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IQ?  (E-litlm King    E 5‘) in Q fettlegl Iflizgflonze , lyiazds ipirzg/Elf? to at
«(enable Oath; to the obfitrlmttou of tlaefurz:1a7nc72talliLa'a3s 0)‘ Has Ifpzgdotize, Cl"ac1tl)_7;, as
by being; ['1 I(i:1g, fllltlfl) lvmmd ta pztoteéfi, .as11»e{ltl2c*§’copIe, z1».‘5tl.7L’ Lrmvs cflmi I'\’:1l1dZ--
t'l07J~I£’ : and cxprcjZy,I2y lazls Oat/9 at bis Car'amztion. So at e)2c;jy__7'zy% I('_i2:;g in afettlcrl 1{_i2~z_gdc221ze
is bozmrl to obfiarbe that flbdfilioil (or C ovemmt) made to his ‘Pea le by Isis Lam, in fra2~2tiag bi:
,_,gt;1:e2v2n2c:tzt agyceable sfwremzto, acto2'rling  time ’1"’aEfz'on ma :2 with Noah after tlxe C36/age
(G¢z1.9.;»,;»,.) ,/frm’ tlacrforc 4  mg g1_'0De1'ntrgg in Afettlcd Ifirzgdorne, leaves to be a IQ12g,aad
derrmzerates into A Tyrant, as foam: M /at [calves  to rule according to 191.5 L.<m>s, 1"/.ce;_'fore all
Jgrzgs tlaat are not yrants, or pcrjjurcd, ‘&1»ilI2e glad tolvozmd tl9m2jZ'l~}2es"1).vitbi72 tl:e,fl1:mig:5 of %
their Laws; and tl7e_y that per/"wade? tlacm the contrary, are Vipers and ‘I’t1fls,tbat/svidgdizg/ltlzein , t  i t

A ~ anrltvhe C0tI'17t207’I~Wt1l€’f This was th-e dpitiioti of out geud King JAM Ea S.t  t V  

W ebliige him to pI"OZ’€é1'. as Well the Peop1e,as Ext Laws ofhié Kingdome. Seeingthe

VVhenceI Obie: V6. in the firft place, the occafion whereupon‘ the King: fpaitqf 11*“ '5’?
theft: words : for in the beginning ofthe Parliament (as the cuflomc i 11 Eitglaznzl is).
a B ifhop preachingnin his Sermon he treated at large of the Prerogative ofKinm
how boundlefle it Was, labouring to prove it out of Gocis word. AWhereat greet
oiience being taken by the Parliamemt::he King, to pacific them,made this Speech,“  V _ _
blamingz, the Bifhop in this ; that hedid not di{’rit1gt1ifl1 bctweena King at large;  A 
and the King of Englmzcl,whicl1 is a fettled Kin§.’,CiOm€, of'which his ibrementioned‘ A   
"Words are fpoketi. So as the occafion gives much Pcrcngthtto his words. I '

And {itheneethey are the Iiings own words",iI adviie every wifeman in E'vt1‘gl.<zy2:~lM
to take thetbetter ‘notice ofithem, and to Obferve theii: particulars; t « I t A

A I. That though the King, of nglmzd at his Coronation did take no Oath at all :

yet his every being a King implyes a$tt1nt1ich_as anOatl7,at1<;¥’is itaflead ofan Oath to

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Oilice ofa King binds him,cven by th_e"v,cty law of 1'l5ltEll‘Cy to be a l7’r.otet9cor,as and V

Ol:>l€_~tvatc:it lately well obfetved. So latte is it that any g>rctendcdilv\'elli1l1ig, exube-
rant and botzndlefle PIC1'0§,§3.ElV’Cll10Llld aflhtne toit lelfe 9. right ofpowet to over-e
turn the law of nature by dell f0Ym§§ 13031 l?_iS People and Laws at his p.l€alll1‘C:aI3Cl.‘
cxpoiing the Kingdome to ruins. in {lead of }3l'OECC‘:llI"l§7, and clefimelitig it.
  2 _ Tim every King of .E'2z_qlizr:d is bound cxptefly by his Oath at his Coronation
tohe a juft King. in 0l3l€EViI}gl1lS{Ol€1n»il€ Covenant made with his People.
‘ g , That this his paétion is by the Law of the Ln.t1dt1g1‘ceable to that vvheteunto
he is to frame his Government.
4.. Thatthis his Covenant ought to be as Htme and inviolable,as that Covenant

vvhich God made with lflonb after the Deluge , which was never yet broken , nor to |

ever llmlbe. T

5. '1 hot 9. King govern 1113,‘, in :1 fectled Kingdomqas the Kingdome 0‘l‘.E7'1g[r171’{l5,
lerws to be a King to {non as he le;tve‘s offand -lfitiles to rule according, to his Laws. .
ifitzd lo leaving offto be a King , the Covenant on his part is inlfinged , {o as the

A People arcuolonger his S!4‘fibjc&‘i5 to obey him in hislawleflep Government , then)

he is their King governing them accot'ditie, to his Laws. 1
6. Such an one leavizig to be a Klfl§_§~.21i1f.-l degenerating into a Ty«rant,doth then-
bv alter the whole frame of the State , as turning the Kingdome into a T.yra.nny,

_ Wl1lCl1£arE,‘t‘.1'O oppofitefiorins ol‘Governmcntgtheone exclutling the 0thCl',z_2s be-in

iiicoiililicnt together : feeling at Kings Ftziiélioti is to proteéf and pt'elérve loft: and i
iound the Laws;.1ncl Subjects of the Kmgdome : but :1 Tyrant ovcrthtows and dt:--~-  

4 ili,rolycs‘a1lill iL-t"a;‘§\’h-’oll'tl’lc Kingdomc, andiall the Rights, liberties, and Privilcdgcs of‘

the true I-1Zl:’.'u1.‘all leige people.

7. If’ :1 King, fo foou as he leaves off to rule according, to his Laws , leaves off",
and ceales so be a King. and dcgenerates into at Tyrant, then much more He , that
‘not onl hath begun to leave of to rule according to hisiii.La'wsevt. but obflinatelv,
lpcrvet y, wiifullymzvittingly, yea and palpably holdson, and continues,tyca lliflyi
maintaines under the Title ofl7’re1'ogative. aimofi houzadleflei fvvellilngi exuberant
avndilawleflh Tyranny; yea moteover(vvhich is one infltlliblemarke and pro crtyr
ofttll Tyrants) doth take up Armes againfl the faithfuillell , honellefl and o lyefl
plicge people of his Lands yea a-gstirtllr the whole body ofthe 1«and,when at emhled I
in il’ai‘1i.anieiit.-fitting for the good oflthe Kitke and State.to prefervc and vindicate:
the Laws ollthe L and_,with the Rights, Liberties andiPtiviledges of the lfteebornek i
liege Pkoplfilffolill Tyranny, and 1:: from pcrpetuall bondage and Slavery  both oft
Soule and Body,and EH:-IE6‘, which Tyrannicall Government (but ever tm::.ler the

‘ egunterflriticolouriand vizard of nzaizitazrziiig the Laws and Liberties qf‘zi/ye gulzjeif, nait/2

§Pribi/edges lo)/“Pa;-lziaiizczzt, and whatnot? and all thisibound in with {olemne ‘Pinto... 

_/latian5,Z19ez*1£:7'Ati .725, and calling God crnrlt/Je”a1*:0rld to witntjjé, when they ca, 1*; wimcfl};

nothing. but tll£1ti0l'~§.ill-tl‘llS, there is hardly a. word true, al'1da1llthlS,'« to leducc and
blind notonly the fimple and well minded pcrople, but even thofe that are prudent;
iaving that they have not obfirved the manifold jtiglingsof the Court) will ofnc-w
ggflity bring upon the Kingdom: , if they can but come once to open the fluccs of
th_e_3cn to let in Fort-aignc. auxiliarie Forces , as Rune fecond Spawilh Fleety. For
this is a conflant mflxllnc-31-‘£d.pI‘3.(9.'l{é of Tyrants‘ to call in Forraigne povven. as .. '
tzonhtling more ll’l.El1€l-!1,tl'l€I"l in thenativc liege pcoplowl-iich being fteeboriie. do

niatsutaillytvhate and abhorteto beco'me.the vild vaflalls.and flaves to la.wIefl"c Tym» A

. rants ?\

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 7‘  i‘  rants . towhicll il.tl1t3Y.Ca11I10ti§)€ vvonneby flattery, Faire wox:<is,.' and big promifcs,

 ‘ (but all as falle as theFazhet of lyes) tl‘n:n deliaerate and down-ti,s=:,ht force xiittllido

F A  A i it, as we have both leene wolhll ptciofe in l}"tl»z7a'd ; and (butthat (:i't)cllSl1CVCY Payl-

i . ling mi ghty P tovidencehad not lo many times prevented) both our Brethren in A

 }3'm§ll:z;;¢{i., and we alien in 5f5'Wl~-‘W, liilti l‘:elot'e ti3.iSltl;1y flit. ‘ ‘ i all it i

V “  ‘ "Againe thele two lali Nz.>tat,io:':s li1I‘llt)‘«.»\’i!‘l§,?, idiom out .fJ,eud (lCpm‘tC’t'l Kings {aid

l L e Speech. do Cafilie irtfttrc thus mnCh_., That if‘oi:{in_g,s c’eaie to he "i{ing~;s, letting, up an a

  J?  :1lI.>lZ)lt.lt€tT}'t11nny over the p€‘()plt'.‘_,Eu'.‘_': govetnethem no longer by the L::tws as free-
1 N   it home liege pe0ple,bt-1tia‘vvlclly as vailalle and flawesszhen on the other little tle peo-

l ple leaving to be Slxbje¢i;:;,tio owne them no more ohedience,as beinjsg none ottlieir

 Kingsbut ufhrping T‘}’i.'11i'ilIS.v-t- lint as a King turning Ty1‘&n.?,» pt'at‘iiil'in;z, ".lf‘ytanny _

it under the name of Ptem;:*;,atiVe, hath broken the bonds of’ the Kirtgdotme : to the

‘ Sttbeieéts owe him no more duty of“ liege people, except they will atiowthemlelvcs

A his Slavesnnd lb hetrayers of their own and the puhlike L ibetties, Wl'~1iCl1 ought to
‘be more precious unto them then their lives and lands.

8. A King ibde enetatixzg into a Tyrant, is by the verdifi of our geud K. [am-es
departed, a pc1‘jil1r€<i Mam {Cf-‘itig he leaves off to bound hinnfetlfe within the circle ii
Ollhis LIWVS‘: Which ht? llath fhletnnly fwotne and vowed to keep, with many '1’.;»'o..’
‘1*€fir1t‘i0M3aS afore lboken. And pc:1‘1utedn1e11 as they are odious to God,lb they bring i
an Execration upon a Land, gqzcb. 5. A __ ’ '

9. Such as Councell the Kine“ ii) to tutne Tjztant. are Vi[’c‘»*'$ me‘! fze‘c,/?'.v,lw£> ag.zi;g,l29 A
Him, W’ 10'7"‘/ti’ ma‘ Conzmmz tmzlt 9. And tilCrCli,)1'Ctl‘lC:l1§§l1 the ili”yt3.111t W i ll needs in
defiwigzght or the Body of the‘ Kingdome mainraine and noutilh incl’: V ipcrs and
Plagnes in his bolbme to the mine both of I-Iimlelie, the Kitke and Common-
wealth : yet it Hands not with the fafety of the State to {utter inch Vipers and
Pl~a,9;nes,bu»; to fpuc them out. According to that Con next of K, Salmzm, '.l'}z1;v aim:
the haickg'zifi'on2 Define the 1(zzxg,arzd /25.5 fZ"},vr()71£’_/7Jz.‘cl'lJc e;'i'azl2!1fl:m’ in 7“":;gfS"t€’(S'1£ e }«ze5‘1PfQ_g_»_ 5 __5_
I will conclude this with a fcruple or cafe ol°Conl'cicnce,, which is Ellis» A care 55 i
Many in thcfe dayes date not out of the loitnellc oi“ their Conleience. C0n1‘¢i«=ncc-

«put to thcit helping hand by affording part 0? their elicatel or hazard int: their per...

i ‘Ions For the dehnce of the Common wcalc , though they have both {item the balm.
din exam le of Irclamd, and have and do lie the l:3.l1gLlil1COLlS attcmtps of a crew of
wa -buclilets and cut~throats , to make l3‘z~:‘_i;l.<2zzi:1lecondsmge whetcon to Aft

.,theit bloody Tragedy, in factifieing the lives of all thole that will not lay downe V
their ctages under the yoake of erpetuted vafiilagc and ty ranny over their good 3,
liberties,Iivcs and lawcs,yea fim es and all.lAnd their rcalisns are twe cfpccially.

A Firfl, became they thinkc the cannot ufe defE:nlive mleanes for the Coxnmeth
weak, but they mufl prove ofl°en we to their King, as the cafe now lilamis; M‘ A
Sccondarily, becanfe their King hath ufétl To manv folcmnc Prottliations with
execrations and imprecati ons,upon hixnfelfaizd his off. ll tiiiglas inhis l>y~pali atr-
iivet,[Mg. 5.) invoking God to witnefli: oft times,ifevi r lie intend to alter theP1‘o-- «
tefiant Religion, or the fornac of the re-publike eliabliflaed upon good Lawcs , do;
to gather Forces , fave onelyh For the Guard of His Perfoti , and no way to 1‘n,;1l{n
Warts againfl the Parliament, anal the like. i. ‘ A it 4  A

‘Now anent the former oi;'th~elc twe tcafons, it is fiiflicieittly ol'vecl From what
is gathered by neceflary confcquencc from Kiitxglmms his owned jwntds as athre.
Fog a King ccafing to govern: according to his Aawcs , to Wi1lCi’ll'lC is obliged l;y
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A it  bath :iantlaC0rdi11.g to which lhee is by folemne Covenant with his liege people

_ ., taken for their Kin ,he cealeth to be a King. and degenerates into a Tyrant. New

never any of the Sn‘ jeéts of England, not their Parliament 1 not any ofthole that

now (“rand up to defend the Kings boundlelle Prerogative in E n,gl./md, which he in-

, [finds to be no Ieffe then an ablolure Tyrannie, ever gave their afients  for ought
, that ever I could yet read or oblerve in their government) or made a (_.‘ovenant;
 i that they would bee Haves under a Tytannicall , or Arbitrary Latvlefle Govern--

ment- So that wlioihevet doth liandfor the Kings lawlellt: Prerogative (lot Inch
hee underliands it to be, as plainly appeareth by allhis anti-Parliamentary cour-
fesiteziding to the uzretiruine and delolation of the i'ree~borne L iege people of Eng-
Lzmi, together with their Rights, Lawes. andL iberties, as hath beene unanirrroufly
Voted by both their Houfes of P arliament, the iaighelt and molt unpartiall] uclge,
forthe declaring of the laws of their Land) lwholoevor Cl fay) doth lo (‘land up in

, delence ofthc Kings boundlelie and fwelling Prerogative againli the Parliament;

is a moi’: notorious enemy ofthe Kirke and Common-weale, ofthe Laws, and Li-
berties oftheir Native Country, and lo ofthemfelvee , theirfiuniliesa and po{’teri-
ties For ever. And this is a znaxime in nature, that tlamalvale id to bee azztapozzcd Iaefim:
any part: and therefore every member ought to collate its whole flrength for the con--
fervation oft/ye 31’l9c‘l3/late. Sundry heathens have willingly perilhed to {ave their
Country. And E) much the rather, when it liantls, even with rationall prudence,
that the relinquilhing ofa part, yea the one halfe , prelérves that which remaines,
which othcrvvife, with the owner hit-nlell'e, and all his, would necefliarily perilh.
And in {rich acafe oftieceliitic. all perlons , or Members of the Common-,wcale

W‘ ought to bee forced (if othervvife unwillin  to contribute liberally, according to

their lleverallabilities.-. to the prelérvation o it. And above all, when we fee the true

, Religion Prruck at, and lo Chrifis Kirke or Kin dotn openly invaden, that {o both

it, and the Common-weale might fall and peri together. And {hall we doe no-
thing for Chrifh and lbl‘ the {alvation of our foulcs ? I

e To the {écond Reafon I anfwer , that all the Kings folemne Oaths: vowes, pyg-
tefiations, Declarations, ~ Imprecations and Execrations fupon himfelfe and Polic-
ritie, calling God to witnefle, and the like, {hould bee examined what truthi sin
the-im,by comparing therewith his ordinary and daily praétiles, andtharcven from

the firfi entrance ofHis Reigne, ever fiuce he wrote that letter ol his to the Cziqze '

offflome, lately publilhed in Engliflawvith the Papes letter to him In which let.

tot, he profefleth and voweth to the Pape (whom hee tliles, mofl 790/)’ Fdtber) his{E_:r~ i
, . vice and zeale to imitate his

Pro enitors and Anceliors ,. as who expoled their
eflates and lives, (as hee writes) or the exaltation of the holy Chaire , or Sec of
Rémé’. This he accounts his greatefi honour, that he is dclcendcd offitch P rogeni-
tors. He commends his father for endeavourin§ unity with Ronze, and other her
confederates: and the Pape his holiniesfor his  am in contrivingsz dc/gjgnzng z/ac
mmla with the Infimm rfspaine, thereby to reduce all to one Religion, which he cals
the true Religion, and that hecfexprelleth to bee the Catbolicke ldpo/it-lick€,,7’\07nan Clhtligton,
for the maintenance whereof‘ ( faith hgc ) ‘I /new refalved to
Wbrld, [mt ml! beam! tflate‘ and life, atzdfitflrr all imommodities for 4 t/tingfl) plea/fng to
God; and For the Protcliant Religion”, he faith, I tntrcatyaar Ina/imflé to Delmar, that
I;/241:1: {7e€7Z€_d[TM1;€.f 1-my farre fiom incouragzng novelties , or to be at part ofany fitflion 4..
gairzfisbe Catboliclge, dp 0/ialicke,

Frflflfli

flare nothing that [lime in tlge ,

fihatwzan 57"{clz'gim”,-' [am on the qoizrmry,  fgqpefiagbt all at; o

. cttffonsto taziQ9o1'll)a¢_}lt/}76_/it] ition tlmt iizzgfat M/izipan me,’ and that .Iit~i./I iznplay , my_,Q«g‘.‘ei I

fir the t-ime to come, to /mite but one 'Re[igia7z, and oncfait/9, And again: ‘It it very cerqy ‘

trttne, Zflmll other Izejb extremely alfi’-‘e.o3tza2m:c to may tbizzrg in they W02 161 . M to endeavour

at/Emma nwiif/9 .1 ’Przrzce , that [mt/9 the firms zzppre/yenften Q?‘ the true Tkeligion ‘wit/9 myfilfie, I

Thus it is exprelfcdiin the letter, figned (asnthe Story lhevvesjvvith Charles Steward.

Thus we fee a precontraét made thewith Tape‘ of’11ome,which nulls gcmakee voyd '
and of none ciieét all other vowest promi{es,.l9rotel’cations 8£C- contrariwili; con-I 

fidering allo, that Eholléll hee married not the In/‘Imm, but the daughter of Emma,
all is one in point ofReligion-,, this having the fame conditions, and articles with
that oispaiize, whioh (I hope) tloe in nothingcrolI'e the contents of the {aid letter.
neither hath hee renounced either thofe articles , or the {aid Letter for ought that
can yet bee dilcerned. And therefore I thinke Engfzrnd hath no reafon to Eon-
fide in {iJCi‘1 P 1‘0tCl:lEI't'1O~I1S,:42-IS are (E: palpably contradicted both by {rich a. league
and by Io many iptaétifes e_ver fince that letter was written, and that match made,
to this very day. And for luch Protellations, though they feeme to reach as fatre

as Heaven, and are inch, as the wot-Pt of the Heathen would deteli ; yet the theft

holy Father, the Pape, givinga difpeniation thcreunto, it is a warrant fiiflicient
both to God dilhonout to delude men,§ and to inyure their own confciences,
yea and withourrepentance to damne their owne foules, and yet for all this , bee
1I1l'1OC€l'll2 Catholicke men oF’1i0WIc’, in the Tapes elieeme. I I

The example of .‘1)rn:izi in {paring King SrHd,his heart alfo fmiting him for having
cut off the skirt of his garment in the cave, is objected as an argument , to prove
the tinlawlillltiefle ofitaking up armies againll the King in thefc dayes.

VVheteto I anfvver : 1 . It is confefled, anclthe Scripturetdilalows it not, asbe- I

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ing the law oi'natute, that Vflrnazd got together an Army olooo. valiant men, for his
and their defence againl} Saul: tytannie. who fought to kill ‘Davizi, whom God had
tl~eiig.1etl and anointed for the Kingdome offifrael. And if’ one particular man,
(Ll10ltlf).‘,l‘& as yet :3. private perlbn in compatilon) might lawfully defend liitnfelfe a.
gainll :1 Tyrant, that lbugz,ht his life : then much more a whole Pt-ate , or.boclyre-

prcfentative of a K ingdome, may ule mcanes to defend themfelves , and the Ki ng«-
dome, by whom they are put in truli, even by force of armes in a Military way,
when a King, goes about to overthrow their Laws, L ibetties, and Iivelyhood, and

to bring them and their oflerity being iiee—borne liege people under the ty ranni--  

call yoake ofperpetuall I avery.

2 . Atgaine, tis a. difl’erenticaiEri'or a private man to lay violent hands upon the -

perfon ofa Tytannicall King, to take away his life, (whichIuttcr1y difallow)and
for a whole (late to (land up to clei‘end themfelves agaitifl tyrannicall ufitrpatiion.
fiiaitidlwotiltl not, nor dun’: doe the former: but he and his men did the latter, in
fatrc as concerned them and theirs. For their fafety. I I ’ -
2 . I aniiwer from an other example in Scripture: whenthe Io..Tribes _complai—-
ned of their unjuli burthens to the young King "1"{§£7ol7oa2n , and petitioned to him,
(like Eng/4nd,; petition of right) that he would cafe their yoke sac. and theKin
rejeé’ting the Counlirll ofhis grave Senators, who had been the“ Ceuncellors 0
King .Ea‘al»inzn2 his Father, and Following the unfound counfell of his younkets, an
mad Cavaliets:they thereupon (and that by (1 IQ. I 2. Gods own approbation) fer
u anew King over thermand lo became a dil’tin5t Ki ngclom from Iuda. And this I
1ay)Goa himfelfe confirmed,-, lb thatiifthiclgrcew Kiting Wiédmihad not in his 

 ”= l:ll)71ptj_liC§?‘led‘tl1e" Rivtgrrlrnme away to Idolatry . God .woult‘l lwre made +32; :1 con-

ftttnt ‘£l"l73.I’l 21 hftppy KlI)gtlC:‘t1r3_tt) him and his. And twhext at the li tit 131tti:1g,‘?%.’/3'«“J-
”7;..; W33 would have with an ;%\rt11y' 1‘f:COV€:!€C‘ll1lS lml-let. I Maggy‘: 2. the L ottlwottltl
not allow oflt. Anti :tccoz'din,cz, to the I})1.'OV'f.'I'bV.‘_ 1«"0:*€1m'J:::li. /*"2;4x1llL7’l£'i: when there is
it ggettetall Votee anti reernent t')l~£l"1C people. or the wl1oIeh::d.y oflltlte State It-
r»t::ff:t1t.1tive, concem%n;.=; the file-gt1atdin,e;eaz‘1“d defentlizag of the Clivill Govern-
I1"1»’.j“mt. vvh::.=t i£1v.i"‘C{y’:Li lay Tyrzmmcall violence. £1t1t‘l'Ltfi.ttp:1tl01.‘1t. tlt"1rentnix-ag confir-

fion‘ tithe w hole Staten; then lhtely  God ofotdet, and not of’ C onfhfio11, and the %

gt€:1tel’cprttl{?t'v«er ~:Z1»l:\"§{li’?$2,ElO:l?1€S :.mtl States.» and the mofl: t~JH3E:Gmrer:1ot and dill

‘PDQ? of them to whn2‘t1 he will,dotl1 cleatelv appeare in fi1Cl"m:.il‘}l.ecl<e unanimity
of’ the hp:-'op.let. to t‘el’:mine and reemlate unjuél, nlalxt-p:~;*.  t1ni?tt1t_>t1;tble, cruell,and
bloody ‘T”j~’{‘aI]$3 W’l‘18ft”,‘ Illzzgcs nothing Cfilill fiatisfie, but the mine of all , mther then
their proud tyranny gm .ztll to grount.   .

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ermime Qz.er.z'e: oft/2z':7g.r domfince King C harles bio‘ Rezgn began.

at.  V.Hen our geutl King Limes his death was by one of his Phifitians
‘ tendered tccxi t{li1e1Ki§1g , and I-"arl1'ament, to be examined, why the
Parliament was csft {hone i! ‘o vet P
2. When in the firfl and fucceelding Parliaments , they began to Fall upon Re-
a fonmtioxl in Ifjrkc antlsmte, why {till were the Parliaments diffolved ? of‘
3. Wlzy. pt-e{E:nt1y afi:erthePetitio1".1_ of Right in England washgned, 1: was vi-
iqlated and named bly imprifoning of funclty members of fP:zr!m7m’n¢ , which cot’:
 om: ofthem their iv€S ? 
P 4. A Vi/hy at length cginzfi :71!r[z%wfi7.1'£§ to [bee r:»flot1:ot‘;_e1acc:f;nd relquc_Pc .. as that a,
roclamation was n 1 CL in 1 H211] txe can men ton 0 ever tavm anymore
£'P'l.;'r.'it-zrr1e22t.s in Ewgltzgrlf l g g
5 . Wluy agttinfi the Petition of Right was tun.nage and poundage cxtorted P
6. Why agaixtlt the Petition of Rtgltt was Shxp- money levxed P _
7. Why againlt the peti_tion of Rtght was Coat and condufi money_1mpol3'd P
: 8, why 3_g_a;.a,infi the ‘1?etzrzrmMo.l Rxght was {ugh an mfimtenumber or Monopow
lies,to the draining and exltaufltn g of the Subzeétso, gtalmtcd P A
9. ‘Why was itdzlttclnptcti tolmake all En: madaFottefl , and to to make the
people fa many Deere for Nimrod: to hunt? . _ A _
to. Who isthe author of allthc evills and g1‘.x_eVanccs m the mgr/ome, and fo
the great trouble“: ofIfi'ael,lE:eing ['0 many m:t1efaé’tots, and delmqucnts, and in---
Pctutnetuts Ol‘cruelL"y,‘“‘arc authorized and proteé?ted as Innocents 9 _
‘ I I. Who aydcd the French Kine With 8. Ships . by meanee whercofthc pro-
1" tel’ta'nts in ’f’P\.>clrc/ were mofi mifetably d€l:‘l!1‘OY€fl:an(l all the raft m France left towthc
mercy of pstpills; the more eafily to cxerctfzr thexr maflacres upon them .>
.12. 1.10% 0;: y whom was iC,t{1:1':. we POtO1iCl‘L{§!.I'!'Tl[ClCl~l»C , .y}<;:t mtfih gpprgfled
SCOt§,W(.*I”c aroclalimetl Re-bells, vv M1 we one yo oug ‘H: or mg t ant L1 ice -
I 7*. By w2lzl1ol'E: zmthority, and for what end was it , that the: more. then heathe-
niflatBeL1§-for tpotrts, to ptophane the Lords day , was publtflned 111 every Ifiir/(gs
gin  m. .3» t % l V
14,: By whofé coumczmce w as it, th 1132 12» many Notations have taken place, Io
much Itiolatty and Sttpcrflhzion hath ovcriprcad Evzg/anti, to many, notorxous pg;
n l P1

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pifh Beaks in Englilh ofllate tlayes printed with their highdedicatitjnsx {ti mtrch"
relitaint ofpteachiny, lb .52;rievous petliecutingof gteachets even‘ unto bfhotl and
banifhmentl with all wanes and crafts to ‘roof out the Golpelland to in up pope-c
r__y every‘ where, and ii) to put the T1*‘x"ince of the Apoliles (ll35’€$l¢’I‘, or the Wjfe) lin.pof-V
lelhon ofthat noble and long fltitlrifhingg Illttnd? l‘ V l A e
1% 5. Who hath murdered lb many Innocents in Il"€’{zfiT1fl',bytllclfilig rccardmg of’

iE:t1dl1ng{=..tcct::ursin due time , "by meaties wheteolilb many thon£ands—,—and they .'

.‘?7l7l‘0t¢°/Wits, might have been pteflztved from lhch horrid and hlootiy bu-.:cneries 2*
Or how came it to pttffe (then when the plot tmion-_::; us in  tltzne’ for mnrthering
lome of-‘our prime Nobles. in the 1‘(_iti,<_3,s chznnber, lhonld have tztken place  thae
the Rebellion in Izeflzrztz’ began to break: fhrtlu juli aboutthe time time 5' _su;;h,la ,
fyjmpathy and lhatmony (it Teeznes) there was betweene thel7e twe? ‘ V

16. What was the end ofplotting,the com mine, up ofthe Yb;-/fignarntiie tovvatd s
the City and T’ar[i2m2cnt_> it t ' e i

17. What was the end of the Kings ‘going tothc 5%-Zi.:r:;:tt*22t with his.,armedf«
T1'o0p€s. old lurious=Cavaliei‘s.. and their manner ol"catxiai<,:,e there 3: V

I8._.What was the end of turning out our fztitlulizll brother Sit I«’Wt?az2z Lifelfvlaazrer
from being Lievtenant ol'the Tower, and placing in his to-otne that tlefinetate Ca.
valict: 7.14223‘/‘b;'r1_> V

I 9. By what authority was it, that the Captaines , that ‘Were bythe ".PL3il‘[l:i'772€7Z£ i V

lent into I2'c°[.4m£.to liipprefle the Rebells there, came into Engl.::zci a‘§§'3._iI1C to help [hfl--_*
Malignant party againfi the ll’ 4715111926713 ?   '

2 o.iW~hether the ptelent taking of ‘?art f nzo/W9 by the King,tlitough the ini'amons 
petfidioufiielle of'G<W'ng , may not Rand‘ the Maligtmits in‘ as gootl H€8.Cl:aga.il1& ‘
the Parliament and people,as Hull , confidexing that !Port/inozntb is neetet both to 
France ztncl S1‘7a’l.7'2€ 9 . V - .

i zit. VVhether the Kings Commillion of flrray , thoughtit may feem to have in.-
genetall tome countenance from the Lavmyct can noflibly beimagined to hzwe any .
Law at this timetwhen the King fiends out-againli his Parliament, to ovetthtow f
their Mtlititt, which is to no other end. but to ,pYClE?fVC both I(_ing M m1tlKine,do1nei ~
from imminent rnine : confieleting that no Laws of the Kingdomearc tlellruélive .
thereof, but pteletvative only P I . . ~ A V l

22. Vifhether the Gentry of England; who nowlappearefor the Kin tiat<,z,ait1f’t the
Parliament, and fo agaixtli the W hole Ifiingdome, betrneebred Engli 1 men, and «

Gentlememot no 2 or if true btetl,whethet they benot To fatten de;>?;enerate4,as.to he- -+ i

come enemies oFGOd and their Counttcyl , and with Eflm to lellt eit birth tightof l
Lewes and Liberties for 3. melle ol'btoth,and lb-to pnrcliale to their I-leufe a per-V"?
petuall. Slavery, by Fhetltling the bloodof .theit: Btethien , which they prize zltfo »
vileand ignoble a rate ? * i _ ' t i ll ‘

2 3. Wihel. her the dil’ lacing ofthc goodOld Jnfiticcs all over '1~:rzglrznd, and let-— ..
ring up ofiicwtbcing -the Malignant pattygaml enemies of the ’K~iine,<lomesclo1ao_t
haflen the mine tlietofi while they labour toroot out the Giofifglella a,ntilall5g00v{v?€/I8,
to delfroy the Par1i.arncnt‘and all geud.Lavvs ,4 and to ciountelnanlceand lmetntai nea
the mot’: ptoph'ane.in the Lantlgwlto are ready every where to make Wlanteliagninfl ~
the Goliswellieland all thefaithiiull preachers thereof 9 t it ~ t ‘ l_ ” 

24. Whether the wounding of Reliegionihy reprqacltftxll n:=.mes,~.as calling all‘:

 

thetnfe P1f0fCff0IS-lZl1€lI€0i‘RbLmClh€1dsaanil.--tilt.lllffié.qbfir not a flciglntol‘ }§fi1ltesEeo~ «

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,tAl’1é1tf5 they may all pe-ti 1 togctllct‘ ?

A tel: the Proteftauts together by the eares, anti their Swords it} oh: ahotherlslidesi,”  ~

2 5' . W'l1ethelt it be not the Wildome of all true hearted EA1.1glllql1,al]|L‘l4{‘uCl.1i'lS ac»: i V l A A

count_it their honour to be called and be ttue Ifpgcciiwgs, and nlan-J‘G1ylfu¢h as are A

cnemides to Paptfiry » hoflvcver they 1I'1f3.y differ in opinion in matter of Rclilgioit,

iffgfglg} _mg to the diffetentdegrees of i:_e,ht in their Spulcs , yet mt to differ in their
'..b ions one to another, but to be fat’: united in the b0nd,oFCl1arAi‘ty  andAcom-

- I :- . Al .'  , . ‘ . ' '
A bmecl ll] :1 fitme lCl.JA.L1l.'.lOl1 lot the rooting out 0? all ihpm, , V accmdmg mthe 1am

I”? I 5' " ‘ I, I ' I  I " u I _ ‘ A _
J m.e]h1tzon, tvlttch no true 1rotell:1nt,_ and luch as 18 not Paplfhly afi"géj_-ed, 1391- a
lover oFAimchr1{t, and fo a hater ofhis own toule and Salvation, will ever refute

  to tal<e;proFefle,andmaintainer. V

  experience,that Kirke-Papills are the wo

V 26. VVhy,nOtWitl1l’tautling it) many 7Protcfl'.¢:i,-¢2s};mg.{ fDec[,»;}q';‘[ig;gg to the Conflm.’
are Papilh-¥I’riePcs andjefiiites, after they are julllv condeninccl accorclino to tlye
Law. for.Tmitors Reptived, time aftettime, to as no jttflice cash be exectriated 1
them? % i A i I. A A ~ A , one

"2 7. Wllethet {£3 many ‘P2'0ct«1nzal'i07=2.9, .(Dt‘cl.'2mfi02z$, ?2'oz‘e/Zzztiozaslor TK(.’}7?071/Hzzncgyl 3 A
are publilhed in the Kl1'3gSna1‘nE_.,l3Cl119,{E) fiiil ofirianifelt and palpable fqllh ld sh
andl”l12uneleIleuntruths, wherbv the true mezmino people are moPc it:-_if‘l‘u1[ 0% 3,»
fed, leduced, deluded and blinclfbulded, to the tiiiclhiiact ofthemlelvef a11tl‘l‘cahAL!‘
(‘lea re Countrey. by betraying, it and the-mlelvcs into tlig hands of molt’ wiclged TE! r
rants and cut--throats, and open eiiemies both ofGod and Men cu hr no; t_— [Y
leiiclupon the Isiing liiinielte, as the llIp1“CmC'AlItl1m‘ Ol.Cl‘iCl1i,fi.‘C*ll1gl1CglS‘ iIt'1{’Ql C
bethe owner and maintainer of them ? And whether , in partic“ul’1t  cc to it
mee r mockerie to fend forth 9-')I'€l(«']L'¥.7.".l';".“\'l=‘70l'1S‘flgaiflflj I>aPj(], .'.Rc_.Cu films’ i“nh’ib i tgnggg .
forbiditig them upon pain ofhigh tliliulealtzré to approach the Kings perfgm Cfaurl;
or Annie‘; whenas, for all this, mol-3: ofthem that e of" the Kings Cavallr , cl l‘ l
his Commanclcrs, are .I’apil’ts, having nothing to excule them fi-omb¢;ny’fiIg O i
{antsbut meerly the PapesDifpenfi.tion the lgoinglto Kirkc; tub-xdlall men lgiowchh

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28. Whethetthe fetting up of the Kings Standard againfi the Parliamc ‘: 1
the bci’c~S ubjcéts of the Kingdome, be not an aéiruall unkihging oflhiml at vlrlh mil)‘
he ptofcfleth an open Hofiility againfl that Kingdom: at1dlSratel which trail?’
Coronation. he {wore to protcét ; and as now. intending and inclevouring will i
Might and maine to come in as a lConquetot-1th . and fo cot»: up a lztwlellcr lahell

Tyrannicall Gogerninent over His Land, and {B to malctgood whathcAha;i1pm_t,AA  

      

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-  led; it ezumot butmolt evidently appear: to every iutel igeht heart, that will l

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