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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31390	A caution against tumultuous petitions from a gentleman in the countrey to his friend in London, December. 30. 1679.	Gentleman in the countrey.	1680 (1680)	Wing C1556; ESTC R1334	2,050	2

A CAUTION AGAINST Tumultuous Petitions From a Gentleman in the Countrey To his Friend in LONDON Decemb. 30. 1679. SIR THat little discourse we had last wherein my opinion and suffrage was desired concerning the reasonableness of General Addresses of all the Members to the Head in an universal distemper of the Body though in the humble dress of a Petition hath yet so mutinous an Aspect as carries a prodigious horrour with it and gives us the prospect of that calamity disorder and confusion wherein such preposterous motions and commotions do usually determine by your self procured but just judgment of an offended Deity to an infatuated People that whilst the wounds of a detestable Rebellion and Civil War are yet bleeding are fiercely prosecuting its sad revival And the rest of the men that were not killed by those plagues mentioned in Rev. 9. 20 21. yet repented not of the works of their hands The redeemed Loyal Royallists repent not of their intemperancies or at least reform it not neither the Papists of their Idolatries and Conspiracies the Presbyterians and Parliamenteers of their Murthers Sorceries Fornications and Thefts those Witchcrafts of Rebellion wherewith they delude themselves and their Proselites and are made meer Properties to carry on their malitious and ambitious designs of the active hands of subtil Projectors of all Factions And too late I fear we shall find the Jesuits though undiscern'd to be the grand Promoters of these Petitions and what they could not effect as Papists they endeavour doubtless as heretofore to accomplish by Protestant Presbyterians sowing the seeds of Sedition and Dissention and what these Petitioners would be at is evident by the late Insurrection and Declaration of the Scotch Rebels timely suppress'd by Divine Providence So let all thine Enemies perish O Lord But let those that love thee be as the Sun when he goeth forth in his might that the Land may have rest many years Now Sir it was and is yet my wonder that a person of your ingenuity and parts should fall into this snare and be caught with specious pretences which are indispensably necessary to carry on a mischievous Design to subvert the Government which they seem to endeavour to rectifie and support and with this Bait to catch well-meaning men first to subscribe and then to pursue that Engagement and what ere conduces to advancement or shall be imposed upon them Thus the Protestation the fore-runner of the late War had nothing in it but what the best Protestant Christian in the World might with a good Conscience have subscribed and yet upon that foundation there followed dreadful Superstructures Perhaps you will say the Petition is recommended from Persons eminent in the Nation Patriots and assertors of the Peoples interests and welfare These indeed are Persons priviledged within doors but they have no lawful Authority when out of the House to promote any publick Petitions neither are a multitude to be followed to do evil There were no less than 250 such Princes of the Assembly famous in the Congregation men of Renown says the Text Numb 16. 2. And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron disputing their Prerogatives and said unto them Ye take too much upon you c. Neither did they leave out so necessary an ingredient to their purpose as a complacent Complement to the People by stiling them the holy Congregation of the Lord every one of them The dreadful consequences of this follows in the Story The Earth's Division devours them quick to punish them for their Division and Fire from Heaven consumes them and the infecting minds of fourteen thousand seven hundred Rebels and Murmurers met the Plague and became mortally infectious to one another And are thus far parallel'd in our Times that though the Earth did not swallow these Rebels up quick yet the Lord did a new thing and the Earth did in a manner vomit up three of the grand Rebels out of their graves and since the Nation hath felt a War and the bloudy City whose scum is yet in her I fear hath felt the Fire and the Plague and though it be affirm'd the Fire was by Plot yet I think few will venture to say the Pestilence was a Plot. But these three prodigious Judgments had their Meteors to declare whence they came Lord when thy hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy towards thy loyal People so that a man shall say Doubtless there is a God that judgeth the Earth How zealous God hath been for the supream Magistrate and how severe to such as are over-busie to censure or pry into the Errors of Princes there is a notable example in the punishment of Miriam for lessening her reverence and duty to Moses though a Brother because he had taken a Gipsie or Ethiopian Woman or to speak in the language of our bad Times a Miss And yet God said to an High-Priest and a Prophetess Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses and the anger of the Lord was kindled against them and Miriam became leprous white as snow Far be it from me to plead for Incontinency or any thing scandalous to Christianity for I know it gives too much occasion to the Enemies of God's Vice-gerent to blaspheme and seems to be obnoxious to a punishment like that of David in his Son Absalom But I would not have any one think that the Errors of Princes ought to lessen our Duties Let us therefore fear God and the King and not meddle with those that are given to change which I think is at this time a duty incumbent upon all that have the Cure of Souls to press upon their Congregations Sir Your putting the Question to me must be my Apology for the declaration of my thoughts upon this Subject which comes to you in a most unfeigned Integrity from Sir Your Affectionate Friend LONDON Printed for W. C. MDCLXXX