The religious & loyal protestation of John Gauden, Dr. in Divinity, against the present declared purposes and proceedings of the army and others about the trying and destroying our Soveraign Lord the King sent to a collonell to bee presented to the Lord Fairfax and his generall councell of officers, the fift of January 1648 [O.S.]
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             The religious & loyal protestation of John Gauden, Dr. in Divinity, against the present declared purposes and proceedings of the army and others about the trying and destroying our Soveraign Lord the King sent to a collonell to bee presented to the Lord Fairfax and his generall councell of officers, the fift of January 1648 [O.S.]
             Gauden, John, 1605-1662.
          
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           THE
           RELIGIOUS
           &
           LOYAL
           PROTESTATION
           ,
           OF
           JOHN
           GAUDEN
           Dr.
           in
           
             Divinity
             ;
          
           Against
           the
           present
           Declared
           Purposes
           and
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Army
           and
           others
           ;
           About
           the
           trying
           and
           destroying
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           KING
           .
        
         
           Sent
           to
           a
           Collonell
           ,
           to
           bee
           Presented
           to
           the
           Lord
           
             FAIRFAX
             ,
          
           And
           His
           Generall
           Councell
           of
           Officers
           ,
           the
           fift
           of
           
             January
          
           1648.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Imprimatur
                
                 
                   
                     Ja
                     :
                     Cranford
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             .
          
           Printed
           for
           RICHARD
           ROYSTON
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           
             Ivie
             Lane
             ,
             Anno
             Domini
          
           1648.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           NOt
           any
           va●ty
           or
           ostent●tio●
           of
           ●old
           and
           u●e●o●able
           freedomes
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           not
           worth
           the
           haz●●●
           or
           d●●spl●a●ures
           they
           may
           ●●tract
           )
           but
           onely
           duty
           and
           integ●i●y
           ●omm●●nd●●ng
           me
           resolutely
           to
           looke
           at
           Gods
           glory
           and
           the
           di●charge
           of
           my
           owne
           Conscience
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           〈…〉
           these
           ensuing
           Papers
           〈…〉
           ,
           which
           I
           lately
           ,
           with
           all
           ●um●lity
           and
           cha●ity
           ,
           presented
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           Colonell
           (
           my
           worthy
           friend
           to
           his
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Councell
           of
           Warre
           :
           Indeed
           ,
           I
           am
           perswa●●d
           that
           Go●
           requires
           ,
           and
           looks
           〈◊〉
           in
           the
           generall
           over-awings
           of
           mens
           spirits
           ,
           who
           behold
           the
           Army
           mo●e
           with
           terrour
           ,
           than
           with
           love
           and
           charity
           ,
           which
           I
           doe
           not
           )
           some
           men
           〈◊〉
           to
           assert
           both
           his
           righteousnesse
           and
           their
           owne
           uprightnesse
           amidst
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           crooked
           and
           perverse
           motions
           of
           others
           ,
           in
           this
           untoward
           Generation
           ,
           which
           is
           ready
           to
           father
           upon
           God
           and
           the
           Christian
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           adulierous
           ,
           deformed
           ,
           and
           prodigious
           issues
           ,
           that
           ever
           the
           corrupt
           hearts
           of
           the
           men
           of
           this
           world
           conceived
           ,
           their
           unbridled
           power
           brought
           forth
           ,
           or
           the
           Sun
           beheld
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           as
           not
           by
           my
           assent
           ,
           so
           neither
           by
           my
           silence
           must
           I
           have
           any
           hand
           in
           the
           midwifery
           of
           so
           monstrous
           productions
           ,
           which
           seeme
           to
           threaten
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           subverting
           the
           fundamentall
           constitutions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           to
           the
           betraying
           and
           killing
           of
           Christ
           ,
           was
           their
           sin
           ,
           who
           either
           denied
           ,
           or
           deserted
           Him
           .
        
         
           The
           impetuous
           torrent
           of
           present
           power
           ▪
           having
           broken
           all
           banks
           of
           Ancient
           Legall
           Formes
           ,
           affaires
           seeme
           now
           let
           out
           to
           such
           generall
           and
           popular
           diffusions
           ,
           that
           they
           admit
           no
           other
           restraints
           ,
           but
           those
           which
           the
           common
           Peoples
           assents
           ,
           or
           dissents
           ,
           m●y
           give
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           hard
           if
           among
           such
           a
           multitude
           of
           men
           ,
           all
           our
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ▪
           
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           sacred
           and
           civill
           ties
           will
           not
           obtaine
           so
           much
           of
           Loyall
           and
           religious
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           word
           or
           two
           both
           decently
           and
           seasonably
           to
           enterpose
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           the
           Lord
           liveth
           )
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           but
           a
           step
           between
           the
           life
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           some
           violent
           death
           .
        
         
           
             Me
             thinks
             I
             heare
             His
             Majesty
             in
             His
             Agony
             ,
             solitude
             ,
             and
             expectation
             of
             an
             enforced
             death
             ,
             calling
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             His
             Subjects
             ,
          
           You
           that
           never
           believed
           My
           Life
           was
           sought
           after
           in
           the
           bottome
           of
           this
           Warre
           but
           My
           safety
           and
           Honour
           ,
           you
           that
           never
           fought
           for
           Me
           ,
           yet
           professed
           to
           abhorre
           the
           fighting
           destinately
           against
           Me
           ,
           or
           destroying
           of
           Me
           ;
           Cannot
           you
           ,
           dare
           not
           you
           now
           speak
           one
           word
           to
           save
           My
           Life
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           Soules
           ?
           shall
           your
           silence
           seem
           to
           encourage
           and
           make
           up
           their
           saffrages
           ,
           who
           therefore
           pretend
           they
           may
           ,
           and
           will
           destroy
           Me
           ,
           because
           it
           pleaseth
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           generality
           of
           My
           people
           ?
        
         
           For
           my
           owne
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           to
           have
           communion
           with
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           have
           any
           fellowship
           with
           so
           foule
           a
           sinne
           ,
           as
           the
           Killing
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           rather
           I
           ought
           to
           reprove
           it
           ,
           and
           fairly
           contest
           against
           it
           :
           whatever
           His
           sin
           may
           be
           ,
           yet
           I
           thinke
           Him
           not
           criminall
           or
           obnoxious
           to
           any
           Tribunall
           but
           that
           of
           God
           ,
           whose
           Deputation
           ,
           Authority
           ,
           or
           Commission
           they
           can
           in
           no
           sort
           (
           that
           I
           see
           )
           produce
           to
           any
           satisfaction
           of
           religious
           minds
           ,
           who
           at
           present
           undertake
           to
           be
           His
           Tryers
           ,
           Judges
           ,
           Condemners
           ,
           and
           Destroyers
           ,
           onely
           because
           the
           KING
           is
           in
           their
           power
           .
           Whereas
           Gods
           Commission
           warranting
           such
           an
           Act
           ought
           to
           have
           not
           onely
           the
           stamp
           and
           image
           of
           prevalent
           power
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           (
           which
           the
           most
           flagitious
           actions
           oft
           have
           )
           but
           also
           the
           superscription
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           the
           expresse
           signatures
           of
           his
           will
           ,
           in
           the
           municipall
           Lawes
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           by
           all
           which
           ,
           power
           is
           derived
           ,
           limited
           and
           warranted
           to
           act
           with
           moderation
           and
           righteousnesse
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           God
           to
           restrain
           power
           ,
           to
           soften
           hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           frustrate
           those
           purposes
           ,
           which
           to
           me
           seem
           to
           have
           so
           much
           of
           sinne
           ,
           Hell
           ,
           and
           horrour
           ;
           that
           if
           I
           hated
           the
           Actors
           the
           most
           of
           any
           men
           ,
           (
           which
           God
           knowes
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           but
           love
           and
           pity
           them
           ,
           and
           pray
           for
           them
           )
           I
           could
           not
           shew
           my
           hatred
           more
           against
           them
           ,
           than
           by
           wishing
           them
           ingaged
           ,
           and
           suffering
           them
           to
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           thus
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           by
           destroying
           Him
           ,
           for
           whom
           I
           have
           alwaies
           been
           taught
           ,
           and
           now
           most
           of
           all
           to
           think
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           cry
           aloud
           ,
           
             GOD
             SAVE
             THE
             KING
             .
          
        
         
           So
           clearly
           poynting
           that
           ambiguous
           Verse
           ,
           which
           most
           men
           are
           afraid
           to
           doe
           :
           
             Regem
             occidere
             noli
             .
             Timere
             bonum
             est
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           TO
           His
           Excellency
           the
           Ld.
           FAIRFAX
           ,
           And
           his
           Generall
           Councell
           of
           Warre
           .
        
         
           RIght-Honorable
           ,
           and
           Honored
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Your
           Power
           and
           Actions
           render
           you
           terrible
           ,
           but
           that
           candor
           and
           affability
           which
           you
           say
           you
           beare
           to
           all
           ,
           makes
           you
           accessible
           ,
           and
           invites
           Addresses
           to
           you
           ,
           even
           from
           those
           who
           differ
           from
           you
           .
           I
           am
           one
           of
           the
           least
           considerable
           of
           many
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           contesting
           with
           you
           ,
           or
           obstructing
           your
           proceedings
           ;
           yet
           since
           some
           of
           you
           yesterday
           invited
           me
           ,
           or
           any
           man
           ,
           to
           a
           free
           declaring
           of
           our
           judgements
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           great
           Affaires
           you
           are
           now
           upon
           ,
           wherein
           although
           your selves
           ,
           as
           principall
           ,
           are
           most
           concerned
           ,
           yet
           my selfe
           and
           others
           are
           like
           to
           be
           involved
           in
           the
           successe
           of
           your
           actions
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           my
           temporall
           and
           eternall
           well-fare
           if
           I
           either
           approve
           or
           dissent
           .
           My
           humble
           Request
           to
           you
           is
           ,
           That
           without
           contracting
           your
           displeasure
           ,
           I
           may
           use
           that
           liberty
           which
           God
           and
           Reason
           hath
           allowed
           me
           ,
           and
           your selves
           have
           not
           yet
           forbiden
           to
           me
           or
           others
           in
           this
           way
           .
        
         
         
           Happily
           I
           might
           with
           more
           safety
           in
           silence
           tremble
           before
           ,
           and
           humbly
           adore
           the
           Justice
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           ●y
           your
           meanes
           ,
           and
           yet
           may
           carry
           on
           further
           against
           the
           sins
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           I
           consider
           not
           you
           only
           ,
           but
           my selfe
           am
           highly
           responsible
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           for
           what
           you
           doe
           and
           I
           seem
           to
           consent
           unto
           in
           matters
           so
           enormous
           ,
           of
           so
           vast
           and
           publique
           influence
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           present
           Age
           and
           Posteritie
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           not
           ignorant
           that
           Successe
           is
           a
           great
           Bribe
           and
           Snare
           to
           the
           Judgement
           ,
           where
           the
           heart
           is
           not
           very
           watchfull
           over
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           much
           in
           Prayer
           to
           God
           for
           his
           wisedom
           and
           Grace
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           set
           forth
           in
           the
           using
           Successes
           humbly
           ,
           and
           honestly
           ,
           to
           the
           advantages
           of
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           .
        
         
           Prosperous
           Power
           is
           loth
           to
           stop
           it selfe
           with
           moderate
           bounds
           ,
           or
           to
           suspect
           it selfe
           ,
           either
           to
           want
           or
           goe
           beyond
           the
           line
           and
           limits
           of
           Justice
           ;
           It
           is
           compassed
           about
           with
           many
           applauders
           and
           flatterers
           ,
           who
           easilie
           mistake
           the
           fact
           it selfe
           ,
           or
           the
           confidence
           of
           the
           Agents
           ,
           for
           the
           rule
           of
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           interpret
           Gods
           permission
           of
           what
           may
           bee
           very
           wicked
           and
           un-just
           ,
           as
           his
           approbation
           and
           witnessing
           to
           their
           Justice
           .
        
         
           The
           rule
           and
           standard
           of
           which
           (
           that
           is
           humane
           Justice
           )
           I
           thinke
           to
           be
           fixed
           and
           immovable
           ,
           either
           as
           to
           those
           generall
           expresses
           which
           are
           in
           Gods
           written
           word
           ,
           or
           those
           setled
           Lawes
           of
           humane
           societies
           ,
           by
           which
           his
           Providence
           (
           for
           the
           good
           of
           men
           )
           hath
           in
           wayes
           of
           publique
           and
           Nationall
           consent
           ,
           cleerely
           brought
           forth
           that
           light
           of
           common
           and
           politick
           reason
           ,
           which
           but
           dimly
           shines
           in
           mans
           heart
           ,
           singly
           and
           apart
           ,
           the
           divine
           goodnesse
           confining
           by
           such
           publique
           and
           setled
           regulations
           those
           exorbitant
           varieties
           to
           which
           mens
           private
           Reason
           ,
           Will
           and
           Power
           ,
           are
           prone
           to
           breake
           forth
           in
           the
           fulfilling
           of
           their
           particular
           Lusts
           to
           the
           injury
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           the
           detriment
           of
           the
           publique
           good
           :
           I
           confesse
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           resolve
           my selfe
           ,
           by
           any
           thing
           yet
           set
           forth
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           grounds
           of
           God's
           or
           Man's
           Lawes
           ,
           or
           your
           own
           sometime
           
           declared
           Principles
           ,
           so
           as
           in
           the
           least
           kind
           to
           justify
           what
           you
           formerly
           or
           lately
           have
           done
           ,
           without
           and
           against
           the
           minde
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           yet
           I
           see
           much
           of
           Gods
           light
           in
           their
           and
           your
           darknesse
           ,
           of
           his
           Order
           and
           Glory
           in
           these
           Common
           Confusions
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           are
           many
           Persons
           of
           abilities
           far
           beyond
           mine
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           point
           of
           their
           Priviledges
           are
           more
           Personally
           concerned
           to
           vindicate
           and
           assert
           them
           ,
           against
           the
           impressions
           by
           force
           upon
           them
           ,
           who
           were
           undoubtedly
           the
           fathers
           and
           fountaine
           of
           your
           Power
           ,
           as
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           their
           Commission
           ,
           the
           Limitter
           as
           well
           as
           Licencer
           of
           your
           Military
           Actions
           .
        
         
           What
           is
           past
           upon
           the
           Houses
           ,
           can
           only
           have
           such
           a
           remedy
           and
           reparation
           as
           Providence
           shall
           see
           meete
           to
           grant
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           strikes
           my
           Soule
           with
           the
           greatest
           horror
           and
           astonishment
           is
           ,
           how
           to
           reconcile
           your
           declared
           purposes
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           either
           with
           the
           faire
           opinion
           I
           desire
           to
           retaine
           of
           your
           Persons
           ,
           or
           with
           that
           common
           tendernesse
           and
           duty
           which
           both
           you
           ,
           and
           my selfe
           ought
           to
           beare
           toward
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           Justice
           you
           pretend
           to
           doe
           against
           him
           ,
           seemes
           to
           mee
           most
           questionable
           both
           for
           the
           matter
           or
           merit
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           the
           manner
           and
           forme
           of
           the
           doing
           it
           :
           Since
           no
           power
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           ,
           hath
           ;
           or
           can
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           invest
           you
           with
           any
           Authority
           to
           doe
           what
           you
           seeme
           to
           intend
           .
        
         
           The
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           (
           I
           presume
           your selves
           confesse
           and
           others
           have
           evidently
           evinced
           )
           are
           fully
           against
           you
           ,
           giving
           no
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           any
           Case
           ,
           Judiciall
           power
           over
           the
           life
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           or
           his
           Soveraigntie
           .
        
         
           The
           Word
           of
           God
           (
           so
           farre
           as
           he
           hath
           given
           me
           to
           understand
           it
           ,
           neither
           affords
           any
           Precept
           ,
           nor
           commends
           any
           example
           ,
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           to
           your
           imitation
           ,
           but
           in
           both
           is
           absolutely
           against
           you
           :
           you
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           of
           
             Davids
          
           both
           Conscientious
           and
           Generous
           respect
           to
           
             Sauls
          
           safety
           and
           life
           ,
           whom
           he
           leaves
           to
           Gods
           Justice
           ,
           by
           no
           usurpation
           of
           power
           ,
           successe
           ,
           or
           oportunities
           of
           revenge
           ,
           suffers
           himselfe
           to
           bee
           
           tempted
           to
           prevent
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           Never
           any
           man
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           any
           name
           for
           piety
           and
           holynesse
           ,
           are
           recorded
           to
           have
           done
           any
           such
           Act
           of
           violence
           against
           their
           lawfull
           Kings
           ,
           such
           as
           ours
           is
           confessed
           to
           be
           ;
           never
           did
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           by
           practice
           or
           precept
           ,
           give
           the
           least
           intimation
           of
           the
           will
           of
           his
           father
           ,
           as
           agreeing
           to
           what
           you
           declare
           to
           bee
           your
           purposes
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           am
           fully
           perswaded
           in
           my
           Soule
           ,
           that
           if
           my
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           were
           now
           living
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           he
           would
           bee
           utterly
           against
           your
           Councels
           and
           Actions
           in
           this
           point
           ;
           agreeable
           to
           whose
           most
           holy
           minde
           ,
           doctrine
           and
           example
           ,
           all
           Christians
           that
           have
           truly
           feared
           God
           ,
           have
           also
           honoured
           their
           Kings
           .
        
         
           Such
           hath
           beene
           the
           violence
           of
           pretorian
           Souldiers
           ,
           Janisaries
           and
           Mamalukes
           ,
           such
           as
           have
           followed
           a
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Scilla
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Marius
             ,
          
           not
           knowing
           the
           minde
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           :
           But
           never
           of
           any
           Christian
           Souldiers
           ,
           living
           in
           the
           power
           of
           Godlinesse
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           being
           thus
           wholy
           destitute
           of
           any
           support
           from
           God's
           word
           or
           Man's
           Lawes
           ,
           either
           for
           rule
           or
           example
           ,
           to
           game
           my
           approbation
           to
           what
           you
           meane
           to
           perpetrate
           in
           a
           way
           exposed
           to
           so
           many
           horrid
           aggravations
           :
           Truly
           I
           should
           thinke
           it
           not
           only
           my
           infinite
           sinne
           to
           declare
           for
           you
           ,
           but
           even
           by
           my
           silence
           to
           betray
           you
           (
           in
           other
           things
           so
           gallant
           men
           )
           as
           much
           as
           in
           mee
           lies
           ,
           to
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           almost
           unexpiable
           a
           sinne
           :
           where
           you
           being
           destitute
           of
           any
           cleere
           grounds
           must
           needs
           sin
           more
           against
           the
           cleere
           light
           which
           shines
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           against
           your
           proceedings
           ;
           since
           to
           your
           Soules
           ,
           I
           owe
           and
           beare
           a
           great
           Charity
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           salvation
           of
           mine
           owne
           .
        
         
           Furthermore
           ,
           by
           my
           silence
           ,
           I
           should
           faile
           of
           that
           poore
           remainder
           of
           duty
           which
           yet
           lies
           as
           the
           last
           point
           of
           my
           power
           to
           expresse
           to
           my
           Soveraigne
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           being
           one
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           upon
           whom
           the
           many
           O●thes
           of
           God
           doe
           by
           obliegeing
           mee
           to
           desire
           ,
           and
           in
           
           all
           faire
           waies
           to
           promote
           His
           both
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Safety
           .
        
         
           You
           seem
           to
           take
           the
           first
           and
           greatest
           rise
           ,
           for
           the
           justification
           of
           your
           proceedings
           from
           those
           advantages
           of
           meere
           ,
           natural
           ,
           or
           martiall
           power
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           your
           hands
           :
           of
           which
           you
           can
           have
           no
           comfort
           ,
           as
           any
           token
           of
           Gods
           gracious
           and
           speciall
           favour
           to
           you
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           prosperous
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           have
           
             his
             feare
             before
             your
             eyes
             ,
          
           which
           teacheth
           you
           to
           
             refraine
             ,
             and
             depart
             from
             doing
             evill
             ;
          
           by
           keeping
           the
           exercise
           of
           your
           Power
           within
           those
           bounds
           of
           morall
           and
           politicall
           good
           ,
           to
           which
           God
           calls
           you
           by
           his
           Word
           ,
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           most
           particularly
           ,
           by
           your
           owne
           derived
           Commission
           :
           To
           all
           which
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           prime
           ties
           of
           Conscience
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           KING
           ,
           but
           those
           also
           of
           Honour
           ,
           Faithfulnesse
           ,
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           Limited
           Trust
           from
           the
           Parliament
           should
           oblige
           you
           as
           men
           of
           true
           worth
           ,
           and
           sober
           valour
           ,
           whose
           will
           should
           never
           be
           the
           measure
           of
           their
           Power
           (
           as
           is
           in
           Pyrats
           and
           Robbers
           )
           but
           their
           Power
           is
           ,
           and
           alwaies
           ought
           to
           be
           conteined
           in
           those
           Religious
           and
           Honourable
           bounds
           ,
           wherein
           Godly
           men
           alwaies
           keep
           their
           mortified
           and
           subdued
           wills
           ,
           as
           DAVID
           did
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           to
           the
           personall
           injuries
           offer'd
           to
           him
           ,
           the
           advantages
           added
           both
           of
           Power
           and
           Opportunity
           against
           King
           SAUL
           ,
           for
           that
           of
           
             Samuel's
          
           severity
           against
           AGAG
           ,
           you
           know
           that
           neither
           is
           the
           KING
           an
           
             Agag
          
           to
           you
           ,
           nor
           you
           as
           
             Samuel
          
           to
           Him
           .
        
         
           Your
           next
           support
           ,
           seemes
           to
           be
           setled
           upon
           the
           Peoples
           Petitioning
           ,
           and
           seeming
           to
           Assent
           to
           what
           you
           intend
           to
           doe
           ;
           when
           as
           I
           am
           very
           confident
           ,
           and
           your selves
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           of
           ,
           That
           if
           Free
           suffrages
           ,
           or
           Subscriptions
           of
           all
           the
           People
           were
           taken
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           you
           would
           find
           twenty
           to
           one
           against
           your
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           Proceedings
           ;
           and
           these
           of
           very
           grave
           ,
           sober
           ,
           and
           considerable
           men
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           I
           cannot
           in
           order
           to
           my
           owne
           ,
           and
           others
           eternall
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           freedome
           (
           yet
           with
           all
           meeknesse
           ,
           and
           due
           respects
           )
           but
           exhibit
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           the
           chief
           Conusellours
           and
           Managers
           of
           
             the
             present
             Designes
          
           against
           the
           
           KING
           ,
           this
           my
           Loyall
           and
           Religious
           
             Protestation
             against
             it
             ,
          
           and
           earnest
           obtestation
           of
           you
           ;
           not
           to
           bring
           upon
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           you
           lies
           )
           
             the
             bloud
             of
          
           HIS
           MAJESTY
           ,
           
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             .
          
        
         
           That
           I
           may
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           
             Joseph
          
           of
           
             Aremathea
             ,
          
           keep
           my self
           unspotted
           from
           it
           ,
           whose
           voice
           cannot
           but
           cry
           as
           much
           souder
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           mans
           unjustly
           shed
           ;
           as
           the
           bloud
           of
           
             Adam
          
           would
           have
           done
           if
           
             Gain
          
           had
           slain
           him
           being
           his
           Father
           ,
           instead
           of
           
             Abel
          
           his
           Brother
           .
        
         
           You
           know
           the
           Caveat
           of
           the
           wise
           King
           SOLOMON
           ,
           given
           and
           repeated
           ,
           
             There
             is
             a
             way
             which
             seemeth
             right
             unto
             a
             man
             ,
             but
             the
             end
             thereof
             are
             the
             waies
             of
             death
             ,
          
           Prov.
           14.
           ver.
           12.
           &
           ch.
           16.
           v.
           25.
           
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           therefore
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           love
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           let
           not
           your
           being
           advanced
           so
           far
           be
           any
           hindrance
           to
           your
           penitent
           and
           just
           retreat
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           think
           God
           calls
           you
           ,
           as
           by
           many
           others
           worthier
           and
           abler
           than
           my
           s●lfe
           ;
           so
           by
           this
           my
           humble
           
             Remonstrance
             ,
          
           in
           which
           my
           unfeigned
           charity
           to
           your
           soules
           eternall
           good
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           KING's
           and
           Kingdomes
           temporall
           welfare
           ,
           may
           ,
           and
           will
           with
           men
           that
           have
           any
           touches
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           in
           them
           ,
           plead
           my
           excuse
           ,
           for
           my
           thus
           presuming
           to
           contradict
           your
           Councels
           ,
           or
           intercept
           your
           Proceedings
           .
        
         
           Matters
           of
           so
           high
           a
           nature
           ,
           should
           either
           not
           be
           attempted
           ,
           or
           publickly
           argued
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           calmnesse
           ,
           clearness
           ,
           and
           freedome
           ;
           the
           last
           of
           which
           ,
           you
           have
           so
           obstructed
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           those
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           are
           as
           much
           related
           to
           the
           KING
           ,
           and
           interessed
           in
           the
           Affaires
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           as
           your selves
           ,
           are
           denied
           to
           use
           ,
           or
           enjoy
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           remember
           what
           mercies
           you
           proclaime
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           God
           hath
           already
           shewed
           you
           ,
           and
           what
           mercies
           you
           may
           yet
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           ;
           what
           pretensions
           and
           assurances
           of
           Moderation
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           you
           sometimes
           made
           to
           the
           KING
           :
           O
           let
           not
           the
           World
           find
           in
           the
           event
           ,
           that
           your
           pretended
           mercies
           were
           intended
           cruelties
           .
        
         
         
           After
           so
           long
           and
           so
           hard
           a
           restraint
           which
           the
           King
           hath
           suffered
           with
           so
           much
           patience
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           Concessions
           to
           his
           own
           diminutions
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
             ▪
          
           the
           
             Kingdomes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Armies
          
           Interest
           ,
           both
           joynt
           and
           severall
           :
           how
           can
           you
           in
           cool
           bloud
           ,
           without
           any
           colour
           of
           due
           Authority
           from
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           destroy
           your
           and
           our
           King
           ;
           who
           cast
           himself
           into
           His
           Subjects
           Armes
           ,
           and
           was
           received
           with
           all
           assurances
           of
           safety
           and
           Honour
           ?
        
         
           If
           His
           Majesty
           erred
           in
           His
           Judgement
           or
           Councell
           ,
           which
           put
           Him
           ,
           as
           He
           thought
           ,
           upon
           the
           necessary
           vindication
           of
           His
           just
           Rights
           ,
           against
           those
           ,
           whom
           He
           was
           jealous
           went
           about
           to
           deprive
           Him
           of
           them
           ,
           yet
           can
           no
           lesse
           revenge
           serve
           Subjects
           upon
           their
           King
           ,
           or
           Sons
           ,
           towards
           their
           mistaken
           Parent
           ,
           then
           after
           long
           and
           many
           heavy
           Afflictions
           ,
           utterly
           to
           destroy
           Him
           ,
           and
           His
           ?
        
         
           Forget
           not
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           you
           doe
           not
           )
           the
           common
           Errours
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           men
           are
           subject
           ;
           and
           those
           notorious
           ones
           ,
           with
           which
           ,
           mutuall
           re-criminations
           have
           aspersed
           both
           Parliament
           and
           Army
           ,
           and
           with
           which
           we
           have
           all
           cause
           to
           fear
           ,
           the
           most
           just
           Judge
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           will
           charge
           the
           most
           presuming
           Innocence
           of
           us
           all
           .
        
         
           O
           do
           not
           stain
           the
           Renown
           of
           your
           valour
           by
           so
           mercilesse
           an
           Act
           ,
           as
           the
           destroying
           your
           KING
           ;
           Renowned
           even
           by
           some
           of
           your selves
           ,
           for
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           His
           understanding
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Princely
           vertues
           ,
           and
           incomparable
           endowments
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           Gentlemen
           that
           pretend
           to
           walk
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           before
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           which
           must
           needes
           fail
           you
           ,
           when
           God
           hath
           not
           given
           you
           either
           any
           Scripturall
           command
           ,
           or
           any
           Magistratick
           power
           ,
           over
           or
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           nay
           ,
           you
           cannot
           but
           feel
           (
           I
           think
           )
           many
           checks
           and
           scruples
           ,
           if
           not
           stri●●●ies
           to
           the
           contrary
           upon
           you
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           Subjects
           ,
           by
           no
           failings
           of
           the
           KING
           ,
           or
           any
           earthly
           Power
           to
           be
           dispensed
           with
           .
        
         
           The
           presage
           of
           that
           deluge
           of
           miseries
           ,
           likely
           to
           follow
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           KING
           in
           these
           miserable
           Kingdomes
           ,
           doth
           not
           so
           much
           terrifie
           me
           ▪
           as
           those
           sins
           which
           have
           deserved
           and
           brought
           upon
           us
           ,
           so
           vast
           Judgements
           .
           To
           all
           which
           ,
           the
           Addition
           of
           this
           both
           grand
           Sin
           and
           Judgement
           of
           destroying
           the
           KING
           ;
           against
           all
           Lawes
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           of
           Warre
           and
           Peace
           ,
           of
           Valour
           and
           
           Honour
           ;
           must
           needs
           become
           so
           far
           the
           Heavier
           ,
           as
           it
           becomes
           the
           more
           Nationall
           ,
           by
           drawing
           with
           it
           the
           consent
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           I
           thought
           it
           my
           duty
           ,
           being
           exempted
           through
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Charity
           to
           your
           Soules
           ,
           from
           that
           spirit
           of
           Bondage
           ,
           which
           makes
           too
           many
           servilely
           fear
           your
           power
           ;
           thus
           to
           endeavour
           as
           much
           as
           in
           me
           lies
           ,
           to
           hinder
           the
           contagion
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Sin
           ,
           and
           stand
           in
           the
           gap
           ,
           both
           against
           the
           Sin
           ,
           and
           ensuing
           Judgments
           :
           Having
           no
           other
           end
           in
           these
           sudden
           lines
           ,
           but
           to
           witnesse
           to
           the
           
             Truth
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           it
           )
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           true
           
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           to
           my
           particular
           
             Duty
             ,
          
           and
           
             Oathes
          
           of
           
             Allegiance
             ,
          
           as
           also
           to
           that
           Charity
           and
           Respect
           I
           bear
           to
           the
           welfare
           of
           my
           
             Country
             ,
          
           and
           your
           own
           
             Persons
             .
          
        
         
           I
           had
           rather
           you
           should
           see
           and
           prevent
           your
           sins
           in
           such
           glasses
           of
           free
           and
           fair
           Remonstrances
           ,
           then
           hear
           of
           them
           too
           late
           by
           the
           
             Clamours
             ,
             Curses
             ,
          
           and
           bitter
           
             Reproaches
          
           of
           others
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           fearfull
           
             Ecchoes
          
           of
           your
           own
           most
           troubled
           and
           terrified
           
             Consciences
             ,
          
           and
           the
           just
           wrath
           of
           God
           upon
           
             You
          
           and
           the
           
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           I
           earnestly
           beseech
           God
           ,
           the
           most
           wise
           and
           just
           disposer
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           (
           whose
           executive
           power
           wicked
           men
           oft
           unjustly
           usurp
           ;
           but
           gracious
           men
           never
           either
           invade
           or
           execute
           ,
           without
           an
           orderly
           
             Authority
          
           derived
           either
           immediately
           from
           
             God
             ,
          
           or
           mediately
           from
           those
           
             politick
             Lawes
             ,
          
           and
           setled
           
             Magistracies
          
           which
           are
           Gods
           
             Ordinances
          
           among
           men
           )
           Him
           I
           beseech
           to
           look
           upon
           you
           in
           mercy
           ,
           whose
           sin
           ,
           with
           successe
           ,
           will
           make
           you
           infinitely
           more
           miserable
           then
           the
           KING
           ,
           or
           any
           man
           can
           be
           ,
           under
           the
           greatest
           worldly
           sufferings
           ,
           which
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           God
           hath
           ,
           and
           will
           further
           sanctifie
           to
           Him
           .
        
         
           That
           great
           God
           and
           King
           will
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           incline
           your
           hearts
           to
           those
           wayes
           ,
           which
           are
           clearly
           his
           will
           ;
           not
           as
           to
           private
           imaginations
           ,
           which
           are
           various
           ,
           falacious
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           those
           publick
           and
           infallible
           
             Declarations
          
           of
           his
           
             Oracles
             ,
          
           and
           
             Providence
             ,
             viz.
          
           the
           
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           and
           our
           
             Lawes
             .
          
        
         
           With
           regard
           to
           both
           ,
           which
           most
           clear
           and
           constant
           lights
           ;
           that
           which
           you
           call
           Justice
           against
           the
           KING
           ,
           seemes
           to
           me
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           unparallel'd
           Injustice
           .
           What
           I
           humbly
           present
           to
           you
           in
           a
           way
           of
           a
           most
           just
           ,
           and
           (
           at
           least
           )
           a
           mercifull
           tendernesse
           towards
           your
           Soveraigne
           ,
           and
           your
           Soules
           ,
           is
           not
           more
           
           your
           duty
           ,
           than
           it
           will
           be
           both
           your
           Comfort
           and
           Commendation
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           world
           shall
           see
           your
           power
           bounded
           with
           Loyalty
           ,
           sanctified
           with
           Piety
           ,
           and
           sweetned
           with
           Pity
           ,
           not
           foolish
           and
           
             feminine
             ,
          
           which
           I
           would
           have
           below
           you
           ;
           but
           
             masculine
             ,
          
           heroick
           ,
           truly
           Christian
           and
           Divine
           :
           which
           commands
           you
           to
           adde
           to
           your
           many
           other
           Victories
           ,
           this
           crown
           of
           our
           rejoycing
           ,
           and
           your
           triumphs
           ,
           the
           Conquest
           of
           your selves
           :
           by
           overcomming
           what
           you
           conceive
           evill
           and
           blameable
           in
           another
           ,
           with
           such
           unquestionable
           goodnesse
           in
           your selves
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           I
           humbly
           entreat
           the
           God
           of
           mercies
           to
           make
           you
           to
           abound
           ,
           over-powring
           all
           passions
           and
           frailties
           in
           you
           as
           men
           ,
           and
           perfecting
           all
           graces
           in
           you
           ,
           as
           true
           Christian
           Subjects
           to
           a
           Christian
           KING
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           write
           ,
           and
           pray
           ,
           as
        
         
           
             Your
             faithfull
             Monitor
             ,
             and
             Servant
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             .
             JOHN
             GAUDEN
             .
          
           
             
               January
               5.
               1648.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           COL
           :
           W
           :
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           YOur
           friendlinesse
           and
           great
           Civility
           hath
           given
           me
           some
           encouragement
           to
           entreat
           you
           ,
           that
           by
           your
           hand
           these
           enclosed
           papers
           may
           be
           presented
           with
           my
           due
           and
           Christian
           respects
           to
           his
           Excellency
           ,
           and
           the
           Counsell
           of
           Warre
           ,
           when
           they
           next
           meet
           ,
           my
           Motives
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           contents
           of
           them
           you
           will
           best
           understand
           ,
           when
           you
           shall
           please
           to
           communicate
           them
           as
           they
           are
           directed
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           seeme
           when
           you
           hear
           or
           read
           them
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           any
           sinister
           or
           uncomely
           use
           of
           your
           favour
           ,
           in
           offering
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           mediation
           to
           them
           ,
           such
           considerations
           as
           carry
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           weight
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           temporall
           ,
           but
           eternall
           lives
           ;
           and
           the
           Concernment
           of
           many
           Souls
           as
           well
           as
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           of
           your
           faithfullnesse
           in
           fulfilling
           my
           request
           to
           you
           ,
           nor
           yet
           of
           your
           Candour
           ,
           in
           not
           mis-interpreting
           that
           modest
           freedome
           I
           have
           taken
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           the
           greatest
           compulsions
           from
           within
           ,
           so
           I
           had
           no
           small
           invitations
           from
           your self
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           your
           Company
           yesterday
           ;
           when
           by
           your
           wonted
           and
           Commendable
           Courtesie
           you
           added
           many
           obligations
           to
           those
           which
           you
           formerly
           had
           upon
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             faithfull
             friend
             and
             servant
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             J.
             G.
             
          
           
             Jan.
             5.
             1648.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .