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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68707	A large declaration concerning the late tumults in Scotland, from their first originalls together with a particular deduction of the seditious practices of the prime leaders of the Covenanters: collected out of their owne foule acts and writings: by which it doth plainly appeare, that religion was onely pretended by those leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them. By the King.	Balcanquhall, Walter, 1586?-1645.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1639 (1639)	STC 21906; ESTC S116832	348,621	446

religion justice and honestie they have effected it others besides themselves both in heaven and earth must judge and give sentence As this of the Libell was a tricke of falshood so about this time there was put upon the people a notable tricke of forgerie which was this There was a maid whose name is Michelson her father was a Minister and when he died left her young she hath been for many yeeres distracted by fits Upon this young Maids weaknesse some were pleased to worke and to report her for one inspired with a spirit of divination and finding that out of her blind zeale shee was wonderfully affected with their Covenant and that in her raving fits her words tended all or for the most part to the admiration of it and detestation of the opposers of it and perceiving that shee was well skilled in the phrases of the Scripture and had a good memorie so that shee could remember the bitter invectives which both in the Pulpits and elsewhere shee had heard made against the Bishops and the Service-booke they thought her a very fit instrument to abuse the people and cryed her up so much that the multitude was made beleeve her words proceeded not from her selfe but from God Thence was that incredible concourse of all sorts of people Noblemen Gentlemen Ministers Women of all rankes and qualities who watched or stayed by her day and night during the time of her pretended fits and did admire her raptures and inspirations as coming from Heaven She spake but at certaine times and many times had intermissions of daies and weekes in all probabilitie that she might have time to receive instructions and to digest them against the next time of exercising her gifts as they call them which so soone as shee was ready to begin the newes of it was blowne all the Towne over and the house so thronged that thousands at every time could find no accesse The joy which her auditors conceived for the comfort of such a messenger from Heaven and such messages as she delivered from thence was many times expressed by them in teares by none more then by Rollock her speciall Favourite who being desired sometimes by the spectators to pray with her and speake to her answered That he durst not doe it as being no good manners in him to speake while his Master was speaking in her Now that shee was set up by the Covenanters to perswade their ends with the people there bee two reasons which may induce the Reader probably to beleeve First because that they of best judgement who were present at the time of her pretended raptures did affirme that they saw nor could observe nothing supernaturall in them they onely found she had a good memorie especially of that which she had read in the Scripture or had heard preached that shee had a very good expression of her selfe but yet they found that both shee knew that shee was speaking and what shee was speaking contrary to that report which went about of her and that while she was speaking if she were interrupted by any questions shee made very pertinent answers to them which could not have been if all that time shee had been transported with any supernatuall rapture Secondly because most of all that shee spake still tended to the Covenanters ends when she spake of Christ she ordinarily called him by the name of Covenanting Jesus The summe of her speeches for the most part was that it was revealed unto her from God that their Covenant was approved and ratified in Heaven but that Our Covenant was an invention of Sathan that all the adherents to it should bee confounded as all the adherents to the former were and should be protected by God the author of their Covenant against all opposition whatsoever which speeches of hers were averred by the Covenanters with as great confidence and admired by the people with as much veneration if not more as any other of their Pulpit Dictats which presumptions did make very many both Covenanters and others thinke that the crying up of this Maid did looke something like a Romish imposture Let all this rebellious behaviour and these contempts of Our Commissioner and Councell interveening betweene Our last gracious Proclamation of the indiction of the Assembly and the day of the Assembly neere at hand bee laid together and what judgement can any man make of them but that they were devised and practised principally for this purpose That Our Commissioner might prorogue or discharge the Assembly from whence by these strange proceedings hee could not have the least hope of any good and if hee should discharge it they were sure they should gaine some credit with their partie whom they had made beleeve that hee never intended otherwise as also should indict an Assembly themselves which they made full accompt to doe which appeareth both by the tenour of the Commissions given to their severall Commissioners both from Presbyteries and Burrowes which run thus We give you full power to appeare for Us at this Assembly now indicted the 21. of November next wheresoever it shall happen to be not naming the place Glasgow where Wee had appointed it hoping that it should bee prorogued in which case they intended to hold it at Edinburgh the seat of their Tables As also by divers of the Covenanters Letters written to that purpose the copie of one written by the Lord of Balmerino We here exhibit to you Loving Cousin I Have lately received advertisment from severall friends that are chosen Commissioners for the Assembly to helpe them to lodgings in Glasgow I send you h●re a Roll of some of our particular friends whereof you may give a Copie to the Provost and Magistrates that they being men of quality may be accordingly furnished for themselves and their train with such roomes at least as you have provided for me I hope your Magistrates have beene as carefull to provide for the Commissioners as for the Councellours which are not so necessary members of the Assembly as the Commissioners And if they be not well eased it may be a great argument to the Assembly to remove it selfe elsewhere I am of opinion that of the three hundred necessary Commissioners of Assembly the halfe of them have not provided themselves as being farre distant and unacquainted hoping in so good a towne to fnde all commodities for money I would send a servant to take possession of those Lodgings which can be had for my self and our friends that we be not surprised with the Councellours followers who are to be with you the 15 or 16 of this instant George Porterfield undertooke to my Lord Lindsey and other Noblemen at his last being here to bespeake three or foure of the best Lodgings they designed for such Noblemen as was given him in list we have heard nothing of his performance My Lord Lindsey hath written oft-times to me and I would intreat you to desire George to write with the first occasion to