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A79485	An additionall remonstrance to the valiant and wel-deserving souldier, and the rest of the creditors of the common-wealth: concerning the publick faith; souldiers arrears; and other publick debts, and grievances of the nation. With a little friendly touch to L:Coll: Iohn Lilburne. Written by Samuel Chidley of London Gent.	Chidley, Samuel.	1653 (1653)	Wing C3834; Thomason E702_17; Thomason E711_7; ESTC R207323	12,740	20

expecting any satisfaction from you but acceptation only of my good will for you looking for a better recompense of reward then al the earthly Generals in the world can give My opinion is that you need not trouble the Lord General or his Counsel with many Petitions but make a forlorn List of your names and places of aboad who groan under oppressions by false and pretended actions and illegal chargeable and delatory practises and proceedings in the Law And let there be one general Petition drawn up which is as good as a thousand and let it contain the substance of your complaints and what you desire and let the same be presented with speed to them who have power to redress your grievances That they may appoint a certain number of honest and faithful men to sit early and late as Commissioners Fully to hear and finally to determine all manner of grievances depending in suits of Law which shall not happen to be ended by Law within a certain convenient time limited and thereby they may probably dispatch 100. Causes in a day which will be a great ease to the People they sitting daily so long as there is any busines for them to do that all men may enjoy their just rights without molestation That Justice may be no more cloathed with sackcloth nor judgment turn'd into wormwood and gall That truth may be no more blemished by falshood nor equity kept out by inquity O yee mighty ones who sit as Gods defend the poor Widdows and the Fatherless do justice to the afflicted and needy Deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hand of the wicked It concerns you to double your diligence in well doing for all the foundations of the earth are out of course and the dark places thereof are full of the habitations of cruelty Shall the desolate Widdows and Fatherless be made the chief marks for injustice to shoot at And be continually vexed and tormented by the most cruell illegal and delatory proceedings in the Law and the Woman though she brought 10000 l. portion to her Husband and could have no claim in his real estate but for her life time that but a third and though never so aged yet upon the death of her husband she required by the Law to deliver up all to the Heir saving the dwelling House for 40. dayes and if she passe the time of 40. dayes must still be liable to action And before she can compel the Tenant to plead with tearms of Law called Assoynes Adjournments and Views shall a whole year be spent then in the fire of contention to make them spin out the rest of their dayes in vanity and yeers in trouble and then if the Sheriff or Crowner fail to return the Jury which is a common thing a fine is set upon them indeed but a four penny matter will take it off and this is enough to put off the poor Widdow another year Shal such evill customes still remain up and down the Land As for her personal Estate the Executor he possesseth all although it be never so many thousands And then in the mean time the poor widows have no relief but in Chancery where they must serve a compleat Apprentiship before they can be made free by Law And thereby the poor desolate widdows through extreme necessity are forced to borrow pawn yea and sometimes to begg their bread sue in forma pauperis so the remedy is worse then the Disease And if the widdow dye while the Suit is depending al 's lost and then the Heir or Executor robs all the rest of her children of al And the Fatherless are constrained to sue for their portion 21. 22. years yea sometimes 23. years before they can recover it Thus as I said before the Widdows are their prey and they rob the Fatherlesse But wee unto the Oppressors what will they do in the time of their visitation O Cromwel the Lord of the Land lay it to thy heart Look to these things redresse these grievances in time unlesse the prize be gone out of thy hand and the Crown be fallen from thy head Work now O now before darknes and the shadow of death seize upon thee in the Land of oblivion where the light is as darknes for thou art here to day but thou dost not know where thou shalt be to morrow A word for L Col JOHN LILBVRNE LEt Lilburne live and not dye O let him live and see better dayes For most of his dayes hitherto have been sorrow and his travel grief How often hath this pitcher been at the Well! and will it still go well with it And how many knocks hath it endured upon the hard stones and yet is not broken but holds tack and as tough as a lether Jack But beware lest the fire of contention scorch it and make it useless O Lilburne Lilburn hear what he saith who said he would be wise but it was far from him If thou hadst as much wisdom as courage If as much prudence as confidence If as much meeknes and gentlenes as strength of memory If as much depth of apprehension as ready delivery Thou wouldest be a rare Phenix or Bird of Paradice But every man hath his proper gift one after this manner another after that And yet thou hast all these in a measure Thou hast done and suffered much yea so much that an Enemy of Sathan is sent to buffet thee that thou mayest not be exalted in thy self And why wast thou so ravished with the routing of the Parliament Thou art not the first wise man deceived through confidence in man Be not overcome or drawn in by every one that speaks thee fair and faineth himself just to intrap thee Beleeve not every spirit first try and then trust lest they proove as broken teeth and feet out of joynt Thou outcast of England didst not thou know that the Parliament had erred And didst thou think the Lord General and his Councel of Officers did wel in confirming their Acts and denying to break such yoaks or to go against any of them after their dissolution of a Parliament or no Parliament who made Laws or no Laws Of force or of no force Then in Authority or not in Authority And now the same or not the same Who had driven thee out saying go serve other gods 1 Sam. 21.11 12 13. and 28.2 and 29.8 as if they had a designe upon thee to force thee for thy preservation to fain thy self to be that which thou wast not and to take upon thee to do that which thou didst not nor darest do And how didst thou come into this Wildernes to tread upon English ground to defend thy self with a sword without a hilt before thou hadst made thy peace with men of War who had armed themselves and forewarned thee Wil the falling out of lovers be the renewing of love it hath moved thee to seek to them and may perswade them to embrace thee If thou desirest the Mercie of God to preserve thee the Assistance of Saints and Angels to protect thee If thou wouldst have thine Enemies at peace with thee Let thy ways always please the LORD and strive to outstrip all the world in the choicest wisdom if possible Forsake the foolish and live My son fear thou God and the Supream Pro. 24.21 and meddle not with them that be given to change Some men have been almost distracted through oppression others have learned wisdom by affliction and thou hast bought experience at a dear rate and thine enemies have not scaped scot free Therefore be not passionate but patient And When thou art escaped with thy life for a prey refine what 's worth the refining and when thy cup is full carry it even very even Moreover my son Ecles 12.12 by these be admonished of making many books there is no end and much study is a wearines to the flesh Belsavage 22 th June 1653. S Chidley GOD Grant Repentance to our Enemies GOD Give Salvation to the holy Separated Church GOD Preserve the peace of the Common-wealth of England Amen

Lawyer and may have a speedy dispatch there without going elsewhere ANd now to conclude Whereas at the end of my last Remonstrance I prayed for the holy separated Church and some think it strange that I did not mention the CATHOLICK I did it purposely to distinguish between the Separatists on the one part and the ENGLISH AND ROMANE CATHOLICKS on the other part The term Separate being frequently used in the Scripture in the best sence Exod. 33 1● Levit. 20.24 Numb 19.20 2 Cor. 6.17 Deut. 7.6 and 14.2 and especially by the greatest pen-men of holy Writ Moses and Paul clearly demonstrating that Gods people have been from the beginning and ought to be an holy speciall and peculiar people separated from sinners though not always in temporall government yet in spirituall worship Now seeing the Chuech of God are not Catholick Papists but separated Saints therefore I thought it most meet and very seasonable publickly to give them this title of Holy Separated Church because they are clearly separated from the Papists of which there are 4 sorts The first sort are Catholick Papists worshipping by the Lattin Masse and persecute the other The second Prelatical Papists worshipping by the English Masse or Common Prayer or Liturgie and persecute these following The 3d. sort Presbyterian Papists worshipping by a Sinodicall Directory or prescripts of men and are persecuters of the Independents c. The 4th sort are Independant Papists who will hear the Ministry of some of the former and joyn in prayer with some of the former Sects whom they account to be godly and frequently worship in the Idolatrous high places which the Papists builded dedicated and consecrated to Idolatry And every one that pretendeth never so much sanctity joyneth in the worship of the first Table with anyone of these Papists becometh a Papist with the Papists for he that touched the unclean thing in the time of the Law Numb 19. was unclean cerimonially And in the time of the Gospel he that worshippeth God with a wicked man is unclean ☝ And he that worshipeth with him who worshippeth with him is unclean although they pretend never so much knowledg of God Isa 58.2 and seek him daily and delight to know his wayes as a Nation that did righteousnes and forsook not the Ordinances of Justice and ask of God the Ordinances of Justice and take delight in approaching unto God Yet when they spread forth their hands Isa 1.15 God will hide his eyes and although they make many prayers he will not hear them For the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind Pro. 21.27 Yea he that sacrifised an Ox it was imputed as if he flew a man he that sacrificed a Lamb as if he cut off a doggs neck Isa 66.3 he that offered an oblation as if he offered swines bloud and he that burned incense as if he blessed an Idol And when they fast saith God I will not hear their ery Jer. 14.12 Isa 1.14 And their solemn Feasts my soul loatheth As good therefore never a whit as never the better For we know that God heareth not sinners Joh 9 31. but if any man be a worshipper of God and doth his will him he heareth God accounts Religious mens Preaching no better then prating and their praying vain babling Isa 58.9 O mind this well till they remove from them the yoak the putting forth of the finger and speaking vanity THe Lord General and his Counsel of Officers in their Declaration of the 32th of April last gave Order for all Judges Sheriffs Justices of the Peace Majors and all other Officers to proceed at large in their several places as formerly but they forgot their old and honest principles Agreement See their Agreement of the People and Ingagements mentioned in their book Declaration wherein they declare against hanging men for stealing and against pressing men for not accusing themselves Hereupon the same day even the 22th of April last a man was Prest to death in a tyrannical manner for not answering guilty or not guilty And two more were put to death the week following for theft And the last Sessions after that six stout men were hanged for stealing which might have done good service for the Common-wealth at Sea instead of pressing honest house-keepers against their wils And some of these poor theeves suffered the pains of death for very smal matters All which is against the most righteous law of God and is no better then murder as I have proved in my CRY AGAINST THAT CRYING SIN and in my black book which I delivered in at the Parliament door And if so much was done at London what hath been done elsewhere Thus the streams of blood are powred upon the head of the Army and how can we expect the Wars to be ended before the World is amended But it 's hoped that the next Representative will take better care to put Gods Laws in execution concerning mens lives liberties and estates then the former have done And so there will be general satisfaction to the People THE APPENDIX YOu well affected and valiant Soldiers who have made way of old for your fellow Soldiers I know you are discontented and indeed I do not see how you can be wel pleased without satisfaction for your Arrears the price of your blood which is pretious There is something in agitation for you by the Counsel prepare the chambers of your heart for content for I hope it shall not be long but you will have your wages for your faithful service and be content therewith And you that have lent your estates monies plate c. for the Common-wealths use when a new Representative is established you will have it all again with advantage doubt it not And he that regardeth not the Publique Faith you know is not meet for publique trust but hath denied the Faith and is worse then an Infidel And so is not qualified aright according to the Lord Generals Declaration for such a man hath neither fidelity nor honesty If such take the trust upon them they should be taken notice of as Enemies to the Common-wealth And you well-affected Creditors of the late King c. and you Sufferers who have bin plundred by his party Consider what I told you in my former Remonstrance and declare your mind freely For such loosers must have leave to speak And all you that are weary and heavy laden with the unrighteous decrees and grievous prescriptions of unrighteous men whereby the needy have been turned aside from justice and the right taken away from the People that Widdows may be the Tyrants prey and they may rob the Fatherless O how have you been afflicted tossed with tempests and not comforted But now pluck up your spirits and Petition presently and I do promise you shall not want my assistance freely if it be requisite without