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A91292 Summary reasons against the new oath & Engagement. And an admonition to all such as have already subscribed it. With a cautionarie exhortation to all honest English spirits, to avoid the danger of perjurie by taking of it. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1649 (1649) Wing P4096; Thomason E585_9; ESTC R206265 10,914 17

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to become a Kingdom Ezech. 16. 13. and a great judgement misery and dishonour to bee un-Kingdomed or made a base or no Kingdom Jer. 16. 7 9. c. 22. 4 5 6. c. Ezech. 29. 14. 15. Dan. 11 9. Hosea 1 4 Dan. 2. 44. That the Church of Christ the Gospell and Heaven it selfe are alwaies and t Psal 145. 11. 13 Isay 9 7 Dan. 4 35. c. 6. 27. Math. 3. 2. c. 5 7. 19 c. 12. 18 c 21. 43. c. 25. 34. c. 26. 25. u. 3. 33. c. 10 11 1. Cor. 6. 9. Col. 1. 13. 1. Tim. 4 1. 18 〈◊〉 2. 5. 2. Pe. 1 11. Rav. 12. 10. very frequently stiled a Kingdom never a Stat● or Republique in contradiction to a Kingdome throughout the Old and New-Testament That the highest honour Christ hath purchased for us with his most precious blood is to make us Kings to God his Father to admit us into his Kingdome of Grace here and of Glory hereafter where we shall reigne as Kings for ever Rev. 1. 5. 6. c. 5. 10 Lu. 1. 13. 1. Thess 2. 12. 2. Tim. 4. 18. And that the Kingdomes only not States and Republ●q●●● of the Earth are Prophecied and Promised to become the Kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ. Ps 8. 31. 32 Rev. 1. 15. Obad. 21. upon all which considerations we can never subscribe to the extirpation of our Kingly Government or translating our ancientest Kingdome into the puniest Republiqu● in the World for feare wee lose Gods protect on of and interest reigne presence by his Ordinances in our Kingdome and be for ever excluded ou● of his Kingdomes of Grace Glory and from reigning as Kings in either of them which the prescribers and subscribers of this Oath and Engagement who usurpe upon Gods speciall prerogative to dispose of the Kingdomes of the Earth at his own pleasure Da. 4 32. 17. Je. 18 6. 7. 9. against so many Oaths Covenants Reasons Scriptures have cause to feare and expect Eleventhly Wee are perswaded in our consciences that the change of our rightfull King into many new selfe created States our Kingdome into a Common-Wealth and ancien● Parliaments of King Lords and Commons into a new Representative of Commons alone without King or Lords the principall Designe of this new Oath and Engagement against so many Oaths Lawes and Engagements of former later times inviolably to preserve them with our lives estates last drop of our bloods and that by the far lesser part of the Kingdome and House of Commons against the wills and Protestations of the Major part who are most concerned therein and without hearing their reasons and objections to the contrary or convincing them of the necessitie or conveniency thereof by a free hearing and debate thereof in a full and free Parliament specially convened for that purpose is not only a most unjust illegall and tyrannicall act contrary to the Lawes of God Nature and the Realme a great scandall to our Religion and injury and dishonour to our whol English Nation not to be presidented in any age especially by so great pretenders to publique Liberty but likewise an undertaking of such dangerous consequence as none endowed with right Reason the feare of God or any reall love to their Country durst once for to attempt as is clear to us by these particulars 1. It will involve us in perpetuall Warres and troubles so long as there are any of the blood Royall who have title to the Crowne or any of the Nobility endowed with any sparkes of honour left alive who will never desist from attempting the recovery of their lost Rights and Priviledges 2. It will sever the united Kingdoms of Scotland and Ireland from and engage them and all the Kings forraigne friends and Allyes against us and necessitate us to mainta●n a perpetuall Army and Garrisons by Land and Navy by Sea which will undoe us with Contribution Excise Free-Quarter expose us to perpetuall Murthers Robberie Outrages Tumults Opp●ssions Discontents Decrease and Decay all Trading and end in our absolute Slaverie Miserie Ruine 3. It will necessiate our new Governours after the sale of the Kings and Deanes and Chapters Lands to help ease the People for a time only and support their Army and Navy to seize and sell the Lands of all Corporations Companies Colledges Hospitalls Schooles and Rectories of Churches in the Kingdome a thing already projected by some and to find out some device or other to make new Delinquen●s of purpose to Sequester and Confiscate their Estates till the whole Kingdome be Sequestred made Malignants to help pay the Soldiers one feared Designe of this new Oath and Engagement against those who out of grounds of conscience Law and solid prudence refuse to subscribe it 4. It will dissolve all our ancient Leagues with forraigne Kingdomes and States made only with our King and Kingdome and by the Law of Nations give them advantage and occasion to seize our Ships Merchants Merchandize without breach of League in the behalfe of the King and those who stand for the Kingdomes continuance with whom only the Leagues were made and stand firme against others who oppose them 5. It will lose our Interest honour and reputation in and withall other Kingdomes or States who will refuse to owne or treat with us a State thus forcibly and treasonably erected on else treat with us as the puniest and meanest State in the World whose Agents and publique Ministers must give place to those of all Kings Princes and other States whatsoever which are ancientes then it ever by the u Law of Nations and resolution of all Heranlds v Cassanae●● Catalogue gloriae Mundi Hist of the C●w●ll of Trent which the generosity of the English Nation the anci●ntst and first Christian Kingdome in the Christian World x Seld●ns Titles of Hen. part 2. ch 11. claiming proceedency of all other Kingdomes in Generall Councells add Assemblies heretofore will hardly brooke 6. It will null dissolve and extinguish all the Corporations Tenures ancient Customes Rents Services Courts of Justice ancient Seales Processe Writs Legall Proceedings Charters Liberties Customes Forfeitures unpon penall Lawes Titles of Honou● that are either hereditary or during life and currant Coynes of the Kingdome which being derived only the Kings and ancient Parliaments of England for them their Heires and Successors or reserved to them their Heires and Successors and none others and bearing their stamp and image on them must all fall expire and vanish together with them as the House falls all to pieces when the foundation is subverted the Rivers quite faile when the springs from whence they flow the effects cease when the cause is destroyed and the deriva●ives expire and vanish quite away when the primitives are abolished And what confusions and mischiefes will ensue let the World judge 7. If wee shall once give way that our Kings Kingdome Peers and Parliaments setled established secured and fenced with so long Prescriptions Lawes Oathes Covenants Engagements