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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90635	The divine catastrophe of the kingly family of the house of Stuarts or, a short history of the rise, reign, and ruine thereof. Wherein the most secret and chamber-abominations of the two last kings are discovered, divine justice in King Charles his overthrow vindicated, and the Parliaments proceedings against him clearly justified, by Sir Edward Peyton, knight and baronet, a diligent observer of those times.	Peyton, Edward, Sir, 1588?-1657.	1652 (1652)	Wing P1952; Thomason E1291_1; ESTC R208989	41,016	159

turn into the tyring-house for certainly we have great cause to give thanks to God for the Parliaments valourous success of Army and Navy both for General Lieutenant-General Sergeant-Major Generals Colonels Officers and Souldiers as for the Admirals and Captaines at Sea whom God hath miraculously preserved to prevaile over the enemies of the State and so let God have the glory and we tranquillity all our dayes But when I revolve in my thoughte the opinion most are possessed with as with a Divel that Parliament and Army are a punishment for their sins and attribute so great Victories to chance I may justly suspect their Atheisme whose lives I never see more amended by Gods immediate hand on us to make the omnipotent Father of spirits to have no hand in it or if acknowledged in words return not from iniquity and are not thankful for arriving to so safe a harbour as they are in nor see that God is about to mould the world in another fashion as he hath declared by his Prophets of old and so like swine look down to the earth and not to heaven to see a divine cause of a mighty alteration Now to shew that the Parliament proceeded justly in this war I will prove it by arguments Divine and Humane Reason and Law First if we regard the Scripture we shall finde Rehoboam the son of Solomon justly lost the ten tribes because he laid such heavy burdens on the Jews who declared they had no share in David wishing Israel to depart to their tents although God had made a Covenant with David that his posterity should sit on the throne for ever on condition they continued to serve the Lord as they ought which Covenant Rehoboam broke by sins in such sort as God punished sin with sin suffering him to oppress and impose more heavy taxes on the people then his father a reason God disswaded the children of Israel refused God and would have kings to rule over them to enthral them to his will but they persisted not to follow the Counsel of the Almighty therefore it was just the kingdome should be divided for their disobedience or if King Rehoboam did wickedly he could not be stiled Gods vicegerent over the twelve tribes for God whom Governors represent never oppresseth his people but for sin When kings cease to imitate God they cease to Govern or be Governers and represent not God when they are not Gods Deputies they insult over the people without authority for this is an infallible rule not to be gaine said in Scripture that if the people sin against God and the king do not oppose it but yeeld to it they are punished and if the king sin and they concur with him they are punished so that if the Parliament had not opposed king Charles God would have been revenged on them Now when a father wrongfully injureth his children his love to them is at an end and so is his paternal power for children are bound to be obedient to Parents not to be ruined by them so that subjects are bound to obey the Sovereign so long as he keeps himself in bounds of justice and doing right but if the king would destroy his people they are no more his subjects nor are they bound to obey but he is a Tyrant God never punished a pious king that used his people well otherwise God should be unjust If God were Author of the conquest over king Charles is so many battels who is the God of Sabbaths that is of battels if he were not the cause of our Victories he were not God of battels in which belief they should give a Deity to the Parliament forces which is blasphemy for they conquered over the Cavaliers By which it appears God sent this as a punishment on the king and the Victory was not a punishment on the Parliament who defended the people in their rights Kings are ordained for the good of their subjects not for their hurt nor were people brought into the world to have kings over them but to honour and glorifie God God is not glorified when inferiours are oppressed by their superiours a sin God highly punished in the Jewes God were the Author of oppression if kings had such a deputation from him This Prince committed a great fault in adhering too much to his unbridled will preferring his passion above the good of his people there may be excuses in youth for want of experience in stealing for the occasion in killing for injuries offered in adultery for perswasions of love and heat of youth in Rebellion for defence but for offences against the Commonwealth there is not satisfaction but a block or a gibbet For a shepherd to sheare the fleeces off his flock may be tolerable but to flea them and cut their throates is abominable before God and man For kings should have the care of a Master love of a Father tenderness of a Protector diligence of a Shepherd to preserve their subjects from wrong for without a Parliament kings have no ears nor eyes to see the injuries of the publicke but by their favorites who for to encrease Wealth raised from nothing are like blood-suckers to drain the people make themselves rich If every member of the commonwealth ought to preserv the State above his own life much more a King is chosen Gods vicegerent on earth to preserve his people committed to his charge in safety Therefore God took from Rehoboam and Belshazzar their kingdoms by his instruments the people and Nebuchadnezzar and Sennacherib both for pride and wronging the Jews the one was reduced to grass with the beasts and the other was overthrown in battel with hundred thousands The example of Attilius Regulus is commendable who rather then the honour of the Roman Senate should suffer prejudice performed his promise and returned to Carthage to undergo exquisite torments If subjects much more a King God hath intrusted with his people should have care of his Parliament and People then much more should be take care of the lives of the people Wherefore the Parliament seeing King Charles did raise an Army to defend ill counsellors and ruine his people the Parliament rather then the king should ruine the people first they employed the Army to take away from him bad Counsellors and bring them to condigne punishment but King Charles justified their destructive advice by a war to ruine the authority Parliaments and by this made himself an enemy of Commonwealth Therefore it was just the Parliament should defend themselves by a war yea subdue the kings power which would destroy the Representative which maintained the liberty of the subject and property of their personall and reall estates And though it may be objected he had most of the gentry and Nobility yet I answer They had the major part of the Electors sided with the Parliament in their purses Also some object that the king had many Members of Parliament but for certaine if they would depart from the lawfully-called