Great Britains Resurrection, Text

Great Britains Resurrection · Text

❧ Great Brittaines Reſurrection.

O Thou mighty Iames, King of great 1Britane, Fraunce, and Ireland: whom GOD hath aduaunced ſo peaceablie to ſo manie vnited Kingdomes, vponupon ſo variable a change, without any ſenſible alteration, to the admiration of all the world: and ſeemed to hauehave rooted thine eſtate, by blisfull and much royall iſſue: by amitie of Forraine Princes, by great louelove & loyaltie of ſubiects: that it was thought not able to be remoued: (thou Lord of thy onelyonly goodnes,Pſal. 30, 7.Ps 30:7 hadſt made his rocke to ſtand ſo ſtrong) and yet in one moment GOD hiding his face, all had like to hauehave beene diſſolued with one blaſt of powder, if the ſame mercifull God had not withhelde the breath of his wrath:Eſa. 30.33.Isa 30:33 which is a riuer of brimſtone, to kindle this Topheth, a pit prepared of olde, a place deepe and large, the burning thereof is fierce fire, and much wood: doe thou according to thy excellent and rare Princely learning & iudgment (whereof Kingdomes, Vniuerſites,2, King. 10.28 and Forraine Embaſſadours, are witneſſes) with zeale as Iehu, roote Baal out of Iſrael by one acte: open the windowe of the Parliament as Ioaſh his windowe, at the counſaile of Elizeus:2. King 13. in the end.2 Kgs 13 Smite the Syrians not twice or thrice, but ſixe times, vntil thou haſt vtterly conſumed thē: bleſſe thou the Lord with all princelie offices of pietie and iuſtice, more and more to the ſauing and comfort of all thy people.Pſal. 144.10.Ps 144:10 Acknowledge that it is tree that giueth deliuerance to Kings, reſcueth the annointed his ſeruant: praiſe him and magnifie him for euer.

2O Thou moſt gratious Queene Anne, who haſt forſaken thine owne Country & natiue ſoyle, and come into forraine parts to partake in all thy youth & beauty, the ſame lot with thy Regal Lord: behold how when the daughter of England did homage vntounto thee,Pſal. 45.14.Ps 45:14 with all the rich before thy face with preſents: and thou wenteſt out in all honour and ſinglenes of heart, to behold and reioyce in the ſolemnity of ſo great an eſtate, which God had ſo miraculouſly caſt into your lap without your hands: when theſe vnmercifull bouchers of Rome hardning their hearts, meant to hauehave buried thee in one graue with thy royall husband, or rather torne in pieces: (I abhor to ſpeake it) without all buriall (which was afforded to Kings daughters, though neuer ſo euil:) euen then thy life was deare and precious in the eyes of the Lord,2. King 9.34.2 Kgs 9:34 and his tender care was ouer thee: doe thou therefore bleſſe the Lord, and ſerue him more & more with one heart ioyntly, with this thy princely Lord and husband: praiſe him and magnifie him for euer.

O Thou moſt noble Prince Henry, the ſtaffe of 3thy Fathers ſtrength, and the prime hope of theſe imperiall diadems: whoſe innocent life theſe blood-thirſtie Babilonians longed for, equally with thy Princely Fathers: to deſtroy roote, and branch:Deut. 22.6.Deut 22:6 and fruite, parent, and childe in one day: to kill damme and young in one neſt:Exod. 23.9.Exod 23:9 to extinguiſh preſent and future: as it were ſeething tender Kidds in mothers milke, againſt Lawe of GOD and nature:Lam. 3.27.Lam 3:27 Doe thou ſtill beare the yoake of the Lord in all ſteadines and ſtedfaſtnes as moſt comfortably thou doeſt to all our ioy: in theſe firſt fruites of thy dayes: Remember ſtill thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth:Eccles. 12.…Eccl 12 and neuer forget this Preſeruer in all the dayes of thine age: bleſſe thou the Lord, in all thy princely family, as holy and zealous young Ioſias, praiſe him and magnifie him for euer.

O Ye Honourable Counſailers, and Potentates, 4who turne the wheele of eſtate vnderunder our Soueraigne: againſt whom ſuch wicked counſell was deuiſed to deſtroy you all before the mighty throne of our King: & to defeate vsus of counſell, not reparable in a long time: which yet is the onelyonly comfort in diſtreſſe: (ſo great was the indignation of the Lord towards vsus,Pſal. 18.7.…. Pſal. 29.1.Ps 18:7Ps 29:1 at whoſe noſtrills are kindled haileſtones and coales of fire: but that the Angell of the euerlaſting counſell did interpoſe himſelfe) **In the booke of publique thanks: The K. 2. ſpeech in Parliament. My L. of Saliſ. at the arraig… and in his anſwer to the Pamphlet.as you the Sonnes of the mighty, hauehave giuen this glory to God: & do freely confeſſe that all this ſauing health was from him alone: that GOD did all as a friend that doth a pleaſure, which his friend knoweth not, vntill he feele the comfort of it, that it is done: (for notwithſtanding the noble vertues and vigilancie of Abner, and vndoubted fidelitie of all the Kings ſeruants,1. Sam. 26.16.1 Sam 26:16 round about him, on the right hand & on the left, pot & ſpeare had been taken frō the Kings head:Gal. 1.16. Pro. 20.18. Apoc. 4.10.Gal 1:16Prov 20:18Rev 4:10 Arke and Scepter from vsus in one houre:) doe you more and more conſult with God in this and all other deliberations, and not with fleſh & blood: that his ſtatutes may bee your Counſailours: That he may eſtabliſh all your thoughts by his counſell: long may you liue in all grace and honour, according to your great place and truſt: doe you as the 24. Elders, fall downe, and throwe downe your crownes, of wiſedome, intelligence, pollicie, vigillancie, gouernment, before him that liueth for euer: bleſſe ye the Lord, praiſe him and magnifie him for euer.

5O Ye reuerend Biſhops and Prelates, the venerable Gouernours of the Church of Chriſt,Apoc. 1.20.Rev 1:20 as the Angels and Preſidents of the ſeauen Churches of England among vsus: the grauities and preſence of Superiours in the Church, hauehave beene regarded of the prophane & barbarous tyrants of the earth, and bloody Souldiours: Alexander the great at the ſight of Iaddus the high Prieſt,**As Percie, vnderſtanding the B. of Saint Dauids to be ſicke. 1. Pet 2, 25. Iob. 21.16.1 Pet 2:25Job 21:16 ſpared Ieruſalem: and yet of theſe Sulphurous helhounds, you were more eagerly ſought after to the fire, & they rued if any of you ſhould be away: doe you honour this Lord the great Biſhop of our ſoules, with further care & louelove to all the ſheepe and Lambes committed to your charge: And with all your power doe ye exalt the ſtandard of his glorious Goſpell, in all places of your Cōmiſſions: hauehave in your fatherly wiſedomes as much patience as you can to your inferiour brethren of the Miniſtrie (notwithſtāding ſome of their intemperate exulcerations) for the common ſeruice of the Goſpell ſake: their places and times cannot reach to the maturitie of experience, which your wiſedomes hath attained: behold alſo, they are keen againſt an enemie:Phil. 3.15.16.Phil 3:15Phil 3:16 whom though difference hauehave diuided by names of diſcord, yet the enemie would hauehave made no difference of ſlaughter of you both: beare as you may with their improuidencie, till God reueale further vntounto them: (which moderation time hath bred in many: & is not profiting in wiſedome and iudgement, a part of our growing to the ripe age and ſtature of Ieſus Chriſt;) that wherunto we are come, wee may proceede by one rule, euen to minde one thing which is neceſſarie:Luk. 10.42.Luke 10:42 Doe you ſtand in the gap in your paſtorall & ſage wiſedomes and zeale, to turne away the Lords wrath, which yet is not ceaſed: bleſſe you the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Ye Nobles and Peeres of the Realme, the pillers 6of our eſtate, and flowers of the Kings Coronet: Behold now the day of the Lord of Hoſtes,Eſa. 2.12.13. Cant. 3.7.Isa 2:12Isa 2:13Song 3:7 was to bee vponupon eueryevery thing that was exalted: vponupon all the Cedars of Lebanon: vponupon all the Oakes of Baſhan: and vponupon all the high mountaines: and vponupon all the hills that are lifted vp: vpō eueryevery high towne, eueryevery ſtrong wall, euen vponupon all the ſtrong men that are about the bed of Salomon, all the valiant of Iſrael, who handle the ſword and are expert in warre, and vponupon eueryevery one, that hath his ſword vponupon his thigh for any feare:Eſa. 2.12.13. Cantic, 3.7.Isa 2:12Isa 2:13 theſe, euen your ſelues, the cruell inſtruments of Nabuchadnazzer of Rome, would hauehave conſumed as the three renowned rulers of the Prouinces,Dan. 3.19.21.Dan 3:19Dan 3:21 Sidrach, Miſach, and Abednego, in one fierie Ouen, heated to the ſeauenth degree, in your habites,**Liuie dec. 1. l. 1. Senes triumphales cō ſulates, qui curules geſterant magiſtratus, …t in fortunae priſtinae honorū. que aut virtutis inſignibus morerētur, auguſtiſsima veſte veſtiti in medio aediū in eburneis ſellis ſedere: Galli haud ſecus quā venerabundi intuebātur ſedentes viros praeter ornatū que habitū que humano auguſtiorem, maieſtate etiā, quā vultus grauitaſ que oris pre ſe ferebat dijs fimillimos: ad eo …luti ſimul…chra verſi ſtabant, &c. roabes, coates, and ſhooes, as they were, as the Scripture noteth: and yet the Infidel galles vnderunder Brennus, reuerenced the faces and veſtures of the Fathers of the Senate in the capitoll of heathen Rome: Beholde the Lords great deliuerance ouer you: his holy Angels among you, ſo that no ſmell of fire vponupon your garments, nor a haire of your heads ſinged: doe you therefore and your poſteritie, and all your retinue: Bleſſe the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O You graue Iudges and Fathers of the Law, and Sages of the Land, whoſe doome was ſo neare without all courſe of iudgement, and triall of Law: which you afford to the meaneſt creature, and moſt grieuous offender: doe you put on Iuſtice as a roabe: Let equity be a couering as a Crowne: breake the power of the oppreſſour, and let the innocent goe free: that Iuſtice may not be as Wormewood, nor iudgement as gall: but truth may runne down as a mighty ſtreame eueryevery where: Doe you bleſſe the Lord, the chiefe Iudge of the world, who hath deliuered you from ſo great & ſodaine a iudgment: Bleſſe him, I ſay, in all your Courts, in all your benches, 7proceedings, Aſſiſes, and Seſſions: praiſe him and magnifie him for euer.

O You the learned and prudent Maiſters of the 8Lawe and Chauncerie: the Secretaries and Clarkes of eſtate, attendants in this honourable place by your offices, who were to bee in the ſame net of deſtruction: now that your ſoule is eſcaped, as a bird the net broken,Pſal. 147.7.Ps 147:7 the fowlers taken and your ſoule deliuered: Doe you tremble and ſerue this great God, and King, and your Country, with all good care & ſound conſcience, as before the Court of conſcience in heauen in greater degrees:Fulmen petit culmen. The thunder ſtrikes the higher. (for if his wrath had beene kindled a little, what could great and high place & preſence do good:) behold the thunder ſmiteth the talleſt tops? Doe you therefore feare this great GOD, breake out into voyces and vowes of laud and thankſgiuing: bleſſe you the Lord, praiſe him and magnifie him for euer.

O You worthie Knights and Burgeſſes, who repreſent 9the bodies of the ſeuerall Countries & Shires of our Nation:Sir Th. Smith de Rep. Aug. and were to be a ſhort raunſome for a ſmall Interim with your bodies, for the bodies of the Countries, who looked when their turne came to be deuoured alſo: **As Vliſſes of Polyphemus: when the reſt were deuoured before h…m. Heb. 12.29.Heb 12:29Bee you faithfull betweene them, who commit their welfare vntounto you and this God: who though he be a conſuming fire, and your houſe was as a burnt ſacrifice,Leuit. 6.9.Lev 6:9 ſoking vponupon the fire almoſt to the laſt night: yet hee hath not burnt it, nor touched our eſtate, as brittle and combuſtible as the fierie buſh in the Deſart:Exod. 3.2.3.Exod 3:2Exod 3:3 but gloriouſly ſhewed himſelfe in the midſt of you for your ſafetie, as in the viſion to Moſes. Wherefore put off your ſhooes as hee did: lay aſide all earthly treadings awry in louelove of your ſelues, & your owne pelfe:Gal: 2.14. goe not with a ſplay foote to the Goſpell of peace: and if indeede you ſeeke the Lord with all your hearts in the propagation of the Goſpell, by a preaching Miniſterie thorough the Land: as I am perſwaded very many doe: then ſticke not ſome of you to returne the impropriations in your owne power backe againe to the Church, as ſome honourably hauehave done heretofore:H.E. of Hunt. Sir Fr. K. M. Alderſey, &c. and others offered to doe the like in your very owne houſe of Parliament: and ſome with their money hath purchaſed ſome of thē to the Church: and were they not the auncient patrimonie of Chriſt? Did not Queene Mary in her darke dayes and wayes giuegive example?See Acts of Parlia. and by act of Parliament make reſtitution of the appropriations annexed to the Crowne? It well becommeth the zealous this day, ſome to ſtand forth, as Zaccheus after ſo long detinue:Luc. 19.9.Luke 19:9 Seeing this day ſaluation is come vntounto their whole and particular houſes, and they become the ſonnes of Abraham, Gen. 22.10.11Gen 22:10Gen 22:11all of them as Iſaac ſaued from the knife, by an angelicall hand, to deliuer poſſeſſion of the Lords inheritances: ſome to offer liberally, as Araunah the Iebuſite, did like a King, as is recorded to the ſhame of Chriſtians:2 Sam. 24.23.2 Sam 24:23 Some as Nehemiah, Neh. 5.8.10.11Neh 5:8Neh 5:10Neh 5:11to depart from their owne for ſome time to redeeme the Churches portion back again, as he & his ſeruants did forbeare the purchaſing of lands for themſelues, to ſupply publique wants: Others not ſticke to aboliſh diminutiue rates, and vnequall diſproportionate compoſitions, whereof peraduenture many hauehave ſtollen vponupon the Church: and to reduce the tythes to their primitiue vncorrupt kind, or among you to take ſome effectuall way in the varietie of your high and exerciſed wiſedomes, for a liberal maintenance of a preaching Miniſtery (without which the diſcourſes of it, are cloudes and claps of thunder, without the ſweete dewes and drops of early and later raine:) and indeede a rich ſacrifice of thoſe ſorts vponupon this returne of you all, from the gulfe of ſuch a death, would be an vndeniable conſtat of your zeale and pietie to all poſterities, and an acceptable performance of a holy vow to him, who hath ſpared you all, & taken nothing frō you. And ſo in the name of God go on with all your courage, zeale, obedience, and fidelitie to GOD and man: bleſſe you the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him▪ for euer.

O Ye eloquent and skilfull Sergeants, and Counſailours 10at the Lawe, the Profeſſours and exercents in this facultie: pleaders and agents, and all the men of Lawe▪ whoſoeuer in theſe adiacent Courts, together with all the Scribes. Notaries and Protonotaries Atturnies, and all other appendants and dependants, in ſo great a Muſter in your rankes and Companies, that plaine and quiet men meruaile how there can be imployments for ſo great an Armie: who all are intended to keepe peace among Subiects; among whom yet many,Oſe. 4.8. Ier. 5.27.2….Hos 4:8Jer 5:27Jer 5:2 it muſt needs be liue of the ſinnes of the people: as a cage is full of birds, ſo are their chambers full of deceit. Thereby they are become great, and waxen rich: they are waxen fat and ſhining, and though they doe not iuſtly, yet they proſper: whoſe heate of contention to multiply ſtrifes and Clyents: pluralities and totquots of Caſes and Cauſes: that it ſeemeth to reſemble the troubleſome knots of the olde Popiſh ſchool-men, to make things more pletted, perplexed, and intricate: and yet thereby they heape vp money and fees, which deliuereth not in the day of wrath, but inkindleth it rather: now that you are all deliuered from deſtruction, which was ſo neare vntounto you alſo in the very tents and pitched fields of your variance,…ob. 29.16. and in that place, that is witneſſe of all your integritie: whether you ſought out the cauſe diligently as holy Iob did,Pro. to buy the truth, and ſell it not; or otherwiſe of your vntruſtineſſe: wreſt not the Law: accuſtome not to ſpeake againſt your conſcience:Rom. 7.12.14Rom 7:12Rom 7:14 take heed it be not ſaid of ſome of you: as in another ſenſe: the Lawe is holy, and iuſt, and good, but I am ſolde vnderunder ſinne: euen eueryevery one that ſo often pleade at ſo many barres: remember this great barre and tribunall ſeate to which you were to come, not ſo prepared, as elſe you would: extoll this mightie GOD of your deliuerance: let godlines bee your chiefeſt gaine, and the right and peace your greateſt ioy:1. Tim. 6.6.1 Tim 6:6 bleſſe you the Lord in all your takings and ſpeakings: endightings and counſailings: complainings and defendings: praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

11O You Gentrie and Yeomanrie, the frie of this Nation, and ſeede of ſucceeding ages: ye Students at the Lawe, and other nouices and punies vnderunder your graund Benchers, and moſt graue Seniours: that aſſemble to heare, and obſerue the experience and maturitie of the auncient, and to furniſh your ſelues for future time: who had like to hauehave beene oppreſſed in your minorities, and in the very great hall and common ſchoole of your practiſe, and at the feet of them that teach you: but that the Lord proteſted for ſinfull England as for great Niniuie: to ſaue ſixe ſcore thouſand aliue, that knew not the right hand from the left;…onas, 4, 11. Eſa, 65, 8. to preſerue you as a cluſter of Grapes, hopefull of wine: of which one ſaith, deſtroy it not: there is a bleſsing in it: Doe you therfore laud this Lord, who is your God from your youth, and let him be your God vntounto your age: bleſſe you the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Ye Sutors and Clients, and Sollicitors of the 12Law, who are enraged in ſtomack and diſquietnes: in reuenge and couetouſnes,Gal. 5, 15.Gal 5:15 to eate vp one another: and trauaile farre, and oft to conſume your times and families:Pſal. 120.4.Ps 120:4 and blow the coales of Iuniper vponupon one another, facing and defacing your ſelues mutually to maintaine theſe fires: behold the day of the Lord vponupon you: like Plaintife, like Defendant: like giuer, like taker: like Clients like pleader:Eſa. 24.….Isa 24 one Beaſom of deſtruction to ſweepe away all that hunt their brethren with a net, and lay ſnares to catch men: but that God is more patient to vsus all,Ier. 5.16.Jer 5:16 then we are to one another: who did ſuddainly blow the retreate from this great ſlaughter: elſe a man of you had not beene left aliue: therefore feare this Lord, the God of peace, and louelove, and comfort:Phil. 4.5.Phil 4:5 let your placabilitie bee knowne vntounto all men: the Lord is at hand: bleſſe thou the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

13O Ye ſeruants and followers of the Nobles and Gentrie, and others in this great aſſemblie of Parliament, and full Terme: Conſider your ſeruice to almightie God, what it hath beene heeretofore: and your faithfulnes to men;Eph. 6.5.6. 1. Cor. 7.23.Eph 6:5Eph 6:61 Cor 7:23 let it not be in eye ſeruice, but in ſinglenes of heart: you are bought with a price, hereafter be ſeruants not onelyonly of men, but of this God; who hath deliuered you from this common lot of miſerie: bleſſe I ſay, and curſe not: deliuer your ſelues from the common condemnation: faſhion not your ſelues according to the world, in the prophanenes of too many Seruitors,Rom. 12.2.Rom 12:2 miſpending time and life: forgetting God and religion: remember the iudgement of olde: not a ſeruant of Noah or Lot, ſaued in the watriſh and fierie deſtruction of their times,Gen. 7.23. & 19.20.Gen 7:23Gen 19:20 and yet you preſerued at this time: therfore bleſſe you the Lord your preſeruer, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

14O You inhabitants and ſoiourners in the auncient Citie of Weſtminſter, with all the confines and skirts of the liberties thereof, or in any reach, whether this whirlewinde of Gods wrath ſhould hauehave reached by land or by water: Behold you alſo were the children of death:Iob. 1.19,Job 1:19 and your houſes appointed to deſolation, as the houſes of Iobs children: by a ſtrong winde, on a ſuddaine: euen peraduenture whilſt you were eating and drinking, & taking money:Exod. 33.8.Exod 33:8 therefore riſe vp in your degrees, and worſhip as the Iſraelites, eueryevery man at his tent doore: bleſſe you alſo the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O All you open and ſecret Papiſts and Catholicks 15(for ſo you will be called) that were to bee aſſembled in and neare the Parliament, whoſe heads and bodies if they had beene gathered together vponupon this maſſacre, and laid on heapes, as all the ſeuentie ſonnes of Achab at the Court gates of King Iehu:2. King. 10 7▪9 2. Sam. 3, 28.2 Kgs 10:72 Kgs 10:92 Sam 3:28 it was cleare who had done it: Dauid and his Kingdome had beene guiltleſſe before the Lord for euer: your brethren and fellowes had done it: acknowledge them the ſchollers of Pope Hildebrand, who when Henry the third the Emperour, vſed to pray in S. Maries Church in mount Auentine, hired one to lay great ſtones on the beames to let them fall on the Emperours head, which he haſting to accompliſh, a huge ſtone drew him downe, and cruſht himſelfe to pieces. They alſo would hauehave cauſed you to hauehave paſſed through the fire, as a ſacrifice to Moloch:2. King. 23.10. …enno card. in vit.2 Kgs 23:10 and hauehave vſed you as Moabites. They would hauehave made you their martyrs, before your time: you ſhould hauehave beene lickt vp in the common flame: Come you therefore out of Babylon; Loe how ſhee rewardeth her children, like the harlot mother,2. Cor. 6.17. 1. King. 3 19.2 Cor 6:171 Kgs 3:19 who in Salomons dayes ouer-laid her owne child to death, and yet would hauehave the liue children of the true and naturall mother in her keeping. Touch no vncleane thing: doe you trie the ſpirits heereby,1. Ioh. 4.1.1 John 4:1 and iudge them to be rauening Woolfes:Math. 7.15.Matt 7:15 know them by theſe ripe fruites of red and ſcarlet ſinnes, of horrible, and vnnaturall, and vniuerſall murther: and ioyne with vsus now at laſt in the ſincere profeſſion of Gods word alone, which God hath defended in your eyes, and experience, ſo oft of olde, and now freſhly: do you nowe come out of the fire with feare, and make a perfect vowe as Naaman, Iud. ver. 27.to offer to no other God, and to bleſſe the Lord God of the Proteſtants; euen the God of Paule, 2. King. 5.17. Act 27, 37.2 Kgs 5:17Acts 27:37for whoſe ſake God ſpared two hundred ſeuentie and ſixe in the ſame ſhip, to praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

16O You ſtately buildings and Edifices of Antiquitie, whoſe ſeates were ſet for iudgement: whether all the heads of the tribes aſcend, and other nobles and elders of this Realme for common cauſes of olde: together with the princely Oratories and Chappels, and Churches of deuotion, and for the inauguration and inueſtiture of the Kings and Queenes of this Realme: who hauehave long ſtoode in peace on your baſes: and beene vnmooueable in ſo many alterations of Princes, Nations & times: and yet now one ſtone was not to be left vponupon another, if they might hauehave had their will:Math: 24, 2. P…al. 137, 7. Leuit. 14.45.Lev 14:45 Crying downe with it, downe with it, euen to the ground: abhorring not the men onelyonly, but the place alſo as a leaporous houſe, and vowing to make it waſte as a wildernes: doe you conſider, and bee not inanimate and altogether mute,Rom: 8.19, 20. but as the creature that lifteth vp his head for the day of redemption, ſpirited with a feeling of your preſeruer: that they which viſite your monuments, & come to ſee your ornaments; may go about you,Pſal. 48.12.Ps 48:12 as of olde about Syon, and tel her Towers, marke well her bulwarks, and conſider her walls: and ſee not a ſtone mooued,Pſal. 102.14. Pſal. 7.Ps 102:14Ps 7 or a piece of timber ſhaken: GOD hath taken pleaſure in the ſtones of your foundations, and hath had pittie on the duſt thereof: as for your enemies hee hath trod downe their life in the earth, and laid their honour in the duſt. Doe you ſtand and continue to tell poſteritie, as a ſtedfaſt and ſpeaking pillar to admoniſh the members of that body, all that come vnderunder your roofe hereafter, there to intend him onelyonly that deliuered them:Eſa. 10 1, 2, 3.Isa 10:1Isa 10:2Isa 10:3 and not to tempt this iealous God by any ſiniſter decree: whoſe wrath had like to hauehave vomited vsus vp, a luke warme nation,Apoc. 3, 15, 16. Math: 3, 12. Zeph. 2.2.Rev 3:15Rev 3:16Zeph 2:2 neither hot nor colde out of his mouth: and who had his fanne in his hand, to hauehave burnt vsus vp a people not worthie to be beloued, as chaffe in one day: ſo that all may with teares & feares, accuſing & iudging our ſelues, get vsus to our God right humbly: and learne heere aboue all places, eſpecially of eſtate, with voices, ſuffrages, and decrees of holines & iuſtice, to bleſſe this Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Ye auncient monuments and Tombes of the 17dead, the Sepulchers of the famous founders of this common wealth, the noble Kings, Queenes and Worthies of this Realme: whom many hauehave viſited with ioy and honour: whoſe bones, and bodies, and ſacred memories hauehave reſted in peace a long time, notwithſtanding the vprores of Kingdoms, mutinies of people, turmoiles of ciuill warres, and mightie earthquakes: and yet ſhould now hauehave beene digged out of your honourable graues, and hauehave had your parts rend vp with this blaſt, as malefactors in a newe execution: and diſlodged out of your honourable houſes of reſt: your corpes diſturbed, and your aſhes ſcattered by this Plutoes and helliſh confuſion of Babell, and terrible earthquake ploughing vp all before them, and making furrowes in the hard rockes: doe you therefore lift vp your heads,Math 27.52.53Matt 27:52Matt 27:53 and riſe vp as the bodies of the righteous out of the duſt, at the death of Chriſt: and bleſſe this Lord, who letteth you reſt the reſt of your time, euen a little time,Apoc. 6.11:Rev 6:11 expecting a ioyfull and ſpeedie reſurrection with all the Saints of God, and all your people ſucceeding you together, to praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

18O Yee Rolles, and Charters, and auncient Regiſters and Records of Courts of eſtate, containing the decrees of the wiſedome of the auncient, and the rules of iuſtice and equitie betweene man and man: which all ſhould hauehave bene ſhriuelled together in the fire of the Lords iealouſie: like as at the diſſolution of the whole world, when the elements melt with heate,2. Pet. 3.10.2 Pet 3:10 and heauen it ſelfe vaniſheth as a ſcrowle: and the workes of the earth are to be burnt with fire: doe you flouriſh and reuiue out of your places, not to bee intanglements and incumbrances, or tedious tarriers, with dilatorie pleas, reſpiting the cauſe, or reſpecting the face of any: that all men that hauehave to doe with you, may more bleſſe God that loueth peace and equitie, and is a God of order,1. Cor. 14.33.1 Cor 14:33 and not of confuſion, that there remaines euidence of truth, and that the land markes are not remooued, as the Diuell would hauehave had it:Deut 27.17.Deut 27:17 and therefore bee the more inflamed, in all honeſt and true dealing to praiſe God, and magnifie him for euer.

O You Chariots of the mightie, and Coaches, 19and Caroches of the great men of our ſtate,Iud. 5.10.Judg 5:10 together with the white Steeds and Palfreyes,2 King. 9.2…. Pſal. 33.17.2 Kgs 9:2Ps 33:17 that runne as the horſes of Iehu: who had periſhed in the ſame deluge of fierie deſtruction: or been ſtoned or preſſed to death with your maiſters and owners. A horſe had beene a vaine thing to ſaue a man: the glory of outlandiſh Courſers: the neighings of horſes, and the pride of the ratling of the wheele had vaniſhed: doe you who as creatures, are ſubiect to vanitie,Rom. 8.19.20.Rom 8:19Rom 8:20 vntill the reuelation of the ſonnes of God be; and your deliuerance from the bondage of corruption: acknowledge in your degrees, that the iudgement of the Lord is like a great deepe: hee ſaueth man and beaſt: Let man and beaſt therefore,Pſal. 36.6.Ps 36:6 bleſſe this Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Thou glorious and triple Court of great Brittaine, 20and all you braue gallants of each of the princely houſholds: you high and tender Ladies & honourable virgins: ſee how God pittied your ſex and ſoftnes of education: and all ye ſeruants of ſo great a Monarch, Queene, and Prince, with all their traine and retinue: Conſider the danger to be paſt before you heard of it: where had beene all your beautie, honour, grace, approachment, iolitie, and brauerie, if this plot had taken effect: doe you all learne to louelove the Courts of the Lords houſe, counting one day better ſpent there,Pſal. 84.10.Ps 84:10 then any in the tabernacles and chambers of vngodlines: wiſh there rather to peepe in at the doore, then otherwiſe to hauehave free ingreſſe into the priuie chambers of Princes: Alas, what could the bed chambers, the withdrawing chambers, and priuie chambers of Princes hauehave auailed you:1. King. 22.25 Ier. 9.21.22.1 Kgs 22:25Jer 9:21Jer 9:22 when you ſhould hauehave runne from chamber to chamber, to hide you your ſelues: and yet no chamber could hauehave hid you, when the foundations of the earth had beene diſcouered: when as no barre could hauehave ſhut out deſtruction: death would hauehave ſcaled eueryevery wall, and climde in at eueryevery windowe:Iſa. 28.17.18.19.20.Isa 28:17Isa 28:18Isa 28:19Isa 28:20 Iudgement had beene laide to the rule, and righteouſnes to the ballance: this thick haile, pel mel would hauehave ſwept away eueryevery vaine confidence, and this breaking in of a fierie ſea, had ouerflowed the ſecret places: eueryevery couenant with death ſhould hauehave beene diſanulled: the agreement with hell could not ſtand: this ſcourge ſhould hauehave runne ouer, and hauehave paſſed thorough: all ſhould hauehave beene trod downe by it: when it paſſed ouer, it ſhould hauehave taken you away: and it ſhould hauehave paſſed eueryevery morning, and in the day, and in the night: and there ſhould hauehave beene onelyonly feare, as Eſay ſpeaketh: eueryevery bed ſhould hauehave beene too ſtraite, that it could not ſuffice, and eueryevery couering too narrowe, that none could wrap himſelfe, but that this mantell of woe had infolded euerie one: doe you therefore feare and tremble, and worſhip with holy worſhip, this GOD, that hath made faſt the barres of theſe gates: and bleſſed all within them from this curſe ſo neare vntounto you:Pſal. 147.13.14.Ps 147:13Ps 147:14 let there be a new heauen and a new earth among you:Eſa 65.17. & 66.22. Apoc. 21 1.2.Isa 65:17Isa 66:22Rev 21:1Rev 21:2 make a ſolemne vowe to hauehave cleane hands heereafter, and to baniſh ſo deare corruption from the regall palace, eſpecially in Church matters: be free ſpirited: embrace ingenuitie and plainenes: abandon ſhifts, gloſes, and flatterie:1. Theſ. 4.6. Pſal. 15.2.1 Thess 4:6Ps 15:2 (for the Lord is the auenger of theſe thinges:) Speake the truth eueryevery man from his heart: pittie the attendance of ſuitors with ſpeedie diſpatch: that remedies bee not worſe then diſeaſes: (for a lingring ſicknes is worſe then a timely death:) finally, promote Gods glory, not your owne ambition, with all your meanes and acceſſe: make not ſad the heart of the righteous;Ezech. 13.22. Pſal. 16.3.Ezek 13:22Ps 16:3 but giuegive grace and honour to the Saints, and them that excell in vertue: ſo bleſſe you this Lord, as you look for his bleſſing, and feare his curſe: praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Thou famous Citie of London, of olde called 21Auguſta, and Empereſſe of the land,Holinſhed. pa. 104. & 247. e… ▪ Polid. & pa. 731 and chamber of the Kings and Queenes of England, the head and mother of the Cities of the land: the nurſerie of religion and fidelity: the ſtore-houſe of the good Subiects: and the neſt of the wealth of the realme: and therefore the more maligned of the Enemie, whoſe elders are as Barrons and Chapmen,Eſa. 23.8.Isa 23:8 the nobles of the earth, whoſe peace they ſo much enuied, whoſe ſtrength and loyaltie they feared: whoſe wealth the fingers of many inſatiable cormorants, itched to be medling with: intending no doubt all mercileſſe rapine, diſhonour, and villanies, not to be named, towards thee. How ſhould thy hidden and ſecret houres hauehave beene ſought out,Ob…d. ….6. and thy treaſures ſearched at full▪ Remember what Goteham a Prieſt, and predeceſſour of theſe imagined againſt thee:**Simonides in Tullie. 2. de orat. cum obtritos humare vellent ne que poſſent inter noſcere: ex eo quod meminiſſet quo …o…ū loco quiſque cubuiſſet, demōſtrator vniuſcuiuſque ſepeliendi fuit. Simonides when as ſome would hauehave buried thē that were ouerlaide in the duſt vpō the fall of a houſe, & could not diſcerne them: thereby that he had remembred in what place eueryevery man ſat: he was able to giuegive direction for the buriall of eueryevery one in his degree. did he not towards his death wiſh fire & brimſtone vponupon thee from heauen, which theſe were ſetting from hell? thou ſhouldeſt hauehave beene (if not ſacked) yet ſo cumbred with feares & freſh incounters at home, and newes of ſlaughters abroad, warres and rumours of warres, that thou couldeſt ſcarce ſeeke out the bodies of the dead to gather the Princes and Nobles out of the duſt and rubbiſh: doe thou betime repent of thy prodigality, deliciouſnes, and wantonnes, thy couetouſnes, and hypocriſie, and eueryevery other ſinne: pray for ſound iudgement, to diſcerne true and wholeſome doctrine: and beware of humours: learne to honour with a perfect heart, with all thy peace, plenty, and ſtrength, this Lord that keepeth thee (the onelyonly watch-man of the Citie: whoſe eye neuer winketh nor is wearie, for he that keepeth Iſrael, neither ſlumbreth nor ſleepeth) bleſſe thou the Lord: praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Thou famous Cittadle, the royall Caſtle of the Tower of London, the firſt footing of Coronation of the Kings and Queenes of this land, and the poſſeſſion taking, and earneſt of the reſt of the Dominions 22belonging to this Kingdome: a faithfull and ſufficient, and ſpeedie ſeruant at hand, to thy ſoueraigne and Country, a friend to their friends: and an enemie to their enemies: a vowed companion, and comfortable neighbour to the honourable Citie of London, the ſinewes and ioynts of our warlike prouiſion, and commaunder of peace: the feare of the rebellious: the ayme of the enemies eye: the expectation and care of all true ſubiects: how ſhouldeſt thou hauehave beene vſed ſore againſt thy will againſt thy deareſt friends? the miſchieuous deſignes againſt thee, the moſt wiſe, prudent,Sir. W. Wade. and religious Gouernour within thee: The induſtrious and vigilant officers and attendants there: (whoſe ſurpriſing they deuoured in their firſt hopes) he knoweth beſt who is thy Fort and Tower:Pro. 18.10. Pſal. 61.3. Pſal. 31.2.3. Pſal. 63.19.Prov 18:10Ps 61:3Ps 31:2Ps 31:3Ps 63:19 whoſe name is a ſtrong Tower, and deliuered vsus before our dead hearts could runne vntounto him: who brought the pray vntounto thy lap, and tooke captiuitie captiue, and gaue them into thy cuſtodie: **Be thou like the Tower of Dauid, as it were the …eck o eſtate, built for defence with all thy thouſand ſhields, and all the targets of the ſtrong mē that hang therin: the Tower of Lebanon that looketh to Damaſoo▪doe thou and all thy Miniſters inſtruments ſtore & furniture with triumphs and trophes, with voties and peales of ioy & thankſgiuing, bleſſe this great Lord thy keeper, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Yee Townes and Countries, who taſted of the headleſſe skirmiſhes, & ſuddainnes of the brutiſh furie of theſe enemies of Sion, and the haters of the peace of Ieruſalem, the very ſame fatall time by their deſperate inſurrection among you, aboue all other ſhires and places: doe you (I ſay) as ſonnes 23likewiſe of the reſurrection,**Warwick ſh. Worceſter ſh. Stafford ſhire. Ezech 16.6.Ezek 16:6 vntounto whom the Lord ſaid, in your blood line: you ſawe the enemie, but felt no harme: their letter propheſied ſafetie in the Country, but againſt their wils: doe you therefore bleſſe this great God, that bleſſeth you the more for Balaams curſing;Ioſ. …4.10. Graunt, Percie, Gates by, and the …. Wrights, Treſſam, Gar…ts man. Oue….Josh 4:10 who ſcattered their forces, diminiſhed their power: and ſo quickly quelled them in cauſing their owne power to brand them in the faces, and all their purpoſes to be defeated without anie great purſuite, and ſome of them to periſh in the very acte of their owne ſinne; ſome to languiſh with griefe, others to kill themſelues: and all their miſchiefe to returne vponupon their owne heads: bleſſe you againe and againe this Lord: praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

24O Yee Miniſters and ſpeciall ſeruants of the Lord: the Prophets of Iſrael, and feeders of the ſheepe of the Lords paſture;Apoc. 9.3.Rev 9:3 whom theſe ſmoakie locuſts of the bottomleſſe pit, theſe rauenous Wolfes greedie of the prey, moſt abhorred: to place their owne Baals Prieſts, and all the ſacrificers of the Groues and hill-altars in your roomes, and ſo to deuoure the Lords inheritance: your ſafety & miniſtration they enuied; your families they vowed to ſhame and miſerie:Apoc. 15.3.Rev 15:3 your perſons to certaine and more cruell deſtruction aboue others, by a ſpecial marſhal at armes, appointed vtterly to extirpate you: Let your Harpe be in your hand, and Pſalmes of Moſes and Dauid, and the lambe in your mouthes: reioice ouer her all you Prophets & Apoſtles:Apoc. 18.20. Deut. 33.8.Rev 18:20Deut 33:8 for God hath done your iudgment on her: Let Vrim & Thummim be for euer with you:Exod. 32.27.Exod 32:27 gird the ſword of the ſpirit about you, to deſtroy all ſpirituall and corporall Idolatrie: thinke it not now a time to ſtriue for complements, and to inforce odious exaſperations, & antichriſtian compariſons againſt the reuerend Fathers, when as you lee your ſoules and their ſoules, & the ſoule of religion it ſelfe is ſought after: making leſſe of your liues, then of the leaſt of their ceremonies,Rom. 8, 30.Rom 8:30 hauing as little conſcience to kill you all, as to ſlay a ſheepe: behold the ſcope of Diuinitie is a large field, Chriſt crucified is a ſpacious argument; vrge that, and walke in that, and forbeare other impertinents: See you not that the reſolution of our ſtate hateth Antichriſt, with a perfect hatred, this 48. yeares, and is therfore hated vnreconcilably, as beeing in it ſelfe the moſt Euangelical monarchie in the world, and a ſanctuarie of refuge for all the profeſſours in the earth vnderunder her ſhadowe: let this whet your courages, and ſet an edge on your zeale; and teach you ſpirituall diſcretion, to goe with one ſhoulder to ruinate Babel, and not be diuided in your ſelues in your ſeuerall ſtations: Curſed be he that doth the worke of the Lord negligently: …er. 49 10.Let your voices and ſpirits declare in all the congregations, that the Lord himſelfe is a Champion for the houſe of Aaron:Pſal. 115.10.Ps 115:10 a defender of the tribe of Leui: and that he holdeth all the ſtarres of all our Churches in his owne righthand: and that his merciemercy to that function endureth for euer: Celebrate you the Lord of the harueſt, ſo benigne and gratious vntounto you: and remember him that ſaid,Luk. Occupie till I come ▪ and ſo much the more, becauſe the enemie is ſo buſie: Let the houſe of Aaron then, and all the tribe of Leni, bleſſe this Lord, their ſpeciall Lord and Maiſter, and patrone: praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

25O All ye louers of the Goſpell, and faithfull profeſſours of Chriſts holy religion in this Kingdome: who next after magiſtracie and miniſterie, were moſt hated, noted, and obſerued, and appointed to cruel butcherie & maſſacre: your families to be ſingled out to pillage & diſhonour, of whichſome of thē peraduenture they had ſurueyed, taking notice of their number & ſtrength, and to hauehave been ſacrificed not as Iſaac alſo, but as Abraham alſo, euen the father and children,Apoc. 13.Rev 13 and the very ſeruants at the foot of the hill: how would not Rome hauehave bragged ouer you as a Lady and Conquereſſe: who ſhall not feare the beaſt, and worſhip his image, or take his marke in his forehead or right hand: But the Lord cauſed the knife to ſtay, that was ſo neare the throat, and made the Ramme that puſhed at you, to be taken in the thicket of his owne deuiſes:Math. 10.16.Matt 10:16 and to be a ranſome for the innocent Lambs of his flock: be wiſe hereafter, as ſerpents, thinke not they hauehave done. Beware the dogge that barketh not: who ſaid, they ſhall not know,N…h▪ 4.11▪ nor ſee vntil we come into the midſt of them, and ſlay them: doe you bleſſe and honour this God of your life and beliefe: adorne his glorious Goſpel in your ſelues and families ſo much the more: praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

26O Ye wealthie & fat ones of the world, who hauehave gathered ſiluer as duſt, and gold as ſtones: that hauehave grace and place,2. King: 10.27 fauours and honours aboue others, Mannors, and demeanes, and children, and call the lands and houſes by your names: that hauehave ſhips and ſhops, and ſtore-houſes, and ware-houſes,Pſal. 17.14.….49, 11. Luk. 12, 20.Ps 17:14Ps 17:49Ps 17:11Luke 12:20 and wealth laide vp for many yeares: Loe in one moment your ſoule gone, & whoſe ſhould all theſe hauehave beene? how quickly ſhould all hauehave been turned, returned, and ouerturned,Ezech. 25.27.Ezek 25:27 in an houre therefore let thi teach you not to truſt in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God: to treaſure vp religion,1. Tim: 6, 17. Math. 6, 17.Matt 6:17 not pelfe: to confeſſe all to bee tranſitorie: learne hence the contempt of the world:Luk. 21.34Luke 21:34 and to be prouided, that the day of the Lord come not as a ſnare vponupon you:Luk. 16.9.Luke 16:9 make friends of vnrighteous Ma… in this life, that you may be receiued into better tabernacles: yeeld it to be true, the world paſſeth,1, Pet. 1.23.24.25. and the iolity thereof, and all fleſh is graſſe, and all the glory thereof is as the flower of the field: onelyonly the word of God, and them that are begotten by it,1. Ioh. 2, 17.1 John 2:17 abide for euer: doe you therefore hee reafter in all your graces and places, countenance, & maintenance, wealth and ſtore, for this ſo great patience towards you: bleſſe this Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Yee that take pleaſure in pleaſure, (though to Gods diſpleaſure) and in your owne voluptuouſnes, 27in drinking away the health of body and ſoule, in gaine, ſtealth, and robberie, in ambition, iniuſtice, oppreſſion, or any other wickednes, and all the impenitent: learne a parable of the figge tree: you that write or ſpeake parables, let them take one from our Parliament and ſtate: therefore if it bee ſo much pleaſure and honour to take pleaſure to bee ioyned in affection with the creature, know is farre greater honour and pleaſure for the creature to bee ioyned with the Creator, who is bleſſe for euer. Learne in all your pleaſures and contentments, to remember this Lord, who ſpeaketh ſuddainly of a parliament,Ier. 18.7.Jer 18:7 a kingdome, a nation, a citie, a towne, a family, a man, a woman to pluck vp, to roote out, to deſtroy, as ſuddainly as the Potter daſheth in pieces,Prou. 1, 25. Rom. 2.4.5.Prov 1:25Rom 2:4Rom 2:5 a veſſell of clay: deſpiſe not counſell: refuſe not inſtruction: neglect not the riches of Gods bountifulnes, and long ſuffering, which loueth not to take you tardie, and at aduantage, to vndoe you in the Act of your ſinnes,2, Pet. 3.9. but leadeth you to repentance: harden not therefore your hearts, nor heape not vp wrath againſt the day of wrath, and the declaration of the iuſt iudgement of God, who wil reward eueryevery one according to his works, put not off from day to day: for you know not how, nor when, nor by what meanes he commeth: and when he commeth, hee commeth as a whirle-winde, and laugheth at the deſtruction of the vngodly:Pro. 1, 26, 27.Prov 1:26Prov 1:27 Be ſober therefore and watch: bleſſe you the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

28O Yee deſperate & refractarie malecontents, and irreligious Atheiſts, that looked for a troublous time to fiſh in, as in middle waters: for a miſt and ſmoakie time to goe vneſpied, as falſe thieues: being readie and yawning to make haſt to the pray: Loe the pray is pluckt out of your teeth:Pſal. 58.1.Ps 58:1 know that there is a God that iudgeth the earth: and hath meanes to deliuer his from temptation in the very flames, as he did Lot in Sodome:2. Pet. 2.9.2 Pet 2:9 that the wicked ſhall not hauehave their wills on them, nor one of their bones be broken: and that the ſtones are at league with them;Pſal. 34.20. Iob. 5, 2, 3. Pſal. 11.6.7.Ps 34:20Job 5:2Job 5:3Ps 11:6Ps 11:7 but vponupon the vngodly he raigneth ſnares, fire, and brimſtone, ſtormes, and tempeſts, as thick as haile, this ſhal be their portion: euen hence learne to bende your ſelues to ſome lawfull calling, and be content with your eſtate, and thereby to bleſſe the Lord:Luk. 3, 14.Luke 3:14 praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O You hard hearted Papiſts, and indurate hypocrites, 291, Tim. 4.2.whoſe conſciences are ſeated with hote irons, to make the commandement of God of none effect, whereas hee ſtrictly forbad murther: to eſtabliſh your owne traditions, which you call the catholike religion, you ſpare no blood: where are your brags of …8? of the late Queenes death of happy memorie, and of this infernall tragedie? where are your hallowed altars to be erected in Paules? Their words & confeſsions.the threatnings againſt our bibles? promiſing of mariages to your friends, and ſharing offices and honours as you would? Where are your ſeuen Pſalmes to pray for proſperity, when that crack ſhould hauehave beene? your letters exhortatory, praying vntil that fatal Tueſday: then totnam to be turnde French?Apoc. 16, 5.14, 18.Rev 16:5Rev 16:14Rev 16:18 your publike prayers beyond ſeas in generall, for ſucceſſe to the catholike parliament, petition of blood? Shall not the angell of the fire proteſt againſt you? Lord thou art iuſt, which art, which waſt, and is holy, becauſe thou haſt iudged theſe thinges: for they ſhed the blood of the Saints, and Prophets (and had ſtill an vnſatiable dropſie vpō them, thirſting after more) and therefore haſt thou giuen them blood to drink: for they are worthy: and another Angel anſwere by alternation: euen ſo Lord God almighty, true & righteous are thy iudgments: Be ſtill once at length, take Gamaliels wholeſom counſell: be no more fighters againſt God:Act. 5, 38.Acts 5:38 conſider whether this counſell be of God:Act. 9, 5.Acts 9:5 take Chriſts own counſell: Kick not againſt the pricke: Remember S. Peters words: Let none ſuffer as a murtherer, teſtifie and beare witnes againſt vsus: you miſlike our parliament and proceeding, and what a manner of one ſhould yours hauehave beene: ſhould not your parliament hauehave beene as a mighty ſtrong winde rending mountaines, & tearing rockes, or as a fearefull earthquake or flaming fire: and yet the Lord not with you: though you bragged as Rabſakeh: are we come vp without the Lord, who hath conducted vsus,1, King, 19, 11. and concurred with vsus to this verie place to deſtroy it?2, King. 58, 25. 1, Pet. 4, 15. yea the Lord ſaide vntounto vsus: Goe vp againſt this parliament, and deſtroy the land: whereas our parliaments hauehave beene in a ſtill voyce vntounto you onelyonly to hauehave you ſtill: without any diſpoſition to diſquiet you▪ without that very neceſſity of our liues (God pardon vsus for it) by ſome new ouert action, and reſtleſſe practiſe of yours, driue vsus to make law afterlaw, which yet were ſlackly executed by vsus: See O you ſeduced ſoules: is this their almes, prayers, hoſpitality, faſting, good works: who perſecuteth now? who is the Lambe, and who the Wolfe? the olde prouerbe ſhall ceaſe: Punica fides: and Papiſtica fides ſhall come in place: Carthage of olde was: now Rome is broke forth: Is this your petition, catholike? Is not this tolere, non tolerare: not toleration of religion, but killing of the men: See Gods hand againſt you, be ſtill at length, and know that the blood thirſtie ſhall not liue out halfe their dayes:Pſal. open your eyes to ſee the myſteries of Antichriſt fulfilled, and ſore plagues in theſe dayes poured vponupon them that worſhip the beaſt;Apoc. 16.2.Rev 16:2 lay it to your hearts: how as Pharaoh he oppreſſeth you with ſore worke to vndoe you and yours, how many families of Dukes, Earles, Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, he hath made deſolate, making ſome of them pioners, and labouring men in ſtorie and clay: forſake him by ſo many warnings, ſo many of you as belong to the Lord▪ as for the reſt, he that is ignorant, let him be ignorant ſtill: hee that is obſtinate,Apoc. 22.11. 1, Cor. 14, 3….Rev 22:11Rev 22:1 let him be obſtinate ſtill: fulfill the meaſure of your condemnation: let your profeſſion be a ſnare, a net,Rom. 2…, 8▪Rom 2:8 and a ſtumbling blocke, for a recompence vntounto you: let their eyes be darkned, and bowe downe their backes alwaies▪ If our Goſpell be hid,2, Cor. 4.3. it is hid vntounto them that are loſt, in whom the God of this world hath blinded their eyes, leaſt the light of the glorious Goſpel, which is the Image of God, ſhould ſhine vntounto them: and yet know,Exod. 14, 17. Pſal. 110.2.Exod 14:17Ps 110:2 that God who got honour of Pharao and all his hoaſt, who hath foyled you ſo oft, will raigne in the midſt of his enemies:Eſa. 1, 24.Isa 1:24 he will eaſe himſelfe of his aduerſaries, and be auenged of them that hate him the will be exalted in iuſtice ouer you, and ſanctified in iudgement, euen Abimelech ſhall confeſſe that God is with Iſaac, Gen. 26.27. Pſal, 58.11.Gen 26:27whom he before driue a way: yea the nations ſhal ſay: there is a fruit for the righteous, and a God that iudgeth the world:Eſa, 6, 3: the whole earth ſhall be filled with his glory, he will be bleſſed, and praiſed, and magnified foreuer.

30O Ye helpleſſe and ſuccourleſſe people, women and children, olde men & Infants, young men and maides: Artificers and Tradeſmen, Farmers, Husbandmen, and feeders of cattell, all that till the ground: and all you that louelove peace and honeſt fruition of your owne: gather your ſelues, blowe a Trumpet in Sion:Ioel. 2, 15, 16.Joel 2:15Joel 2:16 gather the elders, aſſemble the children and ſucklings: let the Bridegroome come forth of his chamber, and the Bride out of her cloſet: and ſee the worke of the Lord, how he hath deliuered you from ranſacking, rifeling, and miſerable impoueriſhment, and deſtruction. Behold, was not the Angell come out of the temple of heauen alreadie with a ſharpe ſickle:Apoc. 14, 17.Rev 14:17 and had not the other Angell, that had power ouer the fire, called vntounto him with a loud crie, though wee as deafe Adders heard it not: thruſt in the ſharpe ſickle, and gather the cluſters of the Vineyards, of great Brittaine (for her grapes are ripe, that they may be caſt into the great winepreſſe of the wrath of God, to be troden in euerie Towne, Hamlet, and Citie:) but that the Lord repented him, and yet we doe not repent vsus: Seeke you the Lord therefore, in all your labours, trades, grounds, fields, cattell, callings, and degrees: preſerue Gods feare: promote his glory: confeſſe him to be a Father to the fatherleſſe, husband to the widdowe, and a deliuerer of the ſimple and harmeleſſe of the earth:Iob. 1.5.Job 1:5 and ſet your ſelues hence-forth (as Iob, in his family, ſo you in yours) to offer ſacrifices of prayers and pſalmes to the Lord, according to the number of you all, leaſt there be ſinne found in your trades & dealings: ſome ſinnes of lying, couſoning, ſwearing, falſe meaſures, or weights: or ſome corruption of vice in you, or your children, & ſeruants: as fatherly Iob ſuſpected and feared his owne houſe: pray the Lord of the harueſt to ſend forth labourers into his harueſt: pray and pay duly,Math. 9, 3….Matt 9:3 that God may hauehave his right, and bleſſe you the Lord eueryevery way, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Thou entire and whole Court of Parliament, 31the higheſt hill of our land:Lectiſ…ernium inſtitiae: caput publici conſilij. The ſpred bed of Iuſtice: and head of publick counſell. Pſal. 101.1.Ps 101:1 the open theater of all our actions: the Senate houſe of grand eſtate: the chiefeſt counſell of imperiall law: and the ſanctuarie of higheſt appeale, and deciſion among ſubiects: the marrowe of wiſedome, and chriſtall confluence of cleargie, nobilitie, and gentrie: the center of vnderſtanding, and riches of experience from all ſides: ſing for euer a ſong of iudgement and mercy vntounto our God, as one man together: they intended no place in the firſt place, but this place of Parliament: no perſons but Parliament men to deſtruction: in other iudgements, as plague, famine, warre, the meaner ſort oftner goe to wracke, but heere they ſhot at the faireſt flocke together:Luk 13, 1.Luke 13:1 As Pilat mingled blood and ſacrifices together, ſo they (O horrible indignitie) meant to mingle blood and duſt together, and to make morter of the choiſeſt blood in our land,Apoc. 8.8.Rev 8:8 to build their Babell with. Babilon I ſay, meant to make that worthie houſe as the mountaine ſet on fire and tumbled into the ſea, like an Ae…a ſpit-fire,Ezech. 24.3.4.Ezek 24:3Ezek 24:4 flaming gobbets of fire vponupon her owne friends and children: to make it as a pot, as Ezechiel ſpeaketh: hauing cut you as fleſh to the pot, to ſeeth eueryevery good morſell therein: to make that reuerend place, a very ſhambles,Ioſephus. hauing got, as Herod all the nobles of Iurie into one Amphetheater, to runne and ſtreame with the fineſt & pureſt blood:Ezech. 22.19.Ezek 22:19 to make it as a melting houſe, as the ſame Prophet threatneth: to new found our Church and Common-wealth: to make our Princes and noble-men of Sion, Lam. 4, 2.Lam 4:2who weare fine gold, to be eſteemed as earthen potſhards: the founder and mettal men of Rome, eſteemed you all no better then lead, yron, & braſſe: and put you all in one furnace: ye the Lord himſelfe ſeemed to hauehave barrelled vp wrath againſt you,Ezech. 22:19.Ezek 22:19 as they had barrelled pouder: as though hee had directed them to begin at no place but there firſt,Ezech. 9, 6.Ezek 9:6 as he ſaid once, begin at my ſanctuarie, and at my auncient men which were before the houſe; ſo heere begin at my parliament: as though the Lord meant to make that graue place, like Kibrah-Hattanah, Pſal. 78.31: Num. 11, 34.Ps 78:31Num 11:34the graues of luſt: that whilſt the word was yet in your mouthes, the wrath of God to come vponupon them: to ſlay the ſtrongeſt of them, to ſmite downe the choſen men in Iſrael, as though the Lord had appointed a ſacrifice in the place, and a great ſlaughter,Eſa, 34, 5, 6, 7. as in Bozra of olde: the earth to be drunken with blood, and the duſt to be made fat: euen a ſacrifice vponupon the mountaines of Iſrael, Ezech. 39.17, 18Ezek 39:17Ezek 39:18with many diſhes of the blood of the valiant, and blood of the great ones: like the Lords great ſupper in the Reuelation,Apoc. 19, 17, 18Rev 19:17Rev 19:18 for all the birds to come vntounto it: but the Lord hath ſpared his owne people, and poured out the blood of our enemies, and lifted vp their carcaſſes for eueryevery bird to peck on: and behold, you all are as a brand not touched by the fire:Ezech. 39.…. Zach. 3.2.Ezek 39Zech 3:2 He threatned to take vp huge and mighty ſtones, but would not let one of them be caſt at you: he laid fewell, but would not let it kindle: He filled the pot, but would not let it ſeethe, nor any morſell be diuided to put within it: He brought the ſacrifice to the hornes of the altar, but would not ſlay it: but gaue your enemies into your hand: And in the ſame place diuided their heads and quarters, where they meant to hauehave rend in pieces yours: GOD hath ſcattered the bones of them that beſieged thee:Iud. 7, 25. Apoc. 3.9.Judg 7:25Rev 3:9 he hath ſlaine Orob and Zeb in their owne rocke and wine preſſe: and heerein is the Scripture fulfilled: I will make thy enemies come to worſhip before thee,Pſal. 33.5.Ps 33:5 and they ſhall knowe that I louelove thee: take full warning at ſuch a caueat, as one body, why the Lord ſeemed to come to your pauilion, and why hee knocked at your doore: And in particular, let eueryevery ſoule among you looke to the reckoning that GOD hath with you:3, Sam. 7, 9. 2, Sam. 6, 12: caſt about as Dauid with Nathan concerning the temple: And at another time in the imperiall aſſembly for reducing the Arke, when ſomething had beene forgotten before: followe on and proceede with the Lord,In the letter. that they may be Prophets againſt themſelues: God and man by your concurrence to puniſh the wickednes of this time: (and what wickednes hath any age or chronicle obſerued greater?) that they may receiue a blow in parliament in deed, and yet no ſtirring afore hand on our part:Apoc. 2, 20.Rev 2:20 and that they may ſee none hurt them, but themſelues: Conſider that theſe are nōt olde, outworne, and ouergrowne Papiſts: but bred in our time, & vnderunder our improuidence (God impute it not vntounto vsus) take full order that Ieſabel be permitted to teach and ſeduce no more: deale faithfully betweene GOD and his people, leaſt a worſe thing come vntounto vsus: behold God prouoketh you on paine of your liues: the Countrie repoſeth truſt in you, the Churches depend on you: and the eyes of all the world are vponupon you, to ſee the fruite of your wiſedom in thorough orders for your owne ſafeties & Gods glory: elſe we ſhall be as a reproach among all nations, and as a ſhip of fooles in a calme ſea and ſound barke, and no enemie to boord vsus, to miſcarie in the hauen, by not prouiding for a tempeſt aforehand, with this inſcription ouer vsus: Thy deſtruction is of thy ſelfe, O England. Be this ſpoken to no diſhonour of ſo graue a Senate, that hath made ſo worthie proceedings alreadie: but to ſtirre vp all to pray▪ that God may enſpire effectually, that neither friend may miſſe any comfort, nor enemie hauehave hope, or cauſe to ioy: Surely GOD that offered to make a great nation of one Moſes, Exod. 32.10.Exod 32:10is able to raiſe vp parliament men of ſtones: and indeed did not the beames, and timber,Abac. 2.11.Hab 2:11 and ſtones of the parliament threaten wrath: Seeke therefore the Lord with a perfect hart, ſet vp a Pyramis to thy God, and a pillar of memorie as Abraham did: That God hath been ſeene on your mount:Gen. …2.14.Gen 2:14 erect a new monument where they would hauehave deſtroyed all the olde monuments: as Nebuchadnezar, make and publiſh generall decrees, make the ſignes knowne abroade, that the high God hath done vntounto thee,Dan. 3.32.Dan 3:32 that there is no other God that can deliuer ye, as our God: as the dedication of a ſpeciall holy day for this purpoſe declareth already: hauehave warre with Amalech for euer, remember the Lords charge: forget not: forget not.Deut. 25.19. Apoc. 18.6.Deut 25:19Rev 18:6 And as another ſcripture directeth: Reward Babylon double into her boſome: remember him that ſaith: Take vsus the little Foxes. And againe:Cant. 2.15. Pſal. 137.8.Song 2:15Ps 137:8 Bleſſed ſhall hee be that taketh the children of Babylon and daſheth them againſt the ſtones: take order that all fleſh in all our dominions,Luk. 3.6.Luke 3:6 by the preaching of his word, may ſee the ſaluation of this God: that children vnborne may ſeeke the God of their Fathers, and all of vsus in your behalfes, for ſo wiſe, zealous, and prouident Counſell,Pſal. as the oracle of God, may bleſſe the Lord God, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Thou whole Kingdome of England, thou careleſſe 32daughter, that liuedſt at eaſe, and dwelt in ſecuritie as Laiſh, nowe this eight and forty yeares:Iudg. 1….7. 1. Theſſ. 5, 3.Judg 1:71 Thess 5:3 when thou ſaideſt within thy ſelfe, Peace, peace, ſtrength, ſtrength, amitie, amitie, vnitie, vnity, lenity, lenity: Loe a ſnare as ſuddaine as the trauell of a woman: the Lord came againſt thee: the true God ſtole vponupon thee as a thiefe: loſſe of children and widowhood, ſhould hauehave come vponupon thee in one day:Apoc. 16, 15.Rev 16:15 the portiō of Babel in her perfection: the morning thereof thou ſhouldeſt not hauehave knowne:Apoc. 18.8. Eſa. 47.9. In the Q. declaration. 1662 Apoc. 14.Rev 18:8Isa 47:9Rev 14 thou waſt as neere to hauock, as thy ſiſter of France, on the other ſide of the water: vponupon whom came an inundation of blood, as it were to the horſes bridles, to deſtroy an hundreth thouſand at one time: the walls and roofe of Dagon fell downe vpō Philiſtines 3000:Iud. 16.27.Judg 16:27 1, King. 20.30.the buildings of foure whole Cities of Sodome oppreſſed their owners: one wall falleth vponupon 27000. of Syrians: Ierichoes walls come tumbling down: but Englands are ſpared. Thou art let goe as a ſcape got, or liuing ſparrow,Leuit. 14.52.53.Lev 14:52Lev 14:53 from the death in hand: thou haſt not loſt not one man in all thy Tribes: do thou therfore exalt,Pſal. 144.14.Ps 144:14 ſet vp, and bleſſe this thy God that loueth thee deerely: by prolonging thy peace in thy borders, and preuenting this crying and complaining in thy ſtreetes: elſe haddeſt thou beene, yea and ſhalt be a wofull ſpectacle of miſerie, & an incōparable example of calamitie to all the world: ſhould not thy times hauehave beene as in the dayes of Noah? ſome taken eating, ſome drinking, ſome in marrying: and knew nothing till the flood of vengeance came? as in the dayes of Lot: ſome building, ſome planting, ſome buying, ſome ſelling, and the fire diſturbed all their works?Math. 24.58.61. ver. 40.16.17.18. Luk: 17, 28.Matt 24:58Matt 24:61 as in the day of Ieruſalem: ſome taken flying: of two in the field one hit, the other ſcaping▪ ſome in the houſe, not ſuffered to come downe: others abroad not ſuffered to ſet any thing out of the houſe▪ ſome taken in the Inne as Moſes: ſome neere the gardens,Exod. 4, 25. Num. 22.24. Num. 25.14. Iud. 9.Exod 4:25Num 22:24Num 25:14Judg 9 as Balaam: ſome in the tents of whoring, as Zimri and Coſt: ſome as Abimelech, hauing come neere the dore to hauehave his braine brokē with a ſtone: ſome taken lying in receiuing bribes as Gehezi:2. King. 5.26. Act. 5. Dan. 4.52.2 Kgs 5:26Acts 5Dan 4:52 ſome robbing the Church, as Ananias and Zaphira: ſome walking in the Taraſſes as Nebuchadnezar: ſome drinking with cōcubines, as Baltazar, &c. Lord how many hearts had beene diſcouered? how many hypocrites diſmaked? faint and fraile men laid open: ſome weak would hauehave proued ſtrong? ſome ſtrong, would hauehave proued weake: the reputed faithfull, might hauehave been vnfaithfull: the truſtie, might hauehave become treacherous: men taken to be quiet, might hauehave beene outragious: many that make faire weather, would hauehave been glad of this ſtorme: they that ſeeme content with their owne, would hauehave taken part in the common ſpoile: how many priuate quarrels would hauehave beene reuenged vnderunder publike viſors? how many that ſeeme Proteſtants, would hauehave appeared Papiſts how many wiſe would hauehave proued fooliſh; and at their wits end? how would the baſe hauehave preſumed againſt the honourable:Eſa. 3.5. Amos, 3, 11.Isa 3:5 the young againſt the aged: who could hauehave beene ſure of life or goods, or wife, or childe, one houre? what houſe not rifled? what virgine not rauiſhed? what wife not defloured? eueryevery Towne and Country ſhould hauehave beene filled with woe and lamentation, and aſtoniſhment: Winter houſes & Sommer houſes had beene demoliſhed: the great houſes ſmitten with breaches, the little with cheſts, as Amos ſpeaketh. It ſhould hauehave beene a day of darknes and blacknes, none like it from the beginning,Ioel. 2, 2.Joel 2:2 neither any more ſuch to the yeares of many generations: the land before it as the garden of Eden, after it a deuouring wildernes. And ſurely it parliament ſhall take all courſe for ſafety, that poſſibly the higheſt reach and extent of mans wiſedome can compaſſe, yet if we be not reconciled to GOD,Apoc▪, 19.29. and returne with all our heart: It we be not zealous to amend: loe hee ſtandeth ſtill at the doore and knocketh, our ſafety is no ſafety, and our reſo…e is but a repriuall to a greater aſſiſes: … England therefore ſay vntounto her God:Iob. 42.5, 6.Job 42:5Job 42:6 heretofore I hauehave heard of thee by the hearing of the care, but nowe mine eye ſeeth neerer then euer, therefore I abhorre my ſelfe in duſt and uſhes: Let the enemie neuer hauehave his hope, that the iniquitie of England is fulfild.Porerierius in Gen. 15.Gen 15 Let England, ſeeing ſhee is new borne, be a new creature: Let England ſay, the merciemercy of God to it indureth for euer: and that her deliuerance ſurpaſſeth all the deliuerances of Gods firſt borne Iſrael: let her proclaime to all people: Come and ſee,Pſal. 66.6.Ps 66:6 and heare, what GOD hath done for me and my children: helpe me all ye nations: and ioyne with me to bleſſe this Lord, to praiſe him, & to magnifie him for euer.

33O You the right honorable Commiſſioners, and other the worſhipfull, imployed, in examining this triane, and in digging vp this hidden graue, like the Troian horſe among the Gentiles, of all villany: you ſee & ken further in this ſed of miſchiefe, then any other eye:Pſal. 107.24.Ps 107:24 you ſee the works of the Lord, and his wonders in theſe deep deuices: further then is fit for eueryevery one to knowe, and which time will more reueale and make bare and naked: Heauen is high, earth is deepe, and the heart of the King who can finde out?Pro. 25.3.Prov 25:3 you ſee the dungeon of trayterous harts: and hauehave pierced into the bottomleſſe hell of Popiſh and Ieſuiticall practiſe, by their owne bookes, writings, and confeſſions: you ſee the labyrinth of their windings & turnings, and all the falſe dores of equiuocating ſoules, more intricate, then their hiding chambers, in their couerts, and dens, and ſecret lurking places: you ſee the power of the Lord to confound them, whilſt we imagined no ill his wiſedom to let them run on till they ſhould be out of breath: like a good Chirurgion, not to launce the wound, til it grew to a head, and the botch ripe, to breake with too much bily matter:Pſal. 9.15, 16.Ps 9:15Ps 9:16 you ſee the iuſtice of the Lord, who hath made himſelfe knowne by executing iudgement, they are ſunken downe in the pit, that they made: in the net that they hid, is their foot taken: the wicked is ſnared in the worke of his owne hands **O meditate and marke.Higgaiō Selah: you ſee the mercy of God triumphing ouer all his works: arguing and diſputing in his louelove, concerning vsus: How ſhall I deliuer thee vp, O little England? How ſhal I deliuer thee,Oſe. 11.8.9.Hos 11:8Hos 11:9 O great Brittaine? how ſhall I make thee as Admal? how ſhall I ſet thee as Zeboim: mine hart is turned within me: my repentings are rolled together: I will not execute the fiercenes of any wrath, I will not returne to deſtroy: I am God and not man, the holy one in the midſt of thee: behold, I would hauehave fined thee,Eſa. 48.8, 9.10.Isa 48:8Isa 48:9Isa 48:10 but not as ſiluer: yea, I hauehave ſaued thee out of this fierie furnace of affliction, for mine owne ſake, for mine owne ſake hauehave I done it: for my names ſake hauehave I deferred my wrath: for my praiſe hauehave I refrained from thee, that I cut thee not off: you therefore that ſee more (as the cunning eye in pictures, the skillfull eare in muſicke diſcerneth more then the vulgar ſort:) you that ſee the length, the bredth, the depth, the heigth, & at the dimēſions of Gods works here aboue others: riſe vp higher in your ſpirits: by their ſubtilty, right honourable, be more and more wiſe as ſerpents, for the ſtate, and to preſerue honourable plainenes in the ſimplicity of Doues, in holie conuerſation for your ſoules health: and for bleſſing of your pollicy: ſo bleſſe you this Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Thou noble Lord, that high Montegle of honorable 34diſcent,Dan. 5.5.25.Dan 5:5Dan 5:25 and auncient renowned houſe, predeſtinate aboue all other, to be a moſt happy inſtrument of thy ſoueraigne and Countries ſafetie: conſider and ponder according to thy ingenuous honour and right loyal wiſedom, this great work of God, in the very fingers of that mans hand, that was author of the letter: the writing prooued to be like the writing vponupon the plaiſter of the wall, in the Pallace of King Baltazar, when he thought all ſure: and yet that night he loſt kingdome and life: Mene, Tekel, Vpharſin: Mene, God hath numbred and finiſhed you: Tekel, thou art weighed in the ballance, and found too light: Pare…: thy kingdome and plot diuided and ſcattered, and giuen to thine enemies: the letter, made louelove and nature worke toward thee alone, whoſe very fountaine and ſprings were ſtopped vp, and ſhut cloſe to all others: and yet out of that ground, their blinded harts & infatuated minds might hauehave gathered, that if blood or alliance, or any other reſpect ought to hauehave moued them to hauehave bowels and feeling towards thee, it might hauehave led others to hauehave had tendernes towards others alſo of their friends: yea, euen to all England the common parents of vsus all: and to eueryevery ſonne & daughter of the ſame:Rom. 1.22.Rom 1:22 but that ſeeming to be wiſe, they became fooles:Prou. and the ſcripture muſt be true: the mercies of the wicked are vnmercifull: their bowels the ſeat of merciemercy, are cruell: if they that are euill, can giuegive good thinges to their friends,Math. 7.9 10.11Matt 7:9 not ſtones but bread, not ſcorpions but fiſhes: how much more ſhall not our heauenly Father, who made all, euen pittie all, and louelove the images of his owne creation, the works of his owne hands? who hath better right to eueryevery one of vsus, then any friend hath to his friend in any bond of nature: for hee hath made of one blood, euen all mankinde,Act. 17, 26.Acts 17:26 to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath aſſigned the bounds of their habitation: wee are all the generation of God: in him we liue, wee moue, and hauehave our being: Doe thou wiſely conſider, the Lords louelove to thee, and obſerue prudently withall, their leaden rule of their falſe louelove: for no good patriore can abide himſelfe to be loued, when his Country is hated: obſerue the wiſedom of God, to produce out of cōmon hatred, particular louelove: out of particular louelove, generall ſafetie in his mighty power: notwithſtanding, vowes, oathes, and ſacraments of ſecrecie to ſet our ſworne enemies to indight for our good: to make their fingers write peace, whoſe hearts hatched warre: to order in his wiſe diſpenſation, ſuch a ſpirit of zeale and caution in you: doe thou reuerence this great God, in a true ſenſe & ſound ſpirit of diſcerning ſpirits, that hath honoured thee with ſo great ſeruice: ſuggeſted and gaue grace to make the beſt vſe of it (as they prophecied in another meaning) namely, to be a great ſauiour to Prince & Country: and yet remēbring what a holy father ſaid: Marie the great inſtrument of all Chriſtians good: ſhe was more bleſſed by beleeuing Chriſt, then by bearing him: by receiuing him in her heart by faith, then by conceiuing him in her wombe: doe you my good Lord, make this a meanes to increaſe your faith, and reſolution of conſcience in the beſt maner: bleſſe you the Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

35O Thou mighty King and Queene, Prince, and Duke, Counſailers, Prelates, Peeres, Iudges, Lawyers, and Gentrie, and generally all the Subiects of this land and eſtate, whoſe heads ſtood vponupon one necke, to be ſtriken off at one blowe, whoſe bodies were in one ſhip of venture, within an inch bord of drowning, and within a ſtep of death, or rather on the top of a maſt, a horrible and hideous tempeſt growing, all our Pilats, and Marriners, and cunning ſea men a ſleepe, and we ſaw it not: recognize with me, in Queene Maries dayes they burnt many, but at many ſtakes, but heere they meant to burne vsus all at one ſtake:Documare ad cadem. amongſt the Romanes they put the tenth man onelyonly to death in a generall prouocation, heere nothing would ſerue but a generall ſlaughter, euen the abhomination of deſolation, ouer ſo many ſacred perſons, and ſo holy a place: Let all them then that thus ſhould hauehave died together, learne holy feruencie of their enemies, to ſtriue for the common faith, to giuegive honour and obedience to whom it is due: Care and defence, to whom it appertaines: let all them in vnion of ſpirit, and the holy communion of Saints, with an indiſſoluble knot of truth, peace, concord, common comfort and ſocietie: liue, and louelove, and die together in an holy aſſociation in the quarrell of the Goſpell, and defiance to Babylon, in the maintenance of one God, one Chriſt, one ſpirit, one faith, one truth, one baptiſme, one communion, one King, one people, that ſo liuing and dying together, we may with one heart and hand, one faith and truth, one minde and mouth, euer bleſſe one Lord, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O All you Churches of the Lord in any part of the 36world, that call vponupon the name of the Lord in truth, for whoſe confirmation of your louelove & faith, the Lord of hoaſts hath ſo mightily pleaded among vsus, that maketh their pennes to write health, who otherwiſe wiſhed their launces to worke vsus death, to ſhew that hee walketh in the middeſt of the ſeauen golden candleſticks,Apoc. 1.13.Rev 1:13 all whoſe territories and tents they hated deadly as vsus, profeſſing their wills & skill, an eager deſire to let ſome of them blood againe, as they did heeretofore in Fraunce, being cunning to deſtroy: be you the more rooted in your holy faith: reſolued with all conſtancie in your religion, and eſtabliſhed in your ſpirits, to ſerue ſo prouident a God in one vniforme profeſſion of truth with vsus, for which God hath giuen ſo glorious a ſentence, that all variance ſet aſide, God may perſwade Iapheth to dwell in the tents of Shem, Gen. 9.27. Apoc. 20.….9.Gen 9:27Rev 20and Canaan to be ſeruant to them both: and caſt our ſelues into a perfect knot of louelove, to make defence againſt Gog and Magog, that gather themſelues frō the foure corners of the earth, to compaſſe about the tents of the Saints and the beloued Citie, that ſo as one flocke we may acknowledge one ſheepheard: and vnceſſantly bleſſe him, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Ye mightie Lords & Emperours of the world, 37euen all the ten hornes and ten Kings of the earth, the Kings I ſay, who are kinne and brothers to one another, & all you worthy Counſailers, who hauehave fulfilled Gods will in vpholding the Citie on ſeauen hills ſo long,Apoc. 17.16.17Rev 17:16Rev 17:17 better then her owne hills could vphold her: and now, God putteth in your hearts by this warning what you are to looke for, if you pleaſe not this ſcarlet woman, as ſome of your moſt ennobled auceſtors & progenitors, hauehave taſted in all your quarters, with the loſſe of their deareſt liues & beſt kingdomes: ſhee ſitteth in Vatican, and with her vaticinies and prophecies, ſendeth you and yours from the Caſtle of S. Angelo to death, as the Alaſtor and deſtroyer of the world: She keepeth her latitat in her laterane, liuing a ſhadowed life, and ſetteth others to that worke to which ſhee putteth not her finger: wherefore ſtir vp your heroicall ſpirits, prepare your ſelues to fulfill the reſt of Gods myſterie prophecied before, that ten Kings ſhould ioyne in one conſent againſt this whore of Babel, who committeth ſtates together, to kill one another for her: Proclaime a ſacred warre againſt her, to ſhew your holy hatred of her; that Sion may riſe, & Babylon may fall,Apoc. 1…, 11.Rev 1:11 and her ſmoake may riſe vp more and more: do you begin to bleſſe this Lord, who hath ſhewed by this example to all the world, that he ſpecially loueth the liues of Kings & Princes, and Counſailers of eſtate: and therefore do you your vttermoſt (and what cannot Kings do) to ſet forth the lawes of this King of Kings in all your Realmes: ſhew your ſelues to be Kings and free men, not in bondage to any, but reſtorers of the world, according to your great power: can you hauehave a better time and occaſion? ſee the ſtirring and readie affections of many Kings, Potentates, and States, to concurre with you: bleſſe this Lord GOD, of whom you hold your crownes, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O Ye holy Angels and celeſtiall creatures, that excell 38in ſtrength, whereas we are weake:Pſal. 103, 20.Ps 103:20 you that fulfill his commaundements, and hearken perfectly vntounto the voyce of his words: whereas we vponupon earth are all ſhort, you that pitched your tents about the parliament houſe, and all our tabernacles,Pſal. 34, 7.Ps 34:7 that looked ſo faithfully and louingly to your charge, ſo that no foote did ſtumble at any ſtone: bleſſe you this Lord forvs, and with vsus, in all your heauenly queers,Pſal. 91, 11, 12.Ps 91:11Ps 91:12 praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O All you people of the word, Iewes, and Chriſtians, 39Turks, and Infidels, ciuill, and Barbarians: Indians, and Cannibals, friends and enemies whatſoeuer: conſider I pray you in all your Countries & generations, whether any like horrible, vnnaturall, and execrable thing euer were: where neither the dread of the God of life, nor duty to a ſacred King, nor the tendernes of a gracious Queene, nor the ſweetnes and golden hope of a young Prince, nor authority of Counſailers of eſtate: nor reuerence of prelates, nor honour of nobility, nor grauity of Iudges, nor reſpect of the flower of their owne Countrie: nor conſideration of the face of the aged, nor any hope of the young ones, nor pittie of the innocent, nor compaſſion to the harmleſſe multitude, nor louelove to their owne affectionate in the ſame religion, nor bowels of nature to their owne Country: nor rule of ſcripture to thinke of heauens Country: nor relenting of conſcience in themſelues in ſo many moneths of leiſure, to worke any remorſe, but the more hardening, nor pietie to the memories of the dead, nor awe to any liuing, what opinion the world ſhould hauehave of ſuch incendiaries: nor feare of any to reuenge it: nor care of poſterity, to confound mens eſtates and rights, by deſtroying their deeds & writings in the fire: nor thought of iuſtice to let men hauehave a lawfull triall: nor abhorring of cruelty in the multitudes of the ſlaine: nor barbarouſnes in the manner of death, or rather in ſo many manners of death, burning, drowning, ſtoning, beheading, quartering, preſſing: nor touch to the rufull ſcriching and howling, of the maymed, bruiſed, wounded, & not ſlaine outright: nor charity to ſend men to hell, as they thought, without time to aske mercy: nor fore-caſt of perill to them and theirs, if they ſhould be diſcouered: nor any thing in heauen, earth, or hell: this world, or the world to come, could moue them, ſome being of great birth and wealth, ſome of zeale and profeſſed religion, ſome of the prieſthood of the Romane faith, and all naturally of this Countrie and nation, but that they complotted, contriued, put in practiſe to their vttermoſt power, the moſt diuelliſh murder, butchery, and maſſacre, that euer Sathan hatched from the beginning of the world, frō the ſhedding of the blood of Abel the righteous: at which we that ſcaped admire, and adore him that ſaued vsus: they that heare it are amazed, & aſtoniſhed: and can ſcarcely beleeue that any ſuch thing was, but that it is apparant as the ſunne in the firmaments which all nations doe now ring of, and is readie for eueryevery Chronicle, as the new manuell of the world, both in attempt and deliuerance, to ſhewe the odiouſnes of bloudie and woluiſh Rome: and the ſoueraignty and fatherly louelove of God to mankinde, and eſpecially to the Engliſh nation & proteſtant Churches there: Doe you therefore, O all you people, tribes, kindreds, and nations of the world, and all ye works of the Lord in all places of his dominion,Pſal. 103.22. Pſal. 150.5.Ps 103:22Ps 150:5 doe you I ſay, ſpeake good of the name of the Lord: let eueryevery one that hath faith, let eueryevery one that hath breath and common feeling, and ſence of humanitie, and loueth the liues of men in the common affection to mankinde: glorifie GOD, that loueth to ſaue many people aliue, and hence learne to abhor the Abadon, the Apollyon, and Romiſh deſtroyer:Apoc. 9.Rev 9 and to honour this God of our life, who holdeth all their ſoules in life, let them bleſſe this Lord in their Countries and Regions, praiſe him, and magnifie him for euer.

O All you people that heare me this day, or ſhall 40reade any part of this ſacrifice of thankſgiuing: be ſtirred vp heereby the more, to lift vp your hearts vntounto God, to extoll his name, exalt his glory, and found out his praiſe in all places, and vponupon all óccaſions: eſpecially to celebrate him for the riches of his merciemercy, in the defence of the Goſpell in our proteſtant Churches: O my ſoule, and all that is within me, and all that belongeth vntounto me,Pſal. 203.1, 22. bleſſe thou not only in word and writing, but in deed and truth, this holy name of the great defēder of our precious faith: praiſe him, & magnifie him, not now alone, but continually, and for euer & euer: Amen, Amen. Alleluiah.

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