The Cause of the Innocent spread before the Lord, and the unjust Proceedings of the Rulers against them, before all People.
Luke 18.7. Now shall not God avenge his Elect which cry day and night unto him, yea though he suffers long for them, I tell you he will avenge them quickly. Therefore all ye Rulers of this Nation of England that have set your selves in battle ray with all your might and power against the Lord and against his seed, that according to what his true Prophet Jeremiah declared, the Lord hath raised in this Northern Island, which he hath said must dwell in their own Land, you through the envy and wickedness that rules in your hearts seeks to murther, banish, imprison, persecute, and to root out, and to destroy this seed whom the Lord hath raised, and that he hath blessed and will bless now, henceforth and for evermore.
Now that your wickedness may appear even to your own veiw, and that you may be ashamed for that which you have done, and are a doing against the Lord and against his people here amongst you; I would have you to consider what the Lord hath done for you ye Rulers of England, remember, were you not in a low con∣dition not many years since, and was it then in your hearts to do to us as now you have done, if the Lord would but restore you in∣to your power and places again? if you were at that time so resol∣ved to do, your tongues and declaration did not at that time de∣clare the same thing, but it was promised that none should suffer for his Religion, in case he lived peaceably in the Nation, and these promises were not by force forced from you, but it was done freely by you, and it was the Lord that made the termes with you, and not man, and after that time the Lord gave your enemies into your hands, and without your Sword or Bow, or the valour of your men of War, the Lord brought you again in∣to your possession, and the Lord performed what he had decreed, as concerning your Restauration; and it had been well for you and this Nation if you had performed what you had promised to the Lord in the behalf of his people; but to this day the Lords people hath and doth grievously suffer under your power, who hath lived peaceably under you, and hath never at any time mo∣lested your Authority, neither have they ever made any plot or