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A56836 The profest royalist his quarrell with the times, maintained in three tracts ... Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. Loyall convert.; Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. New distemper.; Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. Whipper whipt. 1645 (1645) Wing Q113; ESTC R3128 63,032 100

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O remember that great Reformer Christ Jesus He was against all blood-shed but his own for that blood sake follow his Example Or if the way must needs be made by blood let it light rather a little upon many Generations then all upon one the ruine whereof will deny us another Generation Let not the children of your Mother sterve in the land of bread and let not the foundations of your naturall kingdom be longer dabled in unnaturall blood Turne O turn your eyes upon her breaches and let not strangers Lord it in her Gates For the mercies of that God which hath been mercifull to you be mercifull to millions of Christians whose lives depend upon your Care be mercifull to millions of children that know not their right hands from their left be mercifull to generations unborne to whom when deep Records shall bring the Chronicles of your Actions ages to come may magnifie your Merits For his sake that is the Prince of peace as you desire to meet peace upon your Death beds let this Sea of blood already spilt be thought sufficient For the whole body of Englands sake who have trusted their power into your hands that have cast all their welfares upon your wisdomes for their sakes that venture their lives and fortunes upon your providence for your owne sakes for your tender wives deare childrens sakes for the God of mercies sake as you love mercy for Christ Jesus the God of peace his sake as you prize the peace of a Good Conscience harken to and ensue peace while there is a possibility of peace Darken not that Religion with the black storms of contention you professe to glorifie Lessen not the glory of that Church by partiality which you have promised to beautifie Draggle not that Gospel in the sinks of blood which you have protested to magnifie The sinnes of Nineveh were not too great for Gods compassion and shall the offences of poore England be too great for yours Nineveh cryed mightily to heaven and they were spared and shall the miseries of three Kingdomes be hollowed in your eares and not heard Well If Ruine by a forreigne power come which the God of heaven and earth forbid think not with your selves that you shall scape the Fury more then all the rest But if you altogether stop your eares at such a time as this then shall Enlargement and Deliverance arise to England from another place but you and your houses shall be destroyed And who knowes whether you are sent to this employment for such a time as this O thou that art the great preserver of mankind to thee to thee we turne the voice of our complaint Thou thou art gracious and plentifull in Compassion but in man there is no help nor mercy in the sons of men Thou art my portion O God and I will trust in thee although thou kill me I will not trust in my bow it is not my shield that can save me but it is thou alone O God that canst deliver us Deliver us O God from the evil men preserve us from the cruell men which imagine evill in their hearts and make warre continually Have mercy O Lord have mercy upon us for we have suffered too much contempt Heare the mourning of the Prisoners and deliver the children from death They have consulted together in heart and have made a league against thee We are a reproach to our neighbours even a scorne and derision to them that are round about us O God how long shall the Adversary reproach thee Shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever Remember the children of Edom O Lord in the day of Ierusalem which said Rase it rase it to the foundations thereof Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousnesse and let thy Saints rejoyce Lord how long wilt then hide thy selfe for ever Shall thy wrath burne like fire Wilt thou be angry with us for ever Wilt thou prolong thy wrath from generation to generation Behold O God our Shield and look upon the face of thine Anointed Let thine hand be upon the man of thy right hand whom thou hast made so strong for thyself Give thy Iudgements to the King and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne that peace may be in his dayes and let his enemies lick the dust Clothe his enemies with shame but upon his head let his Crowne flourish How long shall the wicked O Lord how long shall the wicked triumph They prate and speak fiercely and the workers of iniquity vaunt themselves They smite downe thy people O Lord and trouble thine Inheritance They slay the widow and the stranger and murther the fatherlesse O house of Aaron trust in the Lord for he is our help and our shield He will blesse the house of Israel and he will blesse the house of Aaron Praise ye the Lord ye house of Israel praise ye the Lord ye house of Aaron praise ye the Lord ye house of Levi Ye that feare the Lord praise the Lord. PSAL. 122. 6 7 8 9. Pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that love thee Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will now say Peace be within thee Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good Hier. sup Epist. ad Rom. Quisquis corpus suum affligit concordiam deserit laudat Deum quidem in Tympano sed non laudat in Choro The End THE VVHIPPER VVHIPT BEING A REPLY Upon a scandalous Pamphlet CALLED THE WHIP Abusing that Excellent Work of CORNELIUS BURGES D r in DIVINITY one of the Assembly of DIVINES ENTITULED The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly discovered Incerti Authoris Qui Mockat Mockabitur Imprinted M. DC XLIV THE WHIPPER VVHIPT THere came by chance to my un-enquiring hand a Pamphlet called The Whip whose Pharisaicall Author pretended a transcendent Zeale to my first eye but after a leafes perusall I found his flame so extreamly hot that his Religion seemed for want of due stirring burnt too and so much tasted of the Brasse that no Orthodox palate could relish it nor a well-grounded Conscience digest it The namelesse Author had an Vtop●an spirit and the Government he best affected was Anarchie He was a Salamander his very dwelling was in Fire His Heart was a sink of Ignorance is Spleen a spring of Gall a Shemei a Rabshekah his mouth ran bitternesse and malice and his Pen flow'd venime and Rebellion The object of this fiery Pamphlet was the orthodox most excellent work of Doctor Cornelius Burges a man of singular parts and at this time a worthy Member of the Synod or Assembly of Divines entituled The Fire of the Sanctuary newly discovered or A Compleat Tract of Zeale and printed by George Miller and Richard Badger anno 1625. which this Pamphleters unlearned Pen hath to poorely answered so impiously