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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25865	The Arraignment and condemnation of the late rebels in the West with a discovery of the rise and grounds of their rebellion.		1685 (1685)	Wing A3742; ESTC R38509	5,038	2

THE ARRAIGNMENT and CONDEMNATION Of the Late Rebels in the West With a Discovery of the RISE and GROUNDS OF THEIR REBELLION This may be Printed R.L.S. August 18. 1685. OUr Blessed Saviour after long Preaching and shewing Miracles among the Jews finding them still addicted to their own wills and rather delighting in their old Idolatries than de●i●ous to embrace the Truths delivered unto them by the Son of God at la●● sets before them the Judg●●●● 〈…〉 to the true God But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the Land of Sodom in the day of Judgment than for 〈◊〉 A fearful Judgment Sodom we know was a place that might be called the Sink of wickedness a Deluge of sin nay a my Hell upon Earth and yet it shall he more tolerable for that wicked Land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment than for 〈◊〉 The reason we find in the fore-going verse For if the mighty works which have been done in Thee had been done in Sodom it had remained unto this day thereby convincing them what a shame it was to them that this Land of Sodom should have been more ready to observe the Dictates of the Son of God had they been preach'd to them than They who could boastingly cry We have Abraham to our Father We are not born of Fornication We have one Father even God c. If this was so strong an aggravation of the errors of the Jews in those times when the name of Cirist was little known and his Works but newly publish'd to the world what will it be against a Generation of men amongst us who under a disguise of Religion zeal for God's worship and crying with the Pharisee in the Gospel I am more holy than thou renounce all ties of Religion and Christianity break through all Oaths and Sacraments and steer their course so far contrary to all human Prudence and Reason that the Heathens themselves govern'd only by the Light of Nature may reasonably appear to act far more conscientiously than They who boast so much the name of Christians For let but any reasonable man consider that is not either an Actor in these unchristian Proceedings or at least a Well-willer to them Whether it be consonant either to the Commands of our Saviour the Precepts of Religion or the Dictates of our own consciences to run into these many unheard-of Barbarities as Sacriledge Rebellion Murther Rapine and other the most notorious sins and all under the pretence of Religion Religion is made the Cloak for all Designs and Mischiefs that the craft of Man or subtlety of the Devil coninvent Has an aspiring Traytor a mind to put in for a sharer in the Government and make a breach in the most flourishing Commonwealth in the world Religion presently is the cry Religion must be the Warrant for his Treason by the strength of which he need not fear enough to side with him and take his part Is any over-jealous or hot-headed Citizen dissatisfied with the Government he lives under or has he run himself so far into dangerous designs that he fears the Justice of his Superiours will overtake and punish him 't is no more but pretend an Invasion in Religion or if it be but a fear of one and presently he shall pass for a godly conscientious man and all his past and present Offences be wash'd away with the powerful Ball of Religion Has a private man a picque against his Neighbour would he dis … him ●uine him or put him to death It he can but make him a Papist or if it be but a Papist in Masquerade 't is no sin although he perjure himself to take away his life 't was for the sake of Religion he did it How many of these pretended Zealots have we seen within these few years that have not only in their life-time but even to their very death counted it a piece or Religion and glory'd in it too to resist their lawful Sovereign never remembring the expression of the Apostle Whosoever therefore resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation Good God! what stupidity what strange spirit of Delusion has gotten into the hearts of English-men Let their Religion be in the most flourishing and prosperous condition in the world let them inherit the desired Blessings of Peace and Pienty let their Darlings of Liberty and Property be ever so securely settl'd nay let them have all that they can either desire or wish If some leading men of the Faction do but buzz in their ears That their Religion is in danger of being subverted their Liberties invaded and their Properties infring'd though there be neither sign nor danger of it presently they are all in a hubbub Lord what shall they do to secure their Religion when God knows 't is at the same time under the greatest security and most flourishing Prosperity that can be wish'd Thus is that which ought to be the most inviolable thing in the world prostituted to the base desires and depraved wills of the most profligate Villains upon Earth Religion too was the cry of that diabolical Faction who would have Excluded the Just and Lawful Heir to the Crown His most Sacred Majesty now reigning whom God grant a long and happy Reign Religion the security of the Protestant Religion as continually bawl'd about when at the same time see the sin erity of these Patriots they acted contrary not only so the Principles of GOOD Protestants but even to the Law of Christianity it self And the better to promote this Devilish Project of Exclusion the Faction caus'd to be Re-printed a Treasonable Book pretended to be written by Do●eman but written indeed by one Parsons a Jesuit in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth which for the ill Principles contain'd in it was disown'd by the Jesuits Society and the Book lately burnt by Sentence of a publick Convocation at Oxford From this Garden it was our modern Reformers gather'd those precious Flowers of EXCLUDING a Lawful Heir and DEPO●●NG or TAKING OFF a K●ng if to the Commonwe●●●● 〈◊〉 seem meet Two of w●●●h for the Readers sa●●●fa●●●on I shall ●ere transcribe And 〈◊〉 for the mystery of Exclusion for Religions take says the counter … Do●eman Part 1. cap. 9 pag. 172 I a●●irm and hold that for any man to give his help con●ent or assistance towards the making of a King W●●m he … geth to be a … y in Religion and consequently would advance either no Religion or the wrong it he were in Authority is a most grievous and damnable sin to him that doth it of what side soever the Truth be or how good or bad soever the Party be that is presented Could any thing in the wo●ld strike more at the root of a good form of Government that this which makes every private individual man a Judge of his Prince's Religion which if contrary to his ●●king he is upon pain of Damnation to resist