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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88960	A letter to His Excellency the Lord General Monk containing the instrumental causes of the ruine of governments and Common-wealths, with as advertisement of our present danger by a forrein invasion.	Maudit, John.; Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.	1660 (1660)	Wing M1329; Thomason E1016_12; ESTC R208273	4,433	7

usually made it a prey May not our danger be concluded from hence also especially if we consider a third ground for the conjecture And that is when Forreiners carry before them a pretence or title for their just invasion Such was the policy of Amurath going to destroy the King of the Tartars he took with him Islan brother of that King in the head of his Army and by his presence the people of the Country more easily submitted to the Conqueror The like policy used Achish King of Gath when he purposed to carry up David in his Army against his Countrey-men I need not say the case is much a like now its easie to draw up the resemblance if God over-rule not matters and secure us and our Religion as he did for Israel preventing David from comming up with the Armies of the Philistines least he should have assisted the uncircumcised against the Church and people of God and in pursuance of his own private interest miserably have wasted his own Country which no doubt so good a Prince abhor'd in his heart choosing rather to wait patiently upon God for a cleer peaceable Call then to wade to the throne in the blood of Gods precious people A fourth conjecture is from the multitudes of discontented spirits in the Land ready to imbrace a Forreiner as the Tarentines imbraced Pyrrus and the ten Tribes Jeroboam with his Calves from Egypt in hope of ease of their Taxes The good Lord preserve his Gospel and true Religion amongst us and choose such Governors for us as may be men after his own heart as faithfull David was A fith ground of conjecture is from neighbour Presidents When God has let out the wolves upon the neighbour flocks of France and Poland and Germany yea and Ireland do we think all secure with us A sixth is from the Impenitency of this Nation their rejection of God and meet applications to him in great fasting and prayer and true humiliation and Reformation that we might obtain his Counsel and Protection For when a people stand it out with God to the utmost what is more likely then that God will destroy them to the utmost I will not persume to enlarge further but to beg our Excellency speedily to consider what is to be done for your self and for your Country confident of your faithfulnesse and tender care things being so far gon as that it is almost impossible to prevent the common ruine and the Lord God direct your heart thereunto with Courage Zeal and resolution against all difficulties which use to accompany men of high place Build upon the rock not upon the sand for a house built upon the sand cannot outstand the Tempest How vaine were Israels shifts in this kind as the prophet Isayah notes chap. 22 where we may see a fit president for our case When a forreine invasion was at hand they opened their Armories and magazins prepared like wise men for the sieg and when they saw the breaches of the Citie of David that they were many they repaired their bulwarkes scoured the trenches built their Pallizadoes gathered about the City the waters of the lower poole both for defence and use of water in the sieg they numbred the houses of Jerusalem to see which might be fortified and those houses that were upon the walles they brake downe to make the city more impregnable What fault was there in all this none at all but they left out that one thing that was more necessary then all these as God tels them But ye have not looked unto the Maker thereof saith the Lord neither had respect to him that fashioned it long ago and in that day did the Lord God of Hosts call to weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with Sackcloth this was of more consequence then fortifying and preparing for the war and they had a Call from heaven to it by the danger that was approaching yet behold joy and gladness slaying Oxen and killing sheep eating flesh and drinking wine Let us eat and drink for to morrow we shall die Oh desperat impenitency What doth God conclude hereupon Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die saith the Lord of Hosts Heer 's now the like case this people are banning one against another they trust to their wodden walls and filling up of the house and listing of Regiments for its lawfull to use the means but in this day of so great danger the Lord called for our christian Armoury mighty prayers and tears powerfull humiliation and fasting and especially true and unfeigned Repentance and turning from those crying sins that call in trouble upon us and will irresistibly and speedily ruine all but where 's this to be found dull sottish stupid men Surely my Lord I can tell you for a certain what will become of such a people Death and ruine and confusion is at their gates for its an infallible Note of wicked Rulers and a wicked people whom God will destroy that they cast off fear and restrain prayer before God Iob 15.4 20 add 34. Go to therefore quickly and gather your selves together yea gather together O Nation not desired Ps 53.1 add 5. before the decree bring forth before the day pass as the chaff bafore the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you before the day of the Lords anger come upon you Seek ye the Lord all ye meek of the earth which have wrought his Judgement seek Righteousness seek meekness it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lords anger I rest My Lord Your Excellencies In all humble Christian Observance and faithfulness JOHN MAVDIT