Evangelium armatum, A specimen, or short collection of several doctrines and positions destructive to our government, both civil and ecclesiastical preached and vented by the known leaders and abetters of the pretended reformation such as Mr. Calamy, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Case, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Caryll, Mr. Marshall, and others, &c.
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             Evangelium armatum, A specimen, or short collection of several doctrines and positions destructive to our government, both civil and ecclesiastical preached and vented by the known leaders and abetters of the pretended reformation such as Mr. Calamy, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Case, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Caryll, Mr. Marshall, and others, &c.
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           Evangelium
           Armatum
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Specimen
             ;
             or
             Short
          
           COLLECTION
           Of
           several
           Doctrines
           and
           Positions
           destructive
           to
           our
           GOVERNMENT
           BOTH
           CIVIL
           and
           ECCLESIASTICAL
           ;
        
         
           
             Preached
             and
             Vented
          
        
         
           By
           the
           known
           Leaders
           and
           Abetters
           of
           the
           pretended
           REFORMATION
           such
           as
           ,
           Mr.
           Calamy
           .
           Mr.
           Jenkins
           .
           Mr.
           Case
           .
           Mr.
           Baxter
           .
           Mr.
           Caryll
           .
           Mr.
           Marshall
           .
           And
           Others
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Garret
          
           ,
           1663.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           AT
           this
           notable
           season
           and
           great
           crisis
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           in
           which
           Parties
           are
           so
           high
           ,
           Factions
           so
           restless
           ,
           and
           Discontents
           so
           general
           ,
           I
           know
           none
           so
           likely
           a
           means
           to
           resettle
           and
           confirm
           our
           shaking
           Fabrick
           ,
           as
           to
           disabuse
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           redeem
           their
           Understandings
           from
           a
           Captivity
           to
           those
           guides
           ,
           who
           have
           Preached
           and
           Lectured
           them
           into
           these
           miseries
           and
           confusions
           .
           I
           have
           observed
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           true
           Piety
           alone
           that
           must
           save
           men
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           the
           shew
           and
           pretence
           of
           Piety
           that
           governs
           them
           .
           A
           maxim
           so
           verified
           by
           the
           late
           transactions
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           Basis
           and
           ground-work
           of
           all
           the
           Villany
           that
           has
           been
           acted
           upon
           the
           stage
           of
           these
           miserable
           Kingdoms
           ,
           has
           been
           to
           beget
           and
           fix
           in
           the
           People
           this
           Belief
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           Design
           drove
           on
           by
           the
           Actors
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           the
           advancement
           
           of
           the
           Purity
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           godliness
           .
           So
           that
           the
           People
           were
           brought
           at
           length
           to
           digest
           Civil
           War
           ,
           the
           cutting
           of
           Throats
           ,
           wresting
           away
           Estates
           ,
           and
           the
           Murder
           and
           Banishment
           of
           Princes
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           all
           this
           was
           called
           Reformation
           But
           since
           it
           is
           not
           imaginable
           ,
           how
           men
           could
           quit
           the
           first
           infusions
           of
           honest
           education
           ,
           and
           debauch
           the
           known
           Principles
           of
           Nature
           and
           Religion
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           at
           first
           to
           tremble
           and
           start
           at
           these
           Villanies
           ,
           it
           follows
           that
           they
           must
           needs
           have
           been
           insensibly
           wrought
           up
           to
           them
           by
           some
           predominant
           Perswasion
           ,
           that
           by
           degrees
           lessened
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           totally
           subdued
           those
           preconceived
           Dictates
           of
           Nature
           and
           Religion
           to
           a
           compliance
           with
           such
           Practices
           :
           And
           this
           was
           no
           other
           than
           a
           blind
           and
           Furious
           Opinion
           of
           the
           extraordinary
           Piety
           of
           those
           Teachers
           ,
           who
           pretending
           more
           intimate
           acquaintance
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           immediate
           possession
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           Plenipotentiary
           Commissioners
           ,
           and
           Embassadors
           from
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           animated
           the
           People
           to
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           .
           And
           still
           they
           endeavour
           to
           captivate
           their
           Pity
           ,
           by
           a
           bold
           and
           impudent
           insinuation
           of
           these
           two
           things
           ,
           
             That
             they
             are
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             That
             they
             are
             persecuted
          
           .
           For
           experience
           shews
           that
           the
           Opinion
           of
           Persecution
           naturally
           moves
           men
           to
           Pity
           ,
           and
           Pity
           presently
           turns
           into
           Love
           ,
           and
           whom
           men
           love
           ,
           they
           are
           easily
           brought
           to
           defend
           .
           But
           I
           doubt
           not
           to
           any
           unprejudiced
           Reader
           so
           to
           divest
           them
           of
           these
           pretences
           ,
           and
           stripping
           them
           of
           their
           sheeps
           cloathing
           to
           represent
           them
           as
           naked
           as
           Truth
           ,
           &
           as
           deformed
           as
           Error
           &
           Seduction
           .
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           
             Their
             being
             the
             People
             of
             God.
          
           I
           demand
           whether
           true
           Piety
           is
           consistent
           with
           the
           known
           abetment
           of
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           of
           God
           :
           and
           then
           whether
           the
           Preaching
           taking
           up
           Arms
           ,
           and
           raising
           a
           War
           against
           our
           Lawfull
           Prince
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           sin
           deeply
           dyed
           
           with
           both
           these
           Qualifications
           .
           That
           the
           latter
           of
           these
           is
           undeniable
           ,
           and
           the
           former
           justly
           chargeable
           upon
           them
           ,
           let
           the
           ensuing
           System
           of
           Principles
           speak
           ,
           which
           they
           vented
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           their
           Auditors
           Commented
           upon
           by
           all
           the
           hideous
           massacres
           since
           acted
           by
           them
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           those
           Doctrines
           and
           assertions
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           let
           men
           impartially
           read
           them
           over
           and
           see
           ,
           Whether
           that
           Religion
           can
           be
           called
           Pure
           ,
           that
           is
           so
           far
           from
           Peaceable
           .
           And
           for
           a
           further
           Test
           of
           their
           Piety
           ;
           I
           demand
           Whether
           an
           Oath
           be
           not
           the
           most
           sacred
           and
           dreadfull
           Obligation
           that
           can
           be
           fastned
           upon
           the
           Conscience
           of
           man
           :
           and
           whether
           their
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           were
           not
           such
           an
           one
           ?
           upon
           which
           Concessions
           ,
           I
           demand
           further
           ,
           what
           strain
           of
           Piety
           could
           warrant
           these
           Ministers
           to
           send
           their
           Congregations
           (
           as
           the
           chief
           of
           them
           did
           )
           with
           full
           discharge
           from
           the
           Bonds
           of
           that
           Oath
           ,
           to
           wage
           war
           against
           their
           King
           ?
           what
           Prerogative
           in
           Religion
           could
           authorise
           them
           to
           obtrude
           an
           Oath
           and
           Covenant
           contradictory
           to
           their
           former
           Oaths
           ,
           upon
           those
           Consciences
           ,
           that
           groaned
           with
           horror
           and
           reluctancy
           under
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           former
           Obligations
           ?
           Till
           they
           can
           here
           either
           deny
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           writ
           in
           Characters
           of
           bloud
           legible
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           or
           can
           reconcile
           these
           matters
           of
           Fact
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           I
           demand
           of
           them
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           what
           account
           they
           will
           give
           before
           the
           great
           Tribunal
           of
           God
           for
           having
           with
           so
           much
           solemnity
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           shew
           of
           Piety
           ;
           and
           profession
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           deceived
           the
           People
           into
           these
           execrable
           practices
           ,
           enough
           to
           stink
           the
           Protestant
           name
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           what
           excuse
           the
           clear
           light
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           can
           leave
           to
           those
           who
           resigned
           themselves
           up
           to
           be
           deceived
           by
           them
           ?
           But
           as
           the
           Conscience
           being
           once
           broken
           up
           ,
           easily
           lyes
           open
           to
           any
           after
           Breach
           :
           So
           they
           having
           deflowred
           it
           with
           the
           first
           perjury
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           stuck
           
           not
           much
           at
           the
           Engagement
           ,
           a
           Promise
           as
           contradictory
           to
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           the
           Covenant
           it self
           had
           been
           to
           their
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           
             Canonical
             obedience
          
           :
           and
           lastly
           their
           recognising
           and
           doing
           homage
           to
           Cromwell
           ,
           who
           had
           setled
           himself
           with
           the
           Power
           ,
           though
           not
           the
           Title
           of
           King
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           seemed
           no
           less
           to
           throw
           off
           ,
           and
           contradict
           their
           Engagement
           .
           We
           see
           here
           the
           compass
           of
           their
           Religious
           swallow
           .
           All
           oaths
           could
           down
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           none
           hold
           them
           :
           out
           of
           all
           which
           they
           could
           with
           the
           greatest
           facility
           find
           a
           way
           to
           creep
           forth
           ,
           and
           
             interpret
             away
          
           the
           obligation
           of
           an
           Oath
           ,
           as
           easily
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           .
           But
           the
           only
           thing
           these
           thorough-paced
           swearers
           at
           length
           stick
           at
           ,
           is
           the
           Subscription
           lately
           required
           by
           Law
           ,
           made
           and
           enacted
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Royal
           assent
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           legislative
           Power
           this
           Nation
           owns
           .
           This
           they
           cannot
           subscribe
           to
           :
           why
           ?
           because
           they
           cannot
           renounce
           an
           Oath
           imposed
           by
           part
           of
           a
           Rebell
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Royal
           assent
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           they
           swore
           off
           all
           former
           lawfull
           Oaths
           ,
           binding
           themselves
           to
           prosecute
           that
           Rebellious
           War.
           This
           they
           will
           not
           ,
           they
           cannot
           renounce
           ;
           and
           therefore
           desire
           only
           for
           a
           while
           to
           be
           
             dispenced
             with
          
           ,
           and
           Indulged
           ,
           till
           they
           come
           to
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           once
           more
           to
           put
           it
           in
           Execution
           .
           How
           far
           Persons
           owning
           such
           an
           obliga●…ion
           ,
           and
           venting
           such
           maxims
           and
           Doctrines
           as
           are
           here
           faithfully
           and
           truely
           represented
           out
           of
           their
           
             printed
             Sermons
          
           ,
           are
           like
           to
           advance
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           at
           all
           to
           comport
           with
           ,
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           is
           left
           to
           the
           serious
           Consideration
           of
           those
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           preservation
           of
           that
           Peace
           is
           entrusted
           ,
           &
           whose
           Prudence
           being
           alarm
           d
           with
           such
           spiritual
           fire-balls
           ,
           will
           (
           we
           hope
           )
           begin
           to
           look
           about
           ,
           &
           to
           distinguish
           between
           
             Conscience
             &
             Contempt
          
           .
           If
           any
           should
           now
           plead
           their
           being
           instrumental
           to
           the
           reduction
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           their
           vindication
           from
           
           the
           charge
           of
           these
           assertions
           ,
           too
           notorious
           to
           be
           denyed
           ,
           and
           too
           impious
           to
           be
           defended
           ;
           though
           I
           could
           answer
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           not
           at
           all
           beholding
           to
           a
           Chirurgeon
           for
           setting
           that
           leg
           ,
           which
           he
           himself
           first
           put
           out
           of
           joynt
           :
           yet
           I
           desire
           them
           to
           remember
           that
           they
           never
           attempted
           the
           Restauration
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           visibly
           in
           the
           very
           jaws
           of
           the
           Fanaticks
           ,
           who
           were
           then
           seizing
           upon
           their
           Tythes
           and
           Churches
           ,
           the
           last
           morsell
           of
           the
           spiritual
           Revenue
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           shrewdly
           to
           be
           suspected
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           the
           Tythe-pig
           cryed
           lowder
           in
           their
           ears
           ,
           than
           either
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           had
           never
           been
           awakened
           to
           attempt
           that
           ,
           which
           since
           it
           has
           been
           effected
           ,
           so
           many
           of
           them
           have
           not
           obscurely
           repented
           of
           .
           And
           so
           much
           may
           suffice
           to
           answer
           their
           Pretences
           to
           Piety
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           Godliness
           .
           To
           their
           next
           plea
           ,
           
             that
             they
             are
             now
             persecuted
          
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           make
           this
           reply
           ;
           That
           I
           desire
           the
           World
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           those
           Persons
           ,
           who
           turned
           almost
           all
           out
           of
           their
           livings
           ,
           that
           adhered
           to
           their
           lawfull
           Soveraign
           ;
           who
           sent
           suc●…
           ,
           with
           their
           Wives
           and
           Families
           a
           begging
           ,
           as
           durst
           not
           deflower
           their
           Consciences
           with
           down-right
           Perjury
           ;
           and
           having
           sworn
           
             Canonical
             Obedience
          
           to
           the
           most
           Reformed
           Church
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           durst
           not
           by
           a
           contrary
           Oath
           ,
           swear
           and
           endeavour
           its
           extirpation
           .
           Those
           also
           who
           procured
           that
           murdering
           Order
           from
           a
           bloudy
           Tyrant
           and
           Usurper
           ,
           that
           every
           Episcopal
           Divine
           should
           not
           only
           be
           uncapable
           of
           a
           Benefice
           ,
           but
           also
           disabled
           to
           exercise
           any
           act
           of
           his
           ministerial
           Function
           ,
           as
           Preaching
           ,
           Baptizing
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           nor
           yet
           suffered
           to
           get
           some
           little
           subsistence
           by
           teaching
           School
           :
           no
           ,
           nor
           lastly
           to
           live
           in
           any
           Gentlemans
           house
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           Pity
           might
           take
           him
           in
           to
           keep
           him
           from
           Starving
           .
           All
           which
           are
           such
           unheard-of
           Instances
           of
           barbarous
           Tyranny
           ,
           that
           the
           Spight
           of
           the
           Heathen
           
             Neros
             ,
             Dioclesians
             ,
             Julians
          
           ,
           (
           all
           circumstances
           considered
           )
           was
           much
           inferiour
           to
           
           them
           .
           Now
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           desire
           the
           World
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           were
           partly
           the
           Authors
           ,
           partly
           the
           Procurers
           of
           these
           hideous
           ,
           remorseless
           Actions
           ,
           are
           those
           poor
           ,
           gentle
           ,
           suffering
           Lambs
           of
           Christ
           that
           now
           bleat
           out
           Persecution
           .
           Having
           thus
           answered
           their
           pleas
           ,
           or
           rather
           their
           Noise
           ,
           I
           shall
           in
           a
           word
           or
           two
           give
           an
           account
           of
           the
           following
           book
           .
           It
           presents
           us
           first
           with
           a
           short
           Collection
           of
           the
           Sayings
           and
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           great
           Leaders
           and
           Abetters
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Reformation
           ,
           of
           their
           pious
           and
           peaceable
           maxims
           ,
           which
           like
           razors
           set
           with
           oyl
           ,
           cut
           the
           throat
           of
           Majesty
           with
           so
           keen
           a
           smoothness
           :
           and
           then
           to
           bring
           up
           the
           rear
           of
           this
           spiritual
           Brigade
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           to
           shew
           further
           ,
           that
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           Church
           is
           so
           united
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           who
           malign
           one
           ,
           strike
           as
           boldly
           at
           the
           other
           ,
           I
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           bring
           the
           Papists
           and
           the
           Hobbians
           upon
           the
           same
           Stage
           ,
           as
           venting
           Doctrines
           no
           less
           pernicious
           to
           the
           Civil
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           State.
           For
           a
           testimony
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           given
           a
           Taste
           of
           each
           of
           them
           :
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           out
           of
           Mr.
           White
           :
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Leviathan
           ,
           and
           great
           Propagator
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Darkness
           .
           I
           selected
           the
           writings
           of
           Mr.
           White
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           most
           Compendious
           and
           effectual
           way
           of
           Probation
           .
           For
           if
           He
           who
           writes
           ,
           and
           pretends
           enmity
           against
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           for
           being
           Disturbers
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           States
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           underminers
           of
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           this
           ,
           catches
           at
           the
           reputation
           of
           being
           moderate
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           this
           Person
           shall
           yet
           be
           found
           a
           pestilent
           assertor
           of
           such
           maxims
           as
           eat
           out
           the
           Rights
           and
           Titles
           of
           all
           lawfull
           Princes
           ,
           then
           let
           men
           take
           an
           estimate
           of
           their
           known
           Treasons
           and
           King-killing
           Doctrines
           ,
           from
           the
           Poyson
           and
           Virulence
           of
           their
           very
           moderation
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           earnestly
           entreat
           the
           Reader
           diligently
           to
           peruse
           that
           Paragraph
           that
           exhibits
           to
           him
           
           the
           collection
           of
           Mr.
           Whites
           Principles
           .
           I
           have
           this
           now
           in
           the
           last
           place
           to
           add
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           must
           not
           here
           expect
           a
           full
           rehersal
           of
           thes●…
           mens
           Doctrines
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           Taste
           ,
           or
           Specimen
           .
           He
           that
           can
           endure
           the
           raking
           of
           Dunghils
           longer
           than
           I
           can
           ,
           let
           him
           have
           recourse
           to
           their
           Writings
           ,
           let
           him
           lanch
           out
           into
           the
           Ocean
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Pamphlets
           and
           Sermons
           ,
           an
           Ocean
           in
           which
           the
           Papists
           may
           see
           the
           face
           of
           their
           disloyal
           Doctrines
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           Glass
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           the
           Leviathan
           himself
           may
           sport
           ,
           and
           take
           his
           pastime
           .
        
         
           There
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Significance
           in
           that
           Saying
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             that
             Rebellion
             is
             as
             the
             sin
             of
             Witchcraft
             ,
          
           and
           that
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           its
           equal
           malignity
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           its
           peculiar
           Analogy
           and
           cognation
           :
           for
           if
           we
           reflect
           upon
           the
           late
           Instances
           of
           it
           amongst
           our Selves
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           the
           People
           could
           never
           be
           brought
           to
           Rebell
           ,
           till
           their
           Preachers
           had
           first
           Bewitched
           them
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           the
           World
           will
           be
           so
           far
           unbewitched
           ,
           as
           to
           read
           this
           Collection
           ,
           with
           their
           farewell-Sermons
           lately
           printed
           together
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           sale
           with
           so
           much
           Ostenta●…ion
           :
           Of
           which
           I
           shall
           say
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           very
           properly
           be
           called
           Fare-well-Sermons
           ,
           since
           experience
           is
           like
           to
           manifest
           ,
           that
           their
           Con-gregations
           never
           fared
           so
           well
           ,
           as
           when
           such
           Seducers
           preached
           their
           Last
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Mr
           
             Edmund
             Calamies
          
           Theses
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           22.
           
           THE
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           are
           as
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Parliament
           whom
           the
           people
           chuse
           are
           the
           great
           and
           only
           Conservators
           of
           the
           peoples
           liberties
           .
        
         
           p.
           38.
           
           They
           are
           the
           chief
           Magistrate
           ,
           
             Custodes
             &
             vindices
             utriusque
             tabulae
          
           ,
           p.
           37.
           for
           they
           are
           the
           Ministers
           of
           God
           for
           good
           ,
           and
           revengers
           to
           execute
           wrath
           upon
           him
           that
           does
           evill
           ,
           Rom.
           13.
           4.
           
           (
           which
           being
           by
           Saint
           Paul
           expressly
           spoken
           of
           the
           Highest
           Powers
           ,
           he
           applies
           to
           that
           part
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           that
           sat
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           without
           ,
           nay
           ,
           against
           the
           Kings
           command
           .
           )
        
         
           p.
           9.
           
           That
           all
           those
           that
           fought
           under
           the
           Kings
           banner
           ,
           against
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           fought
           themselves
           into
           slavery
           ,
           and
           did
           endeavour
           by
           all
           bloudy
           and
           treacherous
           waies
           to
           subvert
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           p.
           12.
           
           That
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           should
           have
           been
           a
           head
           of
           gold
           ,
           was
           an
           iron
           head
           to
           crush
           its
           own
           body
           in
           pieces
           .
        
         
           p.
           18.
           
           Those
           that
           made
           their
           peace
           with
           him
           at
           Oxford
           (
           by
           returning
           to
           their
           Loyaltie
           ,
           )
           were
           Judasses
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           it
           were
           just
           with
           God
           to
           give
           them
           their
           portion
           with
           Judas
           .
        
         
           p.
           13.
           
           Those
           that
           ingaged
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Covenant
           (
           which
           was
           an
           oath
           for
           their
           goods
           ,
           )
           were
           unjustly
           charged
           with
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           p.
           38.
           
           That
           it
           was
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           and
           it
           shall
           prevail
           at
           last
           .
        
         
           p.
           29.
           
           That
           it
           is
           commendable
           to
           fight
           for
           Peace
           and
           Reformation
           ,
           against
           the
           Kings
           command
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           Mr.
           Calamies
           Doctrines
           in
           his
           Sermon
           preached
           before
           the
           Lords
           ,
           Dec.
           25.
           1644.
           printed
           by
           
             ●…hristopher
             Meredith
          
           by
           his
           own
           appointment
           ;
           directly
           contrary
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           who
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             the
             King
             is
             the
             Supreme
          
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           one
           ,
           or
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parl●…ament
           without
           him
           ;
           contrary
           to
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           who
           ●…ells
           us
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           (
           severally
           ,
           or
           conjunctly
           )
           shall
           resist
           ,
           much
           more
           that
           shall
           fight
           against
           this
           Highest
           Power
           ,
           resist
           the
           ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           shall
           receive
           damnation
           ;
           and
           contrary
           to
           our
           oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           wherein
           we
           acknowledge
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           be
           
             the
             only
             Supreme
             Governour
          
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Jenkins
             Theses
          
           out
           of
           his
           humble
           Petition
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Prisoner
           ;
           Printed
           Octob.
           15.
           1651.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           THat
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           Common
           Wealth
           of
           England
           without
           the
           King
           ,
           1651.
           were
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           2
           That
           Gods
           providences
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           his
           permission
           of
           events
           and
           success
           )
           are
           antecedent
           declarations
           of
           his
           good
           will
           and
           approbation
           .
        
         
           3
           That
           the
           providences
           of
           God
           as
           evidently
           appeared
           in
           removing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           investing
           their
           Honours
           with
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           as
           ever
           they
           appeared
           in
           the
           taking
           away
           ,
           or
           bestowing
           of
           any
           Government
           in
           any
           History
           of
           any
           age
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           4
           That
           a
           refusal
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           this
           Authority
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           upholding
           the
           Title
           of
           any
           one
           upon
           earth
           ,
           is
           a
           refusal
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           wise
           and
           righteous
           pleasure
           of
           God
           ,
           such
           an
           opposing
           of
           the
           Government
           set
           up
           by
           the
           Soverein
           Lord
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           as
           none
           can
           have
           peace
           ,
           either
           in
           acting
           in
           ,
           or
           suffering
           for
           .
        
         
           5
           That
           it
           is
           our
           duty
           to
           yield
           to
           this
           Authority
           all
           active
           and
           chearfull
           obedience
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           even
           for
           conscience
           sake
           .
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Marshal
           Serm.
           on
           Ps.
           102.
           v.
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           March
           26.
           1645.
           
        
         
           P.
           39.
           1.
           
           THose
           in
           Authority
           ,
           in
           things
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           have
           command
           ,
           and
           may
           act
           
             ad
             modum
             imperii
          
           ;
           In
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           all
           their
           power
           is
           
             ad
             modum
             ministerii
          
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           dispose
           of
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           Word
           only
           .
        
         
           2
           They
           are
           limited
           to
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           men
           under
           their
           Authority
           ,
           must
           ,
           before
           they
           obey
           their
           orders
           ,
           examine
           them
           by
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           find
           them
           both
           lawfull
           and
           expedient
           in
           their
           use
           for
           edification
           .
        
         
           p.
           41.
           3.
           
           As
           Josia
           put
           to
           death
           those
           that
           followed
           Baal
           ,
           so
           may
           the
           Parliament
           those
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           return
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           leave
           Antichristianism
           .
        
         
           p.
           45.
           
           That
           Antichristianism
           that
           was
           sworn
           in
           the
           Covenant
           to
           be
           ●…ooted
           out
           (
           was
           the
           established
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           )
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Edmund
             Calamies
          
           Speech
           at
           Guild-Hall
           ,
           October
           the
           sixth
           ,
           1643.
           
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           YOU
           have
           heard
           a
           worthy
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           it
           is
           desired
           by
           this
           grave
           and
           Reverend
           Assembly
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           three
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           this
           Assembly
           should
           likewise
           speak
           unto
           you
           concerning
           this
           great
           business
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           my
           indisposition
           of
           body
           ,
           being
           required
           by
           them
           ,
           though
           that
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           hath
           spoken
           so
           abundantly
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           yet
           notwithstanding
           I
           am
           here
           come
           to
           speak
           something
           ,
           the
           rather
           to
           declare
           my
           willingness
           to
           appear
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           that
           is
           every
           way
           so
           just
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           so
           honest
           ,
           and
           so
           good
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           as
           the
           Martyr
           did
           ,
           
             that
             if
             I
             had
             as
             many
             lives
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             hairs
             on
             my
             head
             ,
             I
             would
             be
             willing
             to
             sacrifize
             all
             these
             lives
             in
             this
             Cause
          
           ;
           You
           know
           the
           story
           of
           Craesus
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           never
           spake
           in
           his
           life
           ,
           yet
           when
           he
           saw
           his
           Father
           ready
           to
           be
           killed
           ,
           it
           untyed
           the
           strings
           of
           his
           tongue
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           cryed
           out
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           kill
           his
           Father
           ;
           you
           are
           not
           ignorant
           that
           England
           and
           Ireland
           lye
           a
           dying
           ,
           and
           though
           I
           never
           appeared
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           yet
           I
           bless
           God
           that
           hath
           given
           me
           that
           health
           ,
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           speak
           something
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           for
           the
           reviving
           of
           the
           dying
           condition
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ;
           It
           is
           such
           
             a
             Cause
          
           as
           is
           able
           to
           make
           a
           very
           Infant
           eloquenr
           ,
           and
           a
           dumb
           man
           to
           speak
           that
           never
           spake
           in
           all
           his
           lise
           ;
           The
           matter
           I
           am
           desired
           to
           speak
           to
           ,
           is
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Contribution
           ,
           to
           perswade
           you
           to
           be
           liberal
           towards
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           the
           Scots
           ,
           to
           help
           us
           in
           this
           our
           great
           necessity
           ;
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           great
           shame
           that
           England
           should
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           another
           Nation
           ,
           to
           help
           it
           to
           preserve
           its
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           :
           That
           England
           ,
           that
           hath
           been
           enriched
           with
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Gospel
           for
           so
           many
           years
           ;
           that
           England
           ,
           that
           hath
           been
           blessed
           with
           so
           many
           rare
           Ministers
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           many
           precious
           ,
           and
           powerful
           servants
           ,
           that
           have
           preached
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           in
           season
           and
           out
           of
           season
           ;
           that
           England
           ,
           that
           hath
           professed
           the
           Gospel
           with
           so
           much
           power
           and
           purity
           ;
           that
           England
           should
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           the
           help
           of
           their
           Brethren
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           for
           to
           preserve
           that
           Gospel
           that
           they
           have
           professed
           so
           many
           years
           ;
           I
           confess
           to
           me
           it
           seems
           a
           very
           strange
           Prodigie
           ,
           and
           a
           strange
           wonder
           ;
           but
           it
           hath
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           our
           great
           unthankfulness
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           unthankfulness
           under
           these
           means
           ,
           
           and
           for
           the
           great
           blood-guiltiness
           ,
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           Superstition
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           suffer
           a
           gre●…t
           ●…art
           of
           th●…
           Kingdom
           to
           be
           blinded
           ,
           especially
           those
           parts
           ,
           where
           the
           Word
           os
           God
           hath
           not
           been
           preached
           in
           a
           powerful
           manner
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           many
           in
           th●…
           King●…om
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           an
           intention
           to
           bring
           in
           Pop●…ry
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           in
           Slavery
           ;
           Many
           of
           them
           (
           I
           say
           )
           think
           that
           though
           the
           
             Popish
             Army
          
           should
           prevail
           ,
           and
           the
           
             plundering
             Army
          
           shoul●…
           〈◊〉
           ,
           yet
           they
           think
           all
           would
           go
           well
           with
           Religion
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           Liber●…es
           ;
           I
           say
           it
           hath
           pleas●…d
           God
           to
           ●…uffer
           abundance
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           be
           blinded
           with
           this
           opinion
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           just
           judgement
           to
           punish
           us
           for
           our
           unthankfuln●…ss
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           ingr●…titude
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           so
           many
           men
           stand
           Neuters
           ,
           and
           that
           ●…o
           many
           are
           Malignants
           ,
           and
           disaffected
           to
           this
           
             great
             Cause
          
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           I
           am
           concluded
           under
           this
           ,
           that
           there
           i●…ittle
           probability
           to
           finish
           this
           Cause
           ,
           without
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           the
           Scots
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           heard
           so
           worthily
           by
           that
           Member
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           )
           
             The
             sons
             of
          
           Zerviah
           
             are
             grown
             so
             strong
          
           ,
           what
           through
           our
           fearfulness
           ,
           what
           through
           our
           covetousness
           ,
           what
           through
           our
           malignity
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           little
           hope
           (
           I
           say
           )
           to
           finish
           this
           great
           Cause
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           a
           desired
           peace
           ,
           without
           the
           help
           of
           another
           Nation
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           another
           Nation
           it
           may
           be
           done
           ;
           These
           are
           two
           mighty
           ,
           two
           omnipotent
           Arguments
           ,
           to
           prevail
           with
           you
           to
           contribute
           your
           utmost
           aid
           and
           assistance
           to
           that
           Cause
           ;
           since
           it
           cannot
           speedily
           be
           done
           without
           their
           help
           ,
           and
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           it
           may
           speedily
           be
           done
           by
           their
           help
           .
        
         
           What
           would
           the
           
             Kings
             party
          
           do
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           engage
           another
           Nation
           to
           their
           help
           ?
           21000.
           if
           they
           could
           engage
           them
           to
           our
           ruine
           ,
           what
           would
           they
           not
           do
           ?
           How
           much
           more
           should
           we
           be
           willing
           to
           contribute
           our
           greatest
           help
           to
           engage
           a
           Nation
           ,
           that
           indeed
           is
           part
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           ,
           within
           the
           same
           Island
           ,
           and
           our
           Brethren
           so
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           so
           well
           affected
           to
           this
           Cause
           ,
           what
           should
           we
           not
           be
           willing
           to
           do
           to
           ingage
           so
           great
           a
           party
           ?
           I
           would
           intreat
           you
           to
           rememb●…r
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           many
           years
           ago
           ,
           since
           our
           Brethren
           of
           Scotland
           came
           hither
           into
           England
           ,
           in
           a
           war-like
           manner
           ,
           and
           yet
           with
           peaceable
           affections
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           would
           remind
           your selves
           ▪
           what
           good
           they
           did
           to
           you
           when
           they
           were
           then
           in
           England
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           chief
           Causes
           of
           this
           Parlament
           ,
           that
           now
           we
           do
           enjoy
           and
           of
           all
           the
           good
           that
           hath
           been
           reaped
           by
           this
           Parlament
           ;
           (
           as
           you
           may
           well
           remember
           )
           By
           their
           coming
           in
           you
           know
           this
           Parlament
           was
           procured
           ,
           and
           their
           se●…ond
           coming
           in
           (
           through
           Gods
           mercy
           )
           may
           be
           a
           means
           to
           confi●…m
           this
           Parlament
           ,
           and
           to
           establish
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           uphold
           it
           in
           its
           dignity
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           privileges
           of
           it
           ,
           
           and
           to
           keep
           it
           from
           being
           ruined
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Parlament
           be
           ruined
           ,
           you
           all
           well
           know
           that
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           our
           Liberties
           are
           ruined
           ,
           for
           the
           Parlament
           is
           the
           great
           Conservatour
           of
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           ;
           and
           I
           may
           truly
           say
           (
           s
           you
           know
           Caligula
           did
           once
           wish
           ,
           that
           all
           Rome
           were
           one
           n●…ck
           that
           he
           might
           cut
           it
           of●…
           at
           one
           blow
           )
           They
           that
           intend
           to
           ruine
           the
           Parl●…ment
           ,
           th●…y
           ruine
           your
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           all
           England
           at
           on●…
           blow
           ;
           Now
           (
           I
           say
           )
           as
           their
           first
           coming
           was
           a
           means
           to
           produce
           this
           Parlament
           so
           th●…ir
           second
           coming
           in
           (
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           )
           may
           be
           a
           means
           to
           〈◊〉
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           confirm
           it
           ;
           And
           when
           they
           were
           here
           ,
           you
           know
           how
           faithfully
           th●…y
           carried
           themselves
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           had
           done
           their
           work
           ,
           how
           willingly
           they
           went
           away
           without
           doing
           any
           hurt
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           of
           the
           same
           faithfulness
           ,
           nay
           ,
           you
           ought
           all
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           likewise
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           done
           the
           work
           they
           are
           calle●…
           to
           in
           England
           ,
           they
           will
           likewise
           with
           the
           same
           faithfulness
           depart
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           Religion
           that
           brings
           them
           here
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Religion
           will
           make
           them
           willingly
           leave
           us
           ,
           and
           go
           home
           to
           their
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           done
           that
           work
           for
           which
           they
           came
           .
           I
           am
           assured
           that
           the
           great
           hope
           at
           Oxford
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           never
           prevail
           for
           the
           getting
           of
           Money
           for
           to
           bring
           them
           in
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           once
           see
           the
           matter
           of
           Money
           effected
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           once
           hear
           of
           the
           Scot●…
           coming
           in
           ,
           it
           will
           work
           such
           a
           terror
           there
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           assured
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           (
           through
           Gods
           mercy
           )
           produce
           a
           notable
           complyance
           of
           that
           Party
           with
           the
           Parlament
           for
           an
           effectual
           peace
           ,
           such
           as
           all
           the
           godly
           of
           the
           Land
           shall
           bless
           God
           for
           .
        
         
           I
           foresee
           there
           are
           many
           Objections
           that
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           hinder
           this
           work
           ,
           many
           mountains
           of
           opposition
           that
           will
           lie
           in
           the
           way
           :
           And
           likewise
           that
           the
           Malignants
           will
           buz
           many
           things
           in
           your
           ears
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           to
           put
           some
           great
           rub
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           to
           hinder
           the
           effecting
           of
           this
           work
           but
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           love
           you
           have
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           wives
           and
           children
           ,
           will
           sw●…llow
           down
           all
           these
           objections
           ,
           and
           conquer
           them
           all
           ;
           I
           le
           name
           some
           few
           objections
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           some
           short
           answer
           .
        
         
           Some
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           will
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           to
           call
           in
           question
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           contributing
           towards
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           the
           Scots
           to
           this
           Nation
           ;
           But
           for
           this
           ,
           I
           le
           give
           you
           an
           easie
           answer
           ,
           Certainly
           Gentlemen
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           lawful
           for
           the
           Parlament
           to
           call
           in
           our
           brethren
           of
           Scotland
           to
           their
           help
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           me
           ,
           when
           my
           house
           is
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           not
           able
           to
           quench
           it
           my self
           ,
           to
           call
           in
           my
           neighbour
           to
           quench
           my
           house
           ,
           that
           is
           ready
           to
           burn
           down
           ;
           The
           Kingdom
           is
           all
           on
           fire
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           able
           with
           that
           speed
           to
           quench
           it
           ,
           as
           we
           wish
           ,
           we
           call
           in
           our
           brethren
           in
           Scotland
           to
           help
           us
           to
           quench
           the
           flames
           that
           are
           kindled
           among
           us
           ;
           It
           is
           as
           lawful
           as
           it
           is
           for
           
           the
           Master
           and
           Mariners
           of
           a
           Ship
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           ready
           to
           sink
           through
           a
           mighty
           Tempest
           ,
           to
           call
           in
           other
           Mariners
           to
           help
           to
           keep
           the
           Ship
           from
           sinking
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           Kingdom
           now
           ,
           it
           is
           ready
           to
           sink
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           our
           desire
           that
           our
           Brethren
           of
           Scotland
           would
           come
           in
           to
           our
           aid
           ,
           to
           keep
           it
           from
           sinking
           .
        
         
           Others
           it
           may
           be
           will
           object
           and
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           rebellion
           ,
           especially
           
             to
             call
             in
             another
             Nation
          
           to
           your
           help
           .
           But
           I
           beseech
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Scots
           came
           last
           into
           England
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Proclamation
           out
           against
           them
           ,
           wherein
           they
           were
           called
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           there
           were
           prayers
           to
           be
           said
           in
           our
           Churches
           (
           as
           you
           well
           remember
           )
           in
           which
           we
           were
           to
           pray
           against
           them
           as
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           Money
           likewise
           contributed
           then
           ,
           for
           to
           hinder
           their
           coming
           in
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           an
           Army
           to
           drive
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           may
           remember
           ,
           all
           the
           ill-affected
           did
           contribute
           Money
           to
           keep
           them
           out
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           from
           tarrying
           in
           ;
           but
           it
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           through
           his
           great
           mercy
           ,
           so
           to
           change
           and
           alter
           the
           state
           of
           things
           ,
           that
           within
           a
           little
           while
           ,
           the
           Nation
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           even
           by
           Act
           of
           Parlament
           ,
           they
           were
           proclamed
           and
           made
           the
           true
           and
           Loyal
           Subjects
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           in
           those
           Churches
           in
           which
           they
           were
           prayed
           against
           as
           Rebels
           ,
           even
           in
           those
           very
           Churches
           ,
           they
           were
           pronounced
           the
           good
           Subjects
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           this
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           remember
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           through
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Lord
           raising
           up
           our
           hearts
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           same
           effect
           will
           come
           of
           their
           second
           coming
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           now
           tell
           you
           they
           are
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           you
           do
           an
           act
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           in
           the
           contribution
           to
           the
           bringing
           of
           them
           in
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           shall
           see
           an
           
             Act
             of
             Parlament
          
           to
           call
           them
           his
           
             Loyal
             Subjects
          
           ,
           (
           wherein
           I
           hope
           our
           King
           will
           concur
           with
           his
           Parlament
           )
           and
           likewise
           Prayers
           made
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           thanksgiving
           ,
           as
           was
           after
           their
           first
           coming
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           for
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           stirring
           up
           their
           hearts
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           come
           unto
           our
           help
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           some
           others
           will
           object
           and
           say
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           that
           are
           Ministers
           ,
           engage
           our
           s●…lves
           so
           much
           in
           this
           business
           ?
           to
           see
           a
           
             Reverend
             Assembly
          
           of
           grave
           Ministers
           to
           appear
           here
           in
           so
           great
           an
           Assembly
           .
           This
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           mighty
           objection
           to
           some
           ,
           but
           I
           beseech
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           give
           you
           a
           short
           answer
           ;
           did
           I
           not
           think
           that
           that
           shall
           be
           said
           this
           day
           ,
           would
           mightily
           conduce
           to
           peace
           ,
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           been
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ;
           did
           I
           think
           any
           other
           way
           to
           produce
           a
           solid
           and
           a
           setled
           peace
           ,
           a
           Religious
           peace
           ,
           I
           that
           am
           a
           Minister
           of
           peace
           ,
           an
           Ambassador
           of
           peace
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           been
           a
           Trumpeter
           to
           this
           business
           this
           day
           :
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           have
           peace
           with
           Popery
           ,
           
           a
           Peace
           with
           slavery
           ;
           if
           you
           would
           have
           a
           Judas
           peace
           ,
           or
           a
           Joab
           his
           peace
           ,
           you
           know
           the
           Story
           ,
           
             he
             kiss'd
          
           Amasa
           ,
           
             and
             then
             killed
             him
          
           ;
           if
           you
           would
           have
           a
           peace
           that
           may
           bring
           
             a
             massacre
          
           with
           it
           ,
           
             a
             French
             peace
          
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           have
           such
           a
           peace
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           had
           easily
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           would
           have
           a
           peace
           that
           may
           continue
           the
           Gospel
           among
           you
           ,
           and
           may
           bring
           in
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           such
           as
           all
           the
           godly
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           do
           desire
           ,
           I
           am
           concluded
           under
           this
           ,
           and
           am
           confident
           that
           such
           a
           peace
           cannot
           be
           had
           without
           contribution
           towards
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           the
           Scots
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           reason
           ,
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           this
           peace
           ,
           this
           blessed
           peace
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           appeared
           here
           this
           day
           :
           and
           me-thinks
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           the
           very
           sight
           of
           these
           worthy
           Divines
           ,
           methinks
           so
           many
           Divines
           ,
           so
           many
           Orators
           ,
           so
           many
           silent
           Orators
           to
           plead
           with
           you
           ,
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           engage
           your selves
           to
           the
           utmost
           to
           help
           forward
           the
           Nation
           of
           Scotland
           to
           come
           to
           our
           help
           .
           And
           likewise
           I
           would
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           10
           th
           .
           of
           Numbers
           ,
           there
           you
           shall
           read
           that
           
             there
             were
             two
             silver
             Trumpets
          
           ;
           and
           as
           there
           were
           Priests
           appointed
           for
           the
           
             convocation
             of
             their
             Assemblies
          
           ,
           so
           there
           were
           Priests
           to
           sound
           
             the
             silver
             Trumpets
          
           to
           proclame
           the
           War.
           And
           likewise
           in
           the
           20
           th
           .
           of
           Deuteronomy
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           there
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           would
           .
           go
           out
           to
           War
           ,
           
             the
             sons
             of
             Levi
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           
             a
             speech
          
           to
           encourage
           them
           .
           And
           certainly
           ,
           if
           this
           were
           the
           way
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           certainly
           much
           more
           in
           such
           a
           Cause
           as
           this
           ,
           in
           which
           Cause
           Religion
           is
           so
           intwin'd
           ,
           and
           indeed
           so
           interlac'd
           ,
           that
           Religion
           and
           this
           Cause
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           Hippocrates
           his
           twins
           ,
           they
           must
           live
           and
           dye
           together
           .
           And
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           if
           Religion
           were
           not
           concerned
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           and
           mightily
           concerned
           ;
           and
           if
           Religion
           did
           not
           live
           and
           dye
           with
           it
           ,
           we
           had
           not
           appeared
           this
           day
           ;
           And
           I
           hope
           this
           will
           be
           a
           sufficient
           answer
           unto
           this
           Objection
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           another
           Objection
           which
           I
           will
           answer
           ,
           and
           then
           briefly
           give
           leave
           to
           my
           other
           Reverend
           Brethren
           ,
           that
           likewise
           are
           prepared
           to
           speak
           here
           .
           The
           great
           Objection
           of
           all
           is
           this
           ,
           
             that
             the
             City
             is
             already
             exhausted
             ,
          
           and
           so
           much
           money
           hath
           been
           lent
           already
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           hope
           of
           lending
           any
           more
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           grand
           Objection
           .
           But
           truly
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           Arguments
           I
           have
           to
           perswade
           you
           to
           lend
           a
           little
           more
           ,
           because
           you
           have
           lent
           so
           much
           :
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           Story
           ,
           in
           the
           2
           Kings
           13.
           the
           Story
           of
           King
           J●…ash
           ,
           that
           came
           to
           visit
           the
           Prophet
           Elisha
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           ready
           to
           breath
           out
           his
           last
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           Elisha
           gives
           him
           
             a
             bow
             and
             arrows
          
           ,
           and
           
             bids
             him
             shoot
          
           ,
           he
           shoots
           ,
           and
           bids
           him
           smite
           ,
           he
           smites
           the
           ground
           thrice
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           ceased
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           was
           exceeding
           angry
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           tells
           him
           ,
           you
           should
           have
           smote
           the
           ground
           5
           or
           6
           times
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           should
           have
           utterly
           
           consumed
           the
           Assyrians
           ,
           whereas
           now
           you
           shall
           smite
           them
           
             but
             three
             times
          
           .
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           apply
           this
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           have
           smote
           the
           ground
           thrice
           ,
           you
           have
           lent
           
             once
             ,
             twice
          
           ,
           and
           thrice
           ,
           indeed
           you
           have
           been
           the
           fame
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Repairers
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           England
           ,
           you
           have
           lent
           much
           ,
           but
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           
             you
             must
             smite
             the
             ground
             5
             or
             6
             times
             ,
             if
             ever
             you
             look
             to
             consume
             the
             Assyrians
             ,
          
           if
           ever
           you
           look
           to
           bring
           this
           War
           to
           a
           happy
           Peace
           ,
           that
           your
           posterities
           may
           rejoyce
           in
           this
           Peace
           ,
           you
           must
           shoot
           one
           arrow
           more
           ,
           and
           then
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           you
           may
           utterly
           consume
           these
           enemies
           ,
           that
           you
           and
           your
           posterity
           may
           rejoyce
           in
           a
           happy
           peace
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           famous
           story
           of
           
             Johannes
             Eleemozinarius
          
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           had
           given
           even
           almost
           all
           he
           had
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           his
           friends
           were
           exceeding
           angry
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           he
           had
           undone
           himself
           ,
           what
           was
           his
           answer
           ?
           O
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             shed
             my
             blood
             for
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           Jesus
           Christ
           he
           emptied
           himself
           of
           his
           Divinity
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           rich
           ,
           he
           became
           poor
           ,
           and
           shed
           his
           blood
           for
           you
           ;
           You
           have
           not
           yet
           made
           your selves
           so
           poor
           as
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           ,
           that
           had
           no
           house
           to
           lodge
           in
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           all
           this
           for
           your
           sakes
           ;
           You
           have
           not
           yet
           shed
           your
           blood
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           Christ
           ;
           We
           read
           that
           Moses
           was
           willing
           to
           be
           
             blotted
             out
             of
             the
             book
             of
             life
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           we
           read
           of
           Paul
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           w●…lling
           to
           be
           
             accursed
             ,
             for
             the
             people
             of
          
           Israels
           sake
           ;
           And
           will
           you
           not
           be
           willing
           to
           venture
           your
           earthly
           provisions
           for
           so
           good
           a
           Cause
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           which
           (
           I
           say
           )
           England
           was
           never
           engaged
           in
           the
           like
           ?
        
         
           Religion
           hath
           produced
           all
           the
           wealth
           you
           have
           ,
           all
           your
           wealth
           is
           but
           the
           child
           of
           Religion
           ;
           we
           have
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             Religio
             peperit
             divitias
             ,
             &
             divitiae
             devorarunt
             matrem
          
           ;
           Religion
           hath
           begot
           wealth
           ,
           and
           the
           Daughter
           hath
           devoured
           the
           Mother
           ;
           
             &
             filia
             devoravit
             matrem
          
           ;
           but
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           (
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           )
           you
           will
           invert
           this
           saying
           ,
           Religion
           hath
           got
           you
           all
           the
           wealth
           you
           have
           ,
           you
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           the
           Daughter
           now
           will
           preserve
           the
           Mother
           ;
           I
           hope
           Riches
           will
           preserve
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           destroy
           Religion
           .
           A
           famous
           example
           of
           
             Polanus
             Nolinus
          
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           had
           given
           all
           that
           he
           had
           away
           ,
           and
           being
           asked
           ,
           why
           he
           would
           give
           so
           much
           to
           the
           poor
           ?
           he
           gave
           this
           answer
           ,
           
             Ut
             levius
             ascenderem
             scalam
             Jacobi
          
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           the
           easier
           get
           up
           Jacobs
           ladder
           ;
           And
           let
           me
           assure
           you
           ,
           
             in
             the
             word
             of
             a
             Minister
             ,
             the
             contributing
             to
             this
             Cause
             for
             Gods
             sake
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           (
           I
           say
           )
           
             will
             be
             a
             means
             to
             make
             you
             the
             sooner
             ascend
             up
          
           Jacobs
           Ladder
           ;
           not
           for
           the
           giving
           of
           the
           money
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           evidence
           of
           your
           Faith
           ,
           through
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           by
           your
           giving
           of
           the
           money
           ;
           And
           certainly
           that
           man
           will
           never
           get
           up
           Jacobs
           Ladder
           ,
           that
           hath
           the
           rust
           of
           his
           money
           to
           bear
           witness
           against
           him
           ,
           at
           the
           day
           of
           
           Judgement
           ,
           especially
           at
           such
           a
           time
           as
           this
           .
           Give
           me
           leav●…
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           one
           other
           story
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           of
           one
           
             Bernardinus
             Ocanus
          
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           liberal
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           that
           every
           peny
           that
           he
           gave
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           he
           would
           call
           it
           a
           
             holy
             peny
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             happy
             peny
          
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           
             bless
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             that
             peny
             to
             give
          
           ;
           indeed
           he
           was
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           his
           ordinary
           spe●…ch
           was
           ,
           O
           happy
           peny
           ,
           that
           hath
           purchased
           immortality
           to
           me
           ;
           inde●…d
           this
           speech
           was
           not
           good
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           not
           our
           money
           that
           doth
           purchase
           heaven
           ,
           that
           is
           an
           evidence
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           that
           lays
           hold
           upon
           Chris●…
           for
           salvation
           ;
           But
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           if
           ever
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           you
           might
           use
           this
           speech
           ,
           
             O
             happy
             peny
          
           ,
           you
           may
           use
           it
           now
           ;
           Happy
           money
           that
           will
           purchase
           my
           Gospel
           ,
           happy
           money
           that
           will
           purchase
           Religion
           ,
           and
           purchase
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           to
           my
           posterity
           ,
           O
           happy
           money
           ,
           and
           blessed
           be
           God
           that
           I
           have
           it
           to
           lend
           !
           And
           I
           count
           it
           the
           greatest
           opportunity
           that
           ever
           God
           did
           offer
           to
           the
           godly
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           give
           them
           some
           money
           to
           lend
           to
           this
           Cause
           ;
           And
           I
           remember
           in
           this
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           you
           call
           it
           
             Advance
             money
          
           ;
           It
           is
           called
           an
           Ordinance
           to
           advance
           money
           towards
           the
           maintaining
           of
           the
           Parlaments
           forces
           ;
           and
           truly
           it
           is
           the
           highest
           advance
           of
           money
           ,
           to
           make
           money
           an
           instrument
           to
           advance
           my
           Religion
           ;
           the
           Lord
           give
           you
           hearts
           to
           believe
           this
           .
        
         
           You
           shall
           have
           the
           Faiths
           of
           both
           Kingdoms
           ingaged
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           surely
           the
           publick
           Faith
           of
           Scotland
           will
           secure
           the
           publick
           Faith
           of
           England
           ;
           I
           speak
           now
           of
           secondary
           causes
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           .
           I
           am
           informed
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           that
           the
           Nation
           of
           
             Scotland
             are
             now
             tak●…ng
             the
             Covenant
             ,
          
           (
           that
           we
           took
           the
           last
           Lords
           day
           in
           this
           City
           :
           )
           And
           you
           know
           that
           a
           Scotch
           Covenanter
           is
           a
           terrible
           thing
           ;
           you
           know
           what
           mighty
           things
           they
           did
           ,
           by
           their
           last
           Covenant
           ;
           you
           know
           that
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Covenanter
           ,
           the
           very
           name
           of
           it
           ,
           did
           do
           wonders
           ;
           And
           I
           am
           assured
           by
           them
           ,
           that
           
             there
             is
             not
             one
             person
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
          
           Scotland
           ,
           
             that
             is
             not
             a
             Covenanter
          
           ,
           and
           
             there
             shall
             not
             one
             abide
             among
             them
             ,
             that
             wi●…l
             not
             take
             this
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           there
           shall
           not
           
             one
             of
          
           those
           21000
           
             that
             are
             to
             come
             over
             in
             this
             Cause
             ,
          
           not
           one
           of
           them
           shall
           come
           ,
           
             that
             will
             not
             take
             this
             Covenant
             ,
          
           but
           they
           must
           take
           th●…s
           Covenant
           before
           they
           come
           ;
           O
           that
           the
           consideration
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           might
           work
           up
           your
           hearts
           to
           a
           high
           degree
           of
           Charity
           ,
           to
           a
           superlative
           degree
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           make
           you
           more
           active
           and
           more
           liberal
           in
           this
           great
           Cause
           ;
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           speak
           it
           in
           the
           name
           of
           my self
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           name
           of
           these
           reverend
           Ministers
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           only
           
             speak
             to
             perswade
          
           you
           to
           contribute
           ,
           but
           every
           one
           of
           us
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           given
           any
           estate
           to
           ,
           we
           will
           all
           to
           our
           utmost
           power
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           only
           say
           ite
           ,
           but
           venite
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           only
           speak
           to
           you
           to
           lend
           ,
           but
           every
           one
           of
           us
           ,
           as
           we
           
           have
           already
           lent
           ,
           
             so
             we
             will
             lend
          
           to
           our
           utmost
           power
           ,
           and
           bless
           God
           that
           we
           have
           it
           to
           lend
           ;
           for
           indeed
           it
           is
           now
           a
           time
           of
           action
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           speaking
           only
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           an
           extraordinary
           business
           ,
           therefore
           
             here
             is
             an
             extraordinary
             appearance
             of
             so
             many
             Ministers
             ,
             to
             encourage
             you
             in
             this
             Cause
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           see
           how
           real
           the
           godly
           Ministery
           in
           England
           is
           unto
           this
           Ca●…se
           .
        
         
           The
           Gospel
           it
           is
           called
           a
           Pearl
           of
           price
           ,
           by
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           all
           you
           Merchants
           will
           part
           with
           your
           goodly
           pearls
           to
           buy
           this
           pearl
           of
           pr●…ce
           ;
           You
           Tradesmen
           ,
           the
           Gospel
           is
           called
           a
           
             Treasure
             hid
             in
             the
             field
          
           ,
           so
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           calls
           it
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           be
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           your
           earthly
           treasures
           ,
           to
           preserve
           this
           blessed
           treasure
           that
           is
           hid
           in
           the
           field
           ;
           you
           have
           parted
           with
           some
           goodly
           pearls
           already
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           part
           with
           your
           other
           goodly
           pearls
           .
           There
           is
           an
           excellent
           Story
           of
           one
           Nonius
           a
           Roman
           Senator
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           pearl
           that
           〈◊〉
           did
           prize
           above
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           when
           Anthony
           the
           Triumvir
           ,
           one
           that
           was
           then
           in
           great
           power
           ,
           when
           he
           sent
           to
           Nonius
           to
           have
           the
           pearl
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           send
           it
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           would
           banish
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           willingly
           banished
           ,
           so
           he
           might
           save
           his
           pearl
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           take
           away
           his
           life
           ,
           he
           would
           die
           with
           his
           pearl
           ;
           he
           did
           not
           regard
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           so
           he
           might
           have
           his
           pearl
           ;
           he
           regarded
           nothing
           ,
           so
           he
           might
           have
           his
           pearl
           ;
           but
           he
           would
           not
           part
           with
           his
           pearl
           ,
           what-ever
           he
           parted
           withall
           ;
           This
           pearl
           it
           is
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           professed
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           you
           have
           professed
           it
           with
           power
           ;
           and
           certainly
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           name
           of
           those
           that
           have
           professed
           the
           Gospel
           in
           the
           greatest
           purity
           of
           any
           under
           heaven
           ;
           This
           pearl
           is
           this
           Gospel
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           part
           with
           all
           willingly
           and
           cheerfully
           ,
           rather
           than
           part
           with
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           though
           you
           go
           to
           prison
           ,
           carry
           the
           Gospel
           with
           you
           ,
           nay
           ,
           though
           you
           lose
           your
           lives
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           with
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           I
           hope
           so
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           one
           Argument
           more
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           from
           the
           
             inveterate
             hatred
             they
             have
             at
          
           Oxford
           ,
           
             against
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           and
           against
           you
           for
           your
           good
           ,
           because
           you
           have
           been
           so
           well-affected
           to
           this
           Cause
           .
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           (
           that
           am
           no
           Statesman
           ,
           nor
           acquainted
           with
           the
           affairs
           of
           policy
           ,
           yet
           give
           me
           leave
           )
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           surely
           the
           plundering
           Army
           at
           Oxford
           conceive
           that
           they
           shall
           find
           a
           great
           treasure
           here
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           though
           many
           pretend
           they
           have
           no
           money
           ;
           Though
           certainly
           you
           have
           done
           well
           ,
           and
           lent
           much
           ,
           yet
           the
           plnndering
           Army
           give
           out
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           get
           possession
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           they
           shall
           find
           a
           treasury
           to
           be
           able
           to
           pay
           all
           they
           have
           been
           at
           :
           And
           if
           ever
           
           you
           should
           be
           driven
           (
           which
           God
           forbid
           )
           to
           make
           your
           peace
           ,
           it
           would
           cost
           you
           twenty
           times
           as
           much
           then
           to
           procure
           your
           peace
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           pe●…ce
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           rather
           a
           War
           than
           a
           Peace
           ,
           and
           a
           death
           better
           than
           that
           peace
           ,
           which
           now
           you
           may
           have
           for
           a
           very
           little
           ,
           a
           most
           happy
           Peace
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           famous
           story
           of
           Zelimus
           Emperour
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           had
           taken
           AEgypt
           ,
           he
           found
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           tre●…sure
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           Souldiers
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           do
           with
           the
           Citizens
           of
           AEgypt
           ,
           for
           we
           have
           found
           a
           great
           treasure
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           taken
           their
           Riches
           ?
           O
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             hang
             them
             all
             up
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             too
             rich
             to
             be
             made
             slaves
          
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           all
           the
           thanks
           they
           had
           for
           the
           riches
           they
           were
           spoiled
           os
           ;
           And
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           you
           that
           stand
           Neuters
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           you
           that
           are
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Parlament
           ,
           may
           think
           that
           if
           the
           Lord
           for
           our
           sins
           ,
           should
           
             give
             up
             this
             City
             unto
             the
             Army
             that
             is
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             you
             may
             think
             that
             you
             shall
             escape
             ,
             yet
             be
             assured
             that
             your
             goods
             will
             be
          
           Roundheads
           ,
           
             though
             you
             be
             not
          
           ,
           your
           goods
           will
           be
           Gybellins
           ,
           though
           you
           be
           Guelfs
           ,
           as
           the
           story
           is
           ;
           Certainly
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           distinction
           ,
           in
           the
           plundering
           of
           your
           goods
           ,
           between
           you
           and
           others
           ;
           and
           therefore
           let
           me
           beseech
           you
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Lord
           hath
           made
           you
           instruments
           to
           do
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           good
           already
           ,
           for
           indeed
           you
           are
           the
           preservers
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           the
           preservers
           of
           our
           Parlament
           ,
           by
           your
           liberality
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           former
           contributions
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           assistance
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           made
           you
           mighty
           instruments
           of
           our
           good
           ,
           let
           me
           beseech
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           persevere
           ,
           and
           now
           we
           are
           come
           to
           the
           Sheat
           Anchor
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           come
           to
           the
           last
           cast
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           you
           would
           persevere
           ,
           and
           hold
           out
           ;
           and
           O
           that
           my
           words
           might
           add
           somewhat
           to
           help
           forward
           this
           contribution
           !
           It
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           make
           me
           a
           setled
           Minister
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           now
           been
           here
           almost
           five
           years
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           though
           
             I
             had
             never
             ●…one
             any
             good
          
           in
           my
           place
           ,
           
             I
             should
             now
             think
             it
             a
             great
             fruit
             of
             my
             coming
             to
             this
             City
             ,
             if
             after
          
           five
           years
           unprofitableness
           ,
           I
           might
           speak
           somewhat
           this
           afternoon
           ,
           that
           might
           enlarge
           your
           hearts
           to
           a
           greater
           measure
           of
           liberality
           ;
           All
           I
           will
           say
           is
           this
           :
           We
           Divines
           say
           ,
           that
           Perseverance
           is
           the
           onely
           grace
           that
           Crowns
           a
           Christian
           ;
           Methushelah
           lived
           nine
           hundred
           ninety
           and
           nine
           years
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           fallen
           away
           from
           Grace
           ,
           at
           the
           nine
           hundred
           ninety
           and
           nine
           years
           end
           ,
           all
           the
           good
           that
           he
           had
           done
           before
           ,
           had
           been
           quite
           forgotten
           ;
           I
           know
           that
           God
           will
           so
           uphold
           his
           children
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           never
           fall
           away
           ,
           but
           I
           bring
           it
           as
           a
           supposition
           ,
           that
           suppose
           
           that
           Methushelah
           had
           forsaken
           his
           righteousness
           ,
           all
           he
           had
           done
           before
           ,
           had
           been
           quite
           forgotten
           ;
           but
           God
           hath
           made
           a
           promise
           ,
           never
           to
           forsake
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           that
           grace
           he
           hath
           begun
           in
           them
           ,
           he
           will
           finish
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           that
           God
           ,
           that
           hath
           put
           it
           into
           your
           hearts
           to
           be
           so
           liberal
           already
           ,
           and
           do
           so
           much
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           so
           cordial
           ,
           and
           so
           real
           ,
           and
           to
           exceed
           àll
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           I
           hope
           that
           same
           God
           will
           now
           finish
           that
           good
           work
           he
           hath
           begun
           ,
           and
           will
           crown
           all
           his
           Graces
           in
           you
           ,
           with
           the
           Grace
           of
           Perseverance
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           that
           hath
           been
           the
           Author
           of
           all
           the
           good
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           that
           God
           will
           be
           the
           finisher
           :
           and
           I
           beseech
           God
           to
           give
           a
           blessing
           to
           that
           hath
           been
           spoken
           .
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           Theses
           of
           Government
           and
           Governours
           in
           General
           ,
           Collected
           out
           of
           his
           Book
           called
           the
           
             Holy
             Common-wealth
          
           .
        
         
           I.
           GOvernours
           are
           some
           limited
           ,
           some
           
             de
             facto
          
           unlimited
           :
           The
           unlimited
           are
           Tyrants
           and
           have
           no
           right
           to
           that
           unlimited
           Government
           .
           
             P.
             106.
             
             Thes.
             101.
          
           
        
         
           II.
           The
           3.
           qualifications
           of
           necessity
           to
           the
           being
           of
           Soveraign
           Power
           are
           ,
           1.
           
           So
           much
           understanding
           ,
           2.
           
           So
           much
           will
           or
           goodness
           in
           himself
           ,
           3.
           
           So
           much
           strength
           or
           executive
           power
           by
           his
           interest
           in
           the
           People
           or
           others
           ,
           as
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           said
           ends
           of
           Government
           .
           
             P.
             130.
             
             Thes.
             133.
          
           
        
         
           III.
           From
           whence
           he
           deduceth
           3.
           
           Corollaries
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
        
         
           
             1.
             
             When
             Providence
             depriveth
             a
             man
             of
             his
             understanding
             and
             intellectual
             Capacity
             ,
             and
             that
             statedly
             or
             to
             his
             ordinary
             temper
             ,
             it
             maketh
             him
             
               materiam
               indispositam
            
             and
             uncapable
             of
             Government
             ,
             though
             ●…ot
             of
             the
             name
             .
             
               Thes.
               135.
            
             
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             God
             permit
             Princes
             to
             turn
             sowicked
             as
             to
             be
             uncapable
             of
             governing
             so
             as
             is
             consistent
             with
             the
             ends
             of
             Government
             ,
             he
             permits
             them
             to
             depose
             themselves
             .
             
               Thes.
               136.
            
             
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             Providence
             statedly
             disable
             him
             that
             was
             the
             Soveraign
             from
             the
             executing
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             protecting
             the
             just
             ,
             and
             other
             ends
             of
             Government
             ,
             
             it
             makes
             him
             an
             uncapable
             subject
             of
             the
             power
             ,
             and
             so
             desposeth
             him
             .
             
               Thes.
               137.
            
             
          
        
         
           IV.
           
             VVhereunto
             he
             subjoyns
             ,
             that
          
           though
           it
           is
           possible
           and
           likely
           that
           the
           guilt
           is
           or
           may
           be
           theirs
           ,
           who
           have
           disabled
           their
           Ruler
           by
           delerting
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           dismissed
           and
           disobliged
           from
           the
           charge
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           particular
           innocent
           members
           are
           disobliged
           from
           being
           Governed
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           V.
           If
           the
           person
           (
           
             viz.
             the
             Soveraign
          
           )
           be
           justly
           dispossest
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           lawful
           War
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           loseth
           his
           right
           ,
           especially
           if
           he
           violate
           the
           Constitution
           and
           enter
           into
           a
           Military
           state
           against
           the
           People
           themselves
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           be
           conquered
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           restore
           him
           ,
           unless
           there
           be
           some
           special
           obligation
           upon
           them
           besides
           their
           Allegiance
           .
           
             Thes.
             145.
          
           
        
         
           VI.
           If
           the
           person
           dispossess'd
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           unjustly
           ,
           do
           afterwards
           become
           uncapable
           of
           Government
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Duty
           of
           his
           Subjects
           to
           seek
           his
           restitution
           .
           
             Thes.
             146.
          
           
           No
           not
           although
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           the
           incapacity
           be
           but
           accidental
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           cannot
           be
           restored
           but
           by
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           Enemies
           or
           God
           or
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           If
           an
           Army
           (
           of
           Neighbours
           ,
           Inhabitants
           ,
           or
           whoever
           )
           do
           (
           though
           injuriously
           )
           expel
           the
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           resolve
           to
           ruine
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           rather
           than
           he
           shall
           be
           restored
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Common-wealth
           may
           prosper
           without
           his
           restauration
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           such
           an
           injured
           Prince
           for
           the
           Common
           good
           to
           resign
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           will
           not
           ,
           the
           people
           ought
           to
           judge
           him
           as
           made
           uncapable
           by
           Providence
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           seek
           his
           restitution
           to
           the
           apparent
           ruine
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           
             Thes.
             147.
          
           
        
         
           
             VVhere
             by
             the
             way
             we
             are
             to
             note
             ,
             he
             makes
             the
             people
             judge
             of
             this
             and
             all
             other
             incapacities
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             consequently
             when
             or
             for
             what
             he
             is
             to
             be
             Depos'd
             ,
             or
             not
             Restored
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           VIII
           .
           If
           therefore
           the
           rightful
           Governour
           be
           so
           long
           dispossess'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Common-wealth
           can
           be
           no
           longer
           without
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           apparent
           hazard
           of
           its
           ruine
           ,
           we
           (
           
             that
             is
             ,
             we
             the
             people
             ,
             or
             we
             the
             Rebels
             that
             dispossess'd
             him
          
           )
           are
           to
           judge
           that
           Providence
           hath
           dispossess'd
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           presently
           to
           consent
           to
           another
           .
           
             Thes.
             149.
          
           
        
         
         
           IX
           .
           When
           the
           People
           are
           without
           a
           Governour
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           the
           duty
           of
           such
           as
           have
           most
           strength
           ,
           
             ex
             charitate
          
           ,
           to
           protect
           the
           rest
           from
           injury
           .
           
             Thes.
             150.
             
             And
             consequently
             they
             are
             to
             submit
             themselves
             to
             the
             Parlament
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             Army
             which
             deposed
             or
             dispossess'd
             or
             murdered
             the
             rightful
             Governour
             .
          
        
         
           X.
           Providence
           by
           Conquest
           or
           other
           means
           doth
           use
           so
           to
           qualifie
           some
           persons
           above
           others
           for
           the
           Government
           when
           the
           place
           is
           void
           ,
           that
           no
           other
           persons
           shall
           be
           capable
           competitors
           ,
           and
           the
           persons
           (
           
             doth
             not
             he
             mean
             the
          
           Cromwels
           ?
           )
           shall
           be
           as
           good
           as
           named
           by
           Providence
           ,
           whom
           the
           People
           are
           bound
           by
           God
           to
           choose
           ,
           or
           consent
           to
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           are
           usually
           brought
           under
           a
           divine
           obligation
           to
           submit
           to
           such
           or
           such
           ,
           and
           take
           them
           for
           their
           Governous
           ,
           before
           those
           persons
           have
           an
           actual
           right
           to
           Govern.
           
             Thes.
             151.
          
           
        
         
           XI
           .
           Any
           thing
           that
           is
           a
           sufficient
           sign
           of
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           person
           ,
           by
           whom
           we
           must
           be
           Governed
           ,
           is
           enough
           (
           as
           joyned
           to
           Gods
           Laws
           )
           to
           oblige
           us
           to
           consent
           and
           obey
           him
           as
           our
           Governour
           .
           
             Thes.
             153.
          
           
        
         
           XII
           .
           When
           God
           doth
           not
           notably
           declare
           any
           person
           or
           persons
           qualified
           above
           others
           ,
           there
           the
           people
           must
           judge
           as
           well
           as
           they
           are
           able
           according
           to
           Gods
           general
           rules
           .
           
             Thes.
             157.
          
           
        
         
           XIII
           .
           
             And
             yet
          
           All
           the
           people
           have
           not
           this
           right
           of
           choosing
           their
           Governours
           ,
           but
           commonly
           a
           part
           of
           every
           Nation
           must
           be
           compelled
           to
           consent
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           XIV
           .
           Those
           that
           are
           known
           enemies
           of
           the
           Common
           good
           in
           the
           chiefest
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           unmeet
           to
           Govern
           or
           choose
           Governours
           ,
           but
           such
           are
           multitudes
           of
           ungodly
           vicious
           men
           .
           
             Pag.
             174.
             
             So
             that
             if
             those
             that
             are
             strongest
          
           (
           
             though
             fewest
          
           )
           
             call
             themselves
             the
             Godly
             Party
             ,
             all
             others
             besides
             themselves
             are
             to
             be
             excluded
             from
             Governing
             or
             choosing
             of
             Governours
             .
             And
             amongst
             the
             ungodly
             that
             are
             to
             be
             thus
             excluded
             ,
             he
             reckons
             all
             those
          
           that
           will
           not
           hearken
           to
           their
           Pastors
           (
           
             he
             means
             the
             Presbyterian
             Classis
          
           )
           or
           that
           are
           despisers
           of
           the
           Lords-Day
           ,
           
             that
             is
             ,
             all
             such
             as
             are
             not
             Sabbatarians
             ,
             or
             will
             not
             keep
             the
             Lords-Day
             after
             the
             Jewish
             manner
             ,
             which
             they
             prescribe
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             condemned
             for
             Judaism
             by
             all
             even
             
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             perswasion
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             those
             of
          
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ouely
           .
        
         
           XV.
           If
           a
           People
           that
           by
           Oath
           and
           Duty
           are
           obliged
           to
           a
           Soveraign
           ,
           shall
           sinfully
           disposse's
           him
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           their
           Covenants
           ,
           choose
           and
           Covenant
           with
           another
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           obliged
           by
           their
           latter
           Covenant
           notwithstanding
           their
           former
           ;
           and
           particular
           subjects
           that
           consented
           not
           in
           the
           breaking
           of
           their
           former
           Covenants
           ,
           may
           yet
           be
           obliged
           by
           occasion
           of
           their
           latter
           choice
           to
           the
           person
           whom
           they
           choose
           .
           
             Thes.
             181.
          
           
        
         
           XVI
           .
           If
           a
           Nation
           injuriously
           deprive
           themselves
           of
           a
           worthy
           Prince
           ,
           the
           hurt
           will
           be
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           they
           punish
           themselves
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           be
           necessarily
           to
           their
           well-fare
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           injury
           to
           him
           .
           But
           a
           King
           that
           by
           war
           will
           seek
           reparations
           from
           the
           body
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           doth
           put
           himself
           into
           an
           hostile
           State
           ,
           and
           tells
           them
           actually
           that
           he
           looks
           to
           his
           own
           good
           more
           than
           theirs
           ,
           and
           bids
           them
           take
           him
           for
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           so
           defend
           themselves
           if
           they
           can
           .
           
             Pag.
             424.
          
           
        
         
           XVII
           .
           Though
           a
           Nation
           wrong
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           so
           
             quoad
             Meritum
             causa
          
           ,
           they
           are
           on
           the
           worser
           side
           ,
           yet
           may
           he
           not
           lawfully
           war
           against
           the
           publick
           good
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           nor
           any
           help
           him
           in
           such
           a
           war
           ,
           because
           
             propter
             finem
          
           he
           hath
           the
           worser
           cause
           .
           
             Thes.
             352.
          
           
        
         
           
             And
             yet
             as
             he
             tells
             us
          
           (
           
             pag.
             476.
          
           )
           we
           were
           to
           believe
           the
           Parlaments
           Declarations
           and
           professions
           which
           they
           made
           ,
           that
           the
           war
           which
           they
           raised
           was
           not
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           either
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Authority
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           Person
           ;
           but
           onely
           against
           the
           Delinquent
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           actually
           fought
           against
           the
           King
           in
           person
           ,
           and
           
             we
             are
          
           to
           believe
           (
           
             saith
             Mr.
          
           Baxter
           
             pag.
             422.
          
           )
           that
           men
           would
           kill
           them
           whom
           they
           fight
           against
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           Doctrine
           concerning
           the
           Government
           of
           England
           in
           particular
           .
        
         
           
             HE
             denies
             the
             government
             of
          
           England
           
             to
             be
             Monarchical
             in
             these
             words
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           The
           real
           Soveraignty
           here
           amongst
           was
           us
           in
           King
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           .
           Pag.
           72.
           
        
         
           II.
           As
           to
           them
           that
           argue
           from
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           and
           the
           title
           given
           the
           King
           ,
           I
           refer
           them
           (
           
             saith
             Mr.
          
           Baxter
           )
           to
           Mr.
           
           Lawson's
           answer
           to
           
           Hobb's
           Politicks
           ,
           
           where
           he
           sheweth
           that
           the
           Title
           is
           often
           given
           to
           the
           single
           Person
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           his
           encouragement
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           an
           eminent
           interest
           :
           but
           will
           not
           prove
           the
           whole
           Soveraignty
           to
           be
           in
           him
           :
           and
           the
           Oath
           excludeth
           all
           others
           from
           without
           ,
           not
           those
           whose
           interest
           is
           implied
           as
           conjunct
           with
           his
           —
           The
           eminent
           dignity
           and
           interest
           of
           the
           King
           above
           others
           allowed
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Monarchy
           or
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           though
           indeed
           the
           Soveraignty
           was
           mix'd
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           .
           Pag.
           88.
           
        
         
           III.
           
             He
             calls
             it
          
           a
           false
           supposition
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Soveraign
           power
           was
           onely
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           so
           that
           it
           was
           an
           absolute
           Monarchy
           .
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Parlament
           had
           but
           onely
           the
           proposing
           of
           Laws
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           Enacted
           onely
           by
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           upon
           their
           request
           .
           3.
           
           That
           the
           power
           of
           Arms
           and
           of
           War
           and
           Peace
           was
           in
           the
           King
           alone
           .
           And
           therefore
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           those
           that
           argue
           from
           these
           false
           suppositions
           ,
           conclude
           that
           the
           Parlament
           being
           Subjects
           ,
           may
           not
           take
           up
           Arms
           without
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           Rebellion
           to
           resist
           him
           ;
           and
           most
           of
           this
           they
           gather
           from
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Parlaments
           calling
           of
           themselves
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           but
           their
           grounds
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           are
           sandy
           ,
           and
           their
           superstructure
           false
           .
           
             Pag.
             459
             ,
             &
             460.
          
           
        
         
           
             And
             therefore
             Mr.
          
           Baxter
           
             tells
             u●…
          
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Parlament
           are
           Subjects
           in
           one
           capacity
           ,
           yet
           have
           they
           their
           part
           in
           the
           Soveraignty
           also
           in
           their
           higher
           capacity
           ,
           
             Ibid.
             And
             upon
             this
             fa●…se
             and
             trayterous
             supposition
             
             he
             endeavours
             to
             justisie
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             more
             than
             ordinary
             activeness
             in
             it
             .
             For
             ,
          
        
         
           IV.
           Where
           the
           Soveraignty
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           is
           distributed
           into
           several
           hands
           (
           as
           the
           Kings
           and
           Parlaments
           )
           and
           the
           King
           invades
           the
           others
           part
           ,
           they
           may
           lawfully
           defend
           their
           own
           by
           war
           ,
           and
           the
           Subject
           lawfully
           assist
           them
           ,
           yea
           though
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Militia
           be
           expresly
           given
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           also
           exprest
           that
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           the
           other
           .
           Thes.
           363.
           
        
         
           The
           conclusion
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           needs
           no
           proof
           ,
           because
           Soveraignty
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           hath
           the
           power
           of
           Arms
           and
           of
           the
           Laws
           themselves
           .
           The
           Law
           that
           saith
           the
           King
           shall
           have
           the
           Militia
           ,
           supposeth
           it
           to
           be
           against
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           not
           against
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           nor
           them
           that
           have
           part
           of
           the
           Soveraignty
           with
           him
           .
           To
           resist
           him
           here
           is
           not
           to
           resist
           power
           ,
           but
           usurpation
           and
           private
           will
           ;
           in
           such
           a
           case
           the
           Parlament
           is
           no
           more
           to
           be
           resisted
           than
           he
           .
           Ibid.
           
        
         
           V.
           If
           the
           King
           raise
           War
           against
           such
           a
           Parlament
           ,
           upon
           their
           Declaration
           of
           the
           dangers
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           the
           people
           are
           to
           take
           it
           as
           raised
           against
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           Thes.
           358.
           
        
         
           And
           in
           that
           case
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           the
           King
           may
           not
           only
           be
           resisted
           ,
           but
           ceaseth
           to
           be
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           entreth
           into
           a
           state
           of
           War
           with
           the
           people
           .
           Thes.
           368.
           
        
         
           VI.
           Again
           ,
           if
           a
           Prince
           that
           hath
           not
           the
           whole
           Soveraignty
           be
           conquered
           by
           a
           Senate
           that
           hath
           the
           other
           part
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           just
           defensive
           War
           ,
           that
           Senate
           cannot
           assume
           the
           whole
           Soveraignty
           ,
           but
           supposeth
           that
           government
           in
           specie
           to
           remain
           ,
           and
           therefore
           another
           King
           must
           be
           chosen
           ,
           if
           the
           former
           be
           incapable
           ,
           (
           Thes.
           374.
           )
           
             as
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             he
             is
             ,
          
           by
           ceasing
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           
             in
             the
             immediately
             precedent
          
           Thes.
           
        
         
           VII
           .
           
             And
             yet
             in
             the
             Preface
             to
             this
             Book
             he
             tells
             us
             that
          
           the
           King
           withdrawing
           (
           
             so
             he
             call
             the
             murdering
             of
             one
             King
             and
             the
             casting
             off
             of
             another
          
           )
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ruled
           alone
           ;
           
             was
             not
             this
             to
             change
             the
          
           species
           
             of
             the
             Government
             ?
             Which
             in
             the
             immediate
             words
             before
             he
             had
             affirmed
          
           to
           be
           in
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ;
           which
           constitution
           (
           
             saith
             he
          
           )
           we
           were
           sworn
           ,
           and
           sworn
           ,
           and
           sworn
           again
           to
           be
           faithful
           to
           and
           to
           defend
           .
           
             And
             yet
             speaking
             of
             that
             Parlament
             which
             contrary
             to
             their
             Oaths
             changed
             this
             Government
          
           by
           ruling
           alone
           ,
           and
           taking
           upon
           them
           the
           Supremacy
           ,
           
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           they
           were
           the
           best
           Governours
           in
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           it
           is
           forbidden
           to
           Subjects
           to
           depose
           upon
           pain
           of
           damnation
           .
        
         
         
           
             VVhat
             then
             was
             he
             that
             deposed
             them
             ?
             one
             would
             think
             Mr.
          
           Baxter
           
             should
             have
             called
             him
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             but
             he
             calls
             h●…m
             in
             the
             same
             Preface
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           Prorector
           ,
           adding
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           prudently
           ,
           piously
           ,
           faithfully
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           immortal
           honour
           exercise
           the
           Government
           ,
           
             which
             he
             left
             to
             his
             Son
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           (
           
             as
             Mr.
          
           Baxter
           
             saith
             pag.
          
           481.
           )
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           submit
           as
           set
           over
           us
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           obey
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           and
           to
           behave
           himself
           as
           a
           Loyal
           Subject
           towards
           him
           ,
           because
           (
           
             as
             he
             saith
             in
             the
             same
             place
          
           )
           a
           sull
           and
           free
           Parlament
           had
           owned
           him
           :
           
             thereby
             implying
             ,
             That
             a
             maimed
             and
             manacled
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             without
             King
             and
             Lords
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             the
             violent
             expulsion
             of
             the
             secluded
             Members
             ,
          
           were
           a
           full
           and
           free
           Parlament
           ;
           
             and
             consequently
             ,
             that
             if
             such
             a
             Parlament
             should
             have
             taken
             Arms
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             must
             have
             sided
             with
             them
             .
             Yea
             ,
             though
             they
             had
             been
             never
             so
             much
             in
             fault
             ,
             and
             though
             they
             had
             been
             the
             beginners
             of
             the
             VVar
             ,
             for
             he
             tells
             us
             in
             plain
             and
             express
             terms
             ,
          
        
         
           VIII
           .
           That
           if
           he
           had
           known
           the
           Parlament
           had
           been
           the
           beginners
           of
           the
           War
           and
           in
           most
           fault
           ,
           yet
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Trustees
           and
           Representatives
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           all
           the
           security
           of
           the
           Nation
           being
           a
           punishment
           greater
           than
           any
           faults
           of
           theirs
           against
           the
           King
           could
           deserve
           from
           him
           ,
           their
           faults
           could
           not
           disoblige
           him
           (
           
             meaning
             himself
          
           )
           from
           defending
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           Pag.
           480.
           
        
         
           
             And
             that
             he
             might
             do
             this
             lawfully
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             seems
             to
             be
             so
             confident
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             Preface
             ,
             he
             makes
             as
             it
             were
             a
             challenge
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
          
           if
           any
           man
           can
           prove
           that
           the
           King
           was
           the
           highest
           power
           in
           the
           time
           of
           those
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           power
           to
           make
           that
           war
           which
           he
           made
           ,
           he
           will
           offer
           his
           head
           to
           Justice
           as
           a
           Rebel
           .
        
         
           
             As
             if
             in
             those
             times
             of
             Division
             th●…
             King
             had
             lost
             or
             sorfeited
             his
             Soveraignty
             ,
             and
             the
             Parlament
             had
             not
             onely
             a
             part
             ,
             but
             the
             whole
             Soveraignty
             in
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           IX
           .
           
             Finally
             Mr.
          
           Baxter
           
             tells
             us
             ,
             Pag.
          
           486.
           
           That
           having
           often
           searched
           into
           his
           heart
           ,
           whether
           he
           did
           lawfully
           engage
           into
           the
           War
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           whether
           he
           did
           lawfully
           encourage
           so
           many
           thousands
           to
           it
           ;
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           issue
           of
           all
           his
           search
           was
           but
           this
           ,
           —
           That
           he
           cannot
           yet
           see
           that
           he
           was
           mistaken
           in
           the
           main
           cause
           ,
           nor
           dares
           he
           repent
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           forbear
           doing
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           to
           do
           again
           in
           the
           same
           state
           of
           things
           .
           
             He
             tells
             us
             indeed
             in
             the
             same
             place
             ,
          
           that
           if
           he
           could
           be
           convinced
           he
           had
           sinned
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           he
           would
           as
           gladly
           make
           a
           publick
           recantation
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           eat
           or
           drink
           :
           
             which
             seeing
             he
             hath
             not
             yet
             done
             ,
             it
             is
             ●…vident
             he
             is
             still
             of
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             and
             consequently
             would
             upon
             the
             same
             occasion
             
             do
             the
             same
             things
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             sight
             ,
             and
             encourage
             as
             many
             thousands
             as
             he
             could
             to
             fight
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             any
             thing
             that
             calls
             it self
             ,
             or
             which
             he
             is
             pleased
             to
             call
          
           a
           full
           and
           Free
           Parlament
           :
           
             as
             likewise
             that
             he
             would
             own
             and
             submit
             to
             any
             Usurper
             of
             the
             Soveraignty
          
           as
           set
           up
           by
           God
           ,
           
             although
             he
             came
             to
             it
             by
             the
             murder
             of
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             by
             trampling
             upon
             the
             Parlament
             .
          
           Lastly
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             hinder
             as
             much
             as
             possibly
             he
             could
             the
             restoring
             of
             the
             rightful
             Heir
             unto
             the
             Crown
             .
             And
             now
             whether
             a
             man
             of
             this
             Judgement
             ,
             and
             of
             these
             affections
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             permitted
             to
             Preach
             or
             no
             ,
             Let
             any
             ,
             but
             himself
             ,
             judge
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Stephen
             Marshal
          
           in
           his
           Thanksgiving
           Sermon
           on
           Psal.
           124.
           vers
           .
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           Sept.
           7.
           1641.
           
           Upon
           the
           peace
           concluded
           between
           England
           and
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           PAge
           40
           ,
           41.
           
           Many
           are
           grieved
           at
           the
           great
           things
           God
           has
           done
           for
           us
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           eighth
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             v.
          
           14.
           
           A
           company
           of
           women
           sate
           weeping
           for
           Tammuz
           ,
           cause
           they
           had
           lost
           their
           Idol
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           45.
           
           This
           year
           have
           we
           seen
           broken
           the
           yokes
           which
           lay
           upon
           our
           Estates
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           49.
           
           Look
           to
           your
           families
           ,
           do
           as
           Jacob
           did
           at
           Bethel
           ,
           when
           he
           payed
           his
           vow
           of
           thanksgiving
           unto
           God
           ,
           he
           made
           all
           his
           family
           bury
           their
           Idols
           under
           an
           Oak
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Stephen
             Marshal
          
           in
           his
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           at
           their
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           June
           15.
           1643.
           
           For
           the
           discovery
           of
           a
           dangerous
           ,
           desperate
           ,
           and
           bloody
           Design
           ,
           tending
           to
           the
           utter
           subersion
           of
           the
           Parlament
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           famous
           City
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           THe
           viol
           now
           pouring
           out
           is
           the
           Lords
           work
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           see
           it
           done
           ,
           doubt
           ye
           not
           .
           Pag.
           9.
           
        
         
           The
           first
           Engineers
           that
           battered
           the
           walls
           of
           this
           great
           Babylon
           ,
           Who
           were
           they
           but
           the
           poorer
           and
           meaner
           sort
           of
           people
           that
           at
           the
           first
           joyn'd
           with
           the
           Ministers
           to
           raise
           the
           building
           of
           Reformation
           ?
           pag.
           15.
           
        
         
           In
           Scotland
           what
           great
           things
           hath
           the
           Lord
           lately
           done
           ,
           by
           very
           weak
           means
           ,
           hardly
           
             the
             fift
             part
             of
             the
             Nobility
             appearing
             for
             them
             ,
          
           scarce
           one
           fourth
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           
             owning
             the
             Cause
          
           ?
           Pag.
           18.
           
        
         
           Were
           not
           the
           Book
           of
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           Book
           of
           Canons
           obtruded
           on
           them
           ,
           the
           Occasion
           of
           their
           late
           mercies
           ?
           and
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           a
           few
           of
           their
           Prelates
           ,
           a
           means
           to
           unburthen
           them
           of
           their
           whole
           Prelacy
           ?
           Pag.
           18.
           
        
         
           To
           what
           a
           dead
           low
           ebb
           were
           We
           brought
           ,
           our
           liberty
           almost
           swallowed
           up
           ,
           and
           turned
           into
           slavery
           ,
           our
           Religion
           into
           Popery
           ?
           Pag.
           18.
           
        
         
           The
           Prelates
           late
           Canons
           and
           Oath
           ,
           purposely
           contrived
           for
           the
           perpetuating
           of
           their
           Hierarchy
           ,
           and
           their
           other
           treacherous
           endeavours
           against
           the
           State
           ,
           joyning
           with
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           labouring
           to
           bring
           all
           into
           Confusion
           ,
           hath
           helped
           thus
           far
           toward
           the
           taking
           them
           away
           both
           Root
           and
           Branch
           .
           Pag.
           19.
           
        
         
           The
           Roman
           Emperors
           wasted
           the
           Saints
           in
           ten
           several
           persecutions
           ,
           but
           all
           these
           were
           nothing
           in
           comparison
           of
           this
           destroyer
           ,
           all
           their
           loins
           not
           so
           heavy
           as
           the
           little
           
             fiuger
             of
             Anti-Christ
          
           .
           Pag.
           25.
           
        
         
           You
           are
           in
           part
           (
           Honorable
           and
           well-beloved
           )
           one
           of
           the
           Angels
           who
           are
           to
           pour
           out
           the
           vial
           of
           the
           wrath
           of
           God.
           Pag.
           37.
           
        
         
           Had
           this
           bloody
           contrivance
           took
           effect
           ,
           this
           Honorable
           Assembly
           had
           been
           made
           as
           a
           Parlament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Instruments
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           Slavery
           and
           vassallage
           for
           time
           to
           come
           .
           Pag.
           39.
           
        
         
         
           Think
           now
           how
           deeply
           you
           are
           engaged
           ,
           and
           brought
           under
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           you
           perform
           not
           this
           Solemn
           Covenant
           ,
           think
           how
           horrid
           a
           thing
           it
           will
           prove
           sor
           any
           of
           you
           to
           stand
           perjured
           men
           before
           God
           in
           matters
           of
           such
           consequence
           .
           Pag.
           41.
           
        
         
           All
           Protestant
           Writers
           do
           agree
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           under
           the
           pouring
           out
           of
           some
           one
           or
           more
           of
           these
           seven
           Vials
           ,
           some
           think
           the
           fourth
           Vial
           is
           now
           pouring
           out
           on
           the
           Anti-Christian
           world
           ,
           others
           the
           fift
           on
           the
           throne
           of
           the
           Beast
           .
           Pag.
           44.
           
        
         
           I
           dare
           speak
           it
           as
           confidently
           as
           I
           believe
           the
           Revelation
           to
           be
           Divine
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           what
           Viol
           so
           ever
           is
           now
           pouring
           out
           ,
           the
           issue
           will
           be
           ,
           
             Anti-christ
             shall
             lose
          
           ,
           and
           Christ
           shall
           gain
           .
           Pag.
           45.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Stephen
             Marshal
          
           in
           his
           Sacred
           Panegyrick
           ,
           Preached
           to
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parlament
           ,
           his
           Excellency
           the
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           ,
           Lord
           Maior
           ,
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           &c.
           
           Upon
           occasion
           of
           their
           Feasting
           ,
           to
           testifie
           their
           thankfulness
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           their
           Union
           and
           Concord
           ,
           Janu.
           18.
           1643.
           on
           1.
           
           Chron.
           12.
           38
           ,
           39
           ,
           40.
           
           All
           these
           came
           with
           a
           perfect
           heart
           to
           Hebron
           to
           make
           David
           King
           over
           Israel
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           DAvid
           persecuted
           by
           Saul
           did
           not
           onely
           take
           up
           Arms
           for
           his
           own
           defence
           ,
           but
           many
           of
           the
           choisest
           men
           of
           the
           Tribes
           did
           joyn
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           while
           King
           Saul
           was
           alive
           ,
           and
           David
           but
           a
           private
           man
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           had
           sworn
           
             Allegiance
             to
             him
             .
             Pag.
          
           7.
           
        
         
           Now
           beloved
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           speak
           my
           thoughts
           freely
           ,
           I
           will
           set
           aside
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           I
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           will
           confidently
           affirm
           ,
           that
           our
           days
           now
           are
           better
           than
           they
           were
           seven
           years
           ago
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           better
           to
           see
           the
           Lord
           executing
           Judgement
           ,
           then
           to
           see
           men
           working
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           to
           behold
           a
           People
           lie
           wallowing
           in
           their
           blood
           ,
           rather
           than
           apostating
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           embracing
           Idolatry
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           banishing
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           from
           amongst
           them
           .
           Pag.
           18.
           
        
         
           If
           there
           be
           any
           in
           this
           Assembly
           that
           thinks
           not
           this
           a
           sufficient
           Retribution
           and
           Satisfaction
           for
           all
           his
           twentieth
           part
           ,
           for
           all
           his
           contributions
           ,
           
           for
           all
           his
           payments
           and
           hazards
           ,
           I
           s●…y
           he
           is
           blind
           ,
           I
           s●…y
           his
           heart
           is
           not
           right
           with
           God
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           share
           in
           this
           business
           .
           Pag.
           20.
           
        
         
           Carry
           on
           the
           work
           still
           ,
           leave
           not
           a
           rag
           that
           belongs
           to
           Popery
           ,
           lay
           not
           a
           bit
           of
           the
           Lords
           building
           with
           any
           thing
           that
           belongs
           to
           Anti-christ
           ,
           but
           away
           with
           it
           ,
           Root
           and
           Branch
           ,
           Head
           and
           Tail
           ,
           till
           you
           can
           say
           ,
           Now
           is
           Christ
           set
           upon
           his
           throne
           .
           Pag.
           21.
           
        
         
           *
           Noble
           and
           resolute
           Commanders
           ,
           go
           on
           to
           fight
           the
           battels
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           for
           so
           I
           will
           not
           now
           fear
           to
           call
           them
           .
           Pag.
           21.
           —
        
         
           *
           All
           Christendom
           ,
           except
           the
           Malignants
           in
           England
           ,
           do
           now
           see
           that
           the
           question
           in
           England
           ,
           is
           ,
           whether
           Christ
           or
           Anti-christ
           shall
           be
           Lord
           and
           King.
           Pag.
           21.
           
        
         
           Ten
           thousand
           times
           cursed
           are
           they
           who
           have
           provoked
           Our
           Soveraign
           to
           raise
           Arms
           to
           destroy
           his
           
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             Commons
             ,
             and
             Divines
             ,
          
           and
           this
           most
           
             honoured
             City
          
           ,
           and
           even
           all
           who
           have
           been
           faithful
           .
           Pag.
           28.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Stephen
             Marshal
          
           after
           Naseby
           fight
           ,
           in
           a
           Thanksgiving
           Sermon
           ,
           on
           Psal.
           102.
           18.
           
        
         
           ALL
           the
           Countries
           where
           the
           Gospel
           had
           prevail'd
           ,
           have
           faithsully
           stood
           to
           God
           in
           his
           cause
           ,
           the
           rest
           nurst
           up
           under
           Popery
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           both
           Lords
           Commons
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           whole
           Commons
           ,
           did
           endeavour
           to
           fight
           themselves
           into
           slavery
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           des●…roy
           the
           Parlament
           ,
           that
           is
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           theirs
           .
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Marshal
           in
           his
           Sermon
           on
           Micah
           .
           7.
           1
           ,
           2.
           1644.
           
        
         
           BElieve
           this
           cause
           must
           prosper
           ,
           though
           we
           were
           all
           dead
           ,
           our
           Armies
           overthrown
           ,
           and
           even
           our
           Palaments
           dissolved
           ,
           this
           cause
           must
           prevail
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Edmund
             Calamy
          
           in
           his
           Sermon
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           June
           15.
           1643.
           on
           Joshua
           24.
           15.
           
        
         
           REligion
           is
           that
           which
           is
           pretended
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           The
           defence
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           this
           news
           we
           hear
           daily
           from
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           purpose
           there
           is
           an
           Army
           of
           Papists
           to
           defend
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           just
           as
           the
           Gun-powder
           Treason
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           blown
           up
           the
           Parlament
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Catholike
           Religion
           .
           Pag.
           24.
           
        
         
           Few
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           appear
           on
           the
           Parlament
           side
           ,
           not
           many
           mighty
           ,
           not
           many
           Noble
           ,
           thus
           it
           was
           in
           Christs
           time
           ,
           the
           great
           men
           and
           great
           Scholars
           crucified
           Christ.
           Pag.
           30.
           
        
         
           The
           Cause
           you
           mannage
           ,
           is
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           is
           embark'd
           in
           the
           same
           Ship
           in
           which
           this
           cause
           is
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           lawfully
           say
           as
           Joshua
           does
           ,
           Josh.
           7.
           9.
           
           What
           wilt
           thou
           do
           unto
           thy
           great
           name
           ?
           and
           Numb
           .
           14.
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           And
           as
           Joshua
           said
           to
           
             Israel
             ,
             Numb
          
           .
           14.
           7.
           
           So
           doth
           God
           to
           you
           ,
           fear
           not
           ,
           fear
           not
           ,
           the
           people
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           bread
           for
           us
           ,
           their
           defence
           is
           departed
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           is
           with
           us
           ,
           fear
           them
           not
           .
           Pag.
           53.
           
        
         
           I
           may
           say
           without
           uncharitableness
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           major
           part
           of
           Gods
           people
           on
           your
           side
           .
           Pag.
           55.
           
        
         
           He
           that
           dies
           fighting
           the
           Lords
           battel
           ,
           dies
           a
           Martyr
           .
           Pag.
           57.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Case
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           to
           the
           Commons
           House
           in
           Parlament
           ,
           before
           his
           Sermon
           on
           Ezek.
           20.
           25.
           
        
         
           GOd
           in
           you
           hath
           graciously
           begun
           to
           make
           good
           that
           Evangelical
           promise
           ,
           Zech.
           12.
           8.
           
           In
           defending
           this
           his
           
             English
             Hierusalem
          
           he
           hath
           made
           him
           that
           was
           weak
           among
           you
           ,
           as
           David
           ,
           you
           have
           conquer'd
           the
           Lyon
           a●…d
           the
           Bear
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           that
           uncircumcised
           Philistine
           (
           that
           numerous
           Beast
           )
           who
           hath
           not
           ceast
           to
           blaspheme
           the
           Armies
           os
           the
           Living
           God
           ,
           become
           like
           one
           of
           these
           ?
           behold
           ●…
           he
           lies
           groveling
           at
           your
           feet
           ,
           there
           wants
           nothing
           
             but
             cutting
             off
             his
             head
          
           .
        
         
         
           They
           cryed
           down
           the
           S●…bbath
           as
           a
           ridiculous
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           a
           superfluous
           Ceremony
           .
           Pag.
           XI
           .
           *
           thus
           they
           make
           the
           King
           glad
           with
           their
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           could
           bring
           Jeroboam
           an
           argument
           to
           justifie
           his
           Idolatry
           he
           was
           a
           well-come
           man
           at
           Court.
           Pag.
           12.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Case
           on
           Ezra
           10.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           SOme
           have
           sinn'd
           seducingly
           :
           and
           Jesuites
           could
           never
           have
           been
           more
           desperate
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           might
           have
           been
           less
           guilty
           ,
           they
           have
           sinn'd
           against
           their
           light
           ,
           murthered
           their
           Principles
           they
           have
           suck'd
           in
           with
           their
           Mothers
           milk*
           
             spare
             them
             not
             I
          
           beseech
           you
           ,
           though
           they
           crouch
           and
           cringe
           ,
           and
           Worship
           you
           as
           much
           as
           they
           have
           done
           their
           high
           Altars
           .
           Pag.
           15.
           
        
         
           Ah
           Brethren
           !
           I
           would
           not
           have
           you
           redeem
           their
           lives
           with
           your
           own
           heads
           .
           Pag.
           16.
           
        
         
           How
           the
           Presence
           and
           Preaching
           of
           Christ
           did
           scorch
           and
           blast
           those
           Cathedral
           Priests
           ,
           that
           unhallowed
           generation
           of
           *
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           and
           perfected
           their
           Rebellion
           ,
           into
           that
           
             unpardonable
             sin
             against
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           Pag.
           33.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Case
           on
           Dan.
           XI
           .
           32.
           1644.
           
           Before
           the
           House
           of
           commons
           on
           a
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           for
           the
           Victory
           given
           to
           Sir
           
             William
             Waller
          
           against
           the
           Army
           of
           Sir
           
             Ralph
             Hopton
          
           .
        
         
           HAd
           not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           wrought
           to
           a
           wonder
           of
           wisdom
           and
           power
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           sate
           down
           long
           before
           this
           ,
           made
           our
           Wills
           ,
           an●…
           bequeath'd
           our
           poor
           children
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           them
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           for
           their
           sorrowful
           Patrimony
           .
           Pag.
           9.
           
        
         
           Cursed
           be
           he
           that
           withholdeth
           his
           Sword
           from
           blood
           ,
           that
           spares
           ,
           
             when
             God
          
           saith
           strike
           ;
           that
           suffers
           those
           to
           escape
           whom
           God
           has
           appointed
           to
           destruction
           .
           Pag.
           24.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           Case
           on
           Isa.
           43.
           4.
           
           In
           a
           Thanksgiving
           for
           taking
           Bridgwater
           and
           Sherbourn
           .
        
         
           *
           WHat
           a
           sad
           thing
           is
           it
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           to
           see
           our
           King
           in
           the
           head
           of
           an
           Army
           of
           Bahylonians
           ,
           refusing
           as
           it
           were
           to
           be
           call'd
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Ireland
          
           ,
           and
           chusing
           rather
           to
           be
           call'd
           the
           
             King
             of
             Babylon
          
           ?
           Pag.
           18.
           
        
         
           Prelacy
           and
           Prelatical
           Clergy
           ,
           Priests
           and
           Jesuites
           ,
           Ceremonies
           and
           Service-Book
           ,
           Star-Chamber
           and
           
             High
             Commission
             Court
          
           ,
           were
           mighty
           impediments
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           God
           hath
           mightily
           brought
           them
           down
           .
           Pag.
           19.
           
        
         
           *
           The
           Father
           having
           given
           to
           him
           (
           Vid.
           Christ
           )
           all
           power
           both
           in
           heaven
           and
           in
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           rule
           and
           Regiment
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           he
           hath
           committed
           to
           Monarchies
           ,
           Aristocracies
           ,
           or
           Democracies
           ,
           as
           the
           several
           combinations
           and
           associations
           of
           the
           People
           shall
           between
           themselves
           think
           good
           to
           elect
           and
           erect
           .
           
             God
             leaves
             people
             to
             their
             own
             Liberty
             in
             this
             Case
             .
          
           Pag.
           26.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Case
             ,
             Psal.
          
           107.
           30
           ,
           31.
           in
           his
           Thanksgiving
           Sermon
           for
           Surrender
           of
           Chester
           .
        
         
           *
           ALas
           ,
           alas
           ,
           they
           have
           put
           out
           the
           eyes
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           carried
           him
           away
           Captive
           ;
           our
           King
           is
           in
           Babylon
           among
           Idolaters
           and
           Murtherers
           ;
           
             we
             have
             no
             King.
          
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Joseph
             Caryl
          
           in
           his
           Sermon
           on
           
             Nehe.
             chap.
          
           9.
           vers
           .
           38.
           
           Preach'd
           at
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           Octob.
           6.
           1643.
           
        
         
           THere
           is
           much
           sin
           in
           making
           a
           Covenant
           on
           sinful
           grounds
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           more
           sin
           in
           keeping
           it
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           preservation
           of
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Vindication
           of
           just
           Liberties
           ,
           meet
           in
           the
           ground-work
           ,
           yea
           may
           swear
           ,
           and
           not
           repent
           ,
           yea
           if
           you
           swear
           ,
           yea
           must
           not
           repent
           .
           Pag.
           18.
           
        
         
           Take
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           ye
           take
           Babylon
           ,
           The
           Towers
           of
           Babylon
           shall
           quake
           ,
           and
           
             her
             seven
          
           hills
           shall
           move
           .
           Pag.
           21.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           Shiboleth
           to
           distinguish
           Ephramites
           from
           Gileadites
           .
           Pag.
           22.
           
        
         
           When
           we
           provoke
           God
           to
           bring
           evil
           upon
           us
           ,
           he
           stays
           his
           hand
           by
           considering
           the
           Covenant
           .
           Gen.
           9.
           15.
           
           
             Now
             as
             the
             remembrance
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           on
           Gods
           part
           stays
           his
           hand
           ,
           so
           the
           remembrance
           
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           will
           be
           very
           effectual
           ,
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           to
           stay
           our
           hands
           ,
           tongues
           ,
           hearts
           from
           sin
           .
           Pag.
           27.
           
        
         
           Not
           onely
           is
           that
           Covenant
           which
           God
           hath
           made
           with
           us
           ,
           founded
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           that
           also
           which
           we
           make
           with
           God.
           Pag.
           33.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Caryl
           on
           Revel
           .
           XI
           .
           vers
           .
           16
           ,
           17.
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           April
           23.
           1644.
           
        
         
           OUr
           war
           has
           been
           proved
           over
           and
           over
           (
           to
           Unbiast
           consciences
           )
           to
           be
           just
           .
           Pag.
           15.
           
        
         
           We
           may
           answer
           all
           Queries
           about
           the
           Reign
           of
           Christ
           thus
           ,
           the
           blind
           begin
           to
           have
           their
           eyes
           unscal'd
           ,
           the
           lame
           do
           walk
           at
           liberty
           ,
           proud
           ones
           are
           ab●…s'd
           ,
           the
           mighty
           ones
           are
           put
           from
           their
           seats
           ,
           errors
           discountenanc'd
           ,
           ●…ruths
           inquir'd
           after
           ,
           Ceremonies
           and
           Superstitions
           are
           cast
           out
           ,
           monuments
           of
           Popery
           and
           Paganism
           cast
           down
           .
           Pag.
           35.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           Caryl
           on
           Luke
           10.
           20.
           
           
             Rejoyce
             not
             that
             the
             Spirits
             are
             made
             Subject
             unt●…
             you
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           *
           THere
           is
           very
           little
           difference
           between
           Devils
           and
           wicked
           men
           .
           I
           may
           say
           without
           breach
           of
           charity
           ,
           Devils
           Incarnate
           are
           made
           subject
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Subjection
             is
             the
             subject
             of
             this
          
           days
           rejoycing
           .
           Pag.
           22.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Charles
             Herle
          
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           Jan.
           15.
           1643.
           on
           Psal.
           95.
           1.
           
           
             O
             come
             let
             us
             sing
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           *
           IN
           vain
           shall
           you
           in
           your
           Fasts
           ,
           with
           Joshua
           ,
           lie
           on
           your
           faces
           ,
           unless
           you
           lay
           your
           Achans
           on
           their
           backs
           ,
           in
           vain
           are
           the
           high
           praises
           of
           God
           in
           your
           mouthes
           ,
           
             without
             a
             two
             edged
             Sword
             in
             your
             hand
             .
          
           Pag.
           31.
           
        
         
           The
           same
           again
           he
           has
           in
           Sermon
           on
           Gen.
           22.
           vors
           .
           2.
           before
           the
           Lord
           Maior
           and
           Aldermen
           ,
           pag.
           23.
           adding
           *
           the
           blood
           that
           Ahab
           spared
           in
           
             Benhad
             ad
          
           stuck
           as
           deep
           and
           heavily
           on
           him
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           he
           spilt
           in
           Naboth
           .
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Herle
           in
           his
           Preface
           before
           his
           sermon
           on
           2
           Sam.
           21.
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           Commons
           ,
           Novemb.
           5.
           1644.
           
        
         
           HE
           is
           neither
           true
           Protestant
           nor
           true
           English-man
           ,
           that
           doth
           not
           with
           all
           thankfulness
           and
           admiration
           ,
           look
           upon
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           contribution
           ,
           which
           the
           concurrent
           streams
           of
           our
           Sister
           
           Nation
           of
           Scotland
           brings
           to
           both
           those
           interests
           of
           Church
           and
           State.
           Pag.
           14.
           
        
         
           *
           Do
           justice
           to
           the
           greatest
           .
           Sauls
           sons
           are
           not
           spared
           ,
           no
           nor
           may
           Agag
           or
           Benhadad
           ,
           though
           themselves
           Kings
           .
           Zimri
           and
           Cosbi
           ,
           though
           Princes
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           must
           be
           pursu'd
           into
           their
           Tents
           .
           This
           is
           the
           way
           to
           Consecrate
           your selves
           to
           God.
           Pag.
           16.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Herle
           on
           1
           Kings
           22.
           22.
           
           I
           will
           be
           a
           lying
           spirit
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           all
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           Before
           the
           Commons
           ,
           1644.
           
        
         
           *
           IF
           the
           Devil
           can
           but
           once
           get
           a
           Prophet
           to
           leave
           Gods
           Service
           for
           the
           Kings
           ,
           he
           hath
           taken
           a
           Blew
           
             already
             ,
             and
             is
             ready
          
           for
           as
           deep
           a
           Black
           as
           Hell
           can
           give
           him
           .
           Pag.
           28.
           
        
         
           *
           There
           can
           be
           nothing
           plainer
           than
           that
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parlament
           without
           the
           Kings
           personal
           concurrence
           are
           still
           a
           Court
           of
           Judgement
           .
           Pag.
           38.
           
        
         
           *
           The
           Houses
           are
           not
           onely
           requisite
           to
           the
           acting
           of
           this
           power
           of
           making
           Laws
           ,
           but
           co-ordinate
           with
           his
           Majesty
           in
           the
           very
           power
           of
           acting
           .
           Pag.
           42.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Jerem.
             Burroughs
          
           on
           Isa.
           66.
           vers
           .
           10.
           in
           a
           Thansgiving
           .
        
         
           THere
           was
           corruption
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           Idols
           were
           set
           up
           in
           Dan
           and
           
             Bethel
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           in
           the
           places
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           House
           of
           God.
           Pag.
           37.
           
        
         
           *
           The
           greatest
           blow
           that
           ever
           was
           given
           to
           Anti-christian
           Government
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           now
           it
           hath
           had
           ,
           Babylon
           is
           fallen
           ,
           is
           sallen
           ,
           so
           fallen
           as
           it
           shall
           never
           rise
           again
           .
           Pag.
           44.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Curse
           of
           God
           on
           that
           party
           ,
           notwithstanding
           God
           sets
           himself
           against
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           not
           come
           in
           and
           repent
           ,
           for
           God
           takes
           no
           pleasure
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           give
           them
           repentance
           .
           Pag.
           58
           ,
           59.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Obed.
             Sedgewick
          
           on
           Esther
           9.
           vers
           .
           1.
           in
           a
           Thanksgiving
           sermon
           ,
           Jan.
           15.
           1643.
           
        
         
           *
           NEver
           were
           there
           grosser
           Idols
           in
           Rome
           than
           those
           things
           as
           they
           were
           used
           by
           some
           ,
           
             and
             what
             is
             abus'd
             by
             superstition
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             retain'd
             .
          
           Pag.
           33.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Alexander
             Henderson
          
           before
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           Thursday
           18.
           of
           July
           1644.
           on
           Mat.
           14.
           21.
           
           In
           his
           preface
           to
           that
           sermon
           .
        
         
           THe
           principal
           theam
           and
           matter
           of
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           we
           take
           for
           an
           answer
           of
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           faithful
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           .
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             John
             Strickland
          
           of
           
             New
             Sarum
          
           in
           his
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           Novemb.
           5.
           1644.
           on
           Psal.
           46.
           7.
           
        
         
           *
           THe
           execution
           of
           Judgement
           is
           the
           Lords
           work
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           be
           cursed
           that
           do
           it
           negligently
           ,
           and
           cursed
           shall
           they
           be
           that
           keep
           back
           their
           Sword
           from
           blood
           in
           this
           cause
           ,
           you
           know
           the
           story
           of
           Gods
           message
           unto
           Ahab
           for
           letting
           Benhadad
           go
           upon
           Composition
           .
           Pag.
           26.
           
        
         
           *
           Such
           a
           generation
           of
           men
           there
           were
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           by
           compliances
           with
           Idols
           and
           Idolatry
           went
           about
           to
           drive
           God
           away
           ,
           and
           what
           consistence
           can
           there
           be
           between
           the
           Ark
           and
           Dagon
           ,
           between
           God
           and
           Idols
           ?
           Pag.
           32.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           Matthew
           Newcomen
           on
           Neh.
           4.
           
           XI
           .
           Novemb.
           5.
           1642.
           
        
         
           A
           
             Dam
             ●…ontzen
          
           a
           Jesuite
           has
           drawn
           a
           plot
           ,
           for
           cheating
           of
           a
           people
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           by
           Art
           of
           Legerdemain
           ,
           the
           Method
           this
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           observe
           how
           exactly
           the
           late
           times
           have
           moved
           according
           to
           these
           Rules
           .
        
         
           When
           Abbies
           were
           demolish'd
           they
           found
           in
           their
           vaults
           and
           ponds
           heaps
           of
           Sculs
           and
           bones
           ,
           monuments
           of
           their
           smother'd
           cruelty
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           abolishers
           of
           High
           Commission
           have
           found
           as
           manifest
           evidence
           of
           their
           cruel
           practices
           ,
           heaps
           of
           the
           blood
           of
           Innocents
           .
           Pag.
           30.
           
        
         
           Those
           Traytors
           (
           of
           the
           fift
           of
           November
           )
           laid
           their
           Fire-works
           in
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           these
           have
           laid
           theirs
           in
           the
           bosom
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           ,
           whereby
           they
           have
           Captivated
           not
           onely
           the
           multitude
           ,
           but
           the
           Throne
           it self
           .
           Pag.
           35.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Joh.
           Ward
           
             before
             the
             House
             ,
             of
             Lords
             on
          
           Deut.
           33.
           16.
           
        
         
           'T
           Is
           n●…w
           more
           than
           manifest
           that
           Rome
           and
           Hell
           had
           long
           since
           taken
           counsel
           ,
           by
           working
           
             to
             extirpate
             all
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           as
           for
           dissolving
           Our
           Laws
           ,
           the
           introducing
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           it
           was
           but
           a
           design
           on
           the
           by
           to
           Cajole
           and
           hire
           the
           Court
           to
           their
           party
           .
           Pag.
           16.
           
        
         
           *
           The
           Scots
           were
           necessitated
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           for
           their
           just
           defence
           ,
           and
           against
           Anti-christ
           and
           the
           Popish
           Priests
           .
           Pag.
           18.
           
        
         
           A
           Lamp
           hath
           been
           seen
           to
           walk
           between
           the
           divided
           pieces
           ,
           many
           Testimonies
           of
           the
           goodness
           of
           our
           God
           
             in
             the
             remembrance
             of
             his
             Covenant
             .
          
           Pag.
           21.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Mr.
           John
           Bond
           
             Master
             of
             the
          
           Savoy
           ,
           
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             on
          
           Isaiah
           25.
           9.
           1645.
           
           Octob.
           8.
           
        
         
           *
           COme
           hither
           you
           malignant
           Atheists
           ,
           come
           hither
           ,
           g●…ash
           your
           teeth
           ,
           and
           let
           your
           eyes
           rot
           in
           their
           holes
           .
           Pag.
           5.
           
        
         
           My
           sute
           is
           (
           concerning
           the
           Covenant
           )
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           obtrude●…
           without
           due
           preparation
           ,
           as
           the
           Spaniards
           baptized
           the
           Americans
           b●…
           droves
           .
           Pag.
           36.
           
        
         
           Give
           them
           time
           first
           to
           disgorge
           themselves
           of
           their
           direful
           Anti-Covenant
           perjurious
           combinations
           .
           Pag.
           36.
           
        
         
           Let
           them
           ●…irst
           shave
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           pair
           their
           nails
           ,
           as
           the
           strang●…
           Virgin
           of
           old
           was
           commanded
           to
           do
           ,
           
             and
             so
             let
          
           them
           enter
           into
           that
           
             sacred
             and
             dreadful
          
           Covenant
           .
           Pag.
           37.
           
        
         
           If
           hereafter
           the
           Tide
           of
           Victory
           shall
           turn
           again
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           b●…
           brought
           low
           ,
           yet
           I
           beseech
           you
           remember
           this
           day
           in
           which
           you
           are
           to
           give
           thanks
           for
           five
           Victories
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           day
           when
           God
           serv'd
           you
           in
           with
           five
           
             Pheasants
             in
             a
             dish
          
           ,
           with
           a
           feast
           of
           fat
           things
           .
           Pag.
           38.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Francis
           Woodcock
           
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           Feb.
           19.
           1645.
           on
           Gen.
           49.
           23.
           
           
             In
             his
             Preface
             to
             the
             County
             and
             City
             of
          
           Chester
           
             aster
             the
             surrender
             of
          
           Chester
           .
        
         
           THe
           Church
           in
           the
           foremost
           times
           was
           harrased
           by
           Rome
           heathen
           ,
           in
           these
           last
           days
           by
           Rome
           Anti-christian
           .
           Pag.
           8.
           
        
         
           Have
           not
           we
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           been
           bought
           and
           sold
           hath
           it
           not
           been
           attempted
           ,
           yea
           effected
           in
           great
           measure
           to
           bring
           us
           ,
           as
           Joseph
           ,
           into
           Egyptian
           Slavery
           ,
           were
           they
           not
           English
           Prelates
           that
           conspired
           to
           sel●…
           their
           Brethren
           into
           Romish
           Slavery
           ?
           Pag.
           12.
           
        
         
           Some
           of
           your
           Brethren
           have
           come
           in
           and
           submitted
           to
           you
           ,
           Stars
           of
           the
           first
           Magnitude
           ,
           and
           may
           it
           not
           be
           expected
           the
           Sun
           and
           Moon
           nill
           
           do
           so
           too
           ?
           
             if
             they
             do
             not
             ,
             they
             may
             do
             worse
             ,
          
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           it
           will
           never
           be
           worse
           for
           you
           .
           Pag.
           20.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Faircloth
          
           ,
           on
           Josh.
           7.
           25.
           before
           divers
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           MOses
           fell
           on
           his
           f●…ce
           ,
           as
           Joshua
           here
           ,
           and
           makes
           God
           cry
           out
           Let
           me
           alone
           ;
           will
           this
           Cure
           it
           ?
           no
           ,
           Moses
           sees
           for
           all
           his
           prayers
           ,
           Israel
           will
           not
           be
           cured
           without
           a
           full
           and
           total
           extirpation
           of
           all
           the
           accursed
           things
           and
           Persons
           also
           .
           Pag.
           25.
           
        
         
           *
           The
           Lord
           rent
           the
           Kingdom
           from
           Saul
           for
           sparing
           one
           Agag
           ,
           and
           for
           w●…nt
           of
           thorow
           extirpation
           of
           all
           the
           accursed
           things
           ,
           he
           lost
           both
           than●…s
           for
           what
           he
           had
           done
           and
           
             Kingdom
             also
          
           .
           Pag.
           27.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           partial
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           execution
           of
           justice
           upon
           some
           offenders
           will
           afford
           us
           help
           ,
           
             except
             those
          
           in
           Authority
           extirpate
           all
           Achans
           with
           
             Baby
             lomsh
          
           Garments
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           Ceremonies
           ,
           Gestures
           ,
           be
           rooted
           out
           from
           among
           us
           .
           Pag.
           28.
           
        
         
           *
           To
           you
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           Up
           ,
           for
           the
           matter
           belongs
           to
           you
           ,
           
             We
             ,
             even
          
           all
           the
           Godly
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           will
           be
           with
           you
           .
           Pag.
           29.
           
        
         
           Think
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           your
           Committees
           ,
           to
           save
           them
           and
           theirs
           from
           trouble
           by
           troubl●…ng
           them
           ,
           as
           Joshua
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             by
             a
             thorow
          
           abolishment
           ,
           and
           extirpation
           of
           them
           .
           Pag.
           29.
           
        
         
           The
           East
           wind
           did
           not
           sooner
           cure
           Egypt
           of
           the
           Frogs
           of
           Nilus
           ,
           than
           this
           course
           would
           England
           of
           all
           the
           Achans
           and
           Frogs
           of
           Tiber
           —
           There
           being
           no
           vertue
           wherein
           men
           resemble
           the
           Lord
           more
           lively
           ,
           as
           in
           executing
           of
           justice
           ,
           and
           in
           extirpation
           of
           those
           Achans
           you
           will
           cut
           off
           the
           wicked
           ,
           and
           procure
           the
           felicity
           of
           the
           chosen
           .
           Pag.
           34.
           
        
         
           Trouble
           they
           will
           bring
           upon
           us
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           now
           cut
           off
           ,
           
             all
             may
          
           see
           that
           an
           Universal
           destruction
           ,
           extirpation
           of
           Us
           ,
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Laws
           ,
           was
           intended
           by
           them
           ,
           
             and
             shall
             not
             Joshua
          
           justly
           extirpate
           Achans
           eye
           for
           eye
           ,
           tooth
           for
           tooth
           ?
           that
           justice
           may
           measure
           them
           ,
           the
           measure
           they
           would
           have
           measrr'd
           to
           us
           ,
           
             is
             not
             onely
          
           〈◊〉
           but
           necessary
           ,
           if
           ninety
           and
           nine
           were
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           but
           on●…
           A●…han
           left
           ,
           he
           would
           trouble
           us
           .
           Pag.
           36.
           
        
         
           Consecrate
           your selves
           to
           day
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           if
           all
           Achans
           could
           
           be
           hang'd
           up
           
             coram
             isto
             sole
          
           ,
           let
           none
           remain
           until
           too
           morrow
           however
           .
           Pag.
           47.
           
        
         
           The
           Lord
           is
           persuing
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           execute
           not
           vengeance
           on
           them
           betimes
           .
           Pag.
           48.
           
        
         
           Why
           should
           life
           be
           further
           granted
           to
           them
           whose
           very
           life
           brings
           death
           to
           all
           about
           them
           .
           Pag.
           50.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Will.
           Bridges
           on
           Revel
           .
           4.
           8.
           
        
         
           BAbylon
           is
           fallen
           ,
           as
           Rome
           in
           her
           Latitude
           with
           all
           her
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           Symbolize
           with
           her
           is
           here
           to
           be
           understood
           ..
           Pag.
           6.
           
        
         
           Worthies
           of
           Israel
           ,
           it
           lies
           on
           you
           to
           enquire
           out
           this
           Babylonish
           company
           ,
           and
           to
           repay
           them
           
             an
             eye
             for
             an
             eye
          
           ,
           tooth
           for
           tooth
           ,
           burning
           for
           burning
           ,
           ear
           for
           ear
           ,
           liberty
           for
           liberty
           ,
           and
           blood
           for
           blood
           .
           Pag.
           10.
           
        
         
           Though
           as
           little
           ones
           ,
           they
           call
           for
           pitty
           ,
           yet
           as
           Babylonish
           they
           call
           for
           justice
           even
           to
           blood
           .
           Pag.
           XI
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           thing
           be
           indifferent
           in
           it's
           own
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           doing
           thereof
           offensive
           to
           a
           weak
           Brother
           ,
           Authority
           can
           not
           write
           
             jus
             divinum
          
           upon
           it
           ,
           
             for
             to
             offend
          
           a
           weak
           Brother
           is
           to
           destroy
           him
           .
           Pag.
           15.
           
        
         
           Whensoever
           you
           shall
           behold
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           in
           the
           fall
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           say
           ,
           True
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           Babylonish
           Priest
           crying
           out
           alas
           ,
           alas
           ,
           my
           living
           ,
           I
           have
           wife
           and
           children
           to
           maintain
           ,
           I
           but
           all
           this
           is
           to
           perform
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Pag.
           30.
           
        
         
           There
           shall
           be
           ,
           who
           when
           the
           Vial
           shall
           be
           poured
           out
           on
           the
           beast
           ,
           shall
           gnaw
           their
           tongues
           ,
           and
           blaspheme
           the
           God
           of
           heaven
           .
           Pag.
           33.
           
        
      
       
         
           Nath.
           Homes
           Doctor
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           on
           2
           Pet.
           3.
           vers
           .
           13.
           1641.
           
        
         
           AN
           ill
           Scholar
           is
           not
           said
           to
           be
           gone
           from
           the
           University
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           gone
           
             eum
             pannis
          
           with
           his
           clothes
           ,
           no
           more
           is
           enormity
           gone
           from
           the
           Universality
           of
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           gone
           
             cum
             pannis
          
           ,
           not
           a
           rag
           of
           Superstition
           left
           behind
           .
           Pag.
           31.
           
        
         
         
           This
           Position
           That
           humane
           honest
           Intention
           may
           devise
           forms
           of
           devotion
           ,
           hath
           brought
           all
           the
           Judaism
           ,
           Turcism
           ,
           and
           Papism
           into
           the
           Church
           .
           Pag.
           33.
           
        
         
           These
           Ecclesiastical
           Offices
           ,
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           are
           set
           up
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           are
           an
           appendix
           ,
           or
           tail
           of
           Anti-christ
           .
           Pag.
           33.
           
        
         
           Now
           is
           the
           promised
           time
           of
           the
           Churches
           Reformation
           in
           Christendom
           .
           P.
           34.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             H.
             Burton
          
           in
           his
           Sermon
           on
           Psal.
           53.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           Jun
           :
           20.
           1641.
           
        
         
           AFter
           the
           first-born
           of
           Egypt
           were
           slain
           ,
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           were
           deliver'd
           ,
           and
           
             for
             the
          
           chiefest
           of
           these
           Incendiaries
           ,
           certainly
           the
           Primogenit
           being
           taken
           away
           we
           may
           well
           hope
           for
           a
           glorious
           deliverance
           .
           Pag.
           XI
           .
        
         
           *
           God
           's
           people
           lie
           under
           bondage
           of
           Conscience
           in
           point
           of
           Liturgy
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           In
           bondage
           of
           Conscience
           under
           Ceremonies
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           Of
           Conscience
           under
           Discipline
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           Of
           Conscience
           under
           Government
           .
           Pag.
           21.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           
             S.
             Sympson
          
           on
           
             Prov.
             8
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           By
           me
           Kings
           Reign
           .
        
         
           *
           LEt
           no
           Law
           hinder
           you
           ,
           
             si
             jus
             violandum
          
           ,
           and
           
             if
             Law
             be
             to
             be
             broken
             ,
             it
             is
             for
             a
             Crown
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           
             for
             Religion
          
           .
           Pag.
           23.
           
        
         
           *
           You
           are
           set
           
             over
             Kingdoms
          
           ,
           to
           root
           out
           ,
           pull
           down
           ,
           destroy
           and
           throw
           down
           ,
           
             do
             it
             quickly
          
           ,
           do
           it
           thorowly
           .
           Pag.
           24.
           
        
         
           *
           That
           which
           is
           best
           ,
           though
           evil
           ,
           will
           be
           counted
           good
           after
           Reformation
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           counted
           innocent
           ,
           who
           scapes
           at
           trial
           .
           Pag.
           25.
           
        
         
           *
           Among
           the
           Jews
           all
           were
           in
           the
           Church
           that
           were
           fit
           to
           live
           ,
           
             now
             none
             must
             be
             but
             Saints
             .
          
           Pag.
           29.
           
        
         
           One
           thing
           that
           has
           hindred
           the
           Church
           ,
           hath
           been
           too
           much
           respect
           to
           Antiquity
           .
           Pag.
           30.
           
        
         
         
           An
           other
           thing
           that
           hinders
           the
           Church
           ,
           hath
           been
           a
           desire
           of
           Uniformity
           by
           this
           ,
           Judaism
           and
           Gentilism
           got
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           accord
           together
           .
           Pag.
           31.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Case
           in
           his
           Sermon
           on
           2
           Chron.
           19.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           Concerning
           Jehosaphats
           Caveat
           to
           his
           Judges
           ;
           Preaching
           to
           a
           Court
           Martial
           .
        
         
           YOu
           know
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           how
           the
           
             Midianites
             (
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Party
             )
          
           with
           whom
           you
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           have
           vext
           you
           with
           their
           wiles
           ,
           and
           laboured
           to
           obstruct
           you
           ,
           yet
           to
           cut
           Us
           all
           off
           in
           our
           passage
           into
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           ,
           that
           blessed
           Reformation
           ,
           which
           the
           Parlament
           Consult
           for
           ,
           Assembly
           Dispute
           for
           ,
           Armies
           Fight
           for
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           Christians
           Pray
           for
           ;
           Oh!
           therefore
           do
           you
           honour
           God
           in
           avenging
           your
           Brethren
           upon
           these
           Midianites
           in
           doing
           execution
           on
           the
           enemies
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
      
       
         
           Out
           of
           the
           Book
           called
           
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             pleaded
             for
             Defensive
             Arms
             ,
          
           or
           the
           whole
           
             Controversie
             about
             Subjects
             taking
             up
             of
             Arms
          
           ;
           Published
           by
           divers
           of
           their
           learnedst
           Divines
           ,
           and
           ordered
           to
           be
           Printed
           by
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           April
           14.
           1643.
           
           Which
           Order
           is
           subscribed
           by
           
             John
             White
          
           .
        
         
           
             TO
             Doctor
          
           Fern
           :
           's
           Objection
           ,
           That
           though
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           they
           intend
           not
           to
           hurt
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           yet
           might
           I
           not
           as
           well
           have
           hurt
           his
           Person
           in
           the
           day
           of
           Battel
           ,
           a●…
           any
           of
           them
           that
           were
           swept
           away
           from
           ab●…ut
           him
           by
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Ordnance
           ,
           which
           put
           no
           difference
           twixt
           King
           and
           Common
           Souldiers
           .
           Pag.
           19.
           
        
         
         
           
             They
             answer
             by
             faying
          
           ,
           That
           though
           this
           is
           the
           hardest
           case
           that
           can
           be
           put
           against
           Defensive
           Armes
           ,
           
             yet
             ,
             (
             first
          
           )
           By
           what
           Rule
           of
           Conscience
           or
           God
           is
           a
           state
           bound
           to
           sacrifize
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           rather
           than
           endure
           that
           the
           Prince
           his
           Life
           should
           come
           into
           any
           possibilities
           of
           hazard
           ,
           by
           defending
           them
           against
           those
           that
           in
           his
           Name
           are
           bent
           to
           subdue
           them
           ?
           
             Pag.
             18.
          
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           he
           wi●…l
           needs
           thrust
           himself
           upon
           the
           hazard
           ,
           when
           he
           needs
           not
           ,
           whose
           fault
           is
           that
           ?
           —
           
             And
             (
             a
             little
             after
             in
             the
             same
             
             Answer
             ,
             )
          
           As
           if
           a
           King
           disguized
           should
           offer
           any
           private
           violence
           ,
           a
           watchman
           that
           would
           not
           (
           or
           even
           might
           not
           )
           hurt
           him
           being
           known
           ,
           were
           without
           blame
           ,
           if
           he
           knock'd
           him
           down
           or
           killed
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           might
           in
           like
           case
           a
           disorderly
           private
           person
           .
           Now
           in
           Battel
           ,
           to
           many
           or
           most
           ,
           (
           and
           especially
           to
           the
           Gunners
           that
           give
           fire
           to
           the
           Ordnance
           )
           he
           is
           altogether
           disguised
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           are
           blameless
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           personal
           hurt
           ;
           that
           fault
           is
           wholly
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           those
           wicked
           Counsellors
           that
           have
           thrust
           him
           upon
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Battel
           .
           
             Pag.
             20.
          
           
        
         
           
             To
             Doctor
          
           Ferne's
           saying
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           marvellous
           thing
           ,
           that
           among
           so
           many
           Prophets
           reprehending
           the
           Kings
           of
           Israel
           and
           Judah
           for
           their
           Idolatry
           ,
           
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             oppression
          
           ,
           none
           should
           call
           upon
           the
           Elders
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           for
           this
           duty
           of
           resistance
           .
        
         
           
             They
             Answer
          
           ,
           That
           even
           in
           the
           reign
           of
           the
           best
           Kings
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           Peoples
           hearts
           were
           usually
           unprepared
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           greatest
           seemings
           ,
           hypocritical
           and
           treacherous
           ,
           —
           but
           also
           the
           Princes
           Elders
           and
           Nobles
           were
           exceedingly
           corrupt
           ,
           —
           Now
           if
           they
           were
           so
           bad
           in
           good
           times
           ,
           who
           can
           marvel
           if
           they
           were
           stark
           naught
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           was
           naught
           ,
           and
           helpers
           ,
           forwarders
           of
           his
           Idolatries
           ,
           Cruelties
           ,
           and
           Oppressions
           ?
           And
           why
           should
           it
           then
           be
           expected
           that
           the
           Prophets
           should
           call
           upon
           them
           to
           resist
           the
           King
           ,
           being
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           and
           they
           on
           his
           .
           Pag.
           20.
           21.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           absolutely
           true
           ,
           that
           men
           are
           bound
           Universally
           ,
           as
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           ,
           live
           under
           Government
           ,
           in
           the
           Doctors
           sense
           ,
           that
           is
           absolutely
           ,
           and
           without
           power
           to
           resist
           .
           Pag.
           31.
           
        
         
           Either
           all
           mankind
           are
           not
           bound
           to
           be
           under
           Government
           (
           and
           all
           the
           Doctors
           te●…ts
           and
           reasons
           are
           alleged
           in
           vain
           )
           or
           else
           Kings
           and
           Monarchs
           are
           also
           
             under
             some
             Government
             ,
             at
             least
             of
             the
             Representative
             Body
             of
             their
             people
             ,
          
           according
           to
           what
           was
           before
           alleged
           from
           our
           Lawyers
           ,
           
             Rex
             non
             habet
             superiorem
             praeter
             legem
             ,
             &
          
           *
           
             Curiam
             Comitum
             &
             Baronum
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Pag.
           32.
           
        
         
           We
           argue
           not
           that
           the
           people
           have
           power
           to
           recall
           that
           Regal
           Authority
           wholly
           ,
           upon
           any
           Case
           of
           Mal-administration
           ;
           All
           that
           we
           plead
           for
           is
           ,
           
           Power
           to
           
             administer
             a
             part
             of
             it
             upon
             Necessity
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             not
             administer
             for
             good
             ,
             but
             rather
             for
             evil
             .
          
           And
           there
           are
           not
           many
           
           things
           that
           were
           altogether
           ours
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           disposing
           
             before
             we
             part
             with
             them
          
           ,
           but
           are
           still
           so
           far
           
             Ours
             ,
             to
             use
             them
             again
             in
             our
          
           
           
             Necessity
             ,
             for
             that
             turn
             at
             least
             .
          
           (
           Pag.
           35.
           )
        
         
           A
           Prince
           onely
           inherits
           what
           was
           given
           the
           first
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           or
           others
           since
           by
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           by
           written
           Law
           or
           Custome
           he
           must
           claim
           any
           power
           he
           will
           exercise
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           cannot
           plead
           any
           right
           title
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           his
           
             qualification
             of
             power
             admits
             of
             Increase
             or
             Decrease
             ,
             as
             he
             and
             the
             people
             agree
             and
             consent
             .
             His
             power
             is
             altogether
             derived
             by
             Election
             and
             Consent
             ,
          
           first
           and
           last
           ,
           whence
           I
           will
           infer
           
           no
           more
           but
           as
           before
           ,
           
             that
             therefore
             in
             Case
             of
             necessity
             the
             people
             may
             use
             so
             much
             of
             it
             as
             may
             suffice
             to
             save
             themselves
             from
             Ruine
             .
          
           
           (
           Pag.
           39.
           )
        
      
       
         
           The
           late
           Usurpers
           own'd
           as
           a
           Holy
           State
           set
           up
           by
           Almighty
           God.
           
        
         
           MAster
           Sam.
           Slater
           
             in
             a
             Sermon
             Preached
             at
             S.
          
           Edmunds
           Bury
           in
           Suffolk
           
             upon
             the
             13.
             of
          
           Octob.
           1658.
           
           
             Being
             a
             day
             set
             apart
             for
             Solemn
             Fasting
             and
             Humiliation
             ,
             and
             seeking
             a
             blessing
             upon
             His
          
           Highness
           
             the
             Lord
          
           Protector
           .
           
             This
             Sermon
             he
             intitles
          
           The
           Protectors
           Protection
           ,
           or
           the
           Pious
           Prince
           guarded
           by
           a
           Praying
           People
           .
           
             In
             this
             Sermon
          
           ,
           Pag.
           57
           ,
           &
           58.
           
           
             He
             hath
             these
             words
          
           ,
           Oh!
           pray
           for
           your
           Governours
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           more
           special
           manner
           ,
           for
           him
           whom
           
             God
             hath
             made
             chief
          
           over
           you
           ,
           and
           by
           
             his
             Providence
          
           called
           to
           the
           Supreme
           place
           of
           Magistracy
           in
           the
           Nation
           .
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           of
           late
           to
           make
           a
           sad
           breach
           among
           Us
           ,
           taking
           away
           from
           Us
           our
           former
           Pilot
           ,
           the
           late
           
             Renowned
             Protector
          
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           fought
           the
           Nations
           Battels
           ,
           carried
           us
           thorow
           the
           wilderness
           ,
           preserved
           us
           from
           the
           rage
           and
           fury
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           brought
           us
           within
           s●…ght
           of
           the
           
             promised
             Land
          
           ,
           gave
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           laid
           down
           his
           leading
           Staff
           ,
           and
           his
           life
           together
           ,
           with
           whose
           fall
           the
           Nation
           was
           shaken
           :
           his
           death
           covered
           all
           the
           faces
           of
           sober
           and
           considerate
           Persons
           with
           paleness
           ,
           and
           their
           hearts
           with
           sadness
           ,
           as
           if
           
             Peace
             ,
             Prosperity
             ,
             Resormation
             ,
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             all
          
           lay
           drawing
           on
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           buried
           in
           the
           same
           grave
           with
           him
           .
           But
           b●…essed
           be
           God
           ,
           
             Divine
             Grace
          
           vouchsafed
           to
           cast
           an
           eye
           towards
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           visit
           us
           
           in
           our
           low
           estate
           :
           there
           is
           another
           Pilot
           placed
           in
           his
           room
           ;
           VVhile
           he
           directs
           the
           Course
           ,
           let
           us
           fill
           the
           Sails
           with
           our
           Praying
           breath
           .
           Moses
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           is
           dead
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           a
           Joshua
           succeeding
           him
           ;
           let
           us
           pray
           that
           what
           the
           other
           happily
           begun
           ,
           this
           may
           more
           happily
           finish
           ,
           and
           bring
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           all
           your
           right-bred
           hopes
           :
           and
           what
           they
           said
           to
           Joshua
           ,
           let
           us
           say
           unto
           his
           Highness
           ,
           According
           as
           we
           hearkned
           unto
           Moses
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           so
           will
           we
           hearken
           unto
           thee
           ,
           onely
           the
           Lord
           they
           God
           be
           with
           thee
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           with
           
             Moses
             .
             Jos.
             1.
             17.
             
             And
             pag.
             60.
             
          
           Our
           Prince
           riseth
           gloriously
           ,
           pray
           that
           he
           might
           n●…t
           set
           in
           a
           cloud
           :
           Our
           hopes
           concerning
           him
           are
           great
           ,
           pray
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           blasted
           .
           Thus
           He.
           
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Baxter
           in
           his
           Five
           Disputations
           of
           Church-Government
           and
           Worship
           ,
           in
           the
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           to
           
             Richard
             Cromwel
          
           ,
           He
           delivers
           the
           sense
           of
           his
           Party
           in
           these
           words
           .
        
         
           MAny
           are
           perswaded
           you
           have
           been
           strangely
           kept
           
           from
           participating
           in
           any
           of
           our
           late
           bloody
           Contentions
           ,
           that
           God
           might
           make
           you
           a
           Healer
           of
           our
           Breaches
           ,
           and
           imploy
           you
           in
           that
           Temple-work
           ,
           which
           David
           Himself
           might
           not
           be
           Honour'd
           with
           .
           
             And
             he
             adds
          
           —
           This
           would
           be
           the
           way
           to
           lift
           you
           highest
           in
           the
           Esteem
           and
           love
           of
           all
           
             Your
             people
          
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           see
           that
           You
           are
           
             appointed
             by
             God
          
           to
           be
           an
           Healer
           and
           Restorer
           ,
           and
           to
           glory
           in
           You
           ,
           and
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           you
           as
           the
           Instrument
           of
           our
           chiefest
           good
           .
           —
           My
           earnest
           Prayers
           for
           your
           Higness
           shall
           be
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           rule
           us
           as
           One
           that
           is
           ruled
           by
           God
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             The
             same
             Mr.
          
           Baxter
           
             in
             his
          
           Holy
           Common-wealth
           ,
           
             in
             the
          
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           or
           Preface
           
             to
             the
          
           Army
           ,
           (
           pag.
           6.
           )
           
             He
             call'd
             those
          
           Usurping
           Powers
           ,
           
             that
             were
             then
             laid
             by
          
           ,
           The
           best
           Governours
           in
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           Supremacy
           ,
           whom
           to
           Resist
           or
           Depose
           is
           forbidden
           to
           Subjects
           on
           pain
           of
           
             Damnation
             ,
             and
             pag.
             8.
             
             He
             crys
             out
             ,
          
           shall
           the
           best
           of
           Governours
           ,
           the
           greatest
           of
           mercies
           seem
           intolerable
           ?
           O
           how
           happy
           would
           the
           best
           of
           ohe
           Nations
           under
           heaven
           be
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           the
           Rulers
           that
           our
           Ingratitude
           hath
           cast
           off
           .
           
             And
             pag.
             484.
             speaking
             of
             the
          
           Usurpers
           
             (
             whomsoever
             he
             meant
             )
             he
             saith
             ,
          
           He
           is
           bound
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           as
           set
           over
           us
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           obey
           for
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           to
           behave
           himself
           as
           a
           loyal
           Subject
           towards
           them
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           In
           the
           book
           intitled
           ,
           
             The
             Marrow
             of
             Modern
             Divivinity
          
           ,
           *
           
             publickly
             commended
             by
             Mr.
             Caryl
             ,
             Mr.
             Burroughs
             ,
             Mr.
             Strong
             ,
             Mr.
             Sprigg
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Samuel
             Prittie
             .
          
        
         
           EVangelista
           
             (
             in
             the
             Dialogue
             )
             being
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             doth
             instruct
          
           Neophytus
           
             or
             the
          
           young
           Christian
           
             in
             these
             following
             words
          
           .
           Pag.
           201.
           
           In
           case
           you
           be
           at
           any
           time
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           weakness
           of
           your
           faith
           ,
           and
           strength
           of
           your
           temptations
           ,
           drawn
           aside
           ,
           and
           prevailed
           with
           to
           transgress
           any
           of
           Christs
           Commandments
           ,
           beware
           you
           do
           not
           thereupon
           take
           occasion
           to
           call
           Christs
           love
           to
           you
           into
           question
           ,
           but
           believe
           as
           firmly
           that
           he
           loves
           you
           as
           dearly
           as
           he
           did
           before
           you
           thus
           transgressed
           :
           For
           this
           is
           a
           certain
           truth
           ,
           as
           no
           good
           in
           you
           ,
           or
           done
           by
           you
           ,
           did
           or
           can
           move
           Christ
           to
           love
           you
           the
           more
           ,
           
             So
             no
          
           evil
           in
           you
           or
           done
           by
           you
           ,
           can
           move
           Him
           to
           love
           you
           the
           less
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             There
             are
             other
             things
             in
             that
             Book
             ,
             as
             that
          
           *
           The
           Law
           of
           Christ
           neither
           justifies
           nor
           condemns
           .
           And
           that
           in
           the
           Covenant
           betwixt
           Christ
           and
           his
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           more
           for
           man
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           know
           and
           believe
           that
           Christ
           hath
           done
           all
           for
           him
           .
        
      
       
         
           Out
           of
           
             Mr.
             Baxters
          
           Five
           Disput.
           of
           Right
           to
           Sacraments
           ,
           Dispute
           3.
           
           Pag.
           329.
           
        
         
           HE
           that
           hath
           oftentimes
           been
           drunk
           may
           have
           true
           grace
           ,
           and
           be
           in
           number
           of
           the
           godly
           ,
           and
           Pag.
           330.
           
           How
           many
           professors
           will
           rashly
           rail
           ,
           and
           lie
           in
           their
           passions
           ;
           how
           few
           will
           take
           well
           a
           reproof
           ,
           but
           rather
           defend
           their
           sin
           ?
           
             How
             many
             in
             these
             times
             that
             we
             doubt
             not
             to
             be
             godly
          
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           disobedience
           to
           their
           guides
           ,
           and
           of
           Schism
           ,
           and
           doing
           much
           to
           the
           hurt
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           a
           very
           great
           sin
           .
           
             Peter
             ,
             Lot
          
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           like
           David
           did
           oft
           commit
           greater
           sins
           .
           And
           Pag.
           326
           ,
           327.
           
           
             A
             man
             must
             be
             guilty
             of
             more
             sin
             than
             Peter
          
           was
           in
           denying
           ,
           and
           forsivearing
           Christ
           ,
           that
           is
           notoriously
           ungodly
           ,
           
           ye●…
           ,
           then
           Lot
           was
           ,
           who
           was
           drunk
           two
           nights
           together
           ,
           and
           committed
           incest
           twice
           with
           his
           own
           daughters
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           the
           miraculous
           destruction
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           wife
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           miraculous
           deliverance
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           a
           man
           that
           is
           notoriously
           ungodly
           (
           in
           the
           
           sense
           in
           hand
           )
           or
           unsanctified
           ,
           must
           be
           a
           greater
           sinner
           th●…n
           Solomon
           was
           ,
           with
           his
           seven
           hundred
           wives
           ,
           and
           his
           three
           hundred
           concubines
           ,
           and
           gross
           Idolatries
           ,
           when
           his
           heart
           was
           turned
           away
           from
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           Israel
           ,
           which
           appeared
           to
           him
           twice
           ,
           and
           commanded
           not
           to
           go
           after
           other
           Gods
           ,
           but
           he
           kept
           not
           that
           which
           the
           Lord
           commanded
           .
        
      
       
         
           Mr.
           Baxters
           Five
           Disputations
           of
           Church
           Government
           and
           Worship
           ,
           are
           thus
           Dedicated
           ,
           
             To
             His
             Highness
          
           Richard
           
             Lord
             Protector
             of
             the
             Common-Wealth
             of
          
           England
           ,
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ;
           
             The
             Epistle
             begins
          
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THese
           Papers
           are
           ambitlous
           of
           accompaning
           those
           against
           Popery
           into
           your
           Highness
           presence
           for
           the
           
             Tender
             of
             their
             Service
          
           .
        
         
           This
           would
           be
           the
           
             way
             to
             lift
             You
             highest
             in
             the
             esteem
             and
             love
             of
             all
             your
             people
             ,
             and
             make
             them
          
           see
           ,
           
             that
             you
             are
          
           *
           
             appointed
             by
             God
             to
             be
             an
             Hea'er
             and
             Restorer
             ,
             and
             to
             glory
             in
             you
             ,
             and
             to
             bless
             God
          
           
           
             for
             you
             as
             the
             Instrument
             of
             our
             chiefest
             good
             .
          
        
         
           Your
           Zeal
           for
           God
           will
           kindle
           in
           
             your
             Subjects
             a
             Zeal
             for
             you
             .
             Parlaments
             will
             love
             and
             honour
             you
             ,
             Ministers
             will
             heartily
             pray
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             teach
             all
             the
             people
             to
             love
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             obey
             you
             .
          
           
           I
           crave
           your
           Highness
           favourable
           aceptance
           of
           the
           
             tendered
             service
             of
             a
             ●…
             faithful
             Subject
             to
             your
             Highness
             ,
          
           
        
         
           
             Rich.
             Baxter
          
        
      
       
         
         
           In
           Mr.
           Baxters
           Key
           for
           Catholikes
           ,
           and
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           to
           the
           same
           Richard.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           onely
           the
           necessary
           defence
           of
           your
           life
           ,
           and
           *
           dignity
           ,
           and
           the
           lives
           of
           all
           the
           Protestants
           that
           a●…e
           under
           your
           Protection
           
           and
           Government
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Souls
             of
             men
          
           that
           *
           I
           desire
           :
           —
           You
           have
           your
           Goverment
           ,
           
             and
             we
             our
             lives
          
           ,
           because
           the
           *
           Papists
           are
           not
           strong
           enough
           —
           
             Give
             not
             leave
             *
             to
             every
             seducer
             to
             do
             his
             worst
             to
             damn
             mens
             souls
             ,
          
           when
           ●…ou
           will
           not
           tolerate
           every
           Traytor
           to
           draw
           *
           your
           Armies
           or
           people
           into
           *
           Rebellion
           —
           
             If
             You
             ask
          
           who
           it
           is
           
             that
             presumeth
             thus
             to
             be
          
           your
           Monitor
           ,
           It
           is
           one
           that
           *
           rejoyceth
           in
           the
           present
           happiness
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           *
           earnestly
           
           *
           wisheth
           that
           it
           were
           but
           as
           well
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
             and
             that
          
           
           †
           honoureth
           *
           all
           the
           providences
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           have
           been
           brought
           to
           what
           we
           are
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           one
           that
           *
           concurring
           in
           the
           common
           hopes
           of
           greater
           blessings
           yet
           to
           these
           Nations
           under
           *
           your
           Government
           ,
           
             was
             encouraged
             to
             do
             what
             you
             daily
             allow
             your
             Preachers
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             to
          
           
           concur
           with
           the
           rest
           in
           the
           Tenders
           (
           and
           some
           performance
           )
           of
           his
           Service
           —
           That
           God
           will
           make
           you
           
             a
             Ruler
             and
          
           preserver
           of
           his
           Churches
           here
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           a
           successful
           helper
           to
           his
           Churches
           abroad
           
             is
             the
          
           earnest
           Prayer
           of
           your
           Highness
           *
           faithful
           Subject
           ,
           
        
         
           
             Richard
             Baxter
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Out
           of
           the
           Quarrel
           of
           the
           Covenant
           delivered
           in
           three
           sermons
           ,
           Sept.
           27.
           
           &
           30.
           
           Oct.
           1.
           1643.
           
           By
           
             Thomas
             Case
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           .
        
         
           TO
           
             murmur
             at
             the
             Covenant
          
           Mr.
           Case
           calls
           
             the
             voice
             of
             Rebellion
          
           .
           Pag.
           19.
           
           The
           Covenant
           it self
           he
           calls
           
             a
             pure
             and
             heaven'y
             Ordi●…ance
          
           .
           Pag.
           21.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Out
           of
           Mr.
           Case
           his
           Book
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           delivered
           in
           three
           sermons
           .
           
             A.
             D.
          
           1643.
           
        
         
           IS
           Prelacy
           indeed
           the
           way
           of
           Gospel-government
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
           
             What
             is
             it
             then
             that
          
           hath
           destroy'd
           all
           Gospel
           Orde●…
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           VVorship
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           places
           of
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           even
           down
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           hath
           it
           not
           been
           Prelacy
           ?
           
             Pag.
             45.
          
           
        
         
           Object
           .
           
             But
             there
             be
             that
             will
             tell
             us
             these
             have
             been
             the
             faults
             of
             the
          
           Persons
           
             and
             not
             of
             the
          
           Calling
           .
           
             Pag.
             46.
             
             Answ.
             5.
             
             Was
             not
             that
          
           Calling
           as
           bad
           as
           the
           Men
           ?
           
             You
             may
             as
             well
          
           say
           so
           of
           the
           Papacy
           in
           Rome
           ,
           for
           surely
           the
           Prelacy
           of
           England
           which
           we
           swore
           to
           extir
           ate
           ,
           was
           the
           very
           same
           Fabrick
           ,
           and
           Model
           of
           ●…cclesiastical
           Regiment
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           the
           Antichristian
           world
           ;
           
             Yea
             ,
             such
             an
             evil
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             some
             Divines
             ,
             Venerable
             for
             their
             g●…eat
             Learning
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             for
             their
             eminent
             holmess
             ,
             did
             conceive
          
           sole
           Episcopal
           Jurisdiction
           to
           be
           the
           very
           seat
           of
           the
           Beast
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           fifth
           Angel
           is
           now
           pouring
           out
           his
           Vial
           ,
           
             which
             is
             the
             reason
             that
             the
             Men
             of
             that
             Kingdom
          
           gnaw
           their
           ●…ongues
           for
           pain
           ,
           and
           blaspheme
           the
           God
           of
           heaven
           .
           
             Pag.
             47.
          
           
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           is
           bound
           by
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           to
           confirm
           these
           Laws
           ,
           
             Quas
             vulgus
             elegerit
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Commons
           shall
           agree
           upon
           ,
           
           and
           present
           unto
           his
           Majesty
           .
           
             Pag.
             49.
          
           
        
         
           
             So
             hath
          
           Prelacy
           flatter'd
           it self
           ,
           finding
           such
           a
           party
           to
           stand
           up
           on
           it's
           side
           among
           the
           *
           rotten
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           the
           debauched
           
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           abused
           people
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           —
           As
           thy
           sword
           Prelacy
           hath
           made
           many
           women
           childless
           ,
           many
           a
           faithful
           Minister
           peop'eless
           ,
           (
           &c.
           )
           So
           thy
           Mother
           Papacy
           shall
           be
           made
           childless
           among
           harlots
           ,
           ●…
           your
           Diocess
           Bishop'ess
           ,
           and
           your
           Sees
           Lordless
           ,
           
             and
             your
          
           Places
           shall
           know
           you
           no
           more
           .
           Come
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           I
           say
           ▪
           and
           fear
           not
           to
           take
           this
           *
           
             Agag
             (
             Prelacy
             I
             mean
             ,
             not
             the
             Prelates
             )
          
           and
           *
           hew
           it
           in
           
           pieces
           before
           the
           Lord.
           
             Pag.
             51.
          
           
        
         
           
             None
             can
          
           withdraw
           
             from
             ,
             much
             less
          
           oppose
           
             this
             Service
             ,
             but
             such
             as
          
           bear
           evil
           will
           to
           
             Sion
             ,
             and
             would
          
           be
           unwilling
           to
           see
           th●…
           ruine
           and
           downfall
           of
           Anti-christ
           ,
           which
           this
           blessed
           Covenant
           doth
           so
           evidently
           threaten
           .
           
             Pag.
             63.
          
           
        
         
           
             A
             fift
             Motive
             to
             quicken
             us
             to
             this
          
           Duty
           ,
           
             may
             be
             even
             the
          
           Practice
           
             of
             the
          
           Anti-christian
           State
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           Popery
           hath
           been
           dextrous
           to
           propagate
           and
           spred
           it self
           by
           this
           means
           —
           And
           Prelacy
           (
           that
           *
           whelp
           )
           
           
           
             hath
             learned
             this
          
           Policy
           of
           it's
           mother
           Papacy
           that
           Lioness
           ,
           
             to
             corrobate
             and
             raise
             it self
             to
             that
             height
             we
             have
             seen
             and
             suffered
             ,
             by
             these
             Artifice●…
             —
             it
             being
             an
             inconfiderable
             number
             either
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             or
             People
             ,
             (
             the
             Lord
             be
             merciful
             to
             us
             in
             this
             thing
             )
             that
             have
             had
             eyes
             to
             discover
          
           the
           Mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           which
           these
           men
           have
           driven
           .
           
             Pag.
             64.
          
           *
        
         
           
             He
             that
             hath
             been
             a
             Malignant
             or
             Neutral
             let
             him
             be
             so
             no
             more
             ,
             for
             I
          
           protest
           against
           every
           man
           that
           after
           his
           striking
           of
           this
           so
           Solemn
           and
           Sacred
           a
           Covenant
           
             with
             the
             most
             high
             God
             ,
             shall
             dare
             knowingly
             ,
             to
             persist
             in
             any
             of
             these
             mentioned
             abominations
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             adheering
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             &c.
             )
             he
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             a
             Traytor
             to
             the
             Kingdoms
             ,
             a
             State
             Murderer
             ,
             and
             a
             destroyer
             of
             himself
             and
             his
             Posterity
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             hands
             if
             they
             miscarry
             God
             will
             require
             the
             blood
             of
             all
             these
             .
          
           Pag.
           101.
           
        
         
           *
           
             It
             brings
             Letters
             of
             Testimonial
             with
             it
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
          
           waters
           of
           this
           Covenant
           hath
           been
           a
           notable
           purgation
           to
           the
           Rebels
           there
           ,
           (
           in
           Scotland
           )
           
             it
             hath
             been
             a
             Shibboleth
          
           to
           discover
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           Sword
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Angel
           of
           the
           Covenant
           to
           chase
           or
           slay
           them
           .
        
         
           
             The
             walls
             of
          
           Jericho
           
             have
             fallen
             flat
             before
             it
          
           .
           The
           Dagon
           of
           the
           Bishops
           Service-Book
           brake
           it's
           neck
           before
           this
           Ark
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           Prelacy
           and
           *
           Prerogative
           have
           bowed
           down
           ,
           and
           given
           up
           the
           Ghost
           
           at
           it's
           feet
           ;
           
             And
             what
          
           changes
           
             hath
             it
             wrought
             in
             the
          
           Church
           and
           State
           !
           
             what
             a
          
           Reformation
           
             hath
             follow'd
             at
             the
          
           heels
           
             of
             this
          
           glorious
           Ordinance
           ?
           
             Pag.
             65
             ,
             66.
          
           
        
         
           Epist.
           Dedicat.
           
        
         
           Thousands
           of
           your
           Nation
           are
           preparing
           their
           Brotherly
           addresses
           to
           pay
           the
           same
           debt
           to
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           now
           almost
           in
           as
           great
           an
           exigence
           as
           ever
           the
           Gibeonites
           were
           when
           
             their
             five
             Kings
          
           with
           all
           their
           united
           fo●…ces
           were
           within
           few
           days
           march
           ,
           to
           take
           a
           
             bloody
             and
             unnatural
             Revenge
             for
             their
             entring
             into
             Covenant
          
           with
           Joshua
           onely
           ;
           we
           beseech
           you
           account
           it
           not
           our
           distrust
           or
           jealousie
           ,
           if
           sometimes
           you
           hear
           us
           complaining
           with
           the
           mother
           of
           
             Sisera
             ,
             Why
             are
             their
             chariots
             so
             long
             in
             com●…ng
             ,
             why
             stay
             the
             wheels
             of
             their
             chariots
             ?
          
           That
           is
           ,
           why
           come
           not
           in
           the
           Scotish
           A●…my
           against
           the
           King
           ?
        
      
       
         
         
           Out
           of
           the
           Trial
           of
           Mr.
           Love
           ,
           before
           the
           High-court
           of
           Justice
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           .
           Printed
           Aug.
           1652.
           
        
         
           MAjor
           Huntington
           in
           his
           Examination
           as
           witness
           against
           Love
           ,
           says
           thus
           ,
           pag.
           32.
           
           I
           was
           told
           by
           Major
           Alford
           ,
           that
           Bain●…
           (
           another
           witness
           )
           told
           them
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           sorry
           he
           should
           meddle
           in
           that
           business
           ,
           and
           that
           
             they
             would
             never
             prosper
             that
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             with
             him
             (
             meaning
             the
             King
             )
             for
             that
             the
             sins
             of
             him
             and
             his
             father
             were
             so
             great
             .
          
        
         
           Mr.
           Love
           told
           Adams
           a
           Witness
           against
           him
           ,
           thus
           ,
        
         
           That
           
             if
             the
             Presbyterians
             were
             in
             Arms
             again
             ,
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Cava●…eering
             party
             might
             be
             prevented
             from
             getting
             the
             day
             .
          
           Pag.
           38.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           Love
           in
           his
           defence
           says
           thus
           ,
        
         
           God
           is
           my
           witness
           ,
           
             I
             never
             drove
             a
             malignant
             design
             ,
          
           I
           never
           carried
           on
           a
           malignant
           interest
           ,
           I
           detest
           both
           ;
           
             I
             still
             retain
             my
             old
             Covenanting
             Principles
             ,
          
           from
           which
           through
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           I
           will
           never
           depart
           ,
           for
           any
           terror
           or
           perswasion
           whatsoever
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           do
           
             retain
             as
             great
             a
             keeness
             ,
             and
             shall
             whilest
             I
             live
             ,
             and
             as
             strong
             an
             opposition
             against
             a
             malignant
             interest
             ,
             whether
             in
          
           Scotland
           
             or
             in
          
           England
           
             or
             in
             any
             part
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           against
           the
           Nation
           where
           I
           live
           ,
           and
           have
           to
           ●…his
           day
           ,
           as
           ever
           I
           did
           in
           former
           times
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           all
           along
           engaged
           my
           estate
           and
           life
           in
           the
           Parlaments
           quarrel
           
             against
             the
             Forces
             raised
             by
             the
             King.
             I
             gave
             my
             All
             :
             And
             I
             did
          
           
           
             not
             onely
             deem
             it
             my
             duty
             to
             Preach
             for
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             a
             Defensive
             War
             ,
             but
             unless
             my
             books
             and
             wearing
             apparel
             ,
             I
             contributed
             all
             that
             I
             had
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           —
           I
           have
           at
           this
           day
           a
           great
           sum
           due
           to
           me
           from
           the
           State
           ,
           which
           is
           still
           kept
           from
           me
           ,
           and
           now
           my
           life
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           me
           .
           
             And
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             I
             repent
          
           
           
             not
             of
             what
             I
             have
             done
          
           ;
           though
           I
           could
           from
           my
           soul
           wish
           ,
           that
           the
           ends
           of
           that
           just
           war
           ,
           had
           been
           better
           accomplished
           ,
           &c.
           
           Pag.
           67.
           
        
         
           When
           I
           was
           Scholar
           in
           Oxon
           and
           Master
           of
           Arts
           (
           I
           do
           not
           speak
           it
           out
           of
           vain
           ostentation
           ,
           but
           meerly
           to
           represent
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           ●…as
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           am
           I
           was
           )
           I
           was
           the
           first
           Scholar
           that
           I
           know
           o●…
           ,
           or
           ever
           heard
           of
           in
           Oxon
           ,
           who
           did
           publikely
           refuse
           in
           the
           Congregation-house
           
           to
           subscribe
           unto
           those
           impositions
           ,
           or
           Canons
           ,
           imposed
           by
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           touching
           the
           Prelates
           &
           Common
           Prayers
           ;
           And
           for
           which
           though
           they
           would
           not
           deny
           me
           my
           Degree
           ,
           yet
           I
           was
           expelled
           the
           Congregation-house
           ,
           never
           to
           sit
           as
           a
           member
           among
           them
           ,
           &c.
           
           About
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Wars
           between
           the
           late
           King
           and
           the
           Parl●…ment
           ,
           I
           was
           the
           first
           Minister
           that
           I
           knew
           of
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           w●…s
           accused
           of
           Preaching
           of
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           meerly
           for
           
             maintaining
             in
             a
             Sermon
             in
          
           Kent
           ,
           at
           Tenerden
           ,
           
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             a
             defensive
             War
             ,
             *
             at
             the
             first
             breaking
             out
             and
             irruption
             of
             our
             troubles
             .
          
           I
           ,
           &c.
           
           T●…at
           have
           in
           my
           measure
           ventur'd
           my
           All
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           quarrel
           that
           you
           were
           e●…gaged
           in
           ,
           and
           lifted
           up
           my
           hands
           in
           the
           same
           Covenant
           ,
           that
           took
           sweet
           counsel
           together
           ,
           and
           walked
           in
           fellowship
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Attourney
           General
           (
           Prideaux
           )
           in
           Pag.
           102.
           
           Thus
           ,
        
         
           The
           Treason
           is
           in
           this
           ,
           The
           Scots
           come
           in
           with
           intent
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           (
           meaning
           Cromwels
           )
           
             Charles
             S●…ewart
          
           to
           be
           made
           King
           ,
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           prayed
           unto
           God
           
             many
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             kept
             many
             a
          
           Fast
           ,
           wherein
           I
           have
           sought
           God
           that
           there
           might
           be
           an
           agreement
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Scots
           upon
           the
           Interest
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           
             terms
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           .
           Pag.
           125.
           
           Thus
           ,
        
         
           I
           die
           
             cleaving
             to
             all
             those
             Oaths
             ,
             Vows
             ,
             Covenants
             and
             Protestations
             that
             were
             imposed
             by
             the
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parlament
             ,
             as
             owning
             them
             ,
             and
             dying
             with
             my
             judgement
             for
             them
          
           ;
           to
           the
           Protestation
           the
           Vow
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           the
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           .
           And
           this
           I
           tell
           you
           all
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           die
           a
           Covenant-keeper
           ,
           th●…n
           live
           a
           Covenant-breaker
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           162.
           
           Thus
           ,
           I
           die
           with
           this
           perswasion
           ,
           that
           the
           Presbyterial
           Government
           makes
           most
           for
           purity
           ,
           and
           unity
           ,
           throughout
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             Mr.
             Marshal
          
           in
           a
           Sermon
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           Octob.
           28.
           1646.
           
           On
           that
           Text
           Psal.
           8.
           2.
           
           
             Out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             Babes
          
           —
           
             hast
             thou
             ordained
             strength
          
           —
           
             That
             thou
             mightest
             still
             the
             enemy
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           HE
           propounds
           this
           Quaere
           ,
           Wherein
           lyes
           the
           Power
           which
           proceedeth
           out
           of
           the
           mouth
           of
           these
           Babes
           ?
           His
           answer
           is
           ,
           There
           are
           sive
           things
           ,
           which
           all
           are
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           mouth
           ,
           &
           by
           them
           the●…e
           Babes
           have
           overcome
           the
           enemy
           and
           the
           avenger
           ,
           1.
           
           Preaching
           ,
           2.
           
           Confessing
           or
           Professing
           ,
           The
           Name
           ,
           Truth
           and
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Christ.
           3.
           
           Praising
           ,
           Singing
           out
           Praise
           ,
           &c.
           4.
           
           Praying
           ,
           and
           5.
           
           Covenanting
           .
           Then
           he
           brings
           in
           an
           Objection
           ,
           If
           these
           be
           all
           the
           weapons
           and
           strength
           whereby
           the
           Saints
           do
           overcome
           ,
           why
           do
           you
           use
           any
           other
           means
           to
           overcome
           your
           enemies
           ?
           Why
           rest
           you
           not
           contented
           with
           this
           ?
           either
           these
           are
           not
           all
           ,
           or
           you
           are
           not
           Christians
           ,
           nor
           true
           to
           your
           Principles
           ;
           —
           Time
           was
           when
           Preces
           and
           Lachrymae
           ,
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           ,
           were
           all
           the
           weapons
           which
           the
           Church
           did
           use
           ;
           but
           now
           when
           you
           have
           spoke
           all
           these
           things
           of
           the
           power
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Praying
           ,
           and
           Consessing
           ,
           and
           Covenanting
           ,
           you
           are
           glad
           to
           betake
           your selves
           to
           Arms
           ,
           to
           see
           what
           they
           will
           do
           ,
           to
           help
           those
           out
           ,
           whence
           it
           's
           apparent
           ,
           you
           dare
           not
           rest
           in
           these
           as
           sufficient
           helps
           .
           To
           this
           Mr.
           Marshal
           *
           answers
           thus
           ,
           we
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           are
           Christians
           (
           in
           that
           capacity
           ;
           for
           as
           they
           distinguish'd
           the
           King
           into
           a
           
             double
             Capacity
          
           ,
           so
           they
           did
           themselves
           too
           ,
           into
           a
           natural
           and
           a
           
             Christian
             capacity
          
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           Capacity
           ,
           saith
           He
           )
           we
           use
           no
           other
           weapons
           than
           these
           we
           have
           told
           you
           of
           ,
           these
           onely
           are
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           us
           ●…s
           we
           are
           Christians
           ;
           but
           the
           
           weapons
           which
           we
           enjoy
           as
           we
           are
           Christians
           ,
           do
           not
           deprive
           us
           of
           those
           we
           enjoy
           in
           the
           capacity
           as
           Men.
           —
           And
           we
           challenge
           in
           this
           no
           more
           than
           we
           may
           lawfully
           use
           ,
           if
           we
           were
           
           Papists
           or
           Turks
           ,
           if
           we
           were
           
             Pagans
             ,
             Jews
          
           or
           Indians
           :
           we
           challenge
           not
           this
           to
           belong
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           peculiar
           to
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           learn'd
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           Nations
           ,
           men
           may
           defend
           themselves
           against
           unjust
           violence
           ;
           
           if
           the
           Turks
           should
           invade
           a
           Countrey
           of
           Christians
           ,
           they
           will
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           are
           Christians
           ,
           Their
           Praying
           and
           Professing
           and
           Singing
           &
           Covenanting
           ,
           These
           Spiritual
           weapons
           out
           of
           their
           mouth
           will
           quell
           them
           ;
           but
           as
           they
           are
           men
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           liberty
           to
           
           defend
           themselves
           against
           him
           ,
           
             &
             vim
             vi
             repellere
          
           ;
           Or
           if
           a
           Christian
           man
           were
           travelling
           upon
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           and
           a
           Thief
           should
           demand
           of
           him
           ,
           how
           as
           a
           Christian
           ,
           he
           could
           defend
           himself
           from
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           He
           would
           tell
           him
           ,
           by
           Faith
           ,
           by
           Prayer
           ,
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           weapons
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           Thief
           assault
           him
           and
           take
           his
           life
           or
           his
           purse
           ,
           ●…s
           he
           is
           a
           man
           he
           will
           use
           his
           sword
           ,
           and
           Christianity
           will
           sanc●…ifie
           this
           use
           of
           his
           sword
           to
           him
           ,
           &c.
           
           Thus
           Mr.
           
             Marshal
             ubi
             supra
          
           .
           Pag.
           27
           ,
           28.
           
        
         
           And
           to
           secure
           his
           Party
           from
           fear
           of
           future
           vengeance
           ,
           or
           damnanation
           ,
           threatned
           to
           the
           Resisters
           of
           Soveraign
           Authority
           ,
           Rom.
           13.
           2.
           
           He
           interprets
           that
           Text
           ,
           not
           of
           
             the
             damnation
             of
             hell
          
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Sentence
           *
           of
           the
           
             Soveraign
             Power
          
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           might
           not
           b●…
           frighted
           with
           the
           fear
           of
           that
           Temporal
           Judg●…ment
           neither
           ,
           He
           promiseth
           them
           
             success
             and
             victory
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           as
           abovesaid
           .
        
      
       
         
           Out
           of
           
             Mr.
             Calamyes
          
           Apology
           against
           
             Mr.
             Burton
          
           .
           1646.
           
        
         
           FOr
           my
           own
           particular
           I
           crave
           leav●…
           to
           declare
           to
           all
           that
           shall
           read
           these
           lines
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           done
           to
           manifest
           my
           repentance
           ,
           and
           let
           Master
           Burton
           then
           judge
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           repentance
           to
           be
           repented
           of
           ,
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           Bury
           ,
           and
           there
           made
           in
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           a
           
             recantation
             ,
             and
             retraction
          
           of
           what
           I
           had
           done
           ,
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           thousands
           .
           And
           this
           I
           did
           before
           the
           times
           turned
           against
           Episcopacy
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           discontent
           ,
           nor
           because
           I
           was
           disappointed
           of
           my
           expected
           preferment
           at
           Court.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           After
           my
           coming
           to
           London
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Parlament
           I
           was
           one
           of
           those
           that
           did
           joyn
           in
           making
           Smectymnuus
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           first
           deadly
           blow
           to
           Episcopacy
           in
           England
           of
           late
           years
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           My
           house
           was
           a
           receptacle
           for
           godly
           Ministers
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           :
           here
           was
           the
           Remo●…strance
           framed
           against
           the
           Prelates
           :
           here
           were
           all
           meetings
           .
           I
           was
           the
           first
           that
           openly
           before
           a
           Committee
           of
           Parlament
           did
           defend
           that
           our
           Bishops
           were
           not
           onely
           not
           an
           Order
           distinct
           from
           Presbyters
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           Scripture
           a
           Bishop
           and
           Presbyter
           were
           all
           one
           .
           I
           blush
           to
           speak
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           but
           the
           judicious
           Reader
           will
           consider
           how
           I
           am
           provoked
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           pardon
           me
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Service-Book
           ,
           let
           M.
           Burton
           know
           ,
           that
           at
           a
           meeting
           at
           my
           house
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           by
           above
           a
           hundred
           Ministers
           ,
           after
           a
           long
           debate
           upon
           divers
           weighty
           considerations
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           could
           in
           their
           judgements
           submit
           to
           the
           reading
           of
           some
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           should
           be
           intreated
           for
           a
           while
           to
           continue
           so
           to
           do
           .
           To
           this
           our
           dissenting
           Brethren
           ,
           then
           present
           did
           agree
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           made
           a
           speech
           to
           manifest
           his
           concordance
           .
           This
           is
           enough
           to
           give
           any
           man
           satisfaction
           for
           the
           late
           laying
           of
           it
           down
           .
        
      
       
         
           Out
           of
           Mr.
           
             Jeremiah
             Burroughes
          
           his
           speech
           in
           Guild-hall
           on
           Friday
           the
           sixt
           of
           October
           ,
           1643.
           
        
         
           A
           People
           they
           are
           (
           speaking
           of
           the
           Scots
           )
           that
           began
           to
           rise
           for
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           when
           the
           generality
           of
           this
           people
           here
           ,
           were
           ready
           basely
           to
           bow
           down
           th●…ir
           backs
           ,
           and
           put
           their
           necks
           under
           the
           yoke
           :
           and
           had
           it
           not
           been
           that
           they
           had
           been
           willing
           to
           have
           endured
           the
           brunt
           ,
           we
           had
           all
           been
           slaves
           (
           it
           is
           like
           )
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Their
           Liberties
           are
           setled
           ,
           why
           they
           ,
           though
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           Jordan
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           therein
           satisfied
           ,
           to
           sit
           still
           ,
           but
           are
           willing
           to
           come
           themselves
           ,
           and
           come
           into
           the
           brunt
           ,
           and
           hazard
           themselves
           ,
           for
           the
           se●…ling
           of
           their
           brethren
           in
           the
           inheritance
           of
           the
           Lord
           likew●…se
           .
        
         
           What
           warrant
           have
           we
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           to
           maintain
           Religion
           ?
           that
           is
           not
           at
           present
           to
           be
           discussed
           ,
           but
           onely
           this
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           and
           stop
           all
           their
           mouths
           with
           one
           word
           :
           Thus
           far
           none
           can
           deny
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           lawful
           to
           take
           up
           arms
           ,
           to
           maintain
           that
           Civil
           right
           we
           have
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           this
           we
           do
           ;
           For
           we
           have
           not
           onely
           a
           right
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           a
           Civil
           right
           to
           this
           our
           Religion
           ,
           that
           other
           Christians
           have
           not
           had
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           shall
           be
           said
           ,
           I
           ,
           but
           a
           great
           deal
           is
           done
           ,
           but
           to
           little
           purpose
           all
           
           this
           while
           ;
           O
           (
           my
           brethren
           )
           say
           not
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           unthankful
           voyce
           ,
           this
           ,
           for
           much
           hath
           been
           done
           ,
           there
           hath
           been
           a
           check
           given
           to
           the
           adversary
           ,
           the
           stream
           of
           tyranny
           and
           slavery
           it
           hath
           been
           stopped
           ,
           your
           lives
           have
           all
           this
           while
           been
           preserved
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           done
           .
        
         
           Little
           cause
           have
           we
           to
           be
           discouraged
           ,
           for
           those
           we
           have
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           their
           spirits
           are
           base
           and
           vile
           ;
           why
           should
           we
           fear
           those
           uncircumcised
           Philistines
           ?
        
         
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           Well
           ,
           but
           were
           it
           not
           better
           we
           bent
           all
           our
           forces
           to
           some
           Accommodation
           ?
           To
           that
           we
           answer
           you
           thus
           :
           You
           have
           to
           deal
           not
           onely
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           Popish
           party
           that
           are
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           security
           you
           can
           ever
           have
           of
           your
           peace
           ,
           (
           as
           was
           worthily
           said
           before
           )
           except
           the
           Scotish
           Nation
           comes
           in
           for
           to
           fasten
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           for
           any
           one
           to
           judge
           .
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           but
           one
           story
           about
           that
           ,
           and
           because
           it
           is
           suitable
           unto
           you
           ,
           I
           will
           therefore
           relate
           it
           here
           :
           It
           is
           a
           Story
           that
           I
           find
           in
           the
           Chronicles
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           days
           of
           King
           Edward
           the
           sixt
           ,
           King
           Edward
           sends
           to
           this
           City
           for
           assistance
           against
           the
           Lords
           ;
           and
           the
           Lords
           send
           to
           the
           City
           for
           their
           assistance
           likewise
           ;
           and
           the
           Common-Councel
           was
           called
           ,
           (
           I
           suppose
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           )
           and
           there
           stands
           up
           ,
           as
           the
           story
           saith
           ,
           a
           wise
           discreet
           Citizen
           ,
           in
           the
           Common-Councel
           ,
           and
           makes
           this
           speech
           unto
           them
           ;
           First
           ,
           he
           acknowledges
           that
           the
           cause
           was
           right
           for
           the
           Lords
           ,
           for
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           against
           the
           will
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           because
           the
           King
           would
           not
           then
           put
           in
           execution
           those
           Laws
           that
           should
           be
           ,
           but
           hindered
           them
           ,
           but
           yet
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           let
           me
           remind
           you
           of
           that
           that
           I
           have
           read
           in
           Fabians
           Chronicle
           ,
           (
           it
           was
           one
           
             George
             Stadley
          
           that
           stood
           up
           ,
           let
           me
           remind
           you
           of
           that
           )
           when
           there
           was
           a
           fight
           between
           the
           Lords
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Lords
           send
           for
           assistance
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           City
           granted
           their
           assistance
           ,
           the
           Lords
           prevailed
           ,
           the
           King
           was
           taken
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           a
           Prisoner
           ;
           afterwards
           they
           were
           both
           released
           upon
           Composition
           ,
           and
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           this
           was
           one
           ,
           that
           howsoever
           the
           City
           should
           be
           preserved
           ,
           that
           the
           City
           should
           suffer
           nothing
           for
           what
           they
           had
           done
           ;
           and
           this
           Composition
           was
           confirmed
           by
           Act
           of
           Parlament
           ,
           but
           (
           saith
           this
           Citizen
           )
           what
           came
           of
           it
           ?
           did
           the
           King
           forgive
           ?
           No
           ,
           nor
           forget
           ,
           for
           afterwards
           all
           our
           Liberties
           were
           taken
           away
           ,
           strangers
           were
           set
           over
           us
           ,
           for
           our
           Heads
           and
           Governours
           ;
           the
           bodies
           and
           the
           estates
           of
           the
           Citizens
           were
           given
           away
           ,
           and
           one
           misery
           followed
           after
           another
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           were
           most
           miserably
           persecuted
           ;
           and
           here
           was
           their
           Accommodation
           .
        
         
           Have
           not
           many
           of
           you
           spent
           your
           blood
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           yea
           ,
           how
           many
           young
           ones
           in
           this
           City
           have
           lost
           their
           blood
           ?
           Me-thinks
           a
           spirit
           of
           indignation
           should
           rise
           in
           you
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           blood
           of
           your
           
           Servants
           and
           Children
           ,
           many
           precious
           ones
           ,
           that
           might
           have
           lived
           many
           years
           ,
           to
           have
           done
           good
           service
           for
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Know
           there
           shall
           come
           a
           day
           ,
           wherein
           you
           shall
           be
           calling
           and
           crying
           to
           God
           for
           mercy
           ;
           the
           success
           of
           this
           evenings
           work
           will
           be
           recorded
           against
           that
           day
           ,
           when
           you
           shall
           cry
           for
           mercy
           .
        
      
       
         
           Out
           of
           Mr.
           
             Obadiah
             Sedgewick
          
           his
           speech
           in
           Guild-hall
           on
           Friday
           the
           sixt
           of
           October
           ,
           1643.
           
        
         
           I
           Know
           many
           Objections
           might
           be
           made
           ;
           You
           have
           done
           much
           already
           ,
           and
           the
           sum
           is
           great
           ;
           I
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           There
           is
           nothing
           great
           ,
           to
           a
           mind
           that
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           Cause
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           sum
           of
           money
           be
           great
           ,
           yet
           their
           love
           is
           greater
           ,
           than
           all
           you
           can
           lay
           out
           to
           answer
           their
           love
           ;
           And
           say
           not
           (
           grumbling
           )
           we
           have
           done
           often
           and
           often
           ;
           I
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           Christ
           said
           to
           him
           that
           asked
           him
           ,
           How
           often
           must
           I
           forgive
           my
           brother
           ?
           Why
           ,
           seventy
           times
           seven
           times
           ;
           So
           will
           I
           say
           for
           this
           publique
           Cause
           ,
           you
           must
           do
           ,
           and
           you
           must
           do
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           must
           do
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           must
           do
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           is
           a
           penny
           in
           thy
           purse
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           is
           strength
           in
           thy
           hand
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           there
           is
           breath
           in
           thy
           body
           ,
           you
           must
           be
           all
           Servants
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Servants
           to
           the
           Churches
           of
           Jesus
           Christ.
           
        
      
       
         
           The
           Independents
           Conclusions
           from
           the
           Presbyterian
           Principles
           .
           Mr.
           John
           Dury's
           Considerations
           concerning
           the
           present
           Engagement
           ;
           with
           Mr.
           Caryl's
           Imprimatur
           ,
           
             An.
             Dom.
          
           1649.
           
        
         
           THe
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           as
           you
           know
           ,
           did
           bind
           all
           men
           as
           Subjects
           in
           Law
           ,
           to
           be
           true
           and
           faithful
           to
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           to
           his
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           invested
           with
           the
           authority
           which
           the
           Law
           did
           give
           them
           :
           nor
           was
           it
           ever
           meant
           by
           the
           Parlament
           which
           Enacted
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           that
           any
           should
           be
           absolutely
           bound
           to
           the
           King
           and
           
           his
           Heirs
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           men
           ,
           to
           be
           true
           and
           faithful
           to
           their
           Personal
           Wills
           ;
           but
           onely
           to
           them
           and
           their
           Wills
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           a
           Legal
           standing
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           the
           Authority
           conferred
           upon
           them
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           was
           testified
           in
           and
           under
           a
           Law
           ;
           whereunto
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Heirs
           were
           bound
           for
           the
           Kingdoms
           good
           by
           Oath
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Obligations
           of
           King
           and
           Subjects
           are
           mutual
           ,
           and
           must
           needs
           stand
           and
           fall
           together
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           condition
           by
           which
           they
           are
           begotten
           is
           kept
           or
           broken
           ;
           which
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           Law
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           he
           and
           his
           Subjects
           agree
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           be
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           be
           his
           Subjects
           .
           For
           as
           you
           were
           sworn
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           sworn
           to
           you
           ;
           as
           you
           were
           bound
           to
           be
           faithful
           to
           him
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           bound
           to
           be
           faithful
           to
           his
           trust
           ;
           nor
           is
           he
           your
           Liege
           further
           than
           he
           is
           faithful
           thereunto
           .
           If
           then
           he
           be
           found
           unfaithful
           to
           his
           trust
           ,
           you
           are
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           absolved
           from
           your
           Allegiance
           unto
           him
           ;
           and
           if
           ,
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           he
           receives
           not
           his
           Authority
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           in
           Law
           his
           Subjects
           at
           all
           .
           Now
           the
           just
           and
           natural
           foundation
           of
           all
           Laws
           ,
           is
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           every
           Nation
           in
           their
           Parlament
           ,
           which
           hath
           the
           sole
           Right
           to
           propose
           and
           chuse
           the
           Laws
           by
           which
           they
           will
           be
           Ruled
           .
           Where
           it
           hath
           been
           (
           as
           I
           suppose
           )
           a
           perpetual
           custom
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           for
           the
           Commons
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           to
           ask
           and
           propose
           the
           making
           of
           Laws
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Lords
           and
           King
           to
           give
           their
           consent
           thereunto
           :
           The
           Lords
           as
           the
           Judges
           in
           cases
           of
           transgression
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           as
           the
           Executor
           and
           publick
           Trustee
           for
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           common
           good
           and
           wealth
           thereby
           ;
           for
           in
           a
           Kingdom
           there
           is
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           as
           the
           intrinsical
           substance
           of
           the
           Being
           thereof
           ;
           for
           which
           all
           things
           are
           to
           be
           done
           by
           King
           and
           Lords
           ,
           as
           the
           publick
           servants
           thereof
           ;
           and
           Ministers
           not
           Masters
           of
           State
           therein
           .
           If
           the
           King
           then
           should
           set
           himself
           wilfully
           to
           be
           above
           this
           Reason
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           Original
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           refuse
           obstinately
           the
           Laws
           which
           they
           shall
           chuse
           to
           be
           setled
           ,
           he
           puts
           himself
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           capacity
           of
           being
           a
           King
           any
           more
           unto
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           can
           be
           made
           out
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           the
           way
           wherein
           the
           late
           King
           set
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           the
           design
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           to
           uphold
           and
           enable
           him
           to
           follow
           that
           way
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           so
           far
           as
           he
           did
           by
           that
           means
           actually
           un-King
           himself
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           so
           far
           also
           they
           that
           assisted
           him
           in
           that
           design
           ,
           did
           un-Lord
           themselves
           in
           the
           State
           thereof
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           was
           the
           guilt
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           by
           other
           practices
           and
           proceedings
           more
           than
           by
           an
           indifferencie
           and
           compliance
           with
           the
           Hamiltonian
           invasion
           ,
           to
           help
           the
           King
           to
           such
           a
           power
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           to
           answer
           for
           them
           ▪
        
         
           It
           is
           then
           undeniable
           that
           the
           third
           Article
           of
           that
           National
           Covenant
           ,
           was
           ●…ever
           meant
           by
           those
           that
           made
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           took
           ir
           ,
           to
           be
           opposite
           
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           but
           altogether
           agreeable
           thereunto
           .
           What
           then
           the
           meaning
           of
           that
           Article
           is
           ,
           must
           needs
           also
           be
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           .
           That
           Article
           then
           doth
           oblige
           you
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Right
           and
           Privileges
           of
           the
           Parlament
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           your
           Calling
           ,
           absolutely
           and
           without
           any
           limitation
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Kings
           person
           and
           Authority
           ,
           it
           doth
           oblige
           you
           onely
           thereunto
           ,
           conditionally
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           limitation
           ;
           
             Namely
             ,
             in
             the
             preservation
             and
             defence
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             and
             Liberties
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             .
          
           If
           then
           the
           King
           did
           not
           give
           to
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           Nation
           that
           assurance
           which
           was
           satisfactory
           and
           necessary
           that
           their
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           should
           be
           preserved
           ,
           none
           of
           his
           Subjects
           were
           bound
           either
           by
           their
           Allegiance
           or
           Covenant
           ,
           to
           defend
           his
           person
           and
           the
           Authority
           which
           was
           conferred
           upon
           him
           .
           The
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           therefore
           was
           bottomed
           upon
           the
           Laws
           ,
           which
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           Parlament
           had
           chosen
           to
           be
           observed
           concerning
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           which
           he
           refractorily
           either
           casting
           off
           ,
           or
           seeming
           to
           yield
           unto
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           way
           that
           no
           trust
           could
           be
           given
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           keep
           what
           he
           yielded
           unto
           ;
           the
           Parlament
           did
           actually
           lay
           him
           aside
           ,
           and
           voted
           ,
           that
           no
           more
           Addresses
           should
           be
           made
           unto
           him
           ,
           from
           which
           time
           forward
           he
           was
           no
           more
           an
           object
           of
           your
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           Private
           man
           :
           and
           your
           Oath
           by
           which
           you
           were
           engaged
           to
           be
           true
           and
           faithful
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           to
           be
           preserved
           ,
           did
           still
           remain
           in
           force
           :
           which
           if
           it
           may
           be
           the
           true
           substantial
           sense
           of
           the
           present
           Engagement
           ,
           which
           you
           think
           is
           contradictory
           to
           this
           Oath
           and
           to
           the
           National
           Covenant
           ,
           then
           you
           are
           to
           look
           well
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           you
           be
           not
           mistaken
           ;
           for
           to
           an
           indifferent
           eye
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           thought
           so
           far
           from
           being
           opposite
           to
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           either
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           rather
           a
           confirmation
           of
           the
           ground
           ,
           for
           which
           both
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           Article
           of
           the
           National
           Covenant
           was
           then
           binding
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           also
           this
           I
           am
           confident
           of
           ,
           to
           be
           able
           to
           let
           you
           see
           further
           ,
           that
           although
           you
           may
           think
           that
           the
           effect
           of
           this
           Engagement
           is
           materially
           contrary
           to
           some
           intention
           which
           you
           had
           in
           the
           third
           Article
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           yet
           that
           by
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           Engagement
           ,
           you
           are
           so
           far
           from
           breaking
           your
           Covenant
           ,
           that
           except
           you
           take
           it
           ,
           and
           observe
           it
           faithfully
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           onely
           materially
           ,
           but
           formally
           break
           that
           very
           Article
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           for
           which
           you
           scruple
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Engagement
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           words
           must
           be
           taken
           in
           the
           sense
           which
           they
           can
           directly
           bear
           ,
           ●…nd
           which
           do
           impart
           the
           main
           end
           for
           which
           the
           Covenant
           was
           taken
           ;
           for
           the
           main
           end
           of
           this
           very
           Article
           whereof
           you
           make
           a
           scruple
           ,
           was
           evidently
           
           to
           preserve
           the
           Parlament
           and
           Common-wealth
           for
           it self
           ,
           and
           (
           i●…
           need
           so
           required
           )
           also
           without
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           Now
           this
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Engagement
           doth
           directly
           also
           require
           ;
           for
           which
           cause
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           by
           vertue
           of
           this
           very
           promise
           ,
           you
           are
           bound
           to
           take
           the
           present
           Engagement
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           take
           it
           not
           ,
           that
           you
           make
           your self
           a
           transgressor
           of
           that
           very
           Article
           which
           you
           pretend
           to
           keep
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           refuse
           to
           be
           true
           and
           faithful
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           as
           it
           is
           now
           established
           ,
           you
           do
           what
           in
           you
           lyeth
           to
           make
           the
           remaining
           Knights
           of
           Parlament
           ,
           and
           the
           beginnings
           of
           our
           settlement
           void
           ;
           which
           though
           at
           first
           it
           was
           not
           intended
           to
           be
           without
           a
           King
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           cleerly
           presupposed
           in
           the
           Article
           it self
           ,
           as
           possible
           to
           be
           without
           him
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           although
           he
           should
           not
           be
           ,
           yet
           that
           the
           Common-wealth
           by
           the
           Rights
           of
           Parlament
           and
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Nation
           should
           be
           preserved
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           that
           now
           is
           sought
           for
           by
           the
           Engagement
           .
        
         
           Where
           you
           may
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           although
           you
           and
           I
           as
           private
           men
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           make
           our selves
           judges
           of
           the
           rights
           which
           superiors
           pretend
           to
           have
           ,
           in
           and
           to
           their
           places
           ;
           yet
           that
           they
           are
           not
           without
           a
           Judicature
           over
           them
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           for
           the
           subordinate
           Officers
           belonging
           to
           a
           State
           ,
           are
           bound
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           those
           that
           are
           over
           them
           ;
           both
           by
           which
           they
           stand
           in
           their
           places
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           they
           proceed
           in
           their
           actings
           toward
           Subjects
           ,
           lest
           they
           be
           made
           the
           instruments
           of
           Arbitrary
           power
           and
           tyranny
           ,
           and
           then
           also
           the
           law-making
           power
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           Nations
           resides
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           in
           the
           convention
           of
           the
           Representatives
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           people
           (
           whether
           it
           be
           made
           up
           of
           the
           heads
           of
           families
           ,
           or
           of
           chosen
           Deputies
           ,
           who
           are
           intrusted
           with
           a
           delegated
           power
           from
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           doth
           make
           or
           unmake
           Rights
           ,
           in
           all
           places
           and
           persons
           within
           it self
           ,
           as
           it
           from
           time
           to
           time
           doth
           see
           cause
           .
        
         
           HAving
           thus
           surveyed
           the
           dangerous
           Positions
           and
           Principles
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           &
           their
           brethren
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           evident
           to
           the
           world
           that
           the
           enemies
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           are
           equally
           enemies
           to
           our
           Monarchy
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           lay
           down
           some
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Papists
           and
           the
           Hobbians
           .
           In
           which
           not
           to
           multiply
           citations
           ,
           we
           will
           ,
           for
           one
           of
           the
           first
           of
           these
           take
           father
           White
           ,
           who
           is
           counted
           the
           most
           moderate
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           Intitled
           the
           
             Grounds
             of
             Obedience
             and
             Government
          
           ;
           And
           for
           the
           next
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           himself
           ,
           in
           his
           Books
           ,
           one
           called
           Leviathan
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           
             de
             Cive
          
           ,
           which
           he
           so
           magnifies
           ,
           that
           he
           affirms
           that
           part
           of
           Philosophy
           to
           which
           the
           handling
           of
           the
           Elements
           of
           Government
           and
           Civil
           Societies
           belongs
           ,
           is
           no
           older
           than
           that
           Book
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Of
           the
           dispossession
           of
           a
           Supreme
           former
           Governour
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Right
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           White
           a
           Romanist
           ,
           pag.
           132.
           &c.
           in
           His
           Grounds
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           NOw
           ,
           our
           Question
           supposeth
           the
           Governour
           not
           to
           have
           come
           to
           that
           extremity
           :
           but
           ,
           either
           to
           have
           been
           good
           or
           innocent
           :
           or
           that
           it
           is
           doubtful
           whether
           his
           excesses
           deserved
           expulsion
           :
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           deserve
           it
           of
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           the
           circumstances
           were
           not
           fitting
           for
           it
           ;
           but
           the
           expulsion
           hapned
           either
           by
           the
           invasion
           of
           a
           stranger
           ,
           or
           the
           ambition
           of
           a
           Subject
           ,
           or
           some
           popular
           headless
           tumult
           ;
           for
           ,
           these
           three
           ways
           a
           Magistrate
           comes
           ,
           forcibly
           and
           unjustly
           ,
           to
           be
           outed
           of
           his
           power
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           have
           truly
           deserved
           to
           be
           dispossessed
           ;
           or
           it
           be
           rationally
           doubted
           that
           he
           hath
           deserved
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           be
           actually
           out
           of
           possession
           :
           In
           the
           former
           case
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           the
           Subject
           hath
           no
           obligation
           to
           hazard
           for
           his
           restitution
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           hinder
           it
           :
           For
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           the
           common
           good
           that
           both
           the
           Magistrate
           and
           the
           Subject
           are
           to
           aim
           at
           ;
           and
           clearly
           ,
           out
           of
           what
           is
           expressed
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           common
           harm
           ,
           to
           admit
           again
           of
           such
           a
           Magistrate
           ;
           every
           one
           ,
           to
           his
           power
           ,
           is
           bound
           to
           resist
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           case
           is
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           innocent
           and
           wrongfully
           depos'd
           ,
           nay
           let
           us
           add
           ,
           One
           who
           had
           governed
           well
           and
           deserved
           much
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           :
           yet
           he
           is
           totally
           dispossess'd
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           in
           these
           circumstances
           ,
           it
           were
           better
           for
           the
           common
           good
           to
           stay
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           than
           to
           venture
           the
           restoring
           him
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           publick
           hazard
           .
           It
           is
           clear
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           there
           is
           comparison
           between
           the
           general
           good
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           of
           this
           man
           or
           family
           on
           the
           other
           .
           Let
           us
           ,
           then
           ,
           put
           the
           case
           on
           his
           part
           ;
           and
           see
           ,
           If
           he
           be
           generous
           ,
           if
           he
           hath
           setled
           in
           his
           heart
           that
           every
           single
           man
           ought
           to
           prefer
           the
           Common
           Interest
           before
           his
           particular
           safety
           ,
           profit
           ,
           or
           honour
           ;
           if
           he
           be
           fit
           for
           a
           Governour
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           one
           that
           is
           to
           espouse
           the
           common
           good
           as
           his
           own
           individual
           ;
           what
           he
           will
           ,
           in
           honour
           and
           conscience
           ,
           resolve
           :
           whether
           he
           be
           not
           obliged
           absolutely
           to
           renounce
           all
           right
           and
           claim
           to
           Government
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           he
           does
           not
           ,
           he
           be
           not
           worse
           than
           an
           Infidel
           :
           For
           ,
           if
           he
           that
           hath
           no
           care
           of
           his
           Domesticks
           ,
           be
           reputed
           so
           ;
           with
           how
           much
           more
           reason
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           ready
           to
           plunge
           a
           whole
           Nation
           in
           blood
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           Interest
           ?
        
         
           Let
           us
           cast
           the
           accounts
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ;
           and
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           Subjects
           
           aim
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           publique
           peace
           ,
           and
           quiet
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           lives
           and
           interests
           :
           It
           will
           appear
           that
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           bound
           to
           renounce
           his
           claim
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           maintain
           it
           :
           and
           besides
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           wilfully
           blind
           ,
           if
           ,
           where
           the
           whole
           concernments
           of
           themselves
           ,
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           ,
           lie
           at
           the
           stake
           ,
           they
           will
           venture
           all
           for
           an
           aereal
           fancy
           ,
           without
           regard
           to
           the
           end
           of
           Government
           ,
           publick
           peace
           ;
           meerly
           for
           the
           means
           ,
           this
           mans
           Government
           ,
           without
           whom
           the
           End
           may
           be
           obtain'd
           .
           It
           cannot
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           be
           rational
           on
           either
           side
           ,
           for
           a
           dispossess'd
           Governour
           to
           be
           restor'd
           with
           hazard
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           the
           capital
           in
           this
           matter
           is
           ,
           that
           truly
           there
           is
           no
           justice
           on
           either
           the
           Magistrates
           or
           Peoples
           side
           ,
           to
           bind
           to
           the
           restoring
           him
           :
           both
           these
           depending
           on
           the
           promise
           made
           ,
           and
           the
           force
           of
           the
           promise
           being
           none
           ,
           since
           the
           ground
           of
           it
           is
           changed
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           promise
           made
           to
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           is
           ,
           To
           obey
           him
           as
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           is
           fitting
           for
           the
           Common-wealth
           and
           peace
           ;
           he
           being
           nothing
           but
           the
           instrument
           of
           the
           common
           good
           :
           Now
           ,
           take
           away
           that
           fitness
           for
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           gave
           strength
           to
           the
           promise
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           the
           promise
           it self
           is
           no
           more
           a
           promise
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           obligation
           arise
           from
           it
           .
           Who
           knows
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           promise
           of
           any
           man
           depends
           on
           his
           intention
           ,
           his
           intention
           on
           his
           knowledge
           ,
           his
           knowledge
           reacheth
           no
           farther
           than
           his
           consideration
           and
           present
           memory
           when
           he
           maketh
           the
           promise
           ?
           So
           that
           ,
           in
           nature
           ,
           a
           promise
           reacheth
           onely
           to
           presupposed
           and
           thought
           on
           circumstances
           :
           and
           who
           ,
           when
           he
           sweareth
           to
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           expecteth
           to
           see
           him
           dispossessed
           and
           turned
           off
           ?
        
         
           So
           that
           ,
           this
           is
           manifest
           ,
           a
           Magistrate
           actually
           dispossessed
           hath
           no
           right
           to
           be
           restored
           ,
           nor
           the
           Subject
           any
           obligation
           to
           seek
           to
           restore
           ,
           but
           oppose
           him
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           is
           man
           ,
           or
           rather
           mankind
           (
           for
           ,
           so
           we
           have
           styled
           a
           nation
           )
           better
           than
           a
           herd
           of
           sheep
           or
           oxen
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           to
           be
           owned
           ,
           like
           them
           ,
           by
           masters
           ?
           What
           difference
           is
           there
           between
           their
           Masters
           selling
           them
           to
           the
           Butcher
           ,
           and
           obliging
           them
           to
           venture
           their
           lives
           and
           livelyhoods
           for
           his
           private
           Interest
           ?
           We
           know
           it
           is
           natural
           ,
           that
           the
           part
           should
           venture
           for
           the
           whole
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           whole
           should
           venture
           the
           loss
           of
           it self
           to
           save
           the
           part
           ,
           I
           cannot
           understand
           .
           The
           Governour
           is
           the
           highest
           and
           noblest
           part
           ,
           yet
           but
           a
           part
           ;
           the
           People
           is
           the
           whole
           ,
           the
           End
           ,
           (
           though
           not
           by
           office
           ,
           yet
           by
           worth
           and
           dignity
           )
           the
           Master
           and
           Lord
           ,
           for
           whom
           those
           who
           are
           Lords
           by
           office
           are
           to
           be
           vested
           and
           devested
           in
           Lordship
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           necessary
           for
           the
           common
           good
           .
           Who
           thinks
           otherwise
           ,
           deserves
           not
           the
           name
           of
           a
           man.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Of
           a
           Supreme
           Governour
           dispossessed
           ,
           pag.
           147.
           &c.
           Mr.
           Whites
           Grounds
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           WHen
           the
           structure
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           is
           dissolved
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           disjoynted
           from
           him
           ,
           then
           any
           who
           hath
           suffered
           wrong
           in
           the
           fore-declared
           manner
           may
           be
           party
           against
           him
           and
           proceed
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           Common-wealth
           ;
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           a
           Wilderness
           ,
           warranteth
           us
           to
           kill
           a
           Tyger
           or
           Robber
           that
           seeketh
           to
           kill
           us
           ,
           not
           pretending
           Law
           for
           our
           action
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           manlike
           and
           rational
           .
           Neither
           ought
           it
           be
           called
           punishment
           that
           is
           done
           against
           a
           d●…spossessed
           Magistrate
           ,
           but
           rather
           revenge
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           name
           that
           includeth
           no
           order
           to
           Law.
           
        
         
           We
           must
           proceed
           upon
           other
           principles
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           forelaid
           and
           main
           basis
           of
           our
           discourse
           ,
           that
           the
           common
           good
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           rule
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           Title
           ,
           and
           the
           Subjects
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           which
           this
           followeth
           ,
           that
           when
           ever
           (
           considering
           all
           things
           )
           the
           common
           good
           is
           cleerly
           on
           the
           possessors
           side
           ,
           then
           the
           dispossessed
           hath
           no
           claim
           .
           Neither
           ought
           we
           expect
           till
           we
           have
           assurance
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           not
           be
           better
           for
           the
           subject
           if
           the
           late
           owner
           (
           after
           great
           dangers
           ,
           )
           gaineth
           his
           former
           power
           :
           For
           ,
           first
           ,
           this
           it self
           is
           uncertain
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           the
           success
           of
           endeavours
           to
           restore
           him
           must
           be
           hazardous
           ;
           thirdly
           ,
           many
           and
           great
           mischiefs
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           the
           attempt
           ,
           are
           altogether
           unavoidable
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           to
           be
           ballanced
           against
           those
           uncertain
           hopes
           .
           Nor
           ,
           again
           ,
           must
           we
           expect
           that
           the
           wills
           of
           all
           the
           Subjects
           concur
           ,
           actually
           ,
           to
           the
           acceptance
           of
           the
           new
           Governour
           :
           For
           that
           is
           either
           impossible
           ,
           or
           of
           so
           long
           expectation
           ,
           as
           to
           ruine
           all
           by
           dissensions
           and
           jealousies
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           vulgar
           sort
           are
           so
           easily
           led
           by
           fancy
           ,
           that
           they
           understand
           not
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           nor
           what
           they
           should
           wish
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           may
           demand
           ,
           How
           shall
           it
           be
           known
           when
           the
           common
           good
           holdeth
           it self
           on
           the
           possessour's
           hand
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           we
           must
           first
           see
           who
           are
           the
           common
           ,
           whose
           welfare
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           private
           interests
           .
           And
           presently
           it
           appeareth
           that
           ,
           dividing
           the
           whole
           people
           into
           Governours
           and
           governed
           ;
           the
           governed
           part
           is
           the
           Publick
           to
           whose
           good
           the
           Governours
           are
           to
           direct
           their
           paines
           :
           And
           that
           these
           are
           they
           that
           spend
           their
           lives
           in
           seeking
           their
           own
           profits
           ,
           either
           by
           improving
           the
           Land
           ,
           or
           in
           Arts
           and
           Handicrafts
           :
           Whence
           ,
           it
           followes
           ,
           when
           their
           good
           stands
           on
           the
           possessours
           side
           ,
           then
           cleerly
           he
           begins
           to
           gain
           right
           and
           power
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           plain
           to
           be
           ,
           when
           the
           Merchant
           ,
           the
           Husbandman
           ,
           and
           Tradesman
           ,
           with
           their
           appendices
           ,
           are
           in
           an
           undisturbed
           practice
           of
           their
           functions
           ,
           and
           begin
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           change
           upon
           the
           noise
           of
           an
           invasion
           .
        
         
         
           This
           resolution
           could
           not
           be
           doubted
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           one
           might
           object
           ,
           That
           what
           is
           said
           seems
           true
           ,
           abstracting
           from
           circumstances
           ;
           but
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           such
           men
           see
           nothing
           but
           the
           outward
           appearances
           of
           what
           passes
           in
           humane
           negotiations
           ,
           and
           so
           there
           may
           many
           circumstances
           lye
           hidden
           from
           them
           ,
           which
           would
           make
           them
           think
           or
           with
           otherwise
           if
           they
           knew
           them
           :
           As
           ,
           for
           example
           ,
           home-discontents
           and
           forein
           conspiracies
           ;
           which
           if
           understood
           ,
           would
           make
           these
           honest
           men
           preferr
           a
           war
           ,
           after
           which
           there
           is
           to
           follow
           a
           peace
           far
           exceeding
           the
           present
           quiet
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           one
           as
           deserves
           the
           intervening
           disturbance
           and
           damages
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           ,
           I
           allow
           these
           men
           understand
           not
           such
           mysteries
           of
           State
           ,
           nor
           penetrate
           the
           value
           of
           the
           hazard
           :
           But
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           why
           are
           they
           not
           also
           exempted
           from
           engaging
           on
           those
           motives
           ?
           and
           then
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           will
           be
           but
           so
           many
           private
           men
           ,
           who
           must
           follow
           the
           common
           .
           Again
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           themselves
           well
           ,
           they
           manifestly
           consent
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cut
           off
           the
           title
           of
           the
           dispossessed
           Governour
           .
           Besides
           ,
           who
           can
           answer
           they
           shall
           be
           better
           by
           the
           retu●…n
           of
           the
           dispossessed
           party
           ?
           surely
           ,
           by
           common
           presumption
           ,
           the
           gainer
           is
           like
           to
           defend
           them
           better
           than
           he
           who
           lost
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           if
           an
           open
           Enemy
           should
           come
           ,
           could
           or
           ought
           the
           Subjects
           joyn
           against
           him
           with
           their
           new
           Magistrate
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           the
           whole
           publick
           must
           perish
           :
           If
           they
           may
           ,
           then
           the
           case
           is
           the
           same
           against
           their
           old
           Magistrate
           ;
           since
           his
           right
           stood
           upon
           the
           common
           peace
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           transferr'd
           from
           him
           to
           his
           rivall
           by
           the
           title
           of
           quiet
           possession
           .
        
      
       
         
           The
           Authority
           of
           Lawyers
           insufficient
           in
           this
           Question
           .
        
         
           NO
           Laws
           made
           by
           the
           power
           or
           agreement
           of
           men
           ,
           can
           judge
           betwixt
           Subject
           and
           Soveraign
           ,
           in
           dispute
           of
           the
           common
           good
           and
           Government
           ;
           but
           only
           the
           Tribunals
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           ,
           or
           Divinity
           and
           the
           science
           of
           Politicks
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           the
           maximes
           of
           Law
           have
           no
           force
           in
           these
           questions
           ;
           Now
           ,
           if
           Princes
           lose
           their
           pretences
           by
           the
           force
           of
           Nature
           ,
           it
           is
           ridiculous
           for
           private
           men
           to
           build
           hopes
           ,
           upon
           rotten
           titles
           of
           ages
           long
           passed
           ,
           upon
           weak
           maximes
           of
           Law
           ,
           after
           Nature
           ,
           by
           her
           revolutions
           ,
           hath
           cast
           all
           Law
           and
           moral
           acts
           and
           agreements
           .
        
         
         
           
             NOw
             as
             the
             malignity
             &
             poyson
             of
             these
             anti-monarchical
             assertions
             render
             this
             Author
             a
             very
             unfit
             Prescriber
             of
             political
             Principles
             &
             rules
             of
             government
             &
             subjection
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             mankind
             ;
             so
             circumstance
             of
             their
             writing
             &
             Publication
             (
             they
             being
             published
             when
             Cromwell
             was
             in
             possession
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             dispossessed
             ,
             and
             in
             Banishment
             )
             makes
             them
             look
             so
             like
             a
             publick
             disswasion
             of
             the
             People
             to
             endeavour
             the
             restauration
             of
             his
             Majesty
             (
             who
             by
             his
             Principles
             ought
             to
             have
             renounced
             his
             title
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             )
             that
             we
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             World
             to
             judge
             whether
             such
             a
             man
             ,
             unless
             he
             repent
             ,
             and
             renounce
             these
             wicked
             assertions
             ,
             be
             worthy
             of
             his
             Majesties
             protection
             ,
             being
             restored
             to
             that
             Government
             to
             which
             ,
             he
             affirms
             ,
             that
             the
             Subjects
             ought
             not
             to
             endeavour
             to
             restore
             their
             Prince
             ,
             being
             once
             (
             though
             never
             so
             unjustly
             )
             dispossessed
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Out
           of
           Bishop
           Bramhall's
           Book
           against
           Mr.
           Hobs
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             The
             Catching
             of
             the
             Leviathan
          
           .
        
         
           THE
           Obligation
           of
           a
           Subject
           to
           the
           Soveraign
           ,
           lasteth
           no
           
           longer
           ,
           than
           the
           power
           by
           which
           he
           is
           able
           to
           protect
           him
           ,
           Bramhall
           ,
           p.
           517.
           
        
         
           When
           in
           a
           war
           forein
           or
           intestine
           the
           Enemies
           get
           a
           final
           victory
           ,
           
           so
           as
           (
           the
           forces
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           keeping
           the
           field
           no
           longer
           ,
           )
           there
           is
           no
           protection
           of
           Subjects
           in
           their
           Loyaltie
           ,
           then
           is
           the
           Common-wealth
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           at
           liberty
           to
           protect
           himself
           by
           such
           courses
           as
           his
           own
           discretion
           shall
           suggest
           to
           him
           ,
           p.
           517.
           
        
         
           He
           that
           hath
           no
           obligation
           to
           his
           former
           Soveraign
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           an
           
           ordinary
           Subject
           ,
           hath
           liberty
           to
           submit
           to
           a
           Conquerour
           ,
           when
           the
           means
           of
           his
           life
           is
           within
           the
           guards
           and
           garrisons
           of
           his
           enemy
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           then
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           longer
           protection
           from
           him
           .
           And
           concludeth
           ,
           —
           That
           their
           total
           submission
           is
           as
           lawfull
           as
           a
           Contribution
           ,
           p.
           518.
           
        
         
           That
           they
           who
           live
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           a
           Conquerour
           ,
           openly
           
           are
           understood
           to
           submit
           to
           his
           Government
           :
           And
           that
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           receiving
           protection
           openly
           ,
           and
           not
           renouncing
           it
           openly
           ,
           they
           do
           oblige
           themselves
           to
           obey
           the
           Laws
           of
           their
           Protector
           ,
           to
           which
           in
           receiving
           protection
           ,
           they
           have
           assented
           ,
           p.
           518.
           
        
         
         
           If
           the
           Common-wealth
           come
           into
           the
           power
           of
           its
           enemies
           ,
           so
           
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           resisted
           ,
           he
           who
           had
           the
           soveraignty
           before
           ,
           is
           understood
           to
           have
           lost
           it
           ,
           p.
           517.
           
        
         
           Security
           is
           the
           end
           for
           which
           men
           make
           themselves
           subjects
           to
           
           others
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           in
           joy
           not
           ,
           his
           subjection
           ceaseth
           ,
           and
           he
           loseth
           not
           right
           to
           defend
           himself
           at
           his
           own
           discretion
           ;
           neither
           is
           any
           man
           understood
           to
           have
           bound
           himself
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           relinquished
           his
           right
           over
           all
           things
           ,
           before
           his
           own
           security
           be
           provided
           for
           ,
           p.
           513.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           against
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           wish
           the
           eternal
           
           damnation
           of
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           cause
           such
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           such
           worship
           to
           be
           exhibited
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           themselves
           do
           believe
           to
           conduce
           to
           their
           salvation
           ,
           or
           tolerate
           the
           contrary
           to
           be
           taught
           and
           exhibited
           ,
           p.
           514.
           
        
         
           No
           man
           is
           bound
           by
           his
           pacts
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           be
           ,
           not
           to
           resist
           
           him
           ,
           who
           bringeth
           upon
           him
           death
           or
           wounds
           ,
           or
           any
           bodily
           damage
           ,
           p.
           514.
           
        
         
           Seeing
           no
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           impossibilities
           ,
           they
           who
           are
           to
           suffer
           
           corporal
           damage
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           constant
           enough
           to
           endure
           it
           ,
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           suffer
           it
           .
           And
           more
           fully
           ,
           —
           In
           case
           a
           great
           many
           men
           together
           have
           rebelled
           ,
           or
           committed
           some
           other
           capital
           crime
           ,
           for
           which
           every
           one
           of
           them
           expecteth
           death
           ,
           whether
           have
           not
           they
           the
           liberty
           to
           joyn
           together
           and
           assist
           and
           defend
           one
           another
           ?
           Certainly
           they
           have
           ,
           for
           they
           do
           but
           defend
           their
           lives
           with
           the
           guilty
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           innocent
           may
           do
           .
           There
           was
           indeed
           injustice
           in
           their
           first
           breach
           of
           duty
           ,
           their
           bearing
           Arms
           subsequent
           to
           it
           ,
           though
           to
           maintain
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           is
           no
           unjust
           Act
           ,
           p.
           514.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26065-e4340
           
             He
             might
             have
             referr'd
             them
             to
             himsel●…
             ;
             p.
             460.
             where
             he
             g●…ves
             the
             same
             answer
             to
             the
             same
             objection
             .
          
           
             Vid.
             Presace
             to
             the
             Holycommonwealth
             .
             p.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e10240
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             *
             The
             Law
             saith●…
             
               〈◊〉
               h●…bet
               Rex
               superior●…m
               praeter
               Deum
               .
            
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e11130
           
             
               He
               ressembleth
            
             Richa●…d
             to
             Solomen
             and
             Oliver
             to
             David
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e11430
           
             *
             By
             Eulogies
             and
             approbations
             Printed
             before
             the
             Book
             which
             commend
             it
             to
             all
             Readers
             .
          
           
             *
             Pag.
             161.
             
             Pag.
             119.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e11590
           
             ☞
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e11760
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e12030
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             *
             The
             King
             and
             his
             Pa●…ty
             clea●…ly
             meant
             to
             be
             th●…
             Papists
             ▪
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             †
             ●…
             Clea●…ly
             abetting
             the
             murdering
             of
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e12390
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e13110
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e13670
           
             *
             He
             makes
             it
             Law●…ul
             to
             do
             that
             a●…
             men
             ,
             which
             we
             are
             〈◊〉
             to
             do
             by
             〈◊〉
             L●…ws
             of
             Ch●…istianity
             .
          
           
             ●…e
             〈◊〉
             the
             5
             Commandment
             .
          
           
             Swe●…t
             incourage●…ent
             .
          
           
             Excellent
             comp●…risons
             ●…
             between
             ones
             natural
             Prince
             (
             to
             whom
             he
             hath
             〈◊〉
             )
             and
             a
             Turk
             ,
             or
             a
             Thief
             .
          
           
             *
             See
             Dr.
             Ham.
             of
             Resisting
             the
             Magistra●…e
             under
             〈◊〉
             of
             Relig●…on
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26065-e15280
           
             Hobs
             
               his
               Lev.
               p.
            
             114.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             
          
           
             
               Le.
               p.
            
             190.
             
          
           
             
               Le.
               p.
            
             137.
             
          
           
             Hobs
             
               de
               Civ
               .
               C.
            
             7.
             
             Sect.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Ci.
               C.
            
             13.
             
             Sect.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Ci.
               C.
            
             13.
             
             Sect.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Ci.
               C.
            
             2.
             
             Sect.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Le.
               p.
            
             112.