A vindication of the King· With some observations upon the two Houses. By a true sonne of the Church of England, and a lover of his countryes liberty.
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             A vindication of the King· With some observations upon the two Houses. By a true sonne of the Church of England, and a lover of his countryes liberty.
             Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
          
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             A
          
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           KING
           WITH
           Some
           OBSERVATIONS
           upon
           the
           
             TWO
             HOVSES
             .
          
        
         
           By
           a
           true
           Sonne
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             ENGLAND
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Lover
           of
           his
           Countryes
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           
             Printed
          
           Anno
           Domini
           ,
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           KING
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Shall
           not
           be
           curious
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Reason
           of
           any
           prepossest
           opinion
           ,
           yet
           since
           the
           Times
           hath
           given
           an
           open
           Presse
           to
           cleere
           every
           imagination
           which
           is
           not
           stifled
           in
           this
           Dampe
           :
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           contract
           my
           own
           Meditations
           in
           a
           narrow
           roome
           ;
           and
           rather
           expose
           them
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           the
           most
           judicious
           ,
           then
           rest
           satisfied
           alone
           ,
           and
           admit
           this
           cloudy
           surface
           to
           overwhelme
           so
           vast
           a
           Body
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           it
           was
           no
           meane
           part
           of
           my
           happinesse
           in
           our
           dangerous
           extreames
           ,
           to
           hope
           for
           a
           happy
           Union
           by
           that
           Soveraign
           medicine
           of
           a
           fading
           State
           ,
           a
           Parliament
           and
           knowing
           the
           admirable
           affection
           of
           our
           gracious
           Soveraign
           to
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           His
           unspeakable
           misfortune
           ,
           never
           to
           know
           the
           misery
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           till
           their
           discontents
           were
           growne
           to
           that
           head
           ,
           they
           became
           almost
           (
           if
           not
           altogether
           uncureable
           ,
           by
           those
           unreasonable
           Monopolies
           ,
           exacted
           by
           some
           ill
           affected
           agents
           ,
           conducing
           little
           to
           his
           advantage
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           furthering
           of
           their
           ambition
           ,
           who
           not
           withstanding
           ,
           could
           as
           easily
           desert
           him
           in
           his
           misery
           ,
           as
           before
           be
           the
           ready
           instruments
           to
           importune
           him
           to
           this
           mischiefe
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           a
           Legall
           Authority
           ,
           which
           who
           knowes
           not
           a
           Prince
           ,
           may
           bee
           soone
           mistaken
           in
           ,
           since
           none
           can
           be
           so
           silly
           ,
           as
           to
           beleeve
           him
           a
           studied
           Lawyer
           :
           Yet
           that
           this
           should
           expose
           us
           to
           so
           great
           an
           adventure
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           to
           divest
           him
           of
           this
           suspected
           arbitrary
           power
           ,
           but
           to
           confer
           an
           absolute
           government
           to
           any
           whatsoever
           ,
           renders
           me
           no
           other
           action
           then
           the
           Poets
           ,
           
             
               Incidit
               in
               Syllam
               cupiens
               vitare
               caribdim
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           please
           to
           take
           the
           true
           State
           of
           the
           businesse
           ,
           let
           your
           Impartiall
           Judgement
           confer
           with
           your
           reason
           ,
           upon
           these
           few
           notorious
           truths
           .
           What
           has
           the
           King
           denyed
           which
           concern
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           undoubted
           securities
           of
           our
           happinesse
           ,
           under
           the
           regiment
           of
           a
           Just
           and
           unquestionable
           Monarchy
           ?
        
         
           Are
           not
           our
           Rights
           and
           Properties
           already
           establisht
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           such
           acts
           of
           Grace
           ,
           as
           could
           never
           finde
           presidents
           from
           His
           Ancestors
           ,
           besides
           the
           utter
           extirpation
           of
           Shipmony
           ,
           Monopolies
           ,
           upon
           what
           pretence
           soever
           ,
           those
           arbitrary
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           High
           Commission
           ,
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           Marshalseas
           ,
           &c.
           
           Has
           he
           not
           importuned
           the
           setling
           of
           Religion
           in
           his
           purity
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           might
           be
           a
           Law
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           tender
           consciences
           of
           those
           who
           will
           not
           agree
           the
           Ceremonies
           .
           Are
           not
           the
           taking
           away
           these
           sufficient
           ground
           to
           desolve
           our
           Jealosies
           ,
           if
           ever
           we
           mean
           to
           be
           satisfied
           .
           As
           for
           their
           feares
           ,
           I
           wish
           wee
           had
           as
           little
           reason
           to
           suspect
           the
           fomenters
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           clearly
           divested
           of
           any
           power
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           the
           least
           injustice
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           too
           great
           a
           hazard
           on
           his
           part
           to
           adventure
           what
           our
           consciences
           
           enforce
           us
           to
           make
           good
           for
           Him
           on
           our
           part
           :
           and
           the
           conservation
           of
           those
           are
           so
           attested
           by
           him
           (
           in
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           )
           with
           such
           unusuall
           expressions
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           came
           from
           a
           stranger
           ,
           (
           I
           suspected
           not
           an
           infidell
           )
           I
           was
           bound
           to
           beleeve
           in
           charity
           ,
           witnesse
           those
           serious
           asseverations
           ,
           
             God
             so
             deale
             with
             Me
             and
             my
             Children
             ,
             as
             I
             intend
             to
             conserve
             my
             Parliament
             in
             its
             Priviledges
             ,
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             profest
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             God
             so
             prosper
             me
             in
             what
             I
             take
             in
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           Is
           there
           yet
           a
           further
           way
           to
           establish
           them
           ,
           whereby
           they
           may
           be
           so
           secure
           ,
           that
           a
           violation
           may
           seeme
           impossible
           ,
           with
           out
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           very
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           :
           Why
           is
           it
           not
           proposed
           if
           it
           be
           no
           Invasion
           of
           that
           Just
           Prerogative
           was
           never
           denyed
           his
           Ancestors
           ?
           and
           what
           he
           hath
           deserved
           of
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           be
           as
           far
           trusted
           ,
           is
           as
           hard
           to
           object
           ,
           as
           easily
           answered
           .
           If
           then
           we
           must
           needes
           agree
           that
           therebeing
           nothing
           so
           cleare
           ,
           why
           should
           any
           subtile
           pretences
           ,
           hinder
           our
           desired
           accommodation
           ,
           unlesse
           there
           be
           that
           intend
           the
           alteration
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           and
           how
           inconsistant
           that
           may
           prove
           to
           a
           People
           already
           managed
           ,
           under
           the
           united
           order
           of
           a
           vertuous
           King
           ,
           daily
           experience
           offers
           it
           too
           easie
           of
           conjecture
           .
           Yet
           for
           our
           better
           satisfaction
           ,
           le
           ts
           weigh
           the
           amends
           we
           are
           like
           to
           make
           our selves
           ,
           from
           these
           few
           Inconveniences
           ,
           amongst
           the
           thousands
           which
           daily
           expose
           themselves
           to
           our
           view
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           unlimited
           power
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           have
           already
           assumed
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           a
           formall
           all
           Ordinance
           countermanding
           ,
           suspending
           ,
           nay
           ,
           creating
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Acts
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           power
           of
           Acts
           ,
           whereby
           both
           King
           and
           People
           are
           obliged
           to
           obey
           ;
           how
           to
           distinguish
           this
           Ordinance
           from
           an
           Act
           of
           State
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           well
           satisfied
           ;
           yet
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           cald
           Treason
           in
           one
           of
           their
           Members
           ,
           for
           this
           comparison
           ,
           though
           with
           that
           cautious
           provisoe
           ,
           That
           it
           should
           be
           no
           leading
           case
           to
           future
           ages
           for
           Judges
           to
           imitate
           .
           Is
           this
           the
           security
           of
           our
           undoubted
           Rights
           we
           have
           so
           long
           endeavoured
           :
           who
           carries
           not
           now
           his
           life
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           managed
           by
           an
           exact
           power
           of
           a
           bare
           Vote
           ,
           which
           if
           any
           contradicts
           ,
           must
           suffer
           under
           the
           name
           of
           a
           malignant
           party
           ,
           though
           of
           their
           own
           Members
           ,
           and
           not
           proceeded
           against
           by
           the
           Justice
           of
           any
           president
           Acts
           ,
           but
           condemned
           by
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           present
           Session
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           not
           an
           absolute
           subversion
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           destructive
           to
           the
           fundamentall
           Laws
           of
           our
           Kingdome
           (
           wherein
           our
           liberty
           consists
           )
           I
           would
           fain
           be
           satisfied
           what
           is
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           most
           apparant
           to
           ,
           whosoever
           examines
           their
           ordinary
           procedings
           ;
           we
           have
           no
           law
           left
           but
           what
           serves
           their
           turne
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           bee
           defective
           ,
           to
           punish
           those
           they
           please
           to
           call
           Delinquents
           ,
           their
           Legislatiue
           Ordinance
           can
           as
           well
           supply
           that
           defect
           ,
           as
           it
           could
           make
           that
           obnoxious
           ,
           which
           till
           this
           Parliament
           no
           man
           could
           ever
           call
           a
           fault
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           continuing
           power
           of
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           had
           had
           a
           mind
           should
           ever
           be
           remitted
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           either
           expressed
           
           it
           in
           their
           first
           demand
           ,
           and
           limitted
           it
           to
           a
           certaine
           time
           ,
           wherin
           they
           might
           have
           compleatly
           qualified
           the
           disquiet
           countenance
           of
           a
           troubled
           Estate
           ;
           or
           since
           have
           endeavoured
           some
           Remonstrance
           for
           our
           satisfaction
           in
           that
           particular
           :
           For
           I
           would
           fain
           be
           answered
           ,
           First
           ,
           if
           they
           sit
           while
           they
           list
           ,
           and
           passe
           what
           they
           list
           ,
           whether
           they
           have
           not
           (
           during
           their
           pleasure
           )
           subverted
           our
           Monarchy
           by
           their
           democracie
           and
           Invested
           themselves
           of
           a
           power
           more
           Arbitrary
           ,
           then
           the
           Monarchicall
           Government
           could
           pretend
           to
           ,
           that
           having
           his
           limitations
           and
           Rules
           of
           Law
           ,
           which
           the
           Iudges
           are
           to
           answer
           (
           if
           they
           mistake
           )
           or
           those
           that
           advise
           the
           King
           ;
           their
           democracy
           having
           no
           bounds
           ,
           be
           but
           a
           thing
           of
           Yesterday
           ,
           and
           which
           as
           yet
           we
           cannot
           understand
           ,
           assuming
           to
           themselves
           the
           sole
           power
           to
           Iudge
           of
           our
           dangers
           ,
           and
           propose
           such
           remedy
           ,
           as
           may
           answer
           their
           pretences
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           How
           every
           consciencious
           man
           can
           dispence
           with
           that
           sacred
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           wherein
           He
           cals
           God
           to
           Witnesse
           for
           the
           Vindication
           of
           his
           Princes
           Iust
           Prerogative
           ▪
           and
           their
           Protestation
           to
           maintain
           an
           absolute
           and
           unlimited
           power
           in
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           wrested
           to
           those
           Ordinances
           expressely
           inhibited
           by
           His
           Majesties
           speciall
           commands
           ;
           in
           my
           understanding
           it
           is
           to
           no
           other
           purpose
           ,
           then
           to
           lead
           us
           into
           a
           Maze
           ,
           where
           when
           we
           are
           lost
           by
           our
           understanding
           (
           which
           must
           necessarily
           be
           the
           principall
           of
           our
           subversion
           ,
           They
           will
           offer
           us
           a
           Clue
           ,
           shall
           either
           lead
           us
           to
           their
           premeditated
           designes
           ▪
           whereby
           of
           necessity
           they
           will
           become
           our
           Masters
           ,
           or
           to
           an
           inevitable
           Ruine
           ,
           before
           we
           know
           the
           reason
           of
           our
           Fears
           and
           Iealousies
           ,
           being
           the
           old
           Rule
           they
           so
           often
           enveighed
           against
           ,
           First
           to
           trouble
           a
           State
           ,
           then
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           .
           Let
           it
           not
           be
           objected
           now
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           against
           Parliaments
           ,
           for
           (
           God
           knowes
           )
           I
           am
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           Zealous
           for
           my
           Country
           as
           any
           Man
           that
           lives
           :
           But
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           the
           best
           way
           to
           secure
           our
           Liberty
           had
           been
           ,
           That
           our
           Members
           of
           both
           Houses
           might
           continue
           subjects
           still
           ,
           lyable
           to
           the
           Regiment
           of
           those
           Laws
           which
           shal
           be
           enacted
           by
           them
           ,
           wherein
           they
           will
           have
           a
           care
           of
           securing
           their
           own
           Estates
           for
           future
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           ours
           ,
           which
           was
           certtinly
           the
           intentions
           of
           our
           well
           advised
           Ancestors
           ,
           in
           exposing
           so
           great
           a
           trust
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           When
           the
           Prince
           called
           for
           their
           advice
           in
           matters
           of
           greatest
           concernment
           ;
           but
           by
           this
           continued
           Session
           ,
           they
           not
           onely
           are
           invested
           of
           an
           absolute
           power
           ,
           but
           are
           able
           to
           make
           themselves
           amends
           at
           leisure
           for
           those
           monies
           exhausted
           out
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           while
           we
           groan
           under
           the
           insupportable
           burthen
           of
           theirs
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           Legall
           Taxes
           :
           and
           ●ns
           they
           may
           well
           be
           carelesse
           what
           Laws
           are
           past
           ,
           never
           intending
           to
           be
           observers
           ,
           but
           Lords
           of
           what
           they
           make
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Who
           are
           these
           pretended
           reformers
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           Instruments
           who
           were
           the
           favourites
           during
           our
           oppression
           ;
           I
           need
           not
           name
           them
           to
           any
           ,
           who
           has
           once
           attended
           the
           Epidemicke
           trouble
           of
           our
           age
           ,
           and
           what
           unheard
           of
           Conversion
           we
           can
           make
           of
           
           their
           Lives
           ,
           whereby
           such
           a
           Confidence
           should
           be
           reposed
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           devest
           so
           Religious
           and
           Iust
           a
           Prince
           of
           his
           unquestionable
           Rights
           and
           Prerogatives
           ,
           and
           confer
           such
           an
           unlimited
           power
           so
           readily
           upon
           them
           ,
           if
           we
           return
           our
           former
           senses
           ,
           renders
           me
           amazed
           ;
           t
           is
           not
           amisse
           to
           ruminate
           some
           words
           His
           Majesty
           used
           in
           his
           own
           vindication
           at
           
             New-market
             ,
          
           My
           Lords
           ,
           lay
           your
           hands
           on
           your
           hearts
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Contrivers
           of
           these
           Illegall
           taxes
           ,
           wherewith
           you
           have
           so
           incensed
           my
           people
           :
           to
           whose
           advantage
           were
           these
           impositions
           levied
           ?
           are
           my
           Exchequers
           at
           all
           larger
           ?
           or
           did
           you
           not
           rather
           conduce
           to
           your
           peculiar
           benefit
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           onely
           perswaders
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           now
           repayd
           me
           with
           condigne
           thanks
           .
           Those
           Favourites
           being
           content
           to
           be
           the
           Causers
           ,
           though
           not
           the
           Companions
           of
           their
           Princes
           mis-fortunes
           :
           being
           like
           Crows
           upon
           a
           Carkase
           ,
           that
           have
           no
           sooner
           bared
           the
           bones
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           flown
           .
           Are
           we
           not
           yet
           sensible
           the
           rules
           of
           policy
           ,
           not
           of
           honesty
           ,
           to
           secure
           their
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           ,
           not
           their
           consciences
           ,
           exposed
           you
           to
           this
           politike
           ,
           not
           publike
           service
           ;
           and
           had
           you
           not
           in
           so
           exact
           a
           course
           served
           your
           turns
           of
           these
           Loyall
           pretenders
           ;
           they
           had
           been
           as
           lyable
           to
           the
           extremity
           of
           Justice
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           Delinquents
           that
           underwent
           the
           most
           heavy
           censures
           ;
           and
           undoubtedly
           had
           had
           their
           deserved
           shares
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           given
           a
           better
           Colour
           to
           their
           upright
           proceedings
           as
           they
           would
           have
           you
           ●o
           believed
           .
           If
           they
           had
           impartially
           distributed
           Justice
           amongst
           the
           then
           Malignant
           party
           :
           but
           now
           that
           we
           should
           be
           so
           stupid
           as
           to
           b●
           circumvented
           with
           any
           pretences
           whatsoever
           ,
           which
           out-strip
           the
           Essentiall
           rules
           of
           Government
           or
           Reason
           ,
           and
           confide
           in
           the
           positive
           Vo
           〈…〉
           ambitious
           party
           (
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           )
           would
           admit
           my
           perswa●●●●
           be
           a
           mad-man
           that
           could
           allow
           that
           in
           his
           opinion
           ,
           ●ut
           make
           th
           〈…〉
           you
           will
           ,
           suppose
           them
           to
           be
           the
           most
           reall
           and
           upright
           〈…〉
           lives
           and
           consciences
           in
           the
           whole
           world
           :
           They
           are
           but
           the
           Counsell
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           not
           their
           Commanders
           ,
           for
           the
           ●ealth
           of
           our
           State
           is
           admirably
           ballanced
           if
           that
           have
           but
           his
           due
           proportion
           ;
           The
           Parliament
           consisting
           of
           three
           bodies
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           two
           should
           be
           destructive
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           remayn
           sound
           during
           those
           Laws
           already
           in
           force
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           danger
           to
           our
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           if
           either
           of
           the
           two
           can
           passe
           at
           their
           pleasure
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           the
           third
           must
           then
           of
           necessity
           stand
           for
           a
           Cypher
           ,
           for
           consenting
           or
           disagreeing
           is
           then
           of
           equall
           value
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           opinion
           it
           is
           a
           president
           of
           too
           great
           an
           adventure
           ,
           for
           suppose
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           the
           Lords
           should
           agree
           an
           Ordinance
           or
           Law
           ,
           wee
           should
           think
           extreamly
           prejudiciall
           to
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           our
           Commons
           should
           be
           concluded
           peremptorily
           against
           their
           Consents
           :
           I
           heard
           an
           act
           not
           long
           since
           vouched
           in
           president
           that
           had
           bin
           ratified
           against
           their
           Consent
           of
           the
           Lords
           Spirituall
           ,
           where
           they
           declared
           
             nec
             possumus
             nec
             volumus
             consentire
             ,
          
           and
           this
           so
           rare
           wee
           could
           not
           finde
           a
           second
           .
           At
           the
           Parliament
           at
           
             Oxford
          
           in
           17
           
             H.
          
           3.
           when
           the
           Lords
           were
           
           not
           there
           present
           ,
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           dissolve
           the
           House
           without
           passing
           one
           Act
           ,
           confirming
           my
           first
           proposition
           .
           That
           the
           consent
           of
           two
           bodies
           are
           not
           of
           force
           to
           make
           Us
           Laws
           without
           the
           third
           ,
           much
           lesse
           conclude
           ;
           the
           King
           who
           is
           not
           onely
           the
           Supream
           Head
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           soul
           ,
           whose
           power
           gives
           life
           to
           their
           actions
           ,
           when
           their
           body
           is
           once
           dissolved
           ,
           besides
           how
           in
           incoherent
           is
           it
           ,
           with
           that
           authority
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           if
           the
           Parliament
           (
           which
           are
           onely
           His
           great
           Councell
           )
           offer
           him
           a
           Bill
           ,
           which
           Hee
           is
           bound
           to
           agree
           ,
           it
           was
           more
           then
           ever
           His
           Ancestors
           were
           ;
           and
           of
           their
           Counsellors
           ,
           it
           must
           necessarily
           follow
           ,
           they
           are
           His
           Commanders
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           a
           Maxime
           with
           the
           Subject
           ,
           
             Modus
             &
             conventio
             vincunt
             legem
             .
          
           In
           former
           ages
           and
           ever
           since
           Parliaments
           were
           in
           use
           ,
           
             Le
             Roy
             s'aviser
             a
          
           were
           sufficient
           authority
           to
           make
           a
           Bill
           of
           both
           Houses
           unwarrantable
           ;
           and
           how
           the
           King
           has
           lost
           that
           Right
           ,
           or
           what
           new
           Laws
           are
           found
           out
           destructive
           to
           that
           Prerogative
           ,
           I
           never
           yet
           read
           ,
           nor
           ever
           shall
           ,
           unlesse
           some
           such
           new
           Ordinance
           or
           bare
           Votes
           can
           pretend
           to
           such
           an
           un
           warranted
           power
           (
           whereof
           there
           was
           never
           yet
           found
           a
           President
           )
           which
           can
           have
           no
           other
           operation
           upon
           my
           understanding
           ,
           then
           ,
           That
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           present
           Members
           which
           can
           at
           their
           pleasures
           dispose
           the
           undoubted
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Crown
           (
           by
           a
           Law
           recorded
           onely
           in
           their
           own
           breasts
           )
           and
           given
           out
           to
           us
           under
           the
           guilded
           Title
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Libertie
           ,
           when
           indeed
           they
           are
           but
           Golden
           Chains
           in
           stead
           of
           Bulrushes
           ,
           and
           (
           reserv'd
           till
           occasion
           shall
           make
           it
           too
           apparant
           )
           may
           find
           out
           a
           Law
           of
           equal
           force
           to
           dispose
           the
           Crown
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           so
           far
           debilitate
           the
           Prince
           as
           he
           shall
           be
           no
           way
           able
           to
           make
           resistance
           ;
           nor
           when
           the
           supporters
           are
           not
           onely
           undermined
           but
           cleerly
           taken
           away
           ;
           by
           what
           reason
           can
           we
           imagine
           the
           Structure
           may
           continue
           〈…〉
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           we
           will
           not
           unjustly
           charge
           them
           be
           pleased
           to
           observe
           with
           me
           their
           Orders
           in
           these
           few
           instances
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Their
           countenancing
           these
           unwarranted
           Acts
           ,
           either
           by
           a
           seditious
           huddle
           of
           indigent
           people
           ,
           and
           so
           procuring
           Petitions
           to
           necessitate
           these
           premeditated
           proceedings
           ,
           or
           levying
           an
           absolute
           War
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           securing
           us
           upon
           no
           other
           reasons
           then
           that
           they
           are
           the
           representative
           body
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our
           Obedience
           ,
           rather
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           then
           our
           Reason
           satisfied
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           true
           enough
           if
           they
           proceeded
           upon
           that
           warranted
           rule
           to
           which
           no
           man
           could
           refuse
           observance
           ,
           or
           being
           entrusted
           by
           us
           with
           the
           power
           of
           preceding
           Parliaments
           ;
           that
           they
           would
           pursue
           points
           of
           so
           high
           concernment
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           mature
           reasons
           and
           deliberation
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           and
           then
           they
           might
           well
           expect
           our
           readinesse
           to
           secure
           their
           actions
           :
           But
           suppose
           we
           elect
           one
           that
           should
           speak
           or
           endeavour
           to
           exact
           Treason
           ,
           does
           our
           election
           bid
           as
           to
           secure
           him
           ,
           or
           will
           future
           Parliaments
           blame
           us
           hereafter
           for
           giving
           up
           so
           great
           a
           Delinquent
           to
           the
           Iustice
           of
           the
           Laws
           ?
           dare
           we
           countenance
           their
           Intentions
           ,
           who
           have
           fetcht
           Presidents
           from
           the
           weakest
           Princes
           ,
           (
           nay
           ,
           and
           goe
           beyond
           them
           too
           )
           is
           the
           disadvantage
           of
           as
           able
           a
           Prince
           as
           ever
           yet
           held
           the
           Sceptor
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           offer
           their
           suppositions
           
           to
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           If
           the
           Prince
           be
           a
           foole
           ,
           a
           child
           ,
           &c.
           ought
           he
           not
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           his
           Councell
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           against
           his
           consent
           ,
           if
           it
           stand
           with
           the
           publique
           benefit
           ?
           what
           Implication
           to
           make
           of
           this
           I
           understand
           not
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           it
           was
           none
           of
           our
           meaning
           when
           we
           gave
           our
           voice
           in
           the
           Election
           :
           Can
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           King
           renew
           a
           repeated
           Act
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           bold
           a
           countenance
           trample
           upon
           the
           heels
           of
           that
           Parliament
           in
           
             Richard
          
           the
           seconds
           time
           ,
           and
           this
           very
           repealed
           Act
           renewed
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           be
           within
           one
           step
           of
           it
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Parliament
           took
           the
           Crown
           and
           gave
           it
           to
           the
           then
           Earl
           of
           
             Bullingbrook
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           reason
           of
           so
           much
           Blood
           in
           our
           Civill
           Wars
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           well
           setled
           till
           of
           late
           yeeres
           ?
           And
           can
           we
           blame
           the
           King
           if
           He
           desires
           shelter
           from
           such
           a
           storme
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           their
           intentions
           ,
           sure
           one
           
             Bullingbrook
          
           will
           not
           serve
           their
           turns
           ,
           since
           there
           have
           been
           equall
           shares
           in
           this
           so
           great
           an
           adventure
           .
           And
           to
           vouch
           the
           Oath
           of
           this
           Vsurper
           
             H.
             4.
          
           which
           came
           in
           at
           their
           benevolence
           to
           a
           Prince
           of
           an
           unquestionable
           Title
           ,
           and
           never
           offered
           before
           or
           since
           to
           any
           English
           King
           that
           ever
           we
           read
           or
           heard
           of
           (
           but
           with
           its
           limitations
           )
           is
           so
           far
           from
           their
           Loyall
           pretences
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           rather
           to
           be
           beleeved
           studyed
           mischiefs
           and
           endeavours
           ,
           to
           embroyle
           the
           Kingdome
           in
           a
           Civill
           War
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           disingage
           all
           that
           would
           out
           of
           affection
           or
           love
           ,
           interest
           themselves
           to
           secure
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           and
           Dignitie
           ,
           (
           it
           being
           too
           apparent
           to
           any
           ordinary
           understanding
           )
           that
           such
           proceedings
           were
           never
           warranted
           by
           any
           presidents
           of
           preceding
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           those
           Laws
           they
           call
           Fundamentall
           in
           our
           Kingdome
           ,
           they
           scandalize
           such
           with
           the
           name
           of
           Malignant
           Persons
           ,
           whereby
           His
           Meniall
           Servants
           either
           absolutely
           refused
           ,
           or
           durst
           not
           adventure
           His
           attendance
           ,
           and
           countenance
           this
           medley
           in
           such
           a
           sense
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           himselfe
           is
           perpetually
           traduced
           under
           this
           obstruse
           Dialect
           ;
           which
           though
           they
           dare
           not
           put
           down
           in
           plain
           English
           ,
           for
           feare
           the
           most
           violent
           amongst
           them
           should
           be
           ashamed
           to
           owne
           it
           ;
           yet
           by
           such
           an
           implication
           ,
           as
           the
           plainest
           capacitie
           cannot
           but
           blush
           ,
           and
           with
           admiration
           wonder
           ,
           whereto
           this
           may
           tend
           ,
           I
           would
           fain
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           what
           these
           might
           not
           do
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           once
           mastered
           these
           their
           malignants
           :
           For
           if
           you
           will
           give
           us
           as
           much
           reason
           as
           the
           Ants
           ,
           you
           must
           beleeve
           a
           Winter
           may
           come
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           think
           a
           Summer
           is
           come
           :
           durst
           any
           man
           then
           oppose
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           reduced
           all
           to
           their
           owne
           Termes
           ,
           doe
           you
           not
           speak
           your selves
           the
           very
           Law
           ,
           and
           we
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           yeeld
           no
           appeale
           from
           Parliament
           ,
           being
           the
           highest
           Court
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           yet
           in
           this
           sense
           as
           the
           King
           is
           a
           part
           of
           it
           (
           for
           otherwise
           I
           understand
           not
           by
           what
           right
           )
           it
           hath
           the
           preheminence
           of
           those
           they
           call
           the
           Kings
           Courts
           ,
           being
           both
           conveened
           by
           the
           same
           Royall
           Authority
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           discountenancing
           any
           Petitions
           whatsoever
           (
           wherein
           we
           desire
           to
           interpose
           our
           advice
           for
           accommodation
           or
           otherwise
           )
           though
           never
           so
           agreeing
           with
           our
           Laws
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           stand
           with
           the
           sence
           of
           their
           party
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           our
           Wisedom
           were
           shut
           up
           in
           so
           narrow
           limits
           ,
           and
           these
           the
           only
           men
           in
           
             England
          
           iafallible
           :
           yet
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           aver
           ,
           that
           to
           the
           number
           of
           
           almost
           two
           hundred
           approved
           able
           men
           ,
           whose
           warranted
           judgement
           and
           sufficiencies
           were
           the
           onely
           inducement
           of
           their
           Countries
           Election
           ,
           have
           been
           faine
           to
           sit
           still
           ,
           and
           see
           things
           carryed
           in
           this
           disorderly
           confusion
           ,
           (
           peremptorily
           against
           their
           earnest
           endeavours
           )
           and
           have
           not
           been
           so
           much
           as
           askt
           their
           opinions
           in
           matters
           of
           greatest
           concernment
           ;
           but
           being
           unwilling
           to
           expose
           their
           Consciences
           to
           so
           high
           a
           Guilt
           ,
           have
           with
           drawn
           themselves
           as
           unusefull
           Members
           of
           such
           a
           Body
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           To
           insinuate
           a
           beliefe
           of
           their
           care
           to
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           They
           have
           perpetually
           surmised
           terrible
           jealousies
           ,
           which
           have
           produced
           no
           other
           effect
           ,
           then
           a
           desired
           suspition
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           yet
           these
           offered
           upon
           most
           improbable
           conjecturs
           ,
           as
           every
           private
           Letter
           is
           sufficient
           grounds
           to
           piece
           up
           their
           designes
           ,
           or
           by
           such
           persons
           whose
           private
           discontents
           ,
           lead
           them
           to
           offer
           these
           high
           indignities
           to
           that
           sacred
           person
           ,
           they
           were
           never
           worthy
           to
           serve
           in
           the
           meanest
           office
           ;
           and
           though
           there
           lives
           were
           so
           notorious
           for
           their
           formes
           extravagancies
           ,
           they
           have
           by
           these
           superfluous
           invectives
           found
           countenance
           ,
           till
           presuming
           upon
           their
           merits
           ,
           which
           were
           none
           except
           to
           abuse
           the
           King
           ,
           can
           be
           called
           desert
           ;
           that
           they
           have
           been
           given
           up
           to
           rapine
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           damnable
           sin
           ,
           that
           nature
           would
           never
           have
           pardoned
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           had
           no
           Law
           ;
           Yet
           these
           Mens
           informations
           ,
           sufficient
           grounds
           to
           traduce
           the
           King
           ,
           these
           Letters
           most
           necessary
           Animaduersions
           to
           leavie
           Forces
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           Kings
           Forts
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           aed
           Magazines
           against
           him
           ,
           I
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           own
           name
           to
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           could
           derive
           that
           authority
           from
           him
           ,
           that
           has
           no
           power
           (
           according
           to
           your
           Ordinance
           )
           to
           leavie
           them
           in
           his
           own
           defence
           ,
           though
           his
           person
           is
           in
           never
           so
           apparant
           imminent
           danger
           ;
           yet
           they
           for
           his
           good
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           can
           pretend
           to
           this
           power
           ,
           and
           beyond
           ,
           yet
           that
           all
           is
           not
           of
           that
           infallibility
           ,
           let
           Mr.
           
           
             Pims
          
           Letter
           from
           Sir
           Iohn
           Hotham
           witnesse
           with
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           committed
           these
           few
           Observations
           ,
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           Publique
           ,
           finding
           so
           many
           bold
           Pamphlets
           (
           with
           so
           high
           impudence
           )
           fly
           at
           the
           face
           of
           Majesty
           unreproved
           ,
           and
           every
           corner
           stinks
           of
           this
           unclean
           Doctrin
           :
           yet
           since
           it
           is
           come
           to
           this
           height
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           declare
           our selves
           ,
           or
           lose
           our
           King
           ,
           :
           wherein
           my
           purpose
           failes
           ,
           my
           Life
           shall
           make
           good
           to
           my
           last
           Breath
           ;
           but
           if
           Religion
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Law
           had
           not
           warranted
           so
           Iust
           a
           cause
           ,
           I
           should
           never
           have
           adventured
           to
           cleare
           a
           Glasse
           to
           so
           foule
           a
           countenance
           :
           yet
           before
           I
           conclude
           ,
           let
           me
           propose
           one
           Question
           in
           Religion
           :
           Whether
           the
           Church
           was
           not
           in
           its
           purity
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ;
           the
           world
           agrees
           they
           had
           in
           those
           Dayes
           a
           King
           that
           was
           no
           Christian
           ?
           Whether
           Christ
           had
           not
           more
           power
           (
           then
           ever
           any
           can
           or
           dare
           pretend
           to
           since
           )
           to
           eclipse
           that
           Regall
           Dignity
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           been
           distructive
           to
           the
           Church
           ?
           yet
           He
           refused
           the
           lowest
           office
           of
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           
             But
             gave
             to
             Caesar
             the
             things
             that
             were
             His
             ,
          
           for
           when
           the
           yong
           Man
           came
           to
           Him
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Lord
             command
             my
             Brother
             that
             he
             devide
             the
             Inheritance
             with
             me
             ,
          
           He
           Replies
           ,
           
             who
             made
             me
             a
             Ruler
             or
             a
             Iudge
             amongst
             You
             ?
          
           But
           now
           ,
           That
           we
           having
           a
           Christian
           King
           ,
           professing
           by
           his
           unblemisht
           Life
           ,
           the
           same
           way
           to
           salvation
           with
           us
           ,
           protesting
           to
           conserve
           our
           Liberties
           with
           his
           Life
           ,
           to
           make
           such
           an
           apparant
           difference
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           effusion
           of
           so
           much
           Christion
           Blood
           ,
           upon
           meere
           Iealousies
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           most
           unheard
           of
           disloyalty
           that
           can
           be
           committed
           to
           future
           Ages
           .