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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89293	More light shining in Buckingham-shire: being a declaration of the state and condition that all men are in by right. Likewise the slavery all the world are in by their own kinde, and this nation in particular; and by whom. Likewise the remedies, as take away the cause, & the effect will cease. Being a representation unto all the people of England, and to the soldiery under the Lord General Fairfax. The second part.		1649 (1649)	Wing M2709; Thomason E548_33; ESTC R205608	11,557	18

MORE LIGHT Shining in Buckingham-shire BEING A Declaration of the state and condition that all Men are in by Right Likewise the Slavery all the world are in by their own Kinde and this Nation in particular and by whom Likewise the Remedies as Take away the Cause the effect will cease BEING A REPRESENTATION Unto all the People of ENGLAND AND To the Soldiery under the Lord General FAIRFAX The second part Whatsoever doth manifest is Light Ephes 5. London Printed in the Year 1649. More Light shining in Buckingham-shire The Apostle saith Whatsoever things were written were for our learning IT is recorded in Scripture that man being created male and female after Gods own Image or likeness viz. his Son Jesus who is said to be the Image of the invisible God and the first born of every Creature and by whom all things were made and to whom all things were to subject for he being Lord over all the inferior Creatures God endowed with that excellent Rule of right Reason which is the pure influence of the Almighty whereby he should walk in subjection to his Creator and Father and in Equity towards his own kind viz. to do to another as the other should do to him and none to lord or force any arbitrary power one over another or to assume any priviledg above his brethren for all men by Gods donation are all alike free by birth and to have alike priviledg by vertue of his grant Gen. 1. 26. to the end and Gen. 9. 1. to 18. So that as all inferior creatures are given unto man viz. mankind and that for all necessaries as he should need So it is as plain that every man hath a right and propriety in the creatures one as well as the other so that for any to inclose them wholly from his kind to his own use to the impoverishment of his fellow creatures whereby they are made his slaves is altogether unlawful and it is the cause of all oppressions whereby many thousands are deprived of their rights which God hath invested withal whereby they are forced to beg or starve for want for all grounds being inclosed and all other things monopolized into a few Mercinarys hands wherby thousands that would and desire to live in a lawful Calling lawfully are of all people most oppressed because not suffered to keep any thing about them because of the incroachers before named who will either hunt it or pownd it c neither can they enjoy the benefit of their own labor although God commands they should because of those forenamed oppressors who have not only inclosed monopolized incroached inhanced all the creatures into their hands but do likewise extort away the labours of their poor brethren and take out the bread out of their mouths and from their poor wives and children by their unreasonable unlawful unjust and wicked Rates Taxes Powls Towls Customs so that the flower of those industrious mens labors are boulted out from them and only the Bean left them to feed on and if any seem for all this to maintain his family through his extream industry then the other Cormorants force offices on him c. thereby to more inslave him and that with most wretched oaths c. Oh it would be too tedious to relate all the slavery they are put to and sworn perform as that at their Court-leets there to appear to do homage and acknowledg themselves slave to their Tyrants called Lords of Mannors and if they hold any Lands what extream Rents are they forced to pay for it to their extorting Landlords besides above the 3d part of their labor taken from them by the impropriators besides paying quitrents as it is called whereby in some as the Lords of the Mannors are petty Tyrants and Kings so they hold all from a supream Lord who was none of Gods setting up viz. a King whom they upholding as the only dread Soveraign Lord and allowing him a great and intolerable Revenue as Lands Customs Poles Toles Tithe of all sorts and quitrents c. with Fines Harriets and Charters Patents Monopolies c. by which means they can be Farmers under him and petty tyrants over the people and to secure themselves from being made deliver up their usurped powers and interest they have their Commissions Grants Pattents holding in his name and they protecting him from being questioned and his power thrown down he doth defend uphold maintain and allow them to rend tear devour rob spoyl extort and tyrannize over the poor people c. and to this end doth invest them with strange names and titles such as the Scripture owns not or never did allow of as Dukes Princes Earls Marquesses Vicounts Lords Barons Sirs Esquires Gentlemen c. and priviledges accordingly as to hunt hawk c all which vain titles are forbidden by our Saviour as heathenish for it arose from mans own sensuallity darkness and wickedness and murder for Nimrod was the first King and he was was such a bloody wretch that he was called a Hunter Gen. 10. 8 9 10. that is a Hunter of his own kind in the presence of the Jehovah even against Gods Ordinance so wicked was he and v. 10. The beginning of his Kingdom was Babel viz. Confusion out of Gods way by which confusion he raised up a pack of Tyranny after many Kings more and they divided each against others and striving who should be the greatest Incloser and Tyrant fell together by the ears and caused the people to murder one another so that it was Kings that first brought in Wars Read the 14. Chap. of Genesis where observe the fi●st murderings and thefts and the rise of Dukes was from wicked Esan Read the 36. of Genesis these the Kings call their Cozens In shore the whole Scriptures declare Kings to be no better then Tyrants and Vsurpers And although God granted the Israelites a King yet it was in his anger saith the Sc●ipture Hosea 13. 11. and he took him away in his wrath And although some good men were Kings yet it was not in regard to their Office but Persons for in that they were Kings they were Tyrants and did extreamly extort from the people for see how Solomon extorted from the people 1 Kings 4. first see his Princes from verse 1. to the 7. then see his Officers to get provision monethly from verse 7. to the 20. then see his provision for his Court 22 23. verses as in one day 30 measures of fine floor 60 measures of meal 10 fat Oxen 20 pasture Oxen 100 Sheep besides Harts Roes Bucks fallow Deer and fatted fowl See 27. verse how his Officers provided c. and 26. verse do but note the horses that he kept as forty thousand stalls of horses for Charets twelve thousand horsemen then see in the 28. v. the people bring as the Officers appointed in v. 27. Barly and Straw for the horses and Dromedaries c which was such an oppression that the people when they

came to crown Rehoboam would condition to have it removed 1 King 12. 1. to 7. and he refused to take off those burdens to v. 16. then in v. 16. the people refused to chuse him King And then did they not chuse Jeroboan King read the chap. and did not David command Mephibosheth that he and Ziba should divide the Land 2 Sam. 19. 29. viz. Mephibosheths Land now Ziba was but the others servant read a Sam. 16. from Vers 1. to Vers 4. there Ziba slandereth his Master Mephibosheth and David giveth away Mephibosheths whole estate unto Ziba Vers 4. And when Mephibosheth comes to clear himself from his servants slander David restores to himself his own again So that the slanderer must have the honest mans goods What Justice is this Their Offices were tyrannical only God did many times for his names sake let them have now and then a good man in the place out of special favor and no otherwise for the kingly Power even to Israel at first was confirmed upon as a plague and no otherwise as a reward of their own wickedness and thunder and rain was sent in their Wheat-harvest to convince them That their wickedness was great in desiring a King read 1 Sam. 12. 17 18. And in Vers 19. the people desireth Samuel to pray for them and confesleth that of all their sins they had added this sin in asking a King And in Vers 20. Samuel told them they had done all this wickedness c. And Vers 25. tells the people That if they would still do wickedly both they and their King should perish Now their wickedness was in two Respects 1. In desiring to have a King to be like other Nations 1 Sam. 5. 8. viz. the Gentiles and Heathens that followed their own sensuality Now those Israelites not to be like other people 2. In advancing a man one of their own kinde in the place of a God and so to idol●ze their own flesh above God For do but observe what the Almighty saith unto Samuel 1 Sam. 8. 7. They have not saith the Lord rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them And see Vers 8. and forward What a tyrannical Government Kings are From Vers 11. to the end of the Chapter And he said This will be the manner of the King that shall reign over you he will take your sons and appoint them for himself for his charets and to be his horsemen and some shall run before his charets And he will take your Daughters to be Confectionaries Cooks and Bukers And he will take your fields and vint yards and your olive yards and give to his officers and to his servants And he will take your men-servants and your maid-servants and your goodliest young men and your asses and put them to his work He will take the truth of your sheep and you shall be his servants And you shall cry out in that day because of your King which ye have chosen and the Lord will not hear you in that day Which Scriptures do declare That Kings are the heads of all Tyrants and that wicked men shrouding themselves under him have not only protection by him to Tyranny but likewise you see he will give them large gifts but out of other mens estates For saith the Scripture he will take your vince yards and oliveyards the best of them and give them to his servants This is the Reason why those men will be the Kings slaves because the people may be slaves to them and they to tyrannize And in Vers 15. 17. there comes in your Tithes of Labor and Stock Kings were the Authors of it 2. They do not only incroach away mens estates but likewise make slaves of men See Vers 12. He will make Them plow his grounds and reap his harvest and make he instruments of War so that Kings are the cause of Wars For of necessity they must keep up Armies else the people will never be such slaves as to obey them Then they make Captains of thousands and Captains of hundreds Here is the rise of Nobility and Gentry And men for to get his favor will be willing to enslave their own kinde as to be Captains O the height of all slavery What slaves to Kings that so the people may be their slaves So it is as Kings are the worst of men yet others will execute their wills If Ahab and Jezebel will take Naboths Vineyard do but send a Letter to the chief of the City and they will stone him Let but Charls send out I Commission for Aray and how many will execute it yea if he will raise an Army to murther and plunder us he need but set up his Standard and thousands will rise for him Priests will preach in his behalf and that he is the Lords annointed though it is with the Popes grease and he Antichrists hackney and hath his power from the Beast Revel 13. That hath his authority from the Dragon who is the Devil and Satan whose first predecessor was the Norman Bastard William who came to be King by cruel murther as shall be proved hereafter so that as the creature man is enslaved to his kinde and all Monopolizings Encroachings Inhancings Licenses Patents Grants Prerogatives Priviledges unjust and unnatural arbitrary and wicked compacted unreasonable and all unjust interests are unlawful and the Scriptures do every where protest against it calling it Oppressions and pronounceth Judgments against it calling the Abettors Promoters and Actors of the same though men call them Kings Lords Generals Parliaments Councels Consuls Judges or by what name else they are known dignified or distinguished as the Priests call it to be but Lions Bears Wolves Leopards Foxes Bulls Beasts Dogs Whelps from their Natures For being led by their sensuality avarice and lusts and making all others their slaves to serve them with cap and knee c. to labor drudg trudg work moyl for their c. as if they were born only to be their slaves and they to use them as their Beasts Horse c. yea and beholding to them for it too that so they may be their Dog-keepers or to wait on their horses Lackeys to run before them and be Postillions Pillions c. Yea and to make them hold their Lands Houses Cottages c. at what terms holdings slaveries they please forcing fines and harriates at every change c. And the better to keep them in slavery have utterly denyed them to have any power or voyce to chuse their Law-makers or Law-execusioners And lest they should have some Justice done by some in Authority they have devised such a multitude of Courts and Terms so that those great Cormorants can remove the suite out of one Court into another and Law being bought and sold by the wicked encroaching Normen shameless cheating hickney Lawyers being worse then the devil who scorns to take a peny Fees to torment any but will do it freely By all which