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A56200	Sad and serious politicall considerations touching the invasive war against our Presbyterian Protestant brethren in Scotland, their late great overthrow, and the probable dangerous consequences thereof to both nations and the Prorestant [sic] religion which may serve as a satisfactory apology for such ministers and people, who out of conscience did not observe the publike thanksgiving against their covenant, for the great slaughter of those their brethren in covenant.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1650 (1650)	Wing P4058; ESTC R5356	63,285	75

Sad and serious Politicall CONSIDERATIONS Touching the invasive War against our Presbyterian Protestant Brethren in Scotland their late great Overthrow and the probable dangerous consequences thereof to both Nations and the Prorestant Religion Which may serve as a SATISFACTORY APOLOGY for such Ministers and People who out of Conscience did not observe the publike Thanksgiving against their Covenant for the great slaughter of those their Brethren in Covenant Printed in the Yeer 1650. Sad and Serious Politicall Considerations THE English Independents new invasive War against their Presbyterian Protestant Brethren of Scotland and late great rout and slaughter of their Army meeting with variety of censures and constructions according to the dive●sity of mens inclinations and interests some prudent Christians ingaged to no parties whose interest is onely the preservation propagation and safety of the reformed Protestant Religion against the common Enemies and Underminers thereof have these sad melancholy apprehensions thereof That it is a dolefull Prologue and tragicall Scene not onely to the approaching ruine and desolation of both Kingdoms for their manifold crying sins but likewise to the speedy subversion of the true Protestant Religion and extirpation of all zealous Professors thereof through our three Kingdoms and in forraigne parts upon these ensuing considerations 1. That the Kingdoms of England and Scotland make up the greatest Body of the Protestant Religion in Christendom being best able to defend themselves and succour other Reformed Churches when indangered and designed to ruine by Popish Enemies as the Lords and Commons declared long since in their Protestation to this Kingdom and the whole world 22. Octob. 1642. and in their Order of the seventh of October 1643. And therefore the ruine of the Protestant Party in these Kingdoms is the readiest way to indanger conquer ruine all other Reformed Churches in the world and extirpate the Protestant Religion in all other Countries as they there likewise Declare 2. That the Pope of Rome Jesuites Priests Papists and their Confederates upon this ground have for many years last past by open force and secret practices endeavo●red the extirpation of the Protestant Religion and most zealous Professors thereof throughout these Kingdoms and made it their chiefest designe to reduce them to their pristine obedience to the See of Rome which by the Popish Negotiations with Spain the Papisticall Match with France the Agency of the Popes Nuncio's the practices of Priests and Jesuites in England countenanced and protected against the force of Lawes and the confederacy of Popish Prelates Clergie-men and Courtiers with them in these Designes they had almost totally accomplished and brought to full perfection in all our Realms as the whole House of Commons in their Remonstrance of the state of the Kingdom 15. Decemb. 1641. and other subsequent Declarations and they and the Scottish Commissioners in their Impeachments against the Archbishop of Canterbury largely remonstrate 3. That the most zealous Protestants then branded with the name of Puritans and Presbyterians in England and Scotland were the principall and only obstacles to the finishing of this their neare compleated Work Whereupon the Jesuiticall Popish and Prelaticall prevailing F●ction resolved to root them out of this Kingdom by force or drive them out with fear and rid them all out of the way For the better effecting whereof they thought it necessary to reduce Scotland to such Popish Superstitions and Innovations as might make them apt to joyn with England in that great change which was intended Whereupon new Popish Canons and a Liturgy reformed much after the modell of the Papists Mis●alls were prest upon them and all the Arminian and Popish Doctrines broached maintained and new Popish Ceremonies practised in England were in deavoured to be planted and set up in Scotland 4. That this their dangerous ripened Designe finding no publike but onely private opposition in England by particular persons who were ●ined pillori'd stigmatized deprived of their ears close imprisoned banished and ruined by the Star-Chamber and High-Commission to the publike terror of all others thereupon the Scottish Puritans and Presbyters were the first visible Instruments raised by God to give a publique check to their successefull design beyond their or our expectations 5. That hereupon the Jesuiticall and Prelaticall Popish Party raised two severall Armies successively to suppresse and extirpate the Puritan and Presbyterian Party in Scotland as the only remo●a's to their design and were most active and forwards in their leavies and contributions against them indeavouring to ingage the Protestant Party in both Nations in a bloudy civill War●e to their mutuall ruine to which the Puritan and Religious party in England were most averse First privately murmuring and afterwards publiquely protesting against this Warre as dishonourable and dangerous to Religion and both Kingdomes in the Parliament in April 1640. purposely summoned to raise moneys to carry on that War which they refused to grant to so ill a purpose and did all they could to blast their malicious designs and warre against Scotland whereupon the Popish party caused that Parliament to be dissolved and did all they could by violent arbitrary courses and illegall Loanes and Taxes to raise Forces and moneys to maintain a warre against them imprisoning and prosecuting those who resisted or refused to assist them in this warre in the self-same manner as those in present power have done divers of their Christian Brethren for manifesting their dislike and backwardnesse to assist them in this ungodly invasive warre against their Protestant Brethren in Covenant against many publique Ingag●ments and not giving publique thanks to God for their late overthrow 6. That the Scotti●h Puritans and Presbyterians advance with their Army into England in the year 1640. of purpose to preserve the Religion and protect themselves and their English Brethren from slavery and ruine was the pri●cicipall and only means under God of preventing their own and our thraldome to no p●ry and Tyranny of frustrating all the Jesuites Papists and Prela●es designs of securing Religion Laws Liberties and conve●ing the last Parliament which through Gods blessing on their indeavours through the assistance of the Scottish Commissioners and countenance of their Army over-powered the Popish and Prelaticall Faction brake all their former Projects in pieces suppressed all their Popish Innovations Doctrinall and Ceremoniall reconciled the differences between both Nations setled a firm unity and amity between them by an Act of Oblivion and Pacification abolished the High-Commission Star-Chamber Extravagances of the Councell-Table the Bishops Courts and Votes in Parliament Ship-money Impositions and all other illegall Taxes quickned the Laws against Jesuites Priests and Popish Recusants passed a Law for Triennuall Parliaments and another against the untimely adjourning proroguing and dissolving of themselves at the Kings own pleasure and thereby put our Religion Laws Liberties and Properti●s in a farre better condition of security and the Popish and Prelaticall party into a farre

or if they miscarry to his Sister matched to the Prince of Aurenge or if they all should fail descending to the Queen of Bohemia and Prince Elector Palattine their severall new Titles and Interests will find means to infest us with new Warres till they have either obtained their rights or rui●ed both themselves and us So that unlesse God put so much wi●dome and spirit to the English Nation as to restore the King to his just Rights upon safe and honourable terms according to their Oaths Covenant Protestations Declarations to all the world and Principles of their Religion we can in humane proba●ility expect nought else but the utter ruine both of our Religion Nation Kingdoms and totall extirpation by Forraign enemies And certainly if we seriously consider 1. The infinite divisions discontents oppressions that are every where amongst us 2. The Heresies Blasphemies Sects and Schisms that are lately broached and publikely countenanced by us 3. The Generall contempt and neglect of the publike Ordinances of God and free toleration granted to all to withdraw themselves from them without the least censure or punishment 4. The generall contempt hatred discountenancing reviling and persecuting of godly and faithfu●l M●nisters throughout the Nation and the snares that are daily laid to intrap and ruine them 5. The extraordinary Apostacy of many Professors from the truth purity and power of Religion almost to professed Atheism contempt of the Word Prayer Preaching Sacraments and all other O●dinances to meer licentiousnesse lukewarmnesse and Prophanenesse 6. The generall inclination of the people to errours E●thusiasmes and seducing spirits 7. The little cordiall reall love and affection between Professors of Religion and the great animosities hatreds and divisions amongst them both in Opinion● Practise and affection 8. The little conscience of Oaths Protestations Covenants Promises and great hypocrisie covetousnesse oppression self-seeking envy hatred and malice that is in the Nation and amongst those especially who professe themselves Saints of the highest form 9. The universall inundation of all kind of sin and wickednesse and open profession thereof in all places 10. The extraordinary Injustice Tyranny Cruelty and Mercilesnesse that all parts of the Land complain of and groan under 11. The great effusion of Christian bloud and of the bloud of our Christian Brethren in Covenant that our whole Land is polluted with and our rejoycing in this bloud-guiltinesse instead of repenting and mourning for it 12. Our present decay of Trade and Merchandize 13. Our intolerable Taxes and Impositions o● all sorts 14. The extreme poverty of our Kingdom and increase of poor people in all parts which have little work or none and will not sta●ve 15. The divisions of our Forces into Ireland and Scotland where standing Armies and Garrisons must be constantly maintained for fear of revolt 16. Our great breaches with France and Portugall and no good quarter with any Forraign States or Kingdomes which as yet will neither own nor hold full and open correspondency with our new Governours or Government 17. The revolt of most of our Forraign plantations from us and the late Declaration against them as Traytors and Rebells who count us such 18. The Negotiations with the Pope and Popish Kingdomes and most Protestant Princes and States to incense them all against us as enemies to all Magistracy and publike Government and to mankind it self as Salmatius hath published us in print 19. The spreading the pestlence in many places and the feared famine throughout the Realm 20. The manifold injuries and afronts offered to all the Nobility and most of the Gentry of the Na●ion and the whole Nation it self in the change of the Government without and against their consent in contin●ing and increasing their burthens Taxes and out-lawing many of them because they will not subscribe the Ingagement in erecting new High Courts to take away their lives without any legall Triall by their Peers for offences punishable by no common Law 21. The Ex●cution of so many Protestants and not of one Papist whatsoever by these or other Courts of Justice though the chief contrivers of our late unhappy Wars and discontinuance of all Capitall proceedings against Priests and Jesuites since the abolishing of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance made principally against them and the Popes Usurpations and practises 22. The injustice of our present cause and Warre meerly against Monarchy Presbytery and old English Peers and Parliaments purposely to support the present Government set up by the meer power of the sword yea founded on the bloud of a Protestant King and ruine of the very best of Parliamen●s to prevent a settlement of peace and Religion by an unbloudy Treaty And then compare them with the Premises and Cardinall Richelieu his Instructions and advice to the late French King a little before his death published by an Italian of good note and printed in Italy Anno. 1645. to foment the late differences between the late King and Parliament all he could and if possible by the solicitation of his instruments to draw the Commons to change our Monarchy into a meer Republike thereby to imbroil all our Kingdomes in civill Warres against each other as the only and best policy of all to weaken and destroy both our power and Religion and advance the interest of France and Catholike Religion which we see now accomplished according to his advice and then we have just cause to fear an inevitable approaching ruine both of our Religion and Nation notwithstanding our late Victories and Successes which do but weaken impoverish destroy our selves and promote the designs of our common enemies unlesse God give us a timely sight and Reformation of this our impolitick oversight and incline our hearts to a generall peace and unity th●oughout our Kingdome by restoring every man to his just right and inheritance from the highest to the low●st and abolishing all future seeds and occasions of our intestine Warres The serious consideration of all which Premises are a sufficient satisfactory Apology for all Ministers or others now questioned for the Non-observance of the late Thanksgiving day ●or the great rout and slaughter of our Protestant Presbyterian Brethren of Scotland against all their persecutors We shall therefore close up all with Abners Speech to Ioab in case of the civill Wars between the House of David and Saul wherein the Is●aelites of the same Religion and Nation unnaturally fought and slew each other Ioabs souldiers pursuing and slaughtering Abners whom they had discomfited in battell addressing to those in present power 2 Sam. 2.26 27 28. Then Abner called to Ioab and said shall the sword devoure for ever knowest thou not that it will be bitternesse in the latter end how long shall it be then ere thou bid the people return from following their Brethren And Ioab said as God liveth unlesse thou hadst spoken surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following their Brethren So Ioab blew a trumpet and all