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A76450 An epistle directed to all iustices of peace in England and Wales. Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. 1642 (1642) Wing B2025A; Thomason E133_12; ESTC R19844 8,211 18

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and extirpation of the infectious heresies of the man of sinne which are incompatible both with salvation of mens soules and the safety of imperiall Crownes as there is curiousnesse and cruelty in Popish Kingdomes for the continuance of Antichristianisme and by a bloody inquisition into the very thoughts of men the greatest slavery that ever the sunne or the world tasted for the banishing and barring out even of all possibility so far as in them lies of reformation plantation of primitive truth and profession of grace Thirdly and above all the plantation and protection of a conscionable learned ministery must doe the deed when all is done and strike the deadlyest and irrevocable blow into the heart of the Pope if the never-erring Spirit of God have told us the truth 2. Thes 2.8 The Lord will consume the wicked man with the spirit of his mouth Policy State wisedome confederations of Christian States invention and execution of good lawes the disarming and disabling of the Popes vassals and the like are very notable and needfull meanes glorious attendants and assistants unto this holy worke But the sword of the Spirit managed by the hand of a powerfull ministery must strike off Holofernes head and knocke out the braines of the great Goliah of Rome which with intolerable insolency doth revile the host of the living God and trample upon the neckes of the Lords anointed The Champions of Christ in the battell of the great day of God Almighty at Armageddon may beare themselves bravely and triumphantly but the spirit of the mouth of the Lord Jesus shall carry away the chiefest glory of the day in that conquest and confusion of Antichrist and in laying his triple crowne in the dust But in the meane time untill the Lord put to his helping hand for setting those meanes on foot with resolution and constancy it is a matter of prodigious amasement to consider how mightily impunity of popish idolatry provokes the wrath of God against us and in what danger we stand the State the Gospell the royall person of the King the dayly invaluable hope of the succession of his children and particular welfare of every loyall subject in the land For if any man be so voyd of braine to doe himselfe and the State that wrong as to thinke that there are not still new mischiefes on foote and secret workings against us still by powder-plots Parisian Massacres or some proportionable vilanies let him thinke there is no divill in hell no Pope at Rome no malice in the heart of a Iesuite Me thinks it is an astonishment beyond the comprehensions of nature reason religion policies of State that such an intollerable generation so odious both to heaven and earth with abominable Idolatry so visibly infamous both to this and the other world with many capitall characters of blood so endlesse and implacable in their ragefull designments against the crowned Majesty of the Kings Throne so prodigious in their plots that they have cast an inexpiable and everlasting aspersion upon the innocency of Christian Religion such furious Assasins and Incendiaries for murthering or Princes butchery of people and e firing of States so inraged even like Wolves in the evening to swallow us up quicke if the time did serve I say that such in so orthodoxe a Church and noble a State should by allowance toleration connivencie or remissenesse and paraliticall distempet of the arme of Iustice or some thing be suffered to receive encreasement and multiplication both in number and insolency to the great dishonour of God Almighty the continuall vexation of Gods people and good Subjects and the most certaine hazard of the whole State and the peacefull succession of the Kings posterity It would never be but that the Lord in his just indignation intends prepares us for some dreadfull judgement And I am afraid Papists will be the men to execute Gods heavie wrath upon us because they are a principall matter in the meane time of high offence against his Maiesty To let passe infinite more of very speciall and materiall ponderations to this purpose consider I pray you but this one point with feeling apprehendsions which is able to inflame the heart of an ingenuous Heathen with extraordinary indignation I am perswaded there was not a Papist in this land whatsoever may be pretended or protested to the contrary but did heartily rejoyce at the taking away of that thrice nay thousand times noble and blessed Prince P. H. of sweetest memory for which the heart of every true Subject did shead most worthily even teares of blood Now what a rufull case is this that such vipers should bemourished in the bowels and bosome of this Kingdome the breath heart and life whereof they hartyly wish and would rejoyce to have extinguished To conclude the whole point for the present it is the generall joynt consent and current conclusion of all the Christian orthodox reformed Churches upon the face of Europe and it is worthyly and unanswerably demonstrated by our gracious Soveraigne that the Pope is Antichrist and Rome mysticall Babylon K. I. Some particular men out of curiosity and conceit of their owne wit affectation of singularity doting addiction to popish writers want of further illumination in the point partiall inclinations towards the divinity of Rome or the like may dissent without prejudice of a truth so universally resolved upon by Divines of best learning and sincerest judgement If so then tell me the meaning of such places as these and to whom the spirit of God directs the edge and execution thereof Reward her even as shee hath rewarded you and give her double according to her workes and in the cup that shee hath filled you fill her the double Rev. 18.6 And the ten hornes which thou sawest upon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eate her flesh and burne her with fire Revel 17.16 This prediction by the judgement of the best divines hath the power and passeth into the nature of a precept and therefore is charged as a commandement upon those of whom it is spoken These and the like doe indeed strongly confirme and make good those three propositions of that learned man and excellent light of Heildelberge in his booke de iure regum pag. 6. sequ The summe whereof may bee contrived into this conclusion Princes and Magistrates with their swords and scepters Preachers by the word and writings private men by Prayer and all lawfull opposition ought to doe their their best and utmost to bring confusion upon that man of sinne and his accursed doctrine And thus to follow the councell of the blessed Spirit in rooting out the limbes of Antichrist and Antichristianisme is so farre from being persecution that it is a very glorious service unto the Majesty of the God of heaven The neglect whereof and impunity of Idolatry is able in short time to shake the pillers and distrengthen the sinewes to decrowne the head and shorten the raigne of the strongest State and most potent Prince in the world Delayes are dangerous Policy to the contrary is pernicious and counivency cruelty in such places where these sayings have place blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth her children against the stones Psal 137.9 All yee that bend the bow shoot at her spare no arrowes for she hath sinned against the Lord Ier. 50.14 In as much as she glorified her selfe and lived in pleasure so much give you to her torment and sorrow Revel 18.7 In the meane time vntill the holy Spirits counsell and commandement to this purpose be taken to heart and throughly put in execution I pray the Lord to stay their rageful malice and to turne their popish murtherous hearts for whetting any more swords to shead the blood of the Lords annoynted or else to turne the sharpest swords from the point with a cutting edge on both sides even up to the very hilts in their owne hearts blood And in despite of hell and Rome good Lord wee pray thee let King Charles flourish still with a crowne of glory on his head and a scepter of triumph in his hand and still wash his Princely feet in the blood of his enemies Thus much I thought good to Epistle at this time for the discharge of my owne conscience and the needfull refreshing your memories with the apprehension of those dreadfull dangers which howerly hang over our heads by reason of the impunity of Popish Idolatry and the endlesse inevitable malice and machinations of the Papists We have had provocations and warnings enough from this place from the Parliament house from heaven by Gods messengers from hell by the powder-plot from Ireland by their heathen Tyranny from Rome by the roring of their Buls from France by their massacres and butchery of their Kings by more mediate and politicke by immediate and miraculous revelations discoveries deliverances by a blacke and bloody catalogue of most hatefull and prodigious conspiracies which runne parallell with the golden fine of Queene Elizabeths life by the dayly villanous libels of the swaggering runagates of our countrey base and illiterate pamphlets stuft with ribaldrie and railings and personall slanders impudencies out-facings utterly without any passage or impressions of grace or gracious spirit A thousand times a thousand wayes And yet what good have they done sith nothing will serve the turne Gods will must bee done For mine owne part I have delivered mine owne soule If any will not take warning whom it concernes his blood be upon his owne head But blessed is he who forc-sees the storme and hide him selfe in the meane time vnder the winges of Christ and shelter of a good conscience With which Conclusion as hee ended I also conclude commending this pithie speech of my so learned afreind to your wisedome and godly consideration your selves to Gods holy protection and all your iust proceedings to his gracious blessing that you may confidently look for a reward of your well doing in the end of your dayes FJNIS
AN EPISTLE DIRECTED TO ALL Iustices of Peace IN ENGLAND AND WALES London Printed for M. S. 1642. TO THE VVATCHFVLL Eyes in this our state the worthy Justices Imprisoners of Malefactors and Preservers of peace that peace is wished which passeth all understanding with the zeale of God in due execution of Iustice against the enemies of Christ and our Countrey WHat furtherance your places of Iustice bee to Iudges sitting in the seate of judgement is better knowne unto your wisedome and learned selves then I can any way immagine or think Yet I by my light observation perceive thus much what without your vigelancy and faithfulnesse the Iudges cannot doe what either their places require or themselves desire to doe for the good of our countrey As therefore I have beene bold in the zeale of God and cause of Religion humbly to petition them so in like manner I beseech you in your places to doe this good for Gods Church to search out these walking spirits of Antichrist I meane the Priests and Iesuites that they may be conjured downe by the power of the law and sword which doe so audaciously rise up with contempt of the word and spirituall power of Christ Likewise that the statutes be executed upon open Recusants who too boldly dare to professe themselves of the Popish Church And withall that a circumspect eye bee had of our Church-Papists such as for all their open comming to our assemblies doe sufficiently in many particulars declare themselves to be in their comming to Church the very meere servants of Men their course at home and abroad being duely examined And that you may see what may truely and without breach of charity be thought of these I will be bold with a godly learned friend of mine Mr. R.B. to set downe unto you what he concerning these Church-Papist openly delivered as a preface before his Sermon once at Pauls Crosse word for word as neere as may be His affirmation was this Conformity to the Oath of alleagiance and other outward formall satisfactions of the State concurring wtth a resolution to continue in Poperie is farre more pernicious to the State then open and profest Recusancie I say it againe saith hee A fellow which hath taken the oath of allegiance first either by power of some Popish dispensation which great men especially may easily procure because by their wit or worth or high roome they may be more notoriously serviceable to the Church of Rome or secondly by proportionable deduction of some warrant to their consciences in that case from that breife of Pius Quintus in the Queenes time mentioned before which any vnderstanding Papist will easily apprehend or thirdly by the cosoning art of mentall reservation of which perhaps some of their Priests cunninger sort especially of the equivocalting generation will bee ready to make advantage of or fourthly by reason of widenesse of conscience even directly and grosly against the corrupt notious and instructions therof which is much incident to the more ignorant and inferior rancke of Papists who through basenesse and lownesse of state are exempted from inteligence with the Consistorie of Rome and acquaintance with the liberty of many popish resolutions in such cases and having no grounded and reall assurance of salvation in that profession which is an inseparable miserie to popish herisie dare not hazard their temporall happinesse for any hope of future comfort they are ever like to have or reape by such a miserable religion I say a fellow having thus taken the oath of allegiance either by popish dispensation mentall reservation or directly and grosly against the checke and contradiction of his popi●● conscience is by accident and by consequent farr more Pestilentiall to the State then he was before for such reasons as these By this formall outward false hearted-conformitie First he diverts and declines the watchfull eye of state-realosie from ordinary excubation and vigilancie over his popish villanies and machinations from a more narrow particular insinuation into his vnder-ground vaults and timely observation of his engrossing too much gun-power and so workes a great deale of mischiefe vnobservedly fearfully vndermines without any countermine of policie and concurrers most danderously with the outraged malice of that man of sinne for the wasting of our Church and dis-strengthening the State without sence or suspition Secondly he is vnworthily armed with the respect and reputation of a good subiect and so may more boysterously and with greater bravery wound and weaken the better side vexe goodnesse and good men more boldly without controlment and secretly promote Poperie and hinder proceedings against Papists even with authority and some colourable ostentations of safer policie and florishing pretences of deeper reaches into the misteries of State Thirdly hee may thereby give deeper wounds into the heart of the truth through the sides of those they call Puritans and over their heads doe his worst to knocke out the braines of the blessed Gospell of the sonne of God It is incredible what a world of wrong and mischiese is wrought vpon the truth which we professe and true professours thereof by politicke conformable Papists vpon the wofull advantage of certaine Ministers inconformitie If such a fellow spie out a consionable painfull Minister and finde him obnoxious to the rigour of the law but in the least point and that perhaps out of a peacefull tendernesse of conscience while himselfe is in heart a ranke traitor to the State O then he plies the advantage with much malice and bitternesse by informations aggrapations exasperations fawning concurrence with Ecclesiasticall Courts untill hee have procured the putting out of that burning shining lampe for he well knowes when such lights expire the noysome snufe of Popery is like enough to infect that darkesome place and God knowes all this is done not for presurvation of peace as he publikely pretends but for promotion of Popery which he secretly intends I woul to God the reverend Bishops and Fathers of our Church would wisely thinke of this point before it be too late I speake not here any thing to harden the Separatist or any truly tumultuous but to point out a dangerous depth of the misterie of iniquitie which worketh pestilently upon such advantages I rather pray that all the blessings of the God of peace both in this world and in the world to come may be heaped upon his head whosoever hee bee which doth any way with holinesse and good conscience labour to further the peace of our too much distracted Sion Fourthly he that conformes in outward obedience to the State by warrant of Popish dispensation must labour to recompence the Popes liberality in that kind with some more remarkable and notorious service to the See of Rome Hee shall finde himselfe out of a sense of such extraordinary favour from that unholy Father bound in conscience and ingaged in congruitie to be more ready and resolute vpon occasion or advantage upon any desperate adventure and high