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A90227	The araignement of Mr. Persecution: presented to the consideration of the House of Commons, and to all the common people of England wherein he is indicted, araigned, convicted, and condemned of enmity against God, and all goodnesse, of treasons, rebellion, bloodshed, &c. and sent to the place of execution. In the prosecution whereof, the Jesuiticall designes, and secret encroachments of his defendants, Sir Symon Synod, and the John of all Sir Johns, Sir Jonh Presbiter, upon the liberty of the subject id detected, and laid open, / by yongue Martin Mar-Preist, son to old Martin the Metrapolitane. This is licensed, and printed according to holy order, but not entered into the Stationers monopole.	Overton, Richard, fl. 1646.; Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?,	1645 (1645)	Wing O620; Thomason E276_23; ESTC R209849	47,185	54

themselves and not trust too much to their L'ppes for their Lippes are Cozen Germaine to their Teeth and this is most certain they all speake through the Teeth Mr. Nation Loyal Mr. Foreman according to the Evidence we have received and result of our consultation hitherto he is guilty ipso facto of what is laid to his charge and for mine owne part I know that Toleration is not against Nationall Loyalty but may well stand with Nationall peace as by divers antient and moderne Examples I can make it appeare Abraham lived among the Cannanites and Perizzites Gen. 13. 7. 16. 3. againe he sojourned in Egypt Gen. 12. 10. after in Gerar where King Abimelech bid him dwell where it pleased him cap. 20. 21. 23. 24. afterwards among the Hittites cap. 23. Lot lived in Sodom Iseack also dwelt in Gerar yet contrary to the King and his Subjects cap. 20 Jacob lived 20. yeares with his Vncle Laban in one house yet different in Religion Gen. 31. 30. 33. the Children of Israell lived 430. yeares in Egypt Exod. 12. 40. afterwards were caried away to Babylon where they remained 70. yeares all which times they differed in Religion yet no danger to the State Sampson lived among the Philistimes Lot in the Land of Vz yet their Religion though different was not disturbant to the State And in the time of Christ when Israell was captive to the Romans lived divers Sects of Religions Herodians Scribes and Pharises Sadduces and Libertines such as denyed the Resurrection and Samaritanes the common Religion of the Jewes the Christian and Apostolick Religion all which deffered from the common Religion of the State which in all probability was the worship of Dima whome all the world almost then worshipped Act. 19. 20. yet all these lived under the Government of Caesar not any wayes injurious to his Crowne and Dignity or disturbant to the peace of his Government but when Persecution arose then the State was troubled by tumults uproares c. And how doth Toleration injure the State of Holland Poland Trasilvmia c. their Weales States and Citties are well and peaceably governed divers Religions are in their Provinces yet all have one harmony in matters of State all united and engaged in the generall safety peace and tranqillity of their severall Kingdoms States and Provinces wherein they so freely enjoy their soverall safeties protection and freedomes Mr. Liberty-of-Subject Mr. Foreman besides what I have received form the Witnesses of my own experience I know that if PERSECVTION be not executed the Liberty of the Subject now in controversie cannot be setled in this Land for the Anbaptists Brownists Independants c. true and faithfull Subjects to the State that stood to the publike cause when the Preists such like scurrel●●s vermine durst scarce be seen in it but Jesuitically caried themselves in an equall ballance betwixt both that though the King had conquered yet most of them would have kept their Benefices a wise generation I say these more noble spirited men that freely spend their lives fortunes and estates for the Liberty of the Subject and that from the most noble and rationall princ●●ple the Common Good and not for selfe respect neither those of them which suruive nor the succeders in their faith shall enjoy this Liberty their just Birth-right but be wholy deprived thereof and the purchase of their Blood be ceas'd and devour●●d by those Presbyterian Horse-leeches and confined to such blood-thirsty Ca●●tle which is directly opposite to the just Liberty of the Subject Mr. C●●mpas S●●m Mr. Foreman I have beheld the īnnocency of their intentions and ●●ty of their lives to wit of Anabaptists Brownists c their affections to the Common-wealth their forwardnes of assistance in purse and person kowing their Meetings to be so innocent so far from confederacy or counterplots pag. 3. ●●d yet their pers●●ns so hated contemned and belyed such wounds made upon their consciences that my heart aboundeth with greife that their miserie should be thus passed by their wounds so wide and deepe and no oyle of mercy powred in so that me thinkes everie man is bound in conscience to speake and doe what ●●e can in the behalfe of such an harmeles people as these pap 4. Therefore Mr. Foreman being privy to the truth of the Evidence against PERSECVTION the sole causer of their wounds and miserie I conclude him an enemie against God and all goodnesse c. and that he is guilty of the Indictment Mr. Truth- -Peace Mr. Foreman much I could say against the Prisoner to witnesse the verity of the Indictment but for brevity sake I shall referre you to the discovery I have made of his Impiety Treason Blood-shed c. in that Booke intituled The Bloody Tenent and I commend unto you and to the necessary perusall of the COMMONNS and nobles of England that most famous peece called The Compassionate Samaritane as a most exact modell of rationa●●y Mr. Light-of-Nature Mr. Foreman whereas Sir Symon in the defence of PERSECVTION saith that LIBERTY-OF-CONSCIENCE opens a gate to all manner of prophanesse loosenes●●e c. the Light of Nature might teach him that Toleration is no Approbation or rhe suffering of Religions a warrant to be of no Religion much lesse to publike prophanesse for this comes within the nompasse of that which Nature teaches the most ignorant therefore within the reach of publike restrain●● according to the Lawes of common mode●●y and civility which Nature hath written in the hearts of all men naturally Such publike Transgressions that are uncivill unnaturall and unbecomeing humaine society is open prophanesse and lo●●senesse fall under the restraint and correction of the Magestrate whose power is over the things of Nature those being offences of that kind As the Majestrate is to maintaine the publicke peace and all civill societies therein so is it preserve publike modesty comlines and civillity that there may be a generall comely demeanour as rationall creatures so their carriage and publicke demeouours are to be rationall regular and comely and not openly licentious prophane and blasphenious contrary to common sense reason and humanity Mr. Creation Gentlemen we have spent much time and our Uerdict is expected and the case is so evident and plaine that I thinke what is done may suffice if you Mr. Orphan and Mr. Day-of-Judgement be agreed with us in your Verdict let us give it in what say you Ambo We are agreed guilty guilty Crier A Verdict Make way there for the Juri●● Judge PERSECUTION hold up thy hand Masters of the Jurie looke upon the Prisoner is he guilty of this Treason Rebellion Bloodshed c. in manner and forme as he stands indicted or not guilty Foreman GUILTY my Lord. Judge PERSECUTION thou hast heard the hainous Accusation that hath been proved against thee and the verdict the Jurie have given in upon thee what canst thou say for thy selfe to award the sencence of death 〈◊〉 passing

he depart here 's twenty shillings for your paines you know 't is sacraledg to bring downe the price As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Crier Make way there for the Jurie The Jurie withdraw and thus fall into debate about their verdict Creation Gentlemen from the Evidence of the Witnesses against PERSECUTION I clearely perceive that he is of so divelish and unnaturall disposition as is not computible with the workes of the Creation all creaturs of a kind associate feed and converse together there is a publicke freedome of all kinds amongst themselves the Oxe the Asse the Sheep and all sorts of Cattell the Dove the Sparrow and all kinds of Birds have a State harmony a publike Toleration generall Concord and unity among themselves in their severall kinds but this Malefactour as from the Witnesses is evident unnaturallizes man-kind above all kinds of Creatures that where he rules no peace publike or private no freedome rights or liberty either civil or spirituall no society cohabitation or concord Nationall nor Domesticke can possibly be amongst men but envying hatred emulation banishment c. Wherefore from the consideration hereof and of what the Witnesses have given in to me he appeareth guilty what say you Mr. Gospell Gosp Mr. Foreman Whereas it is by Sir John and such like urged that the Kings of the Gentiles have equall power with the Kings of Israel of old understand that their supremacy was but for a time untill Shiloh came and no longer to whome then the gathering of the people should be he came to take away the First that he might establish the Second being made Mediatour of a better Covenant established on better promises the forgivenesse of sinnes and the guift of eternall life But he that despised Moses Laws dyed without mercy under two or three witnesses The old Covenant was over the Old man and its Condemnation or punishment was over the Old man to wit this corruptable fallen State of Mortallity and therefore they executed death upon the transgressors thereof The New Covenant is over the New man to wit the Spirit that shall be raised out of this corruptable at the Resurrection therefore hath it the promise of forgivenesse of sins and eternall life the penalty of that temporall death the death of the Old or earthly man in this life the penalty of this everlasting death the death of the New or spirituall man in the life to come wee are New Creatures or New men now but by faith not actuall till the Refurrection we are to live as if we were raised againe for the condition of the Gospell is not to us as the Condition of Innocency was to Adam a Condition in this present State of this present State as his was to him to wit the Condition of immortallty in immortallity but ours a condition in present mortallity of future immortallity so is it that mortallity being swallowed up of life we are presently under the end of its Condition Salvation or Condemnation Therefore as the Resurrection cannot possibly be but by Christ so the penalty cannot possibly be by other it is out of the Sphear of this world therefore one of the power of the Princes of this world as they cannot be Mediatours of the New Testament so they cannot be punishers therein Therefore to punish the Offenders therein is to attempt the Throne of Christ and asurpe as much as in them lieth his Mediatourship Therefore hath he referred the contemners of his Gospell untill the Judgment of the Last Day And for that in Isaiah 49. 23. And Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers and Queens the nursing Mothers it is a Prophesie of the deliverance of the Jewes from their Captivity to whom Kings and Queens shall be assistance in their returne to the Land of their Forefathers as ver 19. 22. 23. 26. c. witnesse Politicke Power Mr. Foreman Salus populi the safety of the people is the Soveraigne Law or fundamentall constitution of Civill Government therefore though Majestracy hath been corrupted and abused as appeareth by our Evidence to the terrour of the most virteous conscientious well minded men and the maintenance and protection of the wicked so that it hath been perverted from the geneall good if all sorts sects and societies of people unto this or that sort or sect yet this evill in Majestracy is to be cut off ne pars sincera trabatur And Mr. Foreman it appears by our Evidence that PERSECUTION is the originall of the disease therefore to be cut off least the whole politiqus body perish For where Persecution is what dissenuions mutintes tumults insurrections aproares and divisions what what conspiracies Treasons and Rebellions what bloodshed cruelty and inhumanity hath been by our Evidence declared the which by our owne experience we find verefied in divers Kingdomes States and Provinces for doe we not see betwixt the Catholicke Cause and the True Protestant Religion so cal'd the Christian world is embrewed with blood destroying and devouring one an other the dashing of those two imperious ambitious insolent Religions the Papall and Protestant together besides what it hath done to the House of Austrea c. hath split the Dominons of this politique body asunder that they wallow in one an others vitall blood burning destroying and ruinating all before them how many Townes Villages and sumptenus buildings have been burne what Tillage and Meddowes laid wast and how many thousands of innocent soules have been slayen in Ireland contrary to the end and foundation of poltique Government and doth not England tast even the dregges of this Cup yea swallow it downe with greedynes that we are even drunke with one an others blood enraged with madnesse crueltics c. without all hopes of peace till one of these persecuting Religions have devoured the other Mr. State-Policie Mr. Foreman though from Rome the spirit of Persocution is conveyed into most sects of Religion and is dayly found to the shame of Religion among such as are or would be counted religious and most States and Kingdomes being rent with such persecuting Religions therefore the Kingdoms of Christendome have judged the Toleration of divers Sects inconsistent with State policy yet Politians would they consider need not in curing one mischeife run upon a greater for such good and wholesome meanes might be provided as in a small time this violent spirit might be worne out the next generation be of a better temper and at length Persecution to be as rare as now common and a more placable peaceable spirit consiliated among the generality of men And seeing this impatient violent ambitious spirit is so dangerous to Civill Societies their friendship unity so destructive to publike peace and safety It is therefore necessary that Kings and all Governours whose Office is that all may lead a peaceable and quite life under them should in policy to the generall good see to the securing of their Dominions from this

factious spirit by such wholesome strict Lawes as may best conduce to the suppression thereof as of Treason Rebellion or the like for allare Traytours and Rebels in their hearts to the publike peace and generall good of humaine societies salus populi the peoples safety which our State counteth the suprame Law which are of a perseuting spirit for it is in direct opposition to that Law And who more guilty then the Papist and the Protestant when one is too mighty for the other the Papist stronger then the Protestant the Protestant stronger then the Papist the stronger is so ambitious and fiery zealous for his owne cause especially the Papist that one place is too hot for them both and the Protestant as he is a persecutour of the Papist so as well as the Papist is he a Persecutour of Anbaptists Brownists Antinomians Independants c. but they persecute none but seeke the generall good peace and safety of all Sorts Sects and Societies of people yea even of their Enemies so that as Papists are Enemies and Traytours to the safety of all Sorts Sects and Societies so are the Protestants considered in this persecuting capacity both persecuting therefore in this sense their Religions are both trayterous desperate and dangerous to the Publicke Good Therefore it ought to be the care of those Kingdomes and States where those persecuting Religions are to purge those Religions of this Malignant persecuting spirit this trayterous disposition for Relegions may be absolute yea the Protestant more truley Protestant if cured of this Pestilentiall disease of persecution for indeed persecution is no part of Religion but a meer spirit of Treason insensibly insinuated and distill'd into Religions by Popes Bishops and Preists so that ignorantly the members of those Religions are made Traytours to their owne Rights and Liberties and so enslaved to the trayterous designes of the Clergie the very roote of Treason for indeed the Teachers of Persecution are the Archest Jesuiticall Traytours of all whether Papist Protestant c. such as Mr. Edwards who most impudently and trayterously saith in his Antipologie that the Parliament is bound in duty to compell all men to the Decrees of the Assembly Mr. Polit-Power Mr. State-Policy I commend your policy herein for indeed Mr. Edwards in so saying is a Traytour to politique power But I pray you proceed Mr. State-Policie Well then as all are borne subjects to their Kings so are Kings to see that all may have their Birthright Liberty and Priviledge of Subjects that all may be kept in the generall Bond of peace of what sort or sect soever for as Lucius Lavinius said to King James all the different members being wrapt up in the skine of one constitution need no stronger obligement to uphold the whole then their owne interest Therefore were the devouring principle of persecution weeded out from betwixt all Religions they might all enjoy their publike safety to the generall enlargement and strengthning of politike power for the strength of the King lies in the multitude of people so that it is most consonant to State policy to include all rather then deprive any of publike protection M. Nationall-Loyalty Mr. Foreman this is a matter of great weight that we have in hand therefore not sleightly but seriously to be weighed and deliberately examined both from our owne knowledge and experience as from the just Evidence given in by the Witnesses for I conceive this prisoner is antiently knowne to us all that wee may be better enabled to give in our verdict wherefore having something to say of antient experience I shall first desire Mr. State-Policie since he hath given us an hint of wholesome meanes that might be used to prevent and suppresse this turbulent rebellious Spirit of Persecution that he would declare what further he hath in his thoughts thereon Mr. State-Polic That which in it selfe is wicked neither honourable to God allowed by him nor profitable to man but dangerous and destructive to common safety and peace falleth under the Sword of the Majestracy and the Majestrate may 〈◊〉 use such meanes as shall best secute the publike peace from the evill their of Now since the generality of the people are possessed with this Evill Spirit infused nourished and preserved in their hearts by Popes Bishops Preists and at present in the Land by the trayterous Synod called the Assembly of Divines who labour with might and maine to establish and sede this trayterous spirit in the Land and further since all by compulsion are to be forced to the Civill peace and publike vnity and all are to be desended and preserved under the publike freedome one as well as an other therefore to this end the Majestrate ought to bind all Religions that no Religion have power over other that all in the Generall have Toleration and none in particular be offensive for the Papist may be a Papist the Protestant a Protestant without the power of Compulsion the deprivation thereof is no wayes injurious to their Religion as a man that hath a wen or a bunch that growes upon any member may be a perfect man and that a perfect member without it Therefore to this end a Nationall Covenant would not be inconsiderable to engage all in this publike freedome that as all should be sharers in it so all should be desenders of it That no Protestant Minister or other should teach privately or publikely either by preaching writing or conference any thing contradictory or distructive thereto That no man upbraid reproach scoffe deride threaten or doe any violence to any for his Religion and such like And that this be continued from Generation to Generation under such and such penalties as the State shall thinke fit so that in a small time if the Governours would hearken to the feare of the Lord this oppression of conscience which is now made State Policie condemned by the God of mercy and all mercifull men would waxe out of date and be cast out as abominable to God and destructive to mankind Then their feares and jealousies one of an other which puts them in a continuall posture of war both offenfive and defensive would be at an end their Controversies would be of an other kind false and equall Disputes and it is better and farre cheaper to provide words for Argumentation then instruments of war for blowes and bloodshed and would conduce I am sure more to the common good and satety the one doth encrease knowledge the other nothing but rage and revenge by reasoning those that are ignorant would shortly see how they and their Forefathers have been cheated of the Tenth of their encrease fool'd and nurs'd up in blinnesse by Bishops Preists c. meerly to uphold their greatnosse stuffe and cram their ungodly guts that it is become a Proverbe as fat as a Bishop and how soone if PERSECUTION be acquited it may be verified on the the Presbyters I leave that to the issue only I wish the people to try things