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A69969	Eikōn basilikē The porvtraictvre of His sacred Maiestie in his solitudes and svfferings. Together with His Maiesties praiers delivered to Doctor Juxon immediately before his death. Also His Majesties reasons, against the pretended jurisdiction of the high court of justice, which he intended to deliver in writing on Munday January 22, 1648.	Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Reliqiæ sacræ Carolinæ.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.; Dugard, William, 1602-1662. aut	1649 (1649)	Wing E311; ESTC R39418	116,576	254

to in their opinion as too great a fixednes in that Religion whose judicious solid grounds both from Scripture and Antiquity wil not give My Conscience leave to approve or consent to those many dangerous and divided Innovations which the bold Ignorance of some men would needs obtrud upon me my people Contrary to those well tried foundations both of Truth and Order which men of far greater Learning and clearer Zeal have setled in the Confession and Constitution of this Church in England which many former Parliaments in the most calme and unpassionate times have oft confirmed In which I shall ever by Gods help persevere as believing it hath most of Primitive Truth and Order Nor did My using the assistance of some Papists which were my Subjects any way fight against My Religion as some men would needs interpret it especially those who least of all men cared whom they imployed or what they said or did so they might prevaile 'T is strange that so wise men as they would be esteemed should not conceive That differences of perswasion in matters of Religion may easily fall out where there is the fameness of duty Allegiance and subjection The first they owe as men and Christians to God the second they owe to Me in Common as their King different professions in point of Religion cannot any more than in Civill Trades take away the community of relations either to Parents or to Princes And where is there such an Oglio or medley of various Religions in the world again as those men entertaine in their service who find most fault with me without any scruple as to the diversity of their Sects and Opinions It was indeed a foule and indelible shame for such as would be counted Protestants to enforce Me a declared Protestant their Lord King to a necessary use of Papists or any other who did but their duty to help Me to defend My selfe Nor did I more than is lawfull for any King in such exigents to use the aid of any his Subjects I am sorry the Papists should have a greater sense of their Allegiance than many Protestant professors who seem to have learned to practise the worst principles of the worst Papists Indeed it had bin a very impertinent and unseasonable scruple in Me and very pleasing no doubt to My enemies to have been then disputing the points of different beliefs in My Subjects when I was disputed with by swords points and when I needed the help of My Subjects as men no lesse then their prayers as Christians The noise of My Evill Councellours was another usefull device for those who were impatient any mens counsels but their owne should be followed in Church or State who were so eager in giving Me better counsel that they would not give Me leave to take it with freedome as a Man or honour as a King making their counsels more like a drench that must be powred down then a draught which might be fairly and leisurely drank if I liked it I will not justifie beyond humane errours and frailties My selfe or My Counsellours They might be subject to some miscariages yet such as were far more reparable by second and better thoughts than those enormous extravagances where with some men have now even wil dred and almost quite lost both Church and State The event of things at last will make it evident to My Subjects that had I followed the worst Couucels that My worst Counsellours ever had the boldnesse to offer to Me or My self any inclination to use I could not so soon have brought both Church and State in three flourishing Kingdomes to such a Chaos of confusions and Hell of miseries as some have done out of which they cannot or will not in the midst of their many great advantages redeeme either Me or My Subjects No men were more willing to complaine than I was to redresse what I saw in Reason was either done or advised amisse and this I thonght I had done even beyond the expectation of moderate men who were sorry to see me prone even to injure My self out of a Zeal to releive my Subjects But other mens insatiable desire of revenge upon Me My Court and My Clergy hath wholly beguiled both Church and State of the benefit of all My either Retractations or Concessions withall hath deprived all those now so zealous Persecutors both of the comfort reward of their former pretended persecutions wherein they so much gloryed among the vulgar and which indeed a truly humble Christian will so highly prize as rather not be relieved then be revenged so as to be bereaved of that Crowne of christian Patience which attends humble injured sufferers Another artifice used to withdraw My Peoples affections from Me to their designes was The noise and ostentation of liberty which men are not more prone to desire then unapt to bear in the popular sense which is to do what every man likes best If the Divinest liberty be to will what men should to do what they so will according to Reason Lawes and Religion I envy not My subjects that Liberty which is all I desire to enjoy My self So far am I from the desire of oppressing theirs Nor were those Lords Gentlemen which assisted Me so prodigall of their liberties as with their Lives and Fortunes to help on the enslaving of themselves and their posterities As to Civill Immunities none but such as desire to drive on their Ambitious and Covetous designes over the ruines of Church and State Prince Peers and People wil never desire greater freedoms then the Laws alow whose bounds good men count their Ornament protection others their Menacles and Opression Nor is it just any man should expect the reward benefit of the Law who despiseth its rule and direction losing justly his safety while he seeks an unreasonable liberty Time will best inform my Subjects that those are the best preserver of their true liberties who allow themselves the least licentiousness against or beyond the Laws They will feele it at last to their cost that it is impossible those men should be really tender of their fellow-Subjects libertyes who have the hardinesse to use their King with so severe restraint against all Laws both Divine and Humane under which yet I wil rather perish then complain to those who want nothing to compleat their mirth and triumph but such musick In point of true consciencious tendernes attended with humility and meeknes not with proud arrogant activity which seeks to hatch every Egge of different opinion to a Faction or Schisme I have oft declared how little I desire My Laws and Scepter should intrench on Gods Soveraignty which is the only King of mens Consciences and yet he hath laid such restraints upon men as commands them to be subject for Conscience sake giving no men liberty to break the Law established further then with meeknes and patience they are content to suffer the penalties

Coeli Specto Beatam et A●ternum Gloria Asperam at Levem IN VERBO TUO SPES MEA Gratia Christi Tracto Splendidam at Gravem Vanita● Mundi C 〈…〉 〈…〉 all delin The Explanation of the Embleme POnderibus genus omne mali probrique gravatus Vizque ferenda ferens Palma ut depressa resurgo Ac velut undarum Fluctûs Ventique furorem Irati Populi Rupes immota repello Clarior è tenebris coelestis stella corusco Victor aeternùm foelici pace triumpho Auro fulgentem rutilo gemmisque micantem At curis Gravidam spernendo calco Coronam Spinosam at ferri facilem quo spes mea Christi Auxilio Nobis non est tractare molestum Aeternam fixis fidei semper que beatam In Coelos occulis specto Nobisque-paratam Quod vanum est sperno quod Christi Gratia praebet Amplecti studium est Virtutis Gloria merces THough clogg'd with weights of miseries Palm-like depress'd I higher rise And as th' unmoved Rock out-braves The boyst'rous winds and raging waves So triumph I. And shine more bright In sad Affliction 's darksom night That splendid but yet toilsome Crown Regardlesly I trample down With joy I take this Crown of Thorn Though sharp yet easie to be born That heav'nly Crown already mine I view with eyes of faith divine I slight vain things and do embrace Glory the just reward of Grace 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ΕΙΚΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ THE PORVTRAICTVRE OF HIS SACRED MAIESTIE IN HIS SOLITUDES AND SVFFERINGS Together with His MAIESTIES Praiers delivered to Doctor Juxon immediatly before His Death Also His Majesties REASONS Against the pretended Jurisdiction of the high Court of Justice which he intended to deliver in Writing on Munday January 22. 1648. ROM 8. More then Conquerour c. Bona agere mala pati Regium est M. DC XLIX THE CONTENTS 1. UPon His Maiestyes calling this last Parliament p. 15 2 Upon the Earle of Strafford's death 3. Upon His Maiesties going to the House of Commnos 11 4. Vpon the Insolency of the Tumults 15 5. Upon His Maiestyes passing the Bil for the trienniall Parliaments and after setling this during the pleasure of the two Houses 23 6. Upon His Maiesties retirement from Westminster 30. 7. Upon the Queenes departure and absence out of England 37 8. Upon His Majestyes repulse at Hull and the fates of the Hothams 42 9. Upon the Listing and raysing armyes against the King 48 10. Upon their seizing the Kings Magazines Forts Navy and Militia 59 11 Upon the 19. Propositions first sent to the King and more afterwards 67 12 Vpon the Rebellion and troubles in Ireland 81 13. Upon the calling in of the Scots and their Comming 90 14. Upon the Covenant 99 15. Upon the many Jealousies raised and Scandalls cast upon the King to stirre up the People against him 110 16. Vpon the Ordinance against the Common-Prayer-Book 124 17. Of the differences between the King and the 2. Houses in point of Church-Government 133 18. Vpon Uxbridge-Treaty and other Offers made by the King 150 19. Vpon the various events of the Warre Victories and Defeats 155 20. Vpon the Reformations of the Times 164 21. Vpon His Maiesties Letters taken and divulged 172 22. Vpon His Maiesties leaving Oxford and going to the Scots 178 23. Vpon the Scots delivering the King to the English and his Captivity at Holmeby 183 24. Vpon their Denying his Maiesty the Attendance of his Chaplains 187 25. Penitentiall Meditations and Vowes in the Kings solitude at Holmeby p. 199 ●6 Vpon the Armies Surprisall of the King at Holmby and the ensuing distractions in the two houses the army and the City 204 27. To the Prince of Wales 213 28. Meditations upon Death after the Votes of Non-addresses and his Maiesties closer Imprisonment in Carisbrook Castle ●32 ΕΙΚΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ 1. Vpon His Maiesties calling this last Parliament THis last Parliament I called not more by others advice and necessity of My affairs then by my owne choice and inclination who have alwayes thought the right way of Parliaments most ●afe for my Crown and best pleasing to My People And although I was not forgetfull of ●hose sparks which some mens distempers for●erly studied to kindle in Parliaments which ●y forbearing to convene for some yeares I ●oped to have extinguished yet resolving with ●y selfe to give all just satisfaction to modest ●nd sober desires and to redresse all pub●que greivances in Church and State I hoped ●y My freedome and their moderation to pre●ent all misunderstandings and miscariages in ●is In which as I feared affaires would meet ●ith some passion and prejudice in other men ●o I resolved they should finde least of them in ●y selfe not doubting but by the weight of Reason I should counterpoise the over-ballancings of any factions I was indeed sorry to hear with what partiality and popular heat Elections were carried in many places yet hoping that the gravity and discretion of other Gentlemen would allay and fix the Commons to a due temperament guiding some mens wel-meaning zeal by such rules of moderation as are best both to preserve and restore the health of all States and Kingdomes No man was better pleased with the convening of this Parliament then My selfe who knowing best the largenesse of My owne Heart toward My peoples good and just contentment pleased my selfe most in that good and firm● understanding which would hence grow between Me and My people All Jealousies being laid aside My owne an● my Children Interests gave me many obligations to seek and preserve the love and welfare o● my Subjects The only temporall blessing tha● is left to the ambition of just Monarchs as thei● greatest honour and safety next Gods protection I cared not to lessen my self in some thing of my wonted prerogative since I knew I coul● be no loser if I might gain but a recompen● in My Subjects affections I intended not only to obliege My Friends b● Mine Enemies also exceeding even the desire of those that were factiously discontented ● they did but pretend to any modest and sobe● sense The odium and offences which some mens rigour or remissness in Church State had contracted upon my Government I resolved to have expiated by such Laws regulations for the future as might not only rectifie what was amisse in practise but supply what was defective in the constitution No man having a greater zeal to see Religion setled in Unity and Order than My selfe whom it most concernes both in piety and policy as knowing that no flames of civill dissentions are more dangerous then those which make Religious pretensions the grounds of Factions I resolved to reform what I should by free and full advice in Parliament be convinced to be amisse and to grant whatever My Reason Conscience told me was fit to be desired I wish I had kept my selfe within those bounds and not suffered My own Iudgement to have been over-born in some things more by others

designes which no doubt many of them by this time discover though they dare not but smother their frustrations and discontents The specious and popular titles of Christs Government Throne Scepter and Kingdome which certainly is not divided nor hath two faces as their Parties now have at least also the noise of a through Reformation these may as easily be fixed on new modells as faire colours may be put to ill-favoured figures The breaking of Church-windowes which Time had sufficiently defaced pulling downe of Crosses which were but civill not Religious marks defacing of the Monuments and Inscriptions of the Dead which served but to put Posterity in mind to thank God for that clearer light wherein they live The leaving of all Ministers to their liberties and private abilities in the Publike service of God where no Christian can tell to what he may say Amen nor what adventure he may make of seeming at least to consent to the Errours Blasphemies and ridiculous Undecencies which bold and ignorant men list to vent in their Prayers Preaching and other offices The setting forth also of old Catechismes and Confessions of Faith new drest importing as much as if there had been no sound or cleare Doctrine of Faith in this Church before some foure or five yeares consultation had matured their thoughts touching their first Principles of Religion All these and the like are the effects of popular specious and deceitfull Reformations that they might not seem to have nothing to doe and may give some short flashes of content to the Vulgar who are taken with novelties as Children with Babies very much but not very long But all this amounts not to nor can in Justice merit the glory of the Churches thorow Reformation since they leave all things more deformed disorderly and discontented then when they began in point of Piety Morality Charity and good Order Nor can they easil● recompense or remedy the inconveniences and mischiefs which they have purchased so dearly and which have and ever will necessarily ensue till due remedies be applied I wish they would at last make it their Unanimous work to doe Gods work and not their owne Had Religion been first considered as it merited much trouble might have been prevented But some men thought that the Government of this Church and State fixed by so many Lawes and long Customes would not run into their new moulds till they had first melted it in the fire of a Civill Warre by the advantages of which they resolved if they prevailed to make my selfe and all my Subjects fall down and worship the Images they should forme and set up If there had been as much of Christs Spirit for meeknesse wisdome and charity in mens hearts as there was of his Name used in the pretensions to reforme all to Christs Rule it would certainly have obtained more of Gods blessing and produced more of Christs Glory the Churches good the Honour of Religion and the Unity of Christians Publique Reformers had need first Act in private and practice that on their owne hearts which they purpose to trie on others for Deformities within will soon betray the pretenders of publike Reformations to such private designs as must needs hinder the publike good I am sure the right Methods of Reforming the Church cannot consist with that of perturbing the Civill State nor can Religion be justly advanced by depressing Loyalty which is one of the chiefest Ingredients and Ornaments of true Religion for next to fear God is Honour the King I doubt not but Christs Kingdome may be set up without pulling downe Mine nor will any men in impartiall times appear good Christians that approve not themselves good Subjects Christs Government will confirm Mine not overthrow it since as I own mine from him so I desire to rule for his Glory and his Churches good Had some men truly intended Christ's Government or knew what it meant in their hearts they could never have been so ill-governed in in their words and actions both against me and one another As good ends cannot justifie evill meanes so nor will evill beginnings ever bring forth good conclusions unlesse God by a miracle of Mercy create Light out of Darknesse order out of our confusions and peace out of our passions Thou O Lord who onely canst give us beauty for ashes and Truth for Hypocrisie suffer us not to be miserably deluded with Pharisaicall washings instead of Christian reformings Our greatest deformities are within make us the severest Censurers and first Reformers of our own soules That we may in clearnesse of judgment and uprightnesse of heart be means to reform what is indeed amisse in Church and State Create in us clean hearts O Lord and renew right spirits within us that we may do all by thy directions to thy glory and with thy blessing Pity the deformities which some rash and cruell Reformers have brought upon this Church and State Quench the fires which Factions have kindled under the pretence of Reforming As thou hast shewed the world by their divisions and confusions what is the pravity of some mens intentions and weaknesse of their judgments so bring ●s at last more refined out of these fires by the methods of Christian and charitable Reformations wherein nothing of ambition revenge covetousnesse or srcriledge may have any influence upon their co●nsells whom thy providence in just and lawfull wayes shall entrust with so great good and now most necessary work that I and my People may be so blest with inward piety as may best teach us how to use the blessing of outward peace 21. Vpon his Majesties Letters taken and divulged THe taking of my Letters was an opportunity which as the malice of mine enemies could hardly have expected so they knew not how with honour and civility to use it Nor doe I think with sober and worthy minds any thing in them could tend so much to my reproach as the odious divulging of them did to the infamy of the Divulgers the greatest experiments of vertue and noblenesse being discovered in the greatest advantages against an enemy and the greatest obligations being those which are put upon us by them from whom we could least have expected them And such I should have esteemed the concealing of My Papers The freedome and secresie of which commands a civility from all men not wholly barbarous nor is there any thing more inhumane than to expose them to publique view Yet since providence will have it so I am content so much of My heart which I study to approve to Gods omniscience should be discovered to the world without any of those dresses or popular captations which some men use in their Speeches and Expresses I wish my Subjects had yet a clearer sight into my most retired thoughts Where they might discover how they are divided between the love and care I have not more to preserve my owne Rights than to procure their peace and happinesse and that extreme griefe to see them both