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Show ( 3J6 ) prevailed with him at length to come, havin~ He is pre- aLfured him that if he would, and perform h1s v~iled Piace and difcharge his Duty, they would pro-fWit itahg, atino ' . d' h · L 9 ceed agamft Wenlock, accor mg to t etr aw .. See what Work here is, and what Travel an<! Confpiracy, ro take away th~ Life of the Righ .. teous from the Eanh. . The Sun And afrer two We(!ks, the fpace of Ttme of in the Fir- the Revolution of thefe your Confpiracies of mamSehn~ Blood during which, the namral Sun in the not 1- ' • k bl ..1 · ning in Firmament fhone not : . A remar a e ~ emon- 2 "'eeks, ftracion, both of the Dtfpleafure of the Lord, the _fpace againft that your Work, and the Nature of the ohf t.unce of Work which you were then about, Black witht e1r on- . h fl · d fpiracies in, and Black wnhour. T e tr~e gure an for his Reprefentation of this your Wtckednefs and Life. \Vork. lie is So, you being agreed, before the_Judgment-brought Seat Wenlock was brought ; who thHher came to the})~ r, in a good Dominion, becaufe he felt the Power ~nd try d. of G9d over all ; who being there fer, your GovernOLlr asked him, What he had to fay for himfelf, why he migbt not Dye ? I have done nat Butf alre thinu worth'} of Death ( reply'd Wenlock) if I bad, vou o t 1e t> , • · fameMincl I refufe not to Dye. Thou art come m among,ft If$ iww, w~o ( fa1d an~rher qf y9u) i1~ Reb~llio?f, which is are turn d as t rhe Stn of Wnchcrafr, and ought to be pu- Rebels to ·fh h K' ? nz etJ• · I came 'KIOt z• n among you m• R eb e l.l t'0 1J (. an- ~~e ~~~· fwered Wenl~ck ) but in Obedience to the G,od of fa.ges ?f Heaven ; not in Contempt to any of you, but in Lo.ve ~us T nal. to your Souls an,d Bodies; atJJ that you fhatl know · one Day, 'JJJ~~n you and all Met) rm~fl give an Account of your Deeds done in ~be Body. Take heed ( faid he ) for you cannot efoape the Righteatn 1udg· mmts of God. Then faid yoqr Major-General, .(14derton, rou pronounce Woes and Judgments, a~J tboft tbat are J!.OTJe befor~ JpU pronomJct4 W~~r a11d . ( ~~7 ) and Judgments; but the Judgments of rhe Lord God pre net come upon U4 yet. Be not Proud ( reply•d Wenlock's Wenlcck) neither let your Spirits be lifted up ; God ~fYu~~y doth but wait, till the mea[ure of 'JOUr Iniqui ty bement on jiHed up, and that yoN have run your ungodly Race, New-Engthen will the Wrath of God come upon you to the land • . uttermoft : And as for tby part, it hangs over thy ~a~~i:~lar Head, and is near to be poured down upon thee; and M.G. Ad· Jha/1 come as a Thiif in the Night Juddenly, when derton. thou tbinkefl not of it. By what Law ( faid Wenlock ) will ye put me to Death? We have a Law ( reply'd you) ana by ot.~r Law you are to Dye. So faid the Jews ofCbrifl ( fVerJloqk replyed) We have a Law, and by our Law he fJUght to Dye. Who impowered you ( faid he ) to make that Law? One of you anf wered, We have a Patent, and are the Patemees, judge 'JJJbether we have not Power to make Laws. Wenlock reply'd again, How have you Power to make Laws _repugnam to tbt Laws of England? Nay, faid your Governour. Then (anfwered Wenlock) yo?~ are gone beyond your Bounds, and have fcrfeited your Patent ; and this is more than you cav anfJlJer. And he cryed our, and faid, Are you Subje#s to the King, yea or nay? What good will. that do 'JOU, reply'd your Secrerary? What will you infer from that? 1-Venlock anfwered, If you are, fay Jo, for in Jour f Petition to the Kinou , you de:J!•£ r·e that be would+s ~eyou.r proteCl yot~, and that you may be worthy to kneel Addrefs .. amongp hi4 Royal SubjcBs; or words ro rhat effeCt. To which one of you faid, Yea. Then Wenlock anf we red and faid, So am I~ amljor any thing I know, am d4 good as you, if not better; for if the King did but know your Hearts, tM God knows them, be wauld fee that your Hearts are tM rotten to'lJJards him, 1M they are towards GoJ. '[berefore feein~ that yo~ ana I ~re SubjeCls tp the King, |