A REMONSTRANCE Of Lieut. Col. JOHN LILBURN: Concerning The Laws, Liberties, Privileges, Birthrights, Freedom, and Inheritances, of the freeborn People of England; in relation to the Sentence denounced against him for Banishment.  
Together with his Resolution, to adhere and stand firm to the fundamental Laws of this Nation; and inviolably to endeavour the preservation thereof; to the end, that Justice and Right may not be sold, denied, or deferred to any man.  
Published by a Wellwisher to that faithful-Lover of his Country, and constant Sufferer for the Liberties thereof, Lieut. Colonel JOHN LILBURN.  
Imprinted at London, for G. HORTON, 1652.   

THE REMONSTRANCE OF Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburn, to the Freeborn people of England; and a Narrative and Abstract of his late proceed, trial, and sufferings.  
IT is the saying of the God of Truth, That he that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shakeeth his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing of evil; He shall dwell on high; etc. But on the contrary he saith; Woe unto them that decree unrighteous Decrees; and that writ grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgement; and to take away the right from the poor of my people; that widows may be their prey; and that they may rob the Fatherless, Isa. 32.15, 16. Chap. 10.1, 2.  
As for my own part I am a freeman; yea, a free Denizen of England; and I have been in the field with my sword in my hand, to adventure my life and my blood (against Tyrants) for the preservation of my just-freedom; and I do not know that ever I did an act in all my life, that disfranchised me of my freedom; and by virtue of my being a freeman (I conceive) I have as true a right to all the privileges that do belong to a freeman as the greatest man in England whatsoever he be; and the ground and foundation of my freedom I build upon the grand Charter of England, which is published and expressed in the 9 of HEN. 3. Chap. 29. which I humbly crave leave to illustrate as followeth, viz. That no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned; or be diseised of his freehold or liberties; or free Customs; or be outlawed or exiled; or any wise destroyed: Nor we will not pass upon him, nor condemn him; but by lawful Judgement of his Peers; or by the Law of the Land; we will sell to no man; we will not deny; or defer to any man either Justice or Right. And the privileges contained herein are my birthright and inheritance; which privileges have been ratified and confirmed to the free people of England by the Parliament assembled at Westmidster; and many Declarations put out against the late King for violating of them.  
And truly, I cannot choose but remind you, That the Law of England is the birthright and inheritance of the people of England; yea of the meanest as well as of the richest: And although the Law of England be not so good in every particular, especially in the administrative part of it, as I could wish it were; yet till I can see a better, I (for my part) will make much of that which we have, as the principal Earthly preserver and safeguard of my life, liberty and property for it, viz. Magna Charta Chap. 29. saith, No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseifed of his freehold or ftee Customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor past upon, nor condemned, but by lawful Judgement of his Peers; or by the Law of the Land; and that Justice and Right shall not be sold denied, or deferred to any man. See Sir Edw. Cook's excellent Exposition upon this in his 2. par. Instit. fol. 46, 47. etc. Printed by the late forcibly dissolved Parliament for good Law. And positively declared, To preserve unto the people inviolably their fundamental Laws and Liberties, in reference to their Lives, Estates, and all things appertaining thereunto.  

The Remonstrance.  
IT was the lot and portion of our only Lord and Master Jesus Christ, to be persecuted, reviled, reproached, and counted a Troubler of the World, and one not sit to breathe therein: And this even by his own Countrymen and friends; And if we his servants meet with the same measure, he hath commanded Us not to be dismayed or troubled, and the reason is, because the servant is not above the master: And withal, that we might go on cheerfully in bearing the yoke of our master, he hath engaged himself to bear part of it with us, and takes all that is done to us for adhering to him, as done unto himself, Act. 9.4. And therefore, saith the spirit of God, in all their afflictions, he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved him, Esay 63.9. Paul, Peter, and John, sound these say of their Master true, and had their portions in afflictions in an extraordinaay manner, but yet tasted largely of the faithfulness of their Master's promise, which was to be with them, and in them; which made Paul glory in his tribulations, and to say, That as his afflictions did abound, so much more his consolations; and Paul's portion in these expressions and enjoyments, I myself have been made partaker of, in my great and pressing tribulations, which I underwent in the Bishop's days, and have had a large portion of sorrows all along both before and since, throughout my pilgrimage in this present Veil of tears. And having had my spirit mightily refreshed and carried above the world, and the lash of my bitter adversaries, by calling to mind my bypast experience and refresh, that I have enjoyed from that Fountain of fullness, that hath for many years together been my sensible enjoyed portion: And amongst all the Writings and Declarations of God's Love and Kindness manifested to me in my sorrows, this hath most affected, and ●●ken my spirit with greatest content, That it is the work of the Saints, to encounter with difficulties in the Cause and Quarrel of their Lord and Master, and not to be afraid of bonds nor imprisonments. A good Conscience had rather run the hazard of cruelty, then to abate an hairs breadth of contestation against illegality. This was the saying of Mr. Overton, in his late Case, depending in the Honse of Peers; for, saith he, As their Lordships in their arbytrary capacity found Warrants, so should they find Legs to obey them; for I was resolved mine should not be enslaved to that their Usurpation to do their Arbytrary Drudgery; I would rather lose my life, then in that kind to do them that vassalage: My Legs were born as free as the rest of my Body, and therefore I scorn that Legs, or arms, or hands, should do them any service; for as I am a freeman by Birth, so am I resolved to live and die, both in heart, word and deed, in substance and in show.  
Many thousand Citizens are petitioning the Parl. for the recalling of the heavy sentence upon him; by reason that if in relation to his person, his affection to the Parliament, and zeal to public freedom, renders all foreign Nations so unsafe to him, as that (in effect) he is banished into a Wilderness, and exposed naked to the fury of Bears and Lions.  
FINIS.