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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34423	King Charls, his case, or, An appeal to all rational men concerning his tryal at the High Court of Justice : being for the most part that which was intended to have been delivered at the bar, if the king had pleaded to the charge, and put himself upon a fair tryal : with an additional opinion concerning the death of King James, the loss of Rochel, and the blood of Ireland / by John Cook ...	Cook, John, d. 1660.	1649 (1649)	Wing C6025; ESTC R20751	34,094	43

murther is a sin that seldom goes unpunisht in this world and never did any Jesuit hold it meritorious to kill men for bringing tyrants and murtherers to Justice or to do such horrid acts in the sight of the Sun It was a noble saying of the Lord President That he was afraid of nothing so much as the not doing of Justice and when he was called to that High place which was put upon him he sought it not but desired to be excused more then once not to decline a duty to God and the people for fear of any loss or danger being above such thoughts by many Stories as actions testifie but alledging That of himself out of an humble spirit which if others had said of him I am sure they had done him a great deal of wrong And though he might have been sufficiently discouraged because it was a new unpresidented Tribunal of condemning a King because never did any king so Tyrannize and Butcher the People finde me but that in any History and on the other side the leaf you shall finde him more then beheaded even to be quartered and given to be meat to the fowls of the Air yet the glory of God and the love of Justice constrained him to accept it and with what great wisdom and undauntedness of Resolution joyned with a sweet meekness of spirit he hath performed it is most evident to all the Malignants themselves being Judges Concerning this High Court to speak any thing of this glorious Administration of Justice is but to shew the Sun with a candle the Sun of Justice now shines most gloriously and it will be fair weather in the Nation but alas the poor Mole is blinde still and cannot see it but none so blinde as they that will not see it however it is not proper or convenient for me at present to speak all the truth that I know the Generations that are to come will call them blessed concerning the Integrity and Justice of their proceedings lest I that a ma● servant should be counted a Sycophant which I abhor in my soul as my body does poyson and this I will be bold to say which I hope God guides my hand to write This High Court hath cut off the head of a Tyrant and they have done well undoubtedly it is the best action that they ever did in all their lives a matter of pure envy not hatred for never shall or can any men in this Nation promerit so much Honor as these have done by any execution of Justice comparable to this and in so doing they have pronounced sentence not onely against one Tyrant but Tyranny it self therefore if any of them shall turn Tyrants or consent to set up any kinde of Tyranny by a Law or suffer any unmerciful domineering over the Consciences Persons and Estates of the Free People of this Land they have pronounced Sentence against themselves But good trees cannot bring forth bad fruits therefore let all desperate Malignants repent ere it be too late of any such ungodly purposes and fight no longer against God Every man is sowen here as a seed or grain and grows up to be a tree it behoves us all to see in what ground we stand holy and righteous men will be found to be timber for the great building of God in his love when Tyrants and Enemies to Holiness and Justice will be for a threshold or footstool to be trodden upon or fit for the fire Lastly for my self I bless God I have not so much fear as comes to the thousand part of a grain it is for a Cain to be afraid that every man that meets him will slay him I am not much solicitous whether I dye of a Consumption or by the hand of Ravilliacks I leave that to my heavenly Father If it be his will that I shall fall by the hand of violence it is the Lord let him do what he pleaseth If my Indentures be given in before the term of my Apprenticeship be expired and that I be at my Fathers house before it be night I am sure there is no hurt in all this If I have but so much time left I shall pray my Father to forgive the Murtherer the blood of Christ can wash away sins of the deepest stain but when he sees his childrens blood sprinkled upon the bloody wretch he loves every Member as he loves himself But know this ye that have conceived any desperate intentions against those Honorable Justices who have made you Freemen unless you will return to Egypt If God in wrath to you and love to any of his people should suffer you to imbrue your hands in any of their innocent blood either you will repent or not if you repent it will cost you ten times more anguish and grief of heart then the pleasure of the sin can cause delight and what a base thing is it to do that which must be repented of at the best But if you repent not it had been better for you to have never been born But let every man be faithful in doing his duty and trust God with the success and rejoyce in Christ in the testimony of a good Conscience for he that hath not a soul to lose hath nothing to lose but blessed be God I have no soul to lose therefore I desire onely to fear him whom to fear is the beginning of wisdom And for all Malignants to come in and joyn with honest men in settling this Nation upon Noble Principles of Justice Freedom and Mercy to the poor will be their best and greatest understanding FINIS 2 Sam. 21. In 1571. 1. Book of Ord. fol. 2 King 12. 20. 14. 1 5. 27 Mar. 5. Car. Darlingrub 15. Apr. 20. Car. Com E Leicesters Case