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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90132	An ould ship called an exhortation to continue all subjects in their due obedience, or the reward of a faithfull subject to his prince. To the bishops and clergy. To the true nobility. To the civil magistrate. To the true and faithfull subject. What a faithfull subject is? The discription of loyalty. / New riged by a well-wisher, to his prince and countrie, never more need to be set forth to sea, then in these distracted times.		1648 (1648)	Wing O216; Thomason E422_29; ESTC R16076	7,485	16

it is like the dangerous Eclipse of the Sunne nay like the unnaturall seperation of heaven that brings all danger and destruction no plague of Egypt comparable to that misery for Civill discention is the gate to let in ruin and foraine invasion it is like a wedge of Iron that entring into an oake dissevers both sides in severall peices and makes them both fit for the fire The flourishing State of Rome was devoured by that Monster and all tranquility swallowed up at a bit by that hidious Leviathan it is like the blind Mole that loveth still to be mischievously labouring tosseth up her own destruction Let then Right honourable that acceptable sacrifice of your hearts be offered to our gracious Soveraign which far exceeds the externall offices of fained affections who with an eye of vigilancy will no doubt regard your vertues and like the cheerefull comfort of the Sun with his blessed countinance make your young blosoms come to pleasant fruit and bring the fruit by comfortable warmth to full maturity By this meanes shall your Phenix live still and you be made most happy in his fresh renewing God so direct your hearts to worke in you unfained loyalty to his sacred Majesty and deadly hatred to self devouring treason Amen To the Civill Majestrates the Lord Majors Mr. Majors and their Sheriffes of London Yorke Newcastle Carlile and other inferiour Officers THe naturall care and loyalty your Ancestors have ever borne to their Soveraigns since their first flourishing time both in peace and warre hath in ages past as deedes worth Registring been Recorded for it is manifest when Princes that heeretofore have governed have held their Reigns with a more severe hand then in our times God be thanked yet they have without repining willingly sustained as giving place to time to fortune or both And as in all dangerous commotions they have made apparent their forward loves and loyalties to their Prince and native Country so it were to be wished that you that are their successour would follow their examples and with aperfect resolution and vigilant care unite your selves in love together and lend your helping hand when occasion shall serve to restore our to much wronged Soveraigne to his Rights again for their is no other Balsom will heale the wounds of our long languishing and bleeding Country if so you do you shall find your Soveraigne like a carefull mother with Hester be ready to offer himself for his people and with Iudeth to dread no danger to preserve his own Nation The Titants Dioclesian Nero and Phalaris who most blodily dived into the bowels of their friends and subjects were obeyed both in love and feare though their Tyrany extended to all licentious and uncivill proceedings how much more ought yee having a most Christian Prince ●o govern yee that tenders the Pricking of yourfinger more then a wound from his own hart to prosecu●e his P●incely thoughts and pure integrety I am constrained to urge this as a thing which cannot be two often mentioned considering the craftie and many subtill of the disloyiall Saduccs in these times and strive as much as in them lyeth to bribe and turne the hearts of his highnesse loving subjects against him as the Divell which shewe●h darnell amongst the best wheat with counterfit shews and deceitfull practises or like the craccoldaile in Niclus which weeps like a Child till she allure some passenger and then returning in the nature of her ugly shape her hunger bitten Paunch and presently devours of such pestiferous sstuffe are all glozing siccophants that guild their pretences to keep the counterfit unspied with such false suggestions carrying neither honesty reason or truth but like the divells that entred into the heard of Swine when they cannot have libertie or licence to do one mischiefe covet to enter into another so their mallice may be set on worke but to withstand such I know your civill Iudgments are able if your minds were willing Herein you ought the rather to be thorowly confirmed seeing how God hath from the begining of his Majesties reigne defended him against all manner of envious assaults and laid their owne evill upon the wickednesse of their owne heads This should make you methinks chary to discover to your dread Soveraigne any mischeife lurking like Poyson of Aspes under their lips call to mind his Majesties gratious Proclamation wherein he hath declared himselfe and now sheweth it to the world to be more carefull of your wellfaire then his own I should thinke you seeing the abuse and slavish servilitie that your native Country is brought unto by your disobedience should stir you up to gaine what is lost and England nay O English men where have you lost your hearts of loyaltie or what is become of your eyes that you see not your selves oppressed with such tedious burthens and clogges as to be constrained to pay tribu●e both for your appetile and sustinance your King imprisoned in the Isle of Wight your Prince forced to live in annother Kingdom nay more what can be worse all these things are by our fellow subjects which in all righr should be our servants but now they are become our Lords and taskemasters for they which will trample their head under their feet will not use the bodie other wayes all these things and many more well wayed we cannot say otherwise but it is a thorow Deformation both in Church and State This as one servant in aff●ction advising even as you would have your soules l●ft upon high and your coffers inricht on earth as you looke to have your War-houses fild ful of Godsblessing to have your wine good and your ale fat once againe I stirr you up like a flame that is quickned with blowing to have God obey your Prince and do good for your Countrie so shall his proudest enemies dye at his feet and ye be made worthy Instruments like a Tower of Marble to defend his sacred Majesty whom God continue with long health and prosperous life Amen To the true and faithfull privet subject both in the North and South parts of this Kingdom my deare Countreymen whose loyalties to their Prince and Countrey will never be forgotten AND now beloved Countreymen to you in generall that carry with you the full Currant of affection the swiftest streame of deepe guiding love not to be revented or turned back by the vehement opposition of my resisting wind to you as to the open marke whereto my heart leavile her pretended aime being the upshot of my exhortation I send this my friendly Councell like as a Citie well fensed about with impregnable walles so ought ye to be in time of domisticall rebellion or forraign invasion ye are the maine Battaile the strength and trust of this Kingdom and to you belong a chiefe trust in the required renovation as his highness may well be compared to the apple of our eye which naturally by reason it is tender unto us we have most care so ought ye

to joyne your whole bodies goods Armes Leggs Feet and hart to protect his Royall person without secret grudging private muttering or uncivi●l controversie Ye ought to be like stedfast Rocks in the sea to affront every storme and to withstand without muttering the most bitter blasts that either winter or foule weather can afford To conclude I beseech God in his infinite mercy stir up your deare affecting love to His Majesty mercy hath alwayes sitten at his Right hand and honoured about him like a continuall Hand-maid mercy is the wedding King that like unspotted Virgine hath married him to our Saviour and hath setled his highnesse the faithfull president of his true Church wherein may his Maj. continue many happy dayes to the glory of God and the comfort of his faithfull loving subjects Amen VVhat a faithfull Subject is A Good subject next to the diadem that a dornes a Princes head is the chiefest Ornament that decores his dignity he is the precious balme that annoints his browes and is never to the hart then his Scepter to his Right hand as sweet in his nostrills as the groves of Gillead and more precious in his ●ight then Solomons yourythorne covered with purest Gold His heart is clothed with peace like mount Olivet his eyes as harmlesse as the sight of a Dove his tongue sounds like the Harpe of David and his lips deliver the happinesse of loyalty his eares are the p●rtalls that receive understanding and all perfection from thence is conducted to the hart his hands are readie to fight the batailes of the Lord and his feet shining the steps of blood are bent alwaies to walke in the paths of innocencie thus excellent in the sight of the Prince shines a faithful Subject more gorgeous then the Ephod of Aron and more sumtuous then Solomon in all his Royalty who so is this to this his Prince and Countrie the Lord will prosper him and he shall be blessed in everlasting generation and for one of these benefits he receives in earth he sh●ll have a million in Heaven for one of these perfections he partakes of in this world numbers above number shall attend him in the world to come And his Prince shall thus pray for him and blesse him As Solomon did his Subjects And the King turned his face and blessed all the Congregation of Israell and said blessed be the Lord God of Israell who spake with his mouth to David my Father and hath with his hand fulfilled it And though my selfe may say with Isaiah I am a worme and no man yet I spake it in despite of vaine glorye I would with all my hart as an Isaac in the hands of Abraham serve as a Sacrifice to doe my Prince and Countrie good for sure hee cannot bee a true servitur of God that is not a faithfull subject to his Prince neither would I Iudge my filicity i● this world Answerable to that if once my soule might be Imployed to please my Prince and benefit my Country For all the offices of Humanity depend only upon these Principall performances for I know by that meanes there comes a Blessing from a farr a reward full of joy which none else are worthy to obtaine which reward I hartely pray the great Rewarder of all to send to the true loyall and Faithfull Subiects of England and so wi●h one voyce proceding from one unity of heart let us all say Faithfully GOD SAVE KING CHARLES AMEN The Discription of Loyalty ABove the Clouds where sprangled troopes of Starrs Adorne the precious bosome of the Skye Where heavenly peace abandons breaking Jars And all the Consort that is tun● on high Send forth their delicat melodious sounds That makes those Christall vaults with joy abound With in the bright Imperiall orbe of rest Where soules of Saints one Goulden alters sett And in the Lambes sweet breath are only blest Where thousand Graces millions more beget His Loyalty in thr●●nd in blessed Chaire Most gorgeous in attire most heavenly faire About her head the Swift wing Cherubines hover their silver Pinions in her eyes And the sweet spheares with glorious seraphins Vpon her shining brow with blisse arise No stormie Cloud can vail her beauteous face Because their burnes the holy lamp of Grace Truth richly clothed in whight ornament stand at the right hand of this happy Saint from whom the words of Righteousnes are sent whose cheerfull hopes by envie cannot faint But as the Daughter to the Highest power She sits defended in a strong built Tower Vpon her left hand hope her anker wayes One whom her dear successe doth still attend Nor doth shee feed her servants with delayes But they that one her sacred state depend with bountious hand shee gives such rich reward as vading fame hath neither seene nor heard And as great Michaell with the Dragon fought About the chosen Moses sacred bo●es So she contends with tray●ors that have sought To touch the hearts of Gods annointed ones And like the Archangell gives them all the foile That lift their hands a Princes life to spoile POSTSCRIPT To his Noble Colonell the Right Honorable Sir Thomas Gl●m●●●● Colonell Generall Governor of York Commander in cheif of Westmerland Comberland Northumberland and the Citie of Carlisle and lastly Major Generall to his Majestie and Governor of Oxford the true patern of Loyaltie Sir I Have ever accounted in gratitude to be not only the greatest but the ugliest monster in nature according to that Ingratum Si dixeris omnio dixeris wondring at the most sort of men which in this our age doe live that they take so little regard of it and not rather altogether shame and abhor it but when I perticularly muse of some as of my selfe I find that either oppertunity will not alwayes serve or abillitie in most do want to those that carrie willing minds or answerable in deeds and concerning my selfe of wh●ch is now my drift dispare I have often feared least of divers hereof I would as guiltie be noted and of many to whom I have been grea●ly beholden justly condemned but of note more then of your Honour which to me for som years together you have been pleased to bestow upon me many noble favours the whilst I was under your command wherefore having gotten some fit occation I thought not to pretermit the same but therein to view my mind and poore ability wherein I may doe your honour any service I doe here present small I say in respect of answering any benefit received but great and pretious in regard of the matter therein contained I having been an eye witnesse of your Honours actions for his Majesties cause and knowing what great paines and adventures you have undertaken for the defence of it being alwayes a good account to your Master as a just steward ought to doe your loyall action which England is not ignorant of hath imbolden me to present this small worke to the eyes of the world under good protection not to gaine A populer applause but to hinder as far as in me lyeth the trampling soe pretious a Iewell under the feet of such swine which wallows in the myre of th●se our times I take leave of your Honor wishing you all happinesse in this life and in the world to come Eternall Felicities This is the prayers of one of your Honours Captaines who wil be alwayes readie to observe your command vale FINIS