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A87944 A letter from an officer of the army in Ireland to a kinsman of his in the English army 1659 (1659) Wing L1450; Thomason 669.f.21[69]; ESTC R211264 1,198 1

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A LETTER From an Officer of the ARMY in IRELAND to a Kinsman of his in the ENGLISH ARMY Good Cosen THe enclosed is both a Duty and a Legacy if you Love your Self Peruse it if you Love Me Publish it for it is intended to my Friends and to my Country It is the Last and it is the Greatest Good I can do you and it is as well the Last and the Greatest Right I am capable of receiving from you Farewell Fellow Souldiers I Am not in condition for many words and I hope these few will be profitable to You although the Fruits of a repentance very Late as to my self The Damned onely can expresse what at this present I Feel betwixt the Horrours of pain and Conscience and this wretched extremity affords me no other prospect without a Miracle then Death and Damnation I wish that the Agonies I endure may prevent the greater Sufferings of my Fellow-transgressours and that you come not as well to partake in My Torments as I have done in your Offences Which that you may not doe reflect seasonably and seriously with me upon the Rapine Sacriledge Perjuries and Murthers we have committed together and let This moment be That of your Returne to your Duty and Reason Do not trifle with Eternity it depends upon this Instant and there 's no redemption from the pit Heaven and Earth are your declared Enemies and your courses are not lesse Ridiculous then Impious Your portion even in This world is contempt and Beggery and that of the Devils is to be your Inheritance in the Next You are cousened of the very Bread you Fight for and you digg like the Indians Naked to furnish your unthankfull Masters with Treasure Your Liberties fortunes Reputations Lives and Soules are but a Sacrifice to a pack of Cheates Cowards and Atheists and there is not a Sword advanced against you which carries not Infamy Death and Hell upon the Poynt of it All Hands and all Interests are engaged to your Destruction The whole Nation lookes upon you but as so many Wolves and the very Sheep you have flayed to cover your sneaking Villanies will have their skins again But this is nothing compared with the Impressions of Divine Vengeance upon your wounded Souls God will not be deluded he knowes that you understand the Crimes you act and the Conscience of your Sin shall be the Sting of your Punishment Oh Gentlmen I speak to such as have not cast off Humane Nature with Christian Religion to such as have not Sinned unto Death to such as weare not the Seale of Reprobation upon their foreheads by all the Tendernesse you owe to piety and Nature as ever you expect Mercy from Heaven or Peace upon Earth I Beg of you nay I charge you spill no more Innocent bloud Take this counsel as you expect an Interest in That which was shed for the world Betake your selves to Teares and penitence for what is past Reserve your selves for more Honourable and Needfull Occasions to employ your Courage hereafter That which possesses you at present is the Spirit of Mutiny and Sedition not that of Valour The time is at hand which will both Glorifie your service and Reward them Draw your Swords Then and you will finde the difference betwixt committing a Murther and Offering a Sacrifice God give you his Grace and so I bid you farewell for ever Dublin August 14. 1658.