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Bad English, yet not Scotch. Mercurius moderatus: or Certain moderate animadversions touchin [sic] a printed paper intytled, An answer to the chief passages in the Scots declaration For prevention and avoydance ofe a new quarre, and sanguinarie combustion. Moderata durant, dissipa gentes quæ bella volunt.
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spende only in bucolies or bellitimber is no trivial expence dilapidation sover above leyr pinguedinous Benefices Lecture pensions Comodunt panem impietatic et bibunt vinum iniquitatis Prov. 4. I seriously doubte nee sharme never have peace quietnesse dunctil nour new Westmonasterian Monkes I intende thels Rereformein Presbyters sare thence removed leyr irreligious Convent destroyed Anc in regard the Presbyterian Covenanters as t is reported obtained part dofe leyr Conquest pyr Prybes and Treacheries I rationally suspecte ley vulle not prosper Thel Scots objecte Fasts ordained for extirpation dofe Heresies and Scismes Non satis capio I scarce conceive your Responsion to thist in regard I conceive you put it in question quether Heresies Scismes sare so percause contrarie to thel Vorbe or Word dofe Deeod or God For quou vulle you have Heresies cognosced if not cogdosced as contrarie to Faith conteined onely in Deeods parol or divine Revelation script or not script quich is thel Rule dofe Veritie counter Rule to falsitie You allege danger since everie one has libertie to judge Yet thist reason is a mearly senze reason save onely in ilose Professions quich vulle have everie Ignaroe a learger expounder dofe sacred Scriptures nor your procedure in remittein thist to thel Civil Majestrate is one jot more orthodox Is it not conforme to sacred Scriptures or divine Revelation or Vorbe or to natural Reason either for Politic States to resolve or yet dispute matters dofe Faith or Religion its contrarie Heresies or Scismes or frame or establishe spiritual government Thist is no Ordinance nor Order dofe Christ nour Savious No for so sayes great Saint Ambrose Christus non commisit Ecclesiam suam Regibus aut Imperatoribus sedsacerdotibus bonus Imperator intra non supra Ecclesiam est No for thist spiritual charge fas committed peculiarly namely to S. Peter his continual successers ey thel contrarie is a dangerously injust usurpation directly repugnant to thel sacred Text Tu es Petrus c. Or if thel contrarie fere even as much as coulorablely conforme to thel sacred Bible yet quou more proper firme infallible Authoritie has thel Spiritual Ecclesiastical State for thist purpose Ey it is maxt preposterous for civil Potentates either to declare or determine or yet authoritatively to advyse quat shall sie or quat not as you verie considerately suggeste in matters quich sare not civil nor politic mut mearly spiritual For quae medicorum est promittunt medici tractant fabrilia fabri Vulle you have an Artificer judge dofe ilat quich perteines not to his traide so you vulle verifye or render ilat vulgar Adage tou applyeable to yee Ne sutor ultra crepidam In hoc non laudo If thels subjects dubst observe thels temporal Majestrates decrees in Ecclesiastical Spiritual affaires it totally confounds thel dooe spathes or swordes namely thel spiritual temporal quite destroyes libertie in Religion for tender consciences quich I admire you have not reflexively considered I conceive thels Scots stand for thels authoritie dofe thel supream Majestrate even accordein to thel Covenant subintellectein pyr thel supreme Royal Ruler namely thel Riengues Majestie Touchein quich you affirme thel Parliament offers his retume surpon silch termes as ley conceive safe boond or good quich is verie vrue if you mentally reserve bood for ' emselps not for his Majestie For thels privileges dofe nour Anglish Parliament thel peace dofe thel Anglish Reingdome I easily conceive thel Scots have sien or bien as great violaters as anye other so you verie courteously recognosce your obligation to Scotland in Relation to Angland Yet I professe I cognosce not for quat except you vulle accompte it a favour in 'em to have notoriously concurred to its destructive disturbance so as if now they would redresse us it is not in leyr power senze an increase dofe nour miseries pyr a renewed guarre and yet a greater combuston than ever nor scarce so save in case ley prevayle so conquer us yet more to nour cost dishonor dofe quich I have an ancient prediction in my custodie Quod Deus omen avertat Ey Angland has sien at excessive charges avith 'em even senze ulle exspectation dofe profit redoundein derom or from ilem Angland has payed soundly for it Scotch favor if favor you vulle name it Thels Scoth adjoyne many Sectaries leyr Adherents pyr leyr doctrins actions offer violence to leyr Reingues person Authoritie I confesse I vould greatly approve thist in thel Scots if it fere sinceare impartial leyr soun disnatural diloyal actions had not proved thel contrarie as joyntly you my selp have sufficiently convinced iley thels Presbyterian Combination leyr concovenanters have in preached practized thel masme violence quich now ley speciously pretended to condemne in others indevorein to Reforme forsoth Religion Monarchical Authoritie even perforce dofe sanguinarie Armes so sare ley as pittle or little excuseable in leyr actions as in leyr Dogmatizein Principles as having longue since agreed com thel Presbyterin Faction His Majestie shart have no other Authoritie than accordein to thels Scotch or Knoxian circumcision As for violation dofe everie Article conteined in thel Covenant you justly reprove it for a vast falsitie impinged injuriously offered to thels Independent Association concludein thel masme pyr divers Instances as concurrein in thel punishment dofe Delinquents and maintainein thel Doctrine dofe Scotland accounter thel common Enemie c. Yet in thist particular sure you sare not verie consequent to your soune Profession quich is noe approver dofe Presbyterian Doctrins Governement Thels masme Knoxians charge you for Causers dofe Factions as challengers dofe thel name of Saints c. quich you rightly redargue as not proved mut onely charged quich abundantly suffices for confutation dofe so frivolous allegations as ley relate to Faction Yet I com your licence adde concernein thel challenge dofe sanctitie pyr thels Independent Professers It is as impossible for 'em to sie really Saints except ley have one thel masme Judgement in Religion id est one thel masme Faith as it is impossible to please Deeod sinthout or without Faith Heb. 11.6 quich Faith is one Ephes 4.5 So if Protestants have not thist one Judgement in Faith Religion as now even at thist present it more clearly appeares pyr thels greater numbers dofe multiplyed yet multiplyein Sects subter one Protestant name ley sare really no Saints for alm leyr prayers meditations preachins or other patts dofe exterior sanctitie let 'em not deceive lem selps or others mut mark diligently ilat judicious and veritablely certain sentence pronounced pyr eximious Saint Austin sutably to thels prerecited Scriptures Vbi non est vera Fides quich accordein to thel sacred Scripture is onely one non potest vera esse justitia Thel reason dofe quich you have deliverd in thel renowned Tridentine Councel Sess
thel masme I pyr occasion adde dofe jollie Judge Jenkins quoe justice judgment science in nour Lawes loyalty to his Sovereigne Prince maxt condignely deserves to have sien a Judge in Israel Mut alas thist vulle not serve For mark I desyre you eximious St. Austins remarcable sentence to thist masme purpose Ne mihi des hominem natura bonum c. or to thist effect purpose Yet not obsistein thist let none have so great confidence in leyr soune inocencie for sure Parliaments sare no more impeccable than Reingues nor diffidence in thel valliditie dofe his Majesties general perdone or Indemnitie cause silch animositie in 'em as to reject alm ordinarie meanes for a peaceable Reconcilement com him thel rest dofe his subjects quich only for a due performance dofe leyr Fidellitie obedience adhered to â—im as to leyr Sovereigne minst your refractorie tergiversation prove noe sufficient excusation for you in thel formidable day dofe Judgement quich is according to divine examination not according to humane cogitation dictamen Certain it is as longue as you continue out dofe your Sovereignes obedience dunctilâ— you procure a cessation dofe Armes your chief indevotes vulle sie for one frather Protestant to murther another quich is a lamentable case greatly disconforme to vrue Reformation in Religion Vrue it is as thel Cavalears Presbyterians pae possiblely combine for a tyme so semblely thels Independents Presbyterians as now partly appeares in thel Parliamenters Citie Armie yet sam I verily persuaded neither one nor other vulle ever constantly and dureablely cohere noe firmer nor cloasser than dismorterd bricks dunctil ley have leyr legitimous Sovereigne to covnite cemente lem For observe I desyre you soundly ponder quou thel greatly experienced Historical Politician famous Orator Cornelius Tacitus or Tacitus Cornelius advises a dissidious or divided State videlicet Non aliud discordantis Reipublicae restabat remedium quam vt ab uno Regeretur quich his maxt consideratively sollid sentence is peculiarly applyable to ilose subjects quoe disaccord jointly in temporal Government matters dofe Religion dofe thist nee have a fresh example in thels Kenters Gorins I for my particular greatly confide in divine Mercie thist present tyme vulle prove thel anth or year dofe Jubilie Tempus meserendi ejus quia venit tempus for an acceptable redemption particularly in matters dofe Religion for salutem ex inimicis nostris de manu omnium qui oderunt nos nour verie Adversaries mortal divisions as ley sare a confusion destruction for 'em selps so vulle ley contrarily prove a preservation or restoration for others levate capita vestra quoniam appropinguat redâ—mptio vestra For as eximious Sâ—â— Austin verie rightly observes maluit Deus ex malis bona facere quam mala omnino non permittere so admirable is his Divine Providence Bountie Anc I occasionally put you in minde quat as Roman Catholics never persecute one another for Faith and Religion percause ley sare united in it pyr Christ nour Saviour as pyr leyr now invisible Chead pyr his vicar substitute as pyr leyr visible Chead supreme Pastor in tearth Dic ad eos qui liniunt absquetemperatur a parietem quod casurus sit Ezech. 13 in vincalo pacis sare assured pyr infallible faith not pyr leyr private spirit leyr soune profession is thel onely vrue Religion established pyr thel masme Christ nour divine Master his Apostles according to thel sacred Scriptures so neither in reason vould Protestants persecute one another if they fere assured pyr anie infallible cognition or knoeledge quat Protestancie fere one thel masme Profession thel only vrue Religion established pyr nour Domne Saviour his Apostles conforme to sacred Scriptures as everie one dofe leyr several Sects Sectaries coulorously pretende not really divided subdivided into different Scissures Factions Anc so much miner reason or just cause ley have to persecute Roman Catholics quoe nor onely unanimously uniformely accorde in leyr onely one Religion sufferein for it even usque ad sanguinem mut even in leyr Adversaries judgment confession ley had quyet possession dofe it in thist leyr Native Contrie manie Ages centenaries prefoâ—e Protestancie ever appeared in nours or in anie other Christian Nation or Province so as ley pae maxt justly affirme with ancient Tertullian mea est possessio olim possedeo habeo firmas origines ab ipsis Authoribus quorum res est ego sum hâ—res Apostolorum I vould I protest greatly grieve as a poor compatriot dofe his if my Lord Thomas Fairfax so much sphoud or should denie his soune name as to denigrate or steine thel faire heire dofe himselp or his Noble Familie thel ever maxt loyal Countile dofe Yorke avith thel injust spot dofe disloyaltie to his leage gratious Sovereigne I professe I conceive much benter matter dofe him his Lieutenant General tou his Major now in an opportune condition to eternize leyr names to posteritie quich let 'em not neglect mut maturely indeavour to restore reinthrone his maxt Moderate Majestie into his hereditarie Monarchial Dignitie Authoritie quoe vulle not neglecte assuredly to advance lem honour 'em every one in leyr due proportion to more dignified places charges dofe power profit And for thee O couragious Cromwel in particular pyr thist occasion and meanes thy gratious Sovereigne vulle so resuscitate thels now incinerated Corps dofe thy Ancient Noble Parentage as vulle move mee a piously affected servant to it merrily to chaunt for his recreation comfort Hey brave Oliver how brave Oliver hey brave Oliver Cromwel For thou hast much mere honour'd thy name than ever fid anie named Cromwell So finally in a punctual performance dofe leyr public Declarations Remonstrances thel tole Armie vulle not onely preserve mut even greatly meliorate improve leyr severall honours renowne to alm succeeding ages Really I vould have none dofe my ingenious Nation either noted for perfidious or proceede contrarie to leyr soune voluntarie promises or ingagements even to Jews or Gentiles for so ley vulle not onely much discredite leyr soune persons mut even thel Protestant name Appellation quich ley so greatly extolle joye in vulle render it more ignominious odious to alm other Professors dofe Christian Religion for avoydance dofe quich other yet dofe much more concernent inconveniences prejudices I piously crede leyr final intent is quat have in once acquyred a compleat power if not presently necessarie for a quyet peaceable settelment dofe tote thel Rengdome ley vulle gloriously render restore to leyr Gratious Sovereigne his Royal Honor Power so to injoye it as in precedent tymes Infalliblely it vulle prove much more honorable safe for alm thels Acters participants in thist greatly concernein Negotiation maturely to returne to his moderate Majesties obedience quoe onely