New Presbyterian light springing out of Independent darkness. or VI. important new queries proposed to the Army, and their friends and party of the Houses; concerning the late ordinance for repeal of the new militia of London, setled by an ordinance of both Houses, when full and free, for an whole year, (not yet one quarter expired;) and other late repeals of ordinances and votes; and the high declaration against the intended petition and engagement of the Londoners and others, for the speedy settlement of the kingdomes peace: occasioned by the debates thereof in the Common Councel in the Guildhal on Saturday last, the 24 of this instant Iuly. Discovering the dangerous consequences of repealing ordinances and votes, and the Independents, sectaries, and Armies plots, to blast the honour, justice, and reputation of this Parliament, thereby to dissolve it and all others in it; their false pretences of peace, when they intend nought lesse; and their strange injustice and malice against Presbyterians, which will end in their own dishonour and downfal.
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             New Presbyterian light springing out of Independent darkness. or VI. important new queries proposed to the Army, and their friends and party of the Houses; concerning the late ordinance for repeal of the new militia of London, setled by an ordinance of both Houses, when full and free, for an whole year, (not yet one quarter expired;) and other late repeals of ordinances and votes; and the high declaration against the intended petition and engagement of the Londoners and others, for the speedy settlement of the kingdomes peace: occasioned by the debates thereof in the Common Councel in the Guildhal on Saturday last, the 24 of this instant Iuly. Discovering the dangerous consequences of repealing ordinances and votes, and the Independents, sectaries, and Armies plots, to blast the honour, justice, and reputation of this Parliament, thereby to dissolve it and all others in it; their false pretences of peace, when they intend nought lesse; and their strange injustice and malice against Presbyterians, which will end in their own dishonour and downfal.
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           New
           Presbyterian
           Light
           springing
           out
           of
           Independent
           Darkness
           .
           or
           VI
           .
           important
           new
           QVERIES
           proposed
           to
           the
           ARMY
           ,
           And
           their
           Friends
           and
           Party
           of
           the
           Houses
           ;
           concerning
           the
           late
           
             Ordinance
          
           for
           
             Repeal
          
           of
           the
           
             New
             Militia
          
           of
           London
           ,
           setled
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           when
           full
           and
           free
           ,
           for
           an
           whole
           year
           ,
           (
           not
           yet
           one
           Quarter
           expired
           ;
           )
           and
           other
           late
           Repeals
           of
           
             Ordinances
          
           and
           
             Votes
             ;
          
           and
           the
           high
           
             Declaration
          
           against
           the
           intended
           
             Petition
          
           and
           Engagement
           of
           the
           
             Londoners
          
           and
           others
           ,
           
             For
             the
             speedy
             settlement
          
           of
           the
           Kingdomes
           Peace
           :
           occasioned
           by
           the
           Debates
           thereof
           in
           the
           
             Common
             Councel
          
           in
           the
           
             Guildhal
          
           on
           
             Saturday
          
           last
           ,
           the
           24
           of
           this
           instant
           
             Iuly
             .
          
        
         
           Discovering
           the
           dangerous
           
             consequences
          
           of
           repealing
           Ordinances
           and
           Votes
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Independents
             ,
             Sectaries
             ,
             and
             Armies
          
           PLOTS
           ,
           to
           blast
           the
           Honour
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           reputation
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           thereby
           to
           dissolve
           it
           and
           all
           others
           in
           in
           their
           false
           pretences
           of
           Peace
           ,
           when
           they
           intend
           naught
           lesse
           ;
           and
           their
           strange
           Injustice
           and
           malice
           against
           Presbyterians
           ,
           which
           will
           end
           in
           their
           own
           dishonour
           and
           downfal
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           164●
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
         
           NEW
           PRESBYTERIAN
           LIGHT
           springing
           out
           of
           INDEPENDENT
           DARKNES
           OR
           Six
           important
           new
           Queries
           ,
           proposed
           to
           the
           Army
           and
           their
           friends
           and
           Humble
           servants
           of
           the
           Houses
           ;
           concerning
           the
           late
           Ordinance
           for
           Repeal
           of
           the
           New
           Militia
           of
           London
           ,
           setled
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           when
           full
           and
           free
           ,
           for
           an
           whole
           year
           (
           not
           yet
           one
           quarter
           expired
           )
           and
           other
           late
           Repeals
           of
           Ordinances
           and
           Votes
           ;
           and
           the
           high
           Declaration
           against
           the
           intended
           Petition
           and
           engagement
           of
           the
           Londoners
           and
           others
           ;
           for
           the
           speedy
           settlement
           of
           the
           Kingdomes
           Peace
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           common
           Observation
           ,
           that
           
             New
             Laws
             ever
             beget
             new
             doubts
             and
             Questions
             :
          
           so
           have
           some
           
             New
             Ordinances
             and
             Declarations
          
           concerning
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           Petition
           and
           
             Engagement
          
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Common-Councel
          
           an
           
             Saturday
          
           last
           ;
           reducible
           to
           the
           ensuing
           six
           
             Queries
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           
             Ordinances
          
           and
           
             Votes
          
           of
           both
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           passed
           with
           mature
           deliberation
           in
           a
           ful
           and
           free
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           over-awed
           
           by
           no
           armed
           power
           ,
           may
           or
           can
           in
           point
           of
           
             Honor
             ,
             Law
             ,
          
           or
           
             Justice
             ,
          
           be
           
             retracted
          
           or
           
             repealed
          
           on
           a
           suddain
           ,
           upon
           the
           request
           or
           demand
           of
           a
           
             mutinous
             Army
             ,
          
           by
           any
           contrary
           
             Ordinances
          
           or
           
             Votes
             ,
          
           made
           upon
           less
           debate
           or
           consideration
           ;
           when
           the
           
             Houses
          
           were
           neither
           so
           sul
           nor
           
             free
          
           as
           befo●e
           ,
           and
           
             divided
          
           in
           the
           later
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           the
           former
           
             Ordinances
          
           and
           
             votes
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           the
           same
           
             session
          
           of
           Parliament
           ?
           And
           whether
           the
           
             Armics
          
           and
           
             Independents
          
           end
           in
           putting
           the
           Houses
           now
           upon
           such
           repealing
           
             Ordinances
          
           and
           
             Votes
             ,
          
           (
           for
           which
           they
           have
           sufficiently
           jeered
           and
           abused
           them
           in
           print
           ,
           and
           manifested
           the
           
             dishonor
             and
             prejudice
             of
             it
             ,
          
           in
           their
           Humble
           
             Remonstrance
          
           of
           
             Iune
          
           23.
           
           P.
           8.
           9.
           
           )
           is
           not
           to
           render
           Parliaments
           vile
           and
           odious
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           to
           abolish
           them
           ,
           and
           change
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           Government
           of
           this
           
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           into
           a
           
             Councel
             of
             war
             ,
          
           and
           
             Agitators
          
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           a
           
             popular
             Anarchy
          
           for
           the
           future
           ?
           But
           we
           trust
           all
           wel-affected
           intelligent
           people
           wil
           be
           so
           discreet
           ,
           as
           to
           turn
           the
           blame
           and
           
             odium
          
           only
           upon
           the
           cheif
           plotters
           ,
           and
           drivers
           on
           of
           this
           design
           ;
           and
           never
           grow
           weary
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           but
           of
           that
           factious
           Army
           &
           their
           confederates
           ,
           who
           thus
           pervert
           and
           abuse
           them
           ,
           and
           deserve
           exemplary
           punishment
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           such
           a
           manner
           of
           revoking
           
             Ordinances
             ,
          
           and
           eating
           or
           repealing
           
             former
             Votes
             ,
          
           wil
           not
           render
           all
           
             Ordinances
             and
             Votes
          
           contemptible
           ,
           ridiculous
           ,
           and
           of
           little
           or
           no
           validity
           ;
           and
           shake
           all
           the
           
             Ordinances
          
           and
           
             Votes
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
          
           either
           for
           the
           
             Souldiers
          
           and
           others
           
             Indempnity
             ,
          
           in
           acting
           for
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           upon
           any
           
             Ordinances
             ;
          
           or
           for
           the
           
             security
          
           of
           moneys
           advanced
           for
           the
           
             Publique
          
           service
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Excise
             ,
             Goldsmiths
             Hall
             ,
          
           Sale
           of
           
             Bishops
             Lands
          
           &c.
           and
           make
           all
           such
           security
           invalid
           ,
           since
           revokable
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           if
           the
           Army
           or
           
             Independents
          
           shal
           but
           propound
           it
           ?
           And
           then
           in
           what
           sad
           condition
           are
           the
           poor
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
          
           who
           have
           engaged
           all
           their
           Estates
           upon
           the
           faith
           of
           such
           
             Ordinances
          
           and
           
             Votes
             ,
          
           to
           raise
           ,
           maintain
           ,
           and
           gratify
           
             Independent
             forces
             ,
             Officers
             ,
             Members
          
           (
           who
           have
           contributed
           least
           of
           any
           ,
           and
           received
           most
           )
           who
           may
           dash
           and
           null
           all
           their
           securities
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           if
           they
           comply
           not
           with
           them
           ?
           And
           whether
           the
           Citie
           ,
           Common-Councel
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           who
           have
           advanced
           moneys
           ,
           or
           acted
           upon
           any
           Ordinances
           ,
           have
           not
           just
           cause
           to
           question
           the
           validity
           of
           such
           repealing
           Ordinances
           and
           Votes
           ,
           which
           may
           endanger
           their
           very
           lives
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Estates
           ,
           
           and
           expose
           them
           to
           all
           kind
           of
           extremities
           ;
           notwithstanding
           their
           oft
           promised
           protection
           and
           indempnity
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Whether
           the
           suddain
           repeal
           of
           the
           
             Ordinance
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           of
           the
           4
           of
           
             May
          
           1647
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Militia
          
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           setled
           by
           unanimous
           consent
           of
           the
           Common-Councel
           ▪
           and
           both
           
             Houses
          
           when
           ful
           and
           free
           ,
           to
           continue
           for
           a
           
             ful
             year
          
           (
           at
           least
           )
           upon
           a
           bare
           motion
           from
           the
           
             Army
          
           (
           whom
           it
           no
           ways
           concerned
           ,
           and
           who
           never
           motioned
           it
           to
           the
           City
           or
           their
           Commissioners
           ,
           in
           any
           of
           their
           Letters
           or
           Treaties
           with
           their
           Commissioners
           ,
           for
           ought
           appears
           )
           only
           to
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           without
           any
           grounds
           or
           satisfactory
           reasons
           alledged
           for
           this
           suddain
           change
           ,
           or
           once
           
             hearing
          
           or
           
             conferring
          
           with
           the
           City
           or
           
             Militia
          
           (
           as
           they
           have
           usually
           done
           upon
           all
           other
           occasions
           of
           far
           less
           consequence
           then
           this
           )
           by
           an
           
             Ordinance
          
           of
           23.
           
           
             July
          
           1647.
           (
           before
           three
           moneths
           of
           the
           time
           expired
           )
           which
           renders
           no
           reason
           at
           all
           of
           the
           alteration
           ;
           be
           not
           a
           
             Jesuitical
          
           device
           of
           some
           swaying
           
             Sectaries
          
           and
           
             Independents
             ;
          
           partly
           for
           to
           alienate
           and
           divide
           the
           City
           from
           the
           Parliament
           (
           who
           cannot
           but
           resent
           it
           as
           an
           high
           discourtesie
           and
           affront
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           ill
           requital
           of
           all
           their
           former
           services
           and
           fidelity
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           oft
           supplied
           by
           their
           bounty
           ,
           and
           preserved
           by
           their
           valour
           ,
           when
           few
           or
           none
           else
           stood
           by
           them
           to
           the
           effusion
           of
           their
           blood
           ,
           &
           advanced
           no
           less
           then
           80000.
           l
           ▪
           at
           once
           for
           the
           new-modeling
           &
           raising
           of
           this
           very
           ungratful
           
             Army
             ,
          
           which
           now
           thus
           unworthily
           puts
           such
           an
           insufferable
           disgrace
           upon
           them
           .
           )
           but
           principally
           to
           gain
           the
           
             Tower
          
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           Magazines
           in
           it
           ,
           into
           the
           Independents
           and
           Armies
           custody
           ,
           to
           inslave
           and
           Command
           the
           City
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ;
           they
           having
           formerly
           plotted
           to
           surprise
           it
           by
           stratagem
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           rendred
           them
           very
           odious
           ;
           and
           this
           being
           a
           far
           more
           plausible
           way
           to
           gain
           its
           possession
           ,
           by
           color
           of
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           who
           must
           bear
           all
           the
           blame
           ,
           and
           envy
           ,
           whiles
           the
           Contrivers
           of
           it
           go
           Scot-free
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Whether
           this
           President
           at
           the
           
             Armies
          
           instance
           ,
           of
           repealing
           the
           old
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           by
           a
           new
           ;
           may
           not
           prove
           a
           dangerous
           leading
           case
           for
           the
           Houses
           sodainly
           to
           repeal
           Sir
           
             Thomas
          
           
           
             Fairfax
          
           and
           all
           his
           
             Officers
             Commissions
             ,
          
           which
           are
           but
           
             durante
             beneplacito
             :
             &
             quamdiu
             se
             bene
             gesserint
             ;
          
           (
           and
           therefore
           all
           *
           forfeited
           by
           their
           mutinies
           and
           disobedience
           :
           )
           and
           the
           late
           Votes
           
             for
             putting
             all
             the
             forces
             in
             pay
             within
             the
             Kingdom
          
           
           
             under
             his
             command
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             continuance
             ,
             pay
             and
             establishment
             of
             the
             ARMY
             :
          
           with
           all
           other
           late
           Votes
           passed
           in
           their
           favour
           and
           at
           their
           desires
           ,
           and
           their
           very
           
             Act
             of
             Indempnity
             ?
          
           And
           then
           what
           wil
           become
           of
           their
           Worships
           ?
           Have
           they
           not
           then
           made
           a
           rod
           for
           their
           own
           tails
           ;
           and
           a
           halter
           for
           their
           own
           necks
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           Cities
           by
           this
           
             new
             Ordinance
          
           of
           repeal
           ,
           made
           with
           more
           hast
           then
           good
           speed
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Whether
           the
           House
           of
           
             Lords
          
           and
           
             Commons
          
           have
           not
           by
           their
           
             Ordinance
          
           for
           the
           
             taking
             of
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
          
           authorized
           ,
           obliged
           ,
           and
           engaged
           all
           wel-affected
           
             Citizens
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Soldiers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Subjects
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           who
           have
           taken
           it
           ,
           solemnly
           to
           unite
           their
           
             heads
             ,
             hearts
          
           and
           
             forces
          
           together
           at
           this
           present
           (
           and
           upon
           all
           other
           just
           occasions
           )
           for
           the
           
             preservation
          
           of
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             Vniformity
          
           in
           
             Church-Government
          
           against
           
             Heresie
             ,
             Error
             ,
             Blasphemy
          
           and
           
             Schism
             ;
          
           the
           
             safety
          
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             person
          
           and
           
             authority
             ;
          
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           
             just
             Rights
          
           and
           
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           of
           their
           own
           
             Lives
             ,
             Estates
             ,
             Liberties
             ;
          
           (
           all
           now
           endangered
           by
           a
           
             Schismatical
             mutinous
             party
             in
             the
             Army
          
           and
           their
           
             Confederates
             )
          
           the
           present
           effectual
           relief
           of
           distressed
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           bringing
           
             his
             Majesty
          
           to
           or
           neer
           his
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           in
           an
           honorable
           and
           just
           way
           ,
           for
           the
           speedy
           settlement
           of
           a
           
             firm
          
           and
           
             happy
             peace
             ,
          
           after
           all
           our
           expensive
           and
           bloody
           ▪
           Wars
           ,
           so
           long
           delayed
           since
           the
           War
           hath
           ceased
           ,
           to
           their
           great
           grief
           and
           dammage
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           then
           they
           and
           others
           are
           all
           mistaken
           in
           the
           words
           and
           tenour
           of
           the
           
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
          
           engaging
           them
           thereunto
           in
           positive
           terms
           under
           pain
           and
           censure
           of
           
             detestable
             perjury
             ,
             apostacy
             ;
             neutrality
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             shal
             not
             suffer
             themselves
             directly
             or
             indirectly
             by
             WHATSOEVER
             COMBINATION
             PERSWASION
             OR
             TERROR
          
           (
           be
           it
           of
           an
           whole
           revolting
           
             Army
          
           or
           a
           
             Declaration
             of
             high
             Treason
          
           either
           from
           his
           
             Majesty
          
           or
           any
           
             Independent
             Members
          
           of
           either
           House
           ,
           or
           any
           
             Sectaries
          
           who
           have
           either
           not
           taken
           ,
           forgotten
           ,
           or
           abjured
           the
           Covenant
           )
           
             to
             be
             divided
             or
             withdrawn
             from
             this
             blessed
             Vnion
             and
             Conjunction
             ,
             either
             to
             make
             defection
             to
             the
             contrary
          
           (
           Prelatical
           ,
           Sectarian
           or
           Independent
           )
           
             Part
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             give
             themselves
             to
             a
             detestable
             indifferency
             and
             neutrality
             in
             this
             cause
             which
             so
             much
             concerns
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             good
             and
             peace
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             and
             honor
             of
             the
             King
             :
          
           But
           shal
           
             ALL
             THE
          
           
           
             DAYS
             OF
             THEIR
             LIVES
             ZEALOVSLY
             AND
             CONSTANTLY
             CONTINVE
             THERIN
             AGAINST
             ALL
             OPPOSITION
             ,
             AND
             PROMOTE
             THE
             SAME
             ,
             ACCORDING
             TO
             THEIR
             POWER
             AGAINST
             ALL
             LETS
             AND
             IMPEDIMENTS
             ;
          
           be
           it
           from
           the
           
             Army
          
           or
           any
           other
           ?
           If
           yea
           ,
           as
           is
           irrefragable
           ;
           then
           with
           what
           conscience
           ,
           face
           or
           Justice
           can
           such
           be
           declared
           
             Traytors
             ,
          
           or
           
             guilty
             of
             Treason
             ,
          
           who
           shal
           now
           
             re-engage
          
           themselves
           to
           make
           good
           this
           
             League
          
           and
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           that
           by
           those
           very
           
             Houses
          
           (
           perchance
           not
           persons
           )
           who
           formerly
           enjoyned
           and
           earnestly
           pressed
           them
           to
           take
           it
           ,
           and
           proclaimed
           them
           
             treacherous
          
           and
           perjured
           if
           they
           brake
           it
           ?
           Was
           ever
           such
           a
           strange
           contradiction
           as
           this
           ,
           heard
           of
           in
           the
           world
           before
           ?
           The
           
             King
          
           proclaimed
           those
           
             Traytors
             heretofore
             ,
          
           who
           should
           adventure
           to
           take
           it
           by
           the
           
             Houses
          
           command
           ;
           and
           the
           Independents
           in
           the
           Houses
           must
           now
           declare
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           taken
           it
           by
           their
           order
           ,
           
             Traytors
             ,
          
           because
           they
           conscionably
           keep
           it
           against
           a
           perfidious
           
             Armies
          
           mind
           ,
           who
           have
           highly
           violated
           it
           in
           every
           particular
           branch
           .
           But
           to
           requite
           their
           kindness
           ,
           those
           honest
           
             Covenanters
          
           wil
           inforce
           them
           and
           make
           it
           good
           at
           their
           utmost
           perils
           before
           all
           the
           world
           :
           
             That
             those
             who
             wilfully
             and
             treacherously
             break
             this
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
             are
             Traytors
             ;
             not
             those
             who
             zealously
             and
             constantly
             continue
             therein
             :
          
           and
           if
           their
           decryed
           
             Petition
          
           and
           engagement
           be
           Treason
           ;
           the
           
             Armies
          
           seditious
           ,
           mutinous
           
             Petitions
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             Demands
          
           and
           
             Letters
             ,
          
           and
           seising
           and
           detaining
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           from
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           against
           
             their
          
           Votes
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           
             much
             more
             Treason
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           this
           strange
           subitane
           
             Declaration
          
           of
           their
           
             Friends
             and
             Party
          
           serves
           only
           for
           this
           good
           use
           ,
           implicitely
           and
           by
           way
           of
           necessary
           sequel
           ;
           to
           proclaim
           the
           
             Generals
             ,
             Officers
             ,
             Agitators
             and
             Armies
             Declarations
             ,
             Proceedings
          
           and
           
             Demands
             High
             Treason
          
           at
           the
           least
           ;
           seeing
           they
           resolve
           and
           declare
           (
           by
           what
           Law
           is
           questionable
           )
           the
           very
           signing
           of
           this
           new
           harmless
           ingagement
           ,
           (
           warranted
           by
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             )
          
           to
           be
           such
           ;
           which
           they
           had
           neither
           justice
           nor
           courage
           to
           do
           before
           in
           direct
           and
           positive
           terms
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           and
           should
           have
           done
           :
           which
           
             Declaration
          
           is
           as
           justly
           revocable
           no
           doubt
           as
           that
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           more
           reasonably
           excepted
           against
           ,
           then
           that
           against
           the
           
             Armies
          
           
           
           
             seditious
             Petition
             ,
             &
             Engagement
             ,
          
           the*
           seminary
           and
           ground-work
           of
           all
           their
           
             undutiful
          
           and
           
             treasonable
             proceedings
          
           since
           ,
           against
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           poor
           dying
           
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           What
           Reason
           or
           justice
           is
           there
           ,
           that
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Fairfax
             ,
             Cromwels
             ,
             Cornet
             Joyce
             ,
          
           the
           
             Agitators
             and
             Armies
          
           confederacy
           
           and
           *
           
             solemn
             Engagements
          
           to
           
             seize
             the
             Kings
             person
             ;
          
           march
           up
           to
           
             London
          
           to
           enforce
           the
           
             Houses
             ,
             impeach
             and
             demand
          
           XI
           .
           
             eminent
             Members
          
           at
           once
           ,
           without
           just
           cause
           ;
           subvert
           the
           
             Rights
             and
             freedom
             of
             Parliaments
             ;
          
           propose
           very
           
             high
             and
             unreasonable
             demands
             ,
          
           to
           which
           they
           must
           receive
           
             a
             present
             answer
             ,
          
           or
           else
           be
           
             enforced
             to
             take
             extraordinary
             courses
             ;
          
           draw
           all
           
             other
             forces
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           and
           those
           
             designed
             for
             Ireland
          
           to
           combine
           with
           them
           against
           the
           
             Parliament
             ;
          
           their
           seizing
           of
           
             General
             Poyntz
             ,
          
           and
           sending
           him
           to
           the
           
             Army
          
           to
           be
           tryed
           by
           a
           
             Councel
             of
             War
          
           for
           his
           life
           ,
           only
           for
           disswading
           his
           Officers
           to
           joyn
           with
           the
           
             Agitators
          
           and
           
             Armie
          
           in
           these
           
             Treasons
             ;
          
           should
           never
           be
           declared
           nor
           proclaimed
           
             Treason
          
           by
           the
           Houses
           all
           this
           while
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           poor
           faithful
           
             Citizens
          
           (
           to
           whom
           the
           Houses
           owe
           their
           lives
           and
           preservation
           more
           then
           to
           the
           
             Army
             )
          
           be
           sodainly
           declared
           
             Traytors
          
           by
           them
           ,
           only
           for
           reingageing
           themselves
           according
           to
           their
           Covenant
           ,
           to
           defend
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           
             City
             ,
          
           against
           these
           
             revolters
             ,
          
           and
           to
           endeavour
           a
           safe
           &
           speedy
           Peace
           ;
           which
           the
           world
           wil
           beleive
           the
           Army
           and
           their
           freinds
           in
           the
           Houses
           never
           cordialy
           
             intended
             ,
          
           but
           pretended
           ,
           only
           to
           delude
           the
           people
           ;
           because
           they
           declare
           the
           Citizens
           desire
           and
           engagement
           
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           less
           then
           *
           
             Treason
             ,
          
           and
           a
           very
           dangerous
           
             design
             ,
          
           discovered
           to
           the
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           in
           a
           Letter
           by
           
             Col.
             Harvey
             ,
          
           with
           the
           names
           of
           the
           chief
           Conspirators
           ,
           from
           his
           Bishoprick
           of
           
             Fulham
             ,
          
           the
           purchase
           whereof
           ,
           and
           something
           else
           hath
           made
           him
           lately
           
             Independentish
             :
          
           And
           why
           was
           
             H.
             M.
          
           that
           
             Chast
          
           and
           
             Saint-like
             Independent
             ,
          
           (
           who
           hath
           so
           much
           honesty
           as
           never
           in
           two
           years
           space
           ,
           after
           divers
           summons
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           
             Account
             of
             the
             States
             money
             he
             received
             ,
          
           and
           so
           much
           piety
           ,
           as
           to
           plead
           for
           that
           most
           
             damnable
             Heretick
             and
             Blasphemour
             ,
             Best
          
           and
           his
           Books
           )
           imployed
           to
           draw
           up
           this
           Declaration
           against
           the
           Citizens
           Petition
           and
           Engagement
           ;
           who
           pleaded
           so
           violently
           for
           the
           revocation
           of
           the
           
             Declaration
          
           against
           the
           Armies
           Petition
           ,
           as
           an
           high
           
             Breach
          
           of
           
             the
             Subiects
             Priviledg●
             and
             Birthright
             ,
          
           fit
           to
           be
           revoked
           ?
           
           Surely
           it
           seems
           it
           is
           either
           because
           some
           
             Independent
             Grandees
          
           of
           the
           Houses
           were
           privy
           and
           consenting
           to
           all
           these
           Trayterous
           Actions
           and
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Army
           and
           so
           would
           not
           declare
           against
           them
           ▪
           for
           fear
           of
           proclaiming
           themselves
           
             Traytors
             ,
          
           as
           wel
           as
           
             Joyce
          
           and
           the
           Army
           ;
           or
           because
           the
           times
           are
           now
           so
           metamorphosed
           ,
           and
           the
           Independent
           party
           become
           so
           strong
           by
           the
           Impeachment
           and
           d●iving
           away
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Members
           ;
           that
           
             High
             Treason
          
           in
           an
           
             Independent
          
           and
           
             Sectary
             ,
          
           is
           become
           a
           commendable
           
             vertue
             ,
          
           at
           least
           an
           irreprehensible
           
             offence
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Presbyterians
          
           meer
           performance
           of
           his
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           (
           which
           this
           Declaration
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           would
           utterly
           repeal
           )
           become
           no
           less
           then
           
             Treason
             ;
          
           so
           much
           are
           
             Presbyterians
          
           down
           the
           wind
           ,
           and
           such
           is
           the
           
             Independents
          
           and
           
             Sectaries
          
           brotherly
           affection
           and
           Liberty
           of
           conscience
           towards
           them
           ,
           even
           for
           doing
           their
           conscience
           .
           What
           may
           they
           expect
           from
           them
           hereafter
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           injurious
           and
           harsh
           towards
           them
           already
           ?
           The
           
             Independent
          
           and
           
             Sectarian
          
           party
           now
           are
           grown
           so
           confident
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           and
           both
           Houses
           theirs
           ,
           and
           the
           Presbyterians
           quite
           defunct
           :
           And
           thereupon
           have
           newly
           published
           a
           
             Libel
          
           with
           this
           
             Title
             :
             The
             last
             Wil
             and
             Testament
             of
             Sir
             John
             Presbyter
             ;
             who
             dyed
             of
             a
             new
             disease
             ,
             called
             ,
             The
             Particular
             Charge
             of
             the
             ARMY
             ,
             &c.
             
             With
             his
             Life
             ,
             DEATH
             and
             BVRIAL
             ;
          
           also
           his
           
             Epitaph
             :
          
           (
           discovering
           their
           mortal
           hatred
           to
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Armies
           design
           to
           
             kill
             and
             bury
             them
             ,
             )
          
           which
           they
           presume
           already
           done
           by
           the
           
             Armies
             Charge
             :
          
           But
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           be
           not
           over
           hasty
           :
           Sir
           
             John
             Presbyter
             ,
          
           though
           he
           hath
           silently
           slept
           a
           while
           ,
           is
           now
           awaked
           ;
           and
           neither
           
             dead
          
           nor
           
             buried
             ,
          
           but
           
             alive
             ,
          
           and
           alive
           will
           be
           ,
           when
           King
           
             John
          
           of
           
             Leyden
             ,
          
           the
           
             Anabaptist
             ,
          
           and
           Saint
           
             Ignatius
             Loyola
             ,
          
           the
           
             Jesuited
             Independent
          
           may
           be
           strangled
           at
           
             Tyburn
             ,
          
           or
           lose
           their
           
             Pates
          
           on
           
             Tower-hil
          
           for
           their
           
             sacred
             Treacheries
             ;
          
           the
           whole
           series
           and
           History
           whereof
           ,
           with
           the
           names
           ,
           places
           of
           meeting
           ,
           Debates
           ,
           Letters
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           the
           chief
           Heads
           of
           the
           
             Faction
          
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           have
           
             Treacherously
          
           revolted
           to
           them
           for
           base
           private
           ends
           ,
           he
           wil
           speedily
           publish
           to
           the
           world
           to
           their
           
             eternal
             Infamy
             ,
          
           to
           shew
           he
           is
           still
           
             alive
          
           and
           
             unburied
             ,
          
           and
           privy
           to
           their
           deepest
           secrets
           ;
           which
           he
           wil
           not
           only
           charge
           but
           make
           good
           against
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           more
           honorable
           and
           
             Parliamentary
          
           manner
           ,
           then
           the
           
             ARMY
          
           did
           ,
           or
           can
           make
           good
           
           their
           Charge
           against
           the
           
             MEMBERS
          
           they
           impeached
           ;
           who
           dare
           trie
           their
           
             Innocency
          
           by
           
             Battle
          
           in
           the
           open
           
             feild
          
           (
           so
           many
           to
           so
           many
           and
           one
           to
           Boote
           )
           against
           the
           Gallant
           
             General
          
           and
           
             Lievt.
             General
             ,
          
           and
           any
           9.
           or
           ten
           Officers
           of
           the
           
             Army
          
           more
           ,
           that
           are
           
             Gentlemen
             born
             ,
          
           to
           end
           the
           Controversy
           and
           Wars
           without
           more
           expence
           of
           blood
           ,
           as
           wel
           as
           answer
           them
           at
           the
           
             Commons
             Bar
             ;
          
           and
           wil
           prove
           themselves
           more
           faithful
           to
           the
           
             state
             ,
          
           then
           any
           of
           their
           greatest
           
             Accusers
             ,
          
           if
           both
           sides
           may
           come
           to
           a
           
             free
          
           and
           
             fair
             Tryal
             .
          
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           wil
           pray
           ;
           that
           the
           
             Armies
             ,
             Sectaries
             ,
             and
             Independents
             private
             ends
             ,
          
           and
           
             self-seeking
             Designs
             ;
          
           may
           never
           be
           able
           to
           obstruct
           the
           speedy
           settlement
           of
           our
           
             Publick
             Peace
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           or
           releif
           of
           
             desperate
             Ireland
             ,
          
           now
           gasping
           out
           it
           's
           last
           breath
           ;
           whose
           loss
           and
           blood
           must
           onely
           rest
           on
           their
           score
           .
           Whom
           their
           great
           Friend
           and
           Patron
           
             John
             Lilburn
          
           in
           his
           new-printed
           
             Epistles
          
           to
           
             Cromwel
          
           thus
           paints
           out
           in
           their
           Saint-like
           colours
           ;
           p.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           
             You
             have
             robb'd
             by
             your
             unjust
             subtilty
             and
             shifting
             tricks
             the
             honest
             and
             gallant
             Agitators
             of
             a●l
             their
             power
             and
             authority
             ,
             and
             solely
             placed
             it
             in
             a
             thing
             called
             a
             Councel
             of
             War
             or
             rather
             a
             Cabinet
             Juncto
             of
          
           7
           
             or
          
           8
           
             proud
             self-end d
             fellows
             ,
             that
             so
             you
             may
             without
             controul
             make
             up
             your
             own
             ends
             :
             The
             chiefest
             of
             them
             are
             as
             base
             as
             base
             may
             be
             ;
             and
             wil
             sel
             Christ
             ,
             their
             Country
             ,
             Friends
             ,
             Relations
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
             for
             a
             little
             money
             or
             worldly
             riches
             .
          
           And
           are
           such
           
             Saints
          
           to
           be
           trusted
           by
           
             Parliament
          
           or
           
             King
             ?
          
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           if
           Parliament
           Members
           out
           of
           by-ends
           ,
           or
           fear
           of
           ,
           or
           compliance
           with
           any
           particular
           
             Party
          
           whatsoever
           ,
           wil
           pass
           any
           
             unjust
             ,
             dishonorable
             or
             inconsiderate
             Votes
          
           or
           
             Ordinances
             ;
          
           it
           is
           a
           just
           judgment
           of
           God
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           enforced
           and
           induced
           publiquely
           to
           retract
           them
           with
           
             shame
          
           and
           
             dishonor
             ,
          
           even
           by
           the
           meanest
           of
           the
           people
           :
           whose
           late
           
             tumultuous
             proce●dings
             ,
          
           though
           no
           ways
           justifiable
           or
           excusable
           ,
           but
           deserving
           
             exemplary
             Censure
             ,
          
           and
           carefully
           to
           be
           prevented
           ,
           suppressed
           on
           all
           hands
           by
           the
           
             Militia
          
           and
           other
           
             Officers
          
           appointed
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           :
           yet
           they
           must
           be
           looked
           upon
           by
           all
           wise
           conscientious
           people
           ,
           as
           fruits
           of
           the
           
             Armies
          
           pernicious
           
             disobedience
          
           and
           
             exorbitancies
             ,
          
           and
           permitted
           ,
           ordered
           by
           Gods
           providence
           to
           punish
           &
           correct
           ,
           if
           not
           reform
           ,
           the
           obliquity
           and
           iniquity
           of
           such
           timerous
           ▪
           self-seeking
           ,
           or
           time-serving
           warping
           
             Members
             ,
          
           who
           out
           of
           fear
           ,
           self-interests
           ,
           or
           to
           please
           a
           prevailing
           party
           or
           Army
           ,
           
           care
           not
           what
           they
           pass
           or
           Vote
           ,
           to
           the
           Parliaments
           dishonor
           ,
           and
           the
           publick
           prejudice
           ,
           or
           hurt
           of
           those
           who
           side
           not
           with
           them
           ;
           the
           late
           sad
           effects
           and
           dangerous
           consequences
           whereof
           ,
           may
           (
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           )
           convince
           them
           of
           their
           former
           Errors
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           and
           engage
           them
           to
           vote
           and
           act
           with
           more
           syncerity
           and
           publique
           generous
           spirits
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           aiming
           only
           at
           the
           Common
           good
           ,
           Peace
           and
           speedy
           settlement
           of
           our
           distracted
           and
           almost
           ruin'd
           Kingdoms
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           A
           Post-script
           .
        
         
           
             JOhn
             Lilburn
             ,
          
           the
           Armies
           Champion
           ,
           cheif
           Advocate
           ,
           and
           Councellor
           in
           his
           Letters
           to
           
             Leivt.
             General
             Cromwel
             ;
          
           p.
           13.
           hath
           this
           notable
           passage
           ,
           which
           proclaims
           them
           a
           meer
           
             unlawful
             rout
             of
             Rebellious
             Mutiners
             ,
          
           acting
           without
           a
           
             Commission
             from
             the
             King
             or
             Houses
             ,
          
           whose
           
             orders
             and
             Commands
             they
             positively
             disobey
             and
             protest
             against
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           all
           Wel-willers
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           are
           bound
           by
           their
           Covenant
           to
           withstand
           and
           protest
           against
           them
           and
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           endeavor
           their
           present
           disbanding
           ,
           for
           the
           peoples
           ease
           ,
           and
           settlement
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           Peace
           .
        
         
           
             The
          
           Army
           under
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           IS
           NOT
           NOW
           AN
           ARMY
           ACTING
           BY
           A
           COMMISSION
           
             from
             the
             King
             ,
          
           OR
           THE
           TWO
           HOVSES
           ;
           for
           although
           they
           were
           raised
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           assembled
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           (
           not
           the
           
             Scotch
             ,
             Jewish
             ,
             Antichristian
             ,
          
           inslaving
           Presbytery
           )
           and
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           (
           not
           the
           Arbitrary
           wils
           of
           the
           Houses
           ▪
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           
             15.
             
             Feb.
             1644.
             2.
          
           part
           ,
           book
           ,
           declar
           .
           fol.
           
             599.
          
           which
           possitively
           Commands
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           to
           submit
           to
           ,
           and
           obey
           all
           such
           Orders
           and
           Directions
           as
           he
           shal
           receive
           from
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           Committee
           of
           both
           Kingdoms
           .
           Yet
           now
           he
           and
           his
           Army
           apprehending
           and
           beleiving
           ,
           that
           the
           wicked
           and
           swaying
           faction
           in
           both
           Houses
           ,
           would
           destroy
           them
           ,
           and
           inslave
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           DO
           NOT
           ONLY
           DISPVTE
           THE
           TWO
           HOVSES
           ORDERS
           
             and
          
           COMMANDS
           ,
           BVT
           ALSO
           POSSITIVELY
           DISOBEY
           THEM
           ,
           AS
           VNJVST
           ,
           TYRANNICAL
           ,
           VNRIGHTEOVS
           :
           And
           being
           now
           thereby
           dissolved
           into
           the
           Original
           
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           hold
           their
           swords
           in
           their
           hands
           for
           their
           own
           preservation
           and
           safety
           ,
           which
           both
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           Houses
           practises
           and
           Declarations
           teacheth
           them
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           justifies
           them
           ,
           in
           and
           now
           act
           according
           to
           the
           principles
           of
           safety
           ,
           flowing
           from
           Nature
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           agreed
           on
           by
           common
           consent
           and
           mutual
           agreement
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           in
           which
           every
           individual
           private
           Souldier
           ,
           whether
           Horse
           or
           Foot
           ,
           ought
           freely
           to
           have
           their
           Vote
           ,
           to
           chuse
           the
           transactors
           of
           their
           affairs
           ,
           or
           else
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           rotional
           men
           are
           discharged
           from
           obeying
           ,
           stooping
           ,
           or
           submitting
           ,
           to
           what
           is
           done
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           
             And
             p.
             4.
             in
             his
             Letter
             to
          
           Cromwel
           
             March
             25.
             1647.
             he
             lays
             down
             this
             as
             a
             ground
             ,
          
           Why
           the
           Army
           should
           not
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           upon
           any
           conditions
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           before
           they
           see
           the
           Laws
           and
           universal
           wel-known
           Liberties
           of
           England
           settled
           :
           seeing
           I
           wil
           undertake
           publickly
           ,
           and
           hope
           shortly
           to
           prove
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           Tyrannizeth
           ten
           times
           more
           over
           Vs
           ,
           then
           ever
           the
           King
           did
           ;
           and
           I
           wil
           maintain
           that
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           is
           ten
           times
           easier
           to
           prove
           it
           lawful
           for
           us
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           them
           in
           the
           ways
           they
           now
           go
           ;
           then
           it
           was
           for
           them
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           ,
           when
           they
           did
           ,
           against
           the
           King
           .
           And
           I
           profess
           I
           would
           do
           it
           ,
           if
           I
           were
           rationally
           able
           to
           morrow
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           good
           
             Antiparliamentary
             Doctrine
          
           the
           
             Army
          
           in
           their
           late
           
             Demands
          
           require
           the
           enlargement
           of
           this
           
             Arch-traytor
             ,
          
           who
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           in
           his
           printed
           Letters
           was
           the
           Principal
           instrument
           to
           instigate
           
             Cromwel
          
           and
           them
           to
           their
           present
           Rebellion
           against
           the
           
             Houses
             ,
          
           their
           
             Members
          
           and
           
             proceedings
             ,
          
           as
           
             arbitrary
          
           and
           
             Tyrannical
             ,
          
           to
           subvert
           both
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
             .
          
           And
           therfore
           it
           is
           high
           time
           for
           the
           City
           and
           Kingdom
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           to
           withstand
           them
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           King
           ,
           Kingdom
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A91232e-240
           
             This
             Lilburne
             affirmeth
             in
             his
             Epistles
             p.
             13
             ▪
             
          
           
             See
             Lilburns
             Letters
             to
             Cromwel
             ,
             and
             the
             Armyes
             Solemne
             Engagement
             .
          
           
             Of
             Iune
             8.
             14.
             20
             
             ▪
             23.
             
          
           
             Yea
             high
             treason
             ,
             punishable
             with
             the
             forfaiture
             of
             life
             and
             estate
             ,
             so
             are
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Declaration
             .