put the late King to death So it is evident that this little horn is not a king but a State that completeth the wickedness of the State of Rome and fourth Beast Good Reader take heed therefore of this Aspinwall and all such for this is not only a matter of life and death but also of salvation and damnation of souls and know for a certain that he either understandeth not or wresteth the Scriptures as you see apparent by what hath been already spoken so that he is both deceived and deceiveth others making them serve his turn in speaking for the present time be it never so wicked Now M. Aspinwall I hope you see it is clear that you have said a wrong foundation for your Fabrick or fist Monarchy in applying those Texts to K. Charls which doth further appear Dan. 7. 24. He shall subdue three Kings and this He you say is K. Charls How did K. Charls subdue three Kings Did he ever take any Kingdoms from any It is true by Birth he was Heir to three Kingdoms and did enjoy them to the great happiness of his subjects until that unreasonable Beast Parliament violently and unjustly did wear out his people took his three Kingdoms from him and his life too And did not that Beast Parliament v. 25. Change Times and Laws And was not that Beast Parliament destroyed April 22. 1653. as ye have it v. 11 And though that Beast Parliament be destroyed in part that is as they were a Body consisting of so many men yet the Parliament men being in Gods account every one of them a Beast by himself and are called Beasts v. 12. who though their Dominion be taken away from them at the time of their dissolution yet have they their lives prolonged for a season and time fit to call them to a further account and total destruction as ye have it v. 26. Again M. Aspinwall you may clearly see your error That K. Charls was not the little horn neither are the Kings of Europe those Beasts who had their Dominion taken away when K. Charls died For where is any of those seven Kings whereof you speak that have lost their Dominion But it is evident to all That the Parliament was that Beast or little horn and that the Parliament men are those Beasts who lost their Dominion when the Parliament was destroyed Further By this also the little horn appeareth to be the last Parliament The little horn had eys and a mouth speaking great things and looked more stout then his fellows v. 8. 20. Is not the eys their knowledge by which the late Parliament pretended to see more from Scripture then any other before them So that in their own conceits they were both wiser and stouter then any former Parliament That their mouth and Votes spake great and monstrous things even such as were never heard of before in any Heathenish Assembly of State so that all Christians yea I am confident some of themselves do now abhor the wickedness that proceeded from them 1 Sam. 24. 13. And as concerning the ten horns or kings there is no judgement to come upon any of them all but only three of them namely England Scotland and Ireland for they suffer very much and according to their sufferings they shall be exalted again to reigne with their King in glory Dan. 7. 27. For as you have it v 9 10 13 14. 18. 22. By the Ancient of days there is signified Jesus Christ and by the Son of man is signified K. Charls who in regard the Lord Jesus found him faithful to the death for the maintenance of his Laws in Church and State will make him Ruler according to the promise Luke 12. 42 43 44. over all that he hath So that this Charls Stuart thus being found so just a Steward whom Aspinwall doth vilifie is indeed that wise and faithful Steward whose seed shall rule all that the Lord Jesus hath for ever and is the most High on earth Dan. 7. 25. 27. and Prince of the Host or Prince of Princes Dan. 8. 9 10 11. 25. who under Jesus Christ is the only father and begetter of the fift Monarchy and his seed shall be chief in it for ever And the Laws of England both for Church and State as it was established in his time for the maintenance of which Laws he died even that Law shall go over all the earth and shall be the law of the fift Monarchy for ever And to make it yet more clear the little horn in Dan. 7. 8. is that Beast Rev. 13. 1. that hath its ten horns also as is evident by the mark in its mouth For as the little horn had a mouth speaking great things 1 Dan. 7. 8. 20. 25. so the Beast in Rev. 13. 5 6. hath a mouth speaking great things Again the late Parliament in Scripture is called by divers names somtimes it is called the little horn Dan. 7. 8. 20. somtimes the Beast Dan. 7. 12. Rev. 13. 1. and somtimes the Whore Rev. 17. 15 16. in regard of its unfaithfulness and trechery to their King Head Father and Husband of the Kingdom And as the Beast or Where was to be destroyed with its own ten horns Rev. 17. 16. so the Beast Parliament was destroyed April 22. 1653. by the now Lord General and about ten of those horns that afore defended them for the Beast was to be destroyed without hands only by the spirit of his mouth Dan. 8. 25. Dan. 11. 20. 2 Thes. 2 8. So that Beast Parliament a raiser of Taxes was destroyed without anger without battel without hands only by the Word from the Generals mouth Whereby it is evident to all who are not wilfully blind that the late Parliament was this little horn or Beast expressed in the former cited Scriptures But as concerning K. Charls himself there was much anger and after many battels fought against him he and his followers had many hands laid upon them and then according to the Word Rev. 20 4. they had their heads cut off because they would not worship and submit to that Beast Parliament And see how the holy Spirit long before takes notice of the Nature and Cowardlyness of this Beast who as before saith of them That they should be destroyed without hands that is without so much as one Box of the ear much less then to have a sword drawn against them And yet saith that this Beast should have its deadly wound by a sword Rev. 13. 3. 14. so that but only ten of their servants came into the House and spake to them not in anger the very thought of a Sword struck them all dead so that they who about nine of the Clock came into the House looking upon themselves to be the greatest Princes in Europe before eleven went out baser then the basest of all the people insomuch that the very Boys in the streets and the most vulgar sort of people did hiss and hoot at them as at the
wayne and their voice which said behold take notice of the Moon signifies the Comet or blazing Star that appeared in December 16â—2 near the 7 Stars which Star or Comet doth presage the dissolution of this present power speedily also Judg. 5. 19 20. Job 38. 7. 31 32 33. Amos 5. 8. And whereas you saw a sign post with the sign of the Moon to it and of the sport of bloud that appeared upon it and overspread both it and the skey by the sign of the Moon is signified that when this Parliament is destroyed they will make an Image or a representation of the same Parliament and in that divisions will break out into bloud which will overspread the Kingdom more then ever it did Joel 2. 31 32. Rev. 13. 14 15. Psal. 55. 9. And whereas you saw a man sitting by the picture of the Moon with a light like a candle in his hand and another man coming to him with a candle unlighted and lightning it at the other mans candle and so depart and then the man sitting by the picture of the Moon his giving thanks to the spectators Is signified that a great Commander at this time of division shall be hard put to it and be forced to issue forth a Commission to one that shall help him and he will be very gratefull unto such as shall discover the treachery and plots that are intended against him Psalm 132. 17. Isa. 24. 13. And whereas you saw a Chariot with milk white horses coming out of a Court hard by you and the Chariot all of fire so that you fled before it and could have no place of safeguard and that another Chariot came against it That signifies that the King and Court interest now begins to be violent and hot on foot again prevailing notwithstanding there is another Chariot or power coming against it which will meet in London streets so hot that all will in that day be forced to shut up their shop-windows and doors for fear so that he which is without doors shall not finde a place wherein to hide his head Isa. 21. 6 7 8 9. Amos 9. 11 12 13. Isa. 24. 10. And whereas you saw a street on your right hand in the which you thought to escape but found it beset with a multitude of men and that he which came foremost had a Tortch lighted in his hand before whom you fell as a dead man yet your remembrance was perfect and he having compassion on you calls to you takes you up blows in your cars to see if that would revive you but seeing it would not do doth pronounce that you must be washed in bloud and after you are washed you are revived and follow him The foremost man signifies the King who shall enter his Kingdom at this time and in compassion lovingly shall send forth his Declaration and proclamation to his people But they will not come in to him nor stir no more then you did when the man call'd to you took you up and blue in your ears then seeing that he must do it the King will resolve to proceed with Fire and Sword to wash the Kingdom with bloud then the Kingdom will come in to him and he will prevail Judges 7. 16 19. Thus by compulsion he must draw his people after him Song 1. 4. And whereas you saw that you came into a great Church where men washed all the posts with bloud It signifies that God will now avenge himself on such as have destroyed defiled and robbed his sanctuaries I mean Cathetheral Churches and other Churches and things dedicated to Gods service Insomuch that God will for that cause require the bloud of those who are guilty of these Crimes to satisfie his hot indignation and to cleanse his sanctuaries with bloud for if the Lord Jesus was so sore offended with those that sold Doves for the sacrifice in the Temple at Jerusalem and so zealous for it that he would not suffer any to carry a Vessel through it how much more is he offended with those that so highly abused robed and destroyed the Christian Temples builded for him to be worshipped in Mark 11. 16 1â— Joh. 2. 14 15 16. Jer. 50. 28. Jer. 51. 11 51 52. Malach. 3. 9. Rom. 2. 22. And whereas you saw your self departing out of the Church and as you were at the door heard the rushing of a mightie winde with noise of Chariots clattering together with beholding of men armed in multitudes and sumptuous spacious buildings It signifies that in the Citie of London there shall be great busling troubles and most terrible fightings in all parts thereof at this time Jer. 23. 17 18 19 20. And whereas you saw that as you returned again and found another way to go out of the Church you were burthened with a bundel of blown bladders which vanished from you as you went saving onely three remained By which is signified that the Parliament men whose winde have voted these mischiefs which are come upon this Kingdom and the vain professors who have executed their votes and never had any thing of truth in them but rather delighted themselves with their vain wicked windy and fruitless notions now all such will be troubled and get together being assured that they shall now be called to an account for their works yet thinking to do some feats by raising Armies to preserve themselves but they shall be cut off in the bud one after another as they are about it except three that will escape 1 Cor. 4. 19 20. Hos. 12. 1. Tit. 1. 16. James 2. 20. Matth. 12. 35 36 37. And whereas you saw three bladders remaining and that one of them was a very little one and the other tâ—o verie great ones but especially one surpassing in greatness and that these became too earthen pots which by degrees diminished as you went foreward then the voice that said to you go apace and after your coming to a place where there was a stop that you could go no further It signifies that three Parliament men one that hath been the greatest actor in these times the other hath acted much but the third very little These three will get two flying Armies and being persued will diminish untill at last they get into some strong hold from whence happily they may make their peace Judges 20. 45. And whereas last of all you heard a voice saying that there will not be left the worth of a half pennie of all this sight It signifies that of all the riches and glorie that the Parliament and their party seem to have got there shall not be left unto them the worth of a half penny Jer. 15. 13. Isa. 61. 6. Isa. 21. 16. This is the Interpretation of your first Vision which indeed is a terrible one and I could wish withall my heart that if it be possible it come not to pass But rather that God would be pleased to pardon the sins of this Land and to give them grace to
their prayers were answered of God by those my books and that if they did not believe what I said and do the same speedily that God would send them strong delusions and bring sudden destruction upon them Isa. 65. 12 24. Isa. 66. 3. 4. 2 Thes. 2. 10 11 12. so I say unto you now that if ye will not be answered by the same things of God in my aforesaid Books God will likewise send you strong delusions and bring sudden destruction upon you for your contempt of his truth in not believing it ye cry against the late Parl. because they cheated the people of their monies and blame also these men now of Westminster as you call them for treading their steps and not calling the other to an account for all the injustice they did alas do ye think that these or the like men will ever call them to an account Nay we must think these will rather be more chargeable to the people then they were For do ye think that such mean men raised to such high places who not having means of their own sufficiently to maintain their greatness will not have it out from the people over whom they have now the power and command And will they not raise their children friends and relations to all places of profit Truly it were a shame for them if they did it not and I am confident that if ye were in their place ye would do no less although the Countrey should still suffer by it yea and its like to suffer untill the King Nobles and Gentry of England injoy their rights again for they having great revenues of their own by which they are able to bear such places of Authority and govern the people at their own proper charges Therefore I say unto you if ye would have men in places of lawfull Authority that are not self-ended and covetous why do not ye bend the strength of your prayers for CHARLS your right King and his party that they may enjoy their rights again And then ye may be sure that he will call your late Parliament to an exact account for all those monies ye speak off and ease the people of their heavy taxations and doubtless ye shall prevail with God in prayer for him and have all your desires accomplished I beseech you to consider the difference between this State-Government and a Monarchy Queen Elizabeth had Wars with Spain and Wars in Ireland and also assisted Holland all which was done with her own revenues and without any Taxations from the subjects but now where are the Crown Lands What 's become of the Bishops Deans and Chapters Lands and Delinquents Estates and many other things that are gone I know not where And do ye think that the people are ever like to be eased from the abundance of Assessments and Taxes whilest the great revenues belonging to the Crown are gone which saved the people from such heavy and continual Taxes and by which large revenues Queen Elizabeth did such great things and yet left behinde her abundance of Treasures So that you may clearly see that there was a great part of the Kingdome juggled away from the Nation by the late Parliament when the new State was set up because what was the Kings was theirs for the saving of their own goods bearing their charges and so was the Church-Lands also appointed to ease the people that they should be free from being at charge to pay those that were the Chief rulers of the Church and took care for their Souls And now if ye would have God to hear you why do not ye hear him by doing justly to the King and Kingdom that righteousness may run down as a River Amos 5. 21 22 23 24. or else all your seeking of the Lord will be in vain for if ye will still have your prayers granted according to your own sense and will that is for you to prevail kill and slay all that will not submit to you then the Lord will shew your folly to all the World And do not you boast as some of you do that ye have had the Spirit of Prophesie these seven years that your Armies over-coming their Enemies is the fruit of your prayers Alas it is but your pride for it was Gods decree to deliver his people into your hands for a time to punish them for their sins and he revealed it unto me 20 years ago that your party should prevail as they have done and then come to a miserable end as I have declared Thus ye may see that it is not your spirit of Prophesie which you deceiving your selves do imagine to have nor yet is it the fruit of your prayers that hath done it for if ye had never opened your mouthes such things had come to pass you shall see within a short time that God will deliver you into the hands of his people to be utterly destroyed and all your Prophesying and praying shall not deliver you in that day Then leave off sacrificing to your Calf for it is no more then if the Egyptians should have sacrificed to their false gods for giving them power to overcome the Israelites and keep them in bondage but God had shewed to Abraham long before that his seed should serve the Egyptians Gen. 15. 13. 14. and when the time of the Israels deliyerance came then neither the Egyptians nor all their gods could keep them one day longer Exodus 12. 40. 41. so likewise the Babilonians might have gloried as you do and attributed their success to their own parts or to the power of their gods when they had overcome Israel but they were more modest then so And knew very well that they could not detain them any longer then God had decreed whereby you see that they in the very nick of Gods time set down by the Prophet Jeremiah 2 Chron. 36. 21 22 23 Ezra 1. Did send them home and restore all which was theirs to them aagain Here I have taken an occasion by the way to speak a word also to Mr. Feake Mr. Simpson and others of their party meeting in Black-Friers not doubting but when God shall arrest them saying 1 Kings 21. 19. hast thou kild and taken possession in that place where King Charls and his people lost their bloud in that very place shall thy bloud be spilt even thine and set their bloudy deeds to Cry unto their Consciences saying we are thine we will not leave thee untill thy Judgment come then their courrage will be abated and they shall know that they are not for the Interest of Jesus Christ as they falsly affirm But are for the Interest of the Devil who was 2 murtherer from the beginning John 8. 44. 1 John 3. 8. and when Nathans Ridle is opened unto others saying thou art the man 2 Sam. 12. 7. 14. For thou hast given great occasion to the Papist to Blaspheme saying these are the works of such as would be altogether Ruled by the
the King as also John Lilburn and divers others rewarded for their services all which fell as commonly the enemies of Israel fell by the hand of their own party Judges 7. 22. 2 Chron. 20. 22 23. And as concerning the Churches how many men have been slain and hurt whilest they were in obstructing the work about St. Pauls Church How were those men cast down mained and spoyled when they went about building a Preaching place for the Anabaptists in the stone Chappel thereof What became of the Lord Brook that grand enemy of Gods Worship when he thought his armour inpenetrable how was he smote in the head from the Cathedral Church at Lich-Field as Goliath was by David I Sam. 17. 4 5 6 7 49. I have said little in comparison of what might be said in this matter but if I should say all that can be said yet they would not regard it Psal. 28. 5. for they are blinded with their prosperity in the War though they may know by the things visible against them that one days loss now will keep them under for ever and that day is not far off for it is with them as David saith Psal. 55. 19. Because they have no changes Therefore they fear not God And as Job saith they prosper and the rod of God is not upon them Therefore they say unto God depart from us for we desire not the knowledge of thy waies Job 21. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. But ye that hope for deliverance are to consider that by your manifold afflictions ye are corrected to refine you that ye may be made holy 1 Pet. 1. 15 16. and more innocent then Doves more wise then Serpents Matth. 10. 16. more precious then the gold of Ophir Isai 13. 12. Malach. 3. 17. The end which God hath in afflicting you is to bring you to such a condition And then the Assyrian the rod of his anger who thinketh not to cut off a few Nations shall be burned Isa. 10. 5 6 7 16 17 18 19. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous Psal. 125. 3. and the family of David that is the Kings friends when they sin God will correct them with the rod of men 2 Sam. 7. 14. 15. Psal. 89. 32 33. for God makes his rod most usually of wicked men by which he corrects his children therefore say not that there is no hopes but rather comfort one another look upon Portingals deliverance did not God reveal it afore-hand unto them even by a poor Cobler that could not write a word but got little Scool boys to write for him who Prophesied many remarkable things that came truely to pass and among the rest he Prophesied that in 1640. they should have a King in Portugal again Although the King of Spain for this cause sought by all means to prevent it yet when the time came Notwithstanding the set year was far spent they considering that none of the poor mans Prophesies had ever yet failed but that all had been truely fulfilled they were thereby so much the more imboldned so that God stirred up the Spirits of the Nobles and Valiant men of Portugal and smote the Souldiery with terrour that as it were in a moment the King was set on his Throne And suddenly had all the strong holds throughout the Land surrendred unto him and there was not three men kill'd in the quarrel Then why may not God do as much for England Or why may not those ten Valiant Commanders that took the Kingdom from the late King CHARLS and according as God had decreed gave it for sometime to the late Parliament or as it is in Scripture language to the beast Rev. 17. 12 13 17. And then afterward according as God did put in their hearts to destroy the very same Parliament take the Kingdom again from them as you may see how it was done Rev. 17. from vers. 12. to the end of the Chapter I say why may not God now also move the hearts of the said ten Commanders to give the Kingdom to him whose right it is I mean the present King CHARLS Ezek. 21. 27. We say and it is a proverb among us that if a man lie in a ditch and cry God help me and not use his own ability to get out he may lay there and perish But if a man call to God for help and withall do what he can to help himself surely God will help him for if you understand your selves when you say God help us It doth not argue that God shall do all and you nothing but it doth argue that God will help you in what you go about to do and that if you put too your strength God will strengthen and prosper you therein when your actions be right good and lawfull and that especially in the fulfilling of his word For there is nothing more easie then to fullfill a Prophesie because God is assistant to them and active with them that do it How was God with Josuah to incourage him 2 Kings 9. Josuah 1. How was God with Jehu with Josiah with Nebuchadnezar with Cyrus Yea good Josiah must die for going out against Pharaohn-echo King of Egypt who had a command from God to go against the King of Assiria 2 Kings 23. 29. 2 Chron. 35. 20 21 22 23. And what great rewards did God give them that fulfilled his word 2 Kings 10. 30. Isa. 45. from verse 1. to verse 15. 2 Chron. 36. 22 23. 1 Macchab. 2. 55. How prosperous were the late Parliament against the late King Why because it was Prophesied he should fall how prosperous was the Independents against the Presbyterians Why because it was Prophesied that they should fall how prosperous was the Army against the late Parliament and how easily did they dissolve it Why because it was Prophesied they should fall how easily did the Portingals set up their King Why because it was Prophefied of before Then why cannot they as easily set up the King as they did dissolve the Parliament And why even because the word is gone forth for it Isa. 55. 10 11. For there is no word gone forth against them as yet notwithstanding all the muttering of their false Prophets against them It is to be considered also what a heavy judgement befell those Nobles of Israel who searched the Land of Canaan that when they came back perswaded the people that there was no hopes of getting that Land and that it was but in vain to go up and fulfill the Lords word by possessing it Genes 15. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. for all those Nobles died immediately of the plague before the Lord Numb. 14. 36 37. And because the people gave ear to their perswasion the Lord would have destroyed them all had not Moses stood up and besought the Lord for them yet for all that the Lord would let none of that generation go up into the Land of Canaan save Caleb
and lost the kingdom 1. Sam. 15. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aspin wall concerning your throwing away of our Laws therein you talk idly for do you think that your generation who are of no such wisdom and learning as our former Parliaments were can make better Laws in one year then out Laws be which were in making and â—â—â—â—…ing above five hundred years and had not our former Parliaments the word of God for their direction therein as well as you or any now a daies and were they not more sober and prudent in the understanding of those Lawes I pray entertain no such foolish conceit And you tell us likewise of the Statutes of Omri Mica 6. 16. that is even such things as you set up for if you observe Jeroboam Omri and Ahab though they had many sorts of worship yet any one abject of the people served to be a Priest or a Teacher of them 1 Kin 12 31. 2 Chro. 12 8 9. 1 Kin 16. 25 26. And must the statutes of David be cast away because the statutes of Omri be nought must the statutes of K. Hen. 8. K. Edw. 6. and Q Eliz. which are against popery be cast away because other Kings statutes are Idolatrous and for popery And further you tell us an untruth That Jehojada the Priest having the supreme authority in his hand took men recommended to him by some others whom you call the Church to put them in civil authority No Sir Jehojada had not as you affirm the supreme Authority then for it is evident Athaliah did reign that six veers while he was guardian to the Kings Son 2 Kings 11. 3. But in the seventh yeer he being the Priest of God God stirred up the Spirit of Jehojada to do right to the King Princes and Levites so that he sent to bring the Princes who by right were rulers over hundreds and took an oath of them to be true to the King and presented him before them and they by his command gathered the faithful Levites to come to their charge neither took he anv mans advise in the businesse nor was any upon the attest of others received by him and put into Civil Authority as you falsly assert for he had the Spirit of God to direct him as our every one to his charge and place and directed them in what they should do as from the mouth of God and all of them did so obey Jehojada that the work was perfected even the King set on his Throne as you may see 2 Kings 11. 2 Chron. 23. But you seem by such falâ—e grounds to set up the tenent of the Romish Church which is if a man by birth be Heir to a Kingdom and ought there to rule yet if the Church of Rome do not approve of him they will deprive him if they can and give his right by their attest unto another whereby to enjoy that Civil power so that their Church do unjustly in this thing Thus there will be brave stir when your divided Churches which are part of Iron part of clay even the toes of the Image Dan. 2. 33 34 42. go about to set up men by their attest to govern in Civil Authority Then Jack Straw is set up by one Congregation and Hob. Carter by another to throw him down so that there shall be an endlesse war among them until the Stone cut out of the mountain without attest of hands to justify it smite the Image upon the feet and break it to shivers Dan. 2. 34 35 45. for the King needs not the attest of men because all know him to be the Ruler by right Another untruth you would force upon us on that Text in Gen. 49. 10 which saith The Scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a Law-giver from between his feet untill Shilo come from Judah many Kings have sprung who gave good laws kept the Scepter what say you of David and Salomons writings are there therein no Laws given out by them sure they had power from God to do it and Iesus Christ himself alloweth of their Laws insomuch that he somtimes defends himself thereby against his enemies and did not Jesus himself come of Iudah who removeth that earthly Scepter from Iudah according to the word and gives it to Shiloh which Shiloh we must understand to be another Tribe come from Japhets loyns and not from Sem Gen. 9. 26 27. yet you say the kings of Iudah gave no laws nor could any give laws till Iesus came How contrary to the truth even to Christs own words this your assertion is is manifest by the Scripture Christ would noâ— be troubled with such outward things for when the people would have enforced him to be their King he absolutely refused it Joh. 6. 15. neither would he be so much as a Iudge in a civil cause Luk. 12. 13 14. nor would he take but rather give tribute Mat. 22. 17 to 22. 17. 24. to 28. Therefore your assertion is utterly false and you force the Text to a quite contrary sense as you do in all the rest of your Pamphlet wrest other Scriptures Now for the law of Christ it is altogether a spiritual law which serveth not for any particular Country but for all in general as a rule whereby to frame laws Therefore saith Christ By me kings reign and Princes decree justice by me Princes rule and Nobles even all the Judges of the earth Pro. 8. 15 16. that is what laws they make according to his word are made by him For this cause the Apostle Peter saith 1 Pet. 2. 13. Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake first to the king as supreme then to them that are sent by him And why because whatever is done by the king and his nobles or judges is done by the Lord Iesus for they being his ministers Rom. 13. 4 5 6. are directed by him and the kings heart is in the hand of the Lord Pro. 2â— â— therefore his mouth cannot err in judgment Pro. 16. 10. Now to leave Gods rule and set up silly mean fellows to be judges they to search for precepts that are as you say scattered up and down the scripture whereby to rule all Countries in all causes and then be subject to their wresting those Scriptures what way they please would be a brave way of judging the people who having no known laws whereby to walk must be alway waiting what scripture the Iudge will make use of to please his fancy either to make them offenders or to favour them and if you say the Iudge must allow a dispute then may the greatest offender beat him with his own weapon and escape no Christ hath not promised to rule by such vile persons but by men of eminency viz. by kings princes nobles judges who decree justly Pro. 8. 15 16 and if that land be blessed whose king is the son of Nobles Eccl. 10. 17. then that land is cursed whose rulers are sons of clowns that