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A86729	Digitus testium, or A dreadful alarm to the vvhole kingdom, especially the Lord Major, the aldermen, and the Common-Councel of the City of London. Or a short discourse of the excellency of Englands lawes and religion. Together, with the antiquity of both, and the famous Kings that England hath had to defend both the religion and the laws against the heathen Romish emperours, and against the Romish power, under Popes. With the several plots the Popes of Rome have used against the Kings of England, to throwe them down, and how of late he hath prevailed against the magistracy and ministery of England, his new designes, and manner of progress: together, with a serious view of the new oath or ingagement, with 22. queries upon the same. And also objections made against the non-subscribers thereof answered. Let the ingenuous reader take so much pains, as to read that incomparable peece of vindication of a treatise of monarchy by way of discovery of three main points thereof.	Hall, Henry, d. 1680, attributed name.; Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687, attributed name.	1651 (1651)	Wing H339A; Thomason E621_13; ESTC R206419	34,005	37

all the World and their damnation sleepeth not be not found amongst the number of Hypocrites Apostates Atheists and Papists persecuting the poor Church the sword is put into your hand for the preservation not for the persecution of a godly zealous Ministery The God of all wisdom direct you for the Churches good and his glory for which ends we dedicate these our Papers to you A short Discourse of the excellency of Englands Laws and Religion c. IT is not unknown to us the Free-born Protestants of England that our Nation claimeth the priority of all other Nations in the World for ancient and famous Laws and Peace and Religion The Laws and Customs of England saith Learned Fortescus are ancienter then the Laws of the Romans yea of the Venetians which are esteemed the ancientest in the World they are more famous then others because better then the Laws of other Nations and that in a threefold respect in the subject matter in the form and 3. in the disposing of them The ras substrata of the statute Laws of England is reason which indeed is the totum compositum of the common Law Common Law is a vast mine of right reason out of which all other Laws are digged and fitly squared to the good of the Kingdom he therefore is esteemed the best Lawyer that spoke the best reason and herein the People of England excel all other Nations in that they are only subjected by the Law to reason and the purest reason which to be is doubtless perfect freedom yea it may truly be affirmed that by the Law they are subjects only to divine reason for we have such a standing Law upon record that whatsoever Custom maxim or Statute shall be faind directly contrary to the Law of God that Custom Maxim Statute or Case shall be ipso facto void and so adjudged And as for the matter for the form the Laws of England are the absolute and undoubted best in the World for as there is universal obedience required and injoyned to every Law inacted for there is a general assent in the acting and constitution of that Law There are 3. estates which concur as joynt causes of the same effect in making of a Law These 3. Conjunctions do make the supreme Authority of the Nation the Apax or Culmen potestatis being set upon the Kings head all Writs and procession issuing out in his name with him are joyned the House of Lords and the House of Commons these 3. divisions are limitted by Law but compunction they have power to repeal or make a Law and none can say unto them why do you so but either of these apart are limitted by Law Limitations of royal power have been made and acknowledged by Magna Charta and several other acts and no obedience acknowledged any otherwise then according to Law and King Charles acknowledged that the measure of his power was the Law and he desired no more then what he was invested with by Law And so of the other two estates of Lords and Commons these three have negative voices alike have freedom in their several places a like freedom to make motions and freedom to reject what they dislike This is the absolutest best Government in the World as is clear from God and Nature God himself who is the Almighty Monark of all Spirits hath pleased to reveal himself to Man in a Trinity of persons and governs the universe by himself Angels and Men Celestical Bodies by Sun Moon and Stars the little World Man by understanding will and affections and the Kingdom of England by King Lords and Commons The King of himself cannot make a Law of himself if he do t is tyranny nor the Lords in a part by themselves nor the Commons by themselves against the other two if they do it is usurpation exceeding presumption perjury and Treason for they are sworn to the contrary by their Oaths of allegiance and supremacy to act nothing against the Crown and Dignity of their Soveraign Lord the King besides they are sworn to maintain the Priviledges of Parliament The King makes the first of these three Estates by a right which is not by election nor by Conquest simply but by inheritance for the Saxon Kings laying the plat-form of good Government here in England continued it succesfully until the Danes drove them into Corners subduing them for a time the which they soon recovered again and so recovered their ancient Customs and Laws again and continued them Edward the Confessor who was of the Saxon line having no Heir descending of his body intended to make Edgar Ethling Gran-child to Ironside his successor but Edward the Confessor dying Harrold-Earl Godwins Sonne being popular for his Victories usurped the Crown and dispossessed the right Heir deluding William of Normandy to whom he had promised by Oath the Government of the Kingdom after the death of Edward William Duke of Normandy hereupon pleads a right to the Crown of England by promise as he said from Edward the Confessor and hereupon brought an Army with him from Normandy and gave battel to Harold the Usurper at Hastings in Sussex where he overthrow'd him by whose overthrow there was way made for a Treaty betwixt Duke William and the Nobles and Citizens then at London Duke William pleaded his right by promise as having a grant of the Kingdom made to him by Edward the Confessor and confirmed by Harrold who forswore himself and usurped the Crown hereupon Duke William was received and acknowledged King by the Nobles and City of London after this Edgar Ethling who indeed was the right Heyr compounded with Duke William and for a royal allowance which Duke William granted him he reconciled himself to him and thus William came in as Successour to Edward the Saxon King and so it succeeded from the Normans to the Plantagenets Henry the 2. being the Sonne of Maud Henry the 1. his Daughter whom he married to Jeffery Plantagenet who begat Henry the 2. and so it passed from the Normans to the Plantaginets in whose unquestionable time eight Kings succeeded each other afterwards they divided Henry the 4 of the younger house usurped the Crown being of the house of Lancaster but Edward the 4. of the house of York coming in upon a better Title then those of Lancaster overthrew those that opposed his Title this Division continued and lived until Richard the 3. died who breathed the last of the Plantagenets The Tudors next succeeded the Plantagenets Henry the 7. matching with Elizabeth the eldest Daughter to Edward the 4. of the house of York united both houses of York and Lancaster laying the white Rose and the red together in the royal person of Henry the 7. the Scepter fell back into the Current of the old brittish blood together with the German Norman Burgandian Castalian and French atchievements with the intermarriages which 800 years had acquired incorporated and brought back into the old royal time

Digitus Testium OR A DREADFUL ALARM TO THE VVHOLE KINGDOM ESPECIALLY The Lord Major the Aldermen and the Common-Councel of the City of LONDON OR A SHORT Discourse of the excellency of Englands LAWES and RELIGION TOGETHER With the antiquity of both and the famous Kings that England hath had to defend both the Religion and the Laws against the Heathen Romish Emperours and against the Romish Power under Popes WITH The several Plots the Popes of Rome have used against the Kings of England to throwe them down and how of late he hath prevailed against the Magistracy and Ministery of England his new designes and manner of Progress TOGETHER With a serious view of the new Oath or Ingagement with 22. Queries upon the same And also Objections made against the non-subscribers thereof answered Let the ingenuous Reader take so much pains as to read that incomparable peece of vindication of a Treatise of Monarchy by way of discovery of three main points thereof LONDON Printed in the Year MDCL To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London My LORD YOur eminency for the Profession of Religion and the lawfulness of your Office only invites us to dedicate these our papers to you not that they so much expect your protection as intend your instruction they only beg your serious perusal which may prove a happy corasive or otherwise leave you excuseless your Lordship certainly knowes that this day Michael and his Angels and the Devil and his Angels are in fight and the Dragon seemes to have got the better Now at such a time as it is a sin accursed with a bitter curse to stand a newter for 't is a seavenfold more accursed sin to fall from Michael and fight on the Dragons side if he that loves not the Lord Jesus shall be cursed with a bitter curse what shall befall that Professer who hateth the Lord Jesus and persecutes him in his Members Certainly that mans sin comes near to the unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost The World may read his name written in Hell in great Characters the sin against the Holy Ghost may be committed in one Act it is a sin frequently committed in this age in England by Professors as there are certain straits in the narrow way to Heaven as repentance and self denial the which if a man passe he shall never fall away so there are certain precipices in the broad way to Hell the which if a man passe he shall never be able to return again though he heartily desire it Cain passed this precipice and Judas in betraying his Master and Esau in selling his Birth-right for pottage we are far from charging your Lordship as we are free from acquitting the men of these times of these damnable sins let God and your Conscience condemn or acquit you before whom ere long you must appear our design is only to unbowel that little bigbellied Viper of the Romish Conclaves hatching the Ingagement which like the Trojan Horse hath concealed in the belly of it the ruine of lawful Magistracy lawful Ministery and the lawful reformed Religion your Lordship knowes full well that these are three precious Jewels and your Lordship cannot but know as well if you please that this Ingagement is the designed ruine of them all How sad a progress it hath made already the sincere Protestants of the three Kingdoms to their sorrow know long since it hath been the design and endeavour of our inveterate enemy the Pope to extirpate Protestant Magistracy and Ministery but they never could effect it until this day and that principally by this Ingagement is not the Protestant race of Kings utterly banished this Kingdom by this Ingagement and are not all the Protestant Ministers now about to be turned with their Wives and Children out of their Estates and dwelling-Houses and banished at the pleasure of their tormenters and all by this Ingagement My Lord We beseech you to consider what Ministers they are that are persecuted for what and by whom they are persecuted your Conscience tells you my Lord that they are the Orthodox grave learned sincere zealous Ministery of England that by this Ingagement are persecuted and for what but only because they will not forsake a good Conscience and a just cause that Covenant Cause which they ingaged in which they must do in taking the Ingagement and that the contrivers of the Ingagement knew full well and for that end contrived it And who are they that put this in execution but they that entred into the same Covenant with us that pretended the same cause those whom we have with the hazard of our lives Estates and all we have preserved from ruine and been the cause of their promotion even those who make Lawes for our ruine these men out-law us these men sequestrate and imprison us these take away our Birth-rights from us and which is worst of all these are now about to banish our Ministery who have alwayes been our comfort and incouragement in times of affliction Woe unto us were ever poor Protestants so miserably deluded or were there ever such notorious grosse Hypocrites Apostate Pasters in the world are these the Saints that cryed out against persecution of tender Consciences is this the year of our liberty so much boasted of by many is this the removing of the yoak of oppression and Tyranny is this the year of throwing down Antichrist and propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ when our chief Protestants both of the Parliament and City are inforced to look through prison Gates and the archest incendiaries of the Romish party are imbraced and consulted with and when our constant real zealous Covenant-keeping Ministery are they that must be banished with their Wives and Children as in the Irish Rebellion and Malignants and Sectarians Jesuites and prophane Fellows suffered to enjoy their liberties we appeal to your Conscience my Lord whether this year be the year of Jubilee with the Protestants or Papists are not all Oaths penalties Lawes and Statutes taken clearly off from the Papists and is not the Ingagement only designed as a snare to catch the sincere Protestant and to bring him under sequestration banishment out-lawry and what not The righteous Lord look upon our afflictions our unheard of afflictions that our Brethren are risen up against us and hate us and persecute us with a far more hatred then our open enemies and that without a cause The Lord judge betwixt us and our enemies this day if we have dealt deceitfully in the Covenant of our God then let God search it out and bring us to ruine but if we are persecuted for holding fast to our Covenant the Lord plead our cause we can with comfort and boldness say this in the midst of our afflictions Lord thou knowest our integrity this appeal our enemies cannot make Come forth my Lord from amongst the tents of these ungodly men lest you perish with them for their folly is made known to