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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90963	Clerico-classicum, or, The clergi-allarum to a third war. Being an answer to a pamphlet, intituled, A serious and faithfull representation of the judgements of ministers of the Gospel within the province of London, contained in a letter from them to the Generall and his Councell of Warre. Delivered to his Excellency by some of the subscribers, Jan. 18. 1648. Which may likewise serve for a brief answer to their late vindication, relating to their former actings, touching the capitall punishment of the person of the King. / By John Price, citizen of London.	Price, John, Citizen of London.	1649 (1649)	Wing P3340; Thomason E544_1; ESTC R204338	47,303	74

whose prosperity some of ●id so earnestly pray unto God 〈◊〉 your Pulpits and some part 〈◊〉 the Army of England though under many disadvantages was about to engage against them prayer being solemnly ●ade unto God by the Commander in Chiefe * I. Gen. Cromwell impor●●●ing ●od that for as much as both parties did pretend unto the Covenant that they did refer themselves unto the Lord and ●egg'd from heaven to give sentence between them Doubt●esse either such pr●yers are vaine or God doth use to 〈◊〉 ●nd to inform us of his mind by answering herein so here when you have endeavoured to curse the Army from Parish to Parish and from Pulpit to Pulpit to sti●re up the City and Countrey to joyne with Malignants and Royallists against the Army assuring your party that God will breake them and rend them And another party of Ministers pray for them from Pulpit to Pulpit from place to place enconr●●ing them not to feare for God will be with them d●●htlesse the successe is very declara●●ve touching the will of God herein and especially In the second place when those success●● are carryed on from time to time in an uniform manner the Lord giving severall years successe upon their severall appeal unto him and yet more In the third place wh●n the glorious Majesty power and presence of God doth appeare after such appeales made unto God when the Lord doth as it were send the Ang●ll of his presence to save his people being few and the Angel of his fury to make the Armies the great and mighty hosts of the Enemie to flie and scatter as dust before the face of the winde when hee makes one to chaseten and two to put a hundred to flight when he breakes the heavens and comes down making the mountaines to flow downe at his presence when hee shall with alsmal inconsiderable Army of about 16000 men scattered and divided in severall dispersions East West North and South to destroy neare a hundred thousand men in armes as if the Scots Army the Welch Army the Kentish Army the Essex Army were considered it would appear besides the City and Ships all engaged yea and should take away the hearts and spirits of their Enemies and make the proud high and lofty thoughts of their adversaries to tremble Certainly such kinde of successes wherein God doth appear in the very majesty of his power and presence cannot but be very convincing touching the truth of their cause and you above all others who should rather exhort Malignants Royallists and the enemies of the peace and liberties of the Kingdome in generall and the people of God in speciall to give glory to God to cause the high praises of God to be in their l●ps who hath pul'd downe the mighty from their seate and raised up the poore out of the dust that he may set him with Prin●ces even the Princes of his people That the loftinesse of man is bowed downe and the haughtinesse of men is bowed downe and the Lord alone is exalted in the worke I appeale unto all your consciences whether God did ever appear since the comming of Christ in more visible characters prints of his foot steps then in bringing downe that proud Nimrod and in executing vengea●ce upon that hardned Pharaoh who did yet more and more harden his heart against all the wonderful appearances of God against him and would not bow and bend and subject himselfe unto the God of Israel Nay I appeal yet unto you whether the millions of prayers and teares that have been powred forth u●to God by his faithfull servants in publique and in private in Churches and in chambers did not beget a faithfull expectation that God would make him exemplary in mercy or judgement returning those prayers either upon his heart or head And I appeale likewise unto you whether he hath not answered such expectations accordingly causing him at such a time in such a manner to be brought to cond●gn punishment as was beyond all the expectations either of his friends or enemies the like n●ver known in our Nation And I appeal further unto you whether you doe not think in your consc●ences or have not sufficient reason so to doe that if ever he had come unto his Throne again he would not have made as great havocke of godly men whether Presbyteria● Independent or what ever else as Nero himselfe hath done and whether you would not have been driven into your old corners chamber● and closets and there teare him to pieces with your prayers is it not then to be lamented that you shou'd you above all others cast a blinde before mens eyes and hide the glorious presence and appearances of God evidenced by those great and most stupendious successes vouchsafed unto the Army in bringing that man of blood unto judgement The next thing you anticipate the Army is that they pla●●● not their justification of their present actings from impulses of spirit ●orpretended impressions on their hearts without or against the rule of Gods written word Page 13. of your Letter putting them to consider whether any history sacred or profane recordeth any example of an impulse of sp●rit falling upon multitudes of p●rsons at the same time putting them all at once upon perform●nces contrary to morall precepts c. It may be demanded of you who call your selves the Ministers of God and Embassadors of Jesus Christ and who wou●d be looked upon as guided by the Spirit of God and speaking in your Pulpits as he gives you utterance whether any history sacred or profane recordeth any example of the true spirit of God falling upon a great company of the faithfull Embassadours and true Ministers of Jesus Christ putting them all at once upon performances contrary to morall precepts and principles making them violate the rules of civility and honesty speake and write most notorious scandalous and known falsities when another part of the Ministers of Jesus Christ doe speak and write directly contrary unto ●he former This spirit that hath made you abuse the Army by casting filthy reproaches upon them and the Parliament by scandalizing the highest act of Justice that ever was performed in this Land calling it sedition rebellion murther staining the Land with the blood of their Soveraign I believe came not from above neither had it any higher ascent then the aire or an upper roome in Sion-Colledge from whence the City and Countrey-Ministers capable of the impression receive an impulse of spirit to speake and write as it were with one month and penne as that spirit of errour and scandall gives them utterance that the holy spirit of God makes no impressio●s upon the hearts of m●n without and against the word of God putting them upon performances contrary to morall precepes cannot be denyed but that there are such pretences either in the Army to whom you write or the Parliament or high Court of Justice who are alike concern'nd in what you say for doing such things