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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78011	An appeal from Chancery, to the Lord General and his Councel of Officers, as also to the Councel of State, and to all free-born English men of honest hearts, who have not forfeited their liberty, or captivated their reason, but fear and love the name of God, and the interest of all honest men, ... that Christs kingdom may be advanced, and the kingdom of Satan, with Antichrist, and that of the beast, may be thrown down, with all their covetous, persecuting, ... perjured officers, ..., either that have been corrupt Parliament-men, ... such who are in places of judicature, ... with every corrupt member thereof, ...in England, or in places called Innes of Court, or the devil's school of sophisticating and lying, frauds and hypocrisies, which bring forth a generation of vipers, ... wolves in sheeps clothing, ... or those in places of government in cities, ... who usurp authority over English-men, and that because they are in place or places over them, they combine also with this serpentine brood, and tyrannize over their brethren which never yet brake their trust, as the most of these have done, and that because they will not sacrifice to this devil of unrighteousness, ... to do unrighteously, and to deceive, and defraud, and oppress their brethren, and to undo them, as these experimentally many of them are found and known to do, for filthy lucre sake.	Burt, Nathaniel, fl. 1644-1655.	1653 (1653)	Wing B6141; Thomason E697_21; ESTC R207111	20,805	28

every unclean and hateful bird For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich of the abundance of her pleasures And the kings of the earth shall bewail her and lament for her which have committed fornication and lived in pleasure with her when they shall see the smoke of that her burning and shall stand afar off for fear of her torments saying Alas alas that great city Babylon that mighty city for in one hour is thy judgement come And the merchants of the earth shall weep and wail over her for no man buyeth their ware any more The merchants of these things which were waxed rich shall stand afar from her for fear of her torment weeping and wailing and saying Alas alas that great city that was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet and gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls And every ship-master and all the people that occupie ships and ship-men whosoever traffick on the sea when they see the smoke of that her burning shall say What city was like unto this great city And shall cast dust on their heads and cry weeping and wailing and say Alas alas that great city wherein were made rich all that had ships on the sea by her costliness for in one hour is she made desolate Who is wife and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them as was said concerning the destruction of Samaria Hos. 14,10 for the ways of the Lord are righteous and the just shall walk in them but the wicked shall fall therein And since you Secular Judges retain not only the Habit of that Babylonish Strumpet but much of her Popish impudence of customs and manners I will chose up this appeal protest against Anichristian Babylonish Ecclesiastick brats merchants of England who are rich made through the abundance of her delicacies and that are clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet and decked with gold precious stones and pearls with Psal,2 Let not the heathen rage or the people murmure Be wise now therefore ye kings be learned ye judges of the earth serve the Lord in fear and rejoyce in trembling Kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish in the way when his wrath shall suddenly burn blessed are all that trust in him Postscript SHould I have further stirred in this puddle of iniquity and have set downe the partial report made for Hurst and Ireton and the Affidavit recorded by Edw. Miles which spoyls them both and the several Orders upon their several Motions and Petitions and Mis-informations entred insinuated and inserted they would have edified but little and such who know Chancery-proceedings know the lying and lucrous ends and drifts of such Motions Mis-informations and Orders and Reorderings But I humbly intreat Sheriff Underwood and his Partner in time to consider of the malitious dealing of John Hurst who durst betray his Masters into amercements against Law or Equity my Bill being dismissed and costs paid some dayes before above a week before Hurst amerceth his Masters yea 10. dayes and a dismission inrolled is not to be altered it being a final sentence of the Court as you may read in a book called the practice of the high Court of Chancery unfolded printed 1652. page 25. Let all men be hereby advised who have any Estate to settle it and that surely that so trouble may be avoided and their Children may be provided for and not strangers and lying Lawyers filled with their Estates or increase they eating up the Childrens bread In the book named before page 29. The Counsel that mis-informs the Court in his motions or moves not informing the former Order in the cause hath had his order so misgotten thereby vacated and costs awarded to be paid by himself or his Clyent by himself if it lay in him to have informed himself better or else by the Clyent who mis-informed his Counsel the Court being hereby much troubled and the Suiters delayed desiring an end of their suits and not movere and promovere but apparant it is that such motions onely as tend to the end of the cause and not to put it out of the way are good for the suiters and ease of the Court Truth is strong and will prevail believes Yours Nathanael Burt. FINIS

that their hearts may be kept faithful as Moses who when he was to lead the Israelites out of Egypt would not leave a hoofe in bondage that so the Lords work being begun who turneth the way of the wicked upside down Psal. 147. 8 9. but raiseth them that are bowed down and loveth the righteous Wherefore honour faithful ones and abandon these Schools yea abolish them Schools called the Innes of Court whose Scholars plead taunts lyes and sophistications for Law like to their father the devil by which their brethren are murthered and their families undone For as our honoured faithful brother Colonel Pride formerly predicted as in my New-yeers-gift pag. 11. is set forth That it would never be well with England until that mercenary Lawyers Gowns were hung up by the Scotish Trophies These my brethren and their attendants destroy Englands Common-wealth and are of the Beast and of Antichrist and of the devil That Lawyers called Secular Judges proceeded from Romish Clergie-men yea all Lawyers were anciently of the Clergie no Clerk but he was a Lawyer faith Malmsbury in William the second's time they were the first Lawyers in England or amongst them for time and for their knowledge and manners sent to Rome some of them being then Councellors to Abbots had shaven crowns were Arch-deacons and most of the Lawyers then held Church-livings Now my brethren ye may see how Tythes the great Robbery hath come to be maintained And a Monk in Henry the third's time is called the Kings special Counsellor and Clerk faith the observer as much as the Atturney-General since But I admire how Edmund Prideaux formerly the great Letter convoyer to rook the people of 6 d. in the shilling as their quarrelling printed Papers make it appear doth call himself Atturney-General and comes to the Bar and moveth as Atturney-General for the people and yet stands charged with Articles of High Treason and hath done above a yeer which is filed in the Capital Office against him and others for acting traitorously against the Commonwealths peace which is the peace of the people and against English Law and that he is not by the people called to the Bar to be convicted thereof as our enemy and ought to be or else by Law acquitted and his complices for as M. Cook said concerning the late Kings tryal That mercy to the wicked is cruelty to the good and he was a Counsellor of Grays-Inne employed by the State which could not be unknown to M. Prideaux but since gone for Ireland But fellow-souldiers as you have promised us in your Letter and in the Declarations you must help us against these destroyers of us and ours and you also if they can The Bishops by the consent of most were voted out for that they were Antichristian and also destructive to the English Liberty peace utility and freedom and all their Pontifical Robes Orders and Garbs yet see the Secular Judges wear the ancient habit of the Ecclesiasticks because first it was used by the Ecclesiasticks who have been Clerks Justices Keepers of the Great Seal Wardens of the Kingdom Treasurers of England Masters of the Rolls yea Justices of Eyre and of Assize yea some of these as Hugh of Pashtul Clerk made Justice of England by Henry the third Thus you see Popish Tythes and Popish Holy-days and Popish Habits or Vestures still maintained in all Courts in sight of the Scotish Banners where you may finde Popish Antichristian customs and manners The Clerks who such Writs dictate write signe and give counsel they were restrained by Pope Innocent the fourth his Decretals to assume Church-dignities since then the multitude of Clerks ran to the hearing of the Secular Laws Hence it is that the ancient Habit of the Secular Judges was the same and yet is with that of the Ecclesiasticks as Francis White who printed a book for the sacred Law of the Land expresseth in the 291 292 293. for which he cites D. Wats gloss ad Paris faith William of Bussey Seneschal and chief Councellor to William of Valentia would have loosed says the same Monk meaning John Mansel in Henry the third's time the stays of his Coyf to shew his Clerkly tonsure his shaven crown Therefore as in Israel's time when the Law of truth was found in the Priests mouth and no iniquity in his lips in peace and equity he walked to God and turned many from iniquity but since went out of the way and caused many to fall by the Law and kept not Gods ways but became partial in the Law therefore God made them to be despised and vile before all the people Mal. 2.6,7,8,9 since the Priests lips should have preserved knowledge And hath not our Clergy in our remembrance been in as great places and honour and have come to be despised for being partial and causing many to fall by the Law and are they not gone and despised and since that the King gone and despised for being partial in the Law and causing many to fall by the sword whom the Law would have preserved And since is not the Parliament not onely purged but dissolved for that if ever any had known the Law or if ever any walked in the truth before God in peace and equity they should and not corruptly and partially gone contrary to truth peace and law and equity and by their evil example encouraged others so to do to provoke Englands misery and cause themselves to become despised and vile in the eyes of all the people and their fellow Committee-men and their Children to be despised which they have and will finde as sure as we have seen the Scripture mentioned fulfilled Wherefore London let the prophesie of Ninevehs fall or ruine be thy warning Nahum 3.1,9 Wo to the bloody City which is full of lies and Robery and know as Solomon faith Prov. 21.3,7 To do justice and judgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice and that the robbery of the wicked shall destroy them for that they have refused to execute judgement And all you corporated Companies know that you are exhorted to accept of this warning as you are Citizens concerned with your Masters and Officers left you come also to be dissolved and despised but especially you of the Sadlers who have been sought by Petitions and Letters for peace sake but made stiffe your necks against it take you among the rest notice that this Babylon of covetousness oppression defraude and partiality and hypocrisie is not falling but fallen for because of the multitude of the fornications of the harlots as the Prophet Nahum expresseth it who is beautiful and a mistress of witchcraft and selleth the people through her whoredoms and the Nations through her witchcrafts which Rev. 18.2 to the 19 verse may fitly be applied cried by the Angel And he cried out mightily saying It is fallen it is fallen Babylon that great city and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of all soul spirits and a cage of