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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93704	A warning-piece discharged: or, Certain intelligence communicated to His Excellencie the Lord General Cromvvel, with all the real and cordial officers and souldiers under his command. Wherein the present tempers of each society of people in this Commonwealth, under each degree or notion whatsoever, are inserted and controverted, in relation to the election of a new representative. As also, a brief and full parallel betwixt the history of Israel and our late and present series of affairs. In which simile, our present general is compar'd with Moses, as he was their deliverer, judge, and general. By John Spittlehouse, a late member of the Army.	Spittlehouse, John.	1653 (1653)	Wing S5016; Thomason E697_11; ESTC R203634	20,397	27

late Parliament Lawyers or parties interested in tythes befitting for choyse as in your second Querie without expressing in the least whom you meane by persons interested in tythes viz. free Donors of tythes or demanders of tythes or both And yet to conceipt that the three aforesaid particulars should not only be divulged but also controverted and decided as also a new Representative compleated in thirty six dayes signifies that you are either a very fleet man or an envious man against our present Patriots Againe Sir Let me tell you were you deputed to elect a considerable number of persons to represent the Common-wealth as aforesaid yea and that you had your friend J L. sent for to your assistance I am assuredly confident you could not finde such persons amongst all your consorts as will parallel these ten in present Authority for able and faithfull men And what is further required by any rationall unbiassed men But to begin where I ended viz. with my aforesaid parallel of the present Generall to Moses in point of civill judicature Object As to that wee reply that should the worst come to the worst we have upon that account a priviledge to elect persons and to present them to our Moses if you will needs have him termed so Respond Pray let us peruse those Texts of Scripture that relateth to that particular And if we find it so then I shall not in the least contradict the same and to this purpose wee will have recourse to Exod. 18. from vers 13. to the last Whence it is evident that when Jethro saw the great toyle which Moses had in judging of so great a multitude he dehorteth him from continuing any longer in such a condition for remedy of which he prescribeth his sonne in law Moses these following rules Harken unto my voyce saith Jethro and I will give thee counsell vers 19. and God shall be with thee Be thou to the people to God ward that thou maist bring the causes unto God And thou shalt teach them Ordinances and lawes and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walke and the the worke that they must doe Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men such as feare God men of truth hating covetousnesse And place such over them to be rulers of thousands and rulers of hundreds and rulers of tennes and let them judge the people at all seasons And it shall be that every great matter they shall bring unto thee but every small matter they shall judge so shall it be easier for thy selfe and they that beare the burthen with thee Whereupon vers 24. saith that Moses harkned to the voice of his Father in law and did all that he had said And Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people Rulers of thousands Rulers of hundreds Rulers of fifties and Rulers of tennes and they judged the people at all seasons The hard causes they brought unto Moses but every small matter they judged themselves Now in all this it appears that Moses was to have the election of the aforesaid people himselfe as also the sole management of all the circumstances thereunto appertaining And if so where then will be your priviledg of electing men your selves Object If you compare the former expressions with Deut. Cap. 1. 9. c. you will find that the people had a vote in the elections yea and that by Moses owne direction as in vers 13. where he saith Take yee wise men and understanding and known amongst your Tribes Unto which his Proposition he addeth also the answer of the people thereunto viz. that they did well recent the same saying The thing that thou hast spoken is good for us to doe So that undoubtedly they had the priviledg of election and Moses of approbation as appeareth by Moses following words where he saith So I tooke the chiefe of your tribes wise men and knowne and made them heads over you Captains over thousands and Captaines over hundreds and Captaines over fifties and Captaines over tennes And officers amongst your Tribes And I charged your Judges at that time viz. at the time of their approbation by him saying Heare the causes between your brethren and judge righteously betwixt every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him Yee shall not respect persons in judgement but you shall hear the small as well as the great Yee shall not be afraid of the face of man for the judgement is Gods And the cause that is too hard for you bring it unto me and I will heare it And saith he I commanded you at that time all that yee should doe So that it is cleare the people did elect the aforesaid persons by Moses order or appointment Respons Moses then by your owne confession had the ordering and disposing of all things both as the Congregation of Israel did consist in Marshall and Civill capacity And as to your collection from Deut. 1. 13. I must tell you that the case is now otherwise with us then it was with Israel for that Congregation were at that time all unanimus which you very well know wee are not Againe it is not rationall to conceive that the mixed multitudes had any hand in the aforesaid Election Object Wee may then according to your former expression reject those whom you terme the mixed Multitude viz. the Grand and Demy Cavaliers And if so what is there then to obstruct but that our Moses may give order for a New Election with all possible speed that may be Respond Suppose wee should not admit the aforesaid mixed multitude yet there being so many various Opinions or Judgements amongst our selves and in as much as every of these interests will endeavour to promote themselves I therefore judge it a most dangerous attempt to desire such an Election as you so thirst for not that I doe in the least goe about for any base or sinister end as some may deeme I doe or any wayes in the least to stirre up strife amongst us the Lord before whom I speake it knoweth that I lye not And therefore if any one shall judge so of my sayings they do as much injury as Alexander did Paul and for which the Lord will one day reward them But meerly out of the apparent ruine that I see stands before such an Enterprise And therefore my humble request is that the Lord would so operate by his Spirit upon all our affections who claime an interest in the benefits that doe accrew unto us by the marvellous Acts of providence that wee would all unanimously rely still upon the same providence as also instrumentally upon him viz. our present Deliverer Generall and Judge whom the Lord hath been pleased to make use of as formerly hath been related unto you And not in the least distrust him as eyther ambitious or unfaithfull to us but rather endeavour with all our might to strengthen his weak hands and feeble knees under so great a burthen which out of his father-like affection he hath taken upon him and that by incouraging him to persevere in the worke of the Lord as also according to his late request that we may invocate the Great and Omnipotent Jehovah in his behalfe to the end he may first be acquainted what he is to doe and then that the same God would also give him power to put the same in execution to the glory of the same God and the mutuall comfort of us his childre and servants which that he would be pleased to grant is the earnest request of the meanest of his and your servants JOHN SPITTLEHOUSE Postscript Luk. 2. 13 14. and Rev. 19. 1. c. And sodainly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly hoast praysing God and saying Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace good will towards men And after these things I heard a great voyce of much people in heaven saying Allelujah salvation and glory and honour and power unto the Lord our God For true and righteous are his judgements for he hath judged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornications and bath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand And againe they said Alleluja and her smoke rose up for ever and ever And the foure and twenty Elders and the foure Beasts fell downe and worshipped God that sate on the Throne saying Amen Alleluja And a voyce came out of the Throne saying Praise our God all yee his servants and yee that feare him both small and great And I heard as it were the voyce of a great multitude and as the voyce of many waters and as the voyce of mighty thunderings saying Alleluja for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Let us be glad and rejoyce and give honour to him for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made her selfe ready And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linnen cleane and white for the fine linnen is the righteousnesse of Saints And he said unto me write Blessed are they that are called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And he said unto mee these are the sayings of God And I fell at his feet to worship him And he said unto mee see thou doe it not I am thy fellow-servant and of thy brethren that have the testimonies of Iesus worship God for the testimony of Iesus is the spirit of prophesie He that hath eares to heare let him heare FINIS