The free-born English mans plea for justice: or, A cry against post-fact laws. Being a survey of the controversies touching the late purchased titles through the true perspective of justice. By William Jackson, one who hath lived to see the famine of justice removed, and hopes to see it continue as plentifully amongst us; as food in Samaria; after the flight of these Assirians: 2 Kings, 7.
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             The free-born English mans plea for justice: or, A cry against post-fact laws. Being a survey of the controversies touching the late purchased titles through the true perspective of justice. By William Jackson, one who hath lived to see the famine of justice removed, and hopes to see it continue as plentifully amongst us; as food in Samaria; after the flight of these Assirians: 2 Kings, 7.
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           THE
           FREE-BORN
           English
           Mans
           Plea
           FOR
           JUSTICE
           :
           Or
           ,
           A
           Cry
           against
           Post-Fact
           LAWS
           .
        
         
           Being
           a
           survey
           of
           the
           Controversies
           touching
           late
           Purchased
           Titles
           through
           the
           true
           perspective
           of
           Justice
           .
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             IACKSON
             ,
          
           One
           who
           hath
           lived
           to
           see
           the
           Famine
           of
           Justice
           removed
           ,
           and
           hopes
           to
           see
           it
           continue
           as
           plentifully
           amongst
           us
           ;
           as
           Food
           in
           
             Samaria
             ;
          
           after
           the
           flight
           of
           these
           
             Assirians
             :
             2
             Kings
             ,
             7.
             
          
        
         
           
             Themistocles
          
           postulanti
           a
           se
           Simonidi
           ut
           sententiā
           quādam
           injustam
           ferret
           ;
           Neque
           tu
           (
           inquit
           )
           poeta
           bonus
           esses
           si
           praeter
           numerum
           caneres
           ,
           neque
           ego
           princeps
           probus
           si
           contra
           Leges
           judicarem
           :
           
             Plut.
          
           in
           .
           vit.
           
             Themist
             .
          
        
         
           Leges
           Sapientū
           causà
           positae
           ,
           non
           ut
           injurijs
           abstineam
           sed
           ne
           eis
           afficiamur
           :
           Epicur
           .
           ex
           Stob.
           
           Serm.
           41.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Edward
             Cole
             ,
          
           Printer
           and
           Book-seller
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Printing-press
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           neer
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           .
           1660.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           and
           truly
           Noble
           
             Henry
             Hastings
             ,
          
           Lord
           
             Loughborough
          
           Commissary
           General
           of
           
             England
          
           under
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             Please
             your
             Lordship
             .
          
        
         
           ESteeming
           it
           the
           greatest
           Honor
           I
           ever
           yet
           had
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           served
           under
           your
           Lord-ship
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           General
           cause
           that
           those
           true
           English
           Spirits
           in
           
             Colchester
          
           were
           embarqued
           in
           ,
           but
           also
           under
           your
           Lord-ships
           particular
           command
           in
           the
           store
           ,
           subjected
           to
           your
           Lord-ship
           as
           Commissary
           General
           :
           I
           have
           presumed
           ,
           (
           emholdened
           by
           that
           Nobleness
           ,
           wherewith
           your
           Lord-ship
           then
           obliged
           not
           only
           me
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           knew
           you
           )
           to
           present
           your
           Lord-ship
           with
           this
           smal
           discourse
           .
           Being
           a
           sum
           of
           what
           ,
           your
           Lord-ship
           ,
           and
           those
           Heroick
           spirits
           ,
           then
           (
           joyned
           in
           command
           with
           you
           )
           labor'd
           for
           .
           The
           observation
           of
           Laws
           and
           Iustice
           is
           a
           cause
           no
           man
           need
           ever
           be
           ashamed
           of
           ;
           but
           what
           those
           Heroick
           endeavors
           then
           missed
           of
           ,
           God
           hath
           now
           given
           us
           hopes
           ,
           may
           be
           obtained
           in
           a
           more
           peaceable
           manner
           ;
           having
           opened
           a
           way
           to
           us
           for
           reason
           to
           be
           heard
           ;
           and
           reduced
           us
           from
           the
           use
           of
           barbarous
           violence
           ,
           to
           the
           force
           of
           arguments
           ;
           fitter
           Weapons
           for
           human
           societies
           .
           T
           is
           with
           such
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           ,
           I
           have
           endeavor'd
           here
           to
           be
           still
           an
           assertor
           of
           that
           general
           cause
           of
           
             Englands
          
           liberty
           ,
           
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           my
           Capacity
           .
           And
           t
           is
           my
           hopes
           ,
           your
           Lord-ship
           ,
           that
           were
           then
           a
           strenuous
           defender
           of
           this
           cause
           by
           your
           valor
           in
           that
           
             Bellum
             Martiale
             ,
          
           wil
           now
           grant
           your
           Protection
           to
           him
           that
           by
           this
           submits
           himself
           your
           Servant
           ,
           whilest
           your
           Lord-ship
           in
           Parliament
           are
           now
           managing
           this
           
             Bellum
             Mercuriale
             :
             Bellum
          
           I
           cannot
           but
           term
           it
           because
           stil
           there
           appears
           many
           opposers
           of
           Iustice
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           cause
           ,
           having
           no
           argument
           (
           but
           their
           fucated
           pretences
           to
           Saints-ship
           )
           to
           cover
           the
           great
           injustices
           they
           have
           done
           ;
           but
           my
           Lord
           when
           like
           paint
           on
           faces
           these
           are
           melted
           off
           by
           the
           impartial
           scrutiny
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           there
           appeares
           nought
           but
           Rapines
           ,
           and
           meer
           Wolves
           under
           the
           Sheeps
           Clothing
           :
           which
           disguise
           ;
           since
           it
           hath
           occasioned
           the
           devouring
           of
           so
           many
           Lambs
           ,
           I
           hope
           for
           the
           future
           our
           Shephards
           will
           so
           defend
           us
           by
           the
           pale
           of
           Iustice
           that
           we
           may
           hereafter
           be
           secure
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           admitted
           to
           that
           which
           Law
           calls
           his
           own
           .
           Of
           the
           want
           of
           which
           pale
           your
           Lord-ship
           hath
           been
           as
           sensible
           as
           any
           by
           the
           injuries
           you
           have
           suffered
           ,
           both
           in
           Estate
           and
           Liberty
           .
           If
           the
           meanness
           of
           my
           performances
           cause
           your
           Lord-ship
           to
           censure
           me
           Presumtuous
           in
           perfixing
           your
           Name
           to
           so
           smal
           a
           discourse
           ,
           my
           Petition
           is
           ,
           that
           my
           zeal
           both
           to
           Iustice
           and
           your
           Lord-ships
           Service
           may
           beg
           pardon
           for
           :
           my
           Lord
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             Humble
             and
             Devoted
             Servant
             .
             
               William
               Iackson
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           FREE-BORN
           English
           Mans
           Plea
           FOR
           JUSTICE
           .
        
         
           THere
           have
           bin
           of
           late
           many
           Papers
           Published
           under
           the
           names
           of
           Pleas
           .
           As
           the
           purchasers
           Plea
           ;
           the
           sequesterd
           clergies
           Plea
           ,
           and
           the
           Plea
           of
           them
           that
           are
           in
           the
           benefices
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           the
           Plea
           of
           them
           whose
           Lands
           the
           others
           have
           purchased
           ,
           these
           latter
           written
           in
           answer
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           but
           in
           my
           opinion
           (
           at
           a
           time
           of
           so
           general
           a
           concernement
           when
           all
           are
           interressed
           ,
           and
           all
           expecting
           a
           general
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           whole
           nation
           )
           these
           Pleas
           are
           too
           much
           restrained
           to
           particular
           interests
           ,
           to
           terminate
           in
           a
           general
           union
           of
           all
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           only
           blessing
           to
           be
           wished
           for
           by
           all
           which
           have
           the
           least
           pretence
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           or
           any
           spark
           of
           the
           hope
           of
           a
           comfortable
           satisfactory
           conscience
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           alwaies
           esteem
           the
           greatest
           temporal
           blessing
           men
           can
           wish
           for
           ;
           These
           Pleas
           are
           likewise
           a
           very
           ill
           example
           for
           every
           man
           to
           seek
           his
           own
           interest
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           may
           make
           men
           draw
           divers
           waies
           and
           therefore
           likelier
           increase
           divisions
           (
           of
           which
           this
           Nation
           hath
           had
           too
           much
           )
           than
           compose
           them
           .
        
         
           That
           therefore
           a
           more
           charitable
           way
           may
           be
           found
           ,
           it
           behoves
           every
           man
           to
           ponder
           such
           things
           in
           his
           minde
           ,
           and
           
           (
           if
           he
           acts
           at
           al
           )
           to
           excite
           others
           to
           endeavour
           the
           promoting
           of
           such
           interests
           wherein
           al
           are
           equally
           concern'd
           ;
           and
           which
           have
           such
           rootings
           naturally
           in
           every
           mans
           conscience
           ,
           
           that
           (
           though
           he
           should
           with
           the
           bryers
           and
           cares
           of
           this
           world
           intend
           the
           stiffing
           of
           that
           good
           seed
           )
           he
           can
           not
           (
           at
           least
           wil
           not
           )
           before
           men
           gainsay
           the
           motion
           :
           for
           t
           is
           seldom
           seen
           that
           a
           man
           is
           totally
           good
           ,
           or
           absolutely
           wicked
           .
           Because
           of
           some
           sparklings
           of
           that
           inward
           self
           accusing
           light
           which
           (
           should
           he
           impudently
           out
           dare
           )
           would
           render
           him
           odious
           even
           to
           his
           own
           accomplices
           seeing
           him
           lay
           aside
           all
           thoughts
           of
           shame
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Therefore
           (
           mans
           life
           being
           a
           race
           through
           this
           world
           to
           another
           ,
           his
           chief
           aim
           is
           how
           he
           may
           run
           that
           race
           most
           to
           his
           own
           peculiar
           benefit
           ;
           (
           for
           we
           are
           all
           by
           nature
           lovers
           of
           our selves
           )
           to
           which
           purpose
           mankind
           being
           now
           grown
           numerous
           if
           we
           were
           without
           order
           ;
           as
           wild
           beasts
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           a
           pray
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           have
           many
           unquiet
           interruptions
           in
           our
           race
           and
           not
           only
           so
           but
           to
           be
           without
           those
           mutual
           conveniences
           which
           we
           might
           have
           one
           of
           another
           ;
           now
           to
           rectifie
           these
           inconveniences
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           send
           into
           the
           world
           disciplines
           :
           to
           defend
           men
           in
           societies
           from
           the
           aforesaid
           abuses
           and
           direct
           them
           in
           their
           race
           with
           comfort
           ;
           these
           disciplines
           are
           two
           :
           Eclesiastical
           ,
           to
           direct
           them
           to
           the
           end
           of
           their
           race
           ,
           and
           civil
           ,
           or
           political
           :
           to
           direct
           them
           in
           their
           race
           ;
           and
           to
           fit
           men
           for
           these
           orders
           in
           their
           societies
           he
           gave
           that
           general
           tie
           of
           Justice
           for
           a
           rule
           ,
           and
           planted
           in
           us
           a
           sparkling
           beam
           of
           his
           truth
           to
           witness
           unto
           us
           this
           Justice
           and
           be
           as
           our
           magnetick
           ballance
           ,
           to
           fit
           us
           to
           act
           his
           will
           ,
           the
           more
           conformably
           under
           his
           ordinances
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           diamond
           of
           Conscience
           that
           excuses
           or
           accuses
           every
           man
           and
           alwaies
           tels
           our
           Souls
           the
           truth
           ,
           if
           Lusts
           be
           not
           the
           perspective
           Medium
           through
           which
           we
           see
           ,
           which
           often
           dazels
           our
           understanding
           :
           by
           which
           means
           we
           are
           often
           led
           into
           the
           more
           tempting
           way
           leaving
           that
           which
           our
           conscience
           tels
           us
           to
           be
           the
           more
           Just
           .
           Now
           for
           regulating
           such
           deviations
           ,
           and
           depravations
           of
           our
           apprehensions
           it
           was
           requisite
           that
           provision
           should
           be
           made
           by
           discipline
           ,
           leaving
           therefore
           the
           Eclesiastical
           discipline
           and
           its
           unity
           (
           as
           
           not
           any
           branch
           of
           this
           discourse
           )
           to
           men
           whose
           profession
           it
           is
           (
           that
           being
           the
           very
           top
           of
           the
           building
           to
           beautifie
           and
           confirme
           the
           foundation
           laid
           by
           the
           civil
           )
           I
           think
           it
           might
           be
           much
           more
           pertinent
           to
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           Nations
           at
           present
           if
           every
           man
           would
           make
           it
           his
           request
           that
           we
           might
           enjoy
           that
           firm
           hand
           of
           all
           societies
           ,
           JUSTICE
           .
           being
           the
           true
           rule
           to
           regulate
           all
           actions
           in
           any
           society
           whatsoever
           and
           give
           up
           his
           cause
           to
           such
           a
           decree
           ;
           but
           in
           regard
           we
           are
           (
           apt
           looking
           through
           the
           fraudulent
           Medium
           of
           lusts
           before
           mentioned
           )
           to
           be
           too
           partial
           in
           our
           own
           causes
           ,
           t
           is
           not
           fit
           we
           be
           our
           own
           judges
           ;
           The
           party
           perhaps
           that
           thinks
           himself
           injur'd
           if
           he
           have
           not
           his
           will
           ;
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           say
           ,
           neither
           ought
           our
           adversaries
           to
           be
           judges
           in
           their
           own
           cause
           against
           us
           ,
           so
           say
           I
           ;
           who
           then
           ?
           JUSTICE
           say
           I
           :
           So
           I
           beleeve
           all
           men
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           say
           too
           ,
           what
           ever
           they
           think
           ,
           yet
           will
           not
           they
           say
           they
           desire
           any
           thing
           but
           Justice
           ,
           but
           cannot
           have
           that
           ;
           yes
           ,
           but
           any
           English
           man
           may
           really
           say
           we
           can
           have
           Justice
           ,
           our
           Fathers
           have
           so
           labor'd
           in
           their
           daies
           ,
           that
           we
           receive
           from
           them
           both
           Tree
           and
           Fruit
           ,
           for
           in
           Political
           or
           civil
           Discipline
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           maintaine
           any
           at
           all
           ,
           
           without
           order
           ,
           whose
           business
           it
           is
           to
           fit
           every
           thing
           to
           its
           proper
           place
           to
           appoint
           some
           to
           Judg
           in
           cases
           of
           difference
           between
           party
           and
           party
           which
           Judgment
           though
           in
           the
           Infancy
           of
           the
           world
           it
           were
           ,
           wholly
           left
           to
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           Judg
           ,
           yet
           finding
           men
           apt
           to
           be
           byassed
           by
           Alliance
           ,
           favor
           ,
           brybery
           .
           &c.
           it
           was
           then
           found
           a
           very
           unsatisfactory
           way
           ,
           the
           suffering
           party
           being
           apt
           alwaies
           to
           think
           himself
           wronged
           whether
           so
           or
           not
           ;
           to
           prevent
           which
           it
           was
           thought
           a
           much
           more
           indifferent
           course
           to
           have
           all
           cases
           reduced
           into
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           for
           Laws
           ,
           to
           decide
           all
           controversies
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           all
           penalties
           ,
           whatsoever
           .
           By
           which
           means
           men
           had
           a
           rule
           to
           walk
           by
           to
           direct
           them
           what
           was
           evil
           or
           good
           ,
           what
           to
           persue
           or
           avoid
           ,
           what
           to
           be
           encouraged
           or
           punished
           for
           :
           so
           that
           it
           was
           some
           satisfaction
           to
           them
           that
           they
           were
           securd
           from
           particular
           Spleen
           or
           Malice
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           were
           not
           damnified
           for
           any
           thing
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           forewarned
           by
           the
           Law
           :
           No
           ,
           nor
           the
           Judg
           
           himself
           could
           give
           any
           censure
           that
           was
           not
           prescribed
           to
           him
           in
           the
           same
           Law
           :
           of
           this
           Nature
           were
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             Lycurgus
             ,
             Moses
          
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Antients
           that
           were
           Law-givers
           :
           but
           in
           regard
           ,
           this
           power
           of
           Law
           making
           in
           the
           vicissitude
           of
           times
           is
           somtimes
           devolved
           to
           men
           of
           less
           qualified
           parts
           and
           integrity
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           did
           somtimes
           make
           Laws
           ,
           too
           ,
           too
           ,
           partial
           to
           themselves
           and
           too
           too
           grating
           upon
           the
           liberties
           and
           properties
           of
           others
           ,
           Al
           the
           Laws
           ,
           which
           were
           of
           equity
           (
           and
           held
           proportion
           with
           that
           rule
           
             Do
             unto
             all
             Men
             as
             you
             would
             they
             should
             do
             unto
             you
          
           )
           were
           by
           
             Iustinian
          
           drawn
           in
           Canons
           ,
           and
           are
           stil
           used
           in
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           called
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           but
           though
           here
           were
           a
           good
           provision
           for
           Laws
           there
           was
           not
           so
           good
           a
           provision
           for
           giving
           Right
           Judgment
           as
           could
           be
           wished
           for
           ;
           because
           the
           interpretation
           of
           the
           Law
           and
           interpretation
           of
           the
           fact
           were
           refer'd
           to
           the
           breast
           of
           one
           man
           which
           was
           thought
           might
           be
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           true
           distribution
           of
           Justice
           ;
           Wherefore
           our
           Auncesters
           in
           this
           Nation
           I
           think
           have
           taken
           the
           most
           satisfying
           course
           ,
           most
           Just
           ,
           most
           free
           ,
           and
           generous
           way
           of
           all
           other
           Nations
           ;
           for
           first
           to
           preserve
           true
           discipline
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Nobility
           our
           Law-giving
           power
           in
           as
           great
           and
           true
           a
           state
           of
           Honor
           and
           Justice
           and
           far
           more
           equitable
           then
           any
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           for
           our
           Prince
           and
           Peers
           have
           this
           priviledg
           only
           of
           constituting
           Laws
           :
           and
           of
           appointing
           Judges
           for
           the
           distribution
           of
           Justice
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           Next
           a
           far
           greater
           liberty
           and
           security
           to
           the
           Commonalty
           because
           though
           they
           make
           not
           the
           Laws
           yet
           they
           contrive
           and
           compose
           al
           the
           Laws
           by
           which
           any
           of
           them
           are
           bound
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           as
           satisfactory
           a
           condition
           as
           can
           be
           contrived
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           tied
           by
           no
           Laws
           but
           such
           as
           himself
           and
           Ancesters
           have
           tied
           and
           bound
           themselves
           by
           their
           own
           consent
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           these
           Law-makers
           after
           sessions
           in
           Parliament
           is
           ended
           are
           as
           subject
           to
           be
           punished
           by
           these
           Laws
           as
           any
           other
           by
           which
           means
           the
           whol
           commonalty
           have
           as
           much
           security
           as
           can
           be
           devised
           ;
           the
           self
           preservation
           of
           the
           devisers
           of
           the
           Law
           themselves
           ,
           being
           the
           buckler
           for
           every
           man
           against
           partiality
           :
           And
           more
           than
           this
           ;
           least
           Laws
           so
           prudently
           
           contrived
           might
           be
           perverted
           in
           the
           dispensation
           ;
           the
           Judges
           are
           restrained
           from
           interpreting
           the
           fact
           of
           the
           delinquent
           who
           is
           to
           be
           tried
           by
           twelve
           of
           his
           Peers
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           their
           own
           case
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           the
           Justice
           imaginable
           is
           in
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Government
           so
           that
           for
           any
           to
           complaine
           and
           say
           he
           can
           not
           have
           Justice
           is
           a
           very
           falsity
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           have
           the
           aforesaid
           administration
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           not
           ;
           he
           may
           have
           his
           remedies
           against
           anywhere
           he
           finds
           the
           default
           or
           obstacle
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           I
           have
           run
           through
           so
           great
           a
           digression
           I
           shall
           returne
           to
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           from
           whence
           I
           swerved
           ;
           These
           Plea's
           I
           say
           coming
           out
           on
           both
           sides
           now
           when
           the
           times
           begin
           to
           calme
           after
           so
           terrible
           a
           tempest
           would
           make
           a
           foraigner
           that
           should
           read
           them
           ,
           think
           we
           had
           nought
           but
           tumultuary
           proceedings
           and
           imagine
           that
           they
           that
           could
           make
           most
           of
           their
           part
           should
           get
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           adversaries
           ;
           certainly
           to
           quiet
           Jealous
           spirits
           it
           is
           very
           necessary
           to
           tel
           such
           if
           they
           be
           lovers
           of
           Justice
           (
           as
           I
           question
           not
           but
           they
           will
           say
           they
           are
           )
           that
           its
           sit
           every
           man
           have
           Justice
           :
           for
           Justice
           is
           the
           maine
           piller
           of
           a
           Nations
           safety
           ;
           for
           as
           in
           our
           bodies
           the
           due
           distribution
           of
           all
           Humors
           to
           every
           part
           its
           due
           and
           the
           preserving
           every
           part
           in
           its
           right
           temper
           and
           composition
           are
           the
           efficient
           causes
           of
           a
           mans
           health
           ,
           unless
           some
           part
           contrary
           to
           Nature
           be
           foul
           ,
           corrupt
           or
           gangrened
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           most
           conducing
           to
           the
           health
           of
           the
           whole
           somtimes
           to
           divert
           the
           nourishment
           and
           Humors
           ,
           somtimes
           to
           cauterise
           ,
           somtimes
           to
           cut
           it
           off
           .
           But
           mark
           !
           this
           is
           when
           it
           transgresses
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           ;
           so
           likewise
           these
           that
           make
           Pleas
           for
           their
           losses
           if
           they
           have
           not
           transgressed
           any
           known
           Laws
           that
           were
           in
           force
           before
           their
           fact
           (
           objected
           )
           were
           committed
           :
           t
           is
           fit
           the
           due
           distribution
           of
           Justice
           of
           giving
           every
           man
           his
           due
           ,
           procure
           them
           a
           restitution
           to
           what
           they
           have
           been
           by
           the
           distempers
           of
           the
           times
           deprived
           of
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           have
           transgressed
           any
           such
           known
           Laws
           ,
           that
           were
           in
           force
           before
           their
           fact
           ,
           then
           let
           them
           in
           Gods
           name
           receive
           the
           penalties
           ,
           allotted
           by
           those
           Laws
           for
           such
           trespasses
           ,
           and
           none
           other
           :
           this
           is
           the
           true
           birth
           right
           of
           every
           free-borne
           English
           man
           and
           this
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           in
           Justice
           .
        
         
         
           On
           the
           Contrary
           if
           they
           that
           are
           in
           possession
           whether
           benefices
           or
           other
           purchased
           Lands
           have
           such
           true
           Titles
           to
           their
           Possessions
           as
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           land
           shall
           justifie
           ,
           we
           cannot
           think
           such
           injustice
           can
           be
           permitted
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           to
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           expelled
           contrary
           to
           Laws
           ,
           of
           which
           his
           Royal
           Proclaimation
           hath
           given
           them
           assurance
           :
           but
           if
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           wil
           not
           Justifie
           their
           possessions
           ,
           't
           is
           great
           injustice
           they
           should
           hold
           them
           both
           to
           the
           detriment
           of
           those
           in
           present
           ,
           that
           ought
           to
           enjoy
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           an
           il
           example
           or
           encouragement
           to
           others
           to
           enrich
           themselves
           out
           of
           others
           ruines
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           for
           without
           a
           Buyer
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Seller
           ;
           therefore
           where
           the
           Law
           did
           not
           Justifie
           that
           Title
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           bargain
           .
           In
           the
           name
           of
           God
           let
           Justice
           frustrate
           ,
           and
           restore
           to
           the
           just
           owner
           according
           to
           the
           true
           Title
           ,
           and
           let
           not
           our
           Age
           seek
           to
           justifie
           wrong
           by
           a
           post
           fact
           Law
           ,
           for
           which
           these
           Kingdoms
           have
           already
           felt
           such
           sore
           Judgments
           ;
           one
           such
           Law
           to
           take
           the
           blood
           of
           one
           man
           in
           that
           nature
           hath
           been
           revenged
           upon
           the
           whole
           three
           nations
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           many
           ;
           and
           should
           post
           fact
           lawes
           be
           now
           created
           to
           take
           the
           Estates
           of
           those
           which
           were
           not
           forfeitable
           by
           Laws
           extant
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           forfeiture
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           do
           not
           revenge
           it
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           upon
           the
           three
           Nations
           and
           lay
           al
           of
           them
           desolate
           ;
           Rom.
           7.
           7.
           
           
             What
             shal
             we
             say
             then
             is
             the
             Law
             sin
             ?
             God
             forbid
             .
             Nay
             ,
             I
             had
             not
             known
             sin
             but
             by
             the
             Law
             for
             I
             had
             not
             known
             sin
             except
             the
             Law
             had
             said
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             covet
             :
          
           Where
           there
           is
           any
           forfeiture
           of
           an
           Estate
           there
           needs
           no
           post
           fact
           Law
           to
           confirm
           it
           ,
           for
           that
           Law
           which
           makes
           a
           man
           an
           offender
           ,
           hath
           the
           forfeiture
           annexed
           to
           it
           ;
           
             If
             post
             fact
             Laws
             be
             allowed
             ,
             Who
             knows
             when
             he
             does
             amiss
             ?
          
           Therefore
           both
           dispossessed
           and
           Possessors
           ,
           gainers
           and
           loosers
           ,
           if
           ye
           agree
           in
           nothing
           else
           ,
           agree
           in
           this
           one
           voyce
           ;
           
             Fiat
             Iustitia
             .
          
           You
           would
           be
           loath
           either
           of
           you
           to
           be
           accounted
           unjust
           ;
           ye
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           your
           own
           Judges
           ,
           the
           Law
           ought
           to
           be
           our
           Judg
           :
           for
           as
           Justice
           is
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           rule
           to
           our
           Law-makers
           in
           making
           their
           Laws
           ,
           to
           shew
           them
           what
           should
           be
           Law
           ;
           so
           should
           the
           Law
           be
           both
           to
           them
           and
           us
           the
           rule
           of
           what
           is
           Justice
           .
           They
           that
           fear
           the
           Law
           are
           partial
           
           and
           of
           a
           Tyranous
           spirit
           seeking
           a
           priviledg
           for
           themselves
           above
           their
           fellows
           ,
           whereas
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Laws
           are
           alwaies
           general
           ,
           &
           priviledg
           or
           punish
           every
           man
           alike
           in
           the
           same
           case
           making
           no
           difference
           to
           any
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           subject
           to
           have
           al
           in
           the
           same
           capacity
           with
           him
           excepting
           only
           such
           as
           are
           impowred
           with
           the
           supream
           oversight
           of
           the
           whol
           .
           To
           prevent
           those
           innumerable
           inconveniences
           which
           such
           (
           should
           they
           be
           in
           hazard
           )
           might
           precipitate
           the
           Nation
           into
           .
           Nevertheless
           by
           that
           exception
           are
           they
           subjected
           as
           much
           or
           more
           to
           the
           bond
           of
           love
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           strength
           ,
           as
           they
           could
           have
           been
           by
           the
           penal
           laws
           but
           with
           far
           more
           security
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Seeing
           therefore
           ,
           that
           Justice
           is
           ,
           that
           general
           priviledg
           wherein
           all
           Just
           and
           equal
           interests
           are
           most
           priviledged
           :
           let
           us
           with
           one
           mind
           think
           of
           no
           other
           Plea
           than
           that
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           so
           provided
           for
           by
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Parliament
           now
           sitting
           that
           there
           will
           be
           no
           need
           of
           promoting
           any
           pleas
           for
           it
           :
           for
           no
           man
           petitions
           at
           any
           time
           for
           what
           he
           hath
           ,
           but
           what
           he
           wants
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           the
           part
           of
           every
           man
           to
           rest
           satisfied
           in
           expectation
           of
           what
           is
           preparing
           by
           them
           (
           whom
           we
           should
           very
           much
           injure
           )
           to
           think
           would
           omit
           ,
           or
           act
           any
           thing
           that
           Justice
           should
           not
           require
           ;
           but
           when
           any
           such
           thing
           is
           ,
           then
           promote
           Pleas
           for
           Justice
           according
           to
           the
           known
           Laws
           ,
           but
           in
           your
           particular
           Pleas
           to
           make
           such
           objections
           as
           one
           is
           out
           so
           much
           monies
           ,
           and
           is
           like
           to
           be
           ruined
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           deprived
           of
           what
           he
           holds
           ;
           or
           that
           such
           were
           deboist
           in
           their
           lives
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           that
           we
           are
           brought
           to
           poverty
           ,
           those
           that
           possest
           our
           estates
           are
           so
           ,
           or
           so
           ,
           these
           savor
           more
           of
           passion
           than
           reason
           ,
           for
           it
           they
           that
           have
           gamed
           the
           sequestred
           Estates
           have
           them
           by
           Law
           ,
           the
           others
           poverty
           is
           no
           reason
           they
           should
           loose
           their
           right
           :
           but
           if
           the
           others
           have
           lost
           their
           Estates
           without
           Law
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           equity
           but
           that
           Law
           should
           restore
           them
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           the
           debauchery
           laid
           to
           their
           charge
           (
           which
           besides
           is
           to
           be
           proved
           as
           wel
           as
           said
           )
           that
           excuses
           any
           man
           in
           anothers
           right
           ;
           for
           wherof
           a
           man
           is
           legally
           possessed
           ;
           of
           that
           he
           is
           to
           be
           deem'd
           true
           owner
           in
           the
           same
           capacity
           he
           was
           at
           first
           invested
           with
           ,
           til
           the
           Law
           disposess
           him
           again
           ,
           and
           whosoever
           enters
           
           without
           his
           consent
           before
           such
           declaration
           be
           made
           by
           Law
           ,
           hath
           as
           much
           title
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           Thief
           on
           the
           high
           way
           to
           the
           money
           in
           a
           mans
           purse
           ;
           for
           such
           entries
           are
           not
           by
           the
           right
           door
           .
           The
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           are
           the
           right
           door
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           possessions
           .
           
           
             Whoso
             therefore
             comes
             not
             in
             by
             the
             right
             door
             the
             same
             is
             a
             Thief
             and
             a
             Robber
             ,
          
           saith
           Christ
           .
           And
           though
           this
           may
           have
           been
           a
           Judgment
           on
           such
           as
           did
           set
           their
           minds
           too
           to
           much
           upon
           this
           world
           to
           wean
           them
           from
           
             laying
             up
             treasures
             to
             themselves
             upon
             earth
             where
             moth
             and
             rust
             do
             corrupt
             and
             Thieves
             break
             through
             and
             steal
          
           they
           should
           be
           so
           deprived
           that
           they
           might
           
             lay
             up
             treasures
             in
             Heaven
             &c.
             
          
           
           God
           send
           all
           men
           to
           make
           use
           of
           his
           dispensations
           to
           his
           glory
           ,
           he
           can
           renew
           his
           Judgments
           on
           them
           when
           they
           give
           him
           the
           same
           provocation
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           Infirmities
           of
           men
           (
           if
           they
           be
           true
           )
           ought
           not
           to
           bar
           them
           of
           the
           priviledge
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           so
           ought
           not
           the
           excellency
           of
           any
           man
           or
           Saint-like
           Godliness
           (
           to
           cal
           it
           by
           the
           usual
           word
           )
           priviledg
           him
           to
           do
           injustice
           against
           Law
           :
           Nay
           't
           is
           vehemently
           to
           be
           suspected
           that
           where
           a
           godly
           man
           drives
           on
           designs
           of
           depriving
           any
           man
           of
           his
           right
           (
           before
           the
           Law
           hath
           divested
           him
           of
           it
           )
           that
           his
           godliness
           is
           but
           seeming
           not
           reall
           ,
           for
           Justice
           is
           the
           fit
           foundation
           to
           build
           godliness
           on
           ,
           Justice
           may
           be
           where
           godliness
           is
           not
           ,
           but
           godliness
           cannot
           be
           where
           Justice
           is
           not
           :
           therefore
           such
           assertors
           of
           their
           own
           righteousness
           may
           wel
           be
           conjectured
           Pharisee
           like
           less
           Justifiable
           than
           the
           poor
           dejected
           Publican
           ,
           
           for
           though
           they
           are
           more
           circumspect
           in
           Punctillio's
           yet
           they
           omit
           the
           weighty
           matters
           ,
           of
           doing
           Justice
           ,
           Obeying
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Laws
           ;
           and
           this
           their
           desire
           of
           holding
           what
           they
           have
           (
           without
           relation
           had
           to
           the
           Justness
           of
           it
           )
           very
           much
           discovers
           ;
           for
           we
           Judg
           by
           the
           fruits
           ,
           
           not
           the
           flowers
           .
           And
           whereas
           these
           may
           superficially
           for
           a
           mask
           of
           such
           intrusion
           plead
           Orders
           of
           Parliament
           to
           be
           the
           Law
           that
           authorized
           their
           possession
           ;
           't
           is
           very
           wel
           known
           in
           
             England
          
           that
           no
           order
           of
           Parlliament
           was
           ever
           pleaded
           to
           be
           in
           force
           longer
           than
           the
           Session
           of
           that
           Parliament
           which
           made
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           such
           orders
           as
           they
           hold
           necessary
           to
           continue
           were
           drawn
           into
           Acts
           and
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Approbation
           of
           the
           
           King
           :
           therefore
           in
           this
           respect
           their
           Plea
           for
           such
           a
           Title
           is
           now
           fully
           void
           ,
           that
           Parliament
           after
           a
           double
           resurrection
           being
           quite
           rooted
           up
           by
           their
           own
           Act
           ;
           if
           the
           death
           of
           the
           late
           King
           had
           not
           nulled
           it
           before
           :
           next
           't
           is
           observable
           that
           those
           Orders
           they
           can
           plead
           in
           that
           behalf
           were
           made
           by
           scarce
           half
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           the
           other
           half
           being
           removed
           to
           
             Oxford
          
           by
           the
           Kings
           Order
           (
           for
           though
           he
           had
           released
           the
           power
           of
           dissolving
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           that
           of
           removing
           it
           )
           where
           they
           joyntly
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           King
           set
           out
           Proclaimation
           for
           the
           Continuance
           of
           all
           Ministers
           in
           their
           benefices
           til
           duly
           convicted
           and
           ejected
           by
           a
           lawful
           authority
           :
           so
           that
           to
           any
           unbyassed
           man
           such
           a
           Proclimation
           had
           much
           more
           reason
           to
           be
           regarded
           than
           any
           they
           can
           plead
           to
           the
           Contrary
           :
           as
           to
           other
           sequestrations
           ,
           they
           ,
           and
           these
           too
           ,
           have
           only
           one
           excuse
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           Wars
           then
           in
           the
           Land
           (
           the
           Justness
           of
           which
           (
           that
           things
           may
           come
           to
           a
           composure
           )
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           examined
           )
           which
           procured
           many
           things
           as
           necessary
           that
           could
           not
           be
           Justified
           in
           peace
           ,
           for
           
             Inter
             arma
             silent
             leges
          
           )
           to
           which
           nevertheless
           it
           may
           very
           well
           be
           answered
           that
           though
           sequestrations
           were
           then
           necessitated
           ,
           yet
           since
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           that
           the
           daies
           of
           oppression
           and
           violence
           should
           be
           shortened
           by
           procuring
           a
           right
           understanding
           between
           his
           Majesty
           and
           his
           People
           :
           
           God
           forbid
           injustice
           should
           stil
           remain
           ,
           or
           that
           postfact
           Laws
           should
           be
           created
           at
           their
           own
           unjust
           desires
           to
           confirm
           injustice
           because
           it
           hath
           been
           made
           good
           by
           a
           strong
           hand
           ;
           for
           a
           while
           ,
        
         
           But
           here
           may
           be
           infer'd
           the
           old
           Objection
           to
           Law
           and
           Justice
           that
           
             sumum
             jus
          
           is
           
             summa
             injuria
             ;
          
           which
           I
           to
           avoid
           other
           Objections
           willingly
           in
           general
           grant
           :
           but
           if
           these
           use
           this
           as
           a
           reasonable
           Objection
           in
           this
           case
           that
           exactness
           in
           doing
           right
           ,
           be
           great
           wrong
           ,
           what
           is
           extremity
           of
           wrong
           ;
           surely
           an
           oppression
           beyond
           a
           name
           ;
           Christ
           useth
           this
           kind
           of
           Argument
           ;
           
           
             If
             the
             light
             that
             is
             in
             them
             be
             darkness
             ,
             then
             how
             great
             is
             that
             darkness
             ?
          
           so
           if
           the
           very
           extremity
           of
           Justice
           (
           pressed
           against
           these
           men
           )
           shal
           be
           thought
           great
           wrong
           ?
           what
           wrong
           do
           they
           think
           those
           suffered
           ,
           that
           lost
           wrongfully
           all
           they
           had
           ,
           thus
           long
           ;
           certainly
           they
           may
           be
           somthing
           sensible
           when
           they
           think
           ,
           and
           reflect
           
           on
           these
           things
           ;
           I
           wish
           they
           may
           and
           repent
           for
           somthing
           else
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           are
           permitted
           to
           do
           injustice
           no
           longer
           ,
           for
           as
           hitherto
           that
           hath
           appeared
           their
           greatest
           trouble
           ,
           not
           for
           what
           ill
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           but
           for
           what
           they
           cannot
           do
           .
           But
           this
           is
           no
           Godly
           sorrow
           .
        
         
           But
           having
           admitted
           the
           Objection
           made
           against
           the
           beauty
           and
           benefit
           of
           true
           Justice
           ,
           I
           say
           
             England
          
           hath
           made
           Happy
           provision
           in
           that
           behalf
           ,
           for
           in
           deciding
           controversies
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           to
           mitigate
           the
           rigor
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           proprieties
           ;
           and
           in
           matters
           Capital
           because
           they
           are
           all
           
             Culpae
             lesae
             Majestatis
             ,
          
           they
           have
           their
           mitigation
           in
           the
           Kings
           breast
           ;
           whose
           perogative
           is
           to
           remit
           punishments
           that
           are
           against
           his
           royalty
           or
           Person
           ;
           as
           he
           shall
           in
           his
           clemency
           see
           reason
           for
           it
           :
           not
           medling
           usually
           with
           any
           mans
           propriety
           .
           But
           neither
           of
           these
           can
           give
           any
           relief
           in
           this
           case
           to
           them
           that
           plead
           for
           mitigation
           ;
           for
           these
           can
           but
           moderate
           the
           rigor
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           by
           extenuating
           or
           remitting
           the
           penalty
           that
           is
           subject
           to
           their
           prerogatives
           ,
           but
           cannot
           lay
           it
           on
           the
           shoulders
           of
           them
           that
           ought
           not
           to
           bear
           it
           ;
           for
           't
           were
           a
           miserable
           doing
           of
           equity
           to
           the
           guilty
           ,
           by
           obtruding
           injustice
           on
           the
           guiltless
           .
           We
           have
           many
           Commands
           and
           examples
           for
           being
           mercifull
           in
           our
           Justice
           ,
           but
           none
           ,
           that
           our
           mercy
           to
           offenders
           should
           make
           us
           unjust
           ,
           and
           cruel
           to
           the
           innocent
           ;
           't
           were
           a
           strange
           sentence
           if
           a
           Judg
           from
           the
           Bench
           giving
           Judgment
           on
           a
           Criminall
           guilty
           of
           Burglary
           or
           such
           like
           offence
           should
           say
           ,
           
             By
             the
             Law
             thou
             oughtest
             to
             die
             ,
             nevertheless
             that
             mercy
             may
             abate
             this
             rigor
             thou
             shalt
             but
             be
             half
             hanged
             ,
             and
             he
             whom
             thou
             hast
             robbed
             shal
             be
             half
             hanged
             with
             thee
             ,
          
           but
           far
           worse
           if
           he
           should
           hang
           the
           innocent
           and
           let
           the
           offender
           enjoy
           his
           booty
           ,
           the
           transferring
           the
           sentence
           ,
           or
           part
           on
           the
           innocent
           is
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           and
           holds
           proportion
           very
           wel
           ,
           if
           the
           Innocent
           must
           lose
           their
           whole
           or
           part
           of
           their
           estates
           against
           Law
           ,
           to
           save
           the
           losses
           of
           such
           as
           ought
           to
           be
           punished
           for
           their
           unjust
           intrusion
           ,
           besides
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           estates
           so
           gotten
           .
           But
           if
           these
           lay
           a
           farther
           stress
           on
           the
           argument
           of
           his
           Majesties
           referring
           all
           to
           the
           sentence
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           I
           say
           God
           forbid
           ,
           that
           there
           could
           be
           such
           a
           thing
           in
           
             England
          
           as
           an
           unjust
           Parliament
           .
           Unjust
           Factions
           ,
           and
           
           pieces
           of
           mock
           Parliaments
           we
           have
           too
           sensibly
           felt
           ,
           but
           to
           imagine
           that
           a
           whole
           Parliament
           free
           from
           force
           ,
           or
           fear
           can
           be
           so
           perverted
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Blasphemy
           against
           the
           dignity
           of
           so
           Eminent
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           so
           fundamental
           in
           our
           Constitution
           of
           Governments
           as
           that
           is
           ;
           And
           although
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           been
           gratiously
           pleas'd
           in
           his
           clemency
           to
           submit
           these
           matters
           of
           Controversie
           to
           their
           composure
           ;
           his
           yeilding
           to
           their
           arbritration
           will
           not
           by
           them
           be
           deemed
           a
           sufficient
           warrant
           for
           them
           to
           be
           unjust
           in
           their
           umpirage
           .
           If
           the
           matter
           in
           Controversie
           belong
           to
           one
           of
           the
           parties
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           called
           an
           equal
           Arbitration
           if
           the
           Umpire
           shal
           part
           it
           between
           both
           parties
           ,
           Equity
           consists
           in
           doing
           Justice
           ,
           but
           stil
           upon
           lawful
           considerations
           ;
           so
           it
           suffers
           not
           the
           Morgagee
           to
           take
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           the
           Morgager
           ;
           but
           it
           alwaies
           provides
           that
           the
           morgagee
           shal
           have
           no
           loss
           neither
           in
           principal
           nor
           interest
           ;
           because
           the
           Law
           makes
           the
           bargain
           ,
           a
           just
           bargain
           on
           both
           parts
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Law
           Justifies
           not
           the
           alienation
           ;
           why
           one
           man
           should
           be
           justified
           in
           buying
           anothers
           right
           of
           them
           that
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           it
           ;
           not
           any
           thing
           to
           color
           such
           sales
           or
           disposures
           more
           than
           a
           Thief
           that
           it
           too
           strong
           for
           a
           man
           ;
           wil
           never
           seem
           reasonable
           .
           God
           be
           thanked
           Right
           ,
           and
           Might
           ,
           were
           never
           made
           
             termini
             convertibiles
          
           til
           of
           late
           when
           our
           nation
           through
           the
           violence
           of
           the
           Feaver
           it
           labored
           withal
           suffered
           a
           
             delirium
             ,
          
           hideous
           Fancies
           crept
           into
           the
           seat
           of
           Reason
           ,
           misinforming
           the
           whol
           .
           
             Solomon
          
           hath
           given
           us
           a
           very
           imitable
           example
           to
           follow
           in
           our
           arbitrations
           ;
           for
           though
           like
           a
           wise
           Arbitrator
           he
           pretended
           the
           division
           of
           the
           Child
           between
           the
           true
           Mother
           and
           the
           false
           ;
           yet
           having
           by
           that
           found
           out
           the
           truth
           ,
           
             he
             restord
             the
             Child
             whol
             and
             living
             to
             the
             right
             Mother
          
           with
           the
           applause
           of
           all
           for
           his
           Justice
           and
           Wisdom
           ;
           
           my
           hopes
           and
           prayers
           shal
           be
           :
           that
           God
           wil
           not
           suffer
           either
           his
           Wisdom
           or
           Justice
           to
           shine
           less
           in
           our
           Senators
           than
           in
           
             Solomon
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           if
           they
           make
           that
           other
           general
           Plea
           that
           their
           acquiesing
           to
           the
           return
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ought
           to
           be
           Considerable
           in
           mitigating
           the
           Rigor
           of
           Justice
           ,
           &
           his
           return
           ought
           to
           procure
           such
           an
           Union
           as
           to
           take
           away
           all
           animosities
           and
           distinctions
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           they
           together
           with
           others
           might
           make
           one
           harmonious
           body
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           yeilded
           up
           to
           any
           severity
           more
           than
           others
           ;
           I
           answer
           first
           that
           not
           one
           of
           a
           hundred
           interressed
           in
           any
           such
           unjust
           acquests
           ,
           had
           the
           least
           good
           liking
           
           to
           this
           revolution
           ,
           but
           as
           much
           as
           in
           then
           lay
           ,
           both
           with
           body
           ,
           &
           mind
           endeavor'd
           all
           such
           meant
           to
           hinder
           it
           ,
           as
           was
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           contrive
           ;
           by
           which
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Nation
           are
           not
           so
           obliged
           to
           them
           in
           point
           of
           gratitude
           as
           some
           of
           them
           pretend
           :
           And
           farther
           though
           that
           consideration
           ,
           were
           eminent
           enough
           to
           obliterate
           all
           past
           disaffections
           (
           though
           visibly
           it
           be
           far
           otherwise
           )
           yet
           ought
           not
           far
           greater
           merits
           than
           they
           can
           plead
           for
           ,
           to
           priviledg
           them
           more
           than
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           fellow-subjects
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           be
           continued
           in
           such
           Possessions
           ,
           as
           the
           Common
           Laws
           of
           the
           land
           wil
           not
           Justifie
           them
           in
           ;
           are
           not
           they
           made
           above
           Law
           to
           their
           advantage
           ?
           and
           others
           whose
           right
           the
           Law
           saies
           it
           is
           ,
           oppressed
           against
           Laws
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           it
           should
           pass
           thus
           ;
           breach
           of
           Laws
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           &c.
           would
           be
           rewarded
           with
           privildges
           above
           and
           against
           Laws
           ;
           and
           Duty
           Obedience
           ,
           Conformity
           to
           Laws
           ,
           Honesty
           ,
           good
           Conscience
           and
           loyalty
           (
           which
           let
           me
           tel
           you
           is
           no
           smal
           virtue
           in
           any
           Member
           of
           a
           body
           politicko
           )
           ppressed
           contrary
           to
           Law
           and
           equity
           :
           which
           were
           a
           pestilent
           perverting
           of
           the
           very
           essential
           constitution
           of
           al
           Governments
           ;
           and
           a
           poyson
           beyond
           al
           Antidotes
           ;
           for
           as
           Justice
           is
           the
           greatest
           maintainer
           ,
           &
           efficient
           cause
           of
           the
           wel
           being
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           so
           injustice
           ,
           the
           greatest
           poyson
           &
           destroyer
           that
           can
           be
           permitted
           ;
           but
           that
           Government
           that
           shal
           prescribe
           so
           broad
           a
           way
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           it
           ,
           like
           a
           dispairing
           man
           provides
           the
           readiest
           instrument
           for
           its
           own
           destruction
           that
           may
           be
           ;
           and
           renders
           it self
           highly
           guilty
           of
           self
           murder
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           pleads
           still
           with
           the
           most
           equitable
           moderation
           but
           for
           equity
           on
           all
           parts
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           have
           all
           the
           same
           Laws
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           my
           drift
           to
           urge
           rigor
           at
           all
           against
           the
           greatest
           offenders
           whatsoever
           :
           but
           shal
           while
           I
           breath
           desire
           so
           much
           Justice
           that
           Laws
           may
           be
           equally
           general
           to
           all
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           so
           little
           deserts
           the
           worst
           of
           subjects
           might
           not
           have
           their
           unjust
           actions
           countenanced
           nor
           the
           truest
           subjects
           for
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           love
           both
           to
           King
           and
           Laws
           ,
           Country
           ,
           and
           Justice
           be
           injur'd
           by
           post
           fact
           laws
           ,
           such
           things
           as
           no
           honest
           man
           !
           that
           made
           Conscience
           of
           his
           actions
           ,
           would
           ever
           need
           ;
           No
           modest
           man
           !
           that
           did
           not
           arrogantly
           seek
           to
           priviledg
           his
           unjustifiable
           actions
           ,
           could
           ever
           have
           impudence
           to
           demand
           ;
           So
           barbarous
           are
           they
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           but
           one
           Nation
           ,
           or
           rather
           herd
           of
           wolvish
           Tartars
           that
           even
           own'd
           them
           ;
           These
           are
           those
           Spiders
           Webs
           ,
           that
           catch
           only
           the
           laboring
           Bees
           ,
           but
           let
           ravenous
           Waspes
           ,
           and
           Hornets
           go
           free
           ;
           and
           since
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           are
           still
           endeavored
           to
           be
           
           made
           so
           mischeivous
           to
           this
           Nation
           ;
           we
           have
           as
           much
           reason
           to
           insert
           them
           into
           our
           lettany
           as
           the
           Plague
           ,
           Pestilence
           ,
           or
           Famin
           ;
           and
           indeed
           the
           Judgment
           that
           such
           Laws
           are
           like
           to
           bring
           upon
           us
           ,
           may
           give
           all
           good
           men
           just
           cause
           to
           say
           :
           
             From
             Post-fact
             Laws
             and
             the
             contrivers
             of
             them
             good
             Lord
             deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           last
           Asylum
           .
           Or
           resuge
           that
           those
           Law
           breakers
           have
           for
           themselves
           to
           say
           that
           others
           are
           wicked
           ,
           themselves
           good
           ,
           others
           profane
           themselves
           holy
           ,
           others
           Devils
           ,
           themselves
           Saints
           ;
           and
           many
           expressions
           of
           like
           Nature
           ;
           first
           let
           me
           tell
           them
           t
           is
           an
           ill
           signe
           for
           people
           to
           speak
           well
           of
           themselves
           ;
           and
           no
           Law
           either
           of
           God
           or
           man
           in
           any
           Nation
           ever
           accepted
           of
           a
           mans
           testimony
           in
           his
           own
           cause
           ;
           and
           Christ
           himself
           denies
           it
           of
           himself
           :
           though
           the
           transcendency
           of
           his
           person
           might
           have
           priviledged
           him
           without
           being
           an
           example
           of
           the
           like
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           belike
           he
           foresaw
           of
           how
           il
           consequence
           it
           might
           be
           ,
           to
           leave
           such
           an
           example
           :
           therefore
           saith
           .
           
           
             If
             I
             bear
             witness
             of
             my self
             my
             witness
             is
             not
             true
             .
          
           Mens
           own
           words
           are
           no
           testimony
           in
           their
           own
           cause
           ;
           next
           let
           me
           tel
           them
           ,
           t
           is
           so
           Pharisaical
           a
           trick
           ,
           that
           though
           perchance
           it
           should
           proove
           true
           ,
           it
           wil
           make
           others
           Judg
           of
           them
           as
           the
           Gospel
           censures
           the
           Pharises
           ,
           alwaies
           joyning
           the
           Name
           of
           Hypocrites
           ;
           
             Wo
             to
             you
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             Hypocrites
             ,
          
           
           for
           self
           Justification
           when
           not
           necessary
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           a
           man
           from
           some
           imputation
           laid
           to
           his
           charge
           is
           a
           common
           badg
           of
           Hypocrisie
           ;
           and
           next
           ,
           this
           (
           as
           is
           before
           mentioned
           )
           is
           no
           Justification
           of
           a
           wrong
           .
           Nay
           't
           is
           a
           notable
           return
           that
           those
           that
           intrude
           upon
           such
           specious
           holiness
           ,
           unjustly
           ,
           are
           more
           wicked
           in
           such
           an
           extortion
           than
           all
           they
           can
           object
           to
           the
           wronged
           party
           ,
           wil
           render
           him
           guilty
           of
           :
           and
           are
           so
           ,
           very
           justly
           disrobed
           of
           their
           own
           holy
           Cloak
           that
           cover'd
           their
           covetousness
           .
           Such
           Boasters
           are
           very
           wel
           resembled
           by
           the
           Peacock
           which
           gives
           a
           glorious
           shew
           with
           his
           spread
           traine
           forwards
           ,
           sees
           it
           himself
           and
           walks
           stately
           with
           the
           conceit
           of
           his
           glorious
           appearance
           .
           But
           to
           them
           that
           veiw
           him
           round
           ;
           behind
           his
           Feathers
           are
           dark
           colord
           and
           unseemly
           and
           his
           Feet
           black
           and
           uncomly
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           so
           easily
           discover'd
           when
           he
           gives
           not
           standers
           by
           ,
           occasion
           to
           observe
           him
           by
           his
           pride
           .
           If
           therfore
           these
           men
           did
           not
           so
           much
           cry
           up
           their
           own
           holiness
           and
           others
           Prophaneness
           :
           their
           imperfections
           might
           pass
           less
           noted
           ,
           but
           to
           cure
           such
           arrogancy
           there
           is
           no
           way
           but
           to
           let
           them
           see
           the
           blackness
           of
           the
           feet
           they
           stand
           on
           ,
           that
           Peacock
           like
           they
           may
           let
           fal
           their
           boasting
           with
           shame
           ;
           I
           mean
           to
           give
           them
           a
           remembrance
           of
           the
           unjust
           extortion
           ,
           which
           they
           conceald
           under
           
           the
           specious
           covering
           of
           reformation
           and
           zeal
           ;
           for
           whilest
           they
           make
           these
           gay
           pretences
           ;
           they
           rob
           others
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           foment
           the
           divisions
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           the
           procuring
           of
           much
           effusion
           of
           blood
           ;
           and
           much
           more
           mischeif
           that
           might
           be
           reckoned
           ;
           now
           if
           they
           would
           look
           upon
           these
           deformities
           sure
           they
           would
           never
           boast
           of
           their
           Saint
           like
           appearance
           ;
           T
           is
           not
           for
           a
           man
           to
           boast
           of
           godliness
           and
           urge
           breach
           of
           Laws
           ;
           or
           to
           say
           they
           feed
           the
           flocks
           ,
           that
           rob
           the
           true
           Shep-heards
           put
           in
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           and
           
             Paul
          
           both
           give
           other
           Ruls
           ;
           
             Submit
             your selves
             to
             every
             ordinance
             of
             man
             ,
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             ;
             
             whether
             it
             be
             to
             the
             King
             as
             supream
             ,
             or
             unto
             governors
             as
             unto
             them
             that
             are
             sent
             by
             him
             ,
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             evil
             doers
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           So
           that
           t
           is
           not
           mens
           guilded
           behavior
           ,
           but
           their
           obedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           is
           to
           give
           us
           direction
           to
           judg
           of
           their
           goodness
           ;
           this
           makes
           a
           man
           a
           good
           subject
           ,
           without
           which
           (
           what
           ever
           he
           pretend
           to
           )
           he
           can
           never
           be
           a
           Saint
           indeed
           .
           
             Obedience
          
           (
           saith
           
             Samuel
          
           )
           
             is
             better
             than
             Sacrifice
             ;
          
           (
           and
           St.
           
             Iames
          
           )
           
             Shew
             me
             thy
             faith
             by
             thy
             Works
             .
          
           Appearances
           are
           good
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           joyned
           with
           inward
           righteousness
           :
           for
           Christ
           commands
           it
           :
           
           Let
           
             your
             light
             so
             shine
             before
             men
             ;
          
           but
           he
           adds
           ,
           
             That
             they
             may
             see
             your
             ,
             good
             Works
             .
          
           Now
           the
           work
           of
           obedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           is
           the
           great
           and
           weighty
           work
           ,
           as
           is
           shewed
           before
           out
           of
           
             Peter
             :
          
           
           
             T
             is
             not
             the
             tithing
             of
             Mint
             ,
             Annise
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Justifies
           a
           Man
           ,
           
             But
             the
             weighty
             matters
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             Iudgment
             ,
             Mercy
             ,
             Faith
             ;
             these
             ought
             ye
             to
             have
             done
             but
             not
             to
             leave
             the
             other
             undone
             ye
             blind
             guides
             which
             strain
             at
             a
             Guat
             and
             smallow
             a
             Camel
             .
          
           T
           is
           not
           a
           pretence
           of
           scruple
           against
           ceremonies
           ,
           can
           Justifie
           the
           disobedience
           to
           the
           higher
           powers
           ,
           and
           the
           violent
           and
           illegal
           seizing
           of
           others
           mens
           Estates
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Law
           Justifies
           them
           ;
           And
           let
           me
           tel
           them
           it
           makes
           not
           much
           for
           their
           Justification
           or
           Saintedness
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           put
           into
           possession
           by
           the
           Arbitrary
           violence
           of
           such
           a
           power
           ,
           that
           terminated
           in
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           which
           without
           doubt
           bolstred
           themselves
           with
           such
           Appendixes
           as
           should
           be
           necessary
           to
           support
           them
           to
           their
           intended
           mischeif
           :
           T
           is
           a
           wonder
           to
           me
           with
           what
           impudence
           men
           can
           plead
           a
           possession
           from
           so
           villanous
           a
           force
           ,
           no
           more
           justifiable
           ,
           by
           Law
           or
           reason
           than
           any
           common
           robbery
           ;
           not
           see
           I
           how
           any
           one
           that
           holds
           any
           benevolence
           of
           theirs
           ,
           dffers
           any
           more
           from
           their
           crime
           ,
           than
           the
           receiver
           from
           the
           Theif
           ;
           (
           that
           is
           if
           they
           shal
           stand
           upon
           
           maintaining
           the
           possession
           they
           had
           of
           them
           ;
           possibly
           some
           may
           have
           been
           abused
           by
           their
           false
           Glosses
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           persevere
           ;
           their
           fault
           appears
           not
           through
           ignorance
           ,
           but
           willfulness
           ;
           for
           the
           ringleaders
           of
           that
           treasonable
           Practice
           could
           give
           no
           better
           title
           than
           they
           had
           ,
           which
           was
           only
           Violence
           ,
           and
           Rapine
           ;
           do
           not
           then
           they
           partake
           with
           them
           that
           shal
           Justifie
           any
           possession
           from
           their
           Title
           ?
           Nay
           can
           they
           hope
           that
           so
           Free
           a
           Parliament
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           can
           make
           good
           the
           receipt
           of
           their
           roberies
           ?
           No
           ,
           I
           perswade
           my selfe
           too
           many
           of
           them
           have
           felt
           their
           malice
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           have
           known
           their
           cruelty
           and
           injustice
           too
           well
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           consent
           to
           their
           Villanies
           :
           for
           they
           know
           very
           well
           that
           
             Qui
             non
             probibet
             cum
             licet
             ,
             Iubet
             .
          
           And
           I
           am
           confident
           these
           men
           will
           have
           a
           greater
           task
           than
           
             Hercules's
          
           labour
           ,
           to
           prevaile
           with
           so
           eminent
           an
           assembly
           ,
           ever
           to
           justifie
           such
           villanies
           ;
           The
           injustice
           they
           have
           seen
           ,
           will
           make
           them
           too
           fearful
           of
           the
           like
           againe
           ,
           to
           give
           any
           incouragement
           to
           what
           is
           past
           :
           t
           is
           time
           at
           length
           to
           lay
           aside
           Private
           interest
           ,
           and
           advance
           the
           publique
           ;
           which
           can
           be
           no
           way
           provided
           for
           but
           by
           Justice
           ,
           losses
           will
           be
           great
           enough
           to
           the
           loosers
           ,
           do
           what
           can
           be
           done
           ;
           so
           long
           profits
           can
           never
           be
           restor'd
           them
           they
           belonged
           to
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           otherside
           ,
           the
           gains
           will
           be
           too
           great
           to
           them
           that
           have
           deserved
           far
           otherwise
           ;
           how
           strictly
           soever
           they
           be
           call'd
           to
           account
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           be
           certain
           of
           this
           that
           very
           few
           of
           them
           can
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           more
           desperate
           fortune
           that
           they
           began
           withall
           ;
           so
           that
           none
           need
           fear
           overdoing
           on
           this
           hand
           ,
           so
           long
           ryot
           upon
           other
           mens
           Purses
           and
           labors
           ,
           together
           with
           corporal
           impunity
           is
           advantage
           enough
           ,
           Nay
           too
           great
           for
           such
           unacceptable
           Service
           as
           they
           have
           done
           the
           Nation
           ;
           therefore
           I
           think
           it
           will
           be
           the
           most
           reasonable
           ples
           ,
           that
           all
           sufferers
           can
           make
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           have
           Justice
           :
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           their
           oppressors
           wil
           not
           know
           how
           to
           oppose
           their
           desires
           ;
           for
           to
           say
           they
           desire
           no
           Justice
           (
           though
           it
           be
           like
           all
           former
           impudence
           of
           theirs
           )
           they
           perhaps
           are
           yet
           ashamed
           to
           profess
           themselves
           enemies
           to
           it
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           say
           they
           desire
           Justice
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           then
           all
           English
           men
           have
           their
           priviledge
           ;
           and
           one
           plea
           will
           serve
           us
           all
           ;
           but
           by
           their
           fruits
           already
           brought
           forth
           we
           may
           partly
           know
           what
           to
           expect
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           and
           assure
           our selves
           they
           will
           pervert
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           thing
           or
           slink
           into
           obscurity
           least
           now
           the
           light
           of
           truth
           shines
           freely
           every where
           ;
           their
           deformities
           he
           made
           more
           apparent
           ,
           for
           Justice
           is
           the
           light
           and
           life
           of
           
           the
           Body
           Politick
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           the
           window
           to
           let
           that
           light
           into
           all
           parts
           of
           that
           Body
           to
           discover
           ,
           the
           actions
           of
           every
           man
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           that
           hate
           the
           Law
           hate
           the
           light
           ,
           that
           makes
           their
           actions
           appear
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           shrowed
           sign
           of
           their
           own
           conscience
           accusing
           them
           if
           they
           refuse
           to
           be
           tryed
           by
           the
           Laws
           .
           
           
             For
             every
             one
             that
             doth
             evil
             ,
             hateth
             the
             light
             neither
             cometh
             to
             the
             light
             ,
             lest
             his
             deeds
             should
             be
             reprooved
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             doth
             truth
             cometh
             to
             the
             light
             ,
             that
             his
             deeds
             be
             made
             manifest
             that
             they
             are
             wrought
             in
             God
             ?
          
           Let
           us
           therefore
           with
           alacrity
           think
           on
           no
           other
           Plea
           than
           that
           Justice
           may
           be
           afforded
           to
           all
           alike
           ;
           we
           desire
           no
           more
           priviledg
           than
           other
           men
           have
           ,
           and
           we
           desire
           on
           the
           contrary
           they
           may
           have
           no
           more
           than
           we
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           
             Post-fact
             Laws
          
           may
           be
           made
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           any
           perticular
           mans
           interest
           ;
           but
           that
           as
           God
           hath
           ordained
           from
           the
           beginning
           one
           only
           truth
           and
           one
           Catholick
           Church
           universally
           dispensable
           to
           all
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           Nation
           in
           Imitation
           to
           his
           ordering
           of
           the
           Oeconomy
           of
           the
           universe
           ;
           may
           have
           one
           general
           maintainance
           of
           his
           truth
           ,
           by
           an
           equal
           and
           general
           dispensation
           fo
           the
           Laws
           ,
           our
           property
           rectified
           and
           secured
           ,
           that
           once
           again
           Justice
           may
           flourish
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           receive
           his
           best
           of
           temperal
           blessings
           PEACE
           and
           Truth
           within
           our
           Walls
           and
           Plenteousness
           in
           our
           Pallaces
           :
           So
           let
           every
           true
           English
           man
           and
           Loyal
           subject
           pray
           .
        
         
           
             These
             Queries
             I
             thought
             fit
             to
             add
             for
             a
             Pallisad
             ,
             about
             what
             hath
             been
             written
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             snarle
             at
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             he
             may
             happily
             first
             break
             his
             Teeth
             against
             these
             following
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Whether
               Might
               ;
               without
               right
               be
               not
               absolute
               Tyranny
               and
               usurpation
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               Whether
               to
               argue
               from
               the
               orders
               and
               injunctions
               of
               violent
               assemblies
               ,
               be
               not
               to
               set
               up
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Sword
               ,
               above
               the
               civil
               power
               ,
               and
               consequently
               a
               changing
               of
               goverment
               ,
               from
               the
               rule
               of
               reason
               to
               be
               ruled
               by
               wil
               ?
            
             
               3.
               
               Whether
               they
               can
               be
               freinds
               to
               a
               Nation
               that
               indeavour
               alteration
               of
               Goverment
               by
               force
               .
               Contrary
               to
               the
               will
               of
               all
               parties
               related
               to
               such
               a
               Goverment
               ?
            
             
               4.
               
               Whether
               Laws
               are
               not
               to
               be
               the
               rule
               of
               our
               actions
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ?
            
             
               5.
               
               Whether
               it
               be
               Justice
               to
               dispossess
               any
               man
               of
               his
               possession
               ,
               by
               force
               ,
               who
               is
               not
               first
               dispossessed
               by
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Law
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               Whether
               right
               be
               any
               thing
               else
               in
               civil
               societies
               ,
               than
               a
               legal
               warranting
               of
               our
               actions
               or
               claims
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Land
               ?
            
             
               7.
               
               Whether
               a
               violent
               possession
               against
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               be
               Justifiable
               by
               any
               honest
               man
               ,
               good
               Christian
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               than
               a
               new
               fashion'd
               Saint
               ?
            
             
               8.
               
               Whether
               :
               
                 Vir
                 bonus
                 est
                 quis
                 ?
                 Qui
                 consulta
                 patrum
                 qui
                 leges
                 Iuraque
                 ,
                 servat
                 .
              
               Be
               not
               a
               sufficient
               character
               to
               know
               an
               honest
               man
               by
               ?
            
             
               9.
               
               And
               Lastly
               ,
               Whether
               Post-fact
               Laws
               ,
               be
               not
               the
               most
               Arbitrary
               Imposition
               that
               can
               be
               contrived
               ,
               and
               whether
               it
               be
               possible
               to
               avoid
               such
               snares
               if
               they
               should
               be
               allowed
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67913e-340
           
             Nich.
             Machiav
             .
             Disput.
             de
             Rep.
             Cap.
             27.
             
          
           
             Tullij
             .
             Offic.
             Lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             ,
             10.
             1.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Luke
             ,
             18.
             11.
             
          
           
             Math.
             7.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mark
             ,
             13
             20.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             3.
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             ,
             5.
             31.
             33.
             
          
           
             Math.
             ●3
             .
             v.
             23.
             27
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             1
             Peter
             ,
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             1.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Math.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             Math.
             23.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             ,
             3.
             20.