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A82071	A declaration by the presbytery at Bangor, in Ireland, July 7. 1649, setting forth the apparent ruine of religion, and the great violation of the covenant following upon the present change of command in this province: with some observations upon the Lord Vicount of Ards late declaration, of July 4.		1649 (1649)	Wing D566; Thomason E568_5*; ESTC R206245	4,791	8

A DECLARATION by the Presbytery at Bangor in Ireland July 7. 1649. Setting forth the apparent ruine of Religion and the great violation of the COVENANT following upon the present change of Command in this Province With some observations upon the Lord Vicount of ARDS late Declaration of July 4. Printed Anno Dom. 1649. A DECLARATION by the Presbytery at Bangor the seventh of July 1649. c. AS we have upon every remarkable change of affaires in this land from our watch-towre blowen the trumpet unto the people by setting before them the true state of their owne condition and giving them warning of their duetie in these darke and troublesome times So a greater mysterie of iniquity being now discovered then was any before and of greater danger to the people of God then any former designe which hes been known among us we cannot forbeare to cry aloud to our flockes to beware of ravenous Wolves who are risen to devour them The danger we were in by Sectaries we have formerly represented at large and have sufficiently vindicate our selves in all our actions relating to them The late unexpected invasion by Malignants we have faithfully informed our people of and pressed upon them their duety for opposing the same And now it hath pleased the Lord to suffer men among our selves to be our enemies these who took sweet counsell together with us renewed the Covenant and entered in a solemne Declaration do now lift up themselves against us and under a pretence of delivering us have indeed been the principall instruments to ruine us and the work of God among us if the Lord restraine them not from the accomplishing their whole designe The chief head of those who pretend authority above the rest is the Lord Vicount of Ai●ds whose presen actions are so repugnant to his former Professions that no Christian or ingenuous man can think upon them without horrour and detestation His forwardnesse to renew the Covenant His fervency to have a solemne band and Declaration subscribed and entered into His large promises to defend Religion His disclaiming all conjunction with Popist or Rebells with words of zeal and disdaine His i●sinuations upon all honest men for gaining them to him His consenting to all publick orders against Malignants being compared with his late undertakings must clear to pre●ent to even mans view the great dissimulation and betraying of the people and Covenant he is guilty of for which our sorrow and grief is no lesse then our rejoycing had been great to have seene his Lordship stand faithfull which was one of our chiefest desires For whereas the danger of such accidents being foreseen an Article was insert in the Declaration to acknowledge the Kings Commands Hee confirming all the Articles of the Covenant before hee were admitted to the exercise of his Royall power without which clause many would have trembled to joyn with him Yet he hes now cloathed him selfe with a Commission from his Majestie who as yet refuses to give any satisfaction in Religion unto the just desires of the Kingdome of Scotland Yea his concessions are lesse then these granted by his Royall Father which yet were declared by Church and State unsatisfactorie and therefore the executing of such a Commission is nothing else but an endeavour to set up the Kings Majestie not onely before Religion but in a quarrell destructive unto it For the first difference between the King and his people was touching his absolute and unlimited power in Civill things and his adherance to Prelacie and maintaining their power for which both our late Soveraigne and his Majestie who now is did raise Armes against their Subjects and to this day that same quarrell is avouched and owned by his Majestie and all his Commissions tend to the bringing him to that power which was justly demed to his Royall Father And it seemes the Lord of Airds does owne the same for hee sayes in his new Declaration of the fourth of this instant directly That the Kings Commission did ever procure respect and obedience untill the worst of a mee which must needs be meaned of that time when the Kingdomes were united by a Covenant in opposition to such Commissions given by the King to Malignants And that one phrase may give us a taste what may be expected from ●he rest 〈◊〉 his Declarations concerning his professions to Religion For if the refusing any Commissions from the King was in the 〈◊〉 oftimes then surely the taking a Covenant the Union of the Kingdomes casting out Praelac●e bringing downe Malignants all against a personall Commission is accounted by his Lordship to How from the iniquity of the times Moreover in his Declaration hee further discovers his thoughts of Reformation when hee professes to endeavour the bringing of the King to his Throne whence hee is debarred by wicked men who as hee sayes hes overturned Church and State in other his dominions by which we conceave he understands both Scotland and England since no other but this is excepted whereby his Lordships judgment of the government of Scotland would appear to be that it is both Civilly and Eccelesiastically overturned what good shall we expect from him for Religion who thinks so Yea it appeares his Lordship thinkes that same of us when hee sayes There were some who would have had him run in absolute opposition to the Kings partie as well as to Sectaries By whom wee conceave among others he must understand the Ministerie who were indeed earnest to oppose Sectaries and Malignants equallie which in his judgement is but a preferring our own opinions and ends to the well of the Kingdome What assistance shall wee expect from him in the future for the good of Religion when hee makes our former faithfullnesse our reproach And whereas he promises to indeavour to procure from His Majesty a feeling of our Religion we conceive Him to meane Religion either in the large extent as it can take in Prelacy and as He calls it thereafter The Protestant Religion or else we believe He hes little ground to think that He will obtain that from His Majestie which He hes refused to grant to His faithfull Subjects of Scotland to wit An establishment of the Solemne League and Covenant without which Religion can never be truly secured here it being to small purpose though His Majesty should tollerat Presbyteriall Government in this Province for a time and yet refuse to setle it in the rest of His Dominions It is moreover observable that his Lordship never mentions Presbyteriall Government in all his Declaration nor doth he once name the Covenant or promise any thing in relation to it which is too grosse a character of his Lordships disaffection to Reformati●n and may seem clearly to be done that He may be answereable to His Majesty for his Professions that they are no larger then His Commission allowes Him to make them which is not either to defend o●●res Dy●●● i● 〈◊〉 Government or the Covenant but to receive