THE CHARACTER OF AN AGITATOR.
AN Agitator is a late spurious Monster of John Lilburnes generation, compounded of these Sects unites into one body, an Anabaptist, a Jesuit, a Seperatist, and a Seeker, by [Page 4]whose principles he is agitated, and steared in all his excentrick Motions; Hee is an universall Enemy to all Order, and Government, both in Church and State. Hee will have, and acknowledge, no King, Parliament, Majestrate, or Superiour Power in the State but himselfe, and the very Rascallity of the Common People, who have beene purified from all their iniquities, and made unspotted Saints, not by the blood of Iesus, but by some new dippers Rebaptization. Hee solicites day and night, that the King, and Members of both Houses of Parliament may be brought to publique Tryall, and Execution, as the greatest Tray [...]ors, and Tyrants, and according to their Father Lilburnes Principles [ See his juglers discovered, page 3▪ 4.] and Protestation; Make no more scruple of conscience, with their owne hands to destroy the King, and Members of both Houses of Parliament, (whom they terme the Tyrants at Westminster, who have destroyed all Law, and Iustice, Equity, and Conscience, by their [Page 5] Arbitrary and Tyrannicall Will) then to destroy so many VVeasells .and Pole-cats. Hee will acknowledge neither our Churches, nor Ministers, nor Sacraments, nor Ordinances, nor yet the Trinity, or sacred Scriptures themselves, and ere long will deny there is any God at all either in Heaven or Earth to controle or prescribe any Lawes or Rules unto them. Hee is a meere Atheist in his heart, a Heretick in his braine, a Devill in his tongue, a Iesuit in his Consutations, a Traytour in his Agitations, a Saint only in his pretention; hee is very zealous against Tithes, and condemnes them as Antichristian, because hee would starve the Ministers, and as zealous against Bishoppes, Deanes, and Chapters, and yet Petitions for all their Lands and Tithes to satisfie his pretended great Arreares, though as Antichristian as their late Possessors, or any Tithes, or Ministers. Hee loves Venery so well, that hee so liciteth the Houses for all Forrest Lands to be settled in his fraternity, it seemes they are either such wild [Page 6] Beasts already as are fit for nothing but to be sent a grasing into Forrests, or desirous to restraine the King, his Heires, and Successors from the sinne of overmuch hunting, or surfeiting upon Venison. Hee would have Coppy-hold Tenants, pay no Rents or Fines to their Landlord, but himselfe. The earth is the Saints, and the fullnesse thereof, and to pay Rents on the foure usuall Saints dayes (now abolished) to any but Saints (and that for pay or free quarter which now eates them out) it meere Popery and Superstition.
In briefe he is such a Monster as dares imprison and murther his King, force and blow up a Parliament, mutiny a whole Godly Army into high Treason, ruine a most glorious City and Kingdome, impeach the faithfullest Members, and Parliaments best friends of those Treasons of which himselfe in most guilty, pleads for a Toleration of all Religions, being himselfe of none, or any at his pleasure, a meere Lawlesse Libertine, a firebrand of Superstition, who cares [Page 7]not what he speakes or acts, feares not whom he offends or slanders, is a common enemy to all, a true friend to none, a wandring Meteor, a raging Wave, of the Sea, a new upstart Mushrome, all Head and no Body, White in the morning, Black VVorme eaten, and ranke Poyson before night, and hates a Scot and Presbyterian more then either Pope or Devist. Hee was begotten of Liburne (with Overtous helpe) in Newgate, nursed up by Cromwell at first by the Army, tutored by Mr. Peters, counselled by Mr. Walwin and Musgrave, patronised by Mr. Martin, (who sometimes sits in Counsell with them though a Member) and is like to dye no where but at Tyburne, and that speedily, if hee repent not, and reforme his Erronious Iudgement, and his Seditious Treasonable Practises against King, Parliament, and Martiall Disciplin [...] it selfe.