L. Colonel John Lilburne revived.: Shewing the cause of his late long silence, and cessation from hostility against alchemy St. Oliver, and his rotten secretary; as also of the report of his death. With an answer in part, to the pestilent calumniation of Cap: Wendy Oxford (Cromvvels spie upon the Dutch, and upon the English royallists, sojonrning [sic] in the United Provinces) closely couched in a late delusive pamphlet of the said Oxfords, called The unexpected life, & wished for death, of the thing called parliament in England All vvhich, vvith many historicall passages, giveing light into the unvvorthy practises of the English grandees, is contained in three letters (The first to a friend in the United Provinces, The second to a friend in Scotland. And the third, to the honourable, Colonel Henry Martin, in England VVritten by L. Colonel John Lilburne.

POSTSCRIPTVM.

I hear by a letter from London, there is likely to happen a strange thing, viz: a re∣surrection from the dead, or a conjunction of severall honest blades of formerly dis∣jointed interests, once more vigourously to act againe, for their known, full, and de∣clared libertyes. and I perceived this is occasioned by van Trumps late beating of Blake. If such good effects follow such kind of actions; I wish he would come and doe as much for you in Scotland, provided it would make you rise againe from your dead condition, in most unworthily and basely turneing your backs, upon all your printed promises, and solemne ingagements in reference to the peoples liberties, thereby ren∣dring your selves, the scorne and contempt of all Europe, and also therby haveing gi∣ven too just occasion to the nations round about you, to Iudge you lesse faithfull and your oathes and promisses lesse to be regarded, then Turks, Pagans, and infidels with abundance of whom [as History doth fully witnes,] their solemne & Publique faith, hath often times been more valued then their lives, or all other earthly relations. the so open, palpable, and not to be hid, or covered over or pleaded for breach of it in you, undoubtedly wil be the visible occasion of the hazard of a totall ruine of the English na∣tion, which must needs and unavoidebly fall upon you, if speedily you doe not mani∣fest your repentance, by a speedy settleing the nation upon that just fundation or prin∣ciples of rightiousnes, you have so often before God and the World solemnely de∣clared for; as the only and alone Iustifiable ground and reason, to warrant you either before God or man, for breaking all the setled and legally established power and Ma∣gistracy in England, as you have done; and as the only and Iustifiable reason, to acquit you before God and man, of being reputed absolute, and willfull murderers, of all those persons, of what kinde or sort soever, you have slayne with your Swords, Sterved or adjudged to death in the 3. nations: and which is the only Iustifiable reason, that can acquit you in the thoughts of any rationall man in the world from rendring [by your most reproachfull and perjured actions] religion and the power of godlines, more reproachfull and contemptible, in the Eyes of the Sonnes of men then ever

the foolish & ridiculous actions, Fathred upon and said to be conmitted, at Munster, in Germanie, by Iohon of Leyden & Knipperdolling: whom in folly, murder, madnes, & ridiculousnes: you have, visibily in the face of all the world outstripped, and already made good, the truth of the worst of the Kings sayings against you, or the sharpest & bitterest of his penns against your, and who, in History to future ages, must leaue be∣hinde you, the blackest name that ever the sonns of men did, and for whom noe defence or excuse or a shadow of a bare figg-leafe covering can be made for you, without the speedy doeing the thing aforesaid, to the full performing all your promises made for good unto the English people. therefore woe, woe, woe, unto you, if speedily, and effectually you doe it not, before once againe you have made England an Aceldama or feild of Blood, as by the breach of your solemne faith, publique oathes, and promises you have 3 or 4 severall times already done since it was in your power [as clearly it was in 1647] rationally to have made it the freest and happiest nation in the world, and thereby Iustifie your fore Fathers in all their wickednes, yea and by many degrees farr out strip the worst of those you have destroyed for the Capitallest offences. that so upon your heads as Christ saith (Math: 23.29 to 36.) might come all the righ∣teous Bloud shed upon the Earth, from the Blood of righteous Abel even unto this very day.

Farewell.

JOHN LILBVRN.