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A84058 The equity of the Solemne League and Covenant iustified, against an infectious and libellous pamphlet: intituled, The iniquity of the late Solemne League and Covenant discovered. As it was lately sent from Oxford: and intercepted by the way to London. Written by way of caution to all those who either have or shall reade the said dangerous paper. 1644 (1644) Wing E3186; Thomason E39_20; ESTC R17157 7,410 13

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Article that he allowes and approoves the Assisting and defending of all those that take this Covenant in the maintaining and pursuing thereof against all opposition and lets or impediments whatsoever and by the same Article binds himself really and constantly to endeavour the same to his power without giving himselfe to a detestable neutrality in this cause or making a defection to the contrary part Object Now see saies he the iniquity of this Article which so plainely speakes the language of desperate Rebellion that he which Covenants with them doth by this Article binde himselfe to endeavour by force of Armes to compell his Soveraigne to the Reformation pretended by this Covenant and doth as much as in him lies cut himselfe off from returning to his Duty and Obedience which is here called a defection to the contrary part Answ I answer that by this you may see the Iniquity of the Author and the desparate sence he makes use of to mis-informe the Gentleman he wrote unto The Equity of the Article is apparent That there should be a firme adhearing to this Covenant and continuance in his same notwithstanding all opposition contradiction or diswasion to the contrary whatsoever All the people stood to the Covenant 2 King 23.4 This was Iosiah his care not onely for himselfe but for all the people He made all that were found in Iudeth and Benjamin to stand to it so all his dayes they turned not backe from the Lord God of their Fathers 2 Chron. 34.32 33. But as for that slaunder of compelling our Soveraigne by force of Armes to a Reformation I answer that it is not properly to compell him but rather to expell those from him which are enemies to Reformation and in time would approve themselves so unto him also if not resisted by his faithfull Subjects and compell him to enact what themselves please which what it would be if considered is enough to engage all true Christian hearts against them And therefore they are bound to this Covenant by that duty obedience and loyty which they owe unto their Soveraigne his Crowne and dignity and the welfare of the Kingdomes without defection to the contrary part Object His last Exception is against a clause in the sixth Article That he which enters this Covenant doth professe that he approves and binds himselfe to all the premisses in the Articles as to that which much concernes the glory of God the good of the Kingdoms and the honour of the King and this he saies is to fill up the measure and to mocke God Almighty to his face Answ I answer Let all men judge how unreasonable and hellish a slaunder this is and observe with what wresting these black characters of a false Comment are here brought in under pretence of writing information to a Gentleman to defame the genuine and innocent sence of a glorious Covenant Thus I have done with the first particular of his discouse which pretended to proove a necessity of refusing this Covenant by a false imputation of grosse and palpable Iniquity upon the contents thereof Now I shall proceed to the second particular pretending to prove a necessity of repenting of it if once taken If he could have proved the premisses then the Conclusion would have followed more current for I grant what he saies That the matter and intent of any Covenant being unlawfull it cannot binde to performance no more then Herods oath did bind him to proceed to execution Matth. 14. or the great curse under which the forty Conspirators Act. 23. combined themselves to make an end of Paul could indeede obliege them to performanc● But the former point being not proved the sence of the Covenant being rather defamed and traduced then controverted justly This latter point grounded upon the former must of necessity fall of it selfe and therefore it needs not an answer running altogether ex falsa Hypothesi upon a false supposition of Iniquity in the Covenant which is not as yet proved nor can it be by the Iesuits and Iesuited impugners at Oxford If they can furnish us with some convincing Arguments in this way I my selfe who am a Covenanter will not speedily repent of it but also perswade others but till then you must pardon me Now in relation to the latter part of his discourse I shall onely give you notice that the frame of it is grounded upon a false insinuation Object That this Covenant doth contrary the Oathes of allegiance and supremacie and that the Iudges here tooke it with this reservation as thus I take this Covenant so far forth as it doth not contrary the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacie But Answ 1. First I answer with the words of the learned exhortation to the taking of the Covenant that this Covenant is so far from crossing the Oathes of Supremacy and Allegiance that ●t binds all and more strongly engageth them to preserve and defend the Kings Majesties person and authority in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdomes Answ 2. I answer that the Iudges tooke it without any such reservation he speakes of or any other at all But this latter part need no answer in regard as I said before of the grounding it upon a false supposition of the illegality and injustnesse of this Covenant which is not as yet proved And therefore I advise all to take heed both of the former and the latter and to weigh the former objections with the answers impartially and seriously not as men fore-armed with prejudicate opinions but as those that desire sincerely to be informed of the necessity and excellency of this holy Covenant The Apostle Peter speakes of Pauls writing that in them some things are hard to be understood which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest as they do also the other scriptures to their own destruction 2. Epist chap. 3. vers 16. But here on the contrary though the text of this Covenant be easie to be understood we see that some who at lest think themselves learned and who are not only stable but stiffened as most of the Oxford partie are in their own erroneous principles and opinions will be trying their skill or rather malice to wrest or as the Greek word streblousi imparts to torture and set this Covenant upon the racke to make it speake and confesse a sence never intended by the composers or proposers of it And whereof if but common ingenuity be the judge it never will nor can be found guilty But at this time I shall say no more to the Author of this base injurious paper but that in the close of the verse quoted from the Apostle Peter Let him take heed such wresting as this be not to his own destruction Thus I hope in answering this virulent Pamphlet I have given the Readers some insite into the matter of this holy League Covenant according to the sincere aime of those that made it Take it then Reader and sweare to it Who but an Atheist can refuse the first Article Who but a Papist the second who but an oppressor or Rebell the third Who but the guilty the fourth Who but men of no fortune desperate Caviliers the fifth Who but light and empty men unstable as water the sixt In a word the duty is such that God hath ordained the matter is such as God approveth and the consequence will be such as God hath promised the accomplishment of our peace and happinesse in this life and the finall consummation of it in that which is to come This is Licenced and entred according to Order FINIS