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A62841 Amyntor, or, A defence of Milton's life containing I. a general apology for all writings of that kind, II. a catalogue of books attributed in the primitive times to Jesus Christ, his apostles and other eminent persons ..., III. a complete history of the book entitul'd Icon basilike, proving Dr. Gauden and not King Charles the First to be the author of it, with an answer to all the facts alledg'd by Mr. Wagstaf to the contrary, and to the exceptions made against my Lord Anglesey's Memorandum, Dr. Walker's book or Mrs. Gauden's narrative, which last piece is now the first time publish'd at large. Toland, John, 1670-1722.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; Wagstaffe, Thomas, 1645-1712. Vindication of King Charles the martyr.; Gauden, John, 1605-1662. Eikon basilike, the pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in his solitude and sufferings.; Walker, Anthony, d. 1692. True account of the author of a book entituled Eikon basilike. 1699 (1699) Wing T1760; ESTC R22638 52,206 178

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Misery with thine Ey of Mercy and let thine infinite Power vouchsafe to limit out som Proportion of Deliverance unto me as to thee shall seem most convenient Let not Injury O Lord triumph over me and let my Faults by thy Hand be corrected and make not mine unjust Enemy the Minister of thy Justice But yet my God if in thy Wisdom this be the aptest Chastisement for my unexcusable Folly if this low Bondage be fittest for my over-high Desires if the Pride of my not-enough humble Heart be thus to be broken O Lord I yield unto thy Will and joyfully embrace what Sorrow thou wilt have me suffer only thus much let me crave of thee let my Craving O Lord be accepted of thee since even that proceeds from thee let me crave even by the noblest Title which in my greatest Affliction I may give my self that I am thy Creature and by thy Goodness which is thy self that thou wilt suffer som Beams of thy Majesty to shine into my Mind that it may still depend confidently on thee Let Calamity be the Exercise but not the overthrow of my Virtue Let their Power prevail but prevail not to Destruction Let my Greatness be their Prey Let my Pain be the Sweetness of their Revenge let them if so it seem good unto thee vex me with more and more Punishment But O Lord let never their Wickedness have such a Hand but that I may carry a pure Mind in a pure Body and pausing a while and O most gracious Lord said she whatever becomes of me preserve the Virtuous MUSIDORUS CONCLUSION I HOPE by this time I have satisfy'd Mr. BLACKHALL since I have not only laid together the first Testimonies concerning this Matter but also answer'd the Exceptions that were made to those Testimonies and disprov'd the fresh Evidence which was produc'd no the behalf of Icon Basilike But if he 's offended at my Performance he may thank himself seeing without his causeless Provocation I had never written a Word more on this Subject as I shall not do hereafter unless for as justifiable a Reason For notwithstanding I may not answer every Scribler yet I 'll be misrepresented and abus'd by no body worth my notice INDEED Mr. BLACKHALL is not the first who has occasion'd Controversies by a Thirtieth of Ianuary Segmon Every body knows how much the Observation of that Day was abus'd in the two last Reigns by servil Flatterers who not content to run shameful Parallels between the Sufferings of our Savior and the King wherein the latter was often made to exceed they taught the People the ridiculous Doctrin of Passive Obedience as they allow'd the Prince an Unlimited and Despotic Power This render'd those Persons justly odious to the Nation and made sober Men frequently wish that such an Opportunity of doing Mischief might be taken away from those who fail'd not to improve it to the utmost It was likewise observ'd how much these Sermons contributed to raise Animosities and Feuds in the Kingdom and to continue the fatal Distinctions of Names and Parties which every good Man should desire might be abolish'd or bury'd in eternal Oblivion Besides that for many weighty Reasons such Days ought not to be perpetuated or otherwise in a little time ours will be as full as the Roman Calendar wherfore I readily approve of the learned Bishop of Salisbury's Opinion That our Deliverances should wear out the Memory of such tragical Accidents which no body pretends to justify and indeed I think it very reasonable if our Legislators be of the same Opinion that the Commemoration of his present Majesty's Landing to deliver us from Slavery on the Fifth of November should hereafter take place of the Thirtieth of Ianuary Other Holydays have bin recommended to a constant Observation tho' they are since grown into disuse or are legally abolish'd which the best Friends of the Clergy desire may be the Fate of that Day out of their respect to the Church For these Sermons do constantly put the People in mind of that Set of Men who preach'd 'em out of their Liberties in former times and the honest Clergy themselves are still under an unhappy Necessity of saying many things that let 'em think what they will are not extremely pleasing to the Body of the Nation The Descendants of those concern'd in that Act and many of 'em far from approving it conceive themselves unkindly us'd in most of those Discourses nor are the Posterity of the greatest Royalists in a better Condition if that be a National Guilt that 's never to be expiated tho' neither they nor their Ancestors consented to it to say nothing of the frequent Intermarriages and other Tyes between both the Parties IF the Extravagancies of those Sermons had terminated with the late Reign few People perhaps would trouble themselves now about what 's past unless constrain'd to it by som officious Chaplain But they cannot endure to hear the Members of the Parliament of 40 so infamously branded considering how lately they were oblig'd themselves to assert their Laws and Liberties against the Martyrs Son who violated and broke them at his Pleasure And in this Sense many were of Opinion that King CHARLES's Blood lay heavy on the Nation which made them for the ease of the same to shake off the Burden of King JAMES SOM who otherwise Honor the Memory of King CHARLES the First are angry to hear him in Mr. BLACKHALL's Language call'd the best of Kings and the best of Men when they consider especially that the Apostles were Men and that several Persons among the Greek and Roman Heathens did infinitly excel him in all Moral and Heroic Virtues As for Princes if good Manners could not make Mr. BLACKHALL except the present King Justice at least might well oblige him to do it King WILLIAM has never dispens'd with express Laws in favor of Popish Recusants He never protected any of his Chaplains against the Parliament for preaching up Arbitrary Power He never requir'd Soldiers to be try'd by Martial Law in time of Peace nor levy'd Loans or Ship mony contrary to Law much less imprison'd fin'd or banish'd such as refus'd to pay those illegal Taxes He does not countenance any SIBTHORPS MANWARINGS or MOUNTAGUES to teach his Subjects Non-Resistance or to compliment himself with Arbitrary Power He is so far from sending for Foren Troops to enslave the Nation that he readily sent those away which he kept here by Law as soon as he understood the Kingdom had no further need of their Service He does not use to imprison Members of the House of Commons for using that Freedom of Debate which is Essential to their Constitution He never threaten'd to betake himself to other Councils than his Parliament as CHARLES the First did saying that Parliaments were in his Power and that he might grow out of Love with them Nor is it known that he went into the House of Commons to demand any of their Members no more than