A declaration of the Commissioners for Visitation of Universities and for placing and displacing of ministers in Scotland, against praying or preaching for the pretended King of Scotland with some reasons given by some of the ministers of Edinburgh why they cannot in conscience omit to pray for him : together with an ansvver to the said reasons ... / by a friend to the Commonwealth.
         Scotland. Commissioners for Visitation of Universities and for Placing and Displacing of Ministers.
      
       
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             A declaration of the Commissioners for Visitation of Universities and for placing and displacing of ministers in Scotland, against praying or preaching for the pretended King of Scotland with some reasons given by some of the ministers of Edinburgh why they cannot in conscience omit to pray for him : together with an ansvver to the said reasons ... / by a friend to the Commonwealth.
             Scotland. Commissioners for Visitation of Universities and for Placing and Displacing of Ministers.
             Friend of the Commonwealth. Answer to a paper intituled Some reasons why the ministers of Christ in Scotland ought not to be troubled for praying for the King.
          
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             1653.
          
           
             Caption title (p. 4): Some reasons why the ministers of Christ in Scotland ought not to be troubled for praying for the king, and wherefore we cannot in conscience omit that duty.
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           A
           DECLARATION
           OF
           THE
           COMMISSIONERS
           For
           Visitation
           of
           UNIVERSITIES
           ,
           and
           for
           placing
           and
           displacing
           of
           MINISTERS
           in
           
             SCOTLAND
             ;
          
           Against
           Praying
           ,
           or
           Preaching
           for
           the
           pretended
           King
           of
           SCOTLAND
           :
           With
           some
           REASONS
           Given
           by
           some
           of
           the
           MINISTERS
           of
           
             Edinburgh
             ,
          
           why
           they
           cannot
           in
           Conscience
           omit
           to
           pray
           for
           Him
           :
           
             Together
             with
             an
          
           ANSVVER
           to
           the
           said
           REASONS
           ,
           Wherein
           the
           unwarrantablenesse
           of
           that
           practice
           is
           proved
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           GOD
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           equity
           and
           necessity
           of
           the
           present
           proceedings
           of
           the
           COMMISSIONERS
           in
           order
           to
           the
           publick
           Peace
           ,
           is
           cleared
           and
           justified
           to
           the
           Consciences
           of
           rationall
           and
           peaceable
           men
           .
        
         
           
             By
             a
             Friend
             to
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           at
           
             Leith
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Year
           1653.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           BY
           THE
           COMMISSIONERS
           
             For
             Visiting
          
           UNIVERSITIES
           
             in
          
           SCOTLAND
           ,
           
             and
             placing
             and
             displacing
          
           MINISTERS
           .
        
         
           BY
           vertue
           of
           an
           Order
           to
           Us
           directed
           from
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Councell
           of
           State
           ,
           impowering
           Us
           to
           punish
           all
           such
           in
           the
           Ministery
           or
           Universities
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           found
           reviling
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           or
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           debauch
           or
           keep
           the
           People
           dis-affected
           ,
           by
           praying
           for
           the
           pretended
           King
           of
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           or
           his
           late
           Fathers
           Family
           ,
           or
           by
           praying
           or
           preaching
           for
           a
           Monarchicall
           Government
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           labour
           to
           weaken
           the
           just
           Interest
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           affix
           and
           fasten
           the
           Common-People
           in
           their
           late
           enmity
           and
           oppositions
           ;
           (
           who
           are
           caused
           to
           erre
           by
           following
           such
           sowers
           of
           sedition
           )
           all
           which
           being
           contrary
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           Order
           ,
           and
           also
           expressely
           forbidden
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           GOD
           ,
           which
           injoyns
           a
           peaceable
           subjection
           to
           Civill
           Powers
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           to
           those
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           now
           appointed
           over
           this
           Nation
           ,
           to
           the
           Justice
           of
           whose
           Cause
           ,
           his
           hand
           hath
           given
           a
           Divine
           and
           immediate
           Testimony
           in
           most
           memorable
           and
           many
           signal
           Consequences
           .
           Wherein
           not
           onely
           not
           to
           see
           and
           acknowledge
           the
           finger
           of
           GOD
           ;
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           maliciously
           to
           oppose
           the
           wayes
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           must
           needs
           argue
           a
           very
           high
           degree
           of
           Ignorance
           or
           wilfulnesse
           :
           Therefore
           in
           conscience
           of
           our
           Duty
           to
           GOD
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           reference
           to
           a
           faithfull
           discharge
           of
           that
           Trust
           and
           Authority
           committed
           to
           Us
           ,
           and
           for
           preventing
           the
           great
           Inconveniences
           by
           such
           Enormous
           Practices
           in
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           others
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           We
           do
           by
           these
           presents
           Declare
           to
           all
           Persons
           whom
           these
           shall
           or
           may
           concern
           ,
           That
           whosoever
           shall
           be
           duely
           convicted
           to
           offend
           in
           any
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Particulars
           after
           Publication
           of
           this
           Our
           Declaration
           ,
           shall
           be
           severely
           punished
           and
           proceeded
           against
           ,
           as
           an
           Enemy
           to
           ,
           and
           a
           Disturber
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ;
           And
           to
           the
           intent
           that
           due
           notice
           may
           be
           given
           ,
           We
           do
           Order
           that
           these
           Presents
           be
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Publickly
           Proclaimed
           at
           the
           Mercat
           Cross
           at
           
             Edinburgh
             ,
          
           and
           also
           that
           Copies
           thereof
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           severall
           Sheriffs
           in
           the
           respective
           Counties
           and
           
           Shires
           in
           this
           Nation
           ▪
           to
           be
           by
           their
           appointment
           Proclaimed
           in
           the
           Chief
           Mercat
           Towns
           or
           Burghs
           within
           their
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           affixed
           on
           the
           Mercat
           Crosses
           ,
           or
           most
           Publick
           Places
           ,
           whereby
           full
           obedience
           may
           be
           given
           to
           the
           abovementioned
           Orders
           ,
           and
           none
           concerned
           may
           pretend
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           
             At
             
               Edinburgh
               ,
            
             
               the
               second
               day
               of
               August
               ,
               1653.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             SOME
             REASONS
             ,
          
           Why
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           troubled
           for
           praying
           for
           the
           KING
           ;
           And
           wherefore
           we
           cannot
           in
           Conscience
           omit
           that
           Duty
           .
        
         
           
             HAving
             seriously
             pondered
             ,
             as
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
             whose
             servants
             we
             are
             ,
             the
             practise
             of
             this
             duty
             now
             prohibited
             ;
             We
             find
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             omit
             publick
             Prayer
             for
             our
             King
             ,
             notwithstanding
             of
             the
             said
             Prohibition
             :
             And
             least
             our
             practice
             be
             misconstrued
             ,
             as
             flowing
             from
             ignorance
             or
             wilfulnes
             .
             We
             shall
             first
             offer
             to
             wipe
             away
             that
             aspersion
             of
             pertinacy
             ,
             and
             next
             shew
             the
             grounds
             which
             do
             fix
             us
             to
             this
             necessary
             duty
             .
          
        
         
           
             As
             for
             the
             first
             .
          
           Our
           witness
           is
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           our
           record
           on
           high
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           out
           of
           any
           carnal
           design
           ,
           or
           stubborness
           of
           spirit
           ,
           that
           we
           continue
           performing
           this
           d●ty
           .
           It
           were
           extream
           folly
           needlesly
           to
           provoke
           the
           Power
           under
           whose
           hand
           the
           Almighty
           hath
           put
           us
           .
           If
           we
           durst
           advise
           with
           flesh
           and
           blood
           [
           spare
           thy self
           ]
           would
           sound
           loud
           in
           our
           ears
           ,
           and
           quickly
           present
           Overtures
           of
           yeelding
           ;
           but
           the
           terrour
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           his
           Oat●
           lying
           on
           our
           consciences
           ,
           hold
           us
           on
           to
           this
           duty
           .
           2.
           
           We
           conceive
           that
           our
           peaceable
           and
           quiet
           deportment
           in
           our
           respective
           charges
           ,
           doth
           vindicate
           us
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           stubborness
           and
           sedition
           in
           this
           our
           practice
           .
           We
           have
           been
           no
           hinderance
           to
           people
           under
           our
           charge
           ,
           to
           hear
           the
           burthens
           in
           quietness
           ,
           that
           are
           laid
           upon
           them
           ;
           Neither
           have
           we
           anywise
           stirred
           them
           up
           to
           tumults
           and
           commotions
           .
           3.
           
           The
           way
           wherein
           we
           have
           formerly
           
           walked
           ,
           speaks
           herein
           for
           us
           ;
           unless
           constancy
           in
           conscientious
           principles
           be
           misconstructed
           ,
           and
           nicknamed
           Pertinacy
           .
           4.
           
           The
           point
           is
           also
           manifest
           to
           every
           one
           who
           will
           soberly
           be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           the
           Petition
           ,
           or
           Petitions
           which
           we
           present
           to
           God
           for
           him
           ;
           which
           usually
           are
           for
           a
           sanctified
           use
           of
           the
           sad
           afflictions
           that
           lie
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           preservation
           from
           snares
           ;
           his
           condition
           calling
           for
           this
           much
           at
           our
           hands
           .
           Shall
           others
           in
           distress
           ,
           captivity
           ,
           and
           exile
           be
           remembred
           to
           God
           in
           our
           publick
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           this
           be
           accounted
           a
           commendable
           duty
           :
           And
           ought
           it
           to
           be
           accounted
           Pertinacy
           ,
           not
           to
           cast
           out
           from
           the
           Prayers
           of
           Gods
           Church
           and
           People
           ,
           the
           distressed
           King
           ,
           compassed
           with
           so
           great
           difficulties
           ?
           5.
           
           When
           we
           call
           to
           mind
           our
           publick
           Prayers
           for
           our
           late
           King
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           hostility
           against
           us
           ,
           We
           marvel
           ,
           if
           any
           who
           profess
           respect
           to
           tender
           consciences
           ,
           will
           offer
           to
           put
           the
           Messengers
           of
           Christ
           to
           trouble
           for
           a
           duty
           bound
           on
           their
           consciences
           ▪
           and
           so
           little
           hurtful
           to
           any
           .
           Finally
           ,
           they
           who
           do
           ,
           or
           forbear
           doing
           out
           of
           pertinacy
           and
           stubborness
           of
           spirit
           ,
           can
           shew
           no
           just
           and
           weighty
           grounds
           of
           their
           acting
           or
           forbearance
           .
           But
           we
           offer
           these
           ensuing
           grounds
           and
           warrants
           of
           conscience
           ,
           whereupon
           we
           walk
           in
           this
           practice
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           We
           look
           upon
           this
           performance
           as
           a
           duty
           ,
           not
           only
           enjoyned
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           established
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           in
           the
           Directory
           for
           Worship
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           also
           as
           bound
           upon
           our
           Consciences
           with
           our
           own
           consent
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           National
           ,
           and
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           wherein
           He
           also
           hath
           entred
           with
           us
           ;
           and
           therein
           ,
           not
           only
           our
           own
           consciences
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           whole
           world
           are
           called
           on
           to
           witness
           with
           God
           (
           to
           whom
           the
           Oath
           is
           made
           )
           to
           our
           reallity
           ,
           sincerity
           ,
           and
           constancy
           in
           performing
           our
           duty
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
          
           This
           Obligation
           hath
           a
           new
           tie
           on
           our
           consciences
           to
           this
           individual
           Person
           ,
           by
           the
           Oath
           sworn
           by
           the
           Representative
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           in
           our
           Names
           ,
           when
           the
           Civil
           Securities
           unto
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Interests
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           were
           likewise
           confirmed
           unto
           us
           ,
           by
           his
           Oath
           ,
           aswel
           as
           by
           Law
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           As
           it
           is
           a
           great
           sin
           in
           any
           ,
           to
           countermand
           that
           which
           God
           hath
           commanded
           ,
           And
           to
           give
           order
           that
           a
           precept
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           appointed
           to
           oblige
           us
           alwaies
           (
           though
           not
           to
           all
           times
           )
           shall
           never
           oblige
           ,
           And
           that
           we
           shall
           never
           give
           obedience
           thereto
           ;
           So
           when
           such
           a
           command
           is
           given
           out
           ,
           it
           is
           then
           
             casus
             confessionis
             :
          
           Then
           to
           adhere
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           Divine
           Precepts
           ,
           is
           a
           necessary
           testimony
           to
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           doth
           oblige
           them
           more
           than
           ever
           ,
           unless
           we
           would
           obey
           men
           rather
           than
           God
           .
        
         
         
           
             Fourthly
             ,
          
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           are
           the
           Ambassadors
           and
           Servants
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           have
           their
           Commission
           which
           may
           not
           be
           l●mited
           nor
           altered
           by
           any
           power
           on
           earth
           :
           For
           if
           in
           one
           duty
           ,
           earthly
           powers
           can
           alter
           or
           limit
           ,
           they
           may
           aswel
           do
           it
           in
           moe
           :
           And
           if
           they
           may
           prohibit
           a
           duty
           ,
           they
           may
           also
           command
           that
           which
           is
           no
           duty
           ,
           and
           so
           render
           us
           the
           servants
           of
           men
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           God
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             An
          
           ANSWER
           
             to
             a
          
           PAPER
           ,
           
             Intituled
             ,
             Some
          
           REASONS
           
             why
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             in
          
           Scotland
           
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             troubled
             for
             praying
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             wherefore
             we
             cannot
             in
             conscience
             omit
             that
             duty
             .
          
        
         
           THat
           Concession
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           your
           Paper
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Almighty
             hath
             put
             you
             under
             the
             hand
             of
             another
             Power
             ,
          
           is
           remarkable
           :
           But
           how
           well
           this
           acknowledgment
           doth
           accord
           with
           that
           practice
           of
           adhering
           to
           the
           Power
           which
           the
           same
           Almighty
           hand
           hath
           removed
           ,
           is
           not
           apparent
           .
           The
           Question
           is
           not
           ,
           Whether
           you
           may
           pray
           concerning
           him
           ,
           either
           for
           or
           against
           him
           in
           a
           Christian
           way
           ,
           as
           that
           GOD
           would
           shew
           mercy
           to
           his
           Soul
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           pardon
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           repentance
           under
           that
           stupendious
           guilt
           of
           innocent
           blood
           which
           lyes
           both
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           Fathers
           house
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           in
           the
           judgment
           of
           your
           very
           selves
           )
           and
           that
           GOD
           would
           humble
           him
           under
           those
           dreadfull
           appearances
           of
           God
           against
           him
           ,
           in
           rejecting
           him
           from
           reigning
           over
           his
           people
           :
           But
           whether
           you
           may
           pray
           for
           him
           as
           King
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           put
           up
           those
           favourable
           requests
           on
           his
           behalf
           ,
           which
           tend
           to
           preserve
           a
           precious
           and
           religious
           remembrance
           and
           observance
           of
           Him
           in
           the
           Peoples
           minds
           .
           This
           is
           the
           manifest
           scope
           and
           sense
           of
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           which
           he
           that
           runs
           may
           read
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           this
           you
           say
           ,
           
             We
             shall
             first
             offer
             to
             wipe
             away
             that
             aspersion
             of
             pertinacy
             ,
             and
             next
             shew
             the
             grounds
             which
             do
             fix
             us
             to
             this
             necessary
             duty
             .
          
        
         
           For
           answer
           whereto
           ,
           we
           shal
           first
           remove
           the
           grounds
           whereby
           you
           labour
           to
           prove
           that
           this
           is
           your
           duty
           ,
           and
           then
           leave
           you
           to
           wipe
           off
           that
           aspersion
           of
           pertinacy
           ,
           if
           any
           lay
           it
           on
           you
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           can
           .
           For
           if
           the
           course
           be
           warrantable
           ;
           to
           persist
           therein
           is
           constancy
           :
           but
           if
           it
           be
           not
           warrantable
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           called
           by
           some
           other
           name
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           for
           the
           grounds
           and
           warrants
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           whereupon
           you
           walk
           in
           this
           practice
           ,
           you
           offer
           four
           :
           whereof
           indeed
           only
           the
           two
           first
           are
           arguments
           to
           prove
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           that
           you
           ought
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           man
           ,
           whom
           you
           call
           King
           :
           but
           the
           two
           last
           seem
           rather
           to
           be
           inferences
           from
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           any
           thing
           .
        
         
           The
           two
           first
           are
           these
           ,
           which
           we
           joyn
           together
           ,
           because
           the
           same
           answer
           fits
           them
           both
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             We
             look
             upon
             this
             performance
             as
             a
             duty
             ,
             not
             onely
             injoyned
             in
             the
             Word
             of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             established
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             in
             the
             Directory
             for
             Worship
             ,
             confirmed
             by
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             but
             also
             as
             bound
             upon
             our
             own
             consciences
             ,
             with
             our
             own
             consent
             both
             in
             the
             Nationall
             and
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ,
             wherein
             he
             also
             hath
             entred
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             therein
             not
             onely
             our
             own
             consciences
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             whole
             world
             are
             called
             on
             to
             witnesse
             with
             GOD
             to
             whom
             the
             Oath
             is
             made
             ,
             to
             our
             reality
             ,
             sincerity
             and
             constancy
             in
             performing
             our
             duty
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             This
             obligation
             hath
             a
             new
             tie
             on
             our
             consciences
             to
             this
             individual
             person
             ,
             by
             the
             oath
             sworn
             by
             the
             representative
             of
             the
             land
             in
             our
             name
             ,
             when
             the
             civil
             securities
             unto
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Interests
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             were
             confirmed
             to
             us
             by
             his
             Oath
             as
             well
             as
             by
             Law
             .
          
        
         
           To
           these
           in
           four
           words
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Whereas
           you
           alledge
           
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           we
           are
           most
           intirely
           willing
           to
           submit
           this
           whole
           Controversie
           to
           the
           alone
           determination
           thereof
           ,
           judging
           it
           most
           unmeet
           ,
           that
           things
           of
           mans
           making
           should
           stand
           cheek
           by
           jowl
           with
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           .
           But
           because
           you
           point
           us
           to
           no
           place
           thereof
           ,
           we
           wil
           point
           you
           to
           one
           or
           two
           ,
           wherein
           that
           word
           commandeth
           subjection
           to
           ,
           and
           prayers
           for
           the
           powers
           that
           are
           in
           being
           .
           
             Rom.
             13
             1.
             
             Let
             every
             soul
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             higher
             powers
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             no
             power
             but
             of
             God
             .
          
           1.
           Tim.
           2.
           2.
           
           
             Let
             prayers
             be
             made
             for
             Kings
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             that
             are
             in
             authority
             .
          
           Wherein
           he
           seems
           directly
           to
           obviate
           &
           prevent
           any
           scruple
           that
           might
           arise
           about
           the
           justnesse
           of
           their
           Titie
           ,
           by
           pointing
           them
           so
           plainly
           to
           the
           actuall
           existence
           of
           powers
           .
           For
           they
           all
           knew
           that
           the
           power
           which
           then
           ruled
           the
           world
           ,
           was
           set
           up
           by
           a
           world
           of
           blood
           ,
           and
           
             Nero
          
           the
           present
           Emperour
           ,
           as
           wicked
           a
           Tyrant
           as
           ever
           lived
           ,
           but
           yet
           to
           submit
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           ,
           being
           under
           his
           power
           ,
           was
           not
           in
           the
           Apostles
           judgement
           any
           justification
           of
           the
           unwarrantable
           acquisition
           of
           his
           power
           .
           And
           the
           Jewes
           are
           commanded
           
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             Babylon
             ,
          
           when
           they
           were
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Babylonians
           .
           
             Jer.
          
           29
           7.
           
           But
           you
           are
           in
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           ought
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           
             for
             in
             their
             peace
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             peace
             .
          
           But
           he
           whom
           you
           call
           King
           ,
           is
           not
           
           King
           .
           He
           never
           exercised
           any
           kingly
           power
           on
           this
           side
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           exerciseth
           none
           in
           the
           other
           part
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           therefore
           he
           is
           not
           King
           .
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           shewed
           where
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           hath
           intayled
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
          
           or
           
             Scotland
          
           upon
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           
             Stuarts
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           For
           
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             for
             him
             ;
          
           we
           wonder
           you
           should
           speak
           of
           these
           ,
           having
           been
           long
           since
           annulled
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
           And
           how
           an
           Act
           of
           any
           authority
           can
           bind
           and
           be
           in
           force
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           no
           authority
           that
           wil
           maintain
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           us
           a
           riddle
           .
           Your
           Countreyman
           Mr.
           
             Knox
             ,
          
           who
           was
           as
           zealous
           against
           Tyrants
           as
           you
           are
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           did
           help
           the
           Grandmothers
           head
           to
           the
           same
           block
           upon
           which
           the
           late
           King
           lost
           his
           :
           He
           tels
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           that
           she
           had
           no
           warrant
           of
           conscience
           to
           rule
           the
           Nation
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           neither
           from
           her
           birth
           ,
           nor
           from
           any
           consuetude
           Laws
           and
           Ordinances
           of
           men
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           she
           stood
           upon
           that
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           would
           cut
           her
           off
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           providence
           of
           GOD
           ,
           calling
           her
           to
           that
           place
           of
           power
           ,
           
             who
             ruleth
             in
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             giveth
             them
             to
             whomsoever
             he
             will
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           For
           your
           
             Oaths
          
           and
           
             Covenants
          
           (
           to
           him
           or
           to
           his
           fathers
           house
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           the
           same
           reason
           of
           both
           )
           they
           were
           either
           absolute
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           King
           whether
           GOD
           would
           continue
           him
           or
           no
           ;
           or
           else
           conditionall
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           submit
           to
           him
           ,
           unlesse
           and
           untill
           the
           over-ruling
           wisdom
           of
           God
           should
           pul
           him
           down
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           another
           power
           in
           his
           place
           .
           If
           they
           were
           conditionall
           ,
           the
           obligation
           is
           void
           ,
           because
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           hath
           actually
           dispossessed
           him
           .
           But
           if
           they
           were
           absolute
           ,
           what
           warrant
           is
           there
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           for
           such
           Covenants
           ?
           Can
           you
           promise
           that
           any
           man
           shall
           have
           power
           whether
           God
           will
           or
           no
           ?
           All
           your
           Oaths
           and
           Covenants
           were
           conditionall
           .
           For
           such
           Covenants
           for
           the
           maintaining
           of
           any
           power
           upon
           earth
           ,
           wherein
           there
           is
           no
           condition
           neither
           exprest
           nor
           understood
           ,
           concerning
           giving
           way
           to
           the
           all-disposing
           power
           and
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           no
           better
           then
           confederacies
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           horrible
           snares
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           defended
           ,
           but
           repented
           of
           ,
           lest
           you
           be
           found
           fighters
           against
           ,
           and
           resisters
           of
           the
           mighty
           Hand
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           a
           quarrell
           arise
           between
           me
           and
           my
           neighbor
           ,
           which
           of
           us
           shal
           be
           master
           ,
           and
           he
           saith
           and
           swears
           that
           I
           shall
           never
           be
           his
           master
           ,
           and
           I
           say
           that
           he
           shall
           never
           be
           mine
           .
           If
           hereupon
           we
           fight
           ,
           till
           that
           I
           have
           laid
           him
           f●at
           upon
           his
           back
           ,
           and
           bound
           him
           hand
           and
           foot
           ;
           if
           now
           when
           my
           sword
           is
           upon
           his
           brest
           ,
           and
           his
           life
           is
           at
           my
           mercy
           ,
           if
           I
           shall
           ask
           him
           ,
           whether
           he
           will
           yeeld
           now
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           refuse
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           an
           unparaleld
           
           piece
           of
           pride
           and
           stubborness
           ?
           But
           suppose
           he
           shal
           say
           ,
           that
           his
           conscience
           is
           so
           tender
           that
           he
           cannot
           yeeld
           to
           me
           because
           of
           his
           oath
           ,
           will
           not
           every
           one
           say
           ,
           that
           his
           oath
           binds
           no
           longer
           but
           whilst
           he
           was
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           resist
           ,
           but
           by
           my
           prevailing
           over
           him
           ,
           the
           obligation
           ceaseth
           .
           For
           now
           God
           puts
           him
           under
           me
           ,
           &
           so
           determins
           the
           case
           on
           my
           side
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           though
           you
           have
           made
           a
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           bound
           it
           with
           an
           oath
           ,
           for
           your
           King
           and
           against
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           yet
           now
           God
           hath
           cut
           that
           knot
           in
           pieces
           ,
           by
           putting
           you
           in
           another
           capacity
           from
           what
           you
           were
           then
           .
           And
           you
           may
           remember
           what
           solemn
           appeals
           were
           made
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           both
           by
           you
           and
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           came
           first
           amongst
           you
           ,
           for
           our
           most
           just
           and
           necessary
           defence
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Lord
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           give
           a
           gracious
           and
           favourable
           testimony
           to
           the
           sincerity
           of
           the
           desires
           of
           his
           poor
           servants
           ;
           and
           will
           you
           not
           rest
           in
           his
           arbitriment
           to
           whom
           you
           have
           so
           often
           referred
           the
           cause
           ?
           to
           whose
           determination
           both
           you
           and
           we
           did
           with
           joynt
           consent
           refer
           it
           .
           And
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           righteous
           Judge
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           judge
           between
           us
           .
           Though
           much
           may
           be
           argued
           against
           the
           works
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           considered
           singly
           and
           alone
           ,
           yet
           when
           the
           works
           of
           God
           are
           superadded
           testimonies
           to
           the
           truths
           revealed
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           are
           answers
           of
           the
           prayers
           and
           appeals
           of
           all
           his
           people
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           favourable
           smiles
           upon
           the
           actings
           of
           some
           of
           them
           following
           him
           in
           untroden
           paths
           of
           difficulty
           and
           danger
           ,
           the
           same
           dispensations
           being
           also
           distinguishing
           rebukes
           and
           frowns
           upon
           others
           ,
           under
           these
           and
           the
           like
           circumstances
           ,
           they
           will
           argue
           very
           much
           .
           And
           though
           it
           is
           hard
           for
           man
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           us
           to
           manage
           this
           argument
           ,
           to
           the
           compleat
           conviction
           of
           opposers
           and
           gainsayers
           ,
           and
           to
           improve
           it
           to
           the
           utmost
           in
           all
           the
           conclusions
           which
           it
           will
           reach
           unto
           ▪
           yet
           to
           those
           who
           observe
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           in
           his
           works
           ,
           &
           are
           not
           byassed
           with
           the
           guilt
           of
           former
           actings
           to
           this
           or
           that
           interest
           ,
           it
           will
           reach
           to
           conclude
           the
           present
           question
           ,
           and
           abundantly
           praeponderate
           to
           the
           purposes
           and
           resolutions
           of
           men
           ,
           if
           laid
           in
           the
           ballance
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Whereas
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           mention
           
             The
             securities
             which
             the
             King
             gave
             you
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             Christ
             and
             Religion
             ,
          
           It
           will
           be
           hard
           to
           demonstrate
           to
           any
           rationall
           understanding
           ,
           how
           there
           could
           be
           any
           reall
           safety
           to
           Religion
           ,
           in
           receiving
           him
           to
           reigne
           with
           his
           former
           principles
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           unchanged
           heart
           amongst
           you
           .
           The
           World
           took
           notice
           in
           your
           treaties
           with
           him
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
          
           &
           here
           too
           ▪
           how
           litle
           trust
           you
           had
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           how
           you
           held
           him
           off
           at
           first
           ,
           but
           how
           you
           could
           afterwards
           ,
           (
           unless
           a
           mouthful
           or
           two
           of
           Court
           air
           wil
           make
           wise
           men
           mad
           )
           dispense
           with
           your
           consciences
           to
           soder
           with
           him
           when
           you
           saw
           no
           reall
           change
           of
           heart
           and
           self-abhorrence
           in
           him
           for
           his
           former
           wicked
           ways
           ,
           &
           how
           
           the
           emitting
           of
           a
           feigned
           ,
           forced
           Declaration
           ,
           upon
           minatory
           importunities
           ,
           could
           be
           just
           incouragement
           for
           the
           admitting
           of
           a
           blood-thirsty
           and
           blood-guilty
           man
           (
           for
           so
           in
           that
           Declaration
           you
           have
           made
           him
           to
           confesse
           )
           to
           reign
           over
           you
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           a
           time
           to
           consider
           all
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           Your
           3.
           ground
           is
           this
           :
           
             As
             it
             is
             a
             great
             sin
             to
             countermand
             that
             which
             God
             hath
             commanded
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             order
             ,
             that
             a
             precept
             of
             God
             shall
             not
             oblige
             ,
             so
             when
             such
             a
             command
             is
             given
             out
             ,
             it
             is
             then
          
           casus
           confessionis
           ,
           
             then
             to
             adhere
             to
             the
             authority
             of
             divine
             precepts
             ,
             is
             a
             necessary
             restimony
             to
             the
             truth
             .
          
           But
           if
           ever
           these
           words
           afford
           a
           
             Ground
             and
             Warrant
             of
             conscience
             to
             walk
             in
             that
             practice
          
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           your
           assumption
           which
           you
           seem
           to
           understand
           and
           beg
           ,
           must
           be
           proved
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             God
             hath
             given
             you
             such
             a
             command
             to
             pray
             for
             him
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Declaration
           countermands
           :
           but
           till
           then
           ,
           this
           Proposition
           will
           not
           reach
           the
           Conclusion
           aimed
           at
           :
           If
           you
           be
           Confessors
           ,
           what
           truth
           of
           Christ
           do
           you
           suffer
           for
           ?
           name
           it
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           this
           ,
           that
           
             Charles
             Stuart
          
           ought
           to
           be
           King
           ?
           and
           will
           you
           indeed
           stop
           your
           own
           mouths
           from
           preaching
           the
           blessed
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           rather
           then
           be
           silent
           about
           that
           mans
           interest
           ?
           Wil
           you
           not
           preach
           Christ
           ,
           unless
           you
           may
           preach
           up
           
             Charles
             Stuart
          
           also
           ?
           Now
           the
           Lord
           lay
           not
           this
           sin
           to
           your
           charge
           .
           You
           wil
           suffer
           upon
           the
           lowest
           and
           most
           uncomfortable
           account
           that
           ever
           men
           did
           .
           For
           you
           suffer
           clearly
           upon
           the
           Royall
           interest
           ;
           not
           for
           
             the
             testimony
             of
          
           JESUS
           ,
           not
           for
           any
           truth
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           as
           witnesses
           to
           the
           Kings
           Interest
           .
        
         
           Your
           4.
           ground
           is
           this
           :
           
             That
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             receive
             their
             Commission
             from
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             which
             earthly
             powers
             cannot
             alter
             nor
             limit
             .
             For
             if
             in
             one
             duty
             ,
             then
             in
             more
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             may
             prohibite
             a
             duty
             ,
             they
             may
             command
             that
             which
             is
             no
             duty
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           still
           you
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           a
           duty
           to
           pray
           for
           that
           Titular
           King
           ;
           but
           you
           should
           have
           proved
           ,
           that
           when
           you
           were
           made
           Ministers
           ,
           Christ
           did
           put
           this
           into
           your
           Commission
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           had
           said
           somthing
           .
           Surely
           a
           Popish
           exemption
           of
           the
           Clergy
           from
           under
           the
           arm
           of
           the
           secular
           power
           ,
           is
           not
           that
           which
           you
           drive
           at
           .
           For
           then
           you
           would
           never
           have
           alledged
           Statutes
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           as
           oblieging
           you
           in
           conscience
           to
           the
           King
           .
           But
           this
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           that
           which
           formerly
           was
           ,
           or
           which
           now
           is
           a
           duty
           ,
           may
           cease
           to
           be
           a
           duty
           ,
           not
           through
           any
           humane
           prohibition
           ,
           but
           through
           a
           providentiall
           alteration
           of
           the
           state
           of
           things
           .
           
             The
             woman
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             is
             bound
             by
             the
             Law
             to
             her
             husband
             so
             long
             as
             he
             liveth
             ,
             but
             if
             her
             husband
             be
             dead
             ,
             she
             is
             freed
             from
             that
             Law
             ,
             Rom.
          
           7.
           2
           
           ▪
           3.
           
           And
           therfore
           your selves
           also
           upon
           this
           account
           of
           the
           revolutions
           of
           providence
           ,
           do
           find
           a
           present
           freedom
           of
           conscience
           to
           desist
           from
           some
           former
           actings
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           thought
           your selves
           formerly
           obliged
           by
           the
           Covenant
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           removall
           of
           the
           grounds
           and
           pillars
           of
           this
           your
           practice
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           whereby
           you
           offer
           to
           prove
           that
           it
           is
           your
           duty
           .
           Which
           being
           not
           yet
           done
           ,
           we
           will
           put
           you
           into
           a
           way
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           by
           cutting
           out
           your
           work
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           laying
           open
           the
           true
           state
           of
           the
           controversie
           before
           you
           in
           a
           very
           few
           words
           .
        
         
           If
           ever
           you
           wil
           prove
           (
           therefore
           )
           that
           it
           is
           your
           duty
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           no
           duty
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           you
           must
           prove
           these
           two
           things
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           every
           subject
           ought
           not
           only
           to
           look
           at
           the
           visible
           existence
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           his
           conscience
           about
           the
           title
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           that
           rule
           over
           him
           ,
           before
           he
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           or
           yeeld
           subjection
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           contrary
           to
           this
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           already
           proved
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           warrant
           enough
           to
           any
           mans
           conscience
           to
           pray
           for
           Authority
           ,
           and
           quietly
           to
           submit
           himself
           thereto
           ,
           if
           that
           he
           hath
           sensible
           assurance
           of
           his
           being
           in
           the
           hand
           thereof
           .
           The
           Apostles
           word
           is
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           signifies
           ,
           
             the
             powers
             that
             are
             in
             being
             .
          
        
         
           But
           secondly
           ,
           when
           you
           have
           done
           this
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           Paper
           you
           do
           not
           once
           attempt
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           strange
           oversight
           ,
           you
           must
           also
           prove
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           King
           hath
           a
           just
           title
           to
           Authority
           here
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           no
           just
           title
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           this
           ,
           there
           are
           four
           allegations
           usuall
           .
           1.
           
           His
           birth-right
           .
           2.
           
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           for
           him
           .
           3.
           
           The
           pretended
           injustice
           of
           the
           War
           against
           him
           .
           4.
           
           The
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           .
           These
           are
           the
           most
           usuall
           weapons
           of
           defence
           in
           this
           Cause
           .
        
         
           But
           each
           of
           these
           must
           be
           maintained
           and
           made
           good
           by
           that
           un-erring
           rule
           of
           the
           written
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           before
           they
           will
           overcome
           the
           understandings
           ,
           and
           convince
           the
           consciences
           of
           conscientious
           men
           .
           Therefore
           if
           you
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           offer
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           for
           the
           maintaining
           of
           them
           ,
           
             produce
             your
             cause
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             bring
             forth
             your
             strong
             reasons
             ,
             saith
             the
             King
             of
             Jacob
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           now
           calls
           you
           to
           bring
           it
           forth
           ;
           which
           till
           it
           be
           done
           ,
           we
           conceive
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           birth
           gives
           no
           title
           to
           Magistracy
           .
           That
           every
           beggars
           brat
           in
           the
           high-way
           ,
           upon
           that
           single
           consideration
           of
           his
           birth
           ,
           hath
           as
           much
           title
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           as
           the
           children
           of
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             .
          
        
         
           This
           conceit
           of
           a
           birth-right
           unto
           Magistracy
           (
           unless
           that
           God
           confer
           a
           title
           upon
           such
           or
           such
           a
           family
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           upon
           
             David's
          
           )
           is
           one
           of
           the
           blind
           principles
           of
           tyranny
           ,
           nourisht
           in
           mens
           consciences
           ,
           through
           Popish
           darkness
           ,
           and
           now
           that
           God
           is
           discovering
           the
           mystery
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           unravelling
           that
           whole
           web
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           which
           is
           woven
           and
           made
           up
           of
           two
           threeds
           twisted
           together
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           civil
           and
           spirituall
           slavery
           :
           he
           
           hath
           begun
           to
           discover
           this
           also
           .
           If
           some
           families
           in
           the
           World
           had
           the
           faculty
           of
           begetting
           wise
           children
           ,
           and
           fit
           for
           government
           ,
           there
           were
           some
           colour
           of
           reason
           ,
           why
           their
           birth
           should
           give
           them
           a
           right
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           because
           it
           gives
           them
           a
           fitnesse
           to
           govern
           .
           But
           we
           see
           that
           wise
           men
           beget
           fools
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Parliaments
             may
             intail
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             give
             a
             title
             to
             such
             or
             such
             a
             family
             ,
             though
             God
             by
             immediate
             designation
             do
             not
             .
          
           But
           then
           you
           must
           prove
           this
           .
           And
           then
           we
           add
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           it
           may
           be
           proved
           both
           from
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           from
           common
           sense
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           both
           unlawful
           and
           impossible
           for
           any
           Parliament
           to
           make
           such
           an
           Act
           as
           shall
           bind
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           successors
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           this
           ,
           Because
           that
           no
           Humane
           wisdom
           is
           able
           to
           foresee
           all
           the
           future
           Inconveniences
           that
           may
           arise
           ;
           and
           therfore
           no
           Humane
           Constitution
           can
           be
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           unalterable
           .
           The
           next
           Power
           may
           disannul
           it
           .
           Therefore
           the
           King
           hath
           no
           title
           upon
           this
           accompt
           :
           For
           the
           Commonwealth
           hath
           repealed
           those
           Acts.
           But
           if
           you
           say
           ,
           The
           Commonwealth
           doth
           not
           lawfully
           succeed
           your
           Parliaments
           ;
           then
        
         
           3.
           
           You
           fall
           upon
           the
           business
           of
           the
           War
           ;
           which
           if
           you
           will
           undertake
           ,
           you
           have
           many
           difficult
           things
           to
           prove
           ,
           and
           that
           under
           the
           heavy
           disadvantage
           of
           a
           contrary
           testimony
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           whereof
           one
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           that
           man
           had
           some
           rights
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           For
           this
           was
           part
           of
           the
           quarrell
           ,
           whereas
           we
           know
           that
           he
           had
           no
           Rights
           there
           ,
           neither
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           our
           Land
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           War
           was
           just
           .
           For
           the
           English
           Army
           did
           not
           march
           a
           step
           against
           you
           ,
           though
           there
           were
           other
           just
           provocations
           ,
           till
           your
           Commissioners
           had
           patcht
           up
           the
           businesse
           with
           him
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
          
           asserting
           I
           know
           not
           what
           pretended
           Rights
           of
           his
           in
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           But
           4.
           
           If
           you
           will
           needs
           be
           tryed
           by
           the
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           a
           weapon
           at
           which
           you
           seem
           to
           be
           very
           expert
           ,
           we
           must
           then
           cut
           you
           out
           some
           more
           work
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           1.
           
           To
           prove
           that
           your
           sense
           is
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           it
           .
           2.
           
           If
           you
           prove
           that
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           prove
           that
           the
           Covenant
           it self
           was
           a
           lawfull
           thing
           ;
           when
           you
           have
           justified
           your
           disobedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           by
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           you
           must
           then
           justifie
           the
           Covenant
           it self
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           We
           perceive
           ,
           that
           many
           who
           talk
           much
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           understand
           it
           no
           better
           than
           those
           
             Highlanders
             ,
          
           who
           having
           summoned
           a
           Castle
           ,
           and
           being
           asked
           in
           whose
           name
           they
           summoned
           it
           :
           they
           answered
           ,
           In
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           .
           And
           truly
           they
           seem
           to
           us
           to
           understand
           it
           little
           better
           ,
           who
           say
           ,
           We
           are
           tied
           by
           the
           Covenant
           to
           resist
           the
           Power
           that
           ruleth
           over
           us
           ,
           to
           inforce
           your
           Presbyterian
           
           way
           upon
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           preserve
           from
           justice
           that
           grand
           Delinquent
           ,
           who
           slew
           with
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           sword
           so
           many
           thousand
           innocent
           persons
           .
           
             For
             he
             shed
             innocent
             blood
             very
             much
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             filled
             the
             streets
             of
             Jerusalem
             from
             one
             end
             to
             another
             ,
          
           and
           the
           whole
           Land
           therewith
           in
           all
           the
           Cities
           and
           Coasts
           thereof
           ,
           
             besides
             his
             sin
             in
             building
             up
             again
             the
             high
             places
             ,
             &
             in
             rearing
             up
             altars
             for
             Baalim
          
        
         
           But
           by
           this
           time
           you
           see
           your
           work
           ,
           and
           what
           you
           must
           prove
           ,
           if
           every
           you
           will
           justifie
           your
           present
           wayes
           before
           God
           or
           men
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           must
           tell
           you
           once
           more
           ,
           That
           when
           you
           have
           proved
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           you
           have
           proved
           nothing
           ,
           if
           you
           leave
           out
           the
           first
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           done
           in
           this
           your
           Paper
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           proceed
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           it
           .
           That
           one
           passage
           only
           seems
           worthy
           of
           most
           particular
           Animadversion
           where
           you
           think
           fit
           to
           mention
           your
           
             peaceable
             and
             quiet
             deportment
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             have
             in
             no
             wise
             stirred
             up
             the
             people
             to
             tumults
             and
             seditions
             ;
          
           which
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           a
           true
           and
           sincere
           profession
           ,
           fame
           hath
           done
           you
           very
           much
           wrong
           .
           But
           are
           not
           prayers
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           under
           that
           name
           and
           notion
           of
           King
           ,
           under
           such
           designations
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           expressions
           and
           petitions
           for
           him
           ,
           as
           may
           insinuate
           your
           respect
           towards
           him
           ,
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           for
           else
           ,
           why
           did
           you
           alleadge
           your
           Oaths
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           ,
           bind
           you
           to
           him
           as
           your
           King
           ,
           if
           you
           put
           up
           only
           such
           modest
           and
           innocent
           petitions
           for
           him
           as
           may
           suit
           any
           wicked
           man
           in
           affliction
           ?
           )
           And
           are
           not
           complaints
           of
           a
           strange
           power
           in
           your
           prayers
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           preachings
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           are
           these
           no
           wayes
           nor
           means
           of
           disquieting
           and
           stirring
           up
           the
           people
           ?
           We
           commend
           unto
           you
           that
           of
           
             David
             :
             Lord
             ,
             lead
             me
             in
             a
             way
             of
             plainness
             ,
             because
             of
             them
             that
             observe
             me
             .
             Psa.
          
           27.
           11.
           
           And
           the
           primitive
           Church
           ,
           in
           
             Acts
             2.
             46.
             walked
             in
             simplicity
             and
             singleness
             of
             heart
             .
          
           But
           if
           your
           future
           deportment
           shall
           attest
           and
           make
           good
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           your
           profession
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           past
           will
           be
           forgotten
           and
           forgiven
           .
           But
           for
           men
           of
           reputation
           to
           relinquish
           and
           abandon
           that
           Interest
           ,
           we
           are
           apprehensive
           how
           much
           it
           may
           reflect
           upon
           their
           honor
           and
           wisdom
           in
           tampering
           with
           it
           so
           long
           ,
           in
           complying
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           cleaving
           to
           it
           at
           the
           first
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           seen
           Conscience
           pretended
           ,
           when
           such
           an
           Interest
           hath
           layn
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           which
           is
           hypocrisie
           .
           From
           which
           ,
           as
           also
           from
           pertinacy
           in
           your
           way
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           better
           way
           to
           purge
           your selves
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           seem
           to
           cleave
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           
             Naaman's
          
           leprosie
           to
           
             Gehezi
          
           for
           ever
           ,
           than
           by
           submission
           to
           the
           
             Powers
             that
             are
             ,
          
           and
           
             supplications
             for
             the
             City
          
           wherein
           you
           live
           :
           
             in
             the
             peace
             whereof
             you
             shall
             have
             peace
             .
          
           For
           the
           present
           let
           us
           briefly
           commend
           to
           your
           most
           serious
           thoughts
           these
           four
           Considerations
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           What
           a
           fruitless
           and
           sad
           mistake
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           your
           work
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           pray
           and
           preach
           up
           particular
           interests
           among
           your
           people
           ,
           when
           you
           should
           preach
           the
           saving
           truths
           of
           the
           Gospel
           to
           their
           souls
           .
           Alas
           !
           what
           profits
           it
           to
           the
           business
           of
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           and
           Spiritual
           union
           and
           communion
           with
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           to
           cry-up
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           to
           cry-down
           the
           Common-wealth
           ?
           Will
           you
           cease
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           rather
           than
           cease
           to
           preach
           up
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             ?
          
           We
           mourn
           for
           you
           before
           the
           Lord
           in
           this
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           help
           you
           in
           it
           .
           Would
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           thus
           forsake
           you
           ,
           and
           leave
           you
           to
           such
           a
           sinful
           and
           dreadful
           mistake
           ,
           were
           there
           not
           something
           wherein
           you
           have
           first
           forsaken
           him
           ?
           Now
           the
           Lord
           help
           you
           to
           look
           into
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           consider
           your
           wayes
           ,
           and
           
             to
             make
             diligent
             search
             .
          
           Sure
           we
           are
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           sadly
           and
           strangely
           below
           and
           beside
           the
           business
           ,
           the
           great
           business
           of
           Divinity
           in
           these
           impertinent
           strifs
           about
           Civil
           Interests
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           first
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           same
           obligation
           lies
           upon
           our
           consciences
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           which
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           doth
           upon
           yours
           to
           hold
           up
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           King
           :
           and
           with
           this
           advantage
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           subservient
           therein
           to
           Him
           ,
           whose
           Almighty
           Hand
           hath
           actually
           placed
           this
           power
           over
           you
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           yet
           born
           witness
           to
           the
           contrary
           Interest
           .
           For
           
             we
             will
             remember
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             God
             ,
          
           and
           his
           wonderfull
           works
           :
           
             we
             will
             often
             make
             mention
             of
             the
             loving
             kindness
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             praises
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             according
             to
             all
             that
             the
             Lord
             hath
             bestowed
             on
             us
          
           and
           done
           for
           us
           ,
           
             according
             to
             his
             mercies
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             multitude
             of
             his
             loving
             kindnesses
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           conscience
           with
           us
           ,
           not
           to
           betray
           ,
           nor
           to
           wrong
           ,
           or
           weaken
           that
           Cause
           through
           over
           much
           indulgence
           ,
           to
           which
           God
           himself
           hath
           born
           witness
           .
           We
           do
           beleeve
           that
           the
           present
           Cause
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           hath
           much
           of
           the
           Interest
           of
           Christ
           wrapt
           up
           with
           it
           .
           And
           ,
           though
           to
           tender
           consciences
           ,
           dissenting
           from
           us
           ,
           we
           shew
           much
           favour
           and
           forbearance
           ;
           yet
           Conscience
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           rule
           ,
           but
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           .
           And
           though
           we
           hope
           better
           things
           of
           you
           ,
           yet
           there
           be
           two
           sorts
           of
           consciences
           ,
           which
           we
           conceive
           are
           not
           usually
           very
           tender
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           heretical
           consciences
           ,
           and
           seditious
           consciences
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Consider
           how
           long
           a
           time
           of
           tenderness
           and
           forbearance
           you
           have
           had
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           English
           power
           first
           prevailed
           here
           ,
           and
           how
           long
           God
           and
           man
           hath
           waited
           on
           you
           ;
           which
           we
           think
           will
           not
           be
           easily
           parallel'd
           in
           the
           Histories
           of
           former
           Ages
           .
           We
           have
           carried
           our selves
           towards
           you
           ,
           (
           to
           the
           praise
           of
           his
           Grace
           we
           speak
           it
           ,
           because
           you
           call
           us
           ,
           &
           compel
           us
           to
           it
           )
           not
           as
           Victors
           to
           conquered
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           as
           Brethren
           ,
           
           to
           brethren
           ,
           for
           so
           indeed
           we
           desire
           to
           look
           on
           you
           ▪
           and
           no
           otherwise
           .
           And
           whatever
           there
           is
           in
           our
           power
           ,
           wherein
           we
           may
           further
           encourage
           you
           and
           strengthen
           your
           hands
           in
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           we
           hope
           we
           shall
           rejoyce
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           for
           His
           sake
           whom
           you
           ought
           to
           serve
           in
           the
           Gospel
           of
           His
           Son
           .
           If
           the
           Lord
           would
           encline
           your
           hearts
           to
           know
           and
           to
           do
           his
           work
           ;
           It
           is
           our
           hearts
           desire
           and
           prayer
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           His
           good
           pleasure
           may
           prosper
           with
           you
           .
           Wherein
           ,
           we
           hope
           ,
           we
           shall
           one
           day
           praise
           Him
           ▪
           when
           
             the
             envy
             of
             Ephraim
             shall
             depart
             .
          
        
         
           You
           may
           be
           as
           good
           ,
           as
           holy
           as
           you
           will
           ,
           you
           may
           enjoy
           all
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           liberty
           and
           purity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           hearts
           desire
           ,
           in
           your
           own
           way
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           your
           own
           consciences
           .
           Which
           is
           more
           than
           you
           would
           have
           allowed
           to
           us
           .
           We
           know
           nothing
           but
           the
           carkass
           of
           Church
           Discipline
           without
           the
           life
           and
           power
           of
           it
           ,
           yea
           ,
           a
           mungrel
           Discipline
           made
           up
           of
           Civil
           aswel
           as
           Spiritual
           power
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           better
           than
           a
           Gospel
           Monster
           that
           hath
           been
           taken
           from
           you
           :
           which
           warming
           in
           its
           bowels
           a
           fatal
           engine
           of
           disobedience
           to
           that
           Civil
           Government
           which
           the
           Hand
           of
           the
           Almighty
           hath
           set
           over
           you
           ,
           and
           which
           doth
           plenarily
           possess
           and
           protect
           you
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           with
           any
           colour
           of
           conscience
           or
           reason
           be
           any
           longer
           suffered
           in
           that
           exorbitancy
           :
           But
           if
           your
           Discipline
           which
           hath
           been
           wont
           to
           be
           a
           check
           to
           your
           Parliaments
           ,
           will
           hereafter
           learn
           to
           keep
           within
           its
           own
           channel
           ,
           you
           may
           still
           practice
           it
           ,
           as
           sundry
           godly
           persons
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Judgment
           do
           at
           this
           day
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           Therefore
           ,
           why
           are
           
             the
             dissentions
             of
             Brethren
             like
             the
             bars
             of
             a
             Palace
             ?
          
           What
           shall
           be
           done
           for
           you
           ?
        
         
           You
           speak
           of
           burdens
           :
           We
           know
           not
           what
           you
           mean
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           the
           Monthly
           Assessment
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           no
           other
           burden
           laid
           on
           you
           ,
           (
           but
           some
           we
           are
           sure
           are
           taken
           off
           )
           which
           yet
           is
           no
           more
           for
           all
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           than
           for
           that
           one
           County
           of
           
             Vlster
          
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
             viz.
          
           about
           8000
           l.
           a
           month
           .
           And
           you
           say
           ,
           
             you
             have
             been
             no
             hinderance
             to
             the
             people
             to
             bear
             the
             burdens
             in
             quietness
             that
             are
             laid
             upon
             them
             :
          
           For
           indeed
           ,
           why
           should
           you
           ?
           Are
           not
           you
           the
           very
           men
           that
           lay
           these
           burdens
           on
           them
           ?
           The
           Assessment
           is
           for
           the
           Pay
           of
           the
           Army
           (
           though
           it
           goes
           but
           a
           little
           way
           towards
           it
           .
           )
           The
           Army
           is
           continued
           ,
           because
           the
           people
           are
           unquiet
           and
           disaffected
           .
           But
           who
           is
           it
           that
           feeds
           these
           malignant
           humors
           ,
           and
           keeps
           up
           this
           disaffection
           of
           the
           people
           ?
           who
           is
           it
           ?
           and
           what
           will
           they
           answer
           for
           it
           in
           the
           great
           day
           of
           accompt
           ?
           Let
           us
           reason
           with
           you
           before
           the
           Lord
           a
           little
           .
        
         
           This
           power
           which
           God
           hath
           set
           over
           you
           for
           your
           good
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Lord
           knows
           hath
           been
           favorable
           and
           tender
           over
           you
           :
           What
           have
           
           returns
           been
           ?
           Protection
           requires
           allegeance
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           com
           ▪
           mutative
           justice
           .
           But
           have
           you
           not
           made
           unworthy
           ,
           unchristian
           returns
           upon
           them
           for
           that
           protection
           ,
           for
           that
           love
           and
           tenderness
           whereby
           they
           have
           sought
           to
           win
           you
           ,
           by
           being
           their
           enemies
           in
           heaven
           &
           earth
           ?
           endeavoring
           to
           alienate
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Lords
           People
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           denying
           them
           that
           remembrance
           in
           your
           prayers
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           often
           begg'd
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           they
           would
           prize
           far
           more
           than
           that
           wicked
           man
           doth
           ,
           for
           whom
           
             you
             cry
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             Lord
             do
             you
             cry
             ,
             but
             be
             answers
             you
             not
             .
          
           And
           are
           there
           two
           greater
           unkindnesses
           in
           the
           world
           than
           these
           ?
           And
           yet
           the
           Lord
           hath
           enabled
           them
           to
           forgive
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           forbear
           you
           hitherto
           .
           But
           take
           heed
           ,
           if
           you
           persist
           in
           your
           course
           ,
           having
           had
           dreadful
           meetings
           with
           God
           therein
           ,
           lest
           you
           bring
           the
           matter
           to
           this
           passe
           ,
           That
           God
           will
           not
           forgive
           though
           we
           would
           .
           
             For
             thy
             violence
             against
             thy
             brother
             Jacob
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             cut
             off
             for
             ever
             ,
             Obad.
          
           10.
           
           Now
           it
           may
           be
           ingenuity
           may
           work
           in
           you
           ;
           but
           if
           nothing
           will
           break
           your
           hearts
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           to
           our
           grief
           ,
           and
           to
           your
           trouble
           ,
           that
           the
           patience
           of
           mortal
           men
           is
           finite
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Consider
           sadly
           ,
           how
           little
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           ariseth
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           what
           real
           dis-service
           you
           do
           to
           Him
           ,
           by
           your
           adhering
           to
           that
           Man
           ,
           whom
           the
           Lord
           by
           a
           mighty
           Hand
           hath
           taken
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           by
           dis-accepting
           his
           kindness
           therein
           ,
           and
           in
           casting
           forth
           the
           branches
           of
           that
           bloody
           House
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           a
           plague
           to
           this
           Nation
           from
           the
           dayes
           of
           your
           forefathers
           .
           If
           you
           accept
           not
           the
           Instruments
           who
           did
           it
           ,
           or
           approve
           not
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           proceedings
           therein
           ,
           yet
           why
           do
           you
           not
           rejoyce
           for
           the
           thing
           it self
           ?
           All
           the
           world
           knows
           that
           you
           were
           innocent
           enough
           about
           it
           .
           We
           know
           not
           any
           Magistracy
           at
           this
           day
           appearing
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Lord
           hath
           given
           a
           more
           abundant
           and
           immediate
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           establishment
           he
           hath
           more
           gloriously
           revealed
           &
           made
           bare
           his
           own
           Arm
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           further
           engaged
           in
           protecting
           and
           promoting
           the
           Interest
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           then
           this
           which
           you
           resist
           ,
           and
           whose
           hands
           you
           labour
           to
           weaken
           .
           But
           will
           you
           be
           the
           men
           of
           al
           others
           ,
           who
           hinder
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           from
           coming
           ?
           God
           forbid
           .
           As
           for
           this
           Man
           ,
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           are
           witnesses
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           don
           your
           duty
           to
           him
           ,
           (
           if
           so
           you
           cal
           it
           )
           even
           to
           the
           utmost
           ;
           both
           day
           and
           night
           have
           seen
           it
           .
           You
           have
           wept
           over
           his
           grave
           long
           enough
           .
           Therefore
           we
           leave
           with
           you
           ,
           beseeching
           Him
           to
           set
           it
           home
           upon
           your
           hearts
           ,
           that
           which
           the
           Lord
           said
           to
           
             Samuel
             ,
             (
             1
             Sam.
             16
             )
             How
             long
             wile
             thou
             mourn
             for
          
           Saul
           ,
           
             whom
             I
             have
             rejected
             from
             reigning
             over
             Israel
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .