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A86157	Heare, heare, heare, heare, a vvord or message from heaven; to all Covenant breakers (whom God hates) with all that hath committed that great sinne, that is, as the sinne of witch-craft. The great God that is most high and infinite, that hath the command of heaven and earth, and of all therein; who hath taken to himselfe that liberty as not to give an account of any of his matters to any of his creatures; and this is the power of his excellency which he holdeth forth for all our learning in his word, and his liberty God hath given to kings on earth: and none may say to the King, what dost thou? And now that Gods commandements hath not been observed, but the power resisted, it is high time that they were.	Pope, Mary, fl. 1647-1649.	1648 (1648)	Wing H1306; Thomason E476_20; ESTC R205490	15,651	19

proceed they did come march through the Citty which was of a Satterday and the second part being againe played upon the same tune but higher they came in and about the Citty this Saterday December the 3 also in the afternoone and in stead of preparing for the Lords day put the Citty Susan in a distraction and perplexity and they in the Subburbs running out of their houses and a great deale a doe to provide for the Souldiers almost all that night Whether they took the King away without any authority from the Parliament on Satterday night or Sabbath day I know not but this I know the Lords day was a wonderfull dark day as ever I saw and if it be but called to minde the unreasonablenesse of the weather that hath bin ever since the King was taken from Holmby and God hath held out by this Summer unto us the strange and preposterous government that is amongst us And now in regard there hath been aboundant of unjust doings in the Kingdome coveting and not onely coveting their neighbours goods but actually the taking away of them multitudes have suffered both they and their posterities are like to suffer hereby and the greatest part of the treasure of the Kingdom gathered into such laps but for this particular here what God sayes Also I shook my lap and said so God shake out every man from his house and from his labour that performeth not his promise even thus be he shaken out Nehemiah 5. 13. and the generall speech to cover unjust proceeding that title of Malignant was the cloak and all that held of the Kings side were to have their goods confiscated for so doing And now I pray consider who hath kept or broken the commandement of the great God of heaven and hath suffered for it but when the Lord hath taken the King out of your hands as he will certainly doe and set him upon his Thron too And when it shall appeare that God doth translate the estates of those that withstand the King to the King then it will plainly be seen or appear that the Lord was highly displeased at the standing out against the King Christs command and example was To give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and unto God the things that are Gods and had it been so the blessing of God had been upon us at our going out and at our comming in and we had had our peace in our borders but we have been an empty Vine and we have brought forth fruit to our selves according to the complaint of God to the children of Israel Now concerning the Covenant that was made to stand for the Truth the true and pure Religion and to preserve the Kings Person and herein God hath performed his Covenam in preserving the supremacy Prov. 8 yea and hath preserved the Person of the King too But in their Remonstrance there is a dispensation given for it of that sufficiency to free those that doe make a Covenant to maintain true and pure Religion which is to keep themselves unspotted in this world and to preserve such or such a Person and because after they have made the Covenant the other Person will not at their command enter into it at all though they themselves are not in such a capacity to demand such a thing at his hand and because he refused it and will not take it it is said that this tye which they voluntarily bound themselves in and called God to witnesse to it may be broken by man But now seeing there hath been absolution given but not from God to Covenant breakers heare therefore what the Lord saith Zecha 8. 16 17. These are the things that ye shall doe speak yee every man the truth to his neighbour and execute the judgement of truth and peace in your gates and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour and love no false oath for all these are things that I hate saith the Lord and further hear what the Holy Ghost saies by the Prophet Mal. 3. 5. and I will come near to you in to judgement and I will be a swift witnesse against the sorceters and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that oppresse the hyreling in his wages the widdow and the fatherlesse and that turn a side the stranger from his right and feare not me saith the Lord of Host Psal. 119. 104. Mal. 3. 15. Object But some object and say that our Kings are not so constituted nor our laws so as they were in the times of the Kings of Israel and this objection hath caused many through ignorance to stumble and whether the Moral law be not of the same use to us now under the gospel as it was unto the Jews under the Ceremonial law and whether there be not the same penalty by Gods ordination to be executed upon the transgressours as was heretofore and whether every one shal not give an account of all his actions to God Rom. 14. 11 12 Isai. 45. 23. Saint James will tell you they are Iames 2 12. So to be judged every one according to the fruit of his doings Ierem. 17. 10. Iohn 12. 48. Now here is a further word of the Lord that doth put bounds to all that hath or shal be spoke Isa. 57. 21. As for me this is my Covenant saith the Lord my spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of mouth of thy seed seeds saith the Lord of host from hence forth even for ever I have not taken example by your Remonstrance to lay blood at any of your doors no not the blood that hath been shed since you tooke the King from Holmby and that at Westminster you remember and that in Essex For I desire to be acquainted with the Laws and Word of God for the laws of the land I doe not so well know them but I know the pursuer of blood will pursue the guilty person in time Dutro 19. 6. and now a little further concerning the lawes of God which ought to be the highest law to be observed amongst men and it is this Ezera 7 27. And whosoever will not doe the law of God and the law of the King let judgment be executed speedily upon him whether it be unto death or banishment or to confiscation of goods or imprisonment And now that you all are out of Gods wayes and therefore go on further but come quite back again and put your selves into the right way speedily and if you doe not beware of the immediate wrath of the great God that bids you lay down your temporall sword least God cause you to turn it one upon another for you have no cause to hold it forth in this manner And for those that you call malignants there is no question but they may prove as honest men as your selves through

before specified 2. Pet. 17. Prov. 24. 21. Job 34. 19. I say that God in these scriptures hold forth the King only with himself and no man else And further there is a confirmation of it Eccles. 5. 19. moreover the Prophet of the Earth is for all the King himself is served by the field here is none held forth with the King therefore he hath no equall Now who or where is this Goliah or these Goliahs that stand upon their swords Ezech. 33. 16. and hold out defence against the Lord of Host the God of Israel in casting off and trampling under their feet commandements of God and this they say in their Remonstrance That they must minde the Parliament of their Votes once past of making no more addresses to the King and of their own engagement to adhere to the Parliament therein and what they in their engagement did summarily lay down that which the Parliament took satisfaction therein which was that none of the extraordinary or arbitrary power afore mentioned may be exercised towards the people by any of Right but by that suprem Councel or Representative body of the People nor without their advice and consent Neither may any be imposed upon or taken from the people or if it be otherwise attempted by any that the people be not bound thereby but free and the attempters punished Now contrary to this Order there was Proclaimation published with Drums and Trumpets without any word from the supreme Parliament so called Now here is a Lime-twig and yet this snare is not broke and this is the independency that may properly be called a corrupt and outside Religion and of necessity it must be so when Reason is said to be the teacher pag. 29. And now that it is said That the King was the Author of this unjust war and therefore guilty of the highest treason against the highest law amongst men and therein guilty of all the innocent blood spilt thereby and of all the evill consequent or concommitant thereunto Now seeing this question is thus stated it is desired that every one would reflect and cast an eye upon their own actings and not judge partially for God would judge righteous Judgement and render to every one according to the fruits of their doings Jerem. 17. 10 And therefore to consider a little the first beginning of our troubles after the second Parliament was set and settled by our King If you please to call to minde what extraordinary Petitions there was from the City and Country and bringing their grievances unto the Parliament as making complaint against the King of their heavy oppressures that they had laid under which were but as the weight of a little finger in comparison what hath been along time together since And that mens backs or rather estates have been broken in peeces and their hearts too almost at the sad events and indeed the hand of God hath been sore upon us in that we were not content to have Christs Kingly Office held forth to us in these three Kingdomes by one Head according to God distinct order 1 Cor. 12. 21. And now instead of having one Head to make up the Body with the Members compleat wee have had a preposterous Body without a Head and what we have now we know not which are said to hold forth the supremacy of the Kingdome or People which Title I finde not in Holy-writ belonging to the Members subordinate to the Head but indeed these Members have well resembled the Feet and Toes of Nebuchadnezzars image which was composed of Iron and Clay and in regard of Coveteousnes and Self-seeking are now in great danger to be broken in pieces because they are not sensible of regaining their strength nor the danger that they hazard in being without it And now at first beginning of our troubles when there were such resort to the Parliament and the King so sleighted for he was not at all then looked upon as a supreme Prince and by reason of the great concourse of people which were at Westminster Petitioning and Murmuring up and down the Parliament at last commanded the Trained Bands to attend them and multitudes of the Citizens came with them and Courts of Guards were kept by Commission of Parliament And strange untruths were raised as if the King would Sack the City and speeches went up and down that the King had thousands of men in yards ready armed to come in the night to surprise the City and false alarums there was given in the night according to the false hoods that were raised and the brooding of these Egs hath brought forth Serpents and Cocatrises And the King being in a deplored condition there were gathered Gentlemen unto him some of them having lost their Fortunes as they did to David in his deplored condition and at length indeed I think the King had his Court of Guard as well as the Parliament then the Parliament came into the City and sat in Guild-hall Now a litle before this the King had required five Members out of the house and againe he did it at Guild-Hall and some dayes after this the Parliament was to returne to Westminster at their returne it s Well knowne to the Citty and Kingdome what provision there was made for them and what rumours there were up and downe the Citty and multitudes of the Citizens and multitudes of the sea men that were to lie with their murdering peices all over the Theames and it was so and in these times of these rumours and destractions the King could not but be put into feare and at last fled away and after the King had acted his part now it may be called to mind that the Independant company in the Parliament and elsewhere and the Presbyterians all Sects comprehended I say these two parties hath plaid their parts severall yeares together and in all this time the Kingdome in a very sad condition and God and his Lawes was not at all looked after in a due and true manner for disobedience to Parents and Masters increased in abundant manner and now at this day it is come to a full height and ripenesse the reason is because God ceased to govern and carnall reason prevailed and want of love to do as we would be done unto ceased yet still a saying let the Lord be magnified Isa. 66. 5. 8. and making Covenants calling God to witnes now in all this time many petitions were sent to the King to desire his return to the Parliament with many expressions in them that it would be a meanes to put an end to all the troubles in the Kingdome and that was a truth spoken but not really intended as it doth appeare since and at length he did returne and that the Scots can witnesse to his Parliament what the condition were that passed betweene the two Kingdomes about the King it is knowne to them that made them and God also best knowes Now further concerning some of the particular proceedings of

born and Horod made King over the Jews by Caesar Augustus we read in holy writ that many male children Herod slew thinking thereby to destroy Christ yet for all that blood he shed God did not take him away till the full time of his dayes were expired Nay God caused Joseph to carry his own sonne Christ into Aegypt till Herod was dead for God hath ordained his word from the beginning and it shall continue firme and sure not a title of it shall fall to the ground And thus saith the Lord Children must obey their Parents in all things and Servants their Masters according to the flesh yea though they are wicked and doe beat them for well doing they are not to turn again but to bear it patiently and in so doing its thank-worthy to God But Gods commandements are not regarded to be observed in the publike ordinances nor generally in mens lives like the Scribes and Pharises taught children to disobey their Parents and they thought to have taught Christ too For they came and asked him why his disciples did eat with unwashed hands but Christ answered them by way of a question why doe you transgresse the commandements of God by your traditions for God commanded saying Honour thy father and thy mother Hee that curseth father or mother let him dye the death I would know of our Divines whether the penalty of this command bee abrogated the Scribes and Pharisees would have had it so and it is amongst us fully abrogated in the obedience of it but Christ called the Scribes and Pharisees hipocrites and told them in vain they did worship him teaching for doctrine the traditions of men which were their own wils as it is at this day amongst us Now where are those or Jeremiahs to mourne and cry out in regard of the pitifull complaints that are amongst us as Jeremiah did concerning the reproach that is come upon them and upon their inheritances for their inheritances were turned unto strangers and their houses to aliens and now there is a beginning of like condition amongst us for saith Ieremiah Servants have ruled over us and there was none to deliver out of their hands and these servants hang up their Princes by their hands and the faces of their Elders were not honoured Lament 5. 1 8 12. If it be well observed in this place of the Lamentations that the breach of the fifth Commandement was the chiefe sinne that brought all that extremity upon them and the 22 of Ezekiel maketh it manifest And the Holy-ghost by the Preacher further sets forth the practise of such Servants as break their rancks and cast the commandement of God behinde them and saith there is a generation who teeth are as swords and their jaw teeth as knives to devoure the poore from off the earth and the needy from among men Prov. 30. 21 22 and the Preacher persists in his speech and goeth on and saith there be three things for which the earth is disquieted and foure which it cannot bear two of them are a Seavant when he reigneth and a fool when he is fil'd with meat And now for the sonnes of Corath that are not contented with their particular places and callings and are not contented to study their duties to God and man and to doe violence to none and waight till God shall honour them if he sees it good But with Corah Numb. 16. they think themselves fit to hold forth as publike Persons the Priestly office of Christ and they think themselves fit for the Kingly office too and indeed one sinne goeth not alone for sinne is of that spreading nature according to its tutor Satan it will aime at the top But when things comes to this passe that Servants gets the government into their hands the earth groans as before said in the Proverbs and the heavens hath manifested it ever since the King was taken from Holmby and the souldiers drawing near to the City as we have already in briefe exprest And now all that hath eyes and will not see and ears and will not hear take heed and remember that God caused the earth that groans and because it could not longer bear it swallowed Corah and his Company for he preserveth not the life of the wicked but giveth right to the poore Job 36. 6. And the delaying to keepe a good conscience before God and towards all men brought danger and the Army breaking their ranks took the King from Holmby and because there was great and much resort to him and some secret intentions withall at length he was put in feare of his life whereby hee might make his escape and so be further remote and after he was fled to the Isle of Wyght there was no right way thought upon to bring him back againe but rather such wayes taken which were not lined out by Gods word neither hath beene blessed by him Yet a seeming to stand up for the great God by fasting and prayer as people that would be taught of him But yet still in all proceedings the actings doings looked squint-eyed and quite contrary to the rule and this we know a man in a journey if he mistakes and rides out of his way the longer he goes out the more adoe he hath to come back againe without he doth come into the way he cannot get to his Journeyes end this earthly resemblance holds forth a heavenly to us But to goe on Then there was an act of Indemnity desired by the Army to be procured by the Parliament and a seeming falling out betweene them there grew whereupon the Parliament commanded the Army to keep thirty miles from the Citty and at length to draw into severall Regiments and to disband but the Army disobeyed the Parliaments command as well as the Prince and Duke and marched neerer and neerer to the Citty and upon the sudden the Malitia must be altered which was appointed by the common counsell of the Citty and confirmed by order of Parliament And after this leading Card the Citty began to be touch to the quick in regard of the losse of their Charter they indirectly made a combustion the Army being upon their march there must be no denyall but the Tower must be surrendered to them and it was concluded thar they should come through the Citty And at the very time yea the instant of time although it was a very faire sun-shiny day the Heavens all about the Citty gather blacknesse and presently there was such a mighty storme of Haile Thunder and Raine and all of it in and about the Citty and foure miles of there was none but very cleare weather But this Thunder of Haile did hold forth that height of Gods displeasure against the Armies disobedience to the Parliament in Gods account disobedience is a greater neglect then sacrifice because it is absolutely the breach of Gods commandment and Samuel told Saul that Rebellion is as the sinne of Witch-craft and Stubbornnesse is as the Iniquity But to