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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82071	A declaration by the presbytery at Bangor, in Ireland, July 7. 1649, setting forth the apparent ruine of religion, and the great violation of the covenant following upon the present change of command in this province: with some observations upon the Lord Vicount of Ards late declaration, of July 4.		1649 (1649)	Wing D566; Thomason E568_5*; ESTC R206245	4,791	8

His commands from the Marquesse of Ormond who he● been still an Enemie to both and who hath made a Peace with the Rebels destructive to Religion unto which Peace the Lord Airds contrary to his many professions and subscriptions his now joyned himself For his Commission imports no lesse binding him as we are Informed to protect and be carefull of His Majesties Catholick subjects His late actions also declares it for He imployed Irish Papists in His service for subduing the two Garisons of Be●fast and Craigfergus as is clear not only by His avouching the chief command over them and giving them Orders but also in His Declaration He seems not obscurely to justifie their invasion calling them by the friendly names of strangers and making their quarrell to be but a pressing the Kings interest which He sayes was not sufficiently secured among us And in another placed speaking of them He sayes that the Quarters are not able to bee such a burthen without ruine By which seems His L●● would not weary of them if the Quarter could be able to beare them all which as it is but a mockry of the Publick Declaration so it is a notorious breach of Covenant for He is sworn to oppose all Malignants who are against that solemne League or would divide the King from His People in their defence of it ye● He joynes with Malignants who blasphemes the Covenant In the Covenant Hee is sworne to exti●at Poperie and Prelacie yet Hee puts on a Commission which binds Him to maintain Protestant Religion in the large extent and Papists in the exercise of their Religion Yea the Marquesse of Ormond from whom He is to receive commands is an avouched maintainer of Prelacie and retains still the old English Liturgie as Wee are informed in his publick devotions In the Covenant Hee is sworn to endeavour the bringing to punishment those who would divide the King from his Kingdomes or one of them from another yet Hee execute such a Commission which foments the distance betwixt His Majestie and the Kingdome of Scotland and is a mighty obstruction unto His Majesties granting of Their just desires In 〈◊〉 Covenant He is sworne to defend to His uttermost pow●● all the●e who 〈◊〉 in the Covenant in the defence the 〈…〉 He under 〈◊〉 long of strengthning betrayed Covenant 〈…〉 bound 〈…〉 to the Covenant by bringing for th● 〈…〉 bounde the power of a command opposite to the Covenant As these things makes clear as the beames of the Sun the unlawfullnes of his Authority by such a Commission any thing his L. brings in defence of it in his Declaration notwithstanding for Hee pretends nothing there but necessitie and His good intentions none of which can excuse Him from so unhard of violation of his vowes and subscriptions neither are the miseries so great which His Commission met with at his first making use of it as those which his so sinfull an engagement shall bring on hereafter for the judgement He pretends to prevent by joyning with Malignants against Sectaries will prove but Physick of no value to this poor Land and will involve them in sadder judgements then any they could have apprehended from both the former if they had continued constant opposers equally of both and joyned with neither Shall he prosper that doth these things or shall Hee break the Covenant and be delivered The faithfull man sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not For this cause as the Ambassadours of Christ Wee beseech our people in his steed not to joyn hands with such a course or to medle with them who are given to change And part●cularly Wee charge all who hes renewed the Covenant and hes entred into the Declaration of the Armie and Countrie not to joyne in executing of such a Commission by taking charge in the Armie under the present command or serving them either as Officers or Souldiours else We foretell them in the name of the God of Truth that the quarrell of the Covenant shall pursue them and they shall wring out the dregs of the cup which Malignants hes beene drinking these many years by past Yea their judgement shall be enlarged far above the former because both they have seen the others plagues and hes of late renewed the Covenant which Malignants oppose We do also in the name of Jesus Christ warne the people of our charge to keep themselves free from all complyance with their ungodly course either by speaking favourably of them acknowledging the Authority of the present command under the Marquesse of Ormond and the Lord of Airds by imposing of Cesse upon others for maintaining their unlawfull Power or by constant obeying their Orders in paying Cesse unto their Armie which is nothing else but a submission unto their Authority a strengthning of their hands and an upholding of them who maintain a quarrell destructive to the Covenant all which is sinfull complyance and a breach of Covenant al 's well as to fight in their quarrell for it is a promoving of their course tho not by Armes yet by supplying that which is the sinews of War Money and Victuals Neither can any necessity be an excuse to it for Wee ought to choose affliction rather then sinne to help the ungodly and to strengthen the hands of the wicked is an evill worse then any suffering The Lord who suffered this Land to make defection when they were called to action against this partie is now calling them for a time to suffering rather then complyance so to try more narrowly the fidelity of his People and their love to his Truth more then their Goods or Lives otherwise the sudden destruction which shall come on the Malignants here shall likewise overtake the Land and make their sufferings then far greater with an evill conscience then they shall now indure for well doing and the God of Truth shall fulfill his promise to his people that those who indure cheerfully the spoyling of their Goods shall have in heaven a better and more induring substance yea shall have an hundreth fold heer and in the end life everlasting There are none in this land who formerly suffered for righteousnes sake who needs this day to repent it and for whom the Lord provided not abundantly in their greatest want and therefore we do again exhort them to stand fast to the Covenant that neither perswasion nor terrour may with-draw them from the Truth which is now opposed but that they lament for former sins which brings on these calamities turne in to the Lord and imbrace the Gospel and to rejoice in the crosse of Christ and when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord their sins shall be blotted out and the Lord shall return their captivity like the streames of the South FINIS