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           HIS
           HIGHNESSE
           THE
           LORD
           PROTECTOR'S
           SPEECH
           TO
           THE
           Parliament
           IN
           THE
           
             PAINTED
             CHAMBER
             ,
          
           On
           
             Tuesday
          
           the
           12th
           of
           
             September
             .
          
           1654.
           
        
         
           Taken
           by
           one
           who
           stood
           very
           near
           him
           ,
           and
           Published
           to
           prevent
           mistakes
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           T.
           R.
           
             and
          
           E.
           M.
           
             for
          
           G.
           Sawbridge
           
             at
             the
             Bible
             on
          
           Ludgate-hill
           .
           
           1654.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           HIS
           Highnesse
           THE
           LORD
           PROTECTOR'S
           SPEECH
           TO
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           IN
           THE
           
             Painted
             Chamber
             ,
          
           on
           
             Tuesday
             ,
          
           the
           12th
           
             of
             September
             .
          
           1654.
           
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           
             IT
             is
             not
             long
             since
             I
             met
             you
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             upon
             an
             occasion
             which
             gave
             me
             much
             more
             content
             ,
             and
             comfort
             then
             this
             doth
             .
          
        
         
           That
           which
           I
           have
           to
           say
           to
           you
           now
           ,
           will
           
           need
           no
           Preamble
           to
           let
           me
           in
           to
           my
           Discourse
           :
           For
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           Meeting
           is
           plain
           enough
           .
           I
           could
           have
           wished
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           there
           had
           been
           no
           cause
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           At
           that
           Meeting
           I
           did
           acquaint
           you
           what
           the
           first
           Rise
           was
           of
           this
           Government
           which
           hath
           call'd
           you
           hither
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Authority
           of
           which
           you
           came
           hither
           .
        
         
           Among
           other
           things
           that
           I
           told
           you
           of
           then
           ,
           I
           said
           you
           were
           a
           free
           Parliament
           .
           And
           so
           you
           are
           whilst
           you
           own
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           Authority
           that
           call'd
           you
           hither
           .
           For
           certainly
           that
           word
           implyed
           a
           
             Reciprocation
             ,
          
           or
           it
           implyed
           nothing
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           there
           was
           a
           Reciprocation
           implied
           ,
           and
           expressed
           :
           and
           I
           think
           your
           actions
           ,
           and
           carriages
           ought
           to
           be
           suitable
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           see
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           for
           me
           now
           ,
           a
           little
           to
           magnifie
           my
           Office
           ;
           which
           I
           have
           not
           been
           apt
           to
           do
           .
           I
           have
           been
           of
           this
           minde
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           alwayes
           of
           this
           minde
           ,
           since
           first
           I
           entered
           upon
           it
           ,
           That
           if
           God
           will
           not
           beare
           it
           up
           ,
           let
           it
           sink
           .
           But
           if
           a
           Duty
           be
           incumbent
           upon
           me
           ,
           to
           beare
           my
           Testimony
           unto
           it
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           modesty
           I
           have
           
           hitherto
           sorborn
           )
           I
           am
           in
           some
           measure
           now
           necessitated
           thereunto
           .
           And
           therefore
           that
           will
           be
           the
           Prologue
           to
           my
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           I
           call'd
           not
           my self
           to
           this
           place
           ;
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           I
           call'd
           not
           my selfe
           to
           this
           place
           ;
           of
           that
           God
           is
           Witnesse
           .
           And
           I
           have
           many
           Witnesses
           ;
           who
           I
           do
           beleeve
           could
           readily
           lay
           down
           their
           lives
           to
           beare
           Witnesse
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           :
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           I
           call'd
           not
           my self
           to
           this
           place
           .
           And
           being
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           beare
           not
           witnesse
           to
           my self
           .
           But
           God
           and
           the
           people
           of
           these
           Nations
           have
           borne
           Testimony
           to
           it
           also
           .
        
         
           If
           my
           calling
           be
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           my
           Testimony
           from
           the
           People
           ;
           God
           and
           the
           People
           shall
           take
           it
           from
           me
           ,
           else
           I
           will
           not
           part
           with
           it
           .
           I
           should
           be
           salfe
           to
           the
           Trust
           that
           God
           hath
           plac'd
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           .
        
         
           That
           I
           call'd
           not
           my self
           to
           this
           place
           ,
           is
           my
           first
           Assertion
           .
        
         
           That
           I
           bear
           not
           witnesse
           to
           my self
           ,
           but
           have
           many
           Witnesses
           ,
           is
           my
           second
           .
        
         
         
           These
           are
           the
           two
           things
           I
           shall
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           speak
           more
           fully
           to
           you
           of
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           plain
           and
           clear
           that
           which
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           I
           must
           take
           liberty
           to
           look
           back
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           by
           birth
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           living
           neither
           in
           any
           considerable
           height
           ,
           nor
           yet
           in
           obscurity
           :
           I
           have
           been
           call'd
           to
           several
           imployments
           in
           the
           Nation
           :
           To
           serve
           in
           Parliaments
           :
           And
           (
           because
           I
           would
           not
           be
           over
           tedious
           )
           I
           did
           endeavour
           to
           discharge
           the
           duty
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           in
           those
           services
           ,
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           peoples
           interest
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Common-Wealth
           ;
           having
           ,
           when
           time
           was
           ,
           a
           competent
           acceptation
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           some
           evidences
           thereof
           .
           I
           resolve
           not
           to
           recite
           the
           Times
           ,
           and
           Occasions
           ,
           and
           Opportunities
           that
           have
           been
           appointed
           me
           by
           God
           to
           serve
           him
           in
           :
           nor
           the
           presence
           and
           blessings
           of
           God
           bearing
           then
           Testimony
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           having
           had
           some
           occasions
           to
           see
           (
           together
           with
           my
           Brethren
           and
           Countrey-men
           )
           a
           happy
           period
           put
           to
           our
           sharp
           Warres
           ,
           and
           Contests
           with
           the
           then
           common
           enemy
           ,
           hoped
           ,
           in
           a
           private
           capacity
           ,
           to
           have
           reaped
           the
           
           fruit
           ,
           and
           benefit
           together
           with
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           of
           our
           hard
           labours
           and
           hazards
           :
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           Peace
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           in
           some
           equality
           with
           others
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           should
           please
           the
           Lord
           to
           dispence
           unto
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           God
           had
           put
           an
           end
           to
           our
           Wars
           ,
           at
           least
           brought
           them
           to
           a
           very
           hopeful
           issue
           ,
           very
           near
           an
           end
           ,
           (
           after
           
             Worcester
          
           Fight
           )
           I
           came
           up
           to
           
             London
          
           to
           pay
           my
           service
           ,
           and
           duty
           to
           the
           Parliament
           that
           then
           sate
           ;
           and
           hoping
           that
           all
           mindes
           would
           have
           been
           disposed
           to
           answer
           that
           which
           seemed
           to
           be
           the
           minde
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           to
           give
           Peace
           and
           Rest
           to
           his
           People
           :
           and
           especially
           to
           those
           who
           had
           bled
           more
           then
           others
           in
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           military
           Affaires
           ,
           I
           was
           much
           disappointed
           of
           my
           expectation
           :
           For
           the
           issue
           did
           not
           prove
           so
           ;
           what
           ever
           may
           be
           boasted
           ,
           or
           mis-represented
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           so
           ,
           not
           so
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           say
           in
           the
           simplicity
           of
           my
           soul
           ,
           I
           love
           not
           I
           love
           not
           ,
           (
           I
           declined
           it
           in
           my
           former
           speech
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           love
           not
           to
           rake
           into
           
           sores
           ,
           or
           to
           discover
           nakednesses
           .
           That
           which
           I
           drive
           at
           ,
           is
           this
           ;
           I
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           hoped
           to
           have
           had
           leave
           to
           have
           retired
           to
           a
           private
           life
           :
           I
           begg'd
           to
           be
           dismissed
           of
           my
           Charge
           :
           I
           begg'd
           it
           again
           and
           again
           .
           And
           God
           be
           Judge
           between
           me
           and
           all
           men
           ,
           if
           I
           lie
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           That
           I
           lie
           not
           in
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           is
           known
           to
           very
           mans
           ;
           but
           whether
           I
           tell
           a
           lie
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           as
           labouring
           to
           represent
           to
           you
           that
           which
           was
           not
           upon
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Lord
           be
           Judge
           :
           let
           uncharitable
           men
           that
           measure
           others
           by
           themselves
           ,
           judge
           as
           they
           please
           .
           As
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           I
           say
           it
           is
           true
           .
           As
           to
           the
           ingenuity
           and
           integrity
           of
           my
           heart
           in
           that
           desire
           ,
           I
           do
           appeale
           ,
           as
           before
           ,
           upon
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           also
           .
           But
           I
           could
           not
           obtaine
           what
           my
           soul
           longed
           for
           .
           And
           the
           plain
           truth
           is
           ,
           I
           did
           afterwards
           apprehend
           ,
           That
           some
           did
           think
           (
           my
           judgement
           not
           suiting
           with
           theirs
           )
           that
           it
           could
           not
           well
           be
           .
           But
           this
           I
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           was
           ,
           between
           God
           and
           my
           soul
           ;
           between
           me
           and
           that
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           I
           am
           in
           some
           strait
           ,
           to
           say
           what
           I
           could
           say
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           true
           of
           what
           then
           followed
           .
        
         
         
           I
           pressed
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           a
           Member
           ,
           to
           period
           themselves
           ,
           once
           ,
           and
           again
           ,
           and
           again
           ,
           and
           ten
           ,
           and
           twenty
           times
           over
           .
           
             I
          
           told
           them
           (
           for
           I
           knew
           it
           better
           then
           any
           one
           man
           in
           the
           Parliament
           could
           know
           it
           ,
           because
           of
           my
           maner
           of
           life
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           run
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           so
           might
           see
           and
           know
           the
           temper
           and
           spirits
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           men
           )
           that
           the
           Nation
           loathed
           their
           sitting
           :
           I
           knew
           it
           .
           And
           so
           farre
           as
           
             I
          
           could
           discerne
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           dissolved
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           barking
           of
           a
           dog
           ,
           or
           any
           general
           and
           visible
           repining
           at
           it
           .
           You
           are
           not
           a
           few
           here
           present
           that
           can
           assert
           this
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           there
           was
           high
           cause
           for
           their
           Dissolving
           ,
           is
           most
           evident
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           regard
           there
           was
           a
           just
           fear
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           perpetuating
           themselves
           ;
           but
           because
           it
           was
           their
           designe
           .
           And
           had
           not
           their
           heeles
           been
           trod
           upon
           by
           importunities
           from
           abroad
           ,
           even
           to
           threats
           ,
           
             I
          
           believe
           there
           would
           never
           have
           been
           thoughts
           of
           Rising
           ,
           or
           of
           going
           out
           of
           that
           Roome
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           .
        
         
         
           I
           
             my selfe
             was
             founded
             ;
             and
             by
             no
             mean
             persons
             tempted
             ;
             and
             addresses
             were
             made
             to
             me
             to
             that
             very
             end
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             have
             been
             thus
             perpetuated
             ,
             That
             the
             vacant
             places
             might
             be
             supplied
             by
             new
             Elections
             ,
             and
             so
             continue
             from
             Generation
             to
             Generation
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           have
           declined
           ,
           I
           have
           declined
           very
           much
           ,
           to
           open
           these
           things
           to
           you
           :
           yet
           having
           proceeded
           thus
           farre
           ,
           
             I
          
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           poor
           men
           under
           this
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           were
           driven
           like
           flocks
           of
           sheep
           ,
           by
           fourty
           in
           a
           morning
           ,
           to
           the
           Confiscation
           of
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           without
           any
           man
           being
           able
           to
           give
           a
           reason
           that
           two
           of
           them
           had
           deserved
           to
           forfeit
           a
           shilling
           .
           
             I
          
           tell
           you
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           my
           soul
           ,
           and
           many
           persons
           whose
           faces
           
             I
          
           see
           in
           this
           place
           were
           exceedingly
           grieved
           at
           these
           things
           :
           and
           knew
           not
           which
           way
           to
           help
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           mournings
           ,
           and
           giving
           their
           negatives
           when
           occasions
           served
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           have
           given
           you
           but
           a
           taste
           of
           miscarriages
           .
           
             I
          
           am
           confident
           you
           have
           had
           opportunities
           to
           hear
           much
           more
           of
           them
           :
           for
           
           nothing
           is
           more
           obvious
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           this
           will
           be
           said
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           remedy
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           this
           perpetual
           Parliament
           endeavoured
           ,
           by
           having
           a
           future
           Representative
           .
           How
           it
           was
           gotten
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           importunities
           that
           was
           obtained
           ,
           and
           how
           unwillingly
           yielded
           unto
           ,
           is
           well
           known
           .
        
         
           What
           was
           this
           remedy
           ?
           It
           was
           a
           seeming
           willingnesse
           to
           have
           successive
           Parliaments
           .
           What
           was
           that
           Succession
           ?
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           when
           one
           Parliament
           had
           left
           their
           Seat
           ,
           another
           was
           to
           sit
           down
           immediately
           in
           the
           roome
           thereof
           ,
           without
           any
           Caution
           to
           avoid
           that
           which
           was
           the
           danger
           ;
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           Perpetuating
           of
           the
           same
           Parliaments
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           sore
           now
           that
           will
           ever
           be
           running
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           men
           are
           ambitious
           and
           troublesome
           ,
           if
           a
           due
           remedy
           be
           not
           found
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           What
           was
           the
           businesse
           ?
           It
           was
           a
           Conversion
           from
           a
           Parliament
           that
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           was
           perpetuall
           ,
           to
           a
           Legislative
           Power
           always
           sitting
           :
           &
           so
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Interests
           ,
           and
           Lives
           of
           People
           ,
           not
           judged
           by
           any
           certain
           known
           Lawes
           and
           Power
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           which
           is
           incident
           and
           necessary
           
           to
           Parliaments
           by
           an
           Arbitrary
           Power
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           make
           mens
           estates
           liable
           to
           confiscation
           ,
           and
           their
           persons
           to
           imprisonments
           ;
           sometimes
           by
           Lawes
           made
           after
           the
           fact
           committed
           :
           often
           by
           taking
           the
           judgement
           both
           in
           capital
           and
           criminal
           things
           to
           themselves
           ,
           who
           in
           former
           times
           were
           not
           known
           to
           exercise
           such
           a
           Judicature
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           suppose
           was
           the
           case
           ;
           and
           in
           my
           opinion
           the
           remedy
           was
           fitted
           to
           the
           disease
           :
           especially
           coming
           in
           the
           Reare
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           so
           exercising
           the
           Power
           and
           Authority
           as
           this
           had
           done
           ,
           but
           immediately
           before
           .
        
         
           Truly
           ,
           I
           consesse
           upon
           these
           grounds
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           divers
           other
           Persons
           ,
           seeing
           nothing
           could
           be
           had
           otherwise
           ;
           that
           Parliament
           was
           dissolv'd
           ,
           we
           desiring
           to
           see
           if
           a
           few
           might
           have
           been
           call'd
           together
           for
           some
           short
           time
           who
           might
           put
           the
           Nation
           into
           some
           way
           of
           certain
           settlement
           ,
           did
           call
           those
           Gentlemen
           out
           of
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           as
           
             I
          
           have
           appealed
           to
           God
           before
           you
           already
           ,
           I
           know
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           say
           it
           ,
           )
           
           though
           it
           be
           a
           tender
           thing
           to
           make
           appeals
           to
           God
           ;
           yet
           in
           such
           exigencies
           as
           these
           ,
           I
           trust
           it
           will
           not
           offend
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           especially
           to
           make
           them
           before
           Persons
           that
           know
           God
           ,
           and
           know
           what
           Conscience
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           is
           to
           lie
           before
           the
           Lord
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           a
           principal
           end
           in
           calling
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           was
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           so
           a
           chief
           end
           to
           my selfe
           was
           ,
           That
           I
           might
           have
           opportunity
           to
           lay
           down
           the
           Power
           that
           was
           in
           my
           hands
           I
           say
           to
           you
           again
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           blessed
           and
           been
           with
           me
           in
           all
           my
           adversities
           and
           successes
           ,
           that
           was
           as
           to
           my self
           my
           greatest
           end
           .
           
             A
          
           desire
           perhaps
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           am
           afraid
           )
           sinful
           enough
           ,
           to
           be
           quit
           of
           the
           Power
           God
           had
           most
           Providentially
           put
           into
           my
           hand
           ,
           before
           he
           called
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           before
           those
           honest
           ends
           of
           our
           fighting
           were
           attained
           and
           setled
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Authority
           
             I
          
           had
           in
           my
           hand
           ,
           being
           so
           boundlesse
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           
             I
          
           being
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           General
           of
           all
           the
           forces
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           (
           In
           which
           unlimitted
           condition
           
             I
          
           did
           not
           desire
           to
           live
           a
           day
           ,
           )
           did
           call
           
           that
           meeting
           for
           the
           ends
           before
           expressed
           .
        
         
           What
           the
           event
           and
           issue
           of
           that
           meeting
           was
           ,
           we
           may
           sadly
           remember
           .
           It
           hath
           much
           teaching
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           make
           us
           all
           wiser
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           meeting
           succeeding
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           formerly
           said
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           giving
           such
           a
           disappointment
           to
           our
           hopes
           ,
           
             I
          
           shall
           not
           now
           make
           any
           repetition
           thereof
           ;
           only
           the
           effect
           was
           ,
           That
           they
           came
           and
           brought
           to
           me
           a
           parchment
           signed
           by
           very
           much
           the
           major
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           expressing
           their
           resigning
           and
           re-delivery
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Authority
           that
           was
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           back
           again
           into
           my
           hands
           :
           And
           
             I
          
           can
           say
           it
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           divers
           persons
           here
           ,
           that
           do
           know
           whether
           
             I
          
           lie
           in
           that
           ,
           that
           
             I
          
           did
           not
           know
           one
           tittle
           of
           that
           resignation
           ,
           until
           they
           all
           came
           and
           brought
           it
           ,
           and
           delivered
           it
           into
           my
           hands
           :
           of
           this
           there
           are
           also
           in
           this
           presence
           many
           Witnesses
           .
        
         
           I
           received
           this
           Resignation
           ,
           having
           formerly
           used
           my
           endeavours
           and
           perswasions
           to
           keep
           them
           together
           ;
           observing
           their
           differences
           ,
           
             I
          
           thought
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           give
           advices
           
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           might
           prevail
           with
           them
           for
           union
           :
           But
           it
           had
           the
           effect
           that
           I
           told
           you
           :
           and
           I
           had
           my
           disappointment
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           was
           so
           ,
           we
           were
           exceedingly
           to
           seek
           how
           to
           settle
           things
           for
           the
           future
           .
           My
           power
           again
           by
           this
           Resignation
           ,
           was
           as
           boundlesse
           and
           unlimited
           as
           before
           ;
           all
           things
           being
           subjected
           to
           Arbitrariness
           ,
           and
           a
           person
           having
           power
           over
           the
           three
           Nations
           boundlessely
           ,
           and
           unlimited
           ;
           And
           upon
           the
           matter
           all
           Government
           dissolved
           ,
           all
           Civill
           Administrations
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           as
           will
           presently
           be
           made
           appear
           .
        
         
           The
           Gentlemen
           that
           undertook
           to
           frame
           this
           Government
           ,
           did
           consult
           divers
           dayes
           together
           ,
           (
           they
           being
           of
           known
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           ability
           )
           how
           to
           frame
           somewhat
           that
           might
           give
           us
           settlement
           ;
           and
           they
           did
           so
           :
           and
           that
           I
           was
           not
           privy
           to
           their
           Councels
           ,
           they
           know
           it
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           had
           finished
           their
           modell
           
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           or
           made
           a
           very
           good
           preparation
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           became
           Communicative
           .
           They
           told
           me
           that
           except
           I
           would
           undertake
           the
           Government
           ,
           they
           thought
           things
           would
           hardly
           come
           to
           a
           Composure
           ,
           and
           Settlement
           ;
           but
           blood
           and
           confusion
           would
           break
           in
           upon
           us
           .
           I
           denied
           it
           again
           ,
           and
           again
           ,
           as
           God
           and
           those
           persons
           know
           ,
           not
           complementingly
           as
           they
           also
           know
           ,
           and
           as
           God
           knowes
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           ,
           after
           many
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           letting
           of
           me
           know
           that
           I
           did
           not
           receive
           any
           thing
           that
           put
           me
           into
           any
           higher
           Capacity
           then
           I
           was
           in
           before
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           limited
           me
           ,
           and
           bound
           my
           hands
           to
           act
           nothing
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           without
           consent
           of
           a
           Councell
           untill
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           then
           limited
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           the
           Act
           of
           Government
           expresseth
           ,
           I
           did
           accept
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           repeat
           this
           again
           to
           you
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           needfull
           ,
           but
           I
           think
           I
           need
           not
           .
           I
           was
           arbitrary
           in
           Power
           ,
           having
           the
           
           Armies
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           under
           my
           command
           :
           and
           truly
           not
           very
           ill
           beloved
           by
           them
           ;
           nor
           very
           ill
           beloved
           then
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           by
           the
           good
           People
           ;
           and
           I
           beleive
           I
           should
           have
           bin
           more
           beloved
           if
           they
           had
           known
           the
           truth
           ,
           as
           things
           were
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           themselves
           ;
           and
           before
           divers
           of
           these
           Gentlemen
           whom
           I
           but
           now
           mentioned
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           ,
           at
           the
           intreaty
           of
           divers
           persons
           of
           honor
           and
           quality
           ;
           at
           the
           intreaty
           of
           very
           many
           of
           the
           chief
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           then
           present
           ,
           and
           at
           their
           request
           ,
           
             I
          
           did
           accept
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           title
           of
           Protector
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Seal
           ,
           the
           Judges
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Major
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           Souldierie
           ,
           divers
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           people
           ,
           and
           persons
           of
           quality
           ,
           &c.
           accompanied
           to
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           where
           I
           took
           my
           oath
           to
           this
           Government
           .
           This
           was
           not
           done
           in
           a
           corner
           :
           it
           was
           open
           and
           publick
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Government
           hath
           bin
           exercised
           by
           a
           Councell
           ,
           with
           a
           desire
           to
           be
           faithfull
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           and
           amongst
           all
           other
           trusts
           ,
           to
           be
           faithfull
           in
           calling
           this
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           given
           you
           a
           very
           bare
           and
           leane
           discourse
           ;
           which
           truly
           I
           have
           bin
           necessitated
           unto
           ,
           and
           contracted
           in
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           unexpectednesse
           of
           the
           occasion
           ;
           and
           because
           I
           would
           not
           quite
           wearie
           you
           ,
           nor
           my self
           .
           But
           this
           is
           a
           Narrative
           that
           discovers
           to
           you
           the
           Series
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           of
           Transactions
           leading
           me
           into
           this
           Condition
           wherein
           I
           now
           stand
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           promised
           you
           ,
           wherein
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           so
           long
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           am
           sure
           this
           occasion
           does
           require
           plainenesse
           and
           freedom
           ,
           )
           is
           ,
           That
           as
           I
           brought
           not
           my self
           into
           this
           Condition
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           my
           own
           apprehension
           I
           did
           not
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           did
           not
           ,
           (
           the
           things
           being
           true
           which
           I
           have
           told
           you
           )
           I
           submit
           it
           to
           your
           Judgements
           ,
           
           and
           there
           shall
           I
           leave
           it
           ,
           let
           God
           do
           what
           he
           pleaseth
           .
           )
           The
           other
           things
           I
           say
           that
           I
           am
           to
           speak
           to
           you
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           not
           ,
           nor
           do
           not
           bear
           witnesse
           to
           my self
           .
           
             I
          
           am
           far
           from
           alluding
           to
           him
           that
           said
           so
           ;
           yet
           truth
           concerning
           a
           member
           of
           his
           hee
           will
           own
           ,
           though
           men
           do
           not
           .
        
         
           But
           
             I
          
           think
           (
           if
           
             I
          
           mistake
           not
           )
           I
           have
           a
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           .
           I
           think
           so
           ;
           let
           men
           be
           as
           froward
           as
           they
           will
           .
           I
           have
           witnesse
           within
           ,
           without
           ,
           and
           above
           .
           But
           
             I
          
           shall
           speak
           of
           them
           that
           are
           without
           ,
           having
           fully
           spoken
           before
           of
           the
           witnesse
           Above
           ,
           and
           the
           witness
           in
           my
           own
           conscience
           ,
           upon
           the
           other
           Account
           ;
           because
           that
           subject
           had
           more
           obscurity
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           
             I
          
           in
           some
           sort
           needed
           appeales
           ;
           and
           
             I
          
           trust
           might
           lawfully
           make
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           take
           an
           oath
           ,
           where
           things
           were
           not
           so
           apt
           to
           be
           made
           evident
           .
           
             I
          
           shall
           enumerate
           my
           witnesses
           as
           well
           as
           I
           can
           .
        
         
           VVhen
           
             I
          
           had
           consented
           to
           accept
           of
           
           the
           Government
           ,
           there
           was
           some
           solemnity
           to
           be
           performed
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           accompanied
           with
           some
           persons
           of
           considerablenesse
           in
           all
           respects
           ;
           who
           were
           the
           persons
           before
           expressed
           ;
           who
           accompanied
           me
           at
           the
           time
           of
           my
           entring
           upon
           this
           Government
           ,
           to
           VVestminster-Hall
           to
           take
           my
           oath
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           an
           explicite
           consent
           of
           Interessed
           persons
           ;
           and
           an
           implicite
           consent
           of
           many
           ,
           shewing
           their
           good
           liking
           ,
           and
           approbation
           thereof
           .
           And
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           
             I
          
           do
           not
           think
           that
           you
           are
           altogether
           strangers
           to
           it
           ,
           in
           your
           Country
           :
           some
           did
           not
           nauseate
           it
           ;
           very
           many
           did
           approve
           it
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           had
           the
           approbation
           of
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ;
             I
          
           say
           of
           the
           Officers
           
             .
             I
          
           had
           that
           by
           their
           Remonstrances
           ,
           and
           under
           signature
           ;
           There
           was
           went
           along
           with
           that
           explicite
           consent
           ,
           an
           implicite
           consent
           
           of
           persons
           that
           had
           somewhat
           to
           do
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           that
           had
           been
           instrumentall
           by
           God
           ,
           to
           fight
           down
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           until
           my
           hands
           were
           bound
           ,
           and
           
             I
          
           limited
           ,
           (
           wherein
           
             I
          
           took
           full
           contentment
           ,
           as
           many
           can
           bear
           me
           witness
           ,
           )
           when
           
             I
          
           had
           in
           my
           hands
           so
           great
           a
           power
           and
           Arbitrariness
           ,
           the
           Souldierie
           were
           a
           very
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           especially
           all
           Government
           being
           dissolved
           
             .
             I
          
           say
           ,
           when
           all
           Government
           was
           thus
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           nothing
           to
           keep
           things
           in
           order
           but
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           (
           which
           many
           histories
           will
           not
           parallell
           )
           even
           they
           were
           desirous
           that
           things
           might
           come
           to
           a
           Consistencie
           ,
           and
           Arbitrarines
           might
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           put
           into
           a
           person
           (
           limited
           and
           bounded
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Settlement
           )
           whom
           they
           destrusted
           the
           least
           ,
           and
           loved
           not
           the
           worst
           :
           this
           was
           another
           evidence
           .
        
         
         
           I
           would
           not
           forget
           the
           honourable
           and
           civill
           entertainment
           ,
           with
           the
           approbation
           I
           found
           in
           the
           great
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           ;
           which
           the
           City
           knowes
           whether
           
             I
          
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           sought
           .
           And
           truly
           
             I
          
           do
           not
           think
           it
           is
           folly
           to
           remember
           this
           .
           For
           it
           was
           very
           great
           ,
           and
           high
           ,
           and
           very
           publick
           ;
           and
           as
           numerous
           a
           Body
           of
           those
           that
           are
           known
           by
           names
           ,
           and
           titles
           ,
           (
           the
           severall
           corporations
           ,
           and
           societies
           of
           Citizens
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           )
           as
           hath
           been
           at
           any
           time
           seen
           in
           
             England
          
           ;
           and
           not
           without
           some
           appearance
           of
           satisfaction
           also
           .
        
         
           I
           
             had
             not
             onely
             this
             witnesse
             ,
             but
          
           I
           
             have
             had
             from
             the
             greatest
             County
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             from
             many
             Cities
             ,
             and
             Boroughs
             ,
             and
             many
             Counties
             ,
             explicit
             Approbations
             ;
             not
             of
             those
             gathered
             here
             ,
             and
             there
             ;
             but
             from
             the
             County
             of
          
           York
           ,
           
             and
             City
             of
          
           York
           ,
           
             and
             other
             Counties
             ,
             and
             places
             ,
             Assembled
             in
             their
             publike
             ,
             and
             generall
             
             Assizes
             ,
             the
             Grand-Jury
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Noble
             men
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Yeomen
             ,
             and
             inhabitants
             of
             that
             County
             ,
             giving
             very
             great
             thanks
             to
             me
             for
             undertaking
             this
             heavy
             Burthen
             ,
             at
             such
             a
             time
             :
             and
             giving
             very
             great
             Approbation
             ,
             and
             incouragement
             to
             me
             to
             go
             through
             with
             it
             .
             These
             are
             plain
             .
          
           I
           
             have
             them
             to
             shew
             .
             And
             by
             these
             in
             some
             measure
             it
             will
             appear
             ,
          
           I
           
             do
             not
             bear
             witnesse
             to
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           not
           all
           :
           the
           Judges
           ,
           (
           and
           truly
           I
           had
           almost
           forgotten
           it
           )
           they
           thinking
           that
           there
           was
           a
           dissolution
           of
           Government
           ,
           met
           ,
           and
           consulted
           ,
           and
           did
           declare
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           administer
           Justice
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           untill
           they
           had
           received
           Commissions
           from
           me
           .
           And
           they
           did
           receive
           commissions
           from
           me
           .
           And
           by
           vertue
           
           of
           those
           Commissions
           they
           have
           acted
           .
           And
           all
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           that
           have
           acted
           ,
           have
           acted
           by
           vertue
           of
           like
           Commissions
           :
           which
           was
           a
           little
           more
           then
           an
           implicit
           Approbation
           .
           And
           I
           beleeve
           all
           the
           Justice
           administred
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           hath
           been
           by
           this
           Authority
           ;
           which
           also
           
             I
          
           lay
           before
           you
           :
           desiring
           you
           to
           think
           whether
           all
           these
           Persons
           before
           mentioned
           must
           not
           come
           before
           you
           for
           an
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           and
           Generall
           Pardon
           ,
           who
           have
           acted
           under
           ,
           and
           testified
           to
           this
           Go.vernment
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           disowned
           by
           you
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           have
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           more
           ,
           equivalent
           to
           all
           these
           I
           have
           reckoned
           ,
           if
           
             I
          
           be
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           greatly
           mistaken
           .
           If
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           all
           you
           that
           are
           here
           ,
           are
           my
           witnesses
           ,
           
             Ishould
          
           say
           no
           untruth
           .
           
             I
          
           know
           you
           are
           the
           same
           persons
           here
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           in
           the
           Country
           .
           
           But
           
             I
          
           will
           reserve
           to
           speak
           to
           this
           at
           the
           last
           ;
           for
           this
           will
           be
           the
           issue
           of
           my
           speech
           .
           
             I
          
           say
           ,
           
             I
          
           have
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           ,
           that
           are
           more
           ,
           then
           all
           
             I
          
           have
           accounted
           ,
           and
           reckoned
           before
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           people
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           are
           my
           witnesses
           :
           and
           many
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             .
          
           All
           the
           Sheriffes
           in
           
             England
          
           are
           my
           witnesses
           .
           And
           all
           that
           came
           in
           upon
           the
           Process
           issued
           out
           by
           the
           Sheriffes
           are
           my
           witnesses
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           Returnes
           of
           the
           Elections
           to
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           not
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           blown
           away
           with
           a
           breath
           ;
           the
           Returnes
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           inhabittants
           in
           the
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           and
           Boroughs
           ,
           Al
           are
           my
           witnesses
           of
           approbation
           to
           the
           condition
           ,
           and
           place
           I
           stand
           in
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           shall
           now
           make
           you
           my
           last
           witnesses
           ,
           and
           ask
           you
           whether
           you
           came
           not
           hither
           by
           my
           Writs
           ,
           directed
           
           to
           the
           severall
           Sheriffs
           ?
           and
           so
           to
           other
           Officers
           in
           Cities
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           People
           gave
           obedience
           :
           having
           also
           had
           the
           Act
           :
           of
           Government
           communicated
           to
           them
           :
           to
           which
           end
           greate
           Numbers
           of
           Copies
           were
           sent
           down
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           be
           communicated
           to
           them
           ;
           And
           the
           Government
           also
           required
           ,
           to
           be
           distinctly
           read
           un
           .
           to
           the
           People
           at
           the
           place
           of
           Elections
           ,
           to
           avoid
           surprizes
           ;
           where
           also
           they
           signed
           the
           Indenture
           ,
           with
           proviso
           ,
           That
           the
           persons
           so
           chosen
           shall
           not
           have
           power
           to
           alter
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           settled
           ;
           in
           one
           single
           Person
           and
           a
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           made
           good
           my
           second
           Assertion
           ,
           That
           I
           bear
           not
           witnesse
           to
           my selfe
           ;
           but
           the
           good
           people
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           you
           all
           are
           my
           witnesses
           .
        
         
           Yea
           surely
           ,
           And
           this
           being
           so
           ,
           
           though
           I
           told
           you
           in
           my
           last
           speech
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ;
           yet
           I
           thought
           it
           was
           understood
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           the
           Protector
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           that
           called
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           was
           in
           possession
           of
           the
           Government
           by
           a
           good
           Right
           from
           God
           and
           men
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           ,
           if
           the
           learnedst
           men
           in
           this
           Nation
           were
           called
           to
           shew
           a
           President
           so
           clear
           ,
           so
           many
           wayes
           approving
           of
           a
           Government
           ;
           they
           would
           not
           in
           all
           their
           search
           finde
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           not
           in
           my
           other
           speech
           to
           you
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           justifie
           the
           Government
           in
           every
           particular
           ;
           and
           I
           told
           you
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           was
           plain
           .
           It
           was
           publick
           ;
           and
           had
           been
           long
           published
           ;
           and
           it
           might
           be
           under
           the
           most
           serious
           inspection
           of
           all
           that
           pleased
           to
           peruse
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           I
           have
           approved
           my self
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           
           my
           conscience
           ,
           in
           my
           actions
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           undertaking
           .
           And
           I
           have
           given
           cause
           of
           approving
           my selfe
           to
           every
           one
           of
           your
           consciences
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           sport
           with
           it
           ?
           with
           a
           businesse
           thus
           serious
           ?
           May
           not
           this
           Character
           ,
           this
           stamp
           ,
           bear
           equall
           Poyze
           with
           any
           hereditary
           Interest
           ,
           which
           may
           have
           ,
           and
           hath
           had
           ,
           in
           the
           common
           Law
           ,
           matters
           of
           Dispute
           ,
           and
           Tryall
           of
           learning
           ?
           wherein
           many
           have
           exercised
           more
           Wit
           ,
           and
           spilt
           more
           blood
           ,
           then
           I
           hope
           ever
           to
           live
           to
           see
           ,
           or
           hear
           of
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           why
           I
           may
           not
           balance
           this
           providence
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           any
           hereditary
           Interest
           ,
           as
           being
           lesse
           subject
           to
           those
           Crackes
           ,
           and
           Flaws
           ,
           they
           
           are
           commonly
           incident
           unto
           .
           Which
           Titles
           have
           cost
           more
           blood
           ,
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           then
           wee
           have
           leisure
           to
           speake
           of
           now
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           be
           thus
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           deriving
           a
           Title
           from
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           upon
           such
           Accounts
           as
           these
           are
           :
           Although
           some
           men
           be
           froward
           ,
           yet
           that
           your
           Judgments
           ,
           that
           are
           Persons
           sent
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           acceptance
           of
           the
           Government
           for
           you
           to
           disowne
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           owne
           it
           ;
           for
           you
           to
           act
           Parliamentary
           Authority
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           disowning
           of
           it
           ;
           contrary
           to
           the
           very
           fundamentall
           things
           ;
           yea
           ,
           against
           the
           very
           root
           it selfe
           of
           this
           Establishment
           ;
           to
           sit
           and
           not
           owne
           the
           Authority
           by
           which
           you
           fit
           ,
           is
           that
           that
           I
           believe
           astonisheth
           
           more
           men
           then
           my selfe
           ;
           and
           doth
           as
           dangerously
           disappoint
           ,
           and
           discompose
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           any
           thing
           could
           have
           beene
           invented
           by
           the
           greatest
           Enemie
           to
           our
           peace
           and
           welfare
           ;
           or
           could
           well
           have
           happened
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           things
           in
           the
           Establishment
           ,
           that
           are
           Fundamental
           :
           and
           some
           things
           are
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           are
           Circumstantial
           .
           Of
           such
           ,
           no
           question
           but
           I
           shall
           easily
           agree
           to
           vary
           ,
           or
           leave
           out
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           be
           convinced
           by
           reason
           .
           Some
           things
           are
           Fundamentals
           ,
           about
           which
           I
           shall
           deale
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           they
           may
           not
           be
           parted
           with
           ;
           but
           will
           (
           I
           trust
           )
           be
           delivered
           over
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           fruits
           of
           our
           Blood
           and
           Travel
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Government
           by
           a
           single
           Person
           and
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           a
           Fundamentall
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           
             Esse
             .
          
           It
           is
           Constitutive
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Person
           ,
           though
           I
           may
           seem
           to
           plead
           for
           my self
           ,
           yet
           I
           doe
           not
           ,
           no
           nor
           can
           any
           reasonable
           man
           say
           it
           .
           But
           if
           the
           things
           throughout
           this
           Speech
           be
           true
           ,
           
             I
          
           plead
           for
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           all
           honest
           men
           therein
           ,
           who
           have
           borne
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           as
           afore-said
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           my self
           .
           And
           if
           things
           should
           doe
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           well
           ,
           which
           
             I
          
           would
           not
           fear
           ;
           and
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           discontented
           Persons
           take
           Advantage
           at
           these
           Distractions
           ,
           the
           issue
           will
           be
           put
           up
           before
           God
           ,
           Let
           him
           own
           ,
           or
           let
           him
           disown
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           please
           .
        
         
           In
           every
           Government
           there
           must
           be
           somewhat
           Fundamental
           ,
           somewhat
           like
           a
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           that
           should
           be
           standing
           ,
           and
           be
           unalterable
           .
           Where
           there
           is
           a
           Stipulation
           on
           one
           Part
           ,
           and
           that
           fully
           accepted
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ;
           surely
           a
           Return
           ought
           to
           be
           :
           else
           what
           does
           that
           Stipulation
           signifie
           ?
           If
           I
           have
           upon
           the
           
           Tearms
           asore-said
           undertaken
           this
           great
           Trust
           ,
           and
           Exercised
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           called
           you
           ,
           surely
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           owned
           .
        
         
           That
           Parliaments
           should
           not
           make
           themselves
           Perpetual
           ,
           is
           a
           Fundamentall
           .
           Of
           what
           Assurance
           is
           a
           Law
           to
           prevent
           so
           great
           an
           evil
           ,
           if
           it
           lie
           in
           one
           or
           the
           same
           Legislator
           to
           unlaw
           it
           again
           ?
           Is
           this
           like
           to
           be
           lasting
           ?
           It
           will
           be
           like
           a
           Rope
           of
           Sand
           ;
           it
           will
           give
           no
           Security
           .
           For
           the
           same
           men
           may
           unbuild
           ,
           what
           they
           have
           built
           .
        
         
           Is
           not
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           in
           Religion
           a
           Fundamentall
           ?
           so
           long
           as
           there
           is
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           for
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           to
           exercise
           his
           Conscience
           in
           erecting
           what
           Form
           of
           Church-Government
           he
           is
           satisfied
           ,
           he
           should
           set
           up
           ;
           why
           should
           not
           he
           give
           it
           to
           others
           ?
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           is
           a
           Naturall
           Right
           :
           and
           he
           that
           would
           have
           it
           ought
           to
           give
           it
           ;
           having
           Liberty
           to
           settle
           what
           he
           likes
           for
           the
           Publick
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           that
           hath
           been
           one
           of
           the
           Vanities
           
           of
           our
           Contests
           .
           Every
           Sect
           saith
           ,
           Oh!
           Give
           me
           Liberty
           ,
           But
           give
           him
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Power
           he
           will
           not
           yeeld
           it
           to
           any Body
           else
           .
           Where
           is
           our
           Ingenuity
           ?
           Truely
           that
           's
           a
           thing
           ought
           to
           be
           very
           Reciprocal
           .
           The
           Magistrate
           hath
           his
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           settle
           Religion
           according
           to
           his
           Conscience
           .
           And
           I
           may
           say
           it
           to
           you
           :
           I
           can
           say
           it
           ;
           all
           the
           Money
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           tempted
           men
           to
           fight
           ,
           upon
           such
           an
           Account
           as
           they
           have
           engaged
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           had
           Hopes
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           better
           then
           they
           had
           from
           Episcopacy
           ;
           or
           then
           would
           have
           been
           afforded
           them
           ,
           from
           a
           Scottish
           Presbytery
           ,
           or
           an
           English
           either
           ;
           if
           it
           had
           made
           such
           steps
           ,
           or
           been
           as
           sharp
           ,
           and
           Rigid
           ,
           as
           it
           threatned
           when
           it
           was
           first
           set
           up
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           a
           Fundamentall
           .
           It
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           :
           it
           is
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           .
           And
           if
           there
           be
           an
           absolutenesse
           in
           the
           Imposer
           ,
           without
           fitting
           allowances
           ,
           and
           Exceptions
           from
           the
           Rule
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           our
           People
           driven
           into
           Wildernesses
           ;
           
           as
           they
           were
           when
           those
           poor
           ,
           and
           afflicted
           People
           ,
           that
           forsook
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Inheritances
           here
           ,
           where
           they
           lived
           plentifully
           and
           Comfortably
           ,
           for
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           were
           necessitated
           to
           goe
           into
           a
           vast
           howling
           Wildernesse
           in
           
             New
             England
             ,
          
           where
           they
           have
           for
           Liberty
           sake
           stript
           themselves
           of
           all
           their
           Comfort
           ,
           and
           the
           full
           Enjoyment
           they
           had
           ,
           embracing
           rather
           losse
           of
           Friends
           ,
           and
           want
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           so
           ensnared
           ,
           and
           in
           Bondage
           .
        
         
           Another
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           forgotten
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           that
           's
           Judged
           a
           Fundamentall
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           so
           .
           That
           it
           should
           be
           well
           and
           equally
           placed
           ,
           is
           very
           necessary
           .
           For
           put
           the
           Absolute
           Power
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           into
           One
           without
           a
           Check
           ,
           what
           doth
           it
           ?
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           what
           doth
           your
           Check
           put
           upon
           your
           Perpetuall
           Parliaments
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           wholly
           stript
           of
           this
           ?
           It
           is
           equally
           Placed
           ,
           and
           Desires
           were
           to
           have
           it
           so
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           in
           one
           Person
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           sitting
           the
           Parliament
           .
           What
           signifies
           a
           Provision
           against
           
           perpetuating
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           solely
           in
           them
           ?
           Whether
           without
           a
           Check
           the
           Parliament
           have
           not
           Liberty
           to
           alter
           the
           Frame
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           Aristocrasie
           ,
           to
           Democrasie
           ,
           to
           Anarchy
           ,
           to
           any
           Thing
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           fully
           in
           them
           ?
           Yea
           into
           all
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           Remedy
           ?
           And
           if
           this
           one
           Thing
           be
           placed
           in
           One
           ,
           that
           One
           ,
           be
           it
           Parliament
           ,
           be
           it
           Supream
           Governour
           ,
           They
           ,
           or
           He
           hath
           Power
           to
           make
           what
           they
           please
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           have
           a
           Balance
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           that
           some
           Fundamentals
           must
           stand
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           worthy
           to
           be
           delivered
           over
           to
           Posterity
           ;
           truely
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           unreasonably
           urged
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Militia
          
           should
           be
           disposed
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           Government
           :
           and
           that
           it
           should
           be
           so
           equally
           placed
           ,
           that
           one
           Person
           ,
           neither
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           out
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           should
           have
           the
           Power
           of
           Ordering
           it
           .
           The
           Councell
           are
           the
           Trustees
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           in
           all
           Intervals
           of
           Parliaments
           ;
           who
           have
           as
           Absolute
           a
           Negative
           upon
           the
           Supream
           
           Officer
           in
           the
           said
           Intervalls
           ,
           as
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           whilst
           it
           is
           sitting
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           made
           use
           of
           :
           a
           man
           cannot
           be
           raised
           ;
           nor
           a
           penny
           charged
           upon
           the
           People
           ;
           nothing
           done
           without
           Consent
           of
           Parliament
           and
           in
           the
           Intervals
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           Consent
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           exercised
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           very
           little
           Power
           ,
           none
           but
           what
           is
           Coordinate
           ,
           in
           the
           Supream
           Officer
           ;
           and
           yet
           enough
           in
           him
           that
           hath
           the
           Chief
           Government
           ,
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           he
           is
           bound
           in
           strictnesse
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           out
           of
           Parliament
           by
           the
           Councell
           ,
           that
           doe
           as
           absolutely
           binde
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           the
           Parliament
           is
           sitting
           .
        
         
           For
           that
           of
           Money
           ;
           I
           told
           you
           some
           things
           are
           Circumstantials
           .
           To
           have
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           to
           Defray
           Civil
           Officers
           ,
           to
           pay
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           ,
           defraying
           the
           Charges
           of
           the
           Councell
           ,
           in
           sending
           their
           Embassies
           ,
           in
           keeping
           Intelligence
           ,
           and
           doing
           that
           that
           's
           necessary
           ,
           
           and
           for
           supporting
           the
           Governour
           in
           Chief
           :
           All
           this
           is
           by
           the
           Instrument
           supposed
           and
           intended
           ;
           But
           it
           is
           not
           of
           the
           
             Esse
          
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           so
           limited
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Souldiers
           ,
           30000
           ,
           twenty
           thousand
           Foot
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousand
           Horse
           .
           If
           the
           Spirits
           of
           men
           be
           composed
           five
           thousand
           Horse
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousand
           Foot
           ,
           may
           serve
           .
           These
           things
           are
           between
           the
           Chief
           Officer
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           moderated
           ,
           as
           occasion
           shall
           offer
           .
        
         
           So
           there
           are
           many
           other
           Circumstantiall
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           like
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           
             Medes
          
           and
           
             Persians
          
           ;
           But
           the
           things
           which
           shall
           be
           necessary
           to
           deliver
           over
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           these
           should
           be
           unalterable
           ,
           else
           every
           succeeding
           Parliament
           ,
           will
           be
           disputing
           to
           Change
           ,
           and
           alter
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           be
           as
           often
           brought
           into
           Confusion
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           our
           Remedy
           our
           Disease
           .
           The
           Lords
           providence
           ,
           appearing
           Evils
           ,
           appearing
           Good
           ,
           and
           better
           Judgement
           ,
           will
           give
           occasion
           for
           the
           ordering
           of
           things
           ,
           for
           the
           best
           interest
           
           of
           the
           People
           .
           And
           those
           things
           are
           the
           Matter
           of
           Consideration
           between
           you
           and
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           indeed
           almost
           tired
           my self
           .
           That
           that
           I
           have
           further
           to
           say
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           
             I
          
           would
           it
           had
           not
           been
           needfull
           for
           me
           to
           have
           called
           you
           hither
           to
           have
           expostulated
           these
           things
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           this
           is
           :
           But
           Necessity
           hath
           no
           Law
           .
           Feigned
           Necessities
           ,
           imaginary
           Necessities
           are
           the
           greatest
           Cousenage
           that
           men
           can
           put
           upon
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           make
           pretences
           to
           break
           known
           Rules
           by
           .
           But
           it
           is
           as
           Legall
           ,
           and
           as
           Carnall
           ,
           and
           as
           Stupid
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           there
           are
           no
           Necessities
           ,
           that
           are
           manifest
           Necessities
           :
           Because
           Necessities
           may
           be
           abused
           or
           feigned
           ,
           And
           truely
           I
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           thinke
           so
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           none
           of
           you
           thinke
           so
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           wilfull
           throwings
           away
           of
           this
           Government
           ,
           such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           so
           owned
           by
           God
           ,
           so
           approved
           by
           men
           ,
           so
           testified
           to
           ,
           in
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           beforementioned
           ,
           
           and
           that
           in
           Relation
           to
           the
           Good
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           ;
           I
           can
           sooner
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           Rolled
           into
           my
           Grave
           ,
           and
           Buried
           with
           Infamy
           ,
           then
           I
           can
           give
           my
           Consentunto
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           been
           called
           hither
           together
           to
           save
           a
           Nation
           ;
           —
           Nations
           .
           You
           had
           the
           best
           People
           indeed
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           in
           your
           Trust
           ,
           when
           you
           came
           hither
           .
           You
           had
           Affaires
           ,
           and
           these
           Nations
           delivered
           over
           to
           you
           in
           Peace
           and
           Quietnesse
           :
           You
           were
           ,
           and
           we
           all
           were
           put
           into
           an
           uninterrupted
           Possession
           ,
           no body
           making
           Title
           to
           us
           .
           Through
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           our
           Enemies
           were
           hopelesse
           and
           scattered
           .
           We
           had
           Peace
           at
           home
           :
           Peace
           almost
           with
           all
           Neighbours
           round
           about
           :
           fit
           to
           take
           Advantages
           where
           God
           did
           administer
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           have
           our
           Peace
           and
           Interest
           ,
           that
           had
           those
           hopes
           the
           other
           day
           ,
           thus
           shaken
           ,
           and
           under
           such
           a
           Confusion
           ;
           and
           wee
           rendered
           hereby
           (
           almost
           )
           the
           Scorn
           and
           Contempt
           of
           those
           Strangers
           that
           are
           amongst
           us
           ,
           to
           Negotiate
           their
           Masters
           Affaires
           ;
           
           To
           give
           them
           Opportunity
           to
           see
           our
           Nakednesse
           ,
           as
           they
           doe
           ,
           a
           People
           that
           have
           been
           unhinged
           this
           Twelve
           Yeares
           day
           ,
           and
           unhinged
           still
           ;
           as
           if
           Scattering
           ,
           Division
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           should
           come
           upon
           us
           (
           as
           if
           it
           were
           desired
           )
           which
           are
           the
           greatest
           Plagues
           God
           ordinarily
           layes
           upon
           Nations
           for
           sinne
           :
           I
           would
           be
           loath
           to
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           Matters
           of
           our
           Delight
           :
           But
           if
           not
           ,
           Why
           not
           the
           Matter
           of
           our
           Care
           ,
           so
           wisely
           as
           we
           ought
           by
           uttermost
           Endeavours
           to
           avoid
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           when
           by
           such
           Actions
           ,
           as
           these
           are
           ,
           these
           poor
           Nations
           shall
           be
           thrown
           into
           heapes
           of
           Confusion
           ,
           through
           Bloud
           ,
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           Trouble
           ,
           upon
           the
           saddest
           Account
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           if
           breaking
           should
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           because
           we
           would
           not
           settle
           when
           we
           might
           ;
           when
           God
           put
           it
           into
           our
           Hands
           :
           Your
           Affairs
           now
           almost
           settled
           every where
           :
           And
           to
           have
           all
           Recoyl
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           our selves
           shaken
           in
           our
           Affections
           ,
           loosened
           from
           all
           Knowne
           and
           publick
           Interests
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           mentioned
           to
           
           you
           :
           Who
           shall
           answer
           for
           these
           things
           to
           God
           ?
           Who
           can
           answer
           for
           these
           things
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           Men
           ?
           To
           the
           People
           that
           sent
           you
           hither
           ?
           Who
           lookt
           for
           refreshment
           from
           you
           ;
           who
           lookt
           for
           nothing
           but
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Quietnesse
           ,
           and
           Rest
           ,
           and
           Settlement
           .
           And
           when
           we
           shall
           come
           to
           give
           an
           Accompt
           to
           them
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ;
           Oh!
           we
           have
           quarrelled
           for
           ,
           and
           we
           contested
           for
           the
           Liberty
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           Wherein
           forsooth
           for
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           People
           ?
           I
           appeale
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           the
           Desires
           and
           Endeavours
           ,
           and
           the
           things
           themselves
           will
           speak
           for
           themselves
           ;
           That
           the
           Liberty
           of
           
             England
          
           ;
           The
           Liberty
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           The
           avoiding
           of
           Tyranous
           Impositions
           ,
           either
           upon
           Men
           as
           Men
           ,
           or
           Christians
           as
           Christians
           ,
           is
           made
           so
           safe
           by
           this
           Act
           of
           Settlement
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           speak
           sufficiently
           for
           it self
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           it
           shall
           appear
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           and
           done
           ;
           and
           what
           our
           Transactions
           have
           been
           :
           For
           God
           can
           discover
           ,
           and
           no
           Priviledge
           will
           hinder
           the
           Lord
           from
           discovering
           ,
           no
           Priviledge
           
           or
           Condition
           of
           men
           can
           hide
           from
           the
           Lord
           :
           He
           can
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           all
           manifest
           ,
           if
           he
           see
           it
           for
           his
           Glory
           .
           And
           vvhen
           these
           shall
           by
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           be
           manifested
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           shall
           come
           and
           say
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           What
           Condition
           are
           we
           in
           ?
           We
           hoped
           for
           Light
           ,
           and
           behold
           Darknesse
           obscure
           Darknesse
           !
           We
           hoped
           for
           Rest
           ,
           after
           ten
           Years
           Civil
           Wars
           :
           We
           are
           plunged
           into
           deep
           Confusion
           again
           .
           I
           ,
           we
           know
           these
           Consequences
           will
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           if
           God
           Almighty
           shall
           not
           finde
           out
           some
           way
           to
           prevent
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           this
           thought
           within
           my self
           .
           That
           it
           had
           not
           been
           Dishonest
           ,
           nor
           Dishonourable
           ,
           nor
           against
           true
           Liberty
           ,
           no
           not
           of
           Parliaments
           ;
           when
           a
           Parliament
           was
           so
           Chosen
           ,
           in
           Pursuance
           of
           ,
           in
           Conformity
           to
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           an
           Approbation
           ,
           and
           Consent
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           that
           runnes
           might
           reade
           by
           what
           Authority
           you
           came
           hither
           :
           That
           an
           owning
           of
           your
           Call
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Authority
           bringing
           you
           hither
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           
           required
           before
           your
           Entrance
           into
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           was
           declined
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           been
           done
           ,
           bccause
           I
           am
           perswaded
           scarce
           any
           man
           could
           reasonably
           doubt
           you
           came
           with
           contrary
           Mindes
           .
           And
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           the
           People
           that
           sent
           You
           ,
           least
           doubted
           thereof
           at
           all
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           must
           deal
           plainly
           with
           You.
           
           What
           
             I
          
           forbare
           upon
           a
           just
           Confidence
           at
           first
           ,
           You
           necessitate
           me
           unto
           now
           .
           —
           That
           seeing
           the
           Authority
           calling
           You
           is
           so
           little
           valued
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           sleighted
           ,
           Till
           some
           such
           Assurance
           be
           given
           ,
           and
           made
           known
           ;
           That
           the
           Fundamentall
           Interest
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           be
           Settled
           ,
           and
           Approved
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Provisoe
           contained
           in
           the
           Return
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           Consent
           testified
           ,
           as
           will
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           is
           accepted
           ,
           I
           have
           caused
           a
           stop
           to
           be
           put
           to
           your
           Entrance
           into
           the
           Parliament
           House
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sorry
           ,
           I
           am
           sorry
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           be
           sorry
           to
           the
           Death
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           Cause
           for
           this
           .
           But
           there
           is
           Cause
           .
           And
           if
           things
           
           be
           not
           Satisfied
           ,
           that
           are
           reasonably
           Demanded
           .
           I
           for
           my
           part
           shall
           do
           that
           that
           becomes
           me
           ,
           seeking
           my
           Councell
           from
           God
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           therefore
           somewhat
           to
           be
           offered
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           hope
           will
           (
           being
           understood
           with
           the
           Qualifications
           that
           I
           have
           told
           you
           of
           :
           Reforming
           Circumstantials
           ,
           and
           Agreeing
           in
           the
           Substance
           and
           Fundamentals
           (
           which
           is
           ,
           the
           Government
           Setled
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           in
           the
           Indenture
           )
           not
           to
           be
           altered
           ;
           The
           making
           of
           your
           mindes
           known
           in
           that
           ,
           by
           giving
           your
           Assent
           and
           Subscription
           to
           it
           ;
           is
           that
           ,
           that
           will
           )
           let
           you
           in
           ,
           to
           Act
           those
           things
           as
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           are
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           .
           And
           this
           thing
           shewed
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           Signed
           ,
           as
           asore-said
           ,
           doth
           Determine
           the
           Controversie
           ;
           and
           may
           give
           a
           happy
           Progresse
           ,
           and
           Issue
           to
           this
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           Place
           where
           you
           may
           come
           thus
           ,
           and
           Sign
           ,
           as
           many
           as
           God
           shall
           make
           free
           thereunto
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Lobby
           without
           the
           Parliament
           door
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Government
           doth
           declare
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           a
           Legislative
           Power
           without
           a
           Negative
           from
           me
           .
           As
           the
           Government
           doth
           express
           ,
           you
           may
           make
           any
           Laws
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           give
           not
           my
           Consent
           within
           twenty
           dayes
           ,
           to
           the
           Passing
           your
           Lawes
           ,
           they
           are
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           Laws
           ,
           whether
           I
           consent
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           if
           not
           contrary
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           You
           have
           an
           Absolute
           Legislative
           Power
           in
           all
           things
           that
           can
           possibly
           concern
           the
           Good
           ,
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Publike
           .
           And
           I
           think
           you
           may
           make
           these
           Nations
           happy
           by
           this
           Setlement
           :
           And
           I
           for
           my
           part
           shall
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           bound
           more
           then
           I
           am
           ,
           in
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           may
           be
           convinced
           of
           ,
           may
           be
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           In
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Cause
           and
           Interest
           so
           long
           contended
           for
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .