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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93345	England and Scotland united, disjoyned. Or, A gentle corosive, and healing plaister, applied to two dying kingdoms: with some balsamum for wounded Ireland; humbly presented to both kingdoms, and communicated to all good subjects, that wish peace and good to the kingdoms, or to either of them. Wherein is represented, the grievances of the people, and their several murmurings. By Ethog Grimes Gent.	Smith, George, 1602 or 3-1658.	1648 (1648)	Wing S4034; Thomason E447_30	26,358	32

lost all means used to weaken us at home and the Protestants in other Countreys all done to give way to Popery Nor can our Brethren of Scotland forget how a new old Mass Liturgy was forced upon them such as was contrived at Rome prepared by the arch Enemy Canterbury which they refusing were threatned by an Army a Parliament in England was called to raise money to engage in a War with Scotland the Parliament refused to contribute in that War and was presently dismissed yet an Army was raised and Scotland in their defence brought their Army into England how much they were engaged to England for their brotherly love and good affections the people generally refusing to contribute any thing to hurt them they cannot but remember nor can they forget what humble supplicants and petitioners the Lords and Gentlemen of all Counties of England were in their behalf which I hope shall never be repaid by any ill from that Kingdom I would reminde them of these things Let me again put England in minde of the Plots and Designs of the Hierarchy to corrupt our Religion by Superstition and prophaneness you had Canons Articles and Lyturgies given you as gilded pills to purge out sound Doctrine And to plant prophaneness a Book was commanded to be read in all Churches to give liberty to prophane the holy Sabbath forbidding afternoon Sermons and there was injunctions penal to keep holy Popish Saints days all Church-service was adulterated In a word Religion was choaked with the lawn of Heirarchy the mouthes of godly Ministers stopped their persons persecuted imprisoned banished Bishop Wren will not deny it as it was with Jeremiah and Baruch in the days of Jehoiakim and with Micaiah in the time of Ahab so was it unto them because they spake the word of God to the people and said Go not up to Ramath-Gilead Good men were also cauterized pillory'd and stigmatized for like causes and who knows but the Protestants in England should intentionally have acted the first scene in that Bloody Tragedy that Ireland hath done it was not that the common Enemy had greater love or more pity to us but Gods mercy to us And shall we now destroy one another Consider how we cryed out in those times for a Parliament a Parliament a Parliament saying Nothing but a Parliament could deliver us and keep our posterities from bondage God gave us a Parliament and made our Parliament a blessing to us till we idolized them and now because we finde they are not Gods but men and men of infirmities you cry out against Parliaments and calumniate them ready to stone them O ungrateful people because God tryeth you as he did the Israelites in the wilderness to humble you and will not suffer the Parliament to establish your peace so soon as you desire you will like the Jews murmure and sin against God notwithstrnding God hath done very great and miraculous things for you Why do you lust and look back to Popery and say as the Idolatrous Israelites It had been better for us Exod. 14. 12. to serve the Egyptians then to dye in the wilderness you would eat the sweet but you will not endure to taste of the sowre you would have your sore healed but will not endure the plaister you say many Members in Parliament are self-seekers not minding the common good I pray who sent them thither If you were fools in your choyce your backs must bear the fools reward will you therefore destroy Parliaments and make your posterity-Slaves wil nothing satisfie you now but a King a King upon any terms Truly I wish and pray that we may have a King and a blessing with him But why do ye cry out as ye do A King upon any terms Is this less then madness in you you have forgot the bondage of Egypt and think onely upon the flesh-pots onions and garlick c. O silly men why do ye break your Covenant with God and men Take heed ye be not like Israel in sin lest ye be like Israel in punishment they murmured and were disobedient to God but therefore they were destroyed by the sword of the destroyer Num. 14. 37. by the Pestilence by Serpents Korah and his company were swallowed up by the earth consider that the Apostle tells you and me even all us at this day that All those things 1 Cor. 10. 11. hapned for our ensamples and are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come Now we know that the many thousands that came out of Egypt dyed all in the wilderness except Joshua and Caleb and their little ones that were born in Num. 14. 34. 35. the desert Let not us flatter our selves to think though we do the same things that we shal escape but let us be admonished do our duties in all obedience that it may be wel with us in the later end I blame none simply for desiring a King nor for petitioning for a Treaty with the King for I wish honor to his person and bliss to his soul and so shall ever pray But I cannot Idolize any King Kings are but men and all men have failings what hath been may be again the burnt childe dreads the fire and men once deceived trust not again without assurance Though Kings cannot erre their Councels have erred and for ought we know will erre again first let the Kingdom have its rights which Nature and Law hath given to free Subjects then make the King as great as he can be that his Honor and just Greatness may be ever splendant in Justice and Clemency God forbid that because through evil Counsel he hath erred and infringed the Subjects Liberty that therefore we his Subjects should utterly cast him off or take from him or his posterity any of his or their Rights I hope none will say that because his Majesties Councel put on by Romes Hierarchy hath caused a War that we will have no more a Peace We know our War was to defend Priviledges of Parliament our Liberties and Religion all which are involved in Parliaments not to destroy the King nor his posterity But it highly concerns us to take heed what peace is made and how for there is a destructive peace as there is a depopulating war And herein we have made our respective Members in free Parliament our Judge and so long as a free Parliament and of free Election we are not to judge their actions but are bound to maintain their Freedom and Priviledge for therein stands our Peace and welfare to our posterities you know what Jehu said to Joram when he asked if it were peace What peace 2 King 9. 22. so long as the Whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many There is no peace saith the Lord unto the wicked Will Isa 48. 22. God give peace to a wicked Nation when blood and oppression and horrible hypocrisie cryeth for vengeance and for desolation