An ansvver to the London ministers letter: from them to his Excellency & his Counsel of VVar; as also an answer to John Geree's book, entituled, Might overcomming right; with an answer to a book, entituled, The Armies remembrancer. Wherein it appears the accusations of the Army are unjust, and the Armies proceedings justified by the Word of God, and by the light of nature and reason. Also a discovery of that learning, and ordination these ministers have, and the vanity and insufficiencie thereof, by the Word of God, and that those are the things with which they delude and deceive the people. / By Samuel Richardson.
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             An ansvver to the London ministers letter: from them to his Excellency & his Counsel of VVar; as also an answer to John Geree's book, entituled, Might overcomming right; with an answer to a book, entituled, The Armies remembrancer. Wherein it appears the accusations of the Army are unjust, and the Armies proceedings justified by the Word of God, and by the light of nature and reason. Also a discovery of that learning, and ordination these ministers have, and the vanity and insufficiencie thereof, by the Word of God, and that those are the things with which they delude and deceive the people. / By Samuel Richardson.
             Richardson, Samuel, fl. 1643-1658.
          
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             1649.
          
           
             A reply to "A serious and faithfull representation of the judgements of ministers of the Gospell within the province of London"; "Katadynastēs" by John Geree; and "The armies remembrancer" by Rr.
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           AN
           ANSVVER
           TO
           THE
           London
           Ministers
           Letter
           :
           FROM
           THEM
           To
           his
           Excellency
           &
           his
           Counsel
           of
           VVar
           ;
           As
           also
           an
           Answer
           to
           JOHN
           GEREE'S
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Might
             overcomming
             Right
             ;
          
           With
           an
           answer
           to
           a
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Armies
             Remembrancer
             .
          
        
         
           Wherein
           it
           appears
           the
           accusations
           of
           the
           Army
           are
           unjust
           ,
           and
           the
           Armies
           proceedings
           justified
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           .
        
         
           Also
           a
           discovery
           of
           that
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Ordination
           these
           Ministers
           have
           ,
           and
           the
           vanity
           and
           insufficiencie
           thereof
           ,
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           are
           the
           things
           with
           which
           they
           delude
           and
           deceive
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           seene
           vanity
           ,
           and
           lying
           divination
           ,
           saying
           ,
           The
           Lord
           saith
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           not
           sent
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           made
           others
           to
           hope
           that
           they
           would
           confirme
           the
           word
           .
           My
           hand
           shall
           be
           on
           the
           Prophets
           that
           see
           vanity
           ,
           and
           divine
           lyes
           .
           
             Ezek.
             13.
             2.
             3
             4.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Lord
           frustrateth
           the
           tokens
           of
           lyars
           ,
           and
           maketh
           diviners
           mad
           ;
           turneth
           wise
           men
           backward
           .
           and
           maketh
           their
           knowledge
           foolishnes
           ,
           
             Esa
             ,
             44.
             25.
             
          
        
         
           But
           God
           hath
           chosen
           the
           foolish
           things
           of
           the
           world
           to
           confound
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           chosen
           the
           weak
           things
           of
           the
           world
           to
           confound
           the
           things
           that
           are
           mighty
           ,
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             27.
             
          
        
         
           By
           
             Samuel
             Richardson
             .
          
           London
           printed
           by
           I.
           C.
           for
           Hanah
           Alin
           ,
           at
           the
           Crown
           in
           Popes
           Head
           Alley
           .
           1649.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           GENERALL
           ,
           and
           his
           excellent
           Counsell
           of
           Warre
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             and
             worthy
             Sirs
             :
          
        
         
           HOnest
           and
           faithfull
           
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           and
           
             Cromwell
             ,
          
           &c.
           That
           Counsell
           cannot
           but
           be
           excellent
           ,
           
           that
           is
           righteous
           ,
           for
           ;
           
           
             the
             righteous
             is
             more
             excellent
             then
             his
             Neighbour
             :
          
           Let
           it
           therefore
           please
           your
           Excellencies
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           not
           any
           thing
           will
           become
           you
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           excellent
           ,
           singular
           ,
           extraordinary
           ;
           Wisedome
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           
           Love
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           Noblenesse
           ,
           Self-deniall
           ;
           
             Doe
             good
             to
             them
             that
             hate
             you
             ,
          
           
           
             love
             your
             enemies
             .
          
           He
           
             hath
             shewed
             thee
             O
             man
             ,
             what
             is
             good
             ,
          
           
           
             what
             doth
             the
             Lord
             require
             of
             thee
             to
             doe
             ,
          
           
           
             justly
             ,
             and
             to
             love
             mercy
             ,
             and
             to
             walke
             humbly
             with
             thy
             God
             .
          
           It
           
             shall
             be
             said
             ,
             what
             hath
             God
             wrought
             ,
          
           
           we
           
             have
             not
             wrought
             any
             deliverance
             in
             the
             earth
             .
          
           You
           are
           a
           terrible
           Army
           ,
           
           for
           
             the
             Lord
             is
             come
             downe
             among
             you
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             Host
             is
             with
             you
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             God
             of
          
           Jacob
           
             is
             your
             refuge
             .
          
           All
           
             that
             were
             incensed
             against
             thee
             shall
             perish
             ,
          
           
           they
           
             that
             warre
             against
             thee
             shall
             be
             as
             nothing
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             as
             a
             thing
             of
             nought
             .
          
           You
           have
           undertaken
           to
           lay
           a
           foundation
           of
           Peace
           ,
           
           if
           you
           doe
           it
           not
           ,
           you
           deceive
           your selves
           and
           us
           ,
           
           the
           worke
           you
           are
           a
           doing
           is
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           you
           have
           a
           good
           Cause
           (
           you
           are
           against
           Tyranny
           and
           injustice
           ,
           they
           are
           for
           both
           )
           stand
           to
           it
           ,
           feare
           not
           ,
           stand
           not
           still
           ,
           goe
           forward
           ,
           make
           haste
           ,
           be
           
             faithfull
             in
             a
             little
             ,
          
           
           
             keepe
             that
             which
             is
             committed
             to
             thee
             ;
          
           put
           no
           power
           into
           their
           hands
           who
           know
           not
           the
           righteous
           ,
           or
           looke
           upon
           them
           to
           be
           wicked
           .
           We
           cannot
           help
           our selves
           if
           you
           should
           
           leave
           us
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           better
           for
           us
           to
           have
           wandred
           in
           the
           Wildernesses
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           (
           as
           we
           trust
           you
           will
           not
           )
           betray
           the
           Worke
           of
           God
           in
           your
           hands
           ,
           by
           leaving
           it
           to
           them
           that
           will
           spoyle
           it
           ;
           What
           will
           become
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ?
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           will
           say
           ;
           Yee
           began
           well
           ,
           and
           lost
           much
           blood
           ,
           but
           your
           hearts
           fainted
           ,
           proved
           back-sliders
           ,
           suffered
           all
           to
           come
           to
           nothing
           ,
           lost
           your
           end
           ,
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           your
           former
           faithfulnesse
           ;
           
             Verily
             ,
             every
             man
             at
             his
             best
             estate
             is
             altogether
             vanity
             .
             Selah
             ,
          
           We
           acknowledge
           you
           to
           be
           a
           Mercy
           of
           God
           to
           us
           ,
           
           and
           this
           Kingdome
           ;
           your
           intire
           love
           and
           fidelity
           is
           a
           small
           thing
           to
           many
           ,
           
           but
           not
           so
           to
           us
           ;
           that
           which
           you
           have
           done
           for
           to
           prevent
           persecution
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           is
           a
           singular
           thing
           ,
           extraordinary
           :
           The
           loves
           and
           kindnesses
           you
           have
           shewed
           to
           us
           herein
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           takes
           it
           as
           done
           to
           himselfe
           .
           I
           heartily
           thanke
           you
           in
           the
           behalfe
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           ,
           for
           your
           intire
           and
           sincere
           love
           to
           us
           ;
           you
           have
           indeared
           our
           hearts
           to
           you
           ,
           we
           thinke
           not
           our
           Lives
           too
           much
           for
           you
           ,
           because
           you
           have
           saved
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           esteemed
           your
           Lives
           too
           much
           for
           us
           ,
           but
           often
           have
           offered
           them
           up
           for
           us
           ;
           we
           resolve
           to
           live
           and
           dye
           with
           you
           .
           
           Sweet
           friends
           ,
           I
           present
           you
           with
           the
           best
           I
           have
           ,
           it
           s
           a
           little
           one
           ,
           
           yet
           who
           knowes
           but
           you
           may
           see
           something
           of
           God
           in
           it
           .
           Have
           you
           never
           read
           ,
           
             Out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             Babes
             and
             sucklings
             thou
             hast
             perfected
             praise
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           will
           blesse
           and
           preserve
           you
           ,
           
             there
             shall
             not
             a
             haire
             of
             your
             head
             perish
             ,
          
           
           much
           lesse
           your
           Lives
           ,
           
             without
             your
             Father
             .
          
           
           When
           you
           have
           served
           your
           time
           ,
           and
           done
           the
           work
           God
           hath
           appointed
           you
           to
           doe
           ,
           
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           he
           will
           send
           for
           you
           home
           ,
           then
           
             shall
             we
             be
             for
             ever
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             wherefore
             comfort
             one
             another
             with
             these
             words
             .
          
        
         
           I
           am
           your
           Friend
           and
           Brother
           :
           
             Jan.
             23.
             1648
             ,
          
           
             Samuel
             Richardson
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           all
           that
           love
           the
           TRVTH
           in
           sincerity
           .
        
         
           
             Deare
             Friends
             :
          
        
         
           THe
           Lord
           is
           doing
           a
           great
           and
           wonderfull
           worke
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           this
           Nation
           ,
           by
           the
           Army
           ;
           when
           the
           Ministers
           heard
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           
             breaches
             began
             to
             be
             stopt
             ,
             like
          
           Tobias
           
             and
          
           Sanballat
           ,
           
             then
             they
             were
             very
             wroth
             ,
             and
             conspired
             all
             of
             them
             together
             ,
             to
             fight
             against
          
           Hierusalem
           ,
           
             and
             to
             hinder
             it
             ,
          
           Nehe.
           4.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           See
           verse
           4.
           5.
           
           So
           doe
           these
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           obstruct
           ,
           and
           hinder
           the
           Army
           from
           stopping
           up
           the
           breaches
           others
           have
           made
           .
           
             There
             arose
             out
             of
             the
             bottomlesse
             pit
             ,
             smoak
             ,
             and
             the
             smoake
             was
             as
             the
             smoake
             of
             a
             great
             furnace
             ;
             and
             the
             Sunne
             and
             the
             Ayre
             was
             darkned
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             smoke
             of
             the
             pit
             :
             and
             there
             came
             out
             of
             this
             smoak
             Locusts
             ,
             and
             to
             them
             was
             given
             power
             to
             do
             hurt
             .
          
           Revel.
           9
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           &
           5.
           8.
           
           This
           smoake
           is
           the
           learning
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           
             wisdome
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             perverts
             them
             ,
          
           Esay
           47.
           10.
           
           This
           is
           not
           the
           wisdome
           and
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           Locusts
           comes
           up
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           this
           smoake
           ,
           in
           their
           learning
           men
           grow
           up
           ,
           and
           become
           Ministers
           ;
           this
           ;
           smoke
           ,
           this
           learning
           ,
           
             darkned
             the
             Sun
             ;
          
           obscure
           Christ
           he
           cannot
           be
           seene
           for
           this
           smoke
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Ayre
             was
             darkened
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             smoke
             :
          
           Mens
           mindes
           are
           darkened
           and
           clouded
           they
           cannot
           see
           ,
           nor
           understand
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           viz.
           of
           Christ
           ;
           by
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           often
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           Schollars
           are
           the
           worst
           men
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           are
           ,
           the
           people
           are
           the
           most
           ignorant
           of
           God
           .
           
             To
             doe
             hurt
             to
             those
             men
          
           that
           have
           not
           
             the
          
           seale
           of
           God
           
             upon
             their
             fore-heads
             ,
          
           ver.
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           see
           the
           description
           of
           them
           is
           in
           ver.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           This
           smoke
           blindes
           mens
           eyes
           that
           they
           cannot
           see
           God
           ,
           nor
           his
           workes
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           vaile
           over
           mens
           eyes
           that
           they
           cannot
           see
           by
           reason
           of
           it
           :
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           their
           Learning
           ,
           is
           this
           vaile
           ,
           
           forty
           seven
           appeare
           in
           Print
           in
           one
           Booke
           against
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           from
           these
           Learned
           men
           there
           hath
           come
           such
           a
           great
           smoke
           ,
           that
           some
           that
           did
           see
           are
           now
           made
           blinde
           .
           So
           as
           they
           professe
           they
           cannot
           see
           as
           they
           did
           
             The
             god
             of
             this
             world
             hath
             blinded
             their
             eyes
             ;
          
           yet
           if
           they
           can
           but
           heare
           ,
           we
           hope
           they
           shall
           see
           better
           then
           ever
           ;
           therefore
           heare
           and
           consider
           these
           things
           :
        
         
           1
           That
           you
           must
           not
           judge
           that
           to
           be
           truth
           ,
           which
           the
           greatest
           number
           of
           Ministers
           are
           for
           ,
           but
           the
           contrary
           :
           
             The
             Prophets
             of
          
           Baal
           
             are
             foure
             hundred
             to
             one
             true
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Micaial●
             ,
          
           1
           King.
           22.
           6.
           24.
           
           So
           now
           wonder
           not
           though
           there
           be
           four
           hundred
           against
           one
           
             Peters
             ,
          
           who
           is
           a
           true
           Prophet
           ,
           
             rude
             in
             speaking
             ,
             not
             in
             so
             knowledge
             ,
          
           1
           Cor
           ,
           11.
           6
           ,
           he
           is
           led
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           others
           not
           .
           Many
           say
           
             do
             the
             Rulers
             ,
          
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           approve
           of
           what
           the
           Army
           have
           done
           ?
           So
           said
           they
           in
           Christs
           time
           ,
           have
           
             any
             of
             the
             Rulers
             or
             of
             the
             Pharises
             believed
             in
             him
             ,
             John
          
           7
           ,
           48.
           this
           deseives
           many
           ,
           see
           Zach.
           13.
           3.
           4.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Thou
           thinkest
           that
           the
           wise
           and
           learned
           men
           ,
           know
           more
           then
           other
           men
           ;
           but
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           they
           know
           least
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           Christ
           .
           
             Thou
             hast
             hid
             these
             things
             from
             the
             wise
             and
             prudent
             ,
             and
             hast
             revealed
             them
             to
             Babes
             .
          
           see
           Luke
           10.
           21.
           
           The
           Scripture
           is
           sufficient
           to
           furnish
           every
           good
           worke
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           16.
           without
           their
           learning
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Thou
           thinkest
           the
           learning
           these
           Ministers
           have
           ,
           is
           that
           learning
           the
           Scripture
           commends
           ,
           to
           inable
           men
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           ;
           but
           it
           s
           not
           so
           ,
           do
           but
           consider
           Christs
           Apostles
           were
           ordinary
           men
           ,
           ignorant
           unlearned
           Tradesmen
           ,
           Fishermen
           &c
           ,
           
             When
             they
             saw
             Peter
             and
             Iohn
             ,
             and
             perceived
             that
             they
             were
             unlearned
             and
             ignorant
             men
             ,
             they
             marvailed
             ,
             and
             perceived
             they
             had
             been
             with
             Jesus
             .
          
           Act.
           4.
           13.
           
             the
             anointing
             is
             that
             which
             teacheth
             us
             ,
             the
             spirit
             leadeth
             us
             into
             all
             truth
             ,
             and
             searcheth
             the
             depe
             things
             of
             God
             .
          
           This
           alone
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           see
           1
           Iohn
           2.
           26.
           27.
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           7.
           
           John
           16.
           7.
           2.
           Cor
           2.
           10.
           14.
           the
           gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           
             Simon
             Magus
             would
             have
             bought
             ,
             with
             mony
             .
          
           se
           Acts
           8.
           18.
           the
           tongues
           and
           arts
           which
           these
           ministers
           have
           ,
           are
           bought
           with
           mony
           and
           industry
           ,
           nor
           are
           they
           such
           The
           tongues
           ▪
           the
           Apostles
           had
           were
           not
           so
           come
           by
           ,
           they
           in
           a
           moment
           were
           inspired
           ,
           nor
           were
           they
           like
           these
           ,
           See
           
             Act.
          
           22.
           8.
           27.
           10.
           44.
           19.
           6.
           
           None
           are
           the
           nearer
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           mind
           of
           the
           spirit
           for
           having
           all
           this
           learning
           and
           humane
           arts
           these
           ministers
           have
           ;
           
             Nicodemus
          
           
           was
           a
           
             Pharesee
             ,
          
           a
           learned
           man
           as
           these
           Ministers
           are
           ,
           a
           
             Teacher
             and
             a
             Ruler
             ,
          
           yet
           was
           as
           blind
           in
           the
           understanding
           of
           being
           borne
           againe
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           foole
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           Popes
           and
           Cardinalls
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           enemies
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Truth
           ,
           and
           people
           .
           Are
           Learned
           men
           good
           Schollers
           ?
           the
           Iesuites
           are
           so
           by
           these
           Ministers
           confession
           ;
           this
           learning
           is
           that
           
             Knowledge
             that
             puffs
             up
             ,
          
           makes
           men
           proud
           ,
           
             God
             resists
             the
             proud
             ,
          
           S●
           Pet.
           5.
           5.
           
           These
           Ministers
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           say
           to
           the
           army
           ,
           
             It
             is
             sutable
             for
             private
             persons
             to
             have
             propounded
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Msnisters
             of
             the
             Gospell
             to
             have
             resolved
             ,
          
           Behold
           the
           pride
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           they
           are
           
             high-minded
             ,
          
           they
           would
           have
           the
           Army
           to
           know
           that
           they
           are
           but
           private
           persons
           ,
           and
           that
           themselves
           are
           ministers
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           knowledgo
           and
           understanding
           ,
           is
           above
           theirs
           ;
           For
           they
           have
           not
           the
           learning
           they
           have
           ,
           and
           therefore
           if
           there
           be
           a
           question
           to
           be
           propounded
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           sent
           for
           to
           resolve
           it
           ;
           they
           may
           not
           have
           so
           much
           liberty
           as
           to
           speak
           what
           they
           understand
           ,
           to
           their
           owne
           questions
           that
           concerne
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           private
           persons
           ;
           But
           dare
           these
           Ministers
           say
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           private
           persons
           have
           not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ?
           Or
           will
           they
           deny
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           teaching
           so
           much
           as
           to
           answer
           to
           a
           question
           .
           Oh
           the
           pride
           of
           these
           men
           !
           blush
           oh
           heavens
           at
           their
           blasphemy
           ,
           for
           they
           attribute
           it
           to
           their
           learning
           .
           This
           savours
           strongly
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           Phil.
           2
           ,
           3.
           and
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           which
           saith
           
             The
             Spirituall
             man
             discerneth
             all
             things
             ,
             yea
             the
             deepe
             things
             of
             God
             .
          
           2
           Cor.
           2.
           14.
           we
           are
           warned
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           
             Phylosophy
             ,
          
           it
           spoyles
           men
           ,
           
             Col.
          
           2.
           8.
           
           Men
           say
           their
           learning
           is
           a
           good
           helpe
           if
           sanctified
           ;
           No
           man
           is
           able
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           God
           did
           approve
           of
           the
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           to
           be
           a
           helpe
           to
           know
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           ,
           much
           lesse
           that
           he
           ever
           did
           ,
           or
           ever
           will
           sanctify
           it
           for
           such
           an
           use
           ;
           The
           Scripture
           prove
           the
           contrary
           .
           Learning
           is
           a
           wise
           thing
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           therefore
           God
           rejects
           it
           .
           
             God
             hath
             chosen
             the
             foolish
             things
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             confound
             the
             wise
             ,
             and
             God
             hath
             chosen
             the
             weake
             things
             of
             the
             world
             to
             confound
             the
             things
             that
             are
             mighty
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           1
           27.
           
           God
           will
           not
           have
           his
           Gospell
           preached
           in
           
             wisdom
             of
             words
             ,
             lest
             the
             crosse
             of
             Christ
             should
             be
             made
             of
             no
             effect
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           1
           17.
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           Christ
           ,
           v.
           18.
           its
           never
           blessed
           by
           God
           to
           be
           a
           help
           in
           spirituals
           ,
           God
           destroyes
           it
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           1.
           19.
           
           The
           Gospell
           is
           not
           to
           be
           taught
           at
           ,
           
             in
             excelency
             of
             speech
             or
             mans
             wisdom
             ,
             Declaring
             unto
             you
             the
             testimony
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             things
             also
             ,
             we
             speak
             not
             in
             words
             which
             mans
             wisdom
             teacheth
             but
             which
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             teacheth
             ,
             comparing
             spirituall
             things
             
             with
             spirituall
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           2
           ,
           1.
           3.
           not
           with
           naturall
           ;
           God
           
             chooseth
             foolish
          
           people
           to
           salvation
           ,
           
             Jam.
          
           1.
           9.
           10.
           and
           such
           Christ
           chooseth
           for
           Ministers
           ,
           else
           if
           they
           were
           not
           foolish
           ministers
           ,
           according
           to
           mans
           wisdom
           ,
           worldly
           wise
           men
           would
           not
           esteeme
           there
           preaching
           to
           be
           
             foolish
             ,
          
           as
           they
           did
           (
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           1.
           25.
           
           )
           and
           now
           do
           ,
           a
           little
           Pedlers
           French
           ,
           or
           wild
           
             Irish
             ,
          
           doth
           foolish
           people
           as
           much
           good
           as
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           is
           a
           great
           Scholler
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           ?
           nothing
           :
           that
           is
           enough
           ,
           or
           its
           a
           hundred
           to
           one
           but
           he
           is
           mad
           (
           much
           learning
           hath
           made
           them
           mad
           )
           or
           proud
           ,
           
             &
          
           what
           then
           .
           Then
           God
           resists
           him
           ,
           and
           gives
           grace
           to
           the
           humble
           ,
           God
           will
           confound
           the
           wise
           ,
           
             that
             no
             flesh
             should
             rejoyce
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           1.
           29.
           
           Mans
           teaching
           is
           a
           poore
           thing
           ,
           1
           Cor
           ,
           13.
           1.
           2.
           
        
         
           Fourthly
           the
           learning
           of
           the
           spirit
           humbleth
           men
           ,
           and
           causeth
           them
           
             to
             glory
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           2
           ,
           8.
           1
           Cor.
           1.
           31.
           1
           
           Iohn
           9.
           10.
           and
           not
           in
           humane
           learning
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           Learning
           is
           a
           great
           treasure
           with
           some
           ,
           Heb.
           11.
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           Learning
           is
           a
           worldly
           treasure
           Acts
           7.
           22.
           
           a
           rudiment
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           If
           knowledge
           be
           spirituall
           it
           
             savoreth
             the
             things
             of
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           Rom.
           8.
           5.
           they
           saver
           truth
           and
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           these
           ministers
           do
           not
           so
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           mad
           men
           at
           the
           truth
           and
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           
             a
             carnall
             mind
             is
             enmity
             to
             Gnd
             ,
             cannot
             be
             subject
             to
             him
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           7.
           
           If
           God
           please
           to
           give
           thee
           understanding
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           thy
           eyes
           shal
           be
           opened
           .
           Consider
           this
           and
           that
           which
           followes
           ,
           and
           take
           heed
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           Search
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           these
           things
           be
           so
           or
           no
           ,
           See
           that
           ye
           call
           not
           darknes
           light
           ,
           and
           light
           darknes
           ,
           
             Little
             children
          
           And
           concerning
           the
           Armies
           proceedings
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           the
           grounds
           they
           bring
           against
           the
           Army
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           contrary
           to
           reason
           and
           scripture
           ,
           they
           alleadg
           for
           proof
           ,
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Parl.
           to
           be
           binding
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           is
           against
           scripture
           and
           Reason
           ;
           for
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Parl.
           did
           not
           intend
           ,
           that
           they
           and
           we
           should
           do
           good
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           do
           any
           :
           so
           they
           alleadge
           authority
           against
           them
           ,
           a
           few
           private
           persons
           ,
           so
           they
           condemn
           what
           good
           was
           done
           in
           Scotl.
           by
           
             Argyle
          
           and
           
             Crumwell
          
           &c.
           they
           were
           not
           the
           Parl.
           nor
           the
           whole
           people
           ,
           nor
           nor
           the
           major
           part
           ,
           yet
           approved
           of
           by
           the
           Parl.
           of
           England
           all
           the
           best
           men
           in
           Engl.
           and
           Scotl
           :
           so
           the
           Ministers
           would
           have
           the
           Army
           ,
           not
           to
           act
           a●cording
           their
           owne
           understanding
           ,
           but
           contrary
           which
           is
           against
           the
           light
           of
           nature
           ,
           so
           they
           say
           ,
           all
           acts
           of
           justice
           is
           to
           be
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           ;
           yet
           they
           who
           were
           to
           thrust
           them
           through
           were
           no
           Magistrates
           ;
           see
           
             Zack
             .
          
           13.
           3.
           
           Tyrany
           ,
           wickednes
           and
           oppression
           ,
           they
           urge
           us
           to
           be
           subject
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           all
           power
           is
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           all
           power
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           some
           is
           else
           where
           ,
           
             Isa.
             40.
             ●9
             .
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             18.
             1
             Cor.
          
           4.
           9.
           it
           s
           well
           some
           is
           in
           the
           Army
           farewell
           .
        
         
           
             S.
             R.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           the
           London
           Ministers
           Letter
           to
           the
           Generall
           ,
           and
           his
           Councel
           of
           VVarre
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           an
           Answer
           to
           John
           Gerees
           Book
           ▪
           and
           the
           Armies
           Rememberances
           .
        
         
           
             MInisters
             charge
             the
             Army
             ,
          
           as
           intermedling
           with
           the
           affaires
           that
           belong
           not
           unto
           you
           ,
           to
           usurpe
           Authority
           over
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           seazing
           and
           imprisoning
           the
           
             Kings
          
           Person
           ,
           without
           the
           knowledge
           and
           consent
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           unparalleld
           violence
           offered
           the
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           violating
           their
           Priviledges
           ,
           injurious
           and
           destructive
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           an
           Army
           raised
           for
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Priviledges
           thereof
           ,
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           trust
           and
           engagements
           ,
           do
           that
           which
           tends
           to
           the
           manifest
           subvertion
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           the
           Parl.
           torne
           a
           peeces
           by
           professed
           friends
           in
           one
           day
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           The
           Armies
           Commission
           was
           from
           the
           Parliament
           :
           therefore
           the
           Authority
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           with
           that
           ;
           and
           as
           Souldiers
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           act
           for
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           that
           opposed
           the
           peace
           ,
           liberty
           ,
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           so
           that
           if
           they
           have
           not
           gone
           further
           ,
           nor
           done
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           their
           Commission
           (
           of
           which
           more
           in
           the
           insuing
           discourse
           ▪
           )
           Then
           they
           have
           not
           exceeded
           their
           Calling
           and
           Commission
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           not
           to
           be
           charged
           with
           sin
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Grant
           the
           
             Parl.
             did
             not
             intend
             (
             when
             they
             gave
             the
             Army
             Commission
             )
             that
             the
             Army
             should
             judge
             of
             their
             Councels
             and
             imprison
             their
             persons
             :
          
           nor
           no
           more
           did
           the
           King
           when
           he
           gave
           his
           Commission
           to
           call
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           intend
           that
           they
           should
           leavy
           War
           ,
           and
           raise
           forces
           against
           him
           ,
           &c.
           the
           cause
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           that
           will
           justifie
           the
           Parl
           ▪
           in
           opposing
           the
           King
           in
           his
           evill
           wil
           ,
           justifies
           the
           Armies
           proceeding
           against
           the
           Parl.
           in
           theirs
           :
           what
           is
           alledged
           concerning
           the
           
             Parliaments
             intention●
             ,
          
           is
           irrationall
           ,
           they
           are
           unknown
           to
           us
           ,
           nor
           binding
           ,
           if
           they
           intended
           well
           ,
           or
           ill
           ▪
           their
           intentions
           could
           not
           change
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           ,
           nor
           cause
           good
           to
           be
           evill
           ,
           nor
           evill
           to
           be
           good
           :
           if
           they
           had
           then
           resolved
           that
           they
           would
           not
           for
           the
           future
           do
           any
           act
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           
           then
           in
           their
           minds
           ,
           they
           had
           gone
           too
           farre
           ,
           no
           man
           can
           tell
           what
           he
           shall
           do
           to
           morrow
           ,
           much
           lesse
           7.
           yeares
           hence
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             The
             Army
             had
             no
             Commission
             from
             the
             people
          
           so
           to
           act
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           made
           appear
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           appeared
           by
           the
           many
           Petitions
           presented
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           from
           many
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           if
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           they
           were
           but
           a
           small
           part
           ,
           we
           answer
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           better
           part
           ,
           wise
           ,
           and
           faithfull
           ,
           who
           were
           friends
           to
           Parl.
           no
           Parliament
           man
           had
           the
           consent
           of
           all
           where
           they
           were
           chosen
           :
           that
           the
           Kings
           party
           who
           are
           against
           the
           Parl.
           
           &
           Army
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           consent
           to
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           nor
           desired
           ,
           the
           Army
           themselves
           are
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           greater
           number
           then
           2.
           or
           3.
           of
           a
           few
           private
           persons
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           not
           because
           they
           think
           so
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           would
           have
           been
           so
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           people
           had
           declared
           against
           that
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           y●●
           is
           it
           to
           be
           justified
           ,
           to
           be
           necessary
           ,
           good
           ,
           and
           lawfull
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Men
           may
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           do
           good
           without
           Commission
           ,
           but
           not
           evill
           with
           Commission
           ,
           if
           the
           Kingdom
           may
           not
           be
           delivered
           without
           a
           Commission
           from
           man
           ,
           then
           not
           a
           City
           .
           I
           demand
           of
           all
           these
           Ministers
           what
           Commission
           or
           Calling
           the
           
             poor
             man
             had
             that
             delivered
             the
             City
             by
             his
             wisdom
             ,
             Eccles.
          
           9.
           15.
           there
           is
           no
           mention
           of
           any
           ,
           but
           the
           contrary
           appeares
           ,
           for
           
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             poore
             is
             despised
             ,
             and
             his
             words
             are
             not
             heard
             .
          
           vers
           16.
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           they
           gave
           him
           no
           Commission
           .
           2.
           
           
             None
             remembred
             him
          
           for
           delivering
           the
           City
           ;
           if
           they
           had
           given
           him
           Commission
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           was
           it
           likely
           they
           could
           so
           easily
           forget
           ,
           so
           as
           none
           could
           so
           remember
           him
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Necessity
           is
           above
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           therefore
           (
           above
           the
           Law
           of
           man
           )
           
             David
             eat
             the
             shew-bread
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             lawfull
             for
             him
             to
             eat
             :
          
           his
           necessity
           is
           above
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           made
           it
           lawfull
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           12.
           the
           Scripture
           approve
           of
           his
           doing
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           I
           require
           of
           you
           what
           expresse
           word
           ,
           (
           excepting
           the
           generall
           duty
           ,
           what
           Cōmand
           )
           had
           he
           to
           warrant
           him
           to
           eat
           it
           .
           6.
           
           A
           course
           in
           it self
           singular
           ,
           and
           unjustifiable
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           circumstances
           falling
           in
           ,
           may
           not
           only
           become
           lawfull
           ,
           but
           a
           duty
           ,
           and
           sin
           to
           neglect
           it
           ,
           
             publique
             things
             are
             to
             be
             done
             by
             publique
             Authority
             ,
             the
             dictates
             of
             reason
             &
             common
             consent
             of
             all
             counsels
             ,
             alow
             to
             those
             intrusted
             with
             the
             supream
             authority
             of
             a
             state
             or
             Kingdom
             they
             alow
             not
             ,
             to
             a
             multitude
             of
             private
             persons
             ,
             though
             they
             have
             strength
             in
             their
             hands
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
          
           grant
           it
           in
           case
           they
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           what
           if
           they
           will
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           (
           then
           the
           cause
           is
           altered
           )
           but
           do
           that
           which
           will
           indanger
           all
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           your
           mind
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           know
           upon
           what
           ground
           you
           will
           justifie
           
             Phineas
          
           Act
           lawfull
           ;
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Army
           hath
           done
           ,
           may
           be
           justified
           upon
           the
           same
           ground
           ,
           and
           
             Gerees
          
           argument
           against
           the
           Army
           condemns
           the
           Act
           
           of
           Phineas
           ;
           
             all
             exercise
             of
             jurisdiction
             ,
             where
             neither
             by
             God
             or
             man
             we
             are
             cloathed
             with
             Authority
             ;
             is
             usurpation
             breach
             of
             Order
             injurious
             ,
             and
             so
             greatly
             sinfull
             ;
          
           but
           
             Phineas
          
           act
           was
           an
           exercise
           of
           jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           not
           cloathed
           with
           Authority
           ,
           not
           frō
           God
           or
           man
           to
           do
           it
           :
           therefore
           that
           his
           act
           was
           us●rpation
           ,
           a
           breach
           of
           order
           injurious
           ,
           and
           so
           greatly
           sinfull
           ,
           we
           challenge
           you
           to
           prove
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           that
           
             Phineas
          
           had
           any
           expresse
           Command
           from
           God
           or
           man
           ,
           jurisdiction
           ,
           or
           Commission
           to
           
             run
             them
             through
             as
             he
             did
             with
             his
             jaulin
             ,
          
           he
           was
           no
           Magistrate
           ,
           he
           was
           but
           the
           
             sun
             of
             a
             Priest
             ,
          
           it
           was
           an
           act
           of
           Judicature
           :
           also
           they
           were
           his
           superiors
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           
             Princes
          
           that
           he
           killed
           ,
           
             Numb.
          
           25.
           7.
           8.
           15.
           condemn
           it
           you
           cannot
           ,
           because
           God
           doth
           in
           expresse
           words
           commend
           it
           ,
           and
           reward
           it
           .
           v.
           11.
           12.
           13.
           you
           use
           to
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           extraordinary
           cause
           ,
           but
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           not
           so
           :
           therefore
           it
           s
           but
           an
           extraordinary
           put
           off
           ,
           so
           shift
           your
           hands
           of
           it
           ,
           tell
           us
           how
           we
           shall
           know
           when
           we
           have
           such
           an
           extraordinary
           cause
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           do
           so
           in
           that
           cause
           :
           the
           Lord
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           he
           did
           well
           
             because
          
           (
           he
           was
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           had
           jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           cloathed
           with
           authority
           ,
           but
           )
           
             he
             was
             zealous
             for
             his
             God
             ,
          
           ought
           not
           the
           Army
           (
           as
           well
           as
           others
           )
           to
           be
           zealous
           for
           God
           .
           But
           if
           after
           that
           act
           of
           
             Phineas
             ,
          
           so
           such
           act
           could
           be
           lawfull
           ,
           why
           is
           this
           act
           of
           his
           ,
           
             Recommended
             to
             all
             Generations
             for
             evermore
             ,
             Psal.
          
           106.
           30.
           31.
           
           God
           had
           appointed
           such
           parsons
           as
           he
           slew
           to
           death
           :
           the
           Magistrate
           did
           not
           do
           Justice
           ,
           therefore
           God
           sent
           the
           Plague
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           he
           knew
           none
           else
           would
           do
           it
           ,
           all
           ealse
           refusing
           it
           ,
           fell
           to
           be
           his
           duty
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           plague
           ceased
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           recorded
           for
           after
           generations
           ,
           for
           a
           righteous
           act
           :
           this
           is
           the
           Armies
           cause
           ,
           and
           though
           you
           condemn
           it
           ,
           we
           passe
           not
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           Gods
           word
           warrants
           it
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           a
           righteous
           act
           to
           all
           Generations
           for
           evermore
           ,
           
             wisdom
             is
             justified
             of
             her
             Children
             .
          
        
         
           I
           am
           no
           Magistrate
           ,
           it
           belongs
           not
           to
           me
           to
           passe
           sentence
           upon
           any
           man
           ,
           much
           lesse
           to
           put
           him
           to
           death
           ;
           but
           suppose
           I
           be
           set
           upon
           in
           my
           journey
           ,
           so
           as
           I
           see
           not
           how
           I
           can
           scape
           with
           my
           life
           ;
           but
           I
           must
           kill
           or
           be
           killed
           :
           now
           the
           cause
           is
           altered
           ,
           I
           may
           murther
           him
           ,
           as
           you
           call
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           saith
           ,
           it
           s
           no
           murther
           ;
           I
           had
           sinned
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           not
           done
           it
           ;
           for
           that
           Law
           that
           requires
           me
           to
           preserve
           my
           Neighbours
           life
           ,
           bids
           me
           preserve
           my
           own
           first
           ,
           charity
           is
           to
           begin
           at
           home
           ,
           though
           not
           to
           end
           there
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           if
           the
           cause
           were
           the
           same
           :
           there
           be
           them
           that
           would
           put
           no
           difference
           between
           a
           Priest
           and
           another
           man
           .
        
         
           7
           If
           God
           discover
           his
           Will
           to
           men
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           hearts
           and
           opportunities
           ,
           wisedome
           and
           power
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           it
           s
           there
           calling
           and
           commission
           to
           doe
           it
           .
           I
           know
           no
           calling
           that
           I
           have
           to
           take
           care
           ,
           and
           provide
           
           provision
           and
           cloaths
           for
           another
           mans
           wife
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           of
           good
           report
           ,
           but
           rather
           a
           scandall
           to
           doe
           it
           ;
           but
           suppose
           her
           Husband
           cannot
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           ,
           nor
           any
           else
           provide
           them
           for
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           cannot
           help
           her selfe
           ;
           now
           the
           cause
           is
           altered
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           
             mercifull
             ,
          
           and
           if
           I
           be
           able
           to
           help
           to
           provide
           those
           things
           for
           her
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           suffer
           her
           to
           perish
           ,
           will
           it
           not
           be
           my
           sinne
           also
           ?
           This
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           King
           should
           have
           help't
           ,
           &c.
           but
           did
           not
           ,
           then
           it
           became
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           Parliament
           to
           have
           releeved
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           but
           they
           did
           not
           ;
           her
           necessities
           great
           ,
           and
           many
           Petitions
           concerning
           th●●
           were
           sleighted
           and
           burnt
           ,
           waited
           many
           yeares
           for
           help
           ;
           our
           oppressions
           not
           removed
           ,
           all
           complaine
           dangers
           increase
           ,
           no
           remedy
           appeares
           ,
           they
           not
           help
           us
           ,
           nor
           tell
           us
           how
           long
           it
           will
           be
           before
           this
           Parliament
           will
           be
           at
           an
           end
           that
           we
           may
           have
           another
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           they
           will
           help
           us
           ▪
           when
           all
           failes
           ,
           no
           ground
           of
           hope
           of
           life
           is
           left
           :
           danger
           eminent
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           meanes
           of
           help
           left
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           cause
           of
           necessity
           .
           Now
           it
           's
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           Army
           to
           help
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           had
           not
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           their
           sinne
           ,
           if
           not
           their
           overthrow
           ;
           if
           they
           had
           suffered
           it
           to
           perish
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           had
           been
           well
           holpen
           up
           with
           a
           remedy
           in
           extremity
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Army
           had
           been
           as
           the
           
             Priest
          
           and
           
             Levit
             ,
          
           that
           allowed
           no
           help
           to
           the
           man
           ;
           this
           the
           wounded
           and
           dying
           Kingdom
           ,
           I
           would
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           ,
           have
           done
           it
           my selfe
           alone
           ,
           and
           not
           aske
           no
           leave
           ;
           God
           requires
           me
           to
           doe
           all
           the
           good
           I
           can
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           if
           I
           can
           doe
           good
           without
           man
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           ask
           his
           leave
           ;
           I
           need
           not
           ,
           suppose
           I
           see
           one
           a
           robbing
           of
           another
           ,
           or
           hath
           taken
           his
           Cloake
           ,
           &c.
           from
           him
           ,
           I
           will
           require
           him
           to
           give
           it
           him
           againe
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           not
           ;
           if
           I
           can
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           it
           by
           force
           and
           give
           it
           the
           owner
           :
           If
           he
           ,
           or
           any
           say
           ,
           You
           are
           out
           of
           your
           Calling
           ▪
           what
           ,
           and
           who
           gave
           you
           commission
           to
           meddle
           with
           me
           ?
           So
           long
           as
           I
           doe
           that
           which
           is
           just
           I
           passe
           not
           for
           such
           words
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           duty
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Christian
           ,
           to
           releeve
           the
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           doe
           what
           good
           I
           can
           ;
           if
           I
           were
           able
           I
           would
           quickly
           remove
           all
           the
           oppressions
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           could
           the
           next
           to
           that
           ,
           and
           I
           should
           sinne
           if
           I
           did
           not
           doe
           it
           .
           Who
           gave
           
             Cromwell
          
           Commission
           to
           doe
           so
           much
           good
           as
           he
           did
           in
           
             Scotland
             ?
          
           I
           doubt
           that
           the
           old
           
             Cavise
             ,
          
           and
           the
           new
           ones
           ,
           the
           Priests
           are
           unsatisfied
           ,
           scrupeled
           ,
           and
           very
           much
           doubt
           of
           his
           call
           into
           
             Scotland
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           8
           The
           Army
           had
           a
           cleare
           call
           to
           doe
           what
           they
           did
           according
           to
           the
           
             London
          
           Ministers
           Principle
           ,
           as
           appeares
           clearly
           from
           their
           owne
           confession
           ;
           they
           say
           ,
           A
           necessity
           of
           a
           Letter
           must
           be
           framed
           to
           the
           Generall
           ▪
           
           &c.
           but
           observe
           (
           upon
           what
           grounds
           they
           make
           it
           appeare
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           call
           from
           God
           to
           doe
           so
           )
           
             We
             apprehend
             our selves
             obliged
             thus
             to
             appear
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             ,
             and
             setling
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             to
             testifie
             our
             utter
             dislike
             and
             detestation
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             apparent
             to
             us
          
           your
           
             way
             and
             practice
             is
             unlawfull
          
           and
           
             irrigular
             ,
             in
             zeale
             for
             Gods
             glory
             we
             have
             discharged
             our
             duty
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           in
           their
           Judgements
           and
           Conscience
           a
           cleare
           call
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           the
           Army
           can
           say
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           they
           have
           the
           same
           call
           they
           have
           ;
           I
           should
           be
           heartily
           sorry
           if
           they
           had
           no
           better
           call
           then
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           whose
           Conscience
           I
           appeale
           to
           ,
           whether
           if
           they
           had
           power
           in
           their
           hands
           to
           reforme
           all
           things
           ,
           that
           (
           in
           their
           Consciences
           )
           are
           amisse
           ,
           whether
           they
           doe
           not
           judge
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           should
           sinne
           if
           they
           did
           not
           doe
           it
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           no
           Magistrates
           ;
           if
           they
           say
           ,
           ye
           ,
           then
           they
           justifie
           the
           Army
           (
           for
           they
           doe
           but
           according
           as
           they
           are
           perswaded
           by
           God
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           and
           their
           owne
           Conscience
           )
           if
           they
           say
           no
           ,
           if
           I
           did
           beleeve
           them
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           their
           judgements
           would
           change
           the
           very
           first
           day
           that
           the
           power
           comes
           in
           their
           hands
           .
        
         
           9
           The
           Army
           had
           an
           expresse
           command
           of
           God
           to
           warrant
           their
           not
           disbanding
           ,
           and
           ceazing
           on
           the
           Members
           ,
           and
           the
           sixth
           Command
           injoynes
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           doe
           no
           murder
           ;
           this
           generall
           command
           comprehends
           all
           the
           particulars
           under
           it
           by
           way
           of
           precept
           are
           injoyned
           ,
           I
           must
           
             doe
             no
             murder
             ,
          
           therefore
           〈◊〉
           must
           use
           all
           the
           meanes
           of
           the
           preservation
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           my
           Neighbours
           ;
           but
           the
           ceazing
           on
           these
           Members
           is
           a
           meanes
           of
           preventing
           this
           evill
           ;
           I
           see
           disbanding
           and
           permission
           of
           these
           Members
           is
           inconsistent
           to
           the
           safety
           of
           our
           lives
           and
           others
           ;
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           every
           one
           is
           to
           use
           all
           lawfull
           meanes
           to
           preserve
           himselfe
           and
           others
           ,
           the
           blame
           must
           rest
           on
           them
           that
           caused
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           these
           Parliament
           Men
           ,
           for
           had
           they
           done
           well
           they
           should
           not
           have
           been
           medled
           with
           ,
           all
           meanes
           ,
           with
           too
           much
           patience
           have
           been
           used
           but
           nothing
           prevailes
           .
        
         
           10
           All
           Actions
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           is
           lawfull
           ,
           but
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           prevent
           the
           shedding
           of
           innocent
           bloud
           is
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           ;
           for
           its
           the
           way
           to
           prevent
           much
           bloud
           to
           ceaze
           on
           these
           Members
           ,
           therefore
           they
           were
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           doe
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           Kingdome
           have
           great
           cause
           to
           justifie
           and
           thanke
           them
           for
           what
           they
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           
             It
             s
             apparent
             to
             us
             there
             was
             no
             necessity
             of
             these
             your
             irrigular
             practices
             ,
             it
             s
             discerned
             only
             by
             your selves
             ,
             and
             your
             owne
             Party
             :
          
           We
           say
           the
           same
           to
           you
           ,
           its
           apparent
           to
           us
           that
           there
           was
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           to
           doe
           as
           we
           
           did
           ,
           none
           thinke
           otherwise
           but
           the
           
             Cavies
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Party
           ,
           I
           Geree
           ,
           
             who
             is
             fittest
             to
             judge
             the
             People
             ;
             or
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             Army
             doe
             but
             pretend
             an
             apparent
             necessity
             of
             danger
             ,
             it
             s
             but
             a
             fancie
             ,
             an
             uncertaine
             fancie
             ,
             a
             private
             conceit
             ,
             visible
             to
             them
             and
             their
             Party
             ,
             the
             Army
             is
             vanquished
             by
             this
             one
             poore
             dart
             of
             pretended
             necessity
             ,
             the
             danger
             is
             greater
             this
             way
             then
             in
             the
             Treaty
             .
          
           Are
           you
           more
           able
           to
           judge
           then
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           their
           Party
           ?
           Are
           you
           infallible
           ,
           you
           presume
           you
           know
           better
           then
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           hath
           declared
           ,
           That
           what
           the
           Parliament
           men
           did
           ,
           was
           highly
           dishonourable
           to
           the
           proceedings
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           apparent
           destructive
           to
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Votes
           destructive
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           of
           them
           regarded
           not
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Paliaments
             determinations
             are
             uncontrovleable
             by
             inferiors
             :
          
           if
           the
           power
           of
           Judging
           ,
           and
           restraining
           ,
           is
           onely
           in
           the
           Representatives
           ,
           then
           they
           may
           doe
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           Kingdome
           by
           authority
           ,
           you
           allow
           not
           the
           people
           in
           no
           cause
           whatsoever
           ,
           not
           the
           least
           priviledge
           ,
           or
           liberty
           ,
           to
           help
           themselves
           :
           then
           to
           what
           purpose
           have
           wee
           fought
           for
           the
           liberties
           and
           priviledge
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           when
           it
           seemes
           they
           are
           notto
           have
           any
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           we
           are
           absolute
           slaves
           without
           any
           liberty
           ;
           for
           liberty
           turned
           into
           necessity
           ,
           is
           liberty
           no
           longer
           ;
           your
           principle
           is
           large
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           when
           iniquitie
           runnes
           downe
           like
           a
           mighty
           streame
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           let
           it
           runne
           ,
           they
           are
           Rebels
           and
           Traytors
           that
           offer
           to
           stop
           it
           ;
           this
           principle
           will
           please
           Tyrants
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           doe
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           none
           may
           call
           them
           to
           accompt
           ,
           nor
           meddle
           with
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           act
           contrary
           to
           the
           end
           and
           intent
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           if
           they
           refuse
           to
           consider
           the
           teares
           of
           the
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           the
           cries
           of
           the
           poore
           ,
           and
           burne
           our
           Petitions
           instead
           of
           grantting
           them
           ,
           increase
           our
           burdens
           and
           oppressions
           ,
           they
           may
           commit
           as
           much
           sinne
           ,
           and
           doe
           as
           much
           mischief
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           be
           sheltred
           under
           ally
           ,
           which
           you
           call
           the
           priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           be
           not
           a
           sinne
           in
           the
           people
           to
           suffer
           those
           in
           Authority
           to
           sinne
           ;
           why
           did
           God
           punish
           the
           people
           ,
           for
           the
           sinnes
           of
           those
           in
           authority
           ,
           as
           appeares
           
             Jer.
             15.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             2
             
             King.
             21.
             11.
             12.
             
             &
          
           24.
           3.
           
           Your
           Doctrine
           is
           exceedingly
           contrary
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           for
           if
           
             the
             Saints
             may
             bind
             Kings
             in
             chaines
             ,
             and
             their
             Nobles
             in
             fetters
             of
             Iron
             ;
             to
             execute
             on
             them
             the
             Judgements
             written
             ,
             this
             honour
             have
             all
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           Psal.
           149.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           Then
           I
           hope
           they
           may
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           wicked
           Rulers
           .
           You
           cry
           ,
           it
           s
           against
           the
           freedome
           of
           Parliament
           ▪
           they
           have
           had
           freedome
           enough
           to
           sinne
           ,
           a
           
             breach
             of
             Privilegde
             ,
          
           to
           remove
           and
           punish
           evill
           doers
           is
           abomination
           to
           you
           ;
           you
           should
           have
           proved
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           
           that
           they
           are
           to
           have
           such
           a
           priviledge
           :
           but
           what
           you
           say
           is
           but
           sutable
           to
           what
           once
           one
           of
           the
           Bishops
           Ministers
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           
             it
             was
             the
             Magistrates
             sinne
             ,
             if
             he
             commanded
             that
             which
             was
             evill
             ,
             but
             not
             ours
             in
             obeying
             an
             unlawfull
             command
             ;
             &
             that
             if
             the
             Magistate
             commanded
             me
             to
             kneele
             to
             a
             Crucifix
             ,
             I
             might
             lawfully
             doe
             it
             ,
             and
             we
             must
             be
             subiect
             to
             Authority
             ,
             for
             conscience
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           one
           of
           your
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           this
           Fig-leafe
           will
           not
           hold
           ,
           
             The
             woman
             gave
             me
             ,
             therefore
             I
             did
             eat
             ;
          
           The
           Parliament
           bid
           me
           ,
           therefore
           I
           did
           it
           ;
           I
           was
           not
           to
           judge
           ,
           I
           am
           under
           the
           
             command
             of
             my
             Superiour
             a
             sworne
             servant
             ,
          
           to
           doe
           his
           will
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           
             my
             Ooth
             is
             indispensible
             ,
             the
             Ship
             of
          
           the
           Common-wealth
           
             must
             be
             steared
             as
             the
             Master
             thinkes
             best
             ,
          
           I
           see
           he
           runs
           it
           upon
           the
           Rock
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           spilt
           ;
           but
           
             he
             can
             tell
             better
             then
             I
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             to
             judge
             ,
             not
             to
             take
             it
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             .
          
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           say
           it
           must
           be
           so
           ,
           therefore
           I
           am
           content
           to
           suffer
           with
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ;
           all
           power
           is
           Gods
           ,
           and
           its
           all
           in
           the
           Magistrate
           ;
           God
           requires
           me
           to
           doe
           good
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           not
           doe
           it
           without
           his
           consent
           .
           
             God
             appointed
             Magistrates
             for
             our
             good
             ,
             Rom.
          
           13.
           4.
           therefore
           he
           may
           ruine
           all
           :
           this
           is
           the
           summe
           of
           your
           Exposition
           .
        
         
           The
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           to
           be
           his
           Rule
           in
           Commanding
           ,
           and
           mine
           in
           Obeying
           ;
           we
           are
           both
           limited
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           others
           ,
           it
           must
           appeare
           unto
           us
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           people
           may
           not
           Judge
           ,
           but
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           then
           the
           people
           are
           inslaved
           to
           their
           judgements
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           act
           our
           owne
           Ruine
           if
           they
           bid
           us
           ,
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Scripture
           :
           For
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           sinned
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           obeyed
           unlawfull
           Commands
           :
           
             Epharim
             is
             oppressed
             and
             broken
             in
             Judgement
             ,
             because
             he
             willingly
             walked
             after
             the
             Commandement
             ,
          
           Hos.
           5.
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           
             For
             the
             Statute
             of
          
           Omri
           
             are
             kept
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             workes
             of
             the
             house
             of
          
           Ahab
           ,
           
             and
             ye
             walk
             in
             their
             Councels
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             make
             them
             a
             desolation
             ,
             and
             a
             hishing
             ;
             therefore
             yee
             shall
             be
             are
             the
             reproach
             of
             my
             people
             ,
          
           Micha
           6.
           16.
           
           
             The
             wisdome
             of
             the
             prudent
             is
             to
             understand
             his
             way
             ,
          
           Prov.
           14.
           8.
           
           Therefore
           the
           Army
           did
           well
           ,
           to
           consider
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           in
           obeying
           ,
           or
           not
           obeying
           ;
           else
           we
           should
           equall
           the
           Parl.
           with
           God
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           preferre
           them
           before
           him
           ,
           in
           obeying
           them
           against
           God
           .
           Every
           thing
           in
           the
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           either
           good
           ,
           or
           evill
           ;
           the
           most
           indifferent
           thing
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           action
           is
           so
           ,
           when
           the
           circumstances
           of
           it
           is
           good
           ,
           the
           action
           is
           good
           ;
           if
           any
           of
           the
           circumstances
           of
           it
           are
           evill
           ,
           the
           action
           is
           evill
           .
        
         
           
             Is
             no
             act
             binding
             unlesse
             it
             be
             sufficiently
             cleared
             ;
             is
             a
             tenent
             destructive
             to
             all
             Government
             :
          
           how
           can
           we
           judge
           it
           our
           duty
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           
           we
           know
           not
           ;
           your
           doctrine
           tends
           strongly
           to
           blind
           obedience
           ,
           to
           doe
           we
           know
           not
           what
           .
        
         
           All
           actions
           without
           
             Faith
          
           is
           sinnefull
           :
           that
           which
           we
           know
           nor
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           cannot
           be
           done
           in
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           I
           must
           be
           
             fully
             perswaded
             of
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             that
             I
             doe
             ,
          
           Rom.
           14.
           27.
           which
           I
           cannot
           be
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           sufficiently
           cleared
           .
        
         
           The
           whole
           People
           should
           Judge
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           who
           made
           them
           Trustees
           should
           cast
           them
           off
           .
        
         
           Bravely
           spoke
           ,
           then
           they
           may
           for
           ever
           doe
           what
           they
           list
           ,
           for
           if
           there
           be
           but
           two
           Persons
           for
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           whole
           are
           not
           agreed
           ,
           and
           so
           all
           must
           bee
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Danger
           of
           inconvenientie
           should
           not
           cause
           persons
           to
           bee
           Controulers
           of
           Magistracy
           .
           
             What
             no
             inconveniency
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             we
             must
             then
             quietly
             ,
             and
             contentedly
             suffer
             our selves
             to
             be
             destroyed
             .
          
           The
           pleae
           ,
           of
           necessity
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           lesse
           weight
           in
           your
           cause
           ,
           because
           (
           we
           feare
           )
           the
           ends
           you
           ayme
           at
           ,
           are
           no
           more
           justifiable
           then
           the
           meanes
           you
           use
           ,
           the
           necessity
           pleaded
           is
           either
           meerely
           pretended
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           contracted
           by
           your
           owne
           miscariage
           :
           
             who
             made
             you
             a
             Judge
             of
             evill
             thoughts
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             necessitie
             and
             the
             meanes
             they
             use
             ,
             its
             justifiable
             by
             the
             word
             ,
             this
             is
             above
             answered
             .
          
        
         
           
             Power
             of
             executing
             is
             committed
             to
             the
             Army
             ,
          
           to
           execute
           the
           uncontroulable
           Decree
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           the
           Ministers
           shall
           Decree
           ,
           the
           House
           confirme
           ,
           and
           the
           Army
           be
           the
           Executioners
           :
           Are
           not
           the
           two
           last
           highly
           promoted
           .
        
         
           
             If
             the
             Parliament
             had
             not
             done
             well
             ,
             the
             Army
             should
             not
             have
             upheld
             it
             in
             dead
             waies
             ,
             the
             Charge
             being
             true
             :
          
           but
           how
           could
           that
           be
           known
           ,
           seeing
           none
           but
           themselves
           must
           judge
           :
           besides
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           lawfull
           for
           them
           to
           leave
           them
           ;
           seeing
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           
             sworne
             servants
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           ,
           for
           7
           years
           ,
           but
           for
           ever
           :
           and
           they
           must
           obey
           them
           :
           therefore
           if
           they
           had
           left
           them
           ;
           the
           exceptions
           might
           have
           been
           the
           same
           :
           
             It
             had
             been
             nobly
             done
             of
             the
             Army
             to
             have
             laid
             downe
             their
             Commission
             :
          
           then
           should
           we
           have
           had
           our
           Government
           set
           up
           in
           full
           power
           .
        
         
           They
           that
           resist
           Authority
           ,
           the
           Power
           ,
           resist
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           shall
           receive
           to
           themselves
           damnation
           .
           The
           golden
           coard
           of
           Government
           broken
           asunder
           ;
           the
           honour
           of
           Magistracy
           laid
           in
           the
           dust
           ;
           what
           threatnings
           against
           them
           that
           oppose
           Gods
           Ordinance
           ,
           
             Jude
          
           8.
           manifest
           opposite
           to
           lawfull
           Authoritie
           ,
           God
           hath
           set
           over
           us
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Armies
           sinne
           and
           Rebellion
           in
           not
           disbanding
           at
           the
           Parliaments
           command
           .
        
         
         
           By
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Scriptures
           ,
           ye
           wrest
           and
           pervert
           the
           Scripture
           :
           are
           we
           to
           obey
           Authority
           because
           they
           command
           it
           ,
           or
           because
           of
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           that
           they
           command
           ?
           if
           the
           first
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           is
           your
           charge
           or
           voting
           ,
           the
           other
           we
           grant
           )
           why
           are
           the
           people
           reproved
           for
           obeying
           ,
           
             Mica
             6.
             15.
             16.
             
             Hos.
          
           5.
           11.
           
           If
           it
           be
           sufficient
           that
           the
           Authority
           command
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           their
           sinn
           in
           obeying
           ;
           or
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           hath
           power
           over
           our
           bodies
           ,
           then
           the
           3.
           children
           sinned
           in
           not
           bowing
           to
           
             Nebuchadnezars
          
           Image
           ,
           as
           he
           commanded
           :
           by
           this
           rule
           we
           may
           sin
           if
           the
           Authority
           command
           it
           ,
           if
           we
           must
           be
           subject
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           oppose
           the
           will
           of
           those
           in
           Authority
           in
           no
           cause
           ,
           then
           if
           they
           set
           the
           Kingdome
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           will
           have
           it
           burnt
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           offer
           to
           quench
           it
           but
           suffer
           it
           to
           be
           burnt
           into
           ashes
           ,
           nor
           never
           question
           them
           for
           it
           if
           they
           are
           not
           accountable
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           command
           must
           be
           lawfull
           ,
           I
           demand
           who
           must
           judge
           of
           the
           unlawfullnesse
           of
           it
           :
           if
           ye
           say
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           then
           the
           cause
           is
           the
           same
           with
           the
           former
           :
           if
           ye
           say
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           to
           obey
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           lawfullnesse
           of
           that
           he
           is
           to
           do
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           he
           should
           ,
           why
           then
           do
           ye
           cry
           out
           of
           sin
           for
           not
           doing
           that
           they
           do
           not
           see
           to
           be
           lawfull
           :
           neither
           is
           it
           sufficient
           that
           the
           thing
           commanded
           be
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           lawfull
           ,
           for
           one
           circumstance
           may
           make
           it
           unlawfull
           :
           to
           eat
           meat
           is
           lawfull
           ,
           yet
           God
           forbids
           the
           eating
           of
           it
           when
           my
           weak
           brother
           is
           offended
           at
           it
           :
           Suppose
           the
           Magistrate
           command
           me
           to
           eat
           it
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           offended
           if
           he
           do
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           eat
           it
           ,
           unlesse
           I
           may
           prefer
           Man
           before
           God
           :
           if
           you
           say
           ,
           God
           commands
           me
           to
           obey
           Authority
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           sin
           if
           I
           do
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           I
           deny
           that
           I
           am
           in
           this
           cause
           bound
           to
           obey
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           though
           the
           thing
           be
           in
           it self
           lawfull
           ,
           man
           cannot
           bind
           when
           God
           will
           have
           us
           free
           ;
           also
           if
           that
           he
           hath
           power
           in
           such
           things
           ,
           then
           he
           may
           take
           away
           and
           restrain
           me
           from
           indifferent
           things
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           my
           liberty
           ;
           which
           were
           to
           set
           up
           Gods
           own
           ,
           commanding
           things
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           things
           indifferent
           ,
           how
           then
           shall
           I
           stand
           just
           in
           the
           liberty
           wherein
           Christ
           hath
           made
           me
           free
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           5.
           1.
           
           We
           are
           tied
           to
           do
           what
           they
           should
           command
           more
           ,
           then
           because
           they
           command
           it
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           power
           reacheth
           not
           to
           all
           civill
           things
           :
           it
           's
           my
           liberty
           when
           to
           eat
           and
           what
           I
           shall
           eat
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           go
           to
           bed
           and
           when
           to
           rise
           ,
           and
           what
           couler
           my
           cloathes
           shall
           be
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           may
           bind
           wherein
           God
           would
           have
           us
           free
           ,
           nor
           can
           they
           make
           any
           part
           of
           Gods
           Word
           to
           cease
           to
           blind
           ,
           and
           be
           of
           no
           force
           to
           me
           ,
           
           which
           before
           their
           command
           was
           of
           force
           to
           us
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           can
           dispense
           with
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           .
           If
           the
           Parliament
           require
           me
           to
           betray
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           I
           know
           he
           hath
           no
           power
           from
           God
           to
           command
           me
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           because
           it
           's
           injurious
           to
           my
           neighbour
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           requireth
           not
           to
           do
           ,
           nor
           consent
           ,
           nor
           permit
           that
           which
           is
           destructive
           to
           others
           ,
           though
           Magistrates
           are
           a
           lawfull
           authority
           :
           it
           's
           a
           right
           stamp
           ,
           but
           if
           the
           metall
           be
           not
           that
           it
           should
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           take
           it
           unlesse
           it
           be
           good
           metall
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           good
           coyne
           ;
           that
           we
           should
           be
           subject
           to
           the
           wills
           of
           men
           in
           commands
           not
           convenient
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           sin
           and
           defile
           our selves
           ,
           and
           incur
           damnation
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           not
           sin
           ,
           is
           strange
           Doctrine
           which
           the
           Bible
           never
           knew
           :
           it
           's
           lawfull
           for
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           bid
           me
           run
           a
           horse
           ,
           but
           if
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           children
           are
           so
           scattred
           ,
           that
           I
           see
           I
           cannot
           do
           it
           with
           safety
           ,
           I
           had
           better
           break
           his
           command
           ,
           then
           murder
           or
           hurt
           children
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           would
           do
           it
           ,
           I
           ought
           to
           stop
           him
           :
           God
           saith
           
             Let
             every
             one
             be
             fully
             perswaded
             in
             his
             owne
             mind
             .
          
           I
           am
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           lawfulnesse
           and
           expediency
           of
           that
           which
           I
           am
           to
           do
           ;
           for
           all
           things
           may
           be
           lawfull
           that
           are
           not
           expedient
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           a
           thing
           is
           not
           expedient
           it
           's
           unlawfull
           ;
           the
           Army
           were
           not
           satisfied
           that
           it
           was
           for
           their
           owne
           and
           the
           Kingdomes
           safety
           for
           them
           to
           disband
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           but
           doubted
           of
           the
           lawfullnesse
           thereof
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           do
           well
           to
           disband
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           are
           more
           strictly
           tyed
           to
           the
           command
           of
           men
           then
           to
           Gods
           :
           but
           many
           reasons
           haue
           been
           given
           that
           it
           was
           not
           safe
           or
           best
           for
           them
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Army
           are
           not
           to
           be
           blamed
           but
           commended
           for
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           lawfull
           for
           them
           to
           do
           that
           which
           tends
           to
           their
           owne
           and
           the
           Kingdomes
           destruction
           :
           if
           you
           say
           then
           they
           should
           suffer
           ;
           I
           deny
           it
           ,
           but
           more
           of
           this
           anon
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           it
           may
           so
           fall
           out
           that
           one
           may
           break
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           keep
           the
           Law
           ,
           if
           he
           observe
           the
           intent
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           
             Mal.
          
           10.
           1.
           to
           you
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           more
           the
           Law
           then
           the
           letter
           of
           it
           :
           Suppose
           he
           that
           keeps
           the
           Gates
           of
           the
           City
           is
           commanded
           not
           to
           open
           them
           (
           without
           their
           order
           )
           to
           keep
           out
           the
           enemy
           ,
           he
           seeth
           betwixt
           the
           Gates
           and
           the
           Camp
           some
           differences
           and
           strives
           ,
           and
           it
           's
           evident
           to
           him
           he
           can
           let
           them
           in
           and
           keep
           out
           the
           enemy
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           doeth
           it
           he
           hath
           broak
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Law
           but
           kept
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           observed
           the
           Letter
           he
           had
           not
           
           kept
           the
           intent
           of
           it
           :
           Suppose
           the
           Magistrate
           find
           fault
           with
           him
           for
           not
           doing
           as
           he
           bid
           him
           ,
           it
           's
           without
           a
           cause
           ,
           he
           hath
           done
           no
           hurt
           but
           good
           in
           saving
           their
           lives
           ,
           who
           are
           without
           lyable
           to
           perish
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           the
           Army
           in
           not
           disbanding
           ,
           had
           the
           Army
           been
           a
           cause
           of
           their
           owne
           and
           our
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           lost
           the
           fruit
           of
           all
           their
           victories
           if
           they
           had
           laid
           downe
           their
           Armes
           some
           others
           would
           have
           taken
           them
           up
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           ingaged
           your selves
           by
           Oath
           to
           preserve
           his
           Majesties
           Person
           and
           priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           this
           is
           most
           cleare
           that
           no
           necessity
           can
           justifie
           perjury
           or
           dispense
           with
           lawfull
           oathes
           ,
           the
           bond
           and
           tie
           of
           an
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           is
           religious
           and
           sacred
           and
           invincible
           ,
           who
           will
           require
           it
           at
           your
           hands
           broken
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           17.
           14.
           
           And
           necessity
           cannot
           dispense
           with
           an
           oath
           ,
           nothing
           can
           give
           one
           leave
           to
           be
           forsworne
           ,
           an
           oath
           is
           of
           an
           absolute
           indispensible
           authority
           .
        
         
           If
           what
           you
           say
           be
           true
           ,
           are
           you
           not
           perjured
           ,
           miserably
           forsworne
           ?
           have
           you
           forgot
           what
           you
           have
           sworn
           ,
           covenanted
           ,
           Canonicall
           obedience
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           of
           this
           more
           when
           you
           write
           againe
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           You
           take
           that
           for
           granted
           which
           is
           to
           prove
           ;
           we
           deny
           they
           are
           forsworn
           ,
           your
           saying
           so
           is
           no
           proof
           ;
           we
           are
           willing
           to
           put
           it
           to
           the
           triall
           ,
           and
           able
           to
           prove
           the
           contrary
           :
           The
           
             Oath
          
           (
           Covenant
           )
           
             is
             to
             be
             interpreted
             according
             to
             his
             sense
             that
             gave
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             his
             sense
             that
             tooke
             it
             :
          
           this
           you
           would
           have
           ;
           but
           it
           's
           not
           lawfull
           to
           grant
           it
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           interpreted
           neither
           in
           his
           sense
           that
           gave
           it
           ,
           nor
           in
           his
           that
           takes
           it
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           the
           expresse
           words
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           If
           it
           were
           granted
           to
           either
           to
           put
           what
           sense
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           they
           might
           sweare
           one
           thing
           and
           do
           another
           ,
           if
           he
           intends
           it
           to
           inslave
           .
           If
           a
           Presb●ter
           give
           or
           take
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           he
           thinks
           he
           sweares
           to
           maintaine
           Presbyterian
           Government
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           word
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Covenant
           :
           there
           is
           mention
           of
           a
           government
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           not
           their
           Presbytery
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           confession
           .
           The
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           confesse
           it
           is
           not
           
             jure
             divino
             ,
          
           (
           I
           am
           mistaken
           if
           they
           did
           not
           sweare
           the
           government
           of
           Archbishops
           was
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           )
           but
           the
           Presbytery
           is
           the
           nearest
           to
           it
           ;
           if
           so
           be
           but
           neare
           to
           it
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           not
           it
           .
           In
           the
           Scriptures
           is
           prescribed
           a
           Government
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ;
           Presbytery
           they
           say
           is
           not
           it
           ,
           but
           neare
           to
           it
           .
           If
           then
           Presbyterian
           government
           had
           in
           expresse
           
           words
           been
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           I
           had
           taken
           it
           ,
           I
           could
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           have
           broke
           my
           oath
           ,
           for
           that
           oath
           that
           is
           not
           lawfull
           to
           take
           ,
           is
           not
           lawfull
           to
           be
           kept
           :
           it
           is
           not
           lawfull
           for
           me
           to
           sweare
           to
           maintain
           a
           government
           for
           Christs
           that
           is
           not
           his
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           neare
           it
           or
           like
           it
           .
           But
           say
           they
           ,
           we
           swore
           to
           maintain
           that
           government
           that
           is
           according
           to
           the
           best
           reformed
           Church
           ;
           for
           each
           of
           theirs
           is
           the
           best
           in
           their
           judgments
           and
           consciences
           ,
           els
           I
           should
           wonder
           if
           they
           should
           approve
           and
           practise
           contrary
           to
           their
           consciences
           :
           yea
           and
           he
           that
           denieth
           all
           Church-government
           ,
           may
           take
           the
           Covenant
           without
           scruple
           ,
           because
           the
           Covenant
           expresses
           none
           ,
           and
           he
           believes
           there
           is
           none
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           seeth
           which
           it
           is
           ,
           he
           will
           owne
           it
           and
           defend
           it
           ;
           and
           before
           it
           is
           unreasonable
           to
           expect
           it
           from
           him
           .
           I
           wonder
           the
           Priests
           should
           so
           take
           the
           Covenant
           for
           the
           text
           ,
           and
           preach
           so
           on
           it
           :
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           that
           which
           is
           so
           cleer
           to
           them
           ;
           what
           is
           plainly
           expressed
           ,
           they
           cannot
           agree
           how
           the
           words
           are
           to
           be
           read
           :
           the
           Priests
           read
           ,
           to
           
             protect
             the
             person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           there
           make
           such
           a
           full
           stop
           ,
           and
           go
           no
           further
           ▪
           others
           say
           they
           must
           read
           on
           ,
           and
           take
           with
           it
           ,
           
             in
             the
             defence
             ,
             maintenance
             and
             protection
             of
             the
             King
             in
             his
             just
             Rights
             ;
          
           and
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           men
           cannot
           agree
           .
           Some
           say
           his
           just
           Rights
           are
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           others
           say
           he
           hath
           lost
           all
           his
           just
           Rights
           :
           others
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           his
           just
           right
           to
           lose
           his
           life
           :
           the
           Covenant
           resolves
           this
           not
           ;
           I
           cannot
           tell
           what
           are
           his
           just
           Rights
           ,
           nor
           can
           learn
           what
           the
           Covenant
           meanes
           or
           requires
           :
           I
           must
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Schollers
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           can
           tell
           .
           The
           like
           may
           be
           said
           for
           the
           other
           branches
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           If
           an
           oath
           be
           indispensable
           ,
           then
           persons
           must
           sin
           rather
           then
           break
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           vow
           of
           single
           life
           binds
           ,
           be
           the
           cause
           what
           it
           will
           ;
           and
           so
           if
           any
           have
           sworn
           to
           murder
           a
           thousand
           persons
           or
           more
           ,
           it
           seems
           they
           must
           do
           it
           :
           is
           not
           this
           the
           Popes
           Doctrine
           to
           murder
           Kings
           and
           others
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           detested
           .
           That
           an
           oath
           binds
           more
           then
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           we
           deny
           ,
           and
           put
           you
           to
           prove
           it
           .
           Is
           there
           not
           the
           highest
           authority
           in
           Gods
           commands
           ?
           can
           any
           thing
           bind
           us
           more
           then
           his
           commands
           ;
           yet
           ye
           see
           
             Matth.
             12.
             1
             ▪
             to
          
           7.
           they
           are
           dispensible
           .
           You
           say
           ,
           an
           
             oath
             is
             part
             of
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             :
          
           if
           it
           be
           but
           a
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           more
           then
           the
           whole
           :
           also
           Gods
           worship
           must
           give
           place
           to
           acts
           of
           mercy
           and
           love
           ;
           
             I
             will
             have
             mercy
             〈◊〉
             not
             sacrifice
             ;
             Hosea
             6.
             6.
             
             Mal.
          
           12.
           7.
           it
           was
           lawfull
           to
           neglect
           the
           publike
           worship
           and
           command
           of
           God
           to
           give
           suck
           ,
           &c.
           in
           that
           
           they
           were
           not
           blamed
           for
           not
           going
           to
           Jerusalem
           to
           worship
           ,
           though
           all
           were
           commanded
           to
           goe
           thither
           :
           
             No
             necessity
             is
             sufficient
             to
             dispense
             with
             a
             morall
             Law
             :
          
           is
           it
           not
           a
           morall
           duty
           to
           worship
           God
           ?
           swearing
           is
           a
           part
           of
           instituted
           worship
           ,
           but
           meerly
           naturall
           or
           morall
           ,
           as
           you
           call
           it
           :
           wee
           need
           not
           bee
           inforced
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           is
           naturall
           ;
           an
           oath
           that
           is
           detrimentall
           to
           a
           particular
           Law
           ,
           must
           bee
           kept
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           15.
           4.
           
           I
           grant
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           bee
           in
           that
           or
           the
           like
           cause
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           all
           causes
           that
           can
           be
           named
           :
           for
           ,
           what
           is
           not
           lawfull
           to
           sweare
           ,
           is
           not
           lawfull
           to
           be
           done
           because
           they
           have
           sworn
           to
           doe
           it
           .
           
             No
             hunger
             can
             make
             stealing
             no
             stealing
             ,
             Proverbs
          
           chap.
           6.
           vers.
           30.
           
           Wee
           allow
           not
           men
           when
           they
           are
           hungry
           to
           take
           that
           which
           is
           not
           their
           owne
           ;
           yet
           wee
           say
           ,
           that
           which
           in
           it selfe
           is
           stealing
           ,
           may
           lawfully
           bee
           done
           without
           sin
           ,
           if
           the
           hunger
           be
           of
           that
           extremity
           as
           to
           indanger
           life
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           help
           or
           remedy
           can
           be
           had
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           not
           stealing
           ;
           yet
           restitution
           is
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           to
           affirme
           it
           is
           stealing
           ,
           is
           to
           maintain
           that
           a
           man
           may
           sin
           to
           save
           his
           life
           ;
           (
           if
           I
           ought
           to
           break
           the
           Oath
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           forsworne
           to
           do
           it
           )
           when
           two
           duties
           come
           together
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           do
           both
           ,
           the
           one
           for
           that
           present
           ceaseth
           to
           be
           a
           duty
           ▪
           this
           was
           
             Davids
          
           cause
           it
           eating
           the
           Shew-bread
           ;
           no
           man
           may
           tell
           a
           lye
           nor
           commit
           any
           sin
           to
           save
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           men
           should
           take
           such
           oathes
           as
           are
           so
           intricate
           and
           disputable
           ,
           I
           would
           see
           Scripture
           for
           ;
           I
           read
           an
           
             ●ath
             is
             to
             put
             an
             end
             strife
             ,
          
           but
           not
           to
           begin
           one
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           swear
           what
           I
           shall
           do
           for
           the
           future
           is
           not
           so
           clear
           as
           some
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           a
           duty
           ,
           a
           restriction
           is
           as
           perfect
           or
           included
           as
           this
           you
           grant
           ,
           I
           may
           swear
           I
           will
           protect
           and
           defend
           the
           Magistrates
           person
           ,
           &c.
           but
           not
           in
           evill
           :
           if
           he
           after
           set
           upon
           me
           to
           rob
           and
           kill
           me
           in
           the
           high-way
           ,
           I
           will
           kill
           him
           rather
           then
           be
           killed
           ,
           the
           Law
           counts
           this
           no
           murder
           :
           if
           this
           be
           granted
           the
           whole
           argument
           is
           granted
           .
           For
           he
           is
           as
           much
           a
           Magistrate
           in
           the
           high-way
           as
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           may
           be
           resisted
           in
           evill
           in
           one
           place
           more
           then
           in
           another
           .
        
         
           In
           small
           matters
           (
           therefore
           in
           greater
           )
           if
           men
           binde
           themselves
           by
           oath
           ,
           it
           concernes
           every
           one
           to
           take
           heed
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           good
           ground
           for
           taking
           them
           ▪
           and
           great
           
           heed
           lest
           they
           break
           them
           .
           It
           is
           no
           slight
           matter
           to
           doe
           and
           undoe
           :
           if
           lawfull
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sin
           to
           break
           it
           ;
           if
           unlawfull
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           sin
           to
           make
           it
           .
           I
           heartily
           wish
           that
           men
           were
           more
           backward
           in
           taking
           them
           ,
           and
           more
           forward
           in
           keeping
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           can
           keep
           them
           without
           sin
           :
           if
           lawfull
           ,
           to
           sweare
           and
           not
           to
           keep
           it
           is
           a
           great
           aggravation
           .
        
         
           
             Remonstrating
             against
             proceedings
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           if
           it
           be
           your
           duty
           to
           Remonstrance
           against
           the
           just
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           why
           may
           not
           they
           Remonstrance
           against
           evill
           proceedings
           ?
           wickednesse
           in
           high
           places
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           most
           dangerous
           ,
           
             Moses
             calling
             it
             a
             gathering
             together
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             warnes
             the
             people
             to
             avoid
             their
             company
             ,
          
           Numb.
           16.
           
             after
             the
             earth
             opened
             and
             swallowed
             them
             up
             ,
          
           we
           have
           more
           cause
           to
           say
           the
           same
           of
           you
           ,
           
             we
             do
             seriously
             beseech
             you
             to
             recede
             from
             these
             evill
             waies
             ,
             and
             content
             your selves
             within
             your
             own
             bounds
             ,
             put
             none
             in
             feare
             ,
          
           we
           say
           the
           same
           to
           you
           ,
           
             if
             you
             persist
             in
             these
             wayes
             ,
             your
             sin
             shall
             find
             you
             out
             ,
             if
             ye
             suffer
             as
             busie
             bodies
             in
             other
             mens
             matters
             :
          
           this
           is
           fitly
           applied
           to
           your selfe
           ,
           who
           daily
           persist
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           people
           to
           sedition
           ,
           it
           concernes
           those
           in
           Authority
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           whom
           I
           earnestly
           beseech
           not
           to
           suffer
           you
           in
           the
           Pulpits
           to
           meddle
           with
           matters
           Civill
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           concerns
           the
           State
           ▪
           it
           is
           like
           the
           simple
           that
           beleeveth
           every
           word
           will
           beleeve
           you
           to
           their
           owne
           ruin
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           cause
           of
           conscience
           to
           maintain
           those
           I
           judge
           enemies
           ,
           and
           whether
           if
           I
           looke
           upon
           you
           to
           be
           so
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           proceed
           further
           :
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           take
           an
           order
           with
           you
           ;
           but
           for
           liberty
           to
           print
           ,
           I
           wish
           you
           as
           much
           liberty
           as
           any
           ,
           the
           more
           you
           print
           ,
           the
           more
           your
           wickednesse
           will
           appeare
           ,
           three
           of
           you
           have
           written
           against
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           you
           all
           sing
           one
           song
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           the
           same
           words
           ,
           you
           have
           spit
           all
           your
           poison
           ,
           you
           cannot
           say
           no
           more
           then
           is
           in
           the
           Armies
           remembrances
           against
           them
           ;
           we
           aske
           you
           no
           favour
           ,
           be
           silent
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           and
           do
           your
           worst
           ,
           you
           require
           
             proof
             of
             the
             spirits
             falling
             upon
             the
             multitude
             of
             persons
             ,
             to
             act
             contrary
             to
             manifest
             Precepts
             ,
          
           you
           would
           have
           them
           prove
           your
           notion
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           they
           never
           said
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           much
           lesse
           alledged
           it
           to
           prove
           their
           practice
           ;
           
           do
           you
           present
           this
           to
           make
           them
           odious
           ?
           
             be
             not
             deceived
             God
             is
             not
             mocked
             ,
             they
             who
             have
             usurped
             authority
             ,
             seldome
             or
             never
             promoted
             publike
             weale
             or
             libertie
             ,
             who
             knowes
             what
             the
             Armies
             designe
             may
             come
             to
             ?
          
           you
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           therefore
           if
           any
           aske
           you
           ,
           say
           you
           cannot
           tell
           :
           we
           know
           no
           usurpers
           of
           Authority
           but
           the
           Presbyters
           ,
           all
           this
           life
           is
           for
           their
           unworthy
           interest
           ,
           one
           of
           you
           said
           in
           Sion
           Colledge
           they
           would
           rather
           side
           with
           the
           Kings
           party
           the
           Army
           ;
           for
           then
           your
           Government
           will
           be
           a
           going
           on
           ,
           but
           the
           Army
           of
           Sects
           would
           not
           do
           any
           thing
           for
           your
           Government
           ,
           before
           I
           heard
           it
           I
           thought
           somthing
           was
           the
           matter
           when
           I
           heard
           that
           you
           spake
           the
           language
           of
           the
           old
           Cavees
           ,
           now
           it
           is
           apparent
           to
           all
           that
           know
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           that
           oppose
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Army
           are
           possessed
           with
           the
           same
           spirit
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           The
           Armies
           Principles
           are
           wicked
           ,
           they
           that
           have
           the
           power
           is
           to
           judge
           ,
           
             what
             will
             follow
             ?
          
        
         
           This
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           Masters
           will
           take
           account
           of
           their
           Servants
           what
           worke
           they
           doe
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           we
           see
           it
           was
           needfull
           to
           have
           a
           President
           ,
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           longest
           sword
           will
           judge
           ;
           if
           these
           Ministers
           judge
           and
           determine
           ,
           and
           pronounce
           the
           sentence
           ,
           the
           curse
           ,
           what
           would
           they
           do
           if
           they
           had
           the
           power
           in
           their
           hands
           ?
           
             we
             dare
             not
             say
             the
             blessing
             of
             the
             Lord
             be
             upon
             you
             ,
          
           there
           is
           not
           any
           that
           I
           know
           desire
           you
           to
           say
           so
           ,
           we
           know
           it
           is
           little
           worth
           ,
           they
           have
           had
           your
           blessing
           ,
           have
           not
           prospered
           ,
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           is
           upon
           them
           ,
           God
           hath
           blessed
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           be
           blessed
           ,
           
             now
             are
             the
             faces
             of
             Gods
             servants
             covered
             with
             shame
             ,
             and
             their
             hearts
             filled
             with
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             like
             to
             become
             a
             scorne
             and
             reproach
             to
             all
             the
             Christian
             world
             :
          
           our
           hearts
           rejoyce
           in
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           you
           judge
           your selves
           godly
           ,
           
             confusion
             ,
             prophanenesse
             ,
             irreligion
             ,
          
           now
           is
           Religion
           
             made
             to
             stinke
             by
             reason
             of
             your
             miscarriages
             ,
             unwarrantable
             courses
             ,
          
           this
           belongs
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           have
           done
           their
           work
           he
           will
           visit
           them
           
             with
             his
             loving
             kindnesse
             and
             send
             for
             them
             home
             .
          
        
         
           
             It
             was
             once
             a
             crime
             of
             the
             highest
             nature
             to
             indeavour
             the
             subversion
             of
             fundamentall
             Lawes
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             the
             Parliaments
             purpose
             
             to
             overthrow
             the
             fundamentall
             constitution
             of
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             power
             to
             any
             to
             do
             it
             :
          
           if
           they
           would
           have
           taken
           away
           bad
           ones
           ,
           and
           given
           us
           better
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           done
           us
           any
           hurt
           :
           is
           the
           purposes
           of
           men
           Lawes
           and
           Rules
           to
           themselves
           and
           others
           ?
           if
           no
           ,
           why
           do
           ye
           urge
           it
           ,
           if
           ye
           deny
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           please
           to
           try
           what
           truth
           is
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             It
             is
             a
             breach
             of
             priviledge
             to
             arest
             and
             imprison
             a
             Member
             of
             Parliament
             ▪
             it
             is
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ,
             he
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             State
             :
          
           I
           grant
           it
           ▪
           in
           a
           cause
           of
           a
           particular
           debt
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           good
           to
           prefer
           the
           publike
           before
           a
           particular
           ,
           better
           one
           person
           suffer
           then
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           many
           :
           it
           is
           the
           priviledge
           to
           the
           State
           for
           the
           Members
           freely
           to
           sit
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Army
           kept
           this
           Law
           :
           for
           they
           preserved
           the
           publike
           before
           particular
           persons
           :
           it
           is
           a
           priviledge
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           for
           the
           Parliament
           to
           sit
           and
           do
           them
           good
           ,
           for
           to
           that
           end
           they
           were
           sent
           to
           sit
           ,
           but
           if
           their
           sitting
           doeth
           the
           Kingdome
           mischiefe
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           priviledge
           to
           the
           people
           to
           hinder
           their
           sitting
           :
           reasons
           undeniable
           have
           been
           given
           to
           prove
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           ,
           namely
           that
           their
           sitting
           tended
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           therefore
           in
           hindering
           them
           they
           have
           kept
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           done
           good
           service
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Kingdome
           are
           beholding
           to
           them
           for
           it
           :
           also
           the
           people
           are
           not
           made
           for
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           but
           the
           Magistrates
           for
           the
           people
           :
           therefore
           they
           must
           give
           place
           or
           be
           forced
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           for
           the
           Kingdomes
           good
           :
           the
           Parliaments
           priviledges
           are
           the
           peoples
           ,
           therefore
           they
           did
           them
           no
           wrong
           when
           they
           took
           them
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           reserved
           them
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           that
           I
           have
           is
           not
           my
           own
           ,
           but
           others
           ,
           when
           they
           take
           it
           from
           me
           ,
           they
           take
           but
           their
           own
           ▪
           I
           know
           your
           judgement
           is
           contrary
           to
           mine
           ,
           but
           mine
           is
           as
           infallible
           as
           yours
           :
           if
           you
           can
           prove
           the
           contrary
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           you
           leave
           to
           judge
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           judge
           what
           you
           please
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           the
           same
           liberty
           :
           the
           Parliaments
           power
           which
           they
           acknowledged
           lawfully
           set
           over
           them
           ,
           then
           their
           expressions
           and
           practises
           declare
           they
           are
           not
           enemies
           to
           authority
           .
        
         
         
           If
           at
           any
           time
           a
           Precept
           of
           God
           must
           be
           suspended
           with
           upon
           a
           necessity
           ,
           yet
           we
           suppose
           that
           you
           will
           grant
           that
           this
           necessity
           must
           be
           absolute
           ▪
           present
           ,
           cleare
           ,
           not
           doubtfull
           ,
           and
           conjecturall
           ;
           
             We
             grant
             it
             ,
             and
             they
             declare
             it
             was
             cleare
             to
             them
             and
             their
             Party
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             so
             to
             you
             ,
             whose
             eyes
             the
             god
             of
             this
             World
             hath
             blinded
             so
             that
             you
             cannot
             see
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Members
           seized
           on
           were
           not
           mad
           ,
           nor
           out
           of
           their
           wits
           ,
           but
           sober
           ,
           then
           the
           greater
           was
           their
           fact
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           necessity
           there
           was
           to
           seize
           on
           them
           ,
           for
           if
           they
           doe
           so
           ,
           when
           sober
           ,
           we
           cannot
           expect
           no
           better
           ,
           but
           much
           worse
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           mad
           .
        
         
           
             We
             appeale
             to
             your
             conscience
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             not
             have
             condemned
             others
             ,
             if
             done
             as
             you
             have
             done
             ;
          
           if
           upon
           the
           same
           Grounds
           and
           Reasons
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           beleeve
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           condemne
           them
           ,
           it
           appeares
           to
           us
           they
           have
           done
           well
           .
        
         
           I
           desire
           to
           know
           if
           the
           cause
           did
           appeare
           so
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           so
           great
           necessity
           ,
           and
           you
           were
           able
           in
           the
           same
           way
           to
           help
           your selves
           &
           others
           ,
           whether
           would
           you
           not
           act
           according
           to
           your
           understandings
           &
           consciences
           ?
           If
           no
           ,
           then
           you
           in
           effect
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           felinto
           a
           ditch
           there
           would
           you
           lye
           ,
           and
           not
           get
           out
           ;
           If
           you
           would
           use
           the
           best
           way
           for
           your self
           and
           others
           safety
           ,
           we
           doe
           no
           more
           :
           They
           say
           ,
           
             The
             Army
             are
             despisers
             and
             destroyers
             of
             Authoritie
             ,
             injurious
             ,
             and
             usurpers
             of
             it
             ;
          
           we
           are
           as
           fully
           perswaded
           that
           they
           are
           lovers
           and
           affectors
           of
           it
           ,
           securers
           and
           Saviours
           of
           an
           authority
           from
           being
           uselesse
           in
           good
           ,
           &
           from
           being
           lost
           .
           You
           say
           ,
           
             We
             are
             bound
             by
             oath
             to
             preserve
             with
             our
             lives
             &
             estates
             ,
             the
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             and
             Covenant
             ;
          
           were
           you
           of
           this
           minde
           ,
           when
           you
           Petitioned
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           you
           might
           be
           free
           in
           Person
           and
           Purse
           from
           any
           part
           of
           the
           charge
           of
           this
           Warre
           :
           When
           I
           heard
           of
           that
           Petition
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           was
           either
           covetousnesse
           or
           hypocrisie
           to
           be
           freed
           both
           in
           Person
           and
           Purse
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           vehemently
           presse
           others
           ;
           to
           both
           ,
           I
           desire
           those
           in
           Authority
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           according
           to
           your
           abilitie
           beare
           the
           burthen
           with
           the
           rest
           :
           
             Geree
          
           asketh
           ,
           
             If
             the
             High
             Sheriffe
             because
             he
             hath
             power
             to
             rescue
             one
             whom
             he
             in
             his
             conscience
             knowes
             is
             unjustly
             sentenced
             to
             death
          
           by
           the
           Judge
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           ask
           him
           ,
           If
           the
           people
           did
           well
           or
           ill
           ,
           in
           rescuing
           Jonathan
           
             that
             he
             dyed
             not
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           14.
           45.
           
           
             If
             a
             mans
             life
             is
             indangered
             in
             a
             legall
             way
             ,
             though
             unjustly
             ,
             he
             nor
             others
             may
             not
             rescue
             him
             ;
             the
             command
             of
             Authority
             ,
             if
             legall
             ,
             are
             obligatory
             to
             doe
             ,
             or
             if
             unjust
             ,
             patient
             to
             suffer
             .
          
        
         
           What
           ,
           for
           not
           obeying
           unlawfull
           commands
           ,
           God
           hath
           given
           them
           no
           such
           power
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           for
           
             the
             praise
             of
             them
             that
             doe
             well
             ,
          
           therefore
           
           it
           s
           not
           Gods
           will
           that
           we
           should
           be
           destroyed
           for
           doing
           well
           ;
           
             If
             ye
             doe
             well
             who
             will
             harme
             you
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           3.
           18.
           
           Therefore
           they
           have
           no
           authority
           from
           God
           to
           doe
           it
           ;
           
             You
             must
             submit
             and
             suffer
             ▪
             not
             resist
             ,
             as
             servant
             duty
             is
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           So
           
             in
             higher
             powers
             we
             may
             not
             resist
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           4.
           15.
           if
           God
           hath
           given
           him
           no
           such
           power
           ,
           if
           I
           resist
           ,
           I
           resist
           not
           the
           ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           the
           power
           of
           God
           .
           If
           I
           can
           avoyd
           it
           ,
           doe
           not
           I
           increase
           his
           sin
           ,
           and
           am
           guilty
           of
           my
           owne
           death
           ?
        
         
           If
           I
           must
           suffer
           and
           not
           resist
           ,
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           will
           take
           away
           my
           life
           unjustly
           ,
           it
           s
           not
           lawfull
           for
           me
           to
           make
           an
           escape
           from
           the
           present
           danger
           ?
           if
           not
           ,
           nor
           may
           a
           servant
           doe
           so
           ;
           I
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           opinion
           must
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           
             New
             Lights
             tell
             us
             ,
             That
             we
             need
             not
             suffer
             ,
             but
             when
             me
             are
             evill
             doers
             ;
          
           We
           say
           ,
           He
           need
           not
           if
           he
           can
           help
           it
           ,
           if
           he
           cannot
           ,
           there
           is
           necessity
           for
           it
           ;
           This
           was
           not
           the
           Doctrin
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Churches
           that
           you
           affirme
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           ▪
           of
           Christ
           ,
           That
           we
           are
           to
           suffer
           for
           for
           well
           doing
           ,
           when
           we
           may
           lawfully
           prevent
           it
           ;
           Did
           not
           
             Paul
          
           use
           meanes
           to
           escape
           when
           he
           was
           let
           downe
           from
           the
           window
           in
           a
           basket
           ?
           So
           the
           Church
           met
           privately
           because
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
             :
          
           the
           Saints
           suffered
           and
           they
           could
           not
           help
           it
           .
           If
           a
           servant
           in
           strength
           can
           preserve
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           runs
           himselfe
           into
           a
           greater
           inconvenience
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           power
           ,
           which
           he
           cannot
           prevent
           ,
           the
           Christians
           when
           but
           a
           few
           were
           helplesse
           ,
           and
           so
           suffered
           ,
           the
           
             Waldenses
          
           were
           so
           persecuted
           by
           the
           Popes
           power
           that
           they
           fled
           into
           the
           Mountaines
           ,
           where
           on
           hundred
           dyed
           in
           a
           night
           with
           hunger
           ,
           and
           cold
           ,
           and
           much
           suffering
           ,
           they
           ,
           had
           they
           after
           gathered
           themselves
           together
           with
           Bowes
           and
           Arrowes
           ,
           and
           fled
           and
           took
           the
           vantage
           of
           a
           narrow
           passage
           ,
           the
           Popes
           Army
           was
           twenty
           thousand
           ,
           they
           were
           divided
           in
           two
           or
           three
           Companies
           in
           their
           pride
           ,
           but
           the
           Christians
           was
           glad
           they
           were
           not
           all
           in
           a
           Body
           :
           At
           the
           narrow
           passage
           they
           shot
           ,
           and
           slew
           so
           many
           of
           their
           enemies
           as
           they
           were
           put
           to
           flight
           .
           In
           their
           slight
           on
           the
           Mountaine
           of
           
             Piedimont
          
           God
           sent
           a
           thick
           Mist
           that
           they
           could
           not
           see
           before
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           fell
           from
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           Mountaine
           and
           brake
           their
           necks
           ▪
           and
           dyed
           ,
           Horse
           and
           Rider
           ▪
           Here
           God
           appeared
           from
           heaven
           and
           incouraged
           them
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           the
           victory
           ;
           and
           at
           severall
           times
           the
           Popes
           Army
           had
           such
           ill
           success
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Polititians
           of
           the
           Popes
           side
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           lost
           ten
           to
           one
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           and
           that
           if
           the
           Pope
           did
           not
           cease
           Warring
           with
           them
           it
           would
           in
           danger
           the
           losse
           of
           the
           Popes
           Dominion
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Pope
           was
           glad
           to
           make
           peace
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           each
           side
           consented
           to
           Articles
           .
           See
           the
           History
           of
           the
           
             Waldenses
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abbigenses
             ,
          
           
           written
           by
           
             Luther
             .
          
           So
           the
           
             Thabirites
          
           in
           
             Bohemia
             ▪
          
           under
           
             Zi●ca
             ,
             John
             H●…se
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jeremy
             Pragus
             ,
          
           were
           bu●●●
           for
           Hereticks
           at
           the
           Councel
           of
           
             Constance
             ,
          
           they
           in
           defence
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           fell
           to
           warres
           ,
           
             John
             Zisca
          
           was
           their
           Captain
           ,
           he
           fought
           eleaven
           pitcht
           field
           Battel●
           ,
           and
           ever
           conquered
           ;
           they
           were
           good
           people
           ,
           and
           God
           was
           with
           them
           ,
           
             Connade
             Butherbridge
          
           in
           the
           word
           of
           
             Orphan●…s
             ,
          
           these
           mens
           practise
           God
           owns
           ,
           but
           you
           condemne
           .
           Also
           ▪
           suppose
           a
           Thief
           beset
           me
           to
           rob
           or
           kill
           ,
           am
           I
           not
           to
           escape
           from
           him
           if
           ▪
           I
           can
           ?
           Shall
           I
           suffer
           my selfe
           to
           be
           killed
           ,
           or
           robbed
           if
           I
           can
           help
           it
           ?
           
             Thy
             Princes
             are
             rebellious
             ,
             and
             companions
             of
             theeves
             ,
             every
             one
             loveth
             gifts
             ,
             and
             seeketh
             after
             rewards
             ;
             they
             judge
             not
             the
             Fathe●lesse
             ▪
             neither
             doth
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Widow
             come
             unto
             them
             ,
          
           Esay
           ▪
           1.
           23
           ,
           24.
           
        
         
           
             That
             were
             to
             take
             away
             the
             opportunity
             of
             Martyrdome
             ,
             not
             to
             suffer
             its
             rashnesse
             ,
             selfe
             murder
             ,
          
           to
           dye
           if
           I
           can
           help
           it
           ,
           either
           by
           strength
           or
           escape
           ,
           to
           preserve
           my selfe
           is
           a
           duty
           ,
           and
           a
           sinne
           to
           neglect
           it
           .
        
         
           
             You
             say
             you
             are
             against
             murdering
             of
             Kings
             ,
          
           if
           you
           be
           for
           murthering
           of
           other
           mens
           ,
           I
           should
           oppose
           you
           in
           that
           ,
           for
           I
           hold
           it
           not
           lawfull
           to
           murder
           any
           man
           ,
           no
           more
           doe
           I
           beleeve
           doe
           they
           .
           So
           you
           say
           ,
           
             They
             are
             trecherous
             ,
             persidious
             ,
             unjust
             ,
             and
             their
             dissimulation
             is
             without
             comparison
             ;
          
           to
           all
           your
           hard
           words
           and
           railing
           accusations
           ;
           for
           answer
           ,
           see
           Jud.
           9.
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             The
             King
             demanded
             but
             5.
             
             Members
             ,
             a
             small
             number
             to
             those
             secluded
             by
             you
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             voted
             Treason
             ,
             a
             breach
             of
             priviledge
             ;
             but
             this
             of
             the
             Armies
             seizing
             on
             so
             many
             is
             worse
             :
          
           the
           5.
           were
           unjustly
           accused
           ,
           these
           justly
           ▪
           therefore
           the
           King
           did
           ill
           ,
           and
           the
           Army
           well
           ;
           these
           were
           let
           alone
           long
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           have
           let
           them
           alone
           ,
           hoping
           they
           would
           do
           better
           ,
           what
           help
           had
           we
           ,
           if
           they
           proved
           otherwise
           ?
           what
           good
           have
           they
           done
           us
           ,
           can
           a
           
             Blackamore
          
           change
           his
           skin
           ;
           no
           ,
           nor
           can
           they
           that
           are
           accustomed
           to
           do
           ill
           ,
           do
           well
           ,
           
             forsake
             the
             foolish
             and
             live
             ,
             Eccles.
          
           4.
           13.
           if
           they
           had
           not
           then
           seized
           on
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           for
           ought
           they
           knew
           ,
           misse
           their
           time
           ,
           and
           proved
           two
           late
           ▪
           there
           was
           no
           reason
           to
           put
           it
           off
           to
           the
           adventure
           ,
           when
           we
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           and
           freed
           from
           the
           feare
           and
           danger
           itself
           ,
           you
           judge
           the
           seizing
           on
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           unjust
           ,
           and
           unlawfull
           ;
           but
           we
           judge
           it
           just
           and
           lawfull
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           them
           to
           be
           let
           alone
           ;
           we
           believe
           their
           liberty
           is
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           you
           alow
           us
           no
           remedy
           ,
           in
           no
           cause
           of
           danger
           to
           help
           our selves
           ;
           we
           believe
           it
           is
           against
           Nature
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           to
           have
           away
           of
           preserving
           our selves
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           take
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           wisdom
           to
           chuse
           that
           way
           that
           is
           least
           safe
           .
           
             A
             prudent
             man
             foreseeth
             the
             evill
             ,
             and
             
             hides
             himself
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           useth
           meanes
           to
           escape
           it
           ,
           its
           wisdom
           and
           prudence
           to
           foresee
           an
           evill
           ,
           and
           prevent
           it
           ;
           
             but
             the
             simple
             passe
             on
             ,
             and
             is
             punished
             ,
          
           he
           believes
           all
           will
           be
           well
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           punished
           .
           
             Proverbs
          
           23.
           3.
           
           I
           know
           what
           we
           call
           good
           ,
           you
           call
           evill
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           call
           evill
           you
           call
           good
           :
           therefore
           so
           let
           it
           rest
           ,
           till
           you
           have
           the
           longest
           sword
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           will
           give
           you
           leave
           to
           deside
           it
           :
           the
           longest
           sword
           you
           know
           is
           ever
           Orthodox
           in
           whose
           hand
           soever
           it
           is
           .
           
             They
             cast
             contempt
             upon
             the
             Parliament
             ,
          
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           nor
           need
           not
           cast
           none
           upon
           them
           ,
           nor
           change
           them
           with
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           true
           and
           knowne
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           long
           before
           :
           
             threatening
             to
             put
             a
             period
             to
             the
             PARLIAMENT
             ,
          
           Would
           you
           have
           them
           continue
           perpetually
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           be
           let
           alone
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           sat
           untill
           themselves
           had
           been
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           ruined
           ,
           it
           s
           a
           great
           grief
           to
           you
           that
           this
           Parl.
           on
           which
           you
           have
           bestowed
           so
           much
           falsities
           and
           flatteries
           ,
           for
           so
           many
           yeares
           together
           to
           convert
           them
           into
           Presbytery
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           removed
           &
           put
           to
           a
           period
           before
           they
           have
           effected
           your
           designe
           of
           setting
           up
           Presbytery
           withall
           the
           Iron
           instrument
           ,
           and
           monopolized
           all
           the
           living
           and
           preaching
           into
           your
           hands
           ▪
           it
           grieves
           you
           to
           the
           very
           heart
           ,
           because
           nothing
           lesse
           can
           satisfie
           your
           scruples
           ,
           and
           where
           to
           have
           it
           now
           ,
           you
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           be
           content
           ,
           it
           s
           well
           ye
           may
           scape
           &
           be
           quiet
           ,
           seeing
           you
           are
           Cavies
           ,
           and
           are
           possessed
           with
           the
           same
           ipirit
           that
           is
           in
           the
           worst
           Malignant
           ,
           and
           spit
           as
           bad
           poyson
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Parliament
             put
             the
             sword
             into
             their
             hands
             not
             to
             destroy
             themselvers
             but
             the
             Kings
             party
             and
             enemies
             of
             the
             State
             ;
          
           then
           they
           gave
           them
           Commission
           to
           destroy
           themselves
           ,
           for
           those
           they
           seazed
           on
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           the
           most
           of
           them
           proved
           both
           ;
           Therefore
           instead
           of
           seazing
           on
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           destroyed
           them
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           the
           
             Kingdom
             do
             not
             approve
             of
             what
             you
             doe
             ,
          
           its
           like
           they
           will
           when
           they
           understand
           it
           ,
           &
           see
           the
           fruit
           of
           it
           :
           seing
           God
           approves
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           the
           high
           
             Caves
          
           the
           
             Presbiter
          
           and
           the
           low
           
             Caves
          
           the
           Malignants
           descent
           ,
           we
           are
           content
           ,
           the
           
             best
          
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           will
           be
           satisfyed
           .
        
         
           
             Sins
             against
             the
             City
             in
             marching
             through
             it
             with
             bayes
             in
             their
             hates
             ,
          
           Why
           not
           through
           the
           City
           as
           through
           another
           place
           ?
           What
           sin
           call
           you
           this
           ?
           In
           what
           place
           of
           the
           Bible
           may
           I
           read
           that
           this
           is
           a
           sin
           ?
           
             taking
             the
             Tower
             puting
             in
             a
             new
             Lievtennant
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Who
           might
           better
           do
           it
           then
           the
           Generall
           ?
           
             Impeaching
             and
             imprisoning
             some
             Aldermen
             ,
             &c.
          
           the
           great
           
             Cavies
          
           must
           suffer
           as
           well
           as
           the
           poor
           ones
           :
           Would
           you
           have
           them
           not
           to
           be
           punished
           ?
           Or
           would
           you
           have
           as
           many
           punishments
           ,
           one
           lesser
           
           then
           another
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           degrees
           of
           riches
           ,
           honour
           and
           greatnes
           ?
           
             takeing
             away
             the
             Sheriffe
             ,
          
           It
           had
           beene
           better
           for
           the
           City
           if
           it
           had
           fewer
           such
           Members
           ,
           
             unreasonable
             demands
             of
             mony
             in
             such
             summes
             ,
          
           none
           judge
           it
           unreasonable
           but
           
             Cavies
          
           ignorant
           and
           corrupt
           men
           ,
           
             against
             the
             Kingdom
             by
             taxes
             and
             free
             quarter
             :
          
           ye
           see
           ,
           to
           starve
           the
           Army
           is
           agreeable
           to
           the
           judgement
           and
           conscience
           of
           the
           
             Presbyter
             ,
          
           Is
           it
           unreasonable
           for
           them
           to
           eate
           ,
           or
           to
           require
           the
           mony
           that
           is
           their
           due
           to
           keep
           them
           ?
           little
           sums
           will
           not
           maintain
           a
           great
           Army
           ;
           the
           Army
           had
           not
           now
           had
           a
           being
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           you
           and
           your
           brethren
           the
           
             Cavies
             ,
          
           and
           then
           they
           would
           have
           had
           no
           taxes
           ,
           sums
           nor
           freequarter
           ;
           the
           enemies
           of
           the
           Army
           judge
           all
           the
           army
           hath
           is
           to
           much
           ;
           if
           the
           
             Presbyter
          
           were
           to
           set
           down
           the
           sum
           it
           should
           be
           a
           little
           one
           if
           any
           at
           all
           .
           It
           s
           like
           if
           there
           sums
           had
           bin
           denyed
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           given
           my
           consent
           that
           they
           should
           have
           fetched
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           be
           hungry
           and
           cannot
           get
           victualls
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           come
           into
           our
           houses
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           whether
           we
           will
           or
           no
           ;
           and
           I
           believe
           it
           is
           as
           lawfull
           as
           it
           was
           for
           
             David
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             eate
             that
             which
             was
             not
             lawfull
             for
             him
             to
             eate
             ,
          
           Do
           not
           think
           you
           will
           approve
           of
           this
           doctrine
           ,
           but
           I
           care
           not
           whether
           you
           do
           or
           no
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           God
           doth
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           
             Matt.
             12.
             1.
             2.
             3.
             4.
             Iudg.
          
           11.
           20.
           21.
           
        
         
           
             Possessing
             your selves
             of
             the
             gates
             of
             the
             City
             ,
          
           the
           City
           is
           beholding
           to
           them
           for
           that
           ,
           it
           was
           an
           act
           of
           love
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           its
           like
           they
           feared
           they
           would
           have
           killed
           one
           another
           ,
           or
           effected
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           
             decay
             of
             trade
             ,
          
           Who
           have
           undone
           the
           Kingdom
           and
           caused
           so
           much
           losse
           of
           bloud
           and
           treasure
           ,
           and
           decay
           of
           trade
           as
           the
           King
           and
           his
           party
           ▪
           the
           Bishops
           and
           their
           Priests
           ,
           Mr.
           
           Presbyter
           ,
           &c.
           must
           be
           considered
           in
           this
           worke
           ?
           Who
           but
           the
           Bishops
           and
           the
           Priests
           in
           their
           pulpits
           have
           set
           the
           Kingdom
           together
           a
           fighting
           ,
           
             sending
             Messages
             to
             the
             house
             prescribing
             them
             a
             time
             to
             answer
             ?
          
           the
           Parliament
           were
           something
           slow
           they
           need
           be
           quickned
           .
           I
           perceive
           you
           are
           not
           of
           their
           minds
           that
           conceit
           they
           waited
           on
           them
           too
           long
           ,
           and
           so
           continued
           (
           or
           permitted
           )
           them
           to
           sin
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           be
           let
           alone
           ;
           to
           let
           loose
           a
           Lyon
           &
           a
           beare
           is
           not
           so
           dangerous
           to
           the
           people
           as
           your
           principle
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           large
           and
           dangerous
           in
           denying
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           countable
           for
           what
           they
           do
           .
           
             Dan.
          
           5.
           20.
           
           The
           foundation
           altering
           the
           foundation
           of
           Government
           ,
           are
           the
           lawes
           ,
           are
           not
           some
           of
           them
           unjust
           othersome
           ill
           framed
           :
           are
           there
           not
           tricks
           in
           Law
           that
           occasion
           long
           and
           chargable
           suits
           ?
           the
           law
           makers
           are
           not
           perfect
           ,
           by
           experience
           men
           so
           the
           inconveniences
           of
           them
           ;
           it
           s
           no
           injustice
           to
           alter
           for
           the
           peace
           and
           wellfare
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           God
           was
           pleased
           in
           his
           Government
           to
           change
           
           some
           laws
           ,
           and
           must
           not
           ours
           admit
           of
           no
           change
           the
           peoples
           judgments
           &
           dispositions
           change
           :
           do
           you
           think
           so
           much
           bloud
           hath
           been
           shed
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           nothing
           changed
           ?
           When
           the
           righteous
           are
           in
           authority
           ,
           then
           there
           will
           be
           a
           great
           change
           ;
           if
           a
           new
           moddell
           of
           Law
           and
           Government
           be
           best
           for
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           hurt
           done
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Army
             say
             one
             thing
             ,
             and
             do
             another
             ,
          
           I
           cannot
           tell
           what
           they
           have
           said
           ▪
           man
           doth
           often
           do
           so
           ,
           God
           is
           unchangeable
           ,
           its
           sutable
           to
           him
           to
           be
           of
           
             one
             mind
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             to
             be
             turned
             ,
             Iob.
          
           23.
           13.
           14.
           they
           should
           not
           say
           and
           promise
           to
           do
           that
           which
           they
           cannot
           do
           ,
           or
           may
           not
           lawfully
           do
           :
           it
           s
           a
           fault
           to
           say
           it
           ,
           but
           a
           greater
           to
           do
           it
           :
           promises
           that
           cannot
           be
           kept
           without
           sin
           ,
           are
           better
           brooke
           then
           kept
           :
           as
           the
           vow
           of
           single
           life
           ;
           
             David
          
           said
           
             he
             would
             destroy
             Nabal
             ,
             &c.
          
           but
           he
           did
           well
           to
           unsay
           it
           againe
           ;
           we
           may
           not
           neglect
           doing
           good
           ,
           though
           not
           ingaged
           by
           promise
           ,
           nor
           do
           evill
           ,
           if
           ingaged
           by
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             not
             a
             word
             of
             tolleration
             in
             the
             Remonstrance
             ,
          
           the
           fitest
           place
           for
           that
           is
           in
           the
           Agreement
           ,
           
             they
             make
             the
             profession
             of
             Religion
             stinke
             ,
          
           the
           injustice
           of
           your
           accusations
           cause
           you
           to
           stinke
           .
           I
           could
           discover
           the
           unjustifiablenes
           of
           your
           charges
           ;
           but
           I
           count
           them
           not
           worth
           the
           answering
           ,
           you
           say
           
             they
             walke
             by
             providence
             without
             a
             precept
             ,
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             is
             often
             pleaded
             in
             justifying
             your
             way
             ;
          
           it
           s
           an
           observation
           not
           a
           rule
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           they
           do
           deny
           that
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           is
           not
           the
           rule
           and
           ground
           of
           their
           actions
           ,
           much
           less
           contrary
           to
           the
           word
           ;
           the
           ground
           of
           their
           actions
           is
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           had
           not
           acted
           by
           counsell
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           done
           that
           they
           have
           ;
           it
           s
           but
           a
           false
           accusation
           ,
           they
           observe
           both
           .
           The
           rule
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           rule
           of
           his
           providence
           ,
           God
           is
           seene
           in
           both
           :
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           declares
           his
           will
           as
           well
           as
           his
           word
           ,
           although
           not
           in
           the
           same
           way
           ;
           by
           his
           providence
           we
           come
           to
           see
           his
           will
           .
           Christ
           would
           have
           us
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           a
           small
           matter
           as
           the
           falling
           of
           a
           bird
           of
           halfe
           a
           farthing
           ,
           
             Matt.
          
           6.
           
           He
           that
           is
           
             Wonderfull
             in
             Counsell
             and
             excellent
             in
             working
             ;
             God
             doth
             instruct
             him
             to
             discretion
             doth
             teach
             him
             ,
             Isa.
             28.
             26.
             29.
             
             The
             way
             of
             man
             is
             not
             in
             himself
             .
          
           Ier.
           10.
           23
           ,
           
             Mans
             goings
             are
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           Pro.
           20.
           24.
           
           If
           two
           Armies
           fight
           ,
           and
           the
           one
           get
           the
           victory
           ,
           doth
           not
           God
           by
           his
           providence
           declare
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           his
           will
           the
           other
           should
           have
           the
           victory
           .
           See
           
             Jeremiah
          
           1.
           9.
           
        
         
           That
           
             Sedgwicke
          
           should
           condemne
           the
           Armies
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           so
           suddenly
           exceedingly
           justifie
           them
           ;
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           herein
           ,
           is
           more
           to
           be
           observed
           then
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           .
           When
           
             Abrahams
          
           hand
           was
           stayed
           ,
           it
           did
           appear
           it
           was
           the
           will
           of
           God
           he
           should
           not
           kill
           his
           
           Sonne
           .
           When
           I
           know
           one
           is
           dead
           ,
           then
           I
           know
           ,
           and
           can
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           live
           any
           longer
           :
           So
           when
           two
           fight
           and
           the
           one
           is
           overthrowne
           ,
           by
           that
           I
           know
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           will
           of
           God
           he
           should
           get
           the
           day
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             withdrawne
             from
             you
             as
             brethren
             ,
             that
             walked
             orderly
             ,
             which
             should
             something
             affright
             you
             ,
             though
             you
             be
             good
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             will
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             spirituall
             .
          
           This
           ,
           
             We
          
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           )
           are
           the
           
             Presbytery
          
           that
           met
           in
           
             Sion
             Colledge
             ,
          
           where
           
             Calamie
             .
          
           with
           the
           black
           guard
           ,
           were
           commanded
           not
           to
           come
           at
           the
           Army
           ,
           least
           they
           should
           honour
           or
           countenance
           the
           Army
           .
           When
           you
           have
           done
           all
           you
           can
           ,
           its
           one
           of
           the
           Popes
           Bulles
           ,
           informer
           times
           ,
           it
           did
           something
           fright
           the
           simple
           ,
           but
           the
           wise
           laugh
           at
           it
           :
           
             The
             curse
             causelesse
             shall
             not
             come
             ,
          
           Prov.
           26.
           2.
           
           
             Our
             God
             will
             turne
             the
             curse
             into
             a
             blessing
             .
          
           Nehe.
           13.
           2.
           
           The
           more
           of
           your
           curses
           ,
           the
           more
           is
           our
           comfort
           ,
           none
           but
           children
           and
           fooles
           will
           be
           troubled
           at
           any
           thing
           you
           can
           say
           or
           doe
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           difference
           between
           the
           Popes
           Bull
           and
           yours
           .
        
         
           
             Since
             against
             the
             Ministers
             in
             taking
             away
             Tithes
             to
             starve
             them
             ;
          
           It
           seems
           ,
           though
           you
           would
           have
           the
           Army
           starved
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           starved
           ,
           it
           appeares
           you
           have
           some
           love
           in
           you
           ,
           1
           
             Peter
          
           5.
           1.
           2.
           
           Neither
           is
           it
           sufficient
           for
           you
           to
           writ
           your selves
           Pastors
           ,
           &
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           you
           doe
           :
           seeing
           you
           are
           not
           so
           ,
           have
           you
           any
           other
           Ordination
           then
           that
           you
           have
           received
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           of
           each
           other
           of
           your selves
           .
           Can
           he
           that
           hath
           a
           false
           ordination
           ,
           or
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           make
           a
           true
           Officiall
           Minister
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           endure
           the
           triall
           ,
           nor
           will
           it
           prove
           you
           to
           be
           the
           Officiall
           Minister
           and
           Pastors
           of
           Christ
           ,
           if
           ye
           doe
           the
           same
           work
           they
           did
           ;
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           if
           a
           stranger
           should
           doe
           all
           that
           a
           husband
           doth
           to
           his
           wife
           ,
           will
           prove
           him
           to
           be
           her
           husband
           ,
           who
           were
           never
           maried
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           bee
           hard
           for
           you
           to
           prove
           that
           ,
           to
           read
           Service
           ,
           Church
           women
           ,
           Matry
           ,
           and
           Bury
           the
           dead
           ,
           sprinkle
           Infants
           ,
           give
           the
           Supper
           to
           the
           Parish
           ,
           &c.
           is
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           .
           Did
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           perfect
           the
           Saints
           after
           this
           manner
           ;
           nor
           will
           it
           prove
           you
           are
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ▪
           because
           of
           your
           humane
           learning
           ,
           have
           been
           at
           
             Cambridge
          
           or
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           wore
           a
           rough
           or
           black
           garment
           to
           deceive
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           people
           beleeve
           you
           are
           Ministers
           ,
           you
           say
           you
           are
           the
           learned
           men
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           make
           the
           people
           beleeve
           ,
           you
           are
           the
           Min●sters
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           it
           appeares
           it
           is
           but
           humane
           ,
           not
           spirituall
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           not
           serve
           ;
           you
           call
           your selves
           Devines
           :
           pray
           what
           is
           that
           which
           makes
           you
           Devines
           ,
           is
           it
           because
           you
           
           are
           exercised
           in
           matters
           devine
           ,
           or
           is
           it
           because
           you
           are
           made
           pertakers
           of
           the
           devine
           nature
           ;
           you
           give
           us
           great
           cause
           to
           question
           both
           ,
           because
           the
           spirituall
           man
           discerneth
           all
           things
           :
           but
           you
           make
           it
           appeare
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           blind
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           if
           both
           be
           true
           ,
           many
           Tradesmen
           may
           be
           called
           Devines
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ,
           seeing
           the
           reason
           is
           the
           same
           ;
           it
           seemes
           you
           cannot
           tell
           your
           own
           name
           :
           you
           are
           so
           learned
           as
           appeares
           
             Esay
             .
          
           44.
           25.
           
           Nor
           will
           that
           which
           you
           call
           Conversion
           ,
           prove
           you
           to
           be
           Pastors
           ,
           for
           conversion
           ,
           belongs
           to
           God
           not
           to
           men
           ,
           So
           
             Psal.
          
           78.
           6.
           
           &
           19.
           6.
           
           
             Rom.
             1.
             16.
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             23.
             
             Psal.
             147.
             19.
             20.
             
             Math.
             13.
             11.
             1
             Cor.
          
           3.
           22.
           
           It
           s
           from
           above
           ,
           as
           
             James
          
           saith
           ,
           have
           you
           not
           read
           of
           one
           
             Famentius
             ,
          
           a
           Lay
           man
           ,
           a
           private
           man
           as
           you
           call
           them
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           travels
           converted
           many
           to
           the
           Christian
           faith
           .
           Many
           other
           Instances
           might
           be
           given
           .
           I
           am
           in
           haste
           ,
           therefore
           I
           will
           present
           but
           one
           more
           .
           Doctor
           
             Fulke
          
           confesseth
           in
           his
           Confutation
           of
           the
           
             Remish
             Testament
             ,
          
           of
           a
           Woman
           who
           converted
           a
           great
           many
           in
           the
           Island
           ,
           where
           she
           was
           carried
           Captive
           :
           Tell
           me
           ,
           was
           shee
           a
           Pastor
           ,
           or
           an
           Officiall
           Minister
           .
        
         
           None
           were
           to
           have
           Tithes
           but
           the
           Leviticall
           Priesthood
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           Ministry
           ceased
           ,
           their
           maintenance
           ceased
           :
           so
           that
           to
           take
           or
           pay
           Tithes
           is
           to
           deny
           Christ
           in
           the
           flesh
           .
           
             Heb.
          
           7.
           and
           
             Gen.
          
           22.
           are
           Prophets
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           Pastors
           ,
           any
           thing
           ,
           every
           thing
           ,
           nothing
           .
        
         
           Mocke
           and
           scorne
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             false
             Prophets
             ,
          
           despise
           the
           ministry
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             of
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           false
           Prophets
           transformed
           ,
           calling
           them
           Antichristian
           ,
           
             the
             Parliament
             hath
             noted
             you
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             and
             you
             are
             so
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Bishops
             calling
             be
             Antichristian
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Offices
             depending
             on
             the
             Hiryarchy
             ,
             your
             Offices
             and
             ministry
             is
             a
             braunch
             of
             the
             Hiryarchy
             ,
             the
             Statute
             Law
             is
             against
             any
          
           Seminary
           Priest
           ,
           or
           Eclesiasticall
           person
           whatsoever
           ,
           made
           or
           ordained
           ,
           without
           or
           within
           her
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ,
           by
           any
           authority
           derived
           ,
           challenged
           ,
           or
           pretended
           from
           the
           Sea
           of
           Rome
           ,
           by
           any
           ,
           or
           of
           what
           vse
           ,
           name
           ,
           degree
           soever
           the
           same
           shall
           be
           called
           or
           known
           to
           be
           ,
           or
           remaine
           in
           any
           part
           of
           her
           Highnes
           dominions
           ,
           and
           every
           person
           so
           offending
           ,
           shall
           be
           judged
           a
           traytor
           ,
           and
           shall
           suffer
           as
           in
           case
           of
           high
           Treason
           .
           And
           every
           person
           that
           shall
           wittingly
           and
           willingly
           receive
           ,
           releive
           ,
           comfort
           ,
           ayde
           and
           maintaine
           any
           such
           Priest
           ,
           or
           Eclesiasticall
           person
           ,
           shall
           be
           judged
           a
           fellon
           ,
           and
           shall
           suffer
           without
           benifit
           of
           Cleargy
           and
           suffer
           death
           ,
           losse
           ,
           and
           forfeieure
           as
           in
           case
           of
           Fellony
           .
        
         
         
           So
           that
           it
           doth
           appeare
           that
           such
           as
           own
           the
           Pope
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Minister
           ,
           and
           retain
           any
           ordination
           derived
           from
           him
           ,
           are
           guilty
           of
           treason
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           receive
           or
           maintain
           them
           ,
           are
           guilty
           of
           felony
           and
           treason
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Ministry
           of
           England
           is
           derived
           essentially
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           see
           
             Francis
             Mason
          
           of
           Consecration
           ,
           published
           by
           Authority
           1514.
           and
           
             Yates
          
           Modell
           of
           Divinity
           ▪
           page
           157
           printed
           1622.
           
           Doctor
           
             Cranmer
          
           was
           ordained
           a
           Priest
           and
           Bishop
           by
           the
           said
           Pope's
           authority
           ,
           and
           others
           received
           it
           from
           him
           .
           Adde
           to
           this
           Statute
           the
           Nationall
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           they
           agree
           ;
           wherein
           the
           Nation
           is
           required
           and
           have
           sworn
           
             to
             use
             all
             means
             according
             to
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             their
             place
             and
             calling
             to
             extirpate
             the
             said
             Popes
             priesthood
             ,
          
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Covenant
           are
           these
           ;
           
             That
             wee
             shall
             in
             like
             manner
             without
             respect
             of
             persons
             indeavour
             the
             extirpation
             of
             popery
             ,
             prelacie
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             ecclesiasticall
             offices
             depending
             on
             that
             Hierarchy
             :
          
           In
           which
           number
           are
           all
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           by
           what
           names
           and
           titles
           soever
           they
           be
           called
           ,
           or
           however
           reformed
           ,
           so
           that
           to
           worship
           them
           ,
           is
           to
           worship
           the
           beast
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           15.
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           The
           Priests
           say
           ,
           they
           receive
           their
           ministry
           from
           the
           Apostles
           by
           succession
           ;
           they
           confesse
           it
           comes
           through
           
             Rome
          
           through
           the
           Pope
           ▪
           but
           it
           s
           not
           of
           ,
           nor
           from
           the
           Pope
           ;
           yee
           see
           how
           hard
           they
           are
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           find
           a
           shift
           also
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           the
           Bishops
           did
           ordain
           men
           Priests
           ,
           a
           full
           Priest
           ,
           or
           a
           halfe
           Priest
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Book
           of
           Ordination
           of
           Ministers
           .
           Many
           are
           so
           simple
           and
           plain
           naked
           ,
           that
           they
           writ
           themselves
           Priest
           of
           such
           a
           place
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           have
           no
           offices
           but
           a
           Priesthood
           ;
           what
           priesthood
           is
           it
           ?
           is
           it
           the
           Popes
           ?
           are
           you
           
             Moses
          
           priesthood
           ,
           then
           yee
           deny
           Christ
           to
           be
           come
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           types
           ,
           and
           that
           Priesthood
           was
           a
           shadow
           of
           it
           ,
           &
           was
           to
           cease
           ,
           when
           Christ
           the
           substance
           came
           .
           If
           yee
           have
           more
           calling
           to
           it
           then
           
             Uzza
          
           had
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           
             burn
             Incense
             upon
             the
             Altar
          
           that
           is
           your
           work
           as
           appears
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           26.
           18.
           if
           you
           say
           your
           offices
           of
           Priesthood
           is
           Christs
           Priesthood
           ,
           tell
           us
           in
           Christs
           Testament
           where
           we
           may
           reade
           that
           the
           officiall
           ministry
           of
           Christ
           under
           the
           Gospell
           is
           called
           a
           Priesthood
           ;
           if
           you
           will
           I
           wil
           try
           it
           out
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           it
           doe
           not
           prove
           you
           are
           such
           ministers
           as
           is
           expressed
           in
           the
           2
           
             Cor.
             11.
             13.
             14.
             15.
             
             Who
             were
             formerly
             prised
             by
             you
             ,
          
           they
           prised
           you
           indeed
           till
           they
           came
           to
           a
           fuller
           knowledge
           of
           you
           and
           your
           Ordination
           .
        
         
           
             Buffe-coated
             Chaplins
          
           are
           they
           the
           worse
           because
           they
           have
           buffe-coats
           ,
           its
           like
           your
           meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           the
           Bishops
           Priests
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           〈◊〉
           learning
           you
           have
           ,
           its
           like
           they
           have
           a
           
           more
           spirituall
           learning
           which
           is
           a
           better
           ,
           we
           cannot
           but
           conceive
           something
           is
           the
           matter
           that
           they
           choose
           such
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           they
           find
           that
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Greeke
           and
           Hebrew
           is
           not
           so
           necessary
           as
           you
           would
           seeme
           to
           make
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Priests
           say
           that
           we
           know
           not
           the
           originall
           ,
           and
           our
           Bibles
           are
           not
           rightly
           translated
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           be
           pronounced
           according
           to
           the
           originall
           ,
           besides
           in
           translations
           there
           are
           errors
           ,
           no
           translation
           is
           simply
           authenticall
           ,
           and
           the
           undoubted
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           demand
           of
           you
           ,
           answer
           if
           you
           can
           ?
           how
           know
           you
           that
           your
           Hebrew
           and
           Greek
           copies
           are
           true
           copies
           is
           it
           not
           possible
           for
           any
           to
           write
           contrary
           to
           their
           copy
           ,
           if
           copyes
           may
           be
           Printed
           false
           ,
           they
           may
           bee
           written
           false
           ,
           the
           art
           of
           Printing
           is
           not
           above
           350
           years
           old
           ;
           can
           you
           produce
           the
           first
           originall
           copy
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           those
           the
           Apostles
           wrote
           ;
           if
           no●
           ,
           the
           cause
           is
           the
           same
           ▪
           and
           you
           know
           the
           originall
           no
           more
           then
           those
           that
           know
           not
           Greek
           nor
           Hebrew
           ?
           if
           you
           may
           depend
           upon
           the
           faithfullnesse
           of
           the
           Writer
           and
           Printer
           of
           your
           Copies
           ,
           why
           not
           others
           upon
           those
           that
           did
           it
           upon
           oath
           ,
           Doctor
           
             Fulke
          
           in
           his
           confutation
           of
           the
           Rhemish
           Testament
           justifieth
           the
           English
           translation
           of
           the
           Bible
           .
           But
           we
           receive
           not
           the
           truth
           by
           tradition
           :
           I
           would
           know
           of
           you
           that
           are
           so
           for
           Hebrew
           and
           Greek
           ,
           &c.
           if
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           tongues
           bee
           sufficient
           to
           teach
           those
           that
           have
           those
           tongues
           the
           mind
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           or
           no
           ?
           if
           yea
           ,
           then
           all
           that
           know
           these
           tongues
           know
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           no
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           but
           an
           insufficient
           helpe
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           an
           insufficient
           helpe
           worth
           more
           then
           nothing
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           is
           a
           help
           to
           Read
           a
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           Bible
           ,
           because
           else
           they
           cannot
           read
           them
           .
           So
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           English
           tongue
           is
           of
           necessity
           to
           read
           the
           English
           Bible
           :
           the
           cause
           is
           the
           same
           :
           but
           the
           understanding
           the
           English
           tongue
           ▪
           and
           reading
           it
           in
           the
           Bible
           cannot
           give
           them
           to
           understand
           ,
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           no
           more
           than
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           toungs
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           though
           it
           helps
           them
           to
           read
           the
           Bible
           in
           those
           toungs
           ,
           yet
           is
           not
           able
           to
           give
           them
           to
           understand
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           ▪
           that
           this
           is
           so
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           know
           the
           toungs
           confesse
           :
           for
           
             Apollo
          
           was
           a
           learned
           man
           he
           saw
           the
           first
           copies
           of
           the
           Bible
           if
           that
           could
           have
           caused
           him
           to
           know
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           what
           need
           had
           he
           to
           
             learn
             of
             Aquila
          
           a
           tradesman
           (
           one
           of
           the
           layety
           as
           the
           Priests
           use
           to
           say
           )
           and
           
             Presilla
          
           his
           wife
           
             the
             mind
             of
             God
          
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           
             Acts.
          
           18.
           26.
           also
           what
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           those
           that
           know
           the
           toungs
           cannot
           agree
           among
           themselves
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           in
           his
           word
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           you
           in
           your
           
           expositions
           are
           as
           contrary
           to
           each
           other
           as
           light
           is
           to
           darknesse
           ,
           
             the
             naturall
             man
             cannot
             perceive
             the
             things
             that
             be
             of
             God
          
           a
           naturall
           man
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           some
           are
           learned
           men
           it
           s
           confessed
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           are
           good
           Scholer
           ,
           &c.
           they
           know
           the
           toungs
           ,
           &c.
           then
           it
           will
           follow
           a
           man
           may
           be
           such
           a
           learned
           man
           and
           yet
           cannot
           understand
           nor
           perceive
           the
           things
           of
           God
           :
           
             Nicodemus
          
           was
           a
           great
           Scholler
           and
           teacher
           in
           
             Israel
          
           yet
           how
           simple
           was
           he
           concerning
           the
           meaning
           of
           Christs
           words
           ,
           tell
           me
           then
           what
           a
           help
           their
           humane
           learning
           is
           to
           them
           in
           spirituall
           knowledge
           in
           the
           things
           of
           the
           spirit
           ;
           the
           word
           saith
           he
           
             Reveals
             to
             us
             the
             deep
             things
             of
             God
             by
             his
             spirit
             ,
             1
             Cor.
          
           2.
           10.
           he
           saith
           not
           by
           Greeke
           and
           Hebrew
           ,
           if
           our
           translation
           be
           true
           then
           we
           can
           tell
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           not
           true
           tell
           me
           what
           is
           that
           Preaching
           worth
           that
           is
           proved
           by
           a
           false
           translation
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           must
           believe
           contrary
           to
           our
           translation
           because
           you
           say
           so
           ,
           what
           is
           this
           but
           an
           implicite
           faith
           and
           humane
           ?
           and
           seeing
           you
           so
           differ
           among
           your selves
           about
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           word
           or
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           in
           it
           ,
           tell
           me
           ,
           how
           I
           may
           know
           which
           of
           you
           I
           am
           to
           believe
           ?
           also
           you
           confesse
           someone
           word
           will
           beare
           nine
           or
           ten
           divers
           significations
           ▪
           how
           know
           you
           which
           of
           them
           is
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           reveale
           it
           to
           you
           ?
           and
           if
           God
           please
           he
           can
           reveale
           it
           to
           a
           simple
           man
           ,
           and
           God
           doth
           doe
           so
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           that
           for
           which
           Christ
           
             thanks
             his
             father
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             hid
             these
             things
             from
             the
             wise
             and
             the
             learned
             ,
             and
             revealed
             it
             unto
             babes
             ,
             the
             vision
             of
             all
             is
             become
             unto
             you
             as
             the
             words
             of
             a
             booke
             that
             is
             sealed
             ,
             which
             men
             deliver
             to
             one
             that
             is
             learned
             ,
             saying
             read
             this
             I
             pray
             thee
             ,
             but
             he
             saith
          
           I
           
             cannot
             for
             it
             is
             sealed
             ,
             and
             the
             booke
             is
             delivered
             to
             him
             that
             is
             not
             learned
             ,
             saying
             read
             this
          
           I
           
             pray
             thee
             and
             he
             saith
          
           I
           
             am
             not
             learned
             ,
          
           Esay
           ,
           29.
           10.
           11.
           12.
           neither
           of
           them
           can
           read
           it
           ▪
           both
           put
           it
           off
           they
           cannot
           understand
           it
           ,
           the
           unlearned
           thinks
           as
           he
           hath
           bin
           taught
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           were
           learned
           in
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           he
           could
           understand
           it
           :
           but
           the
           former
           who
           was
           such
           a
           learned
           man
           could
           not
           doe
           it
           ,
           it
           s
           hid
           from
           the
           learned
           it
           s
           not
           in
           being
           learned
           ,
           nor
           in
           not
           being
           learned
           :
           what
           then
           will
           some
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           God
           hath
           not
           revealed
           it
           to
           them
           ▪
           therefore
           they
           doe
           not
           know
           it
           ;
           God
           saith
           
             None
             can
             know
             the
             things
             of
             God
             but
             he
             to
             whom
             the
             spirit
             will
             reveale
             them
             see
             Ps.
          
           119.
           99.
           100.
           
        
         
           The
           knowledge
           of
           Greeke
           ,
           Hebrew
           and
           English
           are
           all
           humane
           learning
           of
           equall
           excellency
           ,
           necessity
           ,
           and
           use
           for
           the
           translation
           and
           Reading
           of
           the
           Bible
           :
           and
           as
           without
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           ,
           the
           Bible
           could
           not
           be
           translated
           into
           
           English
           ,
           so
           he
           that
           translated
           the
           Bible
           into
           English
           ,
           could
           not
           have
           done
           it
           without
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           English
           tongue
           ;
           therefore
           there
           is
           the
           same
           use
           and
           helpe
           and
           necessity
           of
           the
           English
           toung
           as
           of
           the
           Greek
           or
           Hebrew
           tongue
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           the
           same
           to
           be
           said
           for
           the
           French
           and
           Dutch
           tongue
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           tongues
           and
           why
           the
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           tongues
           should
           be
           of
           any
           more
           use
           and
           excellency
           then
           other
           tongues
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           to
           be
           given
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           
             Aron
          
           the
           Priest
           set
           up
           the
           golden
           calfe
           it
           was
           called
           a
           God
           and
           Aron
           made
           Proclamation
           ,
           
             Exo.
          
           32.
           4.
           5.
           6.
           7.
           8.
           &c.
           and
           the
           people
           Idolized
           it
           and
           danced
           about
           it
           ,
           so
           the
           Priests
           have
           set
           up
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           as
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           rejoyce
           exceedingly
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           Idolize
           it
           and
           fall
           down
           and
           worship
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           Priest
           have
           made
           a
           Proclamation
           for
           it
           and
           commended
           it
           for
           such
           a
           rare
           thing
           to
           helpe
           them
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           :
           a
           golden
           businesse
           by
           custome
           is
           turned
           into
           necessity
           and
           it
           is
           in
           such
           an
           esteem
           as
           they
           do
           idolize
           it
           &
           worship
           it
           ,
           as
           they
           they
           did
           the
           calfe
           ,
           vers.
           8.
           because
           some
           of
           the
           Army
           see
           this
           Idolatry
           ,
           the
           Presbyter
           is
           not
           pleased
           .
           
             Instead
             of
             allowing
             some
             errors
             ,
             as
             we
             feare
             some
             among
             you
             indeavour
             an
             universall
             tolleration
             of
             all
             Religions
             ,
          
           it
           seemes
           some
           errors
           may
           be
           allowed
           ,
           doe
           the
           Scriptures
           allow
           it
           ,
           or
           are
           you
           willing
           to
           allow
           of
           a
           few
           ,
           
             they
             endeavour
             for
             tolleration
             for
             all
             apostates
             ;
          
           then
           you
           shall
           have
           tolleration
           ,
           but
           that
           will
           not
           content
           you
           ,
           though
           its
           doubted
           to
           allow
           your
           Religion
           openly
           ,
           we
           see
           your
           principall
           is
           that
           you
           would
           have
           none
           tolerated
           but
           your selves
           ,
           will
           not
           you
           be
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           unlesse
           ye
           be
           forced
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           are
           you
           willing
           to
           be
           of
           a
           false
           .
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           thinke
           it
           will
           be
           a
           sufficient
           excuse
           for
           you
           to
           say
           you
           are
           compelled
           to
           it
           or
           doe
           you
           love
           to
           see
           the
           bodyes
           of
           others
           tortured
           ,
           and
           their
           estates
           ruined
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           not
           of
           your
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             In
             stead
             of
             preserving
             the
             purity
             of
             Religion
             and
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             wee
             feare
             you
             are
             opening
             the
             dore
             to
             desperate
             and
             damnable
             errors
             and
             heresies
             against
             the
             truth
             of
             God
             :
          
           and
           so
           for
           feare
           of
           letting
           in
           of
           errors
           we
           must
           keep
           out
           the
           truth
           :
           it
           is
           better
           to
           let
           in
           twenty
           errors
           ,
           then
           to
           keep
           out
           one
           truth
           :
           for
           truth
           is
           more
           good
           then
           evill
           is
           evill
           :
           it
           s
           better
           to
           suffer
           errors
           then
           to
           persecute
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Professors
           of
           it
           ,
           alwayes
           by
           such
           fine
           pretences
           and
           glosses
           we
           have
           been
           deprived
           of
           our
           liberty
           .
           We
           have
           fought
           for
           it
           our
           treasure
           ,
           persons
           and
           friends
           ,
           and
           brethrens
           blood
           was
           laid
           down
           for
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           the
           cruel
           Task-masters
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           the
           Bishops
           and
           P●esbyters
           yoke
           :
           Heare
           you
           not
           the
           wife
           say
           ,
           my
           husband
           lost
           his
           life
           for
           the
           freedome
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           .
           Many
           children
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           my
           father
           spent
           his
           estate
           
           and
           laid
           down
           his
           life
           for
           my
           liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Army
           promised
           us
           the
           liberty
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           they
           fought
           ,
           if
           the
           Army
           had
           not
           provided
           for
           our
           liberties
           herein
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           given
           us
           that
           which
           their
           consciences
           tell
           them
           is
           our
           due
           ,
           they
           had
           deceived
           us
           ,
           the
           equity
           of
           the
           thing
           pleads
           for
           us
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           chiefe
           of
           them
           had
           never
           been
           souldiers
           ,
           but
           to
           break
           asunder
           this
           Iron
           yoke
           that
           was
           upon
           our
           necks
           and
           the
           Kingdoms
           :
           To
           what
           purpose
           thinke
           ye
           hath
           God
           slaine
           so
           many
           of
           our
           enemies
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           16.
           8.
           
           One
           cause
           surely
           is
           ,
           that
           his
           people
           may
           dwell
           quietly
           and
           safely
           ,
           &c.
           
           God
           hath
           blasted
           them
           that
           would
           have
           kept
           us
           from
           our
           sweetest
           liberty
           .
           The
           King
           and
           his
           Bishops
           denyed
           it
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           blasted
           them
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           Parliament
           promised
           liberty
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           give
           it
           us
           ,
           God
           hath
           blasted
           them
           ;
           the
           Synod
           ,
           with
           the
           Ministry
           of
           
             England
          
           should
           have
           spoken
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           they
           spoke
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           blasted
           them
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           are
           as
           the
           dung
           upon
           the
           earth
           abhorred
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Army
           had
           neglected
           us
           herein
           God
           would
           have
           blasted
           them
           ,
           
             Jerusalem
             is
             a
             burndensome
             stone
             ,
          
           all
           that
           oppose
           it
           dash
           themselves
           in
           pieces
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           neglected
           us
           it
           would
           have
           been
           their
           sinne
           ,
           griefe
           and
           trouble
           hereafter
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           have
           escaped
           that
           we
           had
           met
           with
           all
           ,
           besides
           what
           persecution
           had
           come
           upon
           us
           by
           their
           neglect
           had
           bin
           their
           persecution
           ,
           besides
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           for
           us
           they
           had
           bin
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           say
           ye
           desire
           liberty
           for
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           others
           ,
           You
           could
           not
           provide
           for
           the
           one
           and
           exclude
           the
           rest
           .
           If
           the
           Children
           have
           any
           bread
           ,
           the
           dogs
           will
           have
           some
           ,
           something
           is
           their
           allowance
           .
           
             Truth
             Lord
             the
             dogs
             eat
             the
             crums
             that
             fall
             from
             the
             childrens
             table
             .
          
           Though
           mens
           mouths
           cannot
           be
           stopped
           from
           exclayming
           against
           them
           there
           are
           grounds
           sufficient
           to
           warrant
           and
           justifie
           what
           they
           have
           done
           herein
           :
           say
           some
           what
           liberty
           for
           all
           errors
           heresies
           and
           blasphemies
           ,
           and
           Papists
           :
           we
           desire
           not
           that
           idolatry
           to
           be
           allowed
           publickly
           ▪
           If
           you
           can
           tell
           us
           how
           liberty
           for
           the
           truth
           and
           people
           of
           God
           may
           be
           had
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           may
           not
           suffer
           ,
           nor
           the
           truth
           suppressed
           ,
           but
           errors
           heresies
           ,
           &c.
           suppressed
           ,
           and
           I
           dare
           venture
           my
           life
           the
           Army
           will
           gladly
           hearken
           to
           you
           .
           He
           saith
           
             the
             Army
             rob
             the
             Parliament
             of
             their
             coercisive
             power
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ;
          
           you
           say
           they
           have
           such
           a
           power
           but
           we
           could
           never
           see
           you
           prove
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Let
             the
             Magistrates
             coersive
             power
             in
             Religion
             be
             debated
             in
             Parliament
             by
             a
             native
             liberty
             debate
             truly
             before
             a
             free
             Parliament
             ,
             if
             wee
             convince
             them
             not
             let
             them
             carry
             it
             :
          
           this
           is
           but
           a
           brag
           ,
           this
           Parliament
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           Cavies
           is
           no
           free
           Parliament
           ▪
           speak
           plainly
           what
           you
           will
           stand
           to
           ,
           make
           your
           challenge
           if
           you
           have
           the
           truth
           on
           your
           side
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           there
           be
           not
           them
           that
           will
           debate
           it
           with
           you
           ,
           or
           bring
           forth
           your
           
           strong
           reasons
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           cannot
           be
           answered
           ,
           by
           my
           consent
           you
           shall
           carry
           it
           .
           Answer
           these
           reasons
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           :
           if
           the
           Parliament
           are
           to
           Judge
           what
           is
           truth
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           error
           in
           Religion
           ,
           then
           it
           doth
           follow
           that
           the
           Magistrate
           must
           have
           a
           certainty
           of
           knowledge
           in
           all
           opinions
           and
           causes
           in
           Religion
           ,
           else
           how
           is
           he
           able
           to
           judge
           which
           is
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           hath
           not
           such
           knowledge
           ,
           may
           he
           be
           owned
           fit
           for
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           it
           wil
           be
           a
           doubt
           whether
           it
           be
           lawful
           for
           any
           to
           be
           a
           Magistrate
           that
           hath
           not
           such
           knowledg
           as
           his
           work
           requires
           :
           and
           by
           this
           rule
           we
           shal
           have
           no
           Magistrate
           at
           all
           ,
           because
           no
           man
           hath
           ability
           of
           knowledge
           to
           determine
           in
           all
           causes
           and
           doubts
           in
           Religion
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           the
           Magistrate
           is
           to
           determine
           what
           is
           truth
           ,
           whether
           it
           wil
           not
           follow
           that
           we
           must
           beleeve
           and
           live
           by
           the
           Magistrates
           faith
           ,
           and
           change
           our
           Religion
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           will
           approve
           of
           no
           Religion
           ,
           it
           seems
           we
           must
           have
           no
           Religion
           at
           all
           :
           the
           Saints
           in
           Scripture
           are
           commanded
           to
           worship
           God
           ,
           whether
           the
           Magistrate
           like
           it
           or
           no
           ,
           see
           
             Mat.
             28.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Heb.
             10.
             25.
             
             Acts
             45
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             23.
             
             Acts
          
           5.
           20.
           22.
           28.
           
           Contrary
           to
           authority
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           17.
           and
           18.
           49.
           
           
             Dan.
             13.
             
             Acts
             4.
             5.
             48.
             
             Acts
             17.
             7.
             
             Acts
             40.
             4.
             19.
             29
             ,
             40.
             
             Acts
          
           21.
           30.
           31.
           
           If
           the
           Magistrate
           as
           a
           Magistrate
           may
           lawfully
           punish
           those
           that
           they
           are
           perswaded
           in
           their
           consciences
           are
           erroneous
           ,
           and
           heretical
           ,
           then
           Queen
           
             Mary
          
           and
           her
           Parliament
           did
           well
           in
           burning
           the
           Martyrs
           ,
           for
           they
           in
           their
           consciences
           were
           perswaded
           they
           were
           so
           :
           If
           the
           Magistrate
           have
           power
           in
           spirituals
           ,
           why
           call
           you
           not
           him
           a
           spirituall
           Magistrate
           ,
           the
           Magistrate
           hath
           his
           power
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           will
           follow
           that
           the
           people
           as
           a
           people
           have
           originally
           as
           men
           a
           power
           to
           governe
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           see
           her
           doe
           her
           duty
           to
           reforme
           and
           correct
           her
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Spouse
           the
           wife
           of
           Christ
           ▪
           who
           is
           a
           Kings
           daughter
           ,
           and
           a
           Queen
           must
           be
           whipt
           or
           corrected
           according
           to
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
             who
             by
             wickednesse
             ,
             1
             Iohn
          
           5.
           
        
         
           3
           Are
           they
           to
           make
           Lawes
           concerning
           Religion
           ,
           or
           to
           appoint
           any
           materiall
           prisons
           for
           Blasphemers
           of
           Christ
           :
           we
           require
           you
           to
           prove
           it
           in
           Christs
           Testament
           ,
           if
           the
           old
           Testament
           is
           to
           be
           their
           rule
           ,
           then
           see
           what
           they
           must
           do●Deut
           .
           
           13.
           3.
           9.
           15.
           16.
           you
           will
           not
           doe
           so
           :
           you
           are
           to
           prove
           that
           Christs
           Church
           is
           to
           be
           planted
           by
           violence
           and
           blood-shed
           ,
           and
           that
           Christ
           would
           have
           men
           compelled
           by
           fines
           and
           imprisonment
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
        
         
           4.
           
           Uniformity
           in
           Religion
           in
           the
           State
           do
           trouble
           the
           consciences
           of
           many
           ,
           and
           impovrish
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           to
           lose
           their
           lives
           ,
           for
           lawes
           concerning
           Religion
           catch
           the
           best
           men
           who
           make
           conscience
           ▪
           witnesse
           
             Daniel
          
           &
           the
           three
           children
           ,
           men
           in
           zeale
           for
           Religion
           persecute
           Christ
           ,
           and
           thinke
           they
           doe
           good
           service
           when
           they
           kill
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           must
           judge
           what
           is
           truth
           ,
           wee
           must
           alwayes
           
           be
           persecuted
           ,
           they
           will
           call
           truth
           blasphemy
           ;
           the
           truth
           hath
           but
           a
           few
           to
           own
           it
           ,
           the
           world
           are
           like
           to
           outroot
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           are
           judged
           and
           noted
           hereticks
           and
           must
           suffer
           :
           the
           army
           desired
           persecution
           of
           the
           truth
           and
           people
           of
           God
           might
           cease
           :
           they
           saw
           the
           name
           of
           settling
           Religion
           to
           be
           but
           a
           pretence
           to
           establish
           errour
           and
           persecution
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           long
           as
           lawes
           were
           made
           concerning
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           could
           not
           be
           quiet
           ,
           they
           are
           against
           suffring
           of
           errors
           as
           much
           as
           you
           ,
           they
           desire
           some
           might
           be
           appointed
           to
           write
           against
           errors
           ,
           they
           knew
           that
           the
           judgements
           and
           consciences
           of
           men
           doe
           so
           differ
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           they
           could
           submit
           to
           one
           way
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           as
           we
           would
           be
           done
           unto
           :
           if
           one
           man
           is
           to
           be
           punished
           for
           his
           errors
           ,
           then
           all
           men
           must
           be
           punished
           ,
           because
           no
           man
           is
           free
           from
           error
           :
           all
           truth
           is
           not
           among
           one
           sort
           of
           men
           :
           there
           is
           no
           man
           doth
           judge
           his
           own
           judgement
           erronious
           ;
           they
           that
           now
           hold
           errors
           ,
           may
           hold
           the
           truth
           :
           if
           there
           were
           no
           error
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           known
           what
           is
           truth
           ,
           or
           not
           be
           so
           glorious
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           man
           to
           believe
           what
           he
           wil
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           will
           :
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           is
           perswaded
           with
           great
           reasons
           (
           truly
           so
           or
           so
           apprehended
           )
           will
           he
           ,
           nil
           he
           ,
           if
           hee
           should
           doe
           contrary
           ,
           he
           should
           do
           contrary
           to
           his
           own
           judgement
           and
           conscience
           ,
           which
           God
           forbid
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           14.
           
           They
           could
           not
           see
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           fit
           to
           make
           such
           sole
           Judges
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           infallible
           ,
           and
           as
           liable
           to
           error
           as
           others
           ;
           they
           could
           not
           find
           a
           man
           that
           could
           shew
           his
           authority
           from
           God
           that
           he
           should
           punish
           with
           corporall
           punishments
           men
           for
           their
           errors
           :
           if
           ye
           say
           that
           
             every
             man
             may
             live
             as
             he
             list
             :
          
           had
           not
           he
           as
           good
           live
           as
           he
           list
           ,
           as
           live
           as
           you
           list
           ;
           but
           ,
           
             we
             are
             bound
             by
             oath
             to
             a
             Reformation
             in
             suppressing
             of
             errors
             &c.
          
           but
           it
           is
           to
           be
           according
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           not
           against
           it
           .
           Shew
           us
           the
           patterne
           in
           Christs
           Testament
           to
           punish
           such
           as
           hold
           errors
           with
           corporall
           punishment
           :
           
             then
             errors
             must
             be
             suffered
             .
          
           Woe
           must
           suffer
           that
           which
           we
           cannot
           help
           ,
           necessity
           hath
           no
           law
           :
           it
           is
           no
           more
           in
           our
           power
           to
           hinder
           errors
           then
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           power
           to
           hinder
           mens
           speaking
           and
           writing
           against
           them
           :
           if
           you
           can
           say
           to
           the
           blind
           and
           set
           ,
           open
           the
           eyes
           of
           their
           understanding
           ;
           expell
           the
           darknesse
           that
           is
           in
           men
           ,
           and
           command
           the
           heart
           and
           Reforme
           it
           ,
           and
           descry
           the
           vaine
           imaginations
           of
           mens
           hearts
           ,
           and
           prevent
           Satans
           suggesting
           error
           into
           men
           ,
           and
           hinder
           men
           from
           speaking
           each
           of
           other
           ,
           and
           place
           light
           in
           the
           soule
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           to
           men
           to
           direct
           and
           reforme
           them
           .
           If
           you
           cannot
           doe
           these
           things
           ,
           you
           cannot
           suppresse
           errors
           ,
           
             then
             errors
             will
             prevaile
          
           
           if
           truth
           may
           be
           suffered
           ,
           it
           will
           prevaile
           against
           errors
           :
           
             If
             they
             heart
             〈◊〉
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             neither
             will
             they
             be
             perswaded
             if
             〈◊〉
             rise
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
          
           Luk.
           16.
           31.
           
           See
           2
           Tim.
           2.
           24.
           25
           ,
           26.
           
        
         
           If
           you
           say
           the
           Magistrate
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           judge
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           punish
           for
           they
           know
           not
           what
           ,
           it
           s
           like
           the
           Priests
           desire
           to
           judge
           and
           determine
           what
           is
           truth
           and
           error
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           punishment
           shall
           be
           〈◊〉
           each
           error
           and
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           be
           the
           executioner
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           be
           ,
           the
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistrate
           the
           Hangman
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           an
           honour
           to
           them
           ▪
           and
           ●o
           the
           Magistrate
           must
           in
           his
           blind
           obedience
           doe
           as
           they
           bid
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           doe
           not
           know
           whether
           it
           be
           right
           or
           wrong
           :
           We
           require
           Scripture
           to
           prove
           that
           you
           are
           to
           appoint
           and
           determine
           what
           is
           truth
           and
           error
           :
           you
           are
           our
           enemys
           ,
           must
           we
           put
           out
           our
           eyes
           ,
           and
           see
           by
           yours
           ?
           you
           are
           as
           liable
           to
           erre
           as
           others
           ,
           your
           seate
           is
           not
           the
           infallible
           chaire
           ,
           you
           turn
           with
           the
           wind
           ,
           if
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           Surplis
           ,
           Masse-book
           ,
           Episcopacie
           ▪
           
             &c.
          
           be
           in
           fashion
           ,
           you
           will
           justifie
           them
           all
           to
           /
           be
           
             jure
             divino
             ,
          
           or
           at
           least
           lawfull
           if
           the
           tide
           turn
           ,
           then
           you
           turn
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           tide
           tum
           again
           ,
           we
           may
           ghesse
           where
           we
           shall
           have
           you
           :
           and
           yet
           you
           would
           have
           all
           that
           differ
           from
           your
           Presbitery
           arraigned
           at
           your
           bar
           ,
           before
           your
           dreadfull
           tribunall
           :
           to
           receive
           your
           reproofe
           which
           is
           sharp
           and
           terrible
           ,
           it
           will
           strike
           through
           our
           liberties
           ,
           states
           and
           lives
           :
           your
           argument
           is
           authoritie
           what
           you
           say
           must
           be
           an
           oracle
           to
           be
           believed
           of
           all
           men
           without
           opposition
           or
           c●ntradiction
           what
           is
           contrary
           to
           you
           ,
           is
           heresie
           
             ipso
             facto
             ,
          
           to
           be
           punished
           with
           fagot
           and
           flaming
           fire
           ,
           what
           you
           (
           approve
           is
           Catholick
           )
           condemne
           〈◊〉
           heresi●
           ,
           you
           have
           been
           above
           this
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           weeks
           a
           heating
           the
           oven
           for
           your
           Hereticks
           you
           expected
           by
           this
           time
           to
           have
           been
           as
           the
           old
           trade
           of
           persecuting
           now
           your
           oven
           is
           ready
           ,
           you
           want
           no
           will
           but
           power
           to
           catch
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           cast
           them
           in
           :
           We
           had
           as
           live
           be
           under
           the
           Pope
           ,
           as
           under
           the
           power
           of
           your
           Presbitery
           ,
           
             are
             you
             gentle
             towards
             all
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             4.
             2.
             Luk
             9.
             54.
             55.
             
             Your
             weapons
             are
             carnall
             ,
             2
             Cor.
          
           10.
           4.
           
           To
           what
           purpose
           are
           we
           to
           have
           Bibles
           in
           English
           ,
           if
           contrary
           to
           our
           understandings
           of
           them
           ?
           we
           must
           believe
           as
           the
           Church
           believes
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           right
           or
           wrong
           :
           we
           had
           as
           lieve
           that
           a
           patent
           should
           be
           granted
           you
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Corn
           and
           Cloth
           should
           by
           you
           be
           monopolized
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           measure
           it
           out
           to
           us
           at
           your
           price
           and
           pleasure
           (
           which
           were
           intollerable
           )
           as
           that
           you
           should
           appoint
           and
           measure
           out
           to
           us
           what
           and
           how
           much
           we
           shall
           believe
           and
           practise
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
           In
           my
           judgement
           your
           judgement
           is
           a
           ly
           ,
           will
           ye
           compell
           me
           to
           believe
           a
           ly
           ,
           or
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           I
           believe
           is
           sin
           ?
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           reason
           to
           counsell
           in
           
             England
          
           can
           injoy
           their
           rights
           and
           Liberties
           so
           long
           as
           any
           one
           Religion
           is
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           men
           forced
           under
           great
           penalties
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           it
           .
           So
           much
           for
           this
           time
           ,
           I
           intend
           you
           more
           when
           you
           write
           againe
           ,
           when
           you
           bring
           forth
           your
           strong
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A91787e-170
           
             Iudg.
             6.
             12
             ,
             13
             
          
           
             Pro.
             12.
             26
             
          
           
             Micha
             6
             8
             
          
           
             Pro
             16.
             9
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             4.
             1
             
          
           
             Numb.
             23.
             22
             ,
             23
             
          
           
             Esay
             26.
             18.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             46.
             11
             
          
           
             Esay
             42.
             8.
             to
             17
             
          
           
             See
             Ier.
             1.
             9
             
          
           
             Psa.
             98.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             
          
           
             Exo.
             34.
             14
             
          
           
             Esay
             40.
             17
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             5.
             8
             
          
           
             Psa
             39.
             
             ●
             .
             11
             
          
           
             Psa.
             144.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esay
             65.
             8.
             
          
           
             Zac.
             4.
             10
             
          
           
             Mat.
             6.
             16
             
          
           
             psal.
             48
             14
             
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             4.
             17
             18