A discourse upon this saying: the spirit of the nation is not yet to be trusted with liberty; lest it introduce monarchy, or invade the liberty of conscience.
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             A discourse upon this saying: the spirit of the nation is not yet to be trusted with liberty; lest it introduce monarchy, or invade the liberty of conscience.
             Harrington, James, 1611-1677.
          
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             printed by J.C. for Henry Fletcher, at the three Gilt Cups in Paul's Church-yard,
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             [1659]
          
           
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             A
             DISCOURSE
             UPON
             This
             Saying
             :
          
           The
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Nation
           is
           not
           yet
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           Liberty
           ;
           lest
           it
           introduce
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           invade
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             C.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Fletcher
             ,
          
           at
           the
           three
           Gilt
           Cups
           in
           
             Paul's
          
           Church-yard
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           DAVID
           was
           a
           man
           after
           Gods
           own
           heart
           ,
           yet
           made
           the
           people
           Judges
           of
           what
           was
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           as
           where
           he
           proposeth
           unto
           the
           Representative
           ,
           consisting
           of
           twenty
           four
           thousand
           ,
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           
             If
             it
             seem
             good
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             be
             of
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             let
             us
             —
             bring
             again
             the
             Ark
             of
             our
             God
             to
             us
             :
             for
             we
             enquired
             not
             at
             it
             in
             the
             days
             of
             Saul
             ,
          
           1
           Chro.
           13.
           
           But
           men
           in
           this
           Nation
           blow
           hot
           and
           cold
           :
           one
           main
           exception
           which
           the
           Prelatical
           and
           Presbyterian
           Sects
           have
           against
           Popular
           Government
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           to
           Religion
           it
           will
           trust
           every
           man
           unto
           his
           own
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           that
           onely
           for
           which
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Religious
           Sects
           apprehend
           popular
           Government
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Nation
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           is
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           in
           that
           it
           is
           inclining
           to
           persecute
           for
           Religion
           .
           What
           Remedy
           ?
           Ask
           the
           former
           Sects
           ,
           or
           parties
           different
           in
           judgment
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           Religion
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           word
           signifies
           no
           more
           )
           they
           tell
           you
           a
           King
           ;
           ask
           the
           latter
           ,
           they
           tell
           you
           some
           certain
           or
           convenient
           number
           of
           Princes
           ,
           or
           an
           Oligarchy
           :
           But
           saith
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           
             Put
             not
             your
             trust
             in
             Princes
             .
          
           It
           doth
           not
           anywhere
           say
           the
           like
           of
           the
           
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           or
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           but
           rather
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           is
           implyed
           in
           the
           example
           
           already
           alledged
           of
           
             Davids
          
           Proposition
           unto
           the
           Representative
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           is
           yet
           plainer
           in
           the
           Proposition
           of
           
             Moses
          
           unto
           the
           whole
           people
           ,
           even
           before
           they
           were
           under
           orders
           of
           popular
           Government
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           to
           introduce
           such
           orders
           ,
           as
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Take
             unto
             you
             wise
             men
             ,
             and
             known
             among
             your
             Tribes
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             make
             them
             Rulers
             over
             you
             .
          
           Now
           these
           Rulers
           thus
           elected
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           were
           Supreme
           ,
           both
           in
           matter
           of
           Religion
           and
           Government
           :
           in
           which
           words
           therefore
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           Command
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           example
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           you
           have
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           people
           trusted
           with
           all
           matters
           either
           Civil
           or
           Religious
           .
           Throughout
           the
           Testaments
           ,
           Old
           and
           New
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           have
           over
           and
           over
           demonstrated
           unto
           you
           )
           the
           proceedings
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Government
           ,
           go
           not
           beside
           the
           Principles
           of
           humane
           Prudence
           the
           breadth
           of
           one
           hair
           .
           Let
           Saints
           therefore
           ,
           or
           others
           ,
           be
           they
           who
           or
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           work
           otherwise
           in
           like
           cases
           ,
           or
           (
           to
           speak
           more
           particularly
           unto
           the
           present
           state
           of
           things
           )
           obtrude
           upon
           us
           Oligarchy
           when
           they
           can
           or
           dare
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           ,
           and
           soon
           confess
           themselves
           to
           be
           below
           men
           ,
           even
           of
           natural
           parts
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           having
           thus
           the
           free
           leave
           and
           encouragement
           both
           of
           Scripture
           and
           Religion
           ,
           I
           come
           unto
           a
           farther
           disquisition
           of
           this
           point
           by
           the
           card
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           course
           of
           Prudence
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           the
           Circle
           of
           Government
           ,
           there
           are
           but
           three
           spirits
           ;
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Oligarchy
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           Free
           People
           :
           wherefore
           if
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           free
           people
           be
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           with
           the
           Government
           ,
           then
           must
           it
           follow
           of
           necessity
           ;
           that
           either
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Oligarchy
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           with
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           What
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           Prince
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Government
           or
           Liberty
           of
           the
           people
           hath
           been
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           large
           experience
           ;
           and
           full
           enough
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Oligarchy
           :
           for
           a
           single
           Council
           having
           both
           the
           right
           of
           Debate
           and
           Result
           ,
           never
           was
           nor
           can
           be
           esteemed
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           but
           ever
           was
           and
           will
           be
           known
           for
           meer
           Oligarchy
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           
           that
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           different
           cases
           ,
           is
           as
           different
           as
           that
           of
           a
           man
           .
           A
           man
           is
           not
           of
           that
           spirit
           when
           he
           is
           sick
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           is
           well
           :
           if
           you
           touch
           a
           sick
           man
           ,
           you
           hurt
           him
           ;
           if
           you
           speak
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           froward
           ;
           he
           despairs
           of
           his
           health
           ;
           he
           throws
           down
           his
           medicines
           :
           but
           give
           him
           ease
           ,
           he
           is
           
             debonaire
          
           and
           thankful
           ;
           give
           him
           a
           cure
           ,
           and
           he
           blesseth
           you
           .
           It
           is
           no
           otherwise
           with
           the
           people
           .
           A
           people
           under
           a
           yoke
           which
           they
           have
           lost
           all
           hopes
           of
           breaking
           ,
           are
           of
           a
           broken
           ,
           a
           slavish
           ,
           a
           pusillanimous
           spirit
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Paisant
          
           in
           
             France
             .
          
           A
           people
           under
           a
           yoke
           which
           they
           are
           not
           out
           of
           hopes
           to
           break
           ,
           are
           of
           an
           impatient
           ,
           of
           an
           active
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           turbulent
           spirit
           ,
           as
           the
           Romans
           under
           their
           Senate
           for
           Life
           ,
           the
           
             Hollanders
          
           under
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             English
          
           (
           after
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Nobility
           )
           under
           the
           late
           
             Monarchy
             .
          
           A
           people
           broken
           loose
           from
           their
           ancient
           and
           accustomed
           form
           ,
           and
           yet
           unreduced
           unto
           any
           other
           ,
           is
           of
           a
           wilde
           ,
           a
           giddy
           spirit
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           the
           Politician
           saith
           )
           like
           some
           bird
           or
           beast
           ,
           which
           having
           been
           bred
           in
           a
           lease
           or
           chain
           ,
           and
           gotten
           loose
           ,
           can
           neither
           prey
           for
           it self
           ,
           nor
           hath
           any body
           to
           feed
           it
           ,
           till
           (
           as
           commonly
           comes
           to
           pass
           )
           it
           be
           taken
           up
           by
           the
           remainder
           of
           the
           broken
           chain
           or
           lease
           ,
           and
           tyed
           so
           much
           the
           shorter
           ;
           as
           befell
           those
           in
           
             Spain
          
           after
           the
           War
           of
           the
           Commonalties
           ,
           and
           the
           Neapolitans
           after
           that
           of
           
             Mazinello
             .
          
           But
           a
           people
           under
           orders
           of
           popular
           Government
           ,
           are
           of
           the
           most
           prudent
           and
           serene
           spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           voydest
           of
           intestine
           discord
           or
           sedition
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Venetians
             ,
          
           the
           
             Switz
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Hollanders
             .
          
        
         
           Wherefore
           thus
           we
           may
           in
           no
           wise
           argue
           :
           A
           Ship
           without
           Tackling
           and
           Steerage
           is
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           any
           fraight
           ,
           nor
           can
           make
           any
           Voyage
           :
           therefore
           a
           ship
           with
           Tackling
           and
           Steerage
           is
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           any
           fraight
           ,
           nor
           can
           make
           any
           Voyage
           .
           But
           to
           say
           that
           the
           people
           not
           under
           fit
           Orders
           of
           popular
           Government
           ,
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           Liberty
           ;
           therefore
           the
           people
           under
           fit
           Orders
           of
           popular
           Government
           ,
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           is
           no
           better
           :
           as
           the
           former
           Argument
           breaketh
           up
           all
           hope
           of
           Trade
           ,
           so
           the
           latter
           breaketh
           up
           all
           hopes
           of
           popular
           Government
           .
        
         
           Here
           lyeth
           the
           point
           .
           The
           Mariner
           trusteth
           not
           unto
           the
           Sea
           ,
           but
           to
           his
           Ship
           .
           The
           spirit
           of
           the
           people
           is
           no
           wise
           
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           but
           by
           stated
           Laws
           or
           Orders
           :
           so
           the
           trust
           is
           not
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           frame
           of
           those
           Orders
           ,
           which
           as
           they
           are
           tite
           or
           leaky
           ,
           are
           the
           Ship
           out
           of
           which
           the
           people
           being
           once
           imbarqued
           ,
           cannot
           stir
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           they
           can
           have
           no
           motion
           .
        
         
           
             If
             the
             Trumpet
             give
             an
             uncertain
             sound
             ,
             who
             shall
             prepare
             himself
             unto
             the
             Battel
             ?
          
           It
           is
           not
           a
           multitude
           that
           makes
           an
           Army
           ,
           but
           their
           Discipline
           ,
           their
           Arms
           ,
           the
           Distribution
           of
           them
           into
           Troops
           ,
           Companies
           ,
           Regiments
           ,
           and
           Brigades
           :
           this
           for
           the
           Van
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           Rear-ward
           ;
           &
           these
           bodies
           must
           either
           rout
           themselves
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           their
           interest
           ,
           or
           have
           no
           motion
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           such
           onely
           as
           is
           according
           unto
           Orders
           :
           If
           they
           march
           ,
           if
           they
           alt
           ,
           if
           they
           lodge
           ,
           if
           they
           charge
           ,
           all
           is
           according
           unto
           Orders
           .
           Wherefore
           he
           that
           giveth
           the
           Orders
           ,
           trusteth
           not
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           but
           the
           Army
           trusteth
           him
           .
           It
           is
           no
           otherwise
           in
           the
           ordering
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
           Why
           say
           we
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           are
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           while
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           Commonwealth
           rightly
           ordered
           ,
           they
           can
           have
           no
           other
           motion
           then
           according
           unto
           the
           Orders
           of
           their
           Commonwealth
           ?
           Have
           we
           not
           seen
           what
           difference
           there
           may
           be
           in
           an
           House
           elected
           by
           the
           Counties
           onely
           ,
           and
           an
           House
           elected
           both
           by
           the
           Boroughs
           &
           the
           Counties
           ?
           Is
           this
           so
           much
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           from
           their
           Orders
           ?
           The
           
             Lacedemonian
          
           Senate
           for
           Life
           ,
           before
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           
             Ephori
             ,
          
           was
           dangerous
           ;
           after
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           
             Ephori
             ,
          
           was
           not
           dangerous
           .
           The
           
             Venetians
             ,
          
           before
           the
           introduction
           of
           their
           present
           policy
           ,
           were
           very
           tumultuous
           ;
           since
           the
           introduction
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           are
           the
           most
           serene
           Commonwealth
           .
           Was
           this
           from
           the
           people
           who
           are
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           difference
           of
           their
           Orders
           ?
           If
           you
           will
           trust
           Orders
           ,
           and
           not
           men
           ,
           you
           trust
           not
           unto
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           unto
           your
           Orders
           :
           see
           then
           that
           your
           Orders
           be
           secure
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           fall
           not
           .
        
         
           You
           the
           present
           Rulers
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           now
           the
           object
           of
           Angels
           and
           Men
           ,
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           look
           to
           it
           .
           I
           dare
           boldly
           say
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           will
           say
           to
           all
           posterity
           ,
           If
           
             England
          
           through
           the
           want
           of
           Orders
           be
           ruined
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           that
           you
           needed
           to
           trust
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           people
           trusted
           you
           .
        
         
         
           And
           of
           what
           Orders
           have
           some
           of
           you
           that
           lay
           the
           people
           so
           low
           ,
           and
           think
           your selves
           onely
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           made
           offer
           ?
           Do
           you
           not
           propose
           ,
        
         
           That
           they
           who
           are
           or
           shall
           be
           intrusted
           ,
           
             (
             with
             Power
             or
             Authority
             )
          
           be
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           found
           to
           be
           most
           eminent
           for
           Godliness
           ,
           Faithfulness
           ,
           and
           Constancy
           to
           the
           Good
           Old
           Cause
           and
           Interest
           of
           these
           Nations
           ?
        
         
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           consider
           ,
           if
           you
           mean
           to
           make
           your selves
           Judges
           ,
           without
           the
           People
           or
           Parliament
           (
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           you
           
             have
             owned
             your
             Commander
             in
             Chief
             )
          
           who
           are
           Godly
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           is
           ,
           what
           kind
           of
           Commonwealth
           this
           must
           make
           :
           Or
           if
           you
           mean
           to
           make
           the
           People
           Judges
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           is
           impossible
           there
           should
           be
           any
           well-ordered
           Commonwealth
           ,
           whether
           you
           can
           give
           them
           any
           other
           Rule
           then
           according
           unto
           
             Moses
             ,
             Take
             ye
             wise
             men
             ,
             and
             understanding
             ,
             and
             known
             among
             your
             Tribes
             .
          
        
         
           Consider
           whether
           those
           you
           would
           indemnifie
           for
           strengthning
           the
           late
           unnatural
           and
           dishonourable
           Yoak
           ,
           be
           eminent
           for
           Godliness
           ,
           Faithfulness
           to
           the
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
             ,
          
           or
           for
           asserting
           the
           Interest
           of
           these
           Nations
           ;
           and
           whether
           to
           impose
           such
           Qualifications
           as
           may
           bring
           these
           or
           the
           like
           again
           into
           power
           ,
           be
           the
           more
           probable
           way
           unto
           a
           Free-State
           ,
           or
           to
           leave
           the
           People
           acording
           unto
           the
           Rule
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           unto
           their
           Judgement
           in
           these
           Cases
           .
        
         
           
             You
             propose
             ,
          
           That
           to
           the
           end
           the
           Legislative
           Authority
           of
           this
           Commonwealth
           may
           not
           by
           their
           long
           sitting
           ,
           become
           burthensome
           or
           inconvenient
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           effectual
           provision
           made
           for
           a
           due
           succession
           thereof
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           consider
           what
           Example
           can
           be
           produced
           of
           any
           one
           Commonwealth
           wherein
           the
           Legislative
           Authority
           was
           not
           continually
           extant
           or
           sitting
           ;
           and
           what
           reason
           there
           can
           be
           that
           it
           should
           possibly
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           Government
           remaining
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
           Consider
           whether
           in
           case
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           had
           been
           heretofore
           perpetually
           sitting
           ,
           the
           Government
           had
           not
           been
           a
           Common-wealth
           ;
           Whether
           the
           intervals
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           were
           not
           that
           in
           a
           good
           part
           ,
           which
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           Monarchical
           ?
           
           and
           so
           ,
           whether
           the
           Legislative
           Authority
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           being
           intermitted
           ,
           must
           not
           convert
           the
           Common-wealth
           into
           Monarchy
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           intervals
           be
           guided
           by
           a
           Single
           Person
           ;
           or
           into
           Oligarchy
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           be
           guided
           by
           a
           Council
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           Consider
           whether
           such
           a
           Council
           in
           the
           intervals
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           be
           not
           ,
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           that
           Molehil
           by
           which
           a
           Tyrant
           can
           be
           most
           conveniently
           raised
           ,
           for
           a
           jump
           into
           a
           Throne
           ,
           or
           what
           there
           is
           in
           this
           case
           to
           withstand
           him
           ,
           though
           
             White-hall
          
           should
           be
           sold
           or
           pul'd
           down
           .
        
         
           
             Again
             ,
             you
             propose
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Legislative
           Power
           be
           in
           a
           Representative
           consisting
           of
           an
           House
           successively
           chosen
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           select
           Senate
           ,
           co-ordinate
           in
           Power
           .
        
         
           Upon
           which
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           Whether
           there
           can
           be
           any
           safe
           Representative
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           not
           constituted
           of
           such
           a
           number
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           Rules
           as
           must
           take
           in
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           whole
           People
           :
           whether
           there
           be
           not
           difference
           between
           the
           interest
           which
           a
           People
           can
           have
           under
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           which
           a
           People
           ought
           to
           have
           under
           a
           Commonwealth
           :
           and
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           good
           Argument
           ,
           that
           an
           Assembly
           of
           four
           hundred
           upon
           intervals
           ,
           was
           a
           sufficient
           Representative
           of
           the
           People
           under
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           under
           Lords
           on
           whom
           they
           depended
           ;
           therefore
           the
           like
           may
           be
           sufficient
           under
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           their
           own
           Lords
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           dependence
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           consider
           whether
           it
           be
           natural
           unto
           any
           Assembly
           to
           resolve
           otherwise
           then
           according
           unto
           the
           Interest
           of
           that
           Assembly
           .
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           natural
           unto
           the
           Senate
           ,
           especially
           being
           not
           elected
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           obtruded
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           suspect
           ,
           for
           life
           ,
           to
           Debate
           according
           as
           they
           intend
           to
           Resolve
           ,
           and
           to
           Resolve
           according
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Few
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           Party
           .
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           unnatural
           ,
           confused
           and
           dangerous
           unto
           a
           Representative
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           rightly
           constituted
           ,
           to
           Debate
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           natural
           to
           such
           a
           Representative
           to
           Resolve
           according
           unto
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           whole
           People
           ?
           Whether
           the
           Senate
           Resolving
           according
           unto
           the
           Interest
           of
           
             the
             Few
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Representative
           Resolving
           according
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           
             the
             Many
             ,
          
           be
           not
           the
           certain
           way
           of
           creating
           
           feud
           between
           the
           Senate
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           of
           introducing
           Blood
           and
           Civil
           War
           .
           And
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           whether
           to
           declare
           the
           Senate
           and
           the
           Representative
           co-ordinate
           ,
           be
           not
           to
           give
           unto
           either
           Council
           both
           the
           Debate
           and
           the
           Result
           indifferently
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           the
           inavoydable
           occasion
           of
           such
           feud
           .
        
         
           
             Lastly
             ,
             you
             propose
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Executive
           Power
           be
           in
           a
           Council
           of
           State
           .
        
         
           Upon
           which
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           ever
           the
           Prytans
           in
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           the
           Colledge
           in
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           or
           a
           Council
           of
           State
           in
           any
           Commonwealth
           ,
           had
           any
           Executive
           Power
           ,
           except
           in
           the
           management
           perhaps
           of
           a
           War
           ,
           or
           Treaty
           with
           forraign
           States
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           consider
           whether
           these
           Propositions
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           be
           not
           contrary
           unto
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           popular
           Prudence
           in
           all
           or
           any
           one
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           tending
           unto
           the
           certain
           destruction
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           intolerable
           confusion
           of
           the
           people
           .
           Yet
           are
           these
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           intended
           by
           you
           as
           a
           bar
           unto
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           a
           guard
           unto
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           ORDERS
           of
           a
           COMMONWEALTH
           .
           The
           whole
           Territory
           is
           equally
           divided
           into
           fifty
           Tribes
           or
           Shires
           :
           in
           every
           one
           of
           these
           Tribes
           ,
           the
           people
           of
           each
           Parish
           elect
           out
           of
           themselves
           one
           man
           in
           five
           to
           be
           for
           that
           year
           a
           Deputy
           of
           that
           Parish
           .
           I
           but
           ,
           they
           will
           choose
           Cavalieres
           or
           Presbyterians
           .
           Well
           ,
           if
           that
           be
           the
           worst
           ,
           for
           discourse
           sake
           be
           it
           so
           .
           These
           Deputies
           thus
           chosen
           in
           each
           Parish
           ,
           are
           upon
           some
           certain
           day
           in
           their
           year
           to
           assemble
           at
           the
           Capital
           of
           their
           Tribe
           or
           Shire
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           elect
           a
           few
           to
           be
           Knights
           or
           Senators
           ,
           and
           a
           fuller
           number
           to
           be
           Burgesses
           or
           Deputies
           in
           the
           Representative
           of
           the
           people
           .
           Good
           :
           and
           these
           also
           must
           therefore
           be
           such
           as
           were
           their
           Electors
           .
           So
           the
           soveraign
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           Nation
           will
           consist
           of
           Presbyterians
           and
           Cavalieres
           :
           and
           being
           thus
           constituted
           ,
           will
           either
           introduce
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           invade
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           both
           .
        
         
         
           But
           these
           at
           their
           Election
           take
           an
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           unto
           the
           Comonwealth
           .
           An
           Oath
           is
           nothing
           .
           How
           !
           not
           among
           Christians
           ?
           Let
           us
           see
           what
           it
           hath
           been
           among
           Heathens
           .
           
             Brutus
          
           having
           driven
           out
           the
           
             Tarquins
             ,
          
           or
           Roman
           Kings
           ,
           thought
           the
           spirit
           of
           that
           people
           not
           yet
           fit
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           their
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           cause
           gave
           them
           an
           Oath
           ,
           whereby
           they
           abjured
           Kings
           ;
           which
           was
           then
           thought
           and
           found
           in
           that
           case
           to
           be
           enough
           .
           But
           if
           this
           would
           not
           have
           served
           the
           turn
           ,
           what
           could
           ?
           For
           
             Brutus
          
           to
           have
           expelled
           the
           Kings
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           to
           have
           given
           the
           people
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           he
           well
           knew
           was
           not
           to
           have
           driven
           forth
           Monarchy
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           laid
           Obligation
           upon
           the
           people
           to
           bring
           it
           back
           again
           in
           hatred
           of
           the
           Oligarchy
           ;
           as
           we
           in
           our
           way
           of
           proceeding
           have
           felt
           ,
           and
           continue
           still
           to
           feel
           ,
           yet
           blame
           the
           people
           upon
           as
           good
           grounds
           as
           if
           we
           should
           say
           ,
           The
           people
           are
           impatient
           of
           trusting
           Oligarchy
           with
           their
           Liberty
           ;
           therefore
           the
           people
           are
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           their
           Liberty
           .
           But
           supposing
           an
           Oath
           were
           as
           slight
           a
           matter
           as
           indeed
           in
           these
           days
           it
           is
           made
           ;
           these
           Soveraign
           Assemblies
           ,
           though
           they
           should
           be
           thus
           constituted
           of
           Presbyterians
           and
           Cavalieres
           onely
           ,
           yet
           could
           in
           no
           wise
           either
           introduce
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           invade
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           these
           Reasons
           :
           The
           natural
           tendency
           of
           every
           thing
           ,
           is
           unto
           the
           preservation
           of
           it self
           :
           but
           Cavalieres
           and
           Presbyterians
           under
           these
           Orders
           are
           a
           Commonwealth
           ;
           therefore
           their
           natural
           tendency
           must
           be
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           It
           is
           not
           so
           long
           since
           a
           Roundhead
           was
           made
           a
           Prince
           ;
           did
           he
           make
           a
           Commonwealth
           ?
           Or
           what
           more
           reason
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           why
           if
           you
           make
           Cavalieres
           and
           Independents
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           they
           should
           make
           a
           King
           ?
           What
           experience
           is
           there
           in
           the
           world
           that
           the
           greatest
           Cavalieres
           being
           once
           brought
           under
           the
           Orders
           of
           popular
           Government
           rightly
           balanced
           ,
           did
           not
           thenceforth
           detest
           Monarchy
           ?
           The
           people
           of
           
             Rome
             (
             Libertatis
             dulcedine
             nondum
             experta
             )
          
           were
           the
           greatest
           Cavalieres
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           above
           one
           hundred
           years
           together
           ,
           they
           obstructed
           their
           Senate
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           introduced
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           caused
           them
           to
           continue
           under
           Monarchy
           :
           but
           from
           the
           first
           introduction
           
           of
           popular
           Government
           ,
           continued
           under
           perfect
           detestation
           of
           the
           very
           name
           .
        
         
           Putting
           the
           case
           that
           the
           Senate
           could
           have
           a
           will
           to
           destroy
           it self
           ,
           and
           introduce
           Monarchy
           ,
           you
           must
           also
           put
           the
           case
           that
           they
           may
           have
           some
           interest
           to
           do
           it
           :
           for
           the
           will
           of
           every
           Assembly
           ariseth
           from
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           same
           .
           Now
           what
           interest
           can
           there
           be
           in
           a
           Senate
           thus
           instituted
           ,
           to
           destroy
           it self
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           Monarchy
           ?
        
         
           The
           Senate
           can
           do
           nothing
           but
           by
           proposing
           unto
           the
           people
           :
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           agree
           unto
           any
           thing
           that
           can
           be
           proposed
           ,
           without
           debating
           it
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           Debate
           tend
           unto
           any
           such
           agreement
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           force
           of
           reasons
           thereunto
           conducing
           .
           Now
           what
           reason
           had
           ever
           any
           Senate
           ,
           or
           can
           any
           Senate
           ever
           have
           ,
           to
           incline
           them
           unto
           such
           an
           end
           ?
        
         
           No
           man
           nor
           Assembly
           can
           will
           that
           which
           is
           impossible
           :
           but
           where
           a
           Commonwealth
           is
           rightly
           balanced
           ,
           that
           a
           Monarchy
           can
           there
           have
           any
           Balance
           ,
           except
           the
           Senate
           can
           perswade
           people
           to
           quit
           three
           parts
           in
           four
           of
           the
           whole
           Territory
           unto
           a
           Prince
           ,
           or
           to
           a
           Nobility
           ,
           is
           impossible
           .
           But
           if
           the
           introduction
           of
           Monarchy
           can
           neither
           be
           in
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Senate
           ,
           though
           that
           should
           consist
           altogether
           of
           Cavalieres
           and
           Presbyterians
           ,
           then
           much
           less
           can
           it
           be
           in
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           though
           this
           also
           should
           consist
           altogether
           of
           Cavalieres
           and
           Presbyterians
           .
        
         
           But
           while
           we
           talk
           that
           the
           people
           will
           be
           so
           rash
           in
           Elections
           ,
           we
           observe
           not
           that
           this
           is
           but
           the
           rashness
           of
           the
           Few
           ,
           exalting
           their
           wisdom
           above
           the
           wisdom
           of
           the
           people
           .
           If
           it
           be
           not
           seen
           that
           a
           Commonwealth
           so
           ordered
           as
           hath
           been
           shewn
           ,
           must
           of
           necessity
           consist
           in
           the
           Senate
           of
           the
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           popular
           Assembly
           of
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           after
           such
           manner
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Law
           not
           invented
           by
           the
           wisest
           ,
           and
           enacted
           by
           the
           honestest
           ,
           what
           the
           people
           under
           such
           a
           Form
           shall
           do
           ,
           cannot
           be
           judged
           :
           and
           if
           this
           be
           seen
           ,
           we
           must
           either
           believe
           that
           the
           exclusion
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           the
           protection
           of
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           concern
           not
           the
           wisdom
           or
           interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           which
           case
           they
           are
           points
           upon
           which
           the
           present
           power
           
           ought
           in
           no
           wise
           to
           insist
           ,
           or
           that
           being
           according
           unto
           the
           wisdom
           and
           interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           wisdom
           and
           interest
           so
           collected
           as
           hath
           been
           shewn
           ,
           must
           be
           much
           more
           able
           to
           judge
           of
           ,
           obliged
           to
           adhere
           unto
           ,
           and
           effectual
           to
           prosecute
           those
           ends
           ,
           then
           any
           hundred
           or
           two
           hundred
           men
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           were
           they
           never
           so
           select
           and
           unbyassed
           .
           Which
           nevertheless
           is
           not
           said
           against
           the
           ways
           we
           have
           to
           go
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           end
           in
           which
           we
           are
           to
           acquiesce
           .
        
         
           The
           distinction
           of
           Liberty
           into
           Civil
           and
           Spiritual
           ,
           is
           not
           ancient
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           latter
           date
           ;
           there
           being
           indeed
           no
           such
           distinction
           :
           for
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           once
           granted
           separable
           from
           Civil
           Liberty
           ,
           Civil
           Liberty
           can
           have
           no
           security
           .
           It
           was
           the
           onely
           excuse
           that
           the
           late
           Tyrant
           pretended
           for
           his
           Usurpation
           ,
           that
           he
           coukl
           see
           no
           other
           means
           to
           secure
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           Suppose
           an
           Oligarchy
           were
           like-minded
           ,
           would
           it
           follow
           that
           the
           Tyrant
           did
           not
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Oligarchy
           could
           not
           usurp
           Civil
           Liberty
           ?
           Or
           is
           not
           this
           the
           onely
           plausible
           way
           by
           which
           they
           might
           ?
           What
           encouragement
           (
           except
           for
           present
           ends
           ,
           or
           some
           short
           time
           )
           hath
           liberty
           of
           Conscience
           had
           to
           trust
           more
           unto
           men
           ,
           then
           Civil
           Liberty
           ?
           Or
           what
           became
           of
           that
           Civil
           Liberty
           which
           was
           at
           any
           time
           trusted
           unto
           a
           Prince
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Oligarchy
           ?
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           where
           hath
           that
           Free
           State
           or
           Commonwealth
           been
           ever
           known
           ,
           that
           gave
           not
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ?
        
         
           In
           
             Israel
          
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           or
           when
           it
           was
           scarce
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           
             Paul
             earnestly
             beholding
             the
             Council
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Sanhedrim
           ,
           or
           Senate
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           —
           
             cryed
             out
             ,
             —
             Men
             and
             Brethren
             —
             of
             the
             hope
             and
             resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             I
             am
             called
             in
             question
             :
             and
             when
             he
             had
             so
             said
             ,
             there
             arose
             dissention
             between
             the
             Pharisees
             and
             the
             Sadduces
             .
             —
             For
             the
             Sadduces
             say
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             no
             resurrection
             ,
             neither
             angel
             nor
             spirit
             :
             but
             the
             Pharisees
             confess
             both
             ,
          
           Act.
           23.
           
           Howbeit
           the
           
             Sadduces
             ,
          
           for
           the
           rest
           adhered
           unto
           the
           
             Scriptures
          
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           
             Pharisees
          
           made
           little
           or
           no
           account
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Oral
           Law
           ,
           or
           traditions
           .
           Whence
           it
           followeth
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           
             Senate
          
           there
           were
           two
           Religions
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           that
           in
           this
           Commonwealth
           there
           was
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           
           and
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           ,
           in
           that
           besides
           these
           Sects
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           of
           the
           Essenes
           ,
           this
           Commonwealth
           consisted
           in
           a
           good
           part
           of
           
             Proselytes
             of
             the
             Gates
             ,
          
           who
           did
           not
           at
           all
           receive
           the
           Law
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           but
           onely
           the
           precepts
           given
           by
           God
           to
           
             Noah
             .
          
        
         
           
             Paul
          
           (
           Act
           17.
           )
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           
             seeming
             to
             be
             a
             setter
             forth
             of
             strange
             gods
             ,
          
           (
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             Athens
             )
             because
             he
             preached
             unto
             them
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             the
             Resurrection
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Athenians
           ,
           being
           given
           to
           spend
           their
           time
           in
           telling
           or
           hearing
           some
           new
           thing
           ,
           
             they
             took
             him
             and
             brought
             him
          
           (
           not
           by
           application
           of
           any
           violence
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           curiositie
           and
           delight
           in
           novelties
           )
           
             unto
             Areopagus
             ,
          
           or
           unto
           the
           famous
           Senate
           in
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           called
           
             The
             Areopagites
             ,
          
           honoured
           by
           
             Cicero
             ,
          
           to
           furnish
           an
           Argument
           against
           Atheists
           ;
           where
           he
           argued
           ,
           That
           to
           say
           ,
           
             The
             World
             is
             governed
             without
             God
             ,
          
           is
           as
           if
           one
           should
           say
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Athens
             is
             governed
             without
             the
             Areopagites
             .
             Paul
          
           being
           thus
           brought
           unto
           
             Areopagus
             ,
          
           or
           unto
           the
           place
           (
           that
           you
           may
           see
           it
           was
           not
           under
           custody
           )
           where
           the
           Senators
           used
           to
           walk
           ,
           
             stood
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             Mars-hill
             ,
          
           and
           preached
           :
           now
           the
           
             Areopagites
          
           or
           Senators
           ,
           were
           some
           Epicureans
           ,
           who
           held
           as
           the
           Sadduces
           ;
           and
           others
           Stoicks
           ,
           who
           held
           as
           the
           Pharisees
           :
           and
           
             when
             they
             heard
             of
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             some
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Epicureans
           )
           
             mocked
             ,
             and
             others
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Stoicks
           )
           said
           ,
           
             We
             will
             hear
             thee
             again
             of
             this
             matter
             .
             And
             Paul
          
           (
           for
           another
           Argument
           that
           he
           was
           all
           this
           while
           at
           his
           own
           disposing
           ,
           &
           full
           Freedom
           )
           
             departed
             from
             among
             them
             .
             Howbeit
             ,
             certain
             men
             clave
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             believed
             ,
             among
             which
             was
             Dionysius
             the
             Areopagite
             .
          
           So
           in
           the
           Senate
           of
           
             Athens
          
           there
           were
           now
           three
           Religions
           ;
           the
           Epicurean
           ,
           Stoick
           ,
           and
           Christian
           :
           whence
           it
           must
           needs
           follow
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           there
           was
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           Men
           that
           are
           vers'd
           in
           Roman
           Authors
           will
           have
           little
           Reason
           to
           doubt
           ,
           that
           the
           Learnedst
           of
           this
           People
           gave
           not
           much
           credit
           unto
           the
           fabulous
           Religion
           that
           among
           them
           was
           national
           :
           among
           these
           ,
           as
           is
           yet
           apparent
           by
           his
           Writings
           ,
           was
           
             Cicero
             ,
          
           who
           nevertheless
           lamenteth
           ,
           
           That
           he
           found
           it
           easier
           to
           pull
           down
           a
           Religion
           ,
           then
           to
           set
           up
           any
           ;
           yet
           was
           neither
           
             Cicero
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           man
           of
           his
           judgement
           ,
           for
           this
           ,
           less
           capable
           of
           being
           Consul
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           other
           Magistracy
           .
           All
           things
           are
           not
           equally
           clear
           in
           every
           Story
           ,
           yet
           shall
           no
           man
           give
           one
           reason
           or
           example
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           otherwise
           in
           any
           Commonwealth
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Popish
           Commonwealths
           do
           not
           give
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           No
           man
           can
           give
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           not
           :
           they
           depend
           in
           part
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           whole
           ,
           as
           to
           Religion
           ,
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           and
           so
           have
           not
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           to
           give
           :
           but
           even
           these
           do
           not
           take
           it
           away
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Popish
           Commonwealth
           that
           indureth
           any
           Inquisition
           .
           Now
           I
           say
           ,
           If
           there
           be
           no
           reason
           nor
           example
           that
           a
           Commonwealth
           ever
           did
           invade
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           either
           there
           must
           be
           some
           cause
           in
           Nature
           ,
           which
           hath
           hitherto
           had
           no
           effect
           ,
           or
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           why
           a
           Commonwealth
           can
           invade
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
           But
           the
           reason
           why
           it
           cannot
           ,
           is
           apparent
           :
           for
           the
           power
           that
           can
           invade
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           can
           usurp
           civil
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           where
           there
           is
           a
           power
           that
           can
           usurp
           civil
           Liberty
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Common-wealth
           .
           To
           think
           otherwise
           ,
           is
           to
           measure
           a
           Commonwealth
           by
           the
           overflowing
           and
           boundless
           passions
           of
           a
           Multitude
           ,
           not
           by
           those
           Laws
           or
           Orders
           without
           which
           a
           Free
           People
           can
           no
           otherwise
           have
           a
           course
           ,
           then
           a
           free
           River
           without
           the
           proper
           Chanel
           .
           Yet
           as
           far
           as
           we
           in
           this
           Nation
           do
           yet
           stand
           from
           this
           object
           ,
           we
           can
           perceive
           a
           difference
           between
           men
           ,
           and
           Orders
           or
           Laws
           .
           A
           man
           will
           trust
           the
           Law
           for
           a
           thousand
           pound
           ,
           nay
           must
           trust
           it
           with
           his
           whole
           Estate
           .
           But
           he
           will
           not
           trust
           a
           man
           for
           an
           hundred
           pounds
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           do
           ,
           he
           may
           repent
           it
           .
           They
           who
           dare
           trust
           men
           ,
           do
           not
           understand
           men
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           dare
           not
           trust
           Laws
           or
           Orders
           ,
           do
           not
           understand
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
           I
           told
           a
           Story
           of
           my
           Travels
           to
           some
           Gentlemen
           that
           were
           pleased
           with
           it
           .
           The
           Italians
           are
           a
           grave
           and
           a
           prudent
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           in
           some
           things
           no
           less
           extravagant
           then
           the
           wildest
           ;
           particularly
           in
           their
           Carnaval
           or
           sports
           about
           Shrovetide
           :
           in
           these
           they
           are
           all
           Mummers
           ,
           not
           with
           our
           Modesty
           ,
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           but
           for
           divers
           dayes
           together
           ,
           
           and
           before
           the
           Sun
           ;
           during
           which
           time
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           by
           the
           strangeness
           of
           their
           Habit
           ,
           that
           
             Italy
          
           were
           once
           more
           overrun
           by
           Goths
           and
           Vandals
           ,
           or
           new
           peopled
           with
           Turks
           ,
           Moors
           and
           Indians
           ,
           there
           being
           at
           this
           time
           such
           variety
           of
           shapes
           &
           Pageants
           .
           Among
           these
           ,
           at
           
             Rome
          
           I
           saw
           one
           which
           represented
           a
           Kitchin
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           proper
           Utensils
           in
           use
           and
           action
           .
           The
           Cooks
           were
           all
           Cats
           and
           Kitlings
           ,
           set
           in
           such
           frames
           ,
           so
           ty'd
           and
           so
           ordered
           ,
           that
           the
           poor
           creatures
           could
           make
           no
           motion
           to
           get
           loose
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           caused
           one
           to
           turn
           the
           spit
           ,
           another
           to
           baste
           the
           meat
           ,
           a
           third
           to
           scim
           the
           pot
           ,
           and
           a
           fourth
           to
           make
           green-sauce
           .
           If
           the
           Frame
           of
           your
           Common-wealth
           be
           not
           such
           as
           causeth
           every
           one
           to
           perform
           his
           certain
           function
           as
           necessarily
           as
           this
           did
           the
           Cat
           to
           make
           green-sauce
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           right
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           talk
           we
           of
           Frames
           or
           Orders
           ?
           though
           we
           have
           no
           certain
           Frame
           ,
           no
           fitting
           Orders
           ,
           yet
           in
           this
           Balance
           there
           are
           bounds
           ,
           set
           even
           by
           His
           Hand
           
             who
             stilleth
             the
             raging
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             the
             madness
             of
             His
             People
             .
          
           Let
           the
           more
           wary
           
             Cavalier
             ,
          
           or
           the
           firy
           
             Presbyterian
          
           march
           up
           when
           he
           may
           into
           the
           Van
           ,
           he
           shall
           lead
           this
           Nation
           into
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           or
           into
           certain
           perdition
           .
           But
           if
           the
           old
           Officers
           ,
           men
           for
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           small
           Fortunes
           ,
           but
           all
           of
           large
           Souls
           ,
           ancient
           
             Heroes
             ,
          
           that
           dared
           to
           expose
           themselves
           unto
           ruine
           for
           their
           Country
           ,
           be
           restored
           unto
           their
           most
           deserved
           commands
           ,
           this
           will
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           done
           without
           a
           bloody
           nose
           ,
           or
           a
           cut
           finger
           .
        
         
           We
           hope
           ye
           are
           Saints
           :
           but
           if
           you
           be
           men
           ,
           look
           with
           all
           your
           might
           ,
           with
           all
           your
           prudence
           ,
           above
           all
           ,
           with
           fervent
           imploration
           of
           GOD's
           gracious
           Assistance
           (
           who
           is
           visibly
           crowning
           you
           )
           unto
           the
           well-ordering
           of
           your
           Commonwealth
           .
           In
           the
           manner
           consists
           the
           main
           matter
           .
           Detest
           the
           base
           itch
           of
           the
           narrow
           Oligarchy
           .
           If
           your
           Commonwealth
           be
           rightly
           instituted
           ,
           seven
           years
           will
           not
           pass
           ,
           ere
           you●
           clusters
           of
           Parties
           ,
           Civil
           and
           Religious
           ,
           vanish
           ,
           not
           through
           any
           force
           ,
           as
           when
           cold
           weather
           kills
           flies
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           rising
           of
           greater
           Light
           ,
           as
           when
           the
           Sun
           puts
           out
           
           Candles
           .
           These
           in
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           are
           demonstrable
           ,
           but
           suit
           better
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           present
           times
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Prophesie
           .
           
             England
          
           shall
           raise
           her
           Head
           to
           ancient
           Glory
           ,
           the
           Heavens
           shall
           be
           of
           the
           old
           Metal
           ,
           the
           Earth
           no
           longer
           Lead
           ,
           nor
           shall
           the
           sounding
           Air
           eternally
           renounce
           the
           Trumpet
           of
           Fame
           .
        
         
           
             Ja.
             Harrington
             .
          
           
             
               
                 May
              
               16.
               
               MDCLIX
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .