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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82033	A declaration against a late dangerous and seditious band, under the name of An humble remonstrance, &c. wherein the plots and projects of the contrivers tending to the violating and subversion of our covenants; raising and fomenting of jealousies, within this, and between both kingdoms; prolonging of the unnaturall wars; and, impeding the intended uniformity in religion, are discovered, / by the Commission of the General Assembly.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.	1646 (1646)	Wing D519; Thomason E330_6; ESTC R200712	8,655	19

times if the like causes do not necessitate an unexpected vacation In the mean time it is to be remembred that Judicatories authorised by Parliament with such power as the condition of affairs the necessity of these present times required were not silent though some of these Remonstrants would not hearken to them Or else they had been more active against the publike Enemies which had made a fairer way for opening the Ordinary Judicatories than the strengthening of the bloodie hands of the Rebels unto the works of violence by contriving a Band. The danger of weakning the Kingdome and rendring it a prey to forraigners represented in the third Article is increased by this course which they have taken The Kingdome being thereby made the more unable not onely to resist forraigne Invasion but also to suppresse the Intestine Rebellion while it doth not onely want their assistance but findeth their resistance The best way of strengthening and securing the Kingdome is To joyne unanimously and actively in pursuit of the Rebels within the same whose garments have been dyed in the blood of the People of GOD To entertain a firm Peace and Union between the two Kingdomes for prosecuting the ends of our League and Covenant But above all To turn every man from his evill wayes and to return unto him that hath smitten us who can heale us and humble our Adversaries and turn his hand against our Enemies Our help is in the Name of the Lord who made the heaven and the earth With whom it is nothing to help with many or with them that have no power through him we shall do valiantly and he shall tread down our enemies Which are the precious words of GOD and not the specious phrases of men The fourth Article 1. Laboureth by reproachfull expressions To make odious unto the people the best wayes and means that the Estates of Parliament and Committees thereof could think upon for the necessary maintenance of Warre against the wicked Rebels Whereby they cast in a let and impediment to hinder publike Resolutions though some of these have of all others least cause to complaine and disclaime the necessity of maintaining an Army against James Grahame which will affoord him and his complices leave to gather strength For the Enemy cannot be suppressed without a competent number of Forces and Forces cannot be kept together without maintenance and maintenance cannot be had without such publike burdens 2. Mentioneth the exacting of great Fines and Intromissions with mens Fortunes and Rents whereby they evidence their favour to and indeavour to conciliat the favour and following of such as have been so dealt with by the Estates for being accessory lesse or more unto the unnaturall and bloody Rebellion And 3. Maketh a lie against the Estates as if they had received great sums of money from other Kingdoms or Common-wealths than England If these who have been most active in this Combination had been present in Parliament they would have been witnesses of the care taken by the Estates to give full satisfaction to every one who desired to be informed of the publike expences disbursments by appointing a particular Committee for examination of the publike Compts and thereafter causing keep the Book of Accounts in a publike Chamber with intimation of free accesse to all that pleased But they are willingly if not wilfully ignorant and bewray their disaffection by apprehending all probable appearance to raise and foment Jealousies between the Parliament and the Countrey and Souldiers which is the drift of the 5. Article The large laying forth of the distressed condition of this Kingdome insisted upon in the 6. Article aimes at the discouraging and weakning of the hearts and hands of the well-affected and tends to perswade the disbanding our Forces imployed against the Rebels which exposeth what is reserved from the fury of the Enemy to be preyed upon by them without opposition But if they as becomes Covenanters and Countreymen had considered that the most of those calamities have been caused by the cruelty of the Irish crew and the rest of that Traiterous Company and by the lukewarmnesse temporizing and double dealing of hollow-hearted men they would have resolved against all difficulties to cleave unto the Kingdom in the pursuit and suppressing of these children of Belial as a compendious way to the removall of distresses Shall they have Lives and Fortunes to hazard against all deadly for rescuing these Rebells from their deserved punishment And is there nothing left unto the Kingdome to hazard for its own defence and bringing Malignants unto their due censure according to our League and Covenant And if the condition of our affaires crave assistance from our Brethren in England we are confident they will be mindful of our mutuall ingagements though these Banders like bad husband-men labour to sow the seeds of Jealousies amongst us In the 7. they covertly calumniate the prime managers of affairs as men indisposed to Peace who have abundantly evidenced their earnest desire of Peace by Supplications Remonstrances Declarations Treaties for Peace Propositions of Peace And we further declare and professe in the sight of him who searcheth the heart That nothing is more in the desire of us all then that Reformed Religion may be enjoyed with a happy and well-grounded Peace through all his Majesties Dominions And from the beginning of these troubles we have been cloathed with and yet will not put off a resolution to use as we have been ever using all possible and lawfull means to procure the same And for this effect we beseech all men who love the Cause of God and their Countreys good to divest themselves of private quarrels and particular interests that with the greater unanimitie and hope of successe they may pursue the troublers of our Peace But we do ingenuously acknowledge That our souls abhor to enter into the secret and our glory to be joyned with the assembly of them who sue for such a Peace as comprehends the prime authors of all our troubles and would suffer these who have shed the blood of War in Peace to go in peace into the grave As in the entry so toward the end that the hook of the Band may the better take with well-meaning men they busk it with great variety of fair colours and like the harlot they deck the bed with coverings of tapistry carved works and fine linnen they perfume it with myrrhe and cynamon and with impudent face they speak of Peace-offerings and paying their Vows that with much fair speech they may cause the simple ones to yeeld and with the flatterings of their lips force them But he that hath understanding will discern that this their Profession is contrary to their intent formerly discovered will learn not to be credulous unto them who speak lies in hypocrisie and not suffer his heart to decline to their wayes and go astray in their paths which go down to the chambers of death The repetition of their intention