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A84012	The English banner of truth displayed: or, The state of this present engagement against Scotland. Wherein is soberly discuss'd the lawfulness and necessity of the engagement. The high aggravations of it, as to the Scots. The groundlesness of those of the Presbyteries coniunction with the Scots and malignants, either from religion, their former state-principles, or the demeanour of those those [sic] in authority towards them. Also, a brief series of transactions, whereby it appears that those of the Presbytery have continually endeavoured the disturbing of the peace of the nation, ... and are the ground of this third war now with the Scots and malignants. Together with some occasional assertions; that the laying aside of some members of Parliament, the proceedings against the late King, the changings of the government, is sutable unto the end of all our engagements ... / By a friend to the Commonwealth of England.	Friend to the Commonwealth of England.	1650 (1650)	Wing E3081; Thomason E608_12; ESTC R201940	14,208	16

The English Banner of Truth displayed OR The State of this present ENGAGEMENT Against SCOTLAND Wherein is to be discuss'd The Lawfulness and Necessity of the Engagement The high Aggravations of it as to the Scots The groundlesness of those of the Presbyteries con●unction with the Scots and Malignants Either from Religion their former State-principles or the demeanour of those those in Authority towards them ALSO A brief Series of Transactions whereby it appears that those of the Presbytery have continually endeavoured the disturbing of the Peace of the Nation and have been the occasion and encouragement of two Wars since the late King's party were first subdued and are the Ground of this Third War now with the Scots and Malignants Together with some Occasional Assertions That the laying aside of some Members of Parliament The proceedings against the late King The changing of the Government is sutable unto the end of all our Engagements and the supreme Law The Safety of the People and not contrary to the COVENANT Published for the undeceiving of Many and the encouragement of all honest men to assist this Engagement By a Friend to the Commonwealth of ENGLAND Si Populus vult decipi decipiatur London Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black Spread-Eagle at the West-end of Pauls 1650. TO demo●strate the lawfulness and necessity of this presen Engagement against the Scots by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England would be but the holding of a Candle to the Sun were not the eyes of men very much blinded their Reason prosticuted to the dictates of Selfishness and Prejudice it being a thing hardly to be imagined that any English man should be so far cheated as to betray the Interest of his Country to the Scotish Nation 〈◊〉 that those whose Principles have led them to assist the Parliament against the late King and whose prayers and swords h●ve strenuously endeavoured his removal should after the apparent and acknow●edged hand of God subduing that Faction fall into it and endeavour the re-inforcing thereof upon the blood and ruine of Religion themselves and this Common-wealth But seeing it hath pleased God to permit such a spirit of delusion and madness to seize on men and that under the disguise of Religion and the misguiding of Discontent which may prove of dangerous concernment to themselves and this Nation I thought it my duty according to my little time and talent to unveil this Mystery which I lay before the World to serve those ends for which God hath appointed it In the management of which I shall onely endeavour with what brevity I can to manifest 1. The lawfulness and necessity of this present Engagement against the Scots 2. The groundless conjunction of those of the Presbytery of this Nation with the Scots and Malignants either from Religion State-principles or the demeanour of this Commonwealth towards them In the close whereof something may appear whereby every honest heart may have matter of encouragement effectually to assist this work and to expect the presence of the Lord to accompany them therein The Justness of this Engagement against the Scots will be evident when it 's considered First that the Cause is the very same with that which was formerly in England viz. against the tyranny of the King which after the solemn Appeals of both parties to God hath eminently been from heaven determined not onely once but a second and a third ●i●e and this not in England onely but in Scotland and I●eland upon which ground we may expect his wonted presence This will appear no Riddle if it be minded 1. That without giving any satisfaction for the innocent blood that hath been shed by him or his father in these Wars in these three Nations or bringing him as a Delinquent to condign punishment they have treated with Charles Stuart eldest son to the late King who hath actually levied Arms against the Parliament of England and ●ave taken and proclaimed him King not onely of Scotland but of England and Ireland 2. They have engaged to assist him with Forces and are in Arms against the Commonwealth of England whereby they highly own not onely the guilt of the former Wars but gird unto ●heir loins the blood that may be shed in this Quarrel wherein they protect him from the Justice of England and assist hi● with A●ms further to pursue his tyr●nuical principles 3. They have joyned with all the old enemies of England Papists and Malignants with the Rebels in Ireland whom they entertain in their Armies as Officers and Souldiers and are employed in the Plots and Contrivances in this Nation the more to facilitate the intended issue of their monstrous Conjunction Secondly it 's not onely the same Cause that was formerly managed by the late King and his party but hath in it as to them these Aggravations 1. In that the Quarrel they now take upon them was first designed and acted upon Themselves in the yeer 1639 by the late King whom we then so greatly tendered that we rather put the most probable hopes of our relief viz. our Parliament to a dissolution then to assist him against them 2. That when the Q●arrel was afterwards on foot in England they seemed to retain so much sense of the former cou tesie that they levied Forces and came in to our assistance declaring them to be not onely ours but their Common enemies and so for a time they pursued them which Quarrel they now espouse to themselves 3. After we had rolled thorow the blood of seven yeers War into a little Peace and were beg●nning to sit under our Vines in stead of rejoycing that we that took the War out of theirs into our own bowels were returned to rest they cruelly designed our Invasion and with a full consent of Parliament entred our borders with a great Army committing unspeakable mischiefs and villanies in the English Nation and all to set up the late King on the blood of the honest people of this Nation and the destruction of Religion and Liberty To which though some of the Leading men now amongst them seemed to dissent yet we very well know who first designed the Invasion and that the Invasion was was not the scruple but what hand should manage it whether Duke Hamilton or the Kirk 4. That when through the Providence of God this weapon turned into their own bowels so that the flames of war designed and blown upon us were like to consume them●elves upon the request of those men which before and now breath forth nothing but our destruction we came to their assistance not with Recompences but with love not with the wounds of enemies but the embraces of friends not with the powering forth of thei● blood but the laying of our own on the ground for their sakes and through the blessings of God ended that war and returned with such humble expressions of our thankfulness as is too long to be related 5. When our enemies were subdued on

all parts and were upon the work before us in altering of the Government of the Nation for the best security of the honest party and the true administration of Justice amongst us of which not they but our selves are the proper Judges we took not the advantage of their breach of the Amity between us nor the opportunit●es that lay before us to put Laws upon them or to claim any of their Priviledges but left them to the policy of their own constitution Notwithstanding all which Indeerments they seek now bloodily to put the son of the late King over us to mould our Constitutions according to their pleasures and to put us into War again after all our sufferings But though like Amalek they come to cut us off when they think we are weak and feeble insteed of bringing forth Bread and Water to us yet let them take heed least God remember it against them as he did against Amalek and let them beware that the Grecian Horse for whose entertainment they break down the Wals of their League and Principles do not disgorge such a number of Arm'd men amongst them as may by wofull experience let them finde t was not a present from heaven but a neat design to possess their Dominion The disguise under which these things are covered is Religion and the Covenant thinking thereby the better to deceive which being truely weighed as will appear in the ensuing Discourse are ashamed to cover such rotten Sepulchres but in their proper Colou●s you will finde these contrivances to be 1. The Riches and Lordliness of the Nobility 2. The Domination of the Kirk over Conscience and Authority 3. Their Unsatiable lust to possess the sweetness and Dominion of England which to effect they take in any persons or Interests except some the more cunningly to deceive and fear not to appeal to God to judge between us and to put the name of the Lord and Religion upon all their endeavors which no doubt God will answer to their shame and sorrow By what hath been said concerning the cause of this Engagement and the Aggravations of it to say nothing of former Actions together with their continued refusall to Treat with us or to own the Authority of this Common-wealth and the great designs they have laid in England not only to draw away the hearts of many of this Nation upon the pretence of Religion from the Interest thereof by designing an universall rising of Malignants and Presbyters over all this Common-wealth to destroy us as by the Commissions confession and other Papers taken on Colonel Robert Leuen● under his own hand and Charles Stuarts hand and Seal with his confession before his Execution doth very much appear I say upon the consideration of these and many other particulars which might be n●●ed there will appear to any unblessed man a great necessity enforcing this State to expedite their Armies for the prevention of the mischiefes designed on them and there to Engage the Enemy where it may be of most advantage to their affaires and least detriment to their own borders and if the making of Scotland the seat of that War they have designed upon us whose borders by the last Invasion and these late practises lie open to us may be a prevention of those miseries which their last Invasions exercised on the Cor●et●y and thereby making the enemy to feel the smart of their own War Justice and Prudence leads them to such undertakings which as it is sufficient ground for entring that Nation with our Army so it is answer enough to any that shall question such an Engagement 2. As to the Groundlesseness of the Conjunction of any of the Presbyterie of this Nation with the Scots and the Malignants although the Interest of England against Scotland the Principles of Freedom against Tyranny the prevention of War and blood in England should be matter enough for every Englishman that hath been faithful to the Parliament and loves the peace of his country to be so far from joyn●ng with c. incouraging this enemy as to unite themselves and live and dye together against them and in these particulars the groundlesseness of it is sufficiently manifested yet give me leave to demonstrate that the Presbyterie especially who appear to be the leading men in this Engagement against us have neither from Religion their former State-principles nor the deportment of those in Authority towards them any ground of conjunction which the Scots and Malignants in this War which if God prevent not may suddenly make England and Scotland and Aceldema 1. As to Religion 2 Cor 10. ● Heb 4.12 Ioh. 18 36 M●●●h 26.52 53. The Apostle tels us that the weapons thereof are not carnall but spiritual not in Garments rowled in blood but in the two-edged sword of the Spirit My kingdome saith Christ is not of this world otherwise I could pray my father and he should send me Legions of Angels and my servants would fight for me therfore Peter put up thy sword for they that draw the sword in this sense shall perish by the sword To raise Armes to put Nations into blood to make war against authority was neither the Doctrine of Christ nor his Apostles therefore saith Christ give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars pay them Tribute least we should offend them though as free men we think our selves exempted When you enter into a house or City Matth. 21.20 and they receive you not what then Raise Arms move sedition shedd blood No shake the dust off your seet against them and pray saith the Apostles for those that are in Authority over you Matth. 10.14 Act. 12 51. R m 13 4. R m 4 17 2 I'●● 3.16 Tat 17. that under them you may live a godly life c. Even to such higher powers let every o●e be subject The office of a Minister consists in things that concern the Kingdom of God which is Righteousness peace joy in the Holy Ghost and as to that their work is to be in Doctrine Exhortation Reproof c. and he must be one that 's blameless not given to wine filthy lucre no str●ker c. not in sitting on the Thrones of Earthly power mo●nting over Terren Glories controwling affairs of State and putting Nations into war where they are denyed this Lordliness no the Son of man saith Christ came not to destroy b●t to save Luk 4 56. M ● 23.8 M tth 20.25 2 Cor. ●0 ● and be you not called R●bbies for after t●ee t●ings do the Gentiles seek The Kingdom of God consists in the spirit through which it is mighty in casting down the strong holds within the work of the Gospell must be carried on in the way of the Gospell not by the Powers of the World but by the Word and Spirit those that proceed ot●erwise go without their Commission and consequently without any promise of Protection In a word ther 's not Precept or Example of Christ or his

Apostles that they ever took the Authorities of the world to enforce Religion nor called for fire from Heaven upon such as refused except those to whom Christ said You known not of what Spirit you are nor that they intermeddled in setting Nations on fire if they were not received Luk. 9.54.55 or that mixt themselves in these hum●ne affaires Therefore for the Presbyter in England to Design and Leavy war to plot and conspire to betray and give up their own Nation into the hands of strangers and men of desperate Spirits whose mercies are cruelties and which may end in the des●owring and ra●shment of Matrons and Virgins the ripping up of women with child the dashing of little ones against the Wals the blood and ruine of a Nation their own Nation and all that is dear in it because every thing is not enforced as Doctrine which they lay down because what they propose as the external part of a Kirk is not coercively enjoyned upon all men themselves not being Apostles or able to demonstrate the truth of their assertions from the Scriptures or Apostolical infall●bility hath no ground at all from Christ o● his Apostles but the very contrary is judged by the Scriptures It is evident that such minde their own L●sts and not the Lord Jesus to whom they pretend and therefore when they suffer it will be as evil doers not for the Gospel 2. Then for their State-principle I mean the cause of their first Engagement against the King Was it not because it was contrary to the Law of Nature the safety of the People that one man should be above the Law and dispose of the lives and estates of the Nation as he pleased and when the Parliament desired redress in many grievances to raise Arms against them and tear the very bowels of the Nations and put all upon the hazard rather then to be limited in his unsatiable Will And were not those Gentlemen some of the first the most zealous in Parliament Pulpits and Armies against him and his party and rejoyced that they had a life or estate to lose or engage against him Or could any thing be imagined to express their detestation of him and his party more then came from their Pulpits P●ns and Swords or are any to this day so severe against his party in Sequestrations c. And is not the Cause still the same the same cruel bloody tyrannical principles and parties to be opposed whom if God should permit to have the day would execute such horrid villanies murthers massacres that the Sun never saw and would not rest whilst the face of honesty were remaining in the Nation or indeed this any longer a People Are they converted nay are they not rather heightned in all malicious bloodiness imaginable and will let these men taste of the Cup as deep as others and herein be more miserable to see their friends destroyed before them Why then or upon what ground do the Presbyters after that God hath delivered that King and his party into our hands a first a second a third time in England Scotland and Ireland hath brandished his sword and given it a charge against them to their overthrow and made th●m the destruction of those that joyned to them as well as witnessed from heaven against them in the most signal manner that ever was in the world Why then do they now strike in with that Interest and joyn with those and forraign people to put their Country their Religion their Wives and Children their Lives and Liberties and all that is dear in the world after all our preservations into utter destructions Oh consider this and lay it to heart lest you become ●uilty of the blood of your friends your selves and that which hath been committed by this party lest you fall with transgressors and God tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver you Hath any thing been done that is not according to our first Principle and that unavoidable Necessity enforced us Could it be safe after all to leave such a dangerous President on Record as a King unpunished that had endeavoured to bring his Will thorow the Blood of a Nation and the Liberties thereof and had appealed to God to determine the Quarrel by the sword Or were it just to do so to destroy the Servant and excuse the Master that gave the ●mmand and to leave the honest party unsecured after all their sufferings Did not you fight against him in the Feild and was not this as much as cutting off his head at White-Hall onely you mist your Execution but that tooke And when some of us being unsatisfied whether we should kill the King if we met him in a Charge and went to many of you to be resolved Viz. Mr. Calamy Mr Case Mr. Love Mr. Ash c. did not you tell us that we might lawfully kill him How comes now your Judgment to be altered Can the power of Godlinesse be safe amongst these men Can you love their company and joyn with their actions If you say 't was but a party of men did this and that it was not according to the Covenant Did not those that you looke upon betray their trusts and fall into compliance with him contrary to their duty and to the hazard of the Nation Must all be lost because some are unfaithfull And should not they doe justice whose hearts God hath kept upright and called to performe it because others neglected it and would not doe it Was there not a necessity in these things And for the Covenant were you to protect him otherwise then it consists with Religion and the safety of the People Was it not according to Religion that he that sheddeth mans bloud by man should his bloud be shed And could his comming in with a Negative voice and his opportunities thereby to obtaine in a short time all his ends be safe for the Liberties of the People especially there being no conviction upon him or any remorse for his former Actions And was it not a part of the Covenant to bring Delinquents to punishment Was not he one the Chiefe the Principall Or are Covenants of that nature any otherwise then Externall serving onely whilst the end viz. the safety and good of the People is cleare and perspicuous are they any longer binding then the Equitie of them remanies and the Powers that made them so understand it Besides are Constitutions to be perpetuall Hath not and doth not God make many changes in the world and as the good of the people is more brought to light should not Constitutions beare that in their foreheads The safety of the People ought to forme Constitutions and not old Constitutions to determine the safety of the people nor ought every defect to cause an alteration but where necessity enforceth especially where the former proves destructive are not the Laws changed upon this account To what end serves all the discoveries of good in the world if