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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85753	A Ground voice, or some discoveries offered to the view, with certain queries propounded to the consideration of the whole army in England, Scotland, and Ireland, officers and common-souldiers, horse and foot. VVith certain queries to the Anabaptists in particular that bear any office, either in court or army, under the present self-created politick power.		1655 (1655)	Wing G2133; Thomason E860_1; ESTC R206636	11,106	8

A Grounded Voice or some Discoveries offered to the view with certain Queries propounded to the Consideration of the whole Army in England Scotland and Ireland Officers and Common-Souldiers Horse and Foot VVITH Certain Queries to the Anabaptists in particular that Bear any Office either in Court or Army under the present self-created Politick Power And thou profane wicked Prince of Israel whose day is come when iniquity shall have a● end Thus saith the Lord God remove the Diadem and take of the Crown This shall not be the same exalt him that is low and abase him that is high I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall be no more To the Decreasing Army of O. Cromwell SIR's what are your ayms and intentions VVhat are your perswasions Are they we shall live for ever insulting and domineering over our Brethren Think ye that the day of your visitation shall never come Shall ye for ever plunder and none resist Shall ye alwayes hurry to Prison and none cry out violence and spoile VVill ye who once was valiant against tyrants now coward-like uphold and maintain tyrants If you will so open your deaf-ears and hear what the Angel saith you shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation c. Rev. 14.10 The night is far spent hast hast and the day 's at hand the shadows begin's to fly away the mornings ready to break forth do not you see how Antichrist hath and is and more shall be put to it to keep himself on the Stage and t is because his night of ignorant darknesse is almost gone wherein he wrought because his works are evill and will not abide the light of the Sun Pray consider what you doe see ye not that the truth which is strongest of all begins afresh to justle Antichrist and to check him and ere long will justle him into the Pit of Destruction Amen Friends Oh that you were the friends of Zion then would you rejoyce what see you that 's beautifull in your Masters that you are so loath or rather fearfull to change them Can you without an hard and seared conscience maintain a man who by cheating lying perjury plotting dissimulation and hipocrisie have gotten himself seated into the Sadle of wickednesse Surely if you do you are as much guilty as himself and so will incur the same punishment with him and the rest of his partakers Therefore remember that day which is at the doore the day of the Lords visitation wherein you as inhabiters of the old heavens and earth with your Kings mighty-men chief-Captains c. will be forced to run to the rocks or strength of the mountains Monarch's and Monarchies crying fall on us fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne It was wont to be your Masters that sate on the Throne but now the case is altered he the Lamb sits on the Throne oh hide us from his face for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6.16 17. What will become of your Protector in this day where will be his strength he 's become helplesse and all his and your cryings will be then in vain For verily if you continue Christs enemies till that day it may be said of you as t was said of Korah Dathan and Abiram and thereby Moses if these men dye the common-common-death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then the Lord hath not sent me Numb 16.29 These Queries was writ on purpose for the good and benefit of your souls and bodies to see if you would yet hearken to the voice of God and live and therefore we humbly beseech you for Christ Iesus his sake for Zions sake and for your souls sake to hearken and give ear whilst the voice of pitty cryes come freely and buy without mony or prise even wine and milk the waters of life Isa 55.1 for this voice will not cry long in our streets there is another Dispensation at the doore and the Doctrine is Fear God and give glory to him for the houre of his judgment is come Rev. 14.7 Christ will no more beseech his enemies but if they will repent so if not the houre of his judgment is com● and every one that is found in opposition to him shall be thrust thorow and every one that is joyned to them shall fall by the sword Isa 13.15 if you 'l not repent you shall be cut in pieces Alas alas what a dreadfull slaughter will Christ make among his enemies All his garments shall be dyed in blood his vertue is dipt in blood Is 63.1 2 3. Rev. 19.13 He will tread his enemies in his anger and trample them in his fury A battell will the Lord fight against his enemies with burning and fuell of fire Isa 9.5 Therefore come in before this day come for the Stone is almost ready to rise it begins to struggle and yet a little while and it fals on the Feet of the Image and breaks them to pieces surely all that is Antichristian shall then be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earth-quake and great noise with storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire Dreadfull judgments indeed Oh that we could but expresse unto you the nearinesse of the Time and the dreadfulnesse of the judgments and the unheard of execution then to be done upon Christs enemies Farewell Grounds and Queries to the Army c. IN the last and overturning dayes when the Kings and Rulers those Branches sprung from the old Draggon their root of the old Earth shall hear the Declaration and Proclamation of the Decree of the Lord of hosts to set Jesus of Nazareth hill King upon the hill of Zion as Judge Ruler and Law-giver not onely of his Church but in and over the whole Earth therein to raign and rule by his laws And to break and dash in pieces by and in his Saints that Stone which is not in the hands of any Power of this earth whatsoever Dan. 2.34.45 the whole Roman Monarchy or Fourth Beast as now divided bearing rule over the whole Earth Either by Heathenish Emperors and Kings or by refined Rulers taking in the whol Kingdome of Antichrist the laws of his kingdom the makers of his laws the pleaders of his laws and the executors of them high and low under what name or title soever so as to leave no place for them except the lake of fire and brimstone the portion of the Dragon Beast and False prophet with their partakers and dependants when we say the Beasts Kings and Rulers shall hear the Proclamation of this Decree Then shall they set themselves with all the might and power the Dragon hath given them and take Councel politick cunning and crafty-councel it being the last game they have to play against the Lord and his anointed whom

that did openly proclaim or gave advise or consent to proclaim O. C. chief Magistrate of England Scotland and Ireland and all the Dominions thereto belonging be not guilty of high treason as conspirers against the good of all the People of this Nation except their partakers upholders abettors and adherents and also as breakers of those wholsome and good laws made by the consent of all the People of the three Nations met and assembled together in their Representatives for their good and safety against Tyrants Oppressors proud Vsurpers Crown-wearers Parliament-breakers c. Quer. 2 VVhether or no you the whole Army whom the People in Parliament raised for their own defence against the Invaders of their Liberties be not all traitors to the Nations in regard you uphold and maintain by force and violence those that exalt themselves in a tyrannizing way over the people and in regard you have and do still protect and defend him by the power of your sword those that proclaimed and those that gave councel and advise ●●n the very act and have ever since stood by them keeping them from being apprehended by the well-affected people seeing none else hath hearts so to do according to law to the end they might suffer the pains of death deserved by them for such villanies are not you as it were the legs of this Lyon upon which he runs among the people hunting for the prey which he devours so greedily and so furiously If so Quer. 3 VVhether or no it doth not behove the well-affected people of all the three Nations or of any part thereof to joyn and unite themselves together and so to stand up for their Liberties seeing they are authorized and required so to do by that act so that they in such an enterprize shall not only have the laws of God which is strongest of all but also the laws of men on their side Ought they not to apprehend and cause to be proceeded against such persons as proclaimed O. Cromwel as aforesaid as traytors to them and the rest of their brethren in the highest degree Nay further in case you the Army shall yet defend those known Rebels and in case you yet continue as legs and supporters of the present Beast Ought they not to proceed against you ●o suppresse you seeing you are turned to be their oppressors Ought they not to cut off the legs of the Beast and then pray what will become of the Beast Ground 6 VVhen the Army that was sent by O Cromwell came to Hispaniola they landed eight thousand men and in marching twenty miles many of them fell down dead and the rest when they came to engage fled when none pursued The Army of eight thousand men did never see one hundred Spanyards in a body and yet such a spirit of fear possessed your fellows that they fled and these few Spanyards pursued and killed them till they were a weary The Lord did exceedingly appear against them suitable to that in Judges the 5. and 20. For on the 24th day of April at night the Moon being four dayes old did shine an impossible thing according to reason till two of the clock in the Morning to their great admiration For that night the Spaniard killed diverse of your fellows the Moon gave them light to do it These passages are verified by Letters from the Fleet. Quer. 1 Whether or no that great and unheard of spirit of fear among those of your fellows engaged in that designe blasted and cursed from heaven which hath brought home instead of golden-wedges and pretious things of the Earth so many and great wedges of disgrace to every Engl●sh souldier Whether this was not on purpose to forwarn you of greater mischeif and destruction to come upon you for your mercenary behaviours among your Bretheren at home Did not the Lord give this as a warning to you and ought it not so to be taken Doth he not speak to you with a ●●o●d and mighty voyce by his Judgments from heaven If so Quer. 2 Whether or now you ought not with a willing and thankfull minde harken to his voyce and according to the will of the Lord therein not be found acting or imployed in any such the like or the same designe afresh Ought you to be hurried as a company of Dumbe and ignorant sheepe to the slaughter Ought you not rather to be found acting in some more noble and good designe wherein you may finde the presence of the Lord as heretofore you used to doe which may make your Enemies fly and tremble before you as you or some of yours have done Two Thousands or neareupon of whome hath lost their lives by sword and sicknes as a plague Quer. 3 Whether or now O. C. bee not guilty of all this Blood of your Bretheren shed by his meanes beyond the seas in the late undertaking seeing hee drove them into the Net of the Fowler and into the snare of the hunter The Scribes and Pharises was gui●ty of all the Bloodsheed from Abell to their dayes though not actually spilt by them Is not O. C. guilty therefore of all this Bloodshed by his means and devises to the dishonor of Englishmen If so Quer. 4 Whether or no you or any the good and well-affected people of the Nation have not sufficient call and warranty by the Laws of God and men to proceed against him as a murderer and accompt him no otherwise Least you partaking with him in his sins partake with him in his plagues and punishments also For it is lawfull for you to defend a Murderer If you think it is defend him till you and he be swallowed up with Gods vengance when you would give all the gold if you had it that Hispaniola and the Indi●'s afford for a little of your vain past-time to repent Therefore Oh Army remember from whence thou art faln and repent or I come quickly saith Christ the onely lawfull King and Protector Rev. 2.5 which comming will be with fire to Apostates CONCLVSION The Dreadfull King the mighty God of VVonder Against Apostates doth begin to Thunder He hath set open his great Armoury The host of Cromwell shall before him fly Great multitudes of slain there will be sound They 'l all fall down at heavens angry found Some Queries offered to the view and serious consideration of the ANABAPTISTS Ground 1 The principles of Religion and the principles of an Antichristian Court are inconsistent the one with the other for the persons that is commonly imployed their offices being hellish vain and wicked in such Courts are either loose idle and prophane or else cunning and hipocriticall and full of dissimulation in which regard they are most fit for the designes of their Masters for a man that is conscientious that makes any conscience of his ways wil be checked by his conscience and conscience will at one time or other utter it self Such persons therefore are unfit for Courtiers and t is well they are so

This makes the present Court to swarm so thick with Cavaleers wicked ungodly vain profane men and also with Hypocrites Polliticians c. and so little with honest godly conscientious men Quer. 1 VVhether or no it be not dishonourable and a great deal below that great and strict profession which you make of the name way and cause of Christ and a dishonour to to the name of God for you to hold any Place Office or imployment in or belonging to the present Court Quer. 2 VVhether or no O. C. with the rest of his vain politick courtiers according to their principles before named doe not ayme and designe when they shall think themselves more fast and secure in their seates to reject and cast you out from your present offices and imployments of Court-honor and profit with and among them If so Quer. 3 VVhether their maine end and Designe in retaining you at present be not selfish and base with you to serve their owne ends and pu●poses and then to cast you of like fooles thinking by their retaining you at present to cloake and cover their designes and to breed thereby good opinions of themselves in the Churches and among your other Freinds knowing that you are a people that if your eyes be open will not suster the wrack and losse of your lawful and r●ghtfull priviledges had you not therefore better withdraw now with honor and some credit then hereafter be turned out with dishonor and disgrace Ground 2 As Principles of Religion are in consistent with Principles of Court so are they with tho Army whose standing is of from and by the Court this appears 1. by that discourse if true which O. Cromwell had with a Scotch Lord one Twidle where you are brought in as in-lets to the designs of our new Courtiers as appeares by those Queries writ by a well-wisher to the Anabaptists prosperity c. 2. It appears by that spirit of inveterateness and maliciousnes in the Army against the Anabaptists for proof whereof take the passage of a Letter from Hispaniola Some of these wretches saith the Author meaning the remaining feeble men of the Army sent thither who seeing the hand of God visibly against them was thereby enraged are extreamly mad against the Lord and his poore people that they have sworn that if they knew there were an Anabaptist they would bo the death of him c. Quer. 1 VVhether or no you in your present estate be not in apparent hazard of your lives and estates lyable to the malice of the wicked and prophane souldiers of this Court if ever you light into their Power where hatred lodgeth malice resteth and will break forth when she can possible If so Quer. 2 VVhether or no in the name and presence of the Lord we put this question you ought not to withdraw from and have nothing to do with the present Court and also the Army and return and seek the face of the Lord and repent and do your first works Rev. 2.5 That so you returning might discern between the righteous and the wicked between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not Mal. 2.18 that so you might perceive their evill wayes and eschew them Conclusion We desire you for Christs sake to turn to these Scriptures and seriously and solemnly consider and meditate upon them seeking the face of the Lord in that work for wisdome and understanding therein Rev. 18.4 2 Cor. 6.17 Jer. 51.6.45 chap. 50.8 Isa 52.11 Numb 16.21 Gen. 19.15.22 Exo. 33.16 Isa 48.20 c. The Lord teach you his mind in these and take you up into the Mount and there reveal unto you the Salvation and Redemption of whole Zion and the Destruction and Overthrow of Babylon now near approaching even at the doore FINIS