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             His Highnesse the Lord Protector's two speeches to the Parliament in the Painted Chamber the one on Monday the 4. of September; the other on Tuesday the 12. of September, 1654. Taken by one who stood very near him, and published to prevent mistakes.
             Speeches. 1654-09
             England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)
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           HIS
           HIGHNESSE
           THE
           LORD
           PROTECTORS
           TWO
           SPEECHES
           TO
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           IN
           THE
           PAINTED
           CHAMBER
           ;
           The
           one
           on
           
             Monday
          
           the
           4.
           of
           
             September
          
           ;
           The
           other
           on
           
             Tuesday
          
           the
           12.
           of
           
             September
             ,
          
           1654.
           
        
         
           Taken
           by
           one
           who
           stood
           very
           near
           him
           ,
           and
           Published
           to
           prevent
           mistakes
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           re-printed
           at
           
             Leith
             ,
          
           1654.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           His
           
             HIGHNESSE
          
           the
           
             Lord
             Protectors
             SPEECH
          
           to
           the
           
             PARLIAMENT
             ,
          
           In
           the
           Painted-Chamber
           ,
           on
           Monday
           ,
           the
           fourth
           of
           
             Sept.
          
           1654.
           
        
         
           
             GENTLEMEN
             ,
          
        
         
           YOu
           are
           met
           here
           on
           the
           greatest
           Occasion
           ,
           that
           I
           beleeve
           
             England
          
           ever
           saw
           :
           having
           upon
           your
           shoulders
           the
           Interest
           of
           three
           Great
           Nations
           ,
           with
           the
           Territories
           belonging
           to
           them
           .
           And
           truly
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           I
           may
           say
           it
           without
           an
           Hyperbole
           ,
           You
           have
           upon
           your
           shoulders
           the
           Interest
           of
           all
           the
           Christian
           People
           in
           the
           World
           .
           And
           the
           Expectation
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           let
           you
           know
           (
           as
           far
           as
           I
           have
           cognizance
           of
           it
           )
           the
           occasion
           of
           your
           assembling
           together
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           very
           well
           hinted
           to
           you
           this
           day
           ,
           That
           you
           come
           hither
           to
           settle
           the
           Interests
           before
           mentioned
           :
           for
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           made
           of
           so
           large
           extention
           in
           the
           Issue
           and
           consequence
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           way
           and
           manner
           of
           my
           speaking
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           shall
           study
           plainnesse
           ;
           and
           to
           speak
           to
           you
           what
           is
           truth
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           upon
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           what
           will
           in
           some
           measure
           reach
           to
           these
           concernments
           .
        
         
           After
           so
           many
           changes
           and
           turnings
           which
           this
           Nation
           hath
           laboured
           under
           ,
           to
           have
           such
           a
           Day
           of
           Hope
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Door
           of
           Hope
           opened
           by
           God
           to
           us
           ;
           Truly
           ,
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           some
           Moneths
           since
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           above
           all
           our
           thoughts
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           it
           would
           have
           been
           worthy
           of
           such
           a
           Meeting
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           to
           have
           remembered
           that
           which
           was
           the
           Rise
           ,
           and
           gave
           the
           first
           beginning
           to
           all
           those
           turnings
           and
           tossings
           that
           have
           been
           upon
           these
           Nations
           :
           And
           to
           have
           given
           you
           a
           Series
           of
           the
           Transactions
           (
           not
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           )
           of
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           all
           along
           unto
           our
           late
           changes
           :
           As
           
           also
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           first
           undertaking
           to
           oppose
           that
           Usurpation
           and
           Tyranny
           that
           was
           upon
           us
           ,
           both
           in
           Civils
           and
           Spirituals
           :
           And
           the
           severall
           Grounds
           particularly
           applicable
           to
           the
           severall
           Changes
           that
           have
           been
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           two
           or
           three
           Reasons
           which
           divert
           me
           from
           such
           a
           way
           of
           proceeding
           at
           this
           time
           .
           If
           I
           should
           have
           gone
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           upon
           my
           heart
           to
           have
           said
           (
           which
           is
           written
           there
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           would
           blot
           it
           our
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           )
           would
           have
           spent
           this
           Day
           :
           the
           Providences
           and
           Dispensations
           of
           God
           have
           been
           so
           stupendious
           .
           As
           
             David
          
           said
           in
           the
           like
           case
           :
           
             Many
             ,
             O
             Lord
             my
             God
             ,
             are
             thy
             Wonderfull
             Works
             which
             thou
             hast
             done
             :
             and
             thy
             thoughts
             Which
             are
             to
             usward
             ,
             
             they
             cannot
             be
             reckoned
             up
             in
             order
             unto
             thee
             :
             If
             I
             Would
             declare
             and
             speak
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             more
             then
             can
             be
             numbred
             .
          
        
         
           Truly
           ,
           another
           Reason
           ,
           new
           to
           me
           ,
           you
           had
           to
           day
           in
           the
           Sermon
           .
           Much
           Recapitulation
           of
           Providence
           ;
           much
           Allusion
           to
           a
           State
           ,
           and
           Dispensation
           in
           respect
           of
           Discipline
           and
           Correction
           ;
           of
           Mercies
           and
           Deliverances
           ;
           the
           onely
           Parallel
           of
           Gods
           dealing
           with
           us
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           in
           the
           world
           :
           which
           was
           largely
           and
           wisely
           held
           forth
           to
           you
           this
           day
           :
           
             Israels
          
           bringing
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           through
           a
           Wildernesse
           ,
           by
           many
           Signes
           and
           Wonders
           ,
           towards
           a
           place
           of
           Rest
           ;
           I
           say
           towards
           it
           .
           And
           that
           having
           been
           so
           well
           remonstrated
           to
           you
           this
           day
           ,
           is
           another
           Argument
           why
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           recapitulation
           of
           those
           things
           :
           Though
           they
           are
           things
           ,
           that
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           will
           never
           be
           forgotten
           ;
           because
           written
           in
           better
           Books
           then
           those
           of
           Paper
           ;
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           written
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           every
           good
           man
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           Reason
           was
           this
           ,
           That
           which
           I
           judge
           to
           be
           the
           end
           of
           your
           Meeting
           ;
           the
           great
           end
           ;
           which
           was
           likewise
           remembred
           to
           you
           this
           day
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           Healing
           ,
           and
           Settling
           .
           And
           the
           remembring
           Transactions
           too
           particularly
           ,
           perhaps
           instead
           of
           healing
           (
           at
           least
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           many
           of
           you
           )
           may
           set
           the
           wound
           fresh
           a bleeding
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           professe
           this
           to
           you
           (
           what
           ever
           thoughts
           passe
           upon
           me
           )
           that
           if
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           this
           Meeting
           prove
           not
           healing
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           do
           ?
           But
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           seeing
           (
           I
           trust
           )
           it
           is
           in
           the
           mindes
           of
           you
           all
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           in
           the
           minde
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           must
           cause
           healing
           :
           It
           must
           be
           first
           in
           his
           minde
           ;
           and
           he
           being
           pleased
           to
           put
           it
           into
           yours
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           day
           indeed
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           as
           Generations
           to
           come
           will
           blesse
           you
           for
           .
           I
           say
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Reasons
           have
           I
           forborne
           to
           
           make
           a
           particular
           remembrance
           ,
           and
           Enumeration
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Lords
           bringing
           us
           thorow
           so
           many
           Changes
           and
           Turnings
           as
           have
           passed
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           Howbeit
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           will
           be
           more
           then
           necessary
           ,
           to
           let
           you
           know
           (
           at
           the
           least
           so
           well
           as
           I
           may
           )
           in
           what
           Condition
           this
           ;
           nay
           ,
           these
           Nations
           were
           ,
           when
           this
           Government
           was
           undertaken
           .
        
         
           For
           Order
           sake
           .
           It
           s
           very
           naturall
           for
           us
           to
           consider
           ,
           What
           our
           Condition
           was
           in
           Civils
           ;
           in
           Spirituals
           .
           What
           was
           our
           Condition
           ?
           Every
           mans
           hand
           (
           almost
           )
           was
           against
           his
           Brother
           ;
           at
           least
           ,
           his
           heart
           .
           Little
           regarding
           any
           thing
           that
           should
           cement
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           a
           tendency
           in
           it
           to
           cause
           us
           to
           grow
           into
           one
           .
           All
           the
           Dispensations
           of
           God
           ,
           His
           terrible
           ones
           ,
           (
           he
           having
           met
           us
           in
           the
           way
           of
           his
           judgement
           in
           a
           ten
           years
           Civill
           War
           ,
           a
           very
           sharp
           one
           ;
           )
           His
           mercifull
           Dispensations
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           work
           upon
           us
           :
           but
           we
           had
           our
           Humours
           ,
           and
           Interests
           :
           And
           indeed
           I
           fear
           our
           humours
           were
           more
           then
           our
           Interests
           ,
           And
           certainly
           ,
           as
           it
           fell
           out
           in
           such
           Cases
           ,
           our
           Passions
           were
           more
           then
           our
           Judgements
           .
        
         
           Was
           not
           every
           thing
           (
           almost
           )
           grown
           Arbitrary
           ?
           Who
           knew
           where
           ,
           or
           how
           to
           have
           right
           without
           some
           obstruction
           or
           other
           intervening
           ?
           Indeed
           we
           were
           almost
           grown
           Arbitrary
           in
           every
           thing
           .
        
         
           What
           was
           the
           face
           that
           was
           upon
           out
           Affairs
           as
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ?
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nation
           ?
           to
           the
           Magistracy
           ?
           to
           the
           Ranks
           ,
           and
           Orders
           of
           Men
           ,
           whereby
           
             England
          
           hath
           been
           known
           for
           hundreds
           of
           years
           ?
           A
           Nobleman
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           a
           Yeoman
           ?
           (
           That
           is
           a
           good
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           one
           .
           )
           The
           Magistracy
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           almost
           trampled
           under
           foot
           ,
           under
           despite
           ,
           and
           contempt
           ,
           by
           men
           of
           Levelling
           principles
           ?
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           for
           the
           Orders
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           Ranks
           of
           men
           ;
           did
           not
           that
           Levelling
           Principle
           tend
           to
           the
           reducing
           all
           to
           an
           equality
           ?
           Did
           it
           think
           to
           do
           so
           ?
           or
           did
           it
           practise
           towards
           it
           ,
           for
           Propriety
           and
           Interest
           ?
           What
           was
           the
           Designe
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           the
           Tennant
           as
           liberall
           a
           fortune
           as
           the
           Landlord
           ?
           which
           I
           think
           if
           obtained
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           lasted
           long
           .
           The
           men
           of
           that
           Principle
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           served
           their
           own
           Turnes
           ,
           would
           have
           cried
           up
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Property
           then
           fast
           enough
           .
        
         
           This
           Instance
           is
           in
           stead
           of
           many
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           may
           appear
           that
           this
           thing
           did
           extend
           far
           ,
           is
           manifest
           ;
           because
           it
           was
           a
           pleasing
           voice
           to
           all
           poor
           men
           ,
           and
           truly
           not
           unwelcome
           to
           all
           bad
           men
           .
           To
           my
           thinking
           it
           is
           a
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           in
           your
           Endeavours
           after
           Settlement
           ,
           you
           will
           
           be
           so
           well
           minded
           of
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           well
           have
           spared
           this
           ;
           But
           let
           that
           passe
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           in
           Spirituall
           things
           ,
           the
           Case
           was
           more
           sad
           ,
           and
           deplorable
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           told
           to
           you
           this
           day
           eminently
           .
           The
           prodigious
           Blasphemies
           ,
           Contempt
           of
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           denying
           of
           him
           ,
           Contempt
           of
           him
           and
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           A
           spirit
           visibly
           acting
           those
           things
           foretold
           by
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jude
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           those
           things
           spoken
           of
           by
           
             Paul
          
           to
           
             Timothy
          
           :
           who
           when
           he
           would
           remember
           some
           things
           to
           be
           worse
           then
           the
           Antichristian
           state
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           had
           spoken
           in
           the
           first
           to
           
             Timothy
             ,
          
           Tells
           them
           what
           should
           be
           the
           Lot
           ,
           and
           Portion
           of
           the
           last
           times
           ,
           
           and
           sayes
           ,
           
             in
             the
             last
             dayes
             perilous
             times
             should
             come
             ,
             
             for
             men
             should
             be
             lovers
             of
             their
             own
             selves
             ,
             covetous
             ,
             boasters
             ,
             proud
             ,
             blasphemers
             ,
             disobedient
             to
             Parents
             ,
             unthankfull
          
           &c.
           And
           when
           he
           remembers
           that
           of
           the
           Antichristian
           State
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             that
             in
             the
             latter
             dayes
             ,
          
           that
           State
           shall
           come
           in
           ,
           
             wherein
             there
             shall
             be
             a
             departing
             from
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             a
             giving
             head
             to
             seducing
             spirits
             ,
             
             and
             doctrines
             of
             Devils
             ,
             
             speaking
             lies
             in
             hypocrisie
             ,
          
           &c.
           By
           which
           description
           he
           makes
           the
           state
           of
           the
           last
           times
           ,
           worse
           then
           that
           under
           Antichrist
           .
           And
           surely
           it
           may
           well
           be
           feared
           these
           are
           our
           times
           :
           For
           when
           men
           forget
           all
           Rules
           of
           Law
           and
           Nature
           ,
           and
           break
           all
           the
           Bonds
           that
           fallen
           man
           hath
           upon
           him
           ,
           the
           Remainder
           of
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           his
           Nature
           ,
           which
           he
           cannot
           blot
           out
           ,
           and
           yet
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           blot
           out
           ,
           having
           a
           form
           of
           Godlinesse
           ,
           without
           the
           power
           ;
           these
           are
           sad
           stokens
           of
           the
           last
           times
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           the
           Character
           ,
           wherewith
           this
           spirit
           ,
           and
           principle
           is
           described
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           is
           so
           Legiole
           ,
           and
           visible
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           runs
           may
           read
           it
           to
           be
           amongst
           us
           :
           for
           by
           such
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           is
           turned
           into
           wantonnesse
           〈◊〉
           and
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           made
           the
           Cloak
           of
           all
           villany
           ,
           and
           spurious
           apprehensions
           .
           And
           although
           these
           things
           will
           not
           be
           owned
           publikely
           ,
           as
           to
           practise
           ,
           (
           they
           being
           so
           abominable
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           :
           )
           Yet
           how
           this
           principle
           extends
           it self
           and
           whence
           it
           had
           its
           Rise
           ,
           makes
           me
           to
           think
           of
           a
           second
           sort
           of
           men
           ;
           who
           ,
           its
           true
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           will
           not
           practise
           ,
           nor
           own
           these
           things
           ;
           Yet
           〈◊〉
           tell
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           That
           he
           hath
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           men
           thus
           holding
           in
           for
           these
           are
           matters
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Opinion
           ;
           they
           are
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           what
           hath
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           do
           with
           these
           things
           ?
           he
           is
           to
           look
           to
           the
           outward
           man
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           meddle
           with
           
           the
           inward
           .
           And
           truly
           it
           so
           happens
           ,
           that
           though
           these
           things
           do
           break
           out
           visibly
           to
           all
           ,
           yet
           the
           principle
           wherewith
           these
           things
           are
           carried
           on
           ,
           so
           forbids
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           meddle
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           hitherto
           kept
           the
           offenders
           from
           punishment
           .
        
         
           Such
           Considerations
           ,
           and
           Pretentions
           of
           Liberty
           ;
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           of
           Subjects
           two
           as
           glorious
           ,
           things
           to
           be
           contended
           for
           ,
           as
           any
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           ;
           yet
           both
           these
           also
           abused
           for
           the
           patronizing
           of
           villanies
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           as
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           an
           ordinary
           thing
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           in
           Dispute
           to
           affirm
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           Magistrates
           power
           ;
           he
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           it
           ;
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Printing
           a
           Bible
           to
           the
           Nation
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           lost
           it
           be
           imposed
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           of
           men
           ;
           for
           they
           must
           receive
           the
           same
           Traditionally
           ,
           and
           implicitly
           ,
           from
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           if
           thus
           received
           .
        
         
           The
           aforementioned
           abominations
           ,
           did
           thus
           swell
           to
           this
           height
           amongst
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Axe
           was
           laid
           to
           the
           Root
           of
           the
           Ministery
           .
           It
           was
           Antichristian
           :
           It
           was
           Babylonish
           .
           It
           suffered
           under
           such
           a
           Judgement
           ;
           that
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           the
           Extremity
           was
           great
           on
           that
           ,
           I
           wish
           it
           prove
           not
           so
           on
           this
           hand
           .
           The
           extremity
           was
           ,
           That
           no
           man
           having
           a
           good
           Testimony
           ,
           having
           received
           Gifts
           from
           Christ
           might
           Preach
           ,
           if
           not
           Ordained
           .
           So
           now
           ,
           many
           are
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           is
           Ordained
           ,
           hath
           a
           nullity
           ,
           or
           Antichristianisme
           stamped
           upon
           his
           Calling
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           preach
           ,
           or
           not
           be
           heard
           .
        
         
           I
           wish
           it
           may
           not
           too
           to
           justly
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           severity
           and
           sharpnesse
           ;
           yea
           ,
           too
           much
           of
           an
           in
           posing
           spirit
           in
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           a
           spirit
           unchristian
           enough
           in
           any
           times
           ,
           most
           unfit
           for
           these
           ;
           denying
           Liberty
           to
           those
           who
           have
           earned
           it
           with
           their
           blood
           ,
           who
           have
           gained
           Civil
           Liberty
           and
           Religious
           also
           ,
           for
           those
           who
           would
           thus
           impose
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           reckon
           among
           these
           our
           spirituall
           evils
           ,
           an
           evil
           that
           hath
           more
           refinednesse
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           more
           colour
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           hath
           deceived
           more
           people
           of
           integrity
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           have
           done
           :
           for
           few
           have
           been
           catched
           with
           the
           former
           m●st●kes
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           have
           Apostatized
           from
           their
           holy
           profession
           ;
           such
           as
           being
           corrupt
           in
           their
           :
           Consciences
           ,
           have
           been
           forsaken
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           left
           to
           such
           noysom
           opinions
           ,
           But
           I
           say
           ,
           there
           are
           others
           more
           refined
           :
           many
           honest
           people
           ,
           whose
           hearts
           ,
           are
           sincere
           ;
           many
           of
           them
           belonging
           to
           God
           :
           and
           that
           is
           the
           mistaken
           Notion
           of
           the
           fifth
           Monarchy
           .
           A
           thing
           pretending
           more
           spiritually
           ,
           then
           any
           
           thing
           else
           :
           A
           Notion
           I
           hope
           ,
           we
           all
           honour
           ,
           wait
           ,
           and
           hope
           for
           ;
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           will
           have
           a
           time
           to
           set
           up
           his
           Reign
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           by
           subduing
           those
           Corruptions
           ,
           and
           lusts
           ,
           and
           evils
           that
           are
           there
           ,
           which
           reign
           now
           more
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           then
           I
           hope
           ,
           in
           due
           time
           they
           shall
           do
           ;
           And
           when
           more
           falness
           of
           the
           Spirit
           is
           poured
           forth
           to
           subdue
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           bring
           in
           everlasting
           righteousness
           ,
           then
           will
           the
           approach
           of
           that
           Glory
           be
           .
           The
           carnall
           divisions
           ,
           and
           contentions
           amongst
           Christians
           so
           common
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           symtoms
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           men
           to
           entitle
           themselves
           ,
           upon
           this
           Principle
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           the
           only
           men
           to
           rule
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Govern
           Nations
           ,
           and
           give
           Laws
           to
           people
           ;
           to
           determin
           of
           Property
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           else
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           pretence
           as
           this
           is
           :
           Truly
           ,
           they
           had
           need
           give
           clear
           manifestations
           of
           Gods
           presence
           with
           them
           ,
           before
           wise
           men
           will
           receive
           ,
           or
           submit
           to
           their
           Conclusions
           .
           Besides
           ,
           certainly
           though
           many
           of
           these
           men
           have
           good
           meanings
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           in
           my
           soul
           they
           have
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           be
           the
           wisdom
           of
           all
           knowing
           and
           experienced
           Christians
           to
           do
           as
           
             Jude
          
           saith
           ,
           (
           when
           he
           had
           reckoned
           up
           those
           horrible
           things
           done
           upon
           pretences
           ,
           and
           haply
           by
           some
           upon
           mistakes
           ,
           )
           
             Of
             some
             ,
          
           sayes
           he
           ,
           
             have
             compassion
             ,
             making
             a
             difference
             ;
             others
             save
             with
             fear
             ,
             pulling
             them
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             .
          
           (
           I
           fear
           they
           will
           give
           opportunity
           too
           often
           for
           this
           Exercise
           ,
           )
           and
           I
           hope
           the
           same
           will
           be
           for
           their
           good
           .
        
         
           If
           men
           do
           but
           pretend
           for
           justice
           and
           righteousness
           ;
           and
           be
           of
           peaceable
           spirits
           ;
           and
           will
           manifest
           this
           ;
           let
           them
           be
           the
           subjects
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           encouragement
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           by
           punishing
           visible
           miscarriages
           ,
           save
           them
           by
           that
           Discipline
           ;
           (
           God
           having
           ordained
           him
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           )
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           evidence
           love
           ,
           and
           no
           hatred
           ,
           to
           punish
           where
           there
           is
           cause
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           this
           is
           that
           which
           doth
           most
           declare
           the
           danger
           of
           that
           spirit
           ;
           for
           if
           these
           were
           but
           Notions
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           instances
           that
           I
           have
           given
           you
           both
           of
           Civil
           considerations
           and
           Spiritual
           ;
           if
           I
           say
           they
           were
           but
           Notions
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           be
           let
           alone
           .
           Notions
           will
           hurt
           none
           but
           them
           that
           have
           them
           .
           But
           when
           they
           come
           to
           such
           practises
           ,
           as
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           Badges
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           regulating
           Laws
           ,
           Laws
           are
           to
           be
           abrogated
           ,
           indeed
           subverted
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           would
           bring
           in
           the
           Judiciall
           Law
           ,
           instead
           of
           our
           known
           Laws
           settled
           amongst
           us
           :
           This
           is
           worthy
           of
           every
           Magistrates
           consideration
           :
           especially
           where
           every
           stone
           is
           turned
           to
           bring
           confusion
           .
           I
           think
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           will
           be
           worthy
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           consideration
           .
        
         
         
           Whilst
           these
           things
           were
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           us
           ;
           and
           the
           Nation
           rent
           and
           torn
           in
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Principle
           ,
           from
           one
           end
           to
           another
           ,
           after
           this
           sort
           and
           manner
           I
           have
           now
           told
           you
           ;
           Family
           against
           Family
           ;
           Husband
           against
           Wife
           ;
           Parents
           against
           Children
           ;
           and
           nothing
           in
           the
           hearts
           and
           minds
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           over-turning
           ,
           over-turning
           ,
           over-turning
           :
           (
           A
           Scripture
           very
           much
           abused
           ,
           and
           applied
           to
           justifie
           unpeaceable
           practices
           ,
           by
           all
           men
           of
           discontented
           spirits
           )
           The
           Common
           Adversary
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           sleeps
           not
           ,
           and
           our
           Adversaries
           in
           Civil
           ,
           and
           Spirituall
           respects
           ,
           did
           take
           advantages
           at
           these
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           Distractions
           ,
           and
           did
           practise
           accordingly
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           We
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           Emissaries
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           never
           came
           in
           those
           swarms
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           since
           these
           things
           were
           set
           on
           foot
           .
           And
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           divers
           Gentlemen
           here
           ,
           can
           bear
           witness
           with
           me
           ,
           how
           that
           they
           have
           had
           a
           Consistory
           abroad
           ,
           that
           rules
           all
           the
           affairs
           of
           things
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           from
           an
           Arch
           Bishop
           ,
           with
           other
           Dependants
           upon
           him
           .
           And
           they
           had
           fixed
           in
           
             England
          
           (
           of
           which
           we
           are
           able
           to
           produce
           the
           particular
           Instruments
           in
           most
           of
           the
           Limits
           of
           the
           Cathedrals
           ,
           )
           an
           Episcopall
           power
           ,
           with
           Arch-Deacons
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           had
           persons
           authorized
           to
           exercise
           and
           distribute
           those
           things
           ,
           who
           pervert
           and
           deceive
           the
           people
           .
           And
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           we
           were
           in
           this
           sad
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           deplorable
           condition
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           all
           endeavours
           possible
           were
           used
           to
           hinder
           the
           work
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Progress
           of
           the
           Work
           of
           God
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           by
           continuall
           Intelligences
           ,
           and
           correspondencies
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ;
           from
           hence
           into
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           from
           hence
           into
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           persons
           were
           stirred
           up
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           from
           these
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           discomposure
           of
           affairs
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           they
           could
           to
           encourage
           ,
           and
           foment
           the
           War
           in
           both
           these
           places
           .
        
         
           To
           adde
           yet
           to
           our
           misery
           ;
           whilst
           we
           were
           in
           this
           Condition
           ,
           we
           were
           in
           War
           ,
           deeply
           engaged
           in
           a
           War
           with
           the
           
             Portugal
          
           ;
           whereby
           our
           Trade
           ceased
           ,
           and
           the
           evil
           Consequences
           by
           that
           War
           ,
           were
           manifest
           ,
           and
           very
           Considerable
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           only
           this
           ,
           but
           we
           had
           a
           War
           with
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           consuming
           our
           Treasure
           ;
           occasioning
           a
           vast
           burthen
           upon
           the
           people
           .
           A
           War
           that
           cost
           this
           Nation
           full
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Taxes
           came
           unto
           ;
           The
           Navy
           being
           one
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           Ships
           ;
           which
           cost
           this
           Nation
           above
           one
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           a
           moneth
           ,
           besides
           the
           Contingencies
           ;
           which
           
           would
           make
           it
           fixscore
           thousand
           pounds
           a
           moneth
           .
           That
           very
           one
           War
           did
           engage
           us
           to
           so
           great
           a
           charge
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           also
           we
           were
           in
           a
           War
           with
           
             France
             .
          
           The
           advantages
           that
           were
           taken
           at
           the
           discontents
           ,
           and
           divisions
           among
           our selves
           ,
           did
           also
           foment
           that
           War
           ;
           and
           at
           least
           hinder
           us
           of
           an
           honourable
           peace
           ;
           every
           man
           being
           confident
           we
           could
           not
           hold
           out
           long
           .
           And
           surely
           they
           did
           not
           calculate
           amiss
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           had
           not
           been
           exceeding
           gracious
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           had
           a
           War
           with
           
             France
             .
          
           And
           besides
           .
           the
           sufferings
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           it
           's
           most
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           purse
           of
           the
           Nation
           had
           not
           been
           possibly
           able
           longer
           to
           bear
           it
           ;
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           advantages
           taken
           by
           other
           States
           ,
           to
           improve
           the'r
           own
           ;
           and
           spoil
           our
           Manufacture
           of
           cloth
           ,
           and
           hinder
           the
           vent
           thereof
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           great
           Staple
           Commodity
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           our
           condition
           :
           spoyl'd
           in
           our
           Trade
           ;
           and
           we
           at
           this
           vast
           expence
           ;
           thus
           dissettled
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           haying
           these
           engagements
           abroad
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           being
           thus
           ;
           (
           as
           I
           am
           perswaded
           it
           is
           not
           hard
           to
           convince
           every
           person
           here
           ,
           they
           were
           thus
           ,
           )
           What
           a
           heap
           of
           Confusions
           were
           upon
           these
           poor
           Nations
           ?
           And
           either
           things
           must
           have
           been
           left
           to
           have
           sunk
           into
           the
           miseries
           these
           premises
           would
           suppose
           ,
           or
           a
           remedy
           must
           be
           applied
           .
        
         
           A
           remedy
           hath
           been
           applied
           :
           That
           hath
           been
           this
           Government
           :
           A
           thing
           that
           I
           shall
           say
           little
           unto
           .
           The
           thing
           is
           open
           and
           visible
           to
           be
           seen
           and
           read
           by
           all
           men
           ;
           and
           therefore
           let
           it
           speak
           for
           it self
           .
        
         
           Only
           let
           me
           say
           this
           ,
           because
           I
           can
           speak
           it
           with
           comfort
           and
           confidence
           ,
           before
           a
           greater
           then
           you
           all
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           intention
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           approving
           our
           hearts
           to
           God
           ,
           let
           men
           judge
           as
           they
           please
           :
           It
           is
           calculated
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           people
           :
           for
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           people
           alone
           :
           and
           for
           their
           good
           ,
           without
           respect
           had
           to
           any
           other
           interest
           .
           And
           if
           that
           be
           not
           true
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           again
           ,
           let
           it
           fpeak
           for
           it self
           .
        
         
           Truely
           ,
           I
           may
           (
           I
           hope
           humbly
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           modestly
           before
           you
           )
           say
           somewhat
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Government
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           discourse
           of
           the
           particular
           heads
           of
           it
           ,
           )
           to
           acquaint
           you
           a
           little
           with
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           :
           and
           that
           not
           for
           oftentation
           sake
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           end
           that
           I
           may
           deal
           at
           this
           time
           faithfully
           with
           you
           ,
           by
           acquainting
           you
           with
           the
           state
           of
           things
           ;
           and
           what
           proceedings
           have
           been
           upon
           this
           
           Government
           ;
           that
           so
           you
           may
           know
           the
           state
           of
           our
           affairs
           .
           This
           is
           the
           main
           end
           of
           my
           putting
           you
           to
           this
           trouble
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           had
           some
           things
           in
           desire
           .
           And
           it
           hath
           done
           some
           things
           actually
           .
           It
           hath
           desired
           to
           reform
           the
           Laws
           ,
           to
           reform
           them
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           it
           hath
           called
           together
           persons
           (
           without
           reflection
           )
           of
           as
           great
           ability
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           integrity
           as
           are
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           to
           consider
           how
           the
           Laws
           might
           be
           made
           plain
           and
           short
           ,
           and
           lesse
           chargeable
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           how
           to
           lessen
           expence
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           those
           things
           are
           in
           preparation
           ,
           and
           Bills
           prepared
           ,
           which
           in
           due
           time
           I
           make
           no
           question
           will
           be
           tendered
           to
           you
           .
           There
           hath
           been
           care
           taken
           to
           put
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Laws
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           just
           men
           ;
           men
           of
           the
           most
           known
           Integrity
           and
           Ability
           .
        
         
           The
           Chancery
           hath
           been
           reformed
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           to
           the
           just
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           good
           men
           .
           And
           the
           things
           depending
           there
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           burthen
           and
           work
           of
           the
           honourable
           persons
           intrusted
           in
           those
           services
           ,
           beyond
           their
           Ability
           ;
           It
           hath
           referred
           many
           of
           them
           to
           those
           places
           where
           
             English
          
           men
           love
           to
           have
           their
           rights
           tryed
           ,
           the
           Courts
           of
           Law
           at
           
             Westminster
             .
          
        
         
           It
           hath
           endeavoured
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           that
           heady
           way
           (
           touched
           of
           likewise
           this
           day
           )
           of
           every
           man
           making
           himself
           a
           Minister
           ,
           and
           a
           Preacher
           .
           It
           hath
           endeavoured
           to
           settle
           a
           way
           for
           the
           approbation
           of
           men
           of
           Piety
           and
           Ability
           for
           the
           discharge
           of
           that
           work
           .
           And
           I
           think
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           It
           hath
           committed
           that
           work
           to
           the
           trust
           of
           persons
           both
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           and
           Independent
           judgements
           ,
           men
           of
           as
           known
           Ability
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           any
           this
           Nation
           hath
           .
           And
           I
           beleeve
           also
           ,
           that
           in
           that
           care
           they
           have
           taken
           ,
           they
           have
           laboured
           to
           approve
           themselves
           to
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Consciences
           .
           And
           indeed
           I
           think
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           of
           quarrel
           against
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           am
           not
           here
           to
           justifie
           the
           proceedings
           of
           any
           )
           I
           say
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           go
           upon
           such
           a
           Character
           as
           the
           Scripture
           warrants
           ,
           to
           put
           men
           into
           that
           great
           Imployment
           ;
           and
           to
           approve
           men
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           are
           men
           that
           have
           received
           gifts
           from
           him
           that
           ascended
           up
           on
           high
           ,
           and
           gave
           gifts
           for
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           edifying
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           taken
           care
           ,
           we
           hope
           ,
           for
           the
           expulsion
           of
           all
           those
           who
           may
           be
           judged
           any
           way
           unfit
           for
           this
           Work
           ;
           who
           are
           scandalous
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           the
           common
           scorn
           and
           contempt
           of
           that
           Administration
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           more
           this
           Government
           hath
           done
           .
           It
           hath
           been
           Instrumentall
           
           to
           call
           a
           free
           Parliament
           :
           which
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           we
           see
           here
           this
           day
           :
           I
           say
           a
           free
           Parliament
           .
           And
           that
           it
           may
           continue
           so
           ,
           I
           hope
           is
           in
           the
           heart
           and
           spirit
           of
           every
           good
           man
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           save
           such
           disconted
           persons
           as
           I
           have
           formerly
           mentioned
           .
           It
           is
           that
           which
           as
           I
           have
           desired
           above
           my
           life
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           to
           keep
           it
           so
           ,
           above
           my
           life
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           before
           mention
           to
           you
           the
           plunges
           we
           were
           in
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           Forreigne
           States
           ;
           by
           the
           War
           with
           
             Portugal
             ,
             France
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           the
           
             Dane
          
           ;
           and
           the
           little
           assurance
           we
           had
           from
           any
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           round
           about
           .
           I
           perhaps
           forgot
           it
           ,
           but
           indeed
           it
           was
           a
           Caution
           upon
           my
           minde
           ,
           and
           I
           desire
           that
           it
           might
           be
           so
           understood
           ;
           That
           if
           any
           good
           hath
           been
           done
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Lord
           ,
           nor
           we
           his
           poor
           Instruments
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           instance
           in
           the
           Wars
           which
           did
           exhaust
           your
           Treasure
           ;
           and
           put
           you
           into
           such
           a
           Condition
           ,
           that
           you
           must
           have
           sunk
           therein
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           continued
           but
           a
           few
           moneths
           longer
           .
           This
           I
           dare
           affirm
           ,
           if
           strong
           probability
           can
           give
           me
           a
           ground
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           now
           (
           though
           it
           be
           not
           the
           first
           in
           time
           )
           peace
           with
           
             Sweathland
          
           ;
           an
           honourable
           peace
           ,
           through
           the
           endeavours
           of
           an
           honourable
           person
           here
           present
           ,
           as
           the
           Instrument
           ;
           I
           say
           you
           have
           an
           honourable
           Peace
           with
           a
           Kingdom
           that
           not
           many
           years
           since
           was
           much
           a
           friend
           to
           
             France
          
           ;
           and
           lately
           perhaps
           inclineable
           enough
           to
           the
           
             Spaniard
             .
          
           And
           I
           believe
           you
           expect
           not
           very
           much
           good
           from
           any
           of
           your
           Catholick
           Neighbours
           :
           nor
           yet
           that
           they
           would
           be
           very
           willing
           you
           should
           have
           a
           good
           understanding
           with
           your
           Protestant
           friends
           .
           Yet
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           that
           peace
           is
           concluded
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           honourable
           Peace
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           a
           Peace
           with
           the
           
             Dane
          
           :
           A
           State
           that
           lay
           contiguous
           to
           that
           part
           of
           this
           Island
           which
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           most
           trouble
           .
           And
           certainly
           if
           your
           enemies
           abroad
           be
           able
           to
           annoy
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           likely
           they
           will
           take
           their
           advantage
           where
           it
           best
           lies
           to
           give
           you
           trouble
           there
           .
           But
           you
           have
           a
           Peace
           there
           ;
           and
           an
           honourable
           one
           :
           Satisfaction
           for
           your
           Merchant
           Ships
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           their
           content
           ,
           but
           to
           their
           rejoycing
           .
           I
           believe
           you
           will
           easily
           know
           it
           is
           so
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           the
           
             Sound
          
           open
           ,
           which
           was
           obstructed
           .
           That
           which
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           the
           Shipping
           will
           now
           be
           supplyed
           thence
           .
           And
           whereas
           you
           were
           glad
           to
           have
           any
           thing
           of
           that
           kinde
           at
           the
           second
           hand
           ,
           &c.
           
           You
           have
           all
           manner
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           at
           as
           much
           freedom
           as
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           themselves
           there
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           Rates
           
           and
           Toll
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           by
           that
           Peace
           ,
           they
           cannot
           raise
           the
           same
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           a
           Peace
           with
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           ;
           a
           Peace
           unto
           which
           I
           shal1
           say
           little
           ;
           because
           so
           well
           known
           in
           the
           benefit
           and
           consequences
           of
           it
           .
           And
           I
           think
           it
           was
           as
           desirable
           and
           as
           acceptable
           to
           the
           spirit
           of
           this
           Nation
           as
           any
           one
           thnig
           that
           lay
           before
           us
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           ,
           nothing
           so
           much
           gratified
           our
           enemies
           as
           to
           see
           us
           at
           odds
           ;
           so
           ,
           I
           perswade
           my self
           nothing
           is
           of
           more
           terrour
           nor
           trouble
           to
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           see
           us
           thus
           reconciled
           .
        
         
           As
           a
           Peace
           with
           the
           Protestant
           States
           hath
           much
           security
           in
           it
           ;
           so
           it
           hath
           as
           much
           of
           honour
           ,
           and
           of
           assurance
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           abroad
           ,
           without
           which
           no
           assistance
           can
           be
           given
           thereunto
           .
           I
           wish
           it
           may
           be
           written
           upon
           our
           hearts
           to
           be
           zealous
           for
           that
           Interest
           :
           for
           if
           ever
           it
           were
           like
           to
           come
           under
           a
           condition
           of
           suffering
           it
           is
           now
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           the
           Emperours
           Patrimoniall
           Territories
           ,
           the
           endeavour
           is
           ,
           to
           drive
           them
           out
           as
           fast
           as
           they
           can
           .
           And
           they
           are
           necessitated
           to
           run
           to
           Protestant
           States
           to
           seek
           their
           bread
           .
           And
           by
           this
           conjunction
           of
           Interests
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           be
           in
           a
           more
           fit
           capacity
           to
           help
           them
           .
           And
           it
           begets
           some
           reviving
           of
           their
           spirits
           that
           you
           will
           help
           them
           as
           opportunity
           shall
           serve
           .
           You
           have
           a
           Peace
           likewise
           with
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             Portugal
             ,
          
           which
           Peace
           though
           it
           hung
           long
           in
           hand
           ;
           yet
           is
           lately
           concluded
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Peace
           that
           your
           Metchants
           make
           us
           beleeve
           is
           of
           good
           concernment
           to
           their
           Trade
           ;
           their
           assurance
           being
           greater
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           profit
           in
           Trade
           thither
           ,
           then
           to
           other
           places
           .
           And
           this
           hath
           been
           obtained
           in
           that
           Treaty
           ;
           (
           which
           never
           was
           since
           the
           Inquisition
           was
           ser
           up
           there
           ,
           )
           That
           our
           People
           which
           Trade
           thither
           have
           liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           (
           Indeed
           Peace
           is
           as
           you
           were
           well
           told
           to
           day
           )
           desirable
           with
           all
           men
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           it
           my
           be
           had
           with
           Conscience
           and
           Honour
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           upon
           a
           Treaty
           with
           
             France
             .
          
           And
           we
           may
           say
           this
           ,
           That
           if
           God
           give
           us
           Honour
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           Nations
           about
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           rason
           to
           blesse
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           own
           it
           .
           And
           I
           dare
           say
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Nation
           in
           Europe
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           very
           willing
           to
           ask
           a
           good
           understanding
           with
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sorry
           I
           am
           thus
           tedious
           ;
           but
           I
           did
           judge
           that
           it
           was
           somwhat
           necessary
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           these
           things
           .
           And
           things
           being
           thus
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           be
           willing
           to
           hear
           a
           little
           again
           of
           the
           sharp
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           sweet
           .
           And
           I
           should
           not
           be
           faithfull
           to
           you
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           Interest
           
           these
           Nations
           which
           you
           and
           I
           serve
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           not
           let
           you
           know
           all
           .
        
         
           As
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           when
           this
           Government
           was
           under
           taken
           ,
           we
           were
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           these
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           Animosities
           ,
           and
           scatterings
           ;
           Also
           thus
           engaged
           with
           these
           Enemies
           round
           about
           us
           ;
           at
           such
           a
           vast
           Charge
           ;
           Sixscore
           thousand
           Pounds
           a
           moneth
           for
           the
           very
           Fleet
           ;
           (
           which
           was
           the
           very
           utmost
           penny
           of
           your
           Assessments
           )
           I
           ,
           and
           then
           all
           your
           Treasure
           was
           exhausted
           and
           spent
           ,
           when
           this
           Government
           was
           under-taken
           ;
           ALL
           accidentall
           wayes
           of
           bringing
           in
           Treasure
           ,
           to
           a
           very
           inconsiderable
           Summe
           consumed
           ;
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Lands
           are
           sold
           ,
           the
           Treasures
           spent
           ;
           Rents
           ,
           Fee-farms
           ,
           Kings
           ,
           Queens
           ,
           Princes
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Dean
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           Delinquents
           Lands
           sold
           .
           These
           were
           spent
           when
           this
           Government
           was
           under-taken
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           it
           is
           my
           duty
           to
           let
           you
           know
           so
           much
           .
           And
           that
           's
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Taxes
           do
           yet
           lie
           so
           heavy
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           have
           abated
           thirty
           thousand
           Pounds
           a
           moneth
           ,
           for
           the
           next
           three
           moneths
           .
           Truly
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           let
           you
           know
           ,
           that
           though
           God
           hath
           dealt
           thus
           with
           you
           ,
           yet
           these
           are
           but
           entrances
           and
           doors
           of
           hope
           ,
           wherein
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           you
           may
           cuter
           into
           Rest
           and
           Peace
           .
           But
           you
           are
           not
           yet
           entered
           .
        
         
           You
           were
           told
           to
           day
           of
           a
           People
           brought
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           towards
           the
           land
           of
           
             Canaan
          
           ;
           but
           through
           unbelief
           ,
           murmuring
           ,
           repining
           ,
           and
           other
           temptations
           and
           sins
           ,
           wherewith
           God
           was
           provoked
           ,
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           come
           back
           again
           ,
           and
           linger
           many
           years
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           before
           they
           came
           to
           the
           place
           of
           Rest
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           thus
           far
           through
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           .
           We
           have
           cause
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           brought
           into
           misery
           ;
           But
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           A
           door
           of
           hope
           open
           .
           And
           I
           may
           say
           this
           to
           you
           ,
           If
           the
           Lords
           blessing
           and
           his
           presence
           go
           along
           with
           the
           management
           of
           Affairs
           at
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           inabled
           to
           put
           the
           Top-stone
           to
           this
           Work
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Nation
           happy
           .
           But
           this
           must
           be
           by
           knowing
           the
           true
           state
           of
           Affair
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           yet
           like
           the
           People
           under
           Circumcision
           ,
           but
           Raw
           ,
           your
           Peaces
           are
           but
           newly
           made
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           maxime
           not
           to
           be
           despised
           ,
           Though
           Peace
           be
           made
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           Interest
           that
           keeps
           Peace
           .
           And
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           trust
           it
           no
           further
           then
           you
           see
           Interest
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           wish
           that
           you
           may
           go
           forward
           ,
           and
           not
           backward
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           may
           have
           the
           blessings
           of
           God
           upon
           your
           endeavours
           .
           I'ts
           one
           of
           the
           great
           ends
           of
           calling
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           this
           Ship
           of
           the
           Common-Wealth
           
           may
           be
           brought
           into
           a
           safe
           Harbour
           :
           which
           I
           assure
           you
           it
           will
           not
           well
           be
           ,
           without
           your
           Counseil
           and
           Advice
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           great
           works
           upon
           your
           hands
           .
           You
           have
           
             Ireland
          
           to
           look
           unto
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           much
           done
           towards
           the
           Planting
           of
           it
           :
           though
           some
           things
           leading
           and
           preparing
           for
           it
           are
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           businesse
           to
           setele
           the
           Government
           of
           that
           Nation
           upon
           fit
           Terms
           ,
           such
           as
           will
           bear
           that
           Work
           through
           .
        
         
           Yot
           have
           had
           I
           kewise
           laid
           before
           you
           the
           considerations
           intimating
           your
           Peace
           with
           some
           Forreign
           Status
           ;
           but
           yet
           you
           have
           not
           made
           Peace
           with
           all
           .
           And
           if
           they
           should
           see
           we
           do
           not
           manage
           our
           Affairs
           as
           With
           that
           Wisdom
           which
           becomes
           us
           ,
           truly
           we
           may
           sink
           under
           disadvantages
           for
           all
           that
           's
           done
           ;
           And
           our
           Enemies
           will
           have
           their
           eyes
           open
           ,
           and
           be
           revived
           ,
           if
           they
           see
           Animosities
           amongst
           us
           ;
           which
           indeed
           will
           be
           their
           great
           advantage
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           therefore
           perfwade
           you
           to
           a
           sweet
           ,
           gracious
           ,
           and
           holy
           understanding
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           business
           ,
           concerning
           which
           you
           had
           so
           good
           Coussell
           this
           day
           ;
           that
           indeed
           ,
           as
           it
           rejoyced
           my
           heart
           to
           hear
           it
           ,
           so
           I
           hope
           the
           Lord
           will
           imprint
           it
           upon
           your
           spirits
           ,
           wherein
           you
           shall
           have
           my
           prayers
           .
           Having
           sa●d
           this
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           omitted
           many
           other
           materiall
           things
           through
           the
           frailty
           of
           my
           memory
           I
           shal
           exercise
           plainnesse
           and
           freenesse
           with
           you
           ,
           in
           telling
           you
           that
           I
           have
           not
           spoken
           shese
           things
           as
           one
           that
           assumes
           to
           himself
           Dominion
           over
           you
           ,
           but
           as
           one
           that
           doth
           resolve
           to
           be
           a
           fellow-servant
           with
           you
           ,
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           these
           great
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           trouble
           you
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           desire
           you
           to
           repair
           to
           your
           House
           ,
           and
           to
           exercise
           your
           own
           Liberty
           in
           the
           choice
           of
           a
           Speaker
           ,
           that
           so
           you
           may
           lose
           no
           time
           in
           carrying
           on
           your
           Work
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           His
           
             HIGHNESSE
          
           the
           
             Lord
             Protectors
             SPEECH
          
           to
           the
           
             PARLIAMENT
          
           in
           the
           Painted
           Chamber
           ,
           on
           
             Tuesday
          
           the
           12.
           of
           
             September
             ,
          
           1654.
           
        
         
           
             GENTLEMEN
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           long
           since
           I
           met
           you
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           upon
           an
           occasion
           which
           gave
           me
           much
           more
           content
           and
           comfort
           then
           this
           doth
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           I
           have
           to
           say
           to
           you
           now
           ,
           will
           need
           no
           Preamble
           to
           let
           me
           in
           to
           my
           Discourse
           :
           For
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           Meeting
           is
           plain
           enough
           ,
           I
           could
           have
           wished
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           there
           had
           been
           no
           cause
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           At
           that
           Meeting
           I
           did
           acquaint
           you
           what
           the
           first
           Rise
           was
           of
           this
           Government
           which
           hath
           call'd
           you
           hither
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Authority
           of
           which
           you
           came
           hither
           .
        
         
           Among
           other
           things
           that
           I
           told
           you
           of
           then
           ,
           I
           said
           you
           were
           a
           free
           Parliament
           :
           And
           so
           you
           are
           whilst
           you
           own
           the
           Government
           and
           Authority
           that
           call'd
           you
           hither
           .
           For
           certainly
           that
           word
           implyed
           a
           
             Reciprocation
             ,
          
           or
           it
           implyed
           nothing
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           there
           was
           a
           Reciprocation
           implied
           and
           expressed
           :
           and
           I
           think
           your
           actions
           and
           carriages
           ought
           to
           be
           suitable
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           see
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           for
           me
           now
           ,
           a
           little
           to
           magnifie
           my
           Office
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           not
           been
           apt
           to
           do
           .
           I
           have
           been
           of
           this
           minde
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           alwayes
           of
           this
           minde
           since
           first
           I
           entered
           upon
           it
           ,
           That
           if
           God
           will
           not
           bear
           it
           up
           ,
           let
           it
           sink
           .
           But
           if
           a
           Duty
           be
           incumbent
           upon
           me
           ,
           ro
           bear
           my
           Testimony
           unto
           it
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           modesty
           I
           have
           hitherto
           forborn
           )
           I
           am
           in
           some
           measure
           now
           necessitated
           thereunto
           .
           And
           therefore
           that
           will
           be
           the
           Prologue
           to
           my
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           I
           call'd
           not
           my self
           to
           this
           place
           ;
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           I
           call'd
           not
           my self
           to
           this
           place
           ;
           of
           that
           God
           is
           Witnesse
           .
           And
           I
           have
           many
           Witnesses
           ,
           who
           I
           do
           beleeve
           could
           readily
           lay
           down
           their
           lives
           to
           bear
           Witnesse
           
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           :
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           call'd
           not
           my self
           to
           this
           place
           .
           And
           being
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           bear
           not
           Witnesse
           to
           my self
           :
           But
           God
           and
           the
           people
           of
           these
           Nations
           have
           born
           Testimony
           to
           it
           also
           .
        
         
           If
           my
           Cilling
           be
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           my
           Testimony
           from
           the
           People
           ;
           God
           and
           the
           people
           shall
           take
           it
           from
           me
           ,
           else
           I
           will
           not
           part
           with
           it
           .
           I
           should
           be
           false
           to
           the
           Trust
           that
           God
           hath
           plac'd
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           .
        
         
           That
           I
           call'd
           not
           my self
           to
           this
           place
           ,
           is
           my
           first
           Assertion
           .
        
         
           That
           I
           bear
           not
           witnesse
           to
           my self
           ,
           but
           have
           many
           Witnesses
           is
           my
           second
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           two
           things
           I
           shall
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           speak
           more
           fully
           to
           you
           of
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           plain
           and
           clear
           that
           which
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           I
           must
           take
           liberty
           to
           look
           back
           ,
        
         
           I
           was
           by
           birth
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           living
           neither
           in
           any
           considerable
           height
           ,
           nor
           yet
           in
           obscurity
           :
           I
           have
           been
           call'd
           to
           severall
           imployments
           in
           the
           Nation
           :
           to
           serve
           in
           Prliaments
           :
           And
           (
           because
           I
           would
           not
           be
           over
           tedious
           )
           I
           did
           endeavour
           to
           discharge
           the
           duty
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           in
           those
           services
           ,
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           peoples
           Interest
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ;
           having
           ,
           when
           time
           was
           ;
           a
           competent
           acceptation
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           some
           evidences
           thereof
           .
           I
           resolve
           not
           to
           recite
           the
           Times
           and
           Occasions
           ,
           and
           Opportunities
           that
           have
           been
           appointed
           me
           by
           God
           to
           serve
           him
           in
           :
           nor
           the
           presence
           and
           blessings
           of
           God
           bearing
           then
           Testimony
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           having
           had
           some
           occasions
           to
           see
           (
           together
           with
           my
           Brethren
           and
           Countrey-men
           )
           a
           happy
           period
           put
           to
           our
           sharp
           Wars
           and
           Contests
           with
           the
           them
           common
           enemy
           ,
           hoped
           in
           a
           private
           capacity
           to
           have
           reaped
           the
           fruit
           ,
           and
           benefit
           together
           with
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           of
           our
           hard
           labours
           and
           hazards
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           Peace
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           in
           some
           equality
           with
           others
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           should
           please
           the
           Lord
           to
           dispence
           unto
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           I
           say
           ,
           God
           had
           put
           an
           end
           to
           our
           Wars
           ,
           at
           least
           brought
           them
           to
           a
           very
           hopefull
           issue
           very
           near
           an
           end
           ,
           (
           after
           
             worcester
          
           Fight
           )
           I
           came
           up
           to
           
             London
          
           to
           pay
           my
           service
           ,
           and
           duty
           to
           the
           Parliament
           that
           then
           sate
           ;
           and
           hoping
           that
           all
           mindes
           would
           have
           been
           disposed
           to
           answer
           that
           which
           seemed
           to
           be
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           to
           give
           peare
           and
           rest
           to
           his
           people
           ;
           and
           especially
           to
           those
           who
           had
           bled
           more
           
           then
           others
           in
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           Military
           Affairs
           ,
           I
           was
           much
           disappointed
           of
           my
           expectation
           :
           For
           the
           issue
           did
           not
           prove
           so
           ,
           what
           ever
           may
           be
           boasted
           ,
           or
           mis-represented
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           so
           ,
           nor
           so
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           say
           in
           the
           simplicity
           of
           my
           soul
           ,
           I
           love
           nOt
           ,
           I
           love
           not
           ,
           (
           I
           declined
           it
           in
           my
           former
           speech
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           love
           not
           to
           rake
           into
           fores
           ,
           or
           to
           discover
           nakednesles
           .
           That
           which
           I
           drive
           at
           ,
           is
           this
           ;
           I
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           hoped
           to
           have
           had
           leave
           to
           have
           retired
           to
           a
           private
           life
           :
           I
           begg'd
           to
           be
           dismissed
           of
           my
           Charge
           :
           I
           begg'd
           it
           again
           and
           again
           .
           And
           God
           be
           Judge
           between
           me
           and
           all
           men
           if
           lie
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           That
           I
           lie
           not
           in
           matter
           of
           fast
           ,
           is
           known
           to
           very
           many
           ;
           but
           whether
           I
           tell
           a
           l●e
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           as
           labouring
           to
           represent
           to
           you
           that
           which
           was
           not
           upon
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           say
           the
           Lord
           be
           Judge
           :
           let
           uncharitable
           men
           that
           measure
           others
           by
           themselves
           ,
           judge
           as
           they
           please
           .
           As
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           I
           say
           it
           is
           true
           .
           As
           to
           the
           ingenuity
           and
           integrity
           of
           my
           heart
           in
           that
           desire
           ,
           I
           do
           appeal
           ,
           as
           before
           ,
           upon
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           also
           :
           But
           I
           could
           not
           obtain
           what
           my
           soul
           longed
           for
           .
           And
           the
           plain
           truth
           is
           ,
           I
           did
           afterwards
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           some
           did
           think
           my
           judgement
           not
           suiting
           with
           theirs
           )
           that
           it
           could
           not
           well
           be
           .
           But
           this
           I
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           was
           between
           God
           and
           my
           soul
           ,
           between
           me
           and
           that
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           I
           am
           in
           some
           strait
           ,
           to
           say
           what
           I
           could
           say
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           true
           of
           what
           then
           followed
           .
        
         
           I
           pressed
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           a
           Member
           ,
           to
           period
           themselves
           ,
           once
           and
           again
           ,
           and
           again
           ,
           and
           ten
           ,
           and
           twenty
           times
           over
           .
           I
           told
           them
           (
           for
           I
           knew
           it
           better
           then
           any
           one
           man
           in
           the
           Parliament
           could
           know
           it
           ,
           because
           of
           my
           manner
           of
           life
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           run
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           so
           might
           see
           and
           know
           the
           temper
           and
           spirits
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           men
           )
           that
           the
           Nation
           loathed
           their
           sitting
           :
           I
           knew
           it
           .
           And
           sb
           far
           as
           I
           could
           discern
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           dissolved
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           barking
           of
           a
           dog
           ,
           or
           any
           generall
           and
           visible
           repining
           at
           it
           .
           You
           are
           not
           a
           few
           here
           present
           that
           can
           assert
           this
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           there
           was
           high
           cause
           for
           their
           Dissolving
           ,
           is
           most
           evident
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           regard
           there
           was
           a
           just
           fear
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           perpetuating
           themselves
           ;
           but
           because
           it
           was
           their
           design
           .
           And
           had
           not
           their
           heels
           been
           trod
           upon
           by
           importunities
           from
           abroad
           ,
           even
           to
           threats
           ,
           I
           believe
           there
           would
           never
           have
           been
           thoughts
           of
           Rising
           ,
           or
           of
           going
           out
           of
           that
           Room
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           .
        
         
           I
           my self
           was
           sounded
           ;
           and
           by
           no
           mean
           persons
           tempted
           ;
           and
           addresses
           were
           made
           to
           me
           to
           that
           very
           end
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           have
           been
           thus
           
           perpetuated
           ,
           That
           the
           vacant
           places
           might
           be
           supplied
           by
           new
           Elections
           ,
           and
           so
           continue
           fiom
           Generation
           to
           Generation
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           declined
           ,
           I
           have
           declined
           very
           much
           to
           open
           these
           things
           to
           you
           :
           yet
           having
           proceeded
           thus
           far
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           poor
           men
           under
           this
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           were
           driven
           like
           flocks
           of
           sheep
           ,
           by
           fourty
           in
           a
           morning
           ,
           to
           the
           Confiscation
           of
           Goods
           and
           Estatus
           ,
           without
           any
           man
           being
           able
           to
           give
           a
           reason
           that
           two
           of
           them
           had
           deserved
           to
           forfeit
           a
           shilling
           .
           I
           tell
           you
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           my
           soul
           and
           many
           person
           ,
           whose
           faces
           I
           see
           in
           this
           place
           were
           exceedingly
           grieved
           at
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           which
           way
           to
           help
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           their
           mournings
           ,
           and
           giving
           their
           negatives
           when
           occasions
           served
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           given
           you
           but
           a
           tast
           of
           miscarriages
           .
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           have
           had
           opportunities
           to
           hear
           much
           more
           of
           them
           :
           for
           nothing
           is
           more
           obvious
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           this
           will
           be
           said
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           remedy
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           this
           perpetuall
           Parliament
           endeayoured
           ,
           by
           having
           a
           future
           Representative
           .
           How
           it
           was
           gotten
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           importunities
           that
           was
           obtained
           ,
           and
           how
           unwillingly
           yielded
           unto
           ,
           is
           well
           known
           .
        
         
           What
           was
           this
           remedy
           ?
           It
           was
           a
           seeming
           willingness
           to
           have
           successive
           Parliaments
           .
           What
           was
           that
           Succession
           ?
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           when
           one
           Parliament
           had
           left
           their
           Seat
           ,
           another
           was
           to
           sit
           down
           immediately
           in
           the
           room
           thereof
           ,
           without
           any
           Caution
           to
           avoid
           that
           which
           was
           the
           danger
           ;
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           Perpetuating
           of
           the
           same
           Parliaments
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           sore
           now
           that
           will
           ever
           be
           running
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           men
           are
           ambitious
           and
           troublesom
           ,
           if
           a
           due
           remedy
           be
           not
           found
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           What
           was
           the
           business
           ;
           It
           was
           a
           Conversion
           from
           Parliament
           that
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           was
           perpetuall
           ,
           to
           a
           Legislative
           Power
           ,
           alwaies
           sitting
           :
           and
           so
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Interests
           ,
           and
           Lives
           of
           People
           ,
           not
           judged
           by
           any
           certain
           known
           Laws
           and
           Power
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           which
           is
           incident
           and
           necessary
           to
           Parliaments
           by
           an
           Arbytrary
           Power
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           make
           mens
           estates
           liable
           to
           confiscation
           ,
           and
           their
           persons
           to
           imprisonments
           ;
           sometimes
           by
           Laws
           made
           after
           the
           fact
           committed
           :
           often
           by
           takirg
           the
           judgement
           both
           in
           capital
           and
           criminal
           things
           to
           themselves
           ,
           who
           in
           former
           times
           were
           not
           known
           to
           exercise
           such
           a
           Judicature
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           suppose
           was
           the
           case
           ;
           and
           in
           my
           opinion
           the
           remedy
           was
           fitted
           to
           the
           disease
           :
           especially
           coming
           in
           the
           Rear
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           so
           cxercising
           the
           Power
           and
           Authority
           as
           this
           had
           done
           ,
           but
           immediatly
           before
           .
        
         
           Truly
           ,
           I
           confess
           upon
           these
           grounds
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           
           divers
           other
           Persons
           ,
           seeing
           nothing
           could
           be
           had
           otherwise
           ;
           that
           Parliament
           was
           dissolv'd
           ,
           we
           desiring
           to
           see
           if
           a
           few
           might
           have
           been
           call'd
           together
           for
           some
           short
           time
           ,
           who
           might
           put
           the
           Nation
           into
           some
           way
           of
           certain
           settlement
           ,
           did
           call
           those
           Gentlemen
           out
           of
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           appealed
           to
           God
           before
           you
           already
           ,
           I
           know
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           say
           it
           ,
           )
           though
           it
           be
           a
           tender
           thing
           to
           make
           appeals
           to
           God
           ;
           yet
           in
           such
           exigencies
           as
           these
           ,
           I
           trust
           it
           will
           not
           offend
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           especially
           to
           make
           them
           before
           Persons
           that
           know
           God
           ,
           and
           know
           what
           Conscience
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           is
           to
           lie
           before
           the
           Lord
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           a
           principal
           ead
           in
           calling
           that
           Asembly
           ,
           was
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           so
           a
           chief
           end
           to
           my self
           was
           ,
           That
           I
           might
           have
           opportunity
           to
           lay
           down
           the
           Power
           that
           was
           in
           my
           hands
           ,
           I
           say
           to
           you
           again
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           blessed
           and
           been
           with
           me
           in
           all
           my
           adversities
           and
           successes
           ,
           that
           waas
           to
           my self
           my
           greatest
           end
           .
           A
           desire
           perhaps
           (
           and
           I
           am
           afraid
           )
           sinful1
           enough
           ,
           to
           be
           quit
           of
           the
           power
           God
           had
           most
           providentially
           put
           into
           my
           hand
           ,
           before
           he
           called
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           before
           those
           honest
           ends
           of
           our
           fighting
           were
           attained
           and
           settled
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           authority
           I
           had
           in
           my
           hand
           ,
           being
           so
           boundless
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           I
           being
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           Generall
           of
           all
           the
           force
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           (
           In
           which
           unlimitted
           condition
           I
           did
           not
           desire
           to
           live
           a
           day
           )
           did
           call
           that
           meeting
           for
           the
           ends
           before
           expressed
           .
        
         
           What
           the
           event
           and
           issue
           of
           that
           meeting
           was
           ,
           we
           may
           sadly
           remember
           .
           It
           hath
           much
           teaching
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           make
           us
           all
           wiser
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           meettig
           succeeding
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           formerly
           said
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           giving
           such
           a
           disappointment
           to
           our
           hopes
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           make
           any
           repetition
           thereof
           ;
           only
           the
           effect
           was
           ,
           That
           they
           came
           and
           brought
           to
           me
           a
           parchment
           signed
           by
           very
           much
           the
           major
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           expressing
           their
           resigning
           and
           re-delivery
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Authority
           that
           was
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           back
           again
           into
           my
           hands
           :
           and
           I
           can
           say
           it
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           divers
           persons
           here
           ,
           that
           do
           know
           whether
           I
           lie
           in
           that
           ;
           that
           I
           did
           not
           know
           one
           tittle
           of
           that
           resignaton
           ,
           untill
           they
           all
           came
           and
           brought
           it
           ,
           and
           delivered
           it
           into
           my
           hands
           :
           of
           this
           there
           are
           also
           in
           this
           presence
           many
           witnesses
           .
        
         
           I
           received
           this
           resignation
           ,
           having
           Formerly
           used
           my
           endeavours
           and
           perswasions
           to
           keep
           them
           together
           ;
           observing
           their
           differences
           ,
           I
           
           thought
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           give
           advices
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           might
           prevail
           with
           them
           for
           union
           :
           But
           it
           had
           the
           effect
           that
           I
           told
           you
           :
           and
           I
           had
           my
           disappointment
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           was
           so
           ,
           we
           were
           exceedingly
           to
           seek
           how
           to
           settle
           things
           for
           the
           future
           .
           My
           power
           again
           by
           this
           resignation
           ,
           was
           as
           boundless
           and
           unlimited
           as
           before
           ;
           all
           things
           being
           subjected
           to
           Arbitrariness
           ,
           and
           a
           person
           having
           power
           over
           the
           three
           Nations
           boundlessly
           ,
           and
           unlimited
           ;
           And
           upon
           the
           matter
           all
           Government
           dissolved
           ,
           all
           Civill
           Administrations
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           as
           will
           presently
           be
           made
           appear
           .
        
         
           The
           Gentlemen
           that
           undertook
           to
           frame
           this
           Government
           ,
           did
           consult
           divers
           dayes
           together
           ,
           (
           they
           being
           of
           known
           Integrity
           and
           ability
           )
           how
           to
           frame
           somwhat
           that
           might
           give
           us
           settlement
           ;
           and
           they
           did
           so
           :
           and
           that
           I
           was
           not
           privy
           to
           their
           Councels
           ,
           they
           know
           it
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           had
           finished
           their
           modell
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           or
           made
           a
           very
           good
           preparation
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           became
           Communicative
           .
           They
           told
           me
           that
           except
           I
           would
           undertake
           the
           Government
           ,
           they
           thought
           things
           would
           hardly
           come
           to
           a
           Composure
           and
           Settlement
           ;
           but
           blood
           and
           confusion
           would
           break
           in
           upon
           us
           .
           I
           denied
           it
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           as
           God
           and
           those
           persons
           know
           ,
           not
           complementingly
           as
           they
           also
           know
           ,
           and
           as
           God
           knows
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           ,
           after
           many
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           letting
           of
           me
           know
           that
           I
           did
           not
           receive
           any
           thing
           that
           put
           me
           into
           any
           higher
           Capacity
           then
           I
           was
           in
           before
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           limited
           me
           ,
           and
           bound
           my
           hands
           to
           act
           nothing
           to
           the
           prejud●ce
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           without
           consent
           of
           a
           Councell
           untill
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           then
           limited
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           the
           Act
           of
           Government
           expresseth
           ,
           I
           did
           accept
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           repeat
           this
           again
           to
           you
           if
           it
           were
           needfull
           ,
           but
           I
           think
           I
           need
           not
           .
           I
           was
           arbitrary
           in
           Power
           ,
           having
           the
           Armies
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           under
           my
           command
           :
           and
           truly
           not
           very
           ill
           beloved
           by
           them
           ;
           nor
           very
           ill
           beloved
           then
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           by
           the
           good
           people
           ;
           and
           I
           believe
           I
           should
           have
           been
           more
           beloved
           if
           they
           had
           known
           the
           truth
           ,
           as
           things
           were
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           themselves
           ;
           and
           before
           divers
           of
           these
           Gentlemen
           whom
           I
           but
           now
           mentioned
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           ,
           at
           the
           intreaty
           of
           divers
           persons
           of
           honour
           and
           quality
           ;
           at
           theintreaty
           of
           very
           many
           of
           the
           chief
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           then
           present
           ,
           and
           at
           their
           request
           ,
           I
           did
           accept
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           title
           of
           Protector
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Seal
           ,
           the
           Judges
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
           Major
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           Souldierie
           ,
           divers
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           people
           ,
           and
           persons
           of
           quality
           ,
           &c
           accompanied
           to
           
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
          
           whe●e
           I
           took
           my
           oath
           to
           this
           Government
           .
           This
           was
           not
           done
           in
           a
           corner
           :
           it
           was
           open
           and
           publick
           .
        
         
           This
           Government
           hath
           bin
           exercised
           by
           a
           Councel
           ,
           with
           a
           desire
           to
           be
           faithfull
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           and
           amongst
           all
           other
           trusts
           ,
           to
           be
           faithfull
           in
           calling
           this
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           given
           you
           a
           very
           bare
           and
           lean
           discourse
           ;
           which
           truely
           I
           have
           been
           necessitated
           unto
           ,
           and
           contracted
           in
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           unexpectednesse
           of
           the
           occasion
           ;
           and
           because
           I
           would
           not
           quite
           weary
           you
           nor
           my self
           .
           But
           this
           is
           a
           Narrative
           that
           discovers
           to
           you
           the
           Series
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           of
           Transactions
           leading
           me
           into
           this
           Condition
           wherein
           I
           now
           stand
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           promised
           you
           ,
           wherein
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           so
           long
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           am
           sure
           this
           occasion
           does
           require
           plainnesse
           and
           freedom
           ,
           )
           is
           ,
           That
           as
           I
           brought
           not
           my self
           into
           this
           Condition
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           my
           own
           apprehension
           I
           did
           not
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           did
           not
           ,
           (
           the
           things
           being
           true
           which
           I
           have
           told
           you
           )
           I
           submit
           it
           to
           your
           Judgements
           ,
           and
           there
           shall
           I
           leave
           it
           ,
           let
           God
           do
           what
           he
           pleaseth
           .
           )
           The
           other
           things
           I
           say
           that
           I
           am
           to
           speak
           to
           you
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           not
           ,
           nor
           do
           not
           bear
           witnesse
           to
           my self
           I
           am
           far
           from
           alluding
           to
           him
           that
           said
           so
           ;
           yet
           truth
           concerning
           a
           member
           of
           his
           he
           will
           own
           ,
           though
           men
           do
           not
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           think
           (
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           )
           I
           have
           a
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           .
           I
           think
           so
           ,
           let
           men
           be
           as
           froward
           as
           they
           will
           :
           I
           have
           witnesse
           within
           ,
           without
           ,
           and
           above
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           speak
           of
           them
           that
           are
           without
           ,
           having
           fully
           spoken
           before
           of
           the
           witnesse
           above
           ,
           and
           the
           witnesse
           in
           my
           own
           conscience
           ,
           upon
           the
           other
           Account
           ;
           because
           that
           subject
           had
           more
           obscurity
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           in
           some
           sort
           needed
           appeals
           ;
           and
           I
           trust
           might
           lawfully
           make
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           take
           an
           oath
           ,
           where
           things
           were
           not
           so
           apt
           to
           be
           made
           evident
           .
           I
           shall
           enumetate
           my
           witnesses
           as
           well
           as
           I
           can
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           had
           consented
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           there
           was
           some
           solemnity
           to
           be
           performed
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           accompanied
           with
           some
           persons
           of
           considerablenesse
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           persons
           before
           expressed
           ,
           who
           accompanied
           me
           at
           the
           time
           of
           my
           entring
           upon
           this
           Government
           to
           
             west
             minster
          
           Hall
           to
           take
           my
           oath
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           an
           explicite
           consent
           of
           Interessed
           persons
           ,
           and
           an
           implicite
           consent
           of
           many
           ,
           shewing
           their
           good
           liking
           and
           approbation
           thereof
           .
           And
           (
           Gentlemen
           )
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           you
           are
           altogether
           strangers
           
           to
           it
           in
           your
           Country
           :
           some
           did
           not
           nauseate
           it
           :
           very
           many
           did
           approve
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           the
           approbation
           of
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Officers
           ,
           I
           had
           that
           by
           their
           Remonstrances
           ,
           and
           under
           signature
           :
           There
           was
           went
           along
           With
           that
           explicite
           consent
           ,
           an
           implicite
           consent
           of
           persons
           that
           had
           somewhat
           to
           do
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           instrumentall
           by
           God
           to
           sight
           down
           the
           enemes
           of
           God
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           And
           truly
           ,
           untill
           my
           hands
           were
           bound
           ,
           and
           I
           limited
           ,
           (
           wherein
           I
           took
           full
           contentment
           ,
           as
           many
           can
           bear
           me
           witnesse
           ,
           )
           when
           I
           had
           in
           my
           hands
           so
           great
           a
           power
           and
           Arbitrarinesse
           ,
           the
           Souldiery
           were
           a
           very
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           especially
           all
           Government
           being
           dissolved
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           all
           Government
           was
           thus
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           nothing
           to
           keep
           things
           in
           order
           but
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           (
           which
           many
           Histories
           will
           not
           parallel
           )
           even
           they
           were
           desirous
           that
           things
           might
           come
           to
           a
           Consistency
           ,
           and
           Arbirrariness
           might
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           put
           into
           a
           person
           (
           limited
           and
           bounded
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Settlement
           )
           whom
           they
           destrusted
           the
           least
           ,
           and
           loved
           not
           the
           worst
           :
           this
           was
           another
           evidence
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           not
           forget
           the
           honourable
           and
           civill
           entertainment
           ,
           with
           the
           approbation
           I
           found
           in
           the
           great
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           ;
           which
           the
           City
           knows
           whether
           I
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           sought
           .
           And
           truely
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           is
           folly
           to
           remember
           this
           :
           For
           it
           was
           very
           great
           and
           high
           ,
           and
           very
           publick
           ;
           and
           as
           numerous
           a
           Body
           of
           those
           that
           are
           known
           by
           names
           ,
           and
           t●ttles
           ,
           (
           the
           severall
           Corporations
           and
           Societies
           of
           Citizens
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           at
           any
           time
           seen
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           not
           without
           some
           appearance
           of
           satisfaction
           also
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           not
           onely
           this
           witnesse
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           had
           from
           the
           greatest
           County
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           from
           many
           Cities
           and
           Boroughs
           ,
           and
           many
           Counties
           ,
           explicit
           Approbations
           ,
           not
           of
           those
           gathered
           here
           and
           there
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           County
           of
           
             York
          
           and
           City
           of
           
             York
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Counties
           and
           Places
           assembled
           in
           their
           publick
           and
           generall
           Assizes
           ,
           the
           Grand-Jury
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Noblemen
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Yeomen
           ,
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           giving
           very
           great
           thanks
           to
           me
           for
           under-taking
           this
           heavy
           Berden
           at
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           giving
           very
           great
           Approbation
           and
           incouragement
           to
           me
           to
           go
           through
           with
           it
           .
           These
           are
           plain
           .
           I
           have
           them
           to
           shew
           .
           And
           by
           these
           in
           some
           measure
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           bear
           witness
           to
           my self
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           not
           all
           :
           the
           Judges
           ,
           (
           and
           truly
           I
           had
           almost
           forgotten
           it
           .
           )
           they
           thinking
           that
           there
           was
           a
           dissolution
           of
           Government
           ,
           met
           and
           consulted
           ,
           and
           did
           declare
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           administer
           Justice
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           untill
           they
           had
           received
           Commissions
           from
           me
           :
           And
           they
           did
           receive
           Commissions
           from
           me
           .
           And
           by
           vertue
           of
           those
           Commissions
           they
           have
           acted
           .
           And
           all
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           that
           have
           acted
           ,
           have
           acted
           by
           vertue
           of
           like
           Commissions
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           little
           more
           then
           an
           implicit
           Approbation
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           ,
           all
           the
           Justice
           administred
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           hath
           been
           by
           this
           Authority
           ,
           which
           also
           I
           lay
           before
           you
           ,
           desiring
           you
           to
           think
           ,
           whether
           all
           these
           Persons
           before-mentioned
           ,
           must
           not
           come
           before
           you
           for
           an
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           and
           Generall
           Pardon
           ,
           who
           have
           acted
           under
           ,
           and
           testified
           to
           this
           Government
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           dis-owned
           by
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           more
           ,
           equivalent
           to
           all
           these
           I
           have
           reckoned
           ,
           if
           I
           be
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           greatly
           mistaken
           ,
           If
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           All
           you
           that
           are
           here
           are
           my
           Witnesses
           ,
           I
           should
           say
           no
           untruth
           .
           I
           know
           you
           are
           the
           same
           persons
           here
           that
           you
           were
           in
           the
           Countrey
           .
           But
           I
           will
           reserve
           to
           speak
           to
           this
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           for
           this
           will
           be
           the
           issue
           of
           my
           Speech
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           two
           or
           three
           Witnesses
           that
           are
           more
           then
           all
           I
           have
           accounted
           and
           reckoned
           before
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           People
           in
           
             England
          
           are
           my
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           many
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           and
           
             Scotland
          
           :
           All
           the
           Sheriffs
           in
           
             England
          
           are
           my
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           came
           in
           upon
           the
           Process
           issued
           out
           by
           the
           Sheriffs
           ,
           are
           my
           Witnesses
           :
           Yea
           ,
           the
           Returns
           of
           the
           Elections
           to
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           not
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           blown
           away
           with
           a
           breath
           ,
           the
           Returns
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           in
           the
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           and
           Boroughs
           ,
           all
           are
           my
           Witnesses
           of
           Approbation
           to
           the
           condition
           and
           place
           I
           stand
           in
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           shall
           now
           make
           you
           my
           last
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           ask
           you
           whether
           you
           came
           not
           hither
           by
           my
           Writs
           directed
           to
           the
           severall
           Sheriffs
           ?
           And
           so
           to
           other
           Officers
           in
           Cities
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           People
           gave
           obedience
           ,
           having
           also
           had
           the
           Act
           of
           Government
           communicated
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           which
           end
           great
           numbers
           of
           Copies
           were
           sent
           down
           on
           purpose
           to
           be
           communicated
           to
           them
           ;
           And
           the
           Government
           also
           required
           to
           be
           distinctly
           read
           unto
           the
           People
           at
           the
           place
           of
           Elections
           ,
           to
           avoid
           surprizes
           ,
           where
           also
           they
           signed
           the
           Indenture
           ,
           with
           proviso
           ,
           That
           the
           persons
           so
           chosen
           ,
           shall
           not
           have
           power
           to
           alter
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           settled
           ,
           in
           one
           single
           Person
           and
           a
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           made
           good
           my
           second
           Assertion
           ,
           That
           I
           bear
           not
           
           witness
           to
           my self
           ;
           but
           the
           good
           people
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           you
           all
           are
           my
           witnesses
           .
        
         
           Yea
           surely
           ,
           And
           this
           being
           so
           ,
           though
           I
           told
           you
           in
           my
           last
           Speech
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ;
           yet
           I
           thought
           it
           was
           understood
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           the
           Protector
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           that
           called
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           was
           in
           possession
           of
           the
           Government
           by
           a
           good
           Right
           from
           God
           and
           men
           .
           And
           ,
           I
           beheve
           ,
           if
           the
           learnedst
           men
           in
           this
           Nation
           were
           called
           to
           to
           shaw
           a
           President
           so
           clear
           ,
           so
           many
           wayes
           approving
           of
           a
           Government
           ;
           they
           would
           not
           in
           all
           their
           search
           finde
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           not
           in
           my
           other
           speech
           to
           you
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           justifie
           .
           the
           Government
           in
           every
           particular
           ;
           and
           I
           told
           you
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           was
           plain
           .
           It
           was
           publick
           ;
           and
           had
           been
           long
           publi●●…ed
           ,
           and
           it
           might
           be
           under
           the
           most
           serious
           inspection
           of
           all
           that
           pleased
           to
           peruse
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           I
           have
           approved
           my self
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           my
           conscience
           ,
           in
           my
           actions
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           undertaking
           .
           And
           I
           have
           given
           cause
           of
           approving
           my self
           to
           every
           one
           of
           your
           consciences
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           sport
           with
           it
           ?
           with
           a
           business
           thus
           serious
           ?
           May
           not
           this
           Character
           ,
           this
           stamp
           bear
           equall
           Poyze
           with
           iany
           hereditary
           Interest
           ,
           which
           may
           have
           ,
           and
           hath
           had
           in
           the
           common
           Law
           ,
           matters
           of
           Dispute
           ,
           and
           Tryall
           of
           learning
           ?
           wherein
           many
           have
           exercised
           more
           W●t
           ,
           and
           spilt
           more
           blood
           then
           I
           hope
           ever
           to
           live
           to
           see
           ,
           or
           hear
           of
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           why
           I
           may
           not
           balance
           this
           providence
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           any
           hereditary
           Interest
           ,
           as
           being
           less
           subject
           to
           those
           Cracks
           and
           Flaws
           they
           are
           commonly
           incident
           unto
           .
           Which
           Titles
           have
           cost
           more
           blood
           in
           former
           times
           in
           this
           Nation
           then
           we
           have
           leisure
           to
           speak
           of
           now
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           be
           thus
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           deriving
           a
           Title
           from
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           upon
           such
           Accounts
           as
           these
           are
           :
           Although
           som
           men
           be
           froward
           ,
           yet
           that
           your
           judgements
           that
           are
           Persons
           sent
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           acceptance
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           for
           you
           to
           disown
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           own
           it
           ;
           for
           you
           to
           act
           Parliamentary
           Authority
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           disowning
           of
           it
           ;
           contrary
           to
           the
           very
           fundamentall
           things
           ;
           yea
           ,
           against
           the
           very
           root
           it self
           of
           this
           Establishment
           ;
           to
           sit
           and
           not
           own
           the
           Authority
           by
           which
           you
           sit
           ,
           is
           that
           that
           I
           believe
           astonisheth
           more
           men
           then
           my self
           ;
           and
           doth
           as
           dangerously
           disappoint
           and
           discompose
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           any
           thing
           could
           have
           been
           invented
           by
           
           the
           greatest
           enemy
           to
           our
           peace
           and
           welfare
           ;
           or
           could
           well
           have
           happened
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           things
           in
           the
           Establishment
           that
           are
           Fundamentall
           ,
           and
           some
           things
           are
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           are
           Circumstantial
           .
           Of
           such
           ,
           no
           question
           but
           I
           shall
           easily
           agree
           to
           vary
           ,
           or
           leave
           out
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           be
           convinced
           by
           reason
           .
           Some
           things
           are
           Fundamentals
           ,
           about
           which
           I
           shall
           deal
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           they
           may
           not
           be
           parted
           with
           ;
           but
           will
           (
           I
           trust
           )
           be
           delivered
           over
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           fruits
           of
           our
           Blood
           and
           Travel
           .
        
         
           The
           Government
           by
           a
           single
           Person
           and
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           a
           Fundamental
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           
             Esse
             .
          
           It
           is
           Constitutive
           .
           And
           for
           the
           preson
           ,
           though
           I
           may
           seem
           to
           plead
           for
           my self
           ,
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           ,
           no
           nor
           can
           any
           reasonable
           man
           say
           it
           .
           But
           if
           the
           things
           throughout
           this
           Speech
           be
           true
           ,
           I
           plead
           for
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           all
           honest
           men
           therein
           ,
           who
           have
           born
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           as
           aforsa●d
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           my self
           .
           And
           if
           things
           should
           do
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           well
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           not
           fear
           ;
           and
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           discontented
           persons
           take
           advantage
           at
           these
           Distractions
           ,
           the
           issue
           will
           be
           put
           up
           before
           God
           .
           Let
           him
           own
           ,
           or
           let
           him
           disown
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           please
           .
        
         
           In
           every
           Government
           there
           must
           be
           som●what
           Fundamentall
           ,
           somewhat
           like
           a
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           that
           should
           be
           standing
           ,
           and
           be
           unalterable
           .
           Where
           there
           is
           a
           Stipulation
           on
           one
           Part
           ,
           and
           that
           fully
           accepted
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ;
           surely
           a
           return
           ought
           to
           be
           :
           else
           what
           does
           that
           Stipulation
           signifie
           ;
           If
           I
           have
           upon
           the
           Tea●ms
           aforesaid
           undertaken
           this
           great
           Trust
           ,
           and
           Exercised
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           called
           you
           ,
           surely
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           owned
           .
        
         
           That
           Parliaments
           should
           not
           make
           themselves
           Perpetuall
           ,
           is
           a
           Fundamentals
           .
           Of
           what
           assurance
           is
           a
           Law
           to
           prevent
           so
           great
           an
           evil
           ,
           if
           it
           lie
           in
           one
           or
           the
           same
           Legislator
           to
           unlaw
           it
           again
           ?
           Is
           this
           like
           to
           be
           lasting
           ?
           It
           will
           be
           like
           a
           Rope
           of
           Sand
           ;
           it
           will
           give
           no
           security
           ,
           For
           the
           same
           men
           may
           unbuild
           ,
           what
           they
           have
           built
           .
        
         
           Is
           not
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           in
           Religion
           a
           Fundamentall
           ?
           so
           long
           as
           there
           is
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           for
           the
           Supream
           Magistrate
           ,
           to
           exercise
           his
           Conference
           in
           erecting
           what
           Form
           of
           Church
           Government
           he
           is
           satisfied
           ,
           he
           should
           set
           up
           ;
           why
           should
           not
           he
           give
           it
           to
           others
           ?
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           is
           a
           Naturall
           Right
           :
           and
           he
           that
           would
           have
           it
           ought
           to
           give
           it
           ;
           having
           Liberty
           to
           settle
           what
           he
           likes
           for
           the
           Publick
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           that
           hath
           been
           one
           of
           the
           Vanities
           of
           our
           Contests
           .
           Every
           Sect
           saith
           ,
           Oh!
           Give
           me
           Liberty
           .
           But
           give
           him
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           power
           
           he
           will
           not
           yeeld
           it
           to
           any Body
           else
           .
           Where
           is
           our
           ingenuity
           ?
           Truly
           that
           's
           a
           thing
           ought
           to
           be
           very
           Reciprocal
           .
           The
           Magistrate
           hath
           his
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           settle
           Religion
           according
           to
           his
           Conscience
           .
           And
           I
           may
           say
           it
           to
           you
           :
           I
           can
           say
           it
           ;
           all
           the
           Money
           of
           this
           Nation
           would
           not
           have
           tempted
           men
           to
           sight
           ,
           upon
           such
           an
           Account
           as
           they
           have
           engaged
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           had
           hopes
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           b●tter
           then
           they
           had
           from
           Episcopacy
           ;
           or
           then
           would
           have
           been
           afforded
           them
           from
           a
           
             Scottish
          
           Presbyterian
           ,
           or
           an
           
             English
          
           either
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           made
           such
           steps
           ,
           or
           been
           as
           sharp
           and
           Rigid
           ,
           as
           it
           threatened
           when
           it
           was
           first
           set
           up
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           a
           Fundamentall
           .
           It
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           :
           it
           is
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           .
           And
           if
           there
           be
           an
           absoluteness
           in
           the
           Imposer
           ,
           without
           fitting
           allowances
           ,
           and
           exceptions
           from
           the
           Rule
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           our
           People
           driven
           into
           Wildernesses
           ;
           as
           they
           were
           when
           those
           poor
           and
           aflicted
           People
           that
           forsock
           their
           estates
           and
           inheritances
           here
           ,
           where
           they
           lived
           Pleat
           fully
           and
           comfortably
           ,
           for
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           were
           nece
           sitated
           to
           go
           into
           a
           vast
           howling
           wilderness
           in
           
             New
             England
             ,
          
           where
           they
           have
           for
           Liberty
           sake
           stript
           themselves
           of
           all
           their
           comfort
           ,
           and
           the
           full
           enjoyment
           they
           had
           ,
           embracing
           rather
           lots
           of
           friends
           ,
           and
           want
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           so
           ensnared
           ,
           and
           in
           Bondage
           .
        
         
           Another
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           forgotten
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           that
           's
           Judged
           a
           Fundamental
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           so
           .
           That
           it
           should
           be
           well
           and
           equally
           placed
           ,
           is
           very
           necessary
           :
           For
           ,
           put
           the
           Absolute
           Power
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           into
           One
           without
           a
           Check
           ,
           what
           doth
           it
           ?
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           what
           doth
           your
           Check
           put
           upon
           your
           Perpetuall
           Parliaments
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           wholly
           stript
           of
           this
           ?
           It
           is
           equally
           Placed
           ,
           and
           Desires
           were
           to
           have
           it
           so
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           in
           one
           Person
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           sitting
           the
           Parliament
           .
           What
           signifies
           a
           Provision
           against
           perpetuating
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           solely
           in
           them
           ?
           Whether
           without
           a
           Check
           the
           Parliament
           have
           not
           Liberty
           to
           ,
           alter
           the
           Frame
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           Aristocrasie
           ,
           to
           Democrasie
           ,
           to
           Anarchy
           ,
           to
           any
           Thing
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           fully
           in
           them
           ?
           yea
           ,
           into
           all
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           Remedy
           ,
           And
           if
           this
           One
           Thing
           he
           placed
           in
           One
           ,
           that
           One
           ,
           be
           it
           Parliament
           ;
           be
           it
           Supreain
           Governour
           ,
           They
           ,
           or
           He
           hath
           Power
           to
           make
           what
           they
           please
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           have
           a
           Ballance
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           Fundamentals
           must
           stand
           ,
           Which
           may
           be
           wortby
           to
           be
           delivered
           over
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           truly
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           unreasonably
           urged
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Militia
          
           should
           be
           disposed
           as
           it
           is
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           
           should
           be
           so
           equally
           placed
           ,
           that
           one
           Person
           neither
           in
           Parliament
           nor
           out
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           should
           have
           the
           Power
           of
           Ordering
           it
           .
           The
           Councell
           are
           the
           Trustees
           or
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           in
           all
           Inte●vals
           of
           Parliaments
           who
           have
           as
           absolute
           a
           Negative
           upon
           the
           Supream
           Officer
           in
           the
           said
           Intervals
           ,
           as
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           whilst
           it
           is
           sitting
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           made
           use
           of
           :
           a
           man
           cannot
           be
           raised
           ,
           nor
           a
           penny
           charged
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           nothing
           done
           without
           consent
           of
           Parliament
           :
           and
           in
           the
           Intervals
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           Consent
           of
           the
           Councill
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           exercised
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           very
           little
           Power
           ,
           none
           but
           what
           is
           Co-ordinate
           in
           the
           Supream
           Officer
           ,
           and
           yet
           enough
           in
           him
           that
           hath
           the
           Chief
           Government
           ,
           in
           that
           particular
           he
           is
           bound
           in
           strictnesse
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           out
           of
           Parliament
           by
           the
           Councill
           ,
           that
           do
           as
           absolutely
           binde
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           when
           the
           Parliament
           is
           sitting
           .
        
         
           For
           that
           of
           Money
           ,
           I
           told
           you
           some
           things
           are
           Circumstantials
           .
           To
           have
           Two
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           to
           defray
           Civill
           Officers
           ,
           to
           pay
           the
           Judges
           and
           other
           Officers
           ,
           defraying
           the
           Charges
           of
           the
           Councill
           in
           sending
           their
           Embassies
           ,
           in
           keeping
           Intelligence
           ,
           and
           doing
           that
           that
           's
           necessary
           ,
           and
           for
           supporting
           the
           Governour
           in
           Chief
           .
           All
           this
           is
           by
           the
           Instrument
           supposed
           and
           intended
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           of
           the
           
             Esse
          
           to
           much
           ,
           and
           so
           limited
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Souldiers
           ,
           30000.
           twenty
           thousand
           Foot
           ,
           and
           Ten
           Thousand
           Horse
           .
           If
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           be
           composed
           ,
           five
           thousand
           House
           ,
           and
           ten
           thouasnd
           Foot
           may
           serve
           .
           These
           things
           are
           between
           the
           Chief
           Officer
           and
           the
           Parliament
           to
           be
           moderated
           as
           occasion
           shall
           offer
           .
        
         
           So
           there
           are
           many
           other
           Circumstantiall
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           like
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Medes
           and
           Persians
           .
           But
           the
           things
           which
           shall
           be
           necessary
           to
           deliver
           over
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           these
           should
           be
           unalterable
           ,
           else
           every
           succeeding
           Parliament
           will
           be
           disputing
           to
           charge
           and
           alter
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           be
           as
           often
           brought
           into
           confusion
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           our
           Remedy
           our
           Disease
           The
           Lords
           Providence
           appearing
           Evils
           ,
           appearing
           Good
           ,
           and
           better
           Judgement
           will
           give
           occasion
           for
           the
           ordering
           of
           things
           for
           the
           best
           interest
           of
           the
           People
           .
           And
           those
           Things
           are
           the
           Matter
           of
           Consideration
           between
           you
           and
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           indeed
           almost
           tired
           my self
           .
           That
           I
           have
           further
           to
           say
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           I
           Would
           it
           had
           not
           been
           needful
           for
           me
           to
           have
           called
           you
           hither
           to
           have
           
           expostulated
           these
           things
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           but
           Neccssity
           hath
           ;
           no
           Law
           Feigned
           necessities
           ,
           Imaginary
           necessities
           are
           the
           greatest
           Cousenage
           that
           men
           can
           put
           upon
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           make
           pretences
           to
           break
           known
           Rules
           by
           .
           But
           it
           is
           as
           legal
           and
           as
           carnal
           ,
           and
           as
           Stupid
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           there
           are
           no
           Necessities
           that
           are
           manifest
           Necessities
           ,
           because
           Necessities
           may
           be
           abused
           or
           feigned
           .
           And
           truly
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           think
           so
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           none
           of
           you
           think
           so
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           willfull
           throwings
           away
           of
           this
           Government
           ,
           such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           so
           owned
           by
           God
           ,
           so
           approved
           by
           men
           ,
           so
           testified
           to
           ,
           in
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Relat●on
           to
           the
           good
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           ,
           I
           can
           sooner
           be
           wi●ling
           to
           be
           ro●led
           into
           my
           Grave
           ,
           and
           buried
           with
           infamy
           ,
           then
           I
           can
           g●ve
           my
           consent
           unto
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           been
           called
           hither
           together
           to
           save
           a
           Nation
           ;
           —
           Nations
           .
           You
           had
           the
           best
           ;
           people
           indeed
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           in
           your
           Trust
           ,
           when
           you
           came
           hither
           .
           You
           had
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           there
           Nations
           delivered
           over
           to
           you
           in
           Peace
           and
           quietnesse
           :
           You
           were
           ,
           and
           we
           all
           were
           put
           into
           an
           uninterrupted
           Possession
           ,
           no body
           making
           Title
           to
           us
           .
           Through
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           our
           enemies
           were
           hopelesse
           and
           scattered
           .
           We
           had
           Peace
           at
           house
           :
           Peace
           almost
           with
           all
           Neighbours
           round
           about
           :
           fit
           to
           take
           advantages
           where
           God
           did
           administer
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           have
           our
           Peace
           and
           Interest
           ,
           that
           had
           those
           hopes
           the
           other
           day
           thus
           shaken
           ,
           and
           under
           such
           a
           confusion
           ;
           and
           we
           rendered
           hereby
           (
           almost
           the
           scorn
           and
           contempt
           of
           those
           strangers
           that
           are
           amongst
           us
           ,
           to
           Negotiate
           their
           Masters
           Affairs
           ;
           To
           give
           them
           opportunity
           to
           see
           our
           nakednesse
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           a
           People
           that
           have
           been
           unhinged
           this
           twelve
           years
           day
           ,
           and
           un
           inged
           still
           ,
           as
           if
           scattering
           ,
           division
           ,
           and
           confusion
           should
           come
           upon
           us
           (
           as
           if
           it
           were
           desired
           )
           which
           are
           the
           greatest
           plagues
           God
           ordinarily
           layes
           upon
           Nations
           for
           sin
           :
           I
           would
           be
           loath
           to
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           Matters
           of
           our
           delight
           ;
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           Why
           not
           the
           matter
           of
           our
           care
           ,
           so
           wisely
           as
           we
           ought
           by
           uttermost
           endeavours
           to
           avoid
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           when
           by
           such
           Actions
           as
           these
           are
           ,
           these
           poor
           Nations
           shall
           be
           thrown
           into
           heaps
           of
           Confusion
           through
           blood
           ,
           and
           ruine
           ,
           and
           trouble
           ,
           upon
           the
           saddest
           account
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           if
           breaking
           should
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           because
           we
           would
           not
           settle
           when
           we
           might
           ,
           when
           God
           put
           it
           into
           our
           hands
           :
           Your
           Affairs
           now
           almost
           settled
           every where
           :
           And
           to
           have
           all
           recoyled
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           our selves
           shaken
           in
           our
           Affections
           ,
           loosened
           from
           all
           known
           and
           publick
           Interests
           ,
           
           as
           I
           have
           mentioned
           to
           you
           :
           Who
           shal
           answer
           for
           these
           things
           to
           God
           ?
           Who
           can
           answer
           for
           these
           things
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           Men
           ?
           To
           the
           people
           that
           sent
           you
           hither
           ?
           who
           lookt
           for
           refreshment
           from
           you
           ,
           who
           lookt
           for
           nothing
           but
           Peace
           and
           Quietnesse
           ,
           and
           Rest
           and
           Settlement
           .
           And
           when
           we
           shall
           come
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           to
           them
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ;
           Oh!
           we
           have
           quarrelled
           for
           ,
           and
           we
           contested
           for
           the
           Liberty
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           Wherein
           forsooth
           for
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           people
           ?
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           the
           desires
           and
           endeavours
           ,
           and
           the
           things
           themselves
           will
           speak
           for
           themselves
           ;
           That
           the
           Liberty
           of
           
             England
          
           ;
           The
           Liberty
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           the
           avoiding
           of
           Tyranous
           Impositions
           ,
           either
           upon
           men
           as
           men
           ,
           or
           Christians
           as
           Christians
           ,
           is
           made
           so
           safe
           by
           this
           Act
           of
           settlement
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           speak
           sufficiently
           for
           it self
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           it
           shall
           appear
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           and
           done
           ,
           and
           what
           our
           Transact●o●s
           have
           been
           :
           for
           God
           can
           discover
           ,
           and
           no
           Priviledge
           will
           hinder
           the
           Lord
           from-discovering
           ,
           no
           Priviledge
           or
           Condition
           of
           men
           can
           hide
           from
           the
           Lord
           :
           He
           can
           and
           wi1l
           make
           all
           manifest
           if
           he
           see
           it
           for
           hi●
           Glory
           .
           And
           when
           these
           shall
           by
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           be
           manifested
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           shall
           come
           and
           say
           Gentlemen
           ,
           What
           condition
           are
           we
           in
           ?
           We
           hoped
           for
           Light
           ,
           and
           behold
           Darknesse
           ,
           obscure
           Darknesse
           !
           We
           hoped
           for
           Rest
           ,
           after
           ten
           years
           civil
           Wars
           :
           We
           are
           plunged
           into
           deep
           Confussion
           again
           .
           I
           ,
           we
           know
           these
           Consequences
           will
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           if
           God
           Almighty
           shall
           not
           finde
           out
           some
           way
           to
           prevent
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           this
           thought
           within
           my self
           ,
           That
           it
           had
           not
           been
           d●shonest
           ,
           nor
           dishonourable
           ,
           nor
           against
           true
           Liberty
           ,
           no
           not
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           when
           a
           Parliament
           was
           so
           chosen
           ,
           in
           pursuance
           of
           ,
           in
           conformity
           to
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           an
           approbation
           ,
           and
           consent
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           that
           runs
           might
           read
           by
           what
           Authority
           you
           came
           hither
           ;
           That
           an
           owning
           of
           your
           Call
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Authority
           bringing
           you
           hither
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           required
           before
           your
           entrance
           into
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           was
           declined
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           been
           done
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           perswaded
           scarce
           any
           man
           could
           reasonably
           doubt
           you
           came
           with
           contrary
           mindes
           .
           And
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           the
           people
           that
           sent
           you
           least
           doubted
           thereof
           at
           all
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           must
           deal
           plainly
           with
           you
           .
           What
           I
           forbare
           upon
           a
           just
           confidence
           at
           first
           ,
           you
           necessitate
           me
           unto
           now
           —
           That
           seeing
           the
           Authority
           calling
           you
           is
           so
           little
           valued
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           sleighted
           ,
           till
           some
           such
           assurance
           be
           given
           ,
           and
           made
           known
           ;
           That
           the
           Fundamentall
           Interest
           of
           the
           Goverment
           be
           settied
           and
           approved
           ,
           
           according
           to
           the
           Provisoe
           contained
           in
           the
           Return
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           Consent
           testified
           ,
           as
           will
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           the
           same
           is
           accepted
           ,
           I
           have
           caused
           a
           stop
           to
           be
           put
           to
           your
           entrance
           into
           the
           Parliament-House
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sorry
           ,
           I
           am
           sorry
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           be
           ●…orry
           so
           the
           death
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           cause
           for
           this
           .
           But
           there
           is
           cause
           .
           ●●…d
           if
           things
           be
           not
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           are
           reasonably
           Demanded
           .
           I
           for
           my
           part
           shall
           do
           that
           that
           becomes
           me
           ,
           seeking
           my
           Councell
           from
           God
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           therefore
           somewhat
           to
           be
           offered
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           hope
           will
           (
           being
           understood
           with
           the
           Qualifications
           that
           I
           have
           told
           you
           of
           :
           Reforming
           Circumstantials
           ,
           and
           agreeing
           in
           the
           Substance
           and
           Fundamentals
           (
           which
           is
           ,
           the
           Government
           Setled
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           in
           the
           Indenture
           )
           not
           to
           be
           altered
           ;
           The
           making
           of
           your
           mindes
           known
           in
           that
           ,
           by
           giving
           your
           assent
           and
           Subscription
           to
           it
           ;
           is
           that
           ,
           that
           will
           )
           let
           you
           in
           ,
           to
           Act
           those
           things
           as
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           are
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           people
           And
           this
           thing
           shewed
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           Signed
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           doth
           determine
           the
           controversie
           ;
           and
           may
           give
           a
           happy
           progresse
           and
           issue
           to
           this
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           Place
           where
           you
           may
           come
           thus
           ,
           and
           Sign
           ,
           as
           many
           as
           God
           shall
           make
           free
           thereunto
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Lobby
           without
           the
           Parliament
           door
           .
        
         
           The
           Government
           doth
           declare
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           a
           Legislative
           Power
           without
           a
           Negative
           from
           me
           .
           As
           the
           Government
           doth
           expresse
           ,
           you
           may
           make
           any
           Laws
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           give
           not
           my
           Consent
           within
           twenty
           dayes
           ,
           to
           the
           passing
           your
           Laws
           ,
           they
           are
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           Laws
           ,
           whether
           I
           consent
           or
           no
           ,
           if
           not
           contrary
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           You
           have
           an
           absolute
           Legislative
           Power
           in
           all
           things
           that
           can
           possibly
           concern
           the
           good
           ,
           and
           interest
           of
           the
           publick
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           think
           you
           may
           make
           these
           Nations
           happy
           by
           this
           Settlement
           :
           And
           I
           for
           my
           part
           shall
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           bound
           more
           then
           I
           am
           in
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           may
           be
           convinced
           of
           ,
           may
           be
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           preservation
           of
           the
           Cause
           and
           Interest
           so
           long
           contended
           for
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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