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A82071	A declaration by the presbytery at Bangor, in Ireland, July 7. 1649, setting forth the apparent ruine of religion, and the great violation of the covenant following upon the present change of command in this province: with some observations upon the Lord Vicount of Ards late declaration, of July 4.		1649 (1649)	Wing D566; Thomason E568_5*; ESTC R206245	4,791	8

His commands from the Marquesse of Ormond who he● been still an Enemie to both and who hath made a Peace with the Rebels destructive to Religion unto which Peace the Lord Airds contrary to his many professions and subscriptions his now joyned himself For his Commission imports no lesse binding him as we are Informed to protect and be carefull of His Majesties Catholick subjects His late actions also declares it for He imployed Irish Papists in His service for subduing the two Garisons of Be●fast and Craigfergus as is clear not only by His avouching the chief command over them and giving them Orders but also in His Declaration He seems not obscurely to justifie their invasion calling them by the friendly names of strangers and making their quarrell to be but a pressing the Kings interest which He sayes was not sufficiently secured among us And in another placed speaking of them He sayes that the Quarters are not able to bee such a burthen without ruine By which seems His L●● would not weary of them if the Quarter could be able to beare them all which as it is but a mockry of the Publick Declaration so it is a notorious breach of Covenant for He is sworn to oppose all Malignants who are against that solemne League or would divide the King from His People in their defence of it ye● He joynes with Malignants who blasphemes the Covenant In the Covenant Hee is sworne to exti●at Poperie and Prelacie yet Hee puts on a Commission which binds Him to maintain Protestant Religion in the large extent and Papists in the exercise of their Religion Yea the Marquesse of Ormond from whom He is to receive commands is an avouched maintainer of Prelacie and retains still the old English Liturgie as Wee are informed in his publick devotions In the Covenant Hee is sworn to endeavour the bringing to punishment those who would divide the King from his Kingdomes or one of them from another yet Hee execute such a Commission which foments the distance betwixt His Majestie and the Kingdome of Scotland and is a mighty obstruction unto His Majesties granting of Their just desires In 〈◊〉 Covenant He is sworne to defend to His uttermost pow●● all the●e who 〈◊〉 in the Covenant in the defence the 〈…〉 He under 〈◊〉 long of strengthning betrayed Covenant 〈…〉 bound 〈…〉 to the Covenant by bringing for th● 〈…〉 bounde the power of a command opposite to the Covenant As these things makes clear as the beames of the Sun the unlawfullnes of his Authority by such a Commission any thing his L. brings in defence of it in his Declaration notwithstanding for Hee pretends nothing there but necessitie and His good intentions none of which can excuse Him from so unhard of violation of his vowes and subscriptions neither are the miseries so great which His Commission met with at his first making use of it as those which his so sinfull an engagement shall bring on hereafter for the judgement He pretends to prevent by joyning with Malignants against Sectaries will prove but Physick of no value to this poor Land and will involve them in sadder judgements then any they could have apprehended from both the former if they had continued constant opposers equally of both and joyned with neither Shall he prosper that doth these things or shall Hee break the Covenant and be delivered The faithfull man sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not For this cause as the Ambassadours of Christ Wee beseech our people in his steed not to joyn hands with such a course or to medle with them who are given to change And part●cularly Wee charge all who hes renewed the Covenant and hes entred into the Declaration of the Armie and Countrie not to joyne in executing of such a Commission by taking charge in the Armie under the present command or serving them either as Officers or Souldiours else We foretell them in the name of the God of Truth that the quarrell of the Covenant shall pursue them and they shall wring out the dregs of the cup which Malignants hes beene drinking these many years by past Yea their judgement shall be enlarged far above the former because both they have seen the others plagues and hes of late renewed the Covenant which Malignants oppose We do also in the name of Jesus Christ warne the people of our charge to keep themselves free from all complyance with their ungodly course either by speaking favourably of them acknowledging the Authority of the present command under the Marquesse of Ormond and the Lord of Airds by imposing of Cesse upon others for maintaining their unlawfull Power or by constant obeying their Orders in paying Cesse unto their Armie which is nothing else but a submission unto their Authority a strengthning of their hands and an upholding of them who maintain a quarrell destructive to the Covenant all which is sinfull complyance and a breach of Covenant al 's well as to fight in their quarrell for it is a promoving of their course tho not by Armes yet by supplying that which is the sinews of War Money and Victuals Neither can any necessity be an excuse to it for Wee ought to choose affliction rather then sinne to help the ungodly and to strengthen the hands of the wicked is an evill worse then any suffering The Lord who suffered this Land to make defection when they were called to action against this partie is now calling them for a time to suffering rather then complyance so to try more narrowly the fidelity of his People and their love to his Truth more then their Goods or Lives otherwise the sudden destruction which shall come on the Malignants here shall likewise overtake the Land and make their sufferings then far greater with an evill conscience then they shall now indure for well doing and the God of Truth shall fulfill his promise to his people that those who indure cheerfully the spoyling of their Goods shall have in heaven a better and more induring substance yea shall have an hundreth fold heer and in the end life everlasting There are none in this land who formerly suffered for righteousnes sake who needs this day to repent it and for whom the Lord provided not abundantly in their greatest want and therefore we do again exhort them to stand fast to the Covenant that neither perswasion nor terrour may with-draw them from the Truth which is now opposed but that they lament for former sins which brings on these calamities turne in to the Lord and imbrace the Gospel and to rejoice in the crosse of Christ and when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord their sins shall be blotted out and the Lord shall return their captivity like the streames of the South FINIS

A DECLARATION by the Presbytery at Bangor in Ireland July 7. 1649. Setting forth the apparent ruine of Religion and the great violation of the COVENANT following upon the present change of Command in this Province With some observations upon the Lord Vicount of ARDS late Declaration of July 4. Printed Anno Dom. 1649. A DECLARATION by the Presbytery at Bangor the seventh of July 1649. c. AS we have upon every remarkable change of affaires in this land from our watch-towre blowen the trumpet unto the people by setting before them the true state of their owne condition and giving them warning of their duetie in these darke and troublesome times So a greater mysterie of iniquity being now discovered then was any before and of greater danger to the people of God then any former designe which hes been known among us we cannot forbeare to cry aloud to our flockes to beware of ravenous Wolves who are risen to devour them The danger we were in by Sectaries we have formerly represented at large and have sufficiently vindicate our selves in all our actions relating to them The late unexpected invasion by Malignants we have faithfully informed our people of and pressed upon them their duety for opposing the same And now it hath pleased the Lord to suffer men among our selves to be our enemies these who took sweet counsell together with us renewed the Covenant and entered in a solemne Declaration do now lift up themselves against us and under a pretence of delivering us have indeed been the principall instruments to ruine us and the work of God among us if the Lord restraine them not from the accomplishing their whole designe The chief head of those who pretend authority above the rest is the Lord Vicount of Ai●ds whose presen actions are so repugnant to his former Professions that no Christian or ingenuous man can think upon them without horrour and detestation His forwardnesse to renew the Covenant His fervency to have a solemne band and Declaration subscribed and entered into His large promises to defend Religion His disclaiming all conjunction with Popist or Rebells with words of zeal and disdaine His i●sinuations upon all honest men for gaining them to him His consenting to all publick orders against Malignants being compared with his late undertakings must clear to pre●ent to even mans view the great dissimulation and betraying of the people and Covenant he is guilty of for which our sorrow and grief is no lesse then our rejoycing had been great to have seene his Lordship stand faithfull which was one of our chiefest desires For whereas the danger of such accidents being foreseen an Article was insert in the Declaration to acknowledge the Kings Commands Hee confirming all the Articles of the Covenant before hee were admitted to the exercise of his Royall power without which clause many would have trembled to joyn with him Yet he hes now cloathed him selfe with a Commission from his Majestie who as yet refuses to give any satisfaction in Religion unto the just desires of the Kingdome of Scotland Yea his concessions are lesse then these granted by his Royall Father which yet were declared by Church and State unsatisfactorie and therefore the executing of such a Commission is nothing else but an endeavour to set up the Kings Majestie not onely before Religion but in a quarrell destructive unto it For the first difference between the King and his people was touching his absolute and unlimited power in Civill things and his adherance to Prelacie and maintaining their power for which both our late Soveraigne and his Majestie who now is did raise Armes against their Subjects and to this day that same quarrell is avouched and owned by his Majestie and all his Commissions tend to the bringing him to that power which was justly demed to his Royall Father And it seemes the Lord of Airds does owne the same for hee sayes in his new Declaration of the fourth of this instant directly That the Kings Commission did ever procure respect and obedience untill the worst of a mee which must needs be meaned of that time when the Kingdomes were united by a Covenant in opposition to such Commissions given by the King to Malignants And that one phrase may give us a taste what may be expected from ●he rest 〈◊〉 his Declarations concerning his professions to Religion For if the refusing any Commissions from the King was in the 〈◊〉 oftimes then surely the taking a Covenant the Union of the Kingdomes casting out Praelac●e bringing downe Malignants all against a personall Commission is accounted by his Lordship to How from the iniquity of the times Moreover in his Declaration hee further discovers his thoughts of Reformation when hee professes to endeavour the bringing of the King to his Throne whence hee is debarred by wicked men who as hee sayes hes overturned Church and State in other his dominions by which we conceave he understands both Scotland and England since no other but this is excepted whereby his Lordships judgment of the government of Scotland would appear to be that it is both Civilly and Eccelesiastically overturned what good shall we expect from him for Religion who thinks so Yea it appeares his Lordship thinkes that same of us when hee sayes There were some who would have had him run in absolute opposition to the Kings partie as well as to Sectaries By whom wee conceave among others he must understand the Ministerie who were indeed earnest to oppose Sectaries and Malignants equallie which in his judgement is but a preferring our own opinions and ends to the well of the Kingdome What assistance shall wee expect from him in the future for the good of Religion when hee makes our former faithfullnesse our reproach And whereas he promises to indeavour to procure from His Majesty a feeling of our Religion we conceive Him to meane Religion either in the large extent as it can take in Prelacy and as He calls it thereafter The Protestant Religion or else we believe He hes little ground to think that He will obtain that from His Majestie which He hes refused to grant to His faithfull Subjects of Scotland to wit An establishment of the Solemne League and Covenant without which Religion can never be truly secured here it being to small purpose though His Majesty should tollerat Presbyteriall Government in this Province for a time and yet refuse to setle it in the rest of His Dominions It is moreover observable that his Lordship never mentions Presbyteriall Government in all his Declaration nor doth he once name the Covenant or promise any thing in relation to it which is too grosse a character of his Lordships disaffection to Reformati●n and may seem clearly to be done that He may be answereable to His Majesty for his Professions that they are no larger then His Commission allowes Him to make them which is not either to defend o●●res Dy●●● i● 〈◊〉 Government or the Covenant but to receive