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<P>XXX. Chri&s;tian <HI>and</HI> Politick REASONS Wherefore ENGLAND AND THE LOW-COUNTRIES May not have Warres with each other.</P>
<P>By HENRY MAY, of <HI>Am&s;terdam.</HI></P>
<Q><BIBL>PROV. 27.12.</BIBL>
<P>A prudent man fore&s;eeth the evill and hideth him|&s;elfe, but the &s;imple pa&s;&s;e on and are puni&s;hed.</P></Q>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>M. S.</HI> and <HI>R I.</HI> in the Year 1652. <ADD>June .15.</ADD></P>
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<HEAD>Diver&s;e <HI>CHRISTIAN</HI> and <HI>POLITICK</HI> REASONS Again&s;t VVarres betwixt ENG|LAND, and the LOW-COUNTRIES.</HEAD>
<P N="1">_I <HI>Nprimis,</HI> Becau&s;e the glory of God, and the Reformed Prote&s;tant Re|ligion, will be by the &s;aid Wars, reproached and evill &s;poken of.</P>
<P N="2">II. Becau&s;e we, to God and the World, bear forth one Religion.</P>
<P N="3">III. Becau&s;e we both as a principall cau&s;e of our Warres, have been for one Religion and liberty of Con&s;cience.</P>
<P N="4">IIII. Becau&s;e we are Brethren and Neigh|bours, and &s;o ought to be friends; therefore ought not to Warre with each other.</P>
<P N="5">V. Becau&s;e we both almo&s;t at one time, became
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free States, and that granted by our greate&s;t Ene|mies.</P>
<P N="6">VI. Old friends and kindne&s;&s;es pa&s;t, ought to be kept in everla&s;ting memory.</P>
<P N="7">VII. Again&s;t the common Enemy, we ought to con&s;ider times pa&s;t, pre&s;ent, and to come.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. We ought to offer up Chri&s;tian pray|ers both publick and private, in Church and Com|mon-wealth, for the pro&s;perity and welfare of each other, which cannot be, in ca&s;e we have Warres with each other.</P>
<P N="9">IX. Two is better then one, and a three|fold cord is not ea&s;ily broken.</P>
<P N="10">X. This war will be de&s;tructive to both; as betwixt <HI>Abimeleck,</HI> and the men of <HI>Sichem,</HI> and <HI>Sichem</HI> again&s;t <HI>Abimelech;</HI> as <HI>I&s;rael</HI> again&s;t <HI>Benjamin,</HI> and <HI>Benja|min</HI> again&s;t <HI>I&s;rael;</HI> as <HI>Abner</HI> again&s;t <HI>Joab,</HI> and <HI>Joab</HI> again&s;t <HI>Abner;</HI> as <HI>Rehoboam</HI> again&s;t <HI>Jeroboam,</HI> and <HI>Jeroboam</HI> again&s;t <HI>Rehoboam;</HI> as <HI>Judah</HI> again&s;t <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> and <HI>I&s;rael</HI> again&s;t <HI>Judah:</HI> as appears in the Warres of <HI>Turkie, Spaine, Italy, France, Germany,</HI> and in <HI>England:</HI> the red Ro&s;e again&s;t the white; and in the <HI>Low-Countries,</HI> ten Provinces again&s;t &s;even, and &s;e|ven again&s;t ten, weakening each other, and ruinous to both.</P>
<P N="11">XI. We &s;hall by this Warre bring upon us the cur&s;e of po&s;terity, and our Children may &s;ay, Had our fore-fathers no other cau&s;e to Warre again&s;t their friends and neighbours, as to bring us to a bloud-bath each with other? It will occa&s;ion laugh|ter and deri&s;ion, &s;eeing nothing but pride and am|bition, hath brought us to this condition.</P>
<P N="12"><PB N="5" REF="3">XII. There will be many in this cau&s;e troubled in con&s;cience, and will be con&s;trained to leave the Countreys of their Nativities, for not to give or al|low any thing for the maintenance of the bloud|&s;hed, and overthrow of each other, in &s;uch unwar|rantable and unnaturall Warres.</P>
<P N="13">XIII. Before the&s;e times we took up Arms for the maintenance of the true Prote&s;tant Religion. If we &s;hould now Warre again&s;t the &s;ame, how can God ble&s;&s;e &s;uch endeavours; No, rather for our &s;ins he will make us a ju&s;t judgement, and a rod of his wrath to cha&s;ti&s;e each other.</P>
<P N="14">XIIII. Many, worthy and learned, have given forth the fall and de&s;truction of Antichri&s;t to be about this time, but &s;o doing, if he were fallen, might ea&s;ily ri&s;e again.</P>
<Q LANG="spa dut"><LG>
<HEAD>The Spaniard.</HEAD>
<L>Los dos republicos &s;un buena para mi</L>
<L>So ik&s;e maer in groot oorloogh &s;id</L>
<L>Ick &s;ches a&s;em, daer toe kryge ik le&s;at,</L>
<L>Beyde rebellen hebben elk ander int hayn gevat,</L>
<L>'D als &s;y beyde haer a&s;em &s;yn quyt,</L>
<L>So hoop ik&s;e te hebben tot myn profyt.</L>
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<P N="15">XV. Never any Warres &s;o &s;ad and bitter, as the&s;e, if they &s;hould fall betwixt us: for it will be mo&s;t at Sea, where in former times there u&s;ed to be no Warres; therefore among&s;t Chri&s;tians there ought to be a free Trade, and Merchants and Mer|chandi&s;e unmole&s;ted, ought to peru&s;e the Seas with|out mole&s;tation.</P>
<P N="16">XVI. God oftentimes vi&s;its mankinde at Sea, with tempe&s;ts, and &s;tormes, and other dangers,
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therefore we ought not to tempt God with need|le&s;&s;e Warres.</P>
<P N="17">XVII. The dangers at Sea will be &s;inking and burning, and a de&s;troying of Ships, and Ma&s;ter and man will &s;ink together, without re&s;pect to their qualities.</P>
<P N="18">XVIII. How &s;ad and comfortle&s;&s;e will it be for the brethren of one and the &s;elf-&s;ame &s;hip; Church and profe&s;&s;ion in <HI>England,</HI> and in <HI>Holland,</HI> and the Newes of unhappy and uncertaine Wars and Victories, to the de&s;truction and ruine of each other, or &s;hall we both &s;ing <HI>Te Deum Laudamus?</HI></P>
<P N="19">XIX. Satan was the fir&s;t inventer of wars, betwixt <HI>Cain</HI> and <HI>Abel,</HI> and in the&s;e Warres there is no better Commander.</P>
<Q><L>The&s;e two republicks both &s;prung in a night.</L>
<L>I gather &s;trength whiles that they both doe fight.</L>
<L>I was King of <HI>England,</HI> by marriage of the Queen,</L>
<L>And Earle of <HI>Holland</HI> my Predece&s;sor hath been.</L>
<L>I will a&s;&s;i&s;t the one, and beat th'other by th'ears,</L>
<L>I will cry Ha, Ha, fight doggs fight bears.</L></Q>
<P N="20">XX. The profit which &s;hall proceed out of this unnaturall wars, &s;hall be buried in the bottomle&s;&s;e Sea; where Malignants may quench their helli&s;h and warlike de&s;igne; there &s;hall no bells be rung, nor any need of rai&s;ing the Countreymen for bury|ing of the dead.</P>
<P N="21">XXI. The damage will be the loo&s;ing of your be&s;t men, Ships and Arms; likewi&s;e the welfare of the Countreyes &s;trength, fi&s;hing and trading, and open the Countrey for a forreign enemies inva&s;ion.</P>
<P N="22">XXII. What profiteth it <HI>England</HI> to bear the
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name of a free State and Common-wealth, and <HI>Hol|land</HI> a free fought Nation granted them, if by wars you en&s;lave each other? and make your &s;elves &s;laves to the Common-wealth of each other, and your e|nemies? where remains then the glory of God, and the defence of true Prote&s;tant Religion? What profiteth that noble freedome that hath bin bought and paid for at &s;o dear a rate.</P>
<P N="23">XXIII. Under pretence of wars betwixt you, will the Seas be filled with Sea-Rovers and Pirates, under &s;hew hiding them&s;elves not only to have you in Warres, but al&s;o to keep you in the &s;ame, to the utter undoing of trading and traffique.</P>
<P N="24">XXIIII. By rea&s;on of your &s;trife about free Trading, other Sea-ports and Havens will have their eyes opened, and think, is there &s;o much be|nefit to be had? we will likewi&s;e be doing, and have a Trade of our &s;elves, which without this que&s;tion and &s;trife betwixt you, would not be thought of.</P>
<P N="25">XXV. Let us be content, the world is great e|nough for us two Republicks to trade to our con|tent, &s;o we be not like <HI>E&s;ops</HI> Dog, hoping at the &s;ha|dow, lo&s;t both &s;hadow and &s;ubhance. But we ought to under&s;tand each other by one Law, for both Na|tions, and one rule at Sea, &s;eeing all a like are inter|re&s;&s;ed therewith; and thereby to regulate Trading, that all que&s;tion and di&s;pute may be de&s;troyed, by whol&s;om and good Laws, not <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o wrong each other.</P>
<P N="26">XXVI. When then by this war, which God keep us from, your be&s;t &s;ouldiers are lo&s;t, &amp; your wealth peri&s;heth at Sea, and your own hand wrought your own ruine, con&s;ider then whether it bad not
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been better never to have began this &s;port, then too late you may very very well cry, <HI>Shall the &s;word de|vour for ever?</HI> Know yee not that it will be wor&s;er in the latter end?</P>
<P N="27">XXVII. If then there be no other remedy, but we mu&s;t con&s;ume by the&s;e unchri&s;tian Warres, then inlarge your Almes hou&s;es and ho&s;pitals, for doubt|le&s;&s;e you will increa&s;e in widows and fatherles chil|dren, which wil bid their husbands &amp; parents <HI>adieu,</HI> or <HI>farewell,</HI> but not welcom their returne.</P>
<P N="28">XXVIII. Therefore &s;ad not the heart of the di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Natives and Inhabitants, with this dange|rous and unnece&s;&s;ary war, who with &s;igns do call and cry for peace, yea peace in Gods name, but cannot attain to it. Heavy will the account be of tho&s;e that are the fir&s;t occa&s;ion of this ruine. Let <HI>Mars</HI> rather be transported to tho&s;e that know not God, that &s;peak you fair, and inwardly hate your welfare.</P>
<P N="29">XXIX. But being a&s;&s;ured, and well knowing the great wi&s;dome, diligence, and di&s;cretion, therefore hope that God will not turn the wi&s;dom of the wi&s;e to fooli&s;h|nes, but ble&s;&s;e the Peace-makers, and unite their hearts and affections each to other; not only to agree as Brethren, but al&s;o to make an everla&s;ting peace to us and our po&s;terity, and a good enlargement to traffique and trading, and &s;o by Gods Order to under&s;tand each other, and &s;o to keep all Pirates out of Sea.</P>
<P N="30">XXX. And to e&s;cape this damage, not only Ships and Loadings, but al&s;o life and po&s;terity, and to avoid this dark cloud and tempe&s;t, then ought we to offer up &s;trong prayer to God, heartily for&s;aking our &s;ins, and forthwith to pro|claim dayes of fa&s;ting and praying, and not to give &s;leep to our eyes, nor &s;lumber to our eye-lids, till we have received mercy and pardon from his mo&s;t high maje&s;ty.</P>
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<Q>And let them be confounded and back-turned that hate <HI>Zion.</HI></Q>
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<CLOSER><SALUTE>Vale.</SALUTE></CLOSER>
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