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646 &ttfofyi > f % he Irish PVeMyimiwit .
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Sdemti l ^ ag tie ^ poVeft ^^ taken in Ireland by almost all the J " rotestanta In Ulster iiri tfife bfegitiliidg of 1644 / The dates bf its beifcg takfcn in two places are preserved j Viz . at Carrickrcrgtis on the 4 th , and at Holly Wpod bn the 8 th of April , 14 ^ 14 . Thfe Oovetiant Was ! ttdt hostile
to the King ' s itithoiity j it Was prin * tclfralljr dlWfctfed Against prelacy , ant ! Ifrtfcrided to promote a union among Fitotestaties , upon Presbyterian priiifciples . Ths Presbyterians in Ireland appear , at firsts td have agreed with
the Parliament in their early ^ and iiU trfepid resistance of the tyi-atmical eiieroachments of the King ; but \ vheii they found that the total overthrow of the rbyal Authority was intended , they took part with the King , an ^ continued ever afterwards steadfast to
his tfto&e . J Ormond had made various attempts to effect & eoalitioh with the Irish , and at length concluded a peace with th&b itt 1648 , highly favourable to the tji ^ ib ift 1648 , highly favourable to tie
Pbjrish ititelrest * lite design was , tri tfahspbrt into Erig-land a considerable body of Irish troops , to aid the King m hw contest with the Parliament , as had been done lh 1643 , during the cessation .
The Presbytery , observing the dangers to whidh civil and religious liberty was thus exposed , drew up a declaim tioh , at Bangor , with a vie \ v of prev ^ titiftff the evil consequences that tvei * e ukelf to result from the rash meksiires aow adopted . After i *
epresettting the evil tendency of the pea&S and commission , they beseech their people to avoid all connexion with such a cause , and charge those espedally Who had renewed the covenant , not to serve in the army under the presettt command .
In Itisland , the Presbytery , assem-Wed at Belfest , February 15 tb , 1648 , framed & paper entitled , ** A necessary Reprelsrfchtktiott of the present Evild and iraimnent Dangers to Relififi ^ n ,
IjaWS and Liberties , arising from tho Iat 6 aiid present Practices of the Sectariati Party in England and their Abettors / ' to be read from the pulpits 6 f thfcir several merdbers . In this
doctitnent , they strongly Express thdr jibhorrencif ; of the violent proceedings of the sectaries , in imprisoning many Members of Parliament , seizing the person of the King , carrying him
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frdm place to place , trying liirfi xtiici finally ptitting him to death—^ Ati act , gay they , so hort ^ jSl e , tii iio lifetory , divine or ftitiilr ^ ii , ev ^ i * had a { jrecedemt of tWlike . ** "These practices of the scict&ries and their
abettors ^ they ded ^ te , directly bverturn the laws and Bl ^ ities ; >^ e kihgdom , toot ptit airiayWftrt and supreme magistracy , send itifroduce a fearful confusion and lawless ati&reiiy , * Their zeal proni | ft || 4 tbeui evea to write to Sir Charter Ciddtfe , tHen at Londohderty , MA ta ( Mon&l Mdiik at DuiidiEilk . to dissuade tiietft froni
complying with the tiae ^ tire ^ W thos 6 who then held the rekte of g&verh ^ inent . Both applicatloiis hdW&Veir were unsuccessful . [ They refused to J ^ in with Qrmond ^ when he bad United With the IHsh
insurgents in his measures For upholding the Royal eatise , because ' tliey coildamned the peace he hdd m ^ de Mtk the Irish , so strdti dly faVdtiriiig tte re-establishment of ropery ; they saw and dreaded the da&ger that wpuldf accrue t 6 the Protestant r 6 limob 4 ffobi
again trusting the Rotnah Catholics ^ vith military power ; and wheii Motitgomery , Lord of Alrds , deserted theii cailse and joined with Ormond and his confederates , they reprehendect him , itt their printed d ^ claratioii df June 29 , 1649 , as a traitor to the
cause of God . In opposition to Montgomery ' s justification of his proceedings , they drew tip at their meeting in Bangor , On July 7 th , S cotittter-d ^ - daration * settinjaf f 6 tth the 6 vils reciaration , * setting forth the evils
resulting from a union with the Romaii Catholics ; the necessity of adheHrig to thb Covenant , arid 6 f its beitig taken * by the King for the security 6 f the Protestant religlttri . J
When the Ramp party , tipott acwnen the Hump party , tipott acquiring greater strength , found that the Presbytery were not to be seduced from their loyal ^ riiiciple 3 by iriethods of persuasion , they determined to accomplish their purpose by ifoeasures of coercion and intimidation .
Accordingly * Colonel Venables ; , who - '' ill - ' . ' , ... ) ... / . J - ¦ ' , ...... | ¦ , f t , ill iT * [ This •< ft&ngor Deckmtiott ^ made such an impression hi the province , arid was so directly opposed to the Coirinionweiilth party , that the celebrated Milton thought it his duty to reply 16 It , which he did in a very harfch and , scurrilous manner , ]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1824, page 646, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2530/page/6/
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