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england_n	king_n	lord_n	sovereign_a	12,705	5	9.8164	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75493	An apologetick for the sequestred clergie of the Church of England. Disclaiming and detesting the late unnatural, presumptuous, unparallel'd and antichristian proceedings, against the honor and life of the best of Kings, our most dear and dread sovereign Lord and King, St Charls the martyr. / Communicated in a letter to a religious and loial gentleman, his honored friend.		1649 (1649)	Wing A3537; Thomason E554_7; ESTC R205760	14,269	25

AN APOLOGETICK FOR THE SEQUESTRED CLERGIE OF THE Church of England Disclaiming and detesting the late Unnatural Presumptuous Unparallel'd and Antichristian Proceedings against the Honor and Life of the Best of Kings Our most Dear and Dread Sovereign Lord and King St CHARLS the MARTYR Communicated in a Letter to a Religious and Loial Gentleman his Honored Friend The Crown is fallen from our head Wo unto us that wee have sinned Lament 5.16 O my Soul com not thou into their secret unto their ASSEMBLIE mine Honor bee not thou united Gen. 49.6 In reos Majestatis publicos hostes omnis homo miles est Tertull. Apol. parag 2. Printed at New-Munster in the year of Confusion AN APOLOGETICK FOR THE SEQUESTRED CLERGIE OF THE Church of England SIR THe late unparallel'd presumptuous unnatural and Antichristian Proceedings against the Honor and Life of the Best of Kings our most Dear and Gracious Sovereign by a Pretended-Legal Trial Sentence and Execution of Him by incompetent interessed and armed Judges without either Precedent Law Reason or Conscience at which the ears of everie one that beareth it do tingle have not unjustly begot your indignation against and detestation of so high and insolent a villanie as was never acted before by the worst of men nor infused by the Prince of Divels The transcendencie of this horrid work of darkness this Master-piece of Hell if wee except the Murther of the Son of God which was so neerly parallel'd by this that wee could not but with a just reflexion on it admire the disposition of the Divine Providence which ordered the Crucifixion of our Blessed Saviour recorded by Saint Matthew for the Proper Lesson of that fatal Daie of the Martyrdom of our Just and Pious Prince hath so far out-gon the Tragick phancies of the most ingenious witts in Crueltie and Malice and withall so far Eclipsed the Glorie of our Israël heretofore famous and renowned among the Nations admired by our Friends and envied by our Enemies but now the just derision of the World and out-cast of the People that wee cannot but look upon this Kingdom or rather this Aceldama with the saddest eie of compassionate affection and sorrow as once our Blessed Lord and Master did upon his somtime Darling Hierusalem Nor indeed will grief allow us to speak out what horrid consequences have in the anguish of our souls deeply afflicted with the contemplation of the eternal ruin of our Name our Place and our Religion been sadly represented to our thoughts So true is that common saying Ingentes stupent that wee can scarce finde breath enough to saie with the Prophet Jeremie O that our head were waters and our eies fountains of tears But are forced to break off with our Blessed Saviour beholding and weeping over Hierusalem in His most pathetical expostulation and expressions O if thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy daie the things which belong unto thy peace SIR Wee are confident your detestation and abhorrence of this impious Parricide beyond the worst of Nero's cruelties hath not so far surprized and invaded your Charitie though it hath the bowels of the Nighbour-Nations as to impute so great a guilt to all the Kingdom wherein the Righteous Judg of all the earth and that 's our highest comfort well knoweth how to distinguish and to laie this cursed Brat at the true Father's dore And you may believ it Sir the characters of Humanitie are not so defaced nor the impressions of Christianitie so blotted out among us but that you are seconded by Thousands who have not worshipped the Golden Calvs nor bow'd their knees to Baal in your just Anathema upon the cursed Authors of this Tragedie the Heirs apparent of Damnation But somwhat more you think requir'd of us of men of our Profession then an implicit silent Detestation And our Calling seemeth to urge an absolute necessitie upon us lest silence bee interpreted Consent to clear our Credit Conscience and Religion the three great interests of all Christians and specially Divines by som Publick Declaration of our Judgment concerning the late barbarous and unheard of Practises against our most Pious Constant Christian King the Light of our Isräel the Breath of our Nostrils the Anointed of the Lord. And indeed SIR if wee had not that to saie by waie of Plea and Vindication of our Silence which we hope will bee esteemed rational and just by all intelligent and Loial souls for wee are not verie careful to pleas others wee should not dare to look for mercie either from God or Man but verie willingly expose our selvs as fit objects to the rage malice of our most implacable and bitter enemies Sir Wee cannot but with all thankfulness and devotion acknowledg the manie great and transcendent blessings wee enjoi'd among if not above the other Subjects under the happie Reign of his most glorious Majestie Wee cannot but confess His high merits of us whom not onely the common Obligations of the Oath of God and our Natural Allegiance but the due consideration of His undeserved respects and honors bestowed upon our particular Profession and Priestlie Function must eternally indear unto us And wee had been the most unworthie creatures upon Earth had wee prooved Desertores Fidei had wee faltered in our Faith and Loialtie to Him whom the Church must ever honor as her most glorious Patron and Protector and which is the highest elevation of His Love so neer was his to God's upon the Cross beyond all Constantine's Theodosius's or Valentinian's the most in vincible Champion and Martyr for Her Who when Hee saw all waies of doing good of improoving His affectionate Pietie to Her barr'd up and utterly precluded by a religious Sacrilege willingly laid down His Life for Her redemption And in imitation of the blessed JESUS acted what Hee said If you seek Mee let these go their waie The contemplation of the glorious excesses of His triumphant Charitie and Devotion for Hee loved our Nation and the Zeal of God's Hous had eaten him up not onely giveth new Arguments for our design'd Apologetick for clearing up the mists now cast upon us by reason of our Silence in this Caus but also supplieth us with rich grounds and materials for a Panegyrick to the eternal honor of His most pretious Memorie But here wee are oppressed with so much light and such transcendent beauties of perfection in all the passages of His blessed Life and glorious Martyrdom that all wee can conceiv or saie of Him would com as short of His incomparable merits as doth a Peeble of a Diamond a Candle of the glories of the Sun or our unworthie pen of His victorious and Seraphick quil Wee cannot add a grain of honor to His glories of which Hee is as full as the eternitie of Heaven in the fruition of Christ and God can make Him Where Hee hath exchang'd His Crown of Thorns for one far more illustrious of Stars and where His Charitie which was kindled here