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             A political catechism, or, Certain questions concerning the government of this land, answered in his Majesties own words, taken out of his answer to the 19 propositions, pag. 17, 18, 19, 20. of the first edition; with some brief observations thereupon. Published for the more compleat setling of consciences; particularly of those that have made the late protestation, to maintain the power and priviledges of Parliament, when they shall herein see the Kings owne interpretation what that power and priviledges are. It is this twentieth day of May, An. Dom. 1643. ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning printing, that this booke entituled, A Politicall catechism, be printed. Iohn White.
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           A
           POLITICAL
           CATECHISM
           ,
           
             OR
             ,
          
           Certain
           Questions
           concerning
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           Answered
           in
           his
           Majesties
           own
           words
           ,
           taken
           out
           of
           His
           Answer
           to
           the
           19
           Propositions
           ,
           
             Pag.
          
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           of
           the
           first
           Edition
           ;
           with
           some
           brief
           Observations
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           Published
           for
           the
           more
           compleat
           setling
           of
           Consciences
           ;
           particularly
           of
           those
           that
           have
           made
           the
           late
           Protestation
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           Power
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           herein
           see
           the
           Kings
           owne
           Interpretation
           what
           that
           Power
           and
           Priviledges
           are
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   We
                   can
                   do
                   nothing
                   against
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                   but
                   for
                   the
                   Truth
                   .
                   2
                   
                     Cor.
                  
                   13.
                   8.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   this
                   twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   May
                   ,
                   
                     An.
                     
                     Dom.
                  
                   1643.
                   
                   Ordered
                   by
                   the
                   Committee
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Commons-in
                   Parliament
                   concerning
                   Printing
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Booke
                   entituled
                   ,
                   
                     A
                     Politicall
                     Catechism
                     ,
                  
                   be
                   printed
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     IOHN
                     WHITE
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
          
           Printed
           for
           SAMUEL
           GELLIBRAND
           ,
           at
           the
           Brazen
           Serpent
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1643.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Politicall
           Catechism
           ,
           Serving
           to
           instruct
           those
           that
           have
           made
           the
           Protestation
           concerning
           the
           power
           and
           priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           taken
           out
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Answer
           to
           the
           19
           Propositions
           .
        
         
           Question
           .
        
         
           HOW
           many
           Simple
           kinds
           are
           there
           of
           Civill
           Government
           of
           States
           ,
           and
           Common-wealths
           ?
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           There
           are
           three
           kinds
           of
           Government
           among
           men
           ;
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           Aristocracy
           ,
           and
           Democracy
           ,
           
             page
             ,
          
           17.
           
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           2.
           
           Are
           there
           any
           of
           these
           Simple
           Formes
           perfect
           ?
        
         
           
             Ans.
          
           All
           these
           have
           their
           particular
           Conveniences
           and
           Inconveniences
           ,
           
             page
          
           17.
           
        
         
           
             Observ.
          
           1
           Experience
           hath
           taught
           men
           everywhere
           to
           acknowledge
           this
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           there
           never
           was
           long
           (
           if
           at
           all
           )
           continued
           any
           of
           these
           Forms
           exactly
           Simple
           ;
           though
           some
           have
           more
           seemed
           such
           then
           others
           .
           Also
           in
           all
           mixtures
           there
           is
           commonly
           some
           one
           of
           these
           Forms
           more
           conspicuous
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           from
           whence
           such
           a
           particular
           Government
           hath
           its
           denomination
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           3.
           
           Is
           the
           State
           of
           
             England
          
           governed
           by
           any
           one
           of
           these
           kinds
           simply
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Experience
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           your
           Ancestors
           hath
           .
           moulded
           this
           [
           Government
           ]
           out
           of
           a
           mixture
           of
           these
           .
           
             page
          
           18
           ,
        
         
         
           
             Q.
          
           4
           What
           kind
           of
           government
           then
           is
           that
           of
           the
           state
           of
           
             England
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Regulated
           Monarchy
           .
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Observ.
          
           1.
           
           If
           this
           Government
           be
           a
           mixture
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           a
           Regulated
           Monarchy
           ;
           then
           it
           is
           a
           fond
           thing
           with
           us
           to
           talk
           of
           an
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           what
           an
           Absolute
           Monarch
           is
           ,
           or
           may
           doe
           .
           And
           it
           is
           only
           the
           language
           of
           Flattery
           that
           holds
           such
           Discourses
           .
        
         
           2
           It
           need
           not
           be
           counted
           a
           Solecisme
           (
           as
           some
           would
           perswade
           us
           )
           to
           speak
           of
           Free
           Subjects
           in
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           such
           a
           Monarchy
           as
           ours
           is
           .
        
         
           3
           If
           this
           Government
           be
           a
           mixture
           of
           all
           three
           ,
           then
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           the
           Representative
           Body
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           allowed
           a
           share
           in
           Government
           (
           some
           at
           least
           )
           which
           yet
           is
           denyed
           ,
           
             page
          
           19.
           
        
         
           4
           If
           this
           Government
           be
           a
           mixture
           ,
           then
           is
           not
           the
           Government
           according
           to
           these
           Lawes
           ,
           Solely
           Trusted
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           seems
           to
           be
           affirmed
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           5
           If
           the
           Government
           be
           Regulated
           ,
           why
           do
           men
           tell
           us
           that
           the
           King
           is
           above
           all
           Law
           ?
           for
           it
           is
           by
           Lawes
           that
           he
           is
           Regulated
           .
        
         
           6
           If
           the
           King
           bee
           Regulated
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           then
           is
           the
           King
           Accountable
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           God
           only
           ,
           as
           men
           would
           make
           us
           beleeve
           .
        
         
           7
           If
           the
           Monarchy
           or
           Regall
           Authority
           it selfe
           bee
           Regulated
           ,
           then
           whatsoever
           is
           done
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           undeniably
           without
           and
           beyond
           the
           limits
           of
           that
           Regulation
           ,
           is
           not
           
             Regall
             Authority
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           .
        
         
           8
           To
           resist
           the
           Notorious
           Transgressions
           of
           that
           Regulation
           ,
           is
           no
           Resisting
           of
           
             Regall
             Authority
             .
          
           And
        
         
           9
           It
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           being
           a
           Resisting
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Resisting
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           man
           .
        
         
           
             Q
          
           5.
           
           By
           whom
           was
           this
           government
           framed
           in
           this
           sort
           ?
           or
           who
           is
           to
           be
           accounted
           the
           Immediate
           Efficient
           of
           the
           Constitution
           thereof
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Experience
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           your
           Ancestors
           hath
           so
           moulded
           this
           ,
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Observ.
          
           1.
           
           If
           our
           Ancestors
           were
           the
           moulders
           of
           this
           Government
           ,
           
           then
           the
           King
           hath
           not
           his
           power
           ,
           Solely
           ,
           or
           Immediately
           ,
           by
           Divine
           Right
           .
        
         
           2
           Much
           lesse
           hath
           he
           his
           Power
           or
           Authority
           by
           Right
           of
           Conquest
           .
        
         
           3
           But
           the
           Immediate
           Originall
           of
           it
           was
           from
           the
           People
           .
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           Then
           —
        
         
           4
           In
           questioned
           cases
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           to
           Produce
           his
           Grant
           (
           for
           he
           hath
           no
           more
           then
           what
           was
           granted
           )
           and
           not
           the
           People
           to
           shew
           a
           Reservation
           ;
           For
           all
           is
           presumed
           to
           be
           Reserved
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           proved
           to
           be
           granted
           away
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           6
           Is
           this
           Regulated
           and
           mixt
           Monarchy
           ,
           as
           good
           as
           an
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           better
           ,
           or
           worse
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           This
           Excellent
           Constitution
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           (
           the
           Ancient
           ,
           Equall
           ,
           Happy
           ,
           Well-poysed
           ,
           and
           never
           enough
           Commended
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           
             page
          
           17.
           )
           hath
           made
           this
           Nation
           so
           many
           years
           both
           Famous
           and
           Happy
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           great
           Degree
           of
           Envy
           .
           
             page
          
           20.
           
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           7
           How
           comes
           it
           to
           passe
           that
           this
           Constitution
           is
           so
           Excellent
           .
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Experience
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           your
           Ancestors
           hath
           so
           moulded
           this
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           mixture
           of
           these
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           (
           as
           farre
           as
           Humane
           Prudence
           can
           provide
           )
           the
           Conveniences
           of
           all
           three
           ,
           without
           the
           Inconvenience
           of
           any
           one
           
             p.
          
           18
        
         
           
             Observ.
          
           1.
           
           Then
           those
           that
           would
           place
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           an
           Absolute
           and
           Abitrary
           Power
           to
           do
           what
           he
           List
           ,
           are
           Destructive
           to
           the
           Nations
           Happinesse
           ,
           and
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           this
           Mixture
           cause
           this
           happinesse
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Greatnesse
           of
           the
           Kings
           Power
           over
           his
           People
           ,
           but
           the
           Restraint
           of
           that
           Power
           that
           hath
           made
           this
           Kingdom
           famous
           and
           Happy
           ;
           for
           other
           Kings
           have
           Power
           as
           large
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           much
           restrained
           ;
           which
           Largenesse
           of
           their
           Power
           hath
           Raised
           those
           Kings
           indeed
           ,
           (
           but
           not
           their
           Kingdoms
           )
           to
           a
           great
           degree
           of
           Envy
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Hence
           we
           discern
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           Possible
           for
           Kings
           to
           envy
           their
           Peoples
           Happinesse
           ,
           because
           the
           largenesse
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Happinesse
           depends
           much
           upon
           the
           Restraint
           of
           the
           Kings
           Exorbitant
           Power
           .
        
         
         
         
         
           4.
           
           If
           this
           Mixture
           and
           well-Poised
           Constitution
           have
           raised
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           so
           Great
           a
           Degree
           of
           Envy
           ,
           no
           marvell
           if
           Iesuiticall
           Councells
           be
           Active
           to
           overthrow
           this
           Happy
           Constitution
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           8
           What
           is
           the
           Conveniency
           or
           Good
           of
           Monarchy
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Vniting
           of
           a
           Nation
           under
           one
           Head
           ,
           to
           Resist
           Invasion
           from
           abroad
           ,
           and
           Insurrection
           at
           home
           .
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           What
           Pernicious
           Councellours
           are
           they
           then
           to
           a
           Monarch
           that
           advise
           him
           to
           bring
           in
           from
           abroad
           German
           Horse
           ,
           or
           an
           Irish
           Army
           ,
           or
           a
           Fleet
           of
           Danes
           to
           invade
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           or
           to
           imploy
           Dunkeirk
           Ships
           to
           seaze
           upon
           his
           Merchants
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           formally
           contrary
           to
           the
           proper
           Good
           or
           End
           of
           Monarchy
           it self
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           Or
           are
           they
           better
           or
           worse
           that
           Advise
           him
           to
           Authorize
           ,
           or
           even
           permit
           any
           in
           his
           Name
           to
           Plunder
           ,
           Rob
           ,
           Spoil
           ▪
           Imprison
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           found
           peaceably
           in
           their
           houses
           ,
           or
           at
           work
           in
           the
           Fields
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           disobeyed
           any
           Legall
           Command
           of
           his
           ?
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           9
           What
           is
           the
           Ill
           of
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           ?
           or
           the
           Inconvenience
           to
           which
           it
           is
           Lyable
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Ill
           of
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           is
           Tyranny
           .
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           Therefore
           the
           more
           Absolute
           a
           Monarch
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           prone
           to
           be
           a
           Tyrant
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Therfore
           also
           it
           is
           safer
           to
           Restrain
           the
           King
           of
           some
           Power
           to
           do
           us
           good
           then
           to
           grant
           him
           too
           much
           opportunity
           to
           do
           us
           hurt
           ;
           and
           the
           Danger
           is
           greater
           to
           the
           People
           in
           Englarging
           the
           Kings
           Power
           ,
           then
           in
           restraining
           it
           somewhat
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           10
           What
           is
           the
           Good
           or
           Conveniency
           of
           Aristocracy
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           good
           of
           Aristocracy
           is
           the
           Coniunction
           of
           Councells
           in
           the
           Ablest
           Persons
           of
           a
           State
           for
           publike
           Benefit
           .
           
             page
          
           18
        
         
           
             Obs.
             ●
             .
          
           Then
           surely
           it
           is
           for
           the
           
             Publike
             Benefit
          
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Conjunction
             of
             Councells
          
           in
           Parliament
           should
           be
           made
           use
           of
           more
           then
           once
           in
           thirteen
           or
           fourteen
           years
           ;
           and
           the
           Law
           for
           a
           Trienniall
           Parliament
           (
           if
           there
           were
           not
           others
           before
           for
           the
           holding
           of
           a
           Parliament
           yearly
           )
           was
           a
           most
           necessary
           Law
           ,
           as
           also
           that
           it
           should
           not
           be
           dissolved
           for
           fifty
           dayes
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           was
           not
           then
           Intended
           in
           the
           
             Constitution
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
          
           
           that
           the
           King
           in
           the
           Greatest
           Matters
           of
           Importance
           for
           Publike
           Benefit
           ,
           should
           only
           hear
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           and
           then
           follow
           it
           or
           reject
           it
           Meerly
           at
           his
           owne
           
             Pleasure
             ;
          
           for
           this
           may
           be
           as
           well
           done
           in
           an
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Neither
           is
           it
           agreeable
           to
           the
           
             Constitution
          
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           the
           King
           from
           affording
           his
           Presence
           to
           his
           Great
           Councell
           of
           State
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           private
           Counsels
           of
           Private
           men
           may
           be
           preferred
           before
           those
           whom
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ▪
          
           counts
           the
           Ablest
           to
           Iudge
           of
           Publike
           Benefit
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           11
           What
           is
           the
           Ill
           of
           Aristocracy
           ,
           or
           the
           Inconvenience
           to
           which
           it
           is
           Lyable
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Ill
           of
           Aristocracy
           is
           Faction
           and
           Division
           .
           
             page
             .
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           then
           to
           those
           Private
           Councellors
           that
           have
           abused
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           perswading
           him
           first
           to
           withdraw
           himself
           from
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           call
           away
           the
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           when
           yet
           without
           the
           Consent
           of
           both
           Houses
           this
           Parliament
           cannot
           be
           Adjourned
           to
           another
           Place
           ,
           much
           lesse
           Dissolved
           ?
           Yet
           if
           all
           would
           have
           come
           away
           at
           call
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           Dissolved
           for
           want
           of
           Legall
           Numbers
           Remaining
           ?
           And
           what
           Greater
           Faction
           or
           Division
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           then
           such
           as
           Divide
           between
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           between
           the
           House
           and
           their
           Members
           ?
           Are
           not
           they
           most
           Pernicious
           Instruments
           ,
           that
           make
           Monarchie
           it self
           ,
           (
           whose
           end
           is
           to
           unite
           as
           was
           said
           before
           )
           thus
           far
           guilty
           of
           
             Faction
          
           and
           
             Division
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           12
           What
           is
           the
           Good
           ,
           or
           Convenience
           of
           Democracy
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           good
           of
           Democracy
           is
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           courage
           and
           Industry
           which
           Liberty
           begets
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           Then
           the
           more
           Liberties
           are
           Encroached
           upon
           ,
           the
           more
           the
           People
           will
           be
           rendred
           Cowardly
           and
           Poor
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           plain
           enough
           seen
           by
           comparing
           the
           Valour
           and
           Riches
           of
           this
           Nation
           in
           Q.
           
             Elizabeths
          
           dayes
           ,
           with
           what
           hath
           been
           of
           Late
           Dayes
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           King
           himself
           ,
           when
           once
           his
           Subjects
           by
           having
           lost
           their
           Liberties
           shall
           lose
           withall
           their
           Courages
           ,
           will
           prove
           the
           greatest
           Looser
           ;
           for
           then
           his
           Kingdom
           will
           be
           an
           easie
           Prey
           to
           any
           Forrain
           Invader
           ,
           or
           even
           to
           a
           home-bred
           Usurper
           ,
           that
           could
           gather
           
           any
           sudden
           Strength
           ,
           and
           would
           Promise
           more
           Libertie
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           13
           What
           is
           the
           Ill
           of
           Democracy
           ,
           or
           the
           Inoonvenience
           to
           which
           it
           is
           Lyable
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Ills
           of
           Democracy
           are
           Tumults
           ,
           Violence
           ,
           and
           Licentiousnesse
           .
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           If
           these
           be
           the
           Evils
           for
           which
           the
           Peoples
           Liberty
           ought
           to
           be
           Restrained
           by
           the
           Mixture
           in
           this
           Government
           ,
           then
           the
           Restraint
           of
           the
           Liberty
           should
           be
           measured
           according
           to
           the
           Exigency
           of
           these
           Evils
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           Liberty
           need
           onely
           be
           Restrained
           as
           is
           sufficient
           for
           the
           Prevention
           of
           these
           
             Evils
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           14
           What
           is
           the
           mixture
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           gives
           it
           the
           Conveniences
           of
           all
           the
           three
           forementioned
           kinds
           of
           Government
           ,
           without
           the
           Inconveniences
           of
           any
           one
           .
        
         
           
             A.
          
           In
           this
           Kingdom
           the
           Lawes
           are
           Ioyntly
           made
           by
           a
           King
           ,
           by
           a
           house
           of
           Peeres
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           house
           of
           Commons
           chosen
           by
           the
           people
           :
           All
           having
           free
           Votes
           ,
           and
           particular
           priviledges
           .
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           Whereas
           there
           hath
           been
           great
           Question
           made
           by
           many
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           Power
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Protestation
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           generally
           made
           thorowout
           the
           Kingdom
           ?
           There
           is
           no
           Reason
           to
           doubt
           but
           those
           things
           which
           the
           King
           grants
           afterward
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           particular
           Priviledge
           of
           each
           House
           ,
           and
           of
           both
           ,
           are
           their
           certain
           Priviledges
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           maintaining
           of
           them
           every
           one
           that
           hath
           made
           the
           Protestation
           is
           most
           strictly
           bound
           ,
           without
           peradventure
           or
           shift
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Priviledges
           which
           the
           King
           challenges
           to
           Himself
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           yeelded
           to
           ,
           onely
           so
           far
           forth
           as
           they
           are
           consistent
           with
           the
           Acknowledged
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           ;
           because
           the
           Monarchy
           being
           Acknowledged
           to
           be
           a
           Regulated
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           mixt
           of
           Aristocracy
           and
           Democracy
           ,
           as
           well
           a
           Monarchy
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           that
           makes
           the
           mixture
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           must
           Regulate
           and
           Interpret
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           King
           Regulate
           or
           Interpret
           theirs
           ,
           save
           onely
           to
           the
           maintaining
           
           still
           the
           Regall
           Dignitie
           ,
           and
           the
           Succession
           according
           to
           Laws
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           15
           What
           Priviledges
           doth
           the
           King
           chalenge
           to
           himself
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Government
           according
           to
           these
           Lawes
           is
           trusted
           to
           the
           king
           :
           power
           of
           treaties
           of
           warre
           and
           peace
           ,
           of
           making
           Peeres
           ,
           of
           choosing
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Councellors
           for
           State
           Iudges
           for
           Law
           ,
           Commanders
           for
           Forts
           and
           Castles
           ;
           giving
           Commissions
           for
           raising
           men
           to
           make
           Warre
           abroad
           ,
           or
           to
           preuent
           or
           prouide
           against
           Inuasions
           and
           Insurr●ctions
           at
           home
           ▪
           Benefit
           of
           Confiscations
           ,
           power
           of
           pardouing
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           of
           like
           kind
           are
           placed
           in
           the
           King
           .
           
             page
          
           18.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           That
           all
           these
           are
           ordinarily
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           Experience
           and
           Custom
           Teaches
           ,
           even
           those
           that
           Know
           not
           the
           Law
           by
           reading
           ;
           but
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           noted
           before
           ,
           and
           follows
           after
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           only
           so
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           prejudice
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           specially
           in
           cases
           of
           Necessitie
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           hereafter
           .
           )
           Also
           —
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           acknowledged
           here
           ,
           that
           the
           Government
           ,
           Trusted
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           according
           to
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           so
           all
           these
           Things
           are
           not
           Absolutely
           in
           the
           King
           ;
           as
           for
           instance
           ,
           
             Pardons
             ,
          
           the
           Law
           denies
           Power
           of
           Pardoning
           wilfull
           Murther
           ;
           And
           Benefit
           of
           some
           Confiscations
           belongs
           to
           some
           Private
           Lords
           of
           Mannours
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           Government
           onely
           according
           to
           Law
           be
           trusted
           to
           the
           King
           then
           to
           Resist
           Notorious
           Illegall
           Violences
           is
           not
           to
           Resist
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           16
           For
           what
           end
           is
           this
           Authority
           trusted
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Placed
           in
           him
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           For
           our
           Subiects
           sake
           these
           rights
           are
           vested
           in
           us
           
             p
          
           17
           The
           Prince
           may
           not
           make
           use
           of
           this
           high
           and
           perpetuall
           power
           to
           the
           hurt
           of
           those
           for
           whose
           good
           he
           hath
           it
           .
           
             page
             .
          
           19.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           Then
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Subjects
           is
           ever
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           the
           Monarchiall
           Greatnesse
           of
           the
           King
           (
           the
           End
           is
           ever
           more
           considerable
           then
           the
           Means
           )
           
             Salus
             Populi
          
           is
           
             suprema
             Lex
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Whosoever
           counsels
           the
           King
           to
           any
           Thing
           against
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           is
           the
           Kings
           Enemy
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Common-wealths
           ,
           by
           Attempting
           to
           turn
           him
           from
           that
           which
           is
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Authoritie
           .
        
         
         
           
             Q.
          
           17
           To
           what
           purpose
           especially
           are
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           and
           the
           house
           of
           Peeres
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           That
           the
           Prince
           may
           not
           make
           use
           of
           this
           High
           and
           perpetuall
           power
           to
           the
           hurt
           of
           those
           for
           whose
           good
           he
           hath
           it
           :
           and
           make
           use
           of
           the
           name
           of
           publike
           Necessity
           for
           the
           gain
           of
           his
           priuate
           Fauourites
           and
           Followers
           &c.
           
             page
          
           19.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           The
           Law
           then
           supposes
           ,
           that
           such
           Cases
           may
           fall
           out
           ,
           though
           it
           then
           Charge
           the
           Blame
           upon
           those
           
             Favorites
          
           and
           
             Followers
             ,
          
           and
           not
           upon
           the
           King
           (
           as
           we
           shall
           see
           by
           and
           by
           .
           )
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           need
           not
           wonder
           then
           why
           Private
           
             Favorites
          
           and
           
             Followers
          
           are
           such
           Enemies
           to
           Parliaments
           and
           their
           Priviledges
           ,
           which
           are
           on
           purpose
           to
           hinder
           their
           gains
           :
           Of
           which
           also
           more
           anon
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           two
           Houses
           are
           by
           the
           Law
           it
           seems
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Trusted
             ,
          
           when
           they
           Declare
           ,
           that
           the
           Power
           is
           made
           use
           of
           for
           the
           Hurt
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Publike
             Necessitie
          
           made
           use
           of
           for
           the
           Gain
           of
           
             Private
             Favorites
          
           and
           
             Followers
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           
             Q
          
           18
           What
           are
           the
           speciall
           priviledges
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           towards
           this
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           House
           of
           Comm●ns
           ,
           an
           Excellent
           conseruer
           of
           Liberty
           —
           is
           solely
           Intrusted
           with
           the
           first
           propositions
           concerning
           the
           Leauies
           of
           Moneys
           which
           is
           the
           Sinnews
           as
           well
           of
           peace
           as
           of
           warre
           &c
           
             page
          
           19
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           It
           seems
           then
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           is
           presumed
           to
           be
           more
           carefull
           for
           the
           Subjects
           Liberties
           ,
           then
           either
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Then
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           strange
           for
           any
           to
           conceive
           (
           as
           the
           Kings
           Declarations
           would
           Perswade
           )
           that
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           would
           Fight
           against
           and
           Subvert
           the
           Libertie
           and
           Propriety
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           Favorites
           and
           Followers
           Fight
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           Protect
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Then
           no
           Moneys
           may
           be
           Levyed
           ,
           neither
           for
           Peace
           nor
           Warre
           ,
           no
           not
           under
           Pretence
           of
           
             Publike
             Necessity
             ,
          
           (
           as
           Ship-money
           and
           Monopolies
           were
           )
           without
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           first
           propound
           and
           Grant
           it
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           If
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           be
           an
           
             Excellent
             Conserver
             of
             Libertie
             ,
          
           it
           must
           Needs
           have
           some
           Power
           in
           some
           Cases
           to
           Levie
           Mony
           even
           without
           the
           Kings
           consent
           ;
           or
           else
           it
           will
           be
           utterly
           unpossible
           to
           conserve
           Libertie
           at
           all
           .
           Of
           which
           likewise
           more
           anon
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           19.
           
           But
           if
           the
           Kings
           Private
           Favorites
           and
           Followers
           have
           ●ctually
           perswaded
           him
           to
           any
           Thing
           against
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Subject
           with
           what
           further
           Power
           and
           Priviledge
           is
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           Intrusted
           toward
           the
           Conserving
           of
           Liberty
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           With
           the
           Impeaching
           of
           those
           ▪
           who
           for
           their
           own
           Ends
           though
           countenanced
           by
           any
           surreptitiously-gotten
           command
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           haue
           violated
           that
           Law
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           bound
           (
           when
           he
           knowes
           it
           )
           to
           protect
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           protection
           of
           which
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           aduise
           him
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           to
           serue
           him
           in
           the
           contrary
           .
           
             page
          
           19.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           Then
           it
           is
           no
           Excuse
           to
           any
           that
           Violate
           the
           Laws
           ,
           that
           they
           
             serve
             the
             King
          
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Law
           counts
           all
           Commands
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           are
           any
           way
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           
             Surreptitiously-Gotten
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Then
           the
           Parliament
           speaks
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           when
           they
           constantly
           lay
           the
           Blame
           of
           all
           violations
           upon
           the
           Kings
           
             Favorites
          
           and
           
             Followers
             ,
          
           and
           their
           getting
           Surreptitiously
           Commands
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           the
           King
           himself
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           No
           Command
           of
           the
           King
           is
           to
           hinder
           the
           Commons
           from
           Impreaching
           such
           as
           have
           violated
           the
           Law
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           King
           is
           bound
           not
           to
           Protect
           any
           of
           his
           Followers
           and
           Favorites
           against
           the
           Commons
           Impeachment
           of
           them
           ;
           because
           he
           Knows
           and
           Affirms
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           Protect
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           the
           Commons
           are
           to
           Impeach
           such
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           20.
           
           What
           is
           the
           speciall
           Priviledge
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           in
           the
           former
           Case
           of
           such
           Favorites
           and
           Followers
           of
           the
           Kings
           as
           are
           Impeached
           by
           the
           Commons
           ?
           and
           so
           to
           decide
           all
           Matters
           in
           Questions
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Lords
           being
           trusted
           with
           a
           Iudicatory
           power
           are
           an
           Excellent
           Screen
           and
           Bank
           between
           the
           Prince
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           Ass●st●nch
           against
           any
           Encroachments
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           
           and
           by
           iust
           Iudgments
           to
           preserue
           that
           Law
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           Rule
           of
           euery
           one
           of
           the
           three
           ,
           
             page
          
           19.
           
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           21.
           
           But
           have
           the
           two
           Houses
           Power
           to
           put
           their
           judgements
           into
           Execution
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Impeach
           and
           Iudge
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           power
           of
           punishment
           is
           already
           in
           your
           hands
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           
             page
          
           20.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           Then
           again
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           the
           Kings
           
             Favorites
          
           and
           
             Followers
          
           hate
           Parliaments
           ,
           (
           who
           not
           onely
           Hinder
           their
           Gain
           ,
           but
           have
           Power
           to
           punish
           them
           )
           when
           they
           have
           violated
           the
           Laws
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Then
           the
           Lords
           (
           and
           much
           more
           the
           two
           Houses
           together
           )
           are
           supreme
           Judges
           of
           all
           matters
           in
           Difference
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           have
           Power
           to
           Prevent
           all
           the
           Kings
           Encroachments
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Peoples
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Then
           the
           King
           is
           Bound
           not
           to
           Protect
           any
           whom
           the
           Lords
           upon
           the
           Impeachment
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           have
           Judged
           Delinquents
           ;
           For
           he
           hath
           granted
           that
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           Protect
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           Law
           the
           Power
           of
           Punishing
           (
           even
           of
           his
           Favourites
           and
           Followers
           ,
           'fore
           spoken
           of
           )
           is
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           they
           cannot
           punish
           them
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           he
           Protects
           them
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Then
           the
           Law
           Allows
           them
           as
           the
           Supreme
           Judicatory
           (
           even
           th●t
           which
           must
           be
           a
           Skreen
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           Assist
           the
           People
           against
           the
           Kings
           Encroachments
           ,
           and
           punish
           the
           Kings
           
             Favorites
          
           and
           
             Followers
             ,
          
           though
           countenanced
           by
           Surreptitiously-Gotten
           Commands
           from
           the
           King
           )
           a
           Power
           to
           bring
           such
           as
           they
           have
           Judged
           ,
           (
           or
           are
           to
           Judge
           )
           to
           Condign
           Punishment
           ,
           which
           is
           granted
           to
           all
           Inferiour
           Judges
           in
           their
           Circuits
           and
           Iurisdictions
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Then
           if
           those
           Delinquents
           get
           the
           King
           to
           Protect
           them
           ,
           or
           surreptiously
           get
           Commands
           of
           him
           ,
           to
           Raise
           Arms
           to
           Shelter
           themselves
           against
           the
           Iudgement
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           ;
           the
           two
           Houses
           have
           Power
           by
           the
           Law
           to
           Raise
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Posse
             Comitatus
          
           of
           those
           Counties
           where
           such
           Delinquents
           are
           ▪
           to
           apprehend
           them
           ;
           but
           also
           the
           
             Posse
             Regni
             ,
          
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           if
           need
           be
           ;
           or
           else
           the
           Power
           of
           Punishment
           is
           not
           in
           their
           hands
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           safer
           contemning
           and
           
           scorning
           and
           opposing
           the
           highest
           Iudicatory
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           any
           Inferiour
           Court
           ,
           a
           Judge
           of
           Assize
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           :
           and
           they
           that
           could
           get
           Commands
           to
           Violate
           the
           Law
           before
           ,
           would
           easily
           get
           Protection
           against
           the
           Parliament
           when
           they
           are
           Questioned
           ,
           if
           the
           Parliament
           had
           no
           Power
           to
           Raise
           Arms
           to
           suppresse
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Qu.
          
           22.
           
           But
           if
           there
           be
           an
           Attempt
           or
           Danger
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           Favorites
           and
           Followers
           go
           about
           to
           change
           this
           Regulated
           Monarchy
           into
           an
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           and
           so
           into
           a
           Tyrannie
           ,
           is
           there
           Authoritie
           in
           the
           Houses
           sufficient
           according
           to
           what
           was
           sore
           mentioned
           to
           remedy
           this
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Power
           Legally
           Placed
           in
           Both
           Houses
           is
           more
           then
           sufficient
           to
           Preuent
           and
           Restrain
           the
           power
           of
           Tyrannie
           
             P.
          
           20.
           
        
         
           
             Obs.
          
           1.
           
           Then
           at
           least
           what
           ever
           Power
           is
           Necessary
           to
           Prevent
           or
           Restrain
           the
           Power
           of
           Tyrannie
           is
           confessed
           to
           be
           Legally
           placed
           in
           both
           Houses
           ;
           for
           else
           there
           is
           not
           Power
           sufficient
           ,
           much
           lesse
           ,
           more
           then
           sufficient
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Then
           it
           is
           Lawfull
           for
           the
           two
           Houses
           to
           Raise
           Arms
           to
           defend
           themselves
           in
           case
           an
           Army
           be
           Raised
           against
           them
           ,
           for
           else
           they
           have
           not
           Power
           sufficient
           to
           restrain
           the
           Power
           of
           Tyrannie
           :
           There
           is
           no
           Greater
           Attempt
           of
           Tyrannie
           then
           to
           Raise
           Arms
           against
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           way
           to
           Restrain
           this
           Tyrannie
           ,
           but
           by
           Raising
           Arms
           in
           their
           own
           Defence
           :
           Lesse
           then
           this
           cannot
           be
           sufficient
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           a
           Legall
           Power
           be
           placed
           in
           them
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           Restrain
           ,
           but
           
             prevent
             the
             power
             of
             tyrannie
             ,
          
           then
           they
           are
           the
           Legall
           Iudges
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           danger
           of
           Tyrannie
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           Legall
           Power
           to
           Command
           their
           judgement
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           for
           Preventions
           as
           well
           as
           Restraint
           of
           
             Tyrannie
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           Then
           it
           is
           Lawfull
           for
           them
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           own
           and
           the
           Kingdoms
           safetie
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           Legall
           Power
           to
           command
           the
           People
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           not
           onely
           when
           Arms
           are
           Actually
           Raised
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           Discern
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           Declare
           a
           Preparation
           made
           towards
           it
           :
           for
           if
           they
           let
           alone
           altogether
           the
           
             Exercise
          
           of
           their
           Power
           ,
           till
           Arms
           are
           
             Actually
          
           Raised
           against
           them
           ;
           they
           may
           in
           all
           likelihood
           finde
           it
           too
           
             late
             ,
          
           
           not
           onely
           to
           
             Prevent
             ,
          
           but
           even
           to
           
             Restrain
             the
             Power
             of
             Tyrannie
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           Then
           they
           have
           Legall
           Power
           in
           such
           Times
           of
           Danger
           ,
           to
           put
           into
           safe
           hands
           ,
           such
           Forts
           ,
           Ports
           ,
           Magazines
           ,
           Ships
           ,
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           as
           are
           Intended
           ,
           or
           likely
           to
           be
           Intended
           ,
           to
           Introduce
           a
           Tyranny
           ;
           for
           else
           they
           cannot
           have
           Power
           sufficient
           to
           
             Prevent
          
           or
           
             Restrain
             the
             Power
             of
             Tyrannie
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           Then
           they
           have
           Legall
           Power
           to
           Levie
           Moneys
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           Horse
           ,
           Ammunitions
           ,
           upon
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           such
           cases
           of
           
             Danger
             ,
          
           even
           without
           or
           against
           the
           Kings
           Consent
           ;
           for
           it
           cannot
           be
           imagined
           that
           in
           such
           cases
           when
           the
           Kings
           Favourites
           and
           Followers
           have
           gotten
           Commands
           from
           him
           ,
           to
           Protect
           them
           in
           their
           Delinquencies
           ,
           and
           Attempts
           to
           Introduce
           Tyrannie
           ,
           that
           ever
           he
           will
           consent
           to
           ●evies
           of
           Moneys
           against
           those
           Favourites
           and
           Fol●owers
           of
           his
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Raising
           Arms
           against
           them
           ,
           specially
           he
           being
           still
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           with
           his
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           without
           such
           Levies
           of
           Moneys
           ,
           &c.
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           for
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           to
           Prevent
           or
           Restraine
           sufficiently
           the
           Power
           of
           Tyrannie
           .
        
         
           7
           They
           that
           have
           made
           the
           
             Protestation
             ,
          
           to
           maintain
           and
           defend
           the
           
             Power
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           may
           see
           in
           all
           these
           Things
           (
           Acknowledged
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           clearly
           Following
           from
           his
           Acknowledgements
           )
           what
           is
           that
           
             Power
             ,
          
           and
           what
           are
           
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           which
           they
           have
           so
           solemnly
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           Almighty
           God
           Vowed
           ,
           Promised
           and
           Protested
           to
           maintain
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           8.
           
           And
           finally
           ,
           since
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           have
           so
           often
           and
           fully
           Declared
           their
           
             Intentions
          
           in
           settling
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           securing
           
             Hull
          
           and
           the
           Magazine
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           Navie
           at
           Sea
           ,
           with
           the
           Ports
           and
           Forts
           ,
           and
           afterward
           in
           Raising
           Arms
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
          
           and
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           Levying
           Moneys
           by
           voluntary
           Contibutions
           and
           Assessements
           ;
           they
           have
           onely
           used
           that
           
             Legall
             Power
          
           which
           is
           in
           them
           for
           the
           Punishment
           of
           
             Delinquents
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           
             Prevention
          
           and
           
             Restraint
          
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           Tyrannie
           ,
           of
           all
           which
           they
           are
           the
           Legall
           Judges
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           Subjects
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           are
           bound
           by
           the
           Laws
           to
           obey
           them
           herein
           ,
           and
           those
           doubly
           bound
           that
           have
           made
           the
           late
           
             Protestation
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             That
             the
             Reader
             may
             the
             better
             discern
             how
             the
             Answers
             here
             applied
             do
             agree
             with
             the
             words
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Answer
             to
             the
             19
             Propositions
             ,
             I
             have
             here
             transcribed
             so
             much
             of
             it
             as
             concerns
             this
             particular
             .
          
           
             
               Page
            
             17.
             
             We
             call
             God
             to
             witnesse
             ,
             that
             as
             for
             our
             subiects
             sake
             these
             Rights
             are
             vested
             in
             Vs
             ,
             so
             for
             their
             sakes
             as
             well
             as
             for
             our
             own
             )
             we
             are
             resolued
             not
             to
             quit
             them
             nor
             to
             subuert
             (
             though
             in
             a
             parliamentary
             way
             )
             the
             ancient
             ,
             equall
             ,
             happy
             well-poysed
             ,
             and
             neuer-enough-commended
             Constitution
             of
             the
             gouernment
             of
             this
             kingdom
             .
          
           
             There
             being
             three
             kinds
             of
             gouernment
             amongst
             men
             Absolute
             Monarchy
             ,
             Aristocracy
             ,
             and
             Democracy
             ,
             and
             all
             these
             hauing
             their
             particular
             conveniences
             and
             inconveniences
             .
          
           
             
               page
            
             18.
             
             The
             experience
             and
             wisdom
             of
             your
             Ancestors
             hath
             so
             moulded
             this
             out
             of
             a
             mixture
             of
             these
             ,
             as
             to
             giue
             to
             this
             Kingdom
             (
             as
             farre
             as
             humane
             prudence
             can
             prouide
             )
             the
             conveniences
             of
             all
             three
             ,
             without
             the
             inconveniences
             of
             any
             one
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Ballance
             hangs
             euen
             between
             the
             three
             Estates
             ▪
             and
             they
             run
             ioyntly
             on
             in
             their
             proper
             channell
             begetting
             Verdure
             and
             Fert●lity
             in
             the
             meadows
             on
             both
             sides
             )
             and
             the
             ouer-flowing
             of
             either
             on
             either
             side
             ,
             raise
             no
             Deluge
             or
             Inundation
             .
             The
             Ill
             of
             Absolute
             Monarc●y
             is
             Tyranny
             ,
             The
             Ill
             of
             Aristocracy
             is
             Faction
             and
             Diuision
             ,
             The
             Ills
             of
             Democracy
             are
             Tumults
             ,
             Violence
             ,
             and
             Licent●ousnesse
             :
             The
             good
             of
             Monarchy
             is
             the
             Vniting
             a
             Nation
             under
             one
             Head
             ,
             to
             Resist
             Inuasion
             from
             abroad
             ,
             and
             Insurrection
             at
             home
             :
             The
             good
             of
             Aristocracy
             is
             the
             coniunction
             of
             Councell
             in
             the
             Ablest
             persons
             of
             a
             State
             for
             the
             publike
             benefit
             :
             The
             good
             of
             Democracy
             is
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             the
             courage
             and
             industry
             which
             Liberty
             begets
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             kingdom
             the
             Laws
             are
             iointly
             made
             by
             a
             King
             ,
             by
             a
             house
             of
             Peeres
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             house
             of
             Commons
             chosen
             by
             the
             people
             ,
             all
             hauing
             free
             Votes
             and
             particular
             priviledges
             .
             The
             gouernment
             according
             to
             these
             Laws
             is
             trusted
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             power
             of
             Treaties
             of
             war
             &
             peace
             ,
             of
             making
             Peeres
             ,
             of
             chusing
             Officers
             &
             Counsellours
             for
             State
             Iudges
             for
             Law
             ,
             Cōmanders
             for
             Forts
             &
             Castles
             giving
             Cōmissions
             for
             raising
             men
             to
             make
             war
             abroad
             ,
             or
             to
             preuent
             &
             provide
             against
             Invasions
             or
             Insurrections
             at
             home
             ,
             benefit
             of
             Consiscations
             ,
             
             power
             of
             pardoning
             ▪
             &
             some
             more
             of
             the
             like
             kinde
             are
             placed
             in
             the
             King
             .
             —
             Again
             ,
             
               Page
            
             19.
             that
             the
             Prince
             may
             not
             make
             use
             of
             this
             high
             and
             pertetuall
             power
             to
             the
             hurt
             of
             those
             for
             whose
             good
             he
             hath
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             use
             of
             the
             name
             of
             publike
             Necessity
             for
             the
             gain
             of
             his
             priuate
             Fauorites
             and
             Followers
             to
             the
             detriment
             of
             his
             people
             ;
             the
             house
             of
             Commons
             an
             excellent
             Conseruer
             of
             Liberty
             ▪
             but
             neuer
             intended
             for
             any
             share
             in
             Gouernment
             ,
             or
             the
             chusing
             of
             them
             that
             should
             gouern
             )
             is
             solely
             intrusted
             with
             the
             first
             Propositions
             concerning
             the
             Leauies
             of
             moneys
             (
             which
             is
             the
             sinews
             as
             wel
             of
             peace
             as
             warre
             ,
             and
             the
             unpeaching
             of
             those
             who
             for
             their
             own
             ends
             ,
             though
             countenanced
             by
             any
             surreptitiously-gotten
             cōmand
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             haue
             violated
             that
             Law
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             bound
             (
             when
             he
             knows
             it
             )
             to
             protect
             ,
             &
             to
             the
             protection
             of
             which
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             aduise
             him
             ,
             at
             least
             not
             to
             serve
             him
             to
             the
             contrary
             :
             &
             the
             Lords
             being
             trusted
             with
             a
             Iudicatory
             power
             ,
             are
             an
             excellent
             screen
             and
             bank
             between
             the
             Prince
             and
             people
             ,
             to
             assist
             each
             against
             any
             Incroachments
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             by
             iust
             iudgements
             to
             preserue
             that
             Law
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             of
             euery
             one
             of
             the
             three
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Pag.
            
             20.
             
             Since
             therefore
             the
             Power
             Legally
             placed
             in
             both
             Houses
             is
             more
             then
             sufficient
             to
             preuent
             and
             restrain
             the
             power
             of
             Tyrannie
             :
             —
             since
             this
             would
             be
             a
             totall
             Subuersion
             of
             the
             Fundamentall
             Laws
             ,
             and
             that
             excellent
             Constitution
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             hath
             made
             this
             Nation
             so
             many
             years
             both
             Famous
             &
             Hapy
             to
             a
             great
             degree
             of
             envy
             ;
             since
             to
             the
             power
             of
             punishing
             (
             which
             is
             already
             in
             your
             hands
             according
             to
             Law
             )
             if
             —
             since
             the
             encroaching
             of
             one
             of
             these
             Estates
             upon
             the
             power
             of
             the
             other
             is
             unhappy
             in
             the
             effects
             both
             to
             them
             &
             all
             the
             rest
             —
             
               Pag.
               2●
               .
            
             Our
             answer
             is
             ▪
             
               Nolumus
               Leges
               Angliae
               mutari
               .
            
             But
             this
             We
             promise
             ,
             that
             We
             will
             be
             as
             carefull
             of
             preserving
             the
             Lawes
             in
             what
             is
             supposed
             to
             concern
             wholly
             our
             Subiects
             ,
             as
             in
             what
             most
             concerns
             Our self
             :
             For
             indeed
             We
             professe
             to
             belieue
             that
             the
             preseruation
             of
             euery
             Law
             concerns
             Vs
             ,
             those
             of
             Obed●ence
             being
             not
             secure
             ,
             when
             those
             of
             protection
             are
             Violated
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .