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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43666	Ravillac redivivus, being a narrative of the late tryal of Mr. James Mitchel, a conventicle-preacher, who was executed the 18th of January last, for an attempt which he made on the sacred person of the Archbishop of St. Andrews to which is annexed, an account of the tryal of that most wicked pharisee Major Thomas Weir, who was executed for adultery, incest and bestiality : in which are many observable passages, especially relating to the present affairs of church and state / in a letter from a Scottish to an English gentleman.	Mitchel, James, d. 1678, defendant.; Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Weir, Thomas, 1600?-1670, defendant.	1678 (1678)	Wing H1860; ESTC R10945	57,651	80

the Sword and Scepter and set the Crown upon his head and he accordingly received them according to these Sacred Oaths and Promises and swore by the everliving God to use and improve them for the end aforesaid and especially in order to the performing of this Article viz. The extirpation and overthrow of Prelates and Prelacy and now the want of what Authority do they mean or speak of truly I know not except it be the Authority of their aggregation of new Gods of whom they have their gain life and standing viz. Chemosh or Bachus which with drunken Moab delighted to dwell within dark Cells and Ashteroth and Venus whom they worship in the Female kind because of their Adulteries and Whoredoms at also Milchom or Molech which signifies a Tyrannical King or a Devil if they will have it so in whose arms and power they put their young Infants and Posterity to be burnt and destroyed according to his Lust and Pleasure Amos 5. 26. Psal 116. 37. and that Mammon which they delight to worship daily together with their own bellies whose glory is their shame who mind earthly things whose end will be destruction except they repent which there is little probability of Psal 3. 19. to which if we may add their abominable Pride and Blasphemous perjury then their Gods will be equal in number to the Whore their Mother from whom they have their being strength and standing and from the Devil their Father who was a Deceiver Lyar Murderer from the beginning and now seeing the Prelates possess whatsoever their Gods Chemosh c. giveth them to possess then why should not we possess what the Lord our God giveth us to possess viz. His eternal Truths manifested to us in his revealed Will and keep and defend the same from all Innovations Corruptions and Traditions of his or our Adversaries defend our lives Laws and Liberties out of the hands of our Usurping Enemies Jud. 11. 24. for sure I am that God once dispossest the Prelates and Malignants of all these and should they again possess them through our defect God forbid But the like of this work our Murthering Prelates like not who plead like the Whore their Mother for passive Obedience and that all the Lords people who may not comply with your Idolatries should lay down their necks to their bloody Axes with whom too too many of our Hypocritical time-serving and perfidious Professors do agree who would rather abide with Ruben amongst the Sheepfolds than Jeopard either life or fortune in the help of the Lord against the Mighty but do not consider the bitter curse pronounced by the Angel of the Lord against Meros to which he immediately subjoyns a blessing upon Jael the Wife of Hebar the Kenite others excuse themselves thus viz. Vengeance is mine and I will re-pay but so the Throne and Judgement is the Lords and by this they would take away the use and office of Magistracy which erronious principle I detest for God even in the working of Miracles viz. in dividing the Red Sea Exod. 14. 16. he commanded Moses to stretch forth his Rod and Christ when he opened the blind Man's eyes maketh use of clay and of spittle though indeed I mean not of any who were willing to have helped but wanted opportunity yet there are many peevish time-serving Professors who resolve they shall never suffer so long as they have either Soul or Conscience to morgage providing that they may save them from suffering and if it will not do their business it seemeth that before they suffer they resolve to sell out at the ground Now Sir I have neither mis-interpreted Scripture nor mis-applyed it inregard of the Persons here hinted at nor been wrong in the end which ought to be the glory of God and the good of his Church and People Then I think that some Persons might forhear to scourge me so sore with their Tongues while I am not yet condemned by the common enemy and my bearing of some things reported by some behind my back hath occasioned my writing to you at this time O Sir be entreated to pray to the Lord in my behalf that he would be pleased out of his Mercy and Goodness to save me from sinning under suffering in this hour and power of darkness for my Soul is prest in me in the search betwixt sin and duty viz. least I should be too niggard and sparing of life when God calleth for it and upon the other hand least I should be too Prodigal and lavish of it in not using all legal defences in preserving of it and many things of the like Nature I am in a strait O Lord undertake thou for me Sir I hope you will excuse me in sending you these indistinct and irregular lines when you consider my present condition Sir believe I would many times when I am before them think a Scaffold a sweet retirement least they should cheap and deceive me in making me either to stain the declarative Glory of God my own Conscience or his People and Interest in wronging of them either by opening of the Adversaries mouths against them or in letting loose their hand upon them henceforth let the Adversary either say or do what they can yet the Righteous will hold on their way and he who hath clean hands will be stronger and stronger Job 17. 9. But he that saith unto the Wicked Thou art Righteous him shall the People Curse Nations shall abhor him Prov. 24. 24. Farewel in the Lord. POST-SCRIPT IT is acknowledged by all rational Royalists that it is lawful for any private Person to kill an Usurper or Tyrant sine titulo and to kill Irish Robbers and Tories or the like and to kill Boars Wolves and such devouring Beasts because the good of this action doth not redound to the Person himself only but to the whole Common-wealth and the Person acting incurrs the danger himself alone The Second Part of The Cloud of Witnesses pag. 60. Mr. Knoxe has these express words For God saith he had not only given me Knowledge and a Tongue to make known the Impiety of the Idol but had given me credit with many who would have put in execution God's Judgements if I would only have consented thereto But so careful was I of common Tranquility and so loth was I to offend some that in secret conference with zealous Men I travelled rather to slacken that fervency God had kindled in them than to animate or encourage them to put their hands to the Lord's Work wherein I acknowledge my self to have done most wickedly and from the bottom of my heart I do ask my God pardon that I did not what in me lay to have supprest that Idol in the beginning But O! how far are the Men in our time from such convictions whose work it is to put out any spark of Life or Zeal which appeareth in any Person against Idolatry and Idol of our times Now let Men whether Foes or Friends