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A56219	A true and perfect narrative of what was acted, spoken by Mr. Prynne, other formerly and freshly secluded members, the army-officers, and some now sitting in the lobby, house, elsewhere, the 7th. and 9th. of May last ... by William Prynne, Esq. ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4112; ESTC R19484	104,478	113

2. resolve there was none at all in King Iames or King Charles did thereupon by this special Act and a strict Oath declare aad establish the surety title or succession of the Grown of England in him and his Heirs for ever upon which dependeth all our joy and wealth as they more at large expresse 13ly God himself in direct terms declares that it is a matter and badge of honour and prosperity for any Nation to be advanced from a Commonwealth or Principality into a Kingdom Ezech. 15.13 14. Thou didst prosper into a Kingdom And thy renown went forth among the Heathen for thy beauty for it was perfect through my comelynesse which I put upou thee saith the Lord which compared with Rom. 13.1 Let every Soul be subject to the Higher Powers for there is no Power but of God the Powers that are are ordained of God Col. 1.16 For by him are all things created that are in Heaven and that are in Earth visible or invisible whether they be Thrones or Dominions or Principalities all were created by him and for him Tit. 3.1 Put them in mind to be subject to Principalityes and Powers to obey Magistrates 1 Pet. 2. 13 17. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man for the Lords sake whether to the King as Supream Fear God Honour the King are infallible demonstrations That as kingdomes and Kings are of Divine institution and planting so they are reputed instituted by God and Jesus Christ as the most prosperous happyest divinest honourablest supreamest of all other forms of Government and Governors whatsoever created by and for Iesus Christ and have been the very Governments and Governors alone in and by which he hath precisely promised declared that he will most advance his own Spiritual Kingdom Church and Glory as is undenyable by Ps. 68.29.31.32 Ps. 102.22 2 Kings 19.19 Isay. 37.20 Rev. 11.15 Psal. 2.10 11. Psal. 68.29 Psal. 72 10 11. Psal. 102. 15. Psal. 138.4 Ps. 144.10 Ps. 148.11 Ps. 149.8 Isay 49.7 13. c. 52.15 c. 60.3 10 11 16. c. 62.2 Rev. 21 24. the expresse lively Images of Christs own Spi-Spiritual Kingdom Kingship on whose Throne alone they sit as his Vicegerents 2 Chron. 9.8 Col. 1.16 and therefore are stiled Kings Kingdoms not Optimacies or Republicks yea not only Kings but Gods and Gods Anointed as well as Christ himself Exod. 22.8 Iosh. 22 22. Ps. 82 1 6. Iohn 10.34 1 Cor. 8.5 2 Sam. 12.3 5. c. 22 52. Psal. 20.6 Isay 45.1 Lam. 4.20 1 Sam. 16.6 c. 24.6 10 c. 26.9 11 1 23 2 Sam. 19.21 14ly God himself in sundry Scriptures positively declares and denounceth the plucking up or rooting out of a Kingdom and making it no Kingdom or a base or viler Kingdom than it was before and the leaving of an antient Kingdom without a King or hereditary Successor or Heir to sway the Scepter to be a most severe sad grievous Iudgement and Punishment on them for their crying hainous offences and Sinnes against him yea an immediate concomitant or Forerunner of their utter desoiation a matter of present and future lamentation not of a mercy blessing or cause of rejoycing as our seduced Bedlam-Republicans Army-Saints and Pseudo-Politicians repute it as all these Texts infallibly resolve Judg. 17.6 c. c. 18.1 c. c. 17.1 c. c. 21.25 Hos. 3.4 c. 10.3.7.15 a notable Scripture Is. 9.2 11 12. c. 7.16 Amos 1.8.10.13 14 15. c. 2 2.5 c. Mich. 4.9.10 Jer. 17.25.27 c. 22.5 to 30. c. 25.8 to 38. Ezech. 19.14 15. a signal Text c. 17.12 13 14. c. 29.14 15. Lam. 1.6 c. 2.6.9 c. 4.20 c. 5.16 Hab. 1.10.14 15. Nah. 3.17 18 19. Hag. 2.22 Ezech. 21.26 27. Against which Scriptures worthie your particular perusal no one Text can be produced to prove it a blessing benefit honor to any kingdom or Nation whatsoever 15ly As for your new magnified Common-wealth and Aristocracie preferred by you before our Kings and Monarchie 1. Consider that of Prov. 28.2 For the Transgression of a Land many are the Princes or Governors thereof but by a man of understanding and knowledge the State thereof shall be prolonged And compare it with Hosea 10.3 For now they shall say We have no King because we feared not the Lord what then should a King do to us Lam 5.16.8 The Crown of our head to wit our King c. 4.20 is fallen wo unto us that we have sinned Servants have ruled over us there is none that delivereth us out of their hand And then you must needs confess that your subversion of our Kingly Government by one single person to set up a Polarchie and New Republike under many Servants Governors is in Gods own his Churches peoples account an heavie judgement vassallage bondage on them for their transgressions sinnes and a matter of great lamentation woe Ezech. 19.12 13 14. not a blessing ease libertie means of their happiness or establishment 2. Consider that you cannot derive the Pattern of your New Commonwealth from the Scripture Gospel Church or presidents of God and Jesus Christ but only from the Old Heathen bloudie Romans after their Regifugium who were alwaies altering their Government from one new form to another continuing not long in anie one condition till setled in an Emperor and Empire and at last in a Regal Roman Pontiff in which state it hath continued almost 1700. years and the new Jesuitical models of Parsons Campanella Richelieu Mazarine Spain France recommended to you from Antichristian Rome to work our ruine Or at leastwise from the old seditious Graecians and Athenians who are thus branded in Historians Omnino ad commutandos Reipublicae Status erant versatiles et omnium propensissimi ad vicissitudines as you and the Army-Officers now are which proved their utter ruine and caused endless wars and tumults between themselves till they were subdued enslaved by the Macedonians Persians Romans and other foreign Kings as you may read at leisure in Thucidides Diodorus Siculus Xenophon Plutarch Arrian●● Iustin Bp. Vshers Annales Veteris Testamenti whence Heniochus an antient Greek Comaedian compares Aristocracie and Popularitie unto two scolding Women who coming amongst the Greek Cities put all things into tumult and disorder making them bedlam mad against each other to their utter desolation Tum geminae ad illas accesserunt Mulieres Quae cuncta conturbarunt Optimatitas Est nomen alteri alteri Popularitas Quarum incitatu pridem externatae furunt And have they not produced the self-same Madness Furie and sad effects among the Armie yea and our 3. kingdoms How then can you or anie wise men but only TOM OF BEDLAMS be anie longer in love with either of them and preferr them before Kings and Kingship when as your selves as well as other Members declared resolved in two Declarations of 12 April 1646. of 17 Decemb. and in the Votes of Novemb 9. 23. 1647. That the Agreement of the People for a Representative and Republike without

Kingdome of Heaven Upon which account they are now stiled Heirs of the Kingdom and shall hereafter inherit possesse this Kingdom receive the Crowns wear the Royal Robes sit upon the Thrones provided for them in it How then have the Enchanters of Rome Spain France so far infatuated your understandings blinded your Judgements intoxecated your Brains perverted your Wills corrupted your Affections seared your Consciences engaged your unrulie Passions as notwithstanding all this to make you Bedlam madde against all Kings Kingship Kingdoms Crowns Scepters Thrones Principalite● and Kingly power as to a abhor and engage against both the things themselves and their verie names yea to extirpate them root and branch against his expresse Evangelical precepts word and practise of all his Saints in either Testament to dote upon such a strange Vtopian Common-wealth and new Freestate the verie names whereof much lesse the things you find not once in Scripture in your sense and never yet read of in the militant or triumphant Church of Christ. Let Mr. Prynne a little expostulate the case with you not as a Lawyer but as a Christian. Do you indeed believe the Scripture to be the very will and word of the Great King the Soveraign Lord and Iudge of all the Earth and of Jesus Christ the King of Kings the Lord of Lords and King of Saints which you are bound in Conscience under pain of eternal damnation to believe and obey If not proclaim it as lo●d to the world with your Voyces as you do by your Sworde Actions and then all will know you in your Native colours to be no Saints but real Atheists and all reasonings with you will be in vain But having better perswasions of you That you believe the Scripture to be the only rule of your Consciences Iudgements Lives both as Souldiers and Christians Then answer clearlie to these interrogations The Lord of Hosts himself most peremptorilie and preciselie commands you To fear God honour the King 1 Pet. 2.17 Rom. 13.7 Yea to fear the Lord and the King coupling both these together as unseperable and not to meddle with those who are given to change Prov. 24.21 How can how dare you then dishonour vilifie reproach destroy both your natural Kings and Kingship too without the least fear at all of God or the King and change them into a New Republican Conventicle He commands you to subject your selves to the King as Supream both by the Ordinance of God and man and that for the Lords sake and avoiding scandal to Religion 1 Pet. 2.12 13. To be subject to the Higher Powers and amongst them more especiallie to Kings and Principalities and that not only for fear of wrath but for Conscience sake for these Reasons clearlie expressed Because they are of God and ordained by God Because they are the Ministers of God for your good Because they are Gods Avengers to punish you if you disobey resist or do evil Because they who resist them resist the Ordinance of God and shall receive to themselves damnation Rom. 13.1 to 8. Tit. 3.1 2. VVith what face heart confidence conscience then can or dare you not onlie not submit subject your selves to but exalt yon● selves above against your lawfull Soveraign Kings and Higher powers so far as not onlie to re●ist but destroy their Persons Powers Kingships Principalities themselves though Gods own Ordinance and that out of pretended Zeal and Conscience too and hope to receive a Crown on Earth or in Heaven for it when as God himself denounceth Damnation to you for your verie unwarrantable resistance of them alone and much more for their destruction God requires you to make Prayers Supplications Intercessions and giving of thanks first of all FOR KINGS that YOU may live a peaceable and quiet life under them in all Godliness and honestie for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour To make prayers to the God of Heaven FOR THE LIFE OF THE KING AND OF THE KINGS SONS Ezra 6.12 13. To pr●y with all the primitive Church and Saints of God Psal. 72.1 Give the King thy Judgement O God and thy Righteousness unto the Kings Son How can how dar● you then not onlie neglect these Duties but prohibit condemn punish them as no lesse than High Treason in others and not onlie fight but curse revile pray against the King and the Kings Sons too and take away their lives livelihoods instead of praying for them reputing it both your godlynesse honesty yea a Duty acceptable and well pleasing unto God Hear Heavens and tremble O Earth at this great impietie God commands you Eccles. 8.2 To keep the Kings Commandement and that in regard of the Oath of God And dare you against all your Oaths of Fealty Homage Supremacy Allegiance Protestation League Covenant printed Declarations and your own Propositions 1 August 1647. That the Kings Person and Royal issue may be restored to a condition of safety honor and freedom in this Nation without diminution of their personal Rights both abjure eradicate King Kingship and the Royal Posterity that you may no more keep nor obey anie of their Superior Commands and prefer the Commands of anie undutifull Army-Officers raised onlie to defend the King and Parliament from all force and violences before both their Ordinances Proclamations Commissions Votes to both their ruines God injoyns you not to Curse the King no not in your thoughts not to revile or speak evil of the Ruler of your People Eccles. 10.20 Exod. 22.28 Acts 23.5 Tit. 3 2. And can you like those wicked Idolators Isay 8.21 Curse your King and your God and look upward and like those unjust carnal bruitish Beasts made to be destroyed and reserved to the day of Iudgement to be punished despise Dominion speak evil of Dignities Kings Kingship 2 Pet. 2.9 to 14. Jude 8 9 10. for which the ●ospel it self denounceth Woe unto you perishing in the gain-saying of Core Jude 11. that you shall utterly perish in your own Corruption and receive the reward of unrighteousnesse 2 Pet. 2.12 13. Christ himself more than once enjoyns you in the ●ospel To render to Caesar the things that are Caesars to wit all his Dues Tributes Custom Fear Honor Mat. 22.17 21. Mar. 12.16 17. Lu. 20.22 24 25. Rom. 13.7 how can or dare you then wrongfully forciblie take away and detain from your rightfull King Caesar not onlie all these his Dues and Crown-lands too but his verie Crown life to boot instead of making restitution of them to his Son when he came to demand the fruits of his Fathers Vineyard do and say with those wicked Husbandmen in the Gospel Mat. 21.38 39. Lu. 20.14 this is the Heir come let us kill him and the Inheritance shall be ours and cast him out of the Vineyard O remember the sad doom which Christ himself and all his Auditors have denounced against you for it

Captain● of thousands or hundreds nor yet of Souldiers or Armed men but of mean Fisher-men and others altogether averse from war commanding them in expresse terms to take neither Gold Silver nor Brasse in their purses nor scrip nor two coats nor yet Staves much lesse Sword Pikes Horses Pistols nor any thing else belonging to a Souldier no offensive or defensive Arms at the most but a single walking staffe like Travellers to help support them Yea Christ expresly resolves That his Ministers are and must be no Fighters no Strikers nor Strives much lesse than professed Warriers Iohn 18.36 1 Tim. 3.3 2 Tim. 2.24 They have no Sword but that of the Spirit and their Mouth the word of God and fight with it only against mens Sins Lusts not Persons Eph. 6.17 Heb. 4.12 Rev. 19.15 21. Yea when Peter once did but draw his Sword to defend King Jesus against the Souldiers who came with Swords and Staves to apprehend him he said unto him Mat. 26.52 Put up thy Sword again into its place for they that take the sword shall perish with the sword Nay the state of the Gospel is so inconsistent with Souldiers Arms War That upon the sincere profession of it God requires the Professors thereof to beat their Swords into Plowshares and their Spears into Pruning-hooks Nation shall not lift up Sword against Nation Neither shall they learn VVar any more but to live in peace with all men and keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace Isay. 4. Mich. 4.3 Luke 2.14 1 Cor. 7.15 c. 14.53 Gal. 5.22 2 Cor. 13.11 Eph. 4.3 Col. 3.15 2 Thes. 3.16 Heb. 12.14 Never was the Kingdom Gospel Church of Jesus Christ promoted advanced in any Age or place by war Swordmen but many Churches have been utterly destroyed extirpated depraved corrupted none ever edified planted enlarged much lesse reformed by them Our present Armie-Saints and new Military-Apostles by their fighting praying preaching fasting instead of promoting the Gospel Protestant Religion and Church of England have almost totally subverted them by broaching countenancing protecting all sorts of Heresies Blasphemies Sects Schisms Errors Opinions Religions setting up new Conventicles of Sectaries Seducers in all places opposing slighting traducing the very Church Doctrine Ministry of England the very Function Ordination of Ministers by decrying detaining their Tithes and former maintenance as litigious Jewish Antichristian by swallowing up all the Lands Revenues of Bishops Deans Chapters Arch-Deacons and a great part of our Ministers maintenance by sequestrations and monthly Contributions to maintain their Army Evangelists now ready to swallow up the remainder that is left and continuing in a body for that purpose by the very Jesuites instigation who not only professedly teach in their publick University at Madrid the Art of War by Land and Sea the making of Guns Gunpowder fireworks all manner of Military Engines of which they read Lectures as most agreeable to the Name Profession of their Martial Father Ignatius as Alphonsus Vargas a Spanish Priest records but boast That the General of the Iesuites can bring into the Field more Souldiers of his own order in a shorter time than any Christian King whatsoever and likewise expresly affirm That their Gopsel and Religion is to be propagated set up the Heretiques and Evangelical Sectaries who resist them refuted extirpated abolished with Fire Armies Sword and War in England elsewhere as Iacobus Cruciger Rector of the Iesuites at Lansperg in his explication of the Rules of their Order Paulus Windeck De extirpandis Heresibus Antid 10 11. p. 404 412 480. Thuanus Hist. l. 65. p. 238. l. 66. p. 299. Franciscus Verona Apol. pro Iohanne Castle par 5. c. 13. Hospinian Hist. Jesuitica l. 4. p. 212 213 214. Hasenmullerus Hist. Jesuit c. 1. Spec. Jesuiticum p. 61. unanimously attest O then discern at last whose Gospel Kingdom you are now propagating by your Army Arms and Westminster Conventicle not Iesus Christs but the very Jesuites his greatest Underminers Many of you especially Millinaries and Fifth Monarchy-men pretend that Jesus Christ is now comming to reign personally on Earth a thousand years and that you shall all reign together as Ioynt-Kings with or Vice-royes under him But the setting up of a New Republick and Aristocracy is wholly inconsistent with this Kingdom and Monarchy of Christ you now expect which suites only with a Temporal King and Kingdom How this Opinion will accord with Christs own description of it John 18. 16. My Kingdom is not of this World or Pauls Rom. 14.17 The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink nor yet Arms and Armies but Righteousnesse and Peace and Ioy in the Holy Ghost which Souldiers Armies usually destroy not produce or propagate let those who maintain it consider When Mr. Prynne was kept close Prisoner in Pendennis Castle by Iohn Bradshaws and our New Republicans illegal warrant in July 1651. some four dayes after his imprisonment there divers Officers and Souldiers of the Garrison who had long debated every day for sundry Months before their present expected personal reign of Christ on Earth repaired to him to know his Opinion concerning it as he was taking fresh Air in the Bowling-Alley standing in a ring about him Upon which he first demanded their Opinions of it when they had all fully uttered their Conceits in the Affirmative with much confidence M. Pryn briefly answered That now they had beheaded one of our Kings and almost conquered another and our 3. Kingdoms they thought talked of nothing but being all Kings themselves and of reigning personally on Earth cheek by joll with Christ himself as his Fellow-Kings no Earthly King being fit to be a Companion for such transcendent sublimated Saints as they thought themselves But they were all most grosly mistaken for that very Text of Rev. 20.4 5. which he read out of one of their Bibles whereon they principally grounded their Opinions and Reign was pointblank against them And I saw the Souls OF THEM THAT WERE BEHEADED not of them who took off their own Christian Protestant Kings and Nobles Heads for the Witnesse of Iesus and the word of God and which had not worshipped the Beast nor his Image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads nor in their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years is it not added on the Earth and Chap. 22.5 rather proves their reign to be in the New Ierusalem in Heaven But the rest of the dead who were not thus beheaded lived not again much lesse then reigned with Christ till the thousand years were past By which it is most apparent That if Christ shall reign personally on Earth for a thousand years as they all conceived and that this time was now at hand yet not one of them should or possibly could reign with him if this Text be Vmpire For the words are most positive that none else shall thus reign with Iesus Chris● a thousand years but