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A90636	The high-way to peace: or, a direction set forth for the composing of those unhappy differences betwixt King, Parliament, Army, City, and kingdomes : shewing the sad effects these distractions have brought upon the whole island. / Published for the honour and love he beares to his native countrey, by Sir Edvvard Peyton, Knight and baronet.	Peyton, Edward, Sir, 1588?-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing P1953; Thomason E411_12; ESTC R12435	8,735	16

The High-way to Peace Or A DIRECTION set forth for the composing of those unhappy differences betwixt King Parliament Army City and Kingdomes Shewing the sad effects these distractions have brought upon the whole Island Published for the honour and love he beares to his native Countrey By Sir EDVVARD PEYTON Knight and Baronet Patiar potior Printed in the Yeere 1647. The High-way to Peace AStonished with the present condition of the times when all mens pens write unpunished what they please without serious contemplation of conveniency after much amazement I recollected my thoughts and esteemed it a duty to adde this drop to the Ocean of what hath beene printed with praiers first to the highest to direct me to write a word or two to induce an universall peace in this peece of ground which hath no limits but sea heartily wishing I were a wise Esculapius to expresse apples of gold and pictures of silver if it prove an antidote to cure the violent distempers I shall be exceedingly glad and if I labour in vaine I have discharged my conscience though with much sorrow The Phisition can judge better of a Patient by experience in others as a distempered man is more sensible of folly by seeing Bedlam therefore I set before your eyes as in a glasse to behold the pest ilent disease of great B●ittaine what mortall cause was in the example may be avoided in this Climate While some make the whole body desperate by clandestine plots and pamphlets unrecoverable on purpose to make Parliamentary Authority despicable that no phisick can helpe the distemper others as ambitious Solons new modell the State or imitate the burner of a goodly Ephesian Temple to be famous in after stories much like Quacksalvers heale an ulcer by a sword thrust through the bowells which may kill the body and not cure the Tumor and therefore in the serious view of present affaires this age resembles the Romane Senate tyred with civill mutinies groaning with burdens of severall Armies and new impositions and torne in pieces by envy of subdivided factions by which weakened in authority fell weary of the intolerable waight let the government by a strange dotage into the power of the boundles ambition of Iulius Caesar who subdued the Senatorian greatnesse by singling out particulars whom joyned hee could not prejudice For this Parliament the best of all since the conquest had power and opportunity to free the Nation from slavery a sicknesse almost incurable had not the physick of a just defensive warre procured an incredible successe The first they did in the edifice was to deface Hyerarchy afore they could cleanse the Church from rubbish and drosse sullied in time of Popery waying severall formes in the balance of the Sanctuary fix't upon Presbytery but finding a great distast from the severity in the peoples pallet mixt with the vinegar sweet milke to abate the sharpnesse and mittigate popular discontent with appeale from the Clergy to lay men more pleasing then the reformed Churches of Europe used Behold though there was analay and their stomakes puked and could not digest alteration of Bishops notwithstanding Presbytery seemed Apostolicall because the words without worldly pomp● and Presbyter are Sunonymaes So that a new tropicke is turned and the time is come all Mountaines to be abased and obstacles taken a way for the conquerour of hearts assailes all our Parliamentary power to let into Great Brittaine a new light and sunshine against all humane power for supposing one as lawfull as the other All this effected the high Counsell lanching the ship of the S●a●e over many Parliamentary tempests and various Rockes God seemed to be displeased in the very frontispeece of that Fabrick with the Presbyterian pride and insolent austerity of the Elders to their Superiors For the great Lord of the universe raised some Syraphycall spirits to make a new discovery for ordering the Communion of Saints more agreeable to the word then usually knowne in the world a controversie I will not now discusse the scope of my discourse tending another way namely to desire a setled peace and to shew the great danger wee run for reviving a new warre by Salimandrine spirits opposing each other without a mild dispute and pleasing converse For the people lissening to the Pastors violence of spirit are set on fire to quarrell with all that hold the contrary who from scolding fall to blowes from buffets to swords and gunnes by parties siding against parties having a just ground conceived to fall out about the breach of protestation and brotherly Covenant they are ingaged to the Scotch Nation whom I heartely wish may have good satisfaction by making manifest that the order to be used by the Ministers approacheth neerer the holy Scripture then theirs and differs only in forme not essence so the binds of amity may be kept in unity of spirit though divided in judgement and opinion to the end the protestation and Covenant made in the presence of the Almighty rise not in judgement against us to make us guilty of the crime of Laodislaus the Emperour falsifying his faith with the Turke who was slaine in the battle and place where the agreement was solemnly taken and broken whilst some are for Apollo and others for Caephas yet both for Christ the Scots pertake with some faction heere to cause England swim in blood and hinder the building of Gods house or be a Rrinora to the glory and felicity of the visible Church in the Martyrdome of many thousands I feare therefore lest this great contestation betweene Independent and Presbyter cause a fatall Tragedy as happened to the Clergy and Laiety about celebration of Easter such heart burning and great persecution for that as a branch growing from that tree of division sprang up the most horrible Arrian Heresie which troubled the Church many yeares till God raised a Counsell dispelled the Aegyptian darknesse by distinguishing the words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which appeased the irreconcileable difference projected of two letters by Sathan to make a schisme and our Saviours death for salvation invallid so I trust God will raise Evangelicall spirits to bring that glorious woman out of the Wildernesse prophesied of in the Revelation who may be Midwives to deliver her of the most ardent truth to cure our frensicall part that the fulnesse of the Gentiles may more speedily ensue and consequently the remnant of the Jewes be gathered And certainely the Divell hath stirred up our heresies on purpose to breake the neck of Parliaments by the instigation of divers forraigne Jesuits come over who adde fewell to our flame either by Sermons or Counsells and consequently will indanger the Parliament as did the Arminian in Holland Surely wee are in the same danger the States of Holland were when Philip the second of Spaine acknowledged them a free State so as soone as it had life by the vigilancy of Grave Maurice a brave and wise Souldier the miracle was

Souldier and Countrey jangle together the Army will become odious and none willing to harbour them much lesse give free quarter Likewise if the Parliament be divided as a house it cannot stand the Rights of Parliaments and Subjects will be destroyed and they utterly vanquished as the Romane Senate by Caesar then shall all wickednes go scotfree and unpunished Certainely Monarchy must not infringe the liberty of the people nor people destroy Monarchy For the composition of our government is partly Monarchiall partly Aristocraticall and will not admit of a dominion solely in the people as it appeared plainly in the 15 yeare of Edw. 3. when they fell at variance in the choice of great Officers of State they turned the course from the people into the royall channell the Phylosophers stone may turne iron and brasse into gold and silver but not gold and silver into baser mettalls no more can the Soveraigne power be transferd on the people nor the right of the people converted to the Soveraigne for then Kings without Law may do what they list have power of life at their pleasure on the other side if power were in the ordinary sort there would be Anarchy and totall confusion therefore are the Lawes that Kings may governe their Subjects with equity and justice as the Subject obey the Soveraigne and the King love and preserve the Subjects lives and estates by a legall way not fancy or pleasure for the Lawes are Judges betwixt King and Subject and Subject and Subject otherwise the Kingdome will perish rich tread downe the poore widdow and fatherlesse will lose their right people be oppressed property utterly lost and Religion will turne Atheisme The Common-wealth is a body wherein are head and members and King and Subjects who ought to have a sympathy and fellow feeling one of anothers wants and communicate to each other all the good they can all degres as notes in musick make a harmony of love depend on and sweetly relate to others as the stars in the firmament of severall magnitudes agree in quality and nature with the seven Planets or as the heavens where God is supreame are Arch-angels and Angels ministringto each other Wherefore my thrice humble suite is to King Parliament City Countrey Army and Scotland to unite in love and joyne together against forraine and domestick enemies of the State that riches may merease the Kingdome may be well governed Religion flourish and God be honoured otherwise we shall be like a great animall as the Duke of Rohan saith which doth nothing but destroy it selfe when two so brave Kingdomes shall lay violent hands and murther one another Especially my humble prayer to my native Countrey is to live in amity amongst themselves A people have been the glory of Europe conquerors of France vanquishers of Palestina from the Saracens defenders of the Protestant Religion who I fay have set the Crowne of France on the head of Hen. 4. at the expence of that Famous Queen Eliz. the glory of her sex and by the prowesse of our brave Norrice and the English Cavalry opposed Spaine in all her glory and at last brought her upon her knees have been the greatest Antagonists of Rome Protectors of the 15 Provinces a safe sanctuary for the exiled Protestants and inferior to no Countrey in valour God give th●s Counsell above a command let us imbrace it and love one another with due respect duty to whom duty and love to all that future proofe may not turne discourses into a sanguine die nor peace into bloudy war so shall our swords be turned into plowshares spades and instruments of husbandry and right troden downe shill be revived And I humbly intreate you not to looke so much to errors past as forwards carry your selves like wise and brave men for feare while wee looke to punish others we receive a blow shall take away power of punishment and life it selfe And when a calme comes you may locke upon Delinquents with a severe face of justice and after every man may have distributed to him the dole of his due birthright therefore let not the quarrelling Knave win a Catastrophe in our State but the best of cards prevaile for order peace and piety Amen Gloria Patri Filio Spiritui sancto maximam pacem Ecclesiae Republicae toto corde animo opto FINIS