The army harmelesse: or, A dispassionat and sober discussion of the late and present proceedings of the army, under the command of His Excellencie, Sir Thomas Fairfax. Wherein the equity and unblamableness of the said proceedings are demonstratively asserted, upon undenyable principles and maximes, as well of reason, as religion.
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             The army harmelesse: or, A dispassionat and sober discussion of the late and present proceedings of the army, under the command of His Excellencie, Sir Thomas Fairfax. Wherein the equity and unblamableness of the said proceedings are demonstratively asserted, upon undenyable principles and maximes, as well of reason, as religion.
             Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
          
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           THE
           ARMY
           ,
           HARMELESSE
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           dispassionat
           and
           sober
           discussion
           of
           the
           late
           and
           present
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           His
           Excellencie
           ,
           Sir
           THOMAS
           FAIRFAX
           .
        
         
           
             Wherein
             the
             equity
             and
             unblamableness
          
           of
           the
           said
           proceedings
           are
           demonstratively
           asserted
           ,
           upon
           undenyable
           principles
           and
           maximes
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           Reason
           ,
           as
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             Matth.
             12.
             3.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             But
             he
             said
             unto
             them
             ,
             have
             yee
             not
             read
             what
             David
             did
             when
             he
             was
             an
             hungry
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             were
             with
             him
             ;
             how
             hee
             entred
             into
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             did
             eate
             the
             Shew-bread
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             lawfull
             for
             him
             to
             eat
             (
             viz.
             
               in
               ordinary
               cases
               )
            
             neither
             for
             them
             that
             were
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             onely
             for
             the
             Priests
             ?
             Or
             have
             yee
             not
             read
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             how
             that
             on
             the
             Sabbath-daies
             the
             Priests
             in
             the
             Temple
             prophane
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             and
             are
             blamelesse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Plus
             Togae
             laesêre
             Rempublicam
             ,
             quam
             Loricae
             .
          
           
             Tertul.
             
          
        
         
           
             Proteus
             non
             reddit
             Oracula
             ,
             nisi
             alligatus
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Pounset
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           ,
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           
             Hand
          
           and
           
             Bible
             ,
          
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           
             Budge-row
          
           neere
           
             Dowgate
             .
          
           1647.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           THE
           Army
           ,
           Harmelesse
           .
           OR
           The
           equity
           and
           unblamablenesse
           of
           the
           Army
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           his
           Excellencie
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Fairfax
             ,
          
           clearely
           and
           briefly
           demonstrated
           and
           asserted
           ,
           as
           well
           upon
           
             grounds
             of
             Reason
             ,
             as
             Religion
             ;
             with
             all
             materiall
             objections
             Answered
             .
          
        
         
           VPon
           the
           first
           greeting
           between
           me
           and
           this
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             may
             seeme
             manifestly
             true
             to
             one
             man
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             to
             another
             appeares
             manifestly
             false
             .
          
           I
           was
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           under
           some
           demurre
           ,
           what
           I
           should
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Treasure
          
           or
           
             Coales
             ;
          
           the
           face
           ,
           and
           first
           interview
           of
           it
           ,
           promised
           (
           me thought
           )
           somewhat
           more
           then
           ordinary
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           presently
           apprehended
           ,
           there
           was
           either
           some
           weight
           and
           worth
           of
           truth
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           else
           some
           deluding
           notion
           of
           errour
           ,
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           .
           But
           upon
           a
           little
           recollection
           ,
           and
           consideration
           had
           ;
           partly
           ,
           of
           many
           serious
           ,
           (
           I
           wish
           there
           were
           no
           ground
           to
           say
           sad
           )
           doings
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           partly
           ,
           of
           some
           things
           which
           I
           had
           learned
           both
           from
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           effectually
           perswading
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           soone
           subscribed
           ,
           and
           received
           it
           into
           the
           society
           of
           those
           unquestionable
           principles
           and
           maximes
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           many
           cases
           of
           difficultie
           and
           obscurity
           unto
           others
           ,
           the
           sweet
           ,
           lightsome
           ,
           and
           stable
           supports
           of
           my
           soule
           .
           I
           could
           not
           (
           nor
           yet
           can
           )
           imagine
           how
           it
           should
           be
           possible
           for
           the
           party
           of
           Presbyterian
           ingagement
           amongst
           us
           (
           at
           least
           for
           many
           of
           them
           )
           to
           act
           with
           that
           〈◊〉
           and
           truculencie
           of
           spirit
           for
           their
           way
           ,
           did
           they
           not
           conceive
           
           it
           to
           be
           
             manifestly
          
           the
           best
           &
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           judge
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           persons
           ,
           who
           suffer
           in
           that
           extremity
           ,
           which
           many
           do
           ,
           and
           are
           like
           to
           do
           further
           ,
           for
           their
           non-comportment
           with
           that
           way
           ,
           conceive
           ,
           and
           judge
           the
           same
           to
           be
           
             manifestly
          
           sinfull
           ,
           and
           altogether
           (
           taking
           the
           whole
           contexture
           and
           modell
           of
           it
           )
           repugnant
           to
           that
           Word
           .
           And
           so
           againe
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           ,
           what
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           most
           and
           onely
           wise-God
           affirmeth
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           
             a
          
           
             A
             gift
             doth
             blind
             the
             eyes
          
           [
           even
           ]
           
             of
             the
             wise
             ,
             and
             perverteth
             the
             words
          
           [
           even
           ]
           
             of
             the
             righteous
             ,
          
           (
           with
           much
           more
           of
           like
           import
           )
           and
           what
           knowing
           and
           considering
           men
           frequently
           teach
           ,
           in
           such
           sentences
           as
           these
           .
           
             b
          
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             sound
             in
             a
             servile
             soule
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             worthy
             a
             man
             of
             wisdome
             to
             beleeve
             what
             such
             shall
             say
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             c
          
           
             Jupiter
             deprives
             men
             of
             halfe
             their
             wits
             or
             understandings
             ,
             when
             he
             subjects
             them
             in
             a
             servile
             way
             ,
             to
             the
             will
             and
             power
             of
             others
             ;
          
           with
           many
           other
           sayings
           of
           like
           tendencie
           with
           these
           ;
           when
           I
           consider
           (
           I
           say
           )
           the
           native
           and
           cleare
           consequences
           and
           issues
           of
           such
           assertions
           as
           these
           ,
           wherein
           both
           God
           and
           men
           agree
           ,
           I
           fully
           and
           convincingly
           apprehend
           ,
           how
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           cases
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           possible
           ,
           that
           men
           servile
           to
           their
           affections
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           sinister
           and
           ignoble
           ends
           ,
           may
           judge
           both
           such
           doctrines
           to
           be
           
             manifestly
          
           false
           ,
           and
           such
           practises
           
             manifestly
          
           unjust
           ,
           which
           unto
           men
           ,
           who
           know
           no
           Interests
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           are
           honourable
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           faire
           and
           full
           consistency
           with
           the
           publike
           good
           of
           men
           ,
           seeme
           (
           and
           are
           ,
           according
           to
           truth
           )
           the
           one
           
             manifestly
          
           Sound
           ,
           Orthodox
           ,
           and
           True
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           
             manifestly
          
           righteous
           ,
           and
           no
           waies
           trenching
           upon
           the
           due
           rights
           ,
           or
           regular
           Interests
           of
           any
           man
           .
        
         
           
             §.
             II.
             
          
           
             Though
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             many
             thousands
             more
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             the
             tenour
             of
             the
             present
             and
             late
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Army
             is
             ,
             not
             only
             unquestionably
             just
             ,
             but
             emphatically
             honourable
             also
             ,
             and
             worthy
             men
             whose
             Soveraign
             ingagements
             are
             ,
             to
             blesse
             the
             world
             with
             whatsoever
             is
             theirs
             ,
             with
             all
             they
             are
             able
             to
             doe
             ,
             or
             suffer
             .
             Yet
             is
             it
             no
             offence
             
             unto
             me
             (
             nor
             I
             trust
             unto
             many
             others
             ,
             though
             sorrow
             and
             sadnes
             of
             heart
             in
             abundance
             it
             be
             unto
             us
             )
             to
             heare
             and
             see
             ,
             both
             the
             persons
             and
             actions
             of
             these
             deserving
             men
             persecuted
             ,
             with
             the
             the
             tongues
             and
             pens
             of
             some
             others
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Heavens
             had
             declared
             against
             them
             and
             written
             the
             iniquity
             both
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             with
             a
             Sun-beame
             .
             The
             knowledge
             of
             the
             cause
             causeth
             as
             well
             the
             offence
             ,
             as
             admiration
             ,
             of
             the
             effect
             to
             cease
             .
             
               Say
               we
               not
               well
            
             (
             said
             the
             unbeleeving
             
               Iewes
            
             unto
             
               Christ
               )
               that
               thou
               art
               a
               Samaritan
               and
               hast
               a
               Devill
               ?
            
             
               a
            
             Doubtles
             these
             Iews
             were
             as
             confident
             of
             Truth
             in
             these
             horrid
             Imputations
             ,
             which
             they
             cast
             upon
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             ,
             as
             any
             Anti-Armists
             amongst
             us
             ,
             of
             what
             gowne
             soever
             whether
             Sacred
             or
             Civill
             ,
             can
             be
             of
             any
             such
             injustice
             or
             impiety
             in
             the
             Army
             or
             proceedings
             thereof
             ,
             whereof
             they
             accuse
             them
             both
             before
             God
             and
             men
             ,
             and
             that
             after
             the
             restlesse
             and
             importune
             manner
             of
             the
             Grand
             
               Accuser
               of
               the
               Brethren
               ,
               night
               and
               day
               ,
            
             
               b
            
             yea
             and
             presumed
             they
             had
             as
             sufficient
             grounds
             for
             the
             averrement
             of
             their
             charge
             ,
             in
             the
             respective
             branches
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             these
             can
             have
             to
             found
             any
             ,
             or
             all
             their
             fiery
             pleas
             against
             the
             Army
             upon
             .
             And
             yet
             as
             the
             Disciples
             of
             Christ
             had
             sufficient
             grounds
             to
             judge
             their
             Lord
             and
             Master
             neither
             a
             
               Samaritan
               ,
            
             nor
             a
             man
             
               having
               a
               Devill
               ,
            
             notwithstanding
             the
             confident
             charge
             of
             the
             Iewes
             against
             him
             in
             both
             ,
             and
             by
             vertue
             of
             those
             grounds
             ,
             were
             no
             waies
             troubled
             hereat
             ,
             or
             shaken
             in
             their
             faith
             :
             so
             may
             the
             Friends
             of
             the
             Army
             have
             (
             yea
             and
             have
             ,
             
               de
               facto
            
             )
             grounds
             and
             reasons
             in
             abundance
             ,
             in
             the
             strength
             and
             pregnancy
             whereof
             to
             triumph
             ,
             not
             only
             over
             the
             importune
             
             confidence
             of
             him
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             heat
             seems
             to
             threaten
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             that
             as
             many
             as
             will
             not
             be
             resolved
             by
             his
             Queries
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             rebellion
             ,
             treason
             ,
             repugnancy
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             the
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             as
             Priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             in
             the
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             shall
             be
             stigmatized
             as
             men
             unworthy
             of
             their
             Nation
             ;
             but
             likewise
             over
             all
             other
             colours
             ,
             pretences
             ,
             semblances
             ,
             pleas
             ,
             Counter-pleas
             ,
             charges
             ,
             challenges
             ,
             arguments
             ,
             insinuations
             ,
             accusations
             ,
             adjurations
             ,
             conjurations
             whatsoever
             ,
             wherby
             the
             said
             proceedings
             as
             hitherto
             they
             have
             bin
             tempered
             and
             carried
             on
             ,
             either
             have
             bin
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             ,
             impeached
             or
             defamed
             .
             
             And
             as
             the
             Disciples
             of
             Christ
             had
             so
             much
             the
             lesse
             cause
             to
             suspect
             their
             master
             for
             any
             thing
             charged
             upon
             him
             by
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             because
             his
             great
             Interest
             (
             which
             hee
             prosecured
             home
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             faithfulnesse
             )
             was
             to
             oppose
             them
             in
             their
             wayes
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             pride
             ,
             and
             blood
             ;
             so
             have
             the
             well-affected
             to
             the
             Army
             ,
             far
             lesse
             cause
             to
             be
             jealous
             of
             the
             innocency
             or
             integrity
             thereof
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             many
             criminations
             ,
             and
             sore
             accusations
             levied
             against
             it
             ,
             considering
             the
             principall
             Interest
             which
             the
             Army
             drives
             ,
             is
             to
             seperate
             between
             those
             men
             ,
             who
             now
             rise
             up
             so
             full
             of
             indignation
             to
             oppose
             it
             ,
             and
             their
             beloved
             lusts
             of
             oppression
             ,
             tyranny
             and
             domination
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             such
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             or
             juncture
             of
             time
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             rising
             up
             to
             take
             possession
             ,
             and
             their
             hand
             stretched
             out
             to
             lay
             hold
             on
             the
             prey
             ,
             making
             no
             other
             account
             but
             that
             the
             
               bitternes
            
             of
             all
             opposition
             and
             prevention
             had
             bin
             now
             
               past
               .
            
             It
             would
             be
             no
             marvell
             to
             heare
             an
             hungry
             Lion
             roare
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             prey
             were
             taken
             away
             from
             between
             his
             teeth
             .
             As
             the
             same
             son
             was
             a
             
               Ben-oni
               ,
            
             a
             son
             of
             sorrow
             to
             his
             mother
             (
             his
             birth
             threatning
             and
             soon
             after
             effecting
             her
             death
             )
             who
             was
             a
             
               Benjamin
               ,
            
             a
             
               son
               of
               the
               right
               hand
            
             unto
             his
             Father
             ,
             
               a
            
             who
             expected
             strength
             and
             support
             by
             him
             ;
             so
             is
             it
             no
             marvell
             if
             the
             same
             men
             ,
             be
             sons
             of
             deepest
             offence
             unto
             those
             who
             are
             like
             to
             suffer
             the
             losse
             of
             their
             hopes
             by
             meanes
             of
             them
             ,
             (
             no
             lesse
             haply
             then
             a
             constructive
             death
             unto
             them
             )
             and
             yet
             sons
             of
             uprightness
             unto
             others
             ,
             who
             have
             cause
             to
             expect
             (
             through
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             )
             light
             ,
             and
             life
             ,
             and
             strength
             ,
             both
             for
             themselves
             and
             their
             Nation
             ,
             from
             their
             hand
             .
             And
             as
             the
             Name
             
               Ben-oni
               ,
            
             which
             the
             mother
             in
             the
             bitternesse
             of
             her
             soule
             ,
             gave
             unto
             the
             child
             we
             spake
             of
             ,
             soon
             vanished
             ,
             the
             child
             (
             as
             it
             seems
             )
             being
             called
             by
             this
             Name
             only
             by
             his
             mother
             ;
             and
             this
             but
             for
             a
             short
             season
             neither
             ,
             whereas
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Benjamin
            
             which
             his
             Father
             gave
             him
             ,
             continued
             ,
             and
             was
             the
             Name
             by
             which
             he
             was
             generally
             called
             and
             knowne
             ,
             whilst
             he
             lived
             ,
             and
             is
             to
             this
             day
             :
             in
             like
             manner
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             ,
             but
             that
             also
             those
             Names
             of
             dishonour
             ,
             
               unjust
               ,
               unrighteous
               ,
               disobedient
               ,
               rebellious
               ,
            
             &c.
             by
             which
             the
             Army
             is
             called
             by
             the
             party
             agrieved
             at
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             
             will
             soone
             vanish
             and
             be
             forgotten
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             appellations
             of
             honour
             ,
             
               valiant
               ,
               wise
               ,
               just
               ,
               faithfull
               ,
               religious
               ,
               denyers
               of
               themselves
               ,
               lovers
               of
               their
               Country
               ,
            
             &c.
             by
             which
             they
             are
             known
             and
             called
             by
             their
             Friends
             ,
             will
             stand
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             memoriall
             to
             them
             and
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             throughout
             all
             Generations
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             III.
             
          
           
             But
             that
             we
             may
             not
             seem
             only
             to
             crosse
             affections
             with
             their
             adversaries
             ,
             and
             setup
             our
             love
             in
             termes
             of
             honour
             ,
             against
             their
             hatred
             of
             them
             which
             utters
             it selfe
             in
             words
             of
             disparagement
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             willing
             to
             close
             and
             joyn
             issue
             with
             them
             in
             a
             sedate
             serious
             examination
             and
             debate
             of
             the
             cause
             it selfe
             ,
             not
             doubting
             but
             to
             make
             it
             more
             then
             to
             appeare
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             justifie
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             doe
             it
             not
             so
             much
             out
             of
             interest
             ,
             or
             affection
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             light
             colourable
             pretences
             ,
             or
             passionate
             exclamations
             (
             such
             as
             are
             seldome
             wanting
             wheresoever
             Interest
             and
             affection
             goe
             ,
             whatsoever
             the
             cause
             be
             ,
             especially
             ,
             if
             reason
             be
             not
             at
             hand
             to
             protect
             it
             )
             but
             out
             of
             cleare
             and
             solid
             grounds
             ,
             and
             such
             considerations
             which
             have
             no
             communion
             with
             any
             interest
             ,
             passion
             ,
             or
             affection
             whatsoever
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             with
             the
             love
             of
             evidence
             and
             truth
             ,
             together
             with
             all
             those
             pleasant
             and
             desirable
             things
             ,
             which
             naturally
             flow
             from
             these
             unto
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             IV.
             
          
           
             First
             then
             ,
             from
             that
             great
             and
             Soveraigne
             Law
             ,
             or
             ma●me
             of
             State
             ,
             the
             equitie
             ,
             or
             Authority
             whereof
             (
             I
             presume
             )
             was
             never
             yet
             questioned
             ,
             or
             opposed
             by
             any
             ,
             I
             reason
             thus
             :
             
          
           
             
               If
               the
               safety
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               be
               the
               saveraign
               and
               supreme
               Law
               ,
               whereunto
               all
               Lawes
               ,
               Customes
               ,
               Priviledges
               ,
               Politicke
               constitutions
               ,
               interests
               of
               Princes
               and
               Rulers
               whatsoever
               ,
               ought
               to
               give
               place
               ,
               then
               have
               the
               Army
               done
               nothing
               but
               what
               is
               justifiable
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               what
               was
               their
               duty
               to
               doe
               ,
               in
               the
               things
               for
               which
               they
               were
               accused
               by
               many
               .
            
          
           
             But
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             people
             is
             the
             Soveraign
             and
             supreme
             Law
             ,
             where●●●●
             all
             Lawes
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ergo
               .
            
             The
             Minor
             though
             for
             the
             〈…〉
             of
             the
             〈…〉
             
             of
             the
             earth
             deny
             plainly
             enough
             in
             works
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             their
             Parasites
             ,
             in
             the
             consequentials
             of
             many
             unsound
             Doctrines
             and
             positions
             which
             they
             assert
             :
             yet
             because
             I
             never
             heard
             of
             any
             man
             that
             denied
             it
             face
             to
             face
             ,
             we
             shall
             (
             for
             the
             present
             )
             supersede
             the
             proofe
             of
             it
             .
             The
             consequence
             in
             the
             Major
             Proposition
             ,
             I
             argue
             and
             debate
             thus
             .
             The
             Army
             in
             all
             they
             have
             done
             (
             I
             mean
             ,
             in
             the
             matter
             under
             contest
             )
             have
             no
             waies
             violated
             or
             transgressed
             that
             supreme
             Law
             ,
             and
             consequently
             have
             not
             transgressed
             any
             other
             Law
             subordinate
             to
             it
             ,
             or
             depending
             on
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             are
             blamelesse
             .
             For
             in
             every
             combination
             or
             subordination
             ,
             whether
             of
             persons
             ,
             or
             of
             things
             ,
             no
             inferiours
             ,
             or
             subordinate
             ,
             whether
             person
             or
             thing
             ,
             can
             be
             injured
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             is
             supream
             or
             first
             in
             either
             ,
             must
             needs
             partake
             thereof
             ,
             and
             suffer
             wrong
             also
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             subordination
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             every
             part
             or
             member
             of
             it
             suffers
             wrong
             ,
             whensoever
             any
             one
             part
             or
             member
             of
             it
             so
             suffers
             :
             The
             meanest
             Subject
             in
             a
             Kingdome
             or
             State
             cannot
             be
             injured
             ,
             without
             injury
             and
             wrong
             done
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             or
             supreame
             Ruler
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             the
             Prince
             be
             not
             injured
             ,
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             no
             subject
             under
             him
             suffered
             wrong
             .
             Thus
             then
             evident
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Army
             have
             done
             nothing
             in
             way
             of
             violation
             of
             that
             supream
             Law
             ,
             the
             
               Safety
               of
               the
               people
               ,
            
             neither
             have
             they
             transgressed
             any
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             5.
             
          
           
             That
             they
             have
             not
             transgressed
             that
             great
             Law
             we
             speake
             of
             ,
             is
             evident
             ,
             because
             in
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             observed
             it
             and
             yeelded
             obedience
             to
             it
             ,
             they
             acted
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             what
             they
             did
             had
             a
             full
             and
             a
             clear
             concurrence
             herewith
             ▪
             and
             tendency
             hereunto
             ;
             The
             safety
             and
             well
             being
             of
             the
             people
             of
             their
             Land
             ,
             was
             now
             laid
             upon
             the
             Altar
             ,
             ready
             to
             be
             offered
             up
             in
             Sacrifice
             upon
             the
             service
             of
             some
             few
             mens
             lusts
             and
             interests
             ;
             upon
             the
             sight
             whereof
             they
             put
             their
             lives
             into
             their
             hand
             ,
             and
             ingaged
             themselves
             for
             the
             rescue
             ,
             what
             is
             ,
             or
             reasonably
             may
             be
             objected
             against
             this
             Argument
             ,
             the
             Sequell
             will
             answer
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             From
             that
             great
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             obligeth
             
             every
             part
             or
             member
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             to
             sympathize
             in
             taking
             the
             same
             care
             one
             of
             another
             ,
             and
             to
             act
             according
             
             to
             their
             best
             interests
             ,
             
               division
               ,
            
             and
             
               coniunction
               ,
            
             for
             the
             preservation
             and
             well-being
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             I
             reason
             thus
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Army
             were
             obliged
             to
             take
             care
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             act
             according
             to
             their
             best
             interests
             for
             the
             preservation
             and
             well-being
             of
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             then
             are
             they
             not
             at
             all
             culpable
             for
             acting
             according
             to
             the
             tenour
             of
             their
             late
             and
             present
             proceedings
             .
          
           
             But
             certain
             it
             is
             that
             the
             Army
             ,
             as
             every
             other
             person
             and
             society
             of
             men
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             both
             were
             and
             are
             obliged
             to
             take
             care
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             act
             according
             to
             their
             best
             interests
             ,
             for
             the
             preservation
             and
             well-being
             of
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             they
             are
             not
             at
             all
             culpable
             for
             acting
             according
             to
             the
             tenour
             of
             their
             late
             and
             present
             proceedings
             .
          
           
             The
             minor
             Proposition
             in
             this
             Argument
             also
             is
             unquestionable
             ;
             That
             which
             lies
             as
             a
             duty
             upon
             every
             particular
             member
             ,
             Corporation
             ,
             or
             Society
             of
             men
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             besides
             ,
             doubtlesse
             rests
             upon
             the
             same
             termes
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             on
             the
             Army
             also
             .
             For
             what
             can
             be
             imagined
             should
             make
             the
             difference
             ?
          
           
             The
             connexion
             in
             the
             former
             Proposition
             ,
             this
             consideration
             avoucheth
             for
             Truth
             .
             The
             best
             Interest
             they
             had
             and
             that
             which
             was
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             onely
             ,
             probable
             to
             contribute
             any
             thing
             considerable
             towards
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             from
             those
             devouring
             evilis
             of
             oppression
             ,
             slavery
             ,
             and
             blood
             ,
             which
             were
             now
             comming
             upon
             it
             like
             an
             armed
             man
             ;
             was
             to
             keep
             themselves
             in
             a
             Body
             and
             Posture
             of
             strength
             and
             power
             ;
             the
             common
             interest
             of
             Petitioning
             ,
             which
             was
             wont
             to
             operate
             effectually
             towards
             the
             healing
             of
             grievances
             of
             People
             with
             
             those
             upon
             whom
             they
             had
             cast
             the
             honour
             of
             making
             them
             their
             Physicians
             ,
             being
             now
             trodden
             and
             trampled
             under
             foot
             ,
             yea
             cast
             into
             the
             fire
             and
             consumed
             by
             the
             Physicians
             themselves
             .
             So
             that
             had
             the
             Army
             bowed
             down
             their
             backs
             to
             a
             dissolution
             ,
             they
             had
             devested
             themselves
             of
             that
             opportunity
             which
             both
             God
             and
             men
             had
             put
             into
             their
             hand
             to
             save
             their
             Nation
             in
             a
             day
             of
             danger
             and
             extremity
             ;
             their
             disbanding
             (
             the
             present
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             and
             constitution
             of
             things
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             considered
             )
             had
             been
             a
             constructive
             surrender
             and
             delivering
             up
             of
             this
             Nation
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             more
             cruel
             servitude
             and
             vassalage
             then
             ever
             it
             served
             since
             it
             was
             a
             Nation
             ,
             to
             this
             day
             .
             Never
             did
             a
             red
             and
             lowring
             morning
             with
             more
             emphaticalness
             of
             presage
             ,
             portend
             a
             tempestuous
             day
             ;
             than
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             humble
             addresses
             and
             requests
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             coming
             from
             their
             aggrieved
             and
             sorrowful
             souls
             ,
             presage
             a
             season
             of
             tyrannie
             and
             blood
             ,
             coming
             apace
             upon
             the
             Land
             ,
             yea
             even
             at
             the
             doors
             .
             When
             petitions
             are
             burnt
             ,
             the
             Petitioners
             are
             no
             lesse
             then
             threatned
             with
             the
             fire
             .
             The
             heathen
             Poet
             said
             ,
             
               
                 Offendunt
                 nunquam
                 thuro
                 ,
                 precesque
                 Iovem
                 ▪
              
               
                 With
                 Incense
                 Jove
                 was
                 ne'er
                 incensed
                 known
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 with
                 the
                 prayers
                 of
                 men
                 bowing
                 down
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               *
            
             When
             great
             men
             are
             highly
             offended
             with
             poor
             people
             ,
             onely
             for
             making
             or
             acknowledging
             them
             for
             Gods
             (
             I
             mean
             for
             presenting
             their
             petitions
             unto
             them
             )
             doth
             it
             not
             argue
             a
             most
             precipitate
             and
             unnatural
             inclination
             and
             disposition
             in
             them
             unto
             a
             micanthropie
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             blood
             ?
             If
             our
             A
             stronorners
             should
             descry
             the
             jovial
             and
             pleasant
             lustre
             of
             JUPITER
             ,
             exchanged
             into
             the
             fiery
             and
             menacing
             aspect
             of
             MARS
          
           
           
             were
             it
             not
             enough
             to
             make
             them
             all
             turn
             Astrologers
             and
             Prophets
             of
             some
             portentuous
             and
             formidable
             disaster
             coming
             upon
             the
             world
             :
             It
             is
             the
             demand
             of
             an
             Heathen
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             It
             water
             choaks
             men
             what
             can
             they
             drink
             with
             safety
             .
             If
             petitioning
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             all
             applications
             and
             actions
             the
             cleerest
             and
             most
             innocent
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             men
             to
             whom
             the
             petitioned
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             whose
             Kingdom
             also
             ,
             under
             God
             ,
             owe
             themselves
             ,
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             beings
             ;
             yea
             and
             unto
             men
             whose
             present
             investiture
             and
             authority
             being
             interpreted
             ,
             is
             (
             in
             one
             of
             the
             main
             and
             primitive
             intentions
             of
             it
             )
             to
             receive
             petitions
             ,
             and
             gra●●e
             Petitioners
             ;
             yea
             moreover
             ,
             if
             petitioning
             to
             such
             men
             by
             such
             men
             ,
             not
             for
             half
             their
             Kingdoms
             ,
             nor
             for
             any
             thing
             likely
             to
             strain
             either
             their
             〈◊〉
             ,
             or
             their
             bounty
             in
             point
             of
             condefcention
             ,
             but
             onely
             for
             their
             regular
             and
             known
             hire
             ,
             for
             that
             bread
             which
             they
             had
             dearly
             bought
             with
             their
             sweat
             and
             bloud
             ,
             and
             such
             things
             as
             the
             petitioned
             themselves
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             due
             unto
             them
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             petitioning
             on
             such
             terms
             ,
             under
             such
             circumstances
             as
             these
             ,
             did
             so
             far
             work
             upon
             the
             brow
             of
             the
             petitioned
             ,
             cast
             them
             into
             such
             an
             extasie
             of
             indignation
             ,
             as
             to
             declare
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             that
             they
             should
             look
             upon
             the
             Petitioners
             as
             
               enemies
               to
               the
               State
               ,
            
             unless
             they
             desisted
             ;
             what
             innocency
             ,
             what
             moderation
             ,
             what
             peaceableness
             ,
             what
             subjection
             to
             laws
             ,
             yea
             what
             tenor
             of
             actions
             ,
             lives
             ,
             or
             conversations
             ,
             could
             either
             the
             Petitioners
             ,
             but
             especially
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             imagine
             should
             be
             able
             to
             protect
             them
             against
             the
             unnatural
             ,
             inhumane
             ,
             and
             prodigious
             insolencies
             of
             such
             men
             .
             When
             innocency
             in
             conjunction
             with
             soveraignty
             and
             height
             of
             merit
             ,
             shal
             be
             trampled
             upon
             as
             
               clay
               and
               mire
               in
               the
               street
               ,
            
             by
             men
             in
             power
             ▪
             what
             doth
             it
             portend
             ,
             but
             the
             preparing
             of
             a
             yoke
             of
             iron
             for
             the
             neck
             of
             the
             Nation
             ?
             
               Elian
            
             reports
             that
             in
             one
             of
             the
             States
             of
             
               Greece
               ,
            
             when
             the
             sheep
             of
             one
             
               Nicippus
            
             brought
             forth
             a
             lyon
             ,
             it
             was
             Justly
             concluded
             that
             it
             portended
             a
             tyranny
             ,
             and
             change
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             from
             a
             peaceable
             to
             a
             bloody
             government
             :
             so
             when
             fair
             ,
             just
             ,
             and
             peaceable
             actions
             in
             inferiors
             ,
             shall
             produce
             fierce
             ,
             violent
             ,
             and
             mennacing
             oppressions
             and
             deportments
             in
             superiors
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             signe
             fully
             demonstrative
             
             that
             they
             are
             in
             travel
             with
             oppression
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             blood
             :
             yea
             and
             begin
             to
             cry
             out
             to
             be
             delivered
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             there
             being
             these
             and
             many
             other
             most
             apparent
             symptomes
             upon
             the
             Nation
             of
             a
             death
             of
             their
             liberties
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             just
             rights
             and
             comforts
             ,
             approching
             ;
             and
             withal
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             visible
             ,
             no
             nor
             probable
             means
             to
             prevent
             the
             coming
             and
             prevailing
             of
             this
             great
             destruction
             over
             it
             ,
             but
             onely
             that
             interest
             of
             power
             and
             strength
             which
             yet
             remained
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Army
             ;
             in
             case
             the
             Army
             had
             devested
             themselves
             of
             this
             interest
             at
             the
             instance
             and
             demand
             of
             those
             who
             demanded
             it
             ,
             what
             had
             this
             (
             in
             due
             construction
             )
             bin
             ,
             but
             the
             delivering
             of
             that
             sword
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             ,
             for
             the
             smiting
             of
             the
             Nation
             with
             violence
             and
             oppression
             ,
             which
             both
             God
             and
             the
             Nation
             it self
             (
             by
             their
             Trustees
             )
             put
             into
             their
             hand
             ,
             for
             the
             preservation
             and
             protection
             of
             it
             from
             ,
             and
             against
             these
             evills
             ?
             
               Qui
               non
               vetat
               ,
               peccare
               ,
               cumpossit
               ,
               jubet
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             from
             one
             principal
             branch
             in
             that
             Covenant
             ,
             which
             they
             solemnly
             sware
             and
             covenanted
             both
             with
             God
             and
             men
             :
             I
             further
             argue
             ,
          
           
             If
             the
             Army
             
               promised
               ,
               vovved
               ,
               and
               protested
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               God
            
             (
             promising
             ,
             vovving
             ,
             and
             protesting
             herein
             nothing
             but
             what
             was
             lavvful
             )
             
               to
               maintain
               and
               defend
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               lawfully
               they
               might
               ,
               vvith
               their
               lives
               ,
               powers
               ,
               and
               estates
               ,
               the
               lavvful
               rights
               and
               liberties
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
            
             &c.
             then
             are
             they
             not
             to
             be
             blamed
             ,
             but
             honoured
             rather
             as
             Covenant-keepers
             in
             their
             proceedings
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             the
             case
             ,
             the
             Army
             did
             thus
             
               promise
               ,
               vovv
               ,
               and
               protest
               ,
            
             and
             therein
             promised
             ,
             vowed
             ,
             and
             protested
             nothing
             but
             what
             was
             lawful
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             not
             to
             be
             blamed
             ,
             but
             rather
             honoured
             as
             Covenant-keepers
             in
             their
             proceedings
             .
          
           
             The
             former
             part
             of
             the
             Assumption
             is
             evident
             from
             the
             tenour
             of
             the
             first
             branch
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             
             known
             Act
             of
             the
             Army
             (
             at
             least
             of
             the
             chief
             and
             greatest
             part
             of
             them
             ]
             in
             taking
             it
             .
             The
             latter
             part
             is
             granted
             by
             the
             Parliament
             themselves
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             ,
             who
             having
             taken
             the
             said
             Covenant
             ,
             do
             not
             repent
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             Consequence
             in
             the
             Proposition
             is
             evident
             also
             upon
             this
             supposition
             ,
             that
             the
             Army
             in
             what
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             have
             gone
             no
             further
             then
             lawfully
             they
             may
             ,
             to
             maintaine
             and
             defend
             the
             lawful
             rights
             and
             liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             .
          
           
             The
             truth
             of
             this
             supposition
             is
             fairly
             demonstrable
             thus
             .
             That
             is
             lawful
             for
             men
             to
             do
             :
             which
             upon
             good
             and
             warrantable
             grounds
             they
             judge
             necessary
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             for
             the
             procuring
             and
             effecting
             of
             that
             which
             by
             duty
             they
             stand
             bound
             and
             obliged
             to
             do
             .
             That
             the
             Army
             stood
             bound
             in
             duty
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             band
             of
             their
             Covenant
             ,
             to
             maintain
             and
             defend
             the
             lawful
             rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             is
             evident
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             contradiction
             .
             The
             grounds
             upon
             which
             they
             judged
             it
             necessary
             to
             steere
             the
             course
             which
             they
             have
             hitherto
             held
             ;
             partly
             in
             not
             disbanding
             ;
             partly
             in
             impeaching
             some
             members
             of
             Parliament
             in
             pursuance
             of
             their
             Covenant
             ,
             in
             the
             particulars
             mentioned
             ,
             are
             these
             [
             with
             their
             fellows
             ]
             First
             ,
             they
             cleerly
             saw
             ,
             and
             the
             world
             round
             about
             cleerly
             seeth
             ,
             that
             the
             lawful
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subiect
             ,
             were
             not
             onely
             threatned
             ,
             or
             assaulted
             ,
             but
             sorely
             wounded
             and
             endangered
             also
             ,
             [
             and
             consequently
             stood
             in
             eminent
             need
             of
             maintenance
             and
             defence
             ]
             havock
             and
             spoyl
             being
             made
             of
             them
             from
             day
             to
             day
             ;
             in
             burning
             their
             Petitions
             ,
             and
             declaring
             those
             Enemies
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             who
             onely
             petitioned
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             a
             peaceable
             way
             ,
             for
             what
             the
             Parliament
             it self
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             just
             and
             equal
             to
             be
             granted
             unto
             them
             :
             besides
             the
             numerous
             Arbytrarie
             and
             illegall
             ,
             yea
             causless
             and
             reasonlesse
             imprisonments
             of
             the
             persons
             ,
             sequestrations
             of
             the
             estates
             ,
             and
             many
             grievous
             and
             unjust
             molestations
             otherwise
             ,
             of
             the
             free-born
             subjects
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             The
             Civil
             Law
             saith
             (
             and
             not
             without
             ground
             )
             
             
               That
               he
               which
               hath
               hurt
               one
               ,
               hath
               threatned
               many
               :
               and
               by
               the
               rule
               of
               proportion
               it
               may
               be
               as
               truly
               said
               ,
               that
               they
               who
               have
               hurt
               many
               ,
               have
               threatned
               all
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             They
             cleerly
             saw
             and
             understood
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             visible
             ,
             nor
             in
             any
             degree
             probable
             means
             now
             left
             unto
             the
             Nation
             ,
             for
             the
             maintenance
             and
             defence
             of
             the
             said
             lawful
             RIGHTS
             and
             LIBERTIES
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             but
             onely
             that
             Interest
             which
             was
             vested
             in
             them
             ,
             being
             yet
             an
             Armie
             ,
             and
             an
             united
             body
             .
             The
             prevailing
             party
             of
             those
             men
             ,
             who
             EX
             OFFICIO
             and
             according
             to
             the
             ducture
             and
             engagement
             of
             the
             great
             Trust
             reposed
             in
             them
             ,
             should
             have
             asserted
             these
             RIGHTS
             and
             LIBERTIES
             ,
             had
             turned
             head
             upon
             their
             Trust
             ,
             and
             judgement
             into
             WORMWOOD
             ;
             and
             had
             not
             only
             laid
             their
             foundations
             ;
             but
             being
             active
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             made
             no
             smal
             progress
             in
             building
             up
             themselves
             and
             their
             own
             exorbitant
             Greatness
             ,
             in
             the
             ruines
             of
             the
             RIGHTS
             and
             LIBERTIES
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             shewed
             )
             Yea
             ,
             by
             the
             lawless
             Law
             of
             Prerogative
             and
             Priviledge
             conspiring
             together
             ,
             had
             now
             the
             fee-simple
             of
             those
             places
             ,
             and
             that
             power
             setled
             upon
             them
             ;
             by
             the
             advantage
             of
             which
             ,
             they
             might
             have
             done
             not
             onely
             what
             they
             pleased
             (
             and
             what
             this
             is
             ,
             and
             was
             like
             to
             be
             ,
             they
             have
             resolved
             us
             without
             putting
             it
             to
             the
             Question
             ,
             by
             their
             actions
             )
             but
             whilest
             they
             pleased
             also
             ;
             and
             this
             without
             any
             bridle
             of
             fear
             in
             their
             lipps
             of
             being
             countable
             unto
             any
             for
             whatsoever
             they
             should
             doe
             .
             So
             that
             now
             the
             Army
             was
             the
             onely
             SPES
             GREGIS
             ,
             the
             sole
             hope
             of
             recovery
             ,
             under
             God
             ,
             to
             the
             drooping
             and
             dying
             freedoms
             of
             this
             Nation
             .
          
           
             The
             Army
             could
             not
             but
             apprehend
             ,
             that
             had
             they
             willingly
             walked
             after
             the
             Commandment
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             required
             their
             disbanding
             ,
             and
             not
             stood
             fast
             by
             their
             Interest
             of
             union
             and
             power
             (
             at
             least
             for
             a
             season
             )
             they
             had
             been
             like
             water
             spilt
             upon
             the
             ground
             ;
             or
             (
             in
             the
             Prophets
             
             comparison
             )
             
               like
               unto
               a
               Potters
               Vessel
               ,
               so
               broken
               in
               pieces
               ,
               that
               there
               vvould
               not
               have
               been
               found
               in
               the
               bursting
               of
               it
               ,
               a
               sheard
               to
               take
               fire
               from
               the
               harth
               ,
               or
               to
               take
               water
               withal
               out
            
             
             
               of
               the
               pit
               .
            
             *
             they
             had
             been
             wholy
             unusefull
             and
             unserviceable
             to
             that
             great
             Interest
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             
               the
               maintenance
               and
               defence
               of
               the
               lavvful
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               thereof
               :
            
             and
             so
             had
             deprived
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             all
             hope
             (
             yea
             and
             possibility
             in
             an
             ordinary
             way
             )
             of
             receiving
             their
             
               dead
            
             (
             Liberties
             )
             raised
             to
             
               life
               again
               ;
            
             *
             the
             soft
             breathing
             of
             which
             
             hope
             ,
             is
             now
             of
             more
             value
             and
             refreshing
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             then
             all
             the
             silver
             and
             gold
             that
             is
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Treasure
             besides
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             It
             is
             no
             whit
             less
             then
             evident
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             made
             tryal
             of
             a
             pretended
             or
             imaginary
             right
             to
             dissolve
             and
             scatter
             a
             reall
             power
             ,
             in
             the
             disbanding
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             (
             for
             no
             person
             nor
             persons
             of
             what
             capacity
             soever
             ,
             have
             any
             power
             ,
             either
             to
             act
             ,
             or
             to
             enjoyn
             any
             thing
             destructive
             to
             the
             lawful
             Rights
             of
             any
             man
             ,
             much
             less
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             )
             no
             waies
             intended
             to
             ease
             the
             Nation
             of
             the
             burthen
             of
             an
             Army
             ;
             but
             onely
             to
             cast
             down
             and
             make
             a
             plain
             of
             that
             mountain
             of
             men
             which
             stood
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             and
             obstructed
             their
             passage
             to
             that
             Lordly
             paradise
             of
             a
             perpetual
             and
             unaccountable
             domination
             ,
             the
             figure
             whereof
             they
             had
             taken
             up
             and
             committed
             folly
             with
             in
             their
             imaginations
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Nation
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             plain
             enough
             ,
             that
             their
             intent
             was
             ,
             to
             take
             off
             the
             weight
             of
             the
             
               little
               finger
            
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             gain
             an
             opportunity
             instead
             thereof
             ,
             to
             lay
             the
             weight
             of
             their
             owne
             
               Loynes
            
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             Fiftly
             ,
             (
             and
             lastly
             for
             the
             impeaching
             of
             the
             members
             )
             supposing
             their
             guiltinesse
             ,
             or
             be
             it
             but
             a
             strong
             presumption
             of
             Truth
             ,
             in
             those
             high
             mis-demeanours
             ,
             which
             are
             now
             charged
             upon
             them
             (
             beneath
             which
             their
             greatest
             Friends
             (
             I
             presume
             )
             and
             Confederates
             cannot
             favour
             ▪
             
             them
             )
             the
             Army
             had
             reason
             in
             aboundance
             to
             lift
             up
             their
             hand
             to
             this
             expedient
             also
             .
             Because
             first
             ,
             Had
             not
             this
             salt
             been
             cast
             into
             the
             Parliamentary
             fountain
             ,
             the
             bitter
             waters
             thereof
             could
             not
             have
             been
             healed
             ;
             nor
             reduced
             to
             any
             such
             sweetness
             ,
             that
             the
             Families
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             might
             with
             comfort
             and
             safety
             drink
             of
             them
             .
             It
             was
             no
             waies
             likely
             that
             ever
             this
             fountaine
             would
             have
             purged
             or
             clarified
             it self
             ,
             as
             naturall
             Fountains
             being
             royled
             and
             muddy
             ,
             sometimes
             do
             :
             because
             the
             mudde
             and
             filth
             that
             was
             in
             it
             ,
             was
             in
             so
             great
             a
             quantity
             ,
             and
             so
             compacted
             withal
             ,
             that
             the
             vent
             or
             issue
             ,
             through
             which
             ,
             being
             open
             ,
             the
             fresh
             waters
             successively
             springing
             and
             rising
             up
             ,
             should
             have
             wrought
             the
             cure
             ,
             was
             hereby
             obdurated
             ,
             damm'd
             ,
             and
             quite
             stopt
             up
             .
             Secondly
             ▪
             There
             was
             none
             other
             hand
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             onely
             the
             valiant
             and
             dreadlesse
             hand
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             that
             probably
             durst
             ,
             or
             however
             ,
             could
             with
             that
             Authority
             or
             hopefulnesse
             of
             successe
             ,
             lift
             up
             it self
             to
             so
             great
             and
             honourable
             an
             attempt
             as
             this
             .
             He
             had
             need
             of
             the
             strength
             and
             courage
             of
             
               Sampson
               ,
            
             that
             shall
             take
             a
             Lyon
             by
             the
             beard
             .
             And
             to
             say
             to
             a
             Junto
             of
             Parliamentary
             Grandees
             ,
             ye
             are
             wicked
             ;
             requires
             an
             Army
             at
             least
             in
             the
             Reere
             .
          
           
             Now
             whether
             the
             grounds
             mentioned
             be
             not
             fully
             warrantable
             and
             sufficient
             for
             the
             Army
             ,
             to
             judge
             that
             course
             which
             they
             have
             steered
             ,
             necessary
             for
             the
             performance
             of
             that
             great
             duty
             ,
             
               the
               maintenance
               and
               defence
               of
               the
            
             LAWFVLL
             RIGHTS
             and
             LIBERTIES
             of
             the
             SVBJECT
             ,
             which
             by
             solemne
             VOW
             
               and
            
             COVENANT
             ,
             they
             stood
             bound
             to
             perform
             ▪
             and
             consequently
             whether
             justifiable
             and
             lawful
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             the
             Judgements
             and
             Consciences
             of
             their
             greatest
             Adversaries
             to
             consider
             ;
             and
             upon
             consideration
             ,
             either
             to
             build
             them
             up
             by
             an
             ingenuous
             and
             free
             subscription
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             cleer
             and
             solid
             refutation
             ,
             to
             cast
             them
             down
             .
          
           
           
             That
             which
             is
             ,
             or
             indeede
             can
             be
             objected
             against
             the
             premises
             is
             of
             little
             value
             ,
             and
             very
             opportune
             for
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Army
             with
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             are
             burthened
             with
             disobedience
             to
             authority
             ,
             and
             resistance
             against
             the
             higher
             powers
             ,
             in
             refusing
             to
             disband
             ,
             upon
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             I
             answer
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Army
             did
             not
             ,
             neither
             yet
             doth
             absolutely
             refuse
             to
             disband
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             submission
             to
             Parliamentary
             Authority
             .
             They
             onely
             desired
             ,
             that
             their
             disbanding
             might
             be
             respited
             for
             a
             time
             ;
             and
             have
             humbly
             offered
             their
             grounds
             and
             reasons
             of
             this
             their
             request
             ,
             unto
             the
             Parliament
             .
             A
             Servant
             is
             not
             therefore
             unfaithfull
             or
             disobedient
             to
             his
             Mr.
             if
             now
             and
             then
             upon
             occasion
             ,
             and
             due
             consideration
             had
             of
             the
             nature
             ,
             or
             consequence
             of
             some
             command
             which
             he
             shall
             receive
             from
             him
             ,
             he
             shall
             for
             a
             while
             suspend
             his
             obedience
             ,
             and
             submissively
             debate
             with
             his
             Mr.
             either
             the
             equity
             or
             expediency
             of
             his
             command
             ,
             especially
             in
             order
             to
             his
             own
             affaires
             .
             
               Ioab
            
             was
             never
             charged
             by
             any
             man
             with
             dissobedience
             unto
             
               David
               ,
            
             though
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             divine
             designation
             ,
             and
             this
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             way
             too
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             not
             presently
             upon
             his
             Command
             ,
             and
             without
             dispute
             ,
             
               go
               and
               number
               Israel
               and
               Judah
               ,
            
             the
             Scripture
             is
             playne
             ,
             that
             
               Ioab
            
             did
             argue
             and
             reason
             the
             case
             with
             his
             Lord
             and
             Mr.
             the
             King
             ,
             before
             he
             would
             submit
             to
             his
             Command
             :
             and
             how
             happy
             a
             thing
             it
             had
             been
             both
             for
             the
             King
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             if
             this
             Command
             of
             his
             had
             never
             been
             obeyed
             ,
             the
             sequel
             of
             the
             story
             sufficiently
             manifests
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Neither
             is
             all
             disobedience
             to
             superiours
             ,
             or
             men
             in
             authority
             ,
             a
             disobedience
             to
             authority
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             
               higher
               power
               ,
            
             wherewith
             such
             persons
             are
             lawfully
             invested
             ,
             the
             lusts
             or
             arbitrary
             desires
             or
             wills
             of
             men
             in
             authority
             ,
             are
             no
             part
             of
             their
             authority
             ;
             for
             certaine
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             neither
             God
             ,
             nor
             men
             ever
             gave
             unto
             rulers
             ,
             or
             men
             in
             authority
             ,
             any
             authority
             or
             power
             to
             do
             whatever
             they
             list
             ;
             but
             onely
             that
             which
             upon
             good
             grounds
             they
             judge
             to
             be
             just
             ,
             and
             expedient
             for
             the
             weale
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             people
             under
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             no
             way
             followes
             that
             because
             the
             Army
             hath
             not
             obeyed
             the
             persons
             of
             men
             sitting
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             invested
             with
             Parliamentary
             power
             ,
             therefore
             they
             have
             not
             obeyed
             Parliamentary
             authority
             .
             Though
             ,
             
               Shadrach
               ,
               
               Meshach
               ,
               and
               Abe
               dnego
               ,
               changed
               the
               Kings
               word
               ,
            
             or
             command
             ,
             
               b
            
             refused
             to
             obey
             it
             ,
             yet
             did
             not
             they
             resist
             his
             authority
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             did
             ,
             the
             King
             himselfe
             soone
             after
             blessed
             God
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             are
             many
             Commandements
             of
             God
             himselfe
             though
             unquestionably
             lawfull
             and
             good
             (
             for
             such
             are
             all
             his
             Commands
             )
             a
             non-performance
             whereof
             notwithstanding
             in
             some
             cases
             is
             very
             lawfull
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             offence
             .
             It
             was
             a
             just
             and
             righteous
             Command
             of
             God
             that
             
               Aaron
               and
               his
               Sonnes
               onely
               ,
               and
               not
               strangers
               should
               eat
               of
               the
               holy
               things
            
             
               c
            
             and
             particularly
             of
             the
             
               Shewbread
               ;
            
             yet
             
               David
            
             and
             his
             men
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             none
             of
             
               Aarons
            
             Sons
             ,
             in
             a
             case
             of
             necessity
             ,
             eating
             of
             this
             bread
             ,
             are
             acquitted
             by
             our
             Saviour
             himselfe
             ,
             from
             sin
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             In
             like
             manner
             the
             Command
             or
             law
             concerning
             the
             strict
             observation
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             was
             a
             just
             and
             holy
             and
             good
             Law
             :
             Yet
             Christ
             himselfe
             out
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             pronounceth
             the
             
               Priests
               blamelesse
               ,
            
             though
             prophaining
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             though
             they
             did
             that
             which
             was
             contrary
             to
             the
             letter
             of
             the
             Command
             concerning
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             as
             it
             related
             unto
             ,
             and
             obliged
             the
             generality
             of
             men
             .
             So
             then
             ,
             if
             the
             Commands
             of
             God
             which
             are
             unquestionably
             just
             ,
             holy
             ,
             and
             good
             ,
             and
             of
             universall
             expediency
             unto
             men
             ,
             yet
             as
             occasion
             and
             circumstance
             may
             be
             ,
             may
             very
             lawfully
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             least
             touch
             of
             sin
             be
             transgressed
             ,
             much
             more
             may
             the
             Commands
             of
             men
             ,
             especially
             such
             Commands
             ,
             the
             equity
             and
             expediencie
             whereof
             for
             publike
             good
             are
             very
             dubitable
             ,
             upon
             just
             occasion
             ,
             and
             in
             due
             order
             to
             some
             important
             good
             ,
             be
             disobeyed
             ,
             not
             onely
             without
             such
             height
             ,
             and
             heighnousnesse
             of
             guilt
             ,
             as
             the
             passionate
             ,
             but
             withall
             rediculous
             exclamations
             of
             many
             import
             to
             be
             contracted
             to
             the
             Army
             ;
             but
             without
             any
             touch
             or
             tincture
             of
             guilt
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             as
             the
             saying
             is
             that
             
               there
               is
               no
               generall
               rule
               but
               hath
               its
               exception
               ,
            
             one
             or
             more
             ;
             so
             there
             is
             no
             ordinary
             or
             standing
             Law
             ,
             but
             must
             give
             place
             ,
             and
             yeeld
             obedience
             to
             that
             Law
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Law
             of
             Lawes
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             necessity
             ;
             when
             this
             speaketh
             ,
             it
             is
             like
             
               a
               King
               upon
               his
               Throne
               ,
               against
               whom
               there
               is
               no
               rising
               up
               ;
            
             all
             other
             Lawes
             must
             keepe
             silence
             before
             it
             ,
             and
             
             bow
             downe
             to
             it
             as
             their
             Soveraigne
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             this
             law
             when
             it
             speaketh
             ,
             commonly
             troubleth
             the
             world
             ;
             by
             turning
             the
             accustomed
             and
             setled
             course
             of
             things
             in
             it
             upside
             downe
             .
             The
             voice
             of
             it
             somtimes
             is
             like
             the
             
               roaring
               of
               a
               Lyon
               ,
            
             which
             maketh
             the
             beasts
             in
             the
             
               Wildernesse
               to
               tremble
               ,
            
             but
             herein
             it
             maketh
             some
             kind
             of
             recompence
             ,
             it
             troubleth
             not
             the
             world
             often
             ,
             it
             but
             seldome
             interposeth
             ,
             to
             the
             prejudice
             ,
             or
             non-observance
             of
             standing
             
             Lawes
             ;
             yea
             and
             when
             it
             doth
             interpose
             ,
             the
             rule
             and
             Kingdome
             of
             it
             soone
             hath
             an
             end
             :
             like
             to
             the
             tempestuous
             winds
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             some
             Mariners
             have
             observed
             )
             sometimes
             blow
             upon
             the
             Coasts
             of
             the
             Island
             
               Brava
               ,
            
             whose
             onely
             prayse
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             continue
             not
             above
             an
             houre
             ,
             but
             within
             this
             time
             they
             commonly
             change
             all
             the
             points
             of
             the
             compasse
             .
             
               Necessity
            
             (
             saith
             Luther
             )
             
               takes
               away
               and
               overturnes
               all
               Lawes
               ;
               yea
               it
               hath
               no
               band
               or
               tye
               of
               any
               Law
               or
               Lawes
               upon
               it
               .
            
             And
             such
             sayings
             as
             these
             .
             
               Necessity
               takes
               away
               the
               Law
               ,
               Necessity
               brings
               a
               priviledge
               with
               it
               ,
               &c.
            
             are
             very
             common
             in
             the
             civill
             Law
             .
             And
             though
             the
             
               Jews
               ,
            
             especially
             in
             their
             doctrinalls
             ,
             were
             very
             strict
             and
             rigid
             for
             the
             observation
             of
             their
             Sabbath
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             a
             knowne
             rule
             amongst
             them
             ,
             that
             
               Periculum
               ,
               vitae
               pellit
               Sabbathum
               ,
            
             1.
             danger
             of
             life
             drives
             away
             the
             Sabbath
             .
             But
             the
             saying
             of
             
               Iunius
            
             a
             late
             learned
             Divine
             ,
             is
             very
             memorable
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             This
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               belongeth
               to
               comōn
               Law
               &
               equity
               ,
               that
               unto
               extraordinary
               evils
               ,
               extraordinary
               remedies
               must
               also
               be
               applyed
               .
            
             It
             were
             easie
             to
             multiply
             both
             rules
             &
             examples
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             best
             approved
             Authors
             ,
             to
             justifie
             the
             doing
             of
             many
             things
             in
             cases
             of
             necessity
             ,
             which
             out
             of
             such
             cases
             are
             unlawfull
             ,
             as
             being
             contrary
             to
             ordinary
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             standing
             rules
             .
             So
             then
             ,
             the
             Law
             and
             Command
             concerning
             obedience
             to
             Magistrates
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             being
             an
             ordinary
             and
             standing
             Law
             ;
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             necessity
             ,
             neither
             ought
             any
             man
             ,
             or
             any
             society
             of
             men
             in
             or
             for
             his
             obedience
             to
             this
             to
             be
             judged
             culpable
             ,
             or
             any
             wayes
             delinquent
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             with
             disobedience
             to
             that
             other
             .
             Therefore
             it
             no
             wayes
             followes
             .
             The
             Army
             have
             disobeyed
             the
             Commands
             of
             their
             Superiours
             ,
             therefore
             they
             are
             not
             censureable
             as
             evill
             doers
             .
             But
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             like
             it
             will
             here
             be
             yet
             further
             objected
             and
             
             said
             .
             Yea
             but
             who
             shall
             Judge
             of
             a
             case
             of
             necessity
             ?
             if
             inferiours
             and
             they
             that
             are
             under
             government
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             obey
             shall
             be
             allowed
             to
             Judge
             ,
             and
             to
             determine
             of
             cases
             of
             necessity
             ,
             it
             is
             like
             ,
             that
             whenever
             the
             commands
             of
             their
             Superiours
             do
             not
             please
             them
             ,
             or
             suit
             with
             their
             ends
             or
             desiers
             they
             will
             pretend
             and
             plead
             
               Necessity
            
             in
             way
             of
             barre
             to
             their
             Obedience
             And
             so
             the
             Ordinance
             and
             law
             of
             Maiestracy
             ,
             will
             upon
             the
             matter
             be
             made
             void
             ,
             and
             of
             no
             effect
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             Chaos
             and
             confusion
             of
             Anarchywil
             soon
             overspread
             the
             world
             .
             In
             the
             present
             case
             ,
             the
             Patliament
             who
             is
             the
             most
             competent
             Judge
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             only
             Judge
             of
             a
             case
             necessity
             especiallyin
             order
             to
             the
             publike
             good
             and
             wellfare
             of
             the
             estate
             and
             Kingdome
             ,
             did
             not
             apprehend
             any
             necessitie
             at
             all
             .
             for
             the
             Army
             to
             deny
             their
             obedience
             and
             subiection
             to
             their
             ordinance
             and
             command
             for
             disbanding
             ;
             and
             is
             it
             lawfull
             for
             inferiours
             ,
             and
             by
             name
             for
             the
             Army
             to
             oppose
             the
             judgment
             of
             the
             supreame
             Iudicatory
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             espesially
             in
             a
             case
             of
             such
             a
             referrence
             and
             import
             as
             that
             ?
             To
             this
             also
             I
             answer
             .
             1.
             in
             generall
             .
             2.
             in
             particular
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             for
             cases
             of
             necessity
             they
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             very
             easie
             to
             be
             judged
             and
             discerned
             ,
             mens
             senses
             usually
             informing
             their
             understandings
             when
             they
             fall
             .
             When
             
               David
            
             and
             his
             men
             were
             an
             hungry
             ,
             and
             saw
             no
             possibility
             of
             being
             supplyed
             ,
             or
             relived
             otherwise
             (
             suppose
             them
             all
             persons
             of
             far
             lesse
             understanding
             then
             they
             were
             )
             they
             were
             and
             had
             been
             (
             ever
             under
             such
             a
             supposition
             )
             the
             most
             competent
             ,
             and
             best
             quallified
             Judges
             in
             the
             world
             of
             that
             case
             of
             necessity
             which
             was
             now
             in
             upon
             them
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             to
             do
             that
             
               in
               eating
               the
               Show-bread
               which
               in
               other
               cases
               was
               not
               lawfull
               for
               them
               to
               do
               .
            
             By
             the
             way
             ,
             this
             instance
             concerning
             
               David
               ,
            
             and
             his
             men
             ,
             being
             made
             a
             
               Booke
               ▪
               case
            
             by
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             cleerly
             proveth
             that
             extremity
             of
             hunger
             ,
             is
             a
             reall
             and
             authorised
             
               case
               of
               necessity
               ;
            
             and
             consequently
             priviledgeth
             those
             that
             are
             under
             it
             ,
             whilst
             it
             continueth
             upon
             them
             ,
             from
             subjection
             to
             such
             Lawes
             ,
             which
             oppose
             the
             reliefe
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             whereunto
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             subject
             ,
             at
             all
             other
             times
             .
             And
             if
             hunger
             ,
             though
             but
             of
             one
             or
             of
             a
             small
             number
             of
             men
             ,
             be
             warranted
             by
             Christ
             ,
             for
             a
             case
             of
             necessity
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             dispensation
             
             from
             an
             ordinary
             and
             standing
             Law
             ;
             much
             more
             are
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             especially
             greater
             concernments
             of
             greater
             numbers
             of
             men
             ,
             to
             passe
             in
             our
             judgments
             for
             cases
             of
             like
             nature
             name
             and
             import
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             though
             some
             may
             pretend
             and
             plead
             a
             case
             of
             necessity
             where
             none
             is
             ,
             to
             exempt
             themselves
             from
             some
             lawes
             or
             commands
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             no
             mind
             to
             be
             subject
             unto
             (
             who
             are
             justly
             punishable
             upon
             sufficient
             evidence
             of
             their
             dissimulation
             )
             yet
             this
             is
             no
             competent
             ground
             or
             motive
             to
             deny
             a
             lawfullnesse
             of
             power
             unto
             mea
             in
             generall
             ,
             to
             judge
             of
             such
             cases
             of
             necessity
             ,
             whereof
             they
             are
             capable
             by
             principles
             of
             common
             sence
             ,
             and
             ordinary
             understanding
             .
             Though
             many
             are
             hipocrites
             in
             Religion
             ,
             and
             professe
             they
             beleeve
             in
             God
             ,
             when
             they
             doe
             nothing
             lesse
             ,
             yet
             this
             is
             no
             reason
             to
             interdict
             any
             man
             ,
             either
             the
             triall
             or
             judging
             of
             his
             faith
             ,
             or
             the
             profession
             of
             it
             .
             when
             indeed
             he
             hath
             it
             and
             doth
             beleive
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Though
             men
             in
             places
             civill
             Iudicature
             and
             Magistracy
             be
             ordinarilyand
             in
             the
             generall
             the
             most
             competent
             Judges
             of
             such
             cases
             of
             necessity
             which
             are
             of
             publick
             
               Interest
            
             and
             concernment
             :
             yet
             first
             ,
             considering
             what
             was
             said
             towards
             the
             begining
             
               viz.
            
             that
             a
             guift
             (
             and
             consequently
             any
             thing
             of
             like
             influence
             and
             operation
             upon
             the
             heart
             of
             men
             ▪
             as
             vehement
             desiers
             ,
             and
             hopes
             of
             irregular
             &
             undue
             injoynments
             in
             anykind
             &c
             )
             
               blinds
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               wise
               ,
               and
               pervert
               the
               words
               of
               the
               righteous
               ;
            
             2.
             
             The
             richly
             testified
             &
             long
             approved
             integrity
             of
             others
             ,
             who
             though
             (
             haply
             )
             not
             vested
             in
             any
             place
             of
             civill
             authority
             ,
             yet
             are
             men
             of
             sound
             judgment
             and
             ofexecellent
             abilities
             to
             discern
             in
             many
             cases
             the
             dijudication
             of
             such
             an
             interest
             we
             speak
             of
             ,
             as
             farr
             more
             competent
             and
             proper
             for
             some
             private
             men
             ,
             then
             for
             those
             that
             are
             above
             them
             in
             Authoritie
             and
             power
             .
             When
             a
             man
             not
             suffsiently
             acquainted
             with
             the
             way
             .
             which
             he
             is
             to
             Travaile
             ,
             shall
             hier
             ,
             and
             take
             a
             guide
             along
             with
             him
             ▪
             who
             knowes
             the
             way
             ,
             to
             direct
             him
             ,
             though
             in
             this
             case
             it
             be
             ordinarily
             more
             regular
             and
             rationall
             ,
             for
             such
             a
             man
             to
             follow
             his
             guide
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             directed
             by
             him
             ;
             yet
             in
             case
             his
             guide
             fals
             blind
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             he
             is
             fitter
             from
             thence
             forth
             to
             be
             his
             own
             guide
             ,
             and
             to
             follow
             the
             dictates
             of
             his
             own
             eyes
             and
             judgement
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             led
             along
             ,
             haply
             into
             ditches
             and
             precipices
             by
             a
             blind
             man
             ,
          
           
           
             Or
             suppose
             a
             wise
             and
             discret
             woman
             ,
             should
             joyne
             her selfe
             in
             marriage
             to
             a
             man
             of
             worth
             ,
             and
             considerable
             ability
             :
             though
             it
             were
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             will
             and
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             principles
             of
             naturall
             order
             and
             reason
             ,
             that
             this
             woman
             should
             obey
             and
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             councells
             and
             directions
             of
             such
             an
             husband
             ,
             whilst
             God
             shall
             please
             to
             keep
             him
             sound
             in
             his
             intellectuals
             ;
             Yet
             in
             case
             God
             shall
             take
             of
             the
             Chariot
             wheeles
             of
             this
             mans
             reason
             and
             understanding
             and
             smite
             him
             with
             ●
             phrensie
             or
             madnesse
             ,
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             meete
             that
             the
             husband
             though
             naturally
             the
             head
             ,
             should
             follow
             the
             councell
             and
             directions
             of
             the
             woman
             ,
             though
             more
             generally
             the
             
               weaker
               vessell
               ,
            
             then
             that
             the
             woman
             being
             discreet
             and
             sober
             ,
             should
             be
             dispesed
             off
             ,
             or
             concluded
             by
             the
             will
             or
             commands
             of
             the
             man
             .
             It
             is
             a
             true
             observation
             and
             saying
             of
             
               Bazil
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             (
             Lib.
             
             
               D
               Spiritu
               fancto
            
             cap.
             20.
             )
             that
             is
             according
             to
             the
             order
             and
             course
             of
             nature
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             wise
             or
             prudent
             is
             to
             order
             ,
             and
             rule
             .
             So
             that
             in
             case
             a
             person
             ,
             one
             ,
             or
             more
             advanced
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Magistracy
             and
             civill
             power
             ,
             at
             first
             judged
             upright
             ,
             and
             capable
             of
             the
             things
             appertaining
             to
             his
             place
             ▪
             and
             to
             the
             publique
             good
             by
             those
             who
             advanced
             him
             ,
             shall
             in
             time
             so
             farr
             degenerate
             ,
             and
             become
             unlike
             himself
             ,
             that
             either
             by
             bribery
             ,
             covetousnesse
             ,
             ambition
             and
             impotency
             of
             desire
             of
             arbitrary
             domination
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             he
             suffers
             his
             
               eyes
               to
               be
               blinded
               ,
            
             and
             looseth
             his
             habit
             or
             principle
             of
             discerning
             matters
             of
             publick
             concernment
             :
             in
             such
             a
             case
             privat
             men
             ,
             yea
             the
             generallity
             of
             men
             are
             more
             competent
             judges
             of
             their
             common
             concernment
             then
             he
             ,
             And
             as
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             in
             that
             saying
             ,
             
               If
               the
               blind
               lead
               the
               blind
               ,
               they
               shall
               both
               fall
               into
               the
               ditch
               .
            
             
               *
            
             gave
             men
             a
             piercing
             
               Item
            
             in
             their
             spirituall
             affaires
             ,
             to
             seeke
             for
             eyes
             of
             their
             own
             wherewith
             to
             find
             out
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             able
             to
             judge
             of
             the
             waies
             of
             life
             ,
             upon
             a
             supposall
             that
             their
             
               leaders
            
             would
             sometimes
             ,
             if
             not
             very
             frequently
             ,
             prove
             
               blind
               ,
            
             in
             which
             case
             ,
             unlesse
             themselves
             had
             eyes
             to
             see
             ,
             and
             should
             walke
             accordingly
             ,
             they
             would
             certainly
             perish
             for
             ever
             :
             so
             is
             it
             in
             mens
             temporall
             and
             civill
             affaires
             proportionably
             :
             
               If
               the
               blindlead
               the
               blind
               .
            
             If
             
               blind
            
             Magistrates
             shall
             lead
             a
             
               blind
            
             people
             ,
             or
             a
             
               seeing
            
             people
             ,
             (
             for
             there
             is
             no
             difference
             in
             case
             the
             one
             be
             
               led
            
             
             aswell
             as
             the
             other
             by
             the
             
               blind
            
             )
             if
             the
             people
             ▪
             (
             I
             say
             )
             whether
             
               blind
            
             or
             
               seeing
            
             shall
             subject
             themselves
             without
             due
             examination
             and
             triall
             ,
             to
             whatsoever
             their
             
               blind
            
             Rulers
             ,
             whether
             in
             pretence
             ,
             or
             in
             reality
             of
             intention
             (
             for
             their
             is
             no
             difference
             in
             the
             case
             we
             speak
             of
             )
             shall
             command
             them
             to
             do
             in
             order
             to
             their
             peace
             ;
             they
             run
             an
             iminent
             hazard
             of
             falling
             into
             the
             Politicall
             ditch
             of
             externall
             misery
             and
             ruin
             .
             Nor
             is
             their
             much
             question
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             that
             men
             are
             in
             every
             whit
             as
             much
             danger
             of
             being
             
               led
               by
               the
               blind
               ,
            
             in
             their
             politique
             and
             civill
             concernment
             as
             in
             their
             spirituall
             :
             The
             bench
             and
             throne
             affoording
             commonly
             more
             dust
             to
             
               blind
            
             mens
             
               eyes
               ,
            
             then
             the
             Chaire
             or
             Pulpet
             .
             But
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Suppose
             Rulers
             and
             Judges
             ,
             should
             be
             men
             of
             integrety
             (
             for
             the
             maine
             )
             yea
             and
             for
             wisdom
             and
             vnderstanding
             in
             their
             appropriate
             affaires
             ,
             men
             not
             much
             ,
             lower
             then
             
               Angels
               of
               God
               ,
            
             yet
             we
             know
             the
             common
             saying
             
               humanum
               est
               errare
               ,
            
             men
             have
             nothing
             more
             incident
             to
             them
             then
             error
             and
             mistake
             :
             and
             this
             many
             times
             in
             matters
             of
             very
             materiall
             consequence
             both
             to
             themselves
             and
             others
             ,
             yea
             the
             wisest
             of
             men
             have
             their
             
               turbidaintervalla
               ,
            
             and
             now
             and
             then
             
               dead
               flyes
            
             are
             found
             in
             their
             
               Oyntment
               .
               David
            
             was
             a
             man
             
               after
               Gods
               own
               heart
            
             for
             uprightnes
             and
             sincerity
             and
             had
             a
             very
             rich
             annointing
             also
             of
             the
             spirit
             of
             wisdome
             and
             understanding
             ;
             Yet
             we
             know
             the
             time
             was
             ,
             when
             he
             commanded
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             much
             importunity
             and
             vehemency
             of
             contest
             ,
             that
             which
             was
             of
             very
             sad
             consequence
             ,
             both
             to
             himself
             and
             many
             thousands
             of
             his
             people
             :
             the
             evill
             tendency
             of
             which
             command
             ,
             though
             himself
             for
             the
             present
             apprehended
             nothing
             of
             ,
             yet
             was
             it
             as
             it
             seemes
             resented
             by
             
               Ioab
            
             a
             souldier
             and
             Generall
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             who
             contested
             with
             him
             a
             while
             for
             a
             reversal
             of
             it
             .
             If
             then
             Rulers
             and
             Governors
             though
             men
             of
             cleerest
             both
             hearts
             and
             parts
             ,
             may
             sometimes
             ,
             through
             incogitancy
             ,
             or
             weaknesse
             of
             judgment
             or
             by
             reason
             of
             some
             present
             over
             ▪
             shaddowing
             with
             some
             corruption
             ,
             temptation
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             command
             such
             things
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             which
             have
             a
             direct
             and
             cleere
             tendency
             to
             the
             puplique
             prejudice
             and
             dammage
             of
             that
             state
             and
             people
             who
             are
             subject
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             this
             discernable
             to
             private
             men
             who
             are
             standers
             by
             :
             ought
             not
             these
             men
             to
             judge
             ,
             and
             speake
             what
             they
             see
             ,
             and
             beleeve
             in
             these
             cases
             ,
             yea
             and
             to
             charge
             the
             commandements
             of
             their
             Rulers
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             obey
             them
             both
             
             to
             their
             owns
             prejudice
             ,
             and
             the
             prejudice
             of
             many
             millions
             of
             men
             ,
             whose
             wealth
             ,
             and
             safety
             they
             stand
             bound
             in
             conscience
             with
             the
             best
             of
             their
             interests
             ,
             and
             endeavours
             to
             procure
             .
             It
             Christ
             doth
             not
             onely
             allow
             the
             generality
             of
             Christians
             to
             try
             ,
             examine
             ,
             and
             judge
             ,
             of
             the
             Doctrines
             of
             their
             teachers
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             able
             ;
             but
             injoynes
             them
             (
             as
             we
             heard
             )
             at
             the
             perill
             of
             their
             soules
             to
             vest
             in
             themselves
             such
             an
             ability
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             may
             be
             able
             so
             farre
             to
             discerne
             and
             judge
             of
             their
             Doctrines
             ,
             as
             to
             determine
             whether
             or
             no
             their
             teachers
             be
             
               blind
            
             or
             
               seeing
               ,
            
             admonishing
             them
             further
             if
             they
             be
             
               blind
               ,
            
             at
             no
             hand
             to
             be
             
               led
               by
            
             them
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             
               falling
               into
               the
               ditch
            
             doubtlesse
             ,
             he
             alloweth
             (
             at
             least
             )
             the
             generallity
             of
             men
             ,
             a
             right
             and
             interest
             of
             judgeing
             and
             discerning
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             able
             (
             and
             what
             should
             hinder
             of
             being
             able
             to
             acquire
             a
             faculty
             of
             judging
             temporall
             and
             civill
             things
             ,
             when
             Christ
             himselfe
             supposeth
             them
             capable
             of
             obtaining
             an
             ability
             to
             judge
             of
             spirituall
             and
             heavenly
             things
             )
             the
             politick
             Doctrines
             .
             1.
             the
             Injunctions
             and
             Commands
             of
             their
             civill
             Rulers
             :
             and
             if
             he
             alloweth
             them
             to
             judge
             and
             determine
             of
             them
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             truly
             politique
             ,
             and
             consistant
             with
             the
             publike
             good
             and
             safety
             ,
             or
             no
             ,
             certainely
             ,
             he
             allowes
             them
             withall
             ,
             either
             to
             obey
             ,
             or
             disobey
             according
             as
             upon
             good
             grounds
             ,
             they
             shall
             judge
             them
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             like
             it
             will
             be
             here
             replyed
             and
             demanded
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             but
             by
             what
             rule
             shall
             inferiours
             judge
             of
             the
             Commands
             of
             their
             Superiours
             ?
             Or
             by
             what
             Character
             or
             marke
             ,
             shall
             such
             Commands
             which
             may
             lawfully
             be
             disobeyed
             ,
             be
             so
             cleerly
             distinguished
             from
             such
             others
             ,
             which
             are
             necessary
             to
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             that
             the
             conscience
             of
             him
             that
             obeyeth
             not
             ,
             may
             be
             secured
             in
             peace
             ,
             in
             ,
             and
             under
             his
             non-obedience
             ?
             I
             answer
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             the
             conscience
             of
             the
             inferiour
             who
             disobeyeth
             ,
             may
             upon
             every
             whit
             as
             cleere
             ,
             and
             satisfactory
             termes
             ,
             be
             secured
             ,
             concerning
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             his
             non-obedience
             ,
             as
             the
             conscience
             of
             the
             Superiour
             ,
             concerning
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             his
             command
             .
             Nay
             ,
             of
             the
             two
             ,
             there
             are
             more
             snares
             and
             temptations
             upon
             the
             superiours
             to
             impose
             unrighteous
             Commands
             ,
             then
             upon
             the
             inferiour
             to
             miss-judge
             or
             mistake
             ,
             those
             which
             are
             righteous
             for
             unrighteous
             ▪
             The
             Superiour
             is
             in
             little
             or
             no
             danger
             
             at
             all
             (
             I
             mean
             in
             respect
             of
             any
             civil
             punishment
             or
             sufferings
             ,
             if
             he
             judgeth
             any
             command
             of
             his
             whatsoever
             unjust
             ,
             refusing
             accordingly
             to
             obey
             it
             :
             yea
             he
             is
             in
             danger
             of
             suffering
             both
             from
             God
             and
             men
             in
             case
             he
             mis-judgeth
             any
             such
             command
             upon
             such
             termes
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             so
             much
             danger
             ,
             that
             the
             inferiour
             himself
             should
             mis-judge
             his
             superiours
             command
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             superiour
             himself
             should
             mis-judge
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             sin
             in
             the
             proposall
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Were
             it
             to
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             the
             Inferiour
             who
             is
             to
             obey
             runs
             some
             hazard
             of
             mistake
             ,
             when
             ever
             he
             judgeth
             and
             concludeth
             any
             command
             of
             his
             superiour
             to
             be
             unjust
             :
             yet
             ,
             1.
             the
             superiour
             runs
             the
             same
             (
             or
             a
             greater
             )
             hazard
             ,
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             said
             )
             whensoever
             he
             judgeth
             that
             which
             he
             commandeth
             to
             be
             just
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             the
             possibility
             or
             a
             danger
             of
             a
             mistake
             ,
             in
             the
             inferiour
             ,
             be
             a
             ty
             or
             engagement
             upon
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             to
             forbear
             any
             act
             of
             judgement
             at
             all
             about
             the
             command
             of
             the
             superiour
             :
             the
             same
             of
             greater
             possibilitie
             or
             danger
             in
             the
             superiour
             must
             oblige
             his
             Conscience
             also
             from
             imposing
             any
             command
             at
             all
             upon
             the
             inferiour
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             all
             both
             commanding
             and
             obeying
             should
             cease
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             interest
             of
             Magistracy
             and
             government
             wholly
             be
             dissolved
             .
             2.
             
             As
             the
             inferiour
             shall
             run
             a
             hazard
             of
             mistake
             ,
             whensoever
             hee
             shall
             judge
             it
             righteous
             :
             it
             being
             every
             whit
             as
             difficult
             cleerly
             to
             determine
             what
             is
             righteous
             and
             just
             ,
             as
             what
             is
             unrighteous
             and
             unjust
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             the
             danger
             of
             a
             mistake
             ,
             in
             judging
             the
             command
             of
             his
             superiour
             to
             be
             unjust
             ,
             be
             an
             engagement
             upon
             his
             conscience
             ,
             to
             forbear
             all
             such
             judgement
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             rule
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             same
             ground
             ,
             he
             should
             never
             judge
             any
             such
             command
             to
             bee
             just
             neither
             :
             in
             which
             case
             all
             his
             obedience
             must
             needs
             be
             sinfull
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             performed
             in
             faith
             :
             1.
             
             Out
             of
             a
             knowledge
             or
             wel-grounded
             perswasion
             of
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             it
             .
             But
          
           
             3.
             
             Evident
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             cases
             there
             is
             no
             danger
             at
             all
             ,
             no
             hazard
             run
             ,
             in
             judgeing
             the
             commands
             of
             superiours
             ,
             unlawfull
             :
             no
             not
             when
             the
             superiours
             themselves
             shall
             be
             most
             confident
             of
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             them
             :
             
               Shadrach
               ,
               Meshach
               and
               Abednigo
            
             ran
             no
             danger
             of
             a
             mistake
             ,
             when
             they
             judged
             the
             command
             of
             
               King
               
               Nebuchad-nezar
               ,
            
             for
             the
             worshiping
             of
             his
             golden
             image
             ,
             to
             be
             unlawfull
             and
             unjust
             :
             and
             yet
             the
             King
             himself
             (
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             story
             )
             yea
             and
             all
             his
             Nobles
             ,
             were
             violently
             confident
             of
             the
             equitie
             and
             justnesse
             of
             it
             .
             Nor
             did
             
               Daniel
            
             run
             hazard
             of
             a
             mistake
             ,
             when
             hee
             judged
             the
             command
             of
             
               Darius
            
             his
             Prince
             and
             Councellours
             ,
             that
             
               no
               man
               for
               thirty
               dayes
               should
               ask
               any
               Petitions
               of
               any
               God
               ,
               or
               man
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               King
               only
               ,
            
             to
             bee
             unjust
             :
             though
             it
             is
             no
             wayes
             like
             ,
             but
             that
             at
             least
             the
             major
             part
             of
             them
             ,
             judged
             it
             very
             reasonable
             and
             just
             .
             That
             mixt
             Assembly
             of
             Rulers
             and
             Priests
             (
             Act.
             4.
             5.
             6.
             
             )
             were
             confident
             more
             then
             enough
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             well
             ,
             in
             
               commanding
               Peter
               and
               Iohn
               ,
               to
               preach
               no
               more
               in
               Christs
               name
               ,
            
             (
             vers.
             17.
             18.
             
             )
             yet
             the
             men
             ran
             no
             hazard
             at
             all
             of
             mistake
             in
             refusing
             to
             obey
             it
             ,
             as
             unjust
             .
             So
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             it
             no
             wayes
             followes
             .
             The
             Parliament
             it selfe
             ,
             (
             at
             least
             the
             major
             part
             of
             it
             ▪
             judged
             their
             Ordinance
             or
             Command
             for
             the
             present
             disbanding
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             to
             be
             just
             :
             therefore
             the
             Army
             sinned
             ,
             or
             ran
             a
             hazard
             of
             sinning
             ,
             in
             refusing
             to
             obey
             it
             accordingly
             .
             But
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             case
             the
             inferiour
             should
             at
             any
             time
             mistake
             ,
             in
             judgeing
             some
             command
             of
             his
             superiour
             unlawfull
             ,
             having
             conscienciously
             used
             compitent
             means
             for
             his
             due
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             judging
             of
             it
             as
             he
             doth
             ,
             in
             the
             simplicity
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             any
             sinister
             end
             ,
             or
             respect
             as
             neglect
             of
             Magistracy
             ,
             &c.
             yet
             such
             a
             mistake
             ,
             with
             the
             new
             obedience
             accompanying
             it
             ,
             is
             a
             far
             lesse
             offence
             ,
             much
             more
             pardonable
             or
             excusable
             ,
             then
             either
             the
             swallowing
             downe
             of
             all
             commands
             whatsoever
             from
             superiours
             without
             examination
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             then
             his
             subjection
             to
             this
             or
             any
             other
             command
             against
             judgement
             and
             conscience
             would
             be
             :
             so
             that
             though
             a
             non
             obedience
             in
             an
             inferiour
             upon
             such
             a
             mistake
             ,
             as
             was
             now
             discribed
             in
             the
             command
             of
             his
             superiour
             ,
             be
             not
             simply
             justifiable
             or
             lawfull
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             comparatively
             justifiable
             ,
             being
             a
             far
             lesser
             sin
             ,
             supposing
             the
             invinciblenesse
             of
             the
             errour
             ,
             or
             mistake
             ,
             by
             ordinary
             meanes
             ,
             then
             the
             contrary
             ,
             yea
             then
             any
             other
             department
             would
             bee
             mistakes
             upon
             diligence
             ,
             and
             reasonable
             m●●ns
             conscientiously
             used
             for
             the
             prevention
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             the
             frequent
             ,
             so
             are
             
             they
             the
             lightest
             mis-carryings
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             least
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             displeasure
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             (
             And
             Lastly
             for
             these
             )
             There
             are
             these
             three
             characters
             and
             symptomes
             very
             incident
             (
             amongst
             some
             others
             )
             to
             the
             commands
             of
             superiours
             ,
             which
             being
             found
             upon
             them
             ,
             render
             and
             declare
             them
             manifestly
             unjust
             ,
             (
             in
             which
             case
             the
             inferiour
             runneth
             little
             or
             no
             hazard
             in
             judging
             them
             accordingly
             )
             First
             ,
             When
             they
             are
             calculated
             and
             formed
             with
             a
             peculiar
             and
             cleere
             antipathy
             to
             the
             comforts
             and
             peace
             of
             such
             as
             are
             religious
             ,
             and
             withall
             peaceable
             in
             that
             way
             of
             Religion
             wherin
             they
             worship
             God
             .
             This
             is
             one
             character
             of
             an
             unjust
             command
             .
             It
             is
             not
             material
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             whether
             the
             superiours
             we
             speak
             of
             or
             others
             void
             of
             Religion
             ,
             know
             who
             are
             Religious
             〈◊〉
             .
             That
             may
             bee
             clear
             and
             manifest
             to
             Religious
             persons
             themselves
             ,
             which
             is
             either
             unknown
             or
             doubtfull
             ,
             unto
             others
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             When
             such
             commands
             smile
             upon
             the
             interests
             of
             the
             Commanders
             themselves
             ,
             or
             any
             prevailing
             party
             or
             faction
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             upon
             their
             profits
             ,
             pleasures
             ,
             honours
             ,
             powers
             ,
             &c.
             and
             withall
             lowre
             and
             frown
             upon
             the
             ease
             and
             accomodations
             of
             the
             comminalty
             of
             the
             people
             under
             them
             .
             This
             is
             another
             manifest
             character
             or
             signe
             of
             their
             injustice
             ,
             easie
             enough
             to
             be
             discovered
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             (
             and
             lastly
             ,
             )
             When
             they
             have
             strong
             and
             pregnant
             conjunction
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             conversallity
             ,
             whether
             privative
             or
             possitive
             ,
             with
             any
             such
             designe
             ,
             whether
             reall
             ,
             or
             justly
             suspected
             ,
             which
             tends
             either
             to
             the
             enslaving
             of
             the
             generallity
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             extinguishing
             and
             defeating
             of
             their
             just
             rights
             and
             liberties
             ;
             and
             withall
             ,
             have
             no
             connexion
             at
             all
             ,
             with
             any
             imaginable
             benefit
             or
             good
             ,
             of
             equall
             consideration
             unto
             the
             people
             .
             This
             also
             is
             a
             pregnant
             character
             of
             iniustice
             in
             such
             commands
             .
             Suppose
             there
             be
             no
             such
             designe
             as
             wee
             speake
             of
             really
             intended
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             enslaving
             of
             a
             free
             people
             (
             or
             their
             liberties
             )
             yet
             if
             there
             bee
             any
             strong
             presumption
             (
             much
             more
             i●
             many
             )
             that
             there
             is
             indeed
             such
             a
             designe
             intended
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             a
             great
             Jealousy
             and
             feare
             of
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             generally
             fallen
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             yet
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             for
             superiours
             ,
             especially
             those
             who
             are
             most
             suspected
             
             for
             contrivers
             and
             drivers
             on
             of
             such
             a
             designe
             ,
             to
             command
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             palpable
             and
             notorious
             consistency
             ,
             with
             such
             a
             designe
             in
             case
             it
             be
             intended
             ,
             and
             withall
             but
             a
             faint
             and
             slender
             connexion
             ,
             especially
             if
             none
             at
             all
             ,
             with
             any
             proportionable
             benefit
             unto
             the
             people
             ,
             is
             at
             least
             even
             in
             the
             best
             and
             most
             innocent
             tendency
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             torment
             the
             people
             with
             fears
             and
             Jealousy
             ,
             which
             is
             uniust
             for
             these
             to
             do
             ,
             whose
             interest
             of
             duty
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             Nurfing
             Fathers
             unto
             them
             :
             and
             though
             there
             be
             no
             demonstrative
             ,
             or
             Logick
             sentence
             ,
             that
             such
             or
             such
             a
             command
             as
             we
             speak
             of
             ,
             comming
             from
             a
             person
             ,
             one
             or
             more
             suspected
             ,
             of
             the
             designe
             specified
             ;
             hath
             a
             reall
             coniunction
             with
             such
             a
             reall
             designe
             ,
             yet
             if
             there
             be
             a
             politicall
             or
             morall
             certainty
             ,
             which
             stands
             in
             strength
             and
             pregnancy
             of
             probability
             and
             presumption
             ,
             this
             is
             sufficient
             to
             cleare
             and
             justifie
             ,
             as
             well
             the
             iudgement
             ,
             as
             the
             practice
             of
             those
             ;
             who
             iudging
             the
             said
             command
             to
             be
             unlawfull
             and
             uniust
             ,
             shall
             accordingly
             yeeld
             obedience
             to
             it
             .
             It
             is
             well
             observed
             by
             
               Aristotle
               ,
            
             that
             a
             considering
             man
             ought
             onely
             to
             require
             and
             bee
             content
             with
             such
             Arguments
             and
             proofs
             ,
             as
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             subiect
             under
             consideration
             ,
             whatsoever
             it
             be
             ,
             will
             bear
             and
             admit
             .
             From
             Mathematitians
             we
             may
             expect
             close
             and
             exact
             demonstrations
             ,
             because
             the
             subiect
             of
             this
             science
             will
             beare
             it
             ;
             but
             from
             Oratours
             ,
             or
             men
             handling
             politicall
             ,
             and
             morall
             matters
             ,
             we
             ought
             to
             bee
             satisfied
             with
             probabilities
             ,
             and
             topique
             arguments
             ;
             because
             the
             nature
             of
             such
             subiects
             as
             these
             ,
             will
             not
             admit
             of
             regular
             and
             perfect
             demonstrations
             .
             Suppose
             a
             person
             ,
             one
             or
             more
             ,
             have
             a
             reall
             intention
             to
             destroy
             or
             enslave
             a
             nation
             ?
             it
             is
             not
             lightly
             possible
             for
             any
             other
             man
             possitively
             and
             with
             a
             Mathematical
             evidence
             ,
             or
             certainty
             of
             knowledge
             to
             affirm
             it
             ,
             untill
             it
             be
             effected
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             is
             too
             late
             to
             prevent
             it
             .
             Therefore
             when
             there
             is
             a
             grand
             probability
             before
             us
             ,
             a
             result
             of
             many
             circumstances
             ,
             strongly
             inducing
             a
             beleef
             of
             such
             an
             intention
             ,
             it
             is
             sufficient
             to
             build
             any
             such
             practice
             or
             engagement
             upon
             ,
             which
             is
             necessary
             for
             the
             prevention
             of
             it
             .
             Thus
             in
             generall
             for
             answer
             to
             the
             main
             obiection
             and
             demand
             last
             propounded
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             particular
             I
             shall
             need
             to
             add
             little
             ,
             all
             circumstances
             
             relating
             hereunto
             ,
             being
             generally
             known
             unto
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             The
             command
             for
             the
             dis-banding
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             being
             contrived
             and
             procured
             by
             ,
             and
             comming
             from
             such
             persons
             (
             though
             haply
             in
             coniunction
             with
             others
             )
             who
             are
             strongly
             ,
             and
             upon
             grounds
             wel-nigh
             irresistable
             ,
             suspected
             of
             a
             machievation
             or
             designe
             destructive
             to
             the
             peace
             ,
             lawfull
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             moreover
             ,
             the
             said
             command
             notoriously
             comporting
             with
             such
             a
             designe
             as
             directly
             tending
             to
             breake
             in
             sander
             that
             bar
             of
             Iron
             which
             only
             obstructed
             the
             birth
             and
             execution
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             yet
             farther
             ,
             having
             no
             complyance
             at
             all
             with
             my
             considerable
             or
             proportionable
             good
             unto
             the
             nation
             :
             and
             yet
             more
             ,
             being
             so
             exactly
             bent
             against
             ,
             and
             level'd
             at
             the
             faces
             of
             such
             as
             are
             really
             conscientious
             and
             religiously
             peaceable
             in
             the
             Land
             ;
             to
             whom
             the
             Army
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             union
             and
             power
             ,
             were
             
               a
               little
               Sanctuary
               ,
            
             and
             as
             that
             shaddow
             of
             a
             Rock
             in
             a
             weary
             Land
             .
             These
             things
             laid
             together
             ,
             and
             duly
             considered
             cannot
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             any
             reasonable
             or
             dis-ingaged
             man
             but
             abundantly
             ,
             and
             with
             honour
             acquit
             and
             vindicate
             the
             Army
             in
             what
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             though
             ten
             thousand
             angry
             and
             impertinent
             Querents
             more
             ,
             should
             be
             levied
             against
             them
             ,
             to
             attempt
             the
             avilement
             and
             abasement
             of
             those
             to
             whom
             the
             God
             of
             heaven
             hath
             said
             ,
             
               Be
               ye
               honourable
               amongst
               men
               .
            
          
           
             As
             for
             that
             which
             is
             wont
             to
             bee
             objected
             ,
             touching
             breach
             of
             priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             it
             is
             of
             no
             consideration
             or
             comparison
             with
             the
             objections
             already
             answered
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             there
             is
             abundantly
             sufficient
             in
             the
             premisses
             ,
             to
             cut
             the
             sinewes
             of
             any
             such
             objection
             .
             Though
             priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             really
             such
             ,
             and
             not
             simply
             but
             truely
             so
             called
             ,
             bee
             truely
             honourable
             and
             little
             lesse
             then
             the
             light
             ,
             and
             life
             ,
             and
             strength
             of
             the
             freedom
             of
             the
             nation
             :
             yea
             ,
             no
             man
             as
             yet
             hath
             ,
             nor
             whilest
             I
             live
             shall
             take
             away
             this
             crowne
             from
             my
             head
             ,
             of
             beeing
             cordially
             zealous
             in
             the
             defence
             and
             maintainance
             of
             them
             ;
             yet
             are
             they
             not
             of
             equall
             consideration
             with
             the
             holy
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             righteous
             commands
             of
             God
             .
             Therefore
             if
             these
             may
             ,
             and
             ought
             notwithstanding
             the
             jealousy
             of
             God
             over
             them
             ,
             sometimes
             want
             
             that
             obedience
             and
             subjection
             from
             men
             ,
             which
             in
             ordinary
             cases
             is
             most
             due
             unto
             them
             ,
             much
             more
             ought
             the
             priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             soveraignty
             of
             great
             〈◊〉
             in
             them
             ,
             how
             downe
             at
             the
             feer
             of
             that
             soveraigne
             and
             supreame
             Law
             ,
             〈◊〉
             
               Solus
               populi
               ,
            
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             which
             certainly
             is
             above
             all
             Parliaments
             and
             Parliament
             priviledge
             whatsoever
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             truth
             unquestionable
             ,
             that
             nothing
             that
             it
             sinfull
             ,
             nothing
             that
             is
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             honour
             ,
             peace
             ,
             safety
             ,
             just
             rights
             or
             liberties
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             can
             for
             ever
             be
             ,
             or
             make
             a
             priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             .
             And
             whilest
             men
             act
             in
             a
             due
             and
             cl●er
             concurrence
             with
             this
             great
             Law
             ,
             
               the
               safetye
               of
               the
               people
            
             unpossible
             it
             is
             that
             they
             should
             intrench
             or
             make
             the
             least
             breach
             upon
             any
             priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             whether
             the
             Army
             have
             thus
             acted
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             am
             freely
             willing
             to
             leave
             to
             the
             judgements
             and
             consciences
             of
             all
             those
             who
             have
             diligently
             read
             ,
             duly
             considered
             ,
             and
             retain
             in
             memory
             what
             hath
             been
             argued
             in
             their
             behalf
             in
             their
             papers
             ,
             to
             judge
             and
             determine
             .
             There
             may
             be
             (
             I
             confesse
             )
             some
             other
             things
             of
             lighter
             moment
             objected
             against
             their
             proceedings
             ▪
             unto
             which
             ,
             though
             these
             have
             not
             been
             given
             an
             answer
             in
             
               the
               letter
               ,
            
             yet
             confident
             I
             am
             ▪
             that
             there
             is
             none
             of
             them
             all
             able
             to
             stand
             before
             
               that
               spirit
            
             that
             hath
             spoken
             ,
             and
             yet
             speaketh
             in
             the
             premisses
             .
          
           
             The
             God
             of
             all
             grace
             and
             glory
             ,
             continue
             the
             Parliament
             in
             a
             full
             and
             peaceable
             inioyment
             of
             all
             their
             priviledges
             and
             honour
             ;
             make
             streight
             that
             which
             is
             croocked
             ,
             sweet
             that
             which
             is
             bitter
             ,
             righteous
             that
             which
             is
             unjust
             ,
             peaceable
             that
             which
             is
             troublesome
             ,
             holy
             that
             which
             is
             profane
             amongst
             them
             ;
             leaving
             nothing
             in
             their
             Assembly
             that
             may
             offend
             either
             the
             eyes
             of
             his
             own
             glory
             ,
             or
             the
             mindes
             of
             the
             sober
             and
             wel-affected
             people
             of
             the
             Land
             .
             The
             same
             ever
             blessed
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             
               Lord
               of
               hosts
               ,
            
             vouchsafe
             still
             to
             delight
             in
             that
             Army
             in
             which
             he
             hath
             greatly
             delighted
             hitherto
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             whereof
             he
             hath
             looked
             ,
             as
             sometimes
             he
             did
             out
             of
             the
             cloudy
             and
             fiery
             pillar
             ,
             when
             he
             took
             off
             the
             
               chariot
               wheeles
               of
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               and
               caused
               them
               to
               drive
               heavily
               :
            
             whilest
             they
             were
             in
             hot
             
             pursuit
             of
             his
             people
             Israel
             ,
             direct
             them
             in
             all
             their
             counsels
             ,
             give
             them
             a
             pattern
             from
             the
             mount
             ,
             to
             make
             and
             forme
             all
             their
             proceedings
             by
             ;
             keep
             them
             in
             righteousnesse
             ,
             peace
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             an
             happy
             band
             in
             his
             hand
             to
             binde
             up
             a
             scattered
             and
             undigested
             Nation
             ,
             which
             scarce
             knowes
             where
             to
             finde
             a
             right
             end
             of
             it self
             ,
             into
             a
             compacted
             and
             well
             made
             up
             bundle
             of
             love
             ,
             unity
             ,
             and
             peace
             .
          
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A85383e-240
           
             Eadem
             poss●●t
             alteri
             manifeste
             vera
             ,
             quae
             alteri
             videntur
             ,
             manifeste
             falsa
             .
          
           
             a
             Deut.
             16.
             19.
             
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Plato
             
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Hom.
             
          
           
             a
             Ich.
             8.
             48.
             
          
           
             b
             Rev.
             12.
             10
             ▪
             
          
           
             See
             the
             eight
             Queries
             ,
             and
             the
             nine
             ,
             and
             nine
             more
             added
             to
             them
             ,
             lately
             published
             .
          
           
             a
             Gen.
             35.
             18.
             
          
           
             Salus
             populi
             suprema
             lex
             .
          
           
             §
             6
             ▪
             
          
           
             1
             Cer.
             12.
             25.
             
          
           
             *
             
               
                 Qui
                 duro
                 ducit
                 vivos
                 è
                 Marmore
                 vultus
                 ,
              
               
                 Non
                 facit
                 ille
                 De●s
                 :
                 qui
                 rogat
                 ,
                 ille
                 facit
                 .
              
               
                 VVho
                 out
                 of
                 Marble
                 living
                 faces
                 maketh
                 ,
              
               
                 Makes
                 yet
                 no
                 Gods
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 that
                 supplicateth
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Isa.
             30.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             
          
           
             b
             Dan.
             3.
             18.
             28.
             
          
           
             c
             Exod.
             29.
             32.
             33.
             
             Levit.
             24.
             29
             
             Mat.
             12.
             4.
             
          
           
             Necessity
             is
             by
             the
             Iewes
             called
             lex
             horae
             1.
             the
             law
             of
             an
             houre
             and
             by
             others
             lex
             temporis
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             times
             .
             Davevant
             Detrem
             .
             
               p.
               191.
               
            
             Necessitas
             enim
             tollit
             ,
             &
             evertit
             omnes
             leges
             :
             mio
             nulla
             habet
             legum
             vinculae
             luth
             .
             T.
             2.
             wittenb
             .
             
               P.
               376.
               
            
             Necessitas
             tollit
             legem
             necessitas
             inducit
             privi
             legium
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             Matt.
             15.
             14.