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             Brief notes upon a late sermon, titl'd, The fear of God and the King preach'd, and since publish'd by Matthew Griffith ... wherin many notorious wrestings of Scripture, and other falsities are observed / by J.M.
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           BRIEF
           NOTES
           Upon
           a
           late
           SERMON
           ,
           TITL'D
           ,
           
             The
             Fear
             of
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ;
          
           Preachd
           ,
           and
           since
           Publishd
           ,
           By
           
             MATTHEW
             GRIFFITH
             ,
          
           D.D.
           
           And
           Chaplain
           to
           the
           late
           KING
           .
        
         
           Wherin
           many
           Notorious
           Wrestings
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           other
           Falsities
           are
           observd
           by
           
             I.M.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1660.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           Brief
           NOTES
           upon
           a
           late
           SERMON
           ,
           Titl'd
           ,
           The
           Fear
           of
           God
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Affirmd
           in
           the
           Preface
           of
           a
           late
           discourse
           ,
           Entitl'd
           ,
           
             The
             ready
             way
             to
             establish
             a
             free
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             the
             dangers
             of
             readmitting
             Kingship
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
          
           that
           
             the
             humor
             of
             returning
             to
             our
             old
             bondage
             ,
             was
             instilld
             of
             late
             by
             some
             deceivers
             ;
          
           and
           to
           make
           good
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           then
           affirmd
           ,
           was
           not
           without
           just
           ground
           ,
           one
           of
           those
           deceivers
           I
           present
           here
           to
           the
           people
           :
           and
           if
           I
           prove
           him
           not
           such
           ,
           refuse
           not
           to
           be
           so
           accounted
           in
           his
           stead
           .
        
         
           He
           begins
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           General
           ;
           and
           moves
           cunningly
           for
           a
           licence
           to
           be
           admitted
           Physitian
           both
           to
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           then
           sets
           out
           his
           practice
           in
           Physical
           terms
           ,
           
             an
             wholsom
             Electuary
             to
             be
             taken
             every
             morning
             next
             our
             hearts
             :
          
           tells
           of
           the
           opposition
           which
           he
           met
           with
           from
           the
           Colledge
           of
           State-Physitians
           ,
           then
           laies
           before
           you
           his
           drugs
           and
           ingredients
           ;
           
             Strong
             purgatives
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             contemperd
             of
             the
             myrrhe
             of
             mortification
             ,
             the
             aloes
             of
             confession
             and
             contrition
             ,
             the
             rubarb
             of
             restitution
             and
             satisfaction
             ;
          
           a
           pretty
           fantastic
           dos
           of
           Divinity
           from
           a
           PulpitMountibanck
           ,
           not
           unlike
           the
           Fox
           ,
           that
           turning
           Pedler
           ,
           
           opend
           his
           pack
           of
           ware
           before
           the
           Kid
           ;
           though
           he
           now
           would
           seem
           
             to
             personate
             the
             good
             Samaritan
             ,
          
           undertaking
           to
           
             describe
             the
             rise
             and
             progress
             of
             our
             national
             malady
             ,
             and
             to
             prescribe
             the
             onely
             remedy
             :
          
           which
           how
           he
           performs
           ,
           we
           shall
           quickly
           see
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           he
           would
           suborn
           Saint
           
             Luke
          
           as
           his
           spokesman
           to
           the
           General
           ,
           presuming
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           to
           
             have
             had
             as
             perfect
             understanding
             of
             things
             from
             the
             very
             first
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Evangelist
           had
           of
           his
           Gospel
           ;
           that
           the
           General
           who
           hath
           so
           eminently
           born
           his
           part
           in
           the
           whole
           action
           ,
           
             might
             know
             the
             certainty
             of
             those
             things
          
           better
           from
           him
           a
           partial
           Sequesterd
           enemy
           :
           for
           so
           he
           presently
           appears
           ,
           though
           covertly
           and
           like
           the
           tempter
           ,
           commencing
           his
           address
           with
           an
           impudent
           calumnie
           and
           affront
           to
           his
           Excellence
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           be
           pleasd
           
             to
             carry
             on
             what
             he
             had
             so
             happily
             begun
             in
             the
             name
             and
             cause
          
           not
           of
           God
           onely
           ,
           which
           we
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           
             of
             his
             anointed
             ,
          
           meaning
           the
           late
           Kings
           son
           :
           which
           is
           to
           charge
           him
           most
           audaciously
           and
           falsly
           with
           the
           renouncing
           of
           his
           own
           public
           promises
           and
           declarations
           both
           to
           the
           Parlament
           and
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           we
           trust
           his
           actions
           ere
           long
           will
           deterr
           such
           insinuating
           slanderers
           from
           thus
           approaching
           him
           for
           the
           future
           .
           But
           the
           General
           may
           well
           excuse
           him
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Comforter
          
           himself
           scapes
           not
           his
           presumption
           ,
           avouchd
           as
           falsly
           ,
           to
           have
           
             impowrd
          
           to
           those
           designs
           
             him
             and
             him
             only
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           solemnly
           declar'd
           the
           contrary
           .
           What
           
             Phanatique
          
           against
           whom
           he
           so
           often
           inveighs
           ,
           could
           more
           presumptuously
           affirm
           whom
           the
           Comforter
           hath
           impowrd
           ,
           then
           this
           Antifanatic
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           be
           thought
           ?
        
         
         
           The
           Text
           .
        
         
           
             
               Prov.
               24.
               21.
               
            
             My
             son
             ,
             fear
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             meddle
             not
             with
             them
             that
             be
             seditious
             ,
             or
             desirous
             of
             change
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           Letting
           pass
           matters
           not
           in
           controversie
           ,
           I
           come
           to
           the
           main
           drift
           of
           your
           Sermon
           ,
           
             the
             King
             ;
          
           which
           word
           here
           is
           either
           to
           signifie
           any
           supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           or
           else
           your
           latter
           object
           of
           fear
           is
           not
           universal
           ,
           belongs
           not
           at
           all
           to
           many
           parts
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           that
           have
           no
           King
           ;
           and
           in
           particular
           ,
           not
           to
           us
           .
           That
           we
           have
           no
           King
           since
           the
           putting
           down
           of
           Kingship
           in
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           is
           manifest
           by
           this
           last
           Parlament
           ,
           who
           to
           the
           time
           of
           thir
           dissolving
           not
           onely
           made
           no
           address
           at
           all
           to
           any
           King
           ,
           but
           summond
           this
           next
           to
           come
           by
           the
           Writ
           formerly
           appointed
           of
           a
           free
           Commonwealth
           ,
           without
           restitution
           or
           the
           least
           mention
           of
           any
           Kingly
           right
           or
           power
           ;
           which
           could
           not
           be
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           at
           present
           any
           King
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           The
           main
           part
           therefore
           of
           your
           Sermon
           ,
           if
           it
           mean
           a
           King
           in
           the
           usual
           sense
           ,
           is
           either
           impertinent
           and
           absurd
           ,
           exhorting
           your
           auditory
           to
           fear
           that
           which
           is
           not
           ,
           or
           if
           King
           here
           be
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           understood
           for
           any
           supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           exhortation
           they
           are
           in
           the
           first
           place
           not
           to
           
             meddle
          
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           being
           your self
           most
           of
           all
           the
           
             seditious
          
           meant
           here
           ,
           and
           the
           
             desirous
             of
             change
             ,
          
           in
           stirring
           them
           up
           to
           
             fear
          
           a
           
             King
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           present
           Government
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           .
        
         
           You
           begin
           with
           a
           vain
           vision
           ,
           
             God
             and
             the
             King
             at
             the
             first
             blush
          
           (
           which
           will
           not
           be
           your
           last
           blush
           )
           
             seeming
             to
             stand
             in
          
           your
           
             text
             like
             those
             two
             Cherubims
             on
             the
             
             mercy-seat
             ,
             looking
             on
             each
             other
             .
          
           By
           this
           similitude
           ,
           your
           conceited
           Sanctuary
           ,
           worse
           then
           the
           Altar
           of
           
             Ahaz
             ,
          
           patternd
           from
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           degrades
           God
           to
           a
           Cherub
           ,
           and
           raises
           your
           King
           to
           be
           his
           collateral
           in
           place
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           other
           differences
           you
           put
           :
           which
           well
           agrees
           with
           the
           Court-letters
           ,
           lately
           publishd
           from
           this
           Lord
           to
           tother
           Lord
           ,
           that
           cry
           him
           up
           for
           no
           less
           then
           Angelical
           and
           Celestial
           .
        
         
           Your
           first
           observation
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           8.
           is
           .
           
             That
             God
             and
             the
             King
             are
             coupl'd
             in
             the
             text
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             hath
             thus
             firmely
             combin'd
             ,
             we
             may
             not
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             dare
             to
             put
             asunder
             ;
          
           and
           your self
           is
           the
           first
           man
           who
           puts
           them
           asunder
           by
           the
           first
           proof
           of
           your
           doctrine
           immediately
           following
           ,
           
             Iudg.
          
           7.
           20.
           which
           
             couples
             the
             sword
             of
             the
             Lord
             and
             Gideon
             ,
          
           a
           man
           who
           not
           only
           was
           no
           King
           ,
           but
           refus'd
           to
           be
           a
           King
           or
           Monarch
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           offered
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           next
           chapter
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           
             I
             will
             not
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             neither
             shall
             my
             son
             rule
             over
             you
             ;
             the
             Lord
             shall
             rule
             over
             you
             .
          
           Here
           we
           see
           that
           this
           worthy
           heroic
           deliverer
           of
           his
           Country
           thought
           it
           best
           governd
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           governd
           it
           in
           that
           form
           of
           a
           free
           Commonwealth
           ,
           which
           they
           then
           enjoid
           without
           a
           single
           person
           .
           And
           this
           is
           your
           first
           Scripture
           ,
           abus'd
           and
           most
           impertinently
           cited
           ,
           nay
           against
           your self
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           
             Kings
             at
             thir
             Coronation
             have
             a
             sword
             given
             them
             ,
          
           which
           you
           interpret
           
             the
             Militia
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             life
             and
             death
             put
             into
             thir
             hands
             ,
          
           against
           the
           declar'd
           judgement
           of
           our
           Parlaments
           ,
           nay
           of
           all
           our
           Laws
           ,
           which
           reserve
           to
           themselves
           only
           the
           power
           of
           life
           and
           death
           ,
           and
           render
           you
           in
           thir
           just
           resentment
           
           of
           this
           boldness
           ,
           another
           Doctor
           
             Manwaring
             .
          
        
         
           Your
           next
           proof
           is
           as
           false
           and
           frivolous
           ,
           
             The
             King
             ,
          
           say
           you
           ,
           
             is
             Gods
             sword-bearer
             ;
          
           true
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           King
           only
           ,
           for
           
             Gideon
          
           by
           whom
           you
           seek
           to
           prove
           this
           ,
           neither
           was
           ,
           nor
           would
           be
           a
           King
           ;
           and
           as
           you
           your self
           confess
           ,
           
             pag.
             40.
             there
             he
             divers
             forms
             of
             government
             .
             He
             bears
             not
             the
             sword
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           Rom.
           13.
           4.
           this
           also
           is
           as
           true
           of
           any
           lawful
           rulers
           ,
           especially
           supreme
           ,
           so
           that
           
             rulers
             ,
             vers.
          
           3.
           and
           therefor
           this
           present
           government
           ,
           without
           whose
           authority
           you
           excite
           the
           people
           to
           a
           King
           ,
           bear
           the
           sword
           as
           well
           as
           Kings
           ,
           and
           as
           little
           in
           vain
           .
           
             They
             fight
             against
             God
             ,
             who
             resist
             his
             Ordinance
             ,
             and
             go
             about
             to
             wrest
             the
             sword
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             his
             Anointed
             ?
          
           This
           is
           likewise
           granted
           :
           but
           who
           is
           
             his
             Anointed
             ?
          
           not
           every
           King
           ,
           but
           they
           only
           who
           were
           anointed
           or
           made
           Kings
           by
           his
           special
           command
           ;
           as
           
             Saul
             ,
             David
             ,
          
           and
           his
           race
           ,
           which
           ended
           in
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           (
           from
           whom
           no
           Kings
           at
           this
           day
           can
           derive
           thir
           title
           )
           
             Iehu
             ,
             Cyrus
             ,
          
           and
           if
           any
           other
           were
           by
           name
           appointed
           by
           him
           to
           some
           particular
           service
           :
           as
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           Kings
           ,
           all
           other
           supreme
           Magistrates
           are
           as
           much
           the
           Lords
           anointed
           as
           they
           ;
           and
           our
           obedience
           commanded
           equally
           to
           them
           all
           ;
           
             For
             there
             is
             no
             power
             but
             of
             God
             ,
             Rom.
          
           13.
           1.
           and
           we
           are
           exhorted
           in
           the
           Gospell
           to
           obey
           Kings
           ,
           as
           other
           Magistrates
           ,
           not
           that
           they
           are
           call'd
           anywhere
           the
           Lord
           's
           anointed
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           are
           
             the
             ordinance
             of
             man
             ,
             1.
             Pet.
          
           ●
           .
           13.
           
           You
           therefor
           and
           other
           such
           false
           Doctors
           ,
           preaching
           Kings
           to
           your
           auditory
           ,
           as
           the
           Lord's
           only
           anointed
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           people
           from
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           text
           are
           
           self
           condemnd
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           followd
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           
             medl'd
             with
             ,
          
           but
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           all
           others
           the
           
             seditious
             and
             desirous
             of
             change
             .
          
        
         
           Your
           third
           proof
           is
           no
           less
           against
           your self
           .
           
             Psal.
          
           105.
           15.
           
             touch
             not
             mine
             anointed
             .
          
           For
           this
           is
           not
           spoken
           in
           behalf
           of
           Kings
           ,
           but
           spoken
           to
           reprove
           Kings
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           touch
           his
           anointed
           Saints
           and
           Servants
           ,
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           as
           the
           verie
           next
           before
           might
           have
           taught
           you
           :
           
             he
             reproved
             Kings
             for
             their
             sakes
             ;
             saying
             ,
             touch
             not
             mine
             anointed
             ,
             and
             do
             my
             prophets
             no
             harm
             ;
          
           according
           to
           that
           2
           
             Cor.
             1.
             21.
             
             He
             who
             hath
             anointed
             us
             ,
             is
             God
             .
          
           But
           how
           well
           you
           confirme
           one
           wrested
           Scripture
           with
           another
           ;
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           8.
           7.
           
           
             They
             have
             not
             rejected
             thee
             ,
             but
             me
             :
          
           grosly
           misapplying
           these
           words
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           spoken
           to
           any
           who
           had
           
             resisted
             orrejected
          
           a
           King
           ,
           but
           to
           them
           who
           much
           against
           the
           will
           of
           God
           had
           sought
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           rejected
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           wherin
           they
           might
           have
           livd
           happily
           under
           the
           Raign
           of
           God
           only
           ,
           thir
           King
           .
           Let
           the
           words
           interpret
           themselves
           :
           
             v.
             
             6.
             7.
             
             But
             the
             thing
             displeased
             Samuel
             ,
             when
             they
             said
             ,
             give
             us
             a
             King
             to
             judge
             us
             :
             and
             Samuel
             prayed
             unto
             the
             Lord
             .
             And
             the
             Lord
             said
             unto
             Samuel
             ,
             hearken
             unto
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             people
             in
             all
             that
             they
             say
             unto
             thee
             ;
             for
             they
             have
             not
             rejected
             thee
             ,
             but
             they
             have
             rejected
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             not
             reign
             over
             them
             .
          
           Hence
           you
           conclude
           ,
           
             so
             in
             dissoluble
             is
             the
             Conjunction
             of
             God
             and
             the
             King
             .
          
           O
           notorious
           abuse
           of
           Scripture
           !
           whenas
           you
           should
           have
           concluded
           ,
           So
           unwilling
           was
           God
           to
           give
           them
           a
           King
           ,
           So
           wide
           was
           the
           disjunction
           of
           God
           from
           a
           King
           .
           Is
           this
           the
           doctrin
           you
           boast
           of
           to
           be
           
             so
             clear
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             Mathematical
             principle
             ,
             that
             
             needs
             no
             farther
             demonstration
             .
          
           Bad
           Logic
           ,
           bad
           Mathematics
           (
           for
           principles
           can
           have
           no
           demonstration
           at
           all
           )
           but
           wors
           Divinitie
           .
           O
           people
           of
           an
           implicit
           faith
           no
           better
           then
           
             Romish
             ,
          
           if
           these
           be
           thy
           prime
           teachers
           ,
           who
           to
           thir
           credulous
           audience
           dare
           thus
           jugle
           with
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           alleage
           those
           places
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           thir
           doctrin
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           plane
           refutation
           :
           and
           this
           is
           all
           the
           Scripture
           which
           he
           brings
           to
           confirm
           his
           point
           .
        
         
           The
           rest
           of
           his
           preachment
           is
           meer
           groundless
           chat
           ,
           save
           heer
           and
           there
           a
           few
           granes
           of
           corn
           scatterd
           to
           intice
           the
           silly
           fowl
           into
           his
           net
           ,
           interlac't
           heer
           and
           there
           with
           som
           human
           reading
           ;
           though
           slight
           ,
           and
           notwithout
           Geographical
           and
           Historical
           mistakes
           ▪
           as
           page
           29
           ,
           
             Suevia
          
           the
           German
           dukedom
           ,
           for
           
             Suecia
          
           the
           Northern
           Kingdom
           :
           
             Philip
             of
             Macedon
             ,
          
           who
           is
           generally
           understood
           of
           the
           great
           
             Alexanders
          
           father
           only
           ,
           made
           contemporanie
           ,
           page
           31
           ,
           with
           
             T.
             Quintus
             the
             Roman
             commander
             ,
          
           instead
           of
           
             T.
             Quintius
          
           and
           the
           latter
           
             Philip
             :
          
           and
           page
           44
           ,
           
             Tully
          
           cited
           
             in
             his
             third
             oration
             against
             Verres
             ,
          
           to
           say
           of
           him
           ,
           
             that
             he
             was
             a
             wicked
             Consul
             ,
          
           who
           never
           was
           a
           Consul
           :
           nor
           Trojan
           
             sedition
             ever
             portraid
          
           by
           that
           verse
           of
           
             Virgil
             ,
          
           which
           you
           cite
           page
           47
           ,
           as
           
             that
          
           of
           
             Troy
             :
          
           school-boyes
           could
           have
           
             tould
          
           you
           ,
           that
           ther
           is
           nothing
           of
           
             Troy
          
           in
           that
           whole
           portraiture
           ,
           as
           you
           call
           it
           ,
           of
           
             sedition
             .
          
           These
           gross
           mistakes
           may
           justly
           bring
           in
           doubt
           your
           other
           loos
           citations
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           take
           them
           up
           somwhere
           at
           the
           second
           or
           third
           hand
           rashly
           and
           without
           due
           considering
           .
        
         
           Nor
           are
           you
           happier
           in
           the
           relating
           or
           the
           moralizing
           your
           fable
           .
           
             The
             frogs
             (
             
               being
               once
               a
               free
               Nation
            
          
           
           saith
           the
           fable
           )
           
             petitioned
             Iupiter
             for
             a
             King
             :
             he
             tambl'd
             among
             them
             a
             log
             .
             They
             found
             it
             insensible
             :
             they
             petitioned
             then
             for
             a
             King
             that
             should
             be
             active
             :
             he
             sent
             them
             a
             Crane
          
           (
           a
           
             Stork
          
           saith
           the
           fable
           )
           
             which
             straight
             fell
             to
             pecking
             them
             up
             .
          
           This
           you
           apply
           to
           the
           reproof
           of
           them
           who
           desire
           change
           :
           wheras
           indeed
           the
           true
           moral
           shews
           rather
           the
           folly
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           being
           free
           seek
           a
           King
           ;
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           either
           as
           a
           log
           lies
           heavie
           on
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           without
           doing
           aught
           worthie
           of
           his
           dignitie
           and
           the
           charge
           to
           maintain
           him
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Stork
           is
           ever
           pecking
           them
           up
           and
           devouring
           them
           .
        
         
           
             But
             by
             our
             fundamental
             Laws
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             the
             highest
             power
             ,
          
           page
           40.
           
           If
           we
           must
           hear
           mooting
           and
           lawlectures
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           what
           shame
           is
           it
           for
           a
           Dr.
           of
           Divinitie
           ,
           not
           first
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           no
           law
           can
           be
           
             fundamental
             ,
          
           but
           that
           which
           is
           grounded
           on
           the
           light
           of
           nature
           or
           right
           reason
           ,
           commonly
           call'd
           
             moral
             law
             :
          
           which
           no
           form
           of
           Government
           was
           ever
           counted
           ;
           but
           arbitrarie
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           in
           the
           choice
           of
           every
           free
           people
           ,
           or
           thir
           representers
           .
           This
           choice
           of
           Government
           is
           so
           essential
           to
           thir
           freedom
           ,
           that
           longer
           then
           they
           have
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           free
           .
           In
           this
           land
           not
           only
           the
           late
           King
           and
           his
           posteritie
           ,
           but
           kingship
           it self
           hath
           bin
           abrogated
           by
           a
           law
           ;
           which
           involves
           with
           as
           good
           reason
           the
           posteritie
           of
           a
           King
           forfeited
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           that
           Law
           heretofore
           of
           Treason
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           attainted
           the
           children
           with
           the
           father
           .
           This
           Law
           against
           both
           King
           and
           Kingship
           they
           who
           most
           question
           ,
           do
           no
           less
           question
           all
           enacted
           without
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Antiparlament
           at
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           though
           call'd
           Mungrell
           by
           himself
           .
           If
           no
           Law
           must
           be
           held
           good
           ,
           
           but
           what
           passes
           in
           full
           Parlament
           ,
           then
           surely
           in
           exactness
           of
           legalitie
           ,
           no
           member
           must
           be
           missing
           :
           for
           look
           how
           many
           are
           missing
           ,
           so
           many
           Counties
           or
           Cities
           that
           sent
           them
           ,
           want
           thir
           representers
           .
           But
           if
           being
           once
           chosen
           ,
           they
           serve
           for
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           then
           any
           number
           which
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           is
           full
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           all
           in
           times
           of
           discord
           ,
           necessitie
           and
           danger
           .
           The
           King
           himself
           was
           bound
           by
           the
           old
           Mode
           of
           Parlaments
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           absent
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           of
           sickness
           ;
           or
           som
           extraordinary
           occasion
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           leave
           his
           substitute
           ;
           much
           less
           might
           any
           member
           be
           allowd
           to
           absent
           himself
           .
           If
           the
           King
           then
           and
           many
           of
           the
           members
           with
           him
           ,
           without
           leaving
           any
           in
           his
           stead
           ,
           forsook
           the
           Parlament
           upon
           a
           meer
           panic
           fear
           ,
           as
           was
           at
           that
           time
           judg'd
           by
           most
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           leavie
           Warr
           against
           them
           that
           sat
           ,
           should
           they
           who
           were
           left
           sitting
           ,
           break
           up
           ,
           or
           not
           dare
           enact
           aught
           of
           neerest
           and
           presentest
           concernment
           to
           public
           safety
           ,
           for
           the
           punctilio
           wanting
           of
           a
           full
           number
           ,
           which
           no
           Law
           book
           in
           such
           extraordinary
           cases
           hath
           determind
           ?
           Certainly
           if
           it
           were
           lawfull
           for
           them
           to
           fly
           from
           thir
           charge
           upon
           pretence
           of
           privat
           safety
           ,
           it
           was
           much
           more
           lawfull
           for
           these
           to
           sit
           and
           act
           in
           thir
           trust
           what
           was
           necessary
           for
           public
           .
           By
           a
           Law
           therefor
           of
           Parlament
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Parlament
           that
           conquerd
           both
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           &
           all
           thir
           enemies
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           defended
           thir
           friends
           ,
           were
           generally
           acknowledgd
           for
           a
           Parlament
           both
           at
           home
           &
           abroad
           ,
           kingship
           was
           abolishd
           :
           this
           Law
           now
           of
           late
           hath
           bin
           negatively
           repeald
           ;
           yet
           Kingship
           not
           positively
           restor'd
           ;
           and
           I
           suppose
           never
           was
           establishd
           by
           any
           certain
           Law
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           nor
           possibly
           could
           be
           :
           for
           how
           could
           our
           forefathers
           binde
           
           us
           to
           any
           certain
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           more
           then
           we
           can
           binde
           our
           posteritie
           ?
           If
           a
           people
           be
           put
           to
           warre
           with
           thir
           King
           for
           his
           misgovernment
           ,
           and
           overcome
           him
           ,
           the
           power
           is
           then
           undoubtedly
           in
           thir
           own
           hands
           how
           they
           will
           be
           governd
           .
           The
           warr
           was
           granted
           
             just
          
           by
           the
           King
           himself
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           last
           treatie
           ;
           and
           still
           maintaind
           to
           be
           so
           by
           this
           last
           Parlament
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           qualification
           prescrib'd
           to
           the
           members
           of
           this
           next
           ensuing
           ,
           That
           none
           shall
           be
           elected
           ,
           who
           have
           born
           arms
           against
           the
           Parlament
           since
           1641.
           
           If
           the
           warr
           were
           
             just
             ,
          
           the
           conquest
           was
           also
           just
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           .
           And
           he
           who
           was
           the
           chief
           enemie
           ,
           in
           all
           right
           ceasd
           to
           be
           the
           King
           ,
           especially
           after
           captivitie
           ,
           by
           the
           deciding
           verdit
           of
           warr
           ;
           and
           royaltie
           with
           all
           her
           Laws
           and
           pretentions
           ,
           yet
           remains
           in
           the
           victors
           power
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           choice
           of
           our
           future
           Government
           .
           Free
           Commonwealths
           have
           bin
           ever
           counted
           firtest
           and
           properest
           for
           civil
           ,
           vertuous
           and
           industrious
           Nations
           ,
           abounding
           with
           prudent
           men
           worthie
           to
           govern
           :
           monarchie
           fittest
           to
           curb
           degenerate
           ,
           corrupt
           ,
           idle
           ,
           proud
           ,
           luxurious
           people
           .
           If
           we
           desire
           to
           be
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           nothing
           better
           for
           us
           ,
           nothing
           nobler
           then
           a
           free
           Commonwealth
           :
           if
           we
           will
           needs
           condemn
           our selves
           to
           be
           of
           the
           latter
           ,
           desparing
           of
           our
           own
           vertue
           ,
           industrie
           and
           the
           number
           of
           our
           able
           men
           ,
           we
           may
           then
           ,
           conscious
           of
           our
           own
           unworthiness
           to
           be
           governd
           better
           ,
           sadly
           betake
           us
           to
           our
           befitting
           thraldom
           :
           yet
           chusing
           out
           of
           our
           own
           number
           one
           who
           hath
           best
           aided
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           best
           merited
           against
           tyrannie
           ,
           the
           space
           of
           a
           raign
           or
           two
           we
           may
           chance
           to
           live
           happily
           anough
           ,
           or
           tolerably
           .
           But
           
           that
           a
           victorious
           people
           should
           give
           up
           themselves
           again
           to
           the
           vanquishd
           ,
           was
           never
           yet
           heard
           of
           ;
           seems
           rather
           void
           of
           all
           reason
           and
           good
           policie
           ,
           and
           will
           in
           all
           probabilitie
           subject
           the
           subduers
           to
           the
           subdu'd
           ,
           will
           expose
           to
           revenge
           ,
           to
           beggarie
           ,
           to
           ruin
           and
           perpetual
           bondage
           the
           victors
           under
           the
           vanquishd
           :
           then
           which
           what
           can
           be
           more
           unworthie
           ?
        
         
           From
           misinterpreting
           our
           Law
           ,
           you
           return
           to
           do
           again
           the
           same
           with
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           would
           prove
           the
           supremacy
           of
           
             English
          
           Kings
           from
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           2.
           13.
           as
           if
           that
           were
           the
           Apostles
           work
           :
           wherin
           if
           he
           saith
           that
           
             the
             king
             is
             supreme
             ,
          
           he
           speaks
           so
           of
           him
           but
           as
           an
           
             ordinance
             of
             man
             ,
          
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           those
           
             Governours
             that
             are
             sent
             by
             him
             ,
          
           not
           in
           respect
           of
           Parlaments
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Land
           are
           his
           bridle
           ;
           in
           vain
           his
           bridle
           ,
           if
           not
           also
           his
           rider
           :
           and
           therefor
           hath
           not
           only
           
             coordination
          
           with
           him
           ,
           which
           you
           falsly
           call
           
             seditious
             ,
          
           but
           hath
           superioritie
           above
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           neither
           
             against
             religion
             ,
          
           nor
           
             right
             reason
             :
          
           no
           nor
           against
           Common
           Law
           ;
           for
           our
           Kings
           reignd
           only
           by
           Law
           :
           but
           the
           Parlament
           is
           above
           all
           positive
           Law
           ,
           whether
           civil
           or
           common
           ,
           makes
           or
           unmakes
           them
           both
           ,
           &
           still
           the
           latter
           Parlament
           above
           the
           former
           ,
           above
           all
           the
           former
           Lawgivers
           ,
           then
           certainly
           above
           all
           precedent
           Laws
           ,
           entaild
           the
           Crown
           on
           whom
           it
           pleasd
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           a
           great
           Lawyer
           saith
           ,
           
             is
             so
             transcendent
             and
             absolute
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             consin'd
             either
             for
             causes
             or
             persons
             ,
             within
             any
             bounds
             .
          
           But
           your
           cry
           is
           ,
           no
           Parlament
           without
           a
           King
           .
           If
           this
           be
           so
           ,
           we
           have
           never
           had
           lawfull
           Kings
           ,
           who
           have
           all
           bin
           created
           Kings
           either
           by
           such
           Parlaments
           ,
           or
           by
           conquest
           :
           if
           by
           such
           Parlaments
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           your
           allowance
           none
           :
           if
           by
           conquest
           ,
           that
           conquest
           
           We
           have
           now
           conquerd
           .
           So
           that
           as
           well
           by
           your
           own
           assertion
           as
           by
           ours
           ,
           there
           can
           at
           present
           be
           no
           King
           .
           And
           how
           could
           that
           person
           be
           absolutely
           supreme
           ,
           who
           reignd
           ,
           not
           under
           Law
           only
           ,
           but
           under
           oath
           of
           his
           good
           demeanour
           given
           to
           the
           people
           at
           his
           coronation
           ,
           ere
           the
           people
           gave
           him
           his
           Crown
           ?
           and
           his
           principal
           oath
           was
           to
           maintain
           those
           Laws
           which
           the
           people
           should
           chuse
           ?
           If
           then
           the
           Law
           it self
           ,
           much
           more
           he
           who
           was
           but
           the
           keeper
           and
           minister
           of
           Law
           ,
           was
           in
           thir
           choice
           ;
           and
           both
           he
           subordinat
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           duty
           sworn
           ,
           and
           our
           sworn
           allegiance
           in
           order
           only
           to
           his
           performance
           .
        
         
           You
           fall
           next
           on
           the
           
             Consistorian
             Schismatics
             ;
          
           for
           so
           you
           call
           Presbyterians
           ,
           page
           40
           ;
           and
           judge
           them
           to
           have
           
             enervated
             the
             Kings
             Supremacie
             by
             thir
             opinions
             and
             practice
             ,
             differing
             in
             many
             things
             only
             in
             terms
             from
             Poperie
             ;
          
           though
           some
           of
           those
           principles
           which
           you
           there
           cite
           concerning
           Kingship
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           read
           in
           
             Aristotles
          
           Politics
           ,
           long
           ere
           Popery
           was
           thought
           on
           .
           The
           Presbyterians
           therefor
           it
           concerns
           to
           be
           well
           forewarnd
           of
           you
           betimes
           ;
           and
           to
           them
           I
           leave
           you
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           your
           examples
           of
           seditious
           men
           ,
           page
           54
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Cora
             ,
             Absalom
             ,
             Zimri
             ,
             Sheba
             ,
          
           to
           these
           you
           might
           with
           much
           more
           reason
           have
           added
           your
           own
           name
           ,
           who
           
             blow
             the
             Trumpet
             of
             sedition
          
           from
           your
           Pulpit
           against
           the
           present
           Government
           :
           in
           reward
           wherof
           they
           have
           sent
           you
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           as
           I
           hear
           ,
           
             to
          
           your
           
             own
             place
             ,
          
           for
           preching
           open
           sedition
           ,
           while
           you
           would
           seem
           to
           preach
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           your
           appendix
           annext
           of
           the
           
             Samaritan
             reviv'd
             ,
          
           finding
           it
           so
           foul
           a
           libell
           against
           all
           the
           well-affected
           of
           this
           land
           ,
           since
           the
           very
           time
           of
           
             Ship-money
             ,
          
           
           against
           the
           whole
           Parlament
           ,
           both
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           except
           those
           that
           fled
           to
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           against
           the
           whole
           reformed
           Church
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           but
           all
           over
           
             Europ
          
           (
           in
           comparison
           wherof
           you
           and
           your
           Prelatical
           partie
           are
           more
           truly
           schismatics
           and
           sectarians
           ,
           nay
           more
           properly
           
             fanatics
          
           in
           your
           
             fanes
          
           and
           guilded
           temples
           ,
           then
           those
           whom
           you
           revile
           by
           those
           names
           )
           and
           meeting
           with
           no
           more
           Scripture
           or
           solid
           reason
           in
           your
           
             Samaritane
             wine
             and
             oyle
             ,
          
           then
           hath
           already
           bin
           found
           sophisticated
           and
           adulterate
           ,
           I
           leave
           your
           malignant
           narrative
           ,
           as
           needing
           no
           other
           confutation
           ,
           then
           the
           just
           censure
           already
           pass'd
           upon
           you
           by
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           .