To the most honorable the high court of Parliament assembled, &c.

SAMSONS LEGACIE . JVDGES , the 16. Chap. &c.

ANd as instanc'd or brought to his Tryall , here found light ; SAMSON guiltie that way : which Vow of his , had he unhappily not violated , a businesse that : Of no mean weight , what Fetters of Brasse bound him had ; none of what kinde soever . Samsons fall , lost himself hereby , dispossessed of the Spirit of the LORD .

By him discovered the Almighties counsell unto the Lords Enemy , could not with-hold or refraine , told her all his heart ; she acquainted is therewith bee it whatsoever : Such a blind thing is Love ; They into such Thraldom brought which harbour it : suspected nothing because he lov'd her , or doted rather . That whosoever they were , was able with a looke of his Browe , to put them for ever to silence , wherein his soul so farre ingag'd , any to attempt but the motion , &c.

And farther shewed , how in his allegiance having toward his Master and Lord fayled : Both stript of that great strength of his , Lost both his Eies , not only boord or put out , faine to be lead afterwards by a Ladd : But put in prison , beside grinding in a Mill : To tast of restlesse HELL , that wearisome being . Even takes Essaye of our Saviours Cup ; indeede these in some things to Samson belong onely : able but for to turne his weary sides without other help , or by a wals side to go , which before had The Lord his support ; The Philistims his Lords now : a heavie change , of no other estate worthy , had taken his pleasure and so came of it .

One Trusted with that high place of Government : Twenty yeares therabout , as it appeares . Crownd with so many favours ; That had the Eternall words direction his light : set so light by alhough chastised never so severly the bage of his Masters heavy displeasure , none commiserate his Complaint bee it whatsoever , whether marked , shorne or noted . He which wist not the Spirit of the Lord was departed from him , when He had foolishly departed from the Lord : And if GOD spared not Samson , others much lesse that have him for their lesson .

who could have supposed , warn'd before hand too , what trust to be reposed in them . That upon a Womans assault her charms such a Forte rendered up : without any reason rendred But to please Her , was not that Riddle disclosd enough : who would not have layd another wager , as great as Samsons ? That this man could never have been over taken so , that had been mistaken so much in Her before , named his Heifer ; and this woman she of the Philistims breed too , both of them one in effect : or two witnesses appearing as it were : Herewithall bidden to take heed all , of Close-underhand-dealers : For the holy Ghost is not without a double , or two-fold meaning in these thirty Shirts wrap'd up , & thirty Shutes those ; not only Judas His livery-Coates or Coate-armes expressing , but our bleeding dayes wherein such Plundering and intolerable Theifts :

For which betraying of the trust , as one beside himself ; beside being a Prisoner , made a by-word , or one for a meane Occupation fitter , or trusted when His eyes bee out rather then other-wise : In steed of a Saviour or Deliverer , hee delivered into the hands of such , &c. Which kindnesse for ; To none other Bound , but to Her : beside his willfulnesse , whose Parents some-time could not prevaile with Him , or any other : Is during the remnant of his wretched dayes , ordain'd for to beare those shakels and fetters , Brassen ones for suretiship , and better securitie : Thus armed by Her from Head to Foote &c.

But her Ladyship urged him , She prest him Daily , vext his Soule , his Conscience to the Death . Moreover , by Lulling of him as much againe , was kept in a Dreame , untill layd himself flat at her Feet : By such maine Strength was Samson over-mastred by his Mistres , who so often gives the Allarum ; The Philistins SAMSON , &c.

But to bring these home a little farther , to these last dayes , without Over-laying Your patience I hope , shewed great Brittains low ebbe , like Samson what passe brought to .

The worlds wounder for blessing and bounty from above beyond all theirs not unknowne ; a dreadfull Name , farre and neere : Now by His Majesties warfare being fettered and in Armes ; become the game and musicke of the World .

Those ( as it were ) away hidding and running before time , crowding as fast , and covering house-tops , fearelesse now of Samson . In which difference difficult to judge ; whether for Might and Majestie more reverenced , then dejected at last and dispised : Certainly manifested as great Imbecillitie in subjecting himselfe to a Womans waywardnesse , therewith carryed away so and transported .

But these not for disputationsake ; but made for dispatch , not so wide and full of stuffe as others are acknowledged : If it sit close , t is as becoming Joseph in makeing himself known to his Brethren , in hast told them , I am Joseph : So now it was not you that sent mee hether , but GOD

So was it of the Lord ; no thanke to Samson , Samsons saying , she pleaseth me well : When neverthelesse it displeased his Father and Mother . They saying ; is there never a Woman among thy Brethren or people , &c.

The almightie for bringing his owne Counsell and purpose to passe ; suffers much , and forbeares long : the Holy Ghost thus saying , hee sought an occasion against the Philistins , GOD on his side , he needs not feare any . The Time was come of their fall : at last which stricks home , though hardly like the Thunder at first heard .

And to be som-what lowder , or plain herein : was not an occasion sought also against that House of Lords and Commons , by that unexpected progresse without President or Example of Progenitors , when he separated Himself from his Head-Kingdoms . Parliament Assembled then , for rooting that Slip out , blind Herisie Her Maiesties darling , grown unto such a height . Without doubt with as ill , or worse successe taken in hand , then hee which but lost his life , good Samson : When the House of Peeres and Commons those two Pillars , charged with a heavie taxe of Treason , purposing to lay violent hands next : first rob'd of their good Name ; and then of their Life lastly , brought about by Lyers in waite for ●hat purpose . And thus his causlesse falling out , the occasion of these such unspeakable miseries ; He carried away from His Parliament thus , by the Church of the LIBERTINES and ROMES CHVRCH , proceeding from a loosnesse or carelesnesse of goodnesse : the good affection not set by of those , to have been Equaliz'd , if not preferr'd before Forreine states ; a greater Honour then proginey ( common to all ) to discharge such a Stewardship well . The office of a Crowne ( a good name , Proverbs . 22 ) as our Eies open'd , and Wofull evidences thereby given to understand : That not old Samuel , godly Queene Elizabeth was rejected , tender hearted unto every one . But herewith wee which were not content : But nay , we will have a King to reigne over us , whatsoever coming to passe .

How soone verified , the old true proverbe , seldome comes a better : for unto Samson as at his end ; so befallen us More slaine in one yeare , then since the Conquest in the Reigne of so many Kings and Queenes of them cald to sacrifice their Lives for the Truths testimony : commanded to rest a little season . Blessed innocents were who changed have their scarlet for white robes , calling a loud , how long O Lord Revela . 6. &c.

And every haire of Times head grown precious , never recald ; and if ever perrilous to loose it , as t is now reveal'd here ; and unloos'd the mistery of time , how Samsons seven-fold ropes pluck'd asunder , even drawn from them ; like Pharaohs double Dreame , where the thing was one , likewise these broken Withes and ropes reach to this sevententh hundered yeare present not alone ; But to that sevententh yeare of the Kings reigne , a time of greater famine then Pharaohs , when the plentie was not known , by reason of the scarcity following so grevious .

And now great Brittaine newly so stiled , accompanied with no few Honours that started up , have in this sevententh hundred yeare ; Even as those knots undone all and broken , with Jrelands green plantation by the rootes pluck'd up : This knot or union so fast made , how is it come to nothing , but all up making ready in Armes ; that beside a Coate-armes borne , no other appearance at all remains , suddenly like his armes become when be awaked ; great Brittains peace even so brittle stands as those ropes , &c. Compard unto towe , or a piece of thred , choaked with Match and Powder now : for the sweet sents of peace and plenty injoyed Long : And handled Thus : Notwithstanding , not unfore-told . None Considers of that hand writing , though in the Yeare , 1633. shewing , His Kingdome is devided and numbred &c. Belshazzar , it shall be easier for him in the day of Judgement .

By the Prophet Jeremiah : PASHVR which smote him , was rebaptiz'd : Who gave him that Name Compounded as unluckie as it was Long ; MA : GORMIS Sabib namely restles or feare round about being no lesse then great Brittains very Motto : Wherefore to make it good unto His Majestie two Names be attributed a Godfathers and Godmothers here : toward his regeneration Baptized in their teares , for Salt that is wanting . Now from Samson : JAMES SON derived , and also Mother Rachels Name ; hers added : drawne from CHARLES , to weare it for a Favour , as long as he lives here ; weeping because they were Not , or were lost , would not be comforted &c.

The Lyon become a Noted sheep , signifies : for Rachell is a sheep , but herewith to give neverthelesse some comfort : Thy Kingdome come &c. Then the only remedie when all is done ; Come Lord Jesus . For what Thy Kingdomes are come unto , none need to shew it : They speake for themselves , round about plainly : and thus Samsons story their state sets forth , no newes either Your hangings and Tapstery makes it not a stranger , but Common blind Ale-houses not without it , His lying in her Lapp a sleep , whilst she pooles him &c.

And without streining this Legacie of his too , besids those ropes puld in pieces , which became as singed with fire . With His Brazon Chains , as the one Stands for Match , the other toward your pieces of Ordnance . Fastend this also on our Effeminate time , his seven Locks , Left to this last hundred yeare : shewing what weaving and curlling we have of FALSE-HAIRE , by that going away of His , with the Webbe fastend to the Beame ; whose locks therein woven by her : who said ; Thou sayest false , ( or ) hast mocked mee , &c. Expressing how men forbidden expresly long Haire , yet the sonnes of God will weare it : some of them looking thereby more like the sonns of Divels .

And so farther , for the green Withs and new ropes provided of old , long since for such Hell-hounds , whose smoaking tongues as Links set on fire already , notwithstanding RACHA , he who cals his Brother so , he shall bee in danger of a Counsell , &c. and so much for those Withs and ropes ; unusefull neither for great Brittains Navie and Taklings , together with Irelands Plow-Taklings and other uses , as aforesaid .

And neverthelesse like the Plague-tokens of their inevitable end : The hastie Messengers , likewise so many Judgements sent forth suddenly forerunners of the dreadfull daies approach : All prepared alike to meete the Son of God , as those Hoggish Gergesens , when all the Citie came out to meete Him , and besought him to depart : And now truely fulfilled . The wedding is prepared , but they which were bidden , were not worthy , &c. ( Matth. 22. ) For nothing but in eating and drinking , and giving in Marriage , is this your hastening To his Comming ? Cleansing your selves of all filthinesse . But returning to Times cutting off , which no more returns . That great Man sealed in the forehead , or front with 1642. Noahs dayes even shall declare the meaning of that scentence from our Saviours mouth ; that no flesh saved except those dayes bee shortned , as much to say : shall come short of his dayes , at the time of the Deluge alluding to it , when all flesh perished , except eight persons .

In like manner from 〈◊〉 ●ncarnation , ( when God became man , thought not scorne to take our Nature upon Himselfe , ) From which time to his second comming , Parrallels it Thus. But as the dayes of Noah were , so shall the comming of the sonne of Man bee : For as in the dayes before the flood , untill the day Noah entered into the Arke . And knew not untill the flood came , and tooke them all away : So shall also the Comming of the Sonne of Man bee . And so all before the comming of the last day also forewarnd to be , appeares plainly ( Matt. 24. ) Dated with the present yeare , 1642. Two shal be in the feild , two Armes , to wit , Two women shall be grinding at the Mill , &c. and of our miserable devission , so much for a watch-word shall serve .

The seventh Angels Trumpet ( Revela . 10. ) give his voice on Noahs side , beside that Angell that set his Right foot upon the sea , &c. Whose feete as Pillars of fire : with that little Booke open in his hand : Even great Brittains revealed forewarning , That Ilands vissitation : That there be some standing here not only , but throughout the World : that shall not tast death , till the day of Judgement . And so take eate this little Booke , the Sacrament of his comming at hand :

As herein is no small mistery Conteind too , twofold double Witnesse appearing like all the rest : Judges the 15.20 . verse , And he Judged Israell twenty yeares , in the dayes of the Philistins , &c. verse 31. and 16 Chap. And he Judged Israell twenty yeares .

Also , when the sonns of GOD became Tyrants , and carnall ( Gen 6. ) My spirit shall not strive alway with man : for that he also is flesh . Namely , how great soever : Yet his dayes shall bee an hundred and twenty yeares : It includes Times reigne ; This twenty yeares to be put upon his last score . The Prophet David foresaw this weeke ( Psalm . 90. ) A thousand yeares in his sight , are but as yesterday . The Apostle Peter : One day with the Lord , is as a Thousand yeares , and a Thousand yeares , as one day . Daniel the Prophet , that Master of Arrethmatitians : confirms that weeke thus ; He shall confirme his Covenant with many for a weeke , and in the middest of the weeke oblation shall cease , &c. The Messiah slaine , and the Cities Desolation , to wit ; in the fourth Thousand yeare : Wherein not only shewed Messiah his dayes cut off : but Time , the sonne of Eternitie , his dayes too shortned : Even one Thousand yeares fulfilled , or compleat . For the Gospels Progresse :

The 20. of the Revela : Thus speakes ; That they lived , and reigned with Christ , a Thousand yeares : before these Idolatryous times of late 〈…〉 therefore in respect of Time past , ( our Saviours late comming Then. ) The Apostle Paul , after this fashion admonisheth . The Time is short , as much to say ; And to be shortned . For which cause , as if we possessed or enjoyed nothing . Corinth . 7.

And here adding but in a word or two , of the LORDS day ; that also cut off : how this Samson hath been shaffed : This Samson-day , how it hath been observed and kept , after what spirituall fashion ; Even the LORDS house haunted by Spirits of Divels , no few amongst those Tombes , &c. Holding their Spirituall-Courts there , whose daily Office , and Occupation was , before their being cast out of Pauls , Either to make many forsweare themselves ; Or to fill Prisons , with those call'd by them , Puritans : and now , Rownd-Heads . For which senslesse , rediculous Name , not amisse with the Prophet , to bestowe these for a Girdle : alwayes to bee girded with feare , round about MAGORMISSABIB : those Characters compounded of GOG , & MA GOG : Compassing the Camp of the beloved Citie of the Saints : Whose number &c. Revela . 20. consisting of Papists , the Queenes Armie , and prophaine Protestants , before the day of Judgement , being let loose : These like Herod and Pilate , that were made friends , at variance before .

And wherewith observ'd , as it deserves no other , as others have serv'd God , professing themselves his servants , and going contrary : as it were your servant &c : likewise by them as supposed . Their Name but used for the abusing or betraying of their person ; having first craftily gone about to cut the throats of so many : by giving them another Name : But to return ; Thus this Sabboth too discarded : not onely Excommunicating the Lord prophets and servants , &c. but turned into a Day of Cardding , and Diceing , with sweating Pastimes : Goe for thy labour , sit downe and spinne , and weave ; plough , and ditch , from henceforth in the sweat of thy face Eate thy bread : Come no more into the garden of God ; so much for harkening to the Serpents voice : The flaming Sword beware : Neither be grieved with him , crying ; O my sonne Absolom my sonne , my sonne Absolom . ( also ) O my sonne Absolom , O Absolom my sonne , my sonne : The Saboths double Eclips : as much to say , or twice Chang'd and alter'd : That harkend not to that voice rather , saying , verily my Saboths shall ye keepe , even he shall be cut off , that worketh thereon . That day which was given for a perpetuall signe : Exodus 31. &c. No marvell or wonder therefore ; our Houses though vissited by the Spoyler and Plunderer with our day-labour , turned into Daies and Nights-warding and watching .

Neverthelesse , not cut off without declaring in the place ( of this Judas-day , more like then the Resurrections ) a lawfull Successor herewith shewed , &c. upon Mathias-day , how the Lot fell in the yeare 1633. that Mundaies first day of the weeke . In which aforesaid yeare , the Beast hee also asscended then out of the bottomlesse Pit ; The son of perdition : The last Arch B. gone to his owne place Now ; by whom the word of God , in the Moneth October 23. was burnd , suffered Martyrdome by a Candle , from his owne hand , at the High-Commission board Sacrifiz'd . And at this time , two Armies striving in the fielde for Possession , and in Barke-shire and Oxfordshire , where the Heavenly voice was heard first at Englefield-house : The prime Shire imediately carried thereupon to Oxfoads Parliament to bee published , &c. In the first yeare of the Kings Raigne , it being a Roule a manuscript , revealing the day of Iudgement , &c.

For which Cause now againe , a great meeting of the Prophets ; as sometime in the daies of John , that Conjunction then : Jsaiah , 6. An ancient Saint complaining thus , Woe is mee , I am cut off , ( or undon ) because J am a man of uncleane lips , &c. When as those Heralds of Armes present , Each of them with six wings , twaine they covered their faces with , with twaine covered their feete , with twaine did fly : holy , holy , holy Lord of hostes ; cryed one to another , &c. The whole earth is full of thy glory : And here to bring these home to the dayes of John , in the Revelation , &c. prophecying to his Time , even to the end of the world ; being Times Voices expresly : for no other then a third Sabath to be through the earth , as exprest by the foure Beasts , and foure Evangelists , &c. give all their voices also , saying ; holy , holy , holy , Lord God almightie , which was , which is , and which is to come : And for more light in this matter ; ( Revela . 4. ) The seven Lamps of fire before the Throne , &c. which are called the seven Spirits : signifie no other then Munday , to be a Spirituall day . ( Chap. 5. ) Signified thus , There stood a Lambe in the middest of the Elders , having seven eies , and seven horns , which are the seven Spirits of God , sent forth into all the earth : To wit , Sunday the middle Sabbath ; the Eie , as it were , to the Gentels , that great light for seventeene hundered yeares space . Likewise the Horns , the new Sabbath , Munday , as afore shewed : As the one proclaming the first Resurrection or comming ; So the other the Last , in the seventeth hundred yeares to be recal'd . And thus our eternall Sabbath , & these Sabath-dayes , both in one , sealed up in the little Booke .

Farthermore , for an addition these ; shewing beside how the Worlds ages being cast into three parts . That had not those daies before the Flood , been cut off or shortned ; the Deluge had not been till Noahs Death , which lived 300. Yeares after , &c. Enoch his walking with God , confirms it : Walked with God 300. yeares after his begetting Children : as much to say , weary Time three hundred yeares , Comes before his Time . High time of such daies to be disburthened .

And to touch this New-day with a coale from the Altar , shewed also the one even Munday purified , and the other remooved : As appeares in that Massage sent Herod , who had shut up the Lords Messenger : Sonne of Herod the great so Sir Nam'd , That be-headed Him : setting abroach his Blood for his Birth-day : better he never had been borne : John of too high a spirit to feed him with flattery , tooke our Saviour for John risen againe , or some walking Spirit . The Lord sends him word of the Resurrection , saying ; go tell that FOX , behold I cast out Divels , and will heale to day , and to morrow , and the third day I shal be perfected : Neverthelesse I must walke to day , and to morrow , and the day following , &c. bids him doe his worst ; as much to say : which Ambassage , whether delivered it were , or no , wee read not .

But doubtlesse for admonition spoken unto all spirituall Herods , neither being curious whether these came to her eare , indeavouring rather to unlocke or open the meaning of that . How coming to passe , Herod or Hayreod , to be Sur-named Reynold the Fox . Not onely because John called our Lord , Innocent Lambe , made their prey , but his eare dedicated to her so , his Dalilah . Very likely he did weare some odde Locke , Fox-tayle-like , a scourge , as it were , of hayre , portending how , together with his Souldiers , our Saviour should be stript , scourged , despised , and mocked by him .

Wherefore before that Easter , this word or mocke sent him , that before had given his consent : Onely for a rash words sake ( as made an eye-winesse of his valour ) to be-head such a one , for such a woman , partly because of his alliance , &c. Then lessen himselfe . His greatnesse makes himselfe a fire-brand of Hell rather : And although this Fox , the first of that Name , is said to be exceeding glad to see Jesus , of whose coming then questionlesse he was foretold , in that word sent unto him ; notwithstanding , to those questions of his , vouchsafed no answer at all . As much to say , he had and would make good his word in the end , &c. Thus shee in such obedience to her Mothers instruction ; He standing in as much awe of them both , those Philippian Dames . And so much for an Old Case new reported .

And as in the Gospell the five Yoke of Oxen , these serves for OXFORDS Meridian , which belong to His Majesties invitation : Hath MARIED a wife , and cannot Come , &c. Yoak'd in the yeare , 1625. unequally . Also that Term of FOX , or OXFORD , to wit : Ominous to long Gownes ; Samson Companion too crafty for him ; afords them that subject likewise to worke upon . So againe Lastly : What Lacke yee ? Doe you lacke Match , and Powder , or Cable-Ropes , or any Brasse &c : Fetters toward Field-pieces , or long Haire any to weare ? Or Irish Withs ? Of these as much as yee please : SAMSON is provided for you , Bound to serve is ; as long as he Lives : Even hee with those grinding Gun-powder . That Mother and Daughter in the GOSPELL : Two women shall be grinding &c. The last dayes watch-word , so much shall hereof suffice . Onely these , ( Matt 24. ) Then shall two bee in the Field , &c. As it serves for this yeare 1642. with the sevententh hundred yeare : So Samsons sacrificing here his Life . Hee bearing as it were , the gates of Hell and Death : Also , these beares date about this present EASTER , set forth in Honour of the glorious Resurrection , his Life , and End .

And hetherto from Thence &c. Your Silence on all sides , which concludes Consent : Wherefore I Conjure and Charge the aforesaid Evill Spirits , or Legions , no more here to enter into this Kingdome from henceforth : Goe downe into Hell , out into the farthest part of the Earth : get thee hence , &c. Glory , Honour , and Blessing .

From the Blessed LADIE , her Day in Lent , &c. 1643.