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death_n	condemnation_n	life_n	sin_n	4,253	5	4.6988	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90227	The araignement of Mr. Persecution: presented to the consideration of the House of Commons, and to all the common people of England wherein he is indicted, araigned, convicted, and condemned of enmity against God, and all goodnesse, of treasons, rebellion, bloodshed, &c. and sent to the place of execution. In the prosecution whereof, the Jesuiticall designes, and secret encroachments of his defendants, Sir Symon Synod, and the John of all Sir Johns, Sir Jonh Presbiter, upon the liberty of the subject id detected, and laid open, / by yongue Martin Mar-Preist, son to old Martin the Metrapolitane. This is licensed, and printed according to holy order, but not entered into the Stationers monopole.	Overton, Richard, fl. 1646.; Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?,	1645 (1645)	Wing O620; Thomason E276_23; ESTC R209849	47,185	54

he depart here 's twenty shillings for your paines you know 't is sacraledg to bring downe the price As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Crier Make way there for the Jurie The Jurie withdraw and thus fall into debate about their verdict Creation Gentlemen from the Evidence of the Witnesses against PERSECUTION I clearely perceive that he is of so divelish and unnaturall disposition as is not computible with the workes of the Creation all creaturs of a kind associate feed and converse together there is a publicke freedome of all kinds amongst themselves the Oxe the Asse the Sheep and all sorts of Cattell the Dove the Sparrow and all kinds of Birds have a State harmony a publike Toleration generall Concord and unity among themselves in their severall kinds but this Malefactour as from the Witnesses is evident unnaturallizes man-kind above all kinds of Creatures that where he rules no peace publike or private no freedome rights or liberty either civil or spirituall no society cohabitation or concord Nationall nor Domesticke can possibly be amongst men but envying hatred emulation banishment c. Wherefore from the consideration hereof and of what the Witnesses have given in to me he appeareth guilty what say you Mr. Gospell Gosp Mr. Foreman Whereas it is by Sir John and such like urged that the Kings of the Gentiles have equall power with the Kings of Israel of old understand that their supremacy was but for a time untill Shiloh came and no longer to whome then the gathering of the people should be he came to take away the First that he might establish the Second being made Mediatour of a better Covenant established on better promises the forgivenesse of sinnes and the guift of eternall life But he that despised Moses Laws dyed without mercy under two or three witnesses The old Covenant was over the Old man and its Condemnation or punishment was over the Old man to wit this corruptable fallen State of Mortallity and therefore they executed death upon the transgressors thereof The New Covenant is over the New man to wit the Spirit that shall be raised out of this corruptable at the Resurrection therefore hath it the promise of forgivenesse of sins and eternall life the penalty of that temporall death the death of the Old or earthly man in this life the penalty of this everlasting death the death of the New or spirituall man in the life to come wee are New Creatures or New men now but by faith not actuall till the Refurrection we are to live as if we were raised againe for the condition of the Gospell is not to us as the Condition of Innocency was to Adam a Condition in this present State of this present State as his was to him to wit the Condition of immortallty in immortallity but ours a condition in present mortallity of future immortallity so is it that mortallity being swallowed up of life we are presently under the end of its Condition Salvation or Condemnation Therefore as the Resurrection cannot possibly be but by Christ so the penalty cannot possibly be by other it is out of the Sphear of this world therefore one of the power of the Princes of this world as they cannot be Mediatours of the New Testament so they cannot be punishers therein Therefore to punish the Offenders therein is to attempt the Throne of Christ and asurpe as much as in them lieth his Mediatourship Therefore hath he referred the contemners of his Gospell untill the Judgment of the Last Day And for that in Isaiah 49. 23. And Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers and Queens the nursing Mothers it is a Prophesie of the deliverance of the Jewes from their Captivity to whom Kings and Queens shall be assistance in their returne to the Land of their Forefathers as ver 19. 22. 23. 26. c. witnesse Politicke Power Mr. Foreman Salus populi the safety of the people is the Soveraigne Law or fundamentall constitution of Civill Government therefore though Majestracy hath been corrupted and abused as appeareth by our Evidence to the terrour of the most virteous conscientious well minded men and the maintenance and protection of the wicked so that it hath been perverted from the geneall good if all sorts sects and societies of people unto this or that sort or sect yet this evill in Majestracy is to be cut off ne pars sincera trabatur And Mr. Foreman it appears by our Evidence that PERSECUTION is the originall of the disease therefore to be cut off least the whole politiqus body perish For where Persecution is what dissenuions mutintes tumults insurrections aproares and divisions what what conspiracies Treasons and Rebellions what bloodshed cruelty and inhumanity hath been by our Evidence declared the which by our owne experience we find verefied in divers Kingdomes States and Provinces for doe we not see betwixt the Catholicke Cause and the True Protestant Religion so cal'd the Christian world is embrewed with blood destroying and devouring one an other the dashing of those two imperious ambitious insolent Religions the Papall and Protestant together besides what it hath done to the House of Austrea c. hath split the Dominons of this politique body asunder that they wallow in one an others vitall blood burning destroying and ruinating all before them how many Townes Villages and sumptenus buildings have been burne what Tillage and Meddowes laid wast and how many thousands of innocent soules have been slayen in Ireland contrary to the end and foundation of poltique Government and doth not England tast even the dregges of this Cup yea swallow it downe with greedynes that we are even drunke with one an others blood enraged with madnesse crueltics c. without all hopes of peace till one of these persecuting Religions have devoured the other Mr. State-Policie Mr. Foreman though from Rome the spirit of Persocution is conveyed into most sects of Religion and is dayly found to the shame of Religion among such as are or would be counted religious and most States and Kingdomes being rent with such persecuting Religions therefore the Kingdoms of Christendome have judged the Toleration of divers Sects inconsistent with State policy yet Politians would they consider need not in curing one mischeife run upon a greater for such good and wholesome meanes might be provided as in a small time this violent spirit might be worne out the next generation be of a better temper and at length Persecution to be as rare as now common and a more placable peaceable spirit consiliated among the generality of men And seeing this impatient violent ambitious spirit is so dangerous to Civill Societies their friendship unity so destructive to publike peace and safety It is therefore necessary that Kings and all Governours whose Office is that all may lead a peaceable and quite life under them should in policy to the generall good see to the securing of their Dominions from this