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daughter_n	henry_n	king_n	mary_n	6,135	5	9.0678	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88272	Lilburns ghost, with a whip in one hand, to scourge tyrants out of authority; and balme in the other, to heal the sores of our (as yet) corrupt state; or, Some of the late dying principles of freedom, revived, and unvailed, for the lovers of freedome and liberty, peace & righteousness to behold. By one who desires no longer to live then to serve his country		1659 (1659)	Wing L2202; Thomason E988_9; ESTC R208068	6,586	11

absolute Monarchy Setting aside all forreign examples good people of England look at home and O Parliament of England behold your own body have not you cut off Charles and let the King live to this day Consider what is the interest of Monarchy but an unlimited uncontroulable unaccountable station of Power and Authority in the hands of a single Person or Many who govern according to the Dictates of their own will and pleasure If GOD hath so much mercy for you that you now at last prove our Redeemers and Restorers of our Liberties declare for it in a due and orderly succession of Authority in our Supreme Assemblies that Ages to come may have a reverent and noble respect of you as the Founders of our Free-State and Commonwealth Thirdly and since to the grief of honest hearts there are many discontented humours in the Nation who endeavour to insinuate themselves into the Body of the Nation to undermine the security of the Commonwealth to gain a share in the government to bring about their corrupt ends great care ought to be had of the composure and complexion of our Representatives And that you may be careful herein pray shut the door and not onely so but stop every crack and cranny to keep out the old and new Malignant out of Authority you must be cautious not onely in excluding the wilde Geese but the tame not onely the old but the new Malignant being full as dangerous as the other There is another tame beast yet more dangerous then the other two viz. the Neutral Laodicean who can live in any Element sail with any wind close with the Malignants or any for his own advantage transform himself into an Angel of light to bring about his deeds of darkness Let not such be named in Elections And good people be not threatned by some or deluded by others to sell your Birth-right for a Mess of Pottage And as you ought to be careful of the persons to be elected so you ought to be as careful of the Persons electing who ought to be such as have made contribution of their purses strength and counsels to manage the Cause for the Liberty and Freedom of the People for in this case those onely ought to be reckoned the people the rest having by a traiterous engagement complyance neutrality or apostacy endeavoured to destroy the people and by consequence have forfeited their Rights and Membership of free people are no longer to be called Patriots but Parties in Faction having acted against the declared Interest of the Common-wealth 4. Fourthly the permitting of the Legislative and Executive power to rest in the same hands and persons is a means suddenly to overthrow a Commonwealth Reason clears it for if the supreme power the Law-makers be also the Administrators and Dispensers of Justice the people would be lost without Remedy in case unjustice be measured unto them for what appeal have we under heaven against those that have the Supremacy For true policie alwayes presupposeth the worst that governors may be unrighteous and therefore in all determinations points at the enormities and remedies of government If I could insist upon Examples the state of most Kingdoms and Commonwealths in the world would evidence the truth of what I here assert but passing by all I come to our own State and the affairs thereof which are fresh in every mans memory The late King who was and ought to have been no more but as Officer in trust to see to the execution of the Laws strained by the ruine of Parliaments to get the Legislative power as well as the Executive into his own hands and whilst he strived for this absolute Tyranny he pulled a swift destruction upon Himself and his Family Oliver Cromwel for his time was a rare Proficient in such projects and for the same instead of it blessed memorie which might have been celebrated for his valiant and bold atchievements he hath left but a stinking savour behinde him in the nostrils of all honest men O Parliament of England have you been free from this enormity in the time of your government Labour to be faithful Patriots to your Country now and lay a foundation upon which the building may stand firm and sure 5. Fifthly There is another rank weed that grows fast and is apt to choak a Free-State whilst it is young and tender and it is called Reason of State by Reason of State here I do not mean the equitable Results of Prudence and right Reason for upon these ought their Determinations to be founded and is the safety of States and Princes by Reason of State I mean that which flows from a corrupt Principle to an indirect End which is the States-mans will and lust when he hath admitted ambition preferment profit revenge c. to be his reason It is a soveraign Commander an important Counsellor it answers all objections and quarrels it makes War and Peace raiseth Taxes cuts off and pardons Offenders treats Embassadors It can say and unsay do and undo make by-wayes high-wayes and what not Many mighty Things it hath done in all ages It was Reason of State that made Pharaoh keep the Israelites in bondage contrary to the commands of GOD It was that made Saul spare Agag and endeavor the ruine of David It made Jeroboam set up his Calves in Dan and Bethel It made A●itophel give counsel to Absalom to defile his Fathers Concubines It made Abner take part with the house of Saul And it caused Joah afterwards to kill him It made Jehu to mingle his own interest with the commands of GOD It made the Jews cry out Crucifie and Pilate to pass sentence It made Richard the Third murther his Nephew It was is that made Henry the Eighth persecute the Protestants and shifting his Religion fell as heavy upon the Papists It made his Daughter Mary fill up the cup of her Fathers iniquities It brought a Scotch Coward to be our King It made his Son the late King endeavour by a bloody war co ruine Religion and Liberty And O Parliament of England it was Reason of State that made you imprison many of the free people for demanding their Rights It made you falsifie your Trust and keep the Liberties of England to your selves It made Oliver Cromwel aspire to the Top of Supremacy It made him leave his power to a Goose instead of a Fox or a Lyon It was Reason of State that made the Grandees of the Army bring you again to the Helm and if you do not now sweep it out of your House and take in the Rule of Honestie it will unavoydably bring Ruine upon you as it hath done upon the afore-named Tyrants 6. Sixthly Breach of Vows and Promises a violation of Faith Principles and Engagements upon every turn of time and advantage is a great errour among Politicians an Enemy to a Free State and an Impiety that ought to be exploded our of all Nations especially such as bear the name