Confusion confounded: or, A firm way of settlement settled and confirmed. Wherein is considered the reasons of the resignation of the late Parlament, and the establishment of a Lord Protector.
         Hall, John, 1627-1656.
      
       
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             Confusion confounded: or, A firm way of settlement settled and confirmed. Wherein is considered the reasons of the resignation of the late Parlament, and the establishment of a Lord Protector.
             Hall, John, 1627-1656.
          
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           Confusion
           Confounded
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           firm
           way
           of
           SETTLEMENT
           settled
           and
           CONFIRMED
           .
           WHEREIN
           Is
           Considered
           the
           REASONS
           of
           the
           Resignation
           of
           the
           late
           PARLAMENT
           ,
           AND
           THE
           ESTABLISHMENT
           OF
           A
           Lord
           Protector
           .
        
         
           Qui
           
             [
             Augustus
             ]
          
           cuncta
           discordiis
           civilibus
           fessa
           ,
           nomine
           principis
           sub
           imperium
           accepit
           .
        
         
           Tacit.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Henry
             Hills
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           house
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           
             Sir
             John
             Old-Castle
          
           in
           
             Py-Corner
             ,
          
           1654.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Considerations
           upon
           the
           Resignation
           of
           the
           late
           PARLAMENT
           ,
           AND
           Establishing
           of
           the
           present
           Form
           of
           
             Government
          
           BY
           A
           
             LORD
             PROTECTOR
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           former
           Parlament
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           the
           
             birth
          
           of
           abundance
           of
           
             pangs
          
           and
           
             throws
          
           of
           State
           ,
           so
           it
           sat
           down
           in
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           was
           guided
           by
           such
           a
           spirit
           ,
           and
           encountred
           such
           accidents
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           easie
           to
           foresee
           that
           Providence
           had
           designed
           them
           to
           somewhat
           extraordinary
           ;
           And
           indeed
           it
           proved
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           for
           the
           secession
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           brought
           them
           upon
           extremity
           of
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           management
           of
           the
           unhappy
           war
           ,
           there
           wanted
           not
           either
           prudence
           or
           
           animosity
           ,
           which
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           smile
           on
           with
           happy
           success
           ,
           and
           giving
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Nation
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           also
           in
           a
           capacity
           of
           setling
           our
           Liberty
           upon
           so
           right
           a
           foundation
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           not
           easily
           again
           be
           shaken
           .
           But
           as
           it
           happens
           in
           all
           things
           humane
           ,
           to
           be
           corruptible
           ,
           so
           it
           fell
           out
           in
           this
           great
           
             Body
             ,
          
           (
           and
           all
           Governments
           may
           well
           be
           said
           to
           be
           artificial
           men
           )
           that
           though
           it
           rose
           as
           a
           Gyant
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           ran
           its
           race
           swiftly
           before
           noon
           ,
           yet
           sitting
           long
           after
           ,
           it
           grew
           
             Chatharrick
          
           and
           lazy
           ,
           nay
           diseased
           and
           troublesome
           .
           Hence
           had
           it
           so
           many
           gripings
           in
           its
           own
           bowels
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           
             Phlebotomies
          
           were
           ineffectual
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           extremity
           and
           refuge
           was
           taken
           ,
           which
           caused
           at
           length
           the
           dissolution
           of
           this
           assembly
           ,
           which
           if
           you
           will
           either
           consider
           for
           the
           strange
           mutations
           within
           it self
           ,
           the
           grand
           enterprises
           that
           it
           happily
           undertook
           ,
           the
           wonderful
           alterations
           it
           hath
           brought
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           mention
           what
           influences
           it
           may
           have
           over
           all
           Europe
           )
           a
           man
           may
           truly
           say
           it
           was
           one
           of
           the
           most
           famous
           ,
           fortunate
           ,
           wise
           Assemblies
           ,
           amidst
           so
           many
           difficulties
           and
           perplexities
           ,
           as
           ever
           was
           .
        
         
           Their
           dissolution
           as
           it
           afforded
           much
           reason
           of
           thought
           to
           the
           speculative
           ,
           regret
           to
           those
           related
           to
           that
           Power
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           bitter
           joy
           to
           the
           remnant
           of
           the
           malignant
           party
           ,
           so
           it
           proceeded
           from
           such
           reasons
           as
           might
           certainly
           in
           the
           safety
           and
           reason
           of
           State
           justifie
           the
           action
           .
           For
           indeed
           though
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           own
           their
           Counsels
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           to
           produce
           many
           glorious
           events
           from
           them
           ,
           yet
           their
           power
           at
           length
           like
           a
           standing
           water
           growing
           corrupt
           ▪
           and
           they
           declining
           from
           their
           primitive
           vigour
           and
           purity
           ,
           and
           withall
           growing
           distasteful
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           began
           to
           perceive
           with
           regret
           that
           they
           were
           unwilling
           to
           deliver
           up
           their
           Powers
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           declared
           ,
           and
           was
           expected
           ,
           there
           was
           an
           inevitable
           necessity
           of
           doing
           somewhat
           for
           the
           publick
           safety
           .
           Adde
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Bill
          
           which
           they
           had
           prepared
           ,
           was
           circumstantiated
           so
           as
           gave
           but
           very
           little
           hopes
           of
           bettering
           the
           people
           by
           that
           provision
           ,
           and
           the
           greatness
           of
           Liberty
           that
           was
           left
           in
           Election
           ,
           could
           assure
           us
           of
           nothing
           else
           but
           hot
           confusion
           ,
           and
           a
           desperate
           revival
           of
           oppressed
           factions
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           things
           were
           upon
           that
           occasion
           more
           fully
           handled
           by
           several
           pens
           ,
           who
           sufficiently
           cleared
           the
           necessity
           and
           justice
           of
           that
           great
           alteration
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           necessarily
           brought
           the
           Power
           immediately
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Lord
           General
           and
           the
           Army
           ,
           (
           in
           whom
           
           it
           was
           effectively
           before
           )
           so
           it
           put
           them
           to
           a
           considerable
           debate
           whither
           the
           exercise
           of
           this
           Power
           should
           be
           transferred
           .
           They
           saw
           that
           the
           people
           (
           things
           so
           standing
           )
           were
           absolutely
           uncapable
           of
           that
           Power
           which
           was
           naturally
           theirs
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           had
           been
           but
           to
           put
           a
           sword
           into
           a
           mad-mans
           hand
           .
           They
           were
           not
           willing
           to
           change
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           which
           they
           had
           bought
           with
           so
           much
           blood
           ,
           and
           therefore
           after
           the
           fullest
           debate
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           to
           dispose
           the
           Power
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           sufficient
           men
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           as
           might
           with
           godliness
           ,
           honesty
           and
           ability
           ,
           discharge
           the
           Supreme
           trust
           ,
           heal
           the
           distempers
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           amend
           the
           errors
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           settle
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Nation
           upon
           such
           a
           Base
           as
           should
           not
           be
           shaken
           .
        
         
           This
           number
           of
           men
           meeting
           together
           ,
           and
           being
           commissionated
           from
           the
           Lord
           General
           ,
           after
           a
           great
           many
           
             (
             si
             famae
             creditur
             )
          
           inconsiderable
           debates
           ,
           voted
           themselves
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           so
           declared
           themselves
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           act
           accordingly
           .
           But
           it
           was
           soon
           seen
           that
           those
           great
           expectations
           that
           brought
           them
           thither
           would
           prove
           abortive
           :
           For
           
             Division
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           murtheress
           of
           Councils
           ,
           appeared
           very
           briskly
           in
           their
           very
           dawn
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           a
           party
           headed
           ,
           whom
           nothing
           could
           please
           ,
           but
           the
           wildest
           and
           most
           extravagant
           devastations
           possible
           .
           The
           main
           pretence
           was
           Religion
           ,
           or
           according
           to
           
             their
          
           odd
           and
           fanatick
           Notions
           ,
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           a
           consideration
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           found
           acceptation
           with
           some
           grave
           and
           sober
           Inquirers
           ,
           yet
           must
           needs
           be
           of
           so
           different
           a
           nature
           from
           that
           which
           is
           expected
           from
           these
           men
           ,
           that
           there
           cannot
           be
           two
           things
           more
           disagreeing
           .
           To
           say
           nothing
           ,
           that
           they
           not
           agreeing
           in
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           notion
           ,
           or
           the
           wanner
           of
           it
           ,
           would
           certainly
           in
           their
           consequences
           arrive
           at
           the
           greatest
           
             Asustacies
             ,
          
           that
           it
           were
           impossible
           for
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           to
           support
           his
           sword
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           such
           confusion
           ;
           Not
           to
           mention
           that
           such
           
             notions
          
           as
           these
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           ill
           made
           brains
           ,
           and
           disturbed
           fancies
           ,
           strongly
           tinctured
           with
           an
           hypocondriack
           melancholy
           ,
           not
           bringing
           any
           assurance
           out
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           sign
           that
           they
           proceed
           from
           the
           Spirit
           of
           light
           ,
           if
           they
           become
           once
           Magisterial
           ,
           oblige
           us
           to
           quit
           our
           
             Discourse
             ,
          
           our
           natural
           
             reason
             ,
          
           our
           
             experiences
          
           drawn
           even
           from
           common
           sense
           ,
           the
           means
           God
           hath
           ordained
           to
           direct
           us
           in
           civil
           matters
           ,
           and
           to
           follow
           those
           
             Wills-with-Wisps
             ,
          
           or
           
             ignes
             fatui
          
           of
           
             revelation
          
           and
           pretended
           
             spirit
             .
          
        
         
         
           From
           hence
           I
           believe
           it
           rose
           (
           though
           I
           cannot
           but
           conceive
           abundance
           of
           consciencious
           and
           discreet
           men
           joined
           with
           them
           upon
           other
           grounds
           )
           that
           they
           voted
           none
           capable
           of
           place
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           
             Godly
             ,
          
           a
           word
           of
           that
           latitude
           ,
           that
           it
           signifies
           all
           
             things
             to
             all
             men
             ,
          
           different
           religions
           having
           brought
           men
           into
           such
           a
           high
           distemper
           ,
           that
           men
           do
           now
           accustome
           themselves
           to
           reckon
           it
           according
           to
           what
           themselves
           judge
           and
           opinion
           ,
           not
           according
           to
           the
           conversation
           and
           practice
           of
           another
           ;
           So
           it
           was
           easily
           perceivable
           ,
           that
           those
           Gentlemen
           that
           were
           so
           forward
           in
           it
           ,
           were
           not
           without
           design
           to
           seclude
           such
           other
           as
           were
           not
           of
           their
           Cloath
           .
           But
           if
           we
           consider
           this
           a
           little
           more
           strictly
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           it
           was
           neither
           
             Politick
             ,
          
           nor
           indeed
           
             Rational
             .
          
           Not
           
             Politick
             ,
          
           since
           all
           States
           of
           the
           world
           choose
           such
           Ministers
           as
           are
           the
           most
           fit
           ,
           though
           many
           times
           of
           different
           perswasions
           ,
           provided
           alwaies
           they
           had
           not
           some
           outward
           scandal
           ,
           and
           were
           qualified
           with
           such
           abilities
           as
           became
           their
           employments
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           every
           raw
           and
           untutored
           head
           that
           is
           fit
           to
           serve
           in
           the
           affairs
           of
           a
           State
           ;
           Nay
           in
           ordinary
           business
           of
           life
           ,
           when
           we
           want
           any
           thing
           necessary
           ,
           we
           resort
           not
           to
           any
           Tradesmen
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           are
           of
           such
           or
           such
           an
           opinion
           ,
           or
           so
           or
           so
           more
           pragmatical
           than
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           but
           we
           go
           where
           we
           may
           find
           things
           more
           convenient
           and
           cheap
           for
           our
           purpose
           .
           Not
           
             Rational
             ,
          
           since
           it
           forces
           the
           partyes
           
             suing
          
           to
           a
           strange
           piece
           of
           immodest
           
             hypocrisy
             ,
          
           to
           desire
           a
           man
           to
           certify
           of
           their
           godliness
           when
           it
           may
           be
           their
           own
           hearts
           sting
           them
           and
           tell
           them
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           ingage
           the
           party
           
             certifying
          
           to
           a
           strange
           presumption
           ,
           to
           give
           testimony
           of
           a
           mans
           heart
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           seat
           and
           root
           of
           godliness
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           mans
           actions
           (
           and
           that
           positively
           ,
           whereas
           all
           Laws
           do
           onely
           admit
           testimonies
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           negatively
           )
           whereas
           many
           of
           the
           most
           horrid
           Crimes
           may
           be
           committed
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           t
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           guilt
           to
           avoid
           as
           much
           as
           she
           can
           the
           eyes
           of
           men
           .
           But
           we
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           speak
           more
           of
           this
           hereafter
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           occasion
           of
           a
           subject
           that
           relates
           more
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           consideration
           was
           of
           such
           importance
           and
           influence
           ,
           that
           it
           seeemed
           the
           matrix
           of
           many
           other
           consultations
           ,
           which
           were
           very
           eccentrical
           to
           the
           publick
           welfare
           .
           The
           
             Law
          
           was
           looked
           on
           as
           a
           noisome
           ruinous
           building
           ,
           not
           capable
           of
           repair
           or
           alteration
           ,
           but
           fit
           to
           be
           pulled
           down
           to
           the
           very
           ground
           .
           
             Propriety
          
           was
           struck
           at
           ,
           nay
           which
           is
           matter
           of
           sad
           wonder
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           
             Jesus
             
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           
             Ministry
          
           was
           to
           be
           demolished
           &c.
           
           All
           which
           gathering
           strength
           and
           heat
           in
           debate
           ,
           as
           the
           stirring
           of
           the
           wind
           increases
           the
           fire
           ,
           it
           came
           to
           such
           a
           pass
           ,
           that
           without
           a
           wild
           confusion
           and
           devastation
           ,
           such
           Counsels
           were
           not
           permitted
           to
           proceed
           .
           And
           therefore
           since
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           very
           rafters
           of
           our
           Peace
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           seemed
           not
           much
           to
           care
           what
           they
           set
           up
           in
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           Those
           Members
           whom
           greater
           sobriety
           and
           prudence
           restrained
           within
           such
           due
           limits
           as
           became
           sober
           Patriots
           ,
           thought
           it
           not
           fit
           to
           mingle
           any
           more
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           resign
           the
           Power
           into
           the
           hands
           from
           whence
           they
           had
           received
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           retirement
           elude
           such
           wild
           and
           pernicious
           Counsels
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           when
           they
           had
           upon
           Saturday
           
             Decem.
          
           10.
           before
           ,
           past
           a
           Vote
           ,
           which
           struck
           at
           the
           very
           root
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           they
           raised
           not
           small
           apprehensions
           ,
           that
           the
           consequences
           thereof
           might
           have
           proved
           very
           pernicious
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           business
           ,
           to
           put
           the
           Reader
           in
           mind
           ,
           stood
           thus
           .
           The
           Committee
           for
           Tythes
           after
           a
           long
           debate
           agreed
           upon
           a
           report
           of
           several
           branches
           ,
           which
           they
           presented
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           the
           first
           whereof
           was
           ,
           That
           several
           Commissioners
           should
           ride
           through
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           six
           circuits
           ,
           and
           joining
           with
           other
           Commissioners
           in
           the
           several
           Counties
           ,
           should
           eject
           all
           prophane
           ,
           scandalous
           ,
           or
           insufficient
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           place
           able
           and
           fit
           men
           in
           their
           Rooms
           .
           This
           because
           it
           intended
           to
           uphold
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           was
           not
           to
           be
           laid
           wast
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           souls
           be
           either
           forced
           against
           their
           light
           ,
           to
           deny
           their
           Ordination
           ,
           or
           else
           with
           their
           wives
           and
           families
           be
           forced
           to
           poverty
           and
           famine
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           a
           little
           time
           we
           should
           not
           have
           seen
           the
           face
           of
           Christianity
           among
           us
           ,
           past
           in
           the
           Negative
           ,
           which
           with
           other
           circumstances
           occasioned
           so
           much
           trouble
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           to
           the
           wisest
           and
           ablest
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           the
           Monday
           after
           declared
           the
           incapacity
           in
           which
           they
           were
           in
           to
           accomplish
           those
           great
           ends
           for
           which
           they
           were
           brought
           together
           ,
           And
           therefore
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           return
           their
           Powers
           ,
           which
           with
           a
           joint
           consent
           of
           the
           major
           part
           ,
           arising
           with
           the
           Speaker
           ,
           without
           any
           force
           or
           compulsion
           they
           did
           ,
           &
           so
           repairing
           to
           White-hall
           ,
           they
           resigned
           their
           Authority
           into
           the
           hands
           that
           gave
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           indeed
           a
           small
           number
           (
           under
           40.
           which
           was
           the
           
             Quorum
             )
          
           who
           indeed
           had
           the
           zeal
           ,
           resolution
           or
           indiscretion
           (
           I
           cannot
           tell
           well
           what
           to
           call
           it
           )
           to
           remain
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           refused
           to
           depart
           .
           What
           their
           ends
           of
           staying
           there
           were
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           they
           
           pretended
           it
           was
           
             to
             seek
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           others
           ,
           that
           looked
           neerer
           into
           their
           actions
           than
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           say
           it
           was
           to
           raise
           up
           a
           faction
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           they
           would
           not
           have
           taken
           it
           so
           ill
           ,
           that
           Col.
           
             Goff
          
           should
           desire
           them
           to
           be
           gone
           ,
           for
           why
           should
           they
           not
           depart
           when
           their
           Assemblie
           was
           by
           resignation
           ,
           dissolved
           since
           they
           were
           but
           a
           degree
           above
           a
           Conventicle
           ,
           and
           that
           place
           famous
           for
           the
           entertainment
           of
           so
           many
           venerable
           Assemblies
           ,
           was
           not
           so
           fit
           for
           them
           as
           Mr.
           〈◊〉
           house
           ,
           where
           most
           of
           their
           maginations
           were
           formed
           and
           shaped
           ?
        
         
           Now
           because
           what
           we
           have
           said
           is
           general
           ,
           and
           in
           manner
           meerly
           narrative
           ,
           we
           shall
           descend
           to
           those
           particulars
           which
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Narrative
          
           quotes
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           an
           Honourable
           Member
           ,
           as
           his
           Reasons
           for
           Resigning
           ,
           as
           also
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           Glosses
           the
           
             Narrator
          
           puts
           upon
           them
           ,
           with
           this
           Remark
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           
             that
             all
             interests
             are
             taken
             in
             ,
             but
             the
             despised
             ones
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           let
           pass
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           this
           pretence
           is
           fundamental
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           would
           be
           a
           little
           shaken
           .
        
         
           How
           precious
           every
           soul
           is
           to
           Christ
           that
           by
           Faith
           and
           true
           Repentance
           lays
           hold
           of
           him
           ,
           all
           must
           needs
           imagine
           that
           know
           what
           he
           became
           and
           suffered
           for
           us
           ;
           Now
           to
           become
           
             Christs
          
           is
           to
           become
           humble
           ,
           patient
           ,
           meek
           ,
           long-suffering
           ,
           not
           to
           ingage
           in
           vain
           wrangling
           and
           abstruse
           theories
           ,
           which
           the
           soul
           only
           gnaws
           upon
           ,
           not
           feeds
           on
           ,
           or
           hot
           bickering
           about
           opinions
           ,
           either
           new
           or
           indifferent
           ●●
           the
           essence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           hearty
           love
           and
           acquiescence
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           a
           stedfast
           endeavour
           to
           do
           good
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           practise
           integrity
           in
           our
           vocations
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           submission
           to
           the
           higher
           powers
           .
           Whosoever
           practise
           otherwise
           ,
           though
           they
           
             prophesy
             ,
          
           though
           they
           
             speak
             with
             the
             tongues
             of
             men
             and
             Angels
             ,
          
           they
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           for
           these
           men
           that
           boast
           themselves
           so
           much
           of
           this
           glorious
           title
           (
           a
           title
           that
           assures
           all
           peace
           here
           ,
           and
           felicity
           hereafter
           )
           though
           it
           were
           grand
           uncharity
           for
           to
           say
           they
           had
           not
           absolute
           reason
           to
           pretend
           so
           much
           to
           that
           precious
           cognizance
           ,
           in
           regard
           there
           may
           be
           many
           good
           and
           pious
           souls
           among
           them
           purely
           misled
           ,
           yet
           that
           their
           waies
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           closed
           with
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           seem
           not
           person
           fit
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           reigns
           of
           any
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           probably
           they
           build
           upon
           the
           sands
           ,
           may
           partly
           appear
           out
           of
           these
           following
           particulars
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           That
           strange
           principle
           of
           theirs
           in
           insisting
           for
           a
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           this
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           understanding
           and
           endeavouring
           such
           a
           one
           as
           will
           not
           leave
           any
           other
           perswasion
           but
           themselves
           to
           their
           own
           freedome
           .
           This
           may
           evidently
           appear
           by
           their
           common
           discourses
           at
           
             Black
             Fryers
             ,
          
           by
           their
           pulling
           down
           of
           
             Antichrist
             ,
             Forms
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             Ordinances
          
           of
           
             Man
             ,
          
           and
           setting
           up
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           is
           in
           plain
           terms
           the
           plucking
           up
           of
           all
           
             Ecclesiastical
          
           and
           
             Civil
          
           policy
           ,
           saying
           all
           waste
           that
           they
           might
           enter
           and
           devour
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           to
           be
           supposed
           that
           these
           men
           that
           have
           so
           much
           hardiesse
           as
           to
           make
           enmity
           and
           detestation
           to
           all
           kind
           of
           Forms
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           depose
           them
           ,
           must
           needs
           set
           up
           their
           own
           ,
           which
           being
           such
           a
           
             Tohu
             Yahbohu
             ,
          
           what
           an
           advantagious
           alteration
           it
           would
           be
           ,
           it
           is
           easy
           for
           any
           man
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           For
           those
           
             Chymaerical
          
           discourses
           of
           the
           
             fift
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           that
           they
           as
           
             Saints
          
           should
           inherit
           the
           Earth
           ;
           that
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Christ
           should
           be
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           all
           earthly
           power
           be
           broken
           to
           pieces
           like
           a
           Potters
           vessel
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           Tenent
           ,
           as
           cannot
           consist
           with
           the
           very
           being
           of
           a
           civil
           Magistrate
           .
           But
           as
           it
           makes
           them
           Tyrants
           ,
           Oppressors
           ,
           Robbers
           ,
           &c.
           so
           it
           gives
           a
           fair
           pretence
           &
           colour
           to
           any
           tumult
           whatsoever
           ,
           when
           the
           ulcer
           is
           grown
           ripe
           enough
           and
           fit
           to
           break
           .
           The
           passages
           at
           
             Munster
          
           are
           too
           known
           to
           need
           here
           particular
           mention
           ,
           we
           shall
           only
           note
           this
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           are
           extremely
           passionate
           after
           
             Novelties
          
           and
           
             Curiosities
             ,
          
           so
           being
           of
           the
           shortest
           sight
           ,
           and
           the
           coarsest
           tast
           ,
           they
           the
           soonest
           embrace
           them
           be
           they
           never
           so
           ill-favoured
           ,
           but
           especially
           matters
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           which
           though
           false
           ,
           yet
           aided
           with
           a
           little
           imposture
           ,
           carry
           a
           certain
           dazling
           awe
           and
           splendour
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           who
           are
           easily
           fired
           with
           harangues
           even
           in
           common
           businesses
           ,
           enflamed
           once
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           break
           out
           like
           a
           violent
           conflagration
           and
           destroy
           all
           before
           them
           ,
           but
           especially
           ,
           how
           dangerous
           it
           may
           be
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           peace
           and
           being
           of
           a
           people
           ,
           when
           these
           
             principles
             ,
          
           not
           only
           simplY
           oblige
           their
           
             Consciences
             ,
          
           to
           enjoy
           their
           own
           opinion
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           to
           undergo
           persecution
           ,
           but
           their
           consciences
           enforce
           them
           to
           seek
           after
           tyranny
           and
           domination
           over
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           an
           effect
           ,
           reward
           or
           privilege
           of
           their
           belief
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Though
           by
           their
           own
           axioms
           they
           quit
           the
           use
           of
           
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           natural
           
             light
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           set
           up
           in
           a
           mans
           mind
           ,
           yet
           they
           make
           themselves
           
             infallible
          
           and
           peremptory
           ,
           and
           consequen●ly
           impose
           an
           observance
           upon
           whatever
           they
           say
           ,
           be
           it
           never
           so
           infirm
           ,
           or
           unsolid
           ;
           which
           how
           destructive
           it
           would
           be
           not
           only
           to
           all
           
             discourse
             ,
          
           but
           
             order
          
           life
           ,
           is
           too
           evident
           to
           be
           demonstrated
           .
           Hence
           come
           these
           strange
           speeches
           of
           
             hearing
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           of
           
             Visions
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             speaking
             within
             them
             ,
          
           &c.
           when
           many
           times
           notwithstanding
           their
           pretences
           ,
           the
           things
           they
           utter
           seem
           to
           abhor
           from
           common
           sense
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Their
           common
           hate
           and
           detestation
           to
           the
           persons
           of
           all
           men
           of
           other
           belief
           ,
           excluding
           them
           not
           only
           from
           all
           places
           of
           
             Trust
          
           and
           
             Honour
             ,
          
           but
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           from
           the
           very
           benefits
           of
           life
           ,
           which
           what
           a
           sweet
           and
           Christian
           meekness
           it
           shews
           ,
           is
           apparent
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           easy
           to
           judge
           what
           reason
           they
           have
           to
           cry
           out
           for
           the
           pulling
           down
           of
           
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           since
           nothing
           in
           the
           world
           can
           be
           more
           
             Antichristian
          
           than
           to
           force
           the
           consciences
           and
           beings
           of
           other
           men
           under
           their
           own
           sway
           and
           domination
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           By
           drawing
           all
           
             Politick
          
           debates
           into
           matter
           of
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           that
           is
           confounding
           them
           with
           matters
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           they
           not
           only
           raise
           up
           an
           insupportable
           ▪
           
             Tyranny
          
           upon
           all
           
             Experience
          
           and
           good
           
             Induction
             ,
          
           but
           by
           this
           means
           necessarily
           hedge
           in
           all
           business
           to
           them
           and
           their
           partizans
           ,
           for
           they
           will
           tell
           you
           he
           is
           only
           fit
           to
           judge
           or
           
             rule
          
           that
           hath
           the
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           and
           they
           will
           only
           judge
           him
           to
           have
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           sure
           
             Assertor
          
           of
           their
           
             Faction
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           the
           next
           turn
           ,
           you
           will
           have
           ,
           That
           every
           
             Civil
          
           debate
           shall
           be
           turned
           into
           a
           
             Religious
             ,
          
           the
           
             Statute
             Book
          
           (
           the
           long
           experience
           and
           caution
           of
           our
           wise
           Ancestors
           )
           shall
           be
           thrown
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           and
           men
           shall
           come
           into
           a
           Senate
           to
           consult
           of
           
             Politick
             Emergencies
          
           with
           
             Bibles
          
           in
           their
           hands
           ;
           Not
           but
           that
           I
           esteem
           the
           reading
           of
           that
           inestimable
           Book
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           believe
           God
           left
           it
           with
           us
           ,
           rather
           to
           teach
           us
           the
           way
           to
           
             Heaven
             ,
          
           than
           for
           any
           instruction
           of
           
             Government
          
           to
           particular
           
             Common-wealths
             ,
          
           which
           differing
           in
           
             Form
          
           and
           
             Temper
          
           from
           
             Judaea
             ,
          
           can
           never
           be
           fashioned
           to
           those
           
             Customes
             ,
          
           Government
           being
           only
           sacred
           as
           Government
           ,
           not
           
             in
             concreto
             ,
          
           as
           this
           or
           that
           Government
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           small
           part
           of
           what
           might
           have
           been
           observed
           of
           them
           ever
           since
           their
           first
           rise
           ;
           but
           because
           my
           business
           concerns
           only
           the
           latter
           actions
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           
             Topick
          
           of
           another
           
             profession
             ,
          
           
           and
           that
           I
           could
           not
           attend
           those
           admirable
           Lectures
           at
           
             Blacks
             friers
             ,
          
           nor
           get
           any
           perfect
           account
           thereof
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           I
           would
           be
           loath
           to
           deliver
           here
           any
           thing
           I
           doubted
           ,
           for
           certain
           ,
           I
           shall
           at
           the
           present
           dismiss
           it
           ,
           saying
           onely
           this
           ,
           That
           
             ambitious
          
           and
           
             seditious
          
           men
           never
           think
           they
           spread
           their
           nets
           fairlyer
           than
           when
           their
           pretences
           are
           very
           high
           and
           promising
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           themselves
           pretend
           to
           be
           sufferers
           in
           the
           attempt
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           
             Narrator
          
           calls
           them
           the
           
             despised
             ones
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           We
           have
           touched
           at
           a
           few
           reasons
           why
           these
           
             despised
             ones
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           (
           as
           they
           call
           themselves
           )
           were
           not
           ,
           nor
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           the
           
             despisers
             of
             Christ
          
           were
           taken
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Narrator
          
           so
           positively
           denies
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           insist
           on
           in
           its
           proper
           place
           .
        
         
           For
           his
           exclusive
           instances
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           taken
           in
           ,
           these
           Gentlemen
           would
           be
           acquainted
           ,
           that
           every
           
             Re-publick
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           in
           any
           Government
           ,
           ought
           in
           all
           
             judgements
          
           and
           
             rewards
          
           to
           be
           blind
           and
           inflexible
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           deciding
           matters
           between
           man
           and
           man
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           returning
           to
           its
           own
           immediate
           subjects
           or
           Officers
           such
           dues
           or
           claims
           as
           they
           are
           justly
           engaged
           for
           ,
           and
           this
           with
           the
           same
           easiness
           that
           a
           private
           man
           would
           do
           that
           is
           able
           ,
           or
           should
           otherwise
           be
           compelled
           unto
           it
           .
           For
           bring
           once
           a
           distrust
           between
           the
           Commonwealth
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           and
           distrusts
           in
           these
           cases
           are
           occasioned
           by
           non-performance
           of
           promises
           )
           you
           at
           once
           enfeeble
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           purses
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           by
           compulsion
           ,
           unserviceable
           to
           you
           ;
           whereas
           a
           gentle
           way
           of
           imposition
           ,
           performance
           of
           promises
           ,
           or
           equal
           gratification
           ,
           makes
           every
           private
           Counter
           a
           part
           of
           the
           publick
           Treasury
           .
           And
           indeed
           this
           is
           a
           duty
           incumbent
           upon
           every
           Commonwealth
           ,
           whose
           main
           interest
           is
           meerly
           to
           do
           justice
           ;
           for
           though
           her
           spleen
           by
           this
           means
           may
           not
           swell
           so
           mightily
           ,
           yet
           the
           whole
           body
           is
           in
           better
           health
           ,
           fitter
           for
           exercise
           and
           a
           longer
           life
           .
           And
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           God
           Almighty
           seems
           to
           bless
           moral
           Justice
           in
           several
           Nations
           with
           large
           felicity
           and
           duration
           .
           This
           thought
           St.
           
             Austine
          
           once
           had
           about
           the
           continuation
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           whether
           it
           also
           may
           not
           take
           with
           the
           
             Turks
          
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           is
           too
           nice
           for
           my
           scrutiny
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           the
           Commonwealth
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           rigorous
           to
           its
           self
           in
           discharging
           it self
           not
           onely
           to
           Foreiners
           of
           all
           Compacts
           and
           
           Debts
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           tender
           ought
           it
           to
           be
           in
           preserving
           to
           its
           own
           subjects
           that
           which
           is
           justly
           theirs
           ?
           For
           whether
           it
           be
           as
           was
           said
           of
           old
           ,
           that
           man
           was
           
             naturally
          
           sociable
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           learned
           
             Modern
          
           hath
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           
             compelled
          
           into
           
             Society
          
           meerly
           for
           the
           advantages
           and
           necessities
           of
           life
           ,
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           admit
           any
           man
           without
           protection
           of
           what
           he
           at
           preseut
           enjoies
           ,
           (
           unless
           it
           come
           to
           be
           determined
           by
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           the
           regulation
           of
           the
           force
           of
           a
           Country
           )
           and
           either
           his
           next
           or
           strongest
           neighbour
           ,
           if
           not
           punishable
           ,
           shall
           dispossess
           him
           ,
           and
           consequently
           there
           shall
           be
           nothing
           but
           warr
           and
           confusion
           in
           that
           place
           .
           Now
           if
           men
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Nature
           find
           Propriety
           a
           thing
           so
           sacred
           ,
           so
           useful
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           think
           of
           Commonwealths
           ,
           whose
           great
           design
           it
           is
           to
           better
           men
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           lead
           them
           to
           that
           civil
           happiness
           jointly
           ,
           which
           they
           could
           not
           arrive
           at
           singly
           ?
           how
           ought
           they
           to
           be
           careful
           in
           this
           point
           ?
           for
           it
           the
           wisest
           States
           have
           been
           so
           careful
           ,
           that
           even
           in
           Taxes
           (
           which
           are
           necessary
           to
           be
           paied
           for
           the
           due
           preservation
           of
           the
           whole
           )
           such
           a
           due
           Modetation
           hath
           been
           used
           ,
           as
           that
           no
           more
           should
           issue
           out
           of
           the
           purse
           of
           the
           subject
           than
           should
           meerly
           conduce
           to
           that
           End
           ;
           and
           
             Rome
          
           it self
           ,
           after
           the
           conquest
           of
           
             Perseus
          
           by
           
             Paulus
             Aemilius
             ,
          
           out
           of
           the
           Treasury
           then
           gotten
           freed
           the
           people
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           as
           not
           thinking
           fit
           the
           Publick
           should
           command
           a
           private
           purse
           without
           eminent
           necessity
           and
           danger
           ;
           It
           holds
           
             à
             fortiori
             ,
          
           that
           taking
           away
           particular
           proprieties
           is
           matter
           of
           more
           injustice
           and
           unsafety
           in
           a
           Politique
           Body
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           how
           unfitting
           is
           it
           for
           a
           Common
           wealth
           ,
           without
           any
           consideration
           or
           other
           provision
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           dispossess
           any
           persons
           of
           their
           particular
           lively-hood
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           by
           office
           or
           profession
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           any
           provision
           at
           all
           made
           for
           the
           setting
           up
           somewhat
           else
           in
           the
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           or
           to
           say
           better
           ,
           reforming
           of
           the
           old
           ?
        
         
           Certainly
           a
           mans
           
             office
          
           or
           
             profession
             ,
          
           (
           provided
           alwayes
           it
           consists
           with
           the
           publick
           welfare
           ,
           and
           be
           not
           oppressive
           to
           the
           people
           )
           is
           as
           much
           propriety
           as
           any
           other
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Having
           promised
           thus
           much
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           descend
           to
           the
           particular
           instances
           of
           the
           
             Narrator
             ,
          
           which
           when
           we
           have
           perused
           ,
           we
           shall
           confront
           with
           somewhat
           necessary
           to
           be
           mentioned
           about
           the
           late
           change
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           
             Souldiery
             ,
          
           whose
           pay
           they
           would
           have
           stopt
           ,
           by
           hindring
           the
           passing
           of
           the
           
             Bill
          
           for
           
             Assessments
             ,
          
           the
           
             Narrator
          
           saies
           
             it
             
             was
             moved
             indeed
          
           (
           nay
           it
           was
           highly
           urged
           )
           
             in
             order
             to
             the
             abatement
             of
             the
             Tax
             ,
             and
             in
             regard
             of
             their
             great
             estates
             and
             little
             hazard
             and
             pains
             ,
             that
             the
             chief
             Officers
             would
             serve
             the
             Commonwealth
             freely
             as
             the
             Parliament
             did
             .
          
           But
           that
           this
           was
           a
           meer
           design
           to
           disunite
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           and
           break
           them
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           odious
           to
           the
           people
           by
           Free-quarter
           ,
           may
           easily
           appear
           by
           their
           endeavours
           and
           discourses
           of
           changing
           Commanders
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           or
           to
           say
           more
           properly
           ,
           advancing
           men
           of
           their
           own
           principles
           ,
           which
           how
           dangerous
           it
           is
           to
           the
           very
           being
           of
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           considered
           what
           a
           number
           of
           Enemies
           we
           have
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           protection
           under
           God
           lies
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           which
           by
           this
           means
           would
           be
           weakned
           .
           But
           as
           it
           happens
           in
           all
           civil
           debate
           ,
           that
           sly
           and
           ambitious
           factions
           discover
           not
           the
           main
           at
           first
           ,
           but
           endeavour
           to
           creep
           in
           by
           insinuations
           and
           plausible
           pretences
           ,
           so
           these
           people
           would
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           inequality
           of
           Taxes
           absolutely
           stop
           the
           Bill
           ,
           whereas
           reformation
           (
           if
           any
           such
           needed
           )
           might
           be
           made
           in
           convenient
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           Souldier
           not
           be
           forced
           at
           the
           present
           to
           starve
           ,
           plunder
           ,
           or
           disband
           .
           As
           to
           what
           they
           object
           ,
           of
           the
           small
           pains
           ,
           and
           great
           Estates
           gotten
           by
           Commanders
           ,
           (
           though
           some
           have
           not
           gotten
           so
           great
           Estates
           as
           they
           might
           have
           done
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           instanced
           ,
           were
           it
           without
           offence
           )
           it
           seems
           they
           are
           very
           apt
           to
           forget
           the
           hazards
           and
           toyles
           that
           these
           men
           have
           undergone
           for
           that
           pay
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           perils
           and
           action
           how
           little
           they
           received
           or
           pursed
           ,
           and
           now
           when
           the
           Lord
           hath
           honoured
           them
           with
           Triumphs
           ,
           they
           must
           in
           a
           manner
           be
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           debarred
           of
           their
           pay
           ,
           which
           hath
           put
           on
           (
           a
           man
           would
           think
           )
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           reward
           now
           ,
           rather
           than
           an
           entertainment
           .
           Some
           shadow
           of
           reason
           indeed
           there
           had
           been
           for
           this
           motion
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           trifled
           and
           delayed
           a
           warr
           as
           is
           commonly
           seen
           beyond
           Seas
           ,
           and
           was
           at
           first
           practised
           by
           their
           Predecessors
           here
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           the
           better
           to
           salve
           their
           own
           avarice
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           their
           employments
           a
           foot
           .
           But
           they
           behaved
           themselves
           otherwise
           ,
           their
           courages
           surmounted
           the
           difficulties
           and
           rigours
           of
           the
           coldest
           winters
           ,
           and
           in
           midst
           of
           the
           bitterest
           frosts
           and
           sharpest
           tempests
           they
           were
           seen
           ,
           besieging
           ,
           skirmishing
           ,
           pursuing
           and
           doing
           all
           those
           actions
           which
           might
           be
           expected
           in
           a
           campagne
           ,
           so
           that
           their
           victories
           were
           thick
           ,
           and
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           warres
           in
           our
           bowels
           soon
           blown
           over
           .
           Their
           
           memorable
           things
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           and
           
             Ireland
          
           are
           such
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           more
           than
           our
           Monarchs
           could
           do
           in
           many
           Centuries
           of
           years
           ,
           and
           yet
           these
           men
           ,
           after
           all
           these
           merits
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           pay
           at
           the
           present
           is
           reduced
           to
           the
           lowest
           it
           reasonably
           can
           ,
           and
           holds
           no
           proportion
           with
           the
           rates
           established
           abroad
           ,
           that
           which
           remains
           must
           be
           taken
           from
           them
           ;
           But
           it
           seems
           the
           Gentlemen
           that
           made
           that
           objection
           concerning
           their
           great
           estates
           ,
           did
           not
           look
           upon
           that
           part
           of
           the
           wallet
           which
           hanged
           behind
           their
           backs
           ,
           for
           rhere
           were
           many
           members
           there
           ,
           who
           had
           estates
           very
           different
           from
           what
           they
           had
           had
           15.
           years
           since
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           few
           of
           them
           had
           either
           one
           or
           more
           offices
           that
           might
           well
           amount
           to
           the
           pay
           of
           a
           Collonel
           .
           But
           these
           men
           that
           are
           Moles
           when
           they
           are
           to
           consider
           themselves
           ,
           see
           as
           sharp
           as
           Eagles
           when
           they
           come
           to
           survey
           others
           .
           But
           perhaps
           they
           may
           have
           somewhat
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Cockatrice
           ,
           and
           coming
           to
           be
           made
           see
           their
           own
           visages
           ,
           abhorre
           them
           and
           burst
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           seen
           how
           well
           the
           Narrator
           hath
           acquitted
           himself
           of
           the
           first
           particular
           ,
           we
           shall
           come
           now
           to
           his
           second
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           taking
           up
           of
           the
           Cavaliers
           Interest
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Sir
           
             John
             Stowel
             ,
          
           which
           is
           very
           disingenuously
           and
           maliciously
           interpreted
           to
           be
           a
           complyance
           with
           that
           party
           .
           For
           Sir
           
             Johns
          
           part
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           an
           eager
           ,
           and
           severe
           pursuer
           of
           the
           Kings
           Interest
           ,
           yet
           if
           we
           shall
           look
           upon
           his
           sinnes
           and
           torments
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           be
           found
           very
           disproportionable
           .
           He
           hath
           been
           several
           times
           brought
           to
           the
           Bar
           for
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           he
           lay
           many
           years
           in
           prison
           ,
           he
           hath
           lost
           the
           profit
           of
           a
           very
           fair
           estate
           for
           many
           years
           together
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           comprized
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           
             Exceter
             ,
          
           (
           upon
           which
           the
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           would
           not
           take
           away
           his
           life
           )
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           permitted
           to
           compound
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           also
           endeavour
           ,
           but
           could
           never
           obtain
           .
           Certainly
           there
           were
           some
           
             Ahabs
          
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           his
           Vineyard
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           he
           could
           never
           have
           found
           such
           strange
           and
           dishonourable
           opposition
           .
           Nay
           even
           at
           last
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Articles
          
           whom
           the
           Parliament
           made
           in
           a
           manner
           Judges
           of
           themselves
           (
           as
           to
           relieve
           in
           particular
           cases
           ,
           where
           there
           might
           be
           occasion
           by
           the
           rigour
           of
           some
           general
           Act
           )
           after
           hearing
           the
           full
           and
           large
           debate
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           adjudged
           him
           within
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           said
           Articles
           ,
           the
           same
           party
           in
           the
           House
           prevailed
           to
           suspend
           the
           proceedings
           of
           that
           Court
           .
           But
           that
           
           Parlament
           dissolving
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           proceeding
           according
           to
           their
           duty
           ,
           the
           late
           Parlament
           made
           an
           Act
           to
           confirm
           their
           Purchases
           ,
           and
           that
           out
           of
           a
           very
           strange
           reason
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           the
           former
           Parlament
           had
           ordered
           a
           stop
           ,
           and
           they
           did
           it
           but
           to
           quiet
           the
           possession
           to
           a
           sort
           of
           Godly
           Purchasers
           ,
           whereas
           they
           should
           have
           bethought
           themselves
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           former
           Parlament
           had
           done
           an
           Act
           of
           injustice
           ,
           it
           was
           their
           duty
           and
           profession
           to
           reverse
           it
           ,
           not
           to
           confirm
           it
           .
           Nor
           indeed
           can
           a
           Parlament
           ,
           though
           a
           Supreme
           unlimitted
           Court
           ,
           enact
           any
           thing
           against
           right
           Reason
           ,
           or
           common
           Justice
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           void
           ,
           they
           being
           trusted
           with
           the
           peoples
           safety
           ,
           not
           with
           their
           ruin
           .
           Nor
           is
           that
           restitution
           
             in
             specie
          
           or
           value
           any
           thing
           ;
           for
           what
           Justice
           can
           there
           be
           to
           take
           away
           an
           Estate
           due
           unto
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           another
           not
           half
           so
           good
           and
           commodious
           ,
           or
           not
           half
           so
           much
           worth
           ?
           Justice
           is
           rigorous
           and
           extreme
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           fully
           satisfied
           ,
           or
           else
           she
           is
           not
           satisfied
           at
           all
           ;
           And
           though
           in
           her
           punishments
           she
           may
           sometimes
           turn
           to
           injury
           ,
           yet
           in
           distribution
           she
           loves
           to
           be
           full
           and
           exact
           .
        
         
           There
           can
           be
           doubtless
           no
           one
           thing
           makes
           either
           a
           better
           way
           for
           conquest
           in
           winning
           a
           people
           ,
           not
           for
           securing
           of
           it
           by
           preserving
           their
           affections
           ,
           nothing
           that
           makes
           a
           Commander
           more
           honourable
           ,
           more
           assures
           and
           secretly
           blesses
           the
           Souldier
           ,
           than
           a
           faithful
           and
           an
           inviolate
           keeping
           of
           promise
           with
           an
           enemy
           .
           This
           is
           it
           indeed
           that
           gives
           reputation
           to
           Armies
           ,
           &
           makes
           them
           flourish
           ,
           while
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           others
           tremble
           .
           This
           is
           that
           indeed
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           is
           the
           ligament
           of
           humane
           amity
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           the
           bridle
           and
           restraint
           of
           their
           enmity
           ,
           lest
           it
           turn
           into
           rage
           and
           bestiality
           .
           This
           all
           Nations
           ,
           from
           the
           most
           civil
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           barbarous
           ,
           have
           with
           all
           religion
           observed
           ;
           judgements
           and
           plagues
           upon
           the
           breach
           of
           it
           are
           frequent
           in
           all
           History
           ,
           and
           yet
           we
           that
           profess
           the
           high
           principles
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           must
           do
           things
           ,
           no body
           knows
           why
           ,
           which
           most
           
             Turks
          
           would
           scorn
           and
           detest
           .
           If
           States
           will
           be
           awanting
           to
           perform
           the
           faith
           of
           their
           Armies
           ,
           they
           must
           either
           expect
           to
           be
           served
           by
           faithless
           men
           ,
           (
           for
           what
           honest
           man
           will
           promise
           that
           which
           he
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           some
           hopes
           to
           perform
           ?
           )
           or
           else
           breed
           scorn
           and
           despair
           in
           their
           enemies
           ,
           who
           having
           men
           accounted
           false
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           will
           account
           it
           their
           greatest
           safety
           to
           expect
           none
           at
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           thence
           choose
           rather
           to
           endure
           desperate
           and
           obstinate
           sieges
           ,
           which
           how
           dangerous
           and
           fatal
           they
           have
           been
           to
           
           many
           thriving
           warres
           ,
           cannot
           and
           need
           not
           be
           here
           exemplified
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             for
             the
             removall
             of
             the
             Chancery
             ,
             and
             total
             alteration
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Whether
           this
           were
           not
           ground
           enough
           (
           had
           there
           been
           none
           else
           )
           may
           be
           judged
           from
           a
           short
           consideration
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           our
           Laws
           (
           as
           they
           now
           stand
           )
           and
           a
           due
           remembrance
           of
           what
           happiness
           and
           security
           our
           Predecessors
           enjoyed
           under
           them
           .
           The
           Law
           of
           
             England
          
           (
           as
           it
           now
           stands
           )
           is
           either
           Statute
           Law
           ,
           Common
           Law
           ,
           or
           Custome
           ,
           Statute
           Law
           is
           but
           the
           edict
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           ,
           commanding
           or
           forbidding
           this
           or
           that
           thing
           ;
           This
           relates
           either
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           State
           in
           general
           ,
           preventing
           or
           redressing
           particular
           crimes
           ,
           or
           making
           such
           due
           redresses
           ,
           as
           cannot
           be
           made
           by
           the
           ordinary
           constitution
           of
           Government
           .
           The
           Common
           Law
           is
           
             recta
             ratio
             ,
          
           in
           the
           determination
           of
           
             Justum
          
           between
           parties
           ,
           holy
           and
           inviolable
           as
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ,
           and
           though
           running
           in
           a
           municipal
           chanel
           ,
           yet
           as
           old
           and
           venerable
           as
           Reason
           it self
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           ,
           onely
           reduced
           to
           practice
           ,
           and
           as
           unalterable
           ,
           since
           Reason
           ,
           under
           never
           so
           many
           shapes
           ,
           is
           still
           the
           same
           ;
           though
           in
           some
           circumstances
           and
           proceedings
           there
           may
           be
           just
           cause
           of
           alteration
           .
           Custome
           is
           the
           particular
           usage
           in
           such
           a
           Liberty
           ,
           place
           or
           manner
           ,
           different
           ,
           not
           contrary
           from
           either
           ,
           subordinate
           to
           both
           ;
           How
           these
           men
           may
           contemplate
           a
           better
           establishment
           ,
           is
           a
           matter
           which
           as
           yet
           I
           see
           not
           any
           search
           satisfied
           with
           ,
           and
           till
           they
           produce
           a
           better
           ,
           I
           shall
           
             acquiesce
          
           in
           not
           raising
           objections
           against
           what
           I
           see
           not
           how
           I
           can
           rationally
           object
           .
           But
           under
           this
           Law
           (
           the
           forms
           whereof
           have
           altered
           according
           to
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           several
           Governments
           )
           have
           we
           flourished
           ever
           since
           we
           have
           been
           a
           people
           ,
           and
           some
           men
           of
           greater
           abilities
           and
           leisure
           have
           so
           amply
           made
           it
           appear
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           its
           constitution
           ,
           use
           and
           end
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           interpose
           with
           those
           excellent
           men
           ,
           but
           refer
           to
           their
           own
           mouths
           .
        
         
           Now
           since
           it
           is
           the
           weakness
           ,
           or
           incapacity
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           provide
           no
           Law
           against
           all
           emergences
           and
           contingences
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           wickedness
           of
           humane
           nature
           is
           too
           subtil
           for
           the
           most
           cautious
           and
           severest
           preventive
           Justice
           ,
           there
           will
           follow
           a
           necessity
           in
           case
           of
           frauds
           ,
           concealments
           ,
           surprises
           ,
           cheats
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           effects
           of
           vulgar
           wickedness
           ,
           to
           appeal
           to
           the
           conscience
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
        
         
           Hence
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           in
           several
           particular
           cases
           there
           is
           occasion
           of
           
           relief
           ,
           yet
           such
           ,
           as
           by
           onely
           mitigating
           the
           rigour
           of
           the
           positive
           Law
           ,
           may
           relieve
           the
           subject
           ,
           without
           making
           a
           general
           Law
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           ,
           Laws
           would
           become
           innumerable
           .
           And
           if
           we
           complain
           of
           the
           number
           of
           Laws
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           those
           made
           upon
           general
           resultances
           ,
           we
           should
           certainly
           find
           them
           insufferable
           ,
           if
           they
           once
           came
           to
           be
           formed
           out
           of
           particular
           cases
           .
           Now
           this
           conscience
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           (
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           )
           being
           as
           it
           were
           deposited
           with
           the
           Great
           Seal
           in
           the
           Chancery
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           that
           which
           relieves
           and
           benefits
           the
           severity
           and
           rigour
           of
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           but
           is
           indeed
           the
           womb
           of
           all
           our
           Laws
           and
           Proceedings
           .
           which
           must
           necessarily
           stop
           and
           suspend
           ,
           upon
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           that
           High
           Court
           .
           Not
           but
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Court
           (
           which
           being
           a
           Court
           of
           Equity
           ,
           cannot
           be
           so
           strictly
           bound
           up
           as
           the
           Common
           Law
           )
           there
           may
           happen
           very
           many
           delaies
           and
           foul
           practices
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           a
           very
           great
           error
           in
           men
           to
           argue
           from
           the
           abuse
           of
           a
           thing
           ,
           against
           the
           being
           and
           constitution
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ;
           as
           if
           a
           man
           ought
           to
           be
           murthered
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           a
           disease
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           put
           out
           of
           pain
           .
           But
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           (
           though
           somewhat
           as
           to
           excess
           of
           Fees
           ,
           and
           corruption
           of
           practice
           might
           be
           remedied
           )
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           without
           an
           invaluable
           damage
           to
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           subjects
           ,
           cannot
           be
           altered
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           late
           have
           so
           largely
           and
           particularly
           considered
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           of
           it
           in
           this
           place
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           profession
           or
           the
           Law
           ,
           however
           it
           now
           become
           to
           be
           looked
           a
           squint
           at
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           ,
           not
           onely
           highly
           reverenced
           by
           our
           own
           Ancestors
           ,
           but
           was
           the
           common
           road
           of
           advancement
           and
           honour
           in
           
             Greece
          
           and
           
             Rome
             .
          
           And
           if
           we
           observe
           ,
           in
           this
           Nation
           the
           Professors
           of
           it
           have
           found
           Gods
           blessing
           very
           eminently
           fall
           down
           upon
           them
           .
           How
           many
           great
           and
           noble
           families
           are
           there
           that
           flourish
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           nay
           very
           few
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           observed
           by
           a
           great
           man
           ,
           have
           dyed
           without
           children
           or
           intestate
           ?
           Nor
           indeed
           wants
           there
           not
           some
           reason
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           being
           commonly
           the
           choicest
           men
           ,
           culled
           out
           of
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           brought
           up
           under
           the
           best
           education
           ,
           ariving
           at
           the
           capacity
           of
           their
           profession
           ,
           with
           long
           time
           ,
           study
           ,
           charge
           and
           experience
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           becoming
           the
           ablest
           men
           for
           the
           service
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           wealth
           and
           advancement
           wait
           on
           them
           ;
           and
           what
           an
           equitable
           thing
           it
           is
           ,
           for
           to
           dispoyl
           a
           man
           of
           his
           Profession
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           spent
           his
           
           portion
           or
           fortune
           (
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Law
           being
           so
           chargeable
           and
           so
           tedious
           ,
           for
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           it
           costs
           most
           men
           1000l
           .
           before
           they
           receive
           10
           s.
           )
           and
           what
           a
           discouragement
           it
           will
           be
           to
           all
           worthy
           education
           ,
           may
           be
           judged
           by
           any
           man
           ,
           that
           calls
           his
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           ,
           not
           his
           Humour
           ,
           into
           Counsel
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           the
           fourth
           is
           about
           matters
           of
           Presentations
           ,
           which
           that
           party
           had
           voted
           a
           way
           from
           their
           Proprietors
           .
           This
           the
           sober
           party
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           not
           unjustly
           apprehended
           to
           be
           a
           dangerous
           assault
           upon
           Propriety
           it self
           ,
           and
           therefore
           gave
           it
           as
           one
           of
           their
           inducements
           of
           resigning
           their
           Power
           .
           This
           saies
           the
           Narrator
           ,
           
             takes
             in
             the
             corrupt
             Gentry
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             fair
             bait
             for
             persons
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
          
           We
           have
           said
           before
           how
           much
           it
           concerns
           the
           Common-wealth
           as
           a
           party
           to
           do
           justice
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           satisfying
           her
           own
           engagements
           ,
           but
           in
           preserving
           to
           every
           man
           what
           he
           is
           already
           possessed
           of
           .
           Now
           if
           Advowsons
           be
           not
           matter
           of
           right
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           is
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           to
           whom
           justice
           is
           to
           be
           done
           be
           not
           to
           be
           looked
           upon
           whether
           he
           be
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           honest
           or
           corrupt
           ,
           but
           whether
           his
           claim
           to
           such
           or
           such
           a
           thing
           be
           equitable
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           ,
           why
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           for
           being
           suggested
           onely
           to
           be
           corrupt
           ,
           should
           be
           deprived
           of
           that
           which
           is
           so
           justly
           theirs
           .
           T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           that
           as
           was
           prudently
           profered
           ,
           it
           were
           not
           amiss
           to
           set
           up
           some
           way
           ,
           where
           by
           there
           might
           be
           a
           scrutiny
           made
           into
           the
           qualities
           and
           fitness
           of
           the
           persons
           presented
           ,
           but
           instead
           of
           an
           accidental
           inconvenience
           ,
           to
           run
           upon
           a
           positive
           and
           absolute
           mischief
           ,
           is
           me thinks
           but
           a
           strange
           way
           of
           caution
           .
           For
           suppose
           Presentations
           of
           private
           persons
           were
           taken
           away
           ,
           either
           the
           Church
           doors
           must
           be
           shut
           up
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           must
           devolve
           into
           some
           higher
           Power
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           inconvenient
           than
           the
           former
           .
           For
           men
           of
           business
           set
           at
           distance
           cannot
           so
           particularly
           look
           into
           the
           lives
           and
           humours
           of
           men
           ,
           But
           receiving
           only
           some
           slender
           Certificates
           ,
           or
           the
           report
           of
           some
           trivial
           examination
           ,
           pass
           it
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           
             (
             pro
             forma
             )
          
           upon
           him
           who
           hath
           the
           first
           intelligence
           ,
           the
           best
           horse
           ,
           or
           surest
           friends
           .
           Whereas
           men
           of
           the
           Country
           have
           neerer
           occasions
           of
           Trial
           and
           inspection
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           even
           for
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           choose
           the
           ablest
           men
           ,
           which
           the
           others
           cannot
           be
           so
           careful
           of
           ,
           or
           are
           not
           so
           much
           concerned
           in
           .
           I
           rather
           mention
           this
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           observed
           by
           a
           grave
           person
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           Universities
           ,
           between
           whom
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             Jac.
          
           the
           Presentations
           
           of
           all
           Papists
           are
           divided
           ,
           Present
           for
           the
           most
           part
           very
           hastily
           and
           unadvisedly
           ,
           without
           either
           considering
           their
           own
           right
           ,
           or
           the
           value
           of
           the
           Person
           ;
           Nay
           not
           seldome
           ,
           preferre
           the
           most
           ignorant
           and
           dronish
           fellows
           on
           purpose
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           them
           .
           But
           this
           was
           but
           a
           limb
           of
           the
           main
           design
           ,
           and
           here
           they
           dealt
           like
           the
           Fox
           in
           the
           fable
           ,
           that
           first
           desired
           to
           put
           his
           foot
           in
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           indeed
           afterwards
           bring
           in
           his
           head
           and
           his
           whole
           body
           .
           For
           if
           the
           right
           of
           Presentations
           had
           once
           been
           taken
           away
           ,
           the
           next
           business
           we
           should
           have
           heard
           on
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           Impropriations
           ,
           then
           all
           other
           Tythes
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           consequently
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           for
           ought
           any
           man
           knows
           ,
           private
           Estates
           ;
           How
           dangerous
           these
           men
           are
           ,
           may
           by
           this
           easily
           be
           seen
           ,
           and
           what
           fine
           Conclusion
           will
           follow
           such
           Propositions
           of
           theirs
           if
           they
           were
           but
           suffered
           to
           run
           on
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Narrator
           hath
           little
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           to
           take
           in
           the
           corrupt
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           that
           t
           is
           a
           bait
           for
           all
           sorts
           ,
           when
           ,
           as
           we
           said
           before
           ,
           t
           is
           a
           preventive
           piece
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           persons
           of
           all
           sorts
           indeed
           may
           come
           in
           time
           to
           be
           miserably
           concerned
           in
           consultations
           so
           heady
           and
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           business
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           which
           have
           gained
           this
           Post
           ,
           had
           been
           the
           next
           they
           had
           taken
           ,
           though
           I
           cannot
           for
           my
           part
           vote
           with
           them
           who
           say
           they
           are
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           yet
           as
           to
           the
           
             Jus
             humanum
             ,
          
           and
           the
           propriety
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           great
           Ornament
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Selden
             ,
          
           some
           years
           since
           ,
           and
           some
           learned
           Gentlement
           of
           the
           long
           robe
           ,
           who
           had
           occasion
           to
           argue
           it
           before
           a
           Committe
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           have
           so
           demonstrated
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           either
           be
           very
           unintelligent
           or
           pervicatious
           ,
           that
           remains
           unsatisfied
           .
           And
           therefore
           what
           a
           confusion
           it
           would
           bring
           to
           divest
           Proprietors
           of
           what
           was
           legally
           their
           either
           by
           discent
           or
           purchase
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           is
           more
           Antichristian
           to
           pay
           tythes
           ,
           when
           once
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           than
           to
           pay
           a
           Fee-farm
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           present
           way
           it
           were
           to
           silence
           the
           whole
           Ministry
           a
           short
           experience
           would
           teach
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           less
           strange
           that
           designs
           aiming
           at
           so
           much
           confussion
           should
           be
           so
           cunningly
           and
           orderly
           laid
           .
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           for
           the
           Vote
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           touched
           at
           before
           ,
           It
           is
           that
           which
           they
           seemed
           most
           to
           stand
           on
           .
           That
           
             it
             was
             thought
             a
             way
             to
             establish
             a
             national
             Parochial
             Ministry
             ,
             consisting
             of
             Popish
             names
             of
          
           Parsons
           ,
           Vicars
           
             and
          
           Curates
           ,
           
             and
             also
             that
             oppressive
             burden
             of
             Tythes
             ,
             that
             it
             looked
             rather
             like
             making
             up
             
             a
             breach
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Anti-christ
             ,
             than
             pulling
             it
             down
             .
          
           By
           this
           you
           clearly
           see
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           all
           form
           of
           Ministry
           is
           here
           damned
           as
           Antichristian
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           upon
           these
           grounds
           ,
           the
           Ministry
           must
           be
           dissolved
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           breach
           m●de
           for
           all
           men
           ,
           never
           so
           unfit
           or
           uncapable
           ,
           to
           undertake
           that
           great
           and
           weighty
           work
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           pretend
           but
           
             to
             be
             anointed
             for
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
          
           (
           the
           Narrator
           bringing
           no
           touch-stone
           )
           they
           must
           be
           received
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           there
           will
           arise
           innumerable
           contradiction
           ,
           quarrels
           without
           end
           ,
           and
           Religion
           shall
           perish
           by
           her
           own
           Divisions
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           hold
           conscience
           too
           sacred
           a
           part
           ,
           (
           being
           as
           a
           man
           may
           say
           ,
           Deputy-Judge
           within
           us
           )
           to
           receive
           any
           force
           ,
           so
           ,
           in
           some
           particular
           Truths
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           violently
           apparent
           ,
           it
           cannot
           without
           repugnancy
           and
           reluctancy
           disobey
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           know
           any
           that
           neerer
           concerns
           her
           ,
           than
           obedience
           to
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           ,
           in
           matters
           purely
           Civil
           .
           Now
           whereas
           there
           are
           two
           Calls
           to
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           the
           Call
           and
           touch
           of
           the
           Spirit
           within
           ,
           and
           the
           admission
           from
           without
           ,
           though
           it
           cannot
           be
           said
           that
           every
           man
           of
           the
           second
           qualification
           is
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           yet
           in
           regard
           that
           mens
           faiths
           are
           seen
           by
           their
           works
           and
           lives
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           orders
           sake
           ,
           the
           abilities
           of
           every
           man
           for
           imployment
           should
           be
           examined
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           necessary
           and
           convenient
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           an
           outward
           and
           visible
           way
           of
           calling
           and
           admitting
           unto
           the
           Ministry
           .
           For
           Uniformity
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           the
           main
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           circumstantials
           ,
           ought
           as
           neer
           as
           could
           be
           to
           be
           preserved
           )
           hereby
           stands
           not
           in
           so
           much
           danger
           ,
           and
           Peace
           and
           Discipline
           the
           better
           flourish
           .
           Not
           that
           any
           man
           will
           say
           ,
           a
           man
           is
           the
           more
           a
           Minister
           for
           the
           Imposition
           of
           hands
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           meerly
           a
           Civil
           sanction
           and
           admission
           for
           orders
           sake
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           wonder
           ,
           why
           these
           men
           should
           scruple
           so
           much
           at
           these
           names
           of
           Parsons
           ,
           Vicars
           and
           Curats
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           imposed
           meetly
           by
           the
           Municipal
           Laws
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           relate
           not
           to
           the
           person
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           man
           ,
           all
           these
           three
           being
           one
           Minister
           severally
           endowed
           .
           If
           this
           design
           could
           have
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           the
           good
           men
           of
           the
           Universities
           might
           have
           shut
           up
           their
           study-doors
           ,
           and
           have
           gone
           to
           plow
           ,
           for
           the
           next
           business
           we
           should
           have
           heard
           of
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           the
           words
           Master
           ,
           Warden
           ,
           Principal
           ,
           President
           ,
           Provosts
           ,
           &c.
           had
           been
           also
           Antichristian
           ,
           and
           the
           Universities
           ,
           as
           part
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           
           be
           pulled
           down
           ,
           learning
           which
           is
           the
           root
           of
           Civility
           rooted
           up
           from
           amongst
           ,
           and
           Gotthish
           Barbarism
           and
           Tyranny
           suffered
           to
           over-master
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           under
           that
           horrible
           pretence
           of
           that
           pure
           divine
           and
           ineffable
           Spirit
           to
           which
           men
           would
           entitle
           their
           own
           particular
           humours
           and
           imaginations
           ,
           a
           course
           so
           horrid
           in
           it self
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           shrink
           at
           it
           ,
           so
           uncertain
           that
           there
           is
           no
           relyance
           on
           it
           ,
           so
           dangerous
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           introduce
           all
           confusion
           that
           mankind
           is
           capable
           of
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           I
           believe
           that
           God
           to
           his
           beloved
           ones
           frequently
           sheds
           the
           rayes
           of
           that
           heavenly
           Sun
           ,
           but
           then
           they
           work
           sweetly
           and
           strongly
           and
           in
           order
           ,
           and
           bring
           forth
           effects
           quite
           contrary
           to
           those
           as
           must
           necessarily
           follow
           such
           pretensions
           as
           we
           have
           touched
           at
           ,
           these
           being
           onely
           mutual
           flames
           between
           God
           and
           the
           soul
           ,
           whereas
           in
           Civil
           things
           ,
           he
           leaves
           us
           to
           circumstances
           ,
           sense
           ,
           experience
           ,
           and
           the
           judgement
           of
           our
           reason
           .
        
         
           For
           that
           which
           the
           
             Narrator
             professes
             of
             the
             sincerity
             of
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             the
             building
             up
             of
          
           Sion
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           much
           to
           say
           ,
           if
           by
           
             Sion
             ,
          
           he
           mean
           the
           fift
           Monarchy
           which
           we
           have
           mentioned
           before
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           sincerity
           of
           a
           mans
           intentions
           ,
           when
           his
           actions
           must
           needs
           centre
           clearly
           contrary
           ,
           is
           a
           business
           that
           I
           understand
           not
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           much
           agree
           with
           him
           in
           his
           last
           observation
           ,
           
             That
             the
             difference
             never
             began
             to
             appear
             so
             effectually
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             upon
             seeking
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             bringing
             Bibles
             in
             their
             hands
             .
          
           What
           their
           intentions
           were
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           business
           it self
           shall
           not
           much
           dispute
           it
           ,
           but
           only
           say
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           were
           pretensions
           the
           better
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           designs
           ,
           and
           to
           engage
           some
           of
           the
           more
           inconsiderate
           ,
           there
           was
           Hypocrisie
           enough
           in
           it
           ;
           If
           they
           were
           really
           intended
           ,
           it
           seemed
           they
           were
           answered
           but
           with
           very
           unlikely
           returns
           ;
           what
           or
           whether
           any
           members
           were
           convinced
           by
           such
           means
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ,
           nor
           list
           to
           enquire
           .
           For
           since
           they
           are
           reduced
           to
           their
           first
           matter
           ,
           I
           am
           very
           willing
           to
           shake
           hands
           with
           them
           and
           bid
           them
           farewel
           .
        
         
           They
           being
           thus
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Commonwealth
           left
           without
           tuition
           ,
           the
           Power
           being
           absolutely
           and
           visibly
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Nation
           being
           such
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           was
           neither
           timely
           nor
           convenient
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           was
           moved
           to
           the
           Lord
           General
           both
           by
           several
           good
           men
           ,
           interested
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           assume
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           three
           Nations
           .
           This
           burden
           for
           the
           good
           of
           them
           was
           he
           willing
           
           to
           undertake
           ,
           hath
           received
           and
           may
           it
           prosper
           .
           So
           that
           now
           the
           Government
           is
           established
           in
           a
           
             Lord
             Protector
          
           and
           
             Triennial
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           
             a
             form
             of
             Government
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           will
           in
           all
           probability
           with
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           conduce
           to
           the
           establishment
           of
           the
           quiet
           and
           prosperity
           of
           this
           people
           .
           But
           because
           some
           men
           may
           be
           unsatisfied
           with
           the
           present
           constitution
           ,
           and
           either
           out
           of
           spleen
           and
           ignorance
           make
           objections
           against
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           before
           I
           take
           leave
           of
           the
           Reader
           ,
           fix
           onely
           a
           remark
           or
           two
           ;
           for
           to
           say
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           answer
           all
           objections
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           work
           of
           a
           volume
           and
           a
           pen
           more
           able
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           consider
           how
           impolitick
           and
           dangerous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           to
           have
           a
           Supreme
           Legislative
           Power
           alwayes
           sitting
           ,
           and
           exercising
           it self
           .
           For
           such
           great
           Assemblies
           ,
           like
           high
           Medicines
           ,
           should
           be
           used
           very
           seldome
           ,
           or
           but
           upon
           great
           extremity
           ,
           otherwise
           they
           lose
           not
           onely
           their
           vertue
           and
           vigour
           ;
           but
           grow
           dangerous
           and
           contemptible
           .
           Besides
           ,
           Assemblies
           of
           this
           nature
           are
           only
           to
           make
           Laws
           ,
           not
           to
           execute
           them
           ,
           for
           being
           unlimited
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           so
           fit
           to
           judge
           as
           inferiour
           Courts
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           reason
           to
           take
           away
           without
           evident
           necessity
           from
           any
           man
           ,
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Laws
           already
           established
           .
           It
           is
           to
           be
           added
           ,
           that
           the
           ends
           of
           their
           Calling
           being
           principally
           two
           ,
           the
           making
           of
           Laws
           ,
           and
           imposition
           of
           Taxes
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           imagine
           any
           Nation
           can
           be
           so
           constantly
           and
           perpetually
           vicious
           or
           ill-setled
           ,
           as
           to
           need
           a
           perpetual
           making
           of
           Laws
           ,
           or
           so
           wealthy
           as
           to
           be
           able
           continually
           to
           be
           Cajol'd
           into
           Taxes
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           impossible
           ,
           that
           men
           coming
           to
           know
           one
           another
           ,
           may
           make
           factions
           ;
           nay
           ,
           do
           many
           exorbitancies
           to
           keep
           their
           Power
           in
           exercise
           .
        
         
           The
           Government
           of
           a
           Nation
           may
           without
           force
           or
           noise
           be
           ealy
           transferred
           from
           hand
           to
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           still
           preserved
           ,
           whereas
           if
           the
           force
           of
           a
           Nation
           come
           once
           to
           be
           divided
           within
           it self
           ,
           there
           follows
           no
           small
           danger
           ,
           if
           not
           absolute
           ruin
           to
           the
           whole
           .
           And
           therefore
           't
           is
           more
           prudence
           in
           any
           Citizen
           to
           comply
           with
           such
           changes
           and
           variations
           ,
           than
           by
           endeavouring
           the
           re-establishment
           of
           the
           old
           ,
           or
           setting
           up
           of
           a
           third
           to
           tear
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           pieces
           ,
           by
           interesting
           the
           sword
           in
           such
           dangerous
           divisions
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           a
           Swallow
           fall
           not
           to
           the
           ground
           without
           the
           will
           of
           the
           great
           
             Jehovah
             ,
          
           we
           may
           well
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           mutations
           of
           
             Commonwealths
          
           
           (
           which
           are
           of
           so
           vast
           and
           large
           concernment
           to
           mankind
           )
           must
           have
           much
           more
           of
           his
           particular
           will
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           when
           he
           declares
           by
           visible
           successes
           ,
           revolutions
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           effects
           which
           could
           not
           have
           been
           produced
           by
           any
           humane
           Power
           ,
           it
           were
           a
           strange
           stubborness
           not
           to
           comply
           with
           them
           ,
           since
           ,
           as
           his
           will
           is
           secret
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           above
           the
           search
           of
           man
           ,
           so
           his
           Power
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           is
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           as
           clay
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Potter
           ,
           is
           not
           able
           to
           stand
           before
           him
           .
           For
           he
           said
           very
           truly
           that
           uttered
           this
           ,
           
             In
             se
             spuit
             ,
             qui
             spuit
             adversus
             Olympum
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .