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           THE
           DISSENTER'S
           Sayings
           ,
           In
           Requital
           for
           L'Estrange's
           Sayings
           .
           Published
           in
           Their
           Own
           Words
           ,
           FOR
           THE
           INFORMATION
           OF
           THE
           PEOPLE
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Roger
             L'Estrange
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gun
           ,
           in
           St.
           Paul's-Church-Iard
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           AMong
           the
           Curiosities
           of
           This
           Latter
           Age
           ,
           the
           Invention
           of
           Transmitting
           unto
           After-Times
           the
           Apothegms
           ,
           and
           Sayings
           of
           Men
           Famous
           in
           their
           Generations
           ,
           with
           a
           
             [
             He
             being
             Dead
             yet
             Speaketh
             ]
          
           for
           the
           Motto
           ;
           is
           ,
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           not
           the
           least
           Considerable
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Sweet
           Oyntment
           that
           has
           Perfum'd
           the
           Memory
           of
           the
           
             Late
             Kings
             Judges
          
           ,
           the
           Sufferers
           of
           the
           
             Kirk
             Militant
          
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Band
           of
           
             Covenanted
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           that
           have
           Finished
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           on
           the
           wrong
           Side
           of
           the
           Pale
           .
           What
           a
           Comfort
           is
           it
           for
           a
           Man
           ,
           in
           the
           Contemplation
           of
           his
           Future
           State
           ,
           to
           say
           with
           the
           Reverend
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
             ,
             (
             Saints
             Everlasting
             Rest
             ,
          
           pag.
           100.
           )
           
             Then
             shall
             ye
             be
             with
          
           Pym
           ,
           and
           White
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Your
             Names
          
           shall
           be
           Chanted
           with
           
             Their
             Names
             ,
             Your
             Sayings
          
           Recorded
           with
           
             Their
             Sayings
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           Din
           may
           do
           well
           enough
           when
           a
           Man's
           Bones
           are
           laid
           ,
           and
           his
           Head
           past
           Aking
           :
           But
           to
           see
           my Self
           Embalm'd
           
           before
           
             My
             Time
          
           ,
           and
           Serenaded
           ,
           with
           Mr.
           Roger
           L'
           Estrange's
           Sayings
           ,
           
             with
             Brief
             Notes
             to
             prevent
             Mis-apprehensions
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           It
           looks
           methinks
           like
           the
           Inviting
           a
           Man
           to
           his
           own
           Funeral
           :
           And
           in
           few
           Words
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           so
           very
           Hasty
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           have
           waited
           ,
           till
           the
           Complement
           might
           have
           come
           on
           in
           due
           Season
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           precisely
           the
           
             Seven
             and
             Thirty'th
          
           Civility
           of
           This
           Kind
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           Received
           ,
           within
           less
           than
           Two
           Months
           ,
           from
           the
           
             True
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           :
           Which
           truly
           I
           look
           upon
           but
           as
           so
           many
           empty
           Casks
           thrown
           out
           to
           divert
           me
           from
           sinking
           the
           Rotten
           Barque
           they
           are
           Engag'd
           in
           .
           These
           Learned
           Pieces
           ,
           I
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           are
           Compos'd
           ,
           and
           Publish'd
           at
           the
           Charge
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           our
           
             Ignatian
             Society
          
           :
           So
           that
           I
           cannot
           pitch
           upon
           a
           more
           suitable
           way
           of
           Acknowledgment
           ,
           than
           to
           Oppose
           SAYINGS
           to
           SAYINGS
           ;
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           to
           
           L'Estrange's
           Sayings
           ,
           fairly
           and
           impartially
           Reported
           ;
           and
           in
           such
           manner
           Digested
           ,
           and
           Dispos'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           shall
           find
           every
           Article
           of
           the
           Subject
           in
           Question
           ,
           unanswerably
           Refuted
           by
           their
           Own
           Lips
           and
           Pens
           :
           Conscience
           Fighting
           against
           
             Conscience
             ,
             Text
          
           against
           
             Text
             ,
             Practice
          
           against
           Pretense
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           Meddling
           Party
           ,
           from
           One
           End
           of
           the
           Controversy
           to
           the
           Other
           ,
           laying
           violent
           Hands
           upon
           Themselves
           .
           So
           that
           there
           shall
           need
           no
           Other
           Plea
           for
           the
           Government
           ,
           than
           the
           very
           Arguments
           of
           those
           that
           Contend
           so
           eagerly
           against
           it
           ;
           Every
           Party
           still
           as
           it
           was
           Uppermost
           ,
           serving
           it
           
           self
           of
           the
           
             Same
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           and
           Weapons
           ,
           against
           the
           Opposition
           of
           the
           Under-Schismaticks
           ,
           which
           the
           Lawful
           Magistrate
           does
           employ
           for
           his
           own
           Support
           against
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Schism
           .
        
         
           In
           This
           Extract
           ,
           or
           Collection
           ,
           the
           Reader
           may
           phansy
           himself
           to
           be
           gotten
           into
           the
           
             Phanaticks
             Tyring-Room
          
           ;
           where
           he
           sees
           all
           their
           Dresses
           ,
           and
           Disguises
           ;
           their
           Shifts
           of
           Masques
           ,
           and
           Habits
           ;
           their
           Change
           of
           Scenes
           ;
           their
           
             Artificial
             Thunders
          
           ,
           and
           
             False
             Fires
          
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           very
           Buggs
           ,
           and
           Devils
           ,
           that
           they
           fright
           Fools
           and
           Children
           with
           ,
           at
           a
           Distance
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           more
           ,
           Near
           hand
           ,
           than
           Paint
           ,
           and
           Canvass
           .
           You
           have
           here
           laid
           open
           to
           you
           ,
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Work
           ;
           to
           the
           very
           Springs
           ,
           and
           Wheels
           ,
           that
           make
           the
           
             Motion
             Play
          
           ;
           Their
           Deeds
           of
           Darkness
           brought
           to
           Light
           ,
           their
           very
           
             Souls
             Expos'd
          
           ;
           their
           Pleas
           and
           Consciences
           still
           varying
           with
           their
           Fortunes
           .
           Or
           ,
           in
           One
           Word
           ,
           You
           have
           here
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Picture
          
           to
           the
           Life
           ,
           of
           
             their
             own
             Drawing
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           That
           Fruitless
           Conference
           at
           the
           Savoy
           ,
           where
           His
           Majesty
           did
           all
           that
           was
           possible
           for
           Him
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           Gratify
           the
           Importunities
           of
           an
           Ungrateful
           ,
           and
           Insatiable
           Party
           ,
           without
           Laying
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Crown
           at
           their
           Feet
           :
           (
           And
           the
           Treaty
           brake
           off
           (
           in
           effect
           )
           because
           the
           King
           would
           not
           part
           with
           the
           Rest
           )
           What
           did
           they
           do
           ;
           but
           ,
           instead
           of
           Submitting
           to
           some
           Accommodable
           Alterations
           in
           the
           Service-Book
           ,
           (
           as
           was
           propounded
           )
           wholly
           Abolish
           the
           Liturgy
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           Publish
           a
           
           Directory
           of
           their
           Own
           ;
           with
           Miserable
           Complaints
           ,
           and
           Appeals
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           prevail
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           to
           be
           Heard
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           are
           they
           beholden
           to
           Me
           then
           ,
           for
           bringing
           them
           to
           the
           Fairest
           Hearing
           here
           that
           ever
           Men
           had
           ;
           for
           they
           shall
           have
           their
           Own
           Choyce
           ,
           (
           the
           Multitude
           )
           for
           their
           Judges
           ,
           and
           They
           Themselves
           shall
           be
           allow'd
           to
           be
           their
           Own
           Advocates
           .
           And
           ,
           in
           Truth
           ,
           there
           will
           need
           no
           more
           ;
           when
           every
           Man
           of
           them
           is
           both
           Plaintiff
           ,
           and
           Defendent
           within
           Himself
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Right
           Hand
           a
           Witness
           against
           his
           Left.
           
        
      
       
         
           POST-SCRIPT
           .
        
         
           JUst
           as
           I
           was
           hurrying
           away
           this
           Sheet
           to
           the
           Press
           ,
           out
           comes
           The
           
             Protestant
             Mercury
          
           ,
           (
           If
           he
           had
           called
           it
           The
           Protestant
           Cheat
           ,
           or
           Cuckold
           ,
           a
           Body
           might
           have
           guess'd
           at
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           Their
           Names
           .
           )
        
         
           On
           
             April
             3.
          
           (
           say
           They
           )
           Mr.
           L'Estrange
           thought
           fit
           to
           Take
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           at
           his
           Parish-Church
           ;
           (
           St.
           
             Giles
             in
             the
             Fields
          
           )
           and
           was
           observed
           To
           Whisper
           the
           Minister
           some
           time
           before
           he
           did
           Receive
           .
           But
           he
           would
           do
           well
           in
           his
           next
           Pamphlet
           ,
           to
           tell
           those
           that
           still
           suspect
           him
           ;
           how
           oft
           ,
           and
           where
           ,
           and
           when
           ,
           he
           came
           to
           That
           Holy
           Table
           ,
           in
           Sixteen
           Years
           Time
           before
           the
           
           Discovery
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           ;
           and
           before
           he
           was
           Publickly
           question'd
           for
           being
           a
           Papist
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           that
           I
           Received
           the
           Blessed
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           above
           ;
           and
           Whisper'd
           also
           
             to
             the
             Minister
          
           ;
           (
           the
           Learned
           ,
           and
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Sharp
           )
           and
           the
           very
           Words
           I
           Whispered
           were
           
             These
             .
             [
             So
             let
          
           God
           
             deal
             with
             Me
             ,
             as
             I
             am
          
           Clear
           ,
           
             not
             only
             of
          
           Popery
           ,
           
             but
             of
             All
             the
             Things
             that
             have
             been
             Sworn
             against
             me
             ,
             that
             look
             towards
             it
             .
             ]
          
           Now
           ,
           for
           the
           further
           Satisfaction
           of
           Knaves
           ,
           and
           Fools
           ,
           (
           for
           no
           other
           ,
           that
           know
           Me
           ,
           and
           my
           Circumstances
           ,
           can
           pretend
           to
           suspect
           me
           )
           let
           them
           Ask
           Mr.
           Gatford
           ,
           Minister
           of
           St.
           
             Dionis
             Backchurch
          
           ,
           &
           a
           Worthy
           Divine
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           not
           several
           times
           Received
           the
           Holy
           Sacraments
           from
           
             his
             Hand
          
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           Parish-Church
           too
           ;
           long
           ,
           and
           late
           before
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot.
          
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           Hundreds
           of
           other
           Witnesses
           that
           I
           could
           produce
           in
           my
           Justification
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Triple
             League
          
           of
           
             Mercenary
             Libellers
          
           were
           worthy
           of
           it
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           AUTHORITIES
           Cited
           in
           This
           WORK
           .
        
         
           
             BAstwick
             ,
          
           
             Burton
             .
          
           
             Jenkins
             ,
          
           
             Junius
             Brutus
             .
          
           
             Baxter
             ,
          
           
             Buchaman
             .
          
           
             Case
             ,
          
           
             Mene
             Tekel
             .
          
           
             Knox
             ,
          
           
             Burroughs
             .
          
           
             Marshall
             ,
          
           
             Poor
             Mans's
             Cup.
             
          
           
             Strickland
             ,
          
           
             Jus
             Populi
             .
          
           
             Calamy
             ,
          
           
             Goodwyn
             .
          
           
             Bond
             ,
          
           
             Brooks
             .
          
           
             Manton
             ,
          
           
             Saltmarsh
             .
          
           
             Love
             ,
          
           
             Del.
             
          
           
             Herle
             ,
          
           
             Nonsuch
             Charles
             .
          
           
             Cartwright
             ,
          
           
             Fenner
             .
          
           
             Caryl
             ,
          
           
             Faircloth
             .
          
           
             Owen
             ,
          
           
             Gilby
             .
          
           
             Goodman
             ,
          
           
             Cockaine
             .
          
           
             Bridges
             ,
          
           
             Simpson
             .
          
           
             Ward
             ,
          
           
             Vdal
             .
          
           
             Crosse
             ,
          
           
             Newcomen
             .
          
           
             Spurstoe
             ,
          
           
             Salwey
             .
          
           
             Martin
             Junior
             ▪
          
           
             Snape
             .
          
           
             Holms
             ,
          
           
             Edwards
             .
          
           
             Young
             ,
          
           
             Gillespy
             .
          
           
             Evans
             ,
          
           
             Robinson
             .
          
           
             Cosens
             ,
          
           
             Penry
             .
          
           
             King
             ,
          
           
             Kid.
             
          
           
             Mitchel
             ,
          
           
             Guthery
             .
          
           
             Crab
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Felt-maker
            
             .
             )
          
           
             Hobson
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Taylor
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Mellish
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Cobler
               -
            
             )
          
           
             Debman
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Cooper
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Heath
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Coller-maker
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Potter
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Smith
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Durance
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Wash-Ball-Man
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Green
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Felt-maker
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Spencer
             
               (
               a
               Coach-man
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Rice
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Tinker
            
             .
             )
          
           
             Field
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Bodies-maker
               .
            
             )
          
           
             Crew
             ,
             
               (
               a
               Taylor
               ,
            
             )
             &c.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             §.
             1.
             
             Of
             Toleration
             .
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             A
             Toleration
             is
             against
             the
             Nature
             of
             Reformation
             ;
             a
             Reformation
             and
             a
             Toleration
             are
             diametrically
             opposite
             .
             The
             Apologists
             in
             Petitioning
             for
             a
             Toleration
             ,
             have
             not
             only
             broken
             the
             Covenant
             themselves
             ,
             but
             they
             endeavour
             by
             all
             their
             Wit
             and
             Art
             to
             bring
             the
             Parliament
             and
             Kingdom
             into
             so
             great
             a
             guilt
             as
             the
             breach
             of
             This
             Solemn
             Covenant
             .
             
               Edwards
               Antapalogia
               ,
               Pag.
            
             241.
             
             A
             Toleration
             of
             men
             in
             their
             Errours
             ,
             this
             pretended
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             is
             against
             the
             Judgement
             of
             the
             greatest
             Lights
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             both
             ancient
             and
             modern
             ,
             Pag.
             242.
             
          
           
             (
             B
             )
             Doth
             it
             indeed
             belong
             to
             you
             only
             to
             look
             to
             the
             Civil
             Peace
             ,
             and
             to
             let
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             stand
             or
             fall
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             Master
             ?
             
               Fight
               God
               ,
               Fight
               Devil
               ;
               Fight
               Christ
               ,
               Fight
               Anti-Christ
               ;
               Catch
               that
               Catch
               can
            
             ;
             you
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             but
             to
             stand
             by
             ,
             and
             look
             on
             .
             Say
             so
             then
             ;
             Speak
             ,
             out
             ,
             publish
             it
             in
             your
             Declarations
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             People
             of
             England
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             Right
             and
             Liberty
             to
             which
             the
             Subjects
             of
             England
             are
             born
             ;
             that
             every
             man
             hold
             what
             he
             please
             ,
             and
             publish
             and
             Preach
             what
             he
             holds
             :
             That
             it
             is
             the
             Birth-Right
             (
             as
             some
             would
             have
             it
             )
             of
             the
             Free-born-People
             of
             England
             ,
             every
             man
             to
             worship
             God
             according
             to
             his
             own
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             of
             what
             Religion
             his
             own
             Conscience
             shall
             Dictate
             :
             Do
             so
             ,
             and
             see
             (
             Fathers
             and
             Brethren
             )
             how
             long
             your
             Civil
             Peace
             will
             secure
             you
             ,
             when
             Religion
             is
             destroy'd
             ;
             how
             long
             it
             will
             be
             ere
             your
             Civil
             Peace
             be
             turned
             into
             Civil
             War
             !
             For
             no
             doubt
             ,
             if
             this
             be
             once
             granted
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             may
             in
             good
             time
             come
             to
             know
             also
             ,
             (
             there
             be
             them
             that
             are
             instructing
             them
             even
             in
             these
             Principles
             too
             )
             that
             it
             is
             their
             Birth-Right
             to
             be
             freed
             from
             the
             Power
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Power
             of
             
               Kings
               ;
               and
               to
               take
               up
               Arms
               against
               Both
               ,
               when
               they
               shall
               not
               Vote
               and
               Act
               according
               to
               their
               Humours
               .
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             falsly
             so
             call'd
             may
             in
             good
             time
             emprove
             it self
             
             into
             Liberty
             of
             Estates
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             of
             Houses
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             of
             Wives
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             Liberty
             of
             Perdition
             ,
             of
             Souls
             ,
             and
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             I
             hold
             it
             a
             Truer
             Point
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             that
             
               Errans
               Conscientia
               LIGANDA
            
             ,
             then
             LIGAT
             ;
             but
             certainly
             the
             Devil
             in
             the
             Conscience
             may
             be
             ,
             nay
             ,
             must
             be
             bound
             .
             
               Lightfoot
               Serm.
               to
               Com.
               Aug.
            
             26.
             1645.
             
             Pag.
             30.
             
          
           
             Ye
             Servants
             of
             Christ
             ,
             take
             heed
             of
             yielding
             to
             the
             Pretenses
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             the
             Devil
             ,
             not
             Christ
             ,
             has
             his
             Throne
             There
             .
             
               Hugh's
               Serm.
               to
               the
               Com.
               May
            
             26.
             1647.
             
             Pag.
             34.
             
          
           
             (
             C
             )
             What
             ?
             when
             we
             have
             so
             much
             appear'd
             against
             Popery
             and
             Superstition
             ,
             shall
             we
             now
             begin
             to
             think
             of
             Indifferency
             and
             Toleration
             ?
             Certainly
             it
             is
             but
             a
             sorry
             exchange
             of
             a
             
               Bad
               Religion
            
             for
             
               None
               .
               Horton
               Serm.
               to
               the
               Lords
               ,
               Dec.
            
             30.
             1646.
             
             Pa.
             38.
             
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             Would
             These
             men
             that
             so
             highly
             defend
             Toleration
             ,
             grant
             that
             Toleration
             (
             if
             they
             had
             power
             in
             their
             hands
             )
             to
             others
             ,
             which
             they
             desire
             for
             themselves
             ?
             I
             doubt
             it
             .
             The
             Arrians
             did
             sometimes
             seem
             as
             earnest
             Enemies
             to
             Persecution
             ,
             as
             these
             men
             ;
             yet
             when
             they
             had
             Authority
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             they
             raised
             a
             Persecution
             against
             the
             Orthodox
             ,
             more
             terrible
             then
             the
             
               Heathen
               Emperours
            
             against
             the
             
               Christians
               .
               Cranfords
               Serm.
               before
               the
               Lord
               Mayor
               ,
               Feb.
            
             1.
             1645.
             
             Pa.
             11.
             
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             O
             let
             the
             Ministers
             therefore
             Oppose
             Toleration
             (
             as
             being
             that
             by
             which
             the
             Devil
             would
             at
             once
             lay
             a
             Foundation
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             to
             all
             Generations
             )
             witnesse
             against
             it
             in
             all
             places
             ;
             possesse
             the
             Magistrate
             of
             the
             Evil
             of
             it
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             too
             ;
             shewing
             them
             how
             ,
             if
             a
             Toleration
             were
             granted
             ,
             they
             should
             never
             have
             Peace
             in
             their
             Families
             more
             ;
             or
             ever
             after
             ,
             have
             Command
             of
             Wives
             ,
             Children
             ,
             Servants
             ,
             &c.
             
             Let
             's
             therefore
             fill
             all
             Presses
             ,
             cause
             all
             Pulpits
             to
             ring
             ,
             and
             so
             possess
             Parliament
             ,
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             against
             the
             Sects
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Evil
             of
             Schism
             and
             Toleration
             ;
             that
             we
             may
             no
             more
             hear
             of
             a
             Toleration
             ,
             nor
             of
             
               Separated
               Churches
            
             ,
             being
             Hateful
             Names
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God.
             
               Amen
               ,
               Amen
            
             ,
             Ibid.
             
               Edwards
               Gangraena
               ,
               Part.
            
             1.
             
             Pag.
             84.
             
          
           
           
             (
             F
             )
             We
             are
             bold
             to
             hint
             unto
             you
             these
             ensuing
             Reasons
             against
             the
             Toleration
             of
             Independency
             in
             this
             Church
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             No
             such
             Toleration
             hath
             hitherto
             been
             established
             (
             so
             far
             as
             we
             know
             )
             in
             any
             Christian
             State
             ,
             by
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Because
             some
             of
             them
             have
             solemnly
             profess'd
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             suffer
             Presbytery
             :
             And
             answerable
             hereunto
             is
             their
             Practice
             in
             those
             places
             where
             Independency
             prevails
             .
          
           
             (
             G
             )
             Thirdly
             ,
             To
             grant
             to
             Them
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             
               Other
               Sectaries
            
             ,
             who
             are
             Free-born
             as
             well
             as
             They
             ,
             and
             have
             done
             as
             good
             Service
             as
             they
             to
             the
             Publique
             (
             as
             they
             use
             to
             pleade
             )
             will
             be
             counted
             Injustice
             ,
             and
             great
             Partiality
             :
             But
             to
             grant
             it
             unto
             all
             ,
             will
             scarce
             be
             cleared
             from
             great
             Impiety
             .
          
           
             (
             H
             )
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               Independency
            
             is
             a
             Schism
             ,
             &c.
             
             Now
             we
             judge
             ,
             that
             no
             Schism
             is
             to
             be
             Tolerated
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             1
             Cor.
             1.10
             .
             1
             Cor.
             10.25
             .
             Rom.
             6.17
             .
             with
             1
             Cor.
             3.3
             .
             Gal.
             5.20
             .
             
               Presbyt
               .
               Minist
               .
               Letter
               from
               Sion
               College
               ,
               to
               the
               Assembly
               of
               Divines
               ,
               Dec.
            
             18.
             1645.
             
          
           
             (
             I
             )
             Many
             Mischiefs
             will
             inevitably
             follow
             upon
             this
             Toleration
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             to
             Church
             and
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             To
             the
             Church
             :
             As
             1.
             
             Causlesse
             and
             Unjust
             Revolts
             from
             our
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             Congregations
             .
             2.
             
             Our
             Peoples
             mindes
             will
             be
             troubled
             ,
             and
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             subverted
             ,
             as
             Acts
             15.24.3
             .
             Bitter
             heart-burning
             among
             Brethren
             will
             be
             fomented
             and
             perpetuated
             to
             posterity
             .
             4.
             
             The
             Godly
             ,
             Painful
             ,
             Orthodox
             Ministers
             will
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             and
             despised
             .
             5.
             
             The
             life
             and
             power
             of
             Godliness
             will
             be
             eaten
             out
             by
             frivolous
             Disputes
             ,
             and
             vain
             Janglings
             .
             6.
             
             The
             whole
             Course
             of
             Religion
             in
             private
             Families
             will
             be
             Interrupted
             and
             Undermined
             .
             7.
             
             Reciprocal
             duties
             between
             persons
             of
             nearest
             and
             dearest
             Relation
             will
             be
             extremely
             violated
             .
             8.
             
             All
             
               other
               Sects
            
             and
             Heresies
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             will
             be
             encourag'd
             to
             endeavour
             the
             like
             Toleration
             ,
             and
             shelter
             themselves
             under
             the
             wings
             of
             Independency
             .
             9.
             
             And
             the
             whole
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             short
             time
             ,
             will
             be
             swallow'd
             up
             with
             Destruction
             and
             Confusion
             .
          
           
             (
             K
             )
             Secondly
             ,
             To
             the
             Common-wealth
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             much
             to
             be
             doubted
             lest
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             should
             not
             only
             be
             weaken'd
             ,
             but
             even
             utterly
             overthrown
             ,
             considering
             the
             Principles
             and
             Practises
             of
             Independents
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             Compliance
             with
             
               Other
               Sectaries
            
             sufficiently
             known
             to
             be
             
               Anti-Magistratical
               ,
               Ibid.
            
             
          
           
           
             (
             L
             )
             It
             would
             lay
             the
             Foundation
             of
             Strife
             and
             Division
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             have
             Two
             ways
             of
             Church-Government
             .
             
               Epistolary
               Discourse
            
             ,
             p.
             21.
             
             
               Printed
               by
               Order
            
             ,
             1644.
             
          
           
             The
             Cities
             Humble
             Remonstrance
             and
             Petition
             of
             May
             26.
             1646.
             presses
             to
             have
             some
             speedy
             course
             taken
             for
             the
             suppressing
             of
             all
             private
             and
             Separated
             Congregations
             .
          
           
             
               Notes
               upon
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 Toleration
                 (
                 A
              
               )
               is
               a
               Breach
               of
               Covenant
               ;
               and
               against
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Church
               .
               
                 (
                 B
              
               )
               Destructive
               of
               Government
               ,
               and
               
                 (
                 C
              
               )
               Religion
               .
               
                 (
                 D
              
               )
               They
               that
               ask
               it
               will
               never
               grant
               it
               .
               
                 (
                 E
              
               )
               The
               Devils
               Engine
               to
               Confound
               States
               ,
               Families
               ,
               and
               Souls
               .
               Separated
               Churches
               are
               not
               to
               be
               endured
               ,
               
                 (
                 F
              
               )
               without
               President
               ;
               and
               
                 (
                 G
              
               )
               never
               to
               be
               Pleas'd
               :
               
                 (
                 H
              
               )
               Intolerable
               ;
               
                 (
                 I
              
               )
               Ruinous
               both
               to
               Church
               and
               
                 (
                 K
              
               )
               Common-wealth
               ;
               and
               
                 (
                 L
              
               )
               the
               very
               Bone
               of
               Contention
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               to
               desire
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               is
               to
               Ask
               a
               thing
               which
               it
               were
               Impious
               to
               Allow
               ,
               and
               which
               they
               have
               sworn
               to
               hinder
               ,
               all
               they
               can
               :
               A
               thing
               that
               sets
               up
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Hell
               ;
               without
               either
               President
               ,
               or
               Profit
               :
               to
               the
               certain
               Ruine
               both
               of
               Church
               and
               State
               :
               And
               This
               ,
               by
               their
               Own
               Confession
               ,
               and
               Avow'd
               by
               their
               own
               Authority
               .
               This
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               
                 Thing
                 it self
              
               :
               We
               shall
               now
               see
               it
               in
               the
               EFFECTS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §.
             2.
             
             The
             Fruits
             of
             a
             Toleration
             .
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             THis
             is
             that
             
               Diabolical
               Liberty
               (
               says
            
             Beza
             .
             
               Confess
               .
               Fid.
               Eccl.
               l.
            
             5.
             
               de
               sect
            
             .
             44.
             )
             which
             hath
             filled
             Polonia
             ,
             and
             Transilvania
             with
             so
             many
             Plagues
             of
             Opinions
             .
          
           
             Reader
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             discern
             the
             mischief
             of
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Anarchy
            
             ,
             the
             monstrousness
             of
             the
             much-affected
             Toleration
             ,
             and
             be
             warned
             to
             be
             wise
             to
             Sobriety
             ,
             and
             fear
             ,
             and
             suspect
             the
             pretended
             
               New
               Lights
            
             ;
             I
             approve
             that
             this
             Treatise
             ,
             discovering
             the
             Gangrene
             of
             so
             many
             strange
             Opinions
             ,
             should
             be
             Imprinted
             .
             
               James
               Cranfords
               License
               to
               the
               First
               Part
               of
            
             Edward's
             Gangrena
             .
          
           
           
             (
             B
             )
             You
             have
             ,
             most
             Noble
             Senators
             ,
             done
             worthily
             against
             
               Papists
               ,
               Prelates
            
             and
             
               Scandalous
               Ministers
            
             ;
             in
             casting
             down
             
               Images
               ,
               Altars
               ,
               Crucifixes
            
             ;
             throwing
             out
             Ceremonies
             ,
             &c.
             but
             what
             have
             you
             done
             against
             other
             kindes
             of
             growing
             Evils
             ;
             
               Heresie
               ,
               Schism
               ,
               Disorder
            
             ;
             against
             
               Seekers
               ,
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Antinomians
               ,
               Brownists
               ,
               Libertines
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Sects
             ?
             You
             have
             destroy'd
             Baal
             and
             his
             Priests
             ;
             but
             have
             you
             been
             zealous
             against
             
               Golden
               Calves
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Priests
             of
             the
             Lowest
             of
             the
             People
             ?
             —
             You
             have
             put
             down
             the
             Book
             of
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             many
             among
             Us
             that
             put
             down
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             slighting
             ,
             yea
             ,
             blaspheming
             them
             .
             You
             have
             broken
             down
             Images
             of
             the
             
               Trinity
               ;
               Christ
               ;
               Virgin
               Mary
               ,
               Apostles
            
             ;
             And
             we
             have
             those
             who
             overthrow
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Trinity
             :
             oppose
             the
             Divinity
             of
             Christ
             ,
             speak
             evil
             of
             the
             
               Virgin
               Mary
            
             ,
             slight
             the
             Apostles
             .
             You
             have
             cast
             out
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             their
             Officers
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             many
             that
             cast
             down
             to
             the
             ground
             all
             Ministers
             in
             all
             the
             
               Reformed
               Churches
            
             .
             You
             have
             cast
             out
             Ceremonies
             in
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Crosse
               ,
               Kneeling
            
             at
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             many
             cast
             out
             the
             
               Sacraments
               ,
               Baptisme
            
             and
             the
             
               Lords
               Supper
            
             .
             —
             The
             Sects
             have
             been
             growing
             upon
             us
             ever
             since
             the
             first
             year
             of
             your
             sitting
             ,
             and
             have
             every
             year
             encreased
             more
             and
             more
             ;
             things
             have
             been
             bad
             a
             great
             while
             ,
             but
             this
             last
             year
             they
             are
             grown
             Intolerable
             .
             And
             if
             
               Schism
               ,
               Heresie
            
             &c.
             be
             let
             alone
             ,
             and
             rise
             proportionably
             for
             one
             year
             longer
             ,
             we
             shall
             need
             no
             Cavaliers
             ,
             nor
             Enemies
             ,
             from
             without
             ,
             to
             destroy
             us
             .
             
               Ib.
               Epist.
               Ded.
               to
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               .
            
          
           
             (
             C
             )
             The
             
               Independent
               Churches
            
             ,
             like
             Africa
             ,
             do
             breed
             and
             bring
             forth
             the
             Monsters
             of
             
               Anabaptism
               ,
               Antinomianism
               ,
               Familism
            
             ,
             Nay
             that
             huge
             Monster
             ,
             and
             old
             flying
             Serpent
             of
             the
             
               Mortality
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               Antapologia
               .
            
             P.
             262.
             
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             As
             
               John
               Baptist
            
             wore
             a
             
               Leathern
               Girdle
            
             ,
             So
             the
             Doctrine
             that
             he
             preach'd
             was
             
               Leathern
               Doctrine
               .
               Saltmarsh's
               Serm.
               at
               the
               Bath
               .
            
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             The
             Saints
             are
             those
             that
             are
             now
             stiled
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Familists
               Antinonians
               ,
               Independents
               ,
               Sectaries
               ,
            
             &c.
             —
             The
             First
             party
             that
             rose
             against
             you
             ,
             namely
             the
             
               Prophane
               ones
            
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             are
             fallen
             under
             you
             ;
             and
             now
             there
             is
             another
             Party
             ,
             Formalists
             ,
             and
             
               Carnal
               Gospellers
            
             rising
             up
             against
             you
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Del's
               Serm.
               to
               the
               General
               and
               Officers
               June
            
             7.
             1646.
             
          
           
           
             (
             F
             )
             Shall
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Orthodox
             ,
             Godly
             Ministers
             be
             so
             cold
             ,
             as
             to
             let
             
               Anabaptism
               ,
               Brownism
               ,
               Antinomianism
               ,
               Libertinism
               ,
               Independency
               ,
            
             come
             in
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             sleep
             in
             a
             whole
             skin
             ?
             
               Gangren
               .
               Par.
            
             1.91
             .
          
           
             (
             G
             )
             When
             
               Cartwright
               ,
               Hildersham
               ,
               Travers
            
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             gracious
             Divines
             ,
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             upon
             their
             Great
             diligence
             ,
             had
             undermined
             and
             well
             near
             overthrown
             the
             
               Episcopal
               Sees
            
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             
               Cathedral
               Ceremonies
            
             ;
             Incontinent
             the
             Generation
             of
             the
             Separatists
             did
             start
             up
             &c.
             
             [
             
               Bayly's
               Disswasive
               Pag.
            
             12.
             ]
          
           
             (
             H
             )
             The
             famous
             City
             of
             London
             is
             become
             an
             Amsterdam
             ;
             Separation
             from
             our
             Churches
             is
             Countenanc'd
             ;
             Toleration
             is
             cry'd
             up
             ;
             Authority
             lyeth
             asleep
             ,
             
               &c.
               Calamy's
               Serm.
               to
               the
               Lord
               Mayor
               ,
            
             Jan.
             14.
             1645.
             
             Pag.
             3.
             
             Divisions
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             Ecclesiastical
             or
             Political
             ,
             in
             
               Kingdoms
               ,
               Cityes
            
             or
             Familyes
             are
             Infallible
             Causes
             of
             Ruine
             to
             Kingdoms
             ,
             Cities
             and
             Families
             .
             
               Serm.
               to
               the
               Lords
               ,
               Dec.
            
             25.
             1642.
             
          
           
             (
             I
             )
             Diversity
             of
             Religion
             ,
             disjoynts
             and
             distracts
             the
             Minds
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Seminary
             of
             Perpetual
             Hatreds
             ,
             Jealousies
             ,
             Seditions
             ,
             Wars
             ,
             if
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             be
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             either
             a
             Schism
             in
             the
             State
             begets
             a
             Schism
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             a
             Schism
             in
             the
             Church
             begets
             a
             Schism
             in
             the
             State.
             &c.
             
             Once
             for
             all
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Preservation
             and
             Reservation
             of
             Religion
             which
             you
             have
             Covenanted
             to
             endeavour
             ;
             and
             not
             a
             
               Liberty
               of
               Opinion
            
             ,
             which
             will
             consist
             with
             neither
             .
             
               Newcomen
               .
               Serm.
               to
               Parl.
               Sept.
            
             12.
             1644.
             
          
           
             (
             K
             )
             Independents
             the
             most
             Pharisaical
             ,
             proud
             ,
             envious
             ,
             and
             malicious
             Sect
             that
             ever
             sprung
             up
             :
             (
             
               Bastwicks
               Independency
               not
               Gods
               Ordinance
            
             )
             Wild-geese
             ,
             Old-geese
             ,
             sticklers
             against
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             Presbytery
             ;
             Fighters
             against
             God
             ;
             Violaters
             of
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             ;
             a
             company
             of
             Rats
             among
             Joyn'd-stools
             ;
             not
             worthy
             to
             give
             guts
             to
             a
             Bear
             ;
             Moon-calves
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               Id.
               Postscr
               .
               Pa.
            
             12.32
             ,
             34
             ,
             36.
             &c.
             
          
           
             (
             L
             )
             The
             Errours
             and
             Innovations
             under
             which
             we
             so
             much
             groan'd
             of
             Latter
             years
             ,
             were
             but
             
               Tolerabiles
               Ineptiae
            
             ,
             tolerable
             Trifles
             ,
             Childrens-Play
             ,
             compar'd
             with
             these
             Damnable
             Doctrines
             ,
             Doctrines
             of
             Devils
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             calls
             them
             :
             
               Polygamy
               ,
               Arbitrary
               Divorce
               ,
               Mortality
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               No
               Ministry
               ;
               no
               Churches
               ;
               
               no
               Ordinances
               :
               no
               Scripture
               .
            
             Yea
             the
             very
             Divinity
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             question'd
             by
             some
             ;
             denyed
             by
             Others
             ;
             and
             the
             very
             Foundation
             of
             all
             these
             layd
             in
             such
             a
             Schism
             of
             
               boundless
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               Serm.
               before
               the
               Commons
               ,
               Aug.
            
             22.
             1645.
             
             Pag.
             29.
             
          
           
             (
             M
             )
             The
             Scriptures
             deny'd
             to
             be
             the
             word
             of
             God
             —
             Only
             of
             Human
             Authority
             —
             Insufficient
             ,
             and
             Uncertain
             .
             
               Edward's
               Gangrena
               .
               Pag.
            
             15.
             —
             God
             has
             a
             hand
             in
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Authour
             of
             the
             Sinfulness
             of
             his
             People
             .
             P.
             16.
             —
             The
             Soul
             dies
             with
             the
             Body
             .
             —
             In
             the
             Unity
             of
             God
             there
             is
             not
             a
             Trinity
             of
             Persons
             .
             —
             Nor
             Three
             distinct
             Persons
             in
             the
             Divine
             Essence
             ;
             but
             only
             Three
             Offices
             .
             Pag.
             17.
             —
             That
             Christs
             human
             Nature
             is
             de●led
             with
             Original
             Sin.
             —
             That
             no
             man
             shall
             perish
             or
             go
             to
             Hell
             ,
             for
             any
             Sin
             but
             Unbelief
             only
             .
             Pag.
             18.
             —
             That
             men
             may
             be
             saved
             without
             Christ.
             —
             That
             there
             is
             no
             Original
             Sin
             in
             us
             ;
             only
             Adams
             first
             sin
             was
             Original
             Sin.
             Pag.
             20.
             —
             That
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Repentance
             is
             a
             Soul-destroying
             Doctrine
             .
             Pag.
             21.
             &c.
             
          
           
             (
             N
             )
             A
             Minister
             in
             Hertfordshire
             bringing
             a
             place
             of
             Scripture
             against
             an
             Anabaptist
             which
             he
             could
             not
             Answer
             ;
             said
             ,
             
               It
               was
               the
               Weakness
               of
               the
               Apostle
               ,
            
             and
             there
             he
             wanted
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             Pag.
             33.
             
             Part.
             1.
             —
             Some
             of
             the
             Sectaryes
             Plead
             Miracles
             ,
             Revelations
             ,
             Visions
             ,
             as
             Christs
             appearing
             to
             an
             Anabaptist
             ,
             and
             forbidding
             her
             to
             baptize
             her
             Child
             ,
             Pag.
             58.
             
             And
             their
             dressing
             up
             a
             Cat
             ,
             like
             a
             Childe
             ,
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             (
             O
             )
             One
             Cozens
             of
             Rochester
             in
             Kent
             ,
             sayd
             ,
             that
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               was
               a
               Bastard
            
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             he
             were
             upon
             the
             earth
             again
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             asham'd
             of
             
               many
               things
               he
               then
               did
               .
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             105.
             
          
           
             Oh
             Lord
             !
             Thine
             Honour
             is
             now
             at
             stake
             ;
             for
             now
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             Antichrist
             hath
             drawn
             his
             sword
             against
             thy
             Christ
             ;
             and
             if
             our
             Enemies
             prevail
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             lose
             thine
             Honour
             .
             
               Strickland
               at
               Southampton
               ,
               Jun.
            
             9.
             1643.
             
          
           
             If
             thou
             dost
             not
             finish
             the
             good
             Work
             which
             thou
             hast
             begun
             ,
             in
             the
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             shew
             thy self
             to
             be
             the
             God
             of
             Confusion
             :
             and
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             as
             by
             Cunning
             Stratagem
             hast
             contrived
             the
             Destruction
             of
             thine
             own
             Children
             .
             [
             
               Crosse
               at
               St.
               Mildreds
               in
               the
               Counter
               ,
               July
            
             6.
             ]
          
           
             O
             God
             ,
             O
             God!
             Many
             are
             the
             hands
             lift
             up
             against
             us
             ;
             But
             there
             is
             
               one
               God
            
             :
             It
             is
             Thou
             thy self
             ,
             O
             Father
             ,
             who
             doest
             us
             more
             
             Mischief
             then
             them
             all
             .
             [
             
               Robinson
               at
               Southhampt
               .
               Aug.
            
             25.
             ]
          
           
             O
             Lord
             !
             when
             wilt
             thou
             take
             a
             Chair
             ,
             and
             sit
             amongst
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             ?
             When
             ,
             O
             God
             ;
             When
             (
             I
             say
             )
             wilt
             thou
             Vote
             amongst
             the
             Honourable
             Commons
             ?
             Thine
             own
             Commons
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             Zealous
             for
             thine
             Honour
             ?
             [
             
               Evans
               of
               St.
               Clemens
            
             .
             ]
          
           
             I
             say
             ,
             This
             is
             Gods
             Cause
             ;
             and
             if
             our
             God
             hath
             any
             Cause
             ,
             This
             is
             It.
             And
             if
             This
             be
             not
             Gods
             Cause
             ,
             then
             
               God
               is
               no
               God
               for
               me
               ;
               but
               the
               Devil
               is
               Got
               up
               into
               Heaven
               .
               [
               Bond
               ,
               at
               the
               Savoy
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             As
             I
             am
             a
             Faithfull
             Sinner
             ,
             Neighbours
             ,
             This
             is
             my
             mornings
             draught
             .
             
               Here
               's
               to
               you
               all
               .
               [
               Isaack
               Massy
               at
               Vppingham
               in
               Rutl.
               giving
               the
               Communion
               on
               Easter-day
               ,
            
             1644.
             
               drinking
               off
               the
               whole
               Cup.
            
             ]
             See
             
               A
               short
               View
               of
               the
               Late
               Troubles
               in
               England
               ,
               Chap
            
             43.
             
          
           
             
               Painfull
               and
               Laborious
               Preachers
               .
            
             
               
                 (
                 P
              
               )
               Samuel
               Fulcher
               an
               Egg-man
               
                 Re-baptiz'd
                 by
              
               Crabb
               a
               Felt-maker
               :
               Gangrene
               Part.
               2.
               
               Pag.
               9.
               
            
             
               
                 (
                 Q
              
               )
               Paul
               Hobson
               a
               Preaching-Taylor
               :
               Gangrene
               Part.
               2.
               
               P.
               18.
               
               Green
               the
               Felt-maker
               .
               Pag.
               248.
               
               Part
               3.
               
               Spencer
               a
               Coachman
               .
               249.
               
               Potter
               a
               Smith
               ,
               Pag.
               96.
               
               John
               Durance
               a
               Washbal-maker
               ,
               Ibid.
               Andrew
               Debman
               an
               Anabaptist-Cooper
               .
               Pag.
               
                 88.
                 (
                 all
                 Preachers
                 :
                 )
                 and
                 four
                 famous
                 Preachers
                 more
                 in
              
               Hertfordshire
               ,
               Viz.
               Heath
               the
               Coller-maker
               of
               Watton
               ,
               Rice
               the
               Tinker
               of
               Aston
               ,
               Field
               the
               Bodyes-maker
               of
               Hertford
               .
               Crew
               the
               Taylor
               of
               Stevenage
               .
               A
               Shoo-maker-Preacher
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 Part.
                 3.
                 
                 P.
                 81.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Notes
               upon
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               TOleration
               was
               
                 (
                 A
              
               )
               the
               destruction
               of
               Poland
               ,
               and
               
                 Transilvania
                 :
                 (
                 B.
                 C.
                 D.
                 E.
                 F.
                 G.
                 H.
                 I.
                 K.
                 L.
                 M.
                 )
              
               and
               the
               Mother
               and
               Nurse
               of
               all
               Heresies
               
                 (
                 N
              
               )
               and
               
                 (
                 O
              
               &c.
               )
               Prophanenesse
               ,
               Blasphemy
               ,
               and
               Imposture
               .
               
                 (
                 P.Q.
              
               )
               Introducing
               Mechaniques
               into
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Ministry
               .
            
             
               Take
               (
               in
               one
               Word
               now
               )
               the
               Steps
               of
               the
               whole
               Proceeding
               .
               The
               First
               Effort
               upon
               the
               Government
               was
               made
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Dissenters
               in
               General
               ;
               for
               
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               .
               So
               soon
               as
               the
               Presbyterians
               
               had
               gotten
               the
               Power
               into
               their
               hands
               ,
               they
               presently
               set
               up
               for
               an
               
                 Uniformity
                 :
                 opposing
              
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               with
               all
               their
               Might
               (
               as
               in
               the
               
                 First
                 Section
              
               )
               foreseeing
               ,
               and
               predicting
               the
               Monstrous
               Opinions
               and
               Confusions
               which
               it
               would
               Infallibly
               produce
               .
            
             
               They
               shew
               us
               in
               the
               
                 Second
                 Section
              
               (
               upon
               Experiment
               )
               that
               they
               were
               true
               Prophets
               ;
               and
               that
               all
               the
               Evils
               they
               foretold
               us
               ,
               came
               accordingly
               to
               passe
               :
               So
               that
               (
               in
               short
               )
               under
               pretence
               of
               
                 Tender
                 Consciences
              
               they
               dissolved
               the
               Established
               Government
               ;
               and
               by
               the
               help
               of
               that
               Pretext
               got
               themselves
               into
               the
               Saddle
               .
               No
               sooner
               was
               the
               Presbyterian
               Mounted
               ,
               but
               he
               ,
               without
               any
               more
               to
               do
               ,
               bent
               all
               his
               Force
               immediately
               to
               the
               Erecting
               of
               an
               Inexorable
               and
               Rigorous
               Uniformity
               :
               Wisely
               considering
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               Trick
               that
               they
               had
               put
               upon
               Episcopacy
               ,
               would
               most
               Infallibly
               (
               if
               not
               prevented
               )
               be
               the
               Ruine
               of
               the
               Presbytery
               too
               ;
               or
               of
               any
               Government
               upon
               the
               face
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               Now
               take
               Notice
               ,
               Good
               People
               ,
               that
               in
               Asking
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               they
               Ask
               what
               they
               judge
               Unsafe
               ,
               and
               Unlawful
               to
               Allow
               .
               They
               Ask
               ,
               what
               they
               Know
               ,
               and
               Declare
               ,
               will
               be
               our
               Undoing
               :
               With
               what
               
                 Equity
                 ,
                 Reason
                 ,
                 Conscience
              
               or
               Designe
               ,
               be
               you
               the
               Judges
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §.
             3.
             
             The
             Dissenters
             Harmony
             among
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
               Pres.
               
            
             
               THe
               Sectaries
               agree
               with
               Julian
               the
               Apostate
               ,
               [
               
                 Gangr
                 .
                 P.
              
               54.
               ]
               The
               Sectaries
               are
               Libertines
               and
               
                 Atheists
                 ,
                 [
                 P.
              
               185.
               ]
               
                 Vnclean
                 ,
                 Incestuous
                 ,
                 [
                 Pa.
              
               187.
               ]
               
                 Drunkards
                 ,
                 [
                 P.
              
               190.
               ]
               
                 Sabbath-Breakers
                 ,
                 Deceivers
                 ,
                 [
                 Pa.
              
               191.
               ]
               Guilty
               of
               gross
               
                 Lying
                 ,
                 Slandering
                 ,
                 Juggling
                 ,
                 falsifying
              
               their
               words
               and
               promises
               ;
               guilty
               of
               excessive
               Pride
               and
               
                 Bousting
                 ,
                 [
                 Pa.
              
               192.
               
               Of
               insufferable
               Insolences
               ,
               horrible
               Affronts
               to
               Authority
               ;
               and
               of
               strange
               
                 Outrages
                 ,
                 [
                 Pa.
              
               194.
               ]
               There
               never
               was
               a
               more
               
                 Hypocritical
                 ,
                 false
                 ,
                 dissembling
              
               Generation
               in
               England
               ,
               then
               many
               of
               the
               Grandees
               of
               our
               Sectaries
               .
               They
               encourage
               ,
               protect
               ,
               and
               cry
               up
               for
               Saints
               ,
               Sons
               of
               Belial
               ,
               and
               the
               vilest
               of
               men
               .
               [
               P.
               240.
               
               Gang.
               2.
               pa.
               1646.
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Ind.
               
            
             
               Presbytery
               is
               Babylon
               ,
               Aegypt
               ,
               
                 a
                 Limb
                 of
              
               Antichrist
               ,
               a
               Tyrannical
               Lordly
               Government
               ;
               
                 a
                 worse
                 Bondage
                 then
                 that
                 under
                 the
              
               bishops
               [
               Martin
               Eccho
               ]
               [
               and
               Burtons
               Conformity
               Deformity
               ]
               
                 worse
                 then
                 either
              
               Aegypt
               ,
               or
               Babylon
               .
               
                 The
                 Spirit
              
               (
               1645.
               )
               
                 of
                 that
              
               Ten-horned
               Beast
               
                 is
                 now
                 making
                 War
                 with
                 the
              
               Lamb
               —
               whose
               Word
               is
               Reformation
               ,
               
                 and
                 this
                 under
                 a
                 fair
                 Colour
                 of
                 a
              
               COVENANT
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 The
                 Mystery
                 
                 of
                 Iniquity
                 ,
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 all
                 Mischief
                 ,
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 present
                 Calamities
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Epist.
               Ded.
               to
               the
               Lord-Mayor
               of
               London
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pre.
               
            
             
               The
               
                 Northamptonshire
                 Addressers
                 to
                 Richard
                 Cromwell
              
               desire
               he
               would
               shew
               Tendernesse
               toward
               the
               name
               of
               God
               ,
               against
               the
               Bold
               Blasphemers
               of
               his
               Magistracy
               ,
               Defamers
               of
               his
               Sacred
               Ordinances
               ,
               Seducers
               from
               Truth
               ,
               Corrupters
               of
               his
               Worship
               ;
               and
               then
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               Exercise
               Just
               Severity
               against
               Despisers
               of
               Dignityes
               ,
               and
               Revilers
               of
               Authority
               ;
               whose
               
                 Vnhallow'd
                 Tongues
              
               set
               on
               fire
               from
               Hell
               ,
               spare
               not
               to
               flash
               out
               their
               Insolent
               Reproaches
               ,
               and
               Impious
               Execrations
               against
               his
               FATHERS
               SEPULCHER
               ,
               and
               his
               OWN
               THRONE
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ind.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Liveth
                 ,
                 who
                 hath
                 brought
                 us
                 from
                 the
              
               Romish
               Papacy
               ,
               
                 which
                 is
                 Spiritually
              
               ,
               Aegypt
               ,
               
                 by
                 a
                 mighty
                 Deliverance
                 ,
                 and
                 manifold
                 Preservations
                 &c.
                 
                 Out
                 of
                 the
              
               Scotch
               Tyranny
               ,
               and
               Scotch
               Presbytery
               ,
               
                 which
                 came
                 like
                 a
                 Tempest
                 from
                 the
              
               NORTH
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 From
                 this
                 bloudy
                 Design
                 of
                 the
              
               Aegyptian
               Papacy
               ;
               
                 from
                 the
                 black
                 Plots
                 ,
                 and
                 bloudy
                 Powers
                 of
                 the
              
               Northern
               Presbytery
               .
               Sterry
               Serm.
               before
               the
               Parliament
               .
               Nov.
               5.
               1651.
               
               Pag.
               7.
               
            
          
           
             
               Pr.
               
            
             
               O
               how
               like
               is
               
                 John
                 Lilburn
              
               to
               
                 John
                 a
                 Leyden
              
               ;
               as
               if
               he
               had
               been
               spit
               out
               of
               his
               mouth
               !
               Dell
               to
               
                 Tho.
                 Muncer
              
               .
               —
               O
               how
               like
               are
               our
               Sectaryes
               to
               the
               old
               Anabaptists
               in
               
                 Germany
                 !
                 Gangraen
                 .
                 Part.
              
               3.
               
               Pag.
               262.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ind.
               
            
             
               The
               Covenant's
               
                 Impossible
                 to
                 be
                 kept
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 makers
                 of
                 it
                 have
                 run
                 into
                 Wilfull
              
               Perjury
               .
               
                 This
                 makebate
                 ,
                 Persecuting
                 ,
                 Soul-destroying
                 ,
              
               England-Dividing
               ,
               
                 and
                 Vndoing
                 Covenant
              
               .
               [
               Lillburns
               England's
               Birth-right
               ]
               —
               
                 To
                 violate
                 an
                 Abominable
                 and
                 accursed
                 Oath
                 out
                 of
                 Conscience
                 unto
                 God
              
               ;
               (
               Says
               
                 I.
                 Goodwyn
              
               12
               Cautions
               P.
               4.
               
               Speaking
               of
               the
               
                 Covenant
                 )
                 is
                 a
                 Holy
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Blessed
                 Perjury
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Pr.
               
            
             
               A
               putredinous
               Vermin
               of
               bold
               Schismaticks
               and
               frantick
               Sectaryes
               ,
               &c.
               forsaking
               our
               Assemblyes
               as
               Babylonish
               ,
               Antichristian
               .
               
                 Burgesse
                 Serm.
                 to
                 the
                 Commons
                 .
                 Nov.
              
               5.
               1641.
               
               Pag.
               60.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ind.
               
            
             
               The
               Three-formed
               Presbytery
               
                 consisting
                 of
                 three
                 Kinds
              
               ,
               Pastors
               ,
               Teachers
               ,
               and
               Elders
               ,
               
                 is
                 not
                 Gods
                 Ordinance
                 ;
                 but
              
               Antichristian
               .
               Smiths
               Differences
               ,
               Pag.
               4.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Pr.
               
            
             
               These
               detestable
               Sectaryes
               !
               the
               Plague
               of
               Heresies
               among
               us
               ;
               and
               we
               have
               no
               power
               to
               keep
               the
               Sick
               from
               the
               Whole
               .
               The
               Wolves
               that
               were
               wont
               to
               ly
               in
               the
               Woods
               are
               come
               into
               our
               sheep-folds
               ,
               and
               Roar
               in
               the
               Holy
               Congregations
               .
               
                 Paget's
                 Heresiography
                 ,
                 P.
              
               37.
               
               Printed
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ind.
               
            
             
               The
               Assembly
               is
               Antichristian
               ,
               Romish
               ,
               Bloudy
               ,
               
                 the
                 Plagues
                 and
                 Pests
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
              
               Baals
               Priests
               ,
               Diviners
               ,
               Southsayers
               ,
               with
               Two
               Horns
               
                 like
                 a
              
               Lamb
               ,
               
                 but
                 a
              
               Mouth
               
                 like
                 a
              
               Dragon
               .
               [
               Gangraena
               3.
               
               Part
               Pag.
               230.
               ]
               —
               Insatiable
               Hirelings
               ,
               Gehazi's
               Cheaters
               ,
               Pulpited
               Divines
               ,
               
                 Distributers
                 of
                 Sundays
              
               Doles
               ,
               Simonious
               ,
               Decimating
               Clergy
               ,
               Common
               Incendiaryes
               .
               [
               Lond.
               Minist
               .
               Seas
               .
               Exhort
               .
               P.
               21.1660
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Pres.
               
            
             
               Since
               the
               Suspension
               of
               our
               Church-Government
               every
               one
               that
               listeth
               turneth
               Preacher
               .
               As
               
                 Shoomakers
                 ,
                 Coblers
                 ,
                 Button-makers
                 ,
                 Hostlers
                 ,
              
               &c.
               [
               
                 Paget
                 Heres
                 .
                 Epist.
                 Ded.
              
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Ind.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 National
                 Covenant
                 is
                 a
                 double
                 fac'd
                 Covenant
                 ,
              
               the
               greatest
               Makebate
               ,
               and
               snare
               that
               ever
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               the
               Clergy
               his
               Agents
               ,
               cast
               in
               amongst
               honest
               men
               in
               England
               ,
               in
               our
               Age.
               [
               Londons
               Liberty
               in
               Chains
               .
               P.
               42.
               
            
          
           
             
               Pr.
               
            
             
               Was
               there
               ever
               in
               our
               times
               ,
               a
               Generation
               of
               greater
               
                 Self-seekers
                 ,
                 Boasters
                 ,
                 proud
                 Blasphemers
                 ,
                 Covenant-breakers
                 ,
                 Vnthankfull
                 ,
                 Make-bates
                 ,
                 Heady
                 ,
                 Despisers
              
               of
               those
               who
               are
               
                 good
                 ,
                 Mockers
              
               and
               Scoffers
               ,
               Walking
               after
               their
               own
               ungodly
               Lusts
               ,
               Despisers
               of
               Dominions
               ,
               and
               speakers
               evil
               of
               
                 Dignityes
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 Form
                 of
                 Godlynesse
                 ,
                 but
                 denying
                 the
                 Power
                 thereof
                 ,
              
               (
               and
               so
               in
               the
               rest
               )
               then
               our
               Sectaryes
               ?
               
                 Gangrena
                 .
                 Part.
              
               3.257
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ind.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Seed
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 This
                 Nation
                 has
                 had
                 Two
                 Capital
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 the
              
               Romish
               Papacy
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
              
               Scottish
               Presbytery
               .
               [
               Sterry's
               England's
               Deliverance
               ,
               Pag.
               7.
               ]
               The
               Black-bird
               Divines
               ,
               The
               Assembly
               Swinherds
               [
               
                 A
                 Ballad
                 called
              
               ,
               The
               Prophesie
               of
               the
               Swinherds
               Destruction
               ,
               To
               the
               Tune
               of
               The
               Merry
               Soldier
               ,
               Or
               ,
               The
               Jovial
               Tinker
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes
               upon
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               THose
               Consciencious
               and
               well-meaning
               People
               that
               measure
               Other
               mens
               hearts
               by
               their
               Own
               ,
               and
               are
               consequently
               the
               more
               liable
               to
               be
               impos'd
               
               upon
               ,
               under
               Forms
               and
               Pretensions
               of
               Zeal
               ,
               and
               Religion
               :
               Those
               People
               (
               I
               say
               )
               should
               do
               well
               to
               consult
               the
               Reasons
               of
               things
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               their
               Appearances
               ;
               which
               in
               many
               doubtfull
               and
               dangerous
               Cases
               ,
               would
               either
               guide
               them
               to
               a
               right
               Resolution
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               Avoidance
               of
               an
               Inconvenience
               ,
               upon
               Judgement
               ,
               and
               Consideration
               .
            
             
               The
               Uniting
               of
               
                 Protestant
                 Dissenters
              
               has
               a
               face
               of
               great
               Piety
               ,
               and
               Goodnesse
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               undoubtedly
               p●r●i●eted
               by
               many
               Godly
               people
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               very
               Charitable
               ,
               and
               Christian
               Intention
               .
               And
               whether
               it
               be
               
                 Safe
                 ,
                 Expedient
                 ,
                 Practicable
              
               ,
               or
               not
               ;
               the
               very
               Inclination
               to
               the
               doing
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               is
               a
               Virtue
               .
               But
               a
               man
               would
               be
               think
               himself
               yet
               ,
               in
               common
               Prudence
               ;
               First
               ,
               What
               the
               Parties
               are
               that
               pretend
               to
               
                 This
                 Union
                 :
                 Secondly
              
               ,
               Their
               Temper
               :
               and
               Thirdly
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               possible
               to
               Unite
               them
               ,
               or
               Not.
               If
               These
               be
               reasonable
               Enquiries
               ,
               nothing
               can
               be
               fairer
               then
               to
               Resolve
               them
               out
               of
               their
               own
               Mouths
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               The
               two
               predominant
               Parties
               (
               you
               see
               )
               are
               Presbyterians
               and
               Independents
               ;
               All
               the
               
                 Other
                 Sects
              
               ,
               being
               only
               Independency
               in
               Fractions
               .
               2.
               
               Observe
               their
               Temper
               ,
               and
               try
               if
               you
               can
               Reconcile
               their
               Revisings
               ,
               with
               their
               Scruples
               ;
               Their
               Implacable
               
                 Aversion
                 ,
                 One
              
               to
               the
               Other
               ,
               with
               their
               Conjunct
               Importunities
               for
               Indulgence
               to
               Both.
               3.
               
               How
               is
               it
               possible
               to
               unite
               those
               people
               under
               a
               Bond
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               that
               upon
               the
               very
               score
               of
               Conscience
               declare
               themselves
               to
               be
               mortal
               ,
               and
               
                 Inconciliable
                 Enemies
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §.
             4.
             
             The
             Dissenters
             behaviour
             toward
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             First
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             .
          
           
             ARchbishops
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             are
             Unlawful
             ,
             Unnatural
             ,
             False
             ,
             and
             Bastardly
             Governours
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             petty
             Popes
             ,
             petty
             Anti-christs
             ;
             like
             Incarnate
             Devils
             ,
             Cogging
             Couzening
             Knaves
             ;
             they
             will
             lye
             like
             Dogs
             .
             Proud
             ,
             Popish
             ,
             Presumptuous
             ,
             Prophane
             ,
             Paultry
             ,
             Pestilent
             ,
             Pernicious
             Prelates
             and
             Ursurpers
             ;
             Impudent
             shameless
             ,
             wain
             scor-fac'd
             ;
             Butchers
             ,
             Horse-leeches
             ,
             Robbers
             ,
             Wolves
             ,
             Simoniacks
             ,
             Persecutors
             ,
             Sowers
             of
             Sedition
             ;
             Their
             
               Antichristian
               Courts
            
             are
             the
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
             .
             The
             Beelzebub
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             the
             
               Canterbury
               Caiaphas
               ,
               Esau
            
             ,
             a
             monstrous
             
               Antichristian
               Pope
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Most
             of
             the
             Ministers
             are
             Popish
             Priests
             ,
             Monks
             ,
             Fryars
             ,
             Alehouse-haunters
             ,
             Drunkards
             &
             Dolts
             ,
             Hogs
             ,
             Dogs
             ,
             Wolves
             ,
             Foxes
             ,
             Simoniachs
             ,
             Usurers
             ,
             Proctors
             of
             Antichrists
             Inventions
             ;
             Popish
             Chapmen
             ,
             halting
             Neutrals
             ,
             desperate
             and
             forlorn
             Athiests
             ;
             a
             Cursed
             ,
             
             Uncircumcised
             ,
             and
             Murthering
             Generation
             ;
             a
             Troop
             of
             bloudy
             Soul-Murtherers
             ,
             and
             Sacrilegious
             Church
             Robbers
             .
             AntiChrists
             Rags
             shall
             make
             him
             a
             Priest
             ,
             be
             he
             never
             such
             a
             Dolt
             ,
             or
             a
             Villain
             .
             See
             Bancrofts
             
               dangerous
               Positions
               ,
               Lib.
            
             2.
             
             Cap.
             12.
             
             &
             13.
             
               with
               the
               Authorities
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Clergy
             were
             Croaking
             Frogs
             that
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Dragon
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Beast
             ,
             and
             the
             
               False
               Prophet
            
             :
             The
             Spirits
             of
             Devils
             which
             go
             forth
             unto
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             to
             gather
             them
             to
             battle
             .
             
               Wilsons
               Serm.
               to
               Parl.
               Sept.
            
             28.
             1642
             
             
               Printed
               by
               Order
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Cathedrals
             are
             a
             Nest
             and
             Cage
             of
             all
             Unclean
             Birds
             ,
             a
             Harbour
             of
             dumb
             dogs
             ,
             a
             Crew
             of
             Ale-swilling
             Singing-Men
             ,
             offering
             daily
             near
             the
             Holy
             Table
             the
             blinde
             Whelps
             of
             an
             Ignorant
             Devotion
             ,
             &c.
             —
             the
             Prelatical
             Hog-sty
             .
             Bridges
             .
          
           
             
               Idol
               ,
               Idle
            
             Shepherds
             ,
             
               Dumb
               Dogs
            
             ,
             that
             cannot
             bark
             (
             unless
             it
             were
             at
             the
             Flock
             of
             Christ
             ;
             )
             and
             so
             they
             learned
             of
             their
             Masters
             both
             to
             bark
             and
             bite
             too
             .
             
               Greedy
               Dogs
            
             that
             could
             never
             have
             enough
             ;
             that
             did
             tear
             out
             the
             Loyns
             and
             Bowels
             of
             their
             own
             people
             for
             Gain
             .
             Swearing
             ,
             Drunken
             ,
             Unclean
             Priests
             ,
             that
             taught
             nothing
             but
             Rebellion
             in
             Israel
             ,
             and
             caused
             people
             to
             abhor
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
             
               Arminian
               ,
               Popish
               ,
               Idolatrius
               ,
               Vile
               Wretches
            
             ;
             Such
             ,
             as
             had
             Job
             been
             alive
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             have
             set
             with
             the
             
               Dogs
               of
               his
               Flock
            
             Who
             I
             say
             brought
             in
             These
             ?
             Did
             not
             Prolacy
             ?
             A
             Generation
             of
             men
             they
             were
             that
             never
             had
             a
             
               Vote
               for
               Jesus
               Christ.
            
             Yea
             ,
             what
             hath
             poyson'd
             and
             adulterated
             Religion
             in
             all
             these
             branches
             ;
             and
             hath
             let
             in
             Popery
             ,
             and
             Prophaneness
             upon
             the
             Kingdom
             like
             a
             Floud
             ,
             for
             the
             raising
             of
             their
             own
             Pomp
             and
             Greatness
             ,
             but
             Prelacy
             ?
             Look
             into
             their
             Families
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             for
             the
             most
             part
             the
             vilese
             in
             the
             Diocese
             ;
             a
             very
             Nest
             of
             
               Vnclean
               Birds
            
             .
             In
             their
             Courts
             and
             Consistories
             ,
             you
             would
             have
             thought
             you
             had
             been
             in
             Caiaphas-Hall
             ,
             where
             no
             other
             Trade
             was
             driven
             ,
             but
             the
             Crucifying
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             Members
             .
             
               Cases
               Serm.
               at
               Milk-street
               ,
               Sept.
            
             30.
             1643.
             
             Pag.
             45
             ,
             46
             ,
             47.
             
          
           
             How
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Preaching
             of
             Christ
             did
             soorch
             and
             blast
             th●se
             Cathedral
             Priests
             ,
             that
             Unhallow'd
             Generation
             of
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ;
             and
             perfected
             their
             Rebellion
             into
             that
             unpardonable
             sin
             against
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             [
             
               Case
               on
               Ezra
            
             10.2
             ,
             3.
             
             P.
             33.
             
          
           
             The
             Plastering
             or
             palliating
             of
             these
             Rotten
             Members
             [
             Bishops
             ]
             will
             be
             a
             greater
             dishonour
             to
             the
             Nation
             and
             Church
             ,
             then
             their
             cutting
             off
             ;
             and
             the
             Personal
             Acts
             of
             these
             Sons
             of
             Belial
             ,
             being
             conniv'd
             at
             ,
             become
             National
             sins
             .
             [
             
               Smectymnuus
               Red.
            
             1660.
             
             P.
             58.
             
          
           
           
             These
             Ecclesiastical
             Officers
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             are
             set
             up
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             are
             an
             Appendix
             or
             
               Tayl
               of
               Antichrist
               .
               [
               Dr.
               Holms
               Serm.
               .
            
             1641.
             
             P.
             33.
             ]
          
           
             This
             Prelacy
             in
             the
             Article
             ;
             this
             many-headed
             Monster
             of
             Arch-Bishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Chancellors
             ,
             Commissaries
             ,
             Deans
             ,
             Deans
             and
             Chapters
             ,
             Arch-Deacons
             and
             all
             other
             Ecclesiastical
             Officers
             depending
             on
             that
             Hierarchy
             ;
             This
             is
             the
             Beast
             wherewith
             we
             fight
             in
             this
             Covenant
             ,
             —
             Thy
             Mother
             Papacy
             shall
             be
             made
             Childeless
             among
             Harlots
             ,
             your
             Diocesses
             Bishopless
             ,
             and
             your
             Sees
             Lordless
             ,
             and
             your
             places
             shall
             know
             you
             no
             more
             ,
             
               Case
               ubi
               supra
               .
               Pa.
            
             50.51
             .
          
           
             Prelacy
             (
             that
             whelp
             )
             hath
             learned
             this
             Policy
             of
             its
             Mother
             Papacy
             (
             that
             Lioness
             )
             &c.
             
               Ibid.
               P.
            
             64.
             
          
           
             We
             lack
             a
             right
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             Instead
             of
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             the
             merchandize
             of
             shameless
             Babylon
             is
             maintain'd
             .
             The
             Government
             now
             used
             by
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             &c.
             is
             both
             Antichristian
             and
             devilish
             .
             Rome
             is
             come
             home
             to
             her
             Gates
             ;
             Antichrist
             reigneth
             amongst
             us
             .
             The
             Established
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             Traiterous
             against
             the
             Majesty
             of
             Jesus
             Christ.
             It
             confirmeth
             the
             Popes
             Supremacy
             ;
             It
             is
             accursed
             ;
             It
             is
             an
             Unlawful
             ,
             a
             False
             ,
             a
             Bastardly
             Government
             .
             They
             must
             needs
             be
             not
             only
             Traitors
             to
             God
             and
             his
             Word
             ,
             but
             also
             Enemies
             unto
             her
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Land
             ,
             that
             defend
             the
             Establish'd
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             to
             be
             Lawful
             .
             [
             
               Dangerous
               Pos.
               Lib.
            
             2.
             
             Cap.
             4.
             
             
               See
               the
               References
            
             .
          
           
             Christ's
             Religion
             is
             fondly
             patcht
             with
             the
             Popes
             ;
             The
             Communion-Book
             is
             an
             imperfect
             Book
             ,
             cull'd
             and
             pick'd
             out
             of
             that
             Popish
             dunghil
             the
             Portuyse
             and
             Mass-book
             .
             The
             Sacraments
             are
             wickedly
             mangled
             and
             profan'd
             .
             They
             eat
             not
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             but
             play
             a
             Pageant
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             to
             blind
             the
             people
             .
             Their
             Pomps
             ,
             Rites
             ,
             Laws
             and
             Traditions
             ,
             are
             Antichristian
             ,
             Carnal
             ,
             Beggarly
             ,
             Popish
             Fooleries
             ;
             Romish
             Reliques
             ,
             and
             Rags
             of
             Antichrist
             ,
             Dregs
             and
             Remnants
             of
             Transform'd
             Popery
             .
             Pharisaical
             outward
             Faces
             and
             Vizzards
             ,
             Remnants
             of
             
               Romish
               Antichrist
            
             ,
             known
             Liveries
             of
             Antichrist
             ;
             a
             cursed
             Leaven
             of
             a
             cursed
             ,
             blasphemous
             Priesthood
             ;
             Cursed
             Patches
             of
             Popery
             and
             Idolatry
             ;
             they
             are
             worse
             then
             Lousy
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               [
               Dan.
               Pos.
               L.
            
             2.
             cap.
             9.
             ]
          
           
             The
             Dagon
             of
             the
             Bishops
             Service-book
             brake
             its
             Neck
             before
             this
             Ark
             of
             the
             
               Covenant
               ,
               [
               Ibid.
               P.
            
             66.
             ]
          
           
             
             
               Notes
               on
               §
               4.
               
            
             
               LEt
               the
               Reader
               lay
               his
               hand
               upin
               his
               Heart
               here
               ,
               and
               ask
               himself
               .
               Is
               this
               pretended
               Tenderness
               of
               Christianity
               the
               stile
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               or
               no
               ?
               Is
               it
               the
               Language
               of
               the
               Disciples
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ?
               Can
               these
               People
               really
               have
               an
               
                 Evangelical
                 Compassion
              
               for
               their
               Brethren
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               fly
               thus
               in
               the
               face
               of
               Dignities
               ,
               and
               treat
               their
               Superiors
               at
               this
               outrageous
               rate
               ?
               
                 Have
                 we
                 so
                 learn'd
                 Christ
              
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               Scurrility
               and
               Railing
               the
               Badge
               of
               our
               Profession
               ?
               They
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               supplicate
               all
               this
               while
               for
               Gentleness
               and
               Compassion
               :
               And
               is
               this
               the
               way
               to
               obtain
               it
               ,
               by
               a
               Practice
               ,
               that
               is
               almost
               sufficient
               to
               turn
               Mercy
               it self
               into
               Indignation
               ?
               But
               alas
               !
               their
               business
               is
               not
               to
               procure
               Favour
               from
               the
               Government
               ,
               but
               to
               expose
               it
               to
               Reproach
               .
               And
               all
               this
               clutter
               about
               the
               Clergy
               is
               only
               to
               render
               them
               Odious
               and
               Contemptible
               to
               the
               People
               .
               Pray'e
               take
               notice
               once
               again
               .
               The
               stress
               of
               their
               Charge
               upon
               the
               Church
               is
               only
               to
               move
               the
               multitude
               against
               it
               ,
               as
               a
               Frame
               of
               Constitution
               that
               is
               Antichristian
               and
               Popish
               :
               And
               yet
               ,
               pray
               mark
               it
               ,
               they
               do
               in
               the
               same
               breath
               ;
               offer
               Proposals
               of
               being
               Vnited
               into
               that
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Popish
                 State
              
               ;
               Which
               brings
               the
               matter
               unavoidably
               to
               this
               Issue
               ;
               either
               that
               they
               do
               ,
               against
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               cast
               that
               scandal
               upon
               the
               Church
               for
               the
               Advancement
               of
               some
               Other
               Designe
               ;
               or
               else
               ,
               by
               desiring
               this
               Vnion
               ,
               they
               do
               acknowledge
               themselves
               willing
               to
               be
               Incorporate
               into
               a
               Popish
               Constitution
               .
               But
               this
               Bustle
               about
               the
               Church
               ,
               you
               shall
               fee
               ,
               has
               a
               furthlr
               Prospect
               :
               For
               these
               People
               have
               the
               Faculty
               of
               handling
               
                 Religious
                 Matters
              
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               Political
               as
               well
               as
               of
               hooking
               in
               
                 Temporal
                 Matters
              
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               Spirituals
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §.
             5.
             
             The
             Dissenters
             Behaviour
             towards
             the
             Civil
             Government
             .
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             THe
             King
             ,
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             the
             Prelates
             ,
             are
             sure
             the
             Murtherers
             of
             Christ
             —
             O
             People
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             silent
             !
             Speak
             People
             ,
             and
             tell
             me
             what
             good
             the
             King
             has
             done
             since
             his
             
               Home
               coming
               .
               [
               M.
               Welsh
               at
               Sanchil
               in
               Carrit
               at
               a
               Conventicle
               .
               ]
               And
               at
               another
               Conventicle
               ,
               thus
               .
            
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             yet
             assert
             the
             Cause
             of
             Pentland-hills
             ,
             in
             spite
             of
             the
             Curates
             ,
             and
             their
             Masters
             ,
             the
             Prelates
             ;
             and
             in
             spite
             of
             the
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             their
             Master
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             in
             spite
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             his
             Master
             the
             Devil
             .
             [
             
               Ravillac
               Redivivus
               ,
               Pa.
            
             45.
             
          
           
             (
             B
             )
             Her
             Majesty
             and
             State
             do
             maim
             and
             deform
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             so
             bid
             God
             to
             battel
             against
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
             By
             the
             same
             authority
             that
             the
             Queen
             appoints
             the
             apparel
             noe
             appointed
             to
             the
             
             Ministers
             ,
             she
             may
             command
             any
             piece
             of
             Popery
             ,
             so
             she
             name
             it
             Policy
             ,
             &c.
             —
             The
             Servants
             of
             God
             are
             persecuted
             under
             her
             —
             That
             Excommunication
             should
             not
             be
             exercis'd
             against
             Princes
             ,
             I
             utterly
             dislike
             .
             [
             
               Danger
               .
               Pos.
               L.
            
             2.
             
             C.
             3.
             
             
               Cartwrights
               Reply
               ,
               Par.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             (
             C
             )
             The
             State
             sheweth
             it self
             not
             upright
             ,
             alledge
             the
             Parliament
             what
             it
             will
             —
             It
             shall
             be
             easier
             for
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             then
             for
             such
             a
             Court.
             —
             There
             shall
             not
             be
             a
             man
             of
             their
             seed
             that
             shall
             prosper
             ,
             be
             a
             Parliament-man
             ,
             or
             bear
             Rule
             in
             England
             any
             more
             —
             None
             ever
             defended
             this
             Hierarchy
             of
             Bishops
             to
             be
             lawful
             ,
             but
             Papists
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             infected
             with
             
               Popish
               Errors
            
             —
             All
             the
             Newgates
             and
             Oldgates
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Tyburns
             in
             England
             are
             too
             little
             for
             such
             rash
             and
             presumptuous
             Heads
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             give
             God
             leave
             to
             Rule
             ,
             but
             will
             take
             the
             Sceptre
             out
             of
             his
             hands
             .
             —
             I
             do
             fear
             that
             many
             of
             the
             forwardest
             Enemies
             of
             Reformation
             are
             not
             the
             backwardest
             Friends
             that
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             has
             in
             England
             at
             this
             day
             .
             [
             
               Dan.
               Pos.
               L.
            
             2.
             
             C
             6.
             ]
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             As
             long
             as
             you
             maintain
             these
             cursed
             Acts
             of
             1584
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             &c.
             you
             are
             a
             Persecutor
             .
             [
             
               Dan.
               Pos.
               l
            
             1.
             cap.
             6.
             ]
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             The
             Magistracy
             and
             Ministry
             walk
             hand
             in
             hand
             ,
             in
             the
             contempt
             of
             True
             Religion
             —
             The
             Laws
             maintaining
             the
             Archbishops
             are
             no
             more
             to
             be
             accounted
             of
             then
             the
             Laws
             maintaining
             the
             Stews
             —
             Impiety
             is
             suffer'd
             to
             bear
             sway
             against
             the
             Majesty
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             Law
             and
             Authority
             .
             —
             As
             great
             Indignities
             offer'd
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             in
             committing
             his
             Church
             unto
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             
               Common
               Law
            
             ,
             as
             can
             be
             by
             mean
             Hirelings
             unto
             a
             King.
             [
             
               Ibid.
               l.
            
             2.
             cap.
             8.
             ]
          
           
             Come
             hither
             ,
             ye
             Malignant
             Athiests
             ,
             come
             hither
             ;
             gnash
             your
             teeth
             ,
             and
             let
             their
             eyes
             rot
             in
             their
             holes
             .
             [
             
               Bond
               to
               the
               Commons
               ,
               Oct.
            
             8.
             1645
             
             Pa.
             5.
             
          
           
             (
             F
             )
             The
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             have
             given
             their
             power
             to
             Antichrist
             :
             How
             have
             they
             earn'd
             their
             Titles
             ;
             
               Eldest
               Son
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               the
               Catholique
               ,
               and
               most
               Christian
               King
               ;
               DEFENDER
               OF
               THE
               FAITH
            
             —
             Do
             not
             the
             Kings
             of
             all
             these
             Nations
             stand
             up
             in
             the
             room
             of
             their
             Progenitors
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             implacable
             Enmity
             to
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ?
             [
             
               Dr.
               Owen
               Fast
               Serm.
               Apr.
            
             19.
             1649.
             
             Pa.
             22.
             
          
           
             There
             was
             Corruption
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             Common-wealth
             .
             Idols
             were
             set
             up
             in
             Dan
             and
             Bethel
             ,
             i.e.
             in
             the
             places
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             House
             of
             God
             ,
             [
             
               Burroughs
               on
               Isa.
            
             66.
             v.
             10.
             
             Pa.
             37.
             
          
           
             The
             greatest
             blow
             that
             ever
             was
             given
             to
             Antichristian
             Government
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             Now
             it
             hath
             had
             .
             Babylon
             is
             so
             fallen
             ,
             as
             it
             shall
             never
             rise
             again
             .
             [
             
               Burroughs
               on
               Isa.
            
             66.10
             .
             Pa.
             44.
             
          
           
           
             G.
             O
             Worm
             !
             Darst
             thou
             be
             so
             Impudent
             to
             put
             thy self
             in
             Gods
             Stead
             ;
             to
             meddle
             with
             Mens
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             Lord
             it
             in
             Religious
             Concerns
             ?
             [
             
               Gods
               Loud
               Call
               ,
               Pag.
            
             17.1661
             .
             ]
          
           
             H.
             What
             hope
             that
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             will
             be
             protected
             and
             maintained
             by
             the
             Son
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             irreligiously
             betray'd
             by
             the
             Father
             ?
             [
             
               Plain
               English
            
             ,
             1660.
             
             Pag.
             2.
             ]
          
           
             I.
             
               C.
               S.
            
             the
             Son
             of
             that
             Murtherer
             ,
             is
             proclaimed
             King
             of
             England
             ;
             whose
             Throne
             of
             Iniquity
             is
             built
             on
             the
             Blood
             of
             pretious
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             .
             [
             
               Door
               of
               Hope
               ,
               Pag.
            
             1.1660
             .
             ]
          
           
             —
             The
             Murtherers
             of
             our
             Saviour
             were
             less
             Guilty
             than
             That
             Prince
             .
             [
             
               Case
               of
               King
            
             Charles
             ,
             1648.
             ]
          
           
             K.
             Let
             Justice
             and
             Reason
             blush
             ,
             and
             Traytors
             and
             Murtherers
             ,
             Parricides
             and
             Patricides
             ,
             put
             on
             White
             Garments
             ,
             and
             rejoyce
             as
             Innocent
             Ones
             ,
             if
             This
             Man
             (
             
               the
               Late
               King
            
             )
             should
             escape
             the
             Hands
             of
             Justice
             and
             Punishment
             .
             [
             
               English
               Translation
               of
               the
               Scottish
               Declaration
               ,
               Pag.
            
             12.1650
             .
             ]
          
           
             L.
             
               Charles
               the
               Second
            
             ,
             The
             Son
             of
             a
             Bloody
             Father
             ;
             Heir
             to
             an
             Entail'd
             Curse
             ,
             more
             certain
             than
             to
             his
             Kingdom
             ;
             Train'd
             up
             in
             Blood
             ;
             and
             One
             that
             never
             suck'd
             in
             any
             other
             Principles
             but
             Prerogative
             ,
             and
             
               Tyranny
               .
               [
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             23.
             ]
          
           
             M.
             
               Charles
               the
               First
            
             rather
             chose
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Justice
             of
             an
             Ax
             in
             a
             Hangman's
             Hand
             ,
             than
             to
             sway
             a
             Scepter
             with
             Equity
             .
             [
             
               None-such
               Charles
               ,
               Pag.
            
             167.
             ]
          
           
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               5.
               
            
             
               YOu
               have
               here
               
                 (
                 A
              
               )
               the
               Strain
               and
               Spirit
               of
               a
               
                 True
                 Covenanting-Brother
              
               .
               And
               they
               all
               sing
               the
               same
               Note
               :
               For
               they
               do
               not
               only
               Abjure
               the
               Government
               ,
               but
               they
               
                 Abjure
                 Repentance
              
               too
               ;
               swearing
               
                 never
                 to
                 make
                 Defection
                 to
                 the
                 Contrary
                 Part
                 ;
                 But
                 all
                 the
                 Days
                 of
                 their
                 Lives
                 ,
                 Zealously
                 and
                 Constantly
                 continue
                 therein
                 against
              
               
               All
               Opposition
               ;
               
                 and
                 promote
                 the
                 same
                 accordingly
                 to
                 their
                 Power
                 ,
                 against
              
               all
               Lets
               and
               Impediments
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               In
               
                 (
                 B
              
               )
               you
               find
               the
               Petitioner
               for
               Indulgence
               Excommunicating
               his
               Sovereign
               .
            
             
               The
               Paraphrase
               of
               
                 (
                 C
              
               )
               is
               according
               to
               the
               Stile
               of
               This
               Age
               ,
               only
               crying
               ,
               
                 No
                 Tory
                 ,
                 No
                 Courtier
              
               ,
               at
               an
               Election
               ;
               the
               branding
               of
               Honest
               Men
               with
               being
               Popishly
               affected
               ;
               and
               he
               that
               will
               not
               run
               Riot
               with
               the
               Rabble
               is
               made
               a
               Pensioner
               of
               France
               .
            
             
               [
               
                 D.
                 and
                 E.
              
               ]
               Complaining
               of
               Persecution
               .
               In
               
                 (
                 F.
              
               )
               you
               see
               what
               work
               the
               Doctor
               makes
               with
               the
               Defender
               of
               the
               Faith.
               
                 [
                 G
                 H.
                 I.K.L.
              
               ]
               are
               as
               so
               many
               Daggers
               in
               the
               Heart
               of
               Sovereignty
               it self
               .
               But
               it
               is
               according
               to
               the
               Principles
               of
               the
               
                 True
                 Protestants
              
               of
               Munster
               ,
               that
               still
               begin
               with
               Religion
               ,
               and
               end
               with
               Treason
               .
               Pray
               say
               if
               it
               be
               not
               a
               thousand
               pities
               now
               ,
               after
               all
               these
               Complements
               upon
               His
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               His
               Blessed
               Father
               ,
               that
               these
               
                 High-flown
                 Dissenters
              
               should
               not
               be
               taken
               into
               the
               Government
               ?
               When
               these
               People
               set
               up
               for
               
                 Pillars
                 of
                 the
                 Church
              
               ,
               it
               were
               a
               kind
               of
               Injustice
               not
               to
               Allow
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Judges
              
               to
               put
               in
               too
               for
               
                 Ministers
                 of
                 State.
              
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
             The
             Presbyterians
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             BE
             astonished
             ,
             O
             Heavens
             !
             and
             tremble
             ,
             O
             Earth
             !
             Let
             the
             Sun
             it self
             be
             cloath'd
             in
             Blackness
             at
             this
             so
             horrid
             an
             Impiety
             !
             What!
             
               Abjure
               such
               a
               Covenant
            
             ?
             A
             Covenant
             so
             solemnly
             taken
             !
             A
             Covenant
             ,
             for
             the
             Matter
             of
             it
             ,
             so
             Religious
             !
             so
             Holy
             !
             &c.
             —
             And
             must
             
               This
               Covenant
            
             be
             Abjur'd
             now
             ?
             
               This
               Covenant
            
             !
             Is
             not
             God's
             
               Own
               Word
            
             ,
             and
             
               God
               Himself
               too
            
             after
             a
             sort
             Abjured
             in
             That
             Act
             ,
             whoever
             are
             guilty
             of
             it
             ?
             &c.
             —
             The
             Highest
             of
             all
             Crimes
             imaginable
             ,
             a
             Crime
             that
             murthers
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             murthers
             Souls
             ,
             that
             murthers
             Religion
             it self
             ;
             a
             Crime
             against
             the
             
               First
               Table
            
             !
             most
             immediately
             against
             the
             
               Sovereign
               God
            
             ;
             and
             the
             greatest
             of
             that
             Nature
             that
             Men
             can
             be
             guilty
             of
             .
             [
             
               Speeches
               of
               the
               three
               Regicides
               ,
               Pag.
            
             5.
             and
             6.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Cause
             (
             says
             
               Bark
               stead
            
             )
             lies
             in
             the
             Bosom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             as
             sure
             as
             
               Christ
               rose
            
             ,
             the
             Cause
             will
             
               rise
               again
               .
               [
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             16.
             ]
          
           
             I
             die
             cleaving
             to
             all
             those
             Oaths
             ,
             vows
             ,
             and
             Protestations
             that
             were
             imposed
             by
             the
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             as
             owning
             them
             ,
             and
             dying
             with
             my
             Judgment
             for
             them
             .
             [
             
             Love
             's
             
               Tryal
               ,
               Printed
               Aug.
            
             1652.
             ]
          
           
             The
             convincing
             Demonstration
             ,
             that
             [
             
               there
               lies
               no
               Obligation
               on
               me
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Person
               ,
               from
               the
               Oath
               commonly
               call'd
            
             The
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ]
             is
             a
             Knot
             cut
             by
             the
             Sword
             of
             Authority
             ,
             while
             it
             cannot
             be
             loosed
             by
             
               Religious
               Reason
               .
               [
               Short
               Survey
               of
               the
               Grand
               Case
               ,
               Pag.
            
             23.1663
             .
             ]
          
           
             O
             the
             Burning
             of
             the
             Covenant
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Causes
               of
               Wrath
               in
               Scotland
            
             ,
             shall
             certainly
             be
             follow'd
             with
             such
             a
             Fine
             ,
             and
             Fierceness
             of
             Indignation
             ,
             as
             shall
             make
             Authors
             ,
             Actors
             ,
             Abetters
             ,
             and
             Rejoycers
             thereat
             ,
             know
             what
             it
             is
             to
             give
             such
             an
             open
             defiance
             to
             the
             Almighty
             .
             A
             Covenant
             Burnt
             ;
             and
             Burnt
             by
             Authority
             ;
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             with
             such
             Hell-black
             Solemnities
             ,
             where
             the
             great
             God
             is
             
               altera
               pars
               contrabens
            
             ,
             for
             
               Reformation
               of
               Religion
               according
               to
               his
               Word
            
             ;
             and
             
               Righteousness
               in
               walking
               before
               him
            
             ;
             is
             such
             a
             Sin
             ,
             as
             may
             make
             every
             Soul
             to
             tremble
             at
             the
             fore-thoughts
             of
             what
             God
             will
             do
             ;
             for
             vindicating
             his
             Glory
             from
             that
             Contempt
             thereby
             cast
             upon
             him
             .
             —
             I
             wish
             that
             the
             Burning
             of
             that
             City
             into
             Ashes
             where
             that
             Covenant
             was
             Burnt
             ,
             together
             with
             that
             
               None-such
               Plague
            
             and
             War
             ,
             may
             make
             them
             take
             warning
             ere
             it
             be
             too
             late
             ,
             who
             did
             this
             Wickedness
             .
             —
             O
             
               England
               ,
               England
            
             ;
             I
             fear
             ,
             I
             fear
             thy
             Woe
             hasteneth
             ;
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             is
             upon
             the
             Wing
             against
             thee
             ,
             both
             for
             breach
             of
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             wiping
             thy
             mouth
             as
             if
             thou
             hadst
             done
             nothing
             amiss
             !
             Thou
             hast
             stood
             ,
             and
             seen
             thy
             Brothers
             Day
             ;
             Alas
             ,
             for
             thy
             Day
             ,
             when
             Others
             shall
             stand
             aloof
             from
             thee
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             sharing
             in
             thy
             Judgments
             !
             [
             
               Poor
               Mans
               Cup
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Pag.
             19.
             ]
          
           
             We
             shall
             not
             ,
             nor
             cannot
             enter
             upon
             the
             particular
             Declaration
             of
             that
             Grace
             ,
             Constancy
             and
             Courage
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Lords
             Faithful
             Witnesses
             were
             sustein'd
             ,
             and
             did
             bear
             Testimony
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             his
             Truth
             ,
             the
             Holy
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             the
             Cause
             and
             Work
             of
             God.
             [
             
               Napthali
               ,
               Pag.
            
             162.
             ]
          
           
           
             I
             bear
             my
             Witness
             unto
             the
             National
             Covenant
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
            
             betwixt
             the
             Three
             Kingdoms
             of
             
               Scotland
               ,
               England
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             .
             These
             Sacred
             ,
             Solemn
             ,
             Publique
             Oaths
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             can
             be
             loosed
             nor
             dispensed
             with
             by
             no
             Person
             or
             Power
             upon
             Earth
             .
             [
             
               Napthali
               ,
               Pag.
            
             207.
             ]
          
           
             I
             bear
             my
             Witness
             and
             Testimony
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             Discipline
             and
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             by
             
               Kirk-Sessions
               ,
               Presbyteries
               ,
               Synods
            
             ,
             and
             
               General
               Assemblies
            
             .
             Popery
             and
             Prelacy
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Trumpery
             of
             Service
             and
             Ceremonies
             that
             wait
             upon
             them
             ,
             I
             do
             abhor
             .
             I
             do
             bear
             my
             Witness
             unto
             the
             National
             Covenant
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             [
             
               The
               Testimony
               of
            
             James
             Guthrie
             ,
             
               Minister
               ,
               at
               his
               Death
               at
            
             Edinbourgh
             ,
             June
             1.
             1661.
             
             —
             
               And
               so
               of
               every
               Man
               of
               the
               Party
               that
               Dy'd
               for
               the
               Rebellion
               in
            
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               6.
               
            
             
               BY
               This
               Covenant
               was
               designed
               the
               Subversion
               of
               the
               Government
               ;
               and
               by
               the
               force
               of
               
                 This
                 Covenant
              
               it
               was
               accomplish'd
               .
               They
               do
               all
               of
               them
               assert
               the
               Obligation
               of
               it
               to
               the
               very
               Death
               ;
               and
               by
               virtue
               of
               This
               Covenant
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               Confederated
               afresh
               ,
               in
               
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 to
                 murther
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 serve
                 under
                 Him.
              
               Now
               if
               This
               be
               their
               Principle
               ,
               let
               any
               Man
               consider
               the
               Consequence
               of
               admitting
               any
               
                 Unrenouncing
                 Covenanter
              
               ,
               by
               an
               Act
               of
               Special
               Grace
               ,
               into
               the
               Government
               ;
               after
               so
               full
               a
               Proof
               and
               Exposition
               of
               the
               Meaning
               of
               That
               Covenant
               ;
               and
               so
               frank
               a
               Declaration
               of
               their
               Resolution
               to
               make
               it
               good
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
             Dissenters
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             THe
             Scots
             did
             not
             only
             resolve
             to
             take
             the
             Covenant
             themselves
             ,
             but
             enjoyn'd
             it
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             .
             
               Sir
               Henry
               Vane's
               Speech
               at
               a
               Common
               Hall
               ,
               Octob.
            
             27.
             1643.
             
             Page
             4.
             ]
             —
             They
             enjoyned
             it
             upon
             the
             Penalties
             ,
             that
             those
             that
             should
             not
             take
             it
             ,
             or
             should
             defer
             it
             ,
             should
             be
             esteem'd
             Enemies
             to
             Religion
             ,
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Honor
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Two
             Kingdoms
             ;
             that
             they
             should
             have
             all
             their
             Rents
             and
             Profits
             Confiscate
             :
             That
             they
             should
             brook
             nor
             enjoy
             any
             Office
             ,
             or
             Benefit
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ;
             that
             they
             should
             be
             cited
             to
             the
             next
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             Answer
             the
             not
             taking
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             proceeded
             with
             there
             as
             Enemies
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             to
             Religion
             ;
             and
             to
             receive
             such
             farther
             Punishment
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             should
             be
             put
             upon
             them
             [
             
               Ibid.
               Page
            
             5.
             ]
             —
             And
             that
             particular
             account
             shall
             be
             taken
             by
             the
             several
             Presbyteryes
             ,
             of
             all
             who
             shall
             refuse
             ,
             or
             shift
             to
             swear
             ,
             and
             subscribe
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             be
             proceeded
             against
             with
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             enemies
             to
             the
             Preservation
             and
             Propagation
             of
             Religion
             .
             [
             
               S.
               Marshall
               ,
               Ib.
               Page
            
             11.
             ]
          
           
             We
             give
             now
             
               Publick
               Warning
            
             to
             all
             Neuters
             ,
             to
             rest
             no
             longer
             upon
             their
             Neutrality
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             address
             themselves
             speedily
             to
             take
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             joyn
             with
             all
             their
             power
             in
             the
             Defence
             of
             This
             Cause
             against
             the
             Common
             Enemy
             ,
             &c.
             
             Otherwise
             we
             do
             declare
             them
             to
             be
             publick
             Enemies
             ,
             to
             their
             Religion
             and
             Country
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             are
             to
             be
             censur'd
             and
             punish'd
             as
             professed
             Adversaries
             ,
             and
             Malignants
             .
             [
             Declaration
             of
             England
             and
             
               Scotland
               ,
               Jan.
            
             30.
             1643.
             ]
          
           
             If
             any
             Person
             or
             Persons
             whatsoever
             shall
             at
             any
             time
             or
             times
             hereafter
             ,
             use
             or
             cause
             the
             aforesaid
             Book
             of
             
               Common
               Prayer
            
             ,
             to
             be
             used
             in
             any
             Church
             ,
             Chappel
             ,
             or
             Publick
             Place
             of
             Worship
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             private
             place
             or
             Family
             within
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             ,
             or
             the
             Dominion
             of
             Wales
             ,
             or
             Port
             and
             Town
             of
             Berwick
             ;
             every
             such
             Person
             so
             offending
             therein
             shall
             ,
             for
             the
             
             First
             Offence
             ,
             pay
             the
             sum
             of
             
               Five
               Pounds
            
             of
             Lawful
             English
             Mony.
             For
             the
             Second
             Offence
             
               Ten
               Pounds
            
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             Third
             shall
             suffer
             
               one
               whole
               years
               Imprisonment
            
             ,
             without
             Bail
             or
             Mainprize
             .
             [
             
               Ordinance
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               Aug.
            
             23.
             1645.
             
               for
               putting
               the
               Directory
               in
               Execution
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             
               Resolved
               upon
               the
               Question
               ,
               by
               the
               Commons
               assembled
               in
               Parliament
               ,
            
             that
             all
             Persons
             that
             have
             ,
             or
             shall
             come
             and
             reside
             in
             the
             Parliaments
             Quarters
             ,
             shall
             take
             the
             
               National
               League
               and
               Covenant
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Negative
               Oath
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Articles
             that
             have
             been
             or
             shall
             be
             made
             by
             the
             Souldiery
             .
             [
             June
             2.
             1646.
             ]
          
           
             What
             Person
             soever
             ,
             having
             taken
             the
             
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
            
             ,
             shall
             go
             into
             the
             Enemies
             Quarters
             without
             Drum
             ,
             Trumpet
             ,
             or
             Pass
             ,
             shall
             Dye
             without
             Mercy
             .
             [
             
               An
               Article
               of
               War.
            
             ]
          
           
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               7.
               
            
             
               LEt
               any
               Man
               that
               has
               but
               Eyes
               in
               his
               head
               ,
               compare
               Cases
               now
               .
               Here
               's
               a
               
                 Rebellious
                 Oath
              
               of
               Conspiracy
               ,
               opposed
               to
               an
               
                 Authoritative
                 Oath
              
               of
               
                 Canonical
                 Obedience
              
               ,
               and
               Allegiance
               :
               Here
               's
               a
               
                 pretended
                 scruple
              
               of
               Perjury
               ,
               in
               breaking
               a
               
                 Treasonous
                 Oath
              
               ;
               and
               no
               bones
               made
               of
               the
               Perjurious
               violation
               of
               a
               
                 Legal
                 One
              
               :
               Here
               's
               a
               Nullity
               against
               
                 an
                 Act
                 of
                 State
              
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               not
               the
               worst
               on
               't
               neither
               .
               Those
               very
               Men
               that
               forced
               a
               
                 Rebellious
                 Oath
              
               upon
               all
               people
               without
               Exception
               ,
               to
               the
               utmost
               Extremity
               of
               Tyranny
               and
               Rigour
               ,
               Contrary
               to
               Law
               ;
               are
               now
               complaining
               of
               persecution
               ,
               under
               the
               Common
               Rule
               of
               a
               
                 Legal
                 Provision
              
               :
               Declaring
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               still
               determin'd
               to
               persue
               the
               ends
               of
               their
               aforesaid
               Covenant
               ,
               which
               were
               manifestly
               the
               subversion
               of
               the
               Government
               .
            
             
               You
               see
               likewise
               ,
               how
               Unmercifully
               they
               dealt
               with
               People
               ,
               in
               the
               Case
               of
               the
               
                 Common
                 Prayer
              
               :
               And
               yet
               who
               but
               these
               Men
               to
               Mutiny
               for
               Liberty
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               point
               ,
               wherein
               most
               injuriously
               they
               made
               all
               their
               
                 Fellow-Subjects
                 ,
                 Slaves
              
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             8.
             
             The
             Power
             of
             the
             Kirk
             .
          
           
             (
             A.
             )
             THe
             Assembly
             is
             Independent
             ,
             either
             from
             King
             or
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             matters
             Ecclesiastical
             .
          
           
             (
             B.
             )
             It
             is
             lawful
             for
             Subjects
             to
             make
             a
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             
               Combination
               ,
               without
            
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             Bond
             of
             
               Mutual
               Defence
               against
            
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             
               all
               persons
               whatsoever
            
             .
          
           
             (
             C.
             )
             Subjects
             may
             appeal
             from
             the
             King
             and
             Council
             to
             the
             next
             
               General
               Assembly
            
             ,
             and
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             before
             their
             Appeals
             are
             heard
             and
             discussed
             ,
             they
             may
             disobey
             the
             
               King
               and
               Council
            
             .
          
           
             (
             D.
             )
             An
             Assembly
             may
             abrogate
             
               Acts
               of
               Parliament
            
             ;
             and
             discharge
             Subjects
             of
             their
             Obedience
             to
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             any
             way
             reflect
             on
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             (
             E.
             )
             The
             Protestation
             of
             Subjects
             against
             
               Laws
               establish'd
            
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             made
             
               coram
               Judice
            
             ,
             or
             
               non
               Judice
            
             (
             before
             the
             Judges
             ,
             or
             the
             People
             )
             doth
             voyd
             all
             Obedience
             to
             those
             Laws
             ,
             and
             dischargeth
             the
             Protesters
             from
             any
             Obligation
             to
             live
             under
             them
             .
          
           
             (
             F.
             )
             A
             number
             of
             Men
             ,
             being
             the
             
               Greater
               part
            
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             may
             do
             anything
             which
             they
             themselves
             conceive
             conducing
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Laws
             standing
             in
             force
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             [
             
               Kings
               Large
               Declaration
               ,
               Fol.
            
             407.
             
               &
               deincep
            
             .
             ]
          
           
             (
             G.
             )
             The
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             the
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             are
             the
             Suburbs
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             and
             an
             Inheritance
             bequeathed
             by
             God
             to
             Nations
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             under
             That
             Notion
             ,
             Holy
             —
             These
             be
             the
             Outworks
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             
               Lines
               of
               Communication
            
             (
             as
             I
             may
             so
             say
             )
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             This
             City
             .
             [
             
             Case's
             
               Covenant
               Renew'd
            
             ,
             1643.
             
             P.
             52.
             ]
          
           
           
             (
             H.
             )
             Such
             a
             height
             of
             Opposition
             to
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             ,
             as
             never
             since
             Man
             was
             upon
             the
             Earth
             was
             there
             such
             a
             Supremacy
             framed
             into
             a
             Law
             ;
             whereby
             Name
             and
             Thing
             of
             all
             Kingly
             Power
             is
             plainly
             and
             explicitly
             taken
             from
             ,
             and
             extorted
             out
             of
             the
             hand
             of
             our
             blessed
             Lord
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ;
             and
             given
             unto
             and
             setled
             upon
             the
             King
             :
             (
             O
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             Unsetling
             Settlement
             !
             )
             Now
             the
             Incommunicable
             Prerogative
             of
             Him
             ,
             who
             is
             King
             in
             Sion
             ,
             and
             whose
             Right
             it
             is
             to
             give
             Laws
             to
             Rule
             his
             own
             Church
             ,
             and
             House
             ,
             is
             alienate
             and
             appendent
             to
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             —
             The
             most
             manifest
             ,
             unmasked
             ,
             high
             ,
             and
             horrid
             Usurpation
             of
             the
             Throne
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             ever
             the
             World
             saw
             —
             But
             its
             Impossible
             he
             can
             sit
             long
             ,
             who
             sets
             himself
             upon
             the
             Mediators
             Throne
             .
             For
             the
             Arm
             of
             Jehovah
             shall
             snatch
             and
             hurry
             him
             thence
             .
             
               Be
               wise
               now
               therefore
               O
               ye
               Kings
               ,
            
             &c.
             is
             a
             necessary
             caution
             here
             .
             [
             
               Poor
               Mans
               Cup
               ,
               Page
            
             21.
             ]
          
           
             (
             H.
             )
             The
             Presbytery
             may
             forbid
             Unjust
             Suits
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             so
             doth
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             scandalous
             to
             Christians
             —
             Our
             
               General
               Assembly
            
             is
             no
             other
             then
             
               Christs
               Court
               (
               Acts
            
             15.
             )
             made
             up
             of
             Pastors
             ,
             Doctors
             ,
             and
             Brethren
             ,
             or
             Elders
             —
             They
             hold
             (
             I
             believe
             with
             warrant
             of
             Gods
             Word
             )
             if
             the
             King
             refuse
             to
             
               Reform
               Religion
            
             ,
             the
             
               Inferior
               Judges
            
             ,
             and
             
               Godly
               Pastors
            
             ,
             and
             
               other
               Church
               Officers
            
             may
             Reform
             ;
             If
             the
             King
             will
             not
             Kiss
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             do
             his
             Duty
             ,
             in
             purging
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             may
             not
             Eliah
             and
             the
             People
             do
             Their
             Duty
             ,
             and
             cast
             out
             
               Baals
               Priests
            
             ?
             —
             They
             may
             Swear
             ,
             or
             
               Covenant
               ,
               Without
            
             the
             King
             ,
             if
             he
             Refuse
             ,
             and
             build
             the
             Lords
             House
             Themselves
             ;
             [
             2
             Chron.
             15.9
             .
             ]
             and
             Relieve
             ,
             and
             Defend
             one
             another
             when
             they
             are
             oppressed
             —
             They
             Depos'd
             the
             Queen
             for
             her
             Tyranny
             ,
             but
             Crown'd
             her
             Son.
             All
             This
             is
             vindicated
             in
             the
             following
             Treatise
             .
             —
             This
             Assembly
             is
             to
             judge
             what
             Doctrine
             is
             Treasonable
             .
             —
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             
               Glasgow
               Assembly
            
             (
             1637.
             )
             Voted
             down
             the
             
               High
               Commission
            
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             not
             consented
             to
             by
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             yet
             was
             a
             Church-Judicature
             ,
             which
             took
             upon
             them
             to
             judge
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             deprive
             them
             ,
             and
             did
             encroach
             upon
             the
             establish'd
             lawful
             
               Church-Judicatures
               .
               [
               Rutherfords
               Preface
               to
               Lex
               Rex
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               8.
               
            
             
               DO
               These
               People
               talk
               of
               the
               Lordlyness
               of
               Prelates
               ;
               when
               His
               
                 Holyness
                 Himself
              
               never
               claim'd
               so
               much
               ,
               Bare-fac'd
               ,
               as
               these
               
                 Papal
                 Protestants
              
               do
               both
               Challenge
               and
               Practice
               ?
               And
               it
               is
               not
               the
               Slavery
               ,
               but
               the
               Masters
               ,
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               be
               most
               asham'd
               of
               .
               Nor
               will
               the
               Impatient
               ,
               and
               Imperious
               Humour
               wait
               for
               the
               season
               of
               their
               Power
               ;
               but
               while
               they
               are
               yet
               in
               shackles
               Themselves
               ,
               they
               are
               Imposing
               upon
               their
               Sovereign
               .
               And
               methinks
               it
               is
               very
               Vnequal
               for
               Men
               ,
               that
               give
               no
               Quarter
               to
               
                 Loyal
                 Subjects
              
               ,
               to
               stand
               expostulating
               for
               Privileges
               to
               Revolters
               .
            
             
               Here
               's
               King
               and
               Parliament
               gone
               at
               First
               Dash
               
                 (
                 A
              
               )
               A
               Confederacy
               Authoriz'd
               at
               Next
               ;
               
                 (
                 B
              
               )
               A
               Papal
               Dispensation
               from
               Obedience
               
                 (
                 C
              
               )
               The
               King
               and
               Three
               Estates
               swallowed
               up
               in
               the
               Assembly
               .
               
                 (
                 D
              
               )
               Subjects
               set
               above
               the
               Law.
               
                 (
                 E
              
               )
               The
               Sovereignty
               vested
               in
               the
               Multitude
               .
               
                 (
                 F
              
               )
               Parliaments
               subordinated
               to
               the
               
                 Kirk
                 .
                 (
                 G
              
               )
               The
               King
               Himself
               Arraign'd
               ,
               and
               Judgments
               denounced
               against
               him
               .
               
                 (
                 H
              
               )
               The
               Judges
               Degraded
               ;
               Courts
               of
               Justice
               silenc'd
               ;
               the
               Rabble
               passing
               Sentence
               on
               the
               Supreme
               Magistrate
               .
               Deposing
               of
               Princes
               Justify'd
               (
               I.
               )
               This
               is
               all
               Plain
               enough
               ,
               without
               Exposition
               ;
               But
               we
               are
               Now
               about
               to
               be
               yet
               a
               little
               Plainer
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             9.
             
             Principles
             and
             Positions
             .
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             THe
             Two
             Houses
             have
             Legal
             Power
             to
             Levy
             Monys
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             Horse
             ,
             Ammunition
             ,
             upon
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             even
             without
             ,
             or
             against
             the
             Kings
             Consent
             ;
             and
             to
             put
             into
             safe
             hands
             such
             Forts
             ,
             Ports
             ,
             Magazines
             ,
             Ships
             ,
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Militia
             ,
             as
             are
             intended
             ,
             or
             likely
             to
             be
             intended
             ,
             to
             introduce
             a
             Tyranny
             ;
             not
             only
             when
             Arms
             are
             actually
             raised
             against
             them
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             discern
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             declare
             a
             Preparation
             made
             towards
             it
             .
             
               Political
               Catechism
               .
               Page
            
             7.1679
             .
          
           
           
             (
             B
             )
             A
             King
             abusing
             his
             Power
             ,
             to
             the
             Overthrow
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             may
             be
             controll'd
             and
             oppos'd
             :
             And
             if
             he
             set
             himself
             to
             overthrow
             all
             these
             by
             Arms
             ,
             then
             they
             who
             have
             Power
             ,
             as
             the
             Estates
             of
             a
             Land
             ,
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             Resist
             by
             Arms
             ;
             because
             he
             doth
             by
             That
             Opposition
             break
             the
             very
             Bonds
             ,
             and
             overthrow
             all
             the
             Essentials
             of
             this
             Contract
             and
             Covenant
             .
             This
             may
             serve
             to
             justifie
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             This
             Kingdom
             against
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             Hostile
             way
             set
             himself
             to
             overthrow
             Religion
             ,
             Parliaments
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             .
             
             Douglase's
             
               Coronation
               Serm.
               Page
            
             10.1951
             .
          
           
             (
             C
             )
             The
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             are
             as
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             House
             .
             [
             
             Calamy's
             
               Sermon
               ,
               Decemb.
            
             25.
             1644.
             
             Page
             22.
             ]
             —
             The
             Parliament
             whom
             the
             People
             Chuse
             are
             the
             great
             and
             only
             Conservators
             of
             the
             Peoples
             Liberties
             .
             Ibid
             .
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             The
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             England
             without
             the
             King
             ,
             1651.
             were
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             
             Jenkins's
             
               Petition
               .
               Octob.
            
             15.
             1651.
             
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             The
             Sovereignty
             here
             among
             Us
             is
             in
             King
             ,
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             .
             (
             Baxter's
             
               Holy
               Commonwealths
               ,
               Page
            
             72.1659
             .
             )
          
           
             (
             F
             )
             The
             Government
             of
             England
             is
             a
             Mixt
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             govern'd
             by
             the
             Major
             part
             of
             the
             Three
             Estates
             assembled
             in
             Parliament
             .
             [
             
               Parliament
               Physick
               for
               a
               sin-sick
               Nation
               .
               Page
            
             111.
             
          
           
             (
             G
             )
             The
             Houses
             are
             not
             only
             requisite
             to
             the
             acting
             of
             the
             Power
             of
             making
             Laws
             ;
             but
             Co-ordinate
             with
             His
             Majesty
             in
             the
             very
             power
             of
             Acting
             .
             
               Ahabs
               Fall.
               Page
            
             42.
             )
          
           
             (
             H
             )
             Resolved
             ,
             That
             in
             case
             of
             Extream
             Danger
             ,
             and
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Refusal
             ,
             the
             Ordinance
             agreed
             on
             by
             both
             Houses
             for
             the
             Militia
             ,
             doth
             oblige
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             obeyed
             by
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             This
             Kingdom
             .
             
               (
               Vote
               of
               both
               Houses
               ,
               March
            
             15.
             
             164●
             .
             
               Ex.
               Col.
            
             112.
             )
          
           
           
             (
             I
             )
             Resolved
             ,
             That
             when
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Supreme
             Court
             of
             Judicature
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             )
             shall
             declare
             what
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             is
             ;
             to
             have
             This
             not
             only
             question'd
             and
             controverted
             ,
             but
             contradicted
             ,
             and
             a
             Command
             that
             it
             should
             not
             be
             obey'd
             ,
             is
             a
             high
             breach
             of
             the
             Priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             .
             (
             
               Ex.
               Col.
            
             114.
             
             March
             16.
             1641.
             )
          
           
             (
             K
             )
             The
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             do
             declare
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             against
             the
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             that
             any
             of
             the
             Subjects
             thereof
             should
             be
             commanded
             by
             the
             King
             to
             attend
             Him
             at
             His
             Pleasure
             ;
             but
             such
             as
             are
             bound
             thereto
             by
             special
             Service
             .
             (
             
               Ex.
               Col.
            
             193.
             
             May
             17.
             1642
             )
          
           
             (
             L
             )
             The
             Towns
             ,
             Forts
             ,
             Treasure
             ,
             Magazine
             ,
             Offices
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             it self
             is
             entrusted
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             the
             Good
             and
             Safety
             ,
             and
             best
             advantage
             thereof
             ;
             and
             as
             This
             Trust
             is
             for
             the
             Use
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             so
             ought
             it
             to
             be
             menag'd
             by
             the
             Advice
             of
             the
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             whom
             the
             Kingdom
             hath
             Trusted
             for
             That
             purpose
             .
             (
             
               Third
               Remonstrance
               ,
               May
            
             26.
             1642.
             
             
               Ex.
               Col.
            
             266.
             )
          
           
             (
             M
             )
             A
             Parliament
             may
             dispose
             of
             any
             thing
             wherein
             His
             Majesty
             or
             His
             Subjects
             hath
             a
             Right
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             way
             as
             that
             the
             Kingdom
             may
             not
             be
             expos'd
             to
             hazard
             or
             danger
             thereby
             .
             (
             Ibid.
             267
             )
          
           
             (
             N
             )
             The
             Votes
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             being
             the
             great
             Council
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             are
             the
             REASON
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             
               (
               Ibid.
            
             278.
             )
          
           
             (
             O
             )
             Supreme
             Head
             and
             Governour
             over
             all
             Persons
             in
             all
             Causes
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             meant
             of
             singular
             Persons
             rather
             than
             of
             Courts
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Collective
             Body
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             to
             speak
             properly
             ,
             it
             is
             only
             in
             His
             high
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             wherein
             and
             wherewith
             His
             Majesty
             hath
             absolutely
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             and
             consequently
             is
             absolutely
             Supreme
             Head
             and
             Governour
             ,
             from
             whence
             there
             is
             no
             Appeal
             .
             
               (
               Remonstrance
               ,
               May
            
             26.
             1642.
             
             
               Ex.
               Col.
            
             703.
             )
          
           
             (
             P
             )
             The
             Kings
             of
             This
             Realm
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             tender
             in
             denying
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             any
             thing
             that
             concerns
             the
             
             Publick
             Government
             ,
             and
             good
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             they
             ought
             to
             deny
             themselves
             and
             their
             own
             Understandings
             very
             far
             ,
             before
             they
             Deny
             Them
             ;
             and
             that
             upon
             this
             ground
             ,
             because
             they
             lie
             under
             the
             Obligation
             of
             an
             Oath
             to
             pass
             such
             Laws
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             Just
             and
             Good
             ,
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             it
             must
             Then
             be
             a
             Tender
             Point
             for
             a
             Prince
             to
             judge
             otherwise
             of
             those
             Laws
             that
             are
             Represented
             unto
             Him
             as
             such
             ,
             by
             the
             Representative
             Body
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             .
             (
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             715.
             )
          
           
             No
             Presidents
             can
             be
             Bounds
             to
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             the
             Parliament
             .
             (
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             726
             )
          
           
             (
             Q
             )
             A
             Parliament
             may
             dispose
             of
             any
             thing
             wherein
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             any
             Subject
             hath
             a
             Right
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             way
             that
             the
             Kingdom
             may
             not
             be
             endanger'd
             thereby
             .
             And
             if
             the
             King
             ,
             being
             humbly
             sought
             unto
             by
             His
             Parliament
             ,
             shall
             refuse
             to
             joyn
             with
             them
             ;
             In
             such
             Cases
             ,
             the
             Representative
             Body
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             is
             not
             to
             sit
             still
             ,
             and
             see
             the
             Kingdom
             perish
             before
             their
             Eyes
             ;
             and
             of
             this
             danger
             THEY
             are
             Judges
             ,
             and
             Judges
             Superiour
             to
             all
             others
             that
             Legally
             have
             any
             Power
             of
             Judicature
             in
             This
             Kingdom
             .
             
               (
               Ibid.
            
             )
             No
             Member
             of
             either
             House
             ought
             to
             be
             medled
             withal
             for
             Treason
             ,
             Felony
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Crime
             ;
             without
             the
             Cause
             first
             brought
             before
             Them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             judge
             of
             the
             Fact
             ,
             and
             Their
             leave
             obteined
             to
             proceed
             .
             
               (
               Ibid.
            
             )
          
           
             The
             Sovereign
             Power
             doth
             reside
             in
             the
             King
             and
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             :
             And
             His
             Majesties
             Negative
             Voice
             doth
             not
             import
             a
             Liberty
             for
             His
             Majesty
             to
             deny
             any
             thing
             as
             He
             pleaseth
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             requisite
             and
             necessary
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             (
             Ibid.
             727.
             )
          
           
             (
             R
             )
             When
             there
             is
             certain
             appearance
             ,
             or
             grounded
             suspicion
             that
             the
             Letter
             of
             the
             Law
             shall
             be
             improv'd
             against
             the
             Equity
             of
             it
             ;
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Publique
             Good
             ,
             whether
             of
             the
             Body
             Real
             ,
             or
             Representative
             )
             then
             the
             Commander
             going
             against
             its
             Equity
             ,
             gives
             Liberty
             to
             the
             Commanded
             ,
             to
             refuse
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Letter
             .
             
               (
               Ex.
               Col.
               .
               Pag.
            
             152.
             )
          
           
             (
             S
             )
             The
             Clause
             wherein
             we
             Swear
             the
             Preservation
             and
             Defence
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Person
            
             ,
             and
             Authority
             ,
             doth
             lye
             under
             some
             restreint
             ,
             by
             That
             
               limitation
               [
               In
               the
               Preservation
               and
               Defence
               of
               the
               
               True
               Religion
               and
               Liberties
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             ]
             To
             which
             we
             Reply
             ,
             It
             maintains
             him
             as
             far
             as
             he
             is
             a
             King
             :
             He
             may
             be
             a
             Man
             ,
             but
             sure
             no
             King
             ,
             without
             the
             Lists
             and
             Verge
             of
             Religion
             and
             Laws
             ;
             it
             being
             Religion
             and
             Laws
             that
             make
             Him
             a
             King.
             Case's
             
               Covenant
               Renew'd
               ,
               Page
            
             54.
             
          
           
             (
             T
             )
             Princes
             for
             just
             Causes
             may
             be
             Depos'd
             .
             If
             they
             be
             Tyrants
             against
             God
             and
             his
             Truth
             ,
             their
             Subjects
             are
             Freed
             from
             their
             Oaths
             of
             Obedience
             —
             The
             People
             have
             the
             same
             Power
             over
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             hath
             over
             any
             one
             Man.
             —
             The
             making
             of
             Laws
             doth
             belong
             to
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             Kings
             are
             but
             as
             Masters
             of
             the
             Rolls
             .
             —
             [
             
               Dan.
               Pos.
               Lib.
            
             1.
             
             Cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             (
             U
             )
             He
             that
             resisteth
             the
             King
             commanding
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             resisteth
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             he
             who
             resisteth
             the
             King
             commanding
             that
             which
             is
             against
             God
             ,
             resisteth
             no
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             Sin
             and
             Satan
             .
             (
             
               Lex
               Rex
               ,
               Pag.
            
             267.1644
             .
             )
          
           
             (
             W
             )
             Convention
             of
             the
             Subjects
             in
             a
             Tumultuary
             way
             for
             a
             Seditious
             End
             ,
             to
             make
             War
             without
             Warrant
             of
             Law
             ,
             is
             forbidden
             ;
             but
             not
             when
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Invasion
             of
             Foreign
             Enemies
             necessitate
             the
             Subjects
             to
             Convene
             ;
             tho'
             the
             King
             and
             Ordinary
             Judicatures
             going
             a
             corrupt
             way
             to
             pervert
             Judgment
             shall
             refuse
             to
             consent
             to
             their
             Conventions
             .
             (
             
             Rutherford's
             
               Lex
               Rex
               ,
               Pag.
            
             464.
             )
          
           
             (
             X
             )
             Our
             Fundamentals
             were
             not
             made
             by
             our
             Representatives
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             People
             Themselves
             ;
             and
             our
             Representatives
             themselves
             Limited
             by
             Them
             ;
             which
             it
             were
             good
             that
             Parliaments
             as
             well
             as
             People
             would
             observe
             ,
             and
             be
             faithful
             to
             :
             For
             no
             
               Derivative
               Power
            
             can
             Nul
             what
             Their
             
               Primitive
               Power
            
             has
             established
             .
             
               The
               Englishman
               ,
               Page
            
             11.1670
             .
          
           
             (
             Y
             )
             The
             Priviledges
             and
             Lawful
             Prerogatives
             of
             the
             Sovereign
             ,
             must
             veil
             ,
             in
             cases
             of
             necessity
             ,
             unto
             this
             high
             and
             supreme
             Law
             ,
             
               The
               Safety
               of
               the
               People
            
             .
             Then
             no
             less
             must
             the
             Priviledges
             of
             a
             Parliament
             yield
             unto
             This.
             
               (
               Lex
               Rex
               ,
               Pag.
            
             159.
             )
          
           
             If
             we
             be
             sworn
             to
             maintain
             the
             Kings
             Person
             and
             Authority
             ,
             in
             
             the
             Defence
             of
             the
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             then
             whoever
             prefers
             the
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             to
             his
             Person
             or
             Authority
             ,
             are
             not
             Traytors
             ,
             or
             Rebels
             .
             
               (
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             251.
             )
          
           
             (
             Z
             )
             Noblemen
             ought
             to
             Reform
             Religion
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             will
             not
             .
             The
             Commonalty
             concurring
             with
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             may
             compel
             the
             Bishops
             to
             cease
             from
             their
             Tyranny
             ;
             and
             by
             their
             Power
             Bridle
             the
             cruel
             Beasts
             .
             —
             They
             may
             lawfully
             require
             of
             their
             King
             to
             have
             True
             Preachers
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             be
             negligent
             ,
             they
             justly
             may
             themselves
             provide
             them
             ,
             maintain
             them
             ,
             defend
             them
             against
             all
             that
             do
             persecute
             them
             ,
             and
             may
             retein
             the
             Profits
             of
             the
             Church
             Livings
             from
             the
             other
             sort
             —
             The
             Nobility
             and
             Commonalty
             ought
             to
             Reform
             Religion
             ;
             and
             may
             remove
             from
             Honors
             ,
             and
             punish
             whom
             God
             hath
             condemned
             .
             [
             Deut.
             12.
             ]
             of
             what
             Estate
             or
             Condition
             soever
             .
             —
             The
             Punishment
             of
             such
             Crimes
             as
             touch
             the
             Majesty
             of
             God
             doth
             not
             appertain
             to
             Kings
             and
             Chief
             Rulers
             only
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             to
             every
             Member
             of
             the
             same
             ;
             as
             Occasion
             ,
             Vocation
             ,
             or
             ability
             shall
             serve
             ,
             to
             revenge
             the
             Injury
             done
             against
             God.
             [
             
               Dan.
               Pos.
               Lib.
            
             1.
             
             Cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             If
             the
             Magistrates
             shall
             refuse
             to
             put
             Mass-mongers
             and
             False
             Preachers
             to
             death
             ;
             the
             People
             (
             in
             seeing
             it
             perform'd
             )
             do
             shew
             that
             zeal
             of
             God
             which
             was
             commended
             in
             Phineas
             ,
             destroying
             the
             Adulterers
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Israelites
             against
             the
             
               Benjamites
               .
               —
               Dan.
               Pos.
               Lib.
            
             2.
             
             Cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             (
             a
             )
             Judges
             ought
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             to
             summon
             Princes
             before
             them
             for
             their
             Crimes
             :
             And
             to
             proceed
             against
             them
             as
             against
             all
             other
             Offenders
             —
             Evil
             Princes
             ought
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             to
             be
             Depos'd
             ;
             and
             Inferior
             Magistrates
             ought
             chiefly
             to
             do
             it
             .
             —
             When
             Magistrates
             do
             cease
             to
             do
             their
             Duties
             ,
             the
             People
             are
             as
             it
             were
             without
             Officers
             .
             And
             then
             God
             giveth
             the
             Sword
             into
             Their
             hands
             ,
             and
             he
             himself
             is
             become
             immediately
             Their
             Head
             :
             For
             to
             the
             Multitude
             a
             Portion
             of
             the
             Sword
             of
             Justice
             is
             committed
             :
             From
             the
             which
             no
             Person
             ,
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             or
             Emperor
             ,
             being
             an
             Idolater
             ,
             is
             excepted
             ;
             they
             must
             Dye
             the
             Death
             ,
             &c.
             —
             God
             will
             send
             to
             the
             People
             which
             are
             willing
             to
             do
             their
             Duty
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             able
             ,
             some
             Moses
             ,
             or
             Othoniel
             .
             If
             they
             know
             any
             Jonathan
             ,
             they
             must
             go
             unto
             him
             to
             be
             their
             Captain
             ,
             and
             he
             ought
             not
             to
             refuse
             them
             .
             By
             the
             word
             of
             God
             a
             Private
             
             Man
             ,
             by
             some
             Special
             Inward
             Motive
             ,
             may
             Kill
             a
             Tyrant
             ;
             as
             Moses
             did
             the
             Aegyptian
             :
             as
             Phineas
             did
             the
             Lecherous
             ;
             and
             Ebud
             did
             King
             Eglon
             ,
             &c.
             —
             It
             is
             lawful
             to
             kill
             wicked
             Kings
             and
             Tyrants
             ;
             and
             both
             by
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             and
             Mans
             Law
             ,
             Queen
             Mary
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             put
             to
             death
             as
             being
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             a
             Monster
             ,
             a
             Cruel
             Death
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Subjects
             did
             kill
             the
             Queen's
             Highness
             
               Athalia
               ;
               Jebu
            
             killed
             the
             Queen's
             Majesty
             
               Jezebel
               ;
               Elias
            
             ,
             being
             no
             Magistrate
             ,
             killed
             the
             Queen's
             Majesties
             Chaplains
             ,
             
             Baal's
             Priests
             .
             These
             Examples
             are
             left
             for
             our
             Instruction
             .
             Where
             this
             Justice
             is
             not
             executed
             ,
             the
             State
             is
             most
             Corrupt
             .
             [
             
               Dan.
               Pos.
               Lib.
            
             2.
             
             Cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             (
             b
             )
             Whensoever
             a
             King
             ,
             or
             other
             Superior
             Authority
             creates
             an
             Inferior
             ,
             they
             invest
             it
             with
             a
             Legitimacy
             of
             
               Magistratical
               Power
            
             ,
             to
             punish
             Themselves
             also
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             prove
             Evil
             Doers
             .
             (
             
               Right
               and
               Might
               well
               met
               ,
               Page
            
             7.1648
             .
          
           
             Princes
             derive
             their
             Power
             and
             Prerogative
             from
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             have
             their
             Investitures
             meerly
             for
             the
             Peoples
             Benefit
             .
             
               (
               Jus
               Populi
               ,
               Page
            
             1.1644
             .
             )
          
           
             If
             the
             Prince
             fail
             in
             his
             Promise
             ,
             the
             People
             are
             exempt
             from
             their
             Obedience
             ;
             the
             Contract
             is
             made
             void
             ,
             and
             the
             Right
             of
             Obligation
             is
             of
             no
             force
             .
             It
             is
             therefore
             permitted
             to
             the
             Officers
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             either
             all
             ,
             or
             some
             good
             number
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             suppress
             a
             Tyrant
             .
             
               (
               Vindiciae
               contra
               Tyrannos
               ,
               Pag.
            
             120
             ,
             121
             ,
             1648.
             )
          
           
             It
             is
             lawful
             for
             any
             who
             have
             the
             Power
             to
             call
             to
             account
             a
             Tyrant
             or
             wicked
             King
             ,
             and
             after
             due
             Conviction
             to
             depose
             and
             put
             him
             to
             death
             ,
             if
             the
             ordinary
             Magistrate
             hath
             neglected
             ,
             or
             deny'd
             to
             do
             it
             .
             
               (
               The
               Tenure
               of
               Kings
               and
               Magistrates
               ,
            
             1649.
             )
          
           
             
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               9.
               
            
             
               THe
               First
               Clause
               
                 (
                 A
              
               )
               has
               been
               of
               great
               Vse
               to
               the
               
                 Protestant
                 Mercuries
              
               ,
               and
               Intelligences
               ,
               for
               the
               shaping
               of
               their
               
                 Addresses
                 .
                 (
                 B
              
               )
               A
               Dispensation
               again
               .
               
                 (
                 C.
                 D.
                 E.
                 F.
                 G.
                 )
              
               The
               King
               is
               Depos'd
               by
               the
               Dissenters
               .
               
                 (
                 H
              
               )
               The
               Two
               Houses
               above
               the
               King.
               
                 (
                 I
              
               )
               Calls
               the
               King
               to
               an
               account
               for
               not
               submitting
               to
               the
               Two
               Houses
               .
               
                 (
                 K
              
               )
               Allows
               Him
               to
               be
               Master
               only
               of
               His
               Own
               Domestiques
               .
               
                 (
                 L
              
               )
               The
               Two
               Houses
               are
               the
               Kings
               Guardians
               ;
               and
               
                 (
                 M
              
               )
               may
               Dispose
               of
               Kings
               and
               Subjects
               Rights
               at
               pleasure
               .
               
                 (
                 N
              
               )
               The
               Votes
               of
               the
               Two
               Houses
               are
               the
               REASON
               of
               King
               and
               Kingdom
               .
               
                 (
                 O
                 )
                 Singulis
                 Major
                 ,
                 Universis
                 Minor.
                 (
                 P
                 )
              
               The
               King
               bound
               to
               pass
               whatever
               Bills
               the
               Two
               Houses
               offer
               Him
               ,
               tho'
               against
               His
               Judgment
               .
               
                 (
                 Q
              
               )
               No
               Member
               of
               either
               House
               to
               be
               Touch'd
               for
               Treason
               without
               leave
               .
               
                 (
                 R
              
               )
               The
               Equity
               of
               the
               Law
               set
               up
               against
               the
               Letter
               of
               it
               .
               
                 (
                 S
              
               )
               The
               King
               distinguish'd
               from
               the
               Person
               .
               
                 (
                 T
              
               )
               Princes
               Deposable
               by
               the
               People
               .
               
                 (
                 U
              
               )
               Obedience
               and
               Resistance
               Conditional
               .
               
                 (
                 W
              
               )
               People
               may
               Convene
               against
               Authority
               .
               
                 (
                 X
              
               )
               The
               Fundamentals
               of
               Government
               are
               from
               the
               People
               .
               
                 (
                 Y
              
               )
               And
               so
               is
               Sovereignty
               ,
               to
               which
               both
               Kings
               and
               Parliaments
               must
               vail
               .
               
                 (
                 Z.
                 and
                 a.
              
               )
               Popular
               Violence
               and
               Reformation
               Justifi'd
               .
               Deposing
               and
               Killing
               of
               Kings
               .
               
                 (
                 b
              
               )
               Gives
               the
               Constable
               a
               Commission
               to
               lay
               the
               King
               by
               the
               Heels
               .
            
             
               Let
               the
               Reader
               take
               Notice
               ,
               that
               These
               are
               not
               the
               Wild
               Speculations
               of
               sick-brain'd
               Phanatiques
               ,
               but
               Positions
               Rooted
               in
               the
               very
               Foundations
               of
               the
               
                 Separation
                 ;
                 Subversive
              
               of
               the
               very
               Ordinance
               of
               Government
               ;
               and
               not
               only
               asserted
               by
               Votes
               ,
               and
               Arguments
               ,
               but
               put
               in
               practice
               upon
               the
               Lives
               and
               Liberties
               both
               of
               Prince
               and
               People
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             10.
             
             Tumults
             Encourag'd
             ;
             and
             chiefly
             ,
             by
             the
             
               [
               Able
               ,
               Holy
               ,
               Faithful
               ,
               Laborious
               ,
            
             and
             Truly
             Peaceable
             Preachers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             ]
             (
             Petition
             for
             Peace
             ,
             Pag.
             4.
             )
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             THe
             Land
             is
             sore
             Troubled
             ;
             there
             's
             no
             place
             ,
             nor
             being
             for
             a
             faithful
             Minister
             of
             the
             Word
             .
             Our
             Blood
             cryeth
             for
             Vengeance
             against
             the
             Bishops
             .
             —
             If
             This
             Persecution
             be
             not
             provided
             for
             ,
             't
             is
             the
             Case
             of
             many
             a
             Thousand
             in
             England
             ;
             great
             Troubles
             will
             come
             of
             it
             .
             [
             
               Dan.
               Pos.
               L.
            
             2.
             
             Cap.
             10.
             ]
          
           
             It
             astonishes
             us
             to
             foresee
             what
             
               Doleful
               Effects
            
             our
             Divisions
             would
             produce
             .
             [
             
               Proposals
               ,
               Pag.
            
             12.1661
             .
             ]
          
           
             (
             B
             )
             The
             Act
             for
             suppressing
             Conventicles
             is
             a
             Law
             dishonourable
             to
             God
             ,
             destructive
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             pernicious
             to
             most
             of
             the
             sober
             People
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             [
             
               Quaeries
               upon
               the
               Proclamation
               for
               enforcing
               the
               Laws
               against
               Conventicles
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Pag.
             12.
             ]
             Qu.
             Whether
             the
             Saints
             ought
             not
             to
             continue
             the
             assemblies
             of
             their
             
               Worship
               of
               God
            
             ,
             without
             or
             against
             the
             Consent
             of
             their
             Magistrates
             ,
             they
             being
             commanded
             so
             to
             do
             ?
             [
             Matth.
             28.18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Heb.
             10.25
             .
             &c.
             Pag.
             14.
             ]
          
           
             (
             C
             )
             When
             the
             Ark
             of
             God
             is
             taken
             ,
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             are
             driven
             into
             Corners
             ;
             the
             Souls
             of
             our
             Wives
             and
             Children
             are
             in
             danger
             to
             miscarry
             .
             [
             
             Calamy's
             
               Serm.
               Dec.
            
             28.
             1662.
             
             Pag.
             8
             ]
             Where
             are
             our
             Moseses
             ,
             our
             
             Eliah's
             ?
             Where
             are
             those
             that
             lay
             to
             heart
             the
             danger
             of
             the
             Ark
             of
             God
             ?
             [
             Pag.
             10.
             ]
             —
             It
             is
             not
             your
             
               Wicked
               Ministers
            
             that
             can
             settle
             the
             Ark
             ;
             It
             is
             not
             your
             Prophane
             ,
             Drunken
             Ministers
             ;
             No
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             your
             
               Godly
               ,
               Sober
               ,
               Pious
            
             ,
             and
             
               Religious
               Ministers
            
             .
             [
             Pag.
             17
             ,
             18.
             ]
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             That
             Truth
             for
             Owning
             of
             which
             you
             are
             put
             to
             suffer
             the
             loss
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             is
             that
             very
             Truth
             for
             which
             Christ
             himself
             suffer'd
             as
             a
             Martyr
             :
             viz.
             That
             He
             was
             a
             King.
             —
             
               Yea
               he
               is
               a
               
               King
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               a
               King
               when
               You
               are
               gone
               ;
               and
               will
               prove
               himself
               higher
               than
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               by
               rescinding
               of
               Your
               Supremacy
               ,
               that
               Idol
               of
               his
               Indignation
               ,
               and
               Object
               of
               his
               Revenge
               .
               —
               Of
               a
               Truth
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               against
               thy
               Holy
               Child
            
             JESUS
             
               whom
               thou
               hast
               annointed
               ,
               are
               all
               these
               gathered
               together
            
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             for
             our
             owning
             of
             Him
             as
             .
             Thy
             Annointed
             ,
             and
             refusing
             to
             be
             on
             that
             Conspiracy
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             thus
             used
             .
             [
             
               The
               Poor
               Mans
               Cup
               of
               Cold
               Water
               Minister'd
               to
               the
               Saints
               and
               Sufferers
               for
               Christ
               ,
               in
            
             Scotland
             ,
             Pag.
             13.1678
             .
             ]
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             We
             saw
             the
             Blood
             of
             these
             Blessed
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             (
             
               the
               Scotch
               Rebels
            
             )
             of
             Jesus
             shed
             :
             We
             saw
             the
             Frame
             of
             our
             Government
             Dissolv'd
             ,
             and
             Overturn'd
             :
             We
             saw
             an
             Act.
             Recissory
             ,
             
               the
               Wickedness
               whereof
               reached
               Heaven
            
             :
             We
             saw
             Abominable
             and
             Abjured
             Episcopacy
             ,
             re-establish'd
             by
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Faithful
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             driven
             from
             their
             Flocks
             :
             Thus
             we
             saw
             Jericho
             Rebuilt
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Nation
             became
             a
             Curse
             ;
             being
             so
             deeply
             ,
             and
             so
             deliberately
             involved
             into
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Open
             ,
             Owned
             ,
             Avouched
             ,
             and
             by
             Law
             established
             Perjury
             :
             Now
             what
             did
             we
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ?
             Alas
             ,
             we
             had
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Day
             in
             its
             Day
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               [
               Poor
               Mans
               Cup
               ,
               Pag.
            
             20.
             ]
          
           
             (
             F
             )
             Beloved
             Brethren
             ,
             Albeit
             God
             hath
             put
             and
             ordained
             distinction
             betwixt
             King
             and
             Subjects
             ;
             yet
             in
             hope
             of
             the
             Life
             to
             come
             he
             hath
             made
             all
             equal
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             say
             that
             it
             doth
             no
             less
             appertain
             to
             You
             to
             be
             assured
             that
             your
             Faith
             and
             Religion
             be
             grounded
             ,
             and
             established
             upon
             the
             True
             and
             Undoubted
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             than
             to
             your
             Princes
             or
             Rulers
             .
             —
             And
             to
             You
             it
             doth
             no
             less
             appertain
             ,
             than
             to
             your
             King
             or
             Princes
             ,
             to
             provide
             that
             
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             be
             truly
             Preach'd
             amongst
             you
             .
             [
             
               Jus
               Populi
               ,
               Pag.
            
             215.
             ]
          
           
             (
             G
             )
             They
             Deifie
             a
             Creature
             ,
             and
             renounce
             their
             Homage
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             ;
             and
             so
             provoke
             him
             to
             destroy
             both
             Them
             and
             their
             King
             by
             their
             Apostacy
             ,
             and
             wicked
             Defection
             ;
             and
             that
             openly
             before
             Men
             and
             Angels
             ,
             as
             David
             hanged
             up
             the
             Sons
             of
             Saul
             before
             the
             Sun
             :
             And
             then
             they
             need
             not
             fear
             either
             Dag
             or
             Dagger
             ,
             Pistol
             or
             Poyson'd
             Ponyard
             .
             [
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             414.
             ]
          
           
             (
             H
             )
             Come
             ,
             my
             Brethren
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             fear
             not
             to
             take
             this
             
               Agag
               (
               Prelacy
            
             I
             mean
             ,
             not
             the
             Prelates
             ;
             )
             and
             hew
             it
             to
             pieces
             before
             the
             Lord.
             [
             
               Case's
               Covenant
               Renew'd
               ,
               Pag.
            
             51.
             ]
          
           
           
             (
             I
             )
             Down
             with
             
             Baal's
             Altars
             ,
             down
             with
             
             Baal's
             Priests
             ,
             &c.
             
             [
             
             Salwey's
             
               Sermon
               to
               the
               Commons
               ,
               Octob.
            
             25.
             1643.
             
             Pag.
             19.
             ]
          
           
             (
             K
             )
             I
             may
             truly
             say
             as
             the
             Martyr
             did
             ,
             That
             if
             I
             had
             as
             many
             Lives
             as
             Hairs
             on
             my
             Head
             ,
             I
             would
             be
             willing
             to
             sacrifice
             all
             those
             Lives
             in
             this
             Cause
             .
             [
             Mr.
             Calamy's
             
               Speech
               at
               Guildhal
               ,
               Octob.
            
             6.
             1643.
             ]
          
           
             (
             L
             )
             Let
             no
             Law
             hinder
             you
             ;
             
               Si
               jus
               violandum
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             if
             Law
             be
             to
             be
             broken
             ,
             it
             is
             for
             a
             Crown
             ,
             and
             therefore
             for
             
               Religion
               .
               [
               Simpson
               on
               Prov.
            
             8.15.16
             .
             Pag.
             23.
             ]
             —
             You
             are
             set
             over
             Kingdoms
             ,
             to
             root
             out
             ,
             pull
             down
             ,
             destroy
             ,
             and
             throw
             down
             ;
             do
             it
             quickly
             ,
             do
             it
             throughly
             .
             [
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             24.
             ]
          
           
             (
             M
             )
             Who
             were
             they
             but
             the
             poorer
             and
             meaner
             sort
             of
             People
             that
             at
             the
             first
             joyn'd
             with
             the
             Ministers
             to
             raise
             the
             Building
             of
             Reformation
             ?
             [
             
             Marshal's
             
               Serm.
               June
            
             15.
             1643.
             
             Pag.
             15.
             ]
          
           
             (
             N
             )
             Here
             is
             an
             extraordinary
             appearance
             of
             so
             many
             Ministers
             to
             encourage
             you
             in
             This
             Cause
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             see
             how
             real
             the
             
               Godly
               Ministry
            
             in
             England
             is
             unto
             This
             Cause
             .
             [
             
             Calamy's
             
               Speech
               at
               Guild-hall
               ,
               Octob.
            
             6.
             1643.
             ]
          
           
             (
             O
             )
             To
             You
             of
             the
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             Up
             ,
             for
             the
             Matter
             belongs
             to
             You
             ;
             We
             ,
             even
             all
             the
             Godly
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             will
             be
             with
             You.
             [
             
               Faircloth
               to
               the
               Commons
               on
            
             Josh.
             7.25
             .
             Pag.
             29.
             ]
             Let
             not
             the
             Pretence
             of
             Peace
             and
             Unity
             cool
             your
             Fervour
             ,
             or
             make
             you
             spare
             to
             oppose
             your selves
             unto
             those
             idle
             and
             Idolized
             Ceremonies
             against
             which
             we
             dispute
             .
             
               (
               Dispute
               against
               English-Popish
               Ceremonies
               ,
               Pag.
            
             11.
             )
          
           
             (
             P
             )
             
               A
               Word
               to
               the
               People
            
             :
             Are
             
               Magistrates
               your
               Servants
            
             ?
             Then
             learn
             to
             be
             Wise
             ,
             and
             know
             your
             Priviledges
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ;
             and
             be
             not
             frighted
             out
             of
             your
             Right
             and
             Reason
             at
             once
             ,
             by
             those
             Traytors
             and
             Rebels
             who
             would
             make
             you
             believe
             that
             it
             is
             Treason
             and
             Rebellion
             to
             call
             Them
             to
             account
             for
             the
             Treason
             and
             Rebellion
             they
             are
             Guilty
             of
             .
             
               (
               Mene
               Tekel
               ,
               Pag.
            
             41.
             )
             Parliaments
             are
             the
             
               Peoples
               Servants
            
             .
             —
             The
             King
             ,
             Judges
             ,
             Justices
             ,
             Mayors
             ,
             Constables
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Magistrates
             or
             Officers
             ,
             are
             our
             Servants
             ,
             to
             protect
             us
             ,
             and
             secure
             us
             from
             Violence
             and
             Oppression
             ;
             If
             they
             
             break
             their
             Trust
             ,
             and
             Oppress
             us
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             allows
             us
             to
             call
             our
             Servants
             to
             account
             ,
             punish
             them
             according
             to
             their
             Deserts
             ,
             and
             turn
             them
             out
             of
             our
             Service
             .
             (
             Ibid.
             )
             Alas
             ,
             poor
             England
             !
             thy
             Shepherds
             are
             become
             Robbers
             ;
             thy
             Princes
             within
             thee
             are
             Roaring
             Lions
             ;
             thy
             Judges
             are
             Ravening
             Wolves
             ,
             &c.
             
             (
             Pag.
             46.
             )
             —
             What
             Authority
             had
             a
             Parliament
             to
             give
             away
             our
             Birth-Rights
             ?
             to
             enslave
             the
             Corporations
             and
             Counties
             that
             sent
             them
             up
             to
             assert
             their
             Freedoms
             ;
             and
             to
             expose
             us
             to
             the
             Lusts
             of
             Wicked
             Oppressors
             ;
             to
             give
             away
             the
             Militia
             of
             the
             Land
             to
             the
             King
             ?
             &c.
             (
             Pag.
             50.
             )
             —
             The
             Parliaments
             giving
             away
             our
             Birth-Rights
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             just
             of
             as
             much
             force
             as
             if
             the
             Convocation
             of
             Prelates
             ,
             or
             Council
             of
             Bishops
             should
             give
             our
             Souls
             to
             the
             Devil
             :
             They
             have
             as
             much
             Power
             to
             do
             the
             latter
             ,
             as
             the
             Parliament
             have
             to
             do
             the
             former
             .
             (
             Pag.
             51.
             )
          
           
             (
             Q
             )
             Some
             Persons
             may
             be
             stirr'd
             up
             to
             do
             some
             things
             that
             are
             not
             in
             themselves
             so
             justifiable
             ,
             or
             seemingly
             warrantable
             ,
             (
             at
             least
             in
             all
             Circumstances
             )
             which
             yet
             the
             Over-ruling
             Hand
             of
             God
             may
             be
             in
             ;
             as
             in
             Moses
             killing
             the
             
               Egyptian
               ;
               Phineas
            
             slaying
             Zimri
             and
             
               Cosbi
               ,
               Numb
            
             .
             25.7
             ,
             8.
             
             (
             
               Sufferers
               Catechism
               ,
               Pag.
            
             32.1664
             .
             )
          
           
             (
             R
             )
             It
             is
             remarkable
             that
             this
             single
             act
             of
             Phineas
             in
             killing
             two
             Persons
             is
             so
             much
             rewarded
             ,
             and
             taken
             notice
             of
             by
             the
             Lord
             ;
             yea
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             many
             who
             were
             killed
             by
             the
             Judges
             .
             (
             
               Jus
               Populi
               ,
               P.
            
             416.
             )
             —
             Now
             sure
             I
             am
             this
             Fact
             of
             Phineas
             was
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             express
             mind
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             why
             then
             might
             it
             not
             be
             imitated
             in
             the
             like
             case
             ?
             What
             Warrant
             ,
             Command
             ,
             or
             Commission
             had
             Phineas
             ,
             which
             we
             cannot
             now
             expect
             ?
             (
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             419.
             )
          
           
             
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               10.
               
            
             
               HEre
               's
               a
               Complaint
               of
               a
               Persecution
               
                 (
                 A
              
               )
               by
               the
               greatest
               of
               Persecutors
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               Mercyless
               of
               Men
               ;
               as
               you
               have
               it
               out
               of
               their
               own
               Mouths
               .
               The
               Law
               vilify'd
               ,
               (
               B
               )
               and
               Authority
               affronted
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               Instant
               while
               they
               pretend
               to
               Supplicate
               for
               Relief
               .
               What
               can
               be
               more
               Inflaming
               ,
               Scandalous
               and
               Pharisaical
               then
               the
               Clause
               ,
               (
               C
               ?
               )
               or
               more
               Seditious
               then
               
                 (
                 D.
                 E.
                 F.
              
               and
               
                 G
                 ?
              
               )
               More
               Incentive
               to
               the
               People
               then
               (
               
                 H.
                 I.
                 K.
              
               and
               L.
               )
               And
               who
               were
               the
               Eminent
               Incendiaries
               (
               
                 M.
                 N.
              
               and
               O.
               )
               but
               the
               very
               Principals
               of
               the
               
                 Dissenting
                 Ministers
              
               ?
               What
               horrible
               Affronts
               upon
               the
               King
               ,
               Parliament
               and
               Government
               in
               (
               P
               ?
               )
               What
               Instigations
               are
               there
               to
               any
               execrable
               Practice
               upon
               the
               Sacred
               Person
               of
               His
               Majesty
               in
               (
               Q.
               and
               R
               ?
               )
               View
               their
               Principles
               ;
               Compare
               my
               Citations
               with
               their
               Writings
               ;
               turn
               your
               Eye
               from
               Thence
               to
               their
               Practices
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               find
               I
               have
               done
               them
               any
               wrong
               in
               the
               Report
               ,
               let
               me
               bear
               the
               Burthen
               of
               the
               Scandal
               .
               But
               if
               the
               matter
               be
               truly
               represented
               ,
               let
               the
               Reader
               judge
               of
               the
               Rest.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             11.
             
             The
             War
             against
             the
             King
             Justify'd
             .
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             OUr
             War
             has
             been
             proved
             over
             and
             over
             to
             unbyass'd
             Consciences
             ,
             to
             be
             
               Just.
               (
               Caryl
               to
               the
               Commons
               ,
               April
            
             23.
             1644.
             
             Page
             35.
             
          
           
             (
             B
             )
             The
             Scots
             were
             necessitated
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             for
             their
             
               Just
               Defence
            
             ;
             and
             against
             Antichrist
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Popish
               Priests
               ,
               Ward
               ,
               before
               the
               Lords
               ,
               on
               Deut.
            
             33.16
             .
             Page
             16.
             
          
           
           
             (
             C
             )
             If
             I
             had
             taken
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             Parliament
             in
             that
             Wa●
             ,
             my
             Conscience
             tells
             me
             I
             had
             been
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             and
             guilty
             of
             Resisting
             the
             highest
             Powers
             .
             [
             
               Baxters
               Holy
               Common-wealth
               ,
               Pag.
            
             433.
             —
             and
             I
             cannot
             see
             that
             I
             was
             mistaken
             in
             the
             Mayn
             Cause
             ;
             nor
             dare
             I
             repent
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             forbear
             the
             same
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             to
             do
             again
             in
             the
             same
             state
             of
             Things
             .
             [
             
               Ibid
               ,
               Page
            
             486.
             ]
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             Some
             say
             the
             Terms
             are
             dubious
             ,
             if
             not
             false
             ;
             it
             being
             indefinitely
             asserted
             ,
             
               It
               is
               not
               lawful
               to
               take
               Arms
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               on
               any
               pretense
               whatsoever
               .
            
             Although
             our
             King
             is
             ,
             and
             
               we
               hope
               ever
               will
               be
            
             so
             qualify'd
             ,
             that
             in
             reference
             to
             Him
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             true
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             impossible
             for
             a
             King
             ,
             
               Regis
               Personam
               exuere
            
             ;
             in
             a
             Natural
             or
             
               Moral
               Madness
            
             ,
             or
             Phrensy
             ,
             to
             turn
             Tyrant
             ,
             yea
             Beast
             ,
             &c.
             —
             In
             This
             case
             ,
             Men
             think
             Nature
             doth
             dictate
             it
             ,
             and
             Scripture
             doth
             justifie
             a
             Man
             
               se
               defendendo
               vim
               vi
               repellere
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             [
             
               A
               short
               Survey
               of
               the
               Grand
               Case
               ,
               Page
            
             12.1663
             .
             ]
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             Their
             Rising
             
               (
               The
               Rebels
               at
               Pentland-hills
            
             )
             was
             supposed
             against
             
               Lawful
               Authority
            
             ;
             whereas
             it
             was
             rather
             a
             Rising
             for
             Lawful
             Authority
             ;
             while
             against
             Persons
             abusing
             their
             Authority
             ,
             and
             not
             walking
             in
             the
             right
             Line
             of
             Subordination
             unto
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             and
             Governor
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ;
             but
             Rebelling
             against
             Him
             ,
             in
             making
             Laws
             Contrary
             to
             His
             Laws
             ,
             and
             executing
             them
             contrary
             to
             His
             Will
             and
             Command
             .
             2.
             
             That
             their
             Rising
             was
             in
             Rebellion
             ;
             whereas
             it
             was
             rather
             in
             Loyalty
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Country
             ,
             against
             such
             as
             had
             erected
             a
             Standard
             of
             Rebellion
             against
             the
             High
             and
             Mighty
             Prince
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             our
             Lord
             ,
             and
             Supreme
             Governor
             ,
             and
             in
             Loyalty
             to
             that
             Supreme
             Law
             ,
             
               The
               safety
               of
               the
               People
            
             :
             defending
             themselves
             against
             manifest
             ,
             and
             intolerable
             Tyranny
             .
             [
             
               Jus
               Populi
            
             ,
             1669.
             
             
               Preface
               .
               ]
               —
               We
               may
               safely
               say
               ,
               that
               these
               Valiant
               Worthies
               were
               basely
               and
               barbarously
               Murther'd
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               was
               no
               just
               cause
               to
               take
               their
               Lives
               .
               [
               Ib.
               Preface
               .
            
          
           
           
             (
             F
             )
             When
             strong
             and
             inevitable
             Necessity
             urgeth
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             Necessary
             and
             Just
             Ends
             ;
             people
             may
             have
             their
             own
             Convocations
             ,
             even
             against
             Authority
             ,
             and
             
               de
               jure
            
             ,
             be
             guilty
             of
             the
             breach
             of
             no
             standing
             Law
             against
             the
             same
             ;
             seeing
             all
             know
             that
             
               Salus
               Populi
               est
               Suprema
               Lex
            
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             Law
             ,
             or
             Act
             ,
             when
             the
             strict
             observation
             thereof
             tendeth
             to
             the
             Detriment
             of
             the
             Republick
             (
             for
             the
             good
             of
             which
             all
             Laws
             are
             made
             )
             is
             of
             force
             .
             [
             
               Jus
               Populi
               ,
               Page
            
             18.
             ]
             —
             Resistance
             may
             be
             us'd
             against
             the
             Person
             of
             ,
             or
             the
             Man
             who
             is
             ,
             the
             Magistrate
             ;
             without
             the
             least
             contempt
             ,
             or
             wrong
             done
             unto
             the
             Holy
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             —
             The
             
               Peoples
               Safety
            
             is
             such
             a
             
               Royal
               thing
            
             ,
             that
             the
             
               King
               Himself
            
             ,
             and
             
               all
               his
               Prerogatives
            
             ,
             yea
             and
             
               Municipal
               Laws
            
             too
             ;
             must
             vail
             the
             Cap
             unto
             it
             ,
             themselves
             being
             Judges
             .
             [
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             25.
             ]
             —
             The
             Late
             War
             carryed
             on
             by
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Scotland
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             Lawful
             ,
             both
             in
             point
             of
             Law
             and
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             if
             That
             was
             Lawful
             (
             as
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             found
             to
             be
             )
             when
             He
             and
             all
             His
             Complices
             have
             done
             their
             Utmost
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             Lying
             Cavils
             ,
             false
             Calumnies
             ,
             Reproaches
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ,
             that
             Hell
             can
             hatch
             to
             disprove
             ,
             and
             condemn
             the
             same
             )
             a
             War
             raised
             by
             the
             Subjects
             in
             their
             own
             sinless
             self-defence
             ,
             without
             the
             conduct
             of
             their
             Representative
             ,
             cannot
             in
             every
             case
             be
             condemned
             ,
             particularly
             not
             in
             our
             Case
             Now.
             
               Jus
               Populi
               ,
               Page
            
             31.
             
          
           
             (
             G
             )
             The
             Generation
             of
             the
             Prelatical
             ,
             and
             
               Malignant
               Faction
            
             ,
             did
             not
             cease
             to
             Chant
             after
             the
             Determinations
             of
             the
             Cruel
             ,
             and
             
               Bloody
               Council
            
             ;
             and
             cry
             out
             upon
             Those
             Noble
             and
             
               Worthy
               Patriots
            
             (
             whose
             Memory
             shall
             be
             in
             
               Everlasting
               Remembrance
            
             )
             as
             Traytors
             and
             
               Rebells
               ,
               Justly
               Condemned
            
             and
             Executed
             .
          
           
             
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               11.
               
            
             
               WE
               have
               the
               War
               here
               against
               the
               Late
               King
               Justify'd
               
                 (
                 A.
                 B.
                 C.
              
               )
               by
               Three
               Divines
               of
               Note
               ,
               in
               the
               First
               place
               .
               
                 (
                 D.
              
               )
               Minces
               it
               a
               little
               ,
               but
               comes
               to
               the
               same
               point
               at
               last
               .
               
                 (
                 E.
                 F.
                 and
                 G.
              
               )
               Justify
               not
               only
               the
               Ground
               of
               That
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               the
               Fact
               it self
               ;
               but
               Canonize
               the
               very
               Rebels
               of
               Pentland-Hills
               for
               Martyrs
               .
               Now
               can
               it
               be
               imagin'd
               ,
               that
               any
               Man
               will
               take
               upon
               him
               to
               defend
               the
               
                 Late
                 Sedition
              
               ,
               that
               does
               not
               stand
               as
               well-affected
               to
               another
               ?
               It
               is
               a
               strange
               Partiality
               for
               Them
               to
               think
               it
               more
               Reasonable
               for
               Separatists
               to
               Overturn
               the
               Government
               against
               Law
               ,
               then
               for
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               by
               keeping
               Close
               to
               the
               Rule
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               to
               do
               his
               endeavour
               to
               Support
               it
               .
               If
               they
               call
               it
               a
               Persecution
               ,
               the
               
                 Magistrates
                 not
                 Dissolving
              
               of
               the
               Law
               in
               favour
               of
               Dissenters
               ;
               Why
               may
               not
               we
               be
               allow'd
               to
               call
               it
               a
               Rebellion
               ,
               for
               the
               Dissenters
               to
               Dissolve
               the
               Government
               in
               despite
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             12.
             
             Reformation
             by
             Blood.
             
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             YOu
             cannot
             Preach
             ,
             nor
             Pray
             them
             down
             directly
             and
             immediately
             ;
             —
             Well!
             that
             which
             the
             Word
             cannot
             do
             ,
             the
             Sword
             shall
             .
             
               (
               Reyner
               to
               the
               Commons
               ,
               Aug.
            
             28.
             1644.
             
             Pag.
             12.
             
          
           
             (
             B
             )
             Episcopacy
             must
             not
             only
             be
             
               pull'd
               up
            
             ,
             but
             the
             Bishops
             must
             be
             
               hang'd
               up
            
             before
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             the
             Bloodiest
             and
             Sharpest
             War
             to
             be
             endur'd
             ,
             rather
             then
             the
             least
             Error
             in
             Doctrine
             ,
             or
             in
             Discipline
             .
             (
             
               A
               Scottish
               Sermon
               ,
               Kings
               large
               Scotch
               Declaration
               ,
               fol.
            
             404.
             
          
           
             (
             C
             )
             
               Those
               mine
               Enemies
               that
               would
               not
               have
               me
               Reign
               over
               them
               ,
               bring
               them
               hither
               ,
               and
               slay
               them
               before
               me
               .
            
             Those
             Men
             that
             rise
             up
             in
             cursed
             Practises
             to
             
               change
               Religion
            
             ,
             to
             bring
             in
             Idolatry
             ,
             
             and
             
               False
               Worship
            
             ;
             to
             Depose
             Christ
             from
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             Anti-Christ
             in
             his
             Place
             :
             —
             Noble
             Sirs
             ;
             in
             your
             Execution
             of
             Judgment
             upon
             Delinquents
             ,
             Imitate
             God
             ,
             and
             be
             Merciful
             to
             none
             that
             have
             sinn'd
             of
             Malicious
             wickedness
             :
             Let
             not
             your
             Eye
             pity
             any
             who
             in
             This
             bloody
             Quarrel
             have
             laid
             the
             Foundation
             of
             their
             Rebellion
             and
             Massacres
             in
             Irreconcileable
             Hatred
             to
             Religion
             and
             the
             Government
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ.
            
             Case's
             
               Sermon
               to
               the
               Court
               Martial
               ,
               Aug.
            
             17.
             1644.
             
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             As
             Josiah
             put
             to
             death
             those
             that
             follow'd
             Baal
             ,
             so
             may
             the
             Parliament
             those
             that
             will
             not
             return
             ,
             and
             leave
             
               Antichristianism
               .
               Marshalls
               Serm.
               March
            
             26.
             1645.
             
             —
             That
             Anti-Christianism
             that
             was
             sworn
             in
             the
             Covenant
             to
             be
             rooted
             out
             .
             Pag.
             45.
             
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             I
             will
             confidently
             affirm
             ,
             that
             our
             days
             now
             are
             better
             then
             they
             were
             seven
             years
             ago
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             better
             to
             see
             the
             Lord
             Executing
             Judgment
             ,
             then
             to
             see
             Men
             working
             Wickedness
             ;
             and
             to
             behold
             a
             People
             lye
             
               Wallowing
               in
               their
               Blood
            
             ,
             rathen
             Apostatizing
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             embracing
             Idolatry
             and
             Superstition
             ,
             and
             banishing
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             from
             amongst
             them
             .
             
               (
               S.
               Marshall
               to
               Both
               Houses
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Jan.
             18.
             1643.
             
             Pag.
             18
             )
             —
             Carry
             on
             the
             Work
             still
             ;
             leave
             not
             a
             Rag
             that
             belongs
             to
             Popery
             ;
             lay
             not
             a
             bit
             of
             the
             Lords
             Building
             with
             any
             thing
             that
             belongs
             to
             Anti-Christ
             ;
             but
             away
             with
             it
             ,
             
               Root
               and
               Branch
               ,
               Head
               and
               Tayl
            
             ;
             till
             you
             can
             say
             ,
             
               Now
               is
               Christ
               set
               upon
               his
               Throne
               .
               (
               Ibid.
               Page
            
             21.
             
          
           
             (
             F
             )
             The
             Cause
             you
             manage
             is
             the
             Cause
             of
             God
             ;
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             is
             embarkt
             in
             the
             same
             Ship
             in
             which
             This
             Cause
             is
             .
             (
             E.
             Calamy's
             ,
             
               Sermon
               to
               the
               Peers
               ;
               June
            
             15.
             1643.
             
             Page
             53.
             —
             He
             that
             dyes
             fighting
             the
             Lords
             Battle
             ,
             dyes
             a
             Martyr
             .
             
               Ibid.
               Page
            
             57.
             )
          
           
             (
             G
             )
             Cursed
             be
             he
             that
             withholdeth
             his
             Sword
             from
             Blood
             ;
             that
             Spares
             ,
             when
             God
             saith
             Strike
             ;
             that
             suffers
             those
             to
             escape
             ,
             whom
             God
             has
             appointed
             to
             Destruction
             .
             (
             
               Case
               on
               Dan.
            
             11.32
             .
             Page
             .
             24.
             
             
               To
               the
               Commons
            
             .
          
           
           
             (
             H
             )
             The
             Execution
             of
             Judgment
             is
             the
             Lords
             Work
             ;
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             Cursed
             ,
             that
             do
             it
             negligently
             :
             And
             Cursed
             shall
             they
             be
             ,
             that
             keep
             back
             their
             Sword
             from
             Blood
             ,
             in
             This
             Cause
             .
             
               (
               Strickland
               ,
               Nov.
            
             5.
             1644.
             
             Page
             26.
             
          
           
             (
             I
             )
             The
             Lord
             is
             pursuing
             you
             if
             you
             execute
             not
             Vengeance
             on
             them
             betimes
             .
             
               (
               Faircloth
               on
               Josh.
            
             7.25
             .
             Page
             48.
             
             Why
             should
             Life
             be
             further
             granted
             to
             Them
             ,
             whose
             very
             Life
             brings
             Death
             to
             all
             about
             them
             !
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             (
             K
             )
             Though
             as
             
               Little
               Ones
            
             they
             call
             for
             Pitty
             ,
             yet
             as
             Babylonish
             they
             call
             for
             Justice
             ,
             even
             to
             
               Blood.
               (
               Bridges
               on
               Rev.
            
             4.8
             .
             Page
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             (
             L
             )
             Let
             us
             not
             out
             of
             any
             worldly
             respects
             of
             Estate
             ,
             Wives
             ,
             Children
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             good
             Nature
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Compassion
             ,
             Care
             of
             Trade
             ,
             of
             Laws
             ,
             grow
             slack
             and
             lazy
             in
             our
             Undertakings
             ;
             upon
             the
             Success
             of
             which
             the
             Eyes
             of
             Christendom
             are
             fix'd
             :
             —
             
               But
               let
               us
               proceed
               to
               shed
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Vngodly
               .
               (
               L
               —
               Dec.
            
             19.
             1642.
             
          
           
             (
             M
             )
             It
             is
             Commendable
             to
             fight
             for
             Peace
             and
             Reformation
             ,
             AGAINST
             the
             Kings
             Command
             .
             (
             
               Calamy's
               Sermon
               ,
               Decem.
            
             25.
             1644.
             
             Pag.
             29.
             
          
           
             (
             N
             )
             Do
             Justice
             to
             the
             greatest
             :
             
             Saul's
             Sons
             are
             not
             Spar'd
             ,
             no
             nor
             may
             Agag
             ,
             nor
             Benhadad
             ,
             though
             themselves
             
               KINGS
               .
               Zimri
            
             and
             Cosbi
             ,
             though
             Princes
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             must
             be
             persn'd
             into
             their
             Tents
             .
             This
             is
             the
             way
             to
             Consecrate
             your selves
             to
             God.
             (
             
               Herle
               Sermon
               to
               the
               Commons
               ,
               Nov.
            
             5.
             1644.
             
             Pag.
             16
             —
             In
             vain
             are
             the
             high
             Praises
             of
             God
             in
             your
             Mouths
             ,
             without
             a
             
               Two-edged
               Sword
            
             in
             your
             hands
             .
             
               Ibid.
               Jan.
            
             15.
             1643.
             
             Page
             31.
             
          
           
             (
             O
             )
             If
             you
             would
             have
             a
             Peace
             with
             Popery
             ,
             a
             Peace
             with
             Slavery
             ;
             if
             you
             would
             have
             a
             
               Judas
               Peace
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
             Joab's
             Peace
             ;
             (
             you
             know
             the
             Story
             ,
             he
             kiss'd
             Amasa
             ,
             and
             then
             Kill'd
             him
             )
             If
             you
             would
             have
             a
             Peace
             that
             will
             bring
             a
             Massacre
             with
             it
             ;
             a
             
               French
               Peace
            
             :
             It
             may
             be
             had
             easily
             .
             But
             if
             you
             would
             have
             a
             Peace
             that
             may
             continue
             the
             Gospel
             among
             you
             ,
             and
             bring
             in
             a
             
             Reformation
             ,
             &c.
             
             Such
             a
             Peace
             cannot
             be
             had
             without
             Contribution
             toward
             the
             bringing
             in
             of
             the
             
               Scots
               .
            
             (
             Calamy's
             
               Speech
               at
               Guild-Hall
               ,
               Octob.
            
             6.
             1643.
             
          
           
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect
               12.
               
            
             
               YOu
               have
               here
               
                 Fourteen
                 Paragraphs
              
               ,
               so
               Sanguinary
               ,
               and
               Salvage
               ;
               that
               if
               they
               had
               not
               
                 Christian
                 Names
              
               to
               them
               ,
               a
               body
               would
               take
               the
               Authors
               of
               them
               for
               Saracens
               :
               And
               to
               go
               a
               little
               farther
               with
               you
               yet
               ,
               Thirteen
               of
               the
               Fourteen
               are
               the
               Work
               of
               
                 Dissenting
                 Divines
              
               ;
               Not
               of
               Mr.
               
               Calamy's
               
                 Wicked
                 ,
                 Profane
                 ,
                 Drunken
                 Ministers
              
               ;
               (
               as
               he
               was
               pleas'd
               to
               Baptize
               the
               
                 English
                 Clergy
              
               )
               but
               of
               the
               
                 Godly
                 ,
                 Sober
                 ,
                 Pious
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Religious
                 Ministers
              
               (
               as
               he
               thought
               fit
               to
               distinguish
               those
               of
               his
               own
               Party
               .
               )
               Let
               the
               Reader
               Judge
               n●w
               if
               These
               be
               not
               fit
               Workmen
               to
               be
               employ'd
               in
               the
               Repairing
               of
               our
               Breaches
               ?
               One
               more
               now
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               done
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             13.
             
             The
             Murther
             of
             the
             Late
             King
             Encouraged
             ,
             and
             Justify'd
             .
          
           
             (
             A
             )
             WE
             propound
             that
             That
             Capital
             ,
             and
             Grand
             Author
             of
             our
             Troubles
             ,
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             King
             may
             be
             speedily
             brought
             to
             Justice
             ,
             for
             the
             
               Treason
               ,
               Blood
            
             ,
             and
             Mischief
             he
             is
             guilty
             of
             .
             (
             
               Armyes
               Remonstrance
               ,
               Nov.
            
             16
             1648.
             
             P.
             62.
             
          
           
             (
             B
             )
             Have
             you
             not
             sins
             enow
             of
             your
             own
             ,
             but
             will
             you
             wrap
             your selves
             up
             in
             the
             Treachery
             ,
             Murther
             ,
             Blood
             ,
             Cruelty
             and
             Tyranny
             of
             others
             ?
             (
             
               Tho.
               Brooks
               Sermon
               before
               the
               Commons
               ,
               Decemb.
            
             26.
             1648.
             
             Pag.
             17.
             )
             (
             
               Prep●ration
               to
               the
               Kings
               Murther
            
             )
             —
             Set
             some
             of
             those
             
               Grand
               Malefactors
            
             a
             Mourning
             ,
             (
             that
             have
             caused
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             Mourn
             so
             many
             years
             ,
             in
             
               Garments
               Rolled
               in
               Blood
            
             )
             by
             the
             Execution
             of
             IVSTICE
             ,
             &c.
             
             (
             
               Ibid.
               Pag.
            
             19.
             )
          
           
           
             (
             C
             )
             The
             King
             of
             Syria
             came
             against
             Israel
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             mighty
             power
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             and
             his
             Army
             were
             overthrown
             ,
             and
             the
             
               King
               was
               taken
               Prisoner
            
             .
             Now
             the
             
               Mind
               of
               G●●
            
             was
             (
             which
             he
             then
             discover'd
             only
             by
             that
             present
             Providence
             )
             that
             Justice
             should
             have
             been
             executed
             upon
             him
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             not
             .
             Whereupon
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             comes
             with
             Ashes
             upon
             his
             Face
             ,
             and
             waited
             for
             the
             King
             of
             Israel
             ,
             in
             the
             way
             where
             he
             should
             return
             ,
             (
             1
             Kings
             20.42
             .
             )
             and
             as
             the
             King
             passed
             by
             ,
             he
             Cry'd
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               Thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               let
               go
               a
               Man
               whom
               I
               appointed
               for
               Destruction
               ,
               therefore
               Thy
               Life
               shall
               go
               for
               his
               Life
               .
            
             Now
             see
             how
             the
             King
             of
             Syria
             ,
             after
             this
             ,
             answers
             
             Ahab's
             Love
             :
             About
             Three
             years
             after
             ,
             Israel
             and
             Syria
             engaged
             in
             a
             New
             War
             :
             
             Benhadad's
             Life
             was
             once
             in
             
             Ahab's
             hand
             ,
             and
             he
             ventur'd
             Gods
             displeasure
             to
             let
             him
             go
             .
             But
             see
             how
             Benhadad
             rewards
             him
             for
             it
             :
             
               Fight
               neither
               against
               small
               nor
               great
               ,
               but
               against
               the
               King
               of
            
             Israel
             .
             Honourable
             and
             Worthy
             ,
             If
             God
             do
             not
             lead
             you
             to
             do
             Justice
             upon
             those
             that
             have
             been
             the
             great
             Actors
             in
             shedding
             Innocent
             Blood
             ,
             never
             think
             to
             gain
             their
             favour
             by
             sparing
             of
             them
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               (
               G.
            
             Cockaine's
             
               Sermon
               to
               the
               Commons
               ,
               Novemb.
            
             29.
             1648.
             )
          
           
             (
             D
             )
             When
             Kings
             command
             unrighteous
             things
             ,
             and
             People
             suit
             them
             with
             willing
             complyance
             ,
             none
             doubts
             but
             the
             Destruction
             of
             them
             both
             is
             Just
             and
             
               Righteous
               .
               (
               Dr.
               Owen
               ,
               a
               Fast-Sermon
               ,
               Jan.
            
             31.
             1648.
             
             Pag.
             5.
             )
             —
             A
             
               Great
               ,
               Mighty
               Potentate
            
             ,
             that
             had
             caused
             Terrour
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             the
             Living
             ,
             and
             laid
             his
             Sword
             under
             his
             Head
             ,
             brought
             to
             punishment
             for
             
               Blood.
               (
               Ibid.
               a
               Thanksgiving-Sermon
               ,
               Octob.
            
             24.
             1651.
             
             Page
             6.
             )
          
           
             (
             E
             )
             Praised
             be
             God
             who
             hath
             delivered
             us
             from
             the
             Imposition
             of
             
               Prelatical
               Innovations
               ,
               Altar-Genu-flexions
            
             and
             Cringings
             ;
             with
             Crossings
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             Popish
             Trash
             and
             Trumpery
             .
             And
             truly
             I
             speak
             no
             more
             than
             what
             I
             have
             often
             thought
             and
             said
             ,
             [
             
               The
               Removal
               of
               those
               Insupportable
               Burthens
               countervails
               for
               the
               Blood
               and
               Treasure
               shed
               and
               spent
               in
               these
               late
               Distractions
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             
               W.
               Jenkins
               before
               the
               Parliament
            
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             call'd
             it
             )
             Sept.
             24.
             1656.
             
             Pag.
             23.
             
          
           
             (
             F
             )
             Corbet
             says
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             now
             
               fully
               satisfi'd
            
             in
             his
             own
             mind
             of
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             the
             Fact
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             Power
             by
             which
             it
             
             was
             done
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             his
             Duty
             no
             longer
             to
             stand
             out
             ,
             but
             to
             joyn
             with
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             as
             an
             Actor
             in
             it
             ;
             or
             else
             he
             might
             become
             guilty
             of
             Unfaithfulness
             to
             the
             
               Cause
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             his
             
               Country
               ,
               &c.
               
               (
               Three
               Regicides
               Speeches
            
             1662.
             
             Pag.
             57.
             )
             —
             And
             as
             for
             that
             Necessary
             and
             
               Publique
               Act
               of
               Justice
            
             ,
             he
             did
             
               never
               repent
               at
               all
            
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             it
             ;
             Nor
             ,
             after
             all
             the
             Searchings
             of
             Heart
             about
             it
             ,
             did
             see
             cause
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             when
             at
             any
             time
             he
             had
             the
             most
             serious
             ,
             and
             calm
             Reflections
             upon
             it
             .
             (
             Pag
             58.
             )
          
           
             (
             G
             )
             The
             Parliament
             having
             wisely
             chang'd
             the
             Government
             to
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             that
             Hereditary
             Usurpation
             of
             Monarchy
             ,
             which
             was
             never
             either
             justly
             begun
             ,
             or
             continu'd
             .
             
               (
               The
               False
               Brother
               ,
               Pag.
            
             34.1651
             .
             )
          
           
             
               Notes
               on
               Sect.
               13.
               
            
             
               IN
               
                 (
                 A
              
               )
               we
               have
               only
               Men
               of
               Blood
               ,
               pressing
               for
               Blood
               ;
               and
               nothing
               less
               than
               the
               Blood
               of
               a
               Tender
               ,
               a
               Religious
               ,
               a
               Protestant
               ,
               and
               their
               
                 Native
                 Prince
              
               ,
               will
               content
               them
               .
               The
               War
               is
               now
               transferr'd
               from
               Popery
               to
               Tyranny
               :
               The
               Masque
               is
               taken
               off
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               downright
               Treason
               ,
               and
               Blood
               that
               is
               Charged
               upon
               him
               by
               the
               Army
               .
               And
               what
               was
               it
               ,
               but
               the
               Dissenting
               Pulpits
               that
               put
               these
               
                 Diabolical
                 Thoughts
              
               into
               their
               Hearts
               ;
               These
               
                 Bloody
                 Words
              
               into
               their
               Mouths
               ;
               and
               the
               very
               Swords
               into
               their
               Hands
               ?
               Who
               but
               the
               
                 Godly
                 ,
                 Peaceable
                 Ministers
              
               ,
               the
               
                 Zealous
                 Protestants
              
               ,
               (
               as
               They
               make
               bold
               to
               call
               themselves
               )
               and
               just
               such
               Protestants
               ,
               as
               Ministers
               ,
               to
               a
               Scruple
               .
               
                 Murther
                 ,
                 Blood
                 ,
                 Cruelty
                 ,
                 Tyranny
                 ,
              
               says
               
                 Brooks
                 ,
                 (
                 B
              
               )
               and
               see
               then
               how
               this
               
                 Parricidal
                 Evangelist
              
               bellows
               for
               the
               Execution
               of
               Justice
               ;
               which
               was
               ,
               in
               English
               ,
               the
               
                 King's
                 Murther
              
               .
               In
               
                 (
                 C
              
               )
               you
               have
               another
               of
               the
               Stamp
               ,
               pressing
               the
               same
               Point
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               same
               Foundation
               too
               ;
               (
               for
               
                 shedding
                 Innocent
                 Blood
              
               )
               with
               an
               Insinuation
               of
               no
               less
               than
               the
               
                 Mind
                 of
                 God
              
               for
               their
               warrant
               .
               In
               
                 (
                 D
              
               )
               you
               have
               one
               of
               our
               Re-reformers
               bestriding
               
                 two
                 Kings
              
               at
               a
               Step.
               And
               in
               
                 (
                 E
              
               )
               another
               of
               the
               same
               Tribe
               ,
               with
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               Church
               in
               one
               Scale
               ,
               the
               Blood
               and
               Treasure
               of
               His
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               Thousands
               of
               his
               Loyal
               Subjects
               ,
               in
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               all
               too
               little
               to
               weigh
               against
               a
               
               Cross
               ,
               and
               an
               
                 Altar
                 .
                 (
                 F
              
               )
               Is
               only
               a
               Defence
               of
               the
               Execution
               ,
               by
               a
               Regicide
               :
               And
               in
               
                 (
                 G
              
               )
               the
               Change
               of
               Government
               approved
               by
               a
               Republican
               .
            
             
               To
               wind
               up
               all
               now
               in
               a
               word
               .
               The
               Presbyterians
               (
               you
               see
               )
               hold
               Toleration
               to
               be
               the
               Source
               of
               all
               Heresies
               ;
               utterly
               
                 Unlawful
                 ,
                 Insufferable
                 ,
                 Impious
              
               ,
               and
               Destructive
               ,
               both
               of
               Church
               and
               State.
               The
               Independent
               qualifies
               it
               ,
               with
               some
               Restrictions
               ,
               to
               their
               own
               advantage
               ;
               but
               Episcopacy
               and
               Presbytery
               find
               no
               Quarter
               .
               They
               are
               at
               War
               among
               themselves
               ,
               upon
               an
               Inconsistency
               of
               Principles
               ;
               and
               openly
               profess
               their
               reciprocal
               Animosities
               to
               be
               matter
               of
               Conscience
               .
               The
               
                 Civ●l
                 Government
              
               passes
               with
               them
               for
               Tyrannical
               ,
               and
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               for
               Antichristian
               .
               They
               stick
               to
               their
               Covenant
               to
               the
               Death
               ;
               and
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Papacy
              
               it self
               ,
               even
               in
               their
               own
               accounts
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               not
               more
               bloodily
               Rigorous
               in
               Impositions
               upon
               Conscience
               ,
               than
               the
               
                 Papal
                 Presbytery
              
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Testimony
               of
               their
               Words
               and
               Actions
               .
               The
               
                 Imperial
                 Authority
              
               of
               the
               Crown
               is
               wholly
               swallow'd
               up
               in
               the
               Transcendent
               Usurpations
               of
               the
               Kirk
               .
               Their
               Positions
               are
               not
               only
               Ruinous
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               This
               Government
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               very
               Being
               also
               of
               
                 Government
                 it self
              
               .
               Their
               very
               
                 Assembly
                 of
                 Divines
              
               ,
               did
               not
               only
               Animate
               the
               Sedition
               ,
               and
               Encourage
               the
               bringing
               of
               the
               
                 Late
                 King
              
               to
               the
               Block
               ;
               but
               several
               eminent
               Members
               of
               it
               pass'd
               an
               approbation
               of
               that
               Vnspeakable
               Villany
               ,
               after
               the
               Fact
               was
               committed
               ;
               and
               frighted
               the
               People
               ,
               in
               their
               Pulpits
               ,
               out
               of
               their
               Christianity
               and
               Allegiance
               ,
               into
               an
               
                 Enthusiastick
                 Rage
              
               ,
               after
               Confusion
               and
               Blood.
               
            
             
               Sum
               up
               all
               This
               now
               ;
               and
               try
               if
               you
               can
               Reconcile
               These
               People
               ,
               in
               their
               Practices
               and
               Opinions
               ,
               even
               to
               their
               very
               Selves
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .