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A96291	A declaration to Great Britain and Ireland, shewing the downfall of their princes, and wherefore it is come upon them: because Christ is riding on his white horse, conquering his enemies till he have destroyed Antichrist, who hath made the nations drunk with the cup of her fornications: and till he have destroyed Mahomet, that great deceiver of the people. / Written and directed to Great Britain, and all other nations; by me Robert Wharton, wel-wisher to my countrymen, and to all the faithfull in Christ Jesus throughout the world. With an humble advice to the Army. This treatise is approved and commended, and thought worthy to be printed, by Master Hugh Peters.	Wharton, Robert, fl. 1649.	1649 (1649)	Wing W1575; Thomason E555_35; ESTC R204066	18,927	28

mightily prospering his owne worke yet for all they see such mighty overthrowes given to out enemies yet would they go on plotting their evill designes but when our parts got the better then would they give way patience by force thus did they linger out the time thinking all would turne but the Lord laughs them to scorne making them the out-cast of men Yet one thing is to be noted after the Armies had conquered their enemies giving them large Propositions that they should arise no more in opposition they broke their Articles and rose againe as did appear in Kent Wales and Essex and other places then how did they brag and vapour when the Army was parted and engaged and indeed put to such hard service that the Heavens seemed to frowne on them yea and the whole World caused them to frowne with many that before had taken their parts which made their condition to seem very sad then did the Lord seem once more to appear for them and gave them power over their enemies then were they utterly reuted in every place where they were gathered together then did the Scots invade the Land thinking to overcome all and so become masters over us who came not to sight for the King onely but to enslave the Nation as did appear if this be so then what mad spirits have we that would rather take all and become Slaves to another Nation then to be crost of our foolish wills the Lord charge our mad spirits that we may see what is for our good unite us together againe and make us a happy Nation that we may serve him who said First seeke the Kingdome of Heaven and all these things shall be added unto you But to looke further how many opportunities had our enemies and lest all friends friends in the Parliament friends in the whole Nation except a few that the Lord had chosen for us friends amongst all Nations yea even the whole World except a few the Lord had chosen and the weaker sort to which maketh me call to winde a Speech that the Dutch Embasadour said when he had seen the Kings Army at Oxford and our Army that attended their motion said he the King hath a gallant Army but you have a good God to sight for you which was as much as if he had said If ye have not the Lord to fight for you ye are undone then judge ye after all these examples and great deliverances whether the Lord hath fought for us or no Yet one great worke I must not forget concerning the Leiutenant Generall and his Brigade 2 Remember when the Scots came first into England to oppose the King about Religion out Parliament for their assistance in that worke sent them a great Summe of money and so to depart the Land which when the French heard of it they made a play of English men and Scotch men the English man was stript naked from the shoulders to the Waste and the Scotch man beating him where he pleased this being done Low were English men laught to scorne as the Scotch men could laugh at t is at their pleasute which was the greatest blot that ever English men had put on them but take notice how this blot was wiped off the Scots with a great Army marched into the Land thinking to be masters of all as did appear by their actions but their cause being unjust the Lord strengthened the hands of our souldiers to sight against them who very valiantly scattered them like a myst marched into their Countrey had their Demands caused their enemies to be disbanded entertained in their chiefe City with great respect came off with honour to our Nation and shall we be unthankfull unto the Lord for such mercies as these be desiring to have them shall we be ungratefull to our friends that have wiped off such a staine from the Nation with the ventring their lives the Lord forbid this great evill that reignes in their spirits that ever we should turne against our friends that have spilt their bloud tosave us from being destroyed the Lord humble both Ministers and people that we may see our owne misery and amend that the Lord may be pleased to unite the Nations that we may become the Temples for the Lord Christ to dwellin then shall holinesse be our delight and the Lord will delight to do us good so shall we dwell safely and none shall make us afraid but for my part that have wrote this Book I have desired that my hand might be dried up like the hand of Jeroboam never to pluck it in again and my tongue cleave to the roofe of my mouth then that I should write any thing against the Honour of Christ I never took the like worke in hand before now but all my prayer is that the Nations may be united againe and that the Lord Christ may reigne over us The Lord give us such a Parliament as may hate covetousnesse that they may doe that which is just for the poore Commonalty that above all they may seeke unto the Lord to know what is his will concerning a true Government for his Worship and this being done surely the Lord will delight todwell among us which will be the happiest condition that ever Nation lived in which that it may be so the Lord strengthen us with his holy Spirit to go on in a loving way both Ministers and people and so the Lord prosper us all while we are so seeking and doing his Will to whom be ascribed all Glory and Honour both now and evermore Amen I pray marke well and consider what Instructions we have in Psalm 146. so likewise in Isat 58. To the Worthies of the ARMY BUt unto you the Noble Champions of England whom the Lord hath rade Conquer ours over his enemies conquering those that were like the mighty Anakims of the Land whose command was obeyed through three Kingdoms and whose name was honoured upon the great Ocean how hath the Lord made you like Josuah and Caleb conquering the enemies of the Lord Christ and like David cut off the head of Goliah and shall not the Lord be honoured by you for all this surely that were a great dishonour to the mighty worke he hath put into your hands to do I pray consider how the Lord hath given all the Land unto your hands to dispose of scattering your enemies and making them amazed now doth all Nations stand and waite to see what will be the intent of your actions some say that ye are hypocrites making a stirrup of Religion to yet up into the saddle and sion thence to the Throne some say that now ye are become Masters of all ye will become mighty men over your brethren serving your own turnes and to the poor Commons whom ye have fought for shall be worse enslaved then ever by having many Task-unsters reigning over us Should it be so your latter end would be worse then your beginning yea and the Lord would serve you

Bush and sacrificed like as he would have sacrificed the people of the Lord. Thus hath the Lord appeared for his peoole yet for all this the enemies of the Lord will not see what the Lord is doing but they will goe on and though they see plainly that the Lord is destroying his enemies yet will they be more vile raising up War but it proves their own destruction as consider the evill that our King hath brought on him and his posterity and all because he could not set up Papistry and bring the Nation into a slavish condition ô that wicked will that is in man by nature though to the destruction of himselfe and his posterity which though he had wealth enough by the revenues of three Kingdoms yet would not all this serve him but a tyrannicall government over the Nations surely they that have hearts to consider and well understand this may very well know that he had no great love to the Nation but to rule like a Tyrant or a cursed stepfather that loves the wealth the children are heirs unto but strives to make the children away who would have gone from his people as he did when he was so royally and lovingly entertained by them a great gift given him another to his Queen and another to the Prince by the Citizens of London which was not the gift of one man but the gift of many yea how did the Citizens entertain the Queens Mother thus did the people rejoyce to doe them good and for all this kindnesse they sought to spill our bloud and who must he choose but Papists for his trusty friends as Arundel Lunsford an arch Papist to be Lieutenant of the Tower to beat the City about our ears this love and kindnesse have we found at his hands for the great love we shewed him when he tooke up a War against the Scots he spared their bloud and granted their desires but when he came to reason with us nothing but fire and sword served his turn to destroy us a poore and blinde people that should so much desire the life of him that was not only a destroyer of the body but likewise of the soul by seeking to put out the light of the Gospel and to have set up papistry as you may see by his actions under a colour desiring to have Religion as it was in Queen Elizabeths dayes and so to have set up Papistry but with his Lordly Bishops but all would not serve his turn for when he had run his course in the place where he had sinned in the same place he must end his dayes a sad condition for in the time of his prosperity he built a Masking-house for the Devils worship or sporting upon the same place where the Lords name was call'd on the Masking-house being built up to over-top Gods place of worship yet doe I not say that is the true place of Gods Worship for the place that God chooseth for his worship is in the heart yet that place was chosen by man to call on the name of the Lord therefore did the Lord as for his wicked designe and so brought bloud upon his head as he hath done on his Nobles and the rest of his friends that were the enemies of Jesus Christ But me thinks I heare him be wailing Straffords bloud truly he needeth not for never was man more sorry for his friends death then he was for his had he pittied this Nations bloud as he pittied his there had been no War raised by him to cut off English men as he hath done Some say that Duke Hambleton clears the King of Irelands bloud as concerning the Protestants there how many times hath he been moved in every Treaty by the Parliament to cause War to cease there but would not yield to it then judge you whether he be guilty of that bloud or no. Again some say it was not lawfull for the Parliament assisted by the Army to put him to death will ye say so are they not they whom the Lord hath put the Sword into their hands to execute vengeance on his Enemies is his bloud dearer to him then the bloud of his Saints though he was an utter enemy so far as his power did reach to cut off the people of the Lord. But you will say that David would not lay his hand on his King a great reason for David knew that he was anointed to be King by the Prophet of the Lord therefore had it been presumption against the Lord to snatch the Crown to his head and not wait the Lords leasure for David was told by the Spirit of the Lord that he should be King and that Sauls dayes should be shortned Again Saul was a freind to the Nation cutting off the Gibonites thinking to doe the people his Subjects a pleasure but ye saw no such affection in our King towards the people his subjects but take notice how the Lord dealt with Saul after he had destroyed him by his enemies his wrath was not appeased so but he revenged the bloud of strangers on his seed caused a dearth for foure years to come upon the Land and would not be appeased till he had rooted out his posterity If the Lord dealt so with him that was a freind to the Nation how much more will he be angry with those that will spill the bloud of the Nation and destroy the Lords Inheritance Yet one great worke I doe behold and I doubt a sad one that our Ministers should so much bewail his death that proclaimed them Traitors who would not have spared their lives but have put them to death and so have put out the light of the Gospel as you may take notice concerning his actions and those that were in counsell with him in their wicked practises had it not beene death for any that should have come to give him evill counsell against the Gospel or against the Lords inheritance Had he been a godly Prince would he have slighted the death of his Father as he did when he was told he was poysoned and when a Parliament was called in the beginning of his Reign how would he have searched out the offenders but he caused the Parliament to be put by and sit no more likewise concerning Rochel work what treachery was there laid against the poore Protestants there judge ye they sent hither for help against the Papists for fear of being overcome by them and he promised them help but when their greatest need and desires came on them he sent the ships against them whereby they were overthrown thus from the beginning of his Reign to his last days hath he been an enemy to the people of the Lord and will ye cause the people to mourn after him that so much hath sought after their destruction truely a sad case Christ saith ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you I am sure he doth not command you to mourn after his enemies when he is destroying them do you