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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

warrant from the Lord Cheife Justice Peace-with-all-men for the Constable Mr. Reward-of-tyranny to attach him who takes with him two approved men of the Parish old Mr. Woefull-experience and honest Mr. Sound-judgment and making strict search and inquiry after him front Religion to Religion found him at length amongst the Papists under the name of Mr. Spanish-Inquisition but the suitable Fox no sooner perceived their Authority but shrunke out of his Roman Papall Robe and presently turned Protestant clad with an English Episcopall habit under the name of Mr. High-Commission but Constable Reward-of-Tyranny with old Woefull-Experience and honest Sound-Judgment being acquainted with his trikes made after him whereat he cast of his Lawne sleeves Hoode Typpit c and forthwith least all Trades should faile became a zealous Covenanter in the godly shape of a Presbyter changing his name into Classicall Presbytrie a new cheat to cosen the world and then Scholer like as if it had been for a goodly fat Benefice in the twinkling of an eye jumpt out of Scotland into England and turn'd a reverend Synodian disguis'd with a Sylogisticall pair of Britches saving your presence in Bocardo and snatching a Rhetoricall Cassok he girt up his loynes with a Sophisticall Girdle and ran into the wildernesse of Tropes and Figures and there they had lost him had it not been for the Spirits Teaching by whose direction they trac'd him through the various winding subtile by-Pathes secret tracts and cunning Meanders the evening wolves wild Boares and Beasts of the Forrest in the briery thickets of Rhetoricall Glosses Sophistications and scholastick Interpretations had made but being sit to lay hands on him the cunning Hocus Pocus vanish'd out of their sight and presently takes Sanctuary for lookeing about for him Behold he was doing his busines Sr. Beverence in the Pulpit thumping it devoutly and most furiously like the Son of Thunder he ratl'd the Anabaptists Brownists c. letting his bolts which according to the Proverbe were soone shot sly at randome against them but thinking to apprehend him he skipt from them from Pulpit to Pulpit from Vniversity to Vniversity from Colledge to Colledge even through all the Pulpits Vniversities and Colledges in Christendome and then he hied him from Parsonage to Parsonage where the Parsons Wifes had thought to have hid him amongst the Heards of Tyth Pigges flockes of chickings geese c. but that failing he ran as if he had been wild through the Gleabe Land and skipt over into a Tyth Cocko and thought all had been cocke sure but perceiving they espy'd him up starts the Fox and presently fast by the Synod he caught hold on the Altar but fearing least he should be made a burnt Offering he vanished into 12. Articles but that businesse not thriving the next sight that was made of him was in a petitionary garbe in the behalfe of the London Ministors And a thousand other trickes that I cannot reckon he had but one above all the rest I must not forget which was the master peace of all the rest for to bloke up all passages stop all mouthes and fortifie himselfe round he turn'd reverend Imprimatur and here tho pursuers were at a stand for all was as fast as the Divel and tho Presbyters could make it they sought to Authority to open the Presse and still the Pres-byters as their custome is were in the way that nothing could be done Well no good was to be done in publike they then goe to it privatoly and to worke a deliverance fell into dangrous labour and at length brought forth the villaine into publike vew and notwithstanding all his trickos detected apprehended and caried him to Justice Reason who hauing examined the Malefactour sets downe his Examination and binds over Gods-Vengance to prosecute the Malefactour at the next Assizes and finding him not baylable makes his Mittimus for the Cohstable to commit him to the Goale there to be kept in safe custody without ● 〈◊〉 ● or Manuprise till the next Goale delivery Now for the better understanding of this Araignment this ensuing Catalogue of the names of the severall Officers of the Court is here annexed The Court of Assizes held at the Araignment of Persecution 1645. Lord Parliament The Judge Justice Reason Humanity Conformity Justices the Peace Sir Charles-Royall-Prerogative The Kings Sergeant Sir Peter-protestant The Kings Arturney Sir John-Equity High-Sherriffe Mr. Obedience Under Sherriffe Clarke Cryer   Mr. Soveraignty-of-Christ Power-of-Parliamentes Vnity-of-Kingdomes Nationall-Strength Setled-Peace Humaine-Society Grand Jnquest Vnited-Provinces Desolate-Germany Blood-of-Primes Publike-Good Nationall-Wealth Civill-Government Domestick-Miseries Mr. Creation Gospell Politique-power State-policy Innocent-blood Good-samaritane Trueth-and-peace Orphan Jury of life and death Light-of-nature Day-of-judgement National-loyalty Liberty-of-Subject Mr. PER SECUTION Prisoner Mr. Gods-Vengence Prosecutour Caffar Christian Martyrs Liberty-of Conscience Evidences Sir Symon Synod and Sir John Presbyter Defendants A new Jury for Life and Death endeavoured by Sir Symon Synod Mr. Satan Antichrist Spanish-inquisition Counsell-of-Trent Rude-multitude Sr. John Presbiter Scotch-government False-prophets Sir Symons Jury men Eccles -Supremacy Pontificall-Revenue High-commission Assembly-of-Divines THus Reader the Court being compleat for thy more speedy progression through the matter intended suppose the transaction of many passages in these Assizes here in this Relation omitted as needlesse the repetion the Essentialls thereof being so tedious to the impatient Reader yet not unnecessary and uselesse I hope to the diligent peruser for wherein without prejudice to our present matter an omission may be my silence for formality sake gives place to a supposition thereof otherwise I shall transgresse upon the Readers Patience Thus then the Grand Inquest the matter being thus far brought fall into debate 1. Mr. Soveraignenity of Christ Gentlemen our Lord of Lords and King of Kings whose Image and expresse prerogative I am hath by the price of his blood constituted himselfe sole Head and King so everover the Consciences of men and therefore he chargeth his Housholders the Kings of the Earth to let the Tares and the Wheat grow together in the Field of the World untill the Harvest the Day of Judgement therefore this Malefactour Persecution in my Judgement being in his Inclinations and Actions altogether averse thereto is an Arch-traitour to the Preagative Royall of Jesus Christ over the Consciences of men and therefore Lawfully and Justly charged with this Bill 2. Mr. Power of Parliaments My Verdict Mr. Foreman is that Persecution for Conscience is Inconsistant with the Soveraignty of Kingdomes for it divideth their Powers one against another and in themselves occasioneth murmurings grutchings and repinings which in in time breake forth into Conspiracies Rebellions Insurrections c. as well to the prejudice of Soveraignity as to the ruine of the Subject and which is more the tendency operation and end of Persecution is to reduce the Power of Kingdomes and Parliaments from themselves into the hands and disposall of the Pontificall Clergie according to the divelish Decree of Pope Paul

deliver me Judge PERSECUTION what would'st thou have here 's no place of mercy for thee the Vengance of God cannot be dispens'd with thou art not in the High Commission nor before the Assembly this is a Court where justice must take place Pers Oh my Lord I beseech your Lordship for the mercy of this honourable Bench My Lord I am a Clergie man and beseech your Honour for the benefit of my Clergie I have been of all the Vniversities of Christendom have taken all their Degrees proceeded through all Ecclesiasticall Orders and Functions and my Lord at present am under the Holy Order of Presbytrie and I hope a Presbyter shall find favovr in your eyes Wherefore I beseeth you my Lord that I may have the benefit of Degration Judge PERSECUTION be contented you shall be sent to the place of Degradation Pers Oh Good my Lord let not a Presbyter come to so shamefull an end I beseech this Honourable Bench that I may be repreeved but as long as the Synod and Presbytrie endure Judge No PERSECUTION such is thy Treason Rebllion c. as cannot be dispensd with Pers Oh my Lord a psalme of mercy I besoech your Honour a psalme of mercy Judge No PERSECUTION no prepare to heare thy Sentence Hereupon this ensuinge Letter was privately conveyed to Justice Conformity To the right worshipfull Iustice Conformity all blessing and benedictition from his Holynesse Sir SYMON and his Son Sir IOHN Right worshipfull Tese are to adjure you as you will Answer it before VS at the great and dreadfull DAY of OUR Classicall exaltation above all persons in the Kingdome that you forthwith sollicite my Lord to suspend his Sentence but till the advance of the mickle Armie into the South for then we feare not the procurement of his plenary pardon and for your encouragement herein last night my Son Jacke and I went into our Presbyterian ware-house and have taken a list of all the Instruments of torture and torment already prepared for our Designe to wit triple knotty corded whips Gagges Pillories Stockes Sharpe Knifes Pincers hot burning Irons Halters Gallowes Gybbets Rackes Spits Fine-forkes Gridirons Axes Sawes Fleshhookes firery Furnaces hot Ovens boyling Caldrons Fire and Faggot close Prisons darke and noysome Dungeons Fetters Manaeles all in abundance most bloody and cruell Executioners terrible and Divilish Tormentours as Presbyterian Hangmen Goalers c. besides multitudes of Synodean Tyranies newly invented not yet discovered to the people such as never either by Pope Bishop on their adherents were devised and though we have prepared those Divelish Instruments yet we shall not be so indiscreet to rush them in all on a suddaine no we shall observe the temper of the people the course of times make a graduall progression now a little and then a little and alwayes a most godly and holy pretence to usher in a damnable and wicked designes if in the paysing a businesse wee find it so he avy that neither Synod Divell nor Presbyter can lift we 'll suspend the matter and insensibly prepare the people for the entertainment thereof which by our vaine-glorious fasting hypocriticall teares prayres and suphisticall Serimans we shall easily doe And for your further encouragement understand there are of certaine from a late Consistorie of Divels dispatched seaven foule Spirits a pecce for every Presbyter throughout England to attend them in their Parochiall Jurisdiction so that a Presbyter shall be seaven times worse then a Bishop for it is intended he shall be more fearce and cruell then his followes therefore Woe Woe unto those Anabaptists Brownists c. those cursed Heretickes for those presbyterian Feinds expect but the word of commaund to dovoure them up But Mr William all this will come to nothing if this Prisoner be put to death you see those Sectaries have had such freedome of speech that my Son Jacke and I can doe no good now there being not such a considerable person in this County as your self to prevaile WEE therefore charge you as your hope to be a Judge faile not at this dead lift for your Eares indeed he 's in your debt but he vowes by your fiat justitia that if you prevaile he 'll provide you a paire of better and longer then ever you had Hereof faile not and we shall not be backward to answer your deserts when WE and the parliament shall be Commenced by Your intire Freinds Sir SYMON SYNOD and Sir JOHN PRESBYTER J. Conformity My Lord were your Lordship but rightly informed concerning this Prisoner under the name of Mr. PERSECUTION what he is and from whence he came your Honour would lesse wonder at his severall ●●ations and dilatory pleaes to award the Sentence of death for were he guilty what would not a man doe for his life skin for skin and all that a i● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 will be give for his life but such is his innocency that the proceedings against him have been altogether upon false grounds for whereas by the Evidence he is asserted to be born soon after the time of Innocency and by them ●●andeth charged with all the Innocent blood spilt upon the whole earth I shall by your Lordships favour upon good grounds make it appeare to be otherwise for my Lord this prisoner is not yet above an 100. yeares of age being borne in Geneva of very good Lutheran and Calvenish parentage about the yeare 1544. where he was very well educated and instructed both in the Tongues and Liberall Sciences and upon a certaine time going to Sea he was by a great wind raised by Belg●bub the Prince of Divels blowne into Scotland And being so neare us forth of his zeale and pious affection to reforme the Church of the Eiscopall Prelacy to Presbyterian he occasioned the rising of the Scots as one man to oppose that power against which ever since he hath contested and he lately advanced with their mickle Armie to the Leagure before Yorke and for all this he received many an affront by Gronewels scismaticall Brigade and from thence taking his joyrney through Derby Stafford Coventry and Cambridge where performing much good service he came to London since whose coming old Grand Mr. PERSECUTION charged in the Indict●●ent and convicted by the Jurie was happily and timely executed uppon Tower Hill by all which it appeareah that the Witnesses that have given in Testimony against this prisoner the Gentleman at the Bu● have greatly abused him your Lordship and the Jurie he not being the person charged and consequently innocent of the crimes laid to his charge he being Indeed as reall an adversary to Old Mr. PERSECUTION as any Gentleman of this whole County hereof if your Lordship make any doubt I beseech you that a Farrier may be called into the Court who may make a perfect discovery to your Lordship of his age by opening his mouth and vewing his Teeth whose yongue small Presbyterean Pegges have no proportion betwixt the Great Twangs and Boarish Tuskes of Old Mr. PERSECUTION