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A46274 A speech to the people, or, A briefe and reall discovery of the unhappy estate of these most distracted times with a necessary caution to all good subjects / vvritten by T. I. gent. ... Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685? 1642 (1642) Wing J1066B; ESTC R17852 2,290 7

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A SPEECH TO THE PEOPLE OR A briefe and reall discovery of the unhappy estate of these most distracted times With a necessary caution to all good Subjects VVritten by T. I. Gent A Loyall Subject to the King his Soveraigne A Well-wisher to the Parliament his great Counsell And a true lover of the peace of his Countrey LONDON Printed for H. B. 1642. A SPEECH TO THE PEOPLE MIserable and most deplorable is the unhappy estate and condition of these our present times And as if Gods vengeance did not fall fast enough upon our heads for our enormous crying sinnes whilest the Almighty speaks peace and plenty unto us out of the abundance of his rich and most unparallel'd goodnesse Wee as if wee had surfeted with too much plenty and happinesse while God smites us not goe about to smite each other What can then be expected without heaven avert the judgement convert and turne our hearts unto him but that our long enjoyed peace should be turned into a present doubtfull War and our happy plenty into an unhappy penury and want Who is so blind as not to fore-see these things at hand And yet good God most of us as if our senses were become even stupid and senslesse seek not the right way to cause the Almighty to avert these imminent and impendent dangers from falling on us or I wish I might not more truly say from suffering our selves to fall into them For what could the Almighty have done more for Israel then he hath done for us Have not we for many yeares under religious Princes the memory of all which ought ever to be pleasant unto us and cause us out of a just and due gratitude to be ever thankfull unto God long and happily enjoyed both peace and plenty flowing I had almost said even overflowing with the sacred Word of God as Manna sent from above to feed our hungry soules flowing again I say with all rich variety of plenty and delight to afford happy solace and sustentation to our naturall bodies And since our good God will not out of his unfathom'd mercie take them from us doe not we I feare I appeale to every ones conscience betake our selves to such courses as will soon yea doubtlesse too soone deprive us of them for with horrour deare Countrymen of soule I speak it how much is the King of Heaven and his An●●n●ed our dread Soveraigne here on Earth both at one time neglected how much and how scornfully are sacred Functions and places Prophaned and vilified how much in a word are the known Lawes of this our Nation most strangely either wrested misconstrued or impugned But no wonder if the Law of GOD which ought to be written in Golden Letters in the tables of our Hearts be so much disregarded so much disesteemed if mans Law be no more reputed so much contemned Feare God and honour the King is the King of Heavens counsell and how can wee imagine or rather justly assure our selves that we can give Caesar a due honour when as our tongues as well as our actions well scanned and with a vigilant eye being pryed into convince us that we do not cordially and really feare love honour obey that great Caesar of Caesars O therefore if we would have all things to go well with us as many fearfull curses fall on his head who would not let us make in the first place our atonement and peace with God that the God of true peace may send his peace to reign amongst us and this is the speediest and happiest way to avert the Almighties Judgement from falling on us and to cause his mercies as formerly they have done to flow more powerfully upon us for mistake not deere Countreymen For the feare of God is the beginning of wisdome as saith Kingly Solomon and I too much feare this feare is not as yet engrafted in our hearts nay rather I feare it not at all for did we truly feare God wee should be afraid and justly too to violate his most just and sacred Law And you know beloved I wish you would also practice what you know 't is his expresse charge and command Give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars honour to whom honour belongeth and shall any Mandate from any inferiour power cause any of us to violate the Mandate of heaven it selfe me thinkes I heare you all say as being of one minde with one voice justly indeede astonished and amazed God forbid O then why contemne ye the power of your Caesar and is not this too frequently by too many of us daily practised Truly if ever there were a Prince on earth after Gods own heart such is our religious King CHARLES as unparaled for his life as he is for his vertues and what madnesse then were it for us I say for us because without wee will consent to our own undoing heaven as it seemes is vnwilling to deprive us of these his unesteimable blessings I meane peace and plenty so long so happily continued amongst us as if our good King had nothing else but love and mercie lodging in his royall heart how hath he wooed us to continue in this our peace first then acknowledging our own unworthinesse Let us make our peace with God and in the next place not onely remember but execute Gods Command by giving unto Caesar the things that are Caesars Honour to whom honour belongeth Thus you shall bring true honour to your selves whilst you give a due honour to God and the King and become so many happy instruments next under God to settle a firme and most happie peace in these his Majesties Dominions your native soile and his once I would I could but say and still justly say most flourishing Kingdome And I beseech him who ruleth the heart of Kings as it best pleaseth him so to rule the hearts both of him and you all that his holy law may be the holy rule by which you may al square all your actions so shall God be honoured by you and in a due obedience to his just and imperial commands our pious and most religious King CHARLES bee unanimously and chearfully obeyed and if it bee thy heavenly will Lord say Amen both for thy owne sake for thy servant our dread Soveraignes sake for his illustrious Consort and all their royall off-springs sake and lastly for al good peoples sake who humbly and heartily implore this great mercie from thee FINIS