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A56200	Sad and serious politicall considerations touching the invasive war against our Presbyterian Protestant brethren in Scotland, their late great overthrow, and the probable dangerous consequences thereof to both nations and the Prorestant [sic] religion which may serve as a satisfactory apology for such ministers and people, who out of conscience did not observe the publike thanksgiving against their covenant, for the great slaughter of those their brethren in covenant.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1650 (1650)	Wing P4058; ESTC R5356	63,285	75

Sad and serious Politicall CONSIDERATIONS Touching the invasive War against our Presbyterian Protestant Brethren in Scotland their late great Overthrow and the probable dangerous consequences thereof to both Nations and the Prorestant Religion Which may serve as a SATISFACTORY APOLOGY for such Ministers and People who out of Conscience did not observe the publike Thanksgiving against their Covenant for the great slaughter of those their Brethren in Covenant Printed in the Yeer 1650. Sad and Serious Politicall Considerations THE English Independents new invasive War against their Presbyterian Protestant Brethren of Scotland and late great rout and slaughter of their Army meeting with variety of censures and constructions according to the dive●sity of mens inclinations and interests some prudent Christians ingaged to no parties whose interest is onely the preservation propagation and safety of the reformed Protestant Religion against the common Enemies and Underminers thereof have these sad melancholy apprehensions thereof That it is a dolefull Prologue and tragicall Scene not onely to the approaching ruine and desolation of both Kingdoms for their manifold crying sins but likewise to the speedy subversion of the true Protestant Religion and extirpation of all zealous Professors thereof through our three Kingdoms and in forraigne parts upon these ensuing considerations 1. That the Kingdoms of England and Scotland make up the greatest Body of the Protestant Religion in Christendom being best able to defend themselves and succour other Reformed Churches when indangered and designed to ruine by Popish Enemies as the Lords and Commons declared long since in their Protestation to this Kingdom and the whole world 22. Octob. 1642. and in their Order of the seventh of October 1643. And therefore the ruine of the Protestant Party in these Kingdoms is the readiest way to indanger conquer ruine all other Reformed Churches in the world and extirpate the Protestant Religion in all other Countries as they there likewise Declare 2. That the Pope of Rome Jesuites Priests Papists and their Confederates upon this ground have for many years last past by open force and secret practices endeavo●red the extirpation of the Protestant Religion and most zealous Professors thereof throughout these Kingdoms and made it their chiefest designe to reduce them to their pristine obedience to the See of Rome which by the Popish Negotiations with Spain the Papisticall Match with France the Agency of the Popes Nuncio's the practices of Priests and Jesuites in England countenanced and protected against the force of Lawes and the confederacy of Popish Prelates Clergie-men and Courtiers with them in these Designes they had almost totally accomplished and brought to full perfection in all our Realms as the whole House of Commons in their Remonstrance of the state of the Kingdom 15. Decemb. 1641. and other subsequent Declarations and they and the Scottish Commissioners in their Impeachments against the Archbishop of Canterbury largely remonstrate 3. That the most zealous Protestants then branded with the name of Puritans and Presbyterians in England and Scotland were the principall and only obstacles to the finishing of this their neare compleated Work Whereupon the Jesuiticall Popish and Prelaticall prevailing F●ction resolved to root them out of this Kingdom by force or drive them out with fear and rid them all out of the way For the better effecting whereof they thought it necessary to reduce Scotland to such Popish Superstitions and Innovations as might make them apt to joyn with England in that great change which was intended Whereupon new Popish Canons and a Liturgy reformed much after the modell of the Papists Mis●alls were prest upon them and all the Arminian and Popish Doctrines broached maintained and new Popish Ceremonies practised in England were in deavoured to be planted and set up in Scotland 4. That this their dangerous ripened Designe finding no publike but onely private opposition in England by particular persons who were ●ined pillori'd stigmatized deprived of their ears close imprisoned banished and ruined by the Star-Chamber and High-Commission to the publike terror of all others thereupon the Scottish Puritans and Presbyters were the first visible Instruments raised by God to give a publique check to their successefull design beyond their or our expectations 5. That hereupon the Jesuiticall and Prelaticall Popish Party raised two severall Armies successively to suppresse and extirpate the Puritan and Presbyterian Party in Scotland as the only remo●a's to their design and were most active and forwards in their leavies and contributions against them indeavouring to ingage the Protestant Party in both Nations in a bloudy civill War●e to their mutuall ruine to which the Puritan and Religious party in England were most averse First privately murmuring and afterwards publiquely protesting against this Warre as dishonourable and dangerous to Religion and both Kingdomes in the Parliament in April 1640. purposely summoned to raise moneys to carry on that War which they refused to grant to so ill a purpose and did all they could to blast their malicious designs and warre against Scotland whereupon the Popish party caused that Parliament to be dissolved and did all they could by violent arbitrary courses and illegall Loanes and Taxes to raise Forces and moneys to maintain a warre against them imprisoning and prosecuting those who resisted or refused to assist them in this warre in the self-same manner as those in present power have done divers of their Christian Brethren for manifesting their dislike and backwardnesse to assist them in this ungodly invasive warre against their Protestant Brethren in Covenant against many publique Ingag●ments and not giving publique thanks to God for their late overthrow 6. That the Scotti●h Puritans and Presbyterians advance with their Army into England in the year 1640. of purpose to preserve the Religion and protect themselves and their English Brethren from slavery and ruine was the pri●cicipall and only means under God of preventing their own and our thraldome to no p●ry and Tyranny of frustrating all the Jesuites Papists and Prela●es designs of securing Religion Laws Liberties and conve●ing the last Parliament which through Gods blessing on their indeavours through the assistance of the Scottish Commissioners and countenance of their Army over-powered the Popish and Prelaticall Faction brake all their former Projects in pieces suppressed all their Popish Innovations Doctrinall and Ceremoniall reconciled the differences between both Nations setled a firm unity and amity between them by an Act of Oblivion and Pacification abolished the High-Commission Star-Chamber Extravagances of the Councell-Table the Bishops Courts and Votes in Parliament Ship-money Impositions and all other illegall Taxes quickned the Laws against Jesuites Priests and Popish Recusants passed a Law for Triennuall Parliaments and another against the untimely adjourning proroguing and dissolving of themselves at the Kings own pleasure and thereby put our Religion Laws Liberties and Properti●s in a farre better condition of security and the Popish and Prelaticall party into a farre

he be afraid because Wars and miseries rage in all Coasts of the world For this is the eternal Law of Creatures which the Creator imposed upon them at first that the Birth of one thing should be the Death of another and that the order of Nature should be preserved by the vicissitudinary course of alternate Mutability And why should we be offended at warres amongst men when there are daily and continual Conflicts between the Elements themselves Cities Republiques Empires and Families are mortal as men have their states of Birth Infamy Growth and Old-age as well as they Glory Majesty Arts and Soveraignty began in Asia by the Assyrians from them departed to the Medes and Persians and from them before they had well tasted the sweetnesse of them translated to the Grecians and next to the Romans The Glory of the Roman Empire was eclipsed and humbled by the barbarous Inundations of Goths Huns Vandals and other savage Nations who being themselves once civilized and mollified by the Effeminacies of Italy and the West were in 560 years space overthrown by the Potency of Charlemain and the Germans Germany hath now fully possessed the Imperial dignity 790 years and before fifty years moe be past shall be made a scorned Servitor of the King of the North whose Power and Religion shall transcend the utmost Confines of East and West In the beginning of which Empire Venice shall not brag of being inaccessible by the circumfluent Ocean and London Paris Antwerp and Prague the IV Ladies of Europe shall be humbled to sit in the dust of eternal Destruction The consideration of this must teach men humility in prosperity carefulnesse to know God and keep his Commandments seeing every Plant which he hath not planted shall be plucked up and nothing can be permanent but by his favour and protection XV. Thou therefore the eternall and incomprehensible Father of lights the indivisible God of peace and unity look down at length upon the afflicted estate of thy Gospel and mournfull face of thy Church clouded with sects and schisms rent by civill combustions dying by the wounds which her sons have given and wallowing in that gore which was shed by the hands of her own children Though our sins have deserved that we should for ever be cast out of the sight of thy countenance yet respect thou the bloud of thy Sonne crying better things then that of Abel and be once at one again with thy inheritance● Abraham knows us not Israel is ignorant of us but thou art our Father and in thee shall be all our a●fiance with whom even the worst of men have found mercy Extend the light of thy loving-kindenes to the Tribes of Iacob and return to the many thousands of Israel for the time to build up Zion is come and the daies of restoring Jerusalem cannot be prolonged For why Thy servants think upon her stones and favour the very dust thereof But remember Edom O Lord as thou remembredst Babel which have cryed so oft Down with it down with it to the very earth Pour thy-vengeance down upon the Beast of Rome and the red Dragon of Constantinople who never knew thy name that so the sorrowfull sighings of the Prisoners may come before thee● and thy servants be preserved that are appointed to die Let thy work be upon the MAN of thy right hand and upon the Son of man whom thou hast made so strong for thy self that Pharaoh Elam Mesheck with the sonnes of Tubal may fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword and may descend into the midst of hell with all that help them even the whole multitude of the Uncircumcised whose Lot is to goe into the nether parts of the Earth There shall they have their beds with the Uncircumcised near those Valiants which are gone down to the grave with their weapons of war and have laid their swords under their heads because they were the fear of the mighty in the Land of the Living But what shall be said to the Captain of the Nations or to the Angell destroying Edom and Babylon Even this That the Lord hath founded Zion and the poor of his people shall trust in it He will leave an afflicted people and they shall trust in the name of the Lord He shall give them a pure Law that they may pray to him with one consent He shall open the doors of darknesse the gates of obscurity shall he break down that the world may be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the Sea O thou sower of discord and Captain of iniquity how long wilt thou delight to murther spoil and pursue the distressed Knowest thou not that it will be bitternesse in the end Command the people to return every man from pursuing his brother for lo a Nation is risen against you a mighty Nation and terrible from the East whose horses ace fire and his Chariots flames of fire to devour his men are as swift as the Eagle who will have no compassion on the fruit of the womb nor shall their eye pity They shall encompasse ●hy Tents with an intent to lay all waste before them but neverthelesse be con●ident and bold in the Lord of Hosts for fire shall come down from Heaven and return their wickednesse upon their heads and their doings upon their own pates O thou worship of Israel how wonderfull art thou in thy doings toward the children of men● Bringing light out of darknesse strength out of weaknesse and making Justice the mean to the manifestation of thy goodnesse and glory As for me I will expect him who is as well the King of Salem Peace as Melchised●ck the King of Justice all my daies and will heartily pray for his coming who shall bring every work into judgement and every thing to a legall triall whether it be good or evill He is the Lamb upon the white Throne before whose face Heaven and Earth shall fly away and the Sea be no more found Death and Hell shall give up the dead that are in them and every Name that is not written in the Book of Life shall be cast into the Lake of fire For which time all the Creation groaneth crying out to be delivered from the Bondage of Corruption and restored to the glorious Liberty of the Sons of God Even so come Lord Jesus come quickly that sin may be destroyed for ever and righteousnesse eternally established in stead thereof Amen FINIS For●itan hunc aliquis verbosum dicere librum Non dubitet forsan multò praestantior alter Pauca reperta pu●et quùm plura invenerit ipse Des●s impatiens nimis haec obscura probabit Pro capt●● Lectoris habent sua fata Libelli Sed me juditij non p●enitet haec benè vobis Commis● quibus est amor sapientia juxtà Et Labor in studijs ijsdem celebratus inhaeret Vos sequar in vestro satis est examine cautum * Exact Collection p. 663.666