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A95181	A true relation of some passages which passed at Madrid in the year 1623. by Prince Charles, being then in Spain prosecuting the match with the Lady Infanta. As also, severall observations of eleven ominous presages, some of them hapning in the same hear whil'st the said Prince was in Spain, the rest of them hapned from that time untill his death. With a discovery of some of the wayes which the then Popish Bishops used to bring Poperie into this nation. / By a lover of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the wellfare of this nation.	Lover of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the wellfare of this nation.	1655 (1655)	Wing T2918; Thomason E842_18; ESTC R207227	15,273	24

all the former Presages the greatest part of them bending to the head but as I said before the Lord did hide them from him And with my heart I wish that those ominbus presages which the Lord did send as forerunners of his wrath against him in his so great fall and ruin might deter all men of what condition soever to leave plotting and contriving any further tumults or sedicions tending to the shedding of any more innocent bloud in this Nation but let them plot what they will against this Government they will surely be destroyed in all their practises as it is evidently seen in the two last plots for when they thought themselves secure the childe of the Devill as I may truly say brought to the very birth see then how the Lord did frustrate their actions and with the least breath of his nostrils brake them to pieces and that in a moment as he did all the enemies of that famous Queen Elizabeth all her life as well before her coming to the Crown as after First by Bishop Bonner and his crew by setting her sister Queen Mary to take away her life and for no other cause but for professing the Gospell of Jesus Christ had not the Lord discovered it in his due time to King Philip in a warrant which the Bishops had shuffled in amongst other warrants to be signed by him for her death but the King reading the warrant refused to sign it and threw it aside but before they could bring their purposes to passe Queen Mary died and then their hopes were frustrate for she was presently Crowned Queen to the great terrour of all those that did plot her downfall for her heart was up right unto the Lord and the Lord kept her from all their plots and devises for after she came to the Crown what plots and devises did they not practise to take her life away by Pistols Poysonings Stabbings and by many other hellish practises how many lowing buls of Bashan did the Pope send against her discharging her Subjects of their alsegiance unto her animating her subjects to destroy her by any means whatsoever as it was plainly seen in the treasons of those hellish Conspiratos Lopus Campion Parry Garnat Banister Summervild Squire and the rest of that Popish rable and then by that never to be forgotten deliverance of that invincible Navy as the Spaniards called that great Armado in 88. when they made themselves sure of all this Nation and so to bring it to Idolatry for they brought with them whips of wire gagges and many other instruments of cruelty to force this whole Land to Popery But blessed be God the snare is broke and we are escaped except our sins which are innumerable do make us fall into the snare for surely our sins are even ripe unto the harvest and there wants nothing but the Lords putting in his sickle to reap us for surely the Lords patience is very much in waiting for our repentance therefore let us not defer it any longer least the Lord cast us off if we repent not all the sooner but blessed and praised be the Lord for it he brought that invincible Armado to nought for not one third part of them ever came home to Spain again and for all their malice against her she died in a good old age full of dayes riches and honour for she left all her coffers full of riches and treasure which she got from those that sought her life by making wars against them for the Lord did prosper all her undertakings which she took in hand for her heart was upright unto the Lord all her dayes as the heart of Asa king of Juda was and the Lord did keep her in store to settle the Gospell of Jesus Christ in this Nation and hath continewed it here almost 100. yeers praised be his holy name for it and grant good Lord that it may continew in this Nation so long as the Sun and Moon endureth And now let me return unto the King in his project of bringing in of Popery he had the least cause of any in the world to have any alliance at all with Papists much lesse to link himself in the affinity of marriage with them for look but back upon the Powder-plot and you shall see his Father himself and all their posterity with all the Nobility and all the chief Gentry of this Nation designed to be blown up into the aire the Lady Elizabeth his sister only excepted for they had determined to marry her to some Catholick Gentleman and so to have made her Queen but God did laugh at them and brought them to nought blessed and praised be his holy name for it But his Father and himself very well knew that all the considerable Papists in England did know of it and were ingaged in it and did contribute to it and for him to make a firm league with them the enemies of Jesus Christ was most abominable but as the Lord said unto Ezekiel Son of man turn thee and thou shalt see greater abominations then these so he yet added more to all the rest in putting forth that hellish book of sports as his Father had formerly done which book was put forth by the Counsell and advise of the then Popish Bishops long after his coming from Spain wherein he gives free liberty to the people to commit all licentiousnesse for prophaning the Lords day by dancing revelling gaming and all that the Devill could invent to the great dishonor of God and his Sabaths but it was contrived of set purpose to silence all conscientious Ministers that did seruple the reading of it as many of them did and were put from their preaching for not reading the same and also to draw the hearts of the rude multitude to himself if there should be occasion offered by any that should oppose the rise of Popery which the multitude is apt to do as the multitude of Asia did against Paul but knew no cause for what they did the whole City being in an uproar but knew not for what so this book was put forth to cause the rude multitude to rise in defence of the profain liberty which was given them by authority if there should be occasion as I said before it was one of the greatest Mr. Pieces that ever the Devill did put on foot in this Nation to draw the people to himself that ever was hatcht in hell far greater then the Powder plot for that had destroyed but the bodies of a few b●t this would have destroyed the souls of many thousands if it had continued longer It was worse then Balaams counsell for the Midianitish women to draw the children of Israel to commit folly and Idolatry but he had his reward for he was slain shortly after by the Israelites and so will all the enemies of Jesus Christ perish in all their wicked practises if they desist not in the pursuance of them Here are pregnant examples enough to make men leave their wicked practises if they will take notice of them which God of his mercy give all those hearts to do that shall read these Ominous Presages and the Lord give all men hearts to understand what it is to strive against God And my hearts desire is that the Lord would stir up the hearts of those that are in authority to put in execution that Additionall Act for the better keeping of the Lords day which is so much neglected and the Sabbath abused in the fields and Alehouses where the people do muster at play as if it were the week day yea even in the time of divine prayer to the great dishonour of God and disgrace to this City and that it may be carefully lookt into and amended he prayeth who is a lover of the Gospell of Jesus Christ and the peace and welfare of this Nation THE END

A TRUE RELATION OF Some passages which passed at Madrid in the year 1623. by Prince Charles being then in Spain prosecuting the match with the Lady Infanta AS ALSO Severall Observations of eleven Ominous Presages some of them hapning in the same year whil'st the said Prince was in Spain the rest of them hapned from that time untill his death With a discovery of some of the wayes which the then Popish Bishops used to bring Poperie into this Nation By a lover of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the wellfare of this Nation Printed at London 1655. To the Impartial Reader READER I Had no intent ever to have put in print these Ominous Presages for they have been of an ancient standing in my head the most part of them old things being fit for nothing but to be forgotten or at least laid aside But a friend of mine knowing that I had observed them long agoe some of them being of 30. years standing or more desired me to give him a short brief of them which I did but when I had collected my memory and saw the troubles that do dayly increase by some who delight to fish in troubled waters and considering that there are many good people that are not yet setled in their hearts concerning these mutable times but do still continue opposite to the Government as now it is and do not once think of or it may be never heard of any of those sad Presages which the Lard sent to give warning to those that would take warning or notice of them and lay them to their hearts I did also then consider with my self that if they were published to the view of all the Nation that they may give good satisfaction to some and might draw them from their self-opinions which of a long time they have had of these most turbulent times so that if they will but look up to God they shall plainly see that the hand of God is in all the actions that hath passed untill this day and that no one tittle of the work that the Lord hath appointed to be done but it shall be fully effected though men strive never so much against it Therefore I desire thee to consider well of what thou shalt find written in these few lines for they are truth and were acted by those which sought to bring in Popery to this Nation in those days when they had the reines in their own hands And certainly these Predictions are true and were purposely sent by God to some though not to all that they might take notice of them I having long agoe spoke with some that did take notice of them as well as my self and did look upon them as from the hand of God And I do wish in my heart that all those into whose hands they shall come to read them carefully and imprint them in their hearts and be well advised how they do practise or contrive any thing tending to the shedding of any more innocent bloud in this Nation for certainly they will be found out and themselves will have as great a share in the destruction which they do practice as any of those shall have which they shall practise against either in their lives Limbs Estates Wives Children and all that is deer unto them nay which is the greatest of all their souls will have the greatest losse when they shall lose heaven without the great mercy of God I will conclude with the words of the Psalmist O that men would fear the Lord and praise his holy name for his mercie endureth for ever For certainly he will as heretofore he hath done overthrow the horse and his rider if they do persist in their exorbitant wayes And I will now say with Paul as in an other case My hearts desire to God is that men would serve the Lord with fear and trembling and fit still and see the Lords work done in his onwn good time A true Relation of some passages which passed at Madrid in Spain in the year 1623. by Prince Charles being then prosecuting the Match with the Lady Infanta As also some Observations of several Ominus Presages some of them hapning the same year 1623. the rest of them hapning from that time until his death Reader I Do desire thee to consider with thy self if thou hast hard of or seen any of these observations following if yea then whether thou didst make that use of them as was expected from Gods hands thou shouldst have done for certainly they were not done in a corner but were sent from God as forerunners of his wrath against the late King and all those Popishly inclined Prelats and other his abetters that did assist him in those Practises and Councels for the bringing in of Popery into this Nation as it did plainly appear by the s●…encing of so many Godly and Orthodox Ministers as then were put from their preaching and livings since his coming from Spain at which time many young Divines at receiving their Orders for preaching were forbidden to read certain mens works as M. Perkins his works Clarks Sermons and others and were likewise limited what subject they should preach on as the Lords Prayer the Belief the Ten Commandements and the like and the better to bring their practises to passe they did cause all Orthodox books that were out of print and to be reprinted although the Authors of them were dead many years before to be brought to the Bishops Chaplains to be reviewed by them who were half if not altogether Popish or at least Arminians and they to expunge or put in any Popish tenet which they thought fit to put in although those men which wrote those books were men of as sound judgment as any of those that did corrupt or abuse their works and it is very likely that if the Bishops themseves were so much given to Popery they would entertain none to be their Chaplains but such as should be as themselves were and by that means many good Ministers works were corrupted and themselves counted Popish by all that should read their new revised works which the Authors were no wayes guilty of But you will say that many of the Bishops were free from Popery It is very true some of them were so but those that were nearest to the King in his Councels were not as Neal Wren Laud and others were not but mark I pray you 30. years before the Angels of England did begin to fall which were the Bishops as Mr. Brightman a famous Divine did call them and one whom the then Bishops persecuted even to the forsaking of his Native Countrey he the said Brightman did prophesie the downfall of them to begin in the year 1639. which fell out very neer the time for in the year 1640. or very neer it they were expelled the Parliament for their misdemenors their for many of them appeared then to be Popish And after the wars began Bishop Wrens house being searched there was found in it