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             Concordia discors, or, The dissonant harmony of sacred publique oathes, protestations, leagues, covenants, ingagements, lately taken by many time-serving saints, officers, without scruple of conscience ... by William Prynne, Esq. ...
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             CONCORDIA
             DISCORS
             ,
          
           OR
           THE
           DISSONANT
           HARMONY
           OF
           Sacred
           PUBLIqUE
           OATHES
           ,
           PROTESTATIONS
           ,
           LEAGUES
           ,
           COVENANTS
           ,
           INGAGEMENTS
           ,
           lately
           taken
           by
           many
           TIME-SERVING
           SAINTS
           ,
           Officers
           ,
           without
           scruple
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           making
           a
           very
           
             unpleasant
             Consort
          
           in
           the
           
             Ears
          
           of
           our
           most
           faithfull
           
             Oath-performing
             ,
             Covenant-keeping
             God
             ,
          
           and
           all
           
             Loyal
             consciencious
             Subjects
             ;
          
           sufficient
           to
           create
           a
           
             dolefull
          
           HELL
           ,
           and
           
             tormenting
             Horror
          
           in
           the
           
             awakned
             Consciences
          
           of
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           
             taken
             ,
          
           and
           violated
           them
           too
           ,
           successively
           ,
           without
           any
           
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             Men
             ,
             Devils
             ,
             or
             Hell
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             PRYNNE
          
           
             Esq
          
           a
           Bencher
           of
           
             Lincolns-Inne
             .
          
        
         
           Numb.
           30.
           2.
           
        
         
           If
           a
           man
           vow
           a
           Vow
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           or
           swear
           an
           Oath
           to
           bind
           his
           Soul
           with
           a
           Bond
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           break
           his
           word
           ,
           he
           shall
           do
           according
           to
           all
           that
           proceedeth
           out
           of
           his
           Mouth
           .
        
         
           Gal.
           3.
           15.
           
        
         
           Brethren
           I
           speak
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           a
           mans
           Covenant
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           be
           confirmed
           ,
           no
           man
           disannulleth
           or
           addeth
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Jer.
           23.
           10.
           
        
         
           Because
           of
           Swearing
           the
           Land
           mourneth
           ,
           the
           pleasant
           places
           of
           the
           wilderness
           are
           dryed
           up
           ,
           their
           course
           is
           evil
           ,
           and
           their
           force
           is
           not
           right
           .
        
         
           Augustin
           de
           verbis
           Apostoli
           Sermo
           30.
           
        
         
           Falsa
           Juratio
           exitiosa
           est
           ,
           vera
           juratio
           periculosa
           est
           ,
           nulla
           iuratio
           secura
           est
           .
           Tantum
           mali
           habet
           juratio
           ,
           ut
           qui
           lapides
           colunt
           timeant
           falsum
           jurare
           per
           lapides
           :
           Tu
           non
           times
           Deum
           praesentem
           ,
           Deum
           viventem
           ,
           Deum
           s●ientem
           ,
           Deum
           moven●em
           ,
           Deum
           in
           contemptores
           vindicantem
           ?
           Vis
           ergò
           longè
           esse
           a
           perjurio
           ?
           Jurare
           noli
           .
        
         
           Chrys.
           Hom.
           12.
           in
           Mat.
           5.
           
        
         
           Nisi
           juramentū
           interdicatur
           ,
           non
           possunt
           amputari
           perjuria
           ,
           Nemo
           est
           enim
           qui
           frequenter
           jurat
           ,
           &
           non
           aliquando
           perjuret
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Edward
             Thomas
          
           at
           the
           
             Adam
          
           and
           
             Eve
          
           in
           Little
           Britain
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           dissonant
           Harmony
           or
           sacred
           publick
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Leagues
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Engagements
           ,
           lately
           taken
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           MAny
           are
           the
           publick
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Leagues
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           which
           all
           English
           Subjects
           (
           especially
           Judges
           ,
           Justices
           ,
           Sheriffs
           ,
           Maiors
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           Graduates
           ,
           Members
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           and
           all
           publick
           Officers
           whatsoever
           )
           by
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Land
           have
           formerly
           taken
           to
           their
           lawfull
           
             Hereditary
             Kings
             ,
          
           
             a
          
           
             their
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
          
           to
           bind
           their
           
             Souls
             ,
          
           Consciences
           ,
           to
           bear
           constant
           Faith
           ,
           Allegiance
           ,
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           dutifull
           subjection
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           defend
           their
           Persons
           ,
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           just
           Royal
           Prerogatives
           ,
           with
           their
           Lives
           ,
           Members
           ,
           Fortunes
           ,
           against
           all
           Attempts
           ,
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           Innovations
           whatsoever
           .
           Which
           being
           almost
           quite
           forgotten
           by
           those
           who
           have
           formerly
           taken
           ,
           and
           as
           frequently
           violated
           them
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           if
           not
           abjured
           them
           by
           contrary
           late
           
             Oaths
          
           and
           
             Ingagements
             ;
          
           I
           shall
           present
           them
           in
           order
           to
           their
           own
           and
           others
           view
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           conscienciously
           review
           ,
           consider
           them
           afresh
           ,
           and
           bewayle
           their
           perjurious
           atheistical
           violations
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           prevent
           those
           temporal
           and
           eternal
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           may
           and
           will
           most
           certainly
           fall
           upon
           them
           ,
           &
           our
           Nation
           too
           for
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           the
           antient
           
             Oath
             of
             Fealty
             ,
             a
          
           which
           every
           
             Person
          
           above
           14.
           
             years
          
           old
           ,
           and
           every
           
             Tithingman
          
           was
           obliged
           to
           take
           publickly
           at
           the
           
             Court
             Leet
          
           within
           which
           he
           lived
           ;
           and
           was
           antiently
           taken
           afresh
           every
           year
           by
           all
           
           the
           Subjects
           under
           
             Edward
             the
             Confessor
             ,
          
           and
           
             William
             the
             first
             ,
          
           in
           substance
           at
           least
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           precise
           words
           .
        
         
           I
           A.
           B.
           
             do
             swear
             ,
             that
             from
             this
             day
             forwards
             ,
             I
             will
             
               be
               faithfull
               and
               loyal
               to
               our
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               his
               Heirs
               ,
            
          
           and
           will
           bear
           
             *
          
           Faith
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           of
           life
           and
           of
           Member
           ,
           and
           of
           terrene
           honour
           
             against
             all
             people
          
           which
           may
           live
           and
           die
           ;
           And
           that
           I
           shall
           neither
           know
           nor
           hear
           of
           any
           thing
           which
           may
           tend
           to
           their
           hurt
           or
           dammage
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           withstand
           to
           my
           power
           .
           
             So
             God
             me
             help
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           second
           is
           the
           antient
           usual
           
             b
          
           
             Oath
             of
             the
             Maiors
             of
          
           LONDON
           ,
           
             and
             other
             Cities
             and
             Townes
          
           throughout
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             Bayliffs
          
           or
           other
           Chief
           
             Officers
          
           where
           there
           were
           no
           Maiors
           .
        
         
           
             You
             shall
             swear
             ,
             That
             you
             shall
             well
             and
             loyally
             serve
             the
             KING
             in
             the
             Office
             of
             Maior
             in
             the
             City
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             and
             the
             same
             City
             shall
             keep
             
               surely
               and
               safely
               to
               the
               use
               of
               our
               Lord
               the
               KING
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               HEIRS
               Kings
               of
               England
               ;
            
             and
             that
             the
             profit
             of
             the
             KING
             you
             shall
             advance
             in
             all
             things
             which
             belong
             to
             you
             to
             do
             ;
             
               And
               shall
               loyally
               preserve
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               whatsoever
               belongeth
               to
               the
               Crown
            
             in
             the
             said
             City
             ;
             
               and
               you
               shall
               not
               assent
               to
               the
               Distresse
               ,
               nor
               to
               the
               concealment
               of
               the
               Rights
               ,
               nor
               of
               the
               Franchises
               of
               the
               KING
               .
            
             And
             where
             you
             shall
             know
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             KING
             of
             his
             CROWN
             ,
             (
             be
             it
             in
             Lands
             ,
             in
             Rents
             ,
             or
             in
             Franchises
             ,
             or
             in
             Sutes
             )
             to
             be
             concealed
             or
             
               substracted
               ,
            
             you
             shall
             do
             your
             best
             endeavour
             to
             regain
             the
             same
             ;
             And
             that
             if
             you
             cannot
             do
             it
             ,
             you
             shall
             tell
             it
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             to
             those
             of
             his
             Counsel
             ,
             of
             whom
             you
             are
             certain
             they
             will
             inform
             the
             KING
             thereof
             :
             And
             that
             lawfully
             and
             rightfully
             you
             shall
             treat
             the
             People
             of
             your
             Bailywick
             ,
             and
             do
             right
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             Strangers
             as
             to
             Prives
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             the
             Poor
             as
             to
             the
             Rich
             ,
             in
             that
             which
             appertains
             to
             you
             to
             do
             :
             and
             that
             neither
             for
             Honour
             ,
             nor
             for
             Riches
             ,
             nor
             for
             Gift
             ,
             nor
             for
             Promise
             ,
             nor
             for
             favour
             ,
             nor
             
             for
             hatred
             ,
             you
             shall
             not
             do
             wrong
             to
             any
             one
             :
             that
             you
             shall
             disturb
             no
             mans
             Right
             ,
             nor
             shall
             you
             take
             any
             thing
             by
             which
             the
             KING
             may
             suffer
             losse
             ,
             or
             any
             Right
             shall
             be
             disturbed
             ;
             And
             that
             in
             all
             things
             which
             appertain
             to
             the
             Maior
             of
             the
             said
             City
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             you
             shall
             well
             and
             lawfully
             demean
             your self
             .
             So
             God
             you
             help
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           The
           like
           
             c
          
           
             Oaths
          
           in
           substance
           were
           taken
           by
           all
           
             Privy
             Counsellors
             of
             State
             ,
             Sheriffs
             of
             Counties
             ,
             Recorders
             of
             Towns
             ,
             Escheators
             ,
             Constables
             ,
          
           and
           other
           publick
           Officers
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           by
           most
           Freemen
           of
           Corporations
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           
             King
             and
             his
             Heirs
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           is
           the
           
             d
          
           
             Oath
             of
             all
             the
             Judges
             ,
             Barons
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           and
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           prescribed
           by
           several
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           thus
           formed
           ,
        
         
           Ye
           shall
           swear
           ,
           That
           well
           and
           lawfully
           ye
           shall
           serve
           our
           Soveraign
           
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           his
           People
           in
           the
           Office
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           that
           lawfully
           ye
           shall
           counsell
           
             the
             King
          
           in
           his
           Business
           ,
           and
           
             that
             ye
             shall
             not
             counsel
             nor
             assent
             to
             any
             thing
             which
             may
             turn
             him
             to
             dammage
             or
             disherison
             by
             any
             manner
             ,
             way
             or
             colour
             ;
             and
             that
             ye
             shall
             not
             know
             the
             dammage
             or
             disherison
             of
             him
             ,
             whereof
             ye
             shall
             not
             do
             him
             to
             be
             warned
             by
             your self
             ,
             or
             by
             other
             :
          
           and
           that
           ye
           shall
           do
           even
           Law
           and
           Execution
           of
           Right
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           Rich
           and
           Poor
           ,
           without
           having
           regard
           to
           any
           Person
           .
           And
           that
           you
           take
           not
           by
           your self
           or
           by
           other
           ,
           privilie
           or
           apertly
           ,
           Gift
           or
           Reward
           of
           Gold
           or
           Silver
           ,
           nor
           of
           any
           other
           thing
           which
           may
           turn
           to
           your
           profit
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           meat
           or
           drink
           ,
           and
           of
           small
           value
           ,
           of
           any
           man
           that
           shall
           have
           any
           Plea
           or
           Process
           hanging
           before
           you
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           same
           Process
           shall
           be
           so
           hanging
           ,
           nor
           after
           the
           same
           cause
           .
           And
           that
           ye
           take
           no
           fee
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           ye
           shall
           be
           Justice
           ,
           nor
           Robes
           of
           any
           man
           great
           or
           small
           ,
           
             but
             of
             the
             King
             himself
             .
             And
             that
             you
             give
             none
             advice
             or
             counsell
             to
             no
             man
             great
             or
             small
             in
             no
             case
             where
             the
             King
             is
             party
             .
          
           And
           in
           case
           that
           any
           ,
           of
           what
           estate
           or
           condition
           they
           be
           ,
           come
           before
           you
           in
           your
           Sessions
           ,
           with
           force
           and
           arms
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           against
           the
           Peace
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           forme
           of
           the
           Statute
           thereof
           made
           ,
           to
           disturbe
           
           execution
           of
           the
           Common-law
           or
           to
           menace
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           pursue
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           ye
           do
           their
           bodies
           to
           be
           arrested
           and
           put
           in
           prison
           .
           And
           in
           case
           they
           be
           such
           ,
           that
           ye
           may
           not
           arrest
           them
           ,
           that
           ye
           certifie
           the
           King
           of
           their
           names
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           misprision
           hastily
           ,
           so
           that
           thereof
           he
           may
           ordain
           a
           co●●venable
           remedy
           .
           And
           that
           ye
           by
           your self
           ,
           nor
           by
           other
           privily
           nor
           apertly
           ,
           maintain
           any
           plea
           or
           quarrel
           hanging
           in
           the
           
             Kings
             Court
             ,
          
           or
           elsewhere
           in
           the
           Country
           .
           And
           that
           ye
           deny
           to
           no
           man
           common
           right
           
             by
             the
             Kings
             Letters
             ,
          
           nor
           none
           other
           mans
           ,
           nor
           for
           none
           other
           cause
           :
           and
           in
           case
           any
           letters
           come
           to
           you
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           ye
           do
           nothing
           by
           such
           Letters
           ,
           but
           certifie
           the
           
             King
             thereof
             ,
          
           and
           go
           forth
           to
           do
           the
           Law
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           same
           Letters
           .
           
             And
             that
             ye
             shall
             do
             and
             procure
             the
             profit
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             with
             all
             things
             where
             ye
             may
             reasonably
             do
             the
             same
             .
          
           And
           in
           case
           ye
           be
           from
           henceforth
           found
           in
           default
           in
           any
           of
           the
           points
           aforesaid
           ,
           
             ye
             shall
             be
             at
             the
             Kings
             Will
             ,
             of
             Body
             ,
             Lands
             and
             Goods
             ,
             thereof
             to
             be
             done
             as
             shall
             please
             him
             ,
          
           as
           God
           you
           help
           and
           all
           Saints
           ,
           
             Anno
          
           18
           E.
           3.
           
             Stat.
          
           4.
           
        
         
           The
           next
           
             Oath
          
           is
           that
           of
           
             Supremacy
             ,
          
           made
           and
           prescribed
           to
           be
           taken
           by
           all
           
             Judges
             ,
             Justices
             ,
          
           Sheriffs
           ,
           Maiors
           ,
           Recorders
           ,
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Officers
           ,
           Barresters
           ,
           Benchers
           ,
           Graduates
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           Attornies
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           all
           Members
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           before
           they
           ought
           to
           fit
           or
           vote
           therein
           ,
           by
           the
           Statutes
           of
           1
           
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1.
             5
             Eliz.
             cap.
             1.
             17
             
             Car.
             cap.
          
           7.
           
        
         
           
             I
          
           A.
           B.
           
             do
             utterly
             testifie
             and
             declare
             in
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Kings
               Highness
               is
               the
               only
               Supream
               Governor
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               other
               his
               Highness
               Dominions
               and
               Countries
               ,
            
          
           as
           well
           in
           all
           Spiritual
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           things
           or
           causes
           ,
           
             as
             Temporal
             :
          
           and
           that
           no
           forein
           Prince
           ,
           Person
           ,
           Prelate
           ,
           State
           or
           Potentate
           hath
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           have
           any
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Superiority
           ,
           Preheminence
           or
           Authority
           ,
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Spiritual
           within
           this
           Realm
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           do
           utterly
           renounce
           all
           forein
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           Superiorities
           ,
           and
           Authorities
           ;
           and
           do
           promise
           
             that
             from
             henceforth
             I
             shall
             bear
             Faith
             and
             true
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             Kings
             Highness
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             lawfull
             Successors
             ,
             and
             to
             my
             Power
             
             shall
             assist
             and
             defend
             ,
             all
             Iurisdictions
             ,
             Privileges
             ,
             Preheminences
             and
             Authorities
             granted
             or
             belonging
             to
             the
             Kings
             Highness
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             or
             united
             and
             annexed
             to
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             of
             this
             Realm
             .
          
           So
           help
           me
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Contents
           of
           this
           Book
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             The
             5th
             .
             (
             Oath
             of
             equal
             Latitude
             and
             Extent
             ,
             as
             the
             former
             of
             Supremacy
             )
             is
             that
             of
          
           Allegiance
           ,
           
             prescribed
             by
             the
             Statutes
             of
          
           3
           Jacobi
           ,
           cap.
           4.
           7
           
           Jac.
           c.
           6.
           17
           
           Car.
           c.
           7
           tending
           only
           to
           the
           Declaration
           of
           such
           Duty
           as
           every
           true
           and
           well-affected
           Subject
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           Bond
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           but
           also
           
             by
             the
             Commandement
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ought
             to
             bear
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ;
          
           which
           Oath
           such
           as
           are
           infected
           
             with
             Popish
             Superstition
          
           do
           oppugn
           with
           many
           false
           and
           unsound
           Arguments
           ,
           the
           just
           defence
           whereof
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           
             (
             King
             James
             )
          
           hath
           heretofore
           undertaken
           &
           worthily
           performed
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           contentment
           ,
           of
           all
           his
           loving
           Subjects
           notwithstanding
           the
           gainsayings
           of
           all
           contentious
           Adversaries
           .
           And
           to
           shew
           how
           greatly
           
             his
             Loyal
             Subjects
             did
             approve
             the
             said
             Oath
             ,
          
           they
           prostrated
           themselves
           at
           his
           Majesties
           feet
           ,
           beseeching
           his
           Majesty
           that
           it
           might
           be
           enacted
           ,
           
             that
             the
             same
             Oath
             may
             be
             administred
             to
             all
             his
             Subjects
             .
             
               The
               words
               whereof
               are
               these
               .
               I
            
          
           A.
           B.
           do
           truly
           and
           sincerely
           acknowledge
           ,
           professe
           ,
           testifie
           ,
           and
           declare
           in
           my
           Conscience
           before
           God
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           That
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           King
           
             CHARLES
             
               is
               lawfull
               and
               rightfull
               King
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               other
               his
               Majesties
               Dominions
               and
               Countries
               :
            
          
           And
           that
           the
           Pope
           ,
           neither
           of
           himself
           ,
           nor
           by
           any
           of
           the
           Church
           or
           See
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           or
           by
           any
           other
           means
           
             with
             any
             other
             hath
             any
             power
             or
             authority
             to
             depose
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             to
             dispose
             of
             any
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Kingdomes
             or
             Dominions
             ,
             or
             to
             authorize
             any
             forein
             Prince
             to
             invade
             o●
             annoy
             him
             or
             his
             Countries
             ;
             or
             to
             discharge
             any
             of
             his
             Majesties
             ,
             Subjects
             of
             their
             Allegiance
             and
             Obedience
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             licence
             or
             leave
             to
             any
             of
             them
             to
             bear
             Arms
             ,
             raise
             tumult
             ,
             or
             to
             offer
             any
             violence
             or
             hurt
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             Person
             ,
             State
             or
             Government
             ,
          
           or
           to
           any
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           within
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           .
           Also
           ,
           I
           do
           swear
           from
           my
           heart
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           any
           Declaration
           or
           sentence
           of
           Excommunication
           
           or
           deprivation
           made
           or
           granted
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           or
           his
           Successors
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           Authority
           derived
           ,
           or
           pretended
           to
           be
           derived
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           his
           See
           ,
           
             against
             the
             said
             King
             his
             Heirs
             or
             Successors
             ,
             or
             any
             absolution
             of
             the
             said
             Subjects
             from
             their
             obedience
             :
             I
             will
             bear
             Faith
             and
             true
             Allegiance
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             and
             him
             and
             them
             will
             defend
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             my
             power
             ,
             against
             all
             Conspiracies
             and
             Attempts
             whatsoever
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             made
             against
             his
             or
             their
             Persons
             ,
             their
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             by
             reason
             or
             colour
             of
             any
             such
             Sentence
             or
             Declaration
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             will
             do
             my
             best
             endeavour
             to
             disclose
             and
             make
             known
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             all
             Treasons
             and
             traiterous
             Conspiracies
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             know
             or
             hear
             of
             to
             be
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             .
          
           And
           I
           do
           further
           swear
           .
           
             That
             I
             do
             from
             my
             heart
             abhor
             ,
             detest
             ,
             and
             abjure
             ,
             as
             impious
             and
             heretical
             ,
             this
             damnable
             Doctrine
             and
             Position
             ,
             That
             Princes
             which
             be
             excommunicated
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             may
             be
             deposed
             or
             murthered
             by
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             I
             do
             believe
             ,
             and
             in
             Conscience
             am
             resolved
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             Pope
             ,
             nor
             any
             person
             whatsoever
             ,
             hath
             power
             to
             absolve
             me
             of
             this
             Oath
             ,
             or
             any
             part
             thereof
             ,
             which
             I
             acknowledge
             by
             good
             and
             full
             Authority
             to
             be
             lawfully
             administred
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             do
             renounce
             all
             Pardons
             and
             Dispensations
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             And
             all
             these
             things
             I
             do
             plainly
             and
             sincerely
             acknowledge
             and
             swear
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             expresse
             words
             by
             me
             spoken
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             plain
             and
             common
             sense
             and
             understanding
             of
             the
             same
             words
             ,
             without
             any
             equivocation
             ,
             or
             mental
             evasion
             ,
             or
             secret
             reservation
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             I
             do
             make
             ,
             this
             Recognition
             and
             Acknowledgement
             heartily
             ,
             willingly
             ,
             and
             truly
             ,
             upon
             the
             true
             Faith
             of
             a
             Christian
          
           So
           help
           me
           God
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           To
           these
           Oaths
           I
           shall
           subjoyn
           the
           
             c
          
           
             Protestation
             ,
          
           made
           and
           taken
           (
           in
           pursuance
           of
           these
           
             Oaths
             )
          
           by
           all
           the
           Well-affected
           Members
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Commons
             House
             the
             last
             long
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             voluntarily
             taken
             by
             all
             the
             best
             affected
             people
             throughout
             the
             Realm
             ,
          
           and
           by
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           of
           the
           Army
           ;
           by
           their
           Authority
           .
        
         
         
           We
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           Burgesses
           in
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           finding
           to
           the
           great
           grief
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           that
           the
           designs
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuites
           ,
           and
           other
           Adherents
           to
           the
           See
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           have
           of
           late
           been
           
             *
          
           more
           boldly
           and
           frequently
           put
           in
           practise
           than
           formerly
           to
           the
           undermining
           ,
           and
           danger
           of
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           true
           reformed
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           established
           :
           And
           finding
           also
           that
           there
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           having
           just
           cause
           to
           suspect
           that
           there
           still
           are
           ,
           even
           during
           this
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           
             *
          
           endeavours
           to
           subvert
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           to
           introduce
           the
           exercise
           of
           an
           Arbitrary
           and
           Tyranical
           Government
           ,
           by
           most
           pernicious
           and
           wicked
           Counsels
           ,
           Practises
           ,
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           :
           And
           that
           the
           long
           intermission
           ,
           and
           unhappy
           breach
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           hath
           occasioned
           many
           illegal
           Taxations
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Subject
           hath
           been
           prosecuted
           and
           grieved
           :
           And
           that
           divers
           Innovations
           and
           Superstitions
           have
           been
           brought
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           multitudes
           driven
           out
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ;
           jealousies
           raised
           and
           fomented
           betwixt
           the
           King
           and
           his
           people
           ;
           a
           Popish
           Army
           levyed
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           two
           Armies
           brought
           into
           the
           bowels
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           the
           
             *
          
           consumpsion
           of
           the
           Revenues
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           Treasure
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           finding
           a
           great
           cause
           of
           Jealousie
           ,
           that
           endeavours
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           are
           used
           to
           bring
           the
           English
           Army
           into
           a
           Mis-understanding
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           thereby
           to
           
             *
          
           incline
           that
           Army
           ,
           with
           force
           to
           bring
           to
           passe
           those
           wicked
           Counsels
           ,
           have
           therefore
           thought
           good
           to
           joyn
           our selves
           in
           a
           Declaration
           of
           our
           united
           Affections
           and
           Resolutions
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           this
           ensuing
           Protestation
           .
        
         
           
             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
           ,
           expressed
           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
             ,
             His
             Majesties
             Royal
             Person
             ,
             Honour
             and
             Estate
             ;
             as
             also
             the
             power
             and
             privilege
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             The
             lawfull
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
          
           and
           every
           person
           that
           maketh
           this
           Protestation
           ,
           in
           whatsoever
           he
           shall
           do
           in
           pursuance
           of
           the
           same
           .
           And
           to
           my
           power
           ,
           and
           as
           far
           as
           lawfully
           I
           may
           ,
           I
           will
           oppose
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           good
           wayes
           and
           means
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           to
           condigne
           punishment
           ,
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           either
           by
           force
           ,
           practise
           ,
           counsels
           ,
           plots
           ,
           conspiracies
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           do
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           contrary
           in
           this
           present
           Protestation
           contained
           .
           And
           further
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           in
           all
           just
           and
           honourable
           waies
           endeavour
           to
           preserve
           the
           Vnion
           and
           Peace
           
           between
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ;
          
           And
           neither
           for
           hope
           ,
           fear
           ,
           nor
           other
           respect
           ,
           shall
           relinquish
           this
           Promise
           ,
           Vow
           ,
           &
           Protestation
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           next
           in
           time
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
          
           taken
           in
           the
           most
           solemn
           manner
           
             with
             hands
             lifted
             up
             to
             heaven
             ,
          
           and
           subscribed
           by
           all
           Members
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           by
           all
           
             Civil
             ,
             Military
             Officers
             ,
             Souldiers
          
           and
           well-affected
           
             persons
          
           in
           our
           three
           
             Kingdoms
             ,
          
           by
           
             f
          
           sundry
           special
           
             Ordinances
          
           of
           
             Parliament
             ;
          
           approving
           and
           ratifying
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   ¶
                   A
                   Solemn
                   League
                   and
                   Covenant
                   for
                   Reformation
                   and
                   defence
                   of
                   Religion
                   ,
                   the
                   Honour
                   and
                   Happiness
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Peace
                   and
                   Safety
                   of
                   the
                   three
                   Kingdoms
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   and
                   Ireland
                   .
                
                 
                   WE
                   Noblemen
                   ,
                   Barons
                   ,
                   Knights
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   Citizens
                   ,
                   Burgesses
                   ,
                   Ministers
                   of
                   the
                   Gospel
                   ,
                   and
                   Commons
                   of
                   all
                   sorts
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Kingdoms
                  
                   of
                   
                     England
                     ,
                     Scotland
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                     Ireland
                     ,
                  
                   by
                   the
                   Providence
                   of
                   God
                   living
                   under
                   
                     one
                     King
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   being
                   of
                   one
                   Reformed
                   Religion
                   ,
                   having
                   before
                   our
                   eyes
                   the
                   glory
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   advancement
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   our
                   Lord
                   and
                   Saviour
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   the
                   
                     honour
                     and
                     happiness
                     of
                     the
                     Kings
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Posterity
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   the
                   true
                   Publique
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   Safety
                   ,
                   and
                   Peace
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Kingdoms
                     ,
                  
                   wherein
                   every
                   ones
                   private
                   condition
                   is
                   included
                   ;
                   and
                   calling
                   to
                   minde
                   the
                   treacherous
                   and
                   bloudy
                   plots
                   ,
                   Conspiracies
                   ,
                   Attempts
                   ,
                   and
                   practises
                   of
                   the
                   Enemies
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   true
                   religion
                   and
                   professors
                   thereof
                   in
                   all
                   places
                   ,
                   especially
                   in
                   these
                   three
                   kingdoms
                   ever
                   since
                   the
                   reformation
                   of
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   much
                   their
                   rage
                   ,
                   power
                   ,
                   and
                   presumption
                   are
                   of
                   late
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   increased
                   and
                   exercised
                   ;
                   whereof
                   the
                   deplorable
                   estate
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   and
                   kingdom
                   of
                   
                     Ireland
                     ,
                  
                   the
                   distressed
                   estate
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   and
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   
                     England
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   the
                   dangerous
                   estate
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   and
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   
                     Scotland
                     ,
                  
                   are
                   present
                   and
                   publike
                   Testimonies
                   :
                   We
                   have
                   now
                   at
                   last
                   ,
                   (
                   after
                   other
                   means
                   of
                   Supplication
                   ,
                   Remonstrance
                   ,
                   Protestations
                   and
                   sufferings
                   ,
                   )
                   for
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   our selves
                   and
                   our
                   religion
                   from
                   utter
                   ruine
                   and
                   destruction
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   commendable
                   practice
                   of
                   these
                   kingdoms
                   in
                   former
                   times
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Example
                   of
                   Gods
                   people
                   in
                   other
                   Nations
                   ;
                   after
                   mature
                   deliberation
                   ,
                   resolved
                   and
                   determined
                   to
                   enter
                   into
                   a
                   mutual
                   and
                   Solemn
                   League
                   and
                   Covenant
                   ,
                   wherein
                   we
                   all
                   subscribe
                   ,
                   and
                   each
                   one
                   of
                   us
                   for
                   himself
                   ,
                   with
                   hands
                   lifted
                   up
                   to
                   the
                   most
                   high
                   God
                   ,
                   do
                   swear
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   I.
                   THat
                   we
                   shall
                   sincerely
                   ,
                   really
                   and
                   constantly
                   ,
                   through
                   the
                   Grace
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   endeavour
                   in
                   our
                   several
                   places
                   and
                   callings
                   ,
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   the
                   Reformed
                   Religion
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   
                     Scotland
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   Doctrine
                   ,
                   Worship
                   ,
                   Discipline
                   and
                   Government
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Word
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Example
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   Reformed
                   Churches
                   ;
                   And
                   shall
                   endeavour
                   to
                   bring
                   the
                   Churches
                   of
                   God
                   in
                   the
                   three
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   nearest
                   conjunction
                   and
                   uniformity
                   in
                   Religion
                   ,
                   Confession
                   of
                   Faith
                   ,
                   Form
                   of
                   Church-Government
                   ,
                   Directory
                   for
                   Worship
                   and
                   Catechising
                   ;
                   That
                   we
                   and
                   our
                   posterity
                   after
                   us
                   ,
                   may
                   as
                   Brethren
                   ,
                   live
                   in
                   Faith
                   and
                   Love
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Lord
                   may
                   delight
                   to
                   dwell
                   in
                   the
                   midst
                   of
                   us
                   .
                
                 
                   II.
                   That
                   we
                   shall
                   in
                   like
                   manner
                   ,
                   without
                   respect
                   of
                   persons
                   ,
                   indeavour
                   the
                   extirpation
                   of
                   Popery
                   ,
                   Prelacy
                   ,
                   (
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   Church-Government
                   by
                   Arch-Bishops
                   ,
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   their
                   Chancellors
                   and
                   Commissaries
                   ,
                   Deans
                   ,
                   Deans
                   and
                   Chapters
                   ,
                   Archdeacons
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   other
                   Ecclesiastical
                   Officers
                   depending
                   on
                   that
                   Hierarchy
                   )
                   Superstition
                   ,
                   Heresie
                   ,
                   Schisme
                   ,
                   Profaneness
                   ,
                   and
                   whatsoeuer
                   shall
                   be
                   found
                   to
                   be
                   contrary
                   to
                   sound
                   Doctrine
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   power
                   of
                   Godliness
                   ;
                   lest
                   we
                   partake
                   in
                   other
                   mens
                   sins
                   ,
                   and
                   thereby
                   be
                   in
                   danger
                   to
                   receive
                   of
                   their
                   plagues
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Lord
                   may
                   be
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Name
                   one
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   three
                   Kingdoms
                   .
                
                 
                   III.
                   
                     We
                     shall
                     with
                     the
                     same
                     sincerity
                     ,
                  
                   
                   
                     reality
                     ,
                     and
                     constancy
                     ,
                     in
                     our
                     several
                     Vocations
                     ,
                     endeavour
                     with
                     our
                     estates
                     and
                     lives
                     ,
                     mutually
                     to
                     preserve
                     the
                     Rights
                     and
                     Privileges
                     of
                     the
                     Parliaments
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Liberties
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdoms
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     preserve
                     and
                     defend
                     the
                     Kings
                     Majesties
                     person
                     and
                     authority
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     preservation
                     and
                     defence
                     of
                     the
                     true
                     Religion
                     ,
                     and
                     Liberties
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdoms
                     ;
                     that
                     the
                     world
                     may
                     bear
                     witness
                     with
                     our
                     consciences
                     of
                     our
                     Loyalty
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     we
                     have
                     no
                     thoughts
                     or
                     intentions
                     to
                     diminish
                     his
                     Majesties
                     just
                     power
                     and
                     greatness
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   IV.
                   We
                   shall
                   also
                   with
                   all
                   faithfullness
                   endeavour
                   the
                   discoverie
                   of
                   all
                   such
                   as
                   have
                   been
                   ,
                   or
                   shall
                   be
                   Incendiaries
                   ,
                   Malignants
                   ,
                   or
                   evil
                   ,
                   Instruments
                   ,
                   by
                   hindering
                   the
                   reformation
                   of
                   Religion
                   ,
                   
                     dividing
                     the
                     King
                     from
                     his
                     people
                     ,
                     or
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdoms
                     from
                     another
                     ,
                     making
                     any
                     Faction
                     or
                     parties
                     amongst
                     the
                     people
                     ,
                     contrary
                     to
                     this
                     League
                     
                     and
                     Covenant
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   publike
                   trial
                   ,
                   and
                   receive
                   condigne
                   punishment
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   degree
                   of
                   their
                   offences
                   shall
                   require
                   or
                   deserve
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Supreme
                     Judicatories
                     of
                     both
                     Kingdoms
                  
                   respectively
                   ,
                   or
                   other
                   ,
                   having
                   power
                   from
                   them
                   for
                   that
                   effect
                   ,
                   shall
                   judge
                   convenient
                   .
                
                 
                   V.
                   And
                   whereas
                   the
                   happiness
                   of
                   a
                   blessed
                   Peace
                   between
                   these
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   denied
                   in
                   former
                   times
                   to
                   our
                   Progenitors
                   ,
                   is
                   by
                   the
                   good
                   providence
                   of
                   God
                   granted
                   unto
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   been
                   lately
                   concluded
                   ,
                   and
                   setled
                   by
                   both
                   Parliaments
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   each
                   one
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   our
                   place
                   and
                   interest
                   ,
                   indeavour
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   remain
                   conjoyned
                   in
                   a
                   firm
                   peace
                   and
                   union
                   to
                   all
                   posteritie
                   ;
                   And
                   that
                   Justice
                   may
                   be
                   done
                   upon
                   the
                   willfull
                   opposers
                   thereof
                   ,
                   in
                   manner
                   expressed
                   in
                   the
                   precedent
                   Articles
                   .
                
                 
                   VI
                   .
                   
                     We
                     shall
                     also
                     according
                     to
                     our
                     places
                     and
                     callings
                     in
                     this
                     common
                     cause
                     of
                     Religion
                     ,
                     Liberty
                     and
                     peace
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdoms
                     ,
                     assist
                     and
                     defend
                     all
                     those
                     that
                     enter
                     into
                     this
                     League
                     and
                     Covenant
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     maintaining
                     and
                     pursuing
                     thereof
                     ,
                     and
                  
                   shall
                   not
                   suffer
                   our selves
                   directly
                   or
                   indirectly
                   by
                   whatsoever
                   combination
                   ,
                   perswasion
                   ,
                   or
                   terror
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   divided
                   ,
                   and
                   withdrawn
                   from
                   this
                   blessed
                   union
                   and
                   conjunction
                   ,
                   whether
                   to
                   make
                   defection
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   part
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   give
                   our selves
                   to
                   a
                   detestable
                   indifferency
                   or
                   neutrality
                   in
                   this
                   cause
                   ,
                   which
                   so
                   much
                   concexneth
                   the
                   glory
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   good
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   honour
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ;
                   but
                   shall
                   all
                   the
                   dayes
                   of
                   our
                   lives
                   ,
                   zealously
                   and
                   constantly
                   continue
                   therein
                   ,
                   against
                   all
                   opposition
                   ,
                   and
                   promote
                   the
                   same
                   according
                   to
                   our
                   power
                   ,
                   against
                   all
                   Lets
                   and
                   Impediments
                   whatsoever
                   :
                   
                     and
                     what
                     we
                     are
                     not
                     able
                     our selves
                     to
                     suppress
                     or
                     overcome
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     reveal
                     and
                     make
                     known
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     may
                     be
                     timely
                     prevented
                     or
                     removed
                     ;
                  
                   All
                   which
                   we
                   shall
                   doe
                   as
                   in
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   God
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   because
                   these
                   Kingdoms
                   are
                   guilty
                   of
                   many
                   sins
                   and
                   provocations
                   against
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Son
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   too
                   manifest
                   by
                   our
                   present
                   distresses
                   and
                   dangers
                   ,
                   the
                   fruits
                   thereof
                   ;
                   we
                   professe
                   and
                   declare
                   before
                   God
                   and
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   our
                   unfeined
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   humbled
                   for
                   our
                   own
                   sins
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   sins
                   of
                   these
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   especially
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   as
                   we
                   ought
                   ,
                   valued
                   the
                   inestimable
                   benefit
                   of
                   the
                   Gospel
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   laboured
                   for
                   the
                   purity
                   and
                   power
                   thereof
                   ,
                   
                   that
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   endeavoured
                   to
                   receive
                   Christ
                   in
                   our
                   hearts
                   ,
                   nor
                   to
                   walk
                   worthy
                   of
                   him
                   in
                   our
                   lives
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   the
                   causes
                   of
                   other
                   sins
                   and
                   Transgressions
                   ,
                   so
                   much
                   abounding
                   amongst
                   us
                   ;
                   And
                   our
                   true
                   and
                   unfeigned
                   purpose
                   ,
                   desire
                   ,
                   and
                   indeauour
                   for
                   our selves
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   others
                   under
                   our
                   power
                   and
                   charge
                   ,
                   both
                   in
                   publique
                   and
                   private
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   duties
                   we
                   owe
                   to
                   God
                   and
                   man
                   ,
                   to
                   amend
                   our
                   lives
                   ,
                   and
                   each
                   one
                   to
                   go
                   before
                   another
                   in
                   the
                   example
                   of
                   a
                   real
                   Reformation
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Lord
                   may
                   turn
                   away
                   his
                   wrath
                   and
                   indignation
                   ,
                   and
                   establish
                   these
                   Churches
                   and
                   Kingdomes
                   in
                   truth
                   and
                   peace
                   
                     And
                     this
                     Covenant
                     we
                     make
                     in
                     the
                     presence
                     of
                     Almighty
                     God
                     the
                     Searcher
                     of
                     all
                     hearts
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                     true
                     intention
                     to
                     perform
                     the
                     same
                     ,
                     as
                     we
                     shall
                     answer
                     at
                     that
                     great
                     day
                     ,
                     when
                     the
                     secrets
                     of
                     all
                     hearts
                     shall
                     be
                     disclosed
                     .
                  
                   Most
                   humbly
                   beseeching
                   the
                   Lord
                   to
                   strengthen
                   us
                   by
                   his
                   Holy
                   Spirit
                   for
                   this
                   end
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   bless
                   our
                   desires
                   and
                   proceedings
                   with
                   such
                   success
                   ,
                   as
                   may
                   be
                   deliverance
                   and
                   safety
                   to
                   his
                   people
                   ,
                   and
                   encouragement
                   to
                   other
                   Christian
                   Churches
                   groaning
                   under
                   ,
                   or
                   in
                   danger
                   of
                   the
                   yoke
                   of
                   Antichristian
                   tyranny
                   ,
                   to
                   joyn
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   or
                   like
                   Association
                   and
                   Covenant
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   glory
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   enlargement
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     the
                     peace
                     and
                     Tranquility
                     of
                     Christian
                     Kingdoms
                     and
                     Commonwealths
                     .
                     Subscribed
                     by
                  
                   William
                   Lenthal
                   
                     Speaker
                     ,
                     Sir
                  
                   Henry
                   Vane
                   junior
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     most
                     now
                     sitting
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           most
           solemn
           ,
           sacred
           ,
           legal
           Oaths
           ,
           this
           Protestation
           ,
           
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
          
           sweetly
           according
           with
           and
           ratifying
           each
           other
           ,
           the
           remaining
           
             Fragment
             of
             the
             Commons
             House
             ,
          
           sitting
           under
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           not
           only
           violated
           them
           all
           in
           the
           
             Highest
             degree
             ,
          
           by
           their
           proceedings
           against
           the
           late
           
             King
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
          
           to
           
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             ,
             the
             Royal
             posterity
             ,
             Kingship
             ,
             Kingdom
             ,
             Lords
             House
             ,
          
           and
           their
           secluded
           fellow
           Members
           ,
           but
           also
           took
           upon
           them
           to
           suppress
           and
           set
           aside
           these
           Oathes
           ,
           yea
           to
           brand
           and
           stigmatize
           them
           ,
           for
           
             Vnlawfull
             Oathes
             ;
          
           to
           absolve
           themselves
           ,
           with
           all
           others
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           set
           up
           an
           
             Ingagement
          
           of
           their
           own
           framing
           ,
           in
           diametrical
           Opposition
           against
           all
           and
           every
           of
           them
           ,
           imposed
           on
           all
           the
           three
           Nations
           with
           strictest
           severity
           ,
           by
           their
           
             New
             Knack
          
           of
           6.
           
           September
           1649.
           disabling
           
             all
             Freemen
             of
             this
             Nation
             to
             sue
             in
             any
             Court
             of
             Justice
             whatsoever
             ,
             or
             to
             enjoy
             any
             Civil
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
             or
             Military
             Office
             ,
             benefice
             ,
             
             augmentation
             ,
             trust
             ,
             or
             degree
             of
             Learning
             in
             the
             Vniversities
             or
             Innes
             of
             Court
             ,
             and
             debarring
             all
             Lawyers
             ,
             Attornies
             from
             their
             practice
             ,
          
           by
           a
           new
           kinde
           of
           
             Praemunire
             ,
          
           who
           should
           not
           take
           and
           subscribe
           this
           
             Engagement
             :
          
           which
           the
           whole
           House
           of
           
             Commons
          
           (
           having
           not
           the
           least
           legal
           Power
           to
           
             g
          
           
             administer
             any
             usual
             Oath
          
           to
           Witnesses
           ,
           or
           any
           person
           whatsoever
           in
           any
           case
           or
           Age
           ,
           )
           had
           neither
           Authority
           nor
           Power
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           were
           it
           consonant
           to
           the
           precedent
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestation
             ,
             Covenant
          
           much
           less
           then
           the
           
             Vnparliamentary
             Conventicle
             ,
             sitting
             after
             the
             Kings
             beheading
             ,
             the
             Lords
             and
             Majority
             of
             the
             Commons
             forcible
             seclusion
             ,
             and
             the
          
           
             h
          
           
             Parliaments
             actual
             dissolution
             thereby
             ;
          
           when
           diametrically
           repugnant
           to
           all
           these
           legal
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Petition
           of
           Right
           it self
           ,
           3
           
             Caroli
             ,
          
           complaining
           ,
           providing
           against
           the
           future
           administring
           of
           
             any
             Oath
             not
             warrantable
             by
             the
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
          
           in
           precise
           Terms
           ;
           and
           whether
           this
           Engagement
           ,
           be
           not
           such
           ,
           let
           all
           Lawyers
           ,
           Divines
           ,
           and
           consciencious
           
             Englishmen
          
           resolve
           .
        
         
           
             I
             do
             declare
             and
             promise
             ,
             That
          
           I
           will
           be
           true
           and
           faithfull
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           established
           ,
           without
           a
           King
           or
           House
           of
           Lords
           ▪
        
         
           
             All
             the
             Officers
             ,
             Souldiers
          
           of
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           and
           Garrisons
           through
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           were
           the
           first
           men
           who
           subscribed
           it
           ,
           and
           returned
           their
           Subscriptions
           in
           Parchment-Rolls
           to
           their
           
             Journey-men
          
           and
           
             Creatures
          
           at
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           who
           thereupon
           thought
           themselves
           and
           their
           Government
           ,
           (
           though
           founded
           upon
           
             Bloud
             ,
             Treachery
             ,
             Perjury
             ,
             )
          
           as
           lasting
           and
           perpetual
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           founded
           on
           a
           
             Rock
             ,
          
           and
           the
           sincerest
           Principles
           of
           
             Piety
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Righteousness
             ,
          
           and
           
             general
             publick
             National
             consent
             .
          
           But
           those
           very
           first
           
             Engagers
          
           to
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           done
           their
           
             Drudgery
             ,
          
           and
           oppressed
           the
           Nation
           with
           doubled
           and
           trebled
           Taxes
           to
           support
           their
           bloody
           wars
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           against
           their
           
             Protestant
          
           King
           ,
           and
           Brethren
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           &
           the
           
             Netherlands
             ,
          
           on
           the
           20th
           .
           of
           
             April
          
           1653.
           
             i
          
           sodenly
           turned
           them
           out
           of
           Doors
           ,
           and
           power
           ,
           with
           force
           and
           highest
           contempt
           ,
           
             as
             persons
             wholy
             perverting
             the
             ends
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             oppressing
             the
             people
             ,
             making
             Gain
             the
             main
             of
             their
             Business
             ,
             and
             utterly
             impossible
             in
             that
             corrupt
             estate
             ,
             in
             the
             judgements
             of
             the
             most
             moderate
             men
             to
             
             come
             the
             instruments
             of
             our
             long
             desired
             Establishment
             .
          
           And
           then
           setting
           up
           
             a
             Protector
          
           over
           their
           
             Infant
             Common-wealth
             much
          
           against
           their
           wills
           ,
           
             the
             Mock-Parliament
          
           under
           him
           (
           whiles
           above
           150
           
             Members
          
           duly
           elected
           ,
           most
           confided
           in
           by
           the
           Country
           were
           forcibly
           secluded
           )
           by
           their
           Additional
           Petition
           and
           Addresse
           ,
           the
           26th
           .
           of
           
             June
          
           1647.
           imposed
           this
           
             new
             Oath
          
           on
           all
           Counsellors
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           A.
           B.
           do
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           Almighty
           promise
           and
           swear
           ,
           That
           to
           the
           uttermost
           of
           my
           Power
           I
           will
           uphold
           and
           maintain
           the
           true
           reformed
           
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
          
           in
           the
           purity
           thereof
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           of
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           ,
           and
           encourage
           the
           Profession
           and
           Professors
           of
           the
           same
           .
           And
           
             that
             I
             will
             be
             true
             and
             faithfull
             to
             his
             Highnesse
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             the
             Dominions
             thereunto
             belonging
             as
             chief
             Magistrate
             thereof
             .
          
           And
           
             shall
             not
             contrive
             ,
             design
             or
             attempt
             any
             thing
             against
             the
             Person
             or
             lawfull
             Authority
             of
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             ;
          
           shall
           keep
           secret
           all
           matters
           that
           shall
           be
           treated
           of
           in
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           put
           under
           secrecy
           ,
           and
           not
           reveal
           them
           but
           by
           Command
           ,
           or
           consent
           of
           his
           Highnesse
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           the
           Counsel
           ;
           and
           shall
           in
           all
           things
           faithfully
           perform
           the
           trust
           committed
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           a
           Counsellour
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           understanding
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           good
           Government
           ,
           peace
           and
           wellfare
           of
           these
           Natiions
           .
           And
           shall
           endeavour
           as
           much
           as
           in
           me
           lyes
           ,
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           These
           Oaths
           were
           sworn
           (
           by
           many
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           had
           taken
           the
           premised
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestation
             ,
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             the
             Engagement
          
           too
           ,
           )
           both
           to
           their
           Protector
           
             Oliver
          
           and
           his
           
             Son
             Richard
             ,
          
           with
           whom
           the
           Army-Officers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           sundry
           others
           in
           the
           name
           of
           most
           Counties
           and
           Corporations
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           in
           their
           special
           Addresses
           to
           
             Richard
             ,
          
           faithfully
           promised
           to
           live
           and
           die
           :
           yet
           lo
           within
           few
           Months
           after
           ,
           notwithstanding
           these
           
             Oaths
          
           and
           
             Addresses
             ,
          
           by
           a
           miraculous
           Divine
           providence
           (
           admirable
           in
           all
           considerate
           mens
           eyes
           )
           they
           not
           only
           all
           deserted
           ,
           but
           degraded
           him
           from
           his
           
             Protectorship
             ,
          
           without
           one
           
             stroke
             ,
          
           or
           
             drop
             of
             blood
             spilt
             ,
          
           or
           
             Sword
          
           
           drawn
           in
           his
           quarrel
           ;
           after
           so
           much
           Christian
           bloud
           shed
           ,
           so
           many
           Millions
           of
           Treasure
           spent
           ,
           and
           many
           years
           travel
           ,
           care
           ,
           by
           his
           
             Father
             Oliver
             ,
          
           to
           establish
           his
           
             Posterity
          
           in
           this
           new-erected
           Supremacy
           ,
           Protectorship
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           his
           own
           
             Army-Officers
             ,
          
           and
           nearest
           ,
           most
           
             endeared
             Relations
             ,
          
           even
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           beyond
           all
           probability
           or
           possibility
           in
           humane
           apprehension
           .
        
         
           To
           accomplish
           this
           strange
           unexpected
           work
           ,
           the
           
             Army-Officers
          
           called
           in
           the
           old
           
             Vnparliamentary
             Iuncto
          
           sitting
           since
           the
           year
           1648.
           till
           
             April
          
           20.
           1653.
           whom
           they
           formerly
           dissolved
           and
           unparliamented
           ,
           secluding
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           old
           Parliament
           sitting
           till
           
             December
             .
          
           6.
           1648.
           by
           force
           and
           armed
           guards
           ,
           with
           the
           whole
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           re-creating
           them
           alone
           for
           a
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           who
           usurping
           to
           themselves
           the
           name
           and
           power
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
             .
          
           against
           both
           Law
           .
           Equity
           ,
           Reason
           ;
           dismounted
           his
           Son
           
             Richard
          
           from
           his
           
             Protectorship
             ,
          
           unlorded
           ,
           degraded
           his
           
             New
             other
             House
          
           of
           
             Mushrom
             Lords
             ,
          
           and
           new
           dubbed
           
             Knights
             ,
          
           cashiered
           some
           of
           the
           
             Army-Colonells
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
             Officers
             ,
          
           who
           helped
           to
           make
           them
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           &
           him
           a
           
             Protector
             ;
          
           and
           may
           gratifie
           the
           rest
           in
           this
           kinde
           ;
           Commissioned
           some
           ,
           whom
           
             Oliver
          
           cashiered
           ;
           turned
           most
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           Commissioners
           ,
           Judges
           ,
           Creatures
           out
           of
           their
           Offices
           ;
           and
           pulled
           down
           most
           of
           that
           he
           set
           up
           with
           force
           and
           blood
           .
           Who
           now
           thinking
           themselves
           secure
           ,
           and
           forgetting
           all
           their
           former
           ,
           with
           these
           late
           sodain
           
             Revolutions
             ,
             Changes
             ,
          
           as
           the
           just
           rewards
           of
           perfidious
           
             breaches
             of
             Oaths
             ;
             Protestations
             ,
             Covenants
          
           to
           their
           lawfull
           Soveraigns
           ,
           they
           hav
           now
           afresh
           to
           make
           us
           a
           
             Freestate
             ,
          
           not
           only
           doubled
           our
           former
           Taxes
           in
           
             effect
             ,
          
           and
           more
           than
           trebled
           them
           by
           a
           most
           
             arbitrary
             new
             Militia
             on
             many
             ,
          
           but
           also
           by
           a
           
             New
             Bill
             ,
          
           appointed
           an
           
             Oath
             to
             be
             taken
             by
             their
             Iudges
             ,
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Officers
           ,
           in
           form
           following
           .
        
         
           
             You
             shall
             swear
             ,
             That
             you
             shall
             be
             true
             ,
             faithfull
             and
             constant
             to
             this
             Commonwealth
             ,
             without
             a
             single
             Person
             ,
             Kingship
             ,
             or
             House
             of
             Lords
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           
             ‖
          
           
             illegal
             Oath
             ,
          
           so
           diametrically
           contrary
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           it
           swallowed
           by
           their
           unarmed
           Judges
           ,
           Justices
           ,
           and
           other
           civil
           Officers
           out
           of
           fear
           ,
           will
           in
           time
           be
           imposed
           on
           the
           Army
           Officers
           ,
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           ,
           as
           their
           former
           
             Ingagement
          
           was
           ,
           with
           as
           severe
           penalties
           .
        
         
         
           Having
           presented
           you
           with
           these
           contradictory
           ,
           repugnant
           ,
           irreconcileable
           Oathes
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Covenants
           and
           Engagements
           ,
           I
           shall
           propose
           some
           few
           cases
           of
           conscience
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           this
           age
           ,
           when
           
             Conscience
          
           is
           so
           much
           pretended
           ,
           and
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           so
           much
           
             pressed
             ,
          
           that
           tendernes
           of
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           and
           
             Conscience
          
           it self
           ,
           are
           hardly
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           greatest
           pretenders
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           all
           lawfull
           sacred
           Oaths
           ,
           Vowes
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Protestations
           .
           doe
           not
           
             i
          
           firmly
           ,
           immutably
           ,
           inviolably
           bind
           the
           souls
           ,
           consciences
           ,
           of
           all
           that
           take
           them
           ,
           to
           an
           
             Absolute
             ,
          
           indispensible
           ,
           sincere
           ,
           faithful
           performance
           ,
           and
           strict
           observation
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           uttermost
           of
           their
           power
           in
           all
           estates
           and
           conditions
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           Numb.
           30.
           2.
           to
           14.
           
           Josh
           9.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           Gal.
           3.
           15.
           
           Deut.
           23.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           Judg.
           11.
           30.
           39.
           
           Job
           22.
           27
           
           Ps.
           15.
           4.
           Ps.
           22.
           25
           
           Ps.
           61.
           8.
           
           Ps.
           66.
           13.
           
           Ps.
           116
           14
           ,
           18.
           
           Ps.
           132.
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           &c.
           Eccles.
           5.
           4.
           Jer.
           44.
           25.
           
           Jonah
           2
           9.
           
           Isay
           19.
           21.
           
           Nah.
           1.
           15.
           
           Gen.
           21.
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           31.
           c.
           24.
           3.
           to
           10.
           37.
           to
           47.
           c
           26.
           3
           31.
           c.
           47.
           31.
           c.
           50.
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           Levit.
           19.
           12.
           
           Josh.
           2.
           12.
           17.
           20.
           
           Judg.
           15.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           Deut.
           8.
           12.
           
           Josh.
           21.
           43
           ,
           44.
           1
           
           Kings
           1.
           13.
           17.
           29
           ,
           30.
           2
           Chron.
           36.
           13.
           
           Ezra
           10.
           5.
           
           Neh.
           13.
           25.
           
           Jer.
           4.
           2.
           
           c
           11.
           5.
           
           Mat.
           5.
           33.
           1
           
           Kings
           15.
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           2
           Chron.
           21.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           compared
           with
           Hebr
           6.
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           
             An
             Oath
             for
             confirmation
             is
             to
             men
             an
             end
             of
             all
             strife
             :
             wherfore
             God
             willing
             more
             abundantly
             to
             shew
             unto
             the
             heirs
             of
             promise
             the
             immutability
             of
             his
             Counsel
             ,
             confirmed
             it
             with
             an
             Oath
             ,
             that
             by
             two
             Immutable
             things
          
           (
           his
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           )
           
             in
             which
             it
             is
             impossible
             for
             God
             to
             lie
             ,
             we
             might
             have
             strong
             consolation
             .
          
           Ps.
           89.
           3.
           34.
           
           
             I
             have
             made
             a
             Covenant
             with
             my
             chosen
             ,
             I
             have
             sworn
             unto
             David
             my
             Servant
             .
             My
             Covenant
             will
             I
             not
             break
             ,
             nor
             alter
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             gone
             out
             of
             my
             lipps
             .
             Once
             have
             I
             sworn
             by
             my
             holiness
             that
             I
             will
             not
             lie
             unto
             David
             ,
          
           Ps.
           132.
           11.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             sworn
             in
             truth
             unto
             David
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             turn
             from
             it
             .
          
           Jer.
           33.
           20.
           21.
           
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             If
             you
             can
             break
             my
             Covenant
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             my
             Covenant
             of
             the
             night
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             should
             not
             be
             day
             and
             night
             in
             their
             season
             .
             Then
             may
             also
             my
             Covenant
             be
             broken
             with
             David
             my
             Servant
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             not
             have
             a
             Son
             to
             reign
             upon
             his
             throne
             .
          
           If
           
             Gods
             Oaths
          
           and
           
             Covenants
          
           to
           mortal
           sinful
           men
           be
           thus
           true
           ,
           
             constants
             ,
             sincere
             ,
             firme
             ,
             unalterable
             ,
             immutable
             ;
          
           then
           by
           like
           
           reason
           should
           
             mens
             Oaths
          
           and
           Covenants
           to
           God
           and
           their
           
             lawfull
             Kings
             be
             such
             ,
          
           as
           Psal.
           15.
           4.
           Eccles.
           8.
           2.
           Gal.
           3.
           15.
           
           Levit.
           30.
           2.
           to
           14.
           and
           the
           other
           forecited
           Texts
           resolve
           .
        
         
           2ly
           .
           Whether
           the
           late
           
             violation
          
           through
           fear
           ,
           or
           self-respects
           ,
           much
           more
           
             the
             wilfull
             justification
             ,
             perjurious
             repeal
             ,
             abrogation
             ,
             abjuration
             of
             our
          
           sacred
           lawful
           Oaths
           ,
           protestation
           ,
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           be
           not
           a
           
             k
          
           
             most
             detestable
             ,
             crying
             ,
             scandalous
             ,
             damning
             sin
             ,
             exceedingly
             dishonorable
             to
             God
             ,
             injurious
             to
             Religion
             ;
             &
             drawing
             down
             sad
             ,
             private
             ,
             personal
             and
             National
             judgements
             ,
             on
             those
             who
             are
             notoriously
             guilty
             thereof
             ,
          
           as
           is
           most
           apparent
           by
           Ezech.
           16.
           59.
           c.
           17.
           13.
           to
           27.
           
           Zech.
           8.
           17.
           c.
           5.
           3
           ,
           4.
           Hos.
           10.
           4.
           Lev.
           6.
           3
           ,
           4.
           c.
           19.
           12.
           
           Prov.
           24.
           21
           ,
           22.
           
           Jer.
           5.
           2.
           c.
           7.
           9.
           to
           17.
           c.
           34.
           8.
           to
           22.
           c.
           52.
           3
           ,
           4.
           Deut.
           31.
           20.
           c.
           29.
           20.
           to
           29.
           
           Ps.
           78.
           10.
           37.
           57.
           to
           65.
           2
           Chron.
           36.
           13.
           
           Josh.
           9.
           20.
           2
           Sam.
           21.
           1.
           to
           11.
           
           Jer.
           23.
           10.
           
           Rom.
           1.
           31
           ,
           32.
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           10.
           worthy
           sad
           and
           serious
           perusal
           .
           And
           whether
           those
           who
           are
           deeply
           guilty
           of
           these
           sins
           ,
           can
           ever
           expect
           to
           enter
           into
           heaven
           ,
           since
           this
           is
           made
           the
           special
           character
           of
           a
           Citizen
           of
           
             Zion
             ,
             Who
             shall
             dwell
             in
             Gods
             holy
             hill
             ,
          
           Psal.
           15.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           4.
           
           
             He
             that
             walketh
             uprightly
             and
             worketh
             righteousness
             ,
             and
             speaketh
             the
             truth
             from
             his
             heart
             ,
             He
             that
             sweareth
             to
             his
             own
             Hurt
             and
             changeth
             not
             ,
          
           much
           more
           then
           when
           for
           his
           own
           and
           the
           publick
           good
           .
        
         
           3ly
           .
           Whether
           those
           who
           have
           made
           ,
           taken
           ,
           and
           equally
           violated
           all
           or
           most
           of
           these
           contradictory
           
             Oathes
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Ingagements
          
           alike
           ,
           be
           not
           
             perjured
             persons
             ,
             and
             Covenant-breakers
             in
             folio
             ,
          
           void
           of
           all
           real
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           truth
           ,
           faith
           ,
           conscience
           ,
           honesty
           ,
           religion
           ,
           if
           the
           premised
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           Eccles.
           9.
           2
           
           Acts
           5.
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           may
           be
           credited
           ?
           And
           whether
           those
           who
           have
           been
           thus
           perfidious
           ,
           perjurious
           ,
           fidef●agus
           ,
           treacherous
           to
           all
           others
           ,
           can
           in
           point
           of
           justice
           ,
           conscience
           ,
           prudence
           ,
           policy
           ,
           impose
           an
           Oath
           upon
           all
           or
           any
           others
           ,
           
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             faithfull
             and
             constant
             ,
             in
             their
             Oaths
             Covenants
             ,
             trusts
             and
             obedience
             unto
             them
             ?
          
           (
           especially
           before
           themselves
           have
           taken
           any
           such
           Oath
           ,
           
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             faithfull
             ,
             constant
          
           to
           their
           own
           
             principles
             ,
             or
             any
             fixed
             setled
             Government
             :
             )
          
           since
           they
           have
           taught
           them
           to
           be
           
             treacherous
             ,
             perfidious
             ,
             disloyal
             ,
          
           by
           their
           own
           precedent
           examples
           ;
           and
           God
           himself
           hath
           denounced
           this
           
             Wo
             ,
          
           and
           retaliation
           against
           such
           ,
           Isay
           33.
           1.
           
           
             Wo
             unto
             thee
             that
             dealest
             treacherously
             ,
             and
             they
             dealt
             not
             treacherously
             
             with
             thee
             ;
             when
             thou
             shalt
             make
             an
             end
             to
             deal
             treacherously
             ,
             they
             shall
             deal
             treacherously
             with
             thee
             .
          
           Which
           we
           have
           seen
           verified
           of
           late
           in
           sundry
           particulars
           even
           to
           admiration
           ,
           by
           divine
           retaliation
           ,
           to
           deterr
           all
           henceforth
           from
           the
           dangerous
           sin
           of
           
             Perjury
             ,
             Treachery
             ,
             Oath
             and
             Covenant
             breaking
             .
          
        
         
           4ly
           .
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           a
           most
           impious
           ,
           unchristian
           ,
           execrable
           ,
           if
           not
           Atheistical
           practice
           ,
           for
           any
           persons
           whatsoever
           (
           especially
           without
           any
           colour
           of
           Parliamentary
           Authority
           )
           to
           impose
           any
           Oath
           ,
           Vow
           ,
           or
           illegal
           Ingagement
           upon
           others
           ,
           diametrically
           repugnant
           to
           ,
           inconsistent
           with
           their
           former
           legal
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           imposed
           on
           them
           by
           unquestionable
           Parliamentary
           Authority
           ,
           to
           their
           lawfull
           Soveraigns
           ,
           to
           ensnare
           ,
           wound
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           involve
           them
           in
           the
           guilt
           of
           unevitable
           ,
           most
           apparent
           
             *
          
           
             Perjury
             ,
          
           and
           breach
           of
           all
           their
           former
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Covenants
             ?
          
           And
           whether
           such
           incur
           not
           that
           wo
           in
           
             Isay
          
           10
           ,
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             Wo
             unto
             them
             that
             decree
             unrighteous
             decrees
             ,
             and
             that
             write
             grievousnesse
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             prescribed
             ,
             to
             turn
             aside
             the
             needy
             from
             Judgement
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             the
             right
             from
             the
             poor
             ,
             
               (
               exiled
               Royal
               Issue
               )
            
             and
             that
             they
             may
             rob
             the
             Fatherless
             ;
             And
             what
             will
             ye
             do
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Visitation
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             desolation
             which
             shall
             come
             from
             far
             ?
             to
             whom
             will
             ye
             flee
             for
             help
             ,
             and
             where
             will
             ye
             leave
             your
             glory
             ?
             If
             
               Ahabs
            
             and
             
               Jesabels
            
             suborning
             of
             false
             Witnesses
             against
             
               Naboath
            
             to
             gain
             his
             Vineyard
             ,
             who
             attested
             ,
             that
             
               Naboath
            
             did
             blaspheme
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             brought
             such
             a
             heavy
             doom
             upon
             their
             persons
             and
             royal
             Posterity
             ,
             to
             their
             utter
             extirpation
             .
          
           
             1
             Kings
          
           1.
           21
           ,
           &
           22.
           how
           much
           sorer
           judgements
           shall
           they
           incur
           ,
           who
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           make
           our
           whole
           3.
           
           Kingdoms
           perjured
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           by
           ingaging
           them
           
             to
             renounce
             ,
             blaspheme
          
           both
           
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
          
           &
           abjure
           their
           former
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           of
           purpose
           to
           disinherit
           the
           royal
           Posterity
           of
           their
           Crowns
           and
           Royalties
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           so
           precisely
           sworn
           ,
           protested
           ,
           covenanted
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           inviolably
           to
           defend
           and
           preserve
           ?
        
         
           5ly
           .
           Whether
           it
           can
           be
           just
           ,
           equitable
           ,
           prudential
           ,
           rational
           ,
           for
           any
           in
           present
           power
           ,
           to
           Commission
           ,
           intrust
           ,
           imploy
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Quakers
             ,
          
           with
           other
           
             Military
             Officers
             ,
             Souldiers
          
           
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           without
           prescribing
           any
           Military
           
             Oath
          
           unto
           them
           ,
           (
           after
           so
           many
           meetings
           ,
           and
           violations
           of
           their
           trusts
           to
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           other
           new
           Governours
           ,
           Governments
           of
           their
           own
           erecting
           ,
           to
           their
           total
           subversion
           )
           
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             faithfull
             ,
             obedient
             ,
             and
             constant
             to
             them
             ;
          
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Discipline
             of
             all
             former
             Ages
             amongst
             the
             Romanes
             ,
             Graecians
             ,
             and
             most
             other
             Nations
             ,
          
           who
           alwaies
           
             *
          
           
             imposed
             a
             Military
             Oath
             on
             all
             their
             Army-Officers
             ,
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           (
           warranted
           by
           2
           
             Tim.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             )
          
           And
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           to
           inforce
           such
           a
           
             Oath
          
           upon
           all
           their
           
             Judges
             ,
             Justices
             ,
          
           and
           Civil
           Officers
           ,
           against
           their
           Judgements
           ,
           Consciences
           ,
           who
           are
           
             Orthodox
             in
             Religion
             ,
          
           approve
           of
           lawfull
           
             Oaths
             ,
             (
             imposed
             by
             legal
             Authority
             of
             Parliament
             )
             Magistracy
             ,
             and
             Ministry
             ,
          
           which
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Quakers
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
             Sectaries
          
           professedly
           oppugn
           ,
           and
           now
           violently
           endeavour
           to
           suppresse
           ?
           And
           whether
           those
           now
           sitting
           ,
           or
           any
           others
           who
           have
           taken
           the
           forecited
           
             Oaths
          
           to
           the
           late
           King
           and
           his
           Heirs
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Protestation
             ,
             League
             ,
             and
             Covenant
             ,
          
           can
           without
           
             apparent
             perjury
             ,
          
           and
           direct
           violations
           of
           them
           ,
           repute
           those
           few
           Reliques
           of
           the
           old
           Parliament
           ,
           now
           sitting
           (
           forcibly
           secluding
           the
           Lords
           and
           Majority
           of
           their
           Fellow
           Members
           )
           to
           be
           a
           lawfull
           Parliament
           within
           the
           Statute
           of
           17
           
             Car.
          
           c.
           7
           ?
           or
           submit
           to
           any
           Oaths
           ,
           Taxes
           ,
           Edicts
           of
           theirs
           as
           Parliamentarie
           or
           legal
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           Whether
           the
           forecited
           Oaths
           of
           
             Supremacy
             ,
             Allegigiance
             ,
             Maiors
             ,
             Sherisss
             ,
             Judges
             ,
             Recorders
             ,
             Bayliffs
             ,
             Parliament-Members
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           in
           direct
           words
           ,
           extending
           not
           only
           to
           the
           late
           Kings
           person
           ,
           but
           
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
          
           do
           not
           inviolably
           bind
           both
           them
           ,
           their
           Posterities
           and
           our
           whole
           three
           Nations
           ,
           Kingdoms
           in
           perpetuity
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Law
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           there
           is
           any
           Heir
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           Royal
           line
           in
           being
           ?
           and
           that
           upon
           these
           unanswerable
           Scriptural
           presidents
           and
           legal
           considerations
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Because
           Gods
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           made
           to
           
             Eve
             ,
             Abraham
             ,
             Noah
             ,
             their
             Seed
             and
             Posterity
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Israelites
             and
             their
             children
             ,
             and
             their
             Covenant
             made
             to
             God
             ,
             by
             Gods
             own
             resolution
             ,
             did
             oblige
             God
             himself
             and
             them
             in
             perpetuity
             from
             Generation
             to
             Generation
             ,
          
           Gen.
           3.
           15.
           c.
           8.
           21
           ,
           22.
           c.
           9.
           1
           ,
           to
           17.
           c.
           13.
           16.
           c.
           15.
           18.
           c.
           17.
           2
           ,
           to
           22.
           c.
           21.
           13.
           c.
           24.
           7.
           c.
           28.
           4
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Exod.
           28.
           43.
           c.
           34.
           7.
           
           Levit.
           22.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           Numb.
           14.
           24.
           c.
           18.
           
           19.
           c.
           25.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           Deut.
           1.
           8.
           c.
           4.
           31.
           37.
           c.
           5.
           2
           ,
           3.
           c.
           7.
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           c.
           8.
           18.
           c.
           11.
           9.
           c.
           28.
           46.
           c.
           29.
           1.
           4
           ,
           to
           20.
           c.
           30.
           6
           ,
           9.
           c.
           31.
           21.
           c.
           34.
           4.
           Josh.
           7.
           11
           ,
           15.
           c.
           24.
           3
           ,
           to
           29.
           2
           Chron.
           20.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           Neh.
           1.
           5.
           c.
           9.
           8
           ,
           32.
           
           Ps.
           25.
           13.
           
           Isay
           34.
           5.
           c.
           44.
           3.
           c.
           59.
           21.
           c.
           61.
           8
           ,
           9.
           c.
           62.
           22.
           
           Mal.
           2.
           4
           ,
           to
           15.
           c.
           4.
           6.
           
           Acts
           2.
           39.
           c.
           3.
           25.
           c.
           7.
           5
           ,
           45.
           c.
           13.
           23.
           
           Rom.
           4.
           13
           ,
           16.
           c.
           9.
           7
           ,
           8.
           c.
           11.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           27.
           
           Gal.
           3.
           16.
           to
           the
           end
           .
           Heb.
           8.
           6
           ,
           to
           11.
           c.
           11.
           18.
           c.
           13.
           20.
           
           Lu.
           1.
           72
           ,
           73.
           
           Rev.
           12.
           17.
           
           Levit.
           26.
           9
           ,
           15
           ,
           25
           ,
           42
           ,
           44.
           2
           
           Kings
           17.
           15
           ,
           to
           41.
           
           Psal.
           44.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           Ps.
           78.
           10.
           38.
           
           Ps.
           89.
           3.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           34
           ,
           35.
           
           Ps.
           103.
           17.
           18.
           
           Ps.
           105.
           8
           ,
           10.
           
           Ps.
           111.
           5
           ,
           9.
           
           Isay
           24.
           5.
           
           c
           ,
           42.
           6.
           c.
           49.
           8.
           c.
           54.
           3.
           Jer.
           11.
           2
           to
           12.
           c.
           22.
           9.
           c.
           31.
           31.
           32
           ,
           33.
           c.
           29.
           10.
           to
           20.
           c.
           33.
           20.
           21.
           c.
           50.
           5.
           
           Ezech.
           16.
           60.
           62.
           c.
           37.
           28
           ,
           29.
           c.
           44.
           4.
           Hos.
           8.
           1.
           Heb.
           6.
           16.
           17.
           
           Therefore
           mens
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           to
           Kings
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           must
           likewise
           bind
           in
           succession
           and
           perpetuity
           .
        
         
           2ly
           .
           Because
           Gods
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           made
           
             to
             David
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             House
             ,
             Royal
             Seed
             and
             Posterity
             ,
             touching
             their
             succession
             in
             the
             Royal
             Throne
             of
             Iudah
             ,
          
           was
           hereditary
           ,
           successive
           ,
           extending
           to
           all
           his
           Issue
           and
           Posterity
           :
           and
           though
           many
           of
           them
           were
           wicked
           ,
           rebellious
           ,
           yet
           this
           did
           not
           cause
           or
           provoke
           God
           to
           dethrone
           ,
           or
           disinherit
           them
           ,
           or
           infringe
           his
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           to
           
             David
             ,
          
           2
           Sam.
           3.
           12.
           to
           the
           end
           .
           c.
           22.
           51.
           1
           
           Kings
           2.
           33.
           
           Psal.
           89.
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           33
           ,
           to
           38.
           
           Ps.
           132.
           11
           ,
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           Ps.
           18.
           50.
           
           Jer.
           33.
           17
           ,
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           1
           Chron.
           28.
           4
           ,
           to
           10.
           
           Jer.
           17.
           24
           ,
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26.
           1
           
           Kings
           11.
           12.
           13
           ,
           36
           ,
           39.
           2
           
           Kings
           8.
           9.
           2
           Chron.
           21.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           2
           Chron.
           23.
           3
           ,
           &c.
           Jer.
           23.
           4
           5.
           
           Zezh
           .
           9.
           9.
           
           John
           13.
           13
           ,
           15.
           
           Lu.
           1.
           32
           ,
           33.
           
           Therefore
           much
           more
           where
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           are
           made
           by
           Subjects
           to
           their
           Hereditary
           Kings
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           they
           must
           remain
           inviolable
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           abrogated
           by
           their
           transgressions
           .
        
         
           3ly
           .
           Because
           
             the
             Oath
             ,
             which
          
           Joseph
           
             took
             of
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             carry
             up
             his
             Bones
             ,
             out
             of
          
           Aegypt
           
             into
          
           Canaan
           ,
           
             when
             God
             should
             bring
             them
             out
             of
          
           Aegypt
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           50.
           24
           ,
           25.
           though
           not
           made
           precisely
           for
           them
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           was
           reputed
           by
           
             Moses
          
           and
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           obligatorie
           to
           their
           seed
           ,
           as
           if
           made
           by
           them
           ,
           even
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           :
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           
             Exod.
             13.
             19.
             
             And
             Moses
             took
             the
             Bones
             of
             Ioseph
             with
             him
             ,
          
           (
           though
           driven
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
          
           by
           
             Pharoah
             )
             for
             he
             had
             straitly
             sworn
             to
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             God
             will
             surely
             visit
             you
             ,
             and
             you
             
             shall
             carry
             up
             my
             bones
             hence
             with
             you
             .
          
           Which
           bones
           of
           his
           they
           (
           by
           vertue
           of
           this
           Oath
           )
           notwithstanding
           
             Pharoahs
          
           pursuit
           after
           them
           ,
           carryed
           along
           with
           them
           through
           the
           red
           Sea
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           wildernesse
           forty
           years
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           till
           they
           had
           quite
           conquered
           it
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           wars
           ,
           
             Iosh.
          
           24.
           32.
           near
           500
           
             years
          
           after
           this
           Oath
           first
           made
           .
           If
           then
           
             Moses
             ,
             Ioshua
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           held
           themselves
           thus
           conscienciously
           obliged
           by
           the
           Oath
           of
           their
           deceased
           Ancestors
           above
           four
           hundred
           years
           before
           ,
           to
           carry
           up
           
             Iosephs
          
           dead
           bones
           out
           of
           
             Aegypt
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           all
           Objections
           of
           hast
           and
           danger
           from
           
             Pharoah
          
           and
           his
           Host
           ,
           their
           forty
           years
           wandring
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           their
           wars
           in
           
             Canaan
             ;
          
           and
           meanesse
           of
           the
           matter
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           publick
           safety
           ,
           no
           wayes
           concerned
           in
           it
           .
           Then
           much
           more
           must
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           particular
           reiterated
           Oaths
           in
           precise
           terms
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           ,
           which
           so
           much
           concern
           our
           publick
           Government
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           Settlement
           ,
           Safety
           ,
           Prosperity
           ,
           engage
           our
           whole
           Kingdom
           and
           three
           Nations
           to
           a
           consciencious
           observation
           of
           them
           to
           the
           uttermost
           of
           their
           power
           .
        
         
           4ly
           .
           Because
           
             Davids
          
           Oath
           to
           
             Saul
          
           and
           
             Jonathan
          
           extended
           to
           their
           
             seed
             ,
             1
             Sam.
          
           24.
           21
           ,
           22.
           
           
             Swear
             now
             therefore
             unto
             me
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             thou
             wilt
             not
             cut
             off
             
               my
               seed
            
             after
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             wilt
             not
             destroy
             my
             name
             out
             of
             my
             Fathers
             House
             :
             And
             
               David
            
             swore
             unto
             
               Saul
               :
               1
               Sam.
            
             20.
             14
             ,
             to
             18
             ,
             42.
             
             And
             
               Jonathan
            
             said
             to
             
               David
               ,
            
             thou
             shalt
             not
             only
             while
             I
             yet
             live
             shew
             me
             the
             kindnesse
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             I
             die
             not
             ,
             but
             also
             ,
             
               thou
               shalt
               not
               cut
               off
               thy
               kindnesse
               from
               my
               House
               for
               ever
               ,
            
             no
             not
             when
             the
             Lord
             hath
             cut
             off
             the
             Enemies
             of
             
               David
               ,
            
             every
             one
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             So
             
               Jonathan
            
             made
             a
             Covenant
             WITH
             THE
             HOUSE
             OF
             DAVID
             ;
             And
             
               Jonathan
            
             caused
             
               David
               to
               swear
               again
               ,
            
             because
             he
             loved
             him
             .
             And
             
               Ionathan
            
             said
             to
             
               David
               ,
            
             go
             in
             peace
             ,
             for
             as
             much
             as
             
               We
               have
               sworn
               both
               of
               us
               in
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             saying
             ,
             the
             Lord
             be
             beeween
             thee
             and
             me
             ,
             and
             
               between
               thy
               Seed
               and
               my
               Seed
               for
               ever
               .
            
          
           How
           conscienciously
           
             David
          
           observed
           these
           Oaths
           after
           the
           deaths
           of
           
             Saul
          
           and
           
             Ionathan
             ,
          
           is
           apparent
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           his
           
             love
             ,
             favor
             ,
             and
             affection
             to
             Mephibosheth
             for
          
           Jonathans
           
             sake
             ,
             whom
             he
             restored
             
             to
             all
             that
             was
          
           Saule
           ,
           
             &
             made
             him
             eat
             continually
             at
             his
             Table
             .
          
           2
           Sam.
           9.
           1.
           &c.
           
             and
             by
             his
             slaying
             of
          
           Baanah
           
             and
          
           Rechab
           
             for
             murdering
          
           Ishbosheth
           ,
           Sauls
           
             son
             ,
             his
             Competitor
             ,
             when
             they
             brought
             his
             head
             unto
             him
             ,
             expecting
             a
             great
             reward
             ,
          
           2
           Sam.
           4.
           
           But
           more
           especially
           
             by
             his
             sparing
          
           Mephibosheth
           ,
           
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Jonathan
           ,
           
             the
             son
             of
          
           Saul
           ,
           
             because
             of
             the
             Lords
             Oath
             that
             was
             between
             them
             ,
             between
          
           David
           
             and
          
           Jonathan
           ,
           (
           extending
           to
           their
           seed
           and
           posteritie
           )
           
             when
             the
          
           Gibeonites
           
             demanded
             7.
             of
             the
             sons
             of
             Saul
             to
             be
             delivered
             up
             to
             them
             ,
          
           2
           Sam.
           21.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           Because
           Esther
           9.
           27
           ,
           28
           ,
           31.
           
           
             The
          
           
             *
          
           
             Iews
             ordained
             and
             took
             upon
             them
             and
             upon
             their
             séed
             ,
             and
             upon
             all
             such
             as
             joyned
             themselves
             unto
             them
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             should
             not
             fail
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             keep
             these
             two
             dayes
             of
             Purim
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             writing
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             their
             appointed
             time
             every
             year
          
           (
           as
           those
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           3
           Jac.
           c.
           1.
           and
           their
           Posteritie
           
             have
             observed
             the
          
           5
           of
           
             November
             annually
             ever
             since
             .
             )
             and
             that
             those
             dayes
             should
             be
             remembred
             and
             kept
             throughout
             every
             Generation
             ,
             every
             Family
             ,
             every
             Province
             ,
             and
             every
             City
             :
             and
             that
             those
             dayes
             of
             Purim
             should
             not
             fail
             from
             among
             the
             Iews
             ,
             nor
             the
             memorial
             of
             them
             perish
             from
             their
             séed
             :
             which
             they
             decreed
             for
             themselves
             and
             for
             their
             seed
             .
          
           If
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           the
           Jewes
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           and
           Decree
           ,
           might
           thus
           binde
           their
           seed
           ,
           posterity
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           daies
           of
           
             Purim
             for
             ever
             :
          
           With
           like
           reason
           they
           might
           by
           an
           Oath
           &
           Covenant
           oblige
           themselves
           and
           their
           posterities
           for
           ever
           to
           their
           hereditarie
           Kings
           ,
           their
           heirs
           and
           posterities
           for
           ever
           :
           And
           so
           may
           we
           and
           all
           other
           Nations
           ,
           by
           the
           like
           Acts
           ,
           Decrees
           ,
           and
           the
           forecited
           Oathes
           ,
           as
           is
           clearly
           resolved
           ,
           declared
           ,
           enacted
           by
           the
           Statutes
           of
           25
           H.
           8.
           c.
           22.
           26
           H.
           8.
           c.
           ●
           .
           28
           H.
           8.
           c.
           3.
           35
           H.
           8.
           c.
           1.
           1
           Eliz.
           c.
           1.
           3.
           5
           Eliz.
           c.
           1.
           1
           Jac.
           c.
           1.
           3
           Jac.
           c
           4.
           7
           
           Jac.
           c.
           6.
           
        
         
           
             6ly
             .
             Because
             the
             president
             of
             the
          
           Rechabites
           ,
           
             (
             who
             upon
             the
             command
             of
             their
             Father
          
           Ionadab
           
             the
             son
             of
          
           Rechab
           ,
           That
           
             neither
             they
             nor
             their
             Sons
             for
             ever
             should
             drinke
             Wine
             ,
          
           nor
           build
           house
           ,
           nor
           sow
           seed
           ,
           nor
           plant
           ,
           nor
           have
           any
           vineyard
           ,
           but
           dwell
           in
           tents
           all
           their
           dayes
           ;
           held
           themselves
           bound
           in
           duty
           ,
           conscience
           to
           obey
           it
           ,
           which
           God
           himself
           commends
           ,
           records
           .
           rewards
           ,
           for
           others
           imitation
           ,
           
             Jer.
             35.
             1.
             to
          
           15.
           who
           might
           in
           like
           sort
           oblige
           them
           by
           his
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           ;
           )
           
             Is
             a
             convincing
             
             gument
             that
             as
             the
          
           
             *
          
           Warranties
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Bends
           ,
           Contracts
           ,
           Feofments
           ,
           Grants
           ,
           Reservations
           of
           Rents
           ,
           Services
           ,
           Tenures
           in
           see
           ,
           
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             other
             Nations
             ,
             firmly
             oblige
             mens
          
           Heirs
           ,
           Posterity
           ,
           Assignees
           ,
           Executors
           ,
           Administrators
           ,
           on
           both
           sides
           in
           succession
           and
           perpetuity
           ;
           
             So
             likewise
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             to
             their
             here
             litarie
             Kings
             ,
             their
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             oblige
             them
             equally
             to
             them
             in
             Perpetuity
             and
             succession
             .
          
        
         
           7ly
           .
           Because
           it
           is
           most
           evident
           by
           
             Gen.
             3.
             14
             ,
             15.
             c.
             4
             5.
             
             Exodus
             17.
             16.
             c.
             20.
             5.
             c.
             43.
             7.
             1
             
             Kings
             2.
             33.
             2
             
             Kings
             5.
             27.
             
             Jer.
             22
             30.
             c.
          
           36.
           31.
           
           That
           Parents
           by
           their
           iniquities
           and
           transgressions
           may
           draw
           down
           and
           entayl
           the
           curses
           ,
           the
           judgements
           of
           God
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Posterityes
           after
           them
           to
           their
           prejudice
           :
           Therefore
           they
           may
           much
           more
           oblige
           them
           by
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           to
           Obedience
           ,
           Loyalty
           ,
           Subjection
           to
           their
           hereditary
           Kings
           and
           their
           Heirs
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           particular
           ,
           and
           the
           
             m
          
           
             Publick
             good
             ,
             safety
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           Freehold
           and
           Copyhold
           Tenents
           in
           Honors
           ,
           Manors
           ,
           may
           oblige
           themselves
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           for
           ever
           ,
           by
           Homage
           ,
           Fealty
           ,
           Tenures
           ,
           Contracts
           to
           their
           Landlords
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           and
           Assignees
           for
           ever
           ,
           by
           the
           Common
           ,
           Statute-laws
           ,
           of
           our
           own
           and
           other
           Realms
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           no
           Soveraign
           Lords
           and
           Kings
           over
           them
           .
        
         
           8ly
           .
           Because
           the
           
             Saints
             and
             Churches
             of
             God
          
           in
           all
           
             Ages
          
           have
           held
           themselves
           and
           their
           posterity
           bound
           in
           Duty
           and
           Conscience
           
             to
             pray
             to
             God
             for
             the
             life
             ,
             safety
             ,
             prosperity
             of
             their
             Kings
             ,
             and
             their
             Sons
             and
             Royal
             Posterity
             ,
          
           in
           all
           hereditary
           Kingdoms
           ,
           as
           is
           apparent
           by
           
             Ezra
             .
             6.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             Psal.
             72
             ▪
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             15.
             1
             Sam.
          
           11.
           14.
           2
           Sam.
           16.
           16.
           1
           
           Kings
           1.
           25.
           34
           ,
           39.
           2
           
           Kings
           11.
           12.
           2
           Chron.
           23.
           11.
           
           Psal.
           149.
           2.
           Ezech.
           9.
           9.
           
           Dan.
           2.
           4.
           c.
           3.
           9.
           c.
           6.
           6.
           21.
           
           Mat.
           21.
           5.
           9.
           
           John
           12.
           13
           ,
           15.
           1
           Tim.
           2.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           by
           all
           the
           antient
           ,
           modern
           Liturgyes
           ,
           Collects
           ,
           Letanyes
           ,
           Canons
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             France
             ,
             Spain
             ,
          
           and
           other
           hereditary
           Kingdoms
           ;
           The
           Testimony
           of
           
             sundry
             Fathers
             ,
             Councils
             ,
             Historians
             ,
          
           and
           our
           own
           
             Clause
             Rolls
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
          
           
             n
          
           
             elsewhere
          
           quoted
           .
           Therefore
           they
           may
           lawfullie
           oblige
           themselves
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           by
           Solemn
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             Protestations
             to
             obey
             ,
             protect
             and
             defend
             their
             ,
          
           and
           their
           posterities
           
             Royal
             Persons
             ,
             Crowns
             and
             Royalties
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             9ly
             .
             To
             put
             this
             out
             of
             further
             question
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             prest
             one
             Scripture
             president
             and
             testimonie
             more
             ,
             wherewith
             I
             shall
             conclude
             this
             point
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Historie
             of
             the
          
           Gibeonites
           ,
           
             recorded
          
           Josh.
           9.
           
           &
           10.
           
             and
             2
             Sam.
             21.
             1.
             to
             13.
             
             The
          
           Gibeonites
           
             (
             a
             remnant
             of
             the
          
           Amorites
           ,
           
             with
             whom
             the
          
           Israelites
           
             by
             Gods
             express
             command
          
           were
           to
           make
           no
           peace
           nor
           covenant
           ,
           nor
           shew
           any
           mercy
           to
           ,
           but
           smite
           with
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           sword
           and
           utterly
           destroy
           ,
           
             Deut.
             7.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             c.
             20.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             )
          
           circumventing
           
             Joshua
          
           and
           the
           elders
           of
           
             Israel
          
           by
           a
           stratagem
           ,
           of
           old
           bottles
           ,
           shooes
           ,
           bread
           ,
           clothes
           ,
           and
           a
           lying
           information
           ,
           that
           they
           came
           from
           a
           farr
           country
           to
           make
           peace
           and
           a
           league
           with
           them
           .
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           glorious
           victories
           God
           had
           given
           ,
           and
           the
           miracles
           he
           had
           wrought
           for
           them
           ;
           thereupon
           ,
           without
           asking
           any
           advice
           of
           God
           or
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           or
           examining
           the
           truth
           of
           their
           information
           ,
           
             Joshua
          
           and
           the
           Elders
           of
           the
           Congregation
           entred
           into
           a
           league
           with
           them
           ,
           
             to
             let
             them
             live
             ,
             and
             sware
             unto
             them
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           Within
           three
           dayes
           after
           they
           heard
           they
           were
           their
           neighbours
           and
           dwelt
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           came
           unto
           their
           Cities
           the
           third
           day
           .
           
             *
          
           But
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           smote
           them
           not
           ,
           
             Because
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Congregation
             had
             sworn
             unto
             them
             by
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           Hereupon
           all
           the
           Congregation
           murmured
           against
           the
           Princes
           .
           But
           all
           the
           Princes
           said
           unto
           the
           Congregation
           :
           
             We
             have
             sworn
             unto
             them
             by
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             therefore
             we
             may
             not
             touch
             them
             .
          
           This
           we
           will
           do
           unto
           them
           ,
           we
           will
           let
           them
           live
           
             lest
             wrath
             be
             upon
             us
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Oath
             that
             we
             sware
             unto
             them
          
           And
           the
           Princes
           said
           unto
           them
           ,
           let
           them
           live
           as
           the
           Princes
           had
           promised
           them
           ,
           but
           let
           them
           be
           hewers
           of
           wood
           and
           drawers
           of
           water
           to
           all
           the
           congregation
           .
           And
           
             Joshua
          
           called
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           spake
           unto
           them
           saying
           ;
           Wherefore
           have
           ye
           beguiled
           us
           ,
           saying
           ,
           We
           are
           very
           far
           from
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           dwell
           among
           us
           ?
           Now
           therefore
           ye
           are
           cursed
           ,
           and
           there
           shall
           none
           of
           you
           be
           freed
           from
           being
           bondmen
           ,
           and
           bewers
           of
           wood
           and
           drawers
           of
           water
           for
           the
           house
           of
           my
           God
           .
           And
           they
           answered
           
             Joshua
          
           and
           said
           ;
           because
           it
           was
           certainly
           told
           thy
           servants
           ,
           how
           the
           Lord
           thy
           God
           commanded
           his
           servant
           
             Moses
          
           to
           give
           you
           all
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Land
           before
           you
           ;
           therefore
           we
           were
           fore
           afraid
           of
           our
           lives
           because
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           have
           done
           this
           thing
           .
           And
           now
           behold
           we
           are
           in
           thine
           hand
           ,
           as
           it
           seemeth
           good
           and
           right
           unto
           thee
           to
           do
           unto
           us
           ,
           do
           .
           And
           so
           
           did
           he
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           delivered
           them
           out
           of
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           ,
           that
           they
           slew
           them
           not
           .
           And
           
             Joshua
          
           made
           them
           that
           day
           hewers
           of
           wood
           ,
           and
           drawers
           of
           water
           for
           the
           congregation
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Altar
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             even
             to
             this
             day
             ,
          
           in
           the
           place
           which
           he
           should
           chuse
           .
           
             After
             this
             Oath
             and
             League
             the
             Princes
             and
             Congregation
             were
             so
             farr
             from
             slaying
             or
             suffering
             them
             to
             be
             slain
             by
             their
             enemies
             contrarie
             hereunto
             ,
             that
             when
             as
          
           5.
           
           Kings
           soon
           after
           came
           up
           with
           all
           ●h●ir
           hosts
           and
           encamped
           against
           
             Gibeah
             ,
          
           to
           destroy
           is
           
             because
             they
             had
             made
             peace
             with
             Israel
             ;
          
           the
           Giheonite
           sending
           this
           message
           to
           
             Joshus
          
           &
           the
           camp
           at
           
             Gilgal
             ;
          
           slack
           not
           thy
           hand
           from
           thy
           servants
           ,
           to
           come
           up
           to
           us
           quickly
           &
           save
           us
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Amorites
           that
           dwell
           in
           the
           Mountains
           are
           gathered
           against
           us
           ;
           
             thereupon
             Ioshua
          
           and
           all
           the
           men
           of
           Warr
           with
           him
           went
           up
           from
           
             Gilgal
          
           all
           night
           ,
           and
           came
           upon
           their
           Enemies
           sodenly
           ,
           and
           smote
           ,
           &
           destroyed
           them
           with
           a
           great
           slaughter
           ,
           
             delivering
             them
             from
             that
             danger
             .
             About
             395
             years
             after
             this
             Solem
             Oath
             &
             League
             ,
          
           King
           
             Saul
          
           out
           of
           his
           zeal
           to
           the
           children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           and
           
             Iudah
             ,
          
           sought
           to
           destroy
           all
           ,
           and
           slew
           some
           of
           those
           
             Gibeonites
          
           posterity
           ,
           contrary
           to
           this
           Oath
           and
           League
           ,
           
             For
             which
             (
             35
          
           
             *
          
           
             years
             after
             its
             violation
             ,
             and
             430
             years
             after
             its
             first
             making
             )
          
           God
           sent
           a
           famine
           in
           the
           Land
           for
           three
           years
           ,
           year
           after
           year
           :
           upon
           this
           
             David
          
           inquiring
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           true
           cause
           thereof
           ?
           The
           Lord
           answered
           him
           ,
           
             It
             was
             for
             Saul
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             bloudy
             house
             ,
             because
             they
             slew
             the
             Gibeonites
             ,
             who
             were
             not
             of
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             remnant
             of
             the
             Amorites
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             had
             sworn
             unto
             them
             .
             whereupon
          
           David
           called
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           and
           said
           unto
           them
           :
           
             What
             shall
             I
             doe
             for
             you
             ,
          
           and
           
             Wherewith
             shall
             I
             make
             the
             Attonement
             ,
          
           that
           ye
           may
           blesse
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           Lord
           ?
           
             And
             they
             said
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
          
           The
           man
           that
           consumed
           us
           ,
           and
           devised
           against
           us
           that
           we
           should
           be
           destroyed
           from
           remaining
           in
           any
           of
           the
           coasts
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           let
           seven
           of
           his
           sons
           be
           delivered
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           hang
           them
           up
           in
           
             Gibeah
             of
             Saul
          
           which
           the
           Lord
           did
           chuse
           ;
           
             which
             being
             accordingly
             done
             ,
             after
             that
          
           God
           was
           intreated
           for
           the
           Land
           ,
           
             and
             removed
             the
             famine
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             1.
             1.
             to
          
           15.
           
        
         
           Here
           we
           have
           an
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           binding
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           their
           Governours
           .
           Heirs
           and
           posterity
           in
           perpetuitie
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           and
           their
           posteritie
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           parallel
           with
           our
           forementioned
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           Covenant
           to
           our
           hereditarie
           
           Kings
           ,
           their
           heirs
           and
           successors
           ,
           to
           prove
           them
           more
           obliging
           to
           us
           and
           our
           posterities
           ,
           than
           this
           Oath
           &
           League
           of
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           these
           observable
           circumstances
           &
           particulars
           ,
           not
           hitherto
           insisted
           on
           by
           any
           ;
           which
           I
           beseech
           God
           in
           mercie
           to
           set
           home
           effectually
           upon
           all
           our
           hearts
           ,
           spirits
           ,
           consciences
           ,
           both
           for
           our
           information
           ,
           reformation
           ,
           settlement
           ,
           and
           avoiding
           Gods
           avenging
           justice
           on
           us
           and
           our
           posterities
           ,
           for
           our
           transcendent
           perjuries
           ,
           breach
           of
           Oathes
           and
           Covenants
           to
           our
           Soveraigns
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           with
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           Embassadors
           ,
           was
           procured
           by
           meer
           fraud
           ,
           circumvention
           ,
           misinformation
           ,
           and
           apparent
           falshood
           ,
           arising
           meerly
           from
           those
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           made
           and
           sworn
           :
           yet
           it
           obliged
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           and
           their
           posteritie
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           and
           their
           progenie
           in
           perpetuitie
           :
           But
           the
           forementioned
           
             Oathes
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           Protestation
           ,
           and
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           were
           made
           without
           any
           fraud
           ,
           circumvention
           ,
           misinformation
           ,
           or
           false
           suggestion
           ,
           upon
           grounds
           of
           loyaltie
           ,
           dutie
           ,
           justice
           ,
           prudence
           ,
           christianitie
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           State-policie
           ,
           voluntarily
           propounded
           by
           the
           makers
           ,
           takers
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           ratified
           in
           full
           Parliaments
           :
           Therefore
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           farre
           more
           valid
           ,
           obligatory
           to
           the
           whole
           English
           Nation
           and
           their
           posterities
           ,
           than
           this
           Oath
           ,
           Covenant
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           League
           and
           Oath
           was
           made
           very
           sodenly
           ,
           rashly
           ,
           unadvisedly
           ,
           without
           any
           advice
           with
           God
           and
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           ,
           or
           examining
           ,
           debating
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           suggestion
           ;
           yet
           it
           bound
           them
           when
           once
           made
           :
           But
           our
           Oathes
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           were
           all
           made
           enacted
           ,
           enjoyned
           upon
           long
           and
           serious
           debate
           ,
           mature
           deliberation
           in
           several
           successive
           Parliaments
           :
           Therefore
           ours
           must
           be
           much
           more
           obliging
           than
           theirs
           .
        
         
           3ly
           .
           This
           League
           ,
           Oath
           ,
           was
           made
           only
           by
           the
           Princes
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           without
           the
           Congregations
           privitie
           ,
           assent
           or
           advice
           ,
           who
           were
           discontented
           with
           and
           murmured
           against
           them
           for
           it
           ,
           yet
           it
           obliged
           both
           the
           Princes
           ,
           people
           ,
           and
           their
           posterities
           :
           But
           our
           Oathes
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           were
           made
           not
           only
           by
           all
           our
           Princes
           ,
           Nobles
           ,
           Peers
           ,
           but
           likewise
           by
           the
           whole
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           full
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           assented
           to
           by
           the
           whole
           English
           Nation
           both
           
           in
           and
           out
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           
             *
          
           Commons
           being
           the
           original
           movers
           ,
           promoters
           ,
           contrivers
           of
           all
           or
           most
           of
           them
           :
           Therefore
           they
           must
           be
           much
           more
           obligatorie
           to
           us
           and
           our
           po●eri●ies
           ,
           than
           theirs
           .
        
         
           4ly
           .
           Their
           League
           ,
           Oath
           ,
           was
           never
           ratified
           by
           any
           publique
           Law
           or
           decree
           of
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           and
           people
           of
           
             Israel
          
           in
           any
           publike
           Convention
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           
             Ioshua
          
           and
           the
           Princes
           alone
           ;
           yet
           they
           bound
           the
           whole
           Nation
           :
           Ours
           have
           been
           approved
           ,
           ratified
           ,
           established
           ,
           perpetuated
           by
           sundry
           successive
           Acts
           ,
           Ordinances
           ,
           Votes
           of
           Parliament
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           continuing
           still
           in
           their
           full
           legal
           force
           :
           Therefore
           much
           more
           valid
           and
           binding
           to
           us
           and
           our
           posterities
           ,
           than
           theirs
           .
        
         
           5ly
           .
           That
           Oath
           ,
           League
           ,
           was
           taken
           ,
           sworn
           only
           by
           the
           Princes
           themselves
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           Congregation
           and
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           were
           all
           obliged
           by
           them
           .
           Our
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           have
           been
           sworn
           ,
           taken
           not
           only
           by
           all
           our
           Princes
           ,
           Nobles
           ,
           Officers
           of
           State
           ,
           Iustices
           ,
           but
           likewise
           by
           all
           or
           most
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           &
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           both
           in
           and
           out
           of
           Parliament
           :
           Therefore
           much
           more
           obliging
           to
           us
           and
           ours
           ,
           than
           theirs
           .
        
         
           6ly
           .
           This
           Oath
           ,
           League
           of
           theirs
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           was
           never
           taken
           and
           entred
           into
           for
           ought
           appears
           ,
           but
           once
           ,
           and
           that
           sodeinly
           ,
           without
           any
           subsequent
           renovation
           or
           ratification
           ;
           But
           our
           Oathes
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           have
           been
           swore
           ,
           taken
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           by
           all
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           Officers
           of
           State
           ,
           Iustices
           ,
           Graduates
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           most
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           upon
           sundry
           emergent
           occasions
           ,
           both
           in
           and
           out
           of
           Parliament
           :
           Therefore
           much
           more
           obligatory
           to
           us
           and
           our
           posterities
           ,
           then
           theirs
           .
        
         
           7ly
           .
           This
           Oath
           ,
           League
           ,
           for
           ought
           wee
           read
           ,
           was
           not
           made
           explicitly
           in
           precise
           terms
           with
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           their
           heirs
           and
           posteritie
           for
           ever
           ,
           but
           only
           indefinitely
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           then
           in
           being
           ,
           
             whose
             lives
             they
             spared
             ,
          
           as
           the
           words
           import
           ;
           yet
           because
           they
           were
           a
           People
           ,
           State
           ,
           Citie
           ,
           Body
           politick
           ,
           having
           a
           permanent
           succession
           ;
           it
           virtually
           and
           intentionally
           in
           their
           own
           and
           Gods
           account
           
           too
           ,
           extended
           not
           only
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           then
           living
           ,
           but
           to
           their
           succeeding
           issues
           in
           
             Sauls
          
           time
           ,
           near
           400
           years
           after
           ,
           and
           all
           succeeding
           Generations
           (
           as
           
             q
          
           
             perpetual
             National
             Leagues
             use
             to
             do
             ,
             )
          
           But
           our
           Oaths
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covenant
           in
           direct
           terms
           extend
           not
           only
           to
           our
           Kings
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           first
           made
           and
           sworn
           ,
           but
           likewise
           
             to
             their
             heirs
             ,
             successors
             ,
             and
             Royal
             Posterity
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           (
           see
           1
           
             Jac.
             c.
             1.
             3.
             Jac.
             c.
             4.
             7
             
             Jac.
             c.
             6.
             1
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             3.
             )
          
           Therefore
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           more
           binding
           to
           us
           ,
           our
           Heirs
           and
           Posterities
           in
           present
           and
           succeeding
           Generations
           ,
           than
           their
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             .
          
        
         
           8ly
           .
           Their
           League
           ,
           Oath
           ,
           was
           only
           with
           foreign
           Pagans
           ,
           Strangers
           ,
           who
           became
           their
           mere
           slaves
           and
           bondmen
           in
           perpetuitie
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           the
           least
           power
           ,
           jurisdiction
           over
           them
           ;
           yet
           it
           bound
           them
           to
           strict
           observation
           .
           Ours
           are
           made
           ,
           sworn
           to
           our
           own
           Christian
           ,
           natural
           Kings
           ,
           Princes
           ,
           Soveraigns
           ,
           of
           our
           own
           flesh
           ,
           bloud
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           to
           whom
           we
           are
           natural
           borne
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           owe
           all
           dutifull
           allegiance
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           Nations
           ;
           Therefore
           much
           more
           obliging
           to
           and
           most
           religiously
           to
           be
           kept
           by
           us
           and
           our
           posterities
           after
           us
           ,
           than
           theirs
           .
        
         
           9ly
           .
           (
           Which
           is
           most
           considerable
           )
           this
           their
           Oath
           ,
           League
           ,
           was
           made
           with
           such
           an
           idolatrous
           remnant
           of
           the
           
             Ammonites
             ,
          
           as
           God
           himself
           by
           express
           precepts
           had
           commanded
           
             the
             Israelites
             to
             make
             no
             League
             ,
             nor
             Covenant
             with
             ,
             upon
             any
             terms
             ,
             but
             utterly
             to
             destroy
             with
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             sword
             without
             mercie
             ,
             without
             saving
             any
             of
             them
             alive
             ,
          
           Exod.
           23.
           32.
           c.
           24.
           12.
           13.
           
           Deutr.
           7.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           &c.
           c.
           20.
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           Psal.
           106.
           34.
           35.
           
           )
           yet
           notwithstanding
           having
           once
           entred
           into
           a
           
             League
             with
             ,
             and
             sworn
             to
             them
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             live
             ,
          
           (
           though
           by
           their
           own
           fraud
           ,
           circumvention
           ,
           and
           misinformation
           )
           God
           was
           so
           jealous
           of
           
             his
             own
             name
             ,
             honour
             ,
             glory
             ,
          
           so
           unwilling
           that
           his
           own
           people
           should
           perjuriously
           ,
           treacherously
           ,
           perfidiously
           break
           their
           Oathe
           ,
           Covenant
           sworn
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           
             r
          
           
             being
             the
             highest
             ,
             the
             most
             sacred
             inviolable
             Obligations
             ,
             securities
             that
             can
             be
             betweene
             God
             and
             men
             ,
             man
             and
             man
             ,
             Nation
             and
             Nation
             ;
          
           that
           he
           would
           rather
           have
           his
           
           positive
           judicial
           Law
           ,
           (
           which
           
             ſ
          
           
             some
             conceive
             to
             have
             a
             tacit
             condition
             in
             it
             )
          
           violated
           and
           dispensed
           within
           this
           case
           ,
           (
           it
           being
           not
           simplie
           evil
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           to
           spare
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           upon
           their
           submission
           ,
           but
           onlie
           a
           
             prohibited
             evil
          
           by
           particular
           Precepts
           )
           than
           his
           Name
           prophaned
           ,
           dishonoured
           ,
           Religious
           Oaths
           wittinglie
           infringed
           ,
           and
           perjurie
           committed
           by
           his
           own
           people
           ,
           against
           his
           moral
           Law
           ,
           Precept
           ,
           being
           sinful
           ,
           scandalous
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           ,
           and
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           to
           all
           Posteritie
           ,
           if
           admitted
           ,
           approved
           ,
           to
           encourage
           them
           to
           commit
           perjurie
           ,
           and
           violate
           all
           lawfull
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           in
           succeeding
           Ages
           ,
           to
           the
           scandal
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           prejudice
           of
           Mankind
           .
           Wherefore
           this
           Oath
           ,
           League
           ,
           though
           against
           these
           judicial
           Precepts
           ,
           not
           only
           ,
           firmly
           bound
           the
           Princes
           who
           made
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Congregation
           in
           that
           Age
           ,
           but
           King
           
             Saul
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           in
           succession
           four
           hundred
           years
           after
           .
           Of
           which
           we
           have
           another
           President
           of
           
             Joshuaes
          
           and
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           care
           to
           perform
           their
           Spies
           Oaths
           made
           to
           
             Rahab
             ,
          
           and
           
             sworn
             unto
             her
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             save
             her
             ,
             her
             Parents
             ,
             Kindred
             ,
             and
             Family
             alive
          
           (
           though
           
             Canaanites
          
           devoted
           by
           God
           to
           destruction
           )
           
             Iosh.
          
           2.
           1
           ,
           to
           24.
           compared
           with
           c.
           6.
           21
           ,
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           Heb.
           11.
           31.
           
           But
           our
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covenant
           were
           all
           made
           not
           to
           ,
           or
           with
           
             Amorites
          
           or
           
             Canaanites
          
           particularly
           deuoted
           by
           God
           to
           the
           Sword
           ,
           Slaughter
           ,
           and
           utter
           extirpation
           without
           any
           Truce
           or
           League
           of
           Peace
           ;
           but
           to
           and
           with
           our
           own
           hereditary
           lawfull
           Christian
           Kings
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           ,
           Posterities
           ,
           and
           Successors
           ,
           whose
           Persons
           ,
           Lives
           ,
           Crowns
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Royal
           Authoritie
           we
           are
           all
           expresly
           obliged
           ,
           commanded
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           to
           
             defend
             ,
             protect
             with
             our
             own
             lives
             ,
             fortunes
             ,
             estates
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             our
             Powers
             ,
             against
             all
             Attempts
             ,
             Treasons
             ,
             Conspiracies
             ,
             Traytors
             ,
             and
             Invasions
             whatsoever
             .
          
           yea
           precisely
           prohibited
           to
           
             offer
             the
             least
             violence
             ,
             injury
             to
             their
             Persons
             ,
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             in
             thought
             ,
             word
             ,
             or
             deed
             ,
          
           Prov.
           24.
           20
           ,
           21.
           
           Eccles.
           8.
           2
           c.
           10.
           10.
           1
           Sam.
           24.
           3
           ,
           to
           20.
           c.
           26.
           8
           ,
           to
           12.
           2
           Sam.
           1.
           12
           ,
           &c.
           c.
           4.
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           18
           3
           c
           21
           17
           Estch
           .
           2.
           21.
           12.
           23.
           c.
           6.
           2
           Rom
           13.
           1
           ,
           2.
           3.
           1
           Pet.
           2
           12.
           13
           ,
           17.
           
           Tit.
           3.
           1
           1
           
           Tim
           2.
           2.
           3.
           
           John
           18
           36.
           
           Therefore
           our
           Oaths
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           are
           much
           more
           obliging
           ,
           and
           conscienciouslie
           to
           be
           observed
           
           by
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           Posterities
           for
           ever
           ,
           than
           theirs
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           as
           the
           only
           ready
           way
           to
           our
           peace
           and
           settlement
           .
        
         
           10ly
           .
           This
           League
           of
           theirs
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           was
           ratified
           only
           with
           one
           single
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           bound
           both
           them
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ;
           but
           ours
           to
           our
           
             Kings
             ,
             their
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
          
           is
           ratified
           with
           seven
           successive
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
          
           here
           recited
           ,
           besides
           sundry
           others
           of
           like
           nature
           taken
           
             by
             our
             Ancestors
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
          
           which
           I
           pretermit
           .
           Therefore
           much
           more
           strong
           ,
           indissoluble
           ,
           obliging
           to
           us
           and
           our
           posterities
           than
           theirs
           .
           If
           
             a
             threefold
             cord
             be
             not
             easily
             broken
             ,
          
           Eccles.
           4.
           12.
           much
           more
           then
           
             a
             sevenfold
             Oath
          
           successively
           renued
           ,
           should
           not
           easily
           or
           quicklie
           be
           broken
           ,
           but
           remain
           inviolable
           to
           all
           posteritie
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           The
           violation
           of
           this
           Oath
           League
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           by
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           near
           400
           years
           after
           its
           first
           making
           ,
           when
           perchance
           quite
           forgotten
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           conceived
           to
           be
           unbinding
           to
           them
           as
           gotten
           by
           surprise
           ,
           as
           not
           made
           or
           taken
           by
           themselves
           ,
           personal
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           and
           
             Israelites
          
           then
           living
           when
           first
           made
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           expired
           and
           grown
           quite
           out
           of
           date
           by
           so
           long
           a
           tract
           of
           time
           ;
           was
           reputed
           by
           God
           himself
           a
           great
           
             sinne
             ,
             perjury
             in
             them
             ,
          
           and
           exemplarie
           punished
           by
           God
           with
           three
           years
           famine
           on
           the
           whole
           Land
           ,
           though
           
             Saul
          
           and
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           then
           living
           never
           took
           this
           Oath
           ,
           nor
           made
           that
           League
           themselves
           ,
           but
           onlie
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           so
           long
           time
           before
           their
           births
           .
           Therefore
           our
           violations
           of
           the
           forecited
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           so
           freshlie
           made
           ,
           taken
           ,
           sworn
           ,
           subscribed
           with
           hands
           lifted
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           successivelie
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           by
           whole
           Parliaments
           ,
           the
           generalitie
           of
           our
           Nation
           ;
           and
           not
           onlie
           by
           our
           deceased
           Ancestors
           ,
           but
           by
           our selves
           in
           person
           ,
           and
           so
           oft
           reiterated
           ,
           yet
           infringed
           by
           us
           time
           after
           time
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           most
           needs
           be
           a
           more
           detestable
           damnable
           Perjurie
           ,
           crime
           ,
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           God
           than
           theirs
           ,
           and
           draw
           a
           more
           long-lasting
           famine
           ,
           and
           other
           sorer
           judgements
           of
           God
           upon
           our
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           
             *
          
           Families
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           than
           that
           breach
           of
           their
           Oath
           and
           League
           with
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           brought
           down
           on
           them
           .
        
         
           12ly
           .
           That
           Oath
           ,
           League
           ,
           continued
           in
           force
           to
           bind
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           both
           to
           observation
           and
           punishment
           ,
           when
           
           violated
           by
           King
           
             Saul
          
           and
           them
           ,
           after
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           their
           Government
           was
           quite
           changed
           from
           a
           Principality
           or
           Common-wealth
           (
           as
           most
           of
           our
           present
           Grandees
           would
           have
           it
           )
           into
           a
           
             Kingship
             and
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           by
           the
           earnest
           unanimous
           desire
           ,
           consent
           of
           all
           the
           Elders
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           Gods
           own
           approbation
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           the
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           c.
           8
           ,
           to
           c.
           13.
           
           Josh.
           9.
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           21.
           compared
           together
           .
           Therefore
           our
           Oath
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           League
           ,
           Covanant
           forecited
           ,
           must
           by
           like
           reason
           ,
           consequence
           ,
           much
           more
           oblige
           our
           whole
           Nation
           in
           present
           and
           future
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           late
           violent
           forcible
           illegal
           Alterations
           ,
           Revolutions
           of
           our
           Governments
           and
           Governours
           ,
           against
           the
           Votes
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           desires
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           our
           three
           Nations
           ,
           since
           our
           Laws
           admit
           no
           
             Interregnum
          
           nor
           Disseisin
           of
           the
           
             Crown
             ,
             Kingship
             ,
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           (
           as
           the
           Statutes
           of
           
             Praerogativa
             Regis
             ,
             1
             Iacobi
             ,
             ch.
             1.
             
             Cooks
             7
             Rep.
             f.
          
           10.
           and
           
             u
          
           
             other
             Lawbooks
          
           resolve
           )
           And
           so
           our
           violations
           of
           them
           must
           be
           more
           perjurious
           ,
           sinfull
           ,
           and
           exemplarily
           punishable
           ,
           than
           theirs
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           This
           Oath
           ,
           League
           with
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           was
           violated
           by
           King
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           only
           out
           of
           
             zaeel
             to
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           &
           
             Iudah
             ,
          
           who
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           solicited
           him
           thereunto
           for
           their
           own
           self-ends
           or
           advantage
           :
           yet
           this
           was
           no
           sufficient
           excuse
           ,
           nor
           justification
           thereof
           in
           Gods
           esteem
           ,
           being
           punished
           with
           exemplarie
           justice
           on
           his
           posterity
           ,
           and
           a
           three
           years
           famine
           upon
           all
           the
           Land
           .
           Therefore
           the
           violation
           of
           all
           our
           precedent
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           by
           the
           Army-Officers
           ,
           confederate
           Members
           ,
           and
           their
           Adherents
           (
           against
           the
           Votes
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           the
           dehortations
           of
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           desires
           of
           our
           three
           whole
           Kingdoms
           )
           must
           needs
           〈◊〉
           a
           far
           more
           detestable
           crime
           ,
           and
           be
           avenged
           with
           a
           more
           heavy
           punishment
           both
           on
           them
           and
           us
           ,
           than
           theirs
           was
           heretofore
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           This
           breach
           of
           Oath
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           circumstances
           which
           might
           extenuate
           it
           ,
           was
           most
           exemplary
           punished
           ,
           though
           not
           on
           
             Saul
          
           the
           chief
           Offendor
           during
           his
           life
           ,
           yet
           upon
           seven
           of
           his
           Sons
           ,
           and
           Family
           after
           his
           death
           ,
           in
           King
           
             Davids
          
           Reign
           ,
           35
           years
           after
           this
           Offence
           committed
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           whole
           Nation
           by
           a
           three
           years
           famine
           ,
           
           though
           it
           was
           never
           infringed
           but
           only
           by
           one
           single
           Act
           ,
           in
           slaying
           some
           of
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           posterity
           ,
           and
           not
           re-violated
           by
           any
           other
           subsequent
           slaughter
           of
           them
           .
           Therfore
           though
           many
           of
           the
           grand
           Infringers
           of
           the
           precedent
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           may
           perchance
           scape
           scot-free
           for
           a
           time
           in
           their
           own
           persons
           ,
           and
           die
           without
           exemplary
           justice
           inflicted
           on
           them
           for
           it
           ,
           yet
           let
           them
           from
           this
           memorable
           President
           conclude
           for
           certain
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           sooner
           or
           later
           avenge
           it
           upon
           their
           
             Children
             and
             Posterity
          
           to
           their
           utter
           extirpation
           ,
           (
           and
           on
           the
           whole
           Nation
           too
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           already
           ,
           )
           it
           may
           be
           35
           years
           after
           the
           Perjuries
           ,
           Treasons
           ,
           committed
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           especially
           when
           not
           committed
           only
           once
           ,
           but
           perpetrated
           and
           acted
           over
           sundry
           times
           by
           a
           continued
           ,
           uninterrupted
           succession
           of
           New
           Perjuries
           ,
           Treasons
           ,
           and
           Violations
           of
           them
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           from
           day
           to
           day
           without
           fear
           or
           shame
           ,
           as
           Exod.
           20.
           5.
           
           c
           34.
           7.
           
           Gen.
           3.
           14
           ,
           15.
           1
           
           Kings
           2.
           33.
           2
           
           Kings
           5.
           27.
           
           Jer.
           22.
           30.
           c.
           36.
           31.
           
           Isay
           14
           20
           21.
           
           Mich.
           2.
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           Jer.
           6.
           15
           c.
           8.
           12.
           may
           assure
           all
           our
           late
           and
           present
           .
           Delinquents
           in
           this
           kind
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           which
           texts
           they
           may
           do
           well
           most
           seriously
           to
           peruse
           ,
           with
           bleeding
           and
           relenting
           hearts
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           This
           their
           violation
           of
           their
           League
           ,
           Oath
           to
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           was
           never
           openly
           justified
           ,
           pleaded
           ,
           written
           ,
           preached
           ,
           printed
           for
           ,
           nor
           carried
           on
           with
           solemn
           Fasts
           and
           Humiliations
           ,
           (
           most
           
             *
          
           detestable
           unto
           God
           when
           thus
           abused
           )
           nor
           yet
           solemnly
           abjured
           by
           new
           contrary
           Oaths
           or
           Engagements
           forcibly
           imposed
           on
           all
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           by
           
             Saul
          
           and
           his
           
             Counsel
             of
             State
             ,
          
           to
           extirpate
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             :
          
           yet
           it
           was
           thus
           severely
           punished
           by
           God
           himself
           on
           
             Sauls
          
           posterity
           and
           the
           
             Israelites
             .
          
           O
           then
           what
           soarer
           overflowing
           ,
           desolating
           Judgements
           ,
           may
           our
           perjurious
           ,
           Fidifragus
           
             Grandees
             ,
             Saints
             ,
             Nations
             ,
          
           most
           justlie
           fear
           and
           expect
           will
           undoubtedly
           befall
           themselves
           ,
           their
           posterities
           and
           our
           Kingdoms
           ,
           (
           now
           almost
           ripened
           for
           destruction
           in
           wise
           mens
           apprehensions
           )
           who
           have
           not
           only
           infringed
           all
           our
           Oaths
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           to
           our
           lawfull
           Kings
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           ,
           Successors
           ,
           and
           Posteritie
           over
           &
           over
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           but
           most
           impudently
           justified
           ,
           pleaded
           ,
           preached
           ,
           written
           ,
           for
           the
           lawfulness
           thereof
           ;
           yea
           kept
           manie
           Hypocritical
           ,
           Atheistical
           
             Mock-Fasts
             
             and
             Humiliations
             ,
          
           to
           promote
           our
           most
           detestable
           Perjuries
           ,
           Treacheries
           ,
           Abominations
           ;
           and
           publicklie
           abjured
           all
           our
           former
           loyal
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           by
           new
           Treasonable
           enforced
           Oaths
           and
           Engagements
           ,
           diametrically
           repugnant
           to
           them
           .
           Certainlie
           if
           this
           breach
           of
           Oath
           by
           
             Saul
          
           in
           slaying
           the
           
             Gibeonites
          
           could
           not
           be
           expiated
           ,
           nor
           the
           〈◊〉
           years
           famine
           inflicted
           on
           the
           whole
           Land
           for
           it
           ,
           removed
           by
           all
           King
           
             Davids
          
           and
           the
           
             Israelttes
          
           Fasts
           Prayers
           ,
           Tears
           ,
           Sacrifices
           ;
           till
           this
           sin
           of
           theirs
           was
           particularly
           be
           wailed
           ,
           repented
           ,
           removed
           ,
           and
           full
           satisfaction
           made
           to
           the
           murdered
           
             Gibeonites
          
           by
           
             David
          
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           by
           delivering
           up
           seven
           of
           
             Sauls
          
           Sonnes
           and
           Posteritie
           to
           be
           hanged
           up
           before
           the
           Lord
           in
           
             Gibeah
          
           of
           Saul
           ,
           for
           this
           perjurie
           and
           bloodshed
           committed
           so
           long
           before
           by
           
             Saul
          
           their
           Ancestor
           ,
           the
           principal
           Malefactor
           .
           We
           may
           justlie
           fear
           and
           conclude
           ,
           that
           all
           our
           prayers
           ,
           tears
           ,
           fasts
           ,
           humiliations
           ,
           will
           never
           expiate
           the
           manifold
           open
           violations
           of
           these
           our
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Leagues
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
          
           by
           the
           murders
           of
           our
           late
           King
           ,
           and
           manie
           thousands
           of
           our
           Protestant
           Brethren
           of
           all
           sorts
           for
           adhering
           to
           him
           ,
           his
           heirs
           and
           posteritie
           ;
           the
           violations
           of
           the
           rights
           ,
           privileges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           beyond
           all
           Presidents
           of
           former
           Ages
           ;
           and
           securing
           ,
           secluding
           the
           whole
           Peers
           House
           ,
           and
           Majoritie
           of
           the
           Commons
           heretofore
           and
           now
           again
           ,
           and
           trampling
           our
           fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           Remonstrances
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Oaths
           quite
           under
           foot
           ,
           by
           new
           Arbitrarie
           ,
           Tyranical
           Acts
           ,
           Impositions
           ,
           proceedings
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           exceeding
           the
           worst
           of
           our
           former
           Kings
           ;
           unlesse
           all
           these
           perjuries
           ,
           treacheries
           ,
           breaches
           of
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Covenants
           in
           this
           kind
           be
           particularly
           and
           publickly
           confessed
           ,
           bewayled
           ,
           reformed
           ,
           repented
           if
           not
           expiated
           with
           the
           like
           Justice
           and
           Executions
           upon
           the
           persons
           or
           Sons
           of
           some
           of
           the
           most
           capital
           Delinquents
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           to
           appease
           Gods
           wrath
           ,
           and
           preserve
           our
           whole
           three
           Kingdomes
           from
           utter
           ruin
           ;
           our
           perjuries
           and
           breaches
           of
           all
           Oaths
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           Trusts
           ,
           being
           now
           so
           generallie
           and
           universally
           infamous
           throughout
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           FIDES
           ANGLICA
           ,
           is
           become
           as
           proverbial
           AS
           
             c
          
           FIDES
           PUNICA
           ,
           SCOTICA
           ,
           or
           HYBERNICA
           in
           former
           Ages
           ,
           to
           our
           perpetual
           infamie
           :
           Which
           ,
           if
           this
           Publication
           may
           redresse
           ,
           reform
           
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           I
           shall
           bless
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           some
           hopes
           of
           better
           times
           ,
           things
           ,
           then
           yet
           we
           can
           possibly
           expect
           whiles
           under
           the
           guilt
           ,
           breach
           of
           so
           many
           contradictory
           Oathes
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Leagues
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           Ingagements
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           antient
           Oath
           of
           
             Fealty
          
           and
           
             Allegiance
             ,
          
           (
           which
           both
           the
           Subjects
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           
             Kings
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
          
           and
           
             Subjects
          
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           made
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           their
           heirs
           ,
           as
           supreme
           Lords
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           in
           these
           words
           .
           )
           
             Ero
             fidelis
             &
             legalis
             ,
             fidemque
             &
             legalitatem
             servabo
             ,
          
           Henrico
           (
           &
           Edwardo
           )
           
             Regi
             Angliae
             ,
             et
             Haeredibus
             suis
             ,
             de
             vita
             &
             membris
             ,
             &
             terreno
             honore
             ,
             contra
             omnes
             qui
             possa
             it
             vivere
             &
             mori
             :
             Et
             nunquam
             pro
             aliquo
             portabo
             arma
             ,
             nec
             ero
             in
             consilio
             vel
             auxilio
             contra
             eum
             vel
             Haeredes
             suos
             ,
             in
             aliquo
             casu
             qui
             possit
             contingere
             ,
             sed
             fideliter
             recognoscam
             ,
             et
             fideliter
             faciam
             servitia
             quae
             pertinent
             ad
             tenementum
             quod
             de
             eo
             tenere
             clamito
             ,
             Sic
             me
             Deus
             adjuvet
             &
             omnes
             Sanctos
             ejus
             .
          
           (
           Which
           Oath
           
             1
          
           
             William
          
           King
           of
           
             Scots
          
           and
           all
           his
           Nobles
           swore
           to
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           2.
           
             et
             Haeredibus
             suis
             ,
             sicut
             ligio
             Domino
             suo
             :
          
           And
           
             2
          
           
             Iohn
             Balliol
             ,
             Iohn
             Comyn
          
           with
           all
           the
           Nobles
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           to
           King
           
             Edward
             1.
             and
             his
             heirs
             :
          
           Anno
           1293
           ,
           1294
           ,
           1297.
           )
           they
           all
           in
           express
           terms
           obliged
           themselves
           and
           their
           heirs
           ,
           to
           be
           true
           and
           faithfull
           Subjects
           to
           the
           
             King
             and
             his
             heirs
             :
          
           Which
           though
           valid
           ,
           obligatories
           in
           it self
           to
           our
           Kings
           postertie
           ,
           yet
           some
           of
           our
           Kings
           in
           their
           life-times
           ,
           made
           both
           the
           Scots
           and
           English
           Subjects
           to
           take
           a
           new
           Oath
           of
           Fealty
           and
           allegiance
           to
           their
           heir
           apparent
           and
           his
           heirs
           ,
           
             saving
             the
             fealty
             ,
             homage
             and
             allegiance
             done
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           Thus
           
             c
          
           
             William
             King
             of
             Scots
          
           with
           all
           his
           Nobles
           ,
           Barons
           ,
           and
           Knights
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           did
           
             Fealty
          
           and
           
             Homage
          
           to
           king
           
             Henry
          
           the
           2.
           and
           to
           Henry
           his
           son
           ,
           and
           
             his
             heirs
             ,
          
           as
           to
           his
           Liege
           Lords
           ,
           
             salva
             fide
             Domini
             Regis
             patris
             sui
             .
          
           
           Anno
           1175.
           
           Yea
           before
           this
           ,
           Anno
           1128.
           by
           the
           commad
           of
           king
           
             Henry
          
           the
           1.
           the
           Archbishops
           ,
           Bishos
           ,
           Abbots
           ,
           
             David
          
           King
           of
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           with
           all
           the
           Earls
           and
           Barons
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           swore
           homage
           and
           sealtie
           to
           
             Maud
          
           his
           daughter
           and
           heir
           
             ut
             filiae
             suae
             Imperatrici
             
               Fide
               servata
               ,
            
             regnum
             Angliae
             
               Haereditario
               jure
            
             post
             dies
             suos
             
               sibi
               et
               haeredibus
               suis
               legitime
               
               procreatis
               servarent
            
             nisi
             sobolem
             virilis
             sexus
             ipse
             Rex
             in
             posterum
             procrearet
             .
          
           The
           persidious
           violation
           of
           which
           Oath
           by
           them
           after
           King
           
             Henries
          
           death
           in
           crowning
           
             Stephen
             ,
          
           brought
           
             *
          
           
             exemplary
             judgements
          
           on
           
             the
             wilfull
             violaters
          
           therof
           ,
           and
           a
           
             bloudy
             ,
             long-lasting
             civil
             warr
             within
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Realm
          
           between
           
             Maud
             ,
          
           her
           son
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Usurper
           
             Stephen
             ,
          
           to
           the
           great
           oppression
           ,
           devastation
           ,
           desolation
           of
           the
           publique
           ,
           &
           peoples
           ,
           as
           our
           Historians
           observe
           ;
           all
           the
           good
           they
           hoped
           for
           by
           disinheriting
           
             Maud
             ,
          
           and
           crowning
           
             Stephen
          
           upon
           their
           own
           terms
           ,
           against
           his
           own
           and
           their
           
             Oathes
             ,
          
           becomming
           
             void
             and
             null
          
           by
           his
           
             perfidiousness
             ,
          
           through
           divine
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           
             which
             will
             never
             permit
             any
             good
             things
             to
             spring
             out
             of
             such
             enormous
             evils
             as
             perjury
             and
             treachery
             ;
          
           which
           produced
           sundry
           judgments
           and
           civil
           wars
           ,
           never
           ceasing
           till
           
             Henry
          
           the
           right
           heir
           
             was
             restored
             to
             the
             Crown
             by
             a
             friendly
             agreement
             ;
          
           the
           only
           probable
           ,
           speedy
           way
           not
           now
           to
           end
           our
           present
           wars
           ,
           oppressions
           ,
           distractions
           ,
           Military
           Government
           ,
           and
           restore
           peace
           ,
           and
           prosperitie
           in
           our
           Nations
           .
           After
           this
           ,
           An.
           1191.
           upon
           the
           dejection
           of
           the
           insolent
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ely
          
           from
           his
           Vicegerentship
           under
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           first
           ,
           
             e
          
           all
           the
           
             Nobles
             of
             England
          
           assembling
           together
           ,
           
             swore
             Fealty
          
           to
           
             Richard
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             heir
             against
             all
             men
             .
          
           The
           Citizens
           of
           
             London
          
           swore
           the
           like
           
             Oath
             ;
             and
             that
             if
          
           King
           
             Richard
             should
             die
             without
             issue
             ,
             they
             would
             receive
             Earl
          
           John
           
             his
             Brother
             for
             their
             King
             and
             Lord
             ,
             &
             juraverunt
             ei
             Fidelitatem
             contra
             omnes
             homines
             ,
             salva
             fidelitate
             Regis
          
           Richardi
           
             fratris
             sui
          
           as
           
             Hoveden
          
           relates
           .
        
         
           In
           Claus.
           24
           H
           3.
           m.
           15.
           dorso
           ,
           soon
           after
           the
           birth
           of
           
             Edward
          
           the
           1.
           son
           and
           heir
           apparent
           to
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           ,
           I
           find
           this
           memorable
           writ
           issued
           to
           all
           the
           Sheriffes
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           summon
           all
           persons
           above
           12.
           years
           old
           ,
           to
           swear
           
             Fealty
          
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           
             Heir
             to
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           to
           submit
           themselves
           faithfully
           to
           him
           as
           to
           their
           Liege
           Lord
           after
           his
           death
           .
        
         
           Rex
           Vic.
           
             Eborum
             ▪
          
           salutem
           ;
           Praecipimus
           tibi
           quod
           in
           fide
           qua
           nobis
           teneris
           ,
           et
           sicut
           teipsum
           et
           omnia
           tua
           diligis
           venire
           facias
           ad
           loca
           certa
           &
           ad
           dies
           certos
           ,
           sicut
           commodius
           fiery
           potevit
           ,
           
             Omnes
          
           liberos
           homines
           de
           balliva
           tua
           aetatis
           12.
           
           Annorum
           et
           supra
           ,
           et
           
             eos
             omnes
             coram
             te
             jurare
             facias
             ;
          
           
           ita
           quod
           haec
           sit
           forma
           juramenti
           sui
           ,
           scilicet
           :
           
             Quod
             ipsi
             salvo
             Homagio
             et
             fidelitate
             nostra
             ,
             qua
             Nobis
             tenentur
             ,
             &
             cui
             in
             vita
             nostra
             nullo
             mode
             renunciare
             volumus
             ,
             Fideles
             eritis
             Edwardo
             filio
             nostre
             primogenito
             ,
             ita
             quod
             side
             Nobis
             humanitus
             contigerit
             ,
             eidem
             tanquam
             hearedi
             nostro
             et
             Domino
             suo
             ligio
             erunt
             fideliter
             intendentes
             ,
             et
             eum
             pro
             Domino
             suo
             ligio
             habentes
             .
             Et
             talem
             circa
             hoc
             exhibeas
             diligentiam
             ,
             ut
             inde
             merito
             debeatis
             commendari
             .
          
           Teste
           meipso
           apud
           
             Westm.
          
           24
           die
           
             Febr.
             
          
           Ann.
           r.
           n.
           24.
           
           Eodem
           modo
           scribitur
           omnibus
           Vicecomitibus
           :
           and
           it
           appears
           by
           
             Dors.
          
           12.
           they
           were
           summoned
           and
           sworn
           accordingly
           .
           
             f
          
           In
           the
           Parliament
           of
           5
           H.
           4.
           rot
           .
           Parl.
           n.
           13.
           
           &
           17.
           
           The
           
             Lords
             Spiritual
          
           and
           
             Temporal
             ,
          
           and
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           were
           sworn
           
             to
             bear
             faith
             and
             true
             allegiance
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             issue
             ,
             and
             to
             every
             one
             of
             his
             Sonnes
             severally
             sucéeding
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ;
             and
             that
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             .
          
           The
           like
           Oath
           was
           taken
           to
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             Prince
             Edward
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Heirs
             of
             the
             Kings
             body
          
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           38
           H.
           6.
           rot
           Parl.
           n.
           26.
           
           And
           to
           
             g
          
           
             Prince
             Edward
          
           Son
           and
           heir
           apparent
           to
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           4th
           
             and
             his
             Heirs
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
             of
          
           11
           E.
           4.
           entred
           in
           the
           Clause
           Roll
           of
           11
           E.
           4.
           m.
           1.
           dorso
           .
           Yet
           in
           point
           of
           Law
           ,
           Conscience
           ,
           the
           first
           Oathes
           of
           
             Fealty
          
           and
           
             Allegiance
          
           to
           each
           of
           these
           
             Kings
             his
             heirs
             and
             successors
             ,
          
           
             *
          
           obliged
           all
           that
           took
           them
           as
           firmly
           to
           their
           
             heirs
             and
             successors
             ,
          
           as
           their
           
             Homages
          
           made
           by
           them
           to
           these
           Kings
           or
           other
           
             Lords
             ,
          
           (
           which
           extend
           equally
           to
           their
           heires
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           be
           
             h
          
           
             reiterated
             ,
          
           nor
           
             renewed
          
           to
           them
           upon
           this
           Account
           ,
           unless
           in
           some
           special
           cases
           )
           and
           binde
           not
           only
           those
           that
           took
           them
           ,
           but
           their
           heirs
           and
           posteritie
           likewise
           ,
           although
           they
           never
           tooke
           these
           
             Oaths
          
           themselves
           ,
           at
           least
           to
           a
           
             religious
             conscientious
             observation
             ,
          
           though
           not
           to
           
             the
             actual
             legal
             penalties
             of
             Perjury
             ;
          
           as
           
             Angelus
             de
             Clavasio
          
           in
           his
           
             Summa
             Angelica
             ,
          
           tit.
           
             Juramentum
          
           5.
           sect
           :
           24.
           40.
           and
           other
           Canonists
           distinguish
           ;
           and
           the
           forecited
           Scriptures
           infallibly
           demonstrate
           ;
           especially
           being
           made
           for
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           peace
           ,
           settlement
           .
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           warranted
           by
           the
           policie
           ,
           presidents
           of
           all
           ages
           ,
           prescribed
           by
           our
           Lawes
           ,
           Parliaments
           ,
           for
           the
           safetie
           ,
           securitie
           ,
           settlement
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Church
           ,
           Kingdoms
           ,
           
           Government
           ,
           as
           of
           our
           Kings
           and
           their
           posterities
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           
             o
             to
             be
             violated
             ,
             through
             fear
             ,
             menaces
             ,
             hopes
             of
             worldly
             gain
             or
             preferment
             ,
          
           nor
           dispensed
           with
           by
           any
           
             Papal
             or
             other
             human
             power
             whatsoever
             ;
          
           the
           
             i
          
           breach
           of
           Oaths
           ,
           Leagues
           ,
           Covenants
           ,
           being
           A
           GRAND
           VICKEDNESSE
           
             and
             high
             prophanation
             of
             the
          
           TRUTH
           ,
           FAITHFULNESSE
           ,
           NAME
           ,
           AND
           CONSTANCY
           OF
           GOD
           HIMSELF
           ,
           
             as
             well
             as
             transgression
             of
             his
             Law
             and
             Gospel
             ,
          
           deserving
           the
           highest
           temporal
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           censures
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           eternal
           condemnation
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           
             Ezech.
             17.
             16
             ,
             to
             22.
             
             &
             Jer.
             34.
             
             Neh
          
           5.
           12.
           13.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           Whether
           the
           late
           illegal
           Oaths
           ,
           Ingagements
           to
           the
           New
           
             Republicans
          
           and
           
             Protectors
             ,
          
           enforced
           on
           the
           people
           against
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           without
           any
           lawfull
           Parliamentary
           Authority
           (
           which
           
             only
             legally
          
           make
           ,
           prescribe
           ,
           impose
           new
           
             Oaths
          
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           the
           marginal
           
             k
          
           
             Statutes
          
           resolve
           ,
           past
           all
           dispute
           )
           being
           directly
           contradictorie
           to
           their
           former
           lawfull
           Oaths
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           ,
           be
           not
           absolutely
           void
           in
           conscience
           ,
           yea
           mere
           prophanings
           ,
           abuses
           of
           Gods
           sacred
           Name
           ;
           and
           if
           taken
           out
           of
           
             fear
             or
             weaknesse
             ,
             no
             wayes
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
          
           no
           more
           than
           
             Davids
             Oath
             ,
             resolution
             to
             slay
          
           Nabal
           
             with
             all
             his
             Family
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           25.
           or
           
             Herods
             Oath
             to
             Herodias
             ,
          
           which
           he
           had
           
             more
             justly
             violated
             than
             observed
             in
             beheading
          
           John
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           14.
           6
           ,
           to
           13.
           or
           those
           
             Jews
          
           Vow
           ,
           
             who
             vowed
             they
             would
             neither
             eat
             nor
             drink
             till
             they
             had
             killed
             Paul
             ,
          
           Acts
           23.
           21.
           &c.
           Which
           
             sinful
             Oaths
             ,
             Vows
             ,
          
           were
           no
           
             wayes
             to
             be
             observed
             by
             shedding
             innocent
             blood
             ,
          
           as
           both
           the
           
             Fathers
             ,
             Councils
             ,
             Canonists
             ,
             Casuists
             ,
          
           and
           
             Scoolmen
          
           resolve
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           at
           large
           in
           
             Gratian
             Caus.
             22.
             quest
             .
             4.
             
             Summa
             Angelica
             ,
             Tit.
             Juramentum
             ,
             sect.
             3.
             45.
             
             Peter
             Lombard
             ,
             Sent.
             l.
             3.
             distinct
          
           29.
           &
           most
           
             Schoolmen
          
           on
           his
           Text
           ,
           whose
           definitive
           Doctrine
           is
           this
           :
           
             Si
             quis
             alicui
             juraverit
             contra
             fidem
             ,
             charitatem
             
             &
             officium
             ,
             quod
             observatū
             pejorem
             vergat
             in
             exitum
             ,
             potius
             est
             mutandum
             quam
             implendum
             :
             Qui
             enim
             sic
             jurat
             vehementer
             peccat
             ,
             cum
             autem
             mutat
             benèfacit
             :
             Qui
             autem
             non
             mutat
             dupliciter
             peccat
             ;
             Et
             quia
             injuste
             juravit
             ,
             et
             quia
             facit
             quod
             non
             debet
             .
          
           And
           
             l
          
           
             that
             when
             a
             man
             hath
             once
             obliged
             himself
             by
             a
             legal
             Oath
             to
             God
             and
             his
             Soveraign
             ,
             any
             latter
             Oath
             repugnant
             to
             ,
             or
             inconsistent
             with
             it
             is
             unlawfull
             :
          
           Upon
           which
           account
           our
           
             m
          
           
             Lawbooks
          
           and
           
             Laws
          
           resolve
           ,
           that
           when
           ever
           any
           man
           swears
           Fealty
           ,
           or
           doth
           Homage
           to
           his
           Landlord
           for
           the
           Lands
           held
           of
           him
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           with
           this
           special
           exception
           ,
           
             saving
             the
             Faith
             which
             I
             owe
             to
             our
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
          
           who
           is
           the
           Soveraign
           Lord
           of
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           principally
           
             sworn
             unto
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             obeyed
             in
             the
             first
             place
          
           before
           all
           or
           any
           others
           .
           Hereupon
           
             n
          
           
             Walter
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Exeter
             ,
          
           Anno
           6
           E.
           1.
           for
           omitting
           this
           Clause
           out
           of
           the
           Homage
           he
           received
           of
           his
           Tenants
           in
           
             Cornwall
             ,
          
           IN
           CONTEMPTUM
           DOMINI
           REGIS
           ,
           
             &
             ad
             manifestam
             ,
             quo
             ad
          
           PRIVILEGIUM
           IPSIUS
           DOMINI
           REGIS
           EXHAEREDATIONEM
           ,
           ET
           DAMNUM
           IPSIUS
           DOMINI
           REGIS
           
             ad
             valentiam
          
           DECEM
           MILLE
           LIBRARUM
           ,
           he
           had
           judgement
           given
           against
           him
           for
           it
           upon
           an
           
             Information
             ,
          
           and
           was
           put
           to
           a
           great
           fine
           and
           ransome
           for
           this
           his
           transcendent
           offence
           .
           Upon
           this
           very
           account
           
             Honnore
             Bonhor
          
           Prior
           of
           
             Salon
             ,
          
           an
           eminent
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Canon
           law
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Larbre
             des
             Battailles
             ,
          
           ch.
           50
           ,
           51.
           resolves
           ,
           out
           of
           other
           Doctors
           ,
           
             That
             if
             the
             King
             moves
             war
             against
             any
             Baron
             of
             his
             Realme
             ,
             his
             Tenants
             and
             Homagers
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             assist
             him
             in
             his
             wars
             against
             the
             King
             by
             their
             Homage
             or
             Fealty
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             assist
             the
             King
             against
             him
             ,
          
           BECAUSE
           THE
           KING
           IS
           SOVERAIGN
           LORD
           TO
           THEM
           BOTH
           ;
           and
           the
           Barons
           lesser
           and
           inferiour
           Dominion
           ,
           
             is
             swallowed
             up
             or
             suspended
             by
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             greater
             and
             superior
             Lord
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             Baron
             commits
             both
             Treason
             and
             Perjury
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             violating
             his
             Homage
             ,
             in
             taking
             up
             Arms
             against
             him
             ;
             )
          
           Whereupon
           
             his
             Tenants
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             ayd
             him
             in
             his
             Perjury
             and
             Treason
             against
             his
             Soveraign
             .
          
           And
           ch.
           100
           ,
           101
           ,
           102.
           he
           determines
           ,
           
             That
             if
             a
             man
             be
             a
             Subject
             to
             two
             Kings
             ,
             States
             ,
             or
             Cities
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             wage
             war
             against
             each
             other
             ,
             he
             is
             bound
             to
             serve
             the
             King
             ,
             State
             ,
             City
             in
             
             the
             wars
             ,
             to
             which
          
           HE
           WAS
           FIRST
           SWORN
           AND
           OBLIGED
           ,
           because
           his
           latter
           Oath
           and
           Homage
           to
           his
           last
           
             Soveraign
             cannot
             invallid
             nor
             discharge
             his
             first
             Oath
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             his
             old
             one
             ;
          
           Much
           lesse
           then
           can
           these
           later
           
             Treasonable
             Oaths
             ,
             Engagements
          
           to
           a
           
             New
             Protector
          
           or
           
             Republick
             ,
          
           dispence
           with
           those
           antecedent
           legal
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestation
           ,
           Covenant
           to
           our
           
             lawfull
             King
             and
             his
             Heirs
             ,
          
           nor
           oblige
           us
           in
           the
           least
           degree
           to
           fight
           against
           or
           oppose
           their
           
             Persons
             ,
             Titles
             ,
             Rights
             ,
          
           to
           perpetuate
           our
           wars
           ,
           miseries
           ,
           taxes
           ,
           oppressions
           ,
           confusions
           ,
           and
           prevent
           our
           future
           settlement
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           all
           now
           seriously
           remember
           ,
           consider
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           That
           as
           all
           who
           have
           been
           
             Judges
             ,
             Justices
             ,
             Maiors
             ,
             Bayliffs
             of
             Towns
             ,
             Barresters
             ,
             Benchers
             ,
             Ministers
             ,
             Graduates
             in
             Vniversities
             ,
             Attorneys
             ,
             Civil
             or
             Ecclesiastical
          
           Officers
           in
           any
           kind
           ,
           
             Members
             of
             the
             Commons
             House
             ,
          
           or
           Tenants
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           before
           the
           year
           1649.
           have
           oft
           taken
           the
           premised
           Oaths
           of
           
             Maiors
             ,
             Iustices
             ,
             Fealty
             ,
          
           or
           at
           lest
           of
           
             Supremacy
          
           and
           
             Allegiance
             ;
          
           So
           all
           
             Aldermen
             ,
             Governors
             ,
             Assistants
             ,
             Livery
             men
             ,
             Common
             Counsel-men
             ,
          
           and
           
             Freemen
          
           whatsoever
           of
           every
           
             City
             ,
             Corporation
             ,
             Society
             ,
             Company
             ,
             Fraternity
             ,
          
           throughout
           the
           Realme
           ,
           have
           likewise
           taken
           another
           
             Oath
          
           beginning
           thus
           ,
           
             You
             shall
             swear
             ,
             to
             be
             good
             and
             true
             ,
             or
             true
             Liegeman
             to
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             .
          
           Which
           if
           they
           will
           all
           now
           conscienciously
           verifie
           and
           resolutely
           fulfil
           to
           the
           
             Right
             Heir
             and
             Successor
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
          
           they
           may
           soon
           put
           a
           period
           to
           all
           their
           present
           
             Oppressions
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
             Excises
             ,
             arbitrary
             Militiaes
             ,
             Distractions
             ,
             Fears
             ,
             Dangers
             ,
          
           under
           their
           New
           
             Aegyptian
             Tax-Masters
             ,
          
           and
           make
           themselves
           real
           
             ENGLISH
             FREEMEN
             ,
          
           without
           any
           new
           Warr
           ,
           or
           much
           feared
           forein
           invasion
           ,
           instead
           of
           continuing
           
             Bondslaves
          
           under
           a
           misnamed
           
             Free-State
             ,
          
           in
           which
           no
           wise
           men
           can
           yet
           discern
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           
             Freedom
          
           or
           
             Security
             ,
          
           but
           inovitable
           desolation
           in
           the
           present
           posture
           of
           its
           publick
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           a
           necessity
           of
           involving
           himself
           in
           the
           guilt
           of
           
             New
             Oaths
             ,
          
           more
           treasonable
           than
           the
           
             *
          
           Bishops
           late
           &c.
           
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           which
           can
           neither
           be
           imposed
           ,
           nor
           administred
           without
           danger
           ,
           and
           the
           guilt
           both
           of
           
             Perjury
             and
             High
             Treason
          
           to
           the
           
             King
             ,
             kingdom
             ,
          
           and
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           by
           all
           our
           known
           Laws
           resolution
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           close
           up
           all
           with
           this
           memorable
           seasonable
           antient
           Canon
           ,
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           
             Anathema
          
           of
           the
           4th
           .
           
             Council
          
           of
           
             Tolede
          
           in
           
             Spain
          
           Anno
           681.
           
           Can.
           74.
           as
           an
           effectual
           means
           (
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           )
           to
           reclaim
           us
           from
           our
           former
           Perjuries
           ,
           Treacheries
           ,
           Regends
           Disloyalties
           to
           our
           lawfull
           Kings
           and
           their
           Posteritie
           ,
           to
           restore
           them
           to
           their
           hereditarie
           Rights
           ,
           divert
           Gods
           heavy
           Judgements
           from
           us
           ,
           to
           settle
           us
           in
           firm
           ,
           lasting
           peace
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           restore
           our
           pristine
           Tranquility
           ,
           Unity
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Prosperity
           so
           long
           expected
           ,
           desired
           .
           
             k
          
           
             Multarum
             gentium
             (
             ut
             fama
             est
             ,
          
           being
           then
           principally
           intended
           of
           the
           antient
           
             l
          
           
             Britains
             ,
             Saxons
             ,
             Northumberlanders
             ,
          
           exceeding
           all
           other
           Nations
           
             in
             Perjury
             ,
             Treachery
             to
             ,
             rebellions
             against
             and
             murders
             of
             their
             Kings
             ,
          
           and
           now
           exceeded
           therein
           by
           us
           of
           this
           Age
           )
           
             tanta
             extat
             perfidia
             animorum
             ,
             
               ut
               fidem
               sacramento
               promissam
               Regibus
               suis
               observare
               contemnant
               ,
               et
               ore
               simulant
               Iuramenti
               professionem
               ,
               dum
               retinent
               mente
               perfidiae
               impietatem
               .
               Iurant
               enim
               Regibus
               suis
               ,
               et
               fidem
               ,
               quam
               pollicentur
               ,
               praevaricantur
               ;
            
             nec
             metuunt
             volumen
             illud
             judicii
             Dei
             ,
             per
             quod
             inducitur
             maledictio
             ,
             multaque
             poenarum
             comminatio
             super
             cos
             ,
             qui
             jurant
             in
             nomine
             Dei
             mendaciter
             .
             Quae
             ergò
             spes
             talibus
             populis
             ,
             contra
             hostes
             laborantes
             ,
             erit
             ?
             Quae
             fides
             ultra
             cum
             aliis
             gentibus
             in
             pace
             credenda
             ?
             quod
             foedus
             non
             violandum
             ?
             quae
             in
             hostibus
             jurata
             sponsio
             stabilis
             permanebit
             ,
             
               quando
               ipsis
               propriis
               Regibus
               juratam
               fidem
               non
               servant
               ?
            
             Quisenim
             adeò
             furiosus
             est
             ,
             qui
             caput
             suum
             manu
             sua
             propria
             desecet
             ?
             Illi
             (
             ut
             notum
             est
             )
             immemores
             salutis
             suae
             ,
             propria
             manu
             seipsos
             interimunt
             ,
             
               in
               semetipsos
               suosque
               Reges
               proprias
               convertendo
               vires
               .
            
             Et
             cum
             dominus
             dicat
             ,
             Nolite
             tangere
             Christos
             meos
             ,
             &
             David
             :
             quis
             inquit
             ,
             extendet
             manum
             suam
             in
             Christum
             Domini
             ,
             &
             innocens
             erit
             ?
             
               Illis
               nec
               vitare
               metus
               ett
               perjurium
               ,
               nec
               Regibus
               inferre
               exitimn
               .
            
             Hostibus
             quippe
             fides
             pacti
             datur
             ,
             nec
             violatur
             .
             Quod
             si
             in
             bello
             sides
             valeat
             ,
             quanto
             magis
             in
             suis
             servanda
             est
             ?
             
               Sacrilegium
               quippe
               est
               si
               violetur
               a
               gentibus
               Regum
               suorum
               promissa
               fides
               ,
               quia
               non
               solum
               in
               eos
               sit
               pacti
               transgressio
               ,
               sed
               et
               in
               Deum
               ,
               in
               sujus
               
               nomine
               pollicetur
               ipsa
               promissio
               .
            
             Indè
             est
             ,
             quod
             multa
             regna
             terrarum
             ,
             caelestis
             iracundia
             ità
             permutavit
             ;
             ut
             pro
             impietate
             fidei
             et
             morum
             ,
             alterum
             ab
             altero
             solveretur
             .
             Unde
             &
             nos
             cavere
             oportet
             ,
             casum
             hujusmodi
             gentium
             ,
             nè
             similiter
             plaga
             seriamur
             praecipiti
             ,
             et
             poena
             puniamur
             crudeli
             .
             Si
             enim
             Deus
             Angells
             in
             se
             praevaricantibus
             non
             pepercit
             ,
             qui
             per
             inobedientiam
             coeleste
             habitaculum
             perdiderunt
             ;
             unde
             &
             per
             
               Esaiam
            
             dicit
             :
             
               Inebriatus
               est
               gladius
               meus
               in
               coelo
               :
            
             quantò
             magis
             nos
             nostrae
             salutis
             interitum
             timere
             debemus
             ,
             nè
             per
             infidelitatem
             eodem
             saeviente
             DEI
             gladio
             pereamus
             ?
             Quòd
             ,
             si
             divinam
             iracundiam
             vitare
             volumus
             ,
             et
             severitatem
             ejue
             ad
             clementiam
             provocare
             cupimus
             ,
             servemus
             erga
             Deum
             religionis
             cultum
             ,
             atque
             timorem
             ,
             
               custodiamus
               erga
               Principes
               nostros
               pollicitam
               fidem
               atque
               sponsionem
               .
            
             Non
             sit
             in
             nobis
             ,
             ut
             in
             quibusdam
             gentibus
             ,
             infidelitatis
             subtilitas
             impia
             ,
             non
             subdolae
             mentis
             perfidia
             ,
             
               non
               perjurii
               nesas
               ,
               et
               conjurationum
               nefanda
               molimina
               .
            
             Nullus
             apud
             nos
             praesumptione
             regnum
             arripiat
             ,
             nullus
             excitet
             mutuas
             seditiones
             civium
             ,
             
               nemo
               meditetur
               interitus
               regum
               ;
            
             sed
             ,
             desuncto
             in
             pace
             Principe
             ,
             Primates
             gentis
             cum
             sacerdotibus
             (
             filium
             ejus
             )
             Soccessorem
             Regni
             
               Constlio
               communi
               constituant
               ,
            
             ut
             dum
             unitatis
             concordia
             à
             nobis
             retinetur
             ,
             nullum
             patr●●e
             gentisque
             dissidium
             ,
             per
             vim
             atque
             ambitum
             moliatur
             .
             Quòd
             si
             haec
             admonitio
             mentes
             nostras
             non
             corrigit
             ,
             et
             a●
             salutem
             communem
             cor
             nostrum
             nequaquàm
             perducit
             ,
             audi
             sententiam
             nostram
             .
             Quicunque
             ergò
             ex
             nobis
             ,
             vel
             totius
             Hispaniae
             populis
             ,
             qualibet
             conjuratione
             vel
             studio
             
               Sacramentum
               Fidel
               suae
               ,
            
             quod
             pro
             patriae
             gentisque
             Gotthorum
             〈◊〉
             ,
             
               vel
               conservatione
               Regiae
               salutis
               pollicitus
               est
               temeraverit
               aut
               Regem
               nece
               attrectaverit
               aut
               potestate
               Regni
               exuerit
               ,
               aut
               praesumptione
               tyrannica
               regni
               fastigium
               usurpaverit
               .
            
             Anathema
             sic
             in
             con●pectu
             Dei
             Patris
             ,
             et
             Angelorum
             ,
             Christi
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Apostolorum
             ejus
             ,
             Spiritus
             Sancti
             et
             Martyrum
             Christi
             ,
             atque
             ab
             Ecclesia
             Catholica
             ,
             
               Quam
               perjurio
               prophanaverit
               ,
            
             efficiatur
             extraneus
             ,
             &
             ab
             omni
             caetu
             Christianorum
             alienus
             ,
             cum
             omnibus
             impietatis
             suae
             sociis
             ,
             
             quia
             oportet
             ,
             ut
             una
             poena
             teneat
             obnoxios
             ,
             quos
             similis
             error
             invenerit
             implicatos
             .
             Quod
             iterum
             ,
             secundo
             ,
             et
             tertio
             ,
             replicamus
             et
             acclamamus
             .
             Qui
             contra
             hanc
             nostram
             definitionem
             praesumpserint
             ,
             Anathema
             ,
             Maranatha
             ;
             hoc
             est
             ,
             perditio
             in
             adventu
             Domini
             sint
             ,
             et
             cum
             Juda
             Scarioth
             partem
             habeant
             ipsi
             &
             socii
             sui
             ,
             et
             cum
             Diabolo
             et
             Angelis
             ejus
             aeternis
             suppliciis
             condemnantur
          
           Amen
           ,
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           MAny
           are
           the
           Presidents
           of
           Gods
           severe
           personal
           and
           National
           Judgements
           inflicted
           upon
           perfideous
           perjurious
           Infringers
           of
           their
           
             Oaths
          
           and
           
             Covenants
          
           to
           their
           lawfull
           
             Soveraigns
          
           and
           their
           
             Heirs
             ,
          
           
             a
          
           Both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           :
           For
           domestique
           Presidents
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           I
           haue
           presented
           you
           with
           some
           signal
           ones
           ,
           in
           
             the
             Second
             Part
             of
             my
             Legal
             and
             Historical
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Fundamental
             Liberties
             ,
             Rights
             and
             Laws
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             London
             1655.
             p.
          
           29
           to
           37
           ,
           44
           ,
           46
           ,
           47
           ,
           56
           ,
           57
           ,
           60
           ,
           
             to
          
           65
           ,
           79
           ,
           80.
           
           
             &
             Part
             3.
             p.
          
           23.
           31
           ,
           54
           ,
           55
           ,
           58
           ,
           85
           ,
           97
           ,
           98
           ,
           102
           ,
           103
           ,
           106
           ,
           136
           ,
           138
           ,
           
             to
             146
             ,
             170
             ,
             to
          
           175
           ,
           201
           ,
           
             to
          
           229
           ,
           254
           ,
           256
           ,
           258.
           260
           ,
           266
           ,
           267
           ,
           322
           ,
           
             to
          
           327
           ,
           333
           ,
           
             to
          
           370.
           before
           the
           Conquest
           .
           The
           like
           Presidents
           since
           ,
           you
           may
           peruse
           in
           
             Henrici
             Huntindonensis
             ,
          
           Hist.
           l.
           8.
           p.
           291
           ,
           292
           ,
           293.
           
           
             Regeri
             de
             Hoveden
             Annalium
             pars
             prior
             ,
          
           p.
           483.
           
           
             Holinshed
             ,
             vol.
             3.
             p.
             46.
          
           and
           Doctor
           
             Beards
             Theatre
             of
             Gods
             Iudgements
             ,
          
           Book
           1.
           ch.
           28.
           
           I
           shall
           instance
           only
           in
           two
           remarkable
           forein
           Examples
           of
           this
           kind
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           in
           the
           usurping
           
             b-c
          
           
             Emperour
             Rodulph
             ,
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Swethland
             .
          
           Pope
           
             Hildebrand
             ,
          
           antichristanly
           Excommunicating
           
           his
           Soveraign
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           and
           absolving
           his
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           him
           ,
           profered
           the
           Empire
           to
           this
           Duke
           
             Rodulph
             :
          
           who
           remembring
           his
           
             Oath
          
           of
           Allegiance
           sworn
           by
           him
           to
           this
           
             Emperor
             ,
          
           and
           how
           vile
           a
           part
           it
           would
           be
           for
           him
           to
           
             betray
          
           or
           
             supplant
          
           him
           
             he
             had
             sworn
             to
             obey
             and
             defend
             ,
          
           at
           first
           refused
           the
           Popes
           offer
           ;
           yet
           afterwards
           by
           the
           sophystry
           and
           perswasion
           of
           some
           Bishops
           ,
           he
           accepted
           and
           took
           upon
           him
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           opposing
           his
           Liege
           Lord
           
             Henry
          
           in
           four
           several
           Battels
           fought
           between
           them
           for
           the
           Empire
           ;
           in
           the
           last
           whereof
           being
           vanquished
           ,
           he
           was
           sore
           wounded
           ,
           and
           lost
           his
           right
           hand
           .
           When
           he
           was
           readie
           to
           die
           of
           his
           wounds
           ,
           one
           brought
           his
           right
           hand
           cut
           off
           in
           the
           Battel
           unto
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           beholding
           with
           much
           regret
           ,
           in
           detestation
           of
           his
           
             Perjury
             ,
          
           and
           
             Treachery
          
           through
           the
           
             Popes
          
           violence
           ,
           brake
           forth
           into
           these
           memorable
           words
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           many
           Bishops
           who
           had
           perswaded
           him
           to
           this
           rebellion
           .
           
             Behold
             here
             the
             right
             hand
             wherewith
             I
             swore
             faith
             and
             allegiance
             to
             my
             Liege
             Lord
             the
             Emperor
          
           Henry
           :
           
             this
             will
             be
             an
             argument
             of
             my
             breach
             of
             faith
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             your
             Trayterous
             impulsion
             and
             advice
             thereunto
             .
          
           Which
           having
           uttered
           ,
           he
           immediately
           expired
           of
           his
           wounds
           in
           a
           kinde
           of
           despairing
           manner
           ,
           as
           the
           just
           punishment
           of
           his
           
             Perjury
          
           and
           
             Treachery
          
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           ;
           
             magnumque
             mundo
             documentum
             datum
             est
             ,
             ut
             nemo
             contra
             Dominum
             suum
             censurgat
             Nam
          
           
             *
          
           
             abscissa
          
           Rudolphi
           
             dextera
             dignissimam
             perjurii
             vindictam
             demonstravit
             ,
             qui
             fidem
             Domino
             suo
             Regi
             juratam
             violare
             non
             timuit
             ,
             et
             tanquam
             alia
             vulnera
             non
             sufficerent
             ,
             ad
             mortem
             accessit
             etiam
             hujus
             membri
             poena
             ,
             ut
             per
             poenam
             agnosceretur
             et
             culpa
             :
          
           as
           an
           
             c
          
           
             Historian
          
           of
           that
           age
           observes
           in
           the
           life
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           4th
           .
           Let
           those
           perjurious
           perfidious
           Army-Saints
           and
           other
           
             Grandees
          
           who
           have
           taken
           ,
           subscribed
           the
           precedent
           
             Oathes
             ,
             Protestation
             ,
             League
             Covenant
             ,
          
           with
           hands
           layd
           upon
           the
           
             Bible
             ,
          
           and
           lifted
           up
           to
           the
           most
           
             high
             God
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           have
           since
           taken
           ,
           subscribed
           with
           the
           self-same
           hands
           ,
           an
           Oath
           and
           Ingagement
           diametrically
           contrary
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Parliaments
           and
           their
           Privileges
           ;
           and
           are
           still
           stretching
           out
           their
           perjured
           hands
           against
           the
           lawfull
           Heir
           
           and
           Successor
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           remember
           this
           sad
           president
           of
           
             Rodulph
          
           with
           fear
           and
           trembling
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           shall
           annex
           another
           sadder
           and
           more
           tragicall
           Spectacle
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           ;
           
             d
          
           
             Vladislaus
          
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
          
           having
           made
           a
           Truce
           with
           
             Amurath
          
           the
           2.
           (
           the
           sixt
           King
           of
           the
           Turkes
           )
           which
           he
           sealed
           and
           swore
           unto
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           :
           by
           the
           command
           of
           Pope
           
             Eugenius
             ,
          
           and
           perswasions
           of
           his
           Legat
           ,
           
             Cardinal
             Julian
          
           and
           other
           Prelates
           ,
           who
           absolved
           him
           from
           this
           Oath
           ,
           he
           violated
           it
           in
           a
           most
           perfidious
           manner
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           taking
           
             Amurath
          
           unprovided
           to
           fight
           ,
           gave
           him
           battle
           at
           
             Varna
          
           with
           a
           puissant
           Army
           ,
           and
           was
           likely
           to
           rout
           him
           upon
           the
           first
           encounter
           .
           Upon
           which
           occasion
           
             Amurath
          
           being
           in
           extream
           fear
           and
           danger
           ,
           beholding
           the
           
             Crucifix
          
           in
           the
           displayed
           ensigns
           of
           the
           Christians
           ,
           pluckt
           the
           writing
           out
           of
           his
           bosome
           wherein
           the
           League
           was
           comprised
           ,
           and
           holding
           it
           in
           his
           hands
           with
           his
           eyes
           cast
           up
           to
           heaven
           ,
           used
           these
           words
           .
           
             Behold
             thou
             crucified
             Christ
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             League
             thy
             Christians
             in
             thy
             Name
             have
             made
             with
             ,
             and
             sworn
             to
             me
             ;
             which
             yet
             they
             have
             without
             any
             cause
             on
             my
             part
             ,
             violated
             ;
             Now
             if
             thou
             be
             a
             God
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             thou
             art
             ,
             and
             as
             we
             dream
             ,
             Revenge
             the
             wrong
             now
             done
             unto
             thy
             Name
             and
             me
             ,
             and
             shew
             thy
             Power
             upon
             thy
             perjurious
             People
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             Deeds
             deny
             thee
             to
             be
             their
             God
             .
          
           Upon
           the
           uttering
           of
           which
           words
           ,
           the
           Battel
           presently
           turned
           ,
           
             Huniades
             ,
          
           that
           valiant
           General
           and
           the
           
             Hungarians
          
           fled
           ,
           the
           whole
           Army
           was
           routed
           ,
           many
           thousands
           of
           them
           slain
           ,
           and
           taken
           Prisoners
           ;
           perjured
           King
           
             Vladislaus
             ,
             Cardinal
             Julian
             ,
          
           with
           most
           of
           the
           Prelates
           and
           Nobles
           who
           perswaded
           him
           to
           this
           breach
           of
           Faith
           slain
           in
           the
           field
           ;
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           
             Hungary
          
           overrun
           ,
           gained
           ,
           and
           ever
           since
           possessed
           by
           the
           Turks
           ,
           
             Vdalislaus
          
           his
           head
           cut
           off
           in
           the
           Battel
           ,
           after
           was
           fixed
           on
           a
           poll
           ,
           carried
           through
           
             Grecia
          
           and
           
             Asia
          
           in
           triumph
           ,
           and
           shewed
           to
           the
           people
           as
           a
           monument
           of
           Gods
           justice
           on
           him
           for
           his
           perjury
           .
           And
           will
           not
           the
           blood
           of
           our
           beheaded
           King
           ,
           the
           disinheriting
           of
           his
           Heir
           and
           Successor
           ,
           the
           abjuration
           of
           Kingship
           it self
           ,
           &
           the
           House
           of
           Lord
           ,
           the
           subvertion
           of
           all
           the
           Rights
           ,
           Freedoms
           ,
           
           Privileges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           those
           in
           late
           and
           present
           power
           ,
           against
           all
           the
           premised
           Oaths
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           sworn
           by
           them
           in
           the
           name
           ,
           presence
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           with
           hands
           laid
           on
           the
           Evangelists
           ,
           and
           listed
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           then
           subscribed
           for
           a
           perpetual
           Memorial
           ;
           cry
           aloud
           to
           God
           and
           Christ
           for
           the
           like
           avenging
           Justice
           from
           Heaven
           against
           the
           perjurious
           Infringers
           of
           them
           in
           a
           far
           higher
           degre
           than
           
             Vladislaus
          
           was
           guilty
           of
           ,
           if
           spread
           and
           held
           up
           before
           them
           by
           the
           disinherited
           King
           and
           Lords
           ?
           No
           doubt
           it
           will
           in
           Gods
           due
           time
           ,
           if
           not
           speedily
           ,
           really
           and
           deeply
           bewailed
           repented
           of
           ,
           by
           a
           plenarie
           satisfaction
           and
           restitution
           :
           
             And
             cause
             God
             to
             shake
             out
             every
             man
             (
             and
             his
             Posterity
             too
             )
             from
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             from
             his
             labour
             ,
             and
             empty
             him
             and
             his
          
           of
           all
           present
           honours
           and
           enjoyments
           ,
           (
           as
           
             Nehemiah
             shaked
             and
             emptied
             his
             lap
             ,
             )
             that
             performeth
             not
             these
             Oaths
             ,
             Protestation
             ,
             League
             ,
             Covenant
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             and
             all
             the
             Congregation
             have
             said
             Amen
             ,
          
           Neh.
           5.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             Since
             the
             
               e
            
             very
             
               Pagan
               Graecians
               ,
            
             and
             
               Romanes
            
             insinuated
             as
             much
             in
             the
             Ceremonies
             of
             their
             sacred
             Oaths
             ,
             wherein
             they
             prayed
             ,
             That
             if
             they
             did
             not
             faithfully
             observe
             them
             without
             guile
             ,
             that
             
               Jove
            
             and
             the
             other
             Gods
             would
             smite
             and
             slay
             them
             as
             they
             did
             the
             lamb
             they
             then
             sacrificed
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             might
             be
             cast
             out
             and
             perish
             like
             the
             stone
             they
             threw
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             when
             they
             swore
             ;
             the
             Religion
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             being
             so
             great
             amongst
             the
             very
             Heathens
             ,
             that
             they
             thought
             all
             human
             Society
             abolished
             with
             its
             violation
             ,
             and
             those
             persons
             unworthy
             to
             live
             or
             breath
             amongst
             men
             ,
             who
             durst
             presume
             to
             infringe
             it
             ,
             though
             to
             their
             losse
             and
             prejudice
             .
          
           And
           shall
           they
           not
           condemn
           us
           Christians
           ,
           and
           those
           most
           refined
           
             Saints
          
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           who
           like
           the
           perfidious
           Atheistecal
           
             f
          
           
             Carthagenians
             ,
             Thessalonians
             ,
          
           and
           
             Parthians
             ,
          
           regard
           neither
           
             God
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Altars
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Oaths
             ,
             no
             farther
             than
             they
             serve
             their
             turnes
             to
             cheat
             and
             circumvent
             men
             ;
          
           to
           whom
           profit
           is
           more
           sacred
           than
           
             Faith
          
           or
           
             Oaths
             ?
          
           No
           doubt
           they
           will
           .
        
         
           
             Ezech.
             17.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           Seeing
           he
           despised
           the
           Oath
           by
           
           breaking
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           (
           when
           lo
           ,
           he
           had
           given
           his
           hand
           )
           and
           hath
           done
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           escape
           .
           Therefore
           thus
           saith
           the
           Lord
           GOD
           ,
           As
           I
           live
           ,
           surely
           mine
           Oath
           that
           he
           hath
           despised
           ,
           and
           my
           Covenant
           which
           he
           hath
           broken
           ,
           even
           it
           will
           I
           recompence
           upon
           his
           own
           head
           .
           And
           I
           will
           spread
           my
           net
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           be
           taken
           in
           my
           Snare
           ,
           And
           I
           will
           bring
           him
           to
           
             Babilon
             ,
          
           and
           will
           plead
           with
           him
           there
           ,
           for
           his
           Trespasses
           that
           he
           hath
           trespassed
           against
           me
           .
           And
           all
           his
           Fugitives
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           Bands
           shall
           fall
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           remain
           shall
           be
           scattered
           towards
           all
           Windes
           ;
           and
           ye
           shall
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           the
           
             LORD
          
           have
           spoken
           it
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           P.
           13.
           l.
           6.
           1647.
           r.
           1657.
           p.
           16.
           l.
           6.
           
           Justification
           ,
           r.
           
             Prevarication
             .
          
           p.
           18.
           l.
           2.
           
           Meetings
           ,
           
             r.
             Mutinies
             .
          
        
         
           Margin
           .
           P.
           23.
           l.
           7.
           r.
           
             Sacramenti
             .
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70864e-350
           
             a
             Bracton
             ,
             l.
             3.
             Tract.
             2.
             c.
             1.
             
             Britton
             c.
             12.
             
             Lambardi
             ,
             Archaion
             ,
             LL.
             Edwardi
             Confessoris
             Lex
             ,
             35.
             
             Spelmanni
             Glossarum
             ,
             p.
             267
             ,
             268.
             
             Cook
             7
             Rep●
             Calvins
             case
             .
             1
             Instit.
             f.
             64
             ,
             65
             ,
             67
             ,
             68.
             
             Tottles
             Magna
             Charta
             .
             f.
             164.
             
             Kitt
             .
             f.
             46.
             
             Exact
             Collection
             ▪
             p.
             370.
             
             Joh.
             Seldeni
             ,
             ad
             Eadmerum
             Notae
             ,
             p.
             190
             ,
             191.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             Gratian
             Caus.
             22.
             ●u
             .
             5.
             
             De
             forma
             fidelitatis
             .
          
           
             b
             Tottles
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
             f.
             166.
             
             Iuramentum
             Majorum
             &
             Ballivorum
             .
          
           
             c
             Tottles
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
             f.
             165
             ,
             157.
             
             Claus.
             35
             E.
             1.
             dors
             .
             7.
             
             Kitchin
             ,
             f.
             46.
             47.
             
          
           
             d
             18
             E.
             3.
             stat
             .
             4.
             20
             E.
             3.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2.
             Claus.
             20
             ●
             E.
             1.
             pars
             1.
             do
             s
             .
             13.
             3
             R.
             2.
             Rot.
             Parl.
             n.
             38
             ,
             39
             ,
             40
             ,
             41.
             
             Rastall
             Iustices
             ,
             2
             Rot.
             
             Parl.
             25
             E.
             3.
             n.
             10.
             
             Cooks
             3
             Instit.
             p.
             145.
             
          
           
             c
             See
             Exact
             Collection
             ,
             p.
             278
             ,
             296
             ,
             337
             ,
             340
             ,
             342
             ,
             361
             ,
             367
             ,
             491
             ,
             498
             ,
             522
             ,
             523
             ,
             666
             ,
             770
             ,
             828
             ,
             839.
             
          
           
             *
             And
             have
             they
             not
             been
             so
             more
             since
             and
             now
             ,
             then
             ever
             before
             ?
          
           
             *
             As
             since
             and
             now
             ,
             by
             doubled
             illegal
             Taxes
             ,
             Excises
             ,
             High
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ,
             Arbitrary
             Junctoes
             ,
             and
             their
             new
             Knacks
             .
          
           
             *
             New
             quite
             sold
             and
             consumed
             .
          
           
             *
             Have
             they
             not
             since
             that
             in
             1648.
             and
             now
             again
             effected
             it
             ?
          
           
             f
             A
             Collection
             of
             Ordinances
             ,
             p
             327
             ,
             359
             ,
             390
             ,
             399
             ,
             404
             ,
             416
             ,
             420
             ,
             to
             428.
             458
             ,
             459.
             606.
             690.
             702.
             751.
             768
             ,
             769.
             798.
             802
             ,
             803.
             806
             ,
             807
             ,
             808
             ,
             878
             ,
             879
             ,
             889.
             
          
           
             Quaere
             ,
             whether
             this
             be
             not
             violated
             in
             every
             branch
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             ?
          
           
             g
             Exact
             Collelection
             ,
             p.
             769.
             
             Exact
             Abridgement
             of
             the
             Records
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             p.
             157.
             176.
             454.
             
             See
             Oath
             in
             the
             Table
             .
          
           
             h
             See
             my
             True
             and
             perfect
             Narrative
             ,
             p.
             22
             to
             40.
             92.
             
          
           
             i
             The
             true
             state
             of
             the
             case
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             p.
             9
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             ‖
             Juramenta
             illicita
             ,
             jurari
             .
             et
             jurata
             servari
             non
             debent
             .
             Gratian
             Causa
             22.
             qu.
             4.
             throughout
             .
          
           
             i
             St.
             Aug.
             de
             Verbis
             Apostoli
             .
             Serm.
             30.
             
             Gratian
             .
             Caus.
             22.
             qu.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             5.
             
             Grotius
             de
             Jure
             Belli
             &
             Pacis
             ,
             l.
             2.
             c.
             13.
             
             Jusjurandum
             habetur
             apud
             omnes
             ultimum
             atque
             firmissimum
             &
             fidei
             mutuae
             &
             veracitatis
             pignus
             .
             Procopius
             Persi●
             corum
             .
             l.
             2.
             
             Ultima
             fides
             inter
             homines
             tum
             G●a●cos
             ,
             tum
             Barbaro
             ,
             quam
             nulla
             delebit
             aetas
             ,
             est
             ea
             quam
             per
             jurata
             pacta
             sponseres
             adh●bet
             Deos.
             Dionys
             .
             Hallicarnast
             .
             Antiqu.
             Rom.
             Nullum
             Vinculum
             ad
             adstringendam
             fidem
             ,
             majores
             nest●i
             Juramento
             arctius
             esse
             voluerunt
             .
             Cice●●
             Offic.
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             k
             S.
             Augustin
             ,
             Gratian
             ,
             &
             Grotius
             :
             ibidem
             .
             Caelius
             Rhodiginus
             Lectionum
             Antiq.
             l.
             21.
             c
             ,
             15
             ,
          
           
             *
             Qui
             perjurare
             compellit
             et
             qui
             compellitur
             utrique
             sunt
             perjuri
             &
             homicidae
             :
             Dominus
             quia
             praecepit
             ,
             Miles
             quia
             plus
             Dominum
             quam
             Deum
             &
             animam
             suam
             dilexit
             .
             Gratian
             Causa
             ,
             12.
             qu.
             5.
             
             Augustin
             ,
             Serm.
             30.
             de
             verbis
             Apostoli
             .
          
           
             *
             See
             vegetius
             de
             Re
             Militari
             ,
             1.
             2.
             
             Alexander
             ab
             Alexandero
             .
             Genial
             Dierum
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             21.
             l
             6
             c.
             23.
             
             Calvini
             Lexicon
             Juridicum
             :
             Tit.
             Juramentum
             Militare
             ,
             Fr.
             Connanus
             ,
             l.
             5.
             c.
             3.
             
             Grotius
             de
             Jure
             Belli
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             Levit.
             23.
             41.
             
          
           
             *
             Littleson
             ,
             Firzh
             .
             Brook
             ,
             Ash
             ,
             Tit.
             Warranty
             ,
             Covenant
             ,
             Obligation
             ,
             Condition
             ,
             Tenure
             .
          
           
             m
             prov.
             24.
             20.
             21.
             
             Rom.
             13.
             3.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             1
             
             Tim
             2.
             2
             ,
             3.
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             n
             my
             True
             &
             perfect
             Narrative
             ,
             p.
             95.
             
          
           
             *
             Jesus
             pacem
             quam
             dederat
             revocandam
             non
             censuit
             ,
             quia
             firmata
             erat
             Sacramenti
             Religione
             ,
             ne
             dum
             alienam
             perfidiam
             arguit
             ,
             suam
             fidem
             solveret
             .
             Ambrosius
             de
             Officiis
             ,
             l.
             3.
             c.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             Archbishop
             vshers
             Annal.
             Vet.
             Testamenti
             ,
             Anno
             2553.
             2983.
             2986.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             7
             Jac.
             c.
             6.
             17
             
             Car.
             c.
             7.
             &
             here
             ,
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
             q
             1
             Kings
             15.
             19.
             
             Cook
             4
             Instit.
             c.
             26.
             p.
             155
             ,
             156.
             4
             
             II.
             5.
             
             Rot.
             Parl.
             n.
             24.
             
             ●
             E.
             4.
             2.
             
             See
             Br.
             
             &
             Fith
             .
             Tit.
             Corporation
             ,
             Abbie
             ,
             Cooks
             1
             Instit.
             f.
             2.
             94.
             102
             ,
             150.
             
             Grotius
             de
             Jute
             Delli
             ,
             l.
             2.
             c.
             13.
             
             Sect.
             4.
             7.
             
             See
             Magna
             Charta
             the
             Prologue
             ,
             and
             cap.
             ult.
          
           
             r
             Hebr.
             6.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             Grotius
             de'Jure
             Belll
             .
          
           
             ſ
             Grotius
             de
             Jure
             belli
             ,
             l.
             2.
             c
             13.
             
             §.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             Vastat
             stirpemque
             ,
             domumque
             ,
             Herodotus
             ,
             lib.
             11.
             
          
           
             u
             See
             〈…〉
             B●ook
             ,
             Ash
             .
             Title
             Intrusion
             ,
             Prerogative
             .
          
           
             *
             Isay
             58.
             3
             ,
             4.
             6.
             &c.
             c.
             〈◊〉
             1●
             .
             to
             16
             c.
             6●
             .
             3.
             Prov.
             21.
             27.
             
          
           
             c
             Erasmi
             A
             dagia
             .
             Walsingham
             Hist.
             Ang.
             Antiquit.
             Eccl.
             Brittan
             .
             p.
             295
             ,
             296.
             
             Giraldus
             Cambrenfis
             Typographiae
             Hyberniae
             ,
             c.
             20
             ,
             22
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Roger
             de
             Hoveden
             ,
             Annal.
             pars
             porior
             ,
             p.
             545
             ,
             546
             
          
           
             2
             Tho
             ,
             Walsingham
             Hist.
             Angliae
             ,
             p.
             22.
             33
             ,
             34.
             
             Mat.
             Westm.
             Anno
             1293
             ,
             1294
             ,
             1297.
             
          
           
             c
             Hoveden
             ,
             p.
             545
             ,
             546
             ,
             549
             ,
             550
             ,
          
           
             Hovenden
             Annal.
             pars
             posterior
             ,
             p.
             480.
             
             Simeon
             Dunclmensis
             Hist
             ,
             col
             .
             254.
             
             Radulphus
             de
             Diceto
             Abbrev
             .
             Chron
             col
             .
             504.
             
             Chronicon
             Johan
             .
             Bromoton
             .
             col
             .
             1006.
             
             Henry
             de
             
               Knyghton
            
             de
             Eventibus
             Angliae
             l.
             2.
             c.
             9.
             
             Gul.
             Nubrigensis
             ,
             Hist.
             l.
             c.
             3.
             4.
             30
             ,
             3
             a.
             Mart.
             Paris
             ,
             Mat.
             Westminister
             ,
             Holinshed
             ,
             Caxton
             ,
             Fabian
             ,
             Speed
             ,
             in
             the
             live
             of
             H.
             1.
             
             Stephen
             ,
             &
             H.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Holinshed
             ,
             Vol.
             3.
             p.
             46.
             
          
           
             e
             Hoveden
             Annal.
             pars
             posterior
             ,
             p.
             702.
             718.
             
          
           
             f
             Exact
             A.
             bridgement
             of
             the
             Records
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             p.
             426
             ,
             427.
             662.
             663.
             
          
           
             g
             The
             first
             Part
             of
             my
             Register
             of
             Parliamentary
             Writs
             ,
             p.
             108
             ,
             109.
             
          
           
             *
             26
             H.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             28
             H.
             8.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             h
             Littleton
             ,
             Sect.
             148
             ,
             149.
             
             Britton
             f.
             175
             ,
             176.
             
             Cookes
             1
             Instit.
             f.
             103
             ,
             104.
             
          
           
             i
             see
             Aug.
             serm.
             30.
             
             Gratian
             Causa
             22.
             q
             1.
             25
             summa
             Angelica
             ,
             Tit.
             
             Juramentum
             &
             Perjurium
             .
             Bochellus
             Decreta
             Eccles.
             Galli
             .
             canae
             ,
             lib.
             8.
             
             Tit.
             13.
             
             De
             Jurejurando
             &
             Perjurio
             .
             Chrysostom
             Homil.
             17
             in
             Mat.
             
             &
             Hom.
             9
             12.
             in
             Acta
             Apost.
             Dr
             Beards
             Theatre
             of
             Gods
             Judgements
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             28
             Cooks
             3
             Instit
             ,
             .
             c
             74.
             
          
           
             k
             Mag.
             Charta
             c.
             28.
             51
             
               H.
            
             3.
             Stat.
             of
             the
             Eschequer
             ,
             51
             H.
             3.
             c.
             22.
             3
             E.
             1.
             c.
             14.
             40.
             6
             E.
             1.
             c.
             8.
             9
             E.
             3.
             Stat.
             2.
             c.
             6
             ,
             14
             E.
             3.
             c.
             5.
             18
             E.
             3.
             stat
             .
             3.
             20
             E.
             3.
             c.
             1
             ,
             2.
             25
             R.
             3.
             c.
             1.
             27
             E.
             3.
             Par.
             2.
             c.
             1.
             10.
             16.
             24.
             26.
             5
             R.
             2.
             c.
             2.
             12
             ,
             13.
             6
             R.
             2.
             c.
             12.
             12
             R.
             2.
             c.
             28.
             17
             R.
             2.
             c.
             9.
             21
             R.
             2.
             c.
             5.
             4
             H.
             4.
             c.
             10.
             18.
             20.
             21.
             2
             H.
             5.
             c.
             4.
             6
             ,
             7.
             4
             H.
             5.
             c.
             2.
             4.
             2
             H.
             6.
             c.
             10.
             18
             H.
             6
             c.
             4.
             10.
             20
             H.
             6.
             c.
             10.
             23
             H.
             6.
             c.
             2.
             33
             H.
             6.
             c.
             3.
             5.
             3
             E.
             4.
             c.
             3.
             7
             E.
             4.
             c.
             1.
             8
             E.
             4.
             c.
             2.
             12
             E.
             4.
             c.
             2
             ,
             3.
             17
             E.
             4.
             c.
             2.
             1
             R.
             3.
             c.
             6.
             19
             H.
             7.
             c.
             ●4
             .
             ●
             H.
             8
             c.
             8.
             3
             H.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             14.
             
             &
             15
             H.
             8.
             c.
             3.
             21
             H.
             8.
             c.
             16.
             21
             
             &
             22
             H.
             8.
             c.
             7.
             23
             H.
             8.
             c.
             5.
             25
             H.
             8.
             c.
             20.
             26
             H.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             4.
             13.
             27
             H.
             8.
             c.
             27.
             28
             H.
             8.
             c
             7.
             10.
             32
             H.
             8.
             c.
             45.
             35
             
             H
             8.
             c.
             1.
             5
             E.
             6.
             c.
             5.
             1
             Eliz.
             c.
             1.
             5
             Eliz.
             c.
             1
             ,
             23
             Eliz.
             c.
             6.
             2●
             Eliz.
             c.
             12.
             43
             Eliz.
             c.
             12.
             1
             Jac.
             c.
             31.
             3
             Jac.
             c.
             14
             ,
             15.
             7
             
             Jac.
             c.
             2.
             6.
             21
             
             Jac.
             c.
             7.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             The
             Petition
             of
             Right
             3
             Car.
             17
             Car.
             c.
             7.
             1
             Car.
             c.
             1.
             2
             Car.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             l
             Summa
             Angelica
             .
             Juramentum
             5.
             sect.
             16.
             
          
           
             m
             Glanvil
             l.
             9
             ,
             c.
             1.
             
             Mirrour
             .
             c.
             3.
             
             Bracton
             ,
             f.
             78
             ,
             80.
             
             Britton
             ,
             f.
             170
             ,
             171.
             
             Littleton
             ,
             sect.
             85.
             
             Cook
             1
             Instit.
             f
             64.
             65.
             spelmanni
             Glossarium
             ,
             p.
             356
             ,
             357
             ,
             358.
             
          
           
             n
             Cooks
             1
             Instit.
             f.
             65.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             Cooks
             3
             Instit.
             cap.
             1.
             74.
             
             Capterburies
             Doom
             ,
             p.
             19.
             26.
             40.
             
          
           
             k
             Surius
             Concil.
             l.
             2.
             p
             736
             ,
             737.
             
             See
             King
             James
             his
             Apoligy
             for
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             .
          
           
             l
             Gildas
             de
             excidio
             &
             conquestu
             Britanniae
             Concil.
             c.
             12
             Calcuth
             ,
             Spelmanni
             Concil.
             p.
             295
             ,
             296.
             
             Malmesburi
             de
             Gestis
             Reg.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             3.
             p.
             16
             ,
             27.
             
             Mat.
             Westm.
             Anno
             838.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A70864e-8460
           
             a
             See
             Huntindon
             Hist.
             l.
             7.
             p.
             367
             ,
             368.
             
             Hoveden
             Annal
             pars
             prior
             ,
             p.
             449.
             
          
           
             b-c
             Ca●onis
             Chronicon
             .
             Grimstons
             Imperial
             History
             ,
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Rodulph
             .
             Dr.
             Beards
             Theatre
             of
             Gods
             Judgements
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             28
             ,
             p.
             174
             Henrici
             Mutii
             Chronicon
             Germaniae
             ,
             l.
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             The
             right
             hand
             of
             a
             perjured
             person
             was
             to
             be
             cut
             off
             by
             sundry
             Laws
             :
             Constitutionum
             Sicularum
             l.
             3.
             
               Tit.
               59.
               
            
             Capit.
             Caroli
             Magni
             ,
             l.
             5.
             
             Tit.
             125.
             
             Legis
             Longobardorum
             ,
             l.
             2
             Tit.
             58.
             
          
           
             c
             Germaniae
             Historiarum
             Tom.
             1.
             
             Francofurti
             1558.
             p.
             383.
             
          
           
             d
             Aeneae
             Picolominei
             Cardinalis
             Status
             Europae
             sub
             Frederico
             3.
             c.
             4.
             
             Knolls
             Turkish
             History
             ,
             p.
             297
             ,
             298.
             
          
           
             e
             Titus
             Livius
             Hist.
             l.
             1.
             
             &
             20.
             
             Caelius
             Rhodiginus
             .
             Antiqu.
             Lect.
             l.
             21.
             c.
             15.
             
             Alexander
             ab
             Alexandro
             ,
             Gen.
             Dierum
             l.
             5.
             c.
             10.
             
             Grotius
             de
             Jure
             Belli
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             13.
             
          
           
             f
             Alexander
             ab
             Alexandro
             l.
             5.
             c.
             10.