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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77081	A book without a title		1649 (1649)	Wing B3722; Thomason E559_12; ESTC P1342	7,057	8

murdering and powring out the pretious Bloud of so many of Gods dear children and true assertors of Englands Freedoms and by his good hand which doubtless will in time be avenged of these bloudy enemies to their shame and confusion upon the Forces under the General suppressing that Rebellion and Insurrection so could the Conqueror brand the People with Infamy and Rebellion after Conquest though himself was the greatest Tyrant and archest Robel from whence the present pretended Parliament had successively their first Institution that ever lived in this Nation and so preventing the sad and fearful Consequence which it might have produced no question it had been a sad and fearful Consequence to you in dissolving your pretended power but the happiest consequence that ever befel this Nation by having you called to an Account for all the millions of Publick Treasury which you have bestowed upon your selves and Creatures for easing the people of all their pressing and unsupportable burthens for making us really and not verbally a Free Nation but not Common-wealth for setling a just Representative and redressing all the Peoples grievances disposing of your great Places and Offices for the good of the Nation c. all which to you would have been of sad Consequence and therefore you have just cause to complain held themselves in duty bound to acknowledge Gods goodness therein still Gods goodness must be as it hath alwayes been abused to cover over all Trayterous and devillish Designs and to look upon it as a pledge of future Mercies to this poor and unworthy Nation which may in time be inriched again out of those vaste Estates which your selves have stoln from it and then it may retort your jeer upon your selves and call you poor unworthy Oppressers and of his willingness to heale it it we will be healed well jeer on And therefore the Parliament do Enact and Ordain and be it Enacted and Ordained that a day of publike rejoycing Sure they mean publike feasting and Thanksgiving to our gracious God who saies he will not hear the prayers of the wicked and their Sacrifices are an abomination unto him for this wonderful and singular mercy was it a wonderful morcy in that 3000 Horse and Foot well armed and accomodated should take 300 naked men in their beds or was it not a greater wonder and mercy that 400 should escape out of their beds though 3000 armed men had surrounded them If truth was known this was surely the cause of their thanksgiving and Feasting or should be so at least wise be observed on Thursday the 7. of June 1649. in all Churches and Chappels within the City of London Westminster and the late Lines of Communication and Weekly Bills of Mortality but we find most of them had more grace and honesty then to be so profane to rejoyce at so great a judgement and in all other Churches and Chappels within England and Wales on Thursday the 28 of the same moneth what for murdering and butchering the People of God! away for shame and blush at this great blasphemy and unheard of cruelty They require the said daies to be solemnly and religiously observed that God be not provoked and dishonored thereby as if they knew God was not much provoked and dishonored by some of their Gluttenies Drunkenness and as I was credibly informed Whoredoms on that day and will not God be re●enged on such ae blasphemous people who call his infinite Majesty to patronize all their Tyranie Oppression Murthers and Cruelties by their Solemn Hypocritical and Vain-glorious daies of Thanks-giving I profess my heart doth melt to think of Gods heavie judgments that will ere long I fear be executed on them 4. June A motion was made against M. Case and others that prayed for Charls the second The crutelties of all other Tyrants are mercies to these The Quorum for relieving persons grieved in Articles ordered to be 9. because they may never meet 9 yeers time would not get 9 of a Committee together unless they were seasted as in the business of the 〈…〉 almost daylie The Prisoners of Dobt petitioned the 〈◊〉 passing their Ordinance which is now so altered by the C●●●pillars the long-robe men of the House that it will little or ●●thing avail them when past Many Members this day ad●●●● There is a necessity for it because else they could not ba●●● a House Ninteen thousand pounds of the Speakers own money in the Rolls borrowed by some in nec●lity none are grieved it it because got so unjustly 15000 l. ordered for supplies of shiping provisions and when their present stock is exhausted then C. will pray and weep again to be reconciled to those called Leveilers Capt. Bishop ordered 100 l. per. Annum for himself and and 12 d. per diem a piece for his Deputy Catch-poles to serze all those called Levellers as dis-affected persons to the present Tyranical proceedings of the Juncto and their Councel of Chea●● 3000 l. ordered Mrs Blaikeston in respect of her late husba●●s losses which were never 300 l. he lately purchased 7000 l. in the Bishoptick but never worth the seventh part of that sum 4000 l. per annum to be setled on the General you are very free of the Peoples Revenues Did the people ever give you power thus to dispose of the Treasury of the Nation to on●● your selves and your creatures Do not many of the meaner far sell their clothes from their backs to pay Assesments and must the rich swallow it up at your pleasures Think you not we expect an account from you The Sword of the City to be delivered up to the Speaker when the Juncto comes to reast with their Custard-bellies a wise City and well governed A large Debate about Knighting the Lord Maior the stinking Alderman and M. Isaac Bul because some were cowards others knaves and fools these words of course were laid aside The Lieut. General and his Excellency the Councel of Cheats and the petty Junct● feasted by the City Loggerheads The Lieut. General and the General had Gold and Plat besides presented to them but all this kindness was more for fear then love The Army and Juncto feared a surprise by the Levellers and therefore most of the forces in or neer the City must Gu●●d them under pretense of an honorable Attendance FINIS