The Observator defended in a modest reply to the late Animadversions upon those notes the Observator published upon the seven doctrines and positions which the King by way of recapitulation layes open so offensive.
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             The Observator defended in a modest reply to the late Animadversions upon those notes the Observator published upon the seven doctrines and positions which the King by way of recapitulation layes open so offensive.
             Animadversions animadverted.
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           THE
           OBSERVATOR
           DEFENDED
           IN
           A
           modest
           Reply
           to
           the
           late
           Animadversions
           upon
           those
           Notes
           the
           Observator
           published
           upon
           the
           seven
           Doctrines
           and
           Positions
           which
           the
           King
           by
           way
           of
           Recapitulation
           layes
           open
           so
           offensive
           .
        
         
           THe
           Animadversor
           hath
           attacht
           the
           Observator
           ,
           just
           like
           a
           weak
           and
           degenerous
           enemie
           ,
           that
           durst
           not
           encounter
           his
           adversary
           in
           open
           field
           ,
           but
           lodgeth
           himself
           in
           some
           obscure
           and
           ignoble
           passage
           ,
           to
           attempt
           at
           least
           upon
           his
           Arriere-guard
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           pierce
           into
           his
           main
           body
           .
           The
           ingenious
           peruser
           of
           both
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           may
           discern
           that
           the
           Observator
           in
           the
           conclusion
           of
           his
           Treatise
           only
           recapitulated
           seven
           Results
           out
           of
           His
           Majesties
           papers
           ,
           in
           contradiction
           to
           his
           Antecedent
           disquisition
           ,
           &
           the
           Parliaments
           proceedings
           ,
           that
           so
           one
           might
           compendiously
           view
           the
           subject
           of
           his
           discourse
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           by
           an
           Index
           find
           out
           the
           confutation
           of
           His
           Majesties
           positions
           ,
           by
           the
           fore-going
           Arguments
           of
           the
           book
           ,
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           very
           cautelously
           is
           pleased
           never
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           in
           the
           whole
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           the
           first
           position
           ,
           the
           Animadversor
           grants
           the
           Observators
           Arguments
           for
           the
           declarative
           power
           of
           Parliament
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           safe
           residence
           of
           that
           power
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Jutelary
           Assembly
           ;
           But
           with
           this
           restriction
           ,
           
             That
             he
             should
             have
             allowed
             the
             King
             his
             place
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             not
             have
             named
             a
             Parliament
             without
             him
             .
          
           But
           how
           could
           the
           Observator
           without
           affronting
           impudence
           speak
           otherwise
           ?
           seeing
           
           His
           Majestie
           in
           present
           is
           pleased
           actually
           to
           have
           his
           residence
           out
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           allow
           himselfe
           a
           place
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           in
           stead
           of
           concurrence
           with
           it
           ,
           seeks
           the
           remotest
           distances
           from
           it
           .
           The
           better
           therefore
           to
           see
           how
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           are
           in
           parts
           ,
           we
           will
           first
           negatively
           and
           then
           positively
           open
           the
           present
           Controversie
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           disjunction
           .
           Which
           in
           the
           first
           place
           is
           not
           this
           which
           most
           men
           conceive
           ,
           That
           when
           His
           Majestie
           shall
           agree
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           likewise
           agree
           ,
           for
           establishing
           some
           new
           Law
           ,
           or
           interpreting
           some
           old
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           for
           the
           particular
           commoditie
           of
           some
           conditions
           of
           men
           onely
           ,
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           ;
           Whether
           then
           the
           King
           ought
           to
           declare
           this
           or
           that
           to
           be
           Law
           exclusively
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           the
           Parliament
           doe
           the
           same
           exclusively
           of
           the
           King
           :
           But
           positively
           it
           is
           this
           ▪
           When
           there
           is
           visibly
           a
           danger
           readie
           to
           confound
           the
           whole
           common-wealth
           ,
           and
           consequently
           all
           particular
           commodities
           and
           persons
           ,
           Whether
           the
           State
           if
           then
           convened
           ,
           may
           not
           lawfully
           of
           it self
           provide
           for
           its
           preservation
           ,
           especially
           if
           the
           King
           either
           see
           not
           the
           danger
           ,
           or
           seeing
           it
           ,
           will
           not
           provide
           for
           it
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           may
           give
           best
           securitie
           to
           Himself
           and
           Common-wealth
           :
           When
           therfore
           such
           a
           Question
           shall
           justly
           arise
           betwixt
           King
           and
           common-wealth
           (
           which
           collectively
           is
           that
           we
           call
           a
           Parliament
           )
           it
           being
           of
           publike
           interest
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           so
           
             De
             jure
             publico
             ,
          
           it
           cannot
           fall
           under
           the
           examination
           of
           any
           inferiour
           judicature
           (
           with
           which
           those
           so
           known
           voted
           Lawes
           ,
           the
           Animadversor
           speakes
           of
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           found
           .
           )
           For
           that
           is
           furnisht
           only
           with
           rules
           of
           particular
           (
           not
           universall
           )
           justice
           ,
           for
           the
           decision
           of
           particular
           differences
           betwixt
           this
           or
           that
           man
           ,
           for
           this
           or
           that
           thing
           .
           Which
           rules
           being
           too
           narrow
           for
           so
           capacious
           a
           subject
           ,
           we
           must
           recurre
           to
           those
           that
           the
           originall
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           and
           policy
           hold
           out
           to
           us
           ,
           which
           must
           needes
           be
           superiour
           to
           the
           other
           .
           The
           chiefest
           rule
           of
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Ne
             quovis
             modo
             periclitetur
             respublica
             ,
          
           That
           by
           all
           means
           publike
           safety
           be
           secured
           :
           And
           every
           State
           must
           principally
           endeavour
           to
           hold
           fast
           and
           sure
           our
           publike
           sociable
           Incorporations
           one
           with
           another
           from
           publike
           distresses
           ,
           
           calamities
           and
           destructions
           ,
           which
           may
           arise
           from
           our selves
           or
           other
           forraign
           Kingdoms
           :
           And
           whilest
           that
           is
           done
           according
           as
           Natures
           Lawes
           and
           policy
           prescribes
           in
           Vniversall
           justice
           ,
           they
           may
           well
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           proceed
           to
           make
           or
           revile
           Lawes
           of
           particular
           justice
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           particular
           things
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           commutatively
           encrease
           our
           fortunes
           and
           estates
           one
           by
           another
           ,
           or
           by
           forraign
           commerce
           .
           But
           if
           those
           that
           fit
           at
           the
           head
           of
           the
           common-wealth
           shall
           let
           loose
           the
           helm
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           let
           it
           float
           at
           all
           hazards
           ,
           or
           else
           unadvisedly
           steere
           it
           directly
           towards
           rockes
           and
           shelves
           ,
           it selfe
           is
           bound
           by
           those
           originall
           Lawes
           (
           which
           surely
           may
           be
           some
           meanes
           )
           to
           save
           it self
           from
           a
           wrack
           :
           And
           how
           the
           King
           is
           not
           invaded
           or
           wronged
           by
           having
           himselfe
           and
           his
           Kingdome
           preserved
           from
           imminent
           danger
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           a
           King
           may
           ruine
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           follow
           in
           its
           just
           place
           .
           In
           the
           meane
           time
           from
           these
           premisses
           we
           prove
           that
           the
           Parliaments
           method
           is
           most
           excellent
           ;
           For
           in
           the
           first
           place
           it
           endevours
           to
           secure
           the
           being
           of
           the
           cōmon-wealth
           now
           floating
           at
           hazard
           ;
           And
           afterwards
           to
           apply
           its
           self
           to
           quicken
           particular
           Laws
           for
           our
           wel-being
           .
           
             Now
             therfore
             the
             fundamentall
             Law
             which
             the
             Animadversor
             so
             hotly
             cals
             for
             ,
             &
             the
             Parliament
             squares
             by
             is
             not
             such
             a
             one
             as
             (
             some
             say
             )
             was
             never
             known
             before
             it
             was
             broken
             ;
             Nor
             (
             as
             he
             saies
             )
             lies
             mentally
             or
             parliamentally
             in
             the
             wals
             of
             the
             Parliament
             House
             to
             be
             produced
             upon
             any
             emergent
             occasion
             :
          
           But
           is
           such
           a
           one
           as
           is
           coucht
           radically
           in
           Nature
           it self
           (
           and
           so
           becomes
           the
           very
           pin
           of
           law
           and
           society
           )
           and
           is
           written
           and
           enacted
           irrepealably
           in
           her
           
             Magna
             charta
             ,
          
           which
           we
           are
           not
           beholden
           to
           any
           sublunary
           power
           for
           ,
           but
           belongs
           to
           us
           as
           we
           are
           living
           and
           sociable
           creatures
           .
           And
           no
           knowne
           act
           of
           particular
           Justice
           or
           right
           to
           this
           or
           that
           petty
           thing
           ,
           can
           clash
           with
           this
           ,
           but
           must
           in
           equitie
           vail
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           its
           superintendent
           .
           For
           what
           can
           those
           particular
           Acts
           of
           Law
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           encrease
           our
           private
           and
           domestick
           profit
           advantage
           us
           ?
           when
           it
           s
           doubtfull
           in
           so
           great
           dangers
           whether
           we
           may
           enjoy
           our
           lives
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           no
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           notoriously
           calumnious
           and
           inconsequent
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           from
           hence
           affirms
           ,
           
           
             That
             the
             Parliament
             affects
             an
             arbitrary
             power
             ,
          
           or
           the
           particular
           rights
           in
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Justice
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           safety
           of
           King
           and
           people
           must
           at
           all
           times
           totally
           depend
           on
           their
           Votes
           exclusively
           of
           the
           King
           :
           Which
           in
           the
           following
           Position
           comes
           to
           be
           more
           fully
           disproved
           :
           Which
           power
           we
           confesse
           with
           him
           can
           never
           be
           safe
           either
           for
           King
           or
           people
           ,
           nor
           is
           presidentable
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Posit
             .
          
           Parliaments
           are
           not
           bound
           to
           presidents
           (
           saith
           the
           Observator
           )
           because
           not
           to
           Statutes
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           Absolutely
           ;
           For
           the
           cause
           both
           of
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           is
           not
           permanent
           :
           And
           t
           is
           true
           therefore
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             they
             are
             durable
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             repealed
             ,
          
           which
           had
           been
           to
           good
           purpose
           had
           he
           ever
           denied
           it
           ,
           For
           he
           rightly
           attributes
           no
           more
           power
           to
           Statutes
           then
           to
           other
           particular
           Lawes
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           is
           proved
           in
           the
           first
           Position
           ,
           and
           further
           shall
           be
           in
           this
           )
           cannot
           in
           his
           case
           stand
           in
           equitie
           ,
           nor
           act
           beyond
           their
           power
           ,
           and
           that
           contrary
           to
           the
           Legislative
           intent
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           to
           be
           a
           violation
           of
           some
           more
           soveraigne
           good
           introduceable
           ,
           or
           some
           extreme
           and
           generall
           evil
           avoidable
           ;
           which
           evil
           otherwise
           might
           swallow
           not
           onely
           Statutes
           ,
           but
           all
           other
           sanctions
           what
           ever
           .
           And
           thus
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           effect
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           said
           in
           some
           sort
           to
           Repeal
           themselves
           .
           For
           really
           in
           such
           a
           case
           they
           become
           mortified
           ,
           and
           can
           doe
           no
           more
           for
           us
           .
           For
           the
           Parliaments
           case
           and
           controversie
           (
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           still
           forgets
           to
           be
           of
           preserving
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           
             De
             jure
             publico
          
           )
           is
           of
           so
           transcendent
           a
           nature
           ,
           "
           
             de
             facto
             ,
          
           it
           may
           not
           ,
           and
           
             de
             jure
          
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           restrained
           by
           pettie
           and
           mortified
           Statutes
           or
           Lawes
           ,
           in
           acting
           so
           much
           good
           for
           us
           .
           
             But
             how
             should
             Presidents
          
           (
           as
           the
           Animadverso
           saith
           )
           
             be
             best
             warrants
             ?
             or
             how
             should
             they
             be
             in
             the
             like
             degree
             limiting
             or
             binding
             that
             Oaths
             are
             ?
          
           Consider
           the
           consequence
           ,
           Such
           or
           such
           a
           Parliament
           did
           not
           or
           durst
           not
           doe
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           therefore
           may
           no
           Parliament
           do
           it
           ?
           Some
           Parliaments
           ,
           not
           comparable
           to
           the
           Worthies
           of
           this
           )
           have
           omitted
           some
           good
           out
           of
           supinenesse
           ,
           difficulty
           ,
           or
           to
           avoid
           a
           greater
           evill
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           valuable
           with
           the
           good
           desired
           ;
           some
           perhaps
           hath
           done
           ill
           which
           the
           integritie
           and
           worth
           of
           this
           abhors
           to
           think
           of
           ;
           so
           that
           neither
           King
           nor
           Parliament
           have
           reason
           to
           plead
           so
           strongly
           for
           coherents
           to
           Presidents
           .
           But
           both
           have
           better
           rules
           if
           they
           will
           not
           deceive
           them
           ,
           which
           are
           ,
           To
           direct
           all
           by
           the
           interest
           of
           State
           (
           which
           is
           never
           accusable
           of
           Injustice
           )
           And
           by
           Equitie
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           call
           a
           generall
           Law
           :
           and
           though
           it
           be
           variable
           according
           to
           the
           subject
           matter
           and
           circummstances
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           that
           only
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           let
           
             summum
             jus
          
           be
           
             summa
             injuria
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           supremest
           right
           that
           can
           be
           done
           us
           .
           And
           it
           remains
           to
           be
           wisht
           that
           the
           Animadversor
           would
           have
           shown
           us
           in
           this
           main
           businesse
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           gone
           crosse
           ,
           either
           to
           publike
           Interest
           of
           State
           or
           Equitie
           .
           
             To
             say
          
           (
           as
           the
           Animadversor
           doth
           )
           
             that
             this
             single
             and
             extraordinary
             case
             excludes
             the
             King
             from
             Supremacy
             (
             even
             above
             particulars
             )
             and
             divests
             him
             to
             the
             naked
             priority
             onely
             of
             Place
             and
             Title
             ,
          
           is
           that
           which
           blasts
           it self
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           Animadversor
           ,
           be
           able
           to
           prove
           the
           Kings
           exercise
           of
           his
           former
           power
           totally
           intercepted
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           now
           then
           in
           other
           
           Parliaments
           of
           the
           like
           circumstances
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           is
           ruin'd
           by
           having
           his
           Kingdome
           preserved
           .
           
             But
             Serjeant
             Major
             Skippon
             (
             who
             is
             a
             particular
             )
             was
             not
             permitted
             to
             obey
             the
             Kings
             summons
             of
             him
             ,
             therefore
             the
             King
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Animadversor
           )
           
             is
             denied
             a
             power
             even
             above
             particulars
             .
          
           But
           we
           answer
           that
           his
           case
           reports
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           must
           stand
           or
           fall
           with
           the
           equity
           of
           that
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           is
           so
           imployed
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           have
           been
           in
           any
           more
           redounding
           to
           His
           Majesties
           solid
           happinesse
           ,
           which
           (
           rightly
           understood
           )
           would
           have
           prodnced
           rather
           an
           excuse
           than
           an
           accusation
           .
           
             For
             the
             Parliaments
             discharging
             of
             their
             trust
          
           (
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           fears
           so
           much
           )
           It
           is
           so
           notorious
           to
           all
           uncorrupted
           and
           unbiast
           judgements
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           pray
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           so
           advisedly
           elected
           them
           in
           a
           time
           of
           lesse
           danger
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           than
           this
           present
           is
           ,
           be
           not
           more
           disloyall
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           they
           are
           to
           their
           chusers
           .
           What
           they
           have
           actually
           effected
           with
           the
           Kings
           concurrence
           ,
           the
           Animadversor
           I
           hope
           will
           not
           except
           against
           ;
           and
           what
           they
           desire
           further
           to
           effect
           (
           wherein
           they
           so
           humbly
           and
           pariently
           have
           attended
           his
           Majesties
           concurrence
           )
           is
           onely
           for
           the
           happier
           continuation
           of
           that
           other
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           reputed
           good
           or
           ill
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           that
           .
           Where
           then
           is
           the
           evill
           for
           which
           the
           Parliament
           must
           be
           so
           scourged
           by
           all
           sort
           of
           hands
           ?
           why
           did
           we
           engage
           them
           so
           studiously
           to
           wipe
           off
           that
           Rust
           ,
           which
           began
           to
           eate
           so
           deep
           into
           the
           letter
           of
           our
           lawes
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           possessions
           ?
           and
           to
           make
           new
           purchases
           for
           us
           of
           all
           our
           estates
           ?
           if
           now
           being
           assembled
           they
           cannot
           discerne
           what
           and
           where
           those
           lawes
           are
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           by
           the
           luster
           and
           power
           of
           which
           they
           they
           should
           act
           all
           this
           for
           us
           .
           We
           have
           blessings
           plentifully
           in
           store
           for
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           desire
           he
           would
           not
           reduce
           the
           ultimate
           resolution
           and
           reserch
           of
           the
           Law
           (
           our
           blessing
           )
           to
           be
           in
           his
           own
           bosome
           ,
           more
           than
           in
           that
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           lest
           when
           God
           in
           his
           anger
           shall
           deprive
           us
           of
           so
           great
           a
           blessing
           as
           is
           his
           life
           and
           government
           ,
           that
           dye
           with
           him
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           multiply
           on
           the
           Animadversors
           Arguments
           ;
           
             Of
             the
             possibility
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             erring
             ,
             and
             not
             rightly
             discharging
             their
             trusts
             :
          
           all
           which
           might
           be
           more
           powerfully
           urged
           on
           one
           man
           confiding
           in
           his
           own
           singularity
           .
           He
           might
           have
           knowne
           them
           to
           have
           been
           unanswerably
           refuted
           and
           kild
           before
           their
           birth
           .
           But
           since
           he
           will
           
             have
             the
             Parliament
             so
             great
             practitioners
             of
             Popish
             policy
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           some
           infallibilitie
           ,
           which
           he
           saies
           ,
           and
           they
           never
           arrogated
           ;
           save
           onely
           a
           probabilitie
           of
           lesse
           erring
           in
           that
           question
           betwixt
           his
           Majesty
           and
           themselves
           ;
           let
           me
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           nakedly
           recite
           what
           the
           learned
           ,
           and
           yet
           unanswered
           Divine
           in
           this
           matter
           (
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           so
           triumphs
           in
           )
           hath
           urged
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           
           whom
           it
           most
           concerns
           ,
           so
           to
           leave
           the
           Reader
           to
           assume
           what
           shall
           seem
           most
           deduceable
           to
           himself
           ;
           His
           words
           are
           these
           .
           *
           He
           that
           would
           usnrp
           an
           absolute
           tyranny
           and
           lordship
           over
           any
           people
           ,
           need
           not
           put
           himself
           to
           the
           trouble
           and
           difficulty
           of
           abrogating
           his
           Laws
           ,
           made
           to
           maintain
           the
           common
           liberty
           ,
           for
           he
           may
           frustrate
           their
           intent
           and
           compasse
           his
           design
           as
           well
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           get
           the
           power
           and
           authority
           to
           interpret
           them
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           have
           his
           interpretarions
           stand
           for
           Laws
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           recapitulate
           the
           condition
           of
           
           our
           Lawes
           before
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           yet
           what
           interpretations
           they
           received
           ;
           Which
           interpretation
           were
           held
           so
           Authentique
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           the
           Law
           but
           a
           nose
           of
           waxe
           ,
           to
           wring
           sometimes
           this
           way
           for
           Ship
           money
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           King
           likewise
           the
           sole
           Iudge
           and
           redresser
           of
           all
           publike
           dangers
           ,
           sometimes
           another
           way
           for
           legall
           monopolies
           ,
           &c.
           
           Let
           the
           world
           then
           iudge
           who
           arrogate
           most
           infallibilitie
           ,
           or
           have
           more
           made
           use
           of
           Papists
           or
           Popish
           policy
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Observator
           saith
           that
           the
           Parliament
           deserted
           by
           the
           King
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdomes
           distresse
           may
           relieve
           it
           and
           the
           King
           .
           Here
           is
           asserted
           the
           publike
           Interest
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           can
           fall
           under
           no
           notion
           of
           any
           inferior
           Court
           to
           examine
           .
           But
           the
           Animadversor
           draws
           this
           consequence
           from
           thence
           ;
           
             That
             then
             every
             mans
             estate
             may
             be
             wrested
             from
             his
             propriety
             and
             possession
             :
             Quàm
             urceus
             exit
             .
          
           Here
           he
           doth
           most
           palpably
           discover
           the
           loosenesse
           of
           his
           Logick
           and
           cause
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           he
           holds
           to
           his
           premisses
           ,
           and
           state
           of
           the
           Controversie
           betwixt
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           I
           so
           oft
           noted
           before
           ,
           and
           shewed
           the
           case
           to
           be
           
             De
             Iure
             publico
             ,
          
           and
           so
           politicall
           .
        
         
           Commutative
           therefore
           and
           Distributive
           Iustice
           being
           of
           inferior
           matters
           have
           their
           inferiour
           Courts
           ,
           and
           the
           apparant
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           decide
           ,
           and
           power
           to
           actuate
           what
           is
           rightly
           decided
           .
           But
           this
           Controversie
           being
           
             De
             iure
             publico
             ,
          
           of
           a
           publike
           right
           ,
           it
           fals
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           another
           sort
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           whereas
           particular
           proprieties
           and
           possessions
           fall
           under
           those
           two
           inferiour
           sorts
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           as
           hath
           beene
           proved
           in
           the
           conclusion
           of
           the
           first
           Position
           ,
           which
           together
           with
           this
           shew
           the
           sandinesse
           and
           incoherence
           of
           the
           Animadversors
           consequence
           .
           Here
           therefore
           we
           will
           onely
           note
           ,
           that
           even
           in
           a
           common
           distresse
           (
           which
           is
           lesse
           then
           a
           publique
           )
           without
           a
           Vote
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           expecting
           any
           other
           dispensation
           of
           Right
           ,
           a
           particular
           propriety
           may
           be
           destroyed
           by
           a
           Community
           to
           preserve
           it self
           :
           as
           when
           the
           Sea
           breaks
           in
           upon
           a
           County
           ,
           a
           bank
           may
           be
           made
           of
           and
           on
           this
           or
           that
           mans
           ground
           whether
           he
           please
           or
           no
           ;
           And
           when
           our
           Neighbour
           
             Vcalygons
          
           house
           blazes
           ,
           frequently
           we
           see
           some
           houses
           pluckt
           down
           (
           where
           the
           fire
           actually
           broke
           not
           out
           )
           lest
           it
           should
           consume
           the
           whole
           street
           .
           And
           't
           was
           equitie
           (
           before
           Poesie
           )
           that
           in
           reof
           the
           propinquitie
           of
           the
           danger
           ,
           we
           are
           supposed
           to
           be
           even
           in
           the
           danger
           it
           spect
           self
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           house
           so
           pluckt
           down
           ,
           is
           not
           supposed
           so
           much
           to
           be
           dilapidated
           as
           burnt
           .
           
             Tum
             tuares
             agitur
             paries
             cum
             proximus
             ardet
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             I
             wonder
             by
             what
             Act
             or
             Declaration
             the
             Parliament
             hath
             denyed
             a
             compensation
             to
             the
             sufferer
             in
             that
             kind
             ,
             as
             the
             Question
             now
             stands
             ?
          
           If
           all
           men
           did
           not
           know
           that
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           so
           provided
           for
           the
           indemnity
           of
           those
           at
           
             Hull
             ,
          
           perhaps
           the
           Animadversor
           might
           have
           gained
           the
           credit
           of
           some
           modesty
           in
           averring
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Parliament
             upholds
             publike
             good
             with
             private
             misery
             .
          
           With
           the
           like
           grace
           also
           ,
           and
           with
           sufficient
           confidence
           doth
           he
           tell
           us
           ,
           That
           
             if
             there
             be
             a
             great
             distresse
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             it
             is
             caused
             by
             the
             Parliament
             claiming
             that
             power
             which
             cannot
             consist
             with
             the
             Royall
             estate
             of
             his
             Maiesty
             .
          
           'T
           is
           prodigious
           to
           all
           honest
           understandings
           ,
           that
           the
           near
           engagements
           of
           warre
           
           the
           
             Scots
          
           twice
           meerly
           upon
           misunderstanding
           ;
           That
           the
           design
           of
           strangling
           the
           Parliament
           as
           soon
           as
           born
           (
           for
           proof
           of
           which
           the
           Parliament
           presumes
           to
           have
           had
           too
           much
           sufficiency
           )
           having
           the
           bloudiest
           and
           true
           Papisticall
           war
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           raysed
           against
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           that
           against
           the
           Parliament
           especially
           (
           in
           the
           walls
           of
           whose
           house
           they
           haac
           already
           endangered
           a
           breach
           ,
           
             J
             am
             perlucente
             ruina
          
           )
           That
           even
           now
           among
           our selves
           we
           see
           some
           ,
           who
           with
           more
           alacrity
           are
           ready
           to
           imploy
           themselves
           against
           that
           sacred
           Assembly
           ,
           than
           against
           those
           unchristian
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           all
           this
           should
           be
           too
           little
           to
           evince
           the
           Realitie
           (
           as
           the
           Animadvertor
           saith
           )
           of
           a
           distressed
           kingdome
           ;
           and
           who
           is
           yet
           more
           transcendent
           ,
           That
           all
           this
           should
           be
           caused
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           aimes
           at
           nothing
           but
           the
           extirpation
           of
           the
           Parliament
           root
           and
           branch
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           some
           part
           of
           it
           (
           
             viz.
          
           the
           
             Scots
          
           troubles
           )
           had
           being
           long
           before
           the
           Parliament
           had
           any
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           pray
           ,
           how
           could
           it
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ?
           How
           the
           King
           is
           head
           and
           we
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           King
           cannot
           be
           insulted
           over
           by
           having
           his
           Kingdome
           and
           Selfe
           preserved
           from
           ruine
           ,
           is
           proved
           at
           large
           by
           the
           Observer
           ,
           beyond
           the
           capacity
           of
           any
           his
           animadversions
           .
           Whether
           the
           people
           
             may
             revoke
             all
             they
             actually
             have
             transacted
             to
             their
             King
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Question
           very
           impertinently
           inserted
           by
           the
           Animadsor
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           the
           Observator
           hath
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           case
           ;
           which
           is
           such
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           King
           shall
           have
           endeavoured
           his
           utmost
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           preserve
           the
           Kingdome
           in
           extremitie
           of
           distresse
           ,
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           it self
           .
           However
           this
           the
           Observator
           denies
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           could
           make
           such
           a
           conveyance
           of
           power
           to
           their
           Kings
           ,
           as
           might
           prove
           destructive
           of
           humanitie
           :
           So
           that
           much
           of
           the
           Animadvertors
           Divinity
           might
           have
           been
           husbanded
           for
           an
           apter
           occasion
           .
           Neverthelesse
           St
           
             Paul
          
           in
           the
           13.
           of
           the
           
             Romanes
             ,
          
           tells
           us
           not
           what
           power
           is
           the
           highest
           ,
           but
           that
           that
           power
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           ought
           to
           be
           obeyed
           .
           Againe
           as
           St
           
             Paul
          
           speaks
           first
           of
           a
           few
           
           particular
           disperst
           men
           ,
           and
           those
           again
           in
           a
           primitive
           condition
           ;
           who
           had
           no
           means
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           preservation
           .
           Moreover
           it
           is
           very
           observable
           that
           Sn
           
             Paul
          
           in
           the
           3.
           verse
           speaks
           of
           a
           Ruler
           ,
           as
           our
           Law
           speaks
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             he
             is
             not
             a
             terrour
             to
             good
             but
             to
             evill
             works
             :
          
           The
           Law
           likewise
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             King
             can
             doe
             no
             injustice
             .
          
           The
           interpretation
           of
           the
           one
           must
           square
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           that
           must
           be
           according
           to
           the
           distinction
           of
           Fact
           and
           Right
           .
           For
           according
           to
           Fact
           ,
           St
           
             Pauls
          
           Ruler
           may
           be
           a
           terror
           to
           good
           ,
           and
           a
           cherishing
           to
           evill
           works
           ;
           but
           by
           Right
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           so
           .
           Our
           Law
           saith
           ,
           Our
           King
           rather
           ought
           noi
           in
           Right
           ,
           than
           that
           
             de
             facto
          
           he
           cannot
           doe
           injustice
           ;
           For
           we
           know
           there
           have
           been
           both
           unjust
           Kings
           and
           ill
           Rulers
           .
           But
           least
           there
           should
           be
           such
           ,
           Scripture
           it self
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Parliament
           doth
           endeavour
           to
           binde
           them
           from
           exercising
           ill
           .
           As
           
             Deut.
          
           17.
           ver.
           18
           19.
           20.
           
           The
           King
           shall
           have
           a
           book
           to
           learn
           to
           keep
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           doe
           according
           to
           it
           ,
           lest
           his
           heart
           be
           lifted
           up
           above
           his
           Brethren
           .
           And
           
             Ezek.
          
           46.
           18.
           
           The
           Prince
           may
           not
           take
           of
           the
           peoples
           inheritance
           by
           oppression
           ,
           and
           thrust
           them
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           shall
           be
           content
           with
           his
           own
           possession
           ,
           lest
           other
           men
           be
           scattered
           from
           their
           possessions
           .
           Wherein
           then
           hath
           the
           Parliament
           denyed
           the
           King
           that
           due
           which
           St
           
             Paul
          
           allows
           his
           Ruler
           ?
           Who
           he
           saith
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           very
           observable
           through
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           )
           that
           he
           may
           be
           a
           Minister
           to
           us
           onely
           for
           good
           :
           And
           to
           keep
           the
           Parliament
           even
           with
           St
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           What
           else
           doth
           it
           hazard
           it self
           for
           ,
           but
           for
           refusing
           to
           favour
           the
           King
           in
           an
           uncircumscribed
           power
           of
           doing
           ill
           ?
           Which
           facultie
           he
           vindicates
           to
           himself
           irrestrainably
           ,
           And
           that
           by
           virtue
           of
           some
           Right
           and
           enlargement
           of
           Law
           and
           Religion
           ,
           even
           to
           doe
           all
           manner
           of
           ill
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           he
           shall
           ever
           be
           pleased
           so
           to
           doe
           .
           Moreover
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           hath
           not
           ,
           nor
           could
           anywhere
           repeale
           the
           lawes
           of
           nature
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           the
           Parliament
           in
           its
           case
           hath
           neither
           declined
           them
           ,
           nor
           our
           own
           Originall
           Contracts
           ,
           nor
           the
           present
           interest
           of
           State
           ,
           nor
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           Then
           I
           hope
           ,
           it
           hath
           kept
           it self
           consonantly
           to
           Law
           and
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           Out
           of
           all
           this
           (
           with
           what
           followes
           in
           the
           sixth
           Position
           )
           wee
           
             may
             easily
             answer
             to
             the
             Anymadversors
             Objection
             of
             Resistance
             .
          
           For
           out
           of
           those
           premises
           it
           appeares
           .
           That
           in
           the
           King
           there
           are
           two
           things
           onely
           ;
           first
           ,
           His
           Person
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           His
           Office
           ,
           Authoritie
           ,
           or
           as
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           cals
           it
           ,
           his
           Power
           :
           for
           his
           Person
           we
           hold
           it
           alwayes
           inviolable
           :
           For
           his
           Power
           or
           Office
           ,
           because
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           it
           respects
           us
           onely
           for
           good
           ,
           it
           s
           very
           reasonable
           that
           we
           apply
           our selves
           in
           obedience
           to
           that
           for
           our
           owne
           sakes
           as
           well
           as
           for
           his
           .
           But
           the
           Court
           Parasites
           they
           are
           not
           content
           with
           this
           distribution
           ,
           but
           adde
           to
           the
           person
           and
           power
           ,
           or
           office
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           which
           they
           call
           ,
           The
           will
           or
           pleasure
           of
           a
           Prince
           ;
           or
           rather
           they
           marry
           the
           power
           or
           office
           of
           a
           Prince
           to
           his
           Will
           :
           and
           so
           by
           that
           subtill
           conjunction
           they
           proving
           them
           all
           one
           (
           
             Quia
             omnis
             potestas
             est
             voluntatis
          
           )
           then
           they
           aske
           us
           the
           Question
           ,
           Whether
           we
           are
           not
           equally
           bound
           to
           obey
           the
           one
           in
           all
           latitudes
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ?
           As
           if
           we
           had
           contracted
           for
           the
           evill
           as
           well
           as
           the
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           as
           it
           should
           seem
           best
           to
           the
           Prince
           we
           contracted
           with
           .
           But
           to
           that
           we
           clearelier
           answer
           ,
           That
           because
           the
           will
           lies
           under
           an
           indifferencie
           of
           commanding
           the
           ill
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           good
           ,
           we
           may
           lawfully
           embrace
           that
           part
           and
           power
           onely
           of
           his
           good
           ,
           (
           as
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           )
           which
           indeede
           is
           the
           very
           essence
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           makes
           him
           a
           King
           :
           and
           we
           may
           reiect
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           makes
           him
           a
           bloody
           Tyrant
           :
           Yet
           not
           so
           as
           to
           violate
           his
           person
           in
           any
           case
           (
           no
           more
           than
           
             David
          
           would
           King
           
             Saul
          
           )
           but
           preservatively
           to
           thrust
           as
           farre
           from
           us
           as
           wee
           are
           able
           all
           other
           blood-suckers
           ,
           who
           are
           forward
           to
           execute
           on
           us
           his
           ruining
           commands
           ;
           because
           in
           such
           a
           case
           he
           contracts
           his
           owne
           ruine
           as
           well
           as
           ours
           ,
           and
           is
           supposed
           to
           be
           in
           a
           distemper
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           a
           wholsome
           potion
           to
           call
           for
           poyson
           ,
           which
           I
           thinke
           no
           good
           or
           honest
           Physitian
           would
           obey
           ,
           but
           rather
           resist
           those
           that
           would
           obey
           him
           .
           Wherefore
           in
           these
           considerations
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           here
           as
           the
           Animadversor
           saith
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           
             Nolumus
             hunc
             regnare
             super
             nos
             ;
          
           but
           
             Nolumus
             hos
             destruere
             no●
             .
          
           But
           of
           this
           in
           the
           sixth
           Position
           .
           And
           for
           this
           hath
           beene
           asserted
           ,
           I
           know
           I
           quote
           our
           owne
           Gracious
           Prince
           ,
           who
           hath
           beene
           pleased
           thus
           to
           indoctrinate
           us
           in
           his
           severall
           Protestations
           ,
           of
           ventring
           his
           owne
           life
           to
           preserve
           us
           in
           the
           fruition
           of
           our
           due
           liberties
           of
           Subiects
           ;
           which
           we
           are
           sure
           we
           cannot
           enioy
           from
           him
           ,
           if
           by
           that
           Protestation
           he
           intended
           to
           force
           upon
           us
           ,
           a
           duty
           and
           allegiance
           of
           embracing
           all
           those
           tormentors
           whom
           he
           should
           send
           
           to
           us
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           on
           any
           occasion
           (
           lawfull
           or
           not
           lawfull
           )
           to
           spoyle
           us
           either
           of
           our
           lives
           or
           subsistance
           ;
           If
           so
           be
           so
           much
           evill
           should
           possibly
           hereafter
           enter
           into
           his
           Maiesties
           secret
           thoughts
           and
           will
           ,
           Of
           which
           therefore
           seeing
           there
           is
           never
           a
           knowne
           Law
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           hath
           no
           analogie
           with
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           iust
           liberties
           of
           Subiects
           ,
           we
           will
           presume
           that
           his
           Maiestie
           abhorrs
           the
           thought
           of
           chaining
           us
           to
           such
           a
           slavery
           for
           his
           owne
           part
           ,
           both
           in
           Fact
           and
           Right
           ;
           though
           alas
           he
           cannot
           promise
           us
           that
           all
           his
           Successors
           shall
           doe
           the
           like
           .
           Wherefore
           the
           Animadversor
           doth
           plainely
           abuse
           his
           Maiestie
           in
           this
           Argument
           ,
           and
           doth
           desperately
           corrupt
           his
           present
           cause
           .
           Thus
           wee
           see
           what
           evils
           wee
           may
           thrust
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           how
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           preserve
           the
           Kings
           power
           or
           office
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           person
           as
           much
           as
           our
           owne
           .
           But
           the
           Animadversor
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           Tribe
           ,
           preach
           another
           kinde
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           know
           how
           to
           raise
           better
           uses
           for
           their
           ends
           ,
           than
           the
           King
           can
           doe
           any
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           in
           stead
           of
           opposing
           the
           worst
           of
           those
           evills
           which
           by
           a
           Kings
           bare
           pleasure
           may
           be
           that
           we
           should
           suffer
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           other
           persons
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           simply
           betake
           our selves
           to
           flight
           ,
           leaving
           all
           that
           we
           have
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           but
           our
           lives
           ,
           to
           the
           Kings
           disposall
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           transferred
           to
           those
           whom
           he
           shall
           thinke
           better
           worthy
           of
           them
           than
           our selves
           ,
           But
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           case
           it
           hath
           beene
           observed
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           is
           impossible
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           for
           a
           whole
           Kingdome
           to
           flie
           ,
           so
           surely
           cannot
           that
           be
           required
           of
           it
           :
           This
           case
           is
           not
           as
           
             Davids
          
           (
           a
           particular
           mans
           )
           was
           ,
           who
           being
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           yet
           in
           danger
           ,
           fled
           indeed
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           from
           one
           place
           to
           stand
           better
           on
           his
           guard
           in
           another
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           No
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ought
           to
           bee
           troubled
           for
           Treason
           upon
           suspition
           only
           ;
           especially
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           whereof
           not
           only
           the
           whole
           House
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           knows
           it selfe
           to
           be
           alike
           culpable
           .
           And
           that
           the
           accused
           were
           in
           safe
           custody
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           of
           by
           the
           Animadversor
           ,
           if
           the
           ingagement
           of
           a
           whole
           Kingdome
           can
           give
           security
           :
           which
           is
           sufficient
           enough
           for
           five
           men
           ,
           for
           ought
           the
           Animadversor
           hath
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Because
             the
             Parliament
             to
             save
             a
             whole
             Kingdome
             once
             from
             ruine
             ,
             hath
             used
             some
             power
             which
             is
             communicable
             to
             a
             whole
             Kingdome
             in
             such
             an
             extraordinary
             case
             ;
             Therefore
             it
             may
             (
             saith
             the
             Animadversor
             )
             usurpe
             it
             in
             ordinary
             cases
             ;
             because
             it
             may
             declare
             the
             danger
             what
             it
             will
             at
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             not
             infallible
             .
          
           As
           this
           consequence
           of
           the
           Animadversor
           is
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           the
           third
           Position
           ,
           so
           
           may
           the
           answer
           of
           that
           be
           applyed
           to
           this
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           shall
           refer
           the
           Reader
           .
           This
           only
           will
           I
           adde
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           need
           to
           create
           an
           Infallibility
           in
           the
           Parliament
           to
           discerne
           matters
           of
           Fact
           within
           every
           mans
           cognizance
           ;
           but
           to
           afford
           it
           only
           a
           probability
           of
           lesse
           erring
           ,
           or
           being
           lesse
           deceived
           rather
           than
           a
           particular
           Individuall
           ;
           And
           that
           its
           common
           interest
           joyned
           with
           its
           indirectnesse
           and
           integrity
           (
           of
           which
           the
           extraordinary
           exact
           choosing
           of
           the
           Members
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           extraordinary
           proofe
           )
           may
           bee
           a
           forcible
           Improbability
           of
           its
           ever
           usurping
           such
           a
           power
           in
           ordinary
           cases
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           cannot
           be
           serviceable
           any
           way
           to
           us
           (
           because
           ordinary
           cases
           have
           their
           most
           convenient
           courses
           certainly
           regulated
           )
           so
           can
           it
           not
           be
           but
           extreamly
           dangerous
           to
           themselves
           alone
           ,
           and
           no
           waies
           advantagious
           ;
           Because
           in
           such
           cases
           we
           participate
           all
           of
           us
           of
           the
           like
           conveniences
           .
           This
           Position
           the
           Animadversor
           is
           pleased
           to
           conclude
           with
           a
           Riddle
           ;
           
             That
             the
             ruines
             which
             the
             Parliament
             intends
             to
             save
             the
             Kingdome
             from
             ,
             is
             to
             save
             it
             from
             Monarchy
             .
             —
             Risum
             teneatis
             amici
             ?
          
           Are
           we
           so
           overgrowne
           with
           that
           government
           ,
           which
           our
           Laws
           are
           lockt
           and
           cabenetted
           in
           ,
           in
           such
           manner
           ,
           that
           the
           wounding
           of
           the
           one
           is
           the
           bleeding
           of
           the
           other
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           true
           which
           the
           Bishops
           have
           so
           long
           pulpited
           at
           Court
           ,
           that
           the
           razesing
           of
           their
           power
           must
           be
           the
           Ecclipse
           of
           the
           other
           ?
           although
           we
           know
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           world
           with
           us
           ,
           That
           Monarchy
           was
           of
           a
           more
           extended
           latitude
           and
           absolutenesse
           before
           Christianity
           was
           profest
           by
           any
           Monarch
           ,
           then
           ever
           it
           was
           since
           :
           Or
           more
           coherently
           to
           the
           Animadversors
           own
           words
           ;
           Can
           there
           be
           no
           abuses
           or
           Cobwebs
           in
           Church
           or
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           spun
           out
           of
           the
           bowels
           of
           Monarchy
           ?
           so
           that
           the
           reforming
           &
           sweeping
           away
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           sweeping
           away
           of
           the
           other
           ?
           For
           our
           owne
           part●
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           make
           them
           so
           much
           Son
           and
           Father
           ,
           although
           the
           Animadversor
           bee
           pleased
           to
           doe
           his
           Majesty
           this
           good
           service
           .
           What
           then
           ,
           the
           too
           too
           true
           ruine
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           is
           conceived
           to
           be
           ,
           is
           set
           down
           in
           the
           third
           Position
           ;
           And
           what
           Connexion
           there
           is
           in
           making
           Monarchy
           the
           same
           with
           that
           ,
           let
           the
           refinedst
           and
           the
           rudest
           Logick
           collect
           .
        
         
           6
           7.
           
           
             Whether
             levying
             of
             Forces
             against
             the
             personall
             Commands
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             though
             accompanied
             with
             his
             presence
             ,
             be
             to
             war
             against
             the
             King
             ,
          
           is
           largely
           discoursed
           by
           the
           Observator
           beyond
           any
           force
           of
           reason
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           hath
           used
           to
           enforce
           the
           contrary
           .
           His
           Majesty
           acknowledged
           much
           of
           this
           to
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           whose
           preparations
           
           were
           in
           all
           respects
           like
           ours
           ,
           and
           which
           his
           Majesty
           found
           to
           be
           
             Non
             tam
             contra
             quam
             praeter
             authoritatem
             Regis
             ,
          
           after
           hee
           had
           prest
           the
           Animadversors
           arguments
           as
           warmly
           ,
           as
           now
           he
           doth
           against
           other
           of
           his
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           though
           yet
           suffering
           under
           the
           great
           calamity
           of
           his
           Royall
           displeasure
           .
           But
           to
           say
           little
           of
           that
           which
           is
           so
           notorious
           to
           us
           all
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ;
           Let
           us
           look
           over
           to
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           there
           we
           may
           see
           those
           who
           were
           as
           much
           Protestants
           as
           we
           ,
           that
           levyed
           armes
           against
           their
           Kings
           commands
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           his
           presence
           ,
           and
           yet
           our
           King
           never
           thought
           them
           the
           worse
           Christi●ns
           or
           Subjects
           for
           that
           ,
           and
           therefore
           made
           himselfe
           a
           partizan
           with
           them
           in
           their
           very
           cause
           ;
           so
           clearely
           was
           the
           piety
           and
           lawfulnesse
           of
           such
           an
           act
           at
           that
           time
           reconciled
           to
           his
           Majesties
           conscience
           and
           understanding
           .
           All
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           must
           needs
           confesse
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           will
           own
           the
           present
           Declarations
           of
           the
           
             Rochelers
             ,
          
           who
           with
           execrations
           of
           us
           say
           (
           upon
           the
           event
           of
           their
           war
           )
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Buckinghams
          
           design
           was
           to
           destroy
           and
           eate
           them
           up
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           preserved
           their
           liberties
           and
           Religion
           from
           any
           adulterate
           mixture
           of
           Popery
           ,
           had
           they
           never
           seen
           him
           .
        
         
           
             But
             according
             to
             the
             Animadversor
             ,
             It
             is
             impossible
             a
             King
             should
             ruine
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             because
             he
             shall
             alwaies
             have
             the
             Major
             part
             with
             him
             .
          
           But
           modern
           miseries
           shew
           us
           the
           contrary
           ,
           witnesse
           the
           neare
           depopulated
           Principalities
           of
           
             Germany
             .
          
           But
           to
           answer
           the
           Argument
           with
           like
           reason
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           after
           a
           King
           shall
           have
           destroyed
           the
           Minor
           part
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           with
           his
           Major
           ,
           why
           may
           he
           not
           then
           ,
           by
           some
           differences
           in
           the
           Major
           part
           ,
           be
           a
           cause
           even
           to
           bring
           that
           to
           destruction
           too
           ?
           But
           without
           supposing
           such
           a
           Fate
           ,
           why
           may
           he
           not
           ,
           
             Nero
          
           like
           ,
           for
           pleasure
           sake
           ,
           desire
           that
           all
           the
           heads
           of
           the
           Major
           part
           stood
           but
           upon
           one
           neck
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           might
           chop
           them
           off
           at
           a
           blow
           ?
           Seeing
           then
           such
           a
           King
           may
           ruine
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           (
           by
           lamentable
           distresses
           and
           depopulations
           )
           and
           if
           a
           Parliament
           hath
           the
           power
           to
           hinder
           it
           ,
           it
           doth
           that
           which
           it
           is
           bound
           to
           doe
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           neither
           against
           the
           person
           ,
           or
           genuine
           authority
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           can
           apprehend
           a
           Kings
           authority
           without
           a
           Kingdome
           (
           which
           is
           the
           object
           it
           extends
           to
           ,
           and
           acts
           in
           ,
           and
           which
           wee
           have
           proved
           he
           may
           destroy
           )
           and
           without
           which
           the
           Animadversor
           must
           needs
           reduce
           such
           a
           King
           to
           a
           barer
           Title
           ,
           then
           he
           said
           our
           Parliament
           would
           reduce
           our
           King
           to
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
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             c.
             2.
             p●●