The Armies dutie; or, Faithfull advice to the souldiers: given in two letters written by severall honest men, unto the Lord Fleetwood Lieutenant-Generall of the Armie, and now published for the instruction of the whole Armie, and the good people of this Common-wealth.
      
       
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             The Armies dutie; or, Faithfull advice to the souldiers: given in two letters written by severall honest men, unto the Lord Fleetwood Lieutenant-Generall of the Armie, and now published for the instruction of the whole Armie, and the good people of this Common-wealth.
             H. M.
             Fleetwood, Charles, d. 1692.
          
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           THE
           ARMIES
           DUTIE
           ;
           OR
           ,
           FAITHFULL
           ADVICE
           to
           the
           Souldiers
           :
           GIVEN
           In
           two
           Letters
           written
           by
           severall
           honest
           men
           ,
           unto
           the
           Lord
           FLEETWOOD
           Lieutenant-Generall
           of
           the
           ARMIE
           ,
           and
           now
           Published
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           the
           whole
           Armie
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           People
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           in
           
             Popes-head
          
           Alley
           ,
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           and
           
             Westminster
          
           Hall
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           REader
           ,
           Whoever
           thou
           art
           ,
           't
           is
           fit
           thou
           should
           know
           that
           the
           following
           Letters
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           Lord
           
             Fleetwood
             ,
          
           and
           read
           by
           him
           before
           the
           calling
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           were
           not
           intended
           to
           be
           published
           ,
           because
           those
           that
           wrote
           them
           ,
           hoped
           that
           this
           advice
           would
           have
           been
           followed
           ,
           and
           they
           so
           much
           wished
           the
           Lord
           
             Fleetvvoods
          
           Honor
           ,
           that
           they
           desired
           the
           good
           he
           should
           do
           might
           appear
           to
           be
           from
           the
           impulse
           of
           his
           own
           mind
           ,
           but
           now
           finding
           that
           our
           Country
           hath
           languished
           so
           many
           months
           since
           ,
           and
           seeing
           the
           distraction
           and
           confusion
           ,
           that
           his
           neglect
           hath
           now
           brought
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           general
           Counsel
           of
           Officers
           ,
           to
           have
           expressed
           their
           sense
           of
           our
           dangers
           and
           impending
           ruine
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           interposed
           in
           the
           dissolving
           the
           Parliament
           :
           when
           they
           found
           by
           experience
           ,
           
           that
           a
           settlement
           would
           not
           be
           made
           by
           them
           ,
           we
           thought
           fit
           to
           make
           these
           Letters
           publick
           ,
           hoping
           that
           it
           may
           in
           some
           measure
           quicken
           up
           the
           Lord
           
             Fleetvvood
          
           himself
           ,
           upon
           a
           second
           reading
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           also
           those
           Officers
           that
           are
           now
           concerned
           by
           the
           utmost
           perill
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           to
           procure
           a
           settlement
           of
           that
           common
           freedome
           ,
           which
           hath
           cost
           so
           much
           bloud
           and
           treasure
           ,
           we
           have
           only
           to
           request
           your
           reading
           these
           Letters
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           season
           wherein
           they
           were
           written
           ,
           and
           without
           prejudice
           upon
           your
           minds
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           :
           Cause
           you
           to
           understand
           and
           do
           the
           things
           that
           belong
           to
           our
           Countreys
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             M.
             
          
           
             H.
             N.
             
          
           
             I.
             L.
             
          
           
             I.
             W.
             
          
           
             I.
             I.
             
          
           
             S.
             M.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           YOu
           have
           long
           been
           the
           object
           of
           many
           good
           mens
           pity
           and
           prayers
           ,
           who
           have
           judged
           in
           charity
           that
           the
           temptations
           of
           your
           late
           Fathers
           Court
           have
           been
           too
           mighty
           for
           you
           .
           But
           now
           you
           are
           become
           the
           object
           of
           their
           prayers
           and
           great
           expectations
           ;
           hitherto
           they
           thought
           you
           unable
           to
           prevent
           the
           wickednesse
           and
           apostacy
           which
           you
           have
           often
           seemed
           to
           mourn
           for
           in
           secret
           .
           But
           now
           the
           chief
           military
           power
           derived
           from
           any
           lawfull
           authority
           being
           fallen
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           Officers
           and
           Souldiers
           in
           the
           Army
           as
           have
           any
           sense
           of
           justice
           and
           honesty
           in
           their
           use
           of
           arms
           ,
           being
           ready
           to
           be
           commanded
           by
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           rejoyce
           in
           their
           return
           to
           their
           first
           principles
           .
           They
           believe
           that
           God
           hath
           made
           your
           way
           plain
           before
           you
           to
           vindicate
           the
           profession
           of
           Religion
           from
           the
           black
           reproaches
           that
           rest
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           restore
           the
           peoples
           liberties
           ,
           the
           Armies
           honour
           ,
           and
           price
           of
           their
           bloud
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           hope
           and
           pray
           that
           the
           Lord
           may
           say
           effectually
           to
           you
           upon
           this
           opportunity
           :
           
             Be
             thou
             strong
             and
             of
             a
             good
             courage
             in
             this
             my
             work
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             be
             with
             thee
             .
          
           But
           if
           you
           should
           now
           sit
           still
           ,
           they
           think
           as
           
             Mordecai
          
           said
           to
           
             Esther
             that
             deliverance
             and
             enlargement
             shall
             arise
             to
             the
             people
             from
             another
             ;
             but
             you
             and
             your
             fathers
             house
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             .
          
           Now
           my
           Lord
           ,
           do
           not
           imagine
           us
           either
           vain
           Enthusiasts
           or
           busie
           bodies
           that
           thus
           mind
           you
           ,
           what
           is
           expected
           from
           you
           .
           We
           are
           such
           as
           engaged
           with
           you
           in
           the
           war
           against
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           and
           do
           believe
           that
           you
           and
           we
           must
           render
           an
           account
           to
           the
           dreadfull
           God
           of
           the
           justice
           and
           sincerity
           of
           our
           intentions
           therein
           ,
           and
           our
           souls
           are
           deeply
           afflicted
           to
           behold
           our
           righteous
           ends
           perverted
           ,
           the
           bloud
           of
           our
           friends
           shed
           in
           the
           quarrell
           ,
           trampled
           upon
           ,
           the
           binding
           power
           of
           trusts
           ,
           promises
           ,
           and
           oaths
           ,
           slighted
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           (
           if
           not
           worse
           )
           principles
           of
           Arbitrary
           power
           ,
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           oppression
           exercised
           ,
           asserted
           ,
           and
           maintained
           ,
           against
           which
           we
           have
           so
           earnestly
           contended
           with
           a
           prodigall
           expence
           of
           our
           bloud
           and
           estates
           ;
           and
           our
           hearts
           are
           wounded
           to
           hear
           our
           old
           cause
           
           now
           made
           a
           mock
           and
           by
           ▪
           word
           by
           our
           enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           such
           a
           black
           brand
           of
           infamy
           set
           upon
           all
           the
           Parliaments
           adherents
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           all
           the
           vilest
           hypocrites
           ,
           who
           made
           pretences
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           faithfulnesse
           to
           their
           Countries
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           to
           be
           only
           a
           cloak
           for
           the
           blackest
           wickednesse
           ,
           as
           if
           none
           of
           them
           had
           ever
           intended
           any
           more
           ,
           then
           by
           force
           and
           fraud
           to
           fat
           up
           themselves
           upon
           the
           bloud
           and
           ruines
           of
           other
           families
           .
           But
           your
           Lordship
           knows
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           invasion
           of
           our
           properties
           and
           liberties
           ,
           by
           taxes
           ,
           illegall
           imprisonments
           ,
           and
           opposition
           of
           the
           Parliament
           in
           their
           supreme
           trust
           of
           ordering
           the
           Militia
           for
           the
           peoples
           safety
           ,
           did
           necessitate
           us
           to
           defend
           it
           by
           arms
           ,
           as
           our
           native
           right
           ,
           that
           the
           trust
           of
           the
           peoples
           safety
           and
           welfare
           ,
           their
           strength
           ,
           and
           purses
           ,
           was
           only
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           successive
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           governed
           only
           by
           the
           Laws
           :
           And
           their
           consciences
           ,
           persons
           ,
           or
           estates
           ,
           to
           be
           at
           no
           mans
           will
           or
           mercy
           ;
           And
           doubtlesse
           the
           defence
           of
           these
           Liberties
           is
           essentially
           necessary
           to
           the
           well
           being
           of
           any
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           being
           of
           publick
           morall
           righteousness
           amongst
           men
           .
           And
           your
           Lordship
           knows
           that
           all
           the
           successes
           and
           victories
           have
           been
           owned
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           wonderfull
           appearance
           of
           God
           for
           his
           people
           in
           this
           honest
           cause
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           caused
           the
           exercise
           of
           the
           chief
           Magistracie
           in
           
             England
          
           by
           a
           single
           person
           to
           be
           abolish'd
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           dangerous
           to
           this
           righteous
           cause
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           uselesse
           and
           burdensome
           .
           Now
           my
           Lord
           ,
           let
           us
           appeal
           to
           your
           conscience
           whether
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           expect
           those
           things
           we
           do
           ,
           we
           are
           unwilling
           lest
           it
           should
           wound
           too
           deep
           to
           make
           a
           comparison
           between
           the
           principles
           of
           Tyrannie
           and
           oppression
           that
           were
           attempted
           to
           be
           practised
           by
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           and
           were
           declared
           by
           you
           to
           be
           begotten
           by
           the
           blasphemous
           arrogance
           of
           Tyrants
           upon
           their
           servile
           parasites
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           have
           been
           practised
           &
           avowed
           since
           God
           gave
           us
           victorie
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           our
           Liberties
           (
           and
           though
           we
           confesse
           the
           greatest
           number
           of
           honest
           men
           have
           hitherto
           least
           smarted
           under
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           infallibly
           have
           the
           greatest
           weight
           of
           them
           upon
           their
           backs
           hereafter
           ,
           should
           those
           principles
           get
           root
           amongst
           us
           ,
           they
           being
           the
           only
           likely
           men
           to
           
           destroy
           them
           ,
           and
           however
           ,
           injustice
           against
           Enemie
           ought
           to
           be
           abhorred
           by
           righteous
           Men
           .
           )
           But
           let
           us
           tell
           your
           Lordship
           that
           it
           is
           the
           secret
           sigh
           of
           every
           honest
           heart
           :
           Oh
           that
           God
           would
           now
           take
           away
           the
           reproach
           from
           this
           People
           ,
           and
           their
           eyes
           are
           much
           upon
           you
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           shoud
           you
           slight
           our
           eyes
           and
           expectations
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           assuredlie
           the
           blood
           of
           our
           friends
           shed
           in
           the
           Cause
           ,
           will
           crie
           aloud
           for
           vengeance
           against
           you
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           better
           thoughts
           of
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           then
           that
           you
           should
           seek
           to
           shelter
           your self
           in
           your
           omission
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Dutie
           ,
           or
           in
           your
           proceeding
           in
           the
           evils
           begun
           under
           those
           vain
           subterfuges
           which
           have
           been
           used
           of
           late
           :
           Oh
           be
           not
           deceived
           with
           pretences
           of
           Providences
           of
           God
           ,
           leading
           you
           from
           your
           old
           Cause
           into
           things
           not
           to
           be
           justified
           by
           the
           morall
           Lawes
           .
           The
           holie
           God
           directs
           his
           People
           only
           into
           the
           paths
           of
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           that
           is
           such
           Actions
           as
           agree
           with
           his
           Lawes
           ,
           1
           ,
           
             Iohn
          
           3.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           10.
           
           
             He
             that
             doth
             not
             Righteousness
             is
             not
             of
             God
             ,
          
           His
           Providences
           and
           his
           Lawes
           always
           speak
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           neither
           let
           any
           man
           deceive
           you
           with
           pretence
           of
           necessitie
           that
           constrains
           you
           to
           desert
           your
           old
           Principles
           for
           the
           People
           of
           Gods
           sake
           and
           to
           advance
           Christs
           Kingdome
           ;
           For
           't
           is
           not
           possible
           there
           should
           be
           necessitie
           to
           transgresse
           a
           Divine
           naturall
           Law
           that
           is
           Eternall
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           cases
           of
           extream
           inevitable
           necessitie
           ,
           that
           may
           disoblige
           a
           man
           from
           some
           Divine
           positive
           Lawes
           ,
           because
           a
           Superior
           that
           is
           a
           Divine
           ,
           naturall
           Law
           may
           oblige
           him
           in
           that
           case
           ;
           Therefore
           in
           everie
           case
           of
           highest
           necessities
           ,
           the
           immutable
           Lawes
           of
           Nature
           ought
           to
           be
           Guides
           and
           Commanders
           of
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           :
           And
           if
           your
           Lordship
           can
           make
           your
           Actions
           or
           Omissions
           consist
           with
           those
           ,
           neither
           God
           nor
           his
           People
           will
           blame
           you
           .
           And
           in
           so
           doing
           onelie
           ,
           you
           can
           advance
           Christs
           Kingdome
           :
           For
           then
           is
           he
           exalted
           when
           supream
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           absolute
           subjection
           is
           given
           to
           his
           Fathers
           Lawes
           in
           the
           deniall
           of
           our selves
           in
           all
           Countermands
           and
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           is
           used
           to
           increase
           the
           number
           of
           such
           Subjects
           :
           For
           this
           Scepter
           ,
           Throne
           and
           Wars
           are
           of
           and
           in
           Righteousness
           .
        
         
         
           Therefore
           ,
           we
           beseech
           your
           Lordship
           without
           hesitation
           or
           delay
           ,
           pursue
           the
           exaltation
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           following
           in
           simplicity
           and
           integrity
           of
           heart
           after
           those
           righteous
           ends
           you
           proposed
           and
           declared
           in
           the
           late
           warre
           ,
           and
           unto
           which
           you
           have
           obliged
           your self
           by
           all
           the
           sacred
           Bonds
           of
           humane
           societie
           :
           be
           not
           affrighted
           with
           some
           Parasites
           ,
           bugbears
           of
           Confusion
           ,
           if
           you
           shake
           the
           
             Diana
             ,
          
           by
           which
           they
           hope
           to
           subsist
           ,
           fear
           not
           assistance
           from
           every
           honest
           heart
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           though
           some
           pretenders
           to
           honesty
           ,
           may
           out
           of
           cowardise
           ,
           or
           ambition
           ,
           or
           covetousness
           ,
           cry
           ,
           ther
           's
           a
           Beare
           and
           a
           Lion
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           yet
           even
           they
           shall
           run
           after
           you
           when
           they
           see
           you
           forward
           in
           your
           way
           ;
           And
           to
           avoid
           delayes
           ,
           let
           us
           beseech
           your
           Lordship
           first
           to
           examine
           your
           conscience
           presently
           what
           you
           can
           answer
           to
           the
           blood
           of
           any
           poor
           Saint
           shed
           ,
           that
           cries
           in
           your
           ears
           to
           settle
           that
           Libertie
           and
           Justice
           in
           his
           Countrie
           for
           which
           he
           shed
           his
           blood
           under
           your
           command
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           what
           you
           can
           answer
           to
           the
           blood
           of
           Thousands
           of
           the
           enemies
           ,
           which
           are
           esteemed
           by
           God
           as
           murdered
           by
           you
           if
           the
           Iustifick
           cause
           of
           the
           war
           be
           not
           effectually
           prosecuted
           .
           Will
           not
           their
           blood
           crie
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           this
           
             Fleetwood
          
           killed
           us
           upon
           pretence
           that
           we
           should
           have
           destroied
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           imposing
           Arbitrarie
           power
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           we
           did
           ignorantlie
           ?
           And
           he
           hath
           done
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           made
           or
           suffered
           more
           heavie
           Yokes
           to
           be
           imposed
           ;
           Pray
           remember
           it
           ,
           The
           Scripture
           saith
           ,
           
             Thinkest
             thou
             O
             Man
             ,
             that
             judgest
             another
             ,
             and
             doest
             the
             same
             things
             thy selfe
             ,
             that
             thou
             shalt
             escape
             the
             iudgement
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Rev.
           1.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           beseech
           you
           to
           examine
           what
           Cause
           you
           now
           maintain
           with
           constant
           expence
           of
           blood
           ,
           and
           the
           Peoples
           Estates
           ,
           and
           how
           you
           can
           give
           an
           account
           to
           God
           for
           it
           .
           Remember
           what
           are
           the
           causes
           for
           which
           God
           alloweth
           mens
           blood
           to
           be
           shed
           without
           blood-guiltinesse
           in
           him
           that
           causeth
           it
           ;
           and
           trie
           whether
           that
           be
           one
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Nation
           greater
           slaves
           to
           
             Iohn
          
           a
           
             Styles
          
           and
           his
           Confederates
           ,
           then
           they
           would
           have
           been
           to
           
             Iohn
          
           a
           
             Nokes
             .
          
           But
           we
           praie
           your
           Lordship
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           that
           anie
           pretence
           can
           be
           found
           for
           it
           ,
           
           state
           a
           justifick
           Cause
           of
           your
           present
           posture
           of
           Arms
           ,
           that
           thousands
           of
           tender
           consciences
           may
           be
           satisfied
           how
           to
           pray
           for
           you
           in
           any
           of
           your
           present
           designes
           ,
           if
           God
           should
           not
           honour
           you
           in
           the
           work
           which
           they
           now
           expect
           from
           You.
           
        
         
           
             Now
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           if
           we
           would
           plead
           with
           you
           by
           worldly
           Arguments
           or
           motives
           ,
           that
           concern
           your self
           ,
           it
           were
           easie
           to
           evince
           ,
           that
           safetie
           ,
           honour
           ,
           and
           greatness
           to
           your self
           ,
           and
           familie
           ,
           can
           be
           certainlie
           compassed
           by
           no
           other
           means
           ,
           then
           by
           returning
           to
           the
           Principles
           from
           whence
           you
           are
           fallen
           ,
           your
           daily
           tenors
           that
           now
           attend
           you
           and
           your
           Counsells
           ,
           would
           soon
           vanish
           ,
           you
           might
           have
           above
           threescore
           thousand
           men
           of
           honest
           principles
           that
           would
           take
           themselves
           concern'd
           to
           be
           in
           armes
           at
           an
           houres
           warning
           to
           assist
           you
           ,
           and
           this
           without
           second
           charge
           ,
           and
           an
           armie
           of
           praiers
           2.
           times
           as
           great
           ,
           indeed
           who
           would
           or
           could
           hurt
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           were
           a
           naked
           sincere
           follower
           of
           that
           which
           is
           good
           .
           We
           appeal
           to
           your
           conscience
           ,
           whether
           you
           do
           not
           believ
           that
           your
           late
           Father
           was
           more
           safe
           with
           a
           Foot-boy
           onelie
           following
           him
           in
           the
           streets
           when
           he
           was
           believed
           to
           intend
           that
           good
           that
           your
           Lordship
           may
           if
           you
           please
           effect
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           afterwards
           (
           when
           he
           was
           believed
           to
           intend
           his
           own
           ambition
           )
           invironed
           with
           Guards
           ,
           and
           enclosed
           with
           locks
           ,
           and
           bolts
           without
           number
           ;
           Indeed
           the
           onelie
           meanes
           of
           safetie
           for
           such
           as
           will
           exercise
           great
           power
           over
           a
           people
           to
           the
           subjection
           of
           their
           liberties
           ,
           is
           a
           mercenarie
           Armie
           .
           And
           if
           that
           consists
           of
           some
           of
           the
           same
           people
           ,
           their
           interest
           will
           change
           as
           often
           as
           they
           get
           estates
           that
           are
           of
           more
           value
           then
           their
           pay
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           will
           be
           readie
           to
           conspire
           with
           any
           of
           the
           people
           to
           provide
           libertie
           and
           securitie
           of
           their
           estate
           for
           their
           children
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Tirants
           shake
           ,
           And
           of
           how
           manie
           slaughters
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           Israell
           do
           we
           read
           by
           their
           own
           service
           ;
           &
           if
           mercenarie
           strangers
           be
           intended
           to
           be
           Guards
           for
           Rulers
           in
           England
           ,
           our
           Ancestors
           taught
           us
           the
           way
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           not
           so
           well
           instructed
           in
           their
           libertie
           to
           ridd
           our selves
           of
           them
           in
           a
           night
           ,
           But
           if
           your
           own
           person
           could
           be
           secure
           for
           a
           while
           ;
           what
           will
           be
           the
           portion
           of
           your
           familie
           ,
           if
           their
           persons
           and
           estates
           be
           left
           to
           the
           mercie
           of
           him
           that
           gets
           uppermost
           ,
           And
           if
           you
           expect
           greatnesse
           or
           honor
           ,
           consider
           whose
           names
           are
           delivered
           to
           us
           from
           former
           ages
           with
           reverence
           ,
           and
           esteem
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           been
           most
           admired
           ,
           honored
           ,
           
           and
           obeyed
           ,
           by
           their
           countrey
           and
           people
           :
           Can
           a
           
             Dionysius
          
           compare
           ,
           command
           or
           fain
           with
           a
           
             Tymoleon
             ;
          
           was
           ever
           great
           
             Cyrus
          
           or
           
             Alexander
          
           obeyed
           like
           the
           poor
           young
           Fisher-boy
           
             Massinello
          
           in
           
             Naples
             ,
          
           whil'st
           the
           people
           imagin'd
           he
           sought
           a
           settlement
           of
           their
           libertie
           ?
           But
           we
           suppose
           the
           sense
           and
           remembrance
           of
           your
           dutie
           to
           God
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           should
           be
           of
           greater
           weight
           in
           your
           Lordships
           heart
           then
           all
           the
           conceits
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           &
           therefore
           we
           also
           forbear
           to
           mind
           you
           of
           the
           improbabilitie
           of
           setling
           this
           Nation
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           pollicie
           ,
           upon
           anie
           other
           basis
           then
           their
           libertie
           ;
           the
           lands
           &
           interests
           of
           this
           Nation
           being
           so
           dispersed
           &
           with
           so
           much
           equalitie
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           shall
           attempt
           to
           invade
           our
           liberties
           will
           not
           find
           an
           interest
           able
           to
           overballance
           the
           peoples
           interest
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           long
           maintain
           a
           Dominion
           over
           them
           ;
           But
           we
           forbear
           to
           mention
           this
           Capital
           politick
           consideration
           to
           your
           Lordship
           at
           present
           ,
           onlie
           let
           us
           beg
           your
           serious
           consideration
           how
           much
           the
           honor
           of
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           Gospel
           is
           concerned
           in
           what
           we
           move
           your
           Lordship
           to
           ,
           &
           expect
           from
           you
           ;
           And
           that
           you
           would
           say
           to
           your self
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           better
           that
           I
           &
           mine
           perish
           ,
           then
           that
           a
           publick
           scandal
           be
           brought
           upon
           Gospel
           profession
           by
           my
           injustice
           &
           treacherie
           to
           my
           Countrie
           under
           a
           shew
           of
           holiness
           ;
           &
           if
           we
           shall
           observe
           by
           your
           Lordships
           actions
           from
           henceforth
           that
           there
           are
           some
           apearances
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           begun
           to
           imprint
           upon
           your
           heart
           the
           sense
           of
           your
           publick
           dutie
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           will
           put
           that
           honor
           &
           greatness
           upon
           you
           to
           be
           the
           restorer
           of
           his
           peoples
           liberties
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           we
           shall
           then
           think
           our selves
           obliged
           to
           write
           again
           to
           your
           Lordship
           or
           wait
           upon
           you
           to
           strengthen
           your
           hands
           ;
           In
           the
           interim
           ,
           we
           shall
           praie
           without
           ceasing
           ,
           that
           wisdom
           ,
           courage
           and
           strength
           may
           be
           given
           you
           from
           the
           Father
           of
           all
           mercies
           ,
           and
           that
           out
           of
           his
           fulness
           you
           may
           be
           in
           all
           things
           prepared
           for
           the
           accomplishing
           his
           own
           work
           of
           righteousness
           ;
           And
           if
           in
           judgement
           to
           this
           Nation
           your
           heart
           should
           be
           hardned
           by
           these
           poor
           lines
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           will
           be
           left
           more
           inexcusable
           ,
           and
           however
           some
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           your
           duties
           will
           arise
           to
           the
           Conscices
           of
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordships
             
             Most
             affectionate
             humble
             servants
             
             So
             far
             as
             you
             follow
             Christ
             —
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           WE
           presumed
           lately
           to
           mind
           your
           Lordship
           of
           your
           present
           oportunity
           ,
           and
           most
           important
           duty
           ,
           and
           our
           souls
           wish
           that
           the
           the
           secrets
           of
           your
           thoughts
           upon
           it
           were
           revealed
           ,
           that
           our
           hearts
           and
           prayers
           might
           be
           towards
           you
           ,
           and
           for
           you
           accordingly
           we
           must
           tell
           your
           Lordship
           that
           you
           have
           since
           wounded
           the
           hearts
           of
           many
           precious
           Saints
           ,
           by
           conducting
           your
           Armie
           officers
           ,
           in
           an
           action
           of
           such
           gross
           hypocrisie
           ,
           and
           palpable
           flattery
           ,
           as
           that
           addresse
           you
           made
           to
           your
           new
           Protector
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           it
           had
           been
           impossible
           for
           your
           Lordship
           to
           have
           said
           privately
           to
           an
           honest
           man
           without
           blushing
           ,
           what
           you
           have
           said
           there
           to
           the
           world
           under
           your
           hand
           ,
           and
           if
           your
           Lordship
           will
           remember
           (
           with
           God
           in
           your
           eye
           )
           what
           is
           said
           of
           your
           father
           ,
           and
           your
           brother
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           unknown
           connexion
           between
           his
           person
           and
           your
           cause
           ,
           which
           a
           lso
           you
           cannot
           now
           ,
           and
           as
           now
           (
           state
           to
           your
           own
           conscience
           as
           just
           ,
           )
           we
           are
           confident
           your
           heart
           will
           smite
           you
           ,
           and
           if
           your
           own
           heart
           condemn
           you
           ,
           God
           is
           greater
           then
           your
           heart
           ,
           and
           must
           much
           more
           condemn
           you
           .
           Truly
           my
           Lord
           ,
           we
           were
           much
           startled
           in
           our
           hopes
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           praiers
           for
           you
           ,
           (
           and
           we
           hear
           the
           same
           of
           others
           )
           when
           we
           saw
           that
           addresse
           ,
           yet
           our
           remembrance
           of
           your
           secret
           expressions
           even
           with
           tears
           ,
           of
           your
           sense
           of
           the
           Armies
           backslidings
           ,
           and
           your
           earnest
           intreaties
           of
           us
           to
           pray
           for
           you
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           great
           respect
           we
           have
           ,
           for
           your
           Lordship
           hath
           inclined
           us
           strongly
           to
           the
           best
           thoughts
           of
           you
           ,
           sometimes
           saying
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           surely
           he
           had
           not
           read
           our
           letter
           before
           his
           Addresse
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           been
           so
           stumbled
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           troubled
           your
           Lordship
           no
           farther
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           so
           placed
           the
           interest
           of
           his
           cause
           and
           people
           upon
           our
           spirits
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           restlesse
           within
           our selves
           ,
           untill
           we
           have
           said
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           either
           effectuall
           upon
           your
           heart
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           discharge
           our
           consciences
           ,
           and
           leave
           you
           inexcusable
           .
           If
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           hath
           made
           us
           his
           remembrancers
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           revived
           his
           fear
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           whilest
           you
           considered
           what
           we
           sent
           you
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           conclude
           
           that
           you
           are
           come
           to
           these
           resolves
           in
           your
           owne
           breast
           ,
           viz.
           1.
           
           That
           the
           peoples
           arms
           of
           this
           nation
           have
           been
           committed
           to
           your
           charge
           in
           your
           severall
           capacities
           ,
           as
           a
           steward
           of
           that
           high
           trust
           for
           them
           ,
           to
           imploy
           them
           for
           their
           benefit
           ,
           in
           preserving
           their
           rights
           and
           freedome
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           must
           give
           an
           account
           to
           the
           eternall
           God
           of
           that
           stewardship
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           you
           are
           under
           all
           possible
           sacred
           and
           indispensable
           obligations
           to
           be
           faithfull
           in
           your
           trust
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           cause
           for
           which
           you
           were
           trusted
           was
           to
           defend
           and
           maintain
           the
           peoples
           right
           to
           make
           laws
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           thereby
           provide
           for
           their
           own
           welfare
           and
           safety
           ,
           by
           such
           persons
           as
           they
           should
           chuse
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           the
           negative
           controule
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           defend
           the
           freedome
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           persons
           ,
           and
           estates
           ,
           in
           being
           over
           the
           only
           government
           of
           their
           own
           laws
           ,
           without
           subjection
           to
           the
           will
           or
           mercie
           of
           any
           man
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           suppose
           you
           may
           also
           conclude
           that
           you
           have
           now
           power
           and
           oportunitie
           cast
           upon
           you
           to
           secure
           this
           libertie
           unto
           Gods
           people
           ,
           according
           to
           humane
           prudence
           beyond
           the
           reach
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           you
           should
           hide
           your
           talent
           of
           power
           ,
           in
           the
           napkins
           of
           fear
           ,
           cowardise
           ,
           ambition
           ,
           or
           self-interest
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           condemned
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           your
           own
           conscience
           ,
           for
           an
           unprofitable
           and
           unfaithfull
           servant
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           God
           hath
           enabled
           your
           Lordship
           thus
           to
           consider
           ,
           with
           a
           pure
           understanding
           ,
           and
           with
           integritie
           of
           heart
           thus
           to
           resolve
           ,
           we
           know
           you
           are
           continually
           saying
           within
           your self
           ,
           men
           and
           brethren
           what
           shall
           I
           doe
           ,
           to
           shew
           my
           faithfulnesse
           to
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           to
           vindicate
           my
           possession
           from
           scandall
           ;
           and
           in
           hopes
           that
           God
           hath
           thus
           disposed
           your
           heart
           ,
           we
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           inquire
           into
           your
           particular
           dutie
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           our
           search
           we
           may
           assert
           this
           generall
           maxime
           ,
           as
           an
           infallible
           pillar
           to
           guide
           you
           in
           your
           present
           dutie
           to
           your
           generation
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           the
           peoples
           liberties
           cannot
           be
           lastingly
           secured
           to
           them
           by
           any
           other
           means
           ,
           then
           an
           institution
           of
           sense
           ,
           wise
           order
           or
           method
           ,
           wherein
           the
           people
           may
           make
           and
           execute
           their
           own
           laws
           ,
           and
           use
           their
           own
           arms
           and
           strength
           ,
           
           for
           the
           common
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           societie
           .
           This
           may
           direct
           all
           your
           Lordships
           thoughts
           and
           debates
           ,
           about
           a
           settlement
           ,
           and
           keep
           in
           your
           eieperpetually
           the
           white
           mark
           wherein
           all
           your
           designes
           and
           contrivances
           of
           publick
           concernment
           ,
           ought
           to
           centre
           ;
           this
           may
           prepare
           you
           ,
           to
           passe
           a
           quick
           sentence
           upon
           all
           the
           ambitious
           proposals
           of
           your
           Court-parasites
           ,
           this
           may
           cut
           off
           all
           those
           Court
           debates
           ,
           about
           impowering
           a
           Prince
           ,
           to
           check
           and
           controul
           the
           people
           by
           his
           negative
           ,
           in
           their
           making
           their
           laws
           .
           It
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           question
           ,
           whither
           the
           people
           should
           make
           their
           own
           laws
           ,
           God
           himself
           having
           resolved
           it
           ,
           the
           very
           point
           being
           the
           single
           point
           whereupon
           you
           joyned
           Battell
           at
           first
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           you
           defending
           that
           the
           Parliaments
           Ordinance
           for
           the
           
             Malitia
             ,
          
           was
           a
           Law
           without
           the
           Kings
           consent
           ,
           and
           he
           denying
           it
           to
           be
           of
           any
           force
           ,
           and
           affirming
           those
           Traitors
           ,
           that
           obeied
           that
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           
             Commissions
             of
             Array
          
           (
           this
           by
           the
           Kings
           Confession
           was
           the
           first
           quarrel
           )
           this
           libertie
           then
           being
           their
           bloud
           ,
           cannot
           be
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           highest
           robberie
           and
           contempt
           of
           Obligations
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           .
           Therefore
           your
           Lordships
           dutie
           is
           no
           more
           then
           to
           contrive
           the
           best
           ,
           most
           prudent
           form
           ,
           and
           order
           ,
           wherein
           the
           people
           may
           injoy
           their
           own
           ,
           with
           the
           least
           hazard
           of
           being
           preyed
           upon
           by
           Tirants
           ,
           or
           being
           disquieted
           by
           their
           own
           ignorant
           disorders
           and
           confusions
           :
           Your
           dutie
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           is
           like
           to
           that
           of
           a
           Guardian
           to
           an
           Heir
           ,
           Not
           to
           give
           them
           an
           Estate
           ,
           but
           to
           set
           down
           rules
           ,
           how
           it
           shall
           be
           ordered
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           put
           in
           quiet
           Possession
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           their
           most
           advantage
           and
           securitie
           ,
           and
           this
           dutie
           is
           the
           more
           incumbant
           upon
           you
           ,
           because
           you
           have
           broken
           ,
           and
           trampled
           to
           pieces
           ,
           beyond
           repair
           all
           those
           old
           Christian
           forms
           ,
           wherein
           they
           formerly
           injoyed
           their
           liberties
           ,
           though
           with
           continuall
           Disputes
           ,
           and
           subject
           to
           daily
           injuries
           and
           oppressions
           .
        
         
           Now
           before
           we
           propose
           to
           your
           Lordship
           any
           Form
           or
           Order
           to
           be
           settled
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           that
           we
           discover
           to
           you
           the
           Errours
           and
           inconsistencies
           ,
           of
           your
           present
           practices
           ,
           and
           appearing
           design
           ,
           both
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           peoples
           liberties
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           it
           's
           a
           grand
           errour
           in
           the
           foundation
           ,
           if
           you
           imagine
           it
           possible
           to
           secure
           libertie
           or
           justice
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           onelie
           by
           advancing
           good
           men
           to
           power
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           trusting
           to
           the
           grace
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           to
           rule
           in
           righteousnesse
           ,
           good
           men
           upon
           the
           single
           account
           of
           mortalitie
           ,
           can
           be
           no
           lasting
           bottom
           ,
           whereupon
           to
           settle
           liberty
           and
           justice
           .
           It
           's
           beyond
           the
           wisdome
           of
           man
           ,
           to
           contrive
           an
           infallible
           provision
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           age
           that
           the
           ruling
           power
           in
           the
           succeeding
           age
           ,
           shall
           fall
           onelie
           into
           good
           mens
           hands
           ,
           but
           what
           age
           ever
           produced
           men
           of
           such
           enlightned
           pure
           minds
           ?
           that
           of
           themselves
           could
           discern
           right
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           cloud
           of
           their
           private
           interest
           upon
           their
           understandings
           ,
           and
           also
           pursue
           such
           dictates
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           without
           interruptions
           by
           corrupt
           affections
           ;
           we
           mention
           this
           ,
           not
           as
           if
           our
           Souls
           did
           not
           wish
           ,
           that
           all
           powers
           were
           vested
           in
           the
           best
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           because
           we
           know
           that
           every
           man
           is
           vanitie
           ,
           and
           a
           Lie
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           believe
           ,
           it
           is
           often
           whispered
           in
           your
           eares
           ,
           by
           some
           weak
           well
           meaning
           men
           ,
           that
           honest
           mens
           liberty
           would
           then
           be
           secure
           ,
           and
           they
           satisfied
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           see
           good
           men
           put
           into
           power
           ,
           saying
           we
           should
           then
           need
           no
           lawes
           ,
           for
           they
           would
           be
           a
           law
           to
           themselves
           ,
           having
           Gods
           law
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           thus
           by
           consequence
           beg
           advancement
           ,
           know
           not
           what
           they
           ask
           ,
           scarce
           intending
           to
           be
           the
           peoples
           lords
           and
           to
           rule
           them
           as
           their
           slaves
           ,
           which
           is
           necessarily
           employed
           in
           the
           arbitrarie
           power
           they
           ask
           ;
           neither
           do
           they
           apprehend
           ,
           what
           horrid
           impietie
           it
           is
           ,
           for
           any
           man
           in
           England
           now
           to
           erect
           ,
           and
           exercise
           an
           arbitrarie
           power
           ,
           they
           see
           not
           the
           blasphemous
           arrogancy
           of
           such
           as
           rule
           without
           lawes
           ,
           being
           indeed
           ,
           an
           attempt
           to
           erect
           their
           throne
           ,
           in
           it
           's
           kind
           ,
           higher
           then
           Almightie
           Gods
           ,
           who
           rules
           and
           judges
           onelie
           according
           to
           his
           lawes
           ,
           without
           which
           there
           is
           neither
           justice
           ,
           nor
           injustice
           in
           things
           humane
           ,
           or
           divine
           ,
           therefore
           the
           peoples
           security
           of
           libertie
           ,
           and
           justice
           ,
           must
           be
           founded
           upon
           excellent
           lawes
           ,
           or
           constitutions
           ,
           for
           the
           continued
           order
           ,
           from
           generation
           to
           generation
           ,
           wherein
           the
           people
           shall
           chuse
           their
           own
           lawes
           and
           magistrates
           ,
           and
           if
           good
           men
           in
           power
           ,
           will
           in
           simplicitie
           and
           integritie
           joyn
           heads
           ,
           hearts
           ,
           and
           hands
           to
           establish
           such
           an
           order
           ,
           or
           forme
           of
           Government
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           worthilie
           esteemed
           the
           founders
           ,
           though
           
           not
           the
           foundation
           of
           our
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           Secondlie
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           grosse
           mistake
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           the
           securing
           the
           peoples
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           the
           creating
           of
           a
           Soveraign
           Prince
           over
           them
           ,
           (
           under
           whatsoever
           title
           )
           can
           consist
           together
           ,
           we
           mean
           such
           a
           Prince
           or
           Potentate
           ,
           the
           tenure
           of
           whose
           power
           ,
           shall
           not
           be
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           who
           shall
           not
           be
           subject
           ,
           and
           accomptable
           to
           the
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           doubtlesse
           the
           people
           may
           not
           be
           free
           ,
           where
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           chief
           Magistrate
           ,
           whose
           deserved
           real
           honour
           and
           greatnesse
           ,
           may
           justly
           make
           him
           disdain
           to
           look
           down
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           the
           greatest
           Monarch
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           shares
           in
           the
           Soveraigntie
           ,
           he
           subverts
           Libertie
           and
           the
           foundation
           of
           his
           own
           glorie
           :
           the
           very
           essence
           or
           formall
           reason
           of
           a
           Nations
           freedom
           ,
           consists
           in
           the
           peoples
           making
           their
           own
           Lawes
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           a
           contradiction
           to
           say
           ,
           we
           are
           free
           under
           a
           Prince
           controling
           our
           Lawes
           in
           their
           Creation
           ,
           or
           Execution
           ,
           and
           imposing
           his
           Officers
           upon
           us
           at
           his
           will
           and
           the
           consequence
           of
           that
           practice
           ,
           even
           in
           our
           late
           Kings
           ,
           hath
           caused
           all
           our
           present
           bloudie
           ruines
           ,
           his
           Officers
           being
           naturally
           inclined
           ,
           and
           resolved
           to
           serve
           their
           Creator
           ,
           to
           the
           subversion
           of
           our
           Lawes
           and
           Liberties
           ;
           besides
           ,
           if
           a
           Prince
           be
           invested
           with
           the
           least
           Punctilio
           of
           the
           Soveraigntie
           ,
           it
           is
           exceeding
           vain
           to
           imagine
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           naturally
           aspire
           to
           the
           top
           of
           it
           :
           every
           thing
           having
           an
           innate
           desire
           of
           its
           owne
           perfection
           ,
           and
           there
           being
           no
           other
           visible
           meanes
           to
           preserve
           from
           the
           peoples
           reach
           ,
           that
           part
           which
           hee
           hath
           ,
           but
           the
           destruction
           of
           their
           Libertie
           ,
           you
           may
           as
           well
           suppose
           ,
           fire
           not
           to
           ascend
           ,
           as
           such
           a
           Prince
           not
           to
           be
           wishing
           and
           aspiring
           to
           be
           an
           absolute
           Lord
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           neither
           ambition
           ,
           nor
           pride
           in
           himself
           ,
           nor
           in
           his
           appendixes
           ,
           his
           Court
           Parasites
           ,
           yet
           the
           unavoydable
           reciprocall
           fear
           ,
           in
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Prince
           ,
           least
           each
           should
           dispoil
           the
           other
           of
           his
           share
           of
           Soveraigntie
           ,
           will
           compell
           the
           Prince
           to
           provide
           for
           his
           own
           securitie
           ,
           and
           do
           your
           Lordship
           think
           he
           will
           believe
           himself
           safe
           ,
           untill
           he
           hath
           set
           himself
           above
           the
           peoples
           reach
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           to
           depend
           upon
           his
           
           will
           ?
           It
           may
           be
           he
           that
           you
           would
           create
           Prince
           with
           a
           small
           share
           of
           Soveraginty
           ,
           would
           at
           first
           thinke
           his
           power
           great
           ,
           yet
           in
           continuance
           he
           would
           esteem
           it
           smal
           ,
           men
           naturally
           reaching
           beyond
           what
           they
           have
           attained
           ;
           Liberty
           therefore
           and
           Principalitie
           ,
           are
           incompatible
           ,
           and
           can
           never
           last
           together
           :
           It
           seems
           strange
           to
           a
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           free
           ,
           and
           yet
           serve
           ,
           and
           be
           imposed
           upon
           it
           's
           strange
           to
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           chief
           Lord
           and
           not
           command
           ;
           The
           meane
           of
           Libertie
           ,
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           Murder
           ,
           and
           Tyrannie
           ;
           any
           Freedome
           from
           Princes
           Commands
           being
           intollerable
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           by
           Violence
           take
           it
           away
           ,
           or
           attempt
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           forceth
           a
           Violent
           brutish
           Tyrany
           ,
           instead
           of
           Government
           ,
           We
           need
           not
           look
           farre
           for
           an
           instance
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           bloud
           and
           sufferings
           of
           our
           Ancestours
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           Age
           ,
           witnesse
           it
           ,
           hath
           not
           our
           Princes
           and
           Ancestours
           been
           alwayes
           strugling
           for
           four
           hundred
           yeares
           ,
           and
           thousands
           perished
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           are
           known
           ,
           besides
           the
           ruine
           of
           many
           Worthies
           which
           no
           History
           durst
           mention
           ,
           unlesse
           with
           Infamie
           ,
           to
           please
           the
           Tyrants
           ,
           And
           your
           Lordship
           hath
           seen
           ,
           with
           what
           an
           Earth-quake
           ,
           Libertie
           subverted
           Principalitie
           ,
           when
           it
           found
           Opportunitie
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           if
           you
           wish
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           Posterities
           no
           greater
           good
           then
           onely
           Quiet
           ,
           it
           behooveth
           you
           to
           make
           us
           wholly
           Free
           ,
           or
           wholly
           Slaves
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           is
           no
           small
           fayler
           of
           foresight
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           imagine
           it
           feasible
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           establish
           a
           Principalitie
           ,
           or
           Monarchie
           ,
           of
           any
           probable
           continuance
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           can
           destroy
           all
           present
           Reall
           Properties
           and
           vest
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           of
           the
           Lands
           of
           
             ENGLAND
             ,
          
           in
           your
           Monarch
           .
           Every
           Princes
           Power
           of
           Command
           must
           arise
           either
           from
           a
           voluntarie
           Submission
           ,
           and
           willingnesse
           of
           a
           People
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           as
           their
           Lord
           ,
           or
           from
           a
           Violent
           Compulsion
           ,
           of
           them
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           both
           those
           are
           founded
           upon
           an
           inequalitie
           ,
           between
           him
           and
           them
           ,
           either
           reall
           or
           apparent
           .
           A
           Peoples
           willingnesse
           to
           serve
           a
           Prince
           (
           if
           any
           such
           be
           )
           ariseth
           from
           their
           apprehension
           
           of
           some
           great
           inequality
           and
           dispropor●ion
           between
           him
           and
           them
           ,
           either
           in
           vertue
           ,
           interest
           ,
           or
           power
           .
           The
           two
           first
           are
           proper
           to
           a
           Prince
           in
           his
           native
           countrey
           ▪
           or
           one
           that
           hath
           dominion
           over
           only
           a
           sovereign
           Prince
           ▪
           who
           may
           be
           thought
           powerfull
           to
           one
           people
           ,
           the
           last
           may
           be
           proper
           to
           protect
           a
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           be
           chosen
           as
           the
           least
           of
           some
           impudent
           mischiefs
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           people
           ever
           were
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           voluntarily
           subject
           to
           a
           Prince
           ,
           upon
           their
           high
           opinion
           of
           his
           unequall
           transcendent
           vertue
           ,
           that
           related
           only
           to
           his
           person
           ,
           and
           never
           was
           or
           can
           be
           a
           solid
           foundation
           for
           an
           hereditary
           Monarchy
           ,
           but
           an
           unequall
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           common
           cause
           ,
           either
           of
           a
           voluntary
           or
           constrained
           subjection
           :
           no
           man
           serves
           for
           nought
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           need
           that
           people
           have
           of
           the
           Lords
           interest
           ,
           that
           procures
           him
           servants
           ,
           and
           enables
           him
           to
           compell
           subjection
           :
           so
           
             Joseph
          
           that
           new
           moulded
           the
           
             Egyptian
          
           Monarchy
           ,
           devised
           a
           way
           for
           the
           King
           to
           get
           all
           the
           possessions
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           people
           might
           serve
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
          
           which
           was
           a
           necessary
           consequence
           .
           'T
           is
           evident
           that
           the
           relation
           of
           masters
           and
           servants
           would
           soon
           be
           banished
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           all
           mens
           interests
           ,
           vertues
           ▪
           and
           strength
           were
           equall
           ,
           and
           much
           sooner
           would
           the
           names
           of
           princes
           and
           subjects
           be
           for
           ever
           razed
           out
           of
           memory
           ;
           surely
           then
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           't
           is
           beyond
           dispu
           e
           that
           if
           you
           intend
           to
           settle
           a
           Monarchy
           over
           us
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           by
           violence
           ,
           for
           it
           cannot
           enter
           into
           your
           heart
           ,
           to
           imagine
           ,
           that
           you
           shall
           find
           a
           man
           ,
           whose
           glorious
           vertues
           shall
           be
           as
           a
           Sun
           amongst
           the
           stars
           compared
           with
           all
           the
           vertues
           in
           this
           nation
           ,
           and
           those
           also
           to
           be
           surely
           intailed
           upon
           his
           heirs
           ,
           neither
           can
           your
           Lordship
           pretend
           ,
           to
           find
           any
           family
           ,
           whose
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           is
           now
           so
           unequall
           ,
           to
           the
           bulk
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           the
           nation
           should
           be
           induced
           by
           their
           interest
           to
           serve
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           a
           compulsive
           subjection
           to
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           product
           of
           an
           unequall
           power
           ,
           is
           as
           good
           as
           written
           with
           a
           Sun-beam
           ,
           he
           that
           forceth
           must
           be
           stronger
           then-he
           that
           is
           forced
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           as
           evident
           ▪
           that
           such
           a
           power
           is
           the
           only
           naturall
           fruit
           of
           an
           unequall
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           beast
           of
           force
           must
           graze
           ,
           that
           bears
           the
           Monarch
           power
           to
           force
           a
           nation
           ,
           cannot
           be
           inherent
           in
           a
           single
           person
           ,
           and
           multitudes
           of
           hands
           ,
           neither
           can
           nor
           will
           serve
           him
           to
           subj●ct
           a
           nation
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           be
           h●red
           ,
           (
           Christ
           himself
           says
           no
           man
           goes
           to
           warfare
           at
           his
           own
           charge
           )
           and
           nothing
           can
           afford
           
           the
           constant
           growing
           hire
           of
           the
           Princes
           own
           ,
           but
           his
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           put
           the
           hirelings
           to
           rob
           and
           pilfer
           for
           their
           own
           ●ire
           ,
           upon
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           lands
           ,
           which
           the
           people
           esteem
           their
           own
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           by
           taxes
           )
           the
           basis
           and
           root
           of
           the
           power
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           forces
           live
           ,
           hath
           not
           an
           appearance
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Monarch
           ,
           nor
           do
           his
           forces
           seem
           to
           have
           a
           necessary
           dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           but
           may
           as
           well
           rob
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           at
           best
           ,
           they
           must
           remain
           a
           fluctuating
           body
           without
           root
           ,
           the
           Monarch
           not
           being
           able
           to
           plant
           them
           upon
           his
           lands
           with
           condit●ons
           of
           service
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           will
           be
           esteemed
           of
           the
           land
           owners
           ,
           only
           as
           the
           common
           thieves
           ,
           whose
           hands
           are
           against
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           every
           mans
           hand
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           robbery
           being
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           to
           be
           renewed
           continually
           upon
           the
           land-owners
           ,
           and
           the
           wound
           alwaies
           smarting
           ,
           't
           is
           of
           more
           constant
           danger
           ,
           to
           subvert
           the
           Monarch
           ,
           then
           it
           were
           for
           him
           to
           cut
           the
           throats
           of
           ten
           thousand
           land-owners
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           possesse
           the
           lands
           ,
           to
           plant
           his
           forces
           upon
           ,
           as
           their
           standing-quarters
           upon
           their
           masters
           own
           lands
           ,
           either
           for
           their
           lives
           ,
           or
           during
           his
           pleasure
           .
           Surely
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           it
           's
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           a
           Monarch
           in
           his
           domestick
           dominions
           ,
           hath
           no
           greater
           rooted
           continuing
           power
           over
           a
           nation
           ,
           then
           he
           hath
           an
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           surmounting
           in
           value
           ,
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           whole
           people
           ,
           as
           that
           interest
           grows
           ,
           by
           murders
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           common
           artifices
           of
           Princes
           ,
           (
           unlesse
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           interposeth
           )
           so
           doth
           his
           power
           root
           ,
           and
           flourish
           ,
           all
           other
           seeming
           power
           of
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           hangs
           as
           the
           ignorant
           use
           to
           say
           ,
           by
           Geometry
           ,
           and
           is
           without
           bottome
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           tree
           whose
           root
           is
           dead
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           kept
           up
           a
           little
           while
           by
           dead
           props
           that
           decays
           with
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           like
           an
           armies
           foraging
           into
           an
           enemies
           countrey
           ▪
           and
           plundering
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           gain
           the
           possession
           of
           a
           town
           ,
           castle
           ,
           or
           house
           there
           ,
           as
           a
           root
           of
           power
           over
           it
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           no
           form
           of
           domestick
           government
           can
           be
           establisht
           to
           be
           of
           duration
           ,
           in
           a
           nation
           ,
           chiefly
           living
           upon
           their
           lands
           ,
           if
           property
           in
           the
           land
           do
           not
           accompany
           the
           Empire
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           that
           order
           which
           governs
           (
           be
           it
           one
           man
           ,
           or
           the
           few
           ,
           or
           the
           people
           )
           do
           not
           possesse
           a
           greater
           share
           of
           the
           land
           of
           that
           countrey
           ,
           then
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           people
           that
           are
           governed
           ;
           and
           therefore
           where
           the
           Administration
           is
           most
           popular
           ;
           servants
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           as
           have
           no
           estates
           are
           reckoned
           to
           have
           no
           share
           ,
           or
           voices
           in
           the
           government
           .
           And
           we
           conceive
           ,
           thatt
           the
           
           founders
           of
           governments
           ,
           have
           either
           framed
           their
           models
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ballance
           of
           property
           ,
           which
           they
           found
           amongst
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           else
           have
           divided
           the
           property
           ,
           and
           reduced
           it
           to
           their
           form
           .
           And
           your
           Lordship
           may
           remember
           when
           God
           himself
           formed
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           by
           
             Moses
          
           hand
           ,
           into
           a
           free
           Common-wealth
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           only
           a
           suitable
           division
           of
           the
           lands
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           but
           a
           perpetuall
           law
           of
           Jubilee
           ,
           to
           prevent
           alienation
           of
           lands
           ,
           and
           the
           growth
           of
           any
           to
           such
           unequall
           interest
           ,
           as
           his
           power
           might
           be
           dangerous
           to
           the
           government
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           people
           rejected
           Gods
           form
           of
           their
           Common
           wealth
           for
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           he
           foretold
           them
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           8.
           11.
           17.
           that
           the
           first
           work
           of
           their
           King
           would
           be
           to
           alter
           the
           modell
           of
           property
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           settled
           by
           God
           and
           take
           away
           the
           best
           of
           their
           fields
           ,
           vineyards
           ,
           and
           olive-yards
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           to
           his
           servants
           ,
           for
           strengthening
           himself
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           should
           become
           his
           servants
           .
           And
           if
           we
           should
           not
           trouble
           your
           Lordship
           too
           much
           ,
           we
           would
           shew
           from
           History
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           lasting
           Monarchies
           that
           ever
           were
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           have
           been
           built
           upon
           this
           foundation
           ,
           of
           possessing
           the
           greatest
           interest
           in
           their
           countreys
           lands
           ,
           either
           immediately
           ,
           or
           by
           their
           Peers
           and
           their
           powers
           ,
           being
           the
           naturall
           result
           of
           that
           ,
           they
           have
           had
           their
           births
           ,
           decays
           ,
           and
           deaths
           together
           .
           Some
           kingdomes
           we
           say
           have
           been
           founded
           upon
           the
           Monarchs
           immediate
           interest
           ,
           or
           property
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           as
           many
           ancient
           
             Eastern
          
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           with
           other
           
             Eastern
          
           Princes
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           who
           are
           sole
           proprietors
           or
           Landlords
           of
           the
           whole
           Territories
           where
           they
           reign
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           their
           tenants
           at
           will
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           for
           life
           ,
           upon
           conditions
           of
           service
           in
           war
           ,
           proportionable
           to
           the
           value
           af
           their
           farms
           ,
           whereby
           the
           
             Turk
          
           keeps
           an
           absolute
           power
           over
           his
           subject
           by
           their
           dependance
           upon
           his
           will
           for
           their
           bread
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           own
           proper
           revenue
           is
           able
           also
           to
           maintain
           an
           army
           of
           strangers
           to
           strengthen
           the
           other
           tie
           ,
           he
           hath
           upon
           his
           vassalls
           ,
           and
           upon
           this
           root
           of
           his
           property
           ,
           (
           to
           the
           eye
           of
           humane
           reason
           )
           his
           power
           has
           grown
           to
           that
           monstrous
           height
           Others
           kingdomes
           have
           been
           built
           upon
           the
           property
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           which
           the
           Monarchs
           ,
           Peers
           ,
           have
           had
           joyntly
           with
           and
           under
           him
           :
           so
           were
           these
           
             Western
          
           dominions
           after
           their
           conquest
           by
           the
           
             Northern
          
           people
           ,
           who
           divided
           a
           land
           ,
           when
           conquered
           ,
           into
           so
           many
           parcels
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           great
           Officers
           ,
           leaving
           the
           choice
           of
           the
           best
           and
           largest
           share
           to
           their
           Prince
           or
           leader
           ,
           he
           becoming
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           
           chief
           Officers
           ,
           holding
           their
           large
           shares
           on
           him
           by
           some
           small
           acknowledgements
           ,
           became
           his
           Dukes
           ,
           Counts
           ,
           and
           Earls
           ;
           and
           the
           common
           souldiers
           (
           who
           came
           indeed
           to
           seek
           a
           countrey
           to
           inhabit
           )
           holding
           together
           with
           the
           poor
           natives
           some
           small
           parcels
           of
           land
           under
           those
           g
           eat-men
           upon
           such
           conditions
           as
           made
           them
           wholly
           dependant
           upon
           their
           Landlords
           ,
           and
           thus
           these
           Dukes
           and
           Earls
           paying
           homage
           and
           fealty
           and
           small
           acknowledgements
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           became
           princes
           in
           their
           own
           divisions
           ,
           and
           thus
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Peers
           over-weighed
           the
           properties
           of
           all
           other
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           power
           of
           our
           ancient
           Monarchy
           was
           founded
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           chief
           Officers
           were
           the
           tenants
           and
           vassalls
           of
           his
           Peers
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           sent
           upon
           occasion
           of
           trouble
           forreign
           or
           domestick
           to
           leavy
           arms
           ,
           who
           gathered
           their
           vassalls
           together
           ,
           and
           either
           assisted
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           fought
           against
           him
           as
           they
           l●ked
           the
           quarrell
           ,
           their
           souldiers
           never
           daring
           to
           dispute
           their
           Lords
           commands
           knowing
           no
           immediate
           Lord
           but
           them
           .
        
         
           Thus
           was
           the
           Kings
           power
           lesse
           or
           greater
           ,
           as
           he
           agreed
           with
           his
           Peers
           they
           having
           been
           able
           (
           as
           your
           Lord
           ship
           knows
           )
           to
           make
           and
           unmake
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           as
           they
           pleased
           ,
           and
           if
           their
           propertie
           in
           the
           lands
           had
           so
           remained
           ,
           nothing
           could
           have
           shaken
           the
           Monarchs
           power
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           kept
           an
           union
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           inferiour
           people
           grew
           by
           degrees
           to
           better
           their
           tenures
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           some
           of
           their
           estates
           hereditary
           upon
           easie
           fines
           at
           every
           change
           ,
           as
           our
           coppy-holders
           of
           inheritance
           and
           some
           to
           have
           their
           estates
           their
           own
           free
           hold
           ,
           and
           in
           fine
           they
           came
           to
           abolish
           in
           
             England
          
           the
           tenures
           of
           vassailage
           &
           vill●uinage
           ,
           which
           is
           yet
           in
           practice
           amongst
           our
           neigh-bour
           natiōs
           ,
           (
           whose
           Monarchies
           stand
           by
           so
           much
           the
           stronger
           )
           and
           the
           people
           having
           got
           a
           better
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           soon
           obtained
           some
           share
           in
           the
           government
           they
           were
           then
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           summoned
           to
           the
           national
           meetings
           then
           called
           Gamont
           ,
           since
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           consider
           what
           way
           to
           supply
           their
           King
           with
           money
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           come
           only
           from
           their
           purses
           and
           properties
           (
           the
           nobles
           then
           (
           as
           now
           in
           
             France
             )
          
           payiny
           no
           Tax
           or
           Tollage
           )
           and
           the
           sense
           they
           had
           of
           their
           own
           properties
           in
           the
           lands
           made
           them
           soon
           after
           challenge
           it
           as
           their
           right
           ,
           that
           their
           King
           could
           take
           no
           tax
           ,
           toll
           ,
           or
           tollage
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           were
           pleased
           to
           give
           it
           him
           in
           their
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           peoples
           yoakes
           ,
           growing
           more
           easy
           ,
           their
           wealth
           increased
           ,
           and
           lands
           being
           commonly
           
           suffered
           to
           be
           alienated
           ,
           the
           multitude
           became
           the
           purchasers
           ,
           and
           some
           bought
           off
           their
           serviccs
           that
           still
           remained
           due
           to
           their
           Lords
           ,
           and
           others
           bought
           their
           Lords
           lands
           ,
           who
           proved
           prodigalls
           ,
           and
           as
           occasion
           was
           offered
           ,
           the
           Churches
           lands
           ,
           and
           this
           together
           with
           some
           Kings
           endeavours
           to
           abate
           the
           power
           of
           their
           Peers
           in
           their
           Countreys
           ,
           reduced
           the
           English
           Peerage
           to
           an
           empty
           name
           ,
           the
           greatest
           quantity
           of
           the
           lands
           ,
           and
           with
           those
           ,
           the
           power
           being
           fallen
           into
           the
           Commons
           hands
           ,
           before
           the
           Warr
           ,
           who
           being
           then
           sensible
           ,
           they
           neither
           depended
           upon
           the
           King
           nor
           his
           Peers
           for
           their
           Bread
           ,
           conceived
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           serve
           none
           but
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           commanded
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           lawes
           imposed
           upon
           them
           by
           the
           King
           or
           his
           Peers
           ,
           judging
           it
           the
           right
           of
           a
           people
           ,
           whose
           property
           rendred
           them
           free
           ,
           and
           independent
           to
           chuse
           their
           own
           lawes
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           being
           intended
           onely
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           own
           properties
           and
           liberties
           ;
           and
           thus
           did
           our
           House
           of
           Commons
           gradually
           grow
           to
           that
           power
           which
           in
           latter
           time
           proved
           formidable
           to
           the
           Kings
           ,
           there
           wanting
           nothing
           to
           the
           destructon
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           whose
           pillars
           were
           broken
           ,
           but
           an
           occasion
           for
           the
           people
           to
           feel
           the
           power
           they
           had
           ,
           &
           this
           was
           the
           naturall
           cause
           of
           our
           late
           Kings
           projecting
           to
           have
           brought
           
             German
          
           Horse
           ,
           or
           an
           
             Irish
          
           Army
           into
           England
           ,
           a
           mercenary
           Army
           being
           the
           last
           refuge
           of
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           devested
           of
           his
           Nobility
           ,
           (
           though
           that
           also
           will
           prove
           but
           a
           violent
           dead
           prop
           ,
           and
           soon
           rotten
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           can
           suddainly
           reassume
           a
           greater
           property
           ,
           &
           give
           them
           root
           by
           an
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           upon
           conditions
           of
           serving
           him
           )
           And
           this
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Kings
           raising
           his
           Guard
           at
           
             York
             ,
          
           and
           leaving
           the
           VVarre
           ;
           being
           the
           last
           means
           to
           support
           his
           power
           ;
           therefore
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           dying
           pangs
           of
           a
           Monarchial
           power
           in
           England
           ,
           caused
           our
           VVarrs
           ,
           as
           his
           violent
           stranglings
           for
           life
           ,
           much
           rather
           ,
           then
           that
           the
           VVarre
           caused
           the
           destruction
           of
           Monarchiall
           power
           ;
           the
           Parliaments
           Army
           did
           indeed
           prevent
           a
           possibility
           of
           the
           resurrection
           of
           that
           power
           ,
           by
           a
           forcible
           changing
           the
           property
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           and
           so
           reviving
           a
           new
           Monarchy
           ;
           but
           the
           old
           was
           dead
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           natural
           desolution
           before
           the
           Parlament
           voted
           it
           uselesse
           ,
           burdensome
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           ;
           for
           surely
           't
           is
           neither
           of
           the
           three
           ,
           where
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           as
           it's
           single
           property
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           or
           in
           union
           with
           his
           Nobility
           ,
           makes
           the
           people
           live
           upon
           him
           and
           them
           ,
           though
           't
           is
           most
           certainly
           all
           the
           
           three
           ,
           where
           it
           must
           be
           fed
           upon
           the
           peoples
           properties
           ;
           like
           the
           Snake
           in
           the
           Rustick's
           house
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           able
           to
           oppresse
           them
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           wee
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           clear
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           England
           is
           now
           become
           an
           unnatural
           soyl
           for
           a
           Monarch
           .
           The
           Governor
           of
           the
           World
           by
           various
           providences
           hath
           so
           divided
           the
           land
           amongst
           the
           bulk
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           live
           of
           themselves
           without
           serving
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           preposterous
           to
           impose
           a
           Monarch
           upon
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           a
           law
           ,
           that
           the
           weaker
           shall
           alwaies
           binde
           the
           stronger
           ;
           we
           believe
           it
           no
           less
           impossible
           to
           establish
           a
           lasting
           Monarch
           in
           England
           without
           alteration
           of
           the
           interest
           ,
           the
           multitude
           hath
           in
           the
           lands
           ,
           and
           naturall
           power
           ,
           then
           it
           were
           to
           settle
           a
           firm
           lasting
           free
           State
           ,
           or
           Commonwealth
           in
           the
           Turkish
           Territories
           ,
           suffering
           the
           
             Ottoman
          
           to
           Family
           to
           remain
           the
           sole
           Landlord
           of
           the
           Territories
           ,
           as
           now
           he
           is
           ;
           and
           we
           suppose
           ,
           that
           obvious
           objection
           ,
           that
           England
           hath
           been
           a
           Monarchy
           for
           many
           hundred
           years
           ,
           is
           clearly
           answered
           ,
           from
           what
           we
           have
           said
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           take
           us
           as
           conquered
           ,
           as
           much
           by
           your
           Army
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           
             Normans
             ,
          
           and
           think
           to
           settle
           a
           Monarchy
           like
           theirs
           ,
           in
           a
           new
           line
           ;
           you
           see
           the
           Materialls
           ,
           for
           your
           building
           and
           theirs
           ,
           are
           of
           a
           different
           form
           ,
           and
           can
           never
           make
           a
           like
           building
           ;
           England
           then
           yielded
           earth
           to
           the
           Conqueror
           ,
           by
           vast
           Earldomes
           ,
           and
           Baronies
           ,
           for
           the
           plantation
           of
           his
           new
           Potentates
           ,
           and
           a
           few
           confiscations
           or
           forfeitures
           made
           his
           own
           and
           his
           creatures
           interest
           in
           the
           lands
           to
           exceed
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           besides
           ,
           the
           temper
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           whom
           any
           property
           in
           the
           land
           was
           left
           ,
           was
           much
           different
           from
           that
           you
           now
           finde
           ,
           they
           being
           then
           bred
           to
           learn
           ,
           and
           know
           no
           better
           ;
           now
           being
           bred
           in
           some
           liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           continuall
           claim
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           Neither
           can
           your
           Lordship
           with
           reason
           hope
           to
           prop
           up
           a
           new
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           an
           Army
           of
           Natives
           ,
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           Taxes
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           how
           soon
           their
           Estates
           of
           inheritance
           and
           naturall
           love
           to
           posterity
           ,
           with
           their
           independency
           upon
           the
           Monarch
           ,
           a
           disgust
           of
           the
           universall
           Odium
           ,
           they
           must
           live
           under
           by
           extorting
           Taxes
           ,
           will
           make
           them
           espouse
           the
           nationall
           interest
           as
           their
           own
           ,
           as
           did
           the
           forreign
           plants
           of
           the
           
             Normans
             ,
          
           when
           rooted
           in
           lands
           of
           inheritance
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           sort
           of
           Armes
           ,
           to
           be
           maintained
           by
           a
           meet
           Tax
           ,
           can
           long
           support
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           because
           the
           very
           Tax
           ,
           if
           nothing
           else
           ,
           create's
           and
           maintain's
           him
           Enemies
           that
           have
           roots
           in
           his
           dominions
           ,
           
           when
           his
           friends
           have
           none
           :
           we
           could
           now
           shew
           your
           Lordship
           invincible
           difficulties
           (
           as
           our
           Case
           is
           )
           to
           found
           a
           Monarchy
           though
           you
           should
           confiscate
           to
           your selves
           most
           of
           the
           peoples
           ends
           ,
           to
           make
           your
           land
           property
           over
           weigh
           al
           the
           rest
           but
           we
           believe
           the
           confiscation
           of
           a
           people
           ,
           that
           have
           never
           fought
           against
           you
           ,
           but
           whose
           armes
           you
           have
           borne
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           act
           so
           unnaturall
           and
           so
           full
           of
           blacknesse
           and
           horrour
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           never
           be
           admitted
           room
           in
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           shall
           say
           nothing
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Fourhly
           ,
           but
           my
           Lord
           therei
           's
           a
           fourth
           mistake
           that
           deserves
           the
           first
           place
           in
           the
           file
           of
           Errors
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           conceive
           it
           possible
           to
           settle
           your
           Brother
           
             Richard
          
           and
           his
           heirs
           as
           our
           Prince
           ,
           to
           share
           in
           the
           Sovereign
           power
           ,
           if
           the
           wounds
           of
           Monarchiall
           power
           in
           England
           ,
           were
           not
           mortall
           ,
           doubtlesse
           his
           art
           and
           experience
           renders
           not
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Surgeon
           fit
           for
           the
           cure
           ;
           it
           was
           poverty
           and
           famine
           that
           shot
           his
           deadly
           arrow
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           our
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           no
           plaister
           can
           heal
           it
           ,
           but
           Mammon
           to
           make
           it self
           new
           friends
           ,
           and
           do
           your
           Lordship
           judge
           his
           estate
           and
           property
           sufficient
           to
           make
           him
           friends
           enough
           to
           compell
           this
           Nation
           to
           subjection
           ?
           what
           can
           a
           prudent
           man
           fancy
           as
           a
           foundation
           of
           his
           Empire
           ?
           wherein
           is
           the
           equality
           between
           him
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           even
           in
           your
           opinion
           ,
           or
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           present
           Armies
           conscience
           ?
           it
           was
           said
           in
           the
           last
           Parlament
           frequently
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           unknown
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           having
           never
           actually
           drawn
           sword
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           was
           never
           observed
           to
           have
           had
           any
           affection
           for
           the
           Parlaments
           Cause
           ;
           if
           your
           Lordship
           please
           to
           consider
           it
           ,
           you
           will
           finde
           such
           disadvantages
           attends
           your
           Brother
           ,
           in
           his
           aspiring
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           as
           would
           render
           his
           settlement
           very
           doubtfull
           ,
           if
           the
           basis
           for
           Monarchy
           stood
           firm
           in
           England
           ;
           We
           pray
           your
           Lordship
           think
           of
           the
           primary
           of
           his
           Education
           ,
           the
           tenderness
           of
           his
           years
           ,
           the
           meanenesse
           of
           hisnatural
           Authority
           ,
           the
           slenderness
           of
           his
           reputation
           as
           soldier
           ,
           or
           Counseller
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           hatred
           and
           contempt
           the
           people
           hath
           conceived
           him
           ;
           either
           of
           which
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           to
           ruine
           a
           settled
           Prince
           ;
           and
           adde
           unto
           these
           ,
           the
           claime
           and
           pretence
           he
           sets
           up
           ,
           by
           pretending
           to
           be
           our
           Prince
           ,
           for
           
             Charles
             Stewart
          
           against
           himselfe
           :
           (
           whose
           interest
           and
           friends
           forreign
           and
           domestique
           may
           at
           the
           least
           be
           put
           in
           the
           ballance
           with
           your
           Brothers
           )
           which
           gives
           life
           to
           a
           growing
           root
           of
           a
           civill
           Warr
           ;
           and
           adde
           farther
           ,
           your
           rendring
           all
           knowing
           
           conscientious
           men
           desperate
           of
           their
           liberty
           bought
           with
           their
           bloud
           ,
           &
           then
           remember
           the
           feeble
           interest
           and
           repute
           of
           his
           Lords
           ,
           who
           in
           stead
           of
           supporting
           his
           Throne
           ,
           as
           their
           predecessours
           did
           their
           Princes
           have
           need
           to
           be
           supported
           by
           it
           .
           And
           once
           more
           adde
           ,
           that
           his
           onely
           hope
           and
           refuge
           being
           an
           army
           for
           Gods
           assistance
           in
           such
           designes
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           )
           that
           those
           are
           natives
           ,
           not
           his
           servants
           ,
           nor
           obliged
           to
           any
           dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           who
           must
           against
           their
           trust
           and
           oarhs
           ,
           fight
           against
           their
           own
           countrey
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           interest
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           to
           transmit
           to
           posterity
           their
           estates
           in
           security
           and
           fr●●dome
           )
           and
           that
           all
           their
           pay
           must
           be
           extorted
           from
           the
           people
           (
           wherein
           their
           relations
           are
           concerned
           )
           by
           taxes
           and
           collages
           ,
           and
           that
           your
           Brother
           must
           have
           the
           greatest
           share
           of
           them
           to
           subsist
           upon
           in
           his
           pomp
           ,
           and
           that
           many
           of
           those
           think
           their
           own
           merit
           and
           value
           equall
           to
           your
           Brothers
           ,
           and
           may
           not
           be
           full
           proof
           against
           ambition
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           not
           discern
           what
           aid
           he
           contributes
           to
           the
           paying
           of
           the
           taxes
           ,
           whereof
           he
           spends
           so
           much
           ;
           nor
           what
           need
           have
           they
           of
           him
           .
           Then
           your
           Lordship
           will
           passe
           a
           deliberate
           resolve
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           probable
           to
           settle
           your
           Brother
           as
           your
           Monarch
           ,
           especially
           if
           your
           Lordship
           remember
           w
           with
           what
           difficulty
           fear
           and
           danger
           your
           father
           was
           supported
           for
           three
           or
           foure
           years
           only
           under
           most
           of
           the
           contrary
           advantages
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           his
           pretence
           to
           army
           and
           people
           (
           believed
           by
           many
           )
           that
           he
           abhorred
           the
           thoughts
           of
           the
           reviving
           the
           old
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           intended
           to
           procure
           a
           settlement
           of
           true
           liberty
           .
        
         
           Now
           my
           Lord
           ,
           when
           we
           think
           upon
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           the
           work
           you
           are
           called
           to
           ,
           't
           is
           evident
           to
           us
           that
           God
           hath
           hedged
           up
           all
           the
           by-waies
           from
           your
           duty
           with
           thorns
           ,
           or
           rather
           seas
           and
           mountains
           of
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           path
           of
           righteousnesse
           plain
           and
           easy
           .
           'T
           is
           your
           duty
           to
           restore
           the
           people
           to
           their
           liberty
           ,
           and
           lay
           solid
           foundations
           of
           common
           right
           and
           justice
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           natural
           course
           and
           order
           of
           things
           ,
           it
           appears
           almost
           impossible
           to
           make
           them
           slaves
           .
           Oh
           then
           give
           glory
           to
           God
           ,
           vindicate
           the
           profession
           of
           religion
           ,
           and
           make
           your
           own
           name
           as
           sweet
           odours
           to
           all
           generations
           in
           doing
           your
           duty
           ,
           as
           a
           freewill-offering
           ,
           chearfully
           and
           speedily
           ,
           least
           your
           own
           necessities
           ,
           and
           the
           peoples
           confusions
           should
           extort
           it
           from
           you
           .
           Your
           only
           businesse
           then
           my
           Lord
           )
           is
           to
           settle
           the
           order
           for
           the
           continuall
           successive
           assemblies
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           
           make
           their
           own
           laws
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           all
           present
           forms
           being
           broken
           by
           you
           ,
           and
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           upon
           you
           ,
           to
           appoint
           what
           shall
           be
           next
           ,
           though
           you
           would
           return
           back
           to
           that
           imperfect
           form
           of
           Parliaments
           that's
           now
           become
           unsuitable
           for
           us
           as
           a
           free
           people
           .
           For
           it
           is
           essentially
           necessary
           to
           the
           securitie
           of
           freedome
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           assemblie
           should
           never
           have
           the
           debating
           and
           finally
           resolving
           power
           in
           them
           ,
           least
           it
           suddenly
           degenerates
           into
           an
           Oligarchie
           or
           Tyrannie
           of
           some
           few
           ,
           that
           assembly
           being
           in
           such
           a
           case
           able
           to
           perpetuate
           themselves
           .
           Of
           this
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           hath
           given
           as
           an
           experiment
           in
           the
           long
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           exercising
           both
           the
           debating
           and
           determining
           power
           ,
           were
           strongly
           tempted
           to
           have
           made
           themselves
           perpetually
           legislators
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           governed
           according
           to
           their
           private
           interests
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           had
           taken
           effect
           ,
           would
           have
           as
           much
           destroyed
           the
           common
           interest
           and
           common
           right
           ,
           vertue
           and
           liberty
           ,
           as
           the
           same
           power
           exercised
           by
           a
           single
           person
           ,
           who
           doth
           also
           naturally
           make
           his
           whole
           government
           ,
           centre
           in
           his
           particular
           interest
           .
           Therefore
           the
           order
           that
           hath
           alwaies
           been
           in
           effect
           amongst
           free
           people
           ,
           (
           although
           with
           some
           variation
           of
           names
           and
           circumstances
           )
           hath
           been
           this
           :
           They
           have
           ranked
           themselves
           into
           three
           orders
           ,
           the
           people
           ,
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           whereby
           they
           have
           made
           themselves
           partakers
           of
           all
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           naturall
           Democracy
           ,
           Aristocracy
           ,
           and
           Monarchy
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           have
           had
           the
           good
           effects
           of
           all
           the
           excellent
           endowments
           for
           rule
           and
           order
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           dispensed
           to
           any
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           wise
           distribution
           of
           the
           power
           amongst
           them
           ,
           with
           controuls
           to
           every
           of
           their
           corrupt
           affections
           ,
           unto
           which
           they
           were
           prone
           ,
           they
           have
           prevented
           the
           mischiefs
           apt
           to
           ensue
           ,
           when
           the
           governing
           power
           happened
           to
           be
           placed
           solely
           in
           any
           of
           the
           three
           .
           By
           the
           people
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           (
           in
           large
           populous
           places
           where
           the
           body
           of
           the
           people
           is
           too
           large
           to
           meet
           )
           the
           popular
           assembly
           chosen
           by
           the
           body
           of
           the
           people
           of
           interests
           and
           estates
           ,
           who
           have
           right
           of
           sufferage
           amongst
           us
           .
           This
           Counsell
           or
           Assembly
           ought
           to
           be
           numerous
           ,
           as
           one
           thousand
           or
           more
           ,
           and
           
           their
           function
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           give
           their
           affirmative
           or
           negative
           to
           all
           laws
           ,
           matters
           of
           peace
           ,
           warre
           ,
           and
           leveys
           of
           money
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           debate
           ,
           or
           arguing
           ,
           which
           would
           bring
           in
           confusion
           in
           so
           great
           an
           assembly
           .
           Therefore
           the
           matters
           ought
           always
           to
           be
           proposed
           by
           the
           Senate
           ,
           a
           convenient
           time
           before
           ,
           that
           the
           popular
           assembly
           may
           be
           fully
           advised
           of
           them
           ,
           before
           their
           meeting
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           are
           to
           be
           summoned
           to
           meet
           ,
           by
           one
           of
           their
           own
           choice
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           and
           therefore
           they
           ought
           to
           reside
           near
           the
           chief
           Citie
           ,
           for
           the
           time
           of
           their
           power
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           for
           two
           or
           three
           years
           ,
           one
           third
           going
           out
           of
           Office
           every
           year
           the
           Assembly
           being
           filled
           by
           a
           new
           choice
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           called
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Common
           wealth
           ;
           The
           Senate
           is
           the
           wisedom
           and
           Authoritie
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           select
           Company
           ,
           not
           very
           numerous
           ,
           chosen
           by
           the
           whole
           People
           at
           the
           same
           time
           and
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           with
           the
           popular
           Councell
           ,
           and
           to
           continue
           for
           the
           same
           space
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           changes
           and
           recruits
           :
           The
           Office
           of
           this
           Councell
           ,
           is
           to
           manage
           affairs
           of
           Peace
           and
           Warrs
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           hath
           Decreed
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           all
           Lawes
           and
           Decrees
           ,
           ready
           for
           their
           Sufferage
           ,
           to
           command
           the
           Forces
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           according
           to
           such
           Lawes
           and
           Orders
           as
           shall
           be
           either
           Fundamental
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           (
           for
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           an
           Instrument
           of
           Government
           )
           or
           made
           from
           time
           to
           time
           by
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Senate
           is
           to
           debate
           and
           propose
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           to
           Decree
           and
           resolve
           all
           Lawes
           going
           in
           the
           name
           of
           both
           of
           these
           Deputies
           ,
           both
           Senate
           and
           People
           ought
           to
           have
           moderate
           Sallaries
           allowed
           them
           ,
           to
           prevent
           corruption
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           recompence
           for
           the
           neglect
           of
           their
           private
           affairs
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           popular
           Assembly
           may
           have
           fourty
           shillings
           
             per
          
           week
           ,
           &
           those
           of
           the
           Senate
           may
           have
           five
           hundred
           pound
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           their
           pains
           ,
           care
           ,
           and
           expence
           ,
           being
           to
           be
           probably
           much
           greater
           ,
           regard
           being
           also
           had
           to
           their
           qualitie
           ,
           now
           if
           it
           should
           not
           be
           provided
           in
           the
           foundation
           ,
           that
           the
           Popular
           Assembly
           should
           not
           assume
           the
           debate
           ,
           it
           would
           come
           to
           an
           Anarchie
           ;
           but
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           which
           perished
           by
           that
           means
           :
           and
           if
           the
           Senate
           should
           take
           upon
           them
           the
           result
           ,
           it
           would
           soon
           be
           an
           Oligarchy
           ,
           (
           or
           Tyranny
           of
           a
           few
           )
           For
           they
           might
           
           with
           a
           Vote
           perpetuate
           themselves
           ,
           and
           govern
           the
           Nation
           according
           to
           their
           private
           interest
           ;
           but
           both
           Counsels
           can
           never
           agree
           to
           perpetuate
           themselves
           ,
           for
           the
           popular
           Assemblies
           Office
           ,
           being
           not
           of
           profit
           ,
           but
           burden
           ,
           and
           being
           acpable
           when
           out
           of
           that
           Office
           ,
           to
           be
           chosen
           into
           the
           Senate
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           more
           profit
           and
           authoritie
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           against
           their
           interest
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           certain
           Bond
           upon
           Mankind
           )
           to
           perpetuate
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           yearly
           change
           of
           a
           third
           in
           each
           Councels
           ,
           bringing
           the
           whole
           number
           by
           Successive
           Changes
           ,
           so
           suddenly
           into
           their
           private
           Capacities
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Good
           ,
           or
           suffer
           the
           harmes
           of
           what
           is
           done
           by
           the
           Councell
           ,
           in
           an
           equalitie
           with
           the
           whole
           people
           ,
           it
           is
           of
           naturall
           impulse
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Government
           ,
           should
           be
           onely
           according
           to
           the
           publicke
           reason
           and
           interest
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           imagined
           to
           deviate
           from
           the
           proper
           ends
           of
           Government
           ,
           neither
           can
           any
           Brazen-wall
           ,
           be
           so
           firm
           and
           lasting
           ,
           against
           the
           private
           Interest
           and
           Pretence
           of
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             ,
          
           as
           the
           moulding
           the
           people
           into
           these
           Orders
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           danger
           ,
           that
           the
           Senate
           and
           people
           should
           agree
           to
           de-throne
           themselves
           ,
           to
           be
           yoaked
           by
           a
           Monarch
           :
           And
           we
           may
           safely
           say
           ,
           that
           no
           people
           formed
           into
           these
           Orders
           ,
           if
           their
           number
           held
           any
           neer
           proportion
           to
           lie
           under
           Monarchie
           ,
           were
           ever
           yet
           subdued
           by
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           untill
           this
           Day
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           were
           first
           broken
           in
           pieces
           by
           themselves
           ,
           through
           some
           inequalitie
           in
           the
           Constitution
           of
           their
           Orders
           ,
           but
           mightie
           Monarchs
           have
           been
           often
           led
           Captives
           by
           such
           people
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           Order
           ,
           is
           the
           Magistracy
           ,
           wherein
           some
           are
           Chiefe
           ,
           some
           subordinate
           ,
           some
           Senatorian
           ,
           some
           Popular
           ,
           and
           are
           chosen
           accordingly
           ,
           being
           all
           changeable
           ,
           at
           certain
           times
           ,
           and
           wholly
           subject
           to
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Order
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           And
           the
           Office
           of
           these
           ,
           is
           to
           execute
           impartially
           all
           the
           Lawes
           made
           as
           is
           before
           expressed
           .
           It
           is
           possible
           it
           may
           consist
           with
           the
           Common
           Interest
           ,
           to
           have
           one
           chiefe
           Magistrate
           ,
           in
           whom
           the
           Title
           &
           Honour
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           may
           reside
           in
           publicke
           Solemnities
           and
           addresses
           ;
           So
           that
           no
           publick
           Action
           bee
           
           left
           to
           his
           discretion
           ,
           We
           shall
           not
           mention
           the
           Excellent
           Order
           of
           Armes
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Consequence
           of
           Casting
           a
           People
           into
           this
           Forme
           ,
           whereby
           they
           subsist
           ,
           and
           become
           invincible
           by
           their
           own
           Armies
           ,
           not
           by
           Mercinaries
           .
           We
           onely
           mention
           the
           first
           Forme
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Foundation
           of
           Libertie
           to
           a
           people
           ought
           to
           be
           laid
           ,
           that
           is
           by
           Establishing
           the
           Popular
           Assembly
           ,
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistracy
           ;
           these
           are
           Essentiall
           unto
           true
           Libertie
           ,
           the
           Superstructures
           have
           differed
           amongst
           severall
           free
           People
           ,
           according
           to
           divers
           accidents
           ,
           We
           shall
           not
           presume
           so
           well
           of
           our selves
           as
           to
           offer
           any
           Direction
           to
           your
           Lordship
           in
           them
           :
           but
           if
           God
           shall
           prepare
           your
           heart
           for
           such
           a
           Worke
           of
           Righteousness
           and
           Honour
           ,
           we
           shall
           readily
           throw
           in
           our
           Mite
           of
           Advice
           to
           your
           Treasury
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           We
           have
           now
           not
           onely
           Cleared
           it
           to
           be
           your
           Lordships
           Duetie
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           free
           ,
           but
           shewed
           wherein
           the
           Foundation
           of
           our
           Libertie
           must
           be
           laid
           ,
           and
           the
           ground
           is
           digged
           to
           your
           hand
           ,
           the
           Lands
           being
           so
           distributed
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           Man
           ,
           or
           small
           number
           of
           Men
           can
           over-power
           the
           whole
           People
           ,
           by
           their
           possessions
           ,
           If
           we
           thought
           it
           needfull
           to
           quicken
           your
           Affections
           to
           your
           Duetie
           ,
           we
           could
           tell
           you
           from
           Reason
           and
           Experience
           how
           strangely
           such
           a
           settlement
           of
           Libertie
           would
           transforme
           the
           manners
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           Luxurie
           would
           Change
           into
           Temperance
           ,
           Haughtinesse
           and
           Envie
           into
           Meeknesse
           ,
           and
           mutuall
           Love
           and
           Emulation
           of
           Goodnesse
           ,
           servilitie
           and
           basenesse
           of
           minde
           ,
           into
           Noblenesse
           and
           Generositie
           .
           Who
           would
           not
           follow
           Vertue
           for
           the
           Love
           ?
           When
           neither
           alliance
           ,
           flattery
           or
           any
           Vice
           ,
           could
           make
           great
           ,
           but
           a
           Generall
           Sentence
           from
           Popular
           Assemblies
           of
           Worth
           and
           Goodnesse
           ,
           we
           might
           tell
           you
           it
           would
           wash
           foure
           Garments
           from
           the
           staines
           of
           bloud
           ,
           and
           the
           Armies
           honour
           from
           the
           black
           reproach
           that
           now
           covers
           it
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           the
           profession
           of
           religion
           from
           scandall
           and
           infamy
           ;
           this
           would
           shew
           that
           you
           had
           nobler
           ends
           then
           yet
           the
           world
           believes
           to
           be
           in
           Christians
           :
           If
           ambition
           pricks
           in
           your
           breast
           ,
           for
           your self
           or
           your
           
           brother
           ;
           in
           thus
           doing
           you
           may
           set
           him
           upon
           a
           Throne
           more
           noble
           ,
           lofty
           ,
           and
           commanding
           ,
           then
           ever
           the
           
             Stuarts
          
           possessed
           or
           designed
           .
           His
           free
           conjunction
           with
           your
           Lordship
           in
           this
           work
           may
           give
           him
           merit
           of
           greatnesse
           in
           the
           souls
           of
           those
           that
           now
           disdain
           him
           ,
           you
           may
           make
           your
           swords
           shine
           with
           a
           radiant
           glory
           beyond
           those
           of
           
             Alexander
          
           and
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           whose
           honour
           was
           only
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           the
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           to
           destroy
           mankind
           ,
           yours
           may
           restore
           liberty
           to
           England
           ,
           and
           propagate
           it
           to
           mankind
           .
           And
           what
           should
           hinder
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           surely
           you
           can
           fear
           no
           resistance
           in
           giving
           the
           people
           their
           right
           ,
           when
           you
           feared
           none
           in
           many
           destructive
           attempts
           to
           their
           right
           &
           freedomes
           ,
           besides
           you
           have
           an
           Army
           whose
           interests
           ,
           consciences
           ,
           ingagements
           ,
           yea
           their
           very
           passions
           and
           affections
           lead
           them
           this
           way
           ,
           and
           in
           doing
           this
           you
           may
           extinguish
           all
           fears
           ,
           and
           secure
           against
           all
           plots
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           knowing
           men
           your
           voluntary
           vassalls
           in
           thankfulnesse
           for
           their
           liberty
           .
           But
           if
           your
           private
           interest
           should
           blind
           your
           Lordships
           eies
           ,
           and
           lead
           you
           out
           of
           the
           paths
           of
           mercie
           ,
           righteousnesse
           and
           peace
           ,
           to
           hew
           out
           a
           bloudy
           way
           to
           empire
           against
           the
           naturall
           course
           of
           things
           .
           We
           believe
           it
           will
           not
           be
           long
           before
           oppression
           and
           confusion
           ,
           the
           consequences
           of
           such
           violent
           actings
           wil
           extort
           that
           from
           you
           ,
           which
           with
           little
           more
           trouble
           then
           to
           moddle
           the
           elections
           for
           a
           Parliament
           (
           as
           they
           ought
           )
           you
           might
           give
           us
           above
           to
           your
           eternal
           honour
           .
           So
           wishing
           the
           God
           of
           mercy
           and
           peace
           to
           direct
           you
           ,
           we
           remain
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             affectionate
             servants
             in
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .