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A74728
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Plaine Scottish, or Newes from Scotland. Part thereof being the copy of a letter sent form Edenburgh: and the substance of the rest being by word of mouth imparted to a friend in London, by some of no small estimation in that Kingdome.
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1643
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Thomason E247_5; ESTC R206807
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Princes then Petitions To day it is protested that you take up Arms to bring Delinquents to Judiciall tryall and to condigne punishment to morrow it is determined otherwise they shall be pardoned To day it is ordered that the ships be sequestred for the service of the Kingdome the Forts and strong holds secured and maintained for the security of the Kingdome from evill insurrections and forreigne invasions that they be intrusted in the hands of such as the Kingdom may conside in to morrow it is disputeable whether for peace sake and upon condition of disbanding all may not be left to the disposition of the King These former Votes either were the reason of the Kingdome or not if the Reason then the cause still remaining the ebuity of the reason continues in force and so the same care is yet to be had that was formerly if not why djd you at all take Arms how can it be justified before God and man upon whose heads shall all that innocent blood lie that hath hitherto beene shed Hinc illae Lachrymae Wee are astonished that so wise a Parliament should be deluded by the Sophistry of a Jesuited faction about the Court and in the Kingdom whose Counsels have beene deepe to contrive the ruine of Parliament and Kingdome and hath swept away the honour of many of their Members who were in the head at the first session thereof Gold but in the feete are clay Let Englands Parliament beware of Neutrality for there is no halting before God the Land hath already smarted for compliance with men of Antichristian spirits if now they heare not the rod the next stroke wil reach unto the soule our earnest prayer is that they may wisely distinguish betweene Christs and Antichrists in this their day may understand the things of their peace for the quarrel is whether Jesus shal be King or no. O that England may never seek the death of crowned King Jesus may never cōply with dying Antichrist against whom in speciall is all Christs quarrel in this last age of the World Our soules desire is that your Parliament abate nothing of their profest zeale and resolved integrity least they utterly lose the heart of God the prayers of his people and to procure to themselves a curse a blot of ignominy throughout all Kingdomes whose eyes are fixed upon them as shall never be wiped out from generation to generation Oh that the God of Wisdome would lead you into all wisdome for it is not in man to direct his way if he ratifies a peace who can procure trouble Remove the cause the effect wil cease supplant the root and the fruits wil vvither and die lop the branches onely and your distractions vvil sprout forth again with great increase to the utter undoing of future Generations if Gods mercie prevent it not by withering Blessed is he that hath a seeing eye a hearing eare an understanding heart to attend to Counsel ere repentance comes in too late Oh let not selfe ends security distrust of divine Providence and power prove all your hopes abortive and lose you the Crowne the recompence of so many moneths and yeares travell both from God man Oh let not feare nor favour ingagements or prejudice forest all your Judgements or divert your intentions frō the rule of Gods Word or that Protestation so solemnly sworne before God and the whole World least your iniquities pursue you and your hypocrisie and Apostacie doe finde you out You have begun well and who doe let you that you should not finish the work in the purest Reformation he that hath an eare let him heare Heare me in this your day that God may heare you in his Even in the great Judgement day FINIS