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A51613	Murther will out: or, an unrighteous discharge, no security to the murtherer Demonstrating, that notwithstanding those great endeavours, which Sir Harbotle Grimstone, (with the rest of his brethren) used in the second tryal of Mr. Crosby, to secure him from the stroke of justice: and to repair the ruines of their own decayed reputations; yet these two grand designs have altogether failed under their hands; and their projects in this respect have sustained a great frustration and disappointment. Presented to the serious consideration of the said Sir Harbotle, and the rest of the justices who sat with him at the said tryal, Octob. 10. 1662.		1662 (1662)	Wing M3093A; ESTC R224102	10,879	15

Murther will Out OR AN UNRIGHTEOUS DISCHARGE No Security to the MURTHERER DEMONSTRATING That notwithstanding those great Endeavours which Sir HARBOTLE GRIMSTONE with the rest of his Brethren used in the Second Tryal of Mr. CROSBY to secure him from the stroke of Justice and to repair the Ruines of their own decayed Reputations Yet these two grand Designs have altogether failed under their hands and their Projects in this respect have sustained a great frustration and disappointment Presented to the serious Consideration of the said Sir Harbotle and the rest of the Justices who sat with him at the said Tryal Octob. 10. 1662. Quasi sorex suo indicio perit Much like a Rat before he is aware He squeaks himself into a trapping snare 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Such wages alwayes let such workmen have He disappointeth the devices of the Crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprize He taketh the Wise in their own craftiness and the Counsel of the Froward is carried headlong Job 5.12 13. When the Righteous are in Authority the People rejoyce but when the Wicked bear rule the People mourn Prov. 29.2 Printed in the Year 1662. TO THE READER READER THere was lately presented to thy view A brief Relation of the killing of John Townsend by Mr. Crosby at St. Albans with some hints of the almost incredible unworthy deportment of Sir Harbotle Grimstone in the Tryal of the said Crosby And we well hoped there would never have been occasion to trouble thee with any thing further relating thereunto especially concerning the said Sir H. G. he having such an open and manifest Item or Warning as it were ordered and disposed by a hand of Providence for his Reproof Admonition and Reformation But we see the Scriptures verified Evil men wax worse and worse For when the unclean Spirit shall return the second time into any man he brings with him other spirits more wicked than himself and so that man is worse than before This latter Act of Sir H. in the Second Tryal of Crosby seems to be produced by the inspiration of some such conjunction of unclean spirits returning and taking possession within him if we consider first What a shew of Righteousness and Justice his former actions and deportments seemed to carry in them as though he had been no Lover nor would ever have been a Countenancer of Cruelty Oppression and Murder Secondly That Item or Warning from God as he might reasonably judge it lately mentioned Thirdly His great endeavours notwithstanding at the Second Tryal to turn the Sun into Sackcloth and the Moon into Darkness by labouring to corrupt the Law it self and under pretence thereof to justifie such broad-fac'd illegal proceedings Fourthly The proper tendency of that Maxime contained in his Speech at the said Tryal the native inference and proper import whereof as it could any wayes reasonably be compelled to relate to the case in hand was this The man that Crosby kill'd was at an unlawful Assembly therefore it was no Murder This Inference if received and admitted for good Law will deprive a great number of the People of England of that security even of Life it self which the Law affords them for not only all that shall dare to Obey GOD in meeting together to Pray Reade the Scriptures and Preach the Gospel though in so doing they should disobey Man will hereby be obnoxious to be killed and murdered without benefit of Law but likewise all Drunken Companies at Alehouse or Tavern at unlawful times and all Riotous Disturbers of the Peace with multitudes of other Cases though the Crimes be never so small yet if the Meetings be unlawful they may by the said Rule be knock'd on the head Pistol'd or cut in pieces without benefit of Law And fifthly if we add That by this means the whole course of Justice in many cases may be obstructed What need the fetching of Warrants and calling of Constables c. If the Assembly be unlawful it is no more ado by the said Inference but Knock them down All the Laws that provide lesser penelties for Drunkards Swearers and Disturbers of the Peace with many petty Offenders more if the Meetings are unlawful will seem as so many impertinencies there is a nearer way to the Wood than to trouble our selves and be at charges to proceed against them regularly A Pistol or a Sword or a good Fowling-Piece may do the deed As for that false glosse or pretence of the Execution of an Office with which Sir H. seemed in his Speech to colour the unworthiness of this Fact the Reader may find it washed away in the ensuing Discourse These with several other Considerations of like demerit in Sin and Iniquity with them some of which are taken notice of in the following Papers seem to demonstrate this latter act of Sir H. many degrees worse than the former And consequently the more like unto the fruit of the unclean Spirit 's returning with seven worse than himself and we heartily wish he may bethink himself and repent before it be too late left his last state be worse than his first which we beseech the God of Grace and Mercy to prevent in which Prayer if Sir H. himself shall cordially joyn with us and desire indeed to recover himself out of the snare of the Devil let him give ear unto the Counsel of the Spirit of God to separate from the unclean thing and cast in his lot with the righteous and not be afraid to obey God rather than man but adventure himself into such Assemblies where God dwelleth though the Laws of men should prohibit or make them unlawful And before the Decree being forth befo●e the day pass as the chaff before the fierce Anger of the Lord come upon him Seek the Lord in meekness seek Righteousness and work his Judgements it may be he shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger But if he shall alwayes forsake the Lord and his Saints and continue to frame mischief by a Law persecuting the Servants of God because they rely upon the Lord God of their Fathers and seek his face by Prayer and Supplication and because they Preach the Word in Season and out of Season Let him know that he to whom all Judgment is commited Joh. 5.22 will make good that dreadful word Mark 8.38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the Glory of his Father with the holy Angels And whether Sir Harbotle believe it or not yet the day is approaching when the Kings of the Earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief Captains and the mighty men as well as bondmen and freemen c. shall hide themselves in Dens and in the Rocks of the Mountains Rev. 6.15 16 17. and shall call unto the Mountains and Rocks to fall on them

Horse suppose he have such a Commission which we know not yet this only impowers him to act under the Command of his superiour Officers and that in a warlike capacity but gives him no power to disturb shoot and kill peaceable men for hearing the Word of God preached and no other cause That which is pleaded to relieve him in this case is but a Fig-leaf instead of a Covering namely That Crosby was commanded by the Constable to assist him in the Suppression of this Meeting For First If that were true yet there being no resistance the Law determines his Fact of killing the Man to be Wilful Murder and he ought by Law to suffer accordingly But secondly That Crosby was not commanded by the Constable but that he commanded one of the Constables and threatned to pistol him if he would not go with him This is too evident to be denied by any who have not hardened their hearts and brazened their faces to contend against the Truth As for what was procured to be affirmed in Court by one of the Constables in seeming contradiction hereunto there is nothing at all in it wherewith to commend it self to the Judgment and Conscience of or to gain credit and belief amongst any sober men but it savoureth much more of somewhat that is worse than of the Truth For 1. The contrary might evidently be proved if the ears of the Justices were not stopt against Justice and Truth and if he that departeth from evil and speaketh the Truth faithfully did not make himself a prey Isa 59.15 But 2ly The Constable who was prevailed with to affirm the same was himself accessory to the Fact as is demonstrated in print already and might easily be further proved and therefore his Oath much less his bare word ought not to be admitted in Judgment 3ly That Crosby was not commanded by the Constable appears beyond all rational contradiction from hence Because at his first coming when he denounced his Threatning against them with an Oath he had then no Constable with him But when he returned to execute his Threatning he brought a Constable with a Fowling-Piece in his hand which plainly demonstrates that the Constable was brought by Crosby and not he by the Constable From all which Considerations it appears as clear as the Sun when he shineth in his brightest lustre That the definition of Murder before specified at least so far as it could be forced to relate to this Case was altogether impertinent and most abominably absurd and unworthy tending to no other end at best but to darken counsel by words without wisdom Job 38.2 and to delude an ignorant Jury And consequently that great design intended by you in the Second Tryal of Crosby namely of repairing those Ruines of Reputation which his former Tryal had brought upon you altogether fails in your hand in thss latter also for lo your Credit and Reputations still lie in the dust notwithstanding what you have thus done to relieve them And together therewith that which is an hundred-fold more sad through your means Blood-guiltiness remains upon the Town of St. Albans and there will remain until it shall be purged away by the Blood of the Murderer Reade and consider deligently Numb 35. ver 31 and 33. compared together By this time we presume we have demonstrated unto you more clearly and sufficiently than you were willing or desirous to hear That your two grand Designs aimed at in your Second Tryal of Crosby have notoriously miscarried under your hand and consequently our advice unto you to review your handy-work and amend it may be neither unreasonable nor unseasonable counsel There being no reason why a man should not amend that which is amiss nor no time unseasonable for Reformation Dura quidem praecepta voces mea dura fatemur Esse Sed ut valeas multa dolenda feres My Rules are harsh you 'l say I say so too But for your health harsh things you 'l gladly do Currat poenitentia ne prae-currat sententia Unless amendment runs with speed Judgment may seize an evil deed But Sir Harbotle to close up all we have an odd reckoning or two to set streight with your self and we shall conclude at present You were pleased to inform your Auditory in open Court that there was a libellous Pamphlet dispersed up and down the Country put out by some railing Rabshakeh who durst not put his name to it full of lies and scandalous reproaches which though it reflected upon your self yet you valued it no more than the dirt under your feet having the peace of Conscience within you were no wayes disturbed in your sleep by that c. Sir leaving the Author thereof whoever he was to his own further vindication or future silence as he shall think meet We shall only say 1. That for the substance of that Paper so far as it concerns the story of Crosby it is too well known to be contradicted And besides it hath already past the tryal of many sober and honest men both Friends and Enemies who were eye and ear-witnesses of the things contained therein and hath received a sentence of justification from them all with a Nemine Contradicente as to matter of the truth of it 2. It hath past the like scrutiny with the like good success in respect of the sobriety of the language and stile of it Only this we confess that if to call a Hare a Hare or a Botle a Botle and that too in the softest words that could easily be found if this be a false accusation or scandalous reproach then is that Paper guilty but otherwise it is free And consequently it will appear that in this you were of counsel for the Devil endeavouring to promote his work who makes it one great part of his business falsly to accuse the Innocent Rev. 12.10 But Sir if when you have sifted the said Paper to the bran and ground it to powder in the Mill of your strictest search and narrowest scrutiny into it you can find ground to make good your said Charge against it then we challenge you as you will vindicate your Honour and Reputation to justifie your self therein in print But for the reason why he that writ it whoever he was put not his name to it leaving him to the reason of his own actions yet this we shall say to it That you cannot be so ignorant or weak as not to know you with others having taught us to understand by woful Arguments of sence and feeling that these are times wherein Truth faileth and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey because Justice and Righteousness are compelled to give way to Cruelty and Oppression therefore it seems neither Wisdom nor Christianity for a man to expose himself to your Rage and Malice when he may innocently avoid it especially having such a lively Instance and Example of your promptness and skill to make a Nose of Wax of the Law and by cunning devices and subtil stratagems and agents to pervert the course of Justice he could not reasonably expect any fair quarter from you For Impedit Irae animum ne possit cernere Verum i. e. By Wrath so hindred is the mind That Truth it cannot see or find As for your high pretences of Peace of Conscience in what you have done and that you are no wayes disturbed in your sleep by the said Paper c. We reply 1. That the Spirit of God informs us that as on the one hand it is joy to the Just to do Judgement Prov. 21.15 So on the other hand that the Wicked sleep not except they have done mischief Prov. 4.16 2. The Apostle gives us to understand that some men in the world were like so far to corrupt their minds as to suppose that Gain is Godliness 1 Tim. 6.5 So that it is no great wonder to see wicked and ungodly men to deceive themselves and their own hearts as well as others 3. For a man to live in wayes of sin and unrighteousness and Conscience not check or controul him for the same is a great Argument that such a man is under the bewitching of the Devil and deceived by a corrupt mind 4. For a man to pretend the Peace of Conscience within to colour over foul and horrid acts of ungodliness without argues a seared Conscience 1 Tim. 4.2 the very worst of estates and conditions and nearest unto perdition 5. Christ himself hath foretold of such a generation of men who should not only persecute his People but even think they did God service in killing his faithful Servants and Followers Joh. 16.2 which we see verified this day when men pretend the Peace of Conscience in condemning the Innocent and discharging the Guilty persecuting the Servants of Jesus and making them Offenders for no other cause but because they obey their Lord and Master JESUS CHRIST and observe the Rules which by his Apostles and Servants he hath given them 2 Tim. 4.1 2. Hebr. 10.25 6. And lastly Whether in these boastings of the Peace of Conscience within your lips did not bely the secret of your soul and whether your rejoy●ing in this kind were not in face onely and not in heart 2 Co 〈…〉 .12 concerns your self to examine We shall only add that we once knew of a man in a case not unlike to this who bore up himself as high in confidence before the People and pretended his inward peace and satisfaction as much as you do and how little he was molested or troubled and yet notwithstanding more privately offered a considerable sum of money to find out the person that had disturbed him that he might have vented his rage and malice upon him and it is not rational to think that a man will bid high for an Object to execute his revenge upon where he hath not met with great disturbance of mind Manifesta rotae vertigia cernas The prints made by his wheels do plainly tell That gone he is a way which doth not well FINIS † A little Paper sent him entituled Law Unknown c. 2 Tim. 3.13 Mat. 12.43 c. † Act. 4.19 5.29 2 Tim. 2.26 2 Cor. 6.16 17. Heb. 10.25 Dan. 3.12 6.7 Zeph. 2.2 3. Psal 94.20 2 Chron. 13.18 Dan. 9.3 2 Tim. 4.2