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Plain English to the Parliament and army, and to the rest of the people. To convince the obstinate. Undeceive the simple. Vindicate the innocent. Settle the wavering. / By John Redingstone. January 12. 1648. ; Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot.
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dogges must eate her flesh and licke up his bloud also in that very plat of ground It is very strange that Mr Prynne cannot minde this truth not knowing that the King did not onely shed much private or particular mens bloud his owne being one but hath publiquely bereaved multitudes of his most faithfull people of their lives and estates for many yeares together And can unrighteous warre extenuate his fault Was not that the utter ruine of Hanun the King of Ammon and his Kingdome although what he acted was not against his owne Subjects but Davids servants onely defacing them in shew haire and habits And can we thinke that God hath forgot to be just Ahab and Jezebeel's sinne was coloured over with as much piety as might be But God will not be mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reapâ— Gal. 6. Psal 110. God will strike through Kings in the day of his wrath and his instruments to execute the judgement written This honour have all the Saints Psal 149. 5. And is it not the Parliaments and Armies duty now God hath delivered the King into their hands and left him at their dispose to execute the judgement written upon him and his Adherents And to secure themselves and the people who have alwaies stucke close unto them in their greatest distresses Hath not the King beene a corrupt fountaine poisoning every streame and rivolet he hath had accesse unto And will he not doe so still if he be not cut off Hath not this husband adulterated his bed and spent his strength with strangers being fallen into a loathsome and poisonous disease worse then King Vriah's leprosie and is sick unto death Hath not this Father murtherd a multitude of his best children and would gladly kill all the rest Is it not then high time for the Kingdome to have a Bill of divorce And also to have him brought to a just triall That God and all the world may be witnesses they will give him no further opportunity or meanes either by cohabitation or communion with them to destroy them And doe not their spirits groane and their backes bowe under the burden of their irrepairable losse 6. Also now God hath by his singular goodnesse through greatest difficulties given the faithfull of the Land some rest and peace with their Lives Estates Lawes Liberties and Priviledges anciently and inherently in themselves but with much expence of bloud losse of friends and hardship regained by right of conquest Is it not then their duty to keepe that which God hath repossest them of Did not Jephtha and Israel doe so with that which was the Amorites by originall right they onely won it by the sword and did weare it Judg. 11.19 20. c. 7. And doth not the eminency of the Kings person aggravate his sinne and judgement And hath it not made him successes And was it not Coniah King of Judahs case As I live saith the Lord though Coniah the son of Jehojakim King of Judah were the signet upon my right hand yet will I pluck him thence Write this man childlesse to wit in respect of kingly Government else not a man that shall not prosper in his daies Jer. 22.24 30. 8. Nor could the Army any longer defer to seclude from the Parliaments fellowship all such who undermined and disappointed their proceedings for the executing of Justice setling of the Kingdome and that those who are faithfull might act freely for the Kingdome in judgement and righteousnesse Wisdome is better then weapons of warre but one sinner destroieth much good And is it not great wisdome to execute judgement speedily and to preserve the Kingdom as much as may be from further war by executing the judgement written 9. We know the Parliament have the King authoritatively with them both for the making and executing of Law in its royal power office and capacity they have the Sword the Scepter and the Seal that they may doe justly love mercy and walk humbly with God Mic. 6.8 And hath it not been in this sence the King cannot deceive nor be deceived never dies can neither doe nor take wrong and is it not in this sence wee have fought for the King and Parliament when the King was in personal opposition unto both And is it not most righteous and just that his Person in this sence should be subject unto the power authoritative 10. And is it not evident that the Kings transgression is transcendent unto Sauls who did only spare Gods enemies and yet his Kingdome was taken from him and given unto David but our King hath slain and destroied the Lords dearest friends his first borne his peculiar treasure and jewels most dear and tender unto him He that toucheth them toucheth the apple of his eye these are his truly anointed ones He hath reproved Kings for their sakes saying Touch not mine anointed nor doe my Prophets no harm Psal 105. 11. And many have added this evil uâ— to all their sins to aske them such a King to rule over them as M. Prin and many others one who is corrupted stained and rejected of God and not without blemish as Saul was when desired by the people and yet God saith that in so doing they had rejected him And the people did very sensibly confesse the Lords justice and wrath against them for that they had added this evil of asking them a King unto all their sins intreating Samuel to pray unto the Lord his God for them that they die not O that all the people in England who are guilty in this kinde were but as sensible of Gods wrath against them and that they would intreat the Lords Prophets and anointed ones to pray unto the Lord their God for them and that they did but know that the Lord for this same purpose hath raised up the King that he may shew his power in him And that the name of the Lord may be declared throughout all the earth And now let all the world take notice and know that the Lord will not forsake his people for his great names sake because it hath pleased him to make them his people only fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart For consider how great things he hath done for you 1 Sam. 12. Had ever any Parliament and Army the like experience of the Lords goodness unto them And is it not that you may execute Justice and that righteousnesse may run down like a mighty stream And that the Lords people may be set free from all tyrants and oppressours hands every one freely enjoying their Rights Priviledges and Liberties only be very couragious in doing the work of the Lord and love him with all your hearts for he hath promised he will never leave you nor forsake you So that you may boldly say The Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall doe unto me But as all those who will not walk in Gods way and counsel according to the truth plainely and sincerely set forth unto them If ye shall still doe wickedly ye shall be consumed both yee and your King 1 Sam. 12. ult FINIS
PLAIN ENGLISH TO THE PARLIAMENT and ARMY and to the rest of the PEOPLE To Convince the obstinate Vndeceive the simple Vindicate the innocent Settle the wavering By John Redingstone Prov. 25.11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver January 12. 1648. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot LONDON Printed by Henry Hilâ— and are to be sold over against Thomases Hospitall in Southwark M.DC.XLIX Plain English to the PARLIAMENT AND ARMY And to the rest of the PEOPLE IT is evident that the higher powers Rulers Kings Rev. 13. c. When contrary to their constitution they pervert Justice and become a terrour to good workes and justify the wicked in their evil such tyrants are not only abomination to the Lord but by the testimony of the Gospel they doe forfeit their authority also And in this very case the Apostle Paul calleth Ananias a whited wall Act. 23.3 4 5. not High Priest nor Ruler and gives the reason for sittest thou to judge me after the Law and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the Law affirming that he knew not that he was the high Priest viz. because he had forfeited his calling and the Apostle spake truth saying It is written thou shalt not speak evil of the Ruler of my People Therefore what Ruler so ever wilfully and publikely perverts the Law introducing an arbitrary tyrannicall and unjust cause acting against the publicke good and safety to the ruine of the People loseth his power and ceaseth to be Ruler and ought to be declared proceeded against for such a one For doublesse the Apostles practice and the Scripture is a good rule to walk by For all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine for reproofe for correction for instruction in righteousnesse 2 Tim. 3.6 2. Whereas the King not regarding the publike good and safety of the People did introduce an arbitrary and tyrannicall course and indeavoured with an high hand by force of armes to subvert Salus populi and the destruction of the Kingdome setting up his Standard and waging an open war upon the Parliament and against all his good and loyall Subjects persisting in full opposition to the Parliaments humble suits and Declarations made unto him Parl. Decl. 20 May 1642. shewing that whensoever the King makes warre upon the Parliament it is a breach of the trust reposed in him by his People contrary to his Oath and tending to the dissolution of his Government That whosoever shall serve and assist him in such war are Traytors by the fundamentall Laws of this Kingdome 11 Rul 2. 1 Hen. 4. and have been so adjudged by two Acts of Parliament Therefore we may see by the Parliaments Declaration and the Kings practices compared that the King is wholly elapsed in his splendor dignity honour Kingly power Majestie and stands guilty of all the precious blood rapines and ruines of millions of People in these three Kingdomes and hath disobliged the Parliament Army and People of their allegiance to him and this may be a good reason why the right honorable the Lord Fairfax his Excellency and this Army took their Commissions onely for defence of the Parliament and Kingdome and have done most righteously in so doing God sealing to their endeavours by his blessing with extraordinary successe to the subduing of the King with all his trayterous forces and made the King their conquered and captivated prisoner who hath not minded lex talionis and that he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God And that Adoni-bezek 2. Sam. 23.3 though a heathen King acknowledged saying As I have done so God hath requited me and they brought him to Jerusalem Judg. 1.6 7. 3. The King perverting his duty rejecting the feare of God despising good councel when seasonably given him by them of whom he ought to have received it and wholly adheared to and followed perverse foolish slanderous wicked proud haughty deceitfull murtherous mens councels who endeavoured utterly to root out extirpate and extinguish the very name and being of all those who were the faithfull of the Land and endeavoured a thorow reformation of all wicked unrighteous practices in the King his family and Kingdomes therefore the King with all his heathen adherents took councel together against the Lord and against his anointed Psal 2. saying let us break their bonds in sunder and cast their cords from us and making war upon them they compasse the camp of the Saints about Rev. 20.9 and the beloved City Mount Zion The habitation of the Saints where the Saints receive their Commission from the great King King of Kings to have a two edged sword in their hands to execute judgement upon the Heathen and punishment upon the people To binde their Kings with chaines Psal 149. and their Nobles with fetters of iron to execute upon them the judgement written This honour have all the Saints Hence then we see what a type of Holy Writ lies upon our Parliament and Army to execute judgement upon the King and his wicked Adherents although others have beene so exemplary before them Also we may see how Mr Prynne doth play the Jesuite by his most scandalous and false Pamphlets endeavouring to subvert others to the disturbance of the publique welfare and safety of the Kingdome not minding that Salus populi is Suprema lex that he may in due time justly suffer as an evil doer according to his demerits and be taught That it is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednesse for the Throne is established in righteousnesse Prov. 16.12 4. And surely all the Kings false dealings pretending the Kingdomes welfare and safety sealed with most solemne abjurations and execrations against Himselfe his Throne and Posterity thereby to hide his iniquity from the eies of the people the more easily to seduce them to beliefe and to joine with him was the highest cruelty and meanes that could be to bring Gods heavy wrath upon his owne head and to remove the Throne from himselfe and his posterity For the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine And mercy and truth preserve the King As a roaring Lyon Prov. 20 28 Cap. 28.15 c. and a ranging Beare so is a wicked Ruler over his people And are not such destructive beasts to be taken and destroyed Againe the Prince that wanteth understanding is a great Oppressor t is much that Mr Prynne doth not remember this truth ever since the King suffered his eares to be cut off Againe a man that doth violence to the bloud of any person shall fly to the pit let no man stay him God makes no distinction of King or Beggar he is no Respecter of persons But the soule that sinneth it shall dye no man ought to stay him from it King Ahab and Queene Jezebeel must dye because Naboth is unjustly cast off and his Vineyard taken from him Moreover the