A seasonable memorial in some historical notes upon the liberties of the presse and pulpit with the effects of popular petitions, tumults, associations, impostures, and disaffected common councils : to all good subjects and true Protestants.
         L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
      
       
         
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             A seasonable memorial in some historical notes upon the liberties of the presse and pulpit with the effects of popular petitions, tumults, associations, impostures, and disaffected common councils : to all good subjects and true Protestants.
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
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           A
           SEASONABLE
           MEMORIAL
           IN
           SOME
           HISTORICAL
           NOTES
           UPON
           THE
           LIBERTIES
           OF
           THE
           PRESSE
           and
           PULPIT
           :
           WITH
           THE
           Effects
           of
           Popular
           Petitions
           ,
           Tumults
           ,
           Associations
           ,
           Impostures
           ,
           and
           Disaffected
           Common
           ▪
           Councils
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           
             Good
             Subjects
          
           and
           
             True
             Protestants
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1680
           ,
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Seasonable
           MEMORIAL
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THis
           Title
           may
           perhaps
           give
           the
           Reader
           an
           expectation
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           Curiosity
           to
           hear
           more
           then
           the
           Authour
           is
           willing
           to
           tell
           him
           :
           For
           it
           is
           his
           intent
           ,
           only
           to
           expose
           the
           Mistery
           of
           the
           Contrivance
           ,
           of
           our
           late
           Troubles
           ,
           without
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Persons
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           that
           the
           great
           work
           of
           Destroying
           
             three
             Kingdoms
          
           was
           only
           the
           Project
           ,
           and
           Influence
           of
           a
           Private
           Cabal
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Rebellion
           it self
           was
           excited
           and
           carry'd
           on
           by
           the
           Force
           ,
           rather
           of
           an
           Imposcure
           then
           of
           a
           Confederacy
           ;
           The
           Generality
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           being
           powerfully
           ,
           and
           artificially
           Possess'd
           by
           the
           pretended
           Patrons
           of
           our
           Religious
           ,
           and
           Civill
           Liberties
           ,
           that
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           were
           breaking
           in
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           design
           promoted
           by
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Court-Faction
           ;
           It
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           create
           in
           them
           the
           tenderest
           affection
           imaginable
           for
           the
           one
           Party
           ,
           and
           as
           violent
           a
           Detestation
           for
           the
           other
           :
           Especially
           considering
           that
           the
           Person
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           King
           were
           as
           yet
           Sacred
           ;
           and
           uot
           any
           man
           open'd
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           but
           for
           his
           Honour
           ,
           and
           safety
           ;
           the
           Purity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
           For
           such
           was
           the
           Reverence
           the
           Nation
           had
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           word
           against
           the
           Government
           had
           spoyl'd
           all
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Double-refining
             spirit
          
           came
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           even
           with
           
             the
             Reformation
             it self
          
           ;
           when
           by
           flying
           from
           one
           Extreme
           to
           another
           ,
           it
           left
           the
           Truth
           in
           the
           middle
           ;
           which
           Calvin
           himself
           rakes
           notice
           of
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Protector
           (
           in
           Ed.
           6.
           )
           
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             of
             Seditious
             men
          
           (
           says
           he
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           Papists
           and
           the
           
             Puritans
             )
             and
             against
             both
             these
             must
             the
             sword
             be
             drawn
             ;
             For
             they
             oppose
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             God
             himself
             .
          
           It
           was
           the
           same
           Spirit
           that
           mov'd
           the
           Distemper
           afterward
           at
           Frankfort
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           still
           ,
           that
           made
           such
           havock
           in
           Scotland
           ;
           and
           flew
           in
           the
           face
           of
           Q.
           Eliz.
           her
           Parliaments
           and
           Councill
           :
           till
           she
           was
           forced
           to
           suppress
           it
           by
           Severity
           and
           Rigour
           .
           Her
           successor
           King
           James
           ,
           after
           a
           long
           Persecution
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           a
           fresh
           attempt
           upon
           him
           
           at
           
             Hampton
             Court
          
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Faction
           :
           took
           them
           up
           roundly
           ,
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           and
           so
           past
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           days
           in
           some
           measure
           of
           quiet
           .
           But
           the
           Plot
           succeeded
           better
           under
           King
           Charles
           ;
           when
           taking
           advantage
           of
           his
           Majesties
           necessitys
           ,
           with
           the
           Infinite
           goodness
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           apt
           to
           believe
           the
           best
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           a
           Popular
           mixture
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           that
           was
           still
           ready
           for
           their
           turn
           ,
           they
           pursu'd
           him
           with
           Remonstra●ce
           upon
           Remonstrance
           ,
           through
           
             four
             Parliaments
          
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Act
           for
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           Tumult●
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Execrable
             Libel
          
           of
           Dec.
           15.
           1641.
           
           Entitled
           ,
           
             A
             Remonstrance
             of
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           they
           accomplished
           their
           ends
           ,
           under
           ehe
           Countenance
           of
           the
           Fifth
           .
           By
           what
           steps
           ,
           and
           Methods
           they
           gained
           their
           Poynt
           ,
           comes
           now
           to
           be
           consider'd
           .
        
         
           Their
           first
           advance
           toward
           a
           Sedition
           ,
           
           was
           the
           introducing
           of
           a
           Schism
           ;
           by
           distinguishing
           themselves
           ,
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           
             Godly
             Party
          
           ,
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           which
           they
           found
           to
           be
           the
           safest
           way
           of
           approach
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           plausible
           expedient
           .
           To
           this
           end
           they
           brought
           in
           Lecturers
           over
           the
           Heads
           of
           
             Parochial
             Ministers
          
           ;
           whose
           maintenance
           being
           dependent
           upon
           the
           Faction
           ,
           made
           them
           wholly
           at
           the
           devotion
           of
           their
           Patrons
           .
        
         
           They
           had
           their
           Emissaries
           also
           in
           all
           Corporations
           ,
           
           and
           Populous
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           were
           appointed
           as
           Feoffees
           ,
           to
           deal
           for
           Impropriations
           ,
           under
           the
           charitable
           pretext
           of
           making
           a
           better
           Provision
           for
           the
           Ministry
           .
           And
           these
           were
           men
           of
           publick
           business
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           Clergy-men
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           &c.
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           made
           famous
           for
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           by
           the
           Reputation
           of
           so
           pious
           an
           Undertaking
           .
           By
           this
           project
           they
           advanced
           considerable
           Sums
           of
           Money
           ;
           but
           the
           Incumbents
           little
           the
           better
           for
           it
           :
           For
           either
           it
           stuck
           to
           the
           Feoffees
           fingers
           ,
           or
           it
           was
           applyed
           to
           other
           uses
           ;
           and
           with
           the
           Tithe
           of
           a
           Parsonage
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           a
           Lecture
           was
           set
           up
           in
           another
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Choice
           of
           fit
           Instruments
           ;
           their
           next
           work
           was
           to
           secure
           them
           from
           any
           trouble
           of
           Church-Censures
           :
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           they
           bought
           some
           Headship
           or
           other
           in
           an
           University
           ,
           for
           some
           Eminent
           man
           of
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           for
           the
           training
           up
           of
           Novices
           in
           their
           Discipline
           .
           
           And
           then
           they
           had
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           
             Practical
             Seminary
          
           at
           St.
           Antholines
           in
           London
           ;
           where
           their
           Disciples
           were
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           upon
           a
           Probation
           ,
           for
           Abilities
           ,
           and
           Affections
           :
           and
           out
           of
           this
           Nursery
           they
           furnish'd
           most
           of
           their
           New-bought
           Impropriations
           .
        
         
         
           These
           young
           Emissaries
           of
           theirs
           had
           their
           Salary
           ,
           and
           were
           subordinate
           to
           a
           Classis
           or
           
             Clero-Laicall
             Consistory
          
           ,
           to
           be
           transplanted
           
           at
           their
           pleasure
           .
           And
           yet
           this
           Consistory
           did
           not
           so
           strictly
           confine
           themselves
           to
           their
           Own
           Members
           ;
           but
           upon
           Letters
           Testimonial
           from
           the
           Patriarchs
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           that
           such
           or
           such
           a
           man
           was
           fit
           for
           their
           turn
           ;
           or
           had
           given
           proof
           of
           his
           fidelity
           to
           the
           Cause
           ,
           by
           undergoing
           some
           sentence
           for
           contemning
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           persisting
           Obstinately
           in
           that
           disobedience
           :
           to
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           (
           I
           say
           )
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           they
           commonly
           allow'd
           a
           Preference
           .
           And
           the
           better
           to
           avoid
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           Spiritual
           Courts
           ,
           they
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           provide
           Commissaries
           of
           their
           Own
           Leaven
           ,
           where
           they
           had
           any
           special
           Plantation
           .
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           to
           make
           sure
           of
           their
           Agents
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           fall
           off
           when
           they
           had
           serv'd
           their
           own
           turns
           ,
           they
           kept
           them
           only
           as
           
             Pentioners
             at
             pleasure
          
           ,
           and
           liable
           to
           be
           turn'd
           out
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           either
           if
           they
           cool'd
           in
           the
           
             Holy
             Cause
          
           ,
           or
           fail'd
           of
           Preaching
           according
           to
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           Conclave
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           be
           noted
           here
           by
           the
           by
           ,
           that
           the
           design
           and
           mischief
           
           of
           those
           Lecturers
           ,
           when
           they
           could
           nor
           so
           well
           Congregate
           in
           
             Private
             Meetings
          
           ,
           is
           ,
           in
           our
           days
           ,
           supply'd
           ,
           if
           not
           outdone
           ,
           by
           a
           greater
           number
           of
           Conventicles
           ;
           to
           the
           very
           same
           Intent
           ;
           and
           God
           grant
           it
           prove
           not
           with
           the
           like
           effect
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           as
           yet
           but
           upon
           the
           Preparatory
           to
           the
           great
           work
           of
           their
           
             Thorough
             Reformation
          
           ;
           which
           in
           plain
           English
           was
           the
           
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Pulpits
           had
           nothing
           more
           to
           do
           at
           present
           ,
           then
           to
           dispose
           and
           accommodate
           the
           Humours
           and
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           .
           The
           Common
           Subject
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           (
           and
           they
           all
           sung
           the
           same
           Song
           )
           was
           First
           to
           irritate
           the
           Multitude
           against
           Popery
           :
           which
           had
           been
           well
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           sly
           Insinuations
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           Arminianism
           ,
           intimated
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           be
           leaning
           that
           way
           .
           By
           this
           Artifice
           the
           People
           were
           quickly
           brought
           into
           a
           dislike
           of
           the
           
             English
             Communion
          
           ;
           and
           by
           degrees
           into
           as
           fierce
           an
           Aversion
           to
           the
           One
           Church
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Other
           .
           Now
           whatsoever
           the
           
             Government
             Lost
          
           ,
           the
           
             Faction
             Gain'd
          
           :
           And
           those
           
             Pedantique
             Levites
          
           ,
           that
           brought
           so
           many
           dreadfull
           Judgments
           upon
           this
           Nation
           themselves
           ;
           were
           by
           the
           Credulous
           ,
           Tumultuary
           Rabble
           cry'd
           up
           and
           Idolized
           ,
           as
           the
           very
           
           Moses's
           that
           stood
           in
           the
           Gap
           to
           avert
           them
           .
           Having
           by
           this
           means
           render'd
           the
           Government
           Odious
           ,
           and
           given
           some
           credit
           
           to
           the
           Schism
           ;
           their
           next
           Instruction
           was
           ,
           to
           make
           Proclamation
           of
           the
           Numbers
           ,
           the
           quality
           and
           the
           sobriety
           of
           the
           Persons
           aggriev'd
           ;
           to
           possesse
           the
           one
           side
           with
           a
           confidence
           ,
           and
           the
           
           other
           with
           an
           apprehension
           of
           their
           strength
           !
           
             Thousands
             of
             Souls
             ready
             to
             Famish
             ,
          
           (
           they
           cry
           )
           
             for
             want
             of
             the
             Bread
             of
             Life
             .
             How
             many
             Insufficient
             negligent
             and
             scandalous
             Pastors
             ?
             How
             many
             Congregations
             destitute
             of
             able
             ,
             Faithfull
             Teachers
             ;
             Preaching
             in
             season
             and
             out
             of
             season
             ,
             and
             labouring
             in
             the
             Word
             ?
             Alas
             !
             they
             dare
             not
             consent
             to
             any
             Addition
             to
             ,
             or
             Diminution
             of
             Christs
             Worship
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Use
             of
             the
             Inventions
             of
             Men
             ,
             in
             Gods
             Service
             .
             They
             desire
             only
             the
             Freedom
             that
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             have
             left
             unto
             the
             Churches
             ;
             and
             to
             serve
             God
             according
             to
             the
             Example
             of
             the
             best
             Reformed
             Churches
             abroad
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Case
             of
             Thousands
             of
             the
             upright
             of
             the
             Land.
          
           Let
           it
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           the
           Press
           all
           this
           while
           kept
           pace
           with
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           only
           now
           and
           then
           there
           started
           out
           a
           Party
           upon
           the
           Forelorn
           ,
           to
           make
           Discoveries
           ,
           and
           try
           the
           Temper
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           Some
           scap'd
           ,
           and
           others
           were
           taken
           ,
           and
           censur'd
           ;
           as
           
             Leighton
             ,
             Burton
             ,
             Prin
          
           ,
           and
           Bastwick
           ,
           who
           only
           shewed
           themselves
           inconsiderately
           before
           their
           Friends
           were
           ready
           to
           Second
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           shall
           see
           now
           how
           they
           changed
           their
           stile
           with
           their
           Condition
           ;
           and
           how
           their
           boldness
           encreased
           with
           their
           Interest
           .
           
           Their
           grievances
           at
           first
           ,
           were
           only
           a
           dark
           and
           a
           doubtfull
           Prospect
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           
             Popish
             Innovations
          
           afar
           off
           ;
           and
           an
           anxiety
           of
           thought
           for
           the
           calamities
           that
           were
           coming
           upon
           Gods
           People
           through
           the
           corruptions
           of
           the
           Times
           .
           But
           success
           opening
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           they
           are
           coming
           now
           to
           discover
           more
           and
           more
           Popery
           nearer
           hand
           :
           They
           find
           the
           Church-men
           to
           be
           
             Popishly
             affected
          
           ;
           the
           Liturgy
           to
           be
           no
           other
           then
           an
           
             English
             Mass-Book
          
           ;
           the
           Hierarchy
           it self
           and
           all
           the
           Courts
           ,
           and
           Officers
           depending
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           directly
           Anti-Christian
           :
           They
           charge
           his
           Majesty
           to
           be
           
             Popishly
             affected
          
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           will
           not
           renounce
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           either
           flat
           Papists
           or
           Worse
           ,
           imposing
           
             Protestations
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Engagements
          
           of
           Confederacy
           against
           both
           King
           and
           Church
           ;
           and
           Oaths
           of
           Abjuration
           :
           as
           the
           Tests
           of
           a
           
             Loyall
             Protestant
          
           :
           passing
           an
           Anathema
           upon
           any
           man
           that
           interposes
           betwixt
           their
           malice
           ,
           and
           their
           Soveraign
           :
           They
           prostitute
           the
           Sacred
           Function
           for
           Mony
           ;
           they
           suck
           the
           blood
           of
           Widdows
           and
           of
           Orphans
           ;
           By
           violence
           taking
           possession
           of
           
             Eighty
             five
             Livings
          
           at
           one
           clap
           ,
           out
           of
           
             Ninety
             seaven
          
           ,
           within
           the
           Walls
           of
           London
           ;
           exposing
           so
           many
           Reverend
           ,
           and
           Loyal
           Divines
           with
           their
           Families
           ,
           to
           the
           wide
           
           World
           to
           beg
           their
           Bread
           :
           They
           Preach
           the
           People
           into
           
             Murther
             ,
             Sacriledge
          
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           they
           pursue
           a
           most
           gracious
           Prince
           to
           the
           Scaffold
           ;
           they
           animate
           the
           Regicides
           ,
           calling
           
             that
             Execrable
             Villany
          
           an
           Act
           of
           
             Publick
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           Entitling
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           to
           the
           Treason
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           General
           recital
           of
           the
           Rise
           and
           Progress
           of
           their
           Actings
           be
           true
           ;
           the
           Reader
           has
           here
           before
           him
           the
           Issue
           ,
           and
           the
           drift
           of
           their
           pretended
           Scruples
           ,
           the
           Exposition
           of
           their
           
             Protestations
             ,
             Covenants
          
           ,
           and
           Designs
           :
           wherein
           it
           cannot
           but
           be
           observ'd
           how
           their
           Consciences
           widen'd
           with
           their
           Interests
           :
           And
           this
           may
           serve
           to
           satisfy
           any
           man
           ,
           whither
           People
           are
           then
           a
           going
           ,
           
           when
           they
           come
           to
           tread
           in
           the
           same
           steps
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           for
           a
           further
           support
           to
           the
           credit
           of
           this
           Memorial
           ,
           we
           shall
           now
           subjoyn
           some
           undeniable
           Evidences
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           Own
           words
           and
           Writings
           :
           where
           we
           shall
           finde
           Mr.
           Hookers
           saying
           made
           good
           ,
           in
           the
           Preface
           to
           his
           
             Ecclesiastieal
             Polity
             .
             What
             other
             sequel
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             can
             any
             wise
             man
             imagine
             but
             this
             ;
             that
             having
             First
             resolved
             that
             attempts
             for
             Discipline
          
           without
           
             Superi
             ours
             are
          
           Lawfull
           ,
           
             it
             will
             fellow
             in
             the
             next
             place
             to
             be
             disputed
             what
             may
             be
             attempted
          
           against
           Superiours
           .
           But
           now
           to
           our
           Proofs
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           give
           you
           from
           Point
           to
           Point
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           very
           ●abbies
           of
           the
           Schism
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           CHURCH
           .
           
             Gods
             people
          
           (
           says
           
             Burton
             )
             lie
             under
          
           
           
             Bondage
             of
             Conscience
             in
             point
             of
          
           Liturgy
           .
           2dly
           ,
           
             In
             bondage
             of
             Conscience
             under
          
           Ceremonies
           .
           3dly
           .
           
             Of
             Conscience
             under
          
           Discipline
           .
           4ly
           .
           
             Of
             Conscience
             under
          
           Government
           .
        
         
           
             How
             the
             Presence
             and
             Preaching
             of
             Christ
             did
             scorch
             and
             blast
             those
          
           
           
             Cathedrall
             Priests
             ,
             that
             Unhallowed
             Generation
             of
             Scribes
             and
             Phariees
             !
          
        
         
           
             Prelacy
             and
             Prelaticall
             Clergy
             ;
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             ;
             Ceremonys
             and
          
           
           
             Service-Book
             ;
             Star-Chamber
             and
             High
             Commission-Court
             ,
             were
             mighty
             Impediments
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Reformation
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Scots
           
             were
             necessitated
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             for
             their
             just
             Defence
          
           
           against
           Anti-Christ
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Popish
             Priests
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           LITURGY
           .
           
             The
             Service
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             is
             now
             so
             dressed
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             Pope
             should
             come
             and
             see
             it
             ,
             he
             would
             Claim
             it
             as
             his
             own
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             what
             credit
             is
             this
             to
             our
             Church
             ,
             to
             have
             such
             a
             Form
             of
             Publique
             Worship
             ,
             as
             Papists
             may
             without
             offence
             Joyn
             with
             us
             in
             ?
          
           This
           we
           have
           from
           the
           Sm●ymnuans
           themselves
           ,
           
           E.
           Cal.
           and
           Stephen
           Marshall
           
             being
             part
             of
             the
          
           Club.
           Now
           (
           says
           Bishop
           Hall
           )
           
             If
             the
             Devil
             confess
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             shall
             I
             disclaim
             the
             Truth
             because
             it
             passeth
             through
             a
             damned
             mouth
             ?
          
           And
           what
           did
           they
           give
           us
           ,
           in
           exchange
           for
           this
           
             Form
             of
             Publique
             worship
          
           ,
           but
           a
           Directory
           without
           either
           the
           Decalogue
           ,
           or
           a
           Creed
           in
           't
           ?
        
         
           
             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
             .
          
        
         
           Their
           next
           fling
           is
           at
           the
           HIERARCHY
           it self
           .
           
             The
             ●lastring
             ,
             or
             palliating
             of
             these
             Rotten
             Members
             ,
          
           [
           Bishops
           ]
           
             will
             be
             a
             greater
          
           
           
             dishonour
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             Church
             ,
             then
             their
             cutting
             off
             ;
             and
             the
             Personall
             Acts
             of
             these
             Sons
             of
          
           Belial
           
             being
             connived
             at
             ,
             become
             National
             sins
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Roman
           Emperors
           
             wasted
             the
             Saints
             in
             Ten
             several
             Persecutions
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             all
             these
             were
             nothing
             in
             Comparison
             of
             this
             destroyer
             .
             All
             their
             Loyns
             are
             not
             so
             heavy
             as
             the
             little
             finger
             of
          
           Antichrist
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Prelacy
             of
          
           England
           
             which
             we
             swore
             to
             extirpate
             ,
             was
             that
             very
             same
             Fabrick
             and
             mode
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             Regiment
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             the
          
           Antichristian
           World.
           And
           again
           ;
           
             As
             thy
             Sword
          
           Prelacy
           
             hath
             made
          
           
           
             many
             Women
             Childlesse
             ,
             many
             a
             faithfull
             Minister
             Peoplelesse
             ,
             so
             thy
             Mother
          
           Papacy
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             made
             Childlesse
             among
             Harlots
             :
             your
          
           Diocesses
           ,
           
             Bishoplesse
             ,
             and
             your
          
           Sees
           Lordlesse
           .
           Pag.
           51.
           
        
         
           
             Carry
             on
             the
             work
             still
             ;
             leave
             not
             a
             Ragg
             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
             Tail
             ,
             till
             you
             can
             say
             ,
             now
             is
             Christ
             set
             upon
             his
             Throne
             .
          
        
         
           
             Were
             they
             not
          
           English
           Prelates
           
             that
             conspired
             to
             sell
             their
             Brethren
          
           
           into
           Romish
           slavery
           ?
        
         
           
             'T
             is
             not
             partial
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             Execution
             of
             Justice
             upon
             some
             Offenders
             will
             afford
             us
             help
             ,
             except
             those
             in
             Authority
             extirpate
             all
          
           Achans
           with
           Babylonish
           
             Garments
             ;
             and
             Orders
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             Gestures
             ,
          
           
           
             be
             rooted
             out
             from
             amongstus
             .
             Trouble
             they
             will
             bring
             upon
             us
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             now
             cut
             off
             ,
          
           Pag.
           36.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           KING
           and
           his
           PARTY
           ,
           
             what
             a
             sad
             thing
             is
             it
             ,
             my
             Brethren
             ,
             to
             see
             our
          
           King
           
             in
             the
             head
             of
             an
             Army
             of
          
           Babylonians
           ,
           
           
             refusing
             as
             it
             were
             to
             be
             called
             the
             King
             of
          
           England
           ,
           Scotland
           ,
           Ireland
           ,
           
             and
             chusing
             rather
             to
             be
             called
             the
             King
             of
          
           Babylon
           .
        
         
           
             Those
             that
             made
             their
             Peace
             with
             the
             King
             at
          
           Oxford
           ,
           
             were
             Judases
             of
          
           England
           ;
           
             and
             it
             were
             just
             with
             God
             to
             give
             them
             their
             Portion
          
           
           with
           Judas
           .
        
         
         
           Here
           follows
           next
           ,
           their
           Opinion
           of
           the
           COVENANT
           .
           
             The
             walls
             of
          
           Jerico
           
             have
             fall'n
             flat
             before
             it
             ;
             the
          
           Dagon
           
             of
             the
          
           
           Bishops
           Service-Book
           
             brake
             its
             neck
             before
             this
          
           Ark
           
             of
             the
          
           Covenant
           ,
           
             Prelacy
             ,
             and
             Prerogative
             have
             bow'd
             down
             ,
             and
             given
             up
             the
             Ghost
             at
             its
             feet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Take
             the
          
           Covenant
           ,
           
             and
             you
             take
          
           Babilon
           :
           
             the
             Towers
             of
          
           Babilon
           ,
           
           
             and
             her
          
           Seaven
           Hills
           
             shall
             move
             .
             —
             It
             is
             the
          
           Shiboleth
           
             to
             distinguish
          
           Ephramites
           from
           Gileadites
           .
           
             Pag.
             27.
             
             Not
             only
             is
             that
          
           Covenant
           
             which
             God
             hath
             made
             wi●h
          
           Us
           ,
           
             founded
             upon
             the
             Blood
             of
          
           Christ
           ,
           
             but
             that
             also
             which
          
           we
           
             make
             with
          
           God
           ,
           Pag.
           33.
           
        
         
           See
           now
           the
           TENDERNESS
           of
           these
           men
           of
           
             tender
             Consciences
             .
             Whensoever
             you
             shall
             behold
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             in
             the
             fall
             of
          
           
           Babilon
           ;
           
             say
             ,
             True
             here
             is
             a
          
           Babilonish
           Priest
           
             crying
             〈◊〉
             alas
             !
             alas
             !
             my
             Living
             ;
             I
             have
             Wife
             and
             Children
             to
             maintain
             .
             Ay
             ,
             but
             all
             this
             is
             to
             perform
             the
             Judgement
             of
             the
             Lord.
             Pag.
             13.
             
             Though
             as
             Little
             ones
             they
             call
             for
             pity
             ,
             yet
             as
          
           Babilonish
           
             they
             call
             for
          
           Justice
           ,
           
             even
             to
          
           Blood.
           pag.
           11.
           
        
         
           We
           are
           now
           entring
           upon
           the
           State
           of
           the
           WAR
           ;
           wherein
           you
           will
           finde
           in
           the
           first
           place
           who
           sounded
           the
           Trumpet
           to
           it
           .
           
             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
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             First
             Enginiers
             that
             batter'd
             this
             great
             Wall
             of
          
           Babilon
           ,
           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
           ?
        
         
           
             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
          
           .
           (
           This
           was
           upon
           calling
           in
           the
           
             Scots
             .
          
           )
           And
           again
           .
           
             If
             I
             had
             as
             many
             Lives
             as
             I
             have
             hairs
             on
             my
             head
             ,
             I
             would
             be
             willing
             to
             Sacrifice
             all
             those
             Lives
             for
             this
             Cause
             .
          
           Ibid.
           —
           
             You
             shall
             read
          
           Numb
           .
           10.
           
             that
             there
             were
             two
             Silver
             Trumpets
             ;
             and
             as
             there
             were
             Priests
             appointed
             for
             the
             Convocation
             of
             their
          
           Assemblies
           ,
           
             so
             there
             were
             Priests
             to
             sound
             the
             Silver
             Trumpets
             to
             proclaim
             the
          
           War.
           And
           Deut.
           20.
           
           
             When
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Israel
           
             would
             go
             out
             to
          
           War
           ,
           
             the
             Sons
             of
          
           Levi
           ,
           
             one
             of
             the
          
           Priests
           ,
           
             was
             to
             make
             a
             Speech
             to
             encourage
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           were
           they
           less
           cruel
           and
           fierce
           in
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           the
           
           
           War
           ,
           then
           they
           were
           forward
           in
           Promoting
           it
           .
           
             In
             vain
             shall
             you
             in
             your
             Fasts
             with
          
           Joshua
           ,
           
             lie
             on
             your
             faces
             ,
             unless
             you
             lay
             your
          
           Achans
           
             ●n
             their
             Backs
             :
             In
             vain
             are
             the
          
           High
           Praises
           of
           God
           
             in
             your
          
           Mo●hs
           ,
           
             without
             a
          
           Two
           edged
           Sword
           
             in
             your
          
           hand
           ,
           Pag.
           31.
           
        
         
           
             The
             B●od
             that
          
           Ahab
           
             spar'd
             in
          
           Benhadad
           ,
           
             stuck
             as
             deep
             and
             as
          
           
           
             heavily
             on
             him
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             he
             spilt
             in
          
           Naboth
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             pursuing
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             execute
             not
             Vengeance
             on
             them
             betimes
             ,
          
           
           Pag.
           48.
           —
           
             Why
             should
             life
             be
             farther
             granted
             to
             them
             ,
             whose
             very
             lif●
             brings
             death
             to
             all
             about
             them
             ?
          
           pag.
           50.
           
        
         
           
             Cursed
             be
             he
             that
             with-h
             ldoth
             his
             Sword
             from
             blood
             ;
             that
             spares
          
           
           
             when
             God
             saith
             strike
          
           ,
           &c.
           pag.
           
        
         
           And
           let
           it
           not
           be
           now
           pretended
           that
           this
           War
           was
           not
           Levy'd
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           for
           they
           both
           disclaim
           his
           Authority
           and
           even
           the
           opposing
           of
           him
           on
           expresse
           terms
           .
           
             It
             is
             lawfull
          
           (
           says
           Dr.
           Downing
           of
           Hackney
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           to
           the
           Artillery
           Men
           )
           
             for
             defence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
          
           against
           the
           King.
           
             It
             is
             commendable
             (
             says
          
           Calamy
           )
           to
           
           
             sight
             for
             peace
             ,
             and
             Reformation
             against
             the
             Kings
             Command
             .
          
           And
           Case
           again
           .
           
             Why
             come
             not
             in
             the
          
           Scottish
           
             Army
             against
             the
             King
          
           ?
        
         
           
             If
             the
             Devil
             can
             but
             once
             get
             a
             Prophet
             to
             leave
             Gods
             service
             for
             the
             Kings
             ,
             he
             hath
             taken
             a
             Blew
             already
             ,
             and
             is
             ready
             for
             as
             deep
             a
             Black
             as
             Hell
             can
             give
             him
             .
          
           pa.
           28.
           
        
         
           But
           what
           do
           they
           say
           all
           this
           time
           to
           his
           AUTHORITY
           ?
        
         
           
             The
             Parliament
             ,
             whom
             the
             People
             chuse
             ,
             are
             the
             Great
             and
             only
          
           
           
             Conservators
             of
             the
             peoples
             Liberties
          
           .
           pag.
           2.
           
           
             They
             are
             the
             chief
             Magistrates
          
           ,
           pag.
           38.
           
           
             All
             those
             that
             fought
             under
             the
             Kings
             Banner
             against
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             fought
             themselves
             into
             slavery
             ;
             and
             did
             endeavour
             by
             all
             bloudy
             and
             Treacherous
             ways
             to
             subvert
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             ,
          
           pag.
           9.
           
           
             The
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             are
             as
             Masters
             of
             the
             House
             .
          
           pag.
           22.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
          
           England
           
             without
             the
             King
             1651
             ,
             were
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             of
             this
             Nation
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             The
             Houses
             are
             not
             only
             requisite
             to
             the
             Acting
             of
             this
             Power
             of
          
           
           
             making
             Laws
             ,
             but
          
           Coordinate
           
             with
             his
             Majesty
             in
             the
             very
             Power
             of
          
           Acting
           .
           pag
           ,
           42.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Reall
             Sovereignty
             here
             in
          
           England
           was
           (
           says
           
             Baxter
             )
             in
          
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           pag.
           72.
           
           
             And
             those
             that
             conclude
             that
             the
          
           
           
             Parliament
             being
             Subjects
             ,
             may
             not
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             
             and
             that
             it
             is
             Rebellion
             to
             resist
             him
             ,
             their
             grounds
             are
             sandy
             ,
             and
             their
             Superstructure
             false
             ,
          
           pag.
           459.
           460.
           
        
         
           The
           next
           Point
           is
           their
           Animating
           the
           MURTHER
           of
           the
           KING
           .
           
             Do
             Justice
             to
             the
             Greatest
          
           ;
           Sauls
           
             Sons
             are
             not
             spar'd
             ;
             no
          
           
           
             nor
             may
          
           Agag
           ,
           or
           Benhadad
           ,
           
             tho'
             themselves
          
           Kings
           .
           Zimri
           ,
           and
           Cozbi
           
             (
             tho
             Princes
             of
             the
             people
             )
             must
             be
             pursu'd
             into
             their
             Tents
             :
             This
             is
             the
             way
             to
             Consecrate
             your selves
             to
             God.
          
           pag.
           16.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Execution
             of
             Judgment
             is
             the
             Lords
             word
             ;
             and
             they
             shall
             be
          
           
           
             cursed
             that
             do
             it
             negligently
             .
             And
             cursed
             shall
             they
             be
             that
             keep
             back
             their
             Sword
             in
             this
             Cause
             .
             You
             know
             the
             story
             of
             Gods
             Message
             unto
          
           Ahab
           ,
           
             for
             letting
          
           Benhadad
           
             go
             upon
             Composition
          
           ,
           pag.
           26.
           
        
         
           But
           you
           shall
           now
           hear
           the
           MURTHER
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           press'd
           more
           particularly
           in
           these
           Words
           .
           
           
             Think
             not
             to
             save
             your selves
             by
             an
             unrighteous
             saving
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             the
             Peoples
             known
             Enemies
             ,
             you
             may
             not
             imagine
             to
             obtain
             the
             favour
             of
             those
             against
             whom
             you
             will
             not
             do
             Justice
             :
             For
             certainly
             ,
             if
             you
             act
             not
             like
             Gods
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             against
             men
             truly
             obnoxious
             to
             Justice
             ;
             they
             will
             be
             like
             Devils
             against
             you
             .
             Observe
             that
             place
             ,
          
           1
           Kings
           22.
           31.
           
             compared
             with
          
           Cap.
           20.
           
           
             It
             is
             said
             in
          
           Chap.
           20.
           
             that
             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
             God
             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
             ;
             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
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
          
           Syria
           
             gives
             command
             unto
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             fight
             neither
             against
             small
             nor
             great
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             King
             of
          
           Israel
           .
           Benhadads
           
             Life
             was
             once
             in
          
           Ahabs
           
             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
             great
             Actors
             in
             shedding
             Innocent
             Blood
             ,
             never
             think
             to
             gain
             their
             Love
             by
             sparing
             of
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             will
             ,
             if
             Opportunity
             be
             ever
             offer'd
             ,
             return
             again
             upon
             you
             .
             And
             then
             they
             will
             not
             fight
             against
             the
             poor
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             mean
             ones
             ,
             but
             against
             those
             that
             have
             been
             the
             Fountain
             of
             that
             
             Authority
             and
             Power
             which
             have
             been
             ●mproved
             against
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             you
             not
             sins
             ●now
             of
             your
             Own
             ,
          
           (
           says
           another
           )
           
             but
             will
             ye
             wrap
             〈◊〉
             selves
             up
             in
             the
             Treachery
             ,
             M●ther
             ,
             Blood
             ,
             C●uelty
             ,
             and
             Tyranny
          
           
           
             〈◊〉
             ●thers
          
           ?
           p.
           17.
           
           
             Set
             some
             of
             those
             Grand
             .
             Malefactors
             a
             mourning
             (
             that
             h●e
             caused
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             mourn
             so
             many
             years
             in
             Garments
             roll●d
             in
             blood
             )
             by
             the
             Execution
             of
             Justice
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           P.
           19.
           
        
         
           
             Tamum
             Religio
             potuit
             suadere
             Malorum
          
           .
           And
           we
           are
           not
           yet
           at
           the
           Top
           on
           't
           neither
           ;
           For
           to
           look
           back
           upon
           that
           hideous
           Impiety
           ,
           not
           only
           without
           remorse
           ,
           but
           with
           satisfaction
           ,
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           hardness
           ,
           and
           Inhumanity
           ,
           till
           this
           Age
           ,
           and
           this
           Case
           ,
           perhaps
           unheard
           of
           .
        
         
           
             Worthy
             Patriots
          
           ,
           (
           says
           another
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           )
           
             you
             ;
             that
             are
             our
             Rulers
             in
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             't
             is
             often
             said
             ,
             we
             live
             in
             times
          
           
           
             wherein
             we
             may
             be
             as
             good
             as
             we
             please
             ;
             wherein
             we
             enjoy
             in
             Purity
             and
             plenty
             the
             Ordinances
             of
          
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
             praised
             be
             God
             for
             this●
             ;
             Even
             that
             God
             who
             hath
             deliver'd
             us
             from
             the
             Imposition
          
           of
           ●relatical
           Innovations
           ,
           Altar-Genuflexious
           ,
           and
           Cringings
           ,
           with
           Crossings
           ,
           
             and
             all
             that
             Popish
             trash
             and
             Trumpery
             .
             And
             truly
             I
             speak
             no
             more
             then
             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
             :
             Nor
             did
             I
             as
             yet
             ever
             hear
             of
             any
             Godlymen
             ,
             that
             dest●ed
             ,
             were
             it
             possible
             ,
             to
             purchase
             their
             Friends
             ,
             or
             Many
             again
             ,
             at
             so
             dear
             a
             rate
             ,
             as
             with
             the
             return
             of
             these
             ,
             to
             have
             those
          
           soulburthening
           ,
           Anti-christian
           Yoaks
           
             re-imposed
             upon
             them
             .
             And
             if
             any
             such
             there
             be
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             desire
             is
             no
             part
             of
             their
             Godliness
             ;
             and
          
           I
           PROFESS
           MY SELF
           ,
           IN
           THAT
           TO
           BE
           NONE
           OF
           THE
           NUMBER
           .
        
         
           And
           M.
           Baxter
           likewise
           in
           effect
           says
           as
           much
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             having
             often
             searched
             into
             his
             heart
             ,
             whether
             he
             did
             lawfully
             engage
             in
             the
             War
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             not
             ,
             and
             whether
             he
             did
             lawfully
             encourage
             so
             many
             thousands
             to
             it
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             Issue
             of
             all
             his
             search
             was
             but
             this
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             yet
             see
             that
             he
             was
             mistaken
             in
             the
             main
             Cause
             ,
             nor
             dares
             he
             repent
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             forbear
             doing
             the
             same
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             to
             do
             again
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             State
             of
             things
             .
          
        
         
           We
           might
           carry
           the
           aggravation
           yet
           a
           step
           farther
           ,
           in
           a
           Remarque
           or
           two
           upon
           his
           
             Political
             Theses
          
           ,
           where
           he
           took
           as
           much
           pains
           in
           1659.
           to
           keep
           out
           his
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           in
           the
           late
           War
           to
           drive
           out
           his
           Royal
           Father
           ;
           casuistically
           resolving
           
           upon
           the
           point
           then
           in
           Hope
           and
           Prospect
           ;
           that
           in
           that
           state
           of
           things
           ,
           
             the
             King
             himself
             could
             not
             justifie
             the
             resuming
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             nor
             his
             People
             the
             submitting
             to
             it
             .
          
           But
           this
           is
           enough
           to
           
           recommend
           the
           same
           persons
           over
           again
           ,
           to
           the
           care
           of
           another
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           were
           so
           dutifull
           in
           the
           former
           ;
           and
           the
           Government
           needs
           not
           doubt
           but
           they
           will
           be
           just
           as
           kind
           to
           his
           Majesty
           as
           they
           were
           to
           his
           Father
           .
           Good
           God!
           That
           any
           thing
           in
           Humane
           shape
           ,
           that
           Glories
           in
           the
           Murther
           of
           his
           Sovereign
           ,
           should
           make
           a
           face
           at
           a
           Ceremony
           !
        
         
           Here
           's
           no
           amplyfying
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           no
           forcing
           of
           constructions
           ,
           Packing
           of
           Presidents
           ,
           or
           suborning
           of
           Proofs
           ;
           But
           the
           Doctors
           of
           the
           
             Schism
             ,
             Cited
             ,
             Produc'd
          
           ,
           and
           
             Judg'd
             out
             of
             their
          
           
           
             own
             mouths
          
           :
           and
           in
           so
           clear
           a
           manner
           too
           ,
           as
           to
           leave
           no
           place
           for
           a
           doubt
           ,
           either
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Designe
           .
           We
           could
           
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           the
           many
           good
           Offices
           they
           did
           in
           the
           various
           Revolutions
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Pinching
           Exigences
           of
           the
           State
           :
           As
           the
           promoting
           of
           
             Petitions
             ,
             Tumults
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Oaths
          
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           of
           all
           sizes
           and
           colours
           :
           the
           Consecrating
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           by
           Authorities
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           Dividing
           Wives
           from
           their
           
             Husbands
             ,
             Sons
          
           from
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           Preaching
           away
           the
           Apprentices
           from
           their
           Masters
           ,
           and
           setting
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Sedition
           :
           The
           artifices
           of
           their
           Fasts
           and
           Thanksgivings
           ;
           their
           Cajolling
           the
           City
           out
           of
           their
           Bags
           ,
           and
           the
           simple
           multitude
           out
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Duties
           ;
           the
           Influence
           they
           had
           upon
           bringing
           in
           the
           Scots
           ,
           their
           faculty
           both
           of
           Creating
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           of
           Emproving
           them
           ;
           their
           miraculous
           
             Discoveries
             of
             Plots
             of
             their
             own
             making
             :
          
           Their
           Sermons
           were
           a
           kinde
           of
           
             Domestique
             Intelligence
          
           ,
           and
           people
           went
           to
           Church
           as
           to
           a
           Coffee-house
           ,
           to
           hear
           News
           and
           Fables
           .
           We
           could
           shew
           you
           likewise
           how
           they
           shifted
           their
           Principles
           with
           their
           Interests
           ,
           and
           from
           1640.
           to
           1660.
           how
           these
           Mercenaries
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           complied
           with
           every
           turn
           of
           State
           :
           But
           we
           have
           rak'd
           far
           enough
           already
           in
           this
           puddle
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           high
           time
           to
           proceed
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           man
           might
           with
           a
           fair
           Decorum
           call
           so
           direfull
           a
           Tragedy
           a
           Puppet-play
           ,
           we
           should
           tell
           you
           that
           you
           have
           hitherto
           seen
           only
           
           the
           Puppets
           of
           this
           
             Pretended
             Reformation
          
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           signified
           nothing
           of
           themselves
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           were
           guided
           by
           the
           Masters
           of
           the
           Machine
           ,
           from
           under
           the
           Stage
           ,
           or
           behinde
           the
           Hanging
           .
           Now
           we
           cannot
           better
           lay
           open
           this
           Practice
           and
           Confederacy
           ,
           then
           by
           setting
           forth
           the
           admirable
           Harmony
           and
           Concert
           that
           appear'd
           betwixt
           the
           Lay-Caball
           ,
           and
           the
           Ecclesiastick
           ;
           agreeing
           in
           the
           same
           method
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           steps
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           cause
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           Opinions
           :
           Only
           that
           which
           was
           
           matter
           of
           Policy
           in
           Private
           ,
           was
           made
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           and
           
           Religion
           in
           Publick
           ,
           First
           ,
           they
           finde
           out
           Corruptions
           in
           the
           Government
           ;
           as
           matter
           of
           Grievance
           ,
           which
           they
           expose
           to
           the
           People
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           they
           Petition
           for
           Redress
           of
           those
           Grievances
           ,
           still
           asking
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           till
           something
           is
           deny'd
           them
           .
           And
           then
           Thirdly
           ,
           they
           take
           the
           Power
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           of
           Relieving
           themselves
           ,
           but
           with
           Oaths
           and
           Protestations
           ,
           that
           they
           Act
           only
           as
           Trustees
           for
           the
           
             Common
             Good
          
           of
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           .
           From
           the
           pretence
           of
           Defending
           the
           Government
           they
           proceed
           to
           the
           Reforming
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           Reformation
           proves
           in
           the
           end
           to
           be
           a
           
             Final
             Dissolution
          
           of
           the
           Order
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State.
           This
           we
           shall
           deduce
           as
           briefly
           as
           we
           may
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Fatal
           Pacification
           at
           
             Berwick
             ;
             June
          
           17.
           1639.
           
           (
           upon
           the
           Scotts
           Insurrection
           ,
           who
           kept
           not
           any
           one
           Article
           that
           was
           there
           agreed
           upon
           )
           the
           King
           called
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           
           met
           Aug.
           13.
           1640
           ,
           which
           at
           first
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           well
           enough
           disposed
           ,
           till
           Sir
           
             Hen.
             Vane
          
           (
           then
           Secretary
           of
           State
           )
           demanded
           
             Twelve
             Subsidies
          
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           Six
           ,
           which
           put
           the
           Commons
           into
           such
           a
           flame
           ,
           that
           upon
           May
           4.
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           thought
           fit
           to
           Dissolve
           them
           .
           In
           August
           following
           ,
           the
           
             Scotch
             Confederates
          
           (
           holding
           very
           good
           Intelligence
           with
           the
           English
           ,
           entred
           England
           with
           an
           Army
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           oppos'd
           with
           what
           force
           he
           was
           at
           that
           time
           able
           to
           Raise
           ,
           upon
           his
           own
           Credit
           .
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           upon
           this
           pinch
           ,
           summons
           his
           
             Great
             Council
             of
             Peers
          
           to
           assemble
           at
           
             York
             ,
             Sept.
          
           24.
           where
           they
           met
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           advised
           the
           King
           to
           a
           Treaty
           ,
           which
           was
           held
           at
           Rippon
           ,
           and
           a
           Peace
           was
           there
           Concluded
           and
           Signed
           Oct.
           26.
           
           His
           Majesty
           being
           ply'd
           in
           the
           Interim
           with
           Petitions
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           his
           work
           cut
           out
           ready
           to
           his
           hand
           ,
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Property
           and
           Religion
           .
           Those
           Petitions
           might
           have
           been
           spar'd
           ,
           the
           King
           having
           before
           hand
           resolved
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           meet
           on
           the
           3d
           of
           November
           next
           .
           They
           were
           no
           sooner
           met
           ,
           but
           they
           fell
           upon
           Grievances
           and
           Impeachments
           ,
           beginning
           with
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           so
           proceeding
           ,
           till
           all
           his
           
             Majestys
             Friends
          
           were
           made
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Law
             it self
          
           was
           found
           to
           be
           the
           
             Greatest
             Grievance
          
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             a
             Malignant
             and
             Pernicious
             Designe
             (
             says
             the
          
           Remonstrance
           
           of
           Dec.
           15.
           41.
           
           )
           
             of
             subverting
             the
          
           Fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           
             and
             Principles
             of
          
           Government
           ,
           
             upon
             which
             the
          
           Religion
           and
           Justice
           
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             is
             firmly
             establish'd
             .
             And
             there
             are
             certain
          
           Counsellors
           and
           Courtiers
           ,
           
             who
             for
             private
             Ends
             have
             engaged
             themselves
             to
             further
             
             the
             Interest
             of
             some
          
           Foreign
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           
             to
             the
             Prejudice
             of
             his
          
           Majesty
           ,
           
             and
             the
             State
          
           at
           Home
           .
           Take
           notice
           now
           ,
           
             that
             the
             King
             had
             already
          
           (
           by
           their
           own
           confession
           )
           
             pass'd
             more
             Good
             Bills
          
           
           
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ▪
             then
             had
             been
             in
             many
             ages
             .
          
           Coat
           and
           Conduct-money
           
             were
             all
             damn'd
             ;
             The
             Earl
             of
          
           Strafford
           
             beheaded
             .
             The
             Archbishop
             of
          
           Canterbury
           ,
           Judge
           Bartlet
           ,
           
             and
             several
             other
          
           Bishops
           and
           Judges
           Impeach'd
           ;
           
             two
             Bills
             pass'd
             ,
             the
          
           One
           
             for
             a
          
           Triennial
           ,
           the
           Other
           for
           Continuance
           of
           the
           Present
           Parliament
           ;
           the
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           High-Commission
           ,
           Courts
           
             of
             the
          
           President
           ,
           and
           Council
           
             in
             the
          
           North
           
             taken
             away
             ,
             the
          
           Council-Table
           
             Regulated
             ,
             the
             Power
             of
          
           Bishops
           
             and
             their
          
           Courts
           abated
           ;
           Innovators
           and
           Scandalous
           Ministers
           
             terrifi●d
             by
             accusations
             ;
             the
          
           Forrests
           and
           Stannary-Courts
           
             brought
             within
             compass
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           
             other
             things
          
           pa.
           15.
           
             of
             main
             Importance
             for
             the
             Good
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             are
             in
             Proposition
             .
          
           But
           their
           Intention
           pag.
           19.
           is
           only
           
             to
             reduce
             within
             Bounds
             that
             exorbitant
             Power
             which
             the
             Prelates
             have
             assumed
             ;
             to
             unburthen
             mens
             Consciences
             of
             needless
             and
             superstitious
             Ceremonies
             ;
             Suppress
             Innovations
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             the
             Monuments
             of
             Idolatry
             :
             To
             support
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             Estate
             with
             Honour
             and
             Plenty
             at
             home
             ,
             with
             Power
             and
             Reputation
             abroad
             ;
             and
             by
             their
             Loyall
             Affections
             ,
             Obedience
             and
             Service
             ,
             to
             lay
             a
             sure
             and
             lasting
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Greatness
             and
             Prosperity
             of
             his
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Royall
             Posterity
             after
             him
             .
             pag.
             2.
             
             Declaring
             and
             Protesting
             further
             to
             this
             Kingdom
             and
             Nation
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             pag.
             663.
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             the
             discharge
             of
             that
             Great
             Trust
             which
             lies
             upon
             them
             ,
             that
             no
          
           Private
           Passion
           or
           Respect
           ,
           no
           evill
           Intention
           
             to
             his
          
           Majesties
           Person
           ,
           
             no
             designe
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             his
          
           JUST
           Honour
           and
           Authority
           
             engaged
             them
             to
             raise
             Forces
             ,
             and
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             Authours
             of
             that
             War
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Kingdom
             was
             then
             Inflam●d
             .
          
        
         
           
             Let
             us
             see
             now
             how
             well
             they
             acquitted
             themselves
             as
             to
             this
             Profession
          
           ;
           
           
             They
             put
             the
             Kingdom
             into
             a
          
           Posture
           of
           Defence
           
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             Both
             Houses
          
           Pag.
           96.
           
           
             They
             require
             an●
             Obedience
             to
             it
             ,
          
           Pag.
           112.
           
           
             They
             Vote
             it
             a
             Breach
             of
             priviledge
             ,
             not
             to
             submit
             to
             any
             thing
             ,
             as
             Legal
             which
             they
             declare
             to
             be
             Law.
          
           Pag.
           114.
           
           
             And
             declare
          
           Pag.
           150.
           
             that
             upon
          
           Certain
           Appearance
           ,
           or
           Grounded
           Suspition
           ,
           the
           Letter
           
             of
             the
             Law
             shall
             be
             emproved
             against
             the
          
           Equity
           
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             the
          
           Commander
           
             going
             against
             its
          
           Equity
           ,
           
             discharges
             the
          
           Commanded
           from
           Obedience
           
             to
             the
          
           Letter
           :
           
             to
             shorton
             the
             business
             ,
             they
             make
             it
             Treason
             ,
             upon
             any
             presence
             whatsoever
             ,
          
           Pag.
           576.
           
             to
             assist
             his
             Majesty
             in
             the
             War
             ,
             with
             Horse
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             Plate
             ,
             or
             Monies
          
           ;
           
           and
           his
           Majesty
           Sums
           up
           the
           Malice
           of
           that
           Declaration
           in
           these
           
             Sixth
             Petitions
          
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             That
             they
             have
             an
             Absolute
             Power
             of
             Declaring
             the
             Law
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             that
             whatsoever
             they
             declare
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             questioned
             either
             by
             King
             or
             people
             :
             So
             that
             all
             the
             Right
             ,
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             Prince
             and
             Subject
             ,
             depends
             upon
             their
             pleasure
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Presidents
             can
             be
             Limits
             to
             bound
             their
             Proceedings
          
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           ,
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Turk
           himself
           is
           not
           so
           Arbitrary
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Parliament
             may
             dispose
             of
             any
             thing
             wherein
             the
             King
             or
             Subject
             hath
             a
             Right
             for
             the
             Publick
             Good
             :
          
           (
           speaking
           all
           this
           while
           of
           the
           remnant
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           .
           )
           
             That
             they
             without
             the
             King
             are
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             Judge
             of
             this
             Publick
             Good
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Kings
             Consent
             is
             not
             necessary
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Life
             and
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Good
             Laws
             made
             for
             their
             security
             may
             be
             dispos'd
             of
             and
             Rep●al'd
             by
             the
             Major
             Part
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             present
             ,
             and
             by
             any
             ways
             and
             means
             procured
             so
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesty
             has
             no
             Power
             to
             Protect
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Member
             of
             either
             House
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             troubled
             or
             medled
             with
             ,
             for
             Treason
             ,
             ●lony
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             crime
             ,
             without
             the
             Cause
             first
             brought
             before
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             Judge
             of
             the
             Fact
             ,
             and
             their
             leave
             obtained
             to
             proceed
             .
          
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Soveraign
             Power
             resides
             in
             Both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             the
             King
             has
             no
             negative
             Voice
             ,
             and
             becomes
             Subject
             to
             their
             Commands
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Levying
             of
             Forces
             against
             the
             Personal
             Commands
             of
             the
             King
             (
             though
             accompany'd
             with
             his
             presence
             )
             is
             not
             Levying
             War
             against
             the
             King
             :
             But
             to
             Levy
             War
             against
             his
             Laws
             and
             Authority
             (
             which
             they
             have
             power
             to
             declare
             and
             signify
             )
             is
             Levying
             War
             against
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             that
             Treason
             cannot
             be
             committed
             against
             his
             Person
             ,
             otherwise
             then
             as
             he
             is
             intrusted
             with
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             discharging
             that
             Trust
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             have
             a
             power
             to
             judge
             whether
             he
             dischargeth
             it
             or
             no.
          
           And
           all
           this
           still
           ,
           for
           the
           maintainance
           of
           the
           true
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           the
           
             Kings
             JUST
             Prerogatives
          
           ,
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
             Pag.
             281.
             
             Nay
             they
             will
             not
             allow
             the
             King
          
           any
           great
           Officer
           or
           Publick
           Minister
           ;
           the
           Power
           of
           Treating
           upon
           War
           or
           Peace
           ,
           or
           any
           matter
           
             of
             State
             ,
             conferring
             Honours
             ;
             no
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Power
             of
             appointing
             any
             Officer
             Civil
             or
             Military
             ,
             without
             leave
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             .
          
           The
           Scale
           of
           their
           wickedness
           ,
           in
           One
           Word
           ,
           
           (
           wherein
           their
           hireling-Pulpitiers
           fail
           in
           as
           pat
           with
           them
           as
           two
           Tallies
           )
           was
           this
           .
           First
           ,
           they
           fell
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Reputation
           ;
           they
           Invaded
           his
           Authority
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ;
           after
           that
           ,
           they
           assaulted
           his
           Person
           ,
           seiz'd
           his
           Revenue
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           most
           impiously
           took
           away
           his
           
             Sacred
             Life
          
           :
           At
           which
           rate
           ,
           in
           proportion
           ,
           they
           treated
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           and
           laid
           the
           Government
           in
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           compassing
           of
           these
           accursed
           ends
           ,
           they
           still
           accommodated
           
           themselves
           to
           the
           matter
           they
           had
           to
           work
           upon
           .
           They
           had
           their
           Plots
           ,
           and
           
             false
             allarms
          
           for
           the
           simple
           ,
           their
           Tumults
           for
           the
           fearful
           ,
           their
           Covenants
           was
           a
           Receptacle
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Libertines
           ,
           and
           Malecontents
           .
           But
           the
           great
           difficulty
           was
           the
           gaining
           of
           the
           City
           :
           which
           could
           not
           be
           effected
           ,
           but
           by
           embroyling
           the
           Legal
           ,
           and
           ancient
           Constitution
           of
           that
           Government
           .
           For
           there
           was
           no
           good
           to
           be
           done
           upon
           the
           
             Imperial
             Monarchy
          
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           First
           confounding
           the
           
             Subordinate
             Monarchy
          
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           creating
           a
           perfect
           Understanding
           betwixt
           the
           Caball
           ,
           and
           the
           Common-Council
           :
           which
           was
           very
           much
           facilitated
           ,
           by
           casting
           out
           the
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           Orthodox
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           teaching
           all
           the
           Pulpits
           in
           London
           to
           speak
           the
           same
           Language
           with
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
          
           .
           But
           let
           us
           consider
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           First
           ,
           in
           the
           due
           ,
           and
           Regular
           Administration
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           in
           its
           corruptions
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           means
           it
           come
           afterwards
           to
           be
           debauch'd
           .
        
         
           The
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           was
           long
           before
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           Govern'd
           
           by
           Port-Reeves
           :
           and
           so
           down
           to
           Richard
           the
           First
           ,
           who
           granted
           them
           several
           Priviledges
           in
           acknowledgment
           of
           the
           Good
           Offices
           they
           had
           render'd
           him
           .
           But
           the
           
             First
             Charter
          
           they
           had
           for
           the
           Choice
           of
           their
           Own
           Mayor
           ,
           or
           Government
           ,
           was
           confer'd
           upon
           them
           by
           
             King
             John
          
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           .
           
             Know
             ye
             that
             we
             have
             granted
             to
             our
             Barons
          
           (
           or
           
             Freemen
             )
             of
             our
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             that
             they
             may
             chuse
             unto
             themselves
             a
          
           Mayor
           
             of
             themselves
          
           .
           And
           their
           following
           Charter
           of
           Henry
           the
           Third
           runs
           thus
           .
           
             We
             grant
             also
             unto
             the
             said
             Citizens
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             yearly
             present
             to
             our
             Barons
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             (
             we
             or
             our
             Heirs
             not
             being
             at
          
           Westminster
           )
           
             every
             Mayor
             which
             they
             shall
             first
             chuse
             in
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             to
             the
             end
             they
             may
             be
             by
             them
             admitted
             as
             Mayor
             .
          
           In
           a
           following
           Charter
           of
           
             Ed.
             2.
             
             That
             the
             Mayor
             and
             Sheriffs
             of
             the
             City
             aforesaid
             ,
             may
             be
             chosen
             by
             the
             Citizens
             of
             the
             said
             City
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             Tenour
             of
             the
             Charter
             of
             our
             Progenitors
             ,
             (
             sometimes
             Kings
             of
          
           England
           )
           
             to
             that
             end
             made
             ;
             and
             not
             otherwise
             .
          
           The
           Charter
           of
           Hen.
           8.
           runs
           to
           the
           
           Mayor
           ,
           Commonalty
           and
           Citizens
           of
           
             London
             ,
             Conjunctim
          
           .
           The
           Charter
           of
           Ed.
           3.
           is
           thus
           .
           
             We
             have
             granted
             further
             for
             Us
             and
             our
             Heirs
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             our
             present
             Charter
             confirm'd
             to
             the
             Mayor
             ,
             and
             Aldermen
             of
             the
             City
             aforesaid
             ;
             that
             if
             any
             customs
             in
             the
             said
             City
             hitherto
             obtained
             and
             used
             ,
             be
             in
             any
             part
             Difficult
             or
             Defective
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
          
           in
           the
           same
           newly
           happening
           ,
           where
           before
           there
           was
           no
           remedy
           Ordained
           ,
           and
           have
           need
           of
           amending
           ,
           the
           said
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           their
           Successours
           with
           the
           assent
           of
           the
           Commanalty
           of
           the
           same
           City
           ,
           may
           add
           and
           ordain
           a
           remedy
           meet
           ,
           faithfull
           ,
           and
           consonant
           to
           reason
           ,
           for
           the
           Common
           profit
           of
           the
           Citizens
           of
           the
           same
           City
           ,
           as
           oft
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           time
           as
           to
           them
           shall
           be
           thought
           expedient
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           the
           rather
           cited
           these
           clauses
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Lawfull
           
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           in
           regard
           that
           they
           have
           been
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           so
           earnestly
           perverted
           another
           way
           .
           The
           Charter
           we
           see
           ,
           is
           directed
           to
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           the
           Power
           is
           granted
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           propose
           the
           making
           or
           mending
           of
           Laws
           ,
           as
           they
           see
           occasion
           ;
           only
           by
           the
           affent
           ,
           or
           dissent
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           they
           are
           ratifyed
           or
           hindred
           .
           And
           those
           Laws
           are
           only
           Acts
           of
           Common-Council
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Commonalty
           alone
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           in
           concurrence
           .
           Some
           there
           are
           that
           mistake
           the
           word
           Conjunctim
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           Jointly
           ,
           to
           be
           Equally
           :
           as
           if
           one
           could
           not
           have
           a
           greater
           interest
           or
           Authority
           ,
           and
           
             another
             a
             lesse
          
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           
             Joint
             Commission
          
           .
           The
           Power
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           of
           summoning
           ,
           and
           Dissolving
           Common-Councils
           ,
           and
           of
           putting
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           question
           ,
           does
           legally
           reside
           only
           in
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
           And
           the
           
             Active
             Power
          
           in
           the
           Making
           of
           a
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Negative
           Voice
           in
           the
           Hindering
           of
           a
           Law
           ,
           have
           been
           by
           long
           Prescription
           and
           usage
           ,
           in
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           .
           And
           these
           being
           
             customs
             of
             the
             City
          
           ,
           every
           Freeman
           is
           to
           support
           and
           maintain
           them
           by
           the
           Obligation
           of
           his
           Oath
           .
           And
           in
           farther
           proof
           that
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           are
           by
           their
           Charter
           invested
           with
           the
           Powers
           aforesaid
           ;
           We
           shall
           need
           only
           to
           enform
           our selves
           who
           they
           are
           that
           in
           case
           of
           any
           publick
           Disorder
           ,
           are
           made
           answerable
           for
           the
           Misdemeanour
           .
           Richard
           the
           Second
           granted
           a
           Commission
           
             to
             enquire
             of
             all
             and
             singular
             Errours
             ,
             Defects
             ,
             and
             Misprisions
             in
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             for
             want
             of
             Good
             Government
             in
             the
          
           Mayor
           ,
           Sheriffs
           and
           Aldermen
           
             of
             the
             said
             City
          
           .
           And
           for
           the
           
             Errours
             ,
             Defects
          
           ,
           and
           Misprisions
           ,
           in
           their
           Government
           sound
           ,
           they
           were
           fin'd
           3000.
           
           Marks
           ;
           the
           Liberties
           
           of
           the
           
             City
             seiz'd
          
           into
           the
           Kings
           Lands
           ,
           and
           a
           Warden
           appointed
           to
           govern
           the
           City
           :
           till
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Glocester
           prevail'd
           upon
           the
           King
           to
           reinstate
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           here
           given
           you
           a
           short
           view
           of
           the
           Orderly
           Government
           of
           this
           glorious
           City
           ;
           which
           is
           perchance
           one
           of
           the
           best
           qualify'd
           Establishments
           both
           for
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           under
           the
           cope
           of
           Heaven
           .
           We
           are
           now
           coming
           to
           lay
           open
           by
           what
           Arts
           and
           Contrivances
           it
           came
           to
           be
           corrupted
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           to
           lay
           Violent
           hands
           upon
           it self
           :
           Which
           is
           a
           story
           that
           may
           serve
           some
           for
           curiosity
           ,
           and
           others
           for
           Edification
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           being
           extreamly
           discomposed
           in
           their
           minds
           upon
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ;
           and
           
           shaken
           also
           in
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           upon
           a
           strong
           Impression
           that
           it
           was
           a
           design
           in
           their
           Governours
           themselves
           to
           introduce
           it
           .
           It
           was
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           inveigle
           them
           into
           Petitions
           for
           Relief
           ,
           
             Protestations
             ,
             Associations
          
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           for
           the
           Common
           defence
           of
           themselves
           ,
           in
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Religion
           ;
           and
           into
           a
           favourable
           Entertainment
           of
           any
           plausible
           pretext
           even
           for
           the
           Justification
           of
           Violence
           it self
           :
           Especially
           the
           Sedition
           coming
           once
           to
           be
           Baptized
           
             Gods
             cause
          
           ,
           and
           supported
           by
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Necessity
           and
           the
           unsearchable
           Instinct
           and
           
             Equity
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             :
          
           And
           all
           this
           too
           ,
           Recommended
           and
           Inculcated
           to
           them
           by
           the
           men
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           upon
           whose
           Conduct
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           they
           would
           venture
           their
           very
           Souls
           ,
           Bodies
           and
           Estates
           .
           Being
           thus
           perswaded
           ,
           and
           possess'd
           ;
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           the
           Scots
           serv'd
           them
           both
           for
           a
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           ground
           of
           their
           fears
           ,
           and
           for
           an
           Authority
           to
           follow
           that
           Pattern
           in
           their
           Proceedings
           ;
           both
           causes
           being
           founded
           upon
           the
           same
           Bottom
           ,
           and
           both
           Parties
           united
           in
           the
           same
           Conspiracy
           .
           So
           that
           this
           opportunity
           was
           likewise
           improved
           by
           all
           sorts
           of
           ayery
           Phantastical
           Plots
           ,
           frivolous
           and
           childish
           reports
           ,
           to
           cherish
           the
           Delusion
           :
           And
           now
           was
           the
           time
           for
           Tumults
           and
           Out-rages
           upon
           publique
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           nay
           and
           upon
           the
           King
           himself
           ;
           till
           by
           Arms
           and
           Injuries
           they
           forc'd
           him
           away
           from
           his
           Palace
           ,
           when
           yet
           they
           had
           the
           confidence
           to
           charge
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           with
           making
           War
           upon
           his
           Parliament
           .
           But
           this
           would
           not
           yet
           do
           their
           business
           ,
           till
           they
           got
           Possession
           of
           the
           Militia
           ;
           which
           at
           length
           they
           did
           :
           the
           Presses
           and
           the
           Pulpits
           all
           this
           while
           giving
           life
           and
           credit
           to
           their
           Proceedings
           .
        
         
         
           Upon
           the
           tuning
           of
           mens
           minds
           for
           Innovations
           ,
           by
           making
           them
           sick
           of
           the
           present
           state
           of
           things
           ;
           
           the
           People
           were
           easily
           prevail'd
           upon
           to
           Petition
           for
           what
           they
           so
           much
           wish'd
           for
           and
           desir'd
           :
           and
           this
           was
           the
           second
           step
           toward
           the
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           Slavery
           that
           ensu'd
           upon
           it
           .
           The
           
             Rude
             people
          
           (
           says
           his
           Late
           Majesty
           )
           in
           his
           Reflexions
           upon
           (
           TUMULTS
           )
           
             are
             taught
          
           
           
             first
             to
             Petition
             ,
             then
             to
             Protest
             ,
             then
             to
             Dictate
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             to
             Command
             .
          
           The
           Faction
           made
           use
           of
           Petitions
           as
           common
           House-breakers
           do
           of
           screws
           ;
           they
           got
           in
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           and
           without
           much
           noise
           ,
           and
           so
           Risled
           the
           Government
           :
           Or
           they
           did
           rather
           like
           the
           counterfeit
           Glasiers
           ,
           that
           took
           down
           the
           Glasse
           at
           Noonday
           under
           colour
           of
           mending
           the
           Windows
           ,
           and
           then
           Robb'd
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           a
           right
           Judgment
           upon
           a
           Popular
           Petition
           we
           should
           first
           consider
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           ▪
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           wording
           of
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           manner
           of
           Promoting
           it
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           the
           Probable
           intent
           of
           it
           .
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           we
           should
           do
           well
           to
           consult
           History
           and
           Experience
           to
           see
           what
           effects
           such
           Petitions
           have
           commonly
           produced
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Subject-Matter
           of
           Popular
           Petitions
           ,
           it
           is
           either
           for
           publique
           concernment
           or
           private
           ;
           Generall
           or
           particular
           :
           That
           is
           to
           say
           concerning
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           or
           only
           some
           part
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           either
           within
           the
           Petitioners
           Cognizance
           ,
           and
           Understanding
           ,
           or
           it
           is
           not
           ;
           It
           varies
           according
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           
             Times
             ,
             Occasions
          
           ,
           and
           Parties
           :
           and
           it
           often
           falls
           out
           ,
           especially
           where
           it
           treats
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           half
           of
           it
           is
           a
           Petition
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           a
           Libell
           .
           The
           Case
           of
           that
           is
           purely
           Private
           ,
           or
           Particular
           ,
           cannot
           properly
           be
           call'd
           Popular
           ;
           and
           so
           not
           to
           our
           purpose
           .
           There
           are
           likewise
           
             Mixt
             Cases
          
           of
           Publick
           and
           Private
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           Calamities
           of
           
             War
             ,
             Pestilence
             ,
             Fires
             ,
             Inudations
          
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           where
           
             Numerous
             Subscriptions
          
           are
           matter
           of
           Attestation
           ,
           rather
           then
           Clamour
           ;
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           such
           and
           such
           Known
           ,
           and
           
             Particular
             Sufferers
          
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           a
           great
           heed
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Petitions
           of
           men
           both
           that
           Understand
           what
           it
           is
           they
           ask
           ,
           and
           whom
           the
           Law
           has
           made
           
             Competent
             Judges
          
           of
           it
           .
           But
           where
           the
           Question
           is
           ,
           the
           Redresse
           of
           Grievances
           in
           matter
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           Complaining
           part
           of
           the
           Petition
           makes
           it
           only
           
             a
             more
             Artificiall
             Scandall
          
           :
           Besides
           the
           dangerous
           boldness
           of
           Intermeddling
           in
           points
           which
           they
           neither
           have
           any
           thing
           
             to
             do
             withall
          
           ,
           nor
           one
           jot
           Understand
           .
           Such
           as
           the
           Petition
           
           of
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           in
           and
           about
           London
           ,
           in
           1640.
           against
           
             Episcopacy
             ,
             Root
          
           and
           Branch
           ;
           the
           
             Porters
             Petition
          
           in
           1641.
           about
           the
           Militia
           ,
           being
           told
           
             that
             it
             was
             only
             a
          
           Petition
           
             to
             Prohibit
          
           Watermen
           
             from
             carrying
             of
             Burthens
          
           ,
           That
           of
           the
           
             Stanford
             School-boys
          
           ,
           which
           their
           Masters
           made
           them
           Subscribe
           against
           Bishops
           ;
           Or
           the
           
             Scottish
             Petition
          
           in
           1637.
           of
           
             Men
             Women
             Children
             and
             Servants
          
           (
           in
           those
           very
           terms
           )
           against
           the
           Service-Book
           .
           These
           few
           instances
           may
           suffice
           to
           show
           the
           folly
           (
           and
           worse
           )
           of
           peoples
           stickllng
           for
           they
           know
           not
           what
           .
        
         
           Next
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Petition
           we
           should
           consider
           the
           
           wording
           of
           it
           :
           For
           
             he
             that
             asks
             he
             knows
             not
             what
             ,
             may
             ask
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             for
             ought
             he
             knows
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           not
           the
           humility
           of
           the
           Stile
           ,
           that
           can
           justify
           the
           publishing
           of
           a
           Reproach
           upon
           the
           Prince
           :
           Did
           not
           Jacob
           take
           
             Amasa
             by
             the
          
           Beard
           
             with
             the
             Right
             hand
             to
          
           kiss
           him
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           
             strike
             him
             under
             the
          
           Fifth
           Rib
           
             that
             he
             dy'd
             ?
             It
             is
             no
             Breach
             of
             Charity
             ,
             when
             a
             Multitude
             are
             drawn
             into
             a
             Petition
             blindly
             to
             sollicite
             the
             Interests
             of
             Other
             men
             ,
             to
             take
             all
             ambiguities
             and
             Equivocalls
             in
             the
             worst
             sense
             .
          
        
         
           And
           then
           the
           Manner
           of
           promoting
           these
           Petitions
           goes
           a
           
           great
           way
           .
           It
           was
           a
           common
           practice
           in
           the
           Late
           Times
           ,
           for
           the
           confiding
           Members
           of
           several
           Countries
           to
           draw
           up
           Petitions
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Lodg
           them
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           severall
           of
           their
           Factious
           Country-men
           here
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           gather
           Subscriptions
           ,
           Where
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           plea'd
           ,
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           their
           
             respective
             ▪
             Countiee
             ▪
             Their
             Seditious
             Preachers
          
           (
           says
           the
           Late
           
           King
           )
           
             and
             Agents
             are
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             speciall
             and
             particular
             Directions
             sent
             into
             the
             several
             Counties
             to
             infuse
             Fears
             and
             Jealousies
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             our
             Good
             Subjects
             ,
          
           with
           
             ●itions
             ready
             drawn
             by
          
           Them
           ,
           
             for
             the
          
           People
           to
           Sign
           ;
           
             which
             were
             yet
             many
             times
             by
             them
             changed
             three
             or
             four
             times
             before
             the
             delivery
             ;
             upon
             accidents
             ,
             or
             occurrences
             of
             either
             ,
             or
             both
             Houses
             .
             And
             when
             many
             of
             our
             poor
             deceived
             People
             of
             our
             severall
             Counties
             have
             come
             to
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             with
             a
             Petition
             so
          
           framed
           ,
           altered
           ,
           and
           Signed
           ,
           
             as
             aforesaid
             ;
             that
             Petition
             hath
             been
          
           Suppress'd
           ,
           
             and
             a
          
           New
           one
           
             ready
             drawn
             hath
             been
             put
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             after
             their
             coming
             to
             Town
             (
             insomuch
             as
             few
             of
             the
             Company
             have
             known
             what
             they
             ●tition'd
             for
             )
             and
             hath
             been
             by
             them
             presented
             to
             One
             or
             Both
             our
             Houses
             of
             Parliamant
             ,
             as
             that
             of
          
           Bedfordsh
           ▪
           and
           Buckinghamsh
           .
           ;
           
             Witnesse
             those
             Petitions
             ;
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             that
             of
          
           Harfordshire
           ;
           
             which
             took
             notice
             of
             matter
             agreed
             on
             or
             dissented
             from
             ,
             the
             night
             before
             the
             delivery
             .
             Which
             was
             hardly
             time
             enough
             to
             get
             so
             many
             thousand
             hands
             ,
             and
             to
             travel
             to
          
           
           London
           
             on
             that
             Errand
          
           .
           These
           were
           not
           the
           Petitions
           of
           the
           Subscribers
           ,
           but
           of
           
             those
             that
             set
             them
             on
          
           ;
           who
           did
           in
           effect
           ,
           but
           Petition
           the
           People
           to
           
             Petition
             them
          
           again
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           was
           taken
           and
           imposed
           as
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           was
           only
           the
           Project
           and
           Dictate
           of
           the
           Caball
           .
           Only
           with
           the
           Porters
           ,
           they
           thought
           they
           had
           sign'd
           a
           Petition
           against
           the
           Watermen
           ,
           and
           it
           prov'd
           to
           be
           against
           the
           Government
           (
           so
           innocent
           were
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Petitioners
           .
           )
        
         
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           Intent
           of
           those
           Petitions
           ,
           since
           we
           cannot
           enter
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ,
           we
           are
           allow'd
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           Tree
           
           by
           the
           Fruit.
           And
           we
           must
           distinguish
           too
           betwixt
           the
           Intention
           of
           the
           Dictatours
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Subscribers
           :
           the
           
             Former
             Contriving
          
           with
           an
           
             Ill
             Intention
          
           that
           which
           the
           
             Latter
             Executed
          
           with
           a
           
             Good
             One.
          
           Let
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Petition
           be
           never
           so
           fair
           ,
           yet
           (
           as
           was
           said
           before
           )
           if
           it
           be
           a
           business
           out
           of
           the
           
             Petitioners
             sphere
          
           ,
           and
           capacity
           ,
           either
           to
           
             Meddle
             in
          
           ,
           or
           to
           understand
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           suspitious
           way
           of
           Proceeding
           .
           Such
           were
           the
           
             Confederate
             Petitions
          
           of
           England
           and
           Scotland
           for
           a
           Parliament
           in
           1641.
           which
           were
           
           but
           a
           Prologue
           to
           the
           Opening
           of
           the
           
             Subsequent
             Confederacy
          
           against
           the
           Government
           :
           When
           the
           Petitions
           that
           follow'd
           ,
           sufficiently
           expounded
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Former
           .
           They
           Petition'd
           against
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Courts
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             Scandalous
             Ministers
             ,
             Bishops
             Votes
          
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           
             Episcopacy
             it self
          
           ,
           against
           
             evil
             Councellors
             ,
             Monopolies
             ,
             Corruptions
             of
             State
             ,
          
           Courts
           of
           Oppression
           and
           
             Innumerable
             Grievances
          
           ;
           Were
           they
           not
           gratify'd
           in
           all
           this
           ?
           and
           did
           not
           those
           very
           Concessions
           make
           them
           still
           Bolder
           
           and
           Bolder
           ?
           More
           and
           more
           Greedy
           still
           ,
           and
           more
           Insatiable
           ?
           They
           must
           have
           the
           Militia
           too
           ,
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Towns
          
           ,
           and
           Forts
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           Kingdom
           into
           a
           posture
           of
           defence
           themselves
           .
           They
           cry
           for
           
             Justice
             upon
             Delinquents
          
           ;
           the
           very
           Rabble
           
             demanding
             the
             Names
             of
             those
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             that
             would
             not
             consent
             to
             the
             Proposition
             made
             by
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           
           
             concerning
             the
          
           Forts
           ,
           Castles
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Militia
           ,
           
             (
             when
             it
             was
             rejected
             by
             a
          
           Major
           Part
           
             twice
             .
             )
             And
             declaring
             them
             for
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             :
          
           Loyall
           and
           Legall
           Petitions
           
             being
             still
          
           rejected
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           seditious
           countenanc'd
           :
           In
           a
           Word
           ;
           they
           grew
           higher
           and
           higher
           ▪
           till
           they
           brought
           the
           King
           to
           the
           Block
           ;
           which
           was
           no
           more
           then
           a
           Natural
           Conclusion
           from
           such
           premises
           .
           And
           
             the
             First
             Petition
          
           (
           how
           plausible
           soever
           )
           
             was
             the
             Foundation
             of
             all
             our
             Ruines
             .
          
           These
           Petitions
           you
           must
           know
           ,
           do
           not
           ask
           to
           Obtain
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           Deny'd
           ;
           and
           only
           seek
           an
           Occasion
           
           to
           pick
           a
           quarrel
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           cannot
           finde
           it
           ,
           they
           'l
           make
           it
           .
           If
           this
           be
           not
           provided
           for
           ,
           they
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             It
             is
             the
             Case
             of
             many
             a
             Thousand
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             great
             troubles
             will
             come
             of
             it
             :
          
           The
           very
           Stile
           of
           them
           is
           Menacing
           ;
           and
           certainly
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           Evident
           then
           their
           evil
           Intention
           .
           There
           's
           Malice
           in
           the
           Publication
           of
           them
           too
           ;
           beside
           that
           by
           the
           Number
           of
           the
           Subscrip●ions
           ;
           they
           take
           an
           Estimat
           of
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           Party
           ;
           which
           is
           their
           safest
           way
           of
           Muster
           .
        
         
           The
           Last
           Section
           under
           the
           Head
           of
           
             Popular
             Petitions
          
           is
           the
           Effect
           of
           them
           :
           which
           in
           our
           Case
           was
           no
           less
           then
           the
           destruction
           
           of
           
             Three
             Kingdoms
          
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           Matter
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           the
           Method
           is
           a
           most
           necessary
           Link
           in
           the
           chain
           of
           a
           Rebellion
           .
           And
           it
           is
           the
           securest
           experiment
           too
           ,
           of
           attempting
           a
           Commotion
           ,
           being
           the
           gentlest
           of
           Political
           Inventions
           ,
           for
           feeling
           the
           pulse
           of
           the
           People
           .
           If
           it
           takes
           ,
           the
           work
           is
           half
           done
           ;
           and
           if
           Not
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           so
           much
           Breath
           Lost
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Design
             will
             be
             kept
             Cold.
             But
             may
             not
             Men
             Petition
          
           (
           you
           will
           say
           )
           
             and
             Petition
             for
             a
             good
             thing
             ?
          
           
           Yes
           ,
           if
           the
           thing
           be
           
             Simply
             Good
          
           ,
           the
           
             Petitioners
             ,
             Competent
             Judges
          
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           keep
           himself
           to
           
             his
             Own
             Post
          
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           hurt
           in
           't
           .
           But
           for
           the
           Multitude
           to
           interpose
           in
           Matters
           of
           State
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           Calling
           or
           Dissolving
           of
           Parliaments
           ;
           Regulation
           of
           
             Church
             Government
          
           ;
           or
           in
           other
           like
           Cases
           ,
           of
           Doubtful
           and
           
           
             hazardous
             Event
          
           ,
           wherein
           they
           have
           no
           Skill
           at
           all
           ,
           nor
           any
           Right
           of
           Intermedling
           ;
           why
           may
           not
           20000.
           
           Plow-Iobbers
           as
           well
           Subscribe
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           Lord-Mayor
           of
           London
           for
           the
           Calling
           of
           a
           Common-Council
           ?
           Or
           as
           many
           Porters
           and
           Carmen
           here
           in
           London
           put
           in
           for
           the
           better
           government
           of
           the
           Herring-Trade
           in
           Yarmouth
           ?
           every
           jot
           as
           reasonable
           would
           This
           be
           as
           the
           Other
           .
           And
           that
           's
           not
           all
           neither
           ,
           for
           the
           Thing
           they
           take
           to
           be
           a
           Cordial
           ,
           proves
           many
           times
           to
           be
           a
           Poyson
           :
           and
           after
           Subscription
           they
           are
           yet
           to
           learn
           the
           very
           meaning
           of
           the
           Petition
           :
           And
           then
           the
           
             Numerous
             Subscriptions
          
           prove
           it
           manifestly
           to
           be
           a
           Combination
           :
           For
           the
           Number
           of
           Hands
           adds
           nothing
           to
           the
           Weight
           of
           the
           Petition
           ;
           and
           serves
           only
           for
           Terrour
           and
           Clamour
           .
           It
           is
           a
           kinde
           of
           an
           odd
           way
           of
           putting
           the
           Question
           :
           as
           who
           should
           say
           ,
           
             Sir
             ,
             May
             we
             be
             so
             bold
             ?
          
           and
           the
           sufferance
           or
           Patience
           of
           the
           Prince
           seems
           to
           answer
           them
           ,
           Yes
           ,
           you
           may
           :
           and
           so
           they
           go
           on
           .
        
         
           The
           Transition
           is
           so
           natural
           ,
           from
           a
           
             Popular
             Petition
          
           to
           a
           Tumult
           ,
           
           that
           the
           One
           is
           but
           the
           
             Hot
             Fit
          
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           little
           
           more
           in
           effect
           then
           
             a
             more
             earnest
             way
             of
             Petitioning
             .
             By
             these
          
           (
           says
           his
           Late
           Majesty
           )
           
             must
             the
             House
             be
             purg'd
             ,
             and
             all
             Rotten
             Members
             (
             as
             they
             please
             to
             call
             them
             )
             cast
             out
             .
             By
             these
             the
             Obstinacy
             of
             men
             resolv'd
             to
             discharge
             their
             Consciences
             must
             be
             subdu'd
             ;
             by
             These
             ,
             all
             Factious
             ,
             seditious
             end
             schis●natical
             Proposals
             of
             Government
             Ecclesiastical
             or
             Civil
             ●st
             be
             back'd
             and
             abetted
             ,
             till
             they
             prevail
             .
             God
             forbid
          
           (
           says
           Mr.
           
             Pym
             )
             that
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             should
             proceed
             in
             any
          
           
           
             way
             to
             dishearten
             people
             to
             obtain
             their
             j●t
             desires
             in
             such
             a
             way
             .
          
           It
           would
           fill
           a
           Volume
           to
           tell
           the
           Insolencies
           of
           the
           Rabble
           upon
           L●mbeth-House
           upon
           the
           Persons
           of
           the
           
             Archbishop
             of
             York
             and
             all
          
           
           
             the
             Loyall
             Members
             of
             both
             Houses
          
           ;
           their
           O●tcries
           for
           Justice
           upon
           La●d
           and
           Strafford
           ,
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Ven
           and
           Ma●waring
           :
           Their
           Exclamations
           ,
           No
           Bishops
           ,
           No
           Popish
           Lords
           ;
           Proclaiming
           several
           of
           the
           Peers
           by
           their
           Names
           to
           be
           evil
           and
           r●tton-hearted
           
           Lords
           :
           Their
           besetting
           of
           
             Sheriff
             Garnets
          
           House
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           Din●d
           there
           ,
           crying
           out
           ,
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           
           their
           a●onting
           the
           
             L●rd
             Mayor
          
           (
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Gourny
             )
             and
             tearing
             his
             Chain
             from
             about
             his
             Neck
          
           and
           using
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Gardiner
          
           (
           the
           Recorder
           )
           little
           better
           ;
           following
           them
           with
           Reproaches
           ,
           Remember
           the
           PROTESTATION
           .
           Nay
           the
           King
           himself
           had
           his
           Coach
           stopt
           ,
           and
           Walkers
           Seditious
           Libel
           ,
           
           
             To
             your
             Tents
             O
             Israel
          
           ,
           thrown
           into
           it
           in
           the
           street
           .
           This
           was
           upon
           the
           dispute
           about
           the
           
             Five
             Members
          
           ,
           when
           at
           their
           Return
           from
           Westminster
           they
           made
           a
           stand
           at
           White-hall-gate
           ,
           bauling
           out
           ,
           
             that
             they
             would
             have
             no
             more
             Porters
             Lodge
             ,
             but
             speak
             with
             the
             King
             when
             they
             pleas'd
             .
             About
             a
             hundred
             Lighters
             and
             Long-Boats
             were
             set
             out
             by
             water
             ,
             laden
             with
             Sacres
             ,
             Murthering-Pieces
             ,
             and
             other
          
           
           
             Ammunition
             ,
             drest
             up
             with
             Mast-cloths
             and
             Streamers
             as
             ready
             for
             fight
          
           ;
           calling
           out
           as
           they
           past
           by
           
             Whitehall
             Windows
             ,
             what
             's
             become
             of
             the
             King
             ?
             whither
             's
             he
             gone
             ?
          
           The
           Tower
           of
           London
           and
           Hull
           being
           both
           besieged
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           Now
           what
           was
           the
           End
           of
           These
           Tumults
           ,
           but
           over
           and
           above
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Calamities
           of
           a
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ,
           a
           Vengeance
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           upon
           the
           Heads
           of
           all
           the
           First
           Abetters
           of
           them
           ?
           These
           very
           men
           that
           
           first
           by
           Tumults
           forc'd
           away
           the
           King
           from
           Whitehall
           ,
           and
           their
           Fellow-members
           from
           attending
           their
           Duty
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           were
           Themselves
           afterward
           
             cast
             out
          
           ,
           by
           
             succeeding
             Tumults
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Character
           of
           
             Persons
             Disaffected
          
           ,
           (
           the
           Independents
           at
           that
           time
           being
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           Presbyterians
           )
           and
           the
           City
           too
           was
           
             whipt
             with
             its
             own
             rod.
          
           No
           man
           is
           so
           blinde
           (
           says
           the
           Late
           King
           )
           
             as
             
             not
             to
             see
             herein
             the
             Hand
             of
             Divine
             Justice
             ;
             They
             that
             by
             Tumults
             ,
             first
             occasioned
             the
             Raising
             of
             Armies
             ,
             must
             now
             ●e
             chastened
             by
             their
          
           
           
             own
             Army
             for
             new
             Tumults
          
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           a
           Tumult
           is
           a
           
             seditious
             action
          
           in
           
             Hot
             Bloud
          
           ;
           and
           only
           accounted
           the
           less
           Criminal
           ,
           for
           that
           there
           is
           not
           in
           it
           the
           
             Malice
             Prepence
          
           of
           a
           Rebellion
           .
           If
           it
           succeeds
           ,
           the
           Principals
           of
           the
           Faction
           form
           it
           into
           a
           Conspiracy
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           miscarries
           ,
           it
           passes
           only
           as
           That
           did
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           1637.
           for
           an
           Outrage
           of
           the
           Rabble
           .
        
         
           Where
           many
           People
           agree
           in
           the
           Desiring
           of
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           
           they
           seldom
           fail
           of
           Engaging
           afterwards
           towards
           the
           Procuring
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Project
           advances
           ,
           from
           Petition
           to
           Protestation
           ,
           or
           Covenant
           ;
           the
           One
           Leading
           so
           naturally
           to
           the
           Other
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Late
             Popular
             Petition
          
           was
           no
           sooner
           set
           on
           foot
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           immediately
           followed
           upon
           the
           Heel
           with
           the
           Proposall
           of
           an
           Association
           ,
           pretending
           the
           Practice
           of
           27.
           
           Eliz.
           for
           their
           Warrant
           .
           It
           would
           be
           endless
           to
           run
           through
           all
           the
           
             Leagues
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Bonds
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Engagements
             ,
             Oaeths
             ,
          
           &c.
           of
           the
           Late
           times
           ;
           and
           as
           needless
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Histories
           of
           the
           Miseries
           they
           brought
           upon
           us
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           Narratives
           and
           Discourses
           already
           Published
           ,
           upon
           that
           Subject
           :
           So
           that
           our
           Business
           shall
           be
           rather
           to
           discover
           the
           Imposture
           of
           those
           Practises
           ,
           then
           to
           dilate
           upon
           the
           Story
           .
        
         
           All
           
             Popular
             Leagues
             ,
             without
          
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           
             Supream
             Magistrate
          
           
           are
           to
           be
           lookt
           upon
           as
           Conspiracies
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           come
           once
           to
           bear
           up
           in
           Defiance
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Case
           is
           little
           better
           then
           a
           State
           of
           
             Actual
             Rebellion
          
           .
           The
           Pretence
           of
           the
           Late
           Engagements
           was
           only
           to
           assert
           and
           Compass
           the
           Ends
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Petitions
           :
           And
           it
           was
           the
           Master-piece
           of
           the
           Faction
           to
           keep
           the
           Vulgar
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           by
           disgui●ing
           the
           Drift
           ,
           and
           the
           Scope
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           .
           It
           was
           by
           this
           following
           train
           of
           thoughts
           that
           the
           Multitude
           in
           1641.
           were
           Egg'd
           on
           into
           the
           foulest
           crimes
           ,
           and
           the
           Heaviest
           calamities
           Imaginable
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             bless
             us
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             we
             are
             all
             running
             into
             the
          
           French
           
           Government
           ,
           and
           Popery
           :
           the
           Courtiers
           and
           Prelates
           
             will
             be
             the
             Undoing
             of
             us
             all
             ;
             the
             King
             is
             a
             good
             man
             enough
             of
             himself
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             but
             Good
             people
             about
             him
             ;
             but
             he
             's
             so
             damnably
             led
             away
             by
             Popish
             Councells
             ;
             I
             would
             to
             God
             he
             would
             but
             call
             a
             Parliament
             and
             harken
             to
             their
             advice
             .
             But
             why
             should
             we
             not
             press
             him
             to●t
             ;
             and
             ferret
             out
             all
             these
             Caterpillers
             from
             about
             him
             ?
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
          
           the
           King
           can
           do
           no
           wrong
           ,
           
             but
             his
          
           Ministers
           
             may
             :
             and
             yet
             the
          
           King
           
             is
             bound
             by
             
             the
          
           Law.
           
             as
             well
             as
          
           We.
           
             Had
             not
             we
             better
             get
             hands
             to
             a
             Petition
             ▪
             and
             joyn
             to
             stand
             by
             one
             another
             as
             One
             Man
             ,
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             our
          
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           
             then
             stand
             gaping
             with
             our
             fingers
          
           in
           our
           Mouth
           till
           all
           is
           lost
           ?
           Little
           did
           these
           people
           Imagine
           all
           this
           while
           that
           Death
           was
           in
           the
           Pot
           ,
           and
           that
           instead
           of
           the
           way
           to
           Peace
           and
           happiness
           they
           were
           then
           in
           the
           High-Road
           to
           Destruction
           .
           And
           This
           they
           might
           easily
           enough
           have
           discover'd
           if
           they
           had
           but
           diligently
           consider●d
           the
           Opinions
           and
           Professions
           of
           the
           Heads
           of
           these
           Covenanters
           and
           Subscrib●rs
           ;
           among
           which
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           one
           man
           of
           a
           hundred
           that
           was
           not
           a
           known
           and
           
             a
             vow●d
          
           Enemy
           both
           to
           Courch
           and
           State.
           But
           they
           plung'd
           themselves
           like
           Curtius
           ,
           into
           the
           Gulph
           ,
           as
           Devotes
           for
           the
           mistaken
           preservation
           of
           their
           Countrey
           .
           But
           the
           delusion
           will
           better
           appear
           ,
           by
           applying
           only
           
             Common
             Reason
          
           to
           the
           Imposture
           it self
           :
           And
           first
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           their
           Protestation
           of
           May
           ,
           1641.
           
        
         
           I
           ▪
           A.
           B.
           
             do
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             promise
             ,
             vow
             ,
             and
             protest
             to
             maintain
             and
             defend
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             lawfully
             I
             may
             ,
             with
             my
             Life
             ,
          
           
           
             Power
             ,
             and
             Estate
             ,
             the
             True
             Reformed
          
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           
             exprest
             in
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             against
             all
             Popery
             and
             Popish
             Innovations
             within
             this
             Realm
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             Duty
             of
             my
          
           Allegiance
           
             to
             his
          
           Majestyes
           Royall
           Person
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Estate
           ;
           
             as
             also
             the
          
           Power
           ,
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           lawfull
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           
             of
             the
          
           Subjects
           ,
           &c.
           
           Now
           as
           the
           whole
           Pretext
           was
           plansible
           ,
           so
           the
           saving
           clause
           in
           it
           
             [
             as
             far
             as
             lawfully
             I
             may
             ]
          
           made
           it
           go
           down
           without
           much
           seruple
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Solemn
             League
          
           and
           Covenant
           of
           1643.
           (
           which
           was
           the
           Bond
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           of
           the
           Two
           Nations
           )
           had
           the
           same
           salve
           
           in
           it
           too
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           same
           specious
           pretences
           for
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           :
           only
           enlarged
           to
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           the
           
             Scottish
             Diseipline
          
           and
           Government
           ,
           the
           Ex●irpation
           of
           Prelacy
           and
           Popery
           ;
           and
           the
           bringing
           of
           Delinquents
           to
           punishment
           :
           So
           that
           from
           the
           maintaining
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           they
           are
           now
           come
           to
           the
           Dissolving
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Defence
           of
           their
           
             own
             Rights
          
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           they
           are
           advanced
           to
           the
           Inva●ng
           of
           
             other
             peoples
          
           .
           We
           might
           reflect
           upon
           a
           world
           of
           
             Soloecisms
             ,
             Illegalities
             ,
             Contradictions
          
           and
           Defects
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Givers
           and
           Takers
           of
           this
           Protestation
           and
           Covenant
           :
           As
           the
           Nullity
           of
           any
           Engagement
           entered
           into
           ,
           Contrary
           to
           Law
           ;
           the
           altering
           of
           the
           Gouernment
           ,
           
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           his
           Majesty
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           The
           perjurious
           Fraud
           of
           Swearing
           in
           
             One
             sence
          
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           
             Known
             Intent
          
           of
           the
           Imposer
           in
           another
           ;
           beside
           the
           Inconsistence
           of
           
             these
             Vows
          
           with
           Themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           Contradictions
           they
           bear
           to
           
             One
             another
          
           .
           Wherefore
           we
           shall
           rather
           detect
           the
           Cheat
           in
           the
           Thing
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           wonderfull
           Rashness
           of
           the
           Undertakers
           ,
           then
           play
           the
           Casuist
           upon
           the
           Question
           .
        
         
           Take
           the
           Protestation
           as
           it
           runs
           with
           that
           Qualifying
           Clause
           in
           
           it
           
             [
             as
             far
             as
             lawfully
             I
             may
             ]
          
           and
           there
           is
           hardly
           any
           thing
           more
           in
           it
           then
           what
           a
           man
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           do
           without
           it
           :
           So
           that
           without
           some
           Mystery
           in
           the
           bottom
           ,
           the
           thing
           appears
           in
           it self
           to
           be
           wholly
           Idle
           and
           Impertinent
           ,
           and
           not
           answerable
           to
           the
           solemnity
           of
           making
           it
           a
           National
           Duty
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Imposition
           was
           in
           it self
           an
           Usurpation
           of
           
             Soveraign
             Power
          
           .
           The
           Covenant
           (
           I
           must
           confess
           )
           was
           Ranker
           ,
           having
           an
           Auxiliary
           Army
           of
           about
           20000
           Scotts
           to
           second
           it
           .
           But
           was
           ever
           any
           thing
           in
           appearance
           more
           
             harmless
             ,
             Loyall
          
           or
           Conscientious
           ,
           then
           this
           Protestation
           ?
           and
           if
           the
           fellow
           of
           it
           were
           now
           in
           agitation
           ,
           how
           would
           the
           Town
           Ring
           ,
           of
           any
           
             Church
             of
             England-Man
          
           for
           a
           disguised
           Papist
           ,
           that
           should
           refuse
           to
           take
           it
           !
           And
           yet
           what
           ensu'd
           upon
           the
           peoples
           joyning
           in
           this
           officious
           piece
           of
           
             misguided
             Zeal
          
           and
           Duty
           ?
           When
           they
           were
           once
           In
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           longer
           any
           regard
           had
           to
           the
           Grammar
           or
           
             Literal
             Construction
          
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           List
           of
           those
           that
           took
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Discriminating
           Test
           of
           the
           Party
           ;
           They
           that
           contriv'd
           it
           ,
           did
           like
           wise
           Expound
           it
           :
           and
           every
           man
           was
           bound
           implicitly
           to
           believe
           That
           only
           to
           be
           Lawfull
           ,
           which
           they
           told
           him
           was
           so
           ,
           without
           being
           allowed
           the
           liberty
           of
           Judging
           of
           his
           own
           Actions
           .
           He
           that
           looks
           into
           the
           Records
           of
           that
           Revolution
           ,
           will
           finde
           the
           
             Contributions
             ,
             Subscriptions
             ,
             Loans
             ,
             Levies
             ,
          
           and
           briefly
           the
           highest
           violences
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           the
           boldest
           attempts
           upon
           the
           Honour
           and
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Property
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           to
           be
           charg'd
           at
           the
           soot
           of
           the
           account
           ,
           upon
           the
           Tye
           of
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
          
           and
           Protestation
           ;
           and
           every
           man
           bound
           ,
           upon
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Estate
           ,
           to
           observe
           it
           ,
           in
           their
           sence
           .
           Over
           and
           above
           the
           Iniquity
           of
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           how
           Ridiculous
           is
           it
           for
           every
           Paltry
           Fellow
           to
           swear
           to
           the
           doing
           of
           he
           knows
           not
           what
           ,
           and
           the
           maintaining
           of
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             living
             understands
             ?
          
           We
           shall
           conclude
           this
           Point
           ,
           with
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Late
           King
           
             [
             Cons●derations
             by
             way
          
           
           of
           Solemn
           Leagues
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           
             are
             the
             Common
             Road
             us'd
             in
             all
             
             Factious
             and
             Powerfull
             Per●urbations
             of
          
           State
           or
           Church
           .
           ]
           And
           our
           Covenanters
           did
           but
           write
           after
           the
           Copy
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             League
          
           of
           France
           .
        
         
           The
           people
           being
           now
           prepar'd
           for
           any
           mutinous
           Impressions
           ,
           
           poyson'd
           in
           their
           affections
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           besotted
           into
           the
           apprehension
           of
           Remote
           and
           Invisible
           dangers
           ,
           and
           United
           in
           the
           Resolution
           of
           Defending
           their
           Rights
           against
           all
           Opposers
           ;
           the
           Designe
           would
           have
           been
           there
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           matter
           to
           work
           upon
           ,
           if
           the
           Caball
           had
           not
           fed
           ,
           and
           entertain●d
           their
           
             fears
             ▪
          
           and
           Icalosies
           ,
           with
           stories
           of
           Plots
           and
           Discoveries
           nearer
           hand
           ,
           where
           still
           the
           Parliament
           and
           the
           City
           were
           in
           the
           greatest
           hazzard
           .
           One
           while
           the
           
             Northern
             Army
          
           was
           coming
           up
           ,
           and
           strong
           Guards
           appointed
           upon
           all
           Passes
           within
           20.
           miles
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           then
           comes
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           
             Close
             Committee
          
           ,
           of
           a
           Conspiracy
           to
           seize
           the
           Earl
           of
           Argile
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Lords
           in
           Edenburgh
           :
           And
           upon
           This
           ,
           an
           Order
           is
           presently
           issu'd
           out
           to
           the
           Justices
           of
           
             Middlesex
             ,
             Surry
          
           ,
           and
           
             Southwark
             ▪
          
           to
           secure
           the
           City
           ,
           by
           
             strong
             Watches
             ;
             because
          
           (
           says
           the
           Order
           )
           
             the
             mischievous
             Designs
             and
             Conspiracies
             lately
             discover'd
             in
          
           Scotland
           
             against
             some
             Principall
             and
             Great
             men
             there
             ,
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Popish
             Faction
             ,
             gives
             just
             occasion
             to
             suspect
             that
             they
             may
             maidtain
             Correspondency
             Here
             ,
             and
             practice
             the
             like
             mischief
             .
          
           They
           had
           a
           Touch
           now
           and
           then
           at
           the
           mighty
           preparations
           of
           France
           and
           Denmark
           ,
           for
           the
           invading
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           assisting
           the
           King
           to
           govern
           by
           an
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Army
           
             under
             ground
          
           at
           
             Ragland
             Castle
          
           was
           a
           terrible
           thing
           ,
           and
           miraculously
           discovered
           by
           an
           
             Inn-keepers
             Servant
          
           at
           Rosse
           ,
           to
           
             Alderman
             Actons
             Coachman
          
           .
           These
           whimses
           were
           but
           so
           many
           approaches
           toward
           the
           Militia
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           so
           extravagant
           ,
           that
           the
           man
           that
           was
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           can
           witness
           the
           effect
           of
           them
           ,
           has
           hardly
           the
           face
           yet
           to
           make
           the
           Report
           .
        
         
           Upon
           
             Twelth
             Night
          
           1641.
           the
           City
           was
           allarm'd
           at
           Mid-night
           
           with
           a
           Report
           of
           1500
           Horse
           that
           design'd
           to
           surprize
           the
           City
           .
           Whereupon
           a
           matter
           of
           50000
           men
           were
           presently
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           the
           Women
           at
           work
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           with
           
             Joynt-stools
             ,
             Empty
             Cask
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Lumber
           ,
           to
           interrupt
           their
           passage
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Kings
           making
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             L●ford
             Lieutenant
          
           of
           the
           
           Tower
           ,
           the
           good
           women
           of
           the
           City
           could
           not
           sleep
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Guns
           But
           yet
           without
           any
           Objection
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           presently
           puts
           in
           Si●
           
             John
             Byron
          
           .
           They
           could
           make
           no
           exception
           against
           him
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           (
           as
           my
           Authour
           has
           it
           )
           
             Lieutenant
             Hooer
          
           ,
           
           the
           Aqua-Vita-man
           ,
           and
           Nieholson
           the
           Chandler
           ,
           enform
           the
           Common-Council
           ,
           that
           since
           he
           came
           to
           〈◊〉
           Lieutenant
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           to
           do
           at
           the
           Mint
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           made
           appear
           that
           the
           Mint
           had
           more
           business
           since
           this
           Gentleman
           was
           Lieutenant
           ,
           then
           ever
           it
           had
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           before
           :
           But
           their
           Trade
           being
           in
           the
           Retail
           of
           
             Brooms
             ,
             Candles
          
           ,
           and
           Mustard
           their
           Ignorance
           in
           the
           other
           point
           might
           be
           the
           better
           excus'd
           .
        
         
           In
           Aug.
           1643.
           upon
           a
           Vote
           for
           sending
           
             Propositions
             of
             Peace
          
           to
           
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           very
           next
           day
           there
           were
           
             Papers
             scatter'd
             ,
             and
             posted
             up
             and
             down
             the
             City
             ;
             requiring
             all
             persons
             well-affected
             to
             rise
             as
             One
             man
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             next
             morning
             ,
             for
             that
          
           20000
           Irish
           Rebells
           
             were
             landed
          
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           News
           of
           the
           Pulpits
           next
           day
           ;
           when
           ;
           (
           though
           Sunday
           )
           a
           Common-Council
           was
           call'd
           late
           at
           Night
           ,
           and
           a
           Petition
           there
           fram'd
           against
           Peace
           .
           This
           Petition
           was
           next
           morning
           recommended
           to
           the
           Commons
           by
           Penington
           ,
           then
           Mayor
           ,
           with
           a
           Rabble
           at
           his
           heels
           ,
           declaring
           that
           
             the
             Lords
          
           Propositions
           for
           Peace
           
             would
             be
             destructive
             to
          
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           
             and
             that
             if
             they
             had
             not
             a
             good
             answer
             they
             would
             be
             there
             again
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             with
             double
             the
             Number
             .
          
        
         
           We
           must
           not
           forget
           the
           design
           upon
           the
           Life
           of
           Mr.
           Pim
           by
           a
           
             Plague
             Plaister
          
           ,
           that
           was
           wrapt
           up
           in
           a
           Letter
           and
           sent
           him
           ,
           
           which
           Letter
           he
           put
           in
           his
           pocket
           for
           Evidence
           ,
           though
           he
           threw
           away
           the
           Plaister
           .
           And
           there
           was
           another
           discovery
           that
           came
           as
           wonderfully
           to
           light
           :
           a
           Taylor
           in
           a
           Ditch
           in
           
           Finsbury-Fields
           over-heard
           two
           men
           talking
           of
           a
           Plot
           upon
           the
           Life
           of
           my
           Lord
           Say
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Eminent
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Design
           never
           took
           effect
           .
        
         
           At
           this
           rate
           were
           the
           people
           gu●'d
           from
           day
           to
           day
           ,
           with
           
           fresh
           and
           palpable
           Impostures
           ;
           never
           was
           any
           Nation
           certainly
           under
           such
           an
           Absession
           of
           Credulity
           ,
           and
           Blindness
           ;
           but
           as
           the
           Cause
           was
           founded
           in
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           by
           Forgery
           to
           be
           supported
           .
           And
           yet
           these
           
             Legendary
             Tales
          
           stood
           the
           Faction
           in
           very
           good
           stead
           ;
           by
           authorizing
           the
           People
           now
           and
           then
           to
           betake
           themselves
           to
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           themselves
           upon
           their
           Guard
           ;
           which
           did
           ,
           by
           degrees
           ,
           let
           them
           into
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           
             City
             Militia
          
           ;
           out
           of
           which
           Egg
           (
           as
           one
           says
           )
           came
           forth
           the
           Cockatrice
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           Thus
           was
           poor
           England
           frighted
           out
           of
           a
           Dream
           of
           Dangers
           into
           cutting
           of
           Throats
           in
           Earnest
           :
           Out
           of
           a
           fear
           of
           Popery
           ,
           into
           a
           prostitution
           even
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           an
           apprehension
           of
           Tyranny
           into
           a
           most
           despicable
           state
           of
           
           Slavery
           .
           The
           Change
           of
           Government
           now
           in
           agitation
           ,
           had
           been
           long
           in
           Project
           ;
           and
           no
           foresight
           wanting
           for
           the
           furtherance
           
           of
           the
           design
           .
           None
           so
           diligent
           at
           the
           Military-Yard
           ,
           or
           Artillery-Garden
           ,
           as
           the
           zelots
           of
           the
           Faction
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           Vacancy
           of
           any
           considerable
           Employment
           there
           ,
           who
           but
           they
           to
           put
           in
           for
           the
           Command
           ?
           Nor
           were
           they
           less
           industrious
           to
           screw
           themselves
           into
           the
           Bench
           of
           Aldermen
           and
           Common-Council
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           a
           Motion
           was
           made
           there
           (
           with
           an
           Eye
           to
           two
           beggerly
           ,
           and
           
             Fanatical
             Captains
             ,
          
           )
           that
           
             Honest
             men
          
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           's
           their
           Name
           when
           they
           are
           their
           own
           Godfathers
           )
           
             might
             bear
             the
          
           Magistracy
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           City
           the
           expence
           .
           But
           what
           did
           all
           this
           amount
           to
           ,
           without
           a
           Fond
           of
           
             Mon
             ,
             Mony
             ,
             Arms
          
           ,
           and
           Amunition
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Work
           ?
           So
           that
           their
           businesse
           was
           now
           to
           
           make
           sure
           of
           the
           CITY
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           means
           of
           their
           supply
           :
           But
           that
           ,
           they
           found
           could
           never
           be
           brought
           about
           ,
           without
           a
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           for
           their
           Turns
           ;
           Or
           else
           reducing
           the
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           to
           a
           Level
           with
           the
           Commons
           :
           and
           establishing
           a
           firm
           correspondence
           betwixt
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           Guild-hall
           ,
           the
           One
           to
           Contrive
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           to
           Execute
           .
           So
           that
           this
           was
           the
           thing
           they
           pitch'd
           upon
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           proceeding
           was
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           Having
           Pharisaically
           ,
           and
           Invidiously
           divided
           the
           people
           into
           
           
             Two
             Partys
             ;
             Themselves
          
           forsooth
           ,
           the
           
             Godly
             Party
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Papists
           :
           a
           little
           before
           St.
           
           Thomas's
           day
           1641.
           (
           when
           the
           City
           chuses
           their
           Common-Council
           )
           they
           calumniated
           the
           
             Old
             Common-Council
             men
          
           ,
           as
           men
           too
           much
           inclining
           to
           the
           Court
           ;
           sticklers
           for
           Episcopacy
           ,
           and
           the
           Common-prayer
           ;
           and
           not
           at
           all
           zealous
           for
           Religion
           ,
           (
           just
           as
           we
           cry
           out
           against
           Papists
           ,
           and
           Pensioners
           now
           adays
           ;
           )
           by
           this
           practice
           ,
           they
           worm'd
           out
           
             Honest
             men
          
           ,
           and
           chose
           Schismaticks
           into
           their
           places
           :
           and
           instead
           of
           Sir
           
             George
             Benyon
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Drake
           ,
           Mr.
           Clark
           Mr.
           
             Gardiner
             ;
             Deputy
             Withers
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Cartwright
           ,
           and
           other
           Loyall
           ,
           and
           
             considerable
             Citizens
          
           ;
           they
           took
           in
           Foulk
           the
           
             Traytor
             ,
             Perkins
          
           ,
           (
           my
           Lord
           Say's
           
             Taylor
             ,
          
           )
           and
           Others
           of
           the
           same
           stamp
           and
           Value
           .
        
         
           Now
           though
           the
           Election
           be
           on
           St.
           Thomas
           day
           ,
           they
           are
           never
           
           Return'd
           yet
           before
           the
           Munday
           after
           Twelfth
           ;
           nor
           allow'd
           to
           Act
           as
           
             Common-Counsil
             men
          
           till
           the
           Indentures
           of
           their
           Election
           be
           Returned
           from
           the
           
             War
             〈◊〉
             Inquest
          
           to
           the
           Town-Clerk
           ;
           and
           a
           Warrant
           Issu'd
           from
           the
           
             Lord
             May●r
          
           to
           
             the
             S●rjeant
             of
             the
             Chamber
          
           to
           Summon
           them
           .
           But
           the
           Faction
           however
           made
           bold
           to
           dispence
           
           with
           these
           Puntillo's
           ,
           (
           though
           the
           constant
           Rule
           and
           Custom
           of
           the
           City
           )
           and
           a
           Common-Council
           being
           held
           December
           31.
           1641.
           by
           the
           
             Kings
             Express
             Order
          
           ,
           all
           that
           Gang
           of
           the
           
             New
             Choice
          
           ,
           thrust
           themselves
           in
           ,
           and
           took
           their
           places
           with
           the
           Old.
           This
           Intrusion
           was
           opposed
           by
           several
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           respect
           to
           a
           Message
           from
           his
           Majesty
           which
           was
           then
           brought
           them
           by
           the
           Lord
           Newbourgh
           ,
           complaining
           of
           Tumults
           about
           White-hall
           ,
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           recommending
           to
           the
           care
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           preventing
           of
           any
           further
           disorders
           :
           the
           question
           was
           let
           fall
           for
           the
           present
           ;
           and
           the
           Court
           apply'd
           themselves
           to
           dispatch
           an
           answer
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           which
           was
           in
           effect
           ,
           an
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           
             gracious
             Goodness
          
           exprest
           to
           the
           City
           ;
           the
           Courts
           disavowing
           of
           the
           Tumults
           ;
           their
           promise
           of
           doing
           their
           best
           for
           the
           future
           
             to
             prevent
          
           ,
           or
           suppress
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           humble
           desire
           that
           whosoever
           should
           be
           found
           guilty
           of
           them
           ,
           might
           be
           brought
           to
           condign
           punishment
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           Last
           of
           December
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           under
           pretence
           of
           finding
           themselves
           in
           danger
           ,
           sent
           to
           the
           King
           for
           a
           
           Guard
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           a
           
             Guard
             out
             of
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             and
             to
             be
             commanded
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Essex
           .
           To
           which
           Message
           ,
           his
           
           Majesty
           offer'd
           them
           ,
           Jan
           :
           3.
           a
           Guard
           of
           his
           own
           appointment
           for
           their
           security
           :
           But
           this
           Trick
           would
           not
           pass
           upon
           the
           King
           :
           so
           that
           they
           were
           forc'd
           to
           do
           their
           business
           another
           way
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Fifth
           of
           
             Jan.
             another
             Common-Council
          
           was
           call'd
           by
           
           the
           
             Kings
             Order
          
           ,
           when
           his
           Majesty
           was
           pleased
           ,
           in
           person
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Court
           with
           the
           Reasons
           of
           his
           demanding
           the
           
             five
             Members
          
           the
           day
           before
           :
           admonishing
           them
           not
           to
           harbour
           or
           protect
           those
           men
           in
           the
           City
           .
           Fowke
           and
           his
           new
           Brethren
           (
           contrary
           to
           all
           Right
           or
           President
           )
           were
           got
           in
           again
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           most
           audaciously
           affronted
           his
           Majesty
           with
           a
           Discourse
           of
           fears
           and
           
             Jelousies
             ,
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           &c.
           the
           King
           only
           replying
           in
           effect
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           dangerous
           men
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           have
           a
           
             Legal
             Tryal
          
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           same
           day
           (
           being
           Wednesday
           )
           the
           House
           adjourned
           till
           the
           Tuesday
           following
           ,
           and
           Order'd
           a
           Committee
           to
           set
           next
           
           morning
           at
           Guildhall
           ;
           taking
           upon
           themselves
           little
           less
           then
           Soveraign
           Power
           .
           The
           Committee
           met
           at
           
             Grocers
             Hall
          
           ,
           where
           the
           
             Five
             Members
          
           met
           ,
           under
           the
           Guard
           of
           the
           City-Train'd-stands
           ,
           where
           they
           past
           such
           Votes
           of
           Priviledge
           as
           never
           any
           Age
           heard
           of
           before
           ,
           extending
           it
           even
           to
           the
           Exempting
           and
           justifying
           〈◊〉
           Treason
           it
           self
           .
        
         
         
           On
           
             Saturday
             ,
             Jan.
          
           8.
           upon
           a
           Debate
           for
           the
           safe
           meeting
           of
           
           the
           
             Five
             Members
          
           at
           Westminster
           the
           Tuesday
           following
           ;
           the
           Result
           was
           ,
           
             That
             the
          
           Sheriffs
           of
           London
           
             should
             and
             might
             raise
             a
             Guard
             of
             the
             Train'd-Bands
             ,
             for
             the
             Defence
             of
             the
          
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           
             and
             that
             they
             might
             warrantably
             march
             out
             of
             their
             Liberties
             .
          
           A
           Rout
           of
           Sea-men
           offering
           their
           service
           by
           water
           ,
           as
           the
           Other
           by
           Land.
           This
           Subject
           set
           all
           the
           Puritan
           Pulpits
           on
           work
           to
           inflame
           the
           People
           against
           their
           Soveraign
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           
             Five
             Members
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           fatall
           10th
           of
           January
           ,
           the
           King
           was
           forc'd
           to
           withdraw
           
           from
           London
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           left
           at
           the
           Mercy
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           day
           ,
           the
           Indentures
           of
           the
           Election
           were
           Return'd
           :
           Upon
           all
           Questions
           about
           These
           Elections
           ,
           the
           Decision
           was
           formerly
           in
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           and
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           Violence
           and
           Importunity
           of
           these
           New
           Intruders
           ,
           it
           is
           left
           to
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           Common-Council
           ,
           (
           being
           the
           Committee
           a
           so
           for
           
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             City
          
           (
           so
           call'd
           )
           :
           This
           Committee
           was
           their
           first
           approach
           toward
           the
           Militia
           ;
           and
           then
           follow'd
           another
           :
           for
           putting
           the
           City
           into
           a
           Posture
           of
           Defence
           ,
           consisting
           of
           
             Six
             Aldermen
          
           and
           
             Twelve
             Commoners
          
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           of
           the
           New
           Cutt
           ;
           and
           
             300l
             .
             per
             annum
          
           allow'd
           to
           Skippon
           ,
           as
           an
           assistant
           to
           the
           Committee
           .
        
         
           Having
           already
           modell'd
           the
           Common-Council
           to
           their
           liking
           
           they
           furnish
           themselves
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           
             Military
             Provisions
          
           ;
           augment
           the
           Train'd-Bands
           ,
           from
           6000.
           to
           8000.
           the
           
             Six
             Aldermen
          
           are
           made
           Colonels
           ,
           and
           the
           Committee
           for
           the
           
             Posture
             of
             Defence
          
           ,
           are
           to
           choose
           their
           Officers
           ;
           the
           authority
           of
           
             Summoning
             Common
             Councils
          
           is
           taken
           away
           from
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           ,
           and
           lodg'd
           
           in
           people
           of
           the
           Faction
           ;
           and
           whensoever
           they
           'l
           have
           One
           call'd
           ,
           the
           
             Lord
             Major
          
           must
           obey
           ,
           without
           so
           much
           as
           asking
           a
           Reason
           for
           't
           .
        
         
           They
           took
           away
           his
           Power
           also
           of
           Dissolving
           them
           ,
           and
           kept
           him
           to
           his
           seat
           ,
           till
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           discharge
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           again
           ,
           whereas
           all
           Proposals
           were
           formerly
           offer'd
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           all
           Questions
           put
           by
           the
           Recorder
           from
           the
           Lord-Mayor
           ;
           when
           the
           Faction
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           propound
           ,
           wherein
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           would
           neither
           Command
           the
           Recorder
           ,
           nor
           the
           Recorder
           act
           without
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             Ven
             ,
             Pennington
          
           and
           Vassel
           help'd
           them
           out
           at
           a
           dead
           lift
           ,
           with
           an
           Order
           from
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           And
           finally
           ,
           they
           brought
           the
           Orderly
           Constitution
           of
           the
           City-Government
           
           to
           a
           Levell
           ,
           confounding
           
             Mayor
             ,
             Aldermen
          
           and
           Commons
           in
           the
           Blending
           of
           their
           Votes
           .
        
         
           The
           Schismatiques
           have
           now
           got
           the
           Riches
           and
           the
           Strength
           
           of
           the
           City
           in
           a
           manner
           at
           their
           own
           Disposal
           ,
           For
           if
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           Common-Council
           may
           
             Call
             ,
             Continue
          
           and
           Dissolve
           the
           Court
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           put
           what
           Questions
           they
           list
           ,
           and
           Determine
           all
           things
           by
           a
           
             Plurality
             of
             Votes
          
           ,
           there
           needed
           little
           more
           then
           a
           Pack't
           Common-Council
           to
           do
           their
           business
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           consider
           now
           the
           Harmony
           betwixt
           the
           
             Two
             Junto's
          
           of
           
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           .
           The
           
             Commons
             Jan.
             26.
             
             Petition'd
          
           his
           Majesty
           about
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
             Forts
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Militia
           :
           to
           which
           his
           Majesty
           returns
           them
           a
           Refusal
           ,
           Jan.
           28.
           in
           the
           most
           obliging
           Terms
           imaginable
           ,
           telling
           them
           ,
           
             that
             he
             did
             not
             doubt
             ,
             that
             his
             having
             granted
             more
             then
             ever
          
           King
           had
           granted
           ,
           
             would
             ever
             perswade
             his
             House
             of
             Commons
             to
          
           ask
           
             more
             then
             ever
          
           Subjects
           had
           ask'd
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           beginning
           of
           Feb.
           there
           was
           held
           a
           Common-Coun●ll
           ;
           
           which
           sat
           till
           One
           in
           the
           Morning
           .
           When
           the
           Cou●t
           was
           quite
           weary
           ,
           and
           tir'd
           out
           ,
           Ven
           took
           that
           Opportunity
           of
           presenting
           an
           Order
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           desiring
           a
           return
           of
           the
           Names
           of
           those
           Persons
           whom
           the
           City
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Militia
           of
           London
           .
           The
           Court
           was
           a
           little
           surpriz'd
           at
           it
           ;
           but
           yet
           being
           desirous
           to
           be
           gone
           ,
           and
           considering
           whatsoever
           past
           at
           One
           Council
           was
           in
           course
           to
           be
           debated
           at
           another
           ,
           sent
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Committee
           for
           the
           
             Posture
             of
             Defence
          
           ,
           in
           return
           to
           the
           Houses
           Order
           .
           By
           this
           fetch
           ,
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             Sheriffs
          
           ,
           and
           
             Court
             of
             Aldermen
          
           ,
           were
           understood
           to
           have
           voluntarily
           relinquished
           their
           Own
           Interest
           ,
           and
           lodg'd
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Militia
           in
           the
           Committee
           for
           the
           
             Posture
             of
             Defence
          
           ,
           whereof
           the
           
             Major
             Part
          
           was
           wholly
           at
           the
           Devotion
           of
           Ven
           ,
           and
           his
           complices
           .
           At
           the
           next
           Common-Council
           ,
           upon
           reading
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           last
           meeting
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           
             Aldermen
             Protested
          
           against
           them
           ;
           as
           having
           no
           thought
           ,
           of
           either
           shuting
           out
           the
           Mayor
           ,
           or
           making
           the
           Committee
           so
           absolute
           as
           they
           found
           the
           two
           Houses
           had
           done
           .
           Whereupon
           it
           was
           mov'd
           that
           the
           Houses
           might
           be
           Petition'd
           to
           reverse
           the
           Order
           .
           But
           that
           being
           carryed
           in
           the
           
             Negative
             ,
             Ven
          
           produces
           another
           Order
           for
           the
           adding
           of
           Skippon
           to
           the
           Committee
           for
           the
           Militia
           ,
           which
           was
           carry'd
           without
           much
           Difficulty
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           Indignities
           cast
           upon
           the
           Mayor
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           
             City
             ,
             
          
           Petition'd
           the
           House
           apart
           from
           the
           Commons
           ,
           that
           the
           Mayor
           and
           Sheriffs
           might
           be
           nominated
           
             of
             the
             Committee
          
           ,
           but
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           For
           they
           knew
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Gourny
          
           was
           a
           person
           of
           two
           much
           Honour
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           to
           comply
           with
           their
           Designes
           .
           After
           this
           Repulse
           ,
           several
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           Citizens
           ,
           both
           for
           Worth
           and
           Estates
           ,
           Petition'd
           the
           
             Two
             Houses
          
           in
           
             their
             own
             Names
          
           for
           the
           Removall
           of
           That
           Scandal
           ,
           but
           there
           was
           no
           relief
           to
           be
           had
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           barbarously
           treated
           for
           their
           pains
           over
           and
           above
           .
           Sir
           
             George
             Benyon
          
           (
           to
           his
           Honour
           )
           as
           the
           framer
           and
           chief
           Promoter
           of
           that
           most
           reasonable
           Petition
           ,
           was
           fin'd
           3000l
           .
           
             Disfranchiz'd
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             never
             to
             bear
             Office
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             be
             Committed
             for
             two
             year
             to
          
           Colchester
           Goal
           ,
           
             and
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Term
             to
             give
             security
             for
             his
             good
             Behaviour
             .
             Methinks
             the
             bare
             Recital
             of
             This
             Inhumane
             Insolence
             should
             turn
             the
             Bloud
             of
             every
             honest
             Citizen
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Committee
           was
           now
           becom
           the
           masters
           of
           the
           Militia
           ;
           
           they
           remov'd
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Gourny
          
           ,
           and
           put
           Pennington
           into
           his
           place
           ;
           they
           make
           Ordinances
           to
           pass
           for
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           they
           persecute
           the
           
             Orthodox
             Clergy
             ,
             Oppress
          
           their
           
             Fellow
             Citizens
          
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           and
           where
           they
           have
           not
           Credit
           to
           borrow
           .
           they
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Power
           to
           
             Take
             away
          
           ,
           living
           upon
           the
           Spoil
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           the
           Laws
           either
           of
           God
           or
           Man.
           And
           to
           shew
           the
           world
           that
           as
           the
           Faction
           had
           subverted
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           so
           they
           intended
           to
           perpetuate
           the
           slavery
           :
           See
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   
                     Vicesimo
                     Octavo
                  
                   ,
                   Februarii
                   1648.
                   
                   An
                   Act
                   of
                   the
                   Commons
                   of
                   England
                   in
                   Parliament
                   Assembled
                   ,
                   For
                   Removing
                   Obstructions
                   in
                   the
                   Proceedings
                   of
                   the
                   Common-Council
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     THe
                     Commons
                     of
                  
                   England
                   ,
                   
                     in
                     Parliament
                     assembled
                     ,
                     do
                     Enact
                     ,
                     and
                     Ordain
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     it
                     Enacted
                     and
                     Ordained
                     by
                     the
                     Authority
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     that
                     in
                     all
                     times
                     to
                     come
                     ,
                     the
                  
                   Lord
                   Mayor
                   
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     City
                     of
                  
                   London
                   ,
                   
                     so
                     often
                     and
                     at
                     such
                     time
                     as
                     any
                     10.
                     or
                  
                   more
                   
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Common-Council-men
                   
                     do
                     by
                     Writing
                     under
                     their
                     hands
                     ,
                     request
                     or
                     desire
                     him
                     thereunto
                     ,
                     shall
                     summon
                     ,
                     assemble
                     ,
                     and
                     hold
                     a
                  
                   Common-Council
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     if
                     at
                     any
                     time
                     being
                     so
                     required
                     or
                     desired
                     he
                     shall
                     fail
                     therein
                     ,
                     then
                     the
                  
                   ten
                   persons
                   ,
                   or
                   more
                   
                     making
                     such
                     request
                     or
                     desire
                     ,
                     shall
                     have
                     Power
                     ,
                     and
                     are
                     hereby
                     Authorized
                     by
                     Writing
                     under
                     their
                     hand
                     ,
                     to
                     summon
                     or
                     cause
                     to
                     be
                     summoned
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     ,
                     the
                     Members
                     belonging
                     thereunto
                     ,
                     in
                     as
                     ample
                     manner
                     as
                     the
                  
                   Lord
                   Mayor
                   
                     himself
                     usually
                     hath
                     done
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     Members
                     appearing
                     upon
                     the
                     same
                     Summons
                     ,
                     being
                     of
                     the
                     Number
                     of
                     40.
                     or
                  
                   more
                   ,
                   
                     shall
                     become
                     a
                  
                   Common-Council
                   .
                   
                     And
                     that
                     each
                     Officer
                     whose
                     duty
                     it
                     shall
                     be
                     to
                     warn
                     in
                     ,
                     and
                     Summon
                     the
                     Members
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Councill
                     ,
                     shall
                     perform
                     the
                     same
                     from
                     time
                     to
                     time
                     upon
                     the
                     Warrant
                     or
                     Command
                     of
                  
                   ten
                   persons
                   or
                   more
                   
                     so
                     authorized
                     as
                     aforesaid
                     :
                     And
                     it
                     is
                     further
                     Enacted
                     and
                     Ordained
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     authority
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     that
                     in
                     every
                  
                   Common-Council
                   
                     hereafter
                     to
                     be
                     assembled
                     ,
                     the
                  
                   Lord
                   Mayor
                   
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     City
                     for
                     the
                     time
                     being
                     ,
                     or
                     in
                     his
                     absence
                     ,
                     such
                  
                   Locum
                   tenens
                   
                     as
                     he
                     shall
                     appoint
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     default
                     thereof
                     ,
                     the
                  
                   Eldest
                   Alderman
                   
                     present
                     if
                     any
                     be
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     want
                     of
                     such
                  
                   Alderman
                   
                     or
                     in
                     case
                     of
                     his
                     neglect
                     ,
                     or
                     refusal
                     therein
                     ,
                     then
                     any
                     other
                  
                   person
                   
                     Member
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     whom
                     the
                     Commons
                     present
                     in
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     shall
                     chuse
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     from
                     time
                     to
                     time
                  
                   President
                   or
                   Chairman
                   
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     ;
                     and
                     shall
                     cause
                     and
                     suffer
                     all
                     things
                     offered
                     to
                     or
                     proposed
                     in
                     
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     to
                     be
                     fairly
                     and
                     orderly
                     debated
                     ,
                     Put
                     to
                     the
                     Question
                     ,
                     Voted
                     ,
                     and
                     Determined
                     ,
                     in
                     and
                     by
                     the
                     same
                     Council
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                  
                   Major
                   part
                   
                     of
                     the
                     Members
                     present
                     in
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     shall
                     desire
                     or
                     think
                     ●it
                     ;
                     and
                     in
                     every
                     Vote
                     which
                     shall
                     pass
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     other
                     Proceedings
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     ,
                     neither
                     the
                  
                   Lord
                   Major
                   nor
                   Aldermen
                   ,
                   joynt
                   ,
                   or
                   Separate
                   ,
                   
                     shall
                     have
                     any
                  
                   negative
                   or
                   distinct
                   Voice
                   ,
                   or
                   Vote
                   ,
                   
                     otherwise
                     then
                     with
                     ,
                     and
                     among
                     ,
                     and
                     as
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     rest
                     of
                     the
                     Members
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     manner
                     as
                     the
                     other
                     Members
                     have
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     absence
                     and
                     withdrawing
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Lord
                   Major
                   ,
                   or
                   Aldermen
                   
                     from
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     ,
                     shall
                     not
                     stop
                     or
                     prejudice
                     the
                     proceedings
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     .
                     And
                     that
                     every
                  
                   Common-Council
                   
                     which
                     shall
                     be
                     held
                     in
                     the
                     City
                     of
                  
                   London
                   ,
                   
                     shall
                     sit
                     vnd
                     continue
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     the
                  
                   Major
                   part
                   
                     of
                     the
                     Council
                     shall
                     think
                     sit
                     ,
                     and
                     shall
                     not
                     be
                  
                   dissolved
                   ,
                   or
                   adjourned
                   
                     but
                     by
                     and
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Order
                     or
                     Consent
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Major
                   part
                   
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Council
                     :
                     And
                     that
                     all
                     the
                  
                   Votes
                   and
                   Acts
                   
                     of
                     the
                     said
                  
                   Common-Council
                   
                     which
                     was
                     held
                  
                   13
                   January
                   
                     last
                     ,
                     after
                     the
                     departure
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Lord
                   Mayor
                   
                     from
                     the
                     same
                     Council
                     ,
                     and
                     also
                     all
                     Votes
                     and
                     acts
                     of
                     every
                  
                   Common
                   Council
                   
                     hereafter
                     to
                     be
                     held
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     from
                     time
                     to
                     time
                     duly
                     registred
                     as
                     the
                     Votes
                     and
                     Acts
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     have
                     used
                     to
                     be
                     done
                     ,
                     in
                     time
                     past
                     .
                     And
                     be
                     it
                     further
                     E●cted
                     and
                     Ordained
                     by
                     the
                     Authority
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     that
                     every
                     Officer
                     which
                     shall
                     sit
                     in
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     from
                     time
                     to
                     time
                     chosen
                     by
                     the
                     said
                     Council
                     ,
                     and
                     shall
                     have
                     such
                     reasonable
                     allowance
                     ,
                     or
                     Salary
                     ,
                     for
                     his
                     pains
                     and
                     service
                     therein
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                     Council
                     shall
                     think
                     fit
                     :
                     And
                     that
                     every
                     such
                     Officer
                     shall
                     attend
                     the
                     said
                  
                   Common-Council
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     that
                     all
                  
                   Acts
                   and
                   Records
                   and
                   Register
                   Books
                   
                     belonging
                     to
                     the
                     said
                     City
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     extant
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     perused
                     ●od
                     ▪
                     searched
                     into
                     by
                     every
                     Citizen
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     City
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     presence
                     of
                     the
                     Officer
                     who
                     shall
                     have
                     the
                     Charge
                     of
                     keeping
                     thereof
                     ,
                     who
                     is
                     hereby
                     required
                     to
                     attend
                     for
                     the
                     same
                     purpose
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Hen.
                     Scobel
                     .
                     
                       Cler.
                       Parliament
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Take
           notice
           ,
           that
           the
           Vote
           of
           Common-Council
           in
           the
           Act
           above-recited
           ,
           of
           Jan.
           13.
           1648.
           when
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           went
           off
           ,
           and
           dismissed
           the
           Court
           ,
           was
           a
           
             Treasonous
             Vote
             ,
             for
             the
             speedy
             bringing
             of
             the
             King
             to
             Justice
             .
          
        
         
           You
           have
           here
           the
           State
           of
           the
           
             New-Model'd
             Government
          
           of
           
           the
           City
           (
           and
           effectually
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           )
           together
           with
           the
           Methods
           of
           Hypocrisy
           and
           State
           that
           brought
           us
           into
           that
           miserable
           Condition
           .
           And
           what
           were
           they
           but
           
             Canting
             Sermons
             ,
             Popular
             Petitions
             ,
             Tumults
             ,
             Associations
             ,
             Impostures
             ,
          
           and
           
             Disaffected
             Common-Councils
          
           ?
           We
           have
           likewise
           set
           forth
           how
           these
           Advantages
           were
           gain'd
           ,
           with
           their
           Natural
           Tendency
           to
           the
           Mischiefs
           they
           produc'd
           .
           And
           who
           were
           they
           that
           promoted
           and
           brought
           all
           these
           Calamities
           upon
           us
           ,
           but
           men
           of
           desperate
           
           Fortunes
           and
           
             Principles
             ,
             Male-contents
             ,
             broken
             Tradesmen
             ,
             Coblers
             ,
             Thimble-makers
             ,
             Dray-men
             ,
             Ostlers
             ,
          
           and
           a
           world
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           whose
           Names
           are
           every
           where
           up
           and
           down
           in
           the
           History
           of
           our
           late
           Consusions
           ;
           Men
           of
           Ambition
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           agreeing
           in
           nothing
           else
           but
           an
           United
           Disaffection
           both
           to
           Church
           and
           
             State.
             The
             contrivers
             of
             all
             these
             mischiefs
          
           (
           says
           his
           Late
           Majesty
           )
           
             know
             what
             overtures
             have
             been
             made
             by
             them
             ;
             and
          
           
           
             with
             what
             Importunity
             for
             Offices
             and
             Preferments
             ;
             what
             great
             Services
             should
             have
             been
             done
             for
             us
             ;
             and
             what
             other
             Undertakings
             were
             (
             even
             to
             have
             sav'd
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Strafford
           )
           
             if
             we
             would
             confer
             such
             Offices
             upon
             them
             .
          
           And
           
             Henry
             Martin
          
           very
           Honestly
           blurted
           it
           out
           ,
           
             Apox
             ▪
             ô
             your
             snivling
             for
             Religion
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             we
             fight
             for
             Liberty
          
           :
           And
           all
           their
           bawling
           to
           put
           other
           people
           out
           of
           Employment
           was
           only
           to
           get
           themselves
           In.
           Thus
           they
           went
           on
           till
           the
           Government
           was
           made
           a
           Prey
           to
           the
           Faction
           ;
           and
           the
           deluded
           Multitude
           too
           late
           made
           sensible
           of
           their
           Errours
           .
        
         
           Methinks
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           Experience
           ,
           
           should
           be
           both
           Wiser
           and
           Honester
           ,
           then
           by
           treading
           the
           same
           steps
           over
           again
           ,
           to
           re-engage
           themselves
           in
           the
           same
           Miseries
           and
           Crimes
           :
           Or
           if
           both
           Conscience
           and
           
             Common
             ▪
             Prudence
             ▪
          
           should
           have
           quite
           forsaken
           us
           ,
           the
           very
           shame
           ,
           methinks
           of
           being
           fool'd
           over
           again
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           should
           move
           us
           to
           bethink
           our selves
           .
           Or
           if
           that
           very
           shame
           were
           lost
           too
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           Base
           ,
           so
           Scandalous
           a
           Servitude
           ;
           we
           were
           Slaves
           to
           the
           Meanest
           of
           the
           Rabble
           :
           And
           our
           Masters
           were
           a
           greater
           Infamy
           to
           us
           then
           our
           Fetters
           ;
           the
           very
           Ignominy
           cannot
           but
           work
           an
           Indignation
           in
           any
           thing
           that
           wears
           the
           Soul
           of
           an
           Englishman
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Paper
           and
           occasion
           will
           not
           bear
           the
           tracing
           of
           their
           Ingratitudes
           and
           Tyrannies
           at
           length
           ;
           but
           in
           short
           ,
           how
           barbarously
           
           did
           they
           treat
           even
           their
           Idoliz'd
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           their
           Assembly
           ;
           nay
           their
           
             Covenanting
             Brethren
          
           the
           Scots
           ;
           when
           they
           follow'd
           them
           from
           Newark
           even
           to
           their
           Borders
           with
           a
           body
           of
           Horse
           at
           their
           Heels
           ?
           their
           Generall
           ,
           and
           the
           Army
           that
           set
           them
           up
           :
           in
           a
           most
           Eminent
           manner
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           though
           (
           as
           the
           Faction
           order'd
           it
           )
           the
           very
           Nurse
           and
           Supportesse
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           His
           
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           can
           never
           forget
           by
           what
           means
           his
           Blessed
           
           Father
           was
           Murther'd
           ;
           nor
           the
           Bishops
           forget
           the
           abuse
           and
           Profanation
           of
           the
           Pulpits
           even
           to
           the
           Extirpating
           of
           the
           Holy
           Order
           ;
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           can
           never
           forget
           the
           Illusions
           that
           were
           put
           upon
           them
           under
           the
           Appearancee
           of
           Religion
           and
           Duty
           ,
           by
           men
           that
           were
           void
           of
           both
           ;
           neither
           certainly
           can
           the
           
             Common
             people
          
           forget
           how
           they
           were
           conjur'd
           into
           a
           Circle
           by
           
             Sermons
             ,
             Petitions
          
           ,
           and
           Covenants
           ;
           whence
           there
           was
           no
           getting
           out
           again
           .
        
         
           We
           'l
           see
           a
           little
           of
           their
           Ingratitude
           now
           to
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           and
           whether
           They
           far'd
           any
           better
           then
           other
           people
           .
           First
           
           they
           stript
           them
           of
           the
           Militia
           ;
           then
           of
           their
           Charter
           and
           Priviliges
           ;
           they
           turn'd
           their
           Government
           
             Topsy
             Turvy
             :
             Tax'd
             ,
             Disarm'd
             ,
             Imprison'd
             ,
          
           and
           Plunder'd
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           took
           down
           their
           Chaines
           ,
           and
           
             Posts
             ,
             Quarter'd
             Souldiers
          
           upon
           them
           ,
           Garrison'd
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           places
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           the
           Army
           Marching
           in
           Triumph
           through
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           aggravation
           of
           their
           Slavery
           ;
           they
           degraded
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
             Reynoldson
             ,
             Fin'd
          
           him
           2000l
           .
           and
           Committed
           him
           to
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
             April
          
           21.
           48.
           for
           refusing
           to
           publish
           the
           Proclamation
           for
           Abolishing
           the
           
             Kingly
             Office
          
           :
           They
           threatned
           to
           
             set
             fire
             to
             the
             City
          
           ,
           and
           lay
           it
           in
           the
           Dust
           ,
           telling
           the
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             Aug.
             1647.
             that
             they
             were
             unable
             to
             defend
             either
             the
             Parliament
             or
             themselves
             ;
             and
             demanding
             to
             have
             the
             City
             deliver'd
             into
             their
             hands
             ;
             which
             was
             submitted
             to
             ,
             upon
             Conditions
             ,
             of
             relinquishing
             the
          
           Militia
           ,
           and
           11.
           
           Members
           ,
           
             delivering
             up
             the
          
           Forts
           ,
           and
           Tower
           of
           London
           ,
           
             and
             all
          
           Magazins
           ,
           and
           Arms
           
             therein
             ,
             to
             the
             Army
          
           ,
           disbanding
           
             their
             Forces
             ,
             turning
             out
             all
          
           Reformades
           ,
           
             and
             drawing
             off
             their
          
           Guards
           
             from
             the
          
           Parliament
           .
           In
           
             Walkers
             Hist.
          
           of
           Independency
           ,
           these
           Particulars
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           at
           large
           .
           
        
         
           It
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           what
           other
           means
           soever
           were
           occasionally
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           the
           Plot
           was
           still
           driven
           on
           ,
           from
           First
           to
           
           Last
           ,
           mainly
           by
           PETITIONS
           ,
           but
           none
           were
           admitted
           on
           the
           Other
           side
           :
           For
           so
           soon
           as
           ever
           any
           Petition
           appear'd
           that
           crost
           the
           Factions
           ●nterest
           ;
           (
           as
           in
           several
           Cases
           from
           the
           Agitators
           or
           the
           City
           of
           London
           )
           there
           was
           presently
           
             a
             strict
             enquiry
             after
             the
             Authours
             and
             Abettors
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Design
             immediately
             crusht
             .
          
           They
           should
           have
           taken
           in
           the
           SUBSCRIBERS
           too
           ,
           and
           Issu'd
           out
           a
           
             Commission
             of
             Enquiry
          
           ,
           whether
           all
           the
           Marks
           ,
           and
           Subscriptions
           ,
           produced
           in
           the
           Names
           of
           
             so
             many
          
           
           
             thousand
             Petitioners
          
           ,
           were
           really
           the
           Acts
           ,
           and
           Attestations
           of
           the
           
             Persons
             so
             Named
          
           ,
           and
           what
           Arts
           and
           Menaces
           were
           made
           use
           of
           for
           their
           procurement
           .
           No
           unnecessary
           caution
           ,
           even
           in
           our
           present
           Case
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           the
           Sober
           ,
           and
           
             well-meaning
             Subscribers
          
           ,
           from
           the
           Fierce
           and
           
             Bloody
             Fifth-Monarchy
             men
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Sects
           that
           hold
           affinity
           with
           them
           ;
           It
           being
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           a
           Mark
           is
           set
           upon
           the
           Refusers
           by
           those
           Factions
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           violent
           sticklers
           in
           this
           proceeding
           ,
           which
           carries
           the
           face
           rather
           of
           an
           
             Intended
             Massacre
          
           ,
           then
           a
           Petition
           .
           This
           will
           seem
           no
           uncharitable
           Construction
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           what
           a
           Noble
           Lord
           said
           in
           the
           House
           of
           
             Peers
             ,
             Dec.
          
           19.
           42.
           
           
           
             They
             chearfully
             undertook
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             to
             serve
             against
             that
             Army
             wherein
             they
             knew
             their
             Own
             Fathers
             were
             ;
             and
             on
             my
             Conscience
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             I
             speak
             it
             to
             their
             Honour
             had
             they
             met
             them
             ▪
             alone
             〈◊〉
             would
             have
             sacrific'd
             them
             to
             the
             Commands
             of
             both
             Houses
             .
          
           And
           now
           you
           shall
           see
           their
           Piety
           expounded
           in
           another
           part
           of
           the
           same
           Speech
           .
           They
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             who
             think
             that
             Human
             Laws
             can
             bind
             the
          
           
           
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             will
             examine
             the
             Oaths
             they
             have
             taken
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Interpretations
             of
          
           Men
           ,
           
             will
             in
             time
             fall
             from
             us
             :
             but
             such
             who
          
           Religiously
           
             consider
             that
             such
          
           Moral
           Preceps
           
             are
             fi●ter
             for
          
           Heathens
           ,
           
             then
             for
          
           Christians
           ;
           
             will
             not
             feint
             in
             their
             Duty
             .
          
        
         
           To
           bring
           this
           Pamphlet
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           we
           shall
           only
           say
           this
           further
           in
           justification
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           written
           with
           a
           very
           
             Honest
             Intention
          
           ;
           that
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           is
           partly
           upon
           
             Certain
             Knowledg
          
           ,
           and
           partly
           upon
           the
           credit
           of
           very
           
             Warrantable
             Papers
          
           .
           The
           principal
           Scope
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           Mistery
           and
           Method
           of
           the
           
             Late
             Rebellion
          
           ;
           and
           so
           to
           expose
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           
             same
             Project
          
           ,
           and
           Model
           may
           not
           be
           made
           use
           of
           for
           Another
           .
        
         
           The
           End.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 THe
                 Liberties
                 of
                 Press
                 and
                 Pulpit
                 .
              
               
                 Pag.
                 5
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Deduction
                 of
                 the
                 Late
                 Troubles
                 .
              
               
                 P.
                 12
              
            
             
               
                 Of
                 Popular
                 Petitions
                 .
              
               
                 P.
                 18
              
            
             
               
                 Of
                 Tumults
                 .
              
               
                 P.
                 22
              
            
             
               
                 Of
                 Popular
                 Oaths
                 and
                 Associations
                 .
              
               
                 P.
                 23
              
            
             
               
                 Of
                 Plots
                 ,
                 and
                 Impostures
                 .
              
               
                 P.
                 26
              
            
             
               
                 How
                 the
                 Faction
                 gain'd
                 the
                 Common-Council
                 .
              
               
                 P.
                 28
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           PAge
           15.
           line
           11.
           after
           Covenants
           ,
           reade
           ,
           
             Associations
             for
             the
          
           Factious
           ,
           and
           in
           〈◊〉
           ,
           the
           Party
           .
           Ibid.
           l.
           29.
           for
           Government
           ,
           r.
           Governour
           .
           p.
           21.
           l.
           16.
           for
           
             be
             kept
          
           ,
           r.
           keep
           .
           p.
           22.
           l.
           16.
           for
           
             Garnets
             ,
             Garrets
          
           .
           p.
           27.
           l.
           31.
           for
           Absession
           ,
           r.
           Obsession
           .
        
         
           Beside
           other
           Literal
           Faults
           Escaped
           in
           haste
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A47914-e110
           
             The
             Schism
             led
             the
             way
             to
             the
             Sedition
             .
          
           
             Emissaries
             in
             Corporations
             
          
           
             Seminaries
             of
             Novices
             .
          
           
             Their
             Agents
             were
             upon
             〈◊〉
             their
             behaviour
             .
          
           
             Their
             Lecturers
             are
             supply'd
             by
             our
             Conventicles
             .
          
           
             The
             People
             were
             poyson'd
             from
             the
             Pulpit
             .
          
           
             The
             boast
             of
             their
             Num
             bers
             .
          
           
             They
             grow
             upon
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             They
             squar
             their
             Consciences
             to
             their
             Interests
             .
          
           
             Burton
             on
             Psal.
             53.
             7.
             8.
             
             Jun.
             20.
             1641
             
          
           
             Pa.
             21.
             
             Case
             on
             Ezra
             10.
             2
             ,
             3.
             pa.
             33.
             
          
           
             Case
             on
             Isa.
             43.
             4.
             pa.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ward
             on
             Deut
             33.
             16.
             pa.
             18.
             
          
           
             Dispu
             .
             against
             English
             Popish
             Ceremonies
             ,
             pa.
             11
             
          
           
             Smectymnu●
             pa.
             58.
             
          
           
             
             Marshall
             ●efore
             the
             Commons
             ,
             Jun.
             15.
             43.
             pag.
             25.
             
          
           
             Case
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             1643.
             pa.
             47
             ,
          
           
             Marsha●
             Penegyrique
             1643.
             pa
             21
             
          
           
             Woodcock
             on
             Gen
             4.
             23.
             pa.
             1●
             .
          
           
             Fair●loth
             ,
             on
             Josh.
             7.
             25.
             pa.
             28
             
          
           
             Case
             on
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             4.
             pa.
             18.
             
          
           
             Cala●
             Sermon
             ,
             Dec.
             25.
             44.
             pa.
             8.
             
          
           
             Case
             on
             the
             Covenant
             1643.
             p.
             65.
             
          
           
             Caryl●
             Sermon
             at
             the
             taking
             the
             Covenant
             Oct.
             6.
             43.
             
          
           
             B●idges
             on
             Revelations
             4
             8.
             
          
           
             Fair
             ●loth
             on
             I●sh
             7.
             25.
             
             Pag.
             29.
             
          
           
             Marshalls
             Sermon
             ;
             June
             ,
             15.
             43.
             
             Pag.
             15
             
          
           
             Cal
             '
             
               s
               Speech
               at
            
             Guild-hall
             .
             Oct.
             6.
             43.
             
          
           
             Herle
             Jan
             ,
             15.
             on
             Psa.
             95
             1.
             
          
           
             Herle
             on
             Gen.
             22.
             5.
             pa.
             23.
             
          
           
             Faircloth
             on
             Josh.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             Case
             on
             D●
             .
             11.
             32
             ,
             44.
             
          
           
             
               Cal's
               Theses
            
             pa.
             29.
             
             Case
             on
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             43.
             
             
             Herle
             ●efore
             the
             Commons
             44.
             
          
           
             Ca●'s
             Theses
             
               in
               a
               Sermon
            
             Dec.
             25.
             44.
             
          
           
             
             Jenkins's
             Petition
             .
          
           
             Herles
             Sermon
             before
             the
             Commons
             ,
             1644.
             
          
           
             Paxters
             Holy
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
             Herle
             before
             the
             Commons
             Nov.
             5.
             44
             
          
           
             Strickland's
             Thanksgiving
             Sermon
             ,
             Nov.
             5.
             44.
             
          
           
             Cockayns
             Sermon
             before
             the
             Commons
             Nov.
             29.
             48.
             
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Murther
             Encouraged
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             before
             the
             Commons
             D●c
             .
             26.
             48
             
          
           
             
               Jenkins
               '
            
             Sermon
             ●efore
             the
             Commons
             Sept.
             24
             56.
             pa.
             23.
             
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Murther
             Justified
             .
          
           
             Baxters
             Holy
             Common-wea●th
             ,
             486.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Baxters
               ▪
            
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             Theses
             1●7
             .
             ●81
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             The
             〈◊〉
             naticks
             did
             the
             Faction
             many
             good
             Offices
             
          
           
             The
             Pulpits
             only
             sp●ke
             as
             the
             Caball
             dictated
             .
          
           
             Their
             agreement
             in
             Method
             and
             d●signe
             .
          
           
             A
             deduction
             of
             our
             Late
             Troubles
             .
          
           
             Exact
             Collection
             pag.
             4.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             16.
             
          
           
             Exact
             Collections
             .
          
           
             Six
             Treasonous
             and
             Seditious
             Po●ions
             .
             Pag
             297
             ,
             298.
             
          
           
             Baits
             for
             all
             Parties
             .
          
           
             The
             Legal
             Government
             of
             the
             City
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             The
             Charter
             of
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             and
             Aldermen
             
          
           
             In
             what
             manner
             the
             People
             were
             wrought
             upon
             .
          
           
             The
             Artifice
             of
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             EIK.
             BA
             .
          
           
             Many
             Petition
             for
             they
             know
             not
             what
             ▪
             
          
           
             The
             manner
             of
             Promoting
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             Ex.
             Coll.
             536.
             
             Fobb'd
             Petitions
             impos'd
             upon
             the
             Nation
             by
             the
             Faction
             .
          
           
             The
             intent
             of
             Popular
             Petitions
             is
             to
             be
             Consider'd
             .
          
           
             Consederate
             Petitions
             are
             but
             the
             Pro
             logue
             to
             Confederate
             Practises
             .
          
           
             Never
             satisfy'd
             .
          
           
             Ex.
             Coll.
             〈◊〉
             .
             548.
             
          
           
             The
             Effect
             of
             Popular
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             Upon
             what
             Terms
             they
             may
             be
             allow'd
             .
          
           
             Let
             every
             man
             keep
             to
             his
             own
             post
             .
          
           
             A
             Naturall
             Transi●ion
             from
             a
             
               Popu
               lar
               Petition
            
             to
             a
             Tumult
             .
             EIK.
             BA
             .
             upon
             tumults
             .
          
           
             E●
             .
             C●ll
             .
             532.
             
          
           
             The
             Insolences
             of
             the
             Rabb●e
             upon
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             533
             
          
           
             Upon
             ●e
             City
             .
          
           
             And
             upon
             the
             ●ing
             himse●f
             
          
           
             Pag.
             538.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             Tumu●s
             punished
             by
             tumults
             .
          
           
             EIK.
             BA
             .
             Upon
             the
             Distraction
             of
             the
             Parliament
             Army
             ,
             and
             City
             .
          
           
             Of
             ●aths
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             and
             Associations
             .
          
           
             The
             Leagues
             of
             Subjects
             among
             themselves
             are
             Conspiracies
             .
          
           
             The
             delusions
             of
             1641.
             
          
           
             The
             Protestation
             .
          
           
             The
             Juggle
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             The
             Protestation
             an
             Oath
             of
             Policy
             not
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             EIK.
             BA
             .
          
           
             Imposture
             ;
             upon
             the
             Peop●e
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Alarm
             
          
           
             The
             good
             women
             could
             not
             s●p
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             T●
             guns
             ▪
             
          
           
             A
             Tumu●
             f●r
             fear
             of
             a
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Pyms
             Plague
             plaister
             .
          
           
             A
             Taylor
             discovers
             a
             Plot
             against
             my
             Lord
             S●y
             .
          
           
             The
             people
             Impos'd
             upon
             by
             ridiculous
             Stories
             and
             Impostures
             .
          
           
             No
             foresight
             wanting
             in
             the
             Faction
             .
          
           
             The
             Faction
             could
             do
             nothing
             without
             the
             City
             .
          
           
             The
             Practices
             of
             the
             Faction
             upon
             the
             Common-Council
             .
          
           
             The
             Common
             Council
             impos'd
             upon
             by
             the
             Faction
             beyond
             president
             .
          
           
             Ex.
             Col.
             44.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             Col.
             45.
             
          
           
             The
             King
             goes
             to
             the
             Common-Council
             ,
          
           
             The
             Commons
             adjourn
             ,
             and
             remove
             into
             the
             City
             .
          
           
             The
             Committees
             Vote
             at
             Grocers-Hall
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             withdraws
             from
             London
             .
          
           
             They
             settle
             the
             Militia
             .
          
           
             And
             strip
             the
             Mayor
             of
             his
             priviledges
             .
          
           
             The
             Fiction
             Masters
             of
             the
             City
             .
          
           
             The
             Commons
             Pe●on
             about
             the
             Mi●tia
             .
             
               Ex
               Col.
            
             61.
             
          
           
             A
             Trick
             put
             upon
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             &
             Aldermen
             .
          
           
             The
             Government
             of
             the
             City
             aff●onted
             .
          
           
             The
             Tyranny
             of
             this
             Committee
             .
          
           
             How
             we
             were
             destroved
             ,
             and
             
          
           
             By
             whom
             .
          
           
             Ex.
             Col.
             534.
             
          
           
             We
             must
             be
             mad
             to
             engage
             in
             New
             Troubles
             ▪
             
          
           
             The
             Factions
             Ingratitude
             .
          
           
             The
             Methods
             of
             our
             Late
             Troubles
             fresh
             in
             our
             Memories
             .
          
           
             Ungrateful
             to
             the
             City
             .
          
           
             The
             Plot
             driven
             on
             Principally
             by
             Petitions
             .
          
           
             A
             way
             to
             discover
             Counterfeits
             .
          
           
             Dutyful
             Children
             .
          
           
             A
             Dispensation
             for
             perjury