The Scotch souldiers speech concerning the Kings coronation-oath.
      
       
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             The Scotch souldiers speech concerning the Kings coronation-oath.
             Montrose, James Graham, Marquis of, 1612-1650, attributed name.
          
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             Printed in the yeare, 1647.
          
           
             Later editions are attributed, probably erroneously, to James Graham, Marquis of Montrose.
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             Annotation on Thomason copy: "May. 14. London".
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           THE
           SCOTCH
           SOULDIERS
           SPEECH
           CONCERNING
           THE
           KINGS
           
             Coronation-Oath
             .
          
        
         
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeare
           ,
           1647.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             THE
             Scotch
             Souldiers
             Speech
             ,
          
           concerning
           the
           Kings
           Coronation
           Oath
           .
        
         
           GEntlemen
           ,
           &
           fellow
           Souldiers
           ,
           though
           as
           a
           Scotchman
           I
           may
           be
           plaine
           ,
           and
           a
           Souldier
           blunt
           ,
           yet
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           as
           a
           Christian
           I
           shall
           be
           honest
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Subject
           loyall
           in
           the
           expression
           of
           that
           duty
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           nature
           ,
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           and
           of
           humanity
           is
           due
           to
           one
           ,
           who
           is
           by
           Soveraigne
           Majesty
           our
           King
           ,
           by
           birth
           our
           Countryman
           ,
           by
           education
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           by
           profession
           ,
           and
           actions
           a
           most
           pious
           Prince
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           gratious
           compliance
           with
           us
           confident
           in
           our
           loyalty
           ;
           the
           confluence
           of
           which
           obligements
           hath
           made
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           earth
           to
           stand
           as
           it
           were
           in
           amaze
           ,
           being
           big
           with
           expectations
           to
           see
           how
           well
           or
           ill
           we
           deport
           our selves
           in
           this
           businesse
           of
           such
           high
           concernment
           .
           Who
           knowes
           but
           that
           the
           divine
           providence
           hath
           sent
           his
           Majesty
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           be
           made
           the
           happy
           instruments
           of
           a
           well
           grounded
           peace
           ,
           and
           of
           restoring
           Religion
           to
           its
           purity
           ,
           the
           Church
           to
           its
           Rights
           ,
           the
           King
           to
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           Lawes
           to
           their
           chanell
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Gentry
           to
           their
           honours
           and
           estates
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           to
           their
           Liberties
           :
           if
           we
           resolve
           upon
           these
           things
           ,
           we
           may
           crown
           our
           Nation
           with
           honour
           ,
           but
           if
           unworthy
           thoughts
           possesse
           our
           soules
           ,
           we
           may
           justly
           feare
           ,
           that
           (
           although
           salvation
           may
           come
           some
           other
           way
           ,
           )
           yet
           we
           ,
           and
           our
           party
           shall
           perish
           .
           It
           is
           true
           that
           we
           have
           an
           hard
           game
           to
           play
           ,
           but
           having
           the
           chiefe
           triumph
           trump
           in
           our
           owne
           hands
           ,
           besides
           so
           many
           honours
           ,
           we
           shall
           prove
           but
           ill
           Gamesters
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           not
           gainers
           by
           the
           deale
           ,
           and
           give
           Religion
           and
           Justice
           their
           due
           ,
           besides
           the
           saving
           of
           our
           owne
           stakes
           :
           but
           for
           the
           effecting
           hereof
           it
           behooveth
           us
           to
           looke
           with
           our
           owne
           eyes
           ,
           and
           not
           through
           those
           spectacles
           ,
           or
           prospectives
           through
           which
           others
           present
           matters
           unto
           
           us
           :
           we
           have
           hitherto
           been
           made
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           the
           end
           ,
           and
           design
           of
           all
           this
           war
           was
           to
           fetch
           the
           King
           from
           his
           evill
           Councellour
           to
           his
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ;
           his
           Majesty
           very
           often
           ,
           (
           yea
           even
           beneath
           the
           dignity
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Prince
           )
           desired
           to
           comply
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           instead
           of
           accepting
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           voted
           him
           a
           prisoner
           ;
           his
           Majesty
           having
           honoured
           us
           with
           his
           Royall
           presence
           ,
           there
           are
           now
           no
           evill
           Councellours
           about
           his
           ,
           there
           are
           no
           Armies
           to
           animate
           his
           non-compliance
           :
           what
           is
           now
           the
           rock
           of
           offence
           ▪
           beleeve
           it
           (
           all
           the
           circumstances
           of
           this
           War
           considered
           )
           we
           may
           justly
           feare
           that
           we
           have
           been
           made
           but
           a
           stale
           to
           the
           designes
           of
           those
           seditious
           Schismaticks
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           the
           obstacles
           of
           the
           Kingdomes
           peace
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           (
           like
           the
           Ape
           )
           made
           use
           of
           the
           Cats
           foot
           to
           plucke
           those
           Chesnuts
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           which
           themselves
           had
           designed
           for
           their
           owne
           palat
           ;
           It
           behooves
           us
           now
           duly
           to
           examine
           the
           businesse
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           bound
           (
           according
           to
           the
           trust
           reposed
           in
           us
           by
           his
           Majesty
           )
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Majesties
           Rights
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           her
           restored
           to
           all
           his
           legall
           Prerogatives
           :
           but
           shall
           I
           tell
           you
           the
           true
           causes
           of
           this
           present
           difference
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           we
           may
           upon
           good
           grounds
           suspect
           to
           be
           the
           true
           occasion
           of
           this
           most
           horrid
           ,
           and
           unnaturall
           War
           ?
           His
           Majesty
           at
           his
           Coronation
           in
           England
           tooke
           an
           Oath
           in
           these
           words
           :
           I
           will
           maintaine
           ,
           and
           preserve
           to
           you
           (
           the
           Bishops
           )
           and
           to
           the
           Churches
           committed
           to
           your
           charges
           ,
           all
           Canonicall
           privileges
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           be
           your
           protector
           ,
           and
           defender
           to
           my
           power
           ,
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           every
           good
           King
           in
           his
           Kingdome
           in
           right
           ought
           to
           defend
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           Churches
           under
           their
           government
           :
           then
           (
           laying
           his
           hand
           on
           the
           booke
           on
           the
           Communion
           Table
           )
           He
           saith
           ,
           these
           things
           I
           have
           before
           promised
           I
           shall
           performe
           and
           keep
           ,
           so
           helpe
           me
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           contents
           of
           this
           booke
           .
           Here
           is
           an
           Oath
           able
           to
           strike
           terrour
           and
           amazement
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           ,
           (
           the
           due
           circumstances
           there
           of
           being
           considered
           )
           as
           well
           as
           feare
           and
           reverence
           in
           his
           Majesty
           about
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           same
           :
           it
           is
           taken
           by
           Gods
           Anoynted
           ,
           in
           Gods
           House
           ,
           at
           Gods
           Table
           ,
           upon
           Gods
           Booke
           ,
           tendred
           by
           Gods
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           defend
           Gods
           Rights
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           the
           imprecation
           of
           Gods
           curses
           ,
           and
           forfeiture
           of
           Gods
           blessings
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           ever
           any
           Oath
           could
           properly
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           eminency
           ,
           be
           called
           the
           Oath
           of
           God
           ,
           this
           is
           it
           :
           His
           Majesty
           therefore
           out
           of
           his
           Princely
           piety
           (
           conceiving
           himselfe
           bound
           in
           duty
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           honour
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           Justice
           to
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           in
           obedience
           to
           Christian
           
           principles
           to
           maintaine
           his
           Oath
           ,
           )
           refuseth
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           root
           and
           branch
           bills
           against
           the
           Episcopacy
           :
           but
           some
           (
           whom
           I
           will
           not
           name
           )
           forgetfull
           of
           his
           Majesties
           honour
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ,
           and
           resolving
           to
           execute
           their
           owne
           designes
           in
           altring
           the
           government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           have
           raised
           a
           Militia
           ,
           and
           called
           us
           into
           their
           ayd
           ,
           thereby
           to
           force
           a
           compliance
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Royall
           Party
           ,
           with
           them
           .
           And
           now
           what
           soule
           is
           not
           astonished
           ?
           what
           heart
           doth
           not
           bleed
           ?
           whose
           eares
           do
           not
           tingle
           ?
           to
           heare
           that
           we
           (
           unhappy
           we
           )
           should
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           holy
           Covenants
           ,
           be
           made
           the
           instruments
           of
           such
           horrid
           impieties
           ?
           What
           could
           the
           devill
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           fiends
           of
           hell
           have
           thought
           on
           more
           impious
           then
           perjury
           ?
           what
           more
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           then
           Sacrilege
           ?
           what
           more
           rebellious
           then
           by
           force
           of
           Armes
           to
           compell
           the
           King
           to
           both
           ?
           what
           more
           blasphemous
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           scandalous
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           then
           to
           do
           all
           these
           things
           under
           the
           name
           &
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           ?
           what
           ,
           was
           God
           the
           God
           of
           truth
           when
           he
           gave
           us
           the
           Precept
           of
           performing
           all
           our
           Vows
           ,
           and
           is
           he
           now
           become
           the
           God
           of
           Perjurie
           ?
           did
           God
           detest
           the
           withholding
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           and
           Offerings
           as
           robbery
           done
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           is
           he
           now
           become
           a
           Patron
           of
           Sacrilege
           ?
           did
           he
           enjoyn
           subjection
           to
           Superiours
           as
           to
           his
           owne
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           paine
           of
           damnation
           ,
           and
           is
           he
           now
           become
           a
           Generall
           to
           Rebels
           ,
           whereby
           to
           force
           the
           King
           against
           his
           Oath
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ?
           Heare
           ô
           heavens
           ,
           and
           hearken
           ô
           earth
           ,
           if
           ever
           any
           such
           thing
           were
           committed
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           Councell
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           of
           Christians
           ,
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           of
           those
           that
           were
           sworn
           to
           defend
           the
           Kings
           rights
           ,
           should
           countenance
           tumults
           ,
           connive
           at
           assaults
           upon
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           examine
           the
           circumstances
           of
           his
           birth
           to
           prove
           Bastardy
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           might
           remove
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Royall
           Posterity
           ,
           from
           the
           Crown
           ,
           raise
           a
           Militia
           against
           him
           ,
           vote
           him
           that
           he
           was
           seduced
           by
           evill
           Counsell
           ,
           that
           he
           sought
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           Popery
           ,
           and
           to
           rule
           by
           an
           arbitrary
           way
           ,
           vote
           his
           Royall
           Consort
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           high
           Treason
           for
           her
           loyalty
           ,
           murder
           his
           Nobility
           ,
           destroy
           his
           Gentry
           ,
           oppresse
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           wincke
           at
           the
           blasphemous
           hew-and-cries
           of
           Britannicus
           ,
           and
           vote
           his
           Majesty
           to
           prison
           ,
           because
           out
           of
           a
           pious
           ,
           and
           princely
           resolution
           ,
           he
           is
           fully
           bent
           to
           maintaine
           his
           Oath
           ,
           rather
           to
           part
           from
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           Crowne
           ,
           then
           from
           that
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           ●nd
           State
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           sworne
           ,
           and
           hath
           so
           often
           deeply
           protested
           ,
           and
           declared
           
           to
           maintaine
           .
           Good
           God!
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           to
           this
           ?
           whether
           shall
           we
           cause
           our
           shame
           to
           slye
           ?
           to
           whom
           shall
           we
           appeale
           for
           excuses
           ?
           shall
           we
           ascend
           up
           into
           heaven
           for
           them
           ?
           Loe
           there
           we
           shall
           find
           all
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Angels
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           continually
           behold
           the
           face
           of
           their
           heavenly
           Father
           ,
           detesting
           those
           new
           doctrines
           of
           forcing
           the
           Kings
           conscience
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           ;
           as
           such
           whereof
           all
           the
           Patriarches
           ,
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           Martyrs
           of
           God
           were
           formerly
           ignorant
           .
           Shall
           we
           appeale
           unto
           men
           ?
           behold
           Ireland
           conquered
           ,
           our
           owne
           Country
           up
           in
           Armes
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           heads
           of
           the
           Universities
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           learned
           part
           of
           the
           Clergie
           of
           England
           ,
           detesting
           our
           actions
           with
           as
           much
           abomination
           ,
           as
           ever
           the
           Egyptians
           hated
           the
           profession
           of
           Shepherds
           :
           and
           if
           we
           had
           put
           the
           case
           at
           the
           election
           of
           the
           Parliament
           members
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           will
           not
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           taken
           at
           his
           Coronation
           ,
           consent
           to
           the
           pulling
           down
           of
           Episcopacy
           ,
           and
           alteration
           of
           the
           Church
           Government
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           be
           the
           Subjects
           minds
           by
           force
           of
           Armes
           to
           compell
           him
           thereunto
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           and
           conscience
           ,
           all
           people
           would
           have
           been
           ready
           to
           stone
           us
           ,
           as
           not
           thinking
           it
           possible
           that
           such
           horrid
           impieties
           should
           enter
           into
           the
           hearts
           ,
           or
           thoughts
           of
           the
           great
           Councell
           of
           the
           kingdome
           ;
           and
           certainly
           if
           we
           had
           ingenuously
           confessed
           the
           truth
           at
           first
           ,
           without
           the
           cloake
           of
           a
           thorough
           Reformation
           ,
           or
           of
           fetching
           evill
           Councellers
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           we
           should
           never
           have
           raised
           so
           great
           a
           power
           :
           and
           if
           we
           look
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           we
           are
           accounted
           the
           shame
           of
           Christians
           ,
           and
           the
           scorn
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           yea
           even
           all
           Protestant
           Churches
           (
           when
           they
           are
           really
           informed
           ,
           against
           what
           principles
           we
           have
           proceeded
           )
           will
           hate
           ,
           and
           detest
           our
           actions
           :
           shall
           we
           ransacke
           the
           sacred
           Scriptures
           ?
           I
           have
           shewed
           you
           before
           against
           what
           divine
           precepts
           we
           have
           proceeded
           ,
           but
           behold
           there
           indeed
           the
           pure
           fountaines
           of
           living
           water
           blundred
           ,
           and
           abused
           for
           the
           justification
           of
           our
           cause
           ;
           when
           one
           shall
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           fight
           against
           our
           King
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           Thou
           shalt
           binde
           their
           Kings
           in
           chaines
           ,
           and
           their
           Nobles
           with
           linckes
           of
           Iron
           :
           Another
           (
           blaspheming
           the
           King
           with
           horrid
           slanders
           )
           shall
           conclude
           that
           Tophet
           was
           prepared
           of
           old
           ,
           yea
           for
           the
           King
           it
           was
           prepared
           :
           And
           a
           third
           (
           as
           though
           he
           would
           fore-prophecye
           of
           the
           Kings
           destruction
           )
           saith
           ,
           though
           
             Jeconiah
          
           were
           the
           signet
           upon
           my
           right
           hand
           ,
           yet
           will
           I
           plucke
           him
           from
           thence
           :
           Are
           not
           these
           horrid
           things
           ,
           such
           as
           would
           make
           a
           dumbe
           
           man
           speake
           ,
           and
           a
           wise
           man
           dumbe
           with
           horrour
           and
           amazement
           ?
           If
           (
           fellow
           Souldiers
           )
           you
           intend
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           let
           me
           put
           you
           a
           Scripture-case
           ;
           in
           
             Sauls
          
           seeking
           to
           make
           havocke
           of
           the
           
             Gibeonites
             ,
          
           contrary
           to
           the
           Oath
           given
           them
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           ,
           how
           this
           Oath
           was
           obtained
           by
           fraud
           ,
           and
           a
           lye
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           expresly
           against
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Promise
           given
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
             Aaron
             ,
          
           and
           the
           people
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           given
           rashly
           without
           asking
           counsell
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           people
           by
           Nation
           heathens
           ,
           by
           Religion
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           by
           condition
           vassals
           ,
           to
           be
           drawers
           of
           water
           and
           hewers
           of
           wood
           ;
           that
           what
           
             Saul
          
           did
           was
           at
           the
           least
           300
           yeares
           after
           the
           Oath
           given
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           that
           Oath
           may
           seeme
           to
           some
           to
           be
           antiquated
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           did
           it
           in
           zeale
           to
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           But
           what
           the
           successe
           ?
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           men
           shed
           by
           reason
           of
           this
           perjury
           cryed
           aloud
           to
           heaven
           for
           vengeance
           ;
           Gods
           eares
           were
           opened
           to
           their
           cries
           ,
           he
           punisheth
           the
           whole
           Land
           with
           Famine
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           be
           paci●ied
           but
           with
           the
           hanging
           up
           of
           almost
           all
           
             Sauls
          
           Posterity
           :
           are
           not
           these
           things
           written
           for
           our
           instruction
           ?
           and
           what
           judgements
           (
           thinke
           we
           )
           shall
           attend
           us
           if
           we
           force
           the
           King
           to
           violate
           that
           Oath
           ,
           which
           his
           Majestie
           tooke
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Gods
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           Rights
           ,
           shall
           we
           then
           looke
           within
           us
           ,
           and
           there
           make
           boasts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ?
           but
           if
           Gods
           Word
           be
           the
           tryall
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           Spirit
           which
           is
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           cannot
           be
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           Gods
           Spirit
           comes
           to
           us
           in
           Truth
           not
           in
           Perjury
           ,
           in
           meeknesse
           ,
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           Dove
           ,
           not
           of
           an
           Eagle
           ,
           or
           with
           Vultures
           tallons
           to
           steale
           flesh
           from
           the
           Altar
           ;
           and
           we
           know
           this
           to
           be
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           spirit
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           Errour
           ,
           that
           Truth
           desireth
           nothing
           but
           the
           armes
           of
           righteousnesse
           ,
           the
           armes
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           teares
           ,
           and
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           :
           to
           fight
           for
           the
           profession
           :
           hereof
           against
           their
           lawfull
           Kings
           ,
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           setting
           Kingdome
           against
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           Nation
           against
           Nation
           ,
           by
           forreigne
           Wars
           ,
           and
           of
           setting
           the
           Father
           against
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           the
           Son
           against
           the
           Father
           by
           civill
           dissentions
           ,
           are
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           those
           false
           Christs
           ,
           who
           shall
           deceive
           many
           ,
           and
           are
           reserved
           for
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           ,
           to
           be
           maintained
           by
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           boasting
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           fill
           the
           Church
           with
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           Schismes
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           with
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           with
           confusion
           :
           shall
           we
           plead
           the
           Votes
           ,
           and
           Orders
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           or
           the
           Nationall
           
           
           
           Covenant
           ?
           what
           were
           this
           ,
           but
           under
           pretence
           of
           pulling
           downe
           Popery
           to
           set
           up
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           for
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Votes
           and
           Orders
           of
           the
           Houses
           ?
           but
           if
           the
           Covenant
           be
           to
           maintaine
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           honour
           ,
           we
           shall
           then
           truly
           performe
           the
           Covenant
           in
           both
           ,
           when
           we
           detest
           those
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           actions
           ,
           that
           dishonour
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           accursed
           Perjury
           ;
           and
           that
           were
           a
           Covenant
           with
           hell
           that
           should
           covenant
           to
           force
           the
           King
           to
           forsweare
           himselfe
           .
           But
           tell
           me
           ,
           (
           I
           pray
           you
           )
           is
           it
           the
           Votes
           ,
           and
           Orders
           of
           the
           Houses
           ,
           and
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           that
           shall
           justifie
           or
           condemne
           us
           the
           last
           day
           ?
           shall
           we
           plead
           the
           Lawes
           of
           England
           ?
           but
           (
           I
           pray
           you
           )
           what
           Lawes
           can
           be
           of
           force
           to
           mate
           themselves
           against
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           ?
           and
           what
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           were
           ever
           produced
           to
           justifie
           the
           raising
           of
           a
           Militia
           ,
           and
           the
           calling
           in
           of
           Forraine
           ayde
           ,
           and
           joyning
           in
           Covenants
           ,
           thereby
           to
           force
           the
           Kings
           violation
           of
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           ?
           Againe
           (
           if
           we
           beleeve
           them
           that
           are
           professed
           in
           those
           Lawes
           )
           they
           lay
           this
           as
           a
           maxime
           ,
           that
           no
           Law
           ,
           Statute
           ,
           or
           Custome
           ,
           which
           is
           either
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           Principles
           of
           Nature
           ,
           can
           be
           of
           any
           validity
           ,
           or
           force
           ,
           but
           are
           voyd
           ,
           and
           null
           in
           Law
           ;
           they
           say
           further
           ,
           that
           therefore
           this
           Oath
           was
           by
           the
           Fundamentall
           Lawes
           and
           constitutions
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           presented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           of
           purpose
           to
           bind
           his
           conscience
           to
           preserve
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           Rights
           ,
           for
           the
           comfort
           ,
           and
           encouragement
           of
           true
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Learning
           :
           that
           as
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           Statutes
           of
           
             Articuli
             Cleri
             ,
          
           and
           other
           recordes
           should
           bind
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           subjects
           ,
           so
           this
           Oath
           should
           binde
           the
           conscience
           of
           the
           King
           from
           violating
           the
           Churches
           Rights
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           expressed
           as
           a
           severall
           Article
           in
           the
           Coronation-Oath
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           should
           never
           assent
           to
           any
           Act
           ,
           that
           should
           trench
           upon
           their
           Rights
           ,
           and
           that
           howsoever
           the
           Kings
           conscience
           was
           at
           liberty
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           alteration
           of
           any
           other
           of
           the
           municipall
           lawes
           ,
           yet
           it
           should
           be
           bound
           as
           to
           this
           by
           the
           especiall
           and
           direct
           words
           of
           the
           Oath
           ;
           as
           likewise
           his
           Majesty
           is
           bound
           by
           the
           words
           of
           that
           Oath
           ,
           to
           doe
           justice
           to
           all
           :
           and
           therefore
           by
           vertue
           of
           this
           Oath
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           honour
           and
           Justice
           ,
           if
           the
           Houses
           tender
           any
           Bills
           which
           his
           Majesty
           conceives
           to
           be
           against
           common
           right
           ,
           or
           Justice
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           is
           bound
           not
           to
           give
           his
           Majesties
           Royall
           assent
           thereunto
           ,
           which
           cannot
           but
           strike
           amazement
           in
           all
           knowing
           men
           ,
           that
           any
           should
           be
           so
           impudently
           wicked
           ,
           as
           against
           all
           the
           lights
           of
           
           God
           ,
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdome
           to
           trie
           the
           King
           with
           perjury
           ,
           because
           he
           will
           not
           consent
           to
           the
           root
           and
           branch
           bils
           against
           Episcopacy
           ;
           and
           the
           Royall
           party
           desires
           no
           other
           happinesse
           then
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           a
           full
           and
           free
           disputation
           upon
           that
           point
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           reasons
           might
           be
           published
           in
           all
           Churches
           ,
           and
           declared
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           the
           justification
           of
           his
           Majesties
           and
           their
           innocencies
           in
           this
           cause
           .
           Against
           this
           shall
           we
           plead
           the
           pride
           and
           arrogancie
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           ?
           but
           I
           feare
           this
           will
           be
           with
           greater
           pride
           ;
           suppose
           some
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           exalt
           themselves
           against
           some
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           must
           we
           therefore
           exalt
           our selves
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           Gods
           Anointed
           ?
           because
           some
           Bishops
           are
           proud
           ,
           must
           ye
           subjects
           therefore
           take
           up
           Armes
           to
           force
           the
           King
           to
           perjury
           ,
           and
           sacrilege
           ?
           let
           their
           insolencies
           be
           punished
           ,
           but
           let
           Gods
           and
           the
           Churches
           Rights
           remaine
           .
           It
           is
           granted
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           by
           the
           irregularitie
           of
           their
           actions
           ,
           and
           laying
           clogges
           upon
           mens
           consciences
           ,
           gave
           a
           great
           scandall
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           these
           might
           be
           legally
           proceeded
           against
           ;
           and
           what
           innovations
           they
           had
           brought
           in
           contrary
           to
           law
           might
           have
           been
           reformed
           ;
           but
           must
           therefore
           the
           function
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Law
           ,
           and
           reason
           ,
           be
           rooted
           out
           ?
           because
           there
           was
           a
           
             Judas
          
           amongst
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           did
           Christ
           take
           away
           the
           Apostleship
           ?
           because
           many
           Angels
           did
           rebell
           against
           God
           ,
           did
           God
           destroy
           the
           whole
           Hierarchy
           ?
           Suppose
           some
           Bishops
           sought
           to
           set
           themselves
           the
           one
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           other
           at
           his
           left
           ,
           as
           
             James
          
           and
           
             John
          
           did
           at
           Christs
           ;
           must
           their
           ambition
           cause
           all
           to
           be
           despised
           ?
           If
           God
           should
           root
           out
           all
           mankinde
           ,
           because
           some
           are
           most
           refractory
           wicked
           persons
           ,
           what
           would
           become
           of
           us
           ?
           the
           doctrines
           of
           rooting
           out
           all
           for
           the
           abuses
           of
           some
           ,
           are
           agreeable
           neither
           to
           the
           precept
           ,
           nor
           patterne
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           will
           have
           the
           wheat
           and
           ta●es
           grow
           together
           till
           the
           harvest
           :
           and
           it
           hath
           formerly
           been
           accounted
           the
           wisedome
           of
           Parliaments
           to
           reforme
           abuses
           by
           regulating
           ,
           not
           by
           extirparton
           .
           But
           yet
           what
           hath
           the
           righteous
           done
           ?
           whose
           eyes
           are
           so
           swelled
           with
           pride
           ,
           or
           blinded
           with
           malice
           ,
           that
           doe
           not
           see
           how
           many
           Saints
           of
           God
           there
           were
           both
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Doctors
           ,
           and
           other
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           willingly
           laid
           downe
           their
           lives
           for
           that
           Cause
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           which
           his
           Majesty
           doth
           now
           maintaine
           ▪
           and
           for
           us
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           had
           lived
           in
           these
           dayes
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           ended
           with
           
           us
           ,
           is
           a
           speech
           as
           full
           of
           arrogancie
           ,
           as
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           expresly
           against
           all
           their
           actions
           ;
           and
           how
           many
           are
           there
           of
           their
           successors
           ,
           who
           ,
           before
           this
           unhappy
           difference
           ,
           were
           men
           famous
           in
           their
           generations
           ,
           and
           have
           now
           none
           other
           fault
           but
           their
           constancy
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           their
           loyalty
           to
           their
           King
           ?
           shall
           we
           then
           justice
           our
           Cause
           ,
           for
           that
           God
           hath
           gone
           along
           with
           our
           Armies
           ?
           ô
           poore
           miserable
           creatures
           if
           we
           have
           no
           better
           then
           such
           fig-leaves
           to
           cover
           our
           nakednesse
           !
           because
           God
           doth
           often
           blesse
           the
           adulterous
           seed
           ,
           is
           he
           therefore
           either
           the
           cause
           ,
           or
           lover
           of
           adultery
           ?
           if
           we
           have
           nothing
           but
           the
           power
           of
           the
           sword
           for
           the
           justification
           of
           our
           Cause
           ,
           by
           this
           title
           ,
           the
           blasphemies
           of
           
             Mahomet
          
           in
           the
           Alcoran
           ,
           and
           the
           dotages
           of
           the
           Popish
           superstitions
           in
           the
           Legend
           may
           lay
           claime
           to
           heaven
           as
           well
           as
           we
           :
           but
           what
           if
           God
           out
           of
           the
           heat
           of
           his
           wrathfull
           indignation
           towards
           us
           ,
           have
           (
           as
           he
           useth
           to
           doe
           to
           those
           whom
           he
           gives
           over
           to
           a
           reprobate
           sence
           )
           given
           us
           the
           victory
           ,
           thereby
           to
           obdurate
           us
           in
           our
           rebellion
           ,
           that
           through
           pride
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           vaine
           conceit
           of
           a
           just
           Cause
           ,
           we
           might
           be
           made
           more
           uncapable
           of
           repentance
           ,
           and
           pardon
           ?
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           had
           a
           controversie
           with
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           we
           for
           their
           sinnes
           may
           be
           made
           the
           rod
           of
           Gods
           anger
           in
           punishing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Royall
           party
           ;
           but
           we
           know
           not
           how
           soone
           for
           our
           owne
           sinnes
           God
           may
           throw
           this
           rod
           into
           the
           fire
           .
           Perchance
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           in
           taking
           away
           the
           Churches
           Rights
           should
           doe
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           what
           he
           himselfe
           in
           part
           ,
           and
           his
           Royall
           Predecessors
           have
           formerly
           consented
           unto
           :
           but
           who
           knowes
           not
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           never
           willingly
           agreed
           to
           the
           abrogation
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Churches
           dues
           ;
           and
           if
           his
           pious
           heart
           smite
           him
           for
           cutting
           off
           the
           lap
           of
           their
           skirts
           ,
           must
           he
           be
           forced
           to
           strip
           them
           as
           naked
           as
           the
           yong
           man
           that
           left
           his
           linnen
           garment
           behind
           him
           ?
           and
           who
           knows
           not
           that
           all
           those
           Kings
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           regardlesse
           of
           their
           Oathes
           in
           taking
           away
           the
           Churches
           Rights
           ,
           have
           been
           pursued
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Justice
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           name
           ,
           or
           posterity
           of
           any
           of
           them
           remaining
           ?
           and
           who
           knowes
           but
           that
           those
           acts
           of
           impietie
           might
           be
           amongst
           those
           crowdes
           of
           sinnes
           ,
           which
           have
           cryed
           so
           lowd
           for
           judgement
           against
           these
           Kingdomes
           ?
           But
           shall
           we
           say
           that
           this
           Oath
           is
           an
           evill
           Oath
           ,
           and
           so
           evill
           in
           the
           taking
           ,
           and
           worse
           in
           the
           keeping
           ?
           this
           were
           to
           cast
           dirt
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           whole
           
           constitution
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           &
           State
           of
           that
           kingdom
           which
           appointed
           the
           tenure
           of
           this
           Oath
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
           But
           wherin
           (
           I
           pray
           you
           )
           doth
           the
           malignity
           of
           this
           Oath
           consist
           ?
           suppose
           that
           there
           were
           now
           a
           Parliament
           of
           Papists
           ,
           who
           would
           take
           up
           arms
           under
           pretence
           of
           a
           thorow
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           of
           voting
           all
           Protestants
           that
           should
           side
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           evill
           Counsellers
           ,
           and
           of
           fetching
           the
           King
           from
           them
           to
           his
           great
           Councell
           ,
           should
           not
           we
           that
           are
           Protestants
           stand
           up
           in
           his
           Majesties
           justification
           ?
           should
           not
           we
           abominate
           the
           violating
           of
           these
           lawes
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           the
           power
           of
           the
           great
           Councell
           ,
           as
           Jesuiticall
           impostures
           ?
           is
           it
           unlawfull
           for
           the
           King
           to
           breake
           his
           Oath
           for
           any
           Votes
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           or
           Ordinances
           of
           Popish
           Parliaments
           and
           shall
           Protestants
           now
           doe
           that
           which
           they
           so
           much
           detest
           in
           Papists
           ?
           but
           if
           there
           be
           any
           that
           will
           plead
           for
           Baal
           let
           them
           stand
           up
           ,
           and
           produce
           their
           strong
           reasons
           ,
           let
           the
           case
           be
           truly
           stated
           to
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           have
           any
           new
           Directories
           for
           the
           regulating
           of
           the
           Kings
           conscience
           against
           his
           Oath
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           thrusting
           the
           Apostles
           Creed
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           published
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           all
           Christians
           may
           judge
           how
           Orthodoxe
           they
           are
           .
           First
           let
           them
           resolve
           whether
           or
           no
           the
           King
           (
           not
           withstanding
           the
           taking
           of
           this
           oath
           )
           be
           bound
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Churches
           rights
           ?
           and
           whether
           or
           no
           (
           like
           so
           many
           Popes
           )
           they
           or
           the
           Houses
           have
           power
           to
           dispense
           with
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           to
           nullifie
           them
           at
           their
           pleasure
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           will
           not
           bend
           his
           conscience
           to
           be
           warped
           into
           Perjury
           ,
           by
           the
           scorching
           heat
           of
           their
           zeale
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           be
           lawfull
           for
           the
           Subjects
           to
           raise
           a
           Militia
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           us
           in
           to
           their
           aide
           to
           force
           the
           King
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           be
           rebellion
           so
           to
           do
           ?
           Thirdly
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           is
           pursued
           because
           he
           will
           not
           commit
           Perjury
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           the
           Subjects
           by
           that
           accompt
           which
           they
           are
           to
           give
           to
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           duty
           which
           they
           owe
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegeance
           which
           they
           have
           taken
           ,
           be
           not
           bound
           to
           stand
           up
           in
           his
           Majesties
           aide
           ,
           for
           the
           vindication
           of
           his
           Majesties
           honour
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ?
           Fourthly
           ,
           where
           the
           Subjects
           do
           upon
           these
           grounds
           engage
           themselves
           in
           his
           Majesties
           service
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           be
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Justice
           ,
           to
           vote
           ,
           or
           publish
           them
           to
           be
           enemies
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           Godlinesse
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           popishly
           affected
           ,
           Traitors
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           enemies
           to
           
           their
           Country
           ,
           disturbers
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ?
           Fifthly
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           all
           those
           Clergy-men
           that
           have
           taken
           the
           Oathes
           of
           Canonicall
           obedience
           ,
           and
           to
           maintaine
           the
           discipline
           ,
           and
           government
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           all
           those
           of
           the
           Laity
           that
           have
           taken
           the
           Oathes
           of
           Offices
           ,
           of
           trusts
           and
           of
           allegeance
           ,
           can
           justifie
           the
           violation
           of
           those
           Oathes
           ,
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           in
           forcing
           his
           Majesty
           to
           violate
           this
           ?
           Sixthly
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           all
           the
           laws
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           man
           ,
           which
           justifie
           ,
           and
           vindicate
           the
           Kings
           Rights
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           esteemed
           as
           void
           and
           null
           in
           Law
           ;
           And
           whether
           or
           no
           all
           the
           bloud
           shed
           in
           this
           most
           horrid
           and
           unnaturall
           war
           shall
           be
           imputed
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           seeke
           to
           vindicate
           his
           Majesties
           honour
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ,
           or
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           (
           under
           pretence
           of
           a
           thorow
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           of
           fighting
           against
           evill
           Counsellors
           )
           give
           the
           King
           so
           many
           battells
           ,
           and
           turne
           these
           Kingdomes
           into
           so
           many
           Acheldama's
           ,
           filling
           them
           not
           only
           (
           as
           
             Manasses
          
           did
           
             Jerusalem
             )
          
           with
           bloud
           from
           one
           end
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           also
           with
           so
           many
           Perjuries
           ,
           Sacriledges
           ,
           and
           horrid
           Blasphemies
           ?
           If
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           be
           ashamed
           to
           own
           these
           accursed
           impieties
           ,
           why
           should
           not
           we
           be
           ashamed
           to
           defend
           those
           things
           by
           our
           Swords
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           ashamed
           to
           justifie
           with
           their
           Pens
           ?
           I
           thinke
           impiety
           is
           not
           yet
           grown
           to
           that
           height
           of
           impudency
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           dare
           dispute
           these
           questions
           ,
           in
           the
           discussing
           whereof
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           Precepts
           of
           Divinity
           were
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           all
           the
           dictates
           of
           reason
           blotted
           out
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           maximes
           spunged
           out
           of
           the
           Lawes
           and
           Statutes
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           violated
           in
           the
           justification
           of
           this
           War
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           neither
           Scripture
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           nor
           Law
           left
           us
           how
           to
           walk
           as
           Christians
           ,
           Men
           ,
           or
           Subjects
           :
           but
           if
           there
           be
           any
           whose
           desperate
           condition
           hath
           sold
           him
           (
           like
           
             Ahab
             )
          
           to
           work
           wickednesse
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           plead
           for
           the
           violation
           of
           the
           Kings
           Oath
           ,
           that
           were
           not
           only
           to
           sharpen
           the
           Tongues
           and
           Pens
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           Arrowes
           of
           Gods
           judgements
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           cause
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           to
           blaspheme
           Religion
           ,
           yea
           to
           expose
           our selves
           ,
           our
           Kingdoms
           ,
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           we
           have
           ,
           to
           the
           contempt
           and
           scorn
           of
           all
           nations
           ,
           and
           Religions
           whatsoever
           .
           What
           Kingdom
           can
           with
           safety
           ,
           enter
           into
           a
           League
           ,
           or
           confederacy
           with
           our
           King
           ;
           what
           forreign
           Nation
           can
           with
           security
           relie
           
           upon
           the
           honesty
           of
           our
           Merchants
           ;
           what
           Religion
           will
           not
           feare
           to
           hold
           Communion
           with
           such
           a
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Nation
           ,
           whose
           Principles
           ,
           either
           in
           Religion
           ,
           or
           State
           ,
           maintaine
           ,
           that
           the
           Subjects
           may
           take
           up
           armes
           to
           force
           the
           King
           contrary
           to
           his
           Oath
           ,
           yea
           his
           Coronation-Oath
           ?
           how
           often
           have
           our
           Pulpits
           rung
           ,
           that
           faith
           is
           to
           be
           kept
           with
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           shall
           now
           the
           Subjects
           take
           up
           arms
           to
           force
           the
           King
           to
           Perjury
           ?
           Lord
           ,
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           ?
           Is
           the
           Councell
           of
           Trent
           now
           removed
           into
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Sevenths
           Chappell
           ?
           Is
           the
           Popes
           Chaire
           at
           
             Rome
          
           changed
           into
           the
           Speakers
           Chaire
           at
           
             Westminster
             ?
          
           must
           our
           new
           reformed
           Religion
           be
           founded
           upon
           the
           foure
           corner
           stones
           of
           Blasphemy
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           Sacrilege
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           ?
           and
           shall
           we
           temper
           the
           morter
           thereof
           with
           the
           bloud
           ;
           and
           teares
           of
           his
           Majesties
           loyall
           people
           ,
           of
           our
           fellow
           Subjects
           ,
           of
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           live
           ,
           and
           dye
           in
           the
           same
           faith
           of
           Christ
           with
           our selves
           ?
           I
           tremble
           to
           thinke
           what
           the
           event
           of
           these
           things
           may
           be
           though
           we
           have
           hitherto
           escaped
           the
           sword
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           that
           a
           Serpent
           out
           of
           the
           wall
           doe
           not
           bite
           us
           :
           If
           it
           were
           taken
           so
           ill
           that
           the
           late
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Counsellors
           of
           State
           should
           alter
           the
           Kings
           Oath
           in
           some
           circumstances
           (
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Oath
           still
           remaining
           )
           how
           ill
           will
           it
           be
           taken
           that
           we
           should
           rise
           in
           armes
           to
           force
           the
           Kings
           conscience
           against
           this
           Oath
           ?
           but
           admitting
           it
           had
           been
           but
           a
           private
           Oath
           ,
           nay
           if
           a
           wicked
           Oath
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesties
           conscience
           had
           led
           him
           to
           take
           and
           defend
           the
           same
           ,
           what
           Doctrine
           is
           there
           in
           the
           Scripture
           that
           inables
           the
           subjects
           to
           rise
           in
           rebellion
           against
           him
           for
           it
           ?
           we
           may
           now
           see
           the
           Scaene
           of
           the
           Churches
           stage
           strangely
           altered
           ;
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           true
           Religion
           formerly
           suffered
           persecution
           by
           the
           tyranny
           of
           Kings
           ;
           but
           now
           Kings
           (
           yea
           pious
           Kings
           )
           suffer
           persecution
           by
           the
           tyranny
           of
           Religion
           :
           these
           these
           and
           such
           like
           arguments
           are
           those
           rocks
           upon
           which
           the
           Royall
           party
           hath
           built
           their
           judgement
           ;
           who
           ,
           although
           they
           be
           overcome
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           are
           not
           yet
           vanquished
           in
           their
           cause
           ;
           for
           which
           they
           make
           their
           appeales
           to
           heaven
           ,
           and
           call
           God
           and
           man
           to
           witnesse
           their
           innocency
           ,
           rejoycing
           in
           nothing
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           there
           will
           be
           a
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           when
           the
           righteous
           ,
           and
           impartiall
           Judge
           shall
           judge
           both
           them
           ,
           and
           us
           according
           to
           the
           justice
           and
           innocency
           of
           the
           cause
           :
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           now
           that
           God
           hath
           done
           with
           them
           ,
           who
           knowes
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           
           he
           may
           begin
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           call
           us
           to
           an
           accompt
           ?
           Let
           us
           therefore
           hasten
           on
           the
           peace
           ,
           thereby
           to
           prevent
           those
           clouds
           of
           bloud
           ,
           which
           threaten
           to
           dissolve
           themselves
           upon
           us
           in
           fire
           ,
           and
           haile-stones
           ;
           let
           us
           lay
           the
           foundation
           thereof
           in
           heaven
           ,
           by
           rooting
           out
           those
           accursed
           doctrines
           of
           sedition
           ,
           which
           have
           watered
           our
           furrowes
           with
           so
           much
           bloud
           ;
           let
           us
           by
           a
           generall
           Councell
           chosen
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Provinces
           within
           his
           Majesties
           dominions
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ancient
           ,
           and
           known
           Laws
           of
           the
           3
           severall
           Kingdomes
           ,
           restore
           religion
           to
           its
           purity
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           &
           the
           Church
           to
           its
           unity
           of
           discipline
           :
           but
           for
           us
           to
           thinke
           of
           a
           Reformation
           by
           faction
           and
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           to
           talke
           of
           Religion
           whilst
           we
           hold
           up
           our
           swords
           to
           force
           the
           Kings
           conscience
           to
           perjury
           ,
           is
           to
           blaspheme
           ,
           not
           to
           maintaine
           Religion
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           as
           one
           absurdity
           opens
           the
           doore
           to
           a
           thousand
           more
           ,
           and
           one
           sinne
           makes
           way
           for
           another
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           some
           of
           our
           leven
           ,
           (
           finding
           that
           they
           have
           done
           what
           they
           could
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           no
           purpose
           )
           thinke
           to
           cover
           the
           shame
           of
           this
           tenent
           with
           a
           worse
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           
             David
          
           thought
           to
           cover
           his
           adultery
           by
           murder
           ,
           )
           so
           these
           would
           cover
           their
           murder
           by
           adulterating
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           would
           cloake
           the
           forcing
           of
           the
           Kings
           conscience
           by
           armes
           ,
           with
           proceeding
           against
           him
           by
           Ecclesiasticall
           censure
           ;
           but
           was
           ever
           any
           hereticke
           so
           blasphemously
           impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           talke
           of
           a
           
             tradatur
             Satanae
          
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           because
           he
           will
           not
           perjure
           himselfe
           to
           commit
           sacrilege
           and
           Apostacy
           :
           this
           were
           to
           deliver
           our selves
           not
           the
           King
           to
           Satan
           ,
           and
           to
           burne
           our selves
           in
           hell
           for
           thus
           blaspheming
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           whilst
           his
           Majesty
           signes
           his
           Halelujahs
           in
           heaven
           ;
           the
           curse
           causelesse
           shall
           not
           come
           ,
           and
           the
           arrowes
           that
           we
           shall
           shoot
           against
           him
           will
           fall
           upon
           our
           own
           heads
           :
           this
           was
           not
           it
           for
           which
           his
           Majesty
           put
           himselfe
           upon
           our
           loyalty
           :
           If
           the
           King
           would
           have
           been
           forced
           against
           his
           conscience
           ,
           hee
           needed
           not
           to
           have
           hazarded
           either
           his
           life
           ,
           or
           Crowne
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           committed
           himselfe
           to
           our
           trust
           ,
           he
           could
           have
           forsworne
           himselfe
           without
           our
           counsell
           ,
           or
           compulsion
           ;
           let
           us
           take
           heed
           that
           we
           make
           not
           a
           prey
           of
           that
           deere
           ,
           which
           flyes
           to
           us
           for
           succour
           from
           the
           Hunts-mans
           hounds
           .
           Let
           us
           poure
           balm
           into
           the
           wound
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           by
           vindicating
           his
           Majesties
           honour
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ,
           and
           by
           restoring
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Royall
           Consort
           ,
           the
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           subjects
           to
           their
           lawfull
           Rights
           ;
           
           so
           shall
           we
           by
           giving
           unto
           
             Caesar
          
           the
           things
           that
           are
           
             Caesars
             ,
          
           and
           unto
           God
           the
           things
           that
           are
           Gods
           ,
           truly
           make
           a
           covenant
           with
           heaven
           by
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           make
           up
           all
           the
           breaches
           of
           dissention
           by
           an
           happy
           union
           ;
           God
           may
           be
           pacified
           towards
           us
           ;
           we
           may
           prevent
           the
           plots
           of
           future
           designes
           ;
           obtaine
           honour
           with
           all
           Christian
           Princes
           ;
           and
           be
           restored
           to
           our
           owne
           homes
           ,
           with
           the
           plentifull
           reward
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Loialty
           .
        
         
           Finis
           coronat
           Opus
           .