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A41943 Great satisfaction concerning the death of the Earle of Strafford in a discourse betweene a Scottishman and a Jesuite with a serious consideration of certaine conclusions observed from his last speech upon the scaffold. 1641 (1641) Wing G1751; ESTC R11682 6,651 9

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all these Jes He shewed himselfe in the 3. place To approve of Parliaments There is one thing saith he I desire to free my selfe of and I am very confident that I shall bee beleeved I did alwaies thinke the Parliaments of England were the happiest constitutions that any Kingdome or Nation lived under and next under God the best meanes to make the King and his people happy so farre have I been from being against Parliaments Scot. So farre that is as much as nothing he thought so and he said so and he knew so David thought Vriah happy in having so faire a Wife he knew and was sensible of the delight that was to be found in her but what did that make for Vriah He lost his wife by Davids taking notice of it and his life too so what is it that the Earle of Strafford know how happy the Parliaments of England were for the King and people and upon such his knowledge to hinder and stop them and to labour to deprive the Land of them using meanes to have the strife ended by Warre and Blood rather then by Parliament and peace But I pray you sir will you be pleased to proceed to the rest of his Speech Ies 6. He submitted to justice being in his intentions Innocent We reade that when Stephen was stoned he kneeled downe and cryed Lord lay not this sin to their charge Acts. 7.60 Thus the Lord of Strafford imitated holy Stephen saying that he acquitted all the world and heartily forgave them pleading his intentions to be innocent Scot. Was he not in a trance when he pleaded Innocency or was his wit too high to stoope to Iustice What condemned of treason by so faire a tryall Search and see if all Histories can parallell with it He whose Iudgement and wit is admired to pleade Innocency in so cleare a censure To practise with another Governour of another Country to invade this Realme is high Treason although such practises be not put in the Dyer 248. Is it not then treason too to tell the King that he had an Army in Ireland should reduce this Kingdome to obedience to encounter and fight and kill such as are the Kings souldiers or assisting the King in his warres is high Treason 45. Edw. 3.25 Br. treason 7.21 E. 23. Stamf. 1.1 Is it not then Treason to be the willing cause of the losse of New-castle of purpose to engage the 2. Kingdomes in a warre To maintain the extollers or maintainers of the See of Rome The first offence doth incurre the danger of a praemunine the second offence is high treason 5. El. 1. D. Conce 1. what then was the Lord Straffords fact that to oblige them the more compounded with Recusants at so low a rate Such as shall doe or procure any thing ad seditionem domini Regis vel exercitus su● i● t●eason saith Mr. Andrew Hornes booke Speculum Iustitiariorum so saith he is falsifying the Kings Seales c. In a word because many like cases of treason might happen c. it was by the statute 25. Edw. 3. ch 2. accorded that if any other case supposed treason which is not as that Statute specified doth happen that it should be declared before the King and his Parliament c. These things I passe over ore fly giving but a touch of them by which we may perceive how great those offences were whereby the Earle of Strafford expulsed ●●ople out of their Families by men in Armes his treachery against the ●t●te and division betwixt the King and People by him wrought as may appeare in his Articles But I will not interrupt you too long I pray you sir will you be pleased to goe on with the rest of his Speech Ies He acquitted the King constrained to c it was a great praise to the Kings of Israel that they were mercifull Kings 1 Kings 20.31 And this was a great comfort to the Earle of Straf that the King was so full of pitty and mercy to him and he infinitely rejoyced therein Scot. It is our comfort that we have a gracious King but let not us therefore abuse his mercy Did the L. Strafford make the God of Heaven his salvation and pray unto him and praise his name forsaking his humane policy and lying vanities if he did not I can assure you he forsooke his owne mercy and refused the true felicity Ionah 2.8 Ies He besought to repent The Lord himselfe admonisheth all men every where to repent Acts 17.30 So did this Earle he having wished to this Kingdome all the prosperity happinesse in the world desired that they would repent that they would lay their hands upon their hearts Scot. I thought rather that he had been extreamely humbled with the sight of his sins said Oh how many glorious starres shine in the Parliament and my glory is Eclipsed I will therefore turn unto the Lord and confesse my sins that so J be not clouded in darkenesse in the world to come but through my Saviour Christ may be a bright-shining starre in Heaven against thee Lord have I sinned and doe now most justly suffer Luke 15.17 c. But I pray you goe on Ies He shewed in the 9. place That it was a strange way to write the beginning of Reformation and settlement of a Kingdome in blood The Lord denounceth a woe against them that build a Towne with blood Haba 2 12. And the Earle of Strafford desired the people to consider whether the Reformation of the happinesse of a Kingdome should be written in Letters of blood Scot. By Blood there is meant blood-shed by iniquity and not by the Sword of Iustice The Blood of Zimri and Cosby was shed by Phineas which wrought a Reformation of happinesse to the people the wrath of God was thereby appeased and the Plague then amongst them was stayed Numbers 25. and thus J hope will it now so be with us Ies He did beseech that demands might rest there which was the 10 head of his Speech St. Paul would have every man to prove his own worke to see whether he can rejoyce in it Gal. 6.4 And thus would the Earle of Strafford have his death to be considered of in our Houses Scot Jn my conceit it concerned him to have beene more diligent to search into his owne heart Oh of what concernment was it of to himselfe a then dying man to have bent his heart diligently to have purged his owne heart and conscience from those sins in which he had lived and for which he was then to suffer death Hag. 1 5 7. J pray you how did he proceed after Ies He prayed that they might not call blood upon themselves Lord lay not this sin to their charge saith innocent Stephen when they stoned him Acts 7.60 And thus the Lord Strafford prayed that his blood might not rise up aginst any one of this Land Scot. I am sorry to heare that he was so obstinate that he would not acknowledge that