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<P>TO THE FAITHFULL AND TRUE-HEARTED Covenanters, VVHICH ARE THE NOBLE Philadelphians.</P>
<P><HI>A Diurnall,</HI> Of the De&s;ires and Indeavours of one that ear|ne&s;tly de&s;ires the advancement of the Cau&s;e of CHRIST.</P>
<P><HI>B. W.</HI> Of DARBIE.</P>
<P>Reade all or none.</P>
<P><HI>London Printed.</HI> 1644.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>To the faithfull and true hearted COVENANTERS: I</HI> De&s;ire to pre&s;ent unto you this little Diurnall of my poore indea|vours and de&s;ires for the advancement of the cau&s;e of Chri&s;t, &s;ince the fir&s;t call of this hononurable Parliament, which must &s;it till the de|&s;olation of Poperie, Idolatrie and Willwor&s;hip.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t of all, at the Election of the Knights for Darby&s;hire, after the long debating of the matter, the Town being not &s;o convenient, they went into a peece of ground called the <HI>Hulmes,</HI> and after &s;ome time &s;pent there, it growing towards dinner time, and great Dinners provided, they began to draw away; I went to Sir <HI>Iohn Cur&s;on,</HI> he being on the top of a little hill with Mr. <HI>Manners</HI> and divers other Gentlemen; where I reque&s;ted the&s;e three things of them.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, that they would not leave us till &s;uch time as we had made them &s;ure. Secondly, that Proclamation might be made that all tho&s;e that were for Sir <HI>Iohn Cur&s;on,</HI> and Ma&s;ter <HI>Manners</HI> would re|paire unto them into the <HI>Hulmes.</HI> Thirdly, that Robert <HI>Bennet</HI> who kept the Records of convicted Papi&s;ts, might bring them thi|ther, and as the Papi&s;ts came to give their votes, we would reward them according to their de&s;erts, and &s;end them away; for I tould them that Papi&s;ts had no vote in the election of Knights: All this was granted; and witne&s;&s;e Sir <HI>Iohn Cur&s;on</HI> and divers there, whether God in mercy did not make the&s;e reque&s;ts effectuall for accom|pli&s;hing of what we were there met together for: and I am &s;ure I was &s;oundly threatned by &s;ome in Darbie, they telling mee that I had made the wor&s;t daies worke for my &s;elfe, that ever I did in all my life, but if the Lord plea&s;e he can make it the be&s;t: Its true, that after the la&s;t reque&s;t was made knowne: Papi&s;ts that came to vote for one man, who&s;e name I omit to mention, fled out of the towne as fa&s;t as they could, I would they would packe as fa&s;t out of the Kingdome, for they have, and ever will be enemies to the Church of God.</P>
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And at the Election of the Burge&s;&s;es for the Town of Derbie, I thinke my endeavours were not wanting therein, as either one or both can witne&s;&s;e: but for the Recorder he turned Delinquent: for his Records I doubt they are gone, and for the Evidences of his lands they will do him little Good, except he come in to make his peace, according to the la&s;t Declaration &s;et &s;et forth by both Kingdmes.</P>
<P>After this I doe confe&s;&s;e I had a long time of re&s;t, wherein I might have followed my calling to have advanced &s;omething for my good wife, and four &s;weet children, but truly I had no power to do almo&s;t any thing but hearken for newes, concerning the good &s;ucce&s;&s;e of this honourable Parliament; The continuation of Newes was &s;uch, that many &s;aid they were per&s;waded there would be a &s;peedy and peaceable Reformation, I ever replying, that if there were a &s;ound and thorow Reformation without &s;hedding of blood, it would be &s;uch a thing as &s;elldome had been heard of, alleaging this, that the Divell &s;eeing his Kingdome to begin to fall &s;o fa&s;t, would not be wanting to &s;tir up divelli&s;h and Malignant &s;pirits to do what mi&s;chief they could, and it is apparent, they have not been wanting: But it may be truely &s;aid, that the pits they have digged for others, they have fallen into them&s;elues, and &s;urely the Bi&s;hops cannot chu&s;e before this time but to have wi&s;hed that they had ta|ken the whol&s;ome advice of Mr. <HI>Brightman,</HI> to have repented, and made them&s;elves in equall rancke to their fellow brethren, and not to Lord it over Gods heritage, they have had this forty yeers to re|pent in and yet have not repented. For it is too well known they were like Princes, and you know, that if pride get into the heart, it is an hard thing to get it out; and I know, that except they repent and make them&s;elves in equall rancke with their fellow brethren, they mu&s;t fall and never ri&s;e againe: As for Papi&s;ts, one would think that they before now &s;hould wi&s;h they had &s;ate &s;till with the third part of their e&s;tates, &amp; have left off plotting, &amp; contriving mi&s;|chiefe again&s;t King, Parliament, and Kingdome, becua&s;e of the ill &s;ucce&s;&s;e they have had in all places, and at all times in their wicked and Devilli&s;h de&s;ignes: but the foudation of their Religion being laid upon the great &s;ins of the world, that is, Killing Chri&s;tian Kings, blowing up of Parliaments, and de&s;troying of Gods people, which they call Hereticks, it is a thing not to be wondred at: For as the old &s;aying is, the Devils Children, the Devils nature: But they being fallen into the pit they digged for others, &s;ome of them, with &s;ome other Incendiaries of the Kingdome like the Frogs of Egypt, except into the Kings chamber, &amp; would never &s;uffer him to have re&s;t, til they had gotten him to the City of Yorke, to take up his &s;tands: I hearing of it went to Newarke, where I &s;aw his Maje&s;tie, and returned home again, I relating what I had &s;een, and what I thought, namely, that I &s;aw the King, who looked very pale, as
<PB N="5" REF="3">though he were much troubled in minde, and thought that the Queene, the Papi&s;ts, and Prelaticall faction, had prevailedd with the King to do that which was a great trouble unto him: and I &s;uppo&s;e here was a great be|ginning of the great troubles of this Kingdome, yet here &s;tands the com|fort of Gods people, that all things doe and &s;hall worke for their good.</P>
<P>My next indeavour, according to my poor ability, was, to buy &s;ome Armes, which I did accordingly, for I thought there would be great u&s;e for them, &s;eeing a little cloude ri&s;ing in the North like unto a mans hand, which would have &s;pread it &s;elfe over all the Kingdome, had not God in his mercy prevented it: And herein I can never &s;ufficiently &s;et forth the honour due to Sir <HI>Iohn Gell,</HI> for his love, courage, and zeale, for maintenance of the truth, to the Town and Countie of Darbie; for had but &s;ome Gentlemen made good their promi&s;e unto him, he had endeavoured|ed the cloude, that no part of it had come into Darbie&s;hiere.</P>
<P>But &s;o it was, that his Maje&s;tie came to Nottingham to &s;et up his Stand|ard, and the day being made known, many Darby men came thither and &s;hewed them&s;elves before the King in a bodie, for fear le&s;t they &s;hould &s;uffer in a good cau&s;e, I met even then with an hone&s;t Citizen (who was my neighbour formerly in Nottingham) that was &s;ent as Me&s;&s;enger from the Parliament, the private conference hee and I had I pa&s;&s;e by, one|ly I &s;hewed him &s;ome rea&s;ons that it was no hard thing with 200. men to &s;urprize the Ca&s;tle and the Magazine, that it might de&s;troy none of Gods people. But the Standard going up to be reared, I went to &s;ee the man|nor of it; It did much re&s;emble blood and gold, I hardly &s;aw any man &s;o bu&s;ie as Sir <HI>Iacob A&s;hley,</HI> evill Commanders matters not to &s;hed inno|cent blood, &s;o they can get gold, neither will they be wanting to &s;pinne forth the Kingdomes mi&s;ery: But reared it was, and after that the Cloud grew to that greatne&s;&s;e, that it reached from Nottingham to Darby, and &s;o to Hopton, where there was &s;uch a divelli&s;h &s;torme in it, that it tooke away all that was in Sir <HI>Iohn Gells</HI> hou&s;e, I thinke &s;aving onely a man and a maide; the newes whereof pre&s;ently came to Coventrie to Sir <HI>Iohn,</HI> and he &s;eeing an hone&s;t Mini&s;ter, that I love well, called him unto him, and told him the newes, he an&s;wered, and &s;aid he was heartily &s;orry, but Sir <HI>Iohn</HI> him&s;elfe an&s;wered him againe, and prote&s;ted that it did not trouble him a jot, as the Mini&s;ter after told mee: truely Gods providence is much &s;een in divers places, where I have beene, to keep up the hearts of Multitudes that wi&s;h well to the Cau&s;e, un|der great Cro&s;&s;es of this nature, God is alwaies as good as his promi&s;e, and he will &s;upport his own people in time of their greate&s;t troubles: After that the King came to Darbie, whom I pray God to ble&s;&s;e in all lawfull de&s;ignes, and to make his Crowne to flowri&s;h upon him, and his po&s;terity after him: Proclamation was made upon paine of death to bring in all their armes, &s;ome men were ob&s;erved to carry them willingly, and others unwillingly, &s;ome ho|ne&s;t faithfull men kept theirs, but the re&s;t would learn wi&s;edome of Sir <HI>Iohn Gell,</HI> who valued his armes more then his e&s;tate, for truely the cau&s;e being well con&s;idered, the lo&s;&s;e of armes in a hou&s;e, is more then the lo&s;&s;e of the hou&s;e it &s;elfe, and the lo&s;&s;e of the armes in a garri&s;on towne is more then the
<PB N="6" REF="4">lo&s;&s;e of the towne it &s;elfe: For if the Devill and Papi&s;ts could have had as many arms as they would have had, what had become of Prote&s;tants before this day? But herein take notice of the Parliaments care of the Magazine; for my own part, I would carry in none, for my beleefe was and is, that armes being put into Papi&s;ts hands cannot be imployed for the good of the King, Kingdome, or prote&s;tant religion.</P>
<P>Not very long after, Sir <HI>Iohn Gell</HI> received Commi&s;&s;ion to be Colonell, and then his endeavour was not wanting to the utmo&s;t of his power, to &s;et for|ward that great work, I mean the <HI>Militia,</HI> the &s;etting whereof forward at the fir&s;t was &s;omething hard &amp; difficult, and the harder it was the more it makes for his honour, and I hope God will honour him for it; for tho&s;e that ho|nor God, he hath promi&s;ed to honour them: After that he had broken the Ice, &s;ome others were willing to goe the &s;ame way; but it is thought by &s;ome, that had not he been active in the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, the Commi&s;&s;ion of Aray might have endangered both the Town and Countie, for it is too apparent, that af|terwards divers of our great men turned Array men: and &s;ome that wee thought would have been faithfull to us, by rea&s;on of their great prote&s;ta|tions: but he that will prote&s;t he will go to <HI>London</HI> with &s;peed, and goes to <HI>Yorke,</HI> What thinke you by him? Or he that prote&s;ts he will &s;tand for the true Prote&s;tant Religion, and his actions manife&s;t the contrarie? What think you by him? Surely I thinke you will hardly believe him, &s;ome &s;uch as the&s;e I my &s;elf am able to witne&s;&s;e again&s;t: The noble Colonell beginning to &s;et for|ward the <HI>Militia,</HI> I &s;ent unto him, that if he plea&s;ed, all the Armes I had and my &s;elfe al&s;o were at his command; he indeed did not &s;end for them, but after he came to Darbie to be re&s;ident, &s;ome Captains under his command had them, &s;o they are imployed in his Regiment. My next poore endeavour was to finde an hor&s;e, and armes for his rider; after this being &s;ent a me&s;&s;en|ger to the Committee of Nottingham, and having di&s;patched the thing I went about; One whom I do much honour, Mr. <HI>Iames Chadwick,</HI> told me he had a great de&s;ire to &s;peak with me, &s;aying that ba&s;e Towne of Newark did much trouble him, and he had a great de&s;ire to go to get &s;ome forces to joyne with them again&s;t it, he asked me if I would go with him to Man|che&s;ter, I an&s;wered him through the whole world, if God inable, for the advancemt of the cau&s;e: I al&s;o told him I had been lately at Manche&s;ter, and I heard there was a Regiment disbanded, partly for want of pay and partly for want of Imployment: The next morning wee went to Darbie, and he acquainted Colonell <HI>Gell</HI> with it, who highly approved of it, Sir &s;aid I let us neglect no opportunity, there is a con&s;iderable force at Che&s;terfield, &amp; a com|panie of &s;tout blades at Sheffield, and it is not much out of the way: he a|greed to it, and we went to both places, and he wanted for no accommo|dation, in promi&s;e: but Sir, &s;aid I, I cannot &s;ee how you can undertake a bu|&s;ine&s;&s;e of this nature, for if the De&s;igne &s;hould mi&s;carry, you will be in dan|ger to be que&s;tioned, except you have the approbation of my Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> he being Generall of the North, and &s;aid, I hear he is not farre off, and it may be you may receive a greater accommodation there then you are aware of; &s;aid he, thou &s;aye&s;t well, but wilt thou undertake the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e at Manche&s;ter?
<PB N="6" REF="4">Sir &s;aid I, Take no care for that, for I am acquainted with many of the Com|mittee there; &s;o went thither and received an an&s;wer of a large accomodati|on, after one de&s;igne was pa&s;t, &s;o I returned to him to Sheffield, as he ap|pointed.</P>
<P>The next newes I heard was, my Lord <HI>Fairfax</HI> had given him Commi&s;&s;ion to rai&s;e forces in any part of the North, there were divers Gentlemen there|about that had rai&s;ed forces for the pre&s;ervation of the Countrey, who took a love unto him and de&s;ired he would be re&s;ident with them, who were all willing to come under his command, &s;o that by that meanes he had 1200. rai&s;ed in a weekes &s;pace, the like hath hardly been &s;een in any place, Sir &s;aid I, &s;eeing you have received &s;o large accommodation, the Countrey will ex|pect you &s;hould doe them &s;ome good, moreover, I &s;aid, here are two pettie Garri&s;ons, Welbeck and Boul&s;over which trouble them, and there are two implacable enemies to the Truth, the Lord <HI>Davincourt,</HI> and the Earle of <HI>Kingstone:</HI> pretend as you would go again&s;t Boul&s;over, and fall upon the E. of <HI>Davincourt,</HI> make him and his wealth &s;ure; and next pretend you will go again&s;t Welbeck, but fall upon the E. of <HI>King&s;tone,</HI> For truly &s;aid I, if they be not looked unto in time, they will do a world of mi&s;chiefe; He anw&s;ered and &s;aid it was his intent, but that he could not as yet &s;et upon any De&s;igne for want of Ordnance, whereupon he gave me a Diurnall of his Endeavours, how God had ble&s;&s;ed him, and withall &s;ent me to Darbie, to Colonell <HI>Gell,</HI> who was not wanting to helpe forward &s;o good a worke, for he &s;ent his Lieute|nant Colonell, two peeces of good Ordnance, and very nigh three hundred men.</P>
<P>The de&s;igne being &s;et upon, and Colonell Chadwick being on the top of Staley Hall, and &s;eeing the Ordnance to give over playing, I praid him to &s;end a me&s;&s;enger, he did &s;o, and he brought newes that wee had &s;ome men &s;laine, and that my Lord had made his peace, and brought forth &s;ome four|&s;core pounds, &s;wearing it was all the money he had in the hou&s;e, with pro|mi&s;e of &s;ome two thou&s;and more, I prote&s;t &s;aid I, this will prove a &s;e|cond peece of Bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, for this will undoe all, for I will not give two pence for that promi&s;e, if my Lord goe to Newark: I pray you, &s;aid I, let the De|&s;igne be renewed againe, &s;ay but the word, and I will go and quarter all your men there all night, and we will &s;eaze upon my Lords body, which will be much for the honour of the cau&s;e, and if we do not finde money and gold good &s;tore, to helpe to maintaine the cau&s;e, never tru&s;t me gaine: but it was not granted, then my Lord goes to Newarke, and three dayes after, &s;ends three Troopes of hor&s;e and fetcht away eight or nine hor&s;e-loads of money, gold and plate, that was hid hard by the Communion Table, it &s;eemes &s;ome great men make an Altar of it, for it was partly laid Altar-wi&s;e, Al&s;o Boul|&s;over Scouts fetcht away great &s;tore of Bacon, Butter chee&s;e and corne, which I would have had carried to our Garri&s;on at Che&s;terfield, but it was not; the de&s;igne fel between two, where the fault was I can tel, let others judge, but had the L. <HI>Davencourt,</HI> and the Earl of King&s;ton been made &s;ure, it had been bet|ter both for them and us, as the event &s;ince hath made it good but the pack|ing to Newark of <HI>Pue&s;ey, Davincourt,</HI> and <HI>King&s;ton,</HI> were as a Load&s;tone,
<PB N="8" REF="5">that drew &s;o many great ones, and &s;o much mony, gould and plate with them, that hath been the very &s;ub&s;i&s;tence of the towne, &s;o that here you may &s;ee, that in the negligent doing of the work of God, in the &s;paring of Malig|nants, we have been the be&s;t friends to that Town, and the wor&s;t to our own Counties: After this Colonell <HI>Chadwick</HI> went to Nottingham to keep the Se&s;&s;ions, and for Magazine, but &s;ad newes came, that the Earle of New|ca&s;tles Forces coming, and ours going unadvi&s;edly again&s;t them, and wanting Orders and ski fall Commanders, were utterly &s;urpri&s;ed. Indeed I alwaies thought we &s;hould be cro&s;t in our proceedings, for I often de&s;ired that the Word and the Sword might go together, but could not obtaine it, but great accommodation in the &s;etting forward of great De&s;ignes, requires great hu|miliation, and humiliation being joyned with the Sword, is the onely way to helpe forward a good cau&s;e, for tho&s;e that have entertained faithfull Mini|&s;ters in the keeping of this duty afoote, God hath ble&s;&s;ed them the be&s;t in their undertakings, this is for the comfort of <HI>England,</HI> that God hath an humble and a praying people in it.</P>
<P>After this a letter came from the Parliament, and the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> not onely a reque&s;t but a command for &s;ixe Counties to joyne together, which was one great and chiefe worke of the Kingdome: Colo|nell <HI>Chadwick</HI> conceiving it to bee a worke of &s;uch great con&s;equence, as I my &s;elfe &s;aid, it was a chiefe de&s;igne of the Kingdome: and as I heard Co|lonell <HI>Gell</HI> &s;ay, that except that cour&s;e was taken the Kingdome was in great danger to be brought to povertie: colonell <HI>Chadwicke</HI> having a great de&s;ire to helpe forward this worke &s;pared neither paines nor co&s;t, but went from Nottingham to Darbie, from darbie we went to Manche&s;ter, from thence to Nantwitch, and from thence to Stafford; and to Mance&s;ter againe, and &s;o to Nantwitch: But one countey promi&s;ing large, and not performing, hinde|red the worke for going forward. <HI>(Lanka&s;hire.)</HI> I pray God it be not laid to their charge; But when they have all done, to quit and demoli&s;h pettie Gar|ri&s;ons, and to get into great bodies will be found the way to do the worke, and to &s;ave the Kingdome, for being undone: After that colonell Chad|wick went to Leeke, where the they tooke a love to him, and defired him that he would be re&s;ident with them, who granted unto them: but what was done from that time, til General <HI>Faire&s;ax</HI> came to Leeke, I forbear to re|late, except, I be reque&s;ted, we went along with the Generall to Manche&s;ter, who went to rai&s;e forces for the reliefe of Nantwitch, the countey did ac|commodate him, with a con&s;iderable force, two dayes were &s;et apart toge|ther for humiliation, and prayer, the third wee marched forward; eve|ry Randezvouze, nothing but praying and &s;inging; not one oath that I heard in all the way, truly it thought I was the mo&s;t comfortable time that ever I had &s;ince I went forth, although I lay upon the ground, and was glad to drink fair water; For Gods cau&s;e was pro&s;ecuted in his own way, and he ble&s;&s;ed it accordingly, to the good of &s;everall counties, and the rejoycing of the Kingdome, my hearts de&s;ire, and prayers to God, is for the Generall, for he is a true &s;ouldier of Ie&s;us CHRIST, and certainly he is guarded with a guard of Angels, God in mercy long pre&s;erve him. The next day after the
<PB N="9" REF="5">relieving of Nantwich, I was &s;ent a Me&s;&s;enger to &s;ome of the chief of them that belong to the Generall: After I had delivered the Me&s;&s;age, I reque&s;ted I might move one thing unto them, which was this; Gentlemen, &s;aid I, God hath made the Generall and you, all faithfull in&s;truments for the good of the Country, for the relieving of the Town, and for the &s;etling again of Sir <HI>Wil|liam Brereton;</HI> but I fear except one thing be done, that is the demoli&s;hing of petty Gari&s;ons, for after the Generall is gone out of the&s;e parts, they will endeavour the taking of them again, and then they will endeavour to glean up all the provi&s;ion they can, between them and Nantwitch, that at the la&s;t, they will endanger to make them come forth for bread: But however you will acknowledge it a great mercy to have &s;trong holds delivered into your hands, then ca&s;t your eyes upon this; We had Litchfield clo&s;e, Tutbury Ca|&s;tle, Chillington Hou&s;e, Biddulph Hall, Winckfield Mannor, and Sheffild Mannor. Now judge you whether we have made u&s;e of Gods mercies or not; for had the&s;e been demoli&s;hed at the fir&s;t when we had them, much bloud had been &s;aved, which is and may be &s;hed, many mens goods would have been &s;aved, which are and may be taken; be&s;ides, free Trading had been laid open betwixt the South and the North: And I am heartily &s;orry, that the faithfull Citizens &s;hould be &s;o much prejudiced, through our negligence; for Trafficke is to the Kingdome partly as Water is to a Mill, take away the Water, and the Mill will do but little good: You &s;ee we have been the wor&s;t Enemies in this, to our &s;elves. Better it is that &s;trong Holds were demoli|&s;hed, then the Kingdome endangered. For King <HI>Iames</HI> him&s;elf was once in that minde, I would King CHARLES were al&s;o, but I hope the Parliament will: For Ca&s;tles or &s;trong Holds will do no good in this Kingdome, ex|cepting Port Towns, but &s;pin out the Kingdomes mi&s;ery, e&s;pecially in the&s;e di&s;tracted times. Wherein you may &s;ee we have not made &s;uch u&s;e of mercies as we might have done. God is &s;aid, <HI>to cur&s;e the &s;tones and timber of the hou&s;e where Idolatry is committed;</HI> but you may &s;ee what we have gotten by &s;paring of them. He that &s;eeks for a petty Gari&s;on, is either a Coward, or &s;eeks him|&s;elf, and &s;o farre as any man &s;eeks him&s;elf, he is no friend to the Cau&s;e, King, Parliament, or Kingdome.</P>
<P>Two dayes after, a Me&s;&s;enger came to Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> and told him, that the Scots of a certain were come in, and &s;aid that Generall <HI>Le&s;tey</HI> &s;ent unto Collonel <HI>Rigbey,</HI> that if there were any &s;peciall de&s;igne to &s;et on, he would &s;end ten thou&s;and with &s;peed, &s;omething was &s;aid. Gentlemen &s;aid I, there is a great providence to be ob&s;erved in this, for ten thou&s;and being with di&s;cretion conducted into Wales, will prove very &s;erviceable; fir&s;t, for the bringing in of tho&s;e malignant Counties, for the temper of the Welchmen is &s;uch, that if a con&s;iderable force come among&s;t them, they will &s;ide with them: Witne&s;&s;e Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> that holy man, upon a &s;mall entrance he made, how they came in to him, and condi&s;cended to a Weekly pay. Se|condly, they vvill be &s;erviceable to &s;top up the pa&s;&s;ages again&s;t the Iri&s;h Re|bels; for it is reported the Queen is going for them, and the Divell and all, to come to cut hone&s;t harmle&s;&s;e Prote&s;tants throates in England: if they come, I vvill vvarrant you the Divell vvill be conducter. Thirdly, they vvill
<PB N="10" REF="6">be &s;erviceable in preventing Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> or any of the Popi&s;h Army, for &s;ecuring them&s;elves, or recruting them&s;elves in tho&s;e Counties, vvhich they ever have and vvill make the chiefe&s;t u&s;e of, if they be not prevented. Fourth|ly, they vvill be &s;erviceable if the Earle of Nevvca&s;tles forces make a retreat out of the North, as it is thought that it being too hot for them, as I believe it begins to be, they vvill be ready to joyne vvith our forces, for the prevent|ing of the &s;poiling of &s;ome Counties; If the North grovv too hot for him, vvhat do you think the South vvill do? But I vvill tell you, except he do re|pent of the mi&s;chief he hath done to the poore flock of Chri&s;t, he mu&s;t have a hotter place then either of them.</P>
<P>After this, I vvent to Stafford vvith an Order from the Generall; I moved a vvord or two concerning the demoli&s;hing of petty Gari&s;ons; But noble Collonel <HI>Ridgley,</HI> being truly &s;en&s;ible of the Kingdomes mi&s;ery, made a &s;hort Speech, vvhich he de&s;erves to be highly honoured for: After, I vvent a long journey to know the truth, concerning the people that I have long &s;ince &s;po|ken much of, the people of my de&s;ire, the people of my delight; I mean, the hone&s;t Scots, vvhich are the noble Philadelphians: for the Relation, I forbear till hereafter. Being imployed as a Me&s;&s;enger, and having been re&s;ident in &s;everall Counties, &s;ome things I have ob&s;erved; I vvill relate but little. I have heard many a&s;per&s;ions ca&s;t on Colonell <HI>Gell,</HI> but he hath acted like a Souldier, and in the la&s;t conclu&s;ion, he will get more honour, than many that I know, who&s;e names I forbeare to relate, becau&s;e of their hone&s;t de|&s;ires; For they that will think to &s;ave a Countrey in a time of War, with|out rai&s;ing men and money, doth as a man that takes in hand to build an hou&s;e without either wood or &s;tone:</P>
<P>For Nottingham they have not been wanting according to their &s;trength, being almo&s;t &s;urrounded with the Enemie, they have received &s;ome lo&s;&s;e, but I hope God in mercy will make it up again; for the love that I beare to that towne, I could wi&s;h that the great Army that lay &s;o long there the la&s;t Sum|mer, and did &s;o little good, had &s;pared the Towne and quartered their Ar|my about Newarke, God in mercy &s;end good Commanders in chiefe, that may faithfully &s;et forward the worke with &s;peed: For the right Honourable the Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> and that faithfull &s;ouldier of Ie&s;us Chri&s;t his &s;onne, who is able to expre&s;&s;e their zeale, their courage and their Faithfulne&s;&s;e, to the Cau&s;e, and to &s;everall counties, God in mercy pre&s;erve them, and I tru&s;t ere long he will give them their hearts de&s;ire: And For Manche&s;ter, God was plea&s;ed to make an handfull of people to &s;tand again&s;t a potent Enemie, and to make them the chief In&s;truments, for the incouragement, in the &s;etting forward of the <HI>Militia,</HI> let them be highly honoured for their workes &s;ake; For Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> he hath been a faithfull In&s;trument of much good, God in mercy bring him &s;afe againe into the County, for I doubt there vvill bee need of him: For Stafford I leave it to the judgement of Colonell <HI>Greaves,</HI> and others: For the hone&s;t and willing Morelanders, They have fermerly &s;uffered &s;ore lo&s;&s;e, not for the want of hone&s;t, but carefull and skilfull Com|manders, but this is for their comfort, they have gotten more then they have lo&s;t, and in time no doubt but God will teach their hands to War, and
<PB N="11" REF="6">their fingers to fight: I will tell you now what I could de&s;ire, it is that the King would be plea&s;ed to &s;eale an Act for the bani&s;hment of Papi&s;ts and for the bringing of the great Incendiaries of the kingdome to condigne puni&s;hment, and then who will not beleeve what the King hath prote&s;ted.</P>
<P>I could de&s;ire al&s;o that they that have taken up armes agin&s;t this Parlia|ment, and yet profe&s;&s;e them&s;elves to &s;tand for the Prote&s;tant Religion, that they would re&s;tore hone&s;t people and faithfull Mini&s;ters to their own cures and habitations, and then we will have a charitable conceit of them, that they &s;tand for the prote&s;tant religion, but not before: I could al&s;o de&s;ire that Gene|rall <HI>Ha&s;tings</HI> would give the fir&s;t pre&s;ident, becau&s;e his Fathers hou&s;e hath bin &s;o hnourable for Religion, witne&s;&s;e Mr. <HI>Elder&s;ham,</HI> Mr. <HI>A&s;h,</HI> and divers others, and that he would no longer di&s;honour that which God hath ho|no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ued, and that A&s;hbee which is now a cage of uncleane &s;pirits, may be|come a place for Gods people to a&s;&s;emble in as it hath been heretofore: I have knowne him a good In&s;trument for the good of the Common-wealth, and I hope God will open his eyes, and make him one for the Church, I have heard many a prayer put up for him, and I have heard many pray that if they were ordained to be taken pri&s;oners, they might fall into his hands, for the mercy that he hath &s;hewed to hone&s;t pri&s;oners, I hope God will &s;hew mercy to him, for the promi&s;e is, <HI>that the mercifull &s;hall obtain mer|cy;</HI> I have heard many &s;ay, he is the greate&s;t plunderer in the Kingdome, but give me leave to &s;peak one word for him; he hath done it by vertue of a Proclamation &s;et forth by the King; But when open warr is proclaimed again&s;t an Honourable Parliament, and proclamations i&s;&s;ued forth, for taking of hone&s;t mens goods, that the Kings be&s;t &s;ubjects cannot have free traffique one with another, the&s;e things cannot but procure a judgement, but woe be to the authors; they &s;ay plaine dealing is the be&s;t, then I will tell you that there is more Noble and Gentile Theves made in <HI>England,</HI> the la&s;t yeere and this, then ever there were before, but who made them, be angry with me, if I do not tell you: But there is &s;ome hopes, that that may be made good which is &s;poken in a pa&s;&s;age by Mr. <HI>Burton,</HI> that God will make King Charles a chiefe in&s;trument to give the Pope a deadly blow, you know there hath many a petition been put up to his Maje&s;tie; and I am &s;ure there hath been many a faithfull praier put up to the Lord of Ho&s;tes for him: If he for&s;ake the Pa|pi&s;ts and returne to his great Coun&s;ell, and all tho&s;e that profe&s;&s;e them&s;elves to &s;tand for the prote&s;tant Religion, would joyne them&s;elves in &s;incerity and truth of heart, with our loving brethren of <HI>Scotland,</HI> according to their loving invitation, in their la&s;t Remon&s;trance; Do not doubt of it, but the Pope will have &s;uch a blowe, as he dare never looke up again in <HI>England;</HI> now what do you thinke is worthy to be done to all tho&s;e that will not helpe forward &s;o good a worke; as Newters, and the Prelaticall faction, and tho&s;e Muck|wormes that thinke to get all by following their callings in the&s;e di&s;tracted times, and cannot be content but they mu&s;t be pratling again&s;t the faithfull Citizens, and hone&s;t men in the Countrey, that are willing to &s;pare neither time nor paines, nor lives nor e&s;tates, but to lay downe all for this Cau&s;e, that will be &s;aying its fitter for them to be following of their Callings at home,
<PB N="12" REF="7">and looke to thier wives and Children, but they would be taught what Chri&s;t &s;aith: <HI>That he that loves father or mother, or Wife, or children, or lands, or livings, or life it &s;elf better then him, is not worthy of him;</HI> and what <HI>David</HI> &s;aid when he was going to fiht, and his brethren, &s;aid as the&s;e men do, that it was fitter for him to follow his calling in tending of his fathers &s;heepe, he an&s;we|red and &s;aid unto them, is there not a cau&s;e? Doth not now lives and liber|ties, and all that true Chri&s;tians have, lie at the &s;take? And is there not a cau&s;e? So the true calling of a Chri&s;tian is to vindicate this Cau&s;e to the ut|mo&s;t of his power, and ability, Chri&s;t &s;aith that he that is not with him, is agin&s;t him, and truely if Ordinances of Parliament, had been better executed in &s;etthing forward of the Covenant, and &s;ome other things, we might more cleerely have &s;een by this time, who had been for Chri&s;t, and who again&s;t him. It hath been a trouble unto me in &s;ome places where I have been, and a Committee of Parliament there pre&s;ent, and yet the&s;e things neglected, the life of the Lawes and ordinances lies in the Execution of them, I would I could &s;ee the neglecters puni&s;hed, that do not execute the Parliaments com|mands, according to the utmo&s;t of their power: in many places where I have been, I have heard &s;ome to de&s;ire peace, almo&s;t on any tearmes, &s;ome againe have de&s;ired peace with holine&s;&s;e, or no peace, for the fir&s;t, if the Par|liament would have had peace with Monopolizers, Papi&s;ts, the Prelaticall Faction, and the great Incendiaries of the Kingdome, the fir&s;t had had their de&s;ire, but it is the &s;econd that mu&s;t have their de&s;ire, for let them not doubt but God will make this Parliament chief in&s;truments that they may injoy Chri&s;t in the puritie of his Ordinances, and then they will have a tenfold re|quitall for all their faithfull endeavours, for whom God gives Chri&s;t unto, with him he gives them all things, for Chri&s;t is all things to all them than truely do injoy him.</P>
<P>And you, Noble, Faithfull and true hearted Citizens, that have been wil|ling to purcha&s;e the truth at any rate, chere up your &s;pirits, for &s;ure your re|joycing draweth neere. I have heard many accu&s;ing the King for having the papi&s;ts in his Army, and I thinke not without cau&s;e, and al&s;o the Parliament for having the Separates in their Army, For the Papi&s;ts, I hope it will not be long before an order be taken with them, and if there be any that will deny the Church of <HI>England</HI> to be a true Church, as it &s;tands joyned to the Church of <HI>Scotland,</HI> in wor&s;hip and di&s;cipline, it being judged to be the be&s;t reformed Church in the World; I hope the Parliament wil take an Order with them, but give me leave to &s;peak one word for tho&s;e that have been called Separates under the Prelaticall governement, you know there was &s;o much rubbi&s;h brought into the church, that tender Con&s;ciences could hardly get into it, but ble&s;&s;ed be God, this Parliament having made an Ordinance for the taking of all things out of the Church that are offen&s;iue, and wee being joyned to the Church of <HI>Scotland,</HI> in Di&s;cipline, Wor&s;hip, and Government, I cannot &s;ee that any can lawfully ab&s;ent them&s;elves from that a&s;&s;emblie, where this is performed, but I will tell you, what I could de&s;ire, and it may plea&s;e God that &s;ome good effect may be produced by it: It is that every faithfull Mini&s;ter would refu&s;e that call which he had by the Bi&s;hops, and be willing to be
<PB N="13" REF="7">called by the faithfull congregation, or a &s;elected company cho&s;en for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>I could al&s;o de&s;ire, that where the Mini&s;ter is called, a day of humiliation may be &s;et apart; That God would be plea&s;ed to inable him with guilts, for the faithfull di&s;charge of his place: And whereas it is &s;aid that Churches were builded by Papi&s;ts, and God is &s;aid to cur&s;e the &s;tones and timber of the hou&s;e where Idolatry hath been committed, that God would be plea&s;ed to &s;anctifie that place for his own wor&s;hip; for it is &s;aid, <HI>That all things are &s;an|ctified by the Word and Prayer.</HI> So that where the&s;e things are performed, what is worthy to be done to them, that will ab&s;ent them&s;elves from that A&s;&s;embly?</P>
<P>Surely, it will not be ill taken, to de&s;ire that a &s;peciall care may be taken for the &s;etling of a faithfull Mini&s;try, and that rather a place may &s;tand void, then be imployed by an in&s;ufficient Mini&s;ter. Land had better be untild, then to be plowed and then &s;own with that which is naught. And that care may be taken for the maintainance of the Mini&s;tery, that he that hath the lea&s;t, may have &s;ufficient. That in every particular County, tho&s;e which are called Church-livings, as Prebendaries, Par&s;onages, Vicarages, Tithes, Impropria|tions, and all of that nature, faithfull men may be cho&s;en to collect into one; and out of that the Mini&s;tery to have &s;ufficient maintainance e&s;tabli&s;hed, and the re&s;t to be imployed for good and profitable u&s;es: As the maintaining a Navie on the Sea, or the bringing up or putting forth of poor Orphans, or &s;e|verall &s;tocks for the imployment of the poor, or in danger of a forraign inva|&s;ion: So will that which hath been ill imployed be well imployed, &s;o will frivolous &s;utes be prevented betwixt Mini&s;ter and people, and &s;o will the Mi|ni&s;tery have nothing to care for, but to feed the flock of Chri&s;t, of whom they are made over&s;eers. So will the Go&s;pell flouri&s;h, &s;o will the hearts of Gods people be chereed, &s;o will God be glorified, &s;o will the Lord delight in us, he will love us freely, he will heal our back&s;lidings, he will dwell in the midde&s;t of us, and do us good.</P>
<P>I could de&s;ire that all true Chri&s;tians would give the Lord no re&s;t, till the platform and di&s;cipline of the Church be e&s;tabli&s;hed, according to the rule of CHRIST, then would it go well with the Church, and when it goes well the Church, it will go well with the Commonwealth, but not before; &s;o will the Lord make his promi&s;e good unto us, and our po&s;terity after us, and our &s;eed &s;hall injoy the ble&s;&s;ing.</P>
<P>I have heard &s;ome &s;ay, it is not po&s;&s;ible that ever we &s;hould &s;ee good days, till the King return to the Parliament; But know this, that there is nothing impo&s;&s;ible with God: The Parliament being the repre&s;entative Body of the whole Kingdome, it will be proved the King is pre&s;ent with them, and what both the hou&s;es do conclude on, it may be truly &s;aid to be the Kings own act: The compari&s;on will not hold, which I heard made by a Mini&s;ter in Derb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">y in his Pulpit, where he compared the King to the Sun, and the Parliament to a company of dark confu&s;ed &s;tars, that have no light but what they borrow from the Sun: He was active al&s;o in reading the prayer again&s;t our loving bre|thren in Scotland; but from &s;uch preaching and &s;uch praying, the Lord deli|ver
<PB N="14" REF="8">me, and God in mercy make the King, as a Sun to cheer up and revive the hearts of his poor people, in the&s;e dark and &s;ad times, and as a &s;hield to de|fend the true Prote&s;tant Religion.</P>
<P>I will tell you &s;till what I could de&s;ire&punc; if I de&s;ire ami&s;&s;e, I pray you pardon me; for it is from a heart &s;en&s;ible of the Kingdoms mi&s;ery, and in love to the Cau&s;e that the Parliament vindicates, which is for the Truth; It is, that in all Counties, when we are Ma&s;ters of the field, there may be cho&s;en a faithfull Generall or Commander in chief, and in every Hundreth, an able Colonel, and Captains proportionable, &s;uch as the Country is willing to approve of, and to venture their lives with; and that all that profe&s;&s;e them&s;elves to &s;tand for the Cau&s;e, may be li&s;ted under tho&s;e Commanders the neare&s;t re&s;iding to them; being all ingaged in the cau&s;e, it being the publike cau&s;e, and that they may not lye by great companies in Gari&s;on Townes (e&s;pecially in Summer aime) to con&s;ume the Kingdomes money, but that there may be preparation for &s;everall Counties to joyn together in A&s;&s;ociation, with wi&s;dome and di&s;|cretion, in prayer and humiliation, and that we may come forth with zeale and courage to help the Lord again&s;t the mighty: And al&s;o that the covenant may be &s;et forward with &s;peed, the neglecters puni&s;hed, and refu&s;ers, made known; that &s;o our loving brethren that are come &s;o willingly to help for|ward the work of Reformation, which may be &s;aid to be next to the worke of Creation may &s;ee more cleerly how to proceed; that &s;o the Kingdom be|ing &s;cowred of Idolatry, Super&s;tition, and Will-wor&s;hip, and Chri&s;t &s;et up in the purity of his Ordinances, then will the promi&s;e be made good; which is, of a new heaven, and a new earth, wherein dwels righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e; and then will the hone&s;t Prote&s;tants, that have been willing to lay down all for this cau&s;e, take up the Song of <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> and &s;ing aloud the falvation of their God. I would de&s;ire one thing more, it is that the Book &s;et forth by Ordi|nance of Parliament, be read once a Week in our Army, for regulating our forces, and the puni&s;hing of offences both in Commanders and &s;ouldiers, may be made more u&s;e of. For in &s;ome places it hath not been &s;et forward, nei|ther Prote&s;tation, nor Covenant; and that a Committee of Parliament and commanders there re&s;ident, I could de&s;ire that commanders would endea|vour to reform them&s;elves, and then our Armies would be better reformed, and &s;ome more time &s;pared out of the Ale-hou&s;e for exerci&s;e in the hou&s;e of God, and in the field; So &s;hould our campes be purged, then we &s;hould car|ry none of our <HI>Achans</HI> into the campe, our loving brethren, whereby the worke may be hindered.</P>
<P>I will tell you that they I have &s;o much &s;poken of, that the work could not be done without them, &s;o long de&s;ired and prayed for, I mean the noble <HI>Phi|ladelphians,</HI> are now come into England. The Lord of Ho&s;ts in mercy be plea|&s;ire by night, and direct them that they may carry them&s;elves &s;o in this weighty bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, that all the black mouths which have been opened &s;o wide again&s;t them, may be &s;topped. If I &s;hould tell you that God will make our loving Brethren in <HI>Scotland</HI> unto <HI>England,</HI> as a skilful Phy&s;itian unto a gro&s;&s;e body, to purge out the corrupt humours, or as Refiners of the dro&s;&s;e from the
<PB N="15" REF="8">gold, you wil hardly beleeve it. Or if I &s;hould tel you of a warre of Inqui|ries, that God in mercy to his own people, and in ju&s;tice to the wicked, hath &s;ent and called in <HI>England</HI> a great grand-Jury, to inquire out new Sences, troublers of the Church and Common-wealth, di&s;turbers of Gods people, and and that faithfull Mini&s;ters and hone&s;t people, mu&s;t give informations; you wil hardly beleeve it. <HI>Salomon</HI> &s;aith, <HI>Timo trieth all things,</HI> beleeve it as you finde it. Surely it wil not be denied but all tho&s;e that are Enemies to this glorious work of Reformation, ought to be inquired after, as Papi&s;ts and the Prelatical faction, and the Incendiaries of the Kingdome, and after &s;uch as have &s;poken more or le&s;&s;e again&s;t this honourable Parliament, and after &s;uch as are de&s;pi&s;ers or evil-&s;peakers again&s;t our loving brethren of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and why not after all &s;uch as have received Commi&s;&s;ions, and have been active in nothing but for their own ends in &s;eazing upon Papi&s;ts and malignants goods, and it may be hone&s;t mens too, without order from the Committee or the chief commanders from whom they received their commi&s;&s;ion, and have not brought in &s;uch goods to the publike &s;tock, but have converted them to their own private u&s;e; becau&s;e that, that which ought to be imployed in the pub|like cau&s;e, ought not to be converted to a private u&s;e. And after all &s;uch, who&s;e actions makes it manife&s;t, that their de&s;ires are to &s;pin out the Kingdoms mi|&s;ery; as all the&s;e have done unto others, &s;o let it be done unto them: Cur&s;ed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cur&s;ed be he that keep|eth back his &s;word from bloud: <HI>Ier.</HI> 47. <HI>ver&s;.</HI> 10.</P>
<P>I &s;ay unto you, get into the Covenant whil&s;t you may, if you profe&s;&s;e your &s;elves for the truth, le&s;t it fall out with you as it did with them in the old World: For you &s;hal &s;ee ere long that the Cavaliers wil leave the word Roundheads, and call us Covenanters, for in calling of us Roundheads, they do but proclaim them&s;elves fooles; as tho&s;e do that gave their Votes for the election of this honourable Parliament that &s;tands for the truth, and &s;ince have opened their mouthes wide again&s;t them: And for tho&s;e that are run away from the truth, I pray you tell me if you think that tho&s;e be not fools.</P>
<P>I need not tel you that there are great Armies prepared and preparing, but I am per&s;waded that they are not only to knock the Pope out of England, but Ireland, and France, and Rome, and &s;end him halting to Avanion, whither &s;ome of the Papi&s;ts may follow him like bloud-hounds by the footing, to mourn over his buriall.</P>
<P>Of all things that I have de&s;ired, I pray you let this be granted, that the duty of humiliation and prayer be not neglected, pray for King <HI>Charles,</HI> that God would make him a faithful in&s;trument for his glory, and the good of this Kingdome, and that he would be plea&s;ed to take him out of the hands of his and the Kingdomes Enemies, and &s;end him &s;afe to his honourable Parliament; and pray for our loving brethren in <HI>Scotland,</HI> whom it plea&s;ed God to make &s;uch faithful in&s;truments for the cal of this Parliament, that God would be plea&s;ed ever to protect them, and direct them; and pray for the faithful Ci|tizens, whom God hath been plea&s;ed to make &s;o faithful to the Parliament to the King, and Kingdome. Ble&s;&s;ed are they that pray for the peace of <HI>Ieru|&s;alem,</HI>
<PB N="16" REF="9">and I am &s;ure that they mu&s;t be ble&s;&s;ed that pray and bend the utmo&s;t of their endeavours for an holy peace in England, Peace with Holine&s;&s;e the Lord &s;end us: Souldiers be content with your wages, and away with this ba&s;e plundering; what you get from the Enemy with your &s;word is your own, but if you &s;eize upon Papi&s;ts or Malignants goods, bring it into the pub|like &s;tock; for that which &s;hould be &s;pent in a publike cau&s;e, ought not to be converted to a private u&s;e. But you will &s;ay you have no wages: I will tell you what St. <HI>Paul</HI> &s;aith, <HI>Having food and raiment therewith be content,</HI> never de&s;ert a good cau&s;e for want of pay. Are we not all, and all that we have in|gaged in the cau&s;e? E&s;tates and and Liberties, and Lives, and Religion, doth not al lye at the &s;take? Stand for CHRIST and for his cau&s;e and he wil &s;tand for you, for be you &s;ure he wil be a better payma&s;ter unto you then al the world can afford; for his promi&s;e is, be faithful unto death and he wil give you a crown of Life.</P>
<P><HI>For my part my poore endeavours have not been wanting ever &s;ince the Mili|tia was &s;et forward, neither &s;hall it ever be wanting, God willing, &s;o long as life and e&s;tate &s;hall last, I never de&s;ired pay but the Parliaments faith, and now I have more then I did de&s;ire, for there is a promi&s;e made by both Kingdomes, that all that endeavour to bee active and faithfull to this cau&s;e &s;hall be no loo&s;ers, &s;o that this promi&s;e and the promi&s;e by Chri&s;t, is &s;ufficient to incourage all men that either have or will take up armes in this cau&s;e:</HI> The poore endeavours and de|&s;ires of one that earne&s;tly de&s;ires the advancement of the cau&s;e of Chri&s;t, <HI>the yeer</HI> 1644. <HI>wherin the troubles, and the troublers of the Church and Common-Wealth will be in turning ore. I could de&s;ire to be &s;ati&s;fied in this, whether we un|der. Prelaticall governement were not the luke-warme</HI> Laodiceans, <HI>and al&s;o in this, that we now being joyned to the</HI> Philadelpians, <HI>in Di&s;cipline, Wor&s;hip Governement and Covenant, and made one with them, and they with us, whether if we were</HI> Laodiceans, <HI>we be not now made</HI> Philadelphians: <HI>But I will hearken to the faithfull Mini&s;terie, and if it prove truth, then</HI> (<HI>&s;ee</HI> England <HI>is Meta|morphized) and I will &s;ay to tho&s;e that are in Covenant, &s;tand to it you couragi|ous</HI> Philadelphians, <HI>for God will give you to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the very Gates of your one|mies; and we &s;hall &s;ee that the Parliament hath made u&s;e of tho&s;e words, namely to buy the truth at any rate, and that the field is purcha&s;ed for us, where the precious pearle lyeth. I meane the pure Ordinances of of</HI> Je&s;us Chri&s;t, <HI>but I will waite.</HI></P>
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