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<HEAD>The true COPY of a LETTER SENT To the KINGS Mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTIE.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>By W. COVELL Gent.</BYLINE>
<P><HI>JEHOVAH</HI> our great Ma&s;ter commands me to &s;peak to thee O <HI>King</HI> after this manner.</P>
<P><HI>KING,</HI> thou ha&s;t taken upon thee to Rule part of the King of Kings great hou&s;hold, and if thou art his Steward, they that Rule our men mu&s;t be ju&s;t, ruling in the fear of the Lord, as in 2 <HI>Sam.</HI> 23. 3. And they that are ruled mu&s;t fear God and the King, by whom Kings reign, which is Gods Order onely; therefore care is to be taken for the Poor and De&s;pi&s;ed and Oppre&s;&s;ed, as well as for the Rich and Mighty of this world; for our great Ma|&s;ter hath put a Law in every thing he maketh, to guide it according to its kind; without Coun&s;el the People peri&s;h, and his Coun&s;ellors are the aged in Chri&s;t, for not many Wi&s;e men after the fle&s;h, nor many Mighty, nor many Noble are called, but God hath cho&s;en the Fooli&s;h things of the world to confound the Wi&s;e, and God hath cho&s;en the Weak things to confound the Mighty and Ba&s;e things of the world, and things that are De&s;pi&s;ed hath God cho&s;en, and things which are not to bring to nought things that are, that no fle&s;h &s;hould glory in his pre&s;ence; and as our great Ma&s;ter is good to all, &s;o mu&s;t his Stew|ards and Coun&s;el and Servants be, for Chri&s;t will not be made a Slave and a Vagabond to <HI>Dag<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">or ever; but the poor penitent Souls have received of his fulne&s;s and goodne&s;s, and they that are counted mad as <HI>Paul</HI> was, oftentimes &s;peaks forth the words of Truth and Sobriety, and the Wi&s;dom of God in the De&s;pi&s;ed and Poor per&s;ecuted ones, is a chief good and help to Rulers, who are Gods Deacons: Therefore thou art to provide a Coun&s;el of poor penitent Souls, and not to take Coun&s;el of none but Mighty men of this world, for the Mini&s;try of Wi&s;dom is in the poor Saints, the worlds de&s;pi&s;ed ones, Gods Cherubims at his Command, and his enemies Deliverers, when they obey him in them; they are his enemies Coverings, when the enemy combines with &s;ub|jection to his Will, and be &s;weetly contained; it is the wi&s;dom of a King to conceal a matter, &s;o do thou, and defend them in Peace and Truth, and pro|vide for them, and relieve them, and as a good Steward of the manifold gifts of God, out of the abundance of the earth; in thy di&s;po&s;ing, di&s;pence part thereof to &s;et &s;uch people to work, who are willing to live according to Gods Order in &s;ome place convenient for them, that they may be a pattern of good works to the ignorant world, through Gods Wi&s;dom out&s;ighting them, for the good of thee and of the&s;e people of the&s;e Nations; which being &s;ettled in our great Ma&s;ters Order, will bring Glory, Peace, Truth, Plenty and Health to thee and them, and by degrees remove Ignorance, Idlene&s;s, Want and Begge|ry out of the Land, and make thee great in our Ma&s;ters Eye, and be loved of him; without which, greatne&s;s in this world will make us mi&s;erable in the World to come: But if thou do&s;t &s;eek after the love of our great Ma&s;ter, and own and obey him in thy Place, according to his Order, and not after the Ordi|nances of men, which are not for the Lords &s;ake, which ought to bear the Em|pha&s;is and chief Rule in all Ordinances and Orders what&s;oever, which he offereth to thy under&s;tanding by his mean In&s;truments; then &s;halt thou be made great, and the Nations of the world &s;hall dread thee, for his power in thee and them; tho&s;e which are ruled by our Ma&s;ters Law in them, are &s;ubject to his Mini&s;try, and are no trouble to his Stewards, but their trouble is mo&s;t to rule &s;uch as will not be ruled by Gods Law which is in them, and manife&s;ted to them; and in|&s;tead of following his Law and Order, do hearken to and obey &s;uch Prie&s;ts as have departed out of the way, and cau&s;ed many to &s;tumble at the Law; and &s;uch Lawyers al&s;o as e&s;tabli&s;h the Traditions of men for Gods Laws, after their blind rea&s;ons, for the love of gain, which God hath cur&s;ed by his Prophet, <HI>Mala|chy</HI> Chap. the &s;econd: But thou mu&s;t defend them, and provide for them, which are obedient to our Ma&s;ters Law and Order, and as a good Shepherd go before them in the &s;ame, and that is it which will bring good to thee; and make them thy coverings, and &s;hew forth our Ma&s;ters glory and thine, and if thou embrace the Truth, more may be communicated to thee as thou art able to bear it, thy work and danger in the work being great, and my work is accor|ding to our great Ma&s;ters Command and Obligation to plead this before thee O King, for the Poor and Oppre&s;&s;ed People of God, our great <HI>Jehovah,</HI> Amen.</P>
<P>From a Beggar in bonds, who craves neither honour nor wealth, but a waiter upon our great Ma&s;ter, and a Beggar to him for thee and the Nations with tears and groans, that they may be &s;aved from the Judgments which are &s;ealed for the Rebellious, and I am directed in thy behalf to the 12th Chapter of <HI>Job,</HI> for thee to read, and con&s;ider of alone by thy &s;elf, and if thou be broken off from the wild Olive Tree, and art engrafted into the good Olive Tree, and made partaker of the fatne&s;s thereof, then thou wilt grow in the Spirit of Knowledge, and the &s;ecrets of the Lord will be with thee, and &s;halt &s;ee his wonderous works; for which wo is me, that I cry, Wilt thou hear his voice? Which if obeyed, I and others &s;hall hear the Eccho, and there will be coverings to thee and them, which hear and believe; but if laught at and rejected, Oh! my bones &s;hall be broken, and I tremble before our great Ma&s;ter, under who&s;e Mi|ni&s;try I am, the end whereof is known to him, and &s;hall be known to them to whom by Vi&s;ion, Revelation or In&s;piration, or any other way he &s;hall reveal him&s;elf; which in us, if it be ob&s;erved and obeyed, is our glory, and will yield all glory to our great Ma&s;ter <HI>Jehovah.</HI></P>
<P>King, I am under great trouble of mind concerning thee and the Nations, and being commanded further to &s;peak unto thee, truth maketh me bold, wo is me for fear I grieve thee, I am full of love to thee, and to the whole Crea|tion of God, under who&s;e Mini&s;try I am.</P>
<P>Thou art to take heed of the Crown of Gold, which is of mens making, for a Crown of glory is offered to thee, that thou maye&s;t wear for ever, and if thou imbrace the &s;ame, the worldly Crowns will well fit thee.</P>
<P>Thou art to take heed of making Contracts with the&s;e people, for they are out of order, and God hath a controver&s;ie with the&s;e Nations.</P>
<P>Thou art to take heed of the Oath they will put upon thee, for fear of being &s;nared, for there are many things to be done, and many things to be undone, which mu&s;t be according to the Word of our greate&s;t King and Law-giver.</P>
<P>Thou art to take heed of the Phylo&s;ophers, and &s;uch as will &s;latter thee for their own ends, minding more the commands of man, and love to man more than the Command of God our greate&s;t Ma&s;ter.</P>
<P>Thou art to open the Pri&s;on Doors for Debtors, and appoint Commi&s;&s;ioners in all thy Counties, to examine every mans cau&s;e, there will appear great ad|vantage to thee, to remit thy &s;elf in the People hearts, for none can &s;tand be|fore our great Ma&s;ters Sword which is within every man, and thy Sword which is without, let be one proceedings in all Courts, as in the Exchequer.</P>
<P>Thou art to take heed of all thy Officers in all places in the Nations, for if that they through corruptions &s;hall any way abu&s;e the People, it will all reflect on thee, and make thee little; and although the world, fle&s;h and &s;in be thy enemy, God will be thy friend, and thou &s;halt never want Coun&s;el, nor mi&s;s at la&s;t the eternal Crown of glory.</P>
<P>Thou art to hold the Ballance equal to all &s;orts of People, and to Per&s;ecu|tions and Impri&s;onments of People for Con&s;cience, thou art to forbear and hinder tho&s;e fiery Angels in the world, that would burn up all with a fiery zeal, which is not true, having no wi&s;dom but in their Lips.</P>
<P>Thou art to be like our great Ma&s;ter, good to all, for he hath created a full creation, that &s;hews his Love (there is no want) of his works, but there is a want of inlarged hearts, univer&s;al men, for narrow covetous &s;pirits will never do good, but to them&s;elves; our great Ma&s;ters Hou&s;e mu&s;t be built by &s;teps, by tho&s;e which have skill (even a <HI>Solomons</HI> Hou&s;e) for the delivering of the Poor, Oppre&s;&s;ed, De&s;pi&s;ed Bodies, that wants Food and Cloaths.</P>
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<CELL>Breeding and Planting re&s;tores.</CELL>
<CELL>Oh King, live for ever, our great Ma&s;ter Jeho|vah ble&s;s thee, Amen.</CELL>
<CELL>Buying and Selling de|&s;troyes.</CELL>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>WILLIAM COVELL.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by J. C. for the Author.</P>
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