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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92304	A letter from a worthy gentleman in Yorke-shire, to his friend a member of the Honorable House of Commons. Declaring 1. That the Parliament hath, and continually ought to use their zealous indeavours and heartie desires, for a thorow reformation in church and commonwealth. 2. That the same meanes the prelates used to advance themselves to pettie deities, and to bury the honor of religion in the grave of oblivion, hath now removed the stones that pressed down truth and piety, and confounded their carnall wisdome. 3. That the papists in England and Ireland by their own barbarous, savage and inhumane practises, as a just requitall of their villanies, will be the actors and authours of their own tragedies. 4. Shewing though the honourable houses of parliament be by many evill affected people scorned and derided; yet they ought to goe on chearfully in the establishment of the true religion, and suffer patiently, after the example of Christ &c. 5. The enemies of the Parliament and kingdome, are papists to root out religion the clergie for Bishopricks and pluralities, cloaked delinquents that study day and night to make currant their counterfeit conditions. 6. And lastly advise to the Parliament to go on with alacrity but not one foot but to God, to heavenly ends, divine rules, apparant truths, in the churches walkes, and then they shall not want the protection of the Almighty.	R. R., Worthy gentleman in York-shire.	1642 (1642)	Wing R61; Thomason E240_32; ESTC R3329	7,602	8

bloudhounds of Ireland that we are in no great danger of their rebellious and savage teeth other nations also having their respective prizes to p●ay that so your heavenly aimes maugre all hellish inventions whatsoevr may produee blessed and peaceable conclusions Objection Answer But ● heare some say the case is not so cleare as we take it be yes i● is judged already but we must temper our spirits with patience and not think to conquer at the first stroke nor expect to have the prize before we have runne the course The children of Israel were sure of victorie in their peregrination to Canaan and yet they were forced to strive till they got possessions let us herein exercise our faith and knit the beginning progresse and end together and we shall soon see that he that begun this worke will in good time bring it to perfection for where Christ begins to rule he rules for ever of his Kingdome there is no end When the fuell-strives with the fire the heel kicks against the prick and when the crea●ure advanceth himself against is Creator it ●is easie to inferre the conquest What if Antichrist doth march furiously and his supports use their utmost endevours and parts to trample upon truth and piety they can extinguish their light no more then the morning clouds can doe the sunnes which by little and little expells their gatherings and wastes their packs that in an instant none of them are to be seene Can we think that he which threw the angels out of heaven will suffer mortalls to run a contrary course without either curbe or bridle and to prevail against heavenly powers was there ever any fierce against God and prospered surely the rage of man contrary to his owne intendment shall turn to the praise of Christ and furtherance of that work which God in his appointed time hath proposed to Subversion of the enemies himself as now blessed be God before our eyes we may see in Ireland for could ever flesh and bloud have attempted the subversion of t●ose matchlesse multitudes in their own countrie if they had not made rods for their own correction engins for their utter ruin or could a Christians hart so merciful pitiful tender and so full of compassion have ever thought of any bloudie enterprises or destructive designes against them had they not pulled them upon their own heads by their own barbarous savage and inhumane practises as a just requitall of their own villanies As for our own Papists they now shew of what spirit they are They have got their heads so much into the winde that they cannot be turned by a gentle hand whose insolencies and provocations rebound so high that any finger may point at the mark of their hearts by the levell of their tongues so that we need not doubt but their judgements also will fall upon them so soon as their treacheries are grown to full maturity yet these men had they guided themselves modestly and tempered themselves civilly being all either allied kinsmen or intimately friendly and familiar with either one or other how ha●dly could they have been rooted out by any impartiall doom and this is the Lords doing that they should be justly offensive and it is marvellous in our eyes that they should be actours of their own tragedies and yet we are so void of all sense that we will neither see heare nor give Objector thanks to God for those things which make for our peace Yet I heare some s●y they are so farre from rooting out that they rather encrease and rise Answer againe it is true but onely to harden them that they may receive the greater fall for howsoever the church hath justly provoked God yet the cause shall stand impregnable as firm as a rock to dash in pieces all waves stroms of threatning oppositions For Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords wil not suffer dust worms-meat alwayes to ruffle his beloved spouse for Babylon shall fall for strong is the Lord that hath condemned her Nay the Parliament Objection shall fall saies some for almost all have left it Just as Gedeons 32000 too many Answer to fight the Lords battell were reduced to 300 upon triall approved for a sufficient number to vindicate the honour of God What if some be gone out from them who was not of them What if God would not honour them to fight his battle against the mightie Cannot God effect his own ends without a set number Does not Gods glorie appeare more without meanes then with meanes more with lesse meanes then with greater Can God sayes Objection one get none but a companie of roundheads puritances seditious factious beggarly fellowes to labour in his cause who are all for scismes and their owne ends O how far are these from discharging their duties in giving to these publick Answer ministers of the state the best interpretation that their actions will beare that they invert all their honest actions and traduce and reproach their innocent persons but it is no matter for it was Christs and ●ohns lot austere Iohn hath a devill sociable Christ is a wine bibber c. Whereas the holinesse of the one should have procu●ed reverence and the sociablenesse of the other beene rewarded with love but it is the lot of them a●● all christians the disciple is not above his Master Men may doe well but must look to heare ill wicked men when they learn to think well they will learn to speak w●l● and no marvell if man want his praise when God is without his deserved glorie Wheresoever Christ cometh there will be divisions that the verie thoughts of mens hearts may be laid open The flesh alwayes rebells agai●st the spirit and endeavours to maintain its own regencie and crieth down whatsoever crosseth it be they lawes whether humane or divine be they never so well framed for repairing the breaches both of Church and Common-wealth View the opposers of thi● Parlament and you shall finde them like so many wilde beasts heading together to breake downe the septs and hedges of this vineyard First you have the Papists encompassing both Sea and Land to roote out our religion then have you the Clergie courting for Bishopricks and Canterbur●ing for pluralities Thirdly The thirstie souldier gapes with open mouth to swallow down the golden juice of this kingdome Lastly the cloked delinqents that dare not come neare the touch-stone they studie day and night to make currant their counterfeit conditions These are the aymes of these men whose invectives must carrie such credit with them as alone to condemne those men whose words may be lawes and lives rules for them to square their actions by whose outward man may serve as looking glasses for them everie morning to discover the spots and stains of their colluding thoughts and corrupted conversations Contraria in●●r ●● oppos●●a magis elucescunt it would be lost labour to cōpare the