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A84057	Equitable and necessary considerations and resolvtions for association of arms throughout the counties of the kingdom of England, and principality of Wales: Against the now * professed combination of papists, and other enemies of the Protestant religion, and English rights and liberties. *In the Earl of Newcastles declaratió, printed first at York, & since re-printed at London. To be presented to the gentry and commonalty of the county of Middlesex, at their meeting at Hix-hall the 26. of December 1642. And no lesse conducing to the safety of other counties, especially of York-shire, Lancashire, and Cheshire, where the malignant commissioners of Array have been most rampant.		1642 (1642)	Wing E3185; Thomason E83_20; ESTC R3046	6,000	8

Tyrannicall Prelacy High-Commission and Star-Chamber which in their returne will bring with them the malignity of seven spirits worse then the former to make the persecution of all true and reall Christians like Nebuchadnezzers fiery-furnace seven times hotter then it was before No Justices of Peace but such as are professed friends to the Apostaticall part of the Parliament and fomenters of that burning feaver now inflaming the bloud through all the veines of the body politick or rather of that furious wild-fire of the Commission of Array which hath put the whole Kingdome into a terrible Combustion and as professed enemies to the constant part of the Parliament the faithfull carefull couragious Patrons of our Religion Lives Liberties and estates who remaine as the sound and solid wheate when the hollow and empty chaffe is blowne away and to those who in conscience out of true grounds of grace and gratitude accompt themselves bound for the just and necessary security of what they desire to enjoy to adhere unto them No Assizes without such a Sheriffe Jurie and Judges as would take away the lives and estates of the worthiest persons in a worse way then by the sword of Warre for so if their cause be good they might dye as Martyrs but in such a formality of justice as they must come under if such as those get the upper hand they shall be first robbed of their innocency and that done they must forfeit their lives and all they have as convicted Malefactors that was Nabothes case under the tyrannicall Raigne of Ahab and Jesabell 8. That these professed enemies to all true Protestants in belief and life have advanced so farre in their way towards the ruine of the Kingdome Neither by the greatnesse of their number for in their musters they have many who hate their Conditions and carriage in the present cause and long to be delivered from the bondage to which some relations of dependance have betrayed them Nor by their power for i● is very small in respect of that which is ingaged to the safegard of the whole Kingdome from their destructive designes Nor by their courage though many of them may be the more forward to fight because they have little to lose having forfeited their lives and estates to publique justice which they hope to escape rather by boldnesse in Battaile a boldnesse more desperate then valorous then by yielding up themselves to the tryall of the Parl much lesse have they any good successe by the goodnesse of their Cause which the more it is known the more it is condemned by all truly wise and welminded men and which at last must come to naught though for a time God may suffer them as he did the wicked Amorites to make up the measure of their iniquity because it is a most impious and bloudy Combination against God and the godly But by their subtilty in guilding over their trecherous intentions towards the state with glorious pretences of dutifull vindication of Royall Majesty from unsufferable affronts and wrongs and in defaming the defence by the Law of Nature and Nations allowed to oppressed people with the odious imputation of Rebellion and Treason By falsifying their words and oathes when by others credulity they were admitted to a power to doe mischiefe By lying Relations to countenance their owne cause and party in Print which are not Printed without their knowledge and against their wills as those Pamplets are which seem to be published in favour but indeed both displease and dishonour the Parliament and that so much that it is probable at least of some of them that they may be put out by some Anti-parliamentary Polititians to make the world believe that they make lyes their refuge and so are no more to be believed then themselves by confident outfacing of any truth that makes against them by hypocriticall protestations of integrity towards preservation of the Protestant Religion and the Realmes and the presumptuous appeale to the majesty of God when they make them By witty and well-pend Declarations wherein sound reason and true Logick is drowned in the overflowings of Rhetorick as Bees are sometimes drowned in their owne Honey giving as faire words as need to be spoken to make the people content to put up as bad and injurious deeds as ever were done in a Protestant Kingdome by this means many are beguiled if not rather bewitched who are not of capacity to comprehend the whole state and condition of the present Warre on both sides with the many causes whence it arose the meanes by which it is promoted and the ends wherat they would have it arrive by terrible threats and outragious Acts conjuring downe feeble spirits from their hearts to their heeles By intentive vigilancy for all advantages and vigorous industry Like his who goeth about as a roaring Lyon seeking whom he may devour by Civill Warre to bring that desolation upon their Countrey in a few Months from which a whole age of peace cannot redeeme it But especially by the inconsideration and remisnes of those who while they enjoyed their owne estates free were not apprehensive of the spoyling of others nor considered how soone it might come to their turne to be rifled and robbed in like manner 9. That the Parliament the representative body of the whole Kingdome and the great Councell of the King having upon such grounds as these or some of them concluded and resolved that it is not only lawfull but needfull to withstand such dangerous and desperat invadors of our Protestant Religion and our English Rights we hold it our duties to resolve and presently to put in practise all just and warrantable wayes of Association and mutuall ayd for the freedome of our selves children neighbours and Countrey men from their lawlesse lusts and intollerable tyranny as from a confederacy of theeves murderers and Anabaptists not of Christian Anabaptists who out of mistaken charity would have all things common among believers but of such as are Unchristian and Antichristian who would take away the bounds of mens proper interests and being in Condition like the wild Beast of the Forrest would breake downe all partition walls and pales of propriety that they may make spoyle of our Houses Gardens Fields and pleasant Pastures and finding the Land as a Garden of Eden before them may leave it all behinde them as a desolate Wildernesse from whom wee cannot hope to be delivered by the service of meere mercenary sword men who take up the practise of killing for a trade of life but chiefly by our owne undertakings and the blessing of God upon our indeavors and adventures directed to his glory and welfare of our Country 10. That not medling with any disputable points of questioned priviledges we will ingage our selves according to the duty we owe to christian piety and common humanity to a just defence of our own and our fellow Subjects undoubted rights especially in these particulars 1. That the Ministers and people of England may sociably and safely meet for the celebration of Gods publique worship and the salvation of their soules without fear of violent attempts and assaults upon their bodies which are most endangered on the dayes of their solemne assemblies whereof the sons of Belial make an especiall choice for cruell encounters having no respect at all to the Lords day unlesse it be to make the Dominicall Letter a Symball of bloody slaughters of the Lords servants 2. That every one may enjoy that particular portion of comfort in his wife children and estate which God hath given him 3. That Tillage without which neither King nor people can be supported may not be interrupted by giving the Husbandman cause to fear that the pains and cost of seed time shall not be recompenced by an harvest 4. That the provision of corne in Barnes and Garneries may not injuriously be taken from the owners nor wastfully bestowed upon beasts whereby a famine may be like to be brought upon men 5. That the high wayes may be safe for entercourse of posts carriers and other travellers upon their just and lawfull occasions 6. That markets and other meanes of common commerce for the generall benefit of the Kingdom may be continued without force or fear of armed enemies of the Kingdom in Cities and Towns of most trade and traffique 7. That Justice may be done upon such as make no scruple but rather make it their delight and glory to undoe the best affected and behaved people of the Land and that while poor theeves for petty pilferies pricked on unto them happily by the sharp goade of necessity are kept in raggs fettors and dungeons such great theeves and burgliers may not be suffered to ride in scarlet and to range about and rob and spoile at their pleasures as now they do to the great scorn and contumelie of the justice of the King and Parliament and of all the judicatories of the Kingdom And while we take up arms to these ends we hold our selves not more bound with our hands to resist the personall assaults of such pernicious enemies then with our true manners to oppose theirs their bold impieties with our lawfull fear of the Maiesty of God their prophanesse with our holinesse of life their desperate and God damne-me Oaths and execrations with our making scruple conscience of an Oath their unruly lusts and corcupiscence with our regular continence their drunkennesse with our sebrietie their unreasonable rapine with our equitable iustice their violence and boldnesse with as much moderation and mildnesse on our part as the necessary defence of so good a cause and so many good people will possibly permit And in all this we shall endeavour faithfully to perform the duty we owe to God the King Parliament and people of His Majesties Dominions Deeply charged upon us by our late solemne Protestation and while we do this we will encourage our selves in the service by the words of holy Hezekiah as pertinent to us in our present cause and condition Be strong and couragious be not afraid or dismayed at the number or power of your enemies for there be more with us then with them with them is an arm of flesh but with us is the Lord our God to helpe us and to fight our Battells and the people rested themselves upon these words 2 Chr. 32.7 8. And so will we do Finis

Equitable and Necessary CONSIDERATIONS AND RESOLVTIONS FOR Association of Arms Throughout The Counties of the kingdom of England and principality of Wales Against the now * In the Earl of Newcastles Declaratiō printed first at York since re-printed at London professed Combination of Papists and other Enemies of the Protestant Religion and English Rights and Liberties To be presented to the Gentry and Commonalty of the County of Middlesex at their meeting at Hix-hall the 26. of December 1642. And no lesse conducing to the safety of other Counties especially of York-shire Lancashire and Cheshire where the Malignant Commissioners of Array have been most rampant HAB. 1.13 Wherefore lookest thou on them that deal treacherously and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous then he JUDG 6.12 The Lord is with thee thou mighty man of valour London Printed for THOMAS UNDERHILL 1642. Equitable and Christian Considerations and Resolutions of divers worthy and Well-minded Inhabitants of Middlesex published in Print rather then communicated in written hand that they may be more speedily divulged and more readily used by a true Z●lot of the welfare as of all the Counties of England in generall so especially of that County in particular For assistance and succour to the Religious and well-aff●cted Ministers and people there residing against the injurious and licentious violation of their persons liberties and estates By Popish prophane and other malicious and mischievous disturbers of the publike Peace threatning thereby as by the like Tyrannie and spoil in other places the utter ruine of the Kingdom if the true Patriots in all parts do not quickly and couragiously make head against them 1. IT is apparent to all who are not naturally stupid or wilfully blinde that of late there is risen up in arms a combination of boysterous and violent men who uniting themselves under the specious pretence of loyalty and service to the King indeavour to make the breach betwixt His Majestie and the high Court of Parliament unreconciliable and with all the power they can raise in His Name so to pull down all the Priviledges and Proprieties of this noble Nation as to make it of a Kingdom of ingenuous and free-born Subjects a Thraldom of meer servile and slavish Vassalls 2. That these men if we may call them men who for a great part of them seem to have put off the appearance of humanity by their barbarous manners have most exercised their outragious wrongs upon those who have been most noted for Religion civility and united fidelity to King and Kingdom 3. That howsoever they have had and shewed their greatest spight at such they have spoiled many others who neither in profession nor in affection forted with them 〈◊〉 ̄●x locio ●e quo ●ixitd●l●is edor ●ucr●ex ●equali●et therein making no more differēce betwixt their goods which they equally love thogh their personall hate be excessively bent against the best in all states then Vespian did betwixt the money he received from the Impost of Urine that which came in from the noblest tribute 4. That being such it is not like that of themselves they will set any reasonable bounds to their own proceedings nor will give over their violent invasion of the persons and estates of men and women untill by some adverse and prevailing power they be stopped 5. That though His Majesty as became a good and just Prince hath set out severe Proclamations against plundering of His people by the Souldiers of his own Army and he meaneth not to give that liberty to any other which he denieth to them and have engaged his Royall word for the righting of them who suffer wrong by their hands yet we see by sad experience that these prohibitions produce no further effect then to cleare His Majesty from approbation of such notorious injustice for they are not Daunted by a printed paper from their practise of pillage since they impute His Majesties dislike of such doings to his ignorance of the priviledge of their military profession and the oppressed are discouraged from having recourse to him for remedy against them for they may have just cause to fear that they who claim a license by the sword to carve out of other mens estates what portiō they please wil waylay the cōplainants and find a way not only to frustrate their desires of relief but to returne them with an increase and aggravation of their injuries 6. That if this spirit of violence should march on as hitherto it hath done for want of seasonable and sufficient ressistance it would prevaile to victory and by a warlike conquest would subdue both King and Kingdom For although we think so well of His Majesty and honour him so much that we cannot find in our hearts to make any culpable comparison betwixt him and the Turke we must needs think so ill of them who have not only withdrawn him and do yet with-hold him from his most wise and faithfull Councell the High Court of Parliament but abuse his power to manage a most pernicious hostility against them and in them against the whole state and people of England that they would prove no better then the worst sort of Turkish Janizaries who have some times insolently Lorded it over their own Lords and masters so as to make him but a Royall Slave as well as exercised a tyrannicall Domination over his Subjects though His Majesties name should still be used and his authority strained up to uphold them and bear them out in all their exorbitant and abominable excesses And therefore though the King should prove more prudent and constant then Salomon in perseverance to defend the faith in the best and soundest sence of His Royall stile and should shut his ears to the solicitations of the Queen while she opens hers to listen to the inspirations of the Popish Faction who have plyed her with perswasions to double the spirit of her mother upon her and to make her the midwife of that pernicious Plot against the Protestants which is so furiously driven on for their utter destruction aswell in England as in Ireland and will draw on the like danger upon Scotland and the Netherlands if they make themselves but meer spectators of our manifold miseries that we must expect no sincerity or purity of the Protestant Religion to be established amongst us but either the whole Masse of Popish Superstition and Idolatry to be obtruded upon us or some mungrell compound like the Childish-Dialect descended from the mixt marriage of the woman of Ashdod with the men of Israel made up of many ownces of Popery Arminianisme and carnall Liberty tempered with a few Drams of Orthodox Doctrine but without so much as one scruple of precise practise in the profession of piety No Peace without submitting our necks to an Iron yoake No Parliament but such as would establish oppression and tyranny by Statute Law and besides other deposed pressures would restore the