord Protector's speech: or, A vindication of the fifth monarchy-men, in reference to an accusation of evil charged upon them in his speech to the Parliament in the Painted Chamber, the 4 of September, 1654. / Published by John Spittlehouse, to the end all men may see the strong endeavours that have been used to obstruct the kingly interest of Jehovah the Lord Christ in the world, by blowing the bellows of a persecution against those that desire he should reign over all nations of the earth, by his holy, just, and perfect laws and ordinances recorded in the sacred Scriptures to that very end and purpose.	Spittlehouse, John.	1654 (1654)	Wing S5003; Thomason E813_19; ESTC R211046	21,496	28

magnifie the laws of Heathens and Antichristians above them is to admiration But I hope it will not be so for the future And hence it was that godly David complaineth of such persons saying How long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked Selah Psal 82. 2 c. Again saith he They know not neither do they understand they walk in darkness Again Solomon speaking to the whole pack of those Magistrates that contaminate the Laws of God in chap. 6. of his book titled Wisdom saith Hear O Kings and understand learn ye that are Judges of the earth give ear ye that rule the people and glory in the mult●tude of nations for power is given you from the Lord and soveraignty from the Highest who shall try your works and search your counsels Because being ministers of his kingdom ye have not judged aright nor kept the law nor walked after the counsel of God horribly and speedily will he come upon you for a sharp judgement shall be to them in high places For mercy shall pardon the MEANEST but MIGHTY MEN shall be MIGHTILY TORMENTED For he that is Lord over all shall fear no mans person neither shall he stand in awe of any mans Greatness for he hath made the small and great and careth for all alike BUT A SORE TRYAL SHALL COME UPON THE MIGHTY Unto you therefore O Kings saith he do I speak that ye may learn wisdom and not fall away For they that keep holiness holily shall be judged holy and they that have learned such things shall learn what to answer Wherefore set your affections upon my words desire them and ye shall be instructed And doubtless the refusal of such Instructions will be the cause of that HORRIBLE DAY upon the Kings of the earth and the Great Men and the Rich Men and the Chief Captains and the Mighty Men Rev. 6. 15. where they are said to hide themselves in the dens and rocks of the mountains and to say to the Rocks and Mountains Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the face of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand And me thinks there is very much reason for such a judgment to fall upon them For are they any more then the Ministers of God as aforesaid as also in Rom. 13. 4. And is it possible they should be Gods ministers as they pretend whilst they make and execute their own vain Traditions and Inventions Surely no. And therefore seeing the Judicial Law is that which they are bound in duty and service to administer as they account themselves Gods ministers in reference to Civil affairs why ought not all Kings and Laws Psal 7. 10. Zeph. 2. 11. bow to it as the onely Rule of right judgement For as Mr. Aspinwal upon Dan. 7. well observeth The Laws of men do binde us to be subject to Authority for conscience sake either actively in doing what they command according to Christ or else in suffering And their Law is satisfied if we suffer the penalty to preserve our consciences undefiled But it is not so with the Law of God If God command we may not say We will suffer the punishment for conscience sake for there can be no conscience or pretence of conscience against any Law of God And therefore all humane laws ought to be slighted and contemned as fancies in comparison of the foresaid Royal law of Jehovah the Lord Christ Speech Though now by some mis-applied Resp To this clause let Mr. Owen speak for us in his Sermon upon All the rest were Babylonish and Antichristian Ezek. 17. 24. page 20 c. where speaking of mis-applying of things by the Potentates of the world he saith That from the corruption of the hearts of men squaring the works of God to their fleshly reasonings corrupt interests and principles they are bold with the wisdom of God and conclude Thus and thus things ought to be ordering their thoughts for the most part according to their corrupt and carnal advantages c. And this saith he makes them frame a way for God to proceed in which when he doth not how are they surprised Men take up Principles they will adhere unto wise principles forsooth yea and very righteous too all things whatsoever must be squared according to their principle and if any thing be wrought con●rary even by God himself how disappointed are they The most tremendous judgement of God in this world is I wish some one be not now in Pharoahs then Condition the hardning the hearts of men this seals them up for the most part for destruction c. As for instance look on Pharaoh of whom it is most signally spoken that God hardned his heart How did the Lord accomplish this Pharaoh sets himself upon as righteous Principles as ever any of the sons of men could do one is That it belongs to the chief Ruler of a Nation to s●e the profit and glory of the Nation c. Hence he conclude That if it be incumbent on him to see that the Realm receive no detriment he must not let the people go God confirms his heart in this Principle which was good in it self but abominable * When done in opposition to the fifth Monarchy when taken up against the mind and will of God and whence he and his perished in their Principles acting against the appearance of God c. Thus it is with many they fix on Principles good in general and in their season Old bounds must not be broken up Order must not be * Our known Laws must not be spoken against let them be never so contrary to the Law of God and of Christ. disturbed let God appear never so eminently so mightily they will keep up their Principles What is this but judicial hardness And this I say is one reason why the actings of God in such a day as this are so unsuted with the expectations of men they square his work to their interests and principles which it will not answer Now Reader compare the present work of Christ in the world with the present state of affairs in this Nation and then judge whether the Fifth Monarchy-men or their Accuser be the misappliers he speaketh of Whether the known laws of Jehovah the Lord Christ or the known laws of England be fittest for the fifth Monarchy or Government of the kingdom of Christ which he himself hath so long contested for or at least pretended for as his Declarations and Remonstrances do clearly evidence Speech Especially where every stone is turned to bring in Confusion this will be worth every Magistrates consideration Resp It were good it were known by whom or how every stone is so turned If by the Fifth Monarchy-men let either himself or any for him shew in what that we may make our defence thereunto and let us not be accused and condemned

learned to cry up Oliver in stead of Charles The time was * Vide p. 23 of his speech July 4. 1653. when he said It was not in his heart to speak for a Ministery † And what are the present Clergie of this nation other deriving it self through the Papacie and pretending to that which is so much insisted upon as succession It was also thought at that time a fit Querie by him to the old Parliament Whether the next Parliament they intended were Page 15. of that Speech not like to consist of all Presbyters or whether those qualifications then making by them would hinder them or * Note Presbyters and neuters joyned together Neuters c. they having deserted this cause and interest upon the kings account and upon that closure with them and the neighbour-nation And thereupon professed that they had as good have delivered up their Cause into the hands of any as into the hands of interested and * It seems they are not so now byassed men for it is one thing to live friendly and brotherly to bear with and love a person of another judgement in Religion another thing to have any so far set in the saddle upon that account as that it should be in them to have all the rest of their brethren at * I think they have little le● now mercy But this by the way I shall now apply my self wholly to the peculiar Charge against the Fifth Monarchy-men In which I shall take notice 1. What they are not 2. What they are 3. Their notion 1. He saith They are not such as have been catched with the former mistakes viz. those before mentioned by him in his Speech 2. As to what they are he also saith 1. that they are people of integrity 2. Such as have not apostatized from their holy profession 3. Not such as have been corrupt in their consciences having been forsaken by God 〈◊〉 to noysome Opinions 4. Honest people 5. Such whose 〈…〉 e sincere 6. Such as belong unto God And is there any 〈…〉 ese particulars but what he himself might very well entertain without any disparagement to his Greatness Again being such persons by his own confession they may the more justly reprove him or any other that walk contrary hereunto and that according to the Apostles fore-mentioned instance 3. Whereas he termeth their principle the MISTAKEN NOTION of the FIFTH MONARCHY I shall speak thereunto when I come to his Reasons for so saying Speech A thing pretending to more spirituality then any thing else a notion I hope we all HONOR WAIT and HOPE for That Jesus Christ will have a time to set up his reign in our hearts by subduing those corruptions and lusts and evils that are there which reign now more in the world then I hope in due time they shall do And when more fulness of the Spirit is poured forth to subdue iniquity and bring in everlasting righteousness then will the approach of that glo●y be Resp Reader in this expression thou mayst observe these particulars 1. That our notion pretends to more spirituality then any other And in this particular we think he is not very much mistaken witness our Declaration which Sa●● Richardson one of the Elima●'s Act. 13. 8. of this Commonwealth hath scandalized as a Libel notwithstanding those mens names prefixed to it with thousands that approve thereof where we demonstrate to all the world our desires that God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ would cast down all those earthly carnal cruel and political combinations of men of all sorts that would not have him to reign over us but set up themselves and their corrupt interests in the room of that scepter of righteousness which he hath given into the hands of his dear Son and that he would give us Magistrates as at the first and Rulers as at the beginning viz. Ministers of the Vnction and Magistrates of the Vnction such as fear God and hate covetousness And we hope there is no evil in all or any of these requests 2. He saith it is such a notion as he himself both honoreth waiteth and hopeth for viz. the subduing of corruptions and lusts and iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness And what is it more that we desire If therefore there be evil in such desires he hath hereby declared himself as guilty thereof as we Speech The carnal divisions and cont●ntions among Christians so common are not the symptomes of that kingdom Resp 1. If carnal divisions be not signes of the approach of that kingdom or Monarchy of our Lord Jesus upon earth then why was it that we levied war against our brethre 〈…〉 Scotland so called and that upon the account of the kingly 〈◊〉 of Jesus Christ upon earth as in the Declaration of the Army to Scotland p. 36 37 38 39. where they affirm they were stirred up by the Lord to assist the Parliament against the King for this end to bring about the destruction of Antichrist and the deliverance of his * What were the Scots then in the Armies esteem true Church and People And that upon this simple account it was they engaged in the wars of the three nations against all opposers of this work of Jesus Christ having these things singly in their eye viz. the destruction of Antichrist and the advancement of the kingdom of Jesus Christ and deliverance and reformation of his Church and the establishment of CHRISTS ORDINANCES ACCORDING TO HIS WORD c. All which they declare with the loss of many precious Saints p. 38. as also that they engaged against the late king and HIS MONARCHY as As well against his Monarchy 〈◊〉 himself one of the ten horns of the Beast guilty of the blood of the Saints which act they say they are confident God will own against all kingdoms and nations that will oppose them and that will not suffer Jesus Christ to be king as also that the Lord had made them instrumental to vex all in his sore displeasure that take counsel against Christ whom the Lord hath anointed and decreed king and that they were not meerly the servants of men and that they had not onely PROCLAIMED Jesus Christ king of Saints to be OVR KING but that they would submit to him alone upon his OWN TERMS and admit him onely to the exercise of his ROYAL AVTHORITY As also in p. 40. where they beseech the Scots to LOOK ABOUT THEM for that our Lord Jesus was coming 2. If this kingdom of Jesus Christ they so cried up and proclaimed did onely extend to a spiritual notion of Government WITHIN VS what necessity was there for him and the Army to have been so instrumental as they have to pluck up Kingly Government by the roots in this Commonwealth as also against all arbitrary or absolute power in any single person whatsoever as tyrannical and vassalizing the Saints and people of God in this Commonwealth and