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truth_n	scripture_n	spirit_n	teach_v	4,680	5	6.6628	4	true

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A81007	The Lord General Cromwel's speech delivered in the Council-Chamber, upon the 4 of July, 1653. To the persons then assembled, and intrusted with the supreme authority of the nation. This is a true copie: published for information, and to prevent mistakes.	Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.	1654 (1654)	Wing C7169; Thomason E813_13; ESTC R3114	16,487	28

duty divested themselves and divolved the Government into the hands of others it having been the practice where such things have been done and very consonant to reason together with the authority to lay a charge in such a way as wee hope wee do and to presse to the duty which wee have a word or two to offer to you Truly God hath called you to this work by I think as wonderfull providences as ever past upon the sons of men in so short a time and truly I think taking the arguments of necessity for the Government must not fall take the appearances of the will of God in this thing I am sure you would have been loath it should have been resigned into the hands of wicked men and enemies I am sure God would not have it so it comes therefore to you by way of necessity it comes to you by the way of the wise Providence of God though through weak hands and therefore I think it coming through our hands though such as wee are it may not be taken ill if wee offer to you some thing as to the discharge of that trust which is incumbent upon you and although I seem to speak that which may have the face of a charge it is a very humble one and he that means to be a servant to you who are called to the exercise of the supreme authority to discharge that which he conceives is his duty in his own his fellows names to you I hope who will take it in good part and truly I shall not hold you long in that because I hope it is writen in your hearts to approve your selves to God only this Scripture I shall remember to you which hath been much upon my spirit Hosea 11 and 12 verse Yet Judah ruleth with God and is faithfull among the Saints it is said before Ephraim did compasse God about with lies and Israel with deceit how God hath been compassed about with fastings and Thanks-givings and other exercises and transactions I think wee have all to lament why truly you are called by God to rule with him and for him and you are called to be faithfull with the Saints who have been somewhat instrumentall to your call he that ruleth over men the Scripture saith hee must bee just ruling in the fear of God And truly it is better to pray for you than to counsell you in that that you may exercise the judgment of mercy and truth I say it is better for you to do it than to advise you to aske wisdome from heaven for you which I am confident many thousands of Saints do this day and have done and will do through the permission of God and his assistance to advise you onely truly I thought of a Scripture likewise that seems to be but a Scripture of common application to every man as a Christian wherein he is counselled to ask wisdome And he is told what is that Wisdome that is from above it is pure peaceable gentle Easy to be intreated full of good fruits without partiality without hypocrisy and my thoughts ran thus upon this that the executing of the judgment of truth for that is the judgement that you must have Wisdom from above for and that is pure that will teach you to execute the judgement of truth and then if God give you hearts to bee easie to bee intreated to bee peaceable spirits to bee full of good fruits bearing good fruits to the Nation to men as men to the people of God to all in their several stations this wisdom wil teach you to execute the judgement of Mercy and Truth and I have little more to say to this I shall rather bend my prayers for you in that behalf as I said before and I know many others do also Truly the judgement of Truth will teach you to bee as just towards an Unbeleever as towards a Beleever and it is our duty to do so I confesse I have often said it foolishly if I would miscarry I would rather do it to a Beleever than to an Unbeleever perhaps it is a Paradox but let us take heed of doing it to either exercising injustice to either if God fill our hearts with such a spirit as Moses and Paul had which was not only a spirit for the Beleevers among the people of God but for the whole people hee would have dyed for them and so Paul to his Countrymen according to the flesh he could have dyed for them truly this wil help us to execute the judgement of Truth and Mercy also A second thing is to desire you would bee faithfull with the Saints and I hope whatever others may think ought to bee to us all matter of rejoycing that as one person our Saviour was touched with our infirmities that hee might bee pittifull I do think this Assembly thus called is very much touched with the common infirmity of the Saints and I hope that will teach you to pitty others that so Saints of one sort may not bee our interest but that wee may have respect unto all though of different judgements And if I did seem to speak any thing that might seem to reflect upon those of the Presbyterian Judgement I think if you have not an interest of love for them will hardly answer this faithfulnesse to his Saints I confesse in my pilgrimage and some exercises I have had abroad I did read that Scripture often in Isaiah 41. 19. When God gave me and some of my fellows what hee would there and elsewhere which hee performed for us and what would hee do to what end That hee might plant in the Wildernesse the Cedar and the Shitta tree and the Mirtle tree and the Palme tree together To what end That they might know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this And that the Lord hath created it that hee wrought all salvation and deliverance which hee hath wrought for the good of the whole flock therefore I beseech you but I think I need not have a care of the whole flock love all the Sheep love the Lambs love all and tender all and cherish all and countenance all in all things that are good And if the poorest Christian the most mistaken Christian should desire to live peaceably and quietly under you soberly and humbly desire to lead a life in godlinesse and honesty let him bee protected I think I need as little advise you concerning the propagation of the Gospell and incouraging such Ministers and such a Ministry as be faithfull in the Land upon whom the true character is Men that have truly received the spirit for such a use which Christians will be well able to discern and doe men that have received Gifts from him that ascended on high and led Captivity Captive for the work before mentioned and truly the Apostle Romans 12 when hee had summoned up all the Mercies of God and the goodness of God and hath discoursed of