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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66753	Fides-Anglicana, or, A plea for the publick-faith of these nations lately pawned, forfeited and violated by some of their former trustees to the rendering it as infamous as fides-punica was heretofore : it is humbly offered to consideration in a petitionary remonstrance to all in authority on the behalf of many thousands to whom securities were given upon the said public-faith and was prepared to have been put forth during the sitting of the last Parliament ... / by the author George Wither.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1660 (1660)	Wing W3157; ESTC R27622	56,067	97

permitting it or to say better we for saking God Jerusalem which was Lady of all the Cities in Asia and Mother of all the Hebrews in Palestine is now servant and tributary to Rome whereat we Jews need not to marvel nor ye Romans to be proud thereof for the highest trees are soonest blown down by violent winds Great were those Armies whereby Pompey vanquished us but greater have our offences been for which we were forsaken of GOD I would have you to hear by words but rather to know it by experience that we have a merciful God who can do more alone then all your Gods together and who sheweth compassion though among fifty thousand there be but ten good men They are our great offences only which have made you to be Lords over us and not your Power or Vertues For whilest we agreed in the Unity of Faith in one only God he prospered us and so long as the wrath of God is upon us for our sins so long shall you be Lords over us and no longer Then shall we recover what we have lost and ye shall lose what you have won And as we are now Commanded so shall we be then Obeyed but at present and whilest we are swayed one way and ye another neither can you encline me to the worship of your Gods neither shall I be able to draw you to believe only in in that one God the Creator of all things to whom I refer the disposing of all things Touching that which I have chiefly to say Know you that in times past Rome had peace with Judea and Judea with Rome and being friends preserved each other in peace but now it is otherwise and whilest we sigh for peace we see you make preparations for war whereas if you would expell those who bear us evil will and we could know and take heed of them who provoke us to rebell neither should Rome so much oppress Judea nor Judea hate Rome Friendship is lost not so much for the interest of the one or other as by their indiscretion who pretend to be Mediators for if they who take upon them that office be greater enemies then those between whom a war is begun they do but cast wood into that fire which they should quench with water Since the banishment of Archelaus from Judea in whose place you sent unto us Pomponius Marcus Rufus and Valerius we have had four Plagues the least wherof was sufficient to poyson all Rome What greater calamity could happen unto us then to have Judges sent from Rome who took up all the evil customs of wicked men and were themselves Inventors of new Vices And when they who ought to punish the lightness of youth are the Ringleaders of Levity It is openly said in Asia that the Thieves of Rome do hang the Thieves of Jewry and I must plainly tell you we fear not the Thieves which rob us in the woods so much as those Judges who spoyl us in our houses We dread not Robbers on the high-way nor those who make open war upon us nor the Plague of Pestilence half so much as your corrupt Judges To that which is here heard in the Senate and not seen with us you give more credit though reported by one who hath been but three Moneths in the Province then to that which is reported by many who have governed thirty years Consider ye Senators that if ye were advanced to this dignity because you were the wisest the most honest and moderate among the people it would appear in your being so just and vertuous as not to believe all you hear since you have to do with many of divers Nations whose ends and intentions are variable I speak the truth unto you your Judges have done so much injustice and shown such ill examples that they have taught the youth of Judea those vices which our Fathers never heard of nor we ever saw or read of before And ye being mighty and reputed noble disdain to take counsel of men that be poor as if to know much and to have little wealth or esteem were never found together As ye have given counsel to us so be pleased to take counsel from us and know that though your Captains have won many Realms by shedding blood the way to keep them is by clemency and mildness without bloodshed and therefore pray and advise your Judges whom ye send to govern strange Provinces that they be more diligent to preserve the Common peace then to employ themselves in taking Fines and Forfeitures lest else they slander you who send them and destroy those whom they should govern and protect for the reason why they are not justly obeyed is because they command unjust things Righteous impositions and just commands make men humble and obedient whereas unrighteous commands make meek and humble men obstinate and froward and the more evil things are commanded the less good things are obeyed when such persons enjoyn them Believe this Oh ye Romans that from the levity of those in Authority springs the shamelesness and disobedience of the People The Prince who imposeth Government upon those whom he knoweth not to be qualified for such a trust intendeth not so much that they should do Justice to his People as that they should increase his treasure and serve his lusts but let him be well assured that when he least thinketh of it his honour and credit will be turned into infamy his treasure consumed and some notable vengeance fall upon him or his posterity I having other matters to speak of in secret will here conclude with this advice that ye keep us and our Countrey in safety for which you have hazzarded your selves and that ye do Justice impartially for then we shall reverence your commands Be mercifull and we shall be meek be not cruel in punishing our weakness and we shall willingly obey your just commands Command not with proud severity and you shall find in us the Love which Fathers may expect from children and not that treason which oppressive Lords usually find in their servants These words though bold and sharp were as the Author saith heard with admiration and approbation of all the Roman Senate The other speech which I will here make use of was reported by Marcus Aurelius to have been spoken in the Senate of Rome in the first year of his Consulship by a poor Countrey-man living near the River Danubius who came to ask Justice of the said Senate against a Censor who sorely oppressed the Germans This Rustick was in outward appearance in some respects more contemptible then this Remonstrant For he is described to have been a man who had a small face great lips hollow eyes of a Sun-burnt complexion having curled hair on his head and a long thick beard his rayment and coat was of beasts skins his shooes of Porcupine-leather his girdle of Bull-rushes his head bare and a club in his hand In this equippage he entred the Senate whereon though many