IEhovah, the Almighty, the Alpha and Ome­ga is knowne to be a God of mercy, as well as judgement: many times doth hee suffer his Children to be afflicted, and to groane unper the yoake of their enemies, as he did the Israelites, but at length sent he a Moses to deliver them, and to the terrour of the Egyptians broke their [Page]bonds in sunder, drowning Pharoh and his Host in the red Sea.

David having offended in the matter of Vriah, God sent the Prophet Nathan to bid him take his choise of three things, either of the Lword, Pestilence, or Famint: now David very wisely made this answer, that it was better to fall in the hauds of God than man; for with God there is mercy, with men none: wherefore God sent the pestilence, which destroyed many thousands, but yet in the abundance of his tender mercy, at length hee bid the Angell to put up his sword, saying it is enough.

God in the time of Queen Mary suffered the protestants to be bloudily persecuted: insomuch as they might have cryed out, See and consider, good God, how for thy sake, wee are dilled all the day long; nay her owne sister endured unpartiall pri­sonment, but yet it pleased God of his infinite goodnesse at length, to redeeme that myracle of piety, Queene Elizabeth: for so she was happi­ly afterwards brought from captivity; and the Gospell had its free passage, by the death of Qu. Mary.

Also in the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth did God suffer the Spanyards to mahe an invasion: but yet out of his mercy did cut them off before they could bring to effect their intended bloudy Designes.

[Page] In the time of King Iames, God suffered the Papists to plot and invent the destruction of the Bloud royall, Noble and Common, but yet re­vealed their mischievous purpose before the fa­tall blow.

Now in the Reigne of our religious King Charles, god hath suffered many to doe what mischiefe they could possibly invent, but yet that which they were so long time hatching, the finall destruction of our soules I meane, god gave them not strength to bring forth.

How of late have the Papists in Ireland insul­ted over protestants, insulted said I, that word is not able to expresse their villany, and Tragicall Actions, as is too well already knowne amongst us.

But yet that we may know, that God hath not forgot his servants in Ireland: marke the Rela­tion, marke the just Judgment, which God upon the 8. of December powred upon the heads of the rebellious papists.

Vpon the 7. day of the same month, the rebels slew 22. shepheards belonging to the proteantsts and drove away their Cattell into the woods, where the rest of the rebels kept their abode: there did they slay the greater part of the cattell, which they had violently the day before taken a­way, and cut downe very much of the wood to rost the aforesaid meate.

[Page] In the meane while it being the birth-day of that great rebell Don Makertodough, having barrels of wine and beere, they betooke them­selves to drunkning very prophanely, as to the confusion of all protestants, and the like.

Vntill that they drunke themselves to such a passe, as that they were void of reason, and had lost their senses: insomuch that each men quar­rel'ed with his companion, and quarrelling, fought, each running of his sword into his com­panions brest, each starting, as being amazed, not knowing from whence their wounds came, some cryed out, we are undone, the Hereticks have en­trenched us round, others cursed most bitterly, but no man being able to fight, would not for­beare killing of his aext man: which grew to such a bloudy skirmish, that there fell that day above three thousand Rebels, slaine by one ano­ther.

The Protestants hearing of it, adjoyning to those parts, came and ceased upon the meat, which was ready dressed unto their hands.

The living Cattell they drove away, and took that spoyle which was left by the Rebels, which there lay slaine.

Thus hath God, thus doth God, and so will God, at all times revenge the cause of his Ser­vants, [Page]although not on the sudden, yet when it shall seeme good in his owne sight, and when we stand in most need of his ayd,

VPon the 13 day of Decemb. 1641. the rebels having Intelligence that my L. More intented to bring in provision for the protestants in Belturbit, they therefore ga­thered their forces together, Oneale being their chiefe Commander: about two miles from the aforesaid city, they saluted each other, not with friendly words but with fiery bullets, the rebels being in number 9000. the protestants but 4000. but the Lord Moore behaved him selfe so vali­antly, that he disordered their troopes, and tooke prisoner Sir Hugh Oneale, and slew 300. of his men, of the protestants side were slaine 100. This fight lasted for the space of two houres, to the great disheartning of the rebels.