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             The declaration of the gentlemen, merchants, and inhabitants of Boston, and the countrey adjacent, April 18th, 1689
             Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
          
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           THE
           Declaration
           ,
           Of
           the
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Merchants
          
           ,
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           BOSTON
           ,
           and
           the
           Countrey
           Adjacent
           .
           
             April
             18th
          
           .
           1689.
           
        
         
           §
           I.
           WEE
           have
           seen
           more
           than
           a
           decad
           of
           years
           rolled
           away
           ,
           since
           the
           English
           World
           had
           the
           Discovery
           of
           an
           horrid
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ;
           wherein
           the
           bloody
           Devoto's
           of
           Rome
           had
           in
           their
           Design
           and
           Prospect
           no
           less
           than
           the
           extinction
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           :
           which
           mighty
           Work
           they
           called
           
             the
             utter
             subduing
             of
             a
             Pestilent
             Heresie
             :
          
           wherein
           (
           they
           said
           )
           there
           never
           were
           such
           hopes
           of
           Success
           since
           the
           Death
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           as
           now
           in
           our
           dayes
           .
           And
           we
           were
           of
           all
           Men
           the
           most
           insensible
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           apprehend
           a
           Countrey
           so
           remarkable
           for
           the
           true
           Profession
           and
           pure
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           as
           New-England
           is
           ,
           wholly
           unconcerned
           in
           the
           Infandous
           Plot
           ;
           to
           crush
           and
           break
           a
           Countrey
           so
           intirely
           and
           signally
           made
           up
           of
           
             Reformed
             Churches
          
           ,
           land
           at
           length
           to
           involve
           it
           in
           the
           miseries
           of
           an
           utter
           Extirpation
           :
           must
           needs
           carry
           even
           a
           Super
           erogation
           of
           merit
           with
           it
           ,
           among
           such
           as
           were
           intoxicated
           with
           a
           Bigotry
           inspired
           into
           them
           by
           the
           great
           
             Scarlet
             Whore.
          
           
        
         
           §
           II.
           To
           get
           us
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           desolation
           desired
           for
           us
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           improper
           thing
           that
           we
           should
           first
           have
           our
           Charter
           Vacated
           and
           the
           hedge
           which
           kept
           us
           from
           the
           wild
           Beasts
           of
           the
           field
           effectually
           broken
           down
           .
           The
           accomplishment
           of
           this
           was
           hastned
           by
           the
           unwearied
           solicitations
           and
           slanderous
           accusations
           of
           a
           man
           for
           his
           Malice
           and
           Fals-hood
           well
           known
           unto
           us
           all
           .
        
         
           Our
           Charter
           was
           with
           a
           most
           injurious
           pretence
           (
           &
           scarce
           that
           )
           of
           Law
           ,
           Condemned
           before
           it
           was
           possible
           for
           us
           to
           appear
           at
           Westminster
           in
           the
           legal
           defence
           of
           it
           :
           and
           without
           a
           fair
           leave
           to
           answer
           for
           our selves
           concerning
           the
           crimes
           falsly
           laid
           to
           our
           charge
           ,
           we
           were
           put
           under
           a
           President
           and
           Councill
           ,
           without
           any
           liberty
           for
           an
           Assembly
           which
           the
           other
           
             American
             Plantations
          
           have
           ,
           by
           a
           Commission
           from
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           §
           III
           The
           Commission
           was
           as
           Illegal
           for
           the
           forme
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           way
           of
           obtaining
           it
           was
           Malicious
           and
           unreasonable
           :
           yet
           we
           made
           no
           resistance
           thereunto
           as
           wee
           could
           easily
           have
           done
           ;
           but
           chose
           to
           give
           all
           Man-kind
           a
           demonstration
           of
           our
           being
           a
           people
           sufficiently
           dutifull
           and
           loyall
           to
           our
           King
           :
           and
           this
           with
           yet
           more
           Satisfaction
           because
           wee
           took
           pains
           to
           make
           our selves
           believe
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           we
           could
           of
           the
           Whedle
           then
           offer'd
           unto
           us
           ;
           That
           his
           Majestys
           desire
           was
           no
           other
           then
           the
           happy
           encrease
           &
           advance
           of
           these
           Provinces
           by
           their
           more
           immediate
           dependance
           on
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           .
           And
           we
           were
           convinced
           of
           it
           by
           the
           courses
           immedately
           taken
           to
           damp
           and
           spoyl
           our
           trade
           ;
           wherof
           decayes
           and
           complaints
           presently
           filled
           all
           th
           Countrey
           ;
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           neither
           the
           Honour
           nor
           the
           Treasure
           of
           the
           King
           was
           at
           all
           advanced
           by
           this
           new
           Model
           of
           our
           Affairs
           ,
           but
           a
           considerable
           Charge
           added
           unto
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           §
           IV.
           In
           little
           more
           than
           half
           a
           Year
           we
           saw
           this
           Commission
           superseded
           by
           another
           ,
           Yet
           more
           Absolute
           and
           Arbitrary
           ,
           with
           which
           Sr.
           
             Edmond
             Andross
          
           arrived
           as
           our
           Governour
           :
           who
           besides
           his
           Power
           ,
           with
           the
           Advice
           and
           Consent
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           to
           make
           Laws
           and
           raise
           Taxes
           as
           he
           pleased
           ;
           had
           also
           Authority
           by
           himself
           to
           Muster
           and
           Imploy
           all
           Persons
           residing
           in
           the
           Territory
           as
           occasion
           shall
           serve
           ;
           and
           to
           transfer
           such
           Forces
           to
           any
           English
           Plantation
           in
           America
           ,
           as
           occasion
           shall
           require
           .
           And
           several
           Companies
           of
           
             Red
             Coats
          
           were
           now
           brought
           from
           Europe
           ,
           to
           support
           what
           was
           to
           be
           Imposed
           upon
           us
           ,
           not
           without
           repeated
           Menaces
           that
           some
           hundreds
           more
           were
           intended
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           §
           V.
           The
           Government
           was
           no
           sooner
           in
           these
           Hands
           ,
           but
           care
           was
           taken
           to
           load
           Preferments
           principally
           upon
           such
           Men
           as
           were
           strangers
           to
           ,
           and
           haters
           of
           the
           People
           :
           and
           every
           ones
           Observation
           hath
           noted
           ,
           what
           Qualifications
           recommended
           a
           Man
           to
           publick
           Offices
           and
           Employments
           ,
           only
           here
           and
           there
           a
           
             good
             man
          
           was
           used
           ,
           where
           others
           could
           not
           easily
           be
           had
           ;
           
           the
           Governour
           himself
           with
           assertions
           now
           and
           then
           falling
           from
           him
           made
           us
           jealous
           that
           it
           would
           be
           thought
           for
           his
           Majesties
           Interest
           ,
           if
           this
           People
           were
           removed
           and
           another
           succeeded
           in
           their
           room
           :
           And
           his
           far
           fetched
           Instruments
           that
           were
           growing
           Rich
           among
           us
           ,
           would
           gravely
           inform
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           for
           His
           Maiesties
           Interest
           that
           we
           should
           thrive
           .
           But
           of
           all
           our
           oppressors
           we
           were
           cheifly
           Squeezed
           by
           a
           crew
           of
           abject
           Persons
           fetched
           ,
           from
           New-York
           to
           be
           the
           tools
           of
           the
           adversary
           standing
           at
           our
           right
           hand
           ;
           by
           these
           were
           extraordinary
           and
           intollerable
           sees
           extorted
           from
           every
           one
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           without
           any
           Rules
           but
           those
           of
           their
           own
           insatiable
           avarice
           and
           beggary
           ;
           and
           even
           the
           probate
           of
           a
           will
           must
           now
           cost
           as
           many
           Pounds
           perhaps
           as
           it
           did
           Shillings
           heretofore
           ;
           nor
           could
           a
           small
           Volume
           contain
           the
           other
           Illegalities
           done
           by
           these
           Horse-leaches
           in
           the
           two
           or
           three
           years
           that
           they
           have
           been
           sucking
           of
           us
           ;
           and
           what
           Laws
           they
           made
           it
           was
           as
           impossible
           for
           us
           to
           know
           ,
           as
           dangerous
           for
           us
           to
           break
           ;
           but
           we
           shall
           leave
           the
           men
           of
           I●swich
           and
           of
           Plimouth
           (
           among
           others
           )
           to
           tell
           the
           Story
           of
           the
           kindness
           which
           has
           been
           shown
           'em
           upon
           this
           account
           .
           Doubtless
           a
           land
           so
           Ruled
           as
           once
           New-England
           was
           ,
           has
           not
           without
           many
           ●ears
           and
           sighs
           beheld
           the
           wicked
           walking
           on
           every
           side
           and
           the
           vilest
           men
           exalted
           .
        
         
           §
           VI
           It
           was
           now
           plainly
           affirmed
           both
           by
           some
           in
           open
           Council
           and
           by
           the
           same
           in
           private
           converse
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           in
           New-England
           were
           all
           Slaves
           and
           the
           only
           difference
           between
           them
           and
           Slaves
           is
           their
           not
           being
           bought
           and
           sold
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           a
           maxim
           delivered
           in
           open
           Court
           unto
           us
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           not
           think
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           English
           men
           would
           follow
           us
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           :
           Accordingly
           we
           have
           been
           treated
           with
           multiplied
           contradictions
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           the
           rights
           of
           which
           we
           laid
           claim
           unto
           .
           Persons
           who
           did
           but
           peaceably
           obiect
           against
           the
           raising
           of
           Taxes
           without
           an
           Assembly
           have
           been
           for
           it
           Fined
           ,
           some
           twenty
           ,
           some
           thirty
           ,
           and
           others
           fifty
           Pounds
           .
           Packt
           and
           pickt
           Juries
           have
           been
           very
           common
           things
           among
           us
           ,
           when
           under
           a
           pretended
           form
           of
           Law
           the
           trouble
           of
           some
           perhaps
           honest
           and
           worthy
           Men
           has
           been
           aimed
           at
           :
           but
           when
           some
           of
           this
           Gang
           have
           been
           brought
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           detestable
           Enormities
           that
           ever
           the
           Sun
           beheld
           ,
           all
           Men
           have
           with
           Admiration
           seen
           what
           methods
           have
           been
           taken
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           treated
           according
           to
           their
           Crimes
           .
           Without
           a
           Verdict
           ,
           yea
           ,
           without
           a
           Jury
           sometimes
           have
           People
           been
           fined
           most
           unrighteously
           ;
           and
           some
           not
           of
           the
           meanest
           quality
           have
           been
           kept
           in
           long
           and
           close
           Imprisonment
           without
           any
           the
           least
           Information
           appearing
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           an
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           allowed
           unto
           them
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           when
           our
           Mill-stones
           have
           been
           a
           little
           out
           of
           Money
           ,
           't
           was
           but
           pretending
           some
           Offence
           to
           be
           enquired
           into
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           innocent
           of
           Men
           were
           continually
           put
           into
           no
           small
           expence
           to
           answer
           the
           Demands
           of
           the
           Officers
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           Money
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           a
           Prison
           for
           them
           :
           though
           none
           could
           accuse
           them
           of
           any
           Misdemeanour
           .
        
         
           §
           VII
           .
           To
           plunge
           the
           poor
           People
           every
           where
           into
           deeper
           Incapacities
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           very
           comprehensive
           abuse
           given
           to
           us
           ;
           multitudes
           of
           Pious
           and
           Sober
           Men
           through
           the
           Land
           scrupled
           the
           mode
           of
           Swearing
           on
           the
           Book
           ,
           desiring
           that
           they
           might
           Swear
           with
           an
           uplifted
           hand
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           the
           ancient
           custome
           of
           the
           Colony
           ;
           and
           though
           we
           think
           we
           can
           prove
           that
           the
           Common
           Law
           amongst
           us
           (
           as
           well
           as
           in
           some
           other
           places
           under
           the
           
             English
             Crown
          
           )
           not
           only
           indulges
           ,
           but
           even
           commands
           and
           enjoyns
           the
           
             rite
          
           of
           lifting
           the
           hand
           in
           Swearing
           ;
           yet
           they
           that
           had
           this
           doubt
           were
           still
           put
           by
           from
           serving
           on
           any
           Juryes
           ;
           and
           many
           of
           them
           were
           most
           unaccountably
           Fined
           and
           Imprisoned
           .
           Thus
           one
           grievance
           is
           a
           
             Trojan
             Horse
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Belly
           of
           which
           it
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           recount
           how
           many
           insufferable
           Vexations
           have
           been
           contained
           .
        
         
           §
           VIII
           .
           Because
           these
           things
           could
           not
           make
           us
           miserable
           fast
           enough
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           notable
           Discovery
           made
           ,
           of
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           what
           flaw
           in
           all
           our
           
             Titles
             to
             our
             Lands
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           though
           besides
           our
           purchase
           of
           them
           from
           the
           Natives
           ,
           and
           ,
           besides
           our
           actual
           peaceable
           unquestioned
           Possession
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           near
           th●eescore
           ●ears
           ,
           and
           besides
           the
           Promise
           of
           K.
           
             Charles
             II.
          
           In
           his
           Proclamation
           sent
           over
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           
             1683
          
           .
           that
           
             no
             man
             here
             shall
             receive
             any
             
               Prejudice
            
             in
             his
             Free-Hold
             or
             Estate
             :
          
           we
           had
           the
           
             Grant
          
           of
           o●r
           Lands
           ,
           under
           the
           Seal
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Plimouth
          
           ,
           which
           Grant
           was
           Renewed
           and
           Confi●med
           
             unto
          
           us
           by
           King
           
             Cha●les
             I.
          
           Under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           the
           
             General
             Court
          
           which
           consi●●ed
           of
           the
           Pattentees
           and
           their
           Associates
           ,
           had
           made
           particular
           Grants
           hereof
           to
           the
           several
           Towns
           (
           though
           't
           was
           now
           
             deny'd
          
           by
           the
           Governour
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           any
           such
           Thing
           as
           a
           Town
           )
           among
           us
           ;
           to
           all
           which
           Grants
           the
           
             General
             Court
          
           annexed
           for
           the
           further
           securing
           of
           them
           ,
           
             A
             General
             Act
          
           Published
           under
           the
           Seal
           of
           the
           Colony
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1684.
           
           Yet
           we
           were
           every
           day
           told
           ,
           
             That
             no
             man
          
           
           
             was
             owner
             of
             a
             Foot
             of
             Land
             in
             all
             the
             Colony
             .
          
           Accordingly
           ,
           
             Writs
             of
             Intrusion
          
           began
           every
           where
           to
           be
           served
           on
           People
           ;
           that
           after
           all
           their
           sweat
           and
           their
           cost
           upon
           their
           formerly
           purchased
           Lands
           ,
           thought
           themselves
           
             Free
             holders
          
           of
           what
           they
           had
           .
           And
           the
           Governour
           caused
           the
           Lands
           pertaining
           to
           these
           and
           those
           
             particular
             men
          
           ,
           to
           be
           measured
           out
           ,
           for
           his
           Creatures
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Right
             Owners
          
           ,
           for
           pulling
           up
           the
           Stakes
           ,
           have
           passed
           through
           Molestations
           enough
           to
           tire
           all
           the
           patience
           in
           the
           world
           .
           They
           are
           more
           than
           a
           few
           ,
           that
           were
           by
           Terrors
           driven
           to
           take
           Pattents
           for
           their
           Lands
           at
           excessive
           rates
           ,
           to
           save
           them
           from
           the
           next
           that
           might
           Petition
           for
           them
           :
           and
           we
           fear
           that
           the
           forcing
           of
           the
           people
           at
           the
           Eastward
           hereunto
           gave
           too
           much
           Rise
           to
           the
           late
           unhappy
           Invasion
           made
           by
           the
           Indians
           on
           them
           .
           
             Blanck
             Pattents
          
           were
           got
           ready
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           us
           ,
           to
           be
           Sold
           at
           a
           Price
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Money
           and
           Moveables
           in
           the
           Territory
           could
           scarce
           have
           paid
           .
           And
           several
           Towns
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           had
           their
           Commons
           beg'd
           by
           Persons
           (
           even
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Council
           themselves
           )
           who
           have
           been
           privately
           encouraged
           thereunto
           ,
           by
           those
           that
           sought
           for
           occasions
           to
           impoverish
           a
           Land
           already
           
             Peeled
             ,
             Meeted
             out
             and
             Trodden
             down
             .
          
        
         
           §
           IX
           All
           the
           Council
           were
           not
           ingaged
           in
           these
           Ill
           actions
           but
           those
           of
           them
           which
           were
           true
           Lovers
           
             of
             their
             Country
          
           ,
           were
           seldom
           admitted
           to
           ,
           and
           seldomer
           consulted
           at
           the
           Debates
           which
           Produced
           these
           unrighteous
           things
           :
           Care
           was
           taken
           to
           keep
           them
           under
           disadvantages
           ;
           and
           the
           Governour
           with
           five
           or
           six
           more
           did
           what
           they
           would
           We
           bore
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           many
           many
           more
           such
           things
           ,
           without
           making
           any
           attempt
           for
           any
           Relief
           ;
           only
           
             Mr.
             Mather
          
           purely
           out
           of
           Respect
           unto
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Affl●cted
           Country
           ,
           undertook
           a
           Voyage
           into
           England
           ;
           which
           ,
           when
           these
           men
           suspected
           him
           to
           be
           preparing
           for
           ,
           they
           used
           all
           manner
           of
           Craft
           and
           Rage
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           interrupt
           his
           Voyage
           ,
           but
           to
           ruine
           his
           Person
           too
           .
           God
           having
           through
           many
           Difficulties
           given
           him
           to
           arrive
           at
           White-Hall
           ,
           the
           King
           more
           than
           once
           or
           twice
           Promised
           him
           a
           certain
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           for
           a
           speedy
           redress
           of
           many
           things
           which
           we
           were
           groaning
           under
           :
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           said
           ,
           
             That
             our
             Governour
             should
             be
             written
             unto
             ,
             to
             forbear
             the
             measures
             that
             he
             was
             upon
             .
          
           However
           ,
           after
           this
           ,
           we
           were
           injured
           in
           those
           very
           things
           ,
           which
           were
           complained
           of
           ;
           and
           besides
           what
           wrong
           hath
           been
           done
           in
           our
           civil
           Concerns
           ,
           we
           suppose
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           every
           where
           have
           seen
           our
           Sacred
           Concerns
           a
           pace
           going
           after
           them
           :
           How
           they
           have
           been
           Discountenanced
           ,
           has
           had
           a
           room
           〈◊〉
           the
           reflections
           of
           every
           man
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           a
           stranger
           
             in
             our
             Israel
          
           .
        
         
           §
           X
           And
           yet
           that
           our
           Calamity
           ,
           might
           not
           be
           terminated
           here
           ,
           we
           are
           again
           
             Briar'd
          
           in
           the
           Perplexities
           of
           another
           
             Indian
             War
          
           ;
           how
           ,
           or
           why
           ,
           is
           a
           mystery
           too
           deep
           for
           us
           to
           unfold
           .
           And
           tho'
           't
           is
           judged
           ,
           there
           are
           not
           
             one
             hundred
          
           of
           our
           enemies
           ,
           yet
           an
           Army
           of
           
             one
             thousand
          
           English
           hath
           been
           raised
           for
           the
           Conquering
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           Army
           of
           our
           poor
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           now
           under
           
             Popish
             Commanders
          
           (
           for
           in
           the
           Army
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           Council
           Papists
           are
           in
           Commission
           )
           Has
           been
           under
           such
           a
           conduct
           that
           not
           one
           Indian
           hath
           been
           kill'd
           ,
           but
           more
           English
           are
           supposed
           to
           have
           died
           through
           sickness
           ,
           and
           hardsh●p
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           way
           little
           satisfactory
           to
           their
           Friends
           ,
           then
           we
           have
           adversaries
           there
           alive
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           War
           hath
           been
           so
           managed
           ,
           that
           we
           can't
           but
           suspect
           in
           it
           ,
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           
             to
             bring
             us
             Low
          
           ;
           which
           we
           propound
           further
           to
           be
           in
           due
           time
           enquired
           into
           .
        
         
           §
           XI
           We
           did
           nothing
           against
           these
           Proceedings
           ,
           but
           only
           cry
           to
           our
           God
           ;
           they
           
             have
             caused
             the
             cry
             of
             the
             Poor
             to
             come
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             hears
             the
             cry
             of
             
               the
            
             Afflicted
             .
          
           We
           have
           been
           quiet
           hitherto
           ;
           and
           so
           still
           we
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Great
           God
           at
           this
           time
           laid
           us
           under
           a
           
             double
             engagement
          
           to
           do
           something
           for
           our
           security
           :
           besides
           ,
           what
           we
           have
           in
           the
           strangely
           unanimous
           inclination
           ,
           Which
           our
           Countrymen
           by
           extreamest
           necessities
           are
           driven
           unto
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           we
           are
           Informed
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           English
           America
           is
           Alarmed
           with
           just
           and
           great
           fears
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           attaqu'd
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           have
           lately
           (
           't
           is
           said
           )
           already
           treated
           many
           of
           the
           English
           with
           worse
           then
           Turkish
           Crueltys
           ;
           and
           while
           we
           are
           in
           equal
           danger
           of
           being
           surprised
           by
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           high
           time
           we
           should
           be
           better
           guarded
           ,
           then
           we
           are
           like
           to
           be
           while
           the
           Government
           remains
           in
           the
           hands
           by
           which
           it
           hath
           been
           held
           of
           late
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           we
           have
           understood
           ,
           (
           though
           the
           Governour
           has
           taken
           all
           imaginable
           care
           to
           keep
           us
           all
           ignorant
           thereof
           )
           that
           the
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           prosper
           the
           noble
           undertaking
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           from
           the
           horrible
           brinks
           of
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           to
           a
           Condign
           punishment
           those
           
             worst
             of
             men
          
           ,
           by
           whom
           
             English
             Liberties
          
           have
           been
           destroy'd
           ;
           in
           compliance
           with
           which
           Glorious
           Action
           ,
           we
           ought
           surely
           to
           follow
           the
           Patterns
           which
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           and
           Commonalty
           
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           have
           set
           before
           us
           ,
           tho●gh
           they
           therein
           have
           chiefly
           proposed
           to
           prevent
           what
           we
           already
           endure
           .
        
         
           §
           XII
           .
           We
           do
           therefore
           seize
           upon
           the
           persons
           of
           those
           few
           
             Ill
             men
          
           which
           have
           been
           (
           next
           to
           our
           sins
           )
           the
           grand
           authors
           of
           our
           miseries
           :
           Resolving
           to
           secure
           them
           ,
           for
           what
           Justice
           ,
           Orders
           from
           his
           Highness
           with
           the
           Parliament
           shall
           direct
           ,
           lest
           ere
           we
           are
           aware
           we
           find
           (
           what
           we
           may
           fear
           ,
           being
           on
           all
           sides
           in
           danger
           )
           our selves
           to
           be
           by
           them
           given
           away
           to
           a
           Forreign
           Power
           ,
           before
           such
           orders
           can
           reach
           unto
           us
           ;
           for
           which
           Orders
           we
           now
           Humbly
           wait
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           firmly
           believing
           :
           that
           we
           have
           endeavoured
           nothing
           but
           what
           meer
           Duty
           to
           God
           and
           our
           Country
           calls
           for
           at
           our
           Hands
           ,
           we
           commit
           our
           Enterprise
           unto
           the
           Blessing
           of
           Him
           ,
           
             who
             hears
             ,
             the
             cry
             of
             the
             Oppressed
          
           ;
           and
           advise
           all
           our
           Neighbours
           for
           whom
           we
           have
           thus
           ventured
           our selves
           to
           joyn
           with
           us
           in
           Prayers
           and
           all
           just
           Actions
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Land.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
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           Printed
           by
           
             Samuel
             Green
          
           ,
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Benjamin
             Harris
          
           at
           the
           
             London
             Coffee-House
          
           .
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