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A52460
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The parallel, or, The new specious association an old rebellious covenant closing with a disparity between a true patriot and a factious associator.
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Northleigh, John, 1657-1705.
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1682
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Wing N1301; ESTC R5814
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upon as a people so weak and inconsiderable and our King's Protection and Alliance not worth the seeking Sure the Nation that has beat the Dutch and fought the French with all his lusty Guard of Switzers is not so suddenly dwindled into Pigmees and only fit to sight with Cranes and perhaps this Associator and his Crew may upon grapling find that 't is no such easie matter to subdue those Guards he would so willingly remove and that his Majesty has too stout a Party of Cavaliers to suffer a second Plunder and Sequestration Thirdly Though he suspect the Treasury to be at so low an Ebb to have nothing visible in it but dry Dust and barren Sand and so to give occasion for such a seasonable Vniting against the Government he may find himself much out in his Sounding and that his Will and good Wishes were the plummet instead of Reason and Deliberation and that the Tide there by his leave is too high for him yet to wade through into Rebellion and now 't is time to parallel another Paragraph Associat We therefore endeavoured in a Parliamentary way to exclude the D. but finding the means utterly rejected we thought fit to propose to all True Protestants an Vnion amongst themselves by Solemn and Sacred promise of mutual assistance and hold it our bounden Duty to joyn our selves in a Declaration of our united affections and resolutions in the Form ensuing Scotch solemn League We have now at last after other means of Supplication Remonstrances Protestations and Sufferings for the Preservation of our selves and Religion after mature deliberation resolved and determin'd to enter into a Mutual and Solemn League and Covenant which we all Subscribe and with our hands lifted up to the most high God c. Holy League June 6. 43. And finding that many ways of force and treachery are continually attempted to bring to utter ruine and destruction the Parliament and that which is most dear unto us the Protestant Religion it is thought fit that all who are true hearted and Lovers of their Countrey should bind themselves each to other in a Sacred Vow Here the Associator has shown himself a right siltching Plagiary and not only Copied out the Sense of his originals but almost the very words after many Remonstrances Supplications Protestations after a Parliamentary way to exclude the Duke He might as well have said Now there remains nothing to do but to drive the King out of his Palace Proclaim all his followers Delinquents all his adherents Enemies to King and Countrey send post to Scotland Messengers to the Field-Conventicles get another Army from the North swallow a second Solemn League and then we shall have exactly a second 43. the perfect Revolution of a sad Platonick Year as well as a Plato redivivus But I hope the times will prove kinder to this Associator than he willingly wou'd be to himself And though so resolutely posting to the Devil he may meet with many a kind block in the way such a Covenant is sooner drawn up than Subscribed to and more of Subscriptions may be got than of Horse Men and Arms to defend it and though all the Villany should succeed even to Rebellion there is power enough left in the Government they fancy so weak to keep them from setting up again their Idol of a Common-wealth and making the deluded people fall down and worship the Gods of their own hands Finding our selves not able to exclude the Duke we think fit c. He might as well have said Are resolved to bring it about one way or another But how long hath it been a warrantable piece of Doctrine to attempt that by foul means which they despond of getting by fair sure the Lawfulness of this can never be justified by the best of their Casuists neither Dr. O. nor Mr. B. will preach up this as sound Doctrine at present I don't know what might be done were Conscience Liberty tolerated again and one of them made the mouth or Prolocutor of an Assembly for 't is observable that such mens opinions proportionably widen with their Authority and as soon as their dominion which is founded in Grace begins once to be enlarged by it too they Commence Latitudinarian in Cases of Conscience answerable to the extent of their Power and Government and thus a fellow trots along a pretty sober Republican as long as the Law can bridle him and make the Beast submit to Monarchy but grows a Devilish head-strong Rebel when once the Reins are got between his Teeth And I believe only the thoughts of his having unhorsed his Rider makes our Associator so bold as to kick at him too But I hope he 'll find there is Law enough left to back him yet and that there are Whips Scourges Axes and Gibbets notwithstanding they are now grown no more terrible than Bug-bears and Scare-crows as if only design'd to frighten Children and Small-birds And all this boldness infus'd into all sorts of villains with a Dose of Ignoramus I don't see but upon the same grounds these following Proceedings may be very justifiable and the Gentleman shall give me leave to insert a Clause or two for him in his Association which by negligence I fancy and not want of good will were omitted We therefore endeavor'd in a Parliamentary way to remove all evil Counsellors from the King some of which were impeach't as also several of the Arbitrary Judges of High-Treason on purpose to bring them to condign Punishment But these means of the King and Kingdoms safety being rejected Ergo And what then must we therefore presently swear to draw the one out of the Council-Chamber by the Ears and dragg the other out of Westminster-Hall to the Block But here you shall have the Tenor of the Oath and the Copies from which it was drawn Associat I A. B. Do in the presence of God solemnly Vow Promise and Protest to maintain and defend to the utmost of my power with my person and Estate the true Protestant Religion the Power and Priviledges of Parliament the lawful Rights and Liberties of the Subject Scoth Covenant I A. B. With hands lifted up to the most High God do swear That I shall sincerely really and constantly endeavour the preservation of the Reformed Religion in Scotland c. That I will with the same sincerity c. endeavour to preserve the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament and the Liberties of the Kingdom Holy League I A. B. In the presence of Almighty God do declare Vow and Covenant in order to the security preservation of the true Reformed Religion and Liberties of the Subject c. Certainly they must be the softest fools in the World an easie sort of Ideots below the cunning of common brutes that can be cheated with the same bait whose disguised hook they have already felt and smarted by I believe the contriver of this Oath intended the imposing it onely on Fools and Mad-men