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A79499 To the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. Chidley, Samuel. 1657 (1657) Wing C3846; Thomason E905_3; ESTC R207444 3,446 5

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To the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England SIRS YOu know how that after Gideon had slain the Kings of Midian Then the men of Israel said unto him Rule thou over us both thou and thy son and thy son's son also for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian And Gideon said unto them I will not rule over you Judg. 8.22 neither shall my son rule over you Jehovah shall rule over you And the Country was in quietness forty years in the dayes of Gideon vers 28. vers 33 34 35. But afterwards when they forgat Jehovah their God Chap. 9.6 they made Abimelech the concubines son in Shechem King vers 57. vers 14 15 16 21. vers 7.3 upon whom God brought the Curse of Jotham Gideons youngest son who called Abimelech the Bramble and his ambition after the Kingship the Brambles choice and others leavings Therefore O ye chosen and betrusted Princes of England what is in your mindes that ye now are about to set up a King over us again since we have been and still are set free by your predecessors the former Parliament who after long and large experience abolished the Kingship which you are about to establish And Oliver Lord Protector then Lieut. General consented heartily thereunto as in charity we verilie believed And it 's remarkable that in the time of the late warrs the LORD of Hosts never wrought more powerfully for England then when the Parliaments Commissions were most effectual against the King and his Malignant partie Then were the enemies of God broken in pieces dissipated and dissimated and their King cut off as the foam upon the water And the Kingly Office being utterly abolished with the house of Lords as useless and burthensome God went on with his mercies crowning this Commonwealth with many Victories Since which time before the late disaster at Hispaniola Peoples have been subdued by us and nations under our feet As if the most high God had taken upon him to be King of the good people of England as formerly of Israel in the dayes of the Judges till Samuel the Prophet who under specious pretences said 1 Sam. 8. Make us a King 1 Sam. 8.5 there shall be a King over us vers 19 20. that we also may be like all the Nations and that our King may judge us and go out before us and fight our battels For the Philistins and the Ammonites were enemies to them as the Spaniards and the French to us and what reason have we to ask a King more then they But the thing displeased the LORD and Samuel and it was accounted no better then a rejecting of God and Samuel declared the sore oppression which the King would exercise over them by his own will and that the Lord would not hear them when they cried unto him by reason thereof vers 11 18 Nevertheless they waved the religious counsel of the Prophet Samuel vers 19. and proceeded in their politick resolutions and the Lord gave them a King in his anger Hos 13.11 and by thunder and haile from heaven convinced them of this their wickedness Judg. 12. vers 19. and they confessed saying Chap. 9.13 We have added unto all our sins this evil to ask us a King although they had not ought to say against their King for King Saul was a member of the Church and a man well fitted and qualified both in body and minde for the Kingly Office and sought not the place but in humility said Am not I a Benjamite vers 21. of the smallest of the tribes of Israel and my family the least of all and he was so wise and prudent and so far from vain-glory that he told not his uncle of the matter of the Kingdom Chap. 10.16 whereof Samuel spake unto him and in modestie being little in his own eyes not counting himself worthy or fit for the Kingdom which fell unto him by the Lords Lot he hid himself among the stuffe vers 22 23.34 till by the direction of God the people fetched him thence and proclaimed him King Since which time when the Israelites revolted more and more from God he hath complained against them saying They have set up Kings Hos 8.4 but not by me they have made Princes and I knew it not The premises considered O ye Senators of England take heed of setting up the Office of a King again lest you intangle this Commonwealth again with the grievous and intolerable yoak of Regal and Tyrannical bondage For God hath said what the King will do he will oppress the people though chosen by the most High 1 Sam. 8.11.18 But as touching Kings set up by men O how disgracesully doth the Scripture speak of them 1 Chro. 16.19 20 21 22. God reproved Kings for the sakes of a few Many such kings have come justlie to untimely ends What became of the Kings of Sodom Gomorrha Adma Gen. 19. and Zeboim were they not all burned Pharaoh King of Egypt drowned Exod. 15. One and thirty Kings all destroyed by Joshua many of which were hanged Josh 12. Eglon King of Moab kild by Ehud Iudg. 3. Zoeb and Oreb Zebah and Zalmunnab perished and were made as the dung of the floore Iudg. 8. Abimelech aforesaid who by cunning contrivances and threatnings sought to be King came to an untimely end by means of a woman Ambitious Absalom that said Oh that I were King Chap. 9.53 2 Sam. 15. Chap. 18. that I might do Justice and other aspiring Princes perished utterly And what became of most of the Kings of Israel from Jer●boam the first to Hoshea their last King The Lord said concerning them All their Kings are fallen yea God appointed many of them to the slaughter Hos 7.7 The holy Scripture doth speak very much in the disparagement of such Kings threatneth them with the sword pestilence famine captivity c. And in battel Kings of the Armies it s said did slee apace Th' Almighty scattered Kings Psa 68.12 14. 110.5 135.10 136.17 18. and will strike through Kings in the day of his wrath He sl●w mighty great and famous Kings and is said to be Terrible to the Kings of the earth especially in the latter dayes when the times draw nigh that the Kingdoms of this world shall become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever Rev. 11.15 with the Saints on earth Rev. 5.10 the rightful possessors thereof Dan. 7.21 To whom he hath given power on earth to binde Kings with Chains Psal 149.8 9. and their Nobles in fetters of iron and to execute upon them the Judgement written Yea and John saith in the Revelations I saw an Angel standing in the Sun and cried to all the fowls that fly in the midst of Heaven Rev. 19.17.21 Come and gather your selves together to the supper of the great God that ye may eat the flesh of Kings and their Armies and Tophet is ordained of old for Kings in a special manner Isa 30.33 These things being considered surely it will not be for the honour of this Free State and Commonwealth to set up a King over us like the rest of the nations It God hath set us free why should we return into bondage and take upon us such an insufferable yoak that neither we nor our forefathers were ever able to bear Had not Israel as great and as many pretences for to set up a King in the dayes of Samuel as we have now But it was sin in them to ask a King and is it not a sin for any to offer such a thing to us What warrant is there for it in the word of the Lord you cannot make it an action of Faith and whatsoever is not of Faith is sin and the wages of sin is death Is there any necessity for us to have a King What benefit or happiness may the Commonwealth expect thereby Shall we ease our Taxes therewith And what safety or security can we expect by the King whom you shall chuse whose life is but a vapour and are you sure his Children will be right and just Who knoweth whether he that shall come and reign after him Eccles 2.19 10.16 shall be a wise man or a fool Then wo to this land when thy King is a Child Consider the great danger mischief and inconvenience which may happen upon this evil choice of a King For it is not to be doubted but that the hearts of all the well-affected and well-informed Ministers and People will be against it as they have been at the beginning And it may well be feared that such a Regal choise will involve the Commonwealth in a Chaos of confusion and the same may prove of dangerous consequence and beget a Triangle division a second most cruel bloody and unnatural war and lay the Land open to a forreign enemie and so the last errour will be worse then the first Pitie it is that all the blood which hath been spilt and treasure spent to purchase our freedom should be made ineffectual to the gratifying of our enemies and grieving our friends trifling out the precious time to twist briars and brambles in stead of taking off the yoke of oppression and letting the oppressed go free Isa 58. Much more might be said against the aforesaid Regal choice but you know the Scripture Law Reason good mens writings Parliamentary Sermons the nations Ingagement and Articles of Government to be all against it and so is an honest and unperjured English heart Samuel Chidley