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Mercurius elenticus sic for King, Number 1, 22nd April 1649 E.598[10]

Their feared Consciences Know not how soone the Lord may
strike with terrour and amazement, as some have already beene
strucken and cause them Inias-like to goe hang themselves, or
drive them into a sudden Distraction of Feare and Madnesse; of
which there is but little doubt, their actions appearing so abhorminable
before the face of God and all good men: and when this
Presse shall come (as come it will without all doubt) the Proverb
will be verified, An unwilling Servant will never doe his Master
good service: Notwithstanding, all these inventions and threatnings
(be confident) that lockey is ready to come, and will come
backed with 15000 valiant Danes, Sweeds, Polands, and Russians,
whose undanted spirits will soone rule the insolence of such a rebellious
Rous, and rouse up the decaying spirits of all those now
dejected Royallists to their former Lusture whose number will
be then innumerable when once they can but fee an Army in England
on foot againe for God and King Charles the Second, and
when this Counter Scuffle shall appeare in the North, expect the
like Armies in the South, and other parts of this decaying Kingdome,
all with an unanimus mind to restore it to its former obedience
to their King, and that God may be served in his true manner
as formerly, without so much variety of several services in such
severall ways as now he is; we well know their is or can be but
one way to Heaven, and that is to serve him in sinceritie and truth,
without hypocresie or desemetation, imitating our Lord and Master,
our Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ the Righteons, to
whom be Glory for ever, Amen.
But now these Canniballs say, from whence should those invincible
Armies come, from the Sky, or from whence else? France
are by our juggling tricks, together by the eares amongst themselves,
imitating us and our diabollical wayes; whom we have corrupted
both by advise and money, and besides that France and
Spaine are at a continual Warre, and we have begun to sow our
Seeds of Sedition amongst them in Spaine as well as in France, and
how can they spare any for the Conquest of this Kingdome? this
is but the vaine hopes of the Cavaliers, we fear them not, we have
made all sure; have we not banished the Cavaliers themselves 20
miles from us, and bound them from holding up their heads, by
tying them to subscribe, and to suffer death without mercy, if
they but stir, and therefore we need not feare them nor any other
Nation; we that fear not God nor the horror of our sulfery onsciences,
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