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Hether the Peeple ofthel'e Nations (though at prefent

‘ ‘ x 2 their {pirits are much deb 1fed might n01; and would
»~ r10t better underlhnd and comprehend their own 1;:-

m4}, Rights and Liberties, and confcquenrly be ﬁtted for the

Government of a Free State upon {ober prmaples, 1f as much care
and diligence were uled and implbyed, tightly to inform and un-

deceive them, as hath been formerly 111d oflate ufed to delude '

them, and render them infenfible of what God and nature hath
beﬂowed upon them, and ofthofe priviledges Which are due to
them as by the Divine Law, {0 by that 01 Nature, whereuuto
‘ the Lord by his providence hath moﬂ ﬁgually and eminently ai-
ven his approbttion 1n the late War, which was undertaken for
vindication of the Laws and Liémm of the peeple, who upon
that 1ccoun1,at1d forthat end ,did cheerfully contribute their bet’t
aﬂiﬂance. > And whether Godly men Mini/hr: and others ,{hr‘mld
fo inﬁﬂmpon particular forms of worﬂa1p,or their own perfwaﬁons

atouchingthe way of prop1g11ing the GOfpel of Jefus Chriﬂ, as.

:wholly to negleét the Civil Rights and Liberties of their Country;
or rather be {atisﬁed at prefentD with that liberty 81 incouragement
: that 11 given unto them by the Law of the Land for the prOfefﬁng
and preaching thereof? DOth the Chriﬁian Religion teach any man

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Jn‘ﬁicé‘romrcls indumcn {And did- »: th'c blcﬂcd Apo‘ﬂle;..
who was bcttcr acquainted mch (Scalpel-privilcdgcs thcn any nﬂ

us,plead his Ci‘n‘ZRighxs and freedom according (0 Law, when

. , he tOld [he Centurion, (hath: was a- Ramanfree-hofn; and that it

was C antrdrf to Lawfar him no ﬁmrgc a Roman, heing uncondemned ,9
Aé’t. 22. 2 5 a 2 6; 27, 28. And did no: he in another place plead

for a Legal Tryal', and an hononrablc dégimranc: out of prifon m.

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Where he {poke thus [0 the Gaol”, 7 haﬂlngﬂmted which were ;

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open/j uncondemned, hang Ram mu, And have :4]! mime pnﬁm ; null
720‘»? do chef- that/hut ow~prikulxlj ? Mahatma, hm: let them, came»

thenﬁfclfwr and fetch‘m' om, A6}. I6. 37.11%”! Hands upon his ‘

Birth-right and” privilcdgc being aRaman,‘as knowing that by the

Roman Law, “ Na Citizen of ‘Kgme, ought to have hair!) pumfhmm-t: '

or tarmn’ inﬁifhd on him, 6) ther Magiﬂ‘mte: of ‘?ravino:3..

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Esthercnm a greu want a: this day offahlique~fpiritcd{clfeda
nyingmen,nor-wuhﬂandlingarhefecming‘ zealof many profcﬁbrs,
under diﬁcrent Church-ﬂdminf/Zrhtiam‘ .? Whacis bccomc of than;

love. and\_refpc&‘whichdweffomcrimcs'had, ar fumed—to have to.
an: poor Country ?' thre can a. man meetwub fucb a. {pint as

wh'emmh hadPGf Wham it is faid,That hc-did mt aat'the bread of tha-

Gewmar. -~ﬂxd‘thmg~h th: faring/Gammon” hm! hm: chargmhl:
t2“: the peaple ;}e4,’their [Err/mm did ml: omr the people 5 yet ﬁe would

not he shewmf: of the fear af the Lord, and hat-mfg the handhg: am-

he“? oat-the people : nor didhe buy any-land; a-s Others did ; much
kﬁs did‘hc’ulic'ic for unthing, Nab. 5; 14,1 5.;165 r8. Is no: a

rightConnero‘ur or rrnc Lover of the Commonwealth hard (0'
be Found ?‘ and have We no: emf: co rctnmnbcr thatﬂory of,

Mlyhanﬁu King of Spain? who Coming young to the Crwa, fame

:advifz’cd himrhat ﬁrm: eonnfellonrs might rainy-ﬂed to govern
:: wit hrhim, ﬁlth as feared God,~smd Wu: lovers afrjsuﬁiccgwd 'fr‘cc'

ﬁnmvﬁlrhy lncrc" :To which he 'anfwcrcd, If you can ﬁndinm

' ﬁwh {uch men ; nay, bring me but an: {o qualiﬁcd, and I, will no;
/ nnlyndmir himmg'omn with mg, but {hall willingly rcﬁgn thc

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gaafmf’ ‘° 6’” V " fai‘bf’d ”’4” CW” 6*“.193‘4! A‘nd'~;yet may jh’o'tp‘rov an 5"."
form: men {0 qualiﬁed be found our in thefe Nations , if diligent ' ' '
andimpartial fearch’were made for them ? and surely {ugh men

{hould be cmplchd. For the tnm/Jgreﬂhn of A [And (faith Solo. ,
man) mnnjiare thee/Mug“ and alteration: thereqfs: éﬂt'—é}~men afpxov.28.2,. ‘ .’

ﬁnderﬂanding and knowledgeﬁbe Statetbcreofjkaliéa pr‘o‘loqgéa, .4, ~ .
, ‘ ‘ ‘.1»{1,Qm,,jl°h' " "

Whether it be not very neceﬁ‘ary and ﬁtmore ﬁrialy now then
ever, to examine the manner of Ekﬁa‘om 'aindv‘Retnrns‘of Ment-
bers for the Parliainent, conﬁderiing‘ What'foul “play and nnjuﬂ‘
proceedings there have been, “by the lettern,~ menacesﬁatteries,
bribes and orher.indire&rmeans of fame of the Noéilily, C [erg], /
Sheriffs , and new Courtierr, to furprife the poor ignorantinhahi-
tors of the Burroughs , and interrupt the freedom of Eleﬁi'ons,
contrary to the Fundamentalvgmm. of the Nation? And is there -
nor alfo great canfe (if we call to mind the unptrallelled in-
croachments which have been made uponi'thepriviledges of Par-
liament) that this ‘prefent Parliament "fhonld Conrabionﬂy and-
nndanntedly appear in the Vindication thereof, Y’erch muﬁ ei‘
ther be vindicated and maintained , .701: the-Righrs'and-“Liher-
ties of this Nation cannor be well ‘eﬁ‘abliﬂied? " And if borh the
Priviledges of Parliament and ' the Liberties of the People be
fhrcibly invaded , what colour or pretence can there be for the
high and extraordinary aalngs of this Army , and thole oﬁiCers-

3f Stat: now in ‘Powcr ? _ _ V .

Whether the providence of ' God“ doth netcall-‘and cry alOnd"
to this Parliament to emit and fetvforth a rarional‘ferions Decla-
ration of thofe great Preﬁnres and Grievances which "lye upon
the people of theft: Nations, declaring the Ca’ufesgand the Cures
andRem—edies thereof; imitating thérein the praaife‘ of the me- -»
morable renowned old Parliament ,1 who at their firﬂ ﬁttingdid ;
\ pnblifhaavery excellent Rtmonﬂrance. of the. State of the Eing-v ‘
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bRemon/lr. dam, i (Q Whereby' the people came: to have a‘ tigh t underlie tiding-
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: .Whethar is it probable (hitcthofc Memhers of Parliiment who
are gtestly intercﬂcdﬁnd; engaged- in refpeéi of the times, and the

; great places and preferments thereof , {hould by their {peechess

debates and endeavours in the Ho'nfe , prommc the publick inte-

' tell and welfare of [ink Nations, with thatfaithfulnefs and inte-
ggity asmayf we.“ be expeéied from petfons whouedifoengtged ‘

and—.vftee {rem {athi'uafcsﬁﬂddtﬂ‘iptltions? The Aiccezptation of

Gifts , proving {Crithemoﬂ part the 'Prevarication of Tmthand ‘

Inﬁice. 5331 Gifts; the-9):: ofm’m are blinded : and whereas Juﬂize
doth cflablzﬂ: 'a Nation, he that'receiwsb gifts, def/frayed) it , Prov.
24». 4. ' ‘~ . ' ’ . _ _

Whether",weftiisy-inOt Well hope that all nn‘oyaﬂed Memhets‘

ofsParliamentthat Llovet‘heit Country, though at prefent they may .

net jibewgell: grounded in th‘ofe princrplcs and-ways which natu-
rally? tend rosthe good‘of- the Commonwealth , yet upon hearing
debates in: the Houfe ,;-Rr.b and-(any wherein the confli’tution of
thefe Nations, and the pt‘efént pollute and condition of our.- Af-
fairs, will be difplayed and'laid open, will attain to a {tiller and
clearer undetﬁanding ( then now theyhavc) of - the neceﬂixy of
frequent fucceﬁive free Parliaments , for vindicning the Liberties
of their Native Covuntry ; and that Law,Re1{on, common Right.
and impartial Juﬂice,will gain gtOnh‘d more and more in the judg-
ments and aﬁ'eSiions of _the‘Gentry and Commons of thefe N1-

. (ions, if the Lord have'ye‘t a‘dcﬁgn to bottOm and eﬂablifh'thefe

N‘tiqns “POD 1, good and lahiugFonndaddngnd not expel: them
to utter ruins P ‘ - ._ « . / A t ,

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Nation or Country,that after fnch a War between a Monarch and
the people , and {0 much blood as hath been {heal in thefe Nati-
ons upon that account,- did-noc either refolve it fell into a free
State, (placing the whole Legiﬂarive Power inthe pCOplcs Repre-
{ent-atives , or elfe was hoyfed up to a high pitch of Tyrannical
andArbitrary Government by a {ingle perfon having the Militia
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. If Monarchy be {ettled and eﬁablifhed in any one family beg
' {ides the Stemm, may nor any man whois but meanly verfedf in
hiﬂpry or Cbranalagie, rationallyap-prchend and conclude, That
, " this is adireaway to, entayl a perpetual war upon our poﬂerity ;
the conteﬁ being between two families, as was between the Hon-
fes of Lanmﬁer and Tor!“ in which war many Princes and no-
bles,beﬁ'des thonfands oftheCommops of England loll their lives?
And is it not very-pmhMe that Mohahchy being skrewed up to a
great height ofAréitrarineﬁ, will at length Centre in the old
Royal family, whereof there are many ﬂourifhingBt-anchesmho
watch but for an opportunity to invade us ? And therefore will
not anorherfarmof @overnment ( if {etled and eﬁablifhed by a
[free-Parliament ,) be a far more likely means (through the bleﬂing
ofﬁce!) to prevent-.newrbtoilsand Comhuﬁions inthefe already ~
much impwmjhcd Nations , and to learn: all honeﬁ men that
have ingaged in the Parliaments Cafe 2 . ’

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Is there not therefore an apparent neceﬂity for thofe of the old
e‘I’urlimwhthe Oﬂicersand Souldiers of the Army, and all 9-
thers that pretend to be friends to the Good Old Cam/2', t0‘7lay a-
.ﬁde all , perfonal animoﬁties, privaate Opinions and difcontents, ’
and to unite theirkforces together-{to keep out the comma Ene-
my,and to promote chalk/principles of publick interel} ,. and com-
mon Right and freedom", which have been held forth from time to
time in the Declaration: of the Parliament and Army, as the ba-
fit and foundation of a well-grounded peace-,and without which
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thgrc‘ean be no fuch («clement in the 151609, as will in hﬁwtme
ipmbgtbilizy «balkﬁéingmd durablmndibcncﬁcial‘ to poﬂuizy _: fol: , ‘
unlcl‘s» Catawba Rightmd 1::ch be .cﬁablifhtd, the imcrcﬁ ' y
and family of [he‘Stn'm‘Nis liké rd {wallow up ( in the revolution
of: few years ‘) the intercﬂ of any ozhcr particular family, heir of ,
the noblel’c dc‘fccnt in Eb: Nation : and although all Politick' la-
dizs and Conﬂimiions here below, are very uncertain and mu.
cable; yet i: is well known (0 rational men ( who have. read mac.
ties) that a Military or Martial Bodic .( cfpccially that wherein
there is‘l‘o great. variety oi‘opiniems; in matters of Religion, and
nofuch cowl—ant pay is will fatisﬁc the =Soulcliery’r) is more milla-
ble and ungcmin thenany Other P my, is it no: vefy probable .
that {uch a Military Body may be {0 modcll’d. and Chang-,tdﬁnd
rcduccd to fuch ﬂmit: fin::fhr.»rt that, that thc CommenEncmy
( as the like hath bccn don: in Other Countrics * )may get up in-
to thcufaddlc bymcans thereof ? ‘ -

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Whether I’mldc't’é um Igordlya Epifcopa‘cic‘inrhc Church do
no; in a prudential way b’cttef carrefpend with Mmarcby-in the
Civil State, that: any Other Eula/inﬁrm! :order 05 @ovcmmm .:
accoi'ding (O that knownMaxim 96f King 74m: =;( that great Poli-
t‘iti-Jl'n ) No Bijb-ap inn-King ?. Andﬁhérc doweﬁmd a Probe/law
Nationor Cogntry whore GoycmmentisTMmiMiﬁ‘ “@638“:
pcrfon, which is no: alfongnlited and managed in Ecclc‘ﬁtﬂical
affairs by Prcluical Bzﬂiop: ,2 Doth no: a Free-State( in the judg-
ment of rational impaiﬁalmcﬂ) tbucfpond and (nix: betterin
all rcfpe&s with thafc of the Clergy that are of the ‘I’rwéyerian
:jadgment ; add-cl-‘pccillly with thclndqmdmrs or 1be of lime
Congregational way» (would they but-righ‘ti'y mated-ind
owmheir ﬁrofeﬁcd pti‘aciples )whai': difcipl‘iuc md 60mm-

' men: is more: popular and Demacmical ? ' Have am the Clergy in

Harland, Switzerland, Venice-rand ‘otbcr ‘Comanwulimzdaem-
amagcmcms actordigxb theirqdéfms', living'peacalﬂyiundcr
the @ovcmmm of theCiyil Sm: amverhcymy unﬁt to ‘
wcomplain, 20': will myuf the any quarreli’mleei-nmn: 1‘
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{uch as affe&,, an Tm petious and Lot-dly Dtmindtt’on Over their
Brethren, which by the word of God belongs net to them ? And

_ if in cafe modemte EpifCOpacie (as it is called) lhould be {e'tled in
thefe Nations in awayof fuhferviencie toMonarchy-in the Civil
State; beﬁdes, that itw ill not tun-{wet expeaation (nnlefs there
be allo‘ ant/acetic» of the Church-remnew: in land) will n0: this ‘
exceedingly difgul’t th‘e godly Minifle rs and people of Scotland,
who have an «apathy to that Government ( be it never lo much
qualiﬁed or limitted ). efpeci‘ally, conﬁdeting that it is. direﬁly
contrary to the Solemn League and Covenant ? And will it not ‘
alfo in a very. (hot: time makeway for aLordly Epzfmpacic or Eccle— . .
lialiical Tynan} ( as it hath-done. in the Papacie ) conﬁdering
how apt many M’m’ﬂer: are alfeét to a Lord!) Domination o- '
vertheix Brethren in matters of faith 2 ‘ I. Pet.s.2, g. ‘

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If Monarchy i’hould be eﬂablilhed in thefe Nations(there being ‘ 1.»
no {etled conﬁderabletevenue in land to Maintain the pump and '
Court of the Monarch ; not the grenade of the Clerg} ina way of
correlpondencie and {utablen‘efs thereunto 5) Is it he: very pro-
bableth'atthe Mnareb (having the Militia at his command )

a will in a {hurt time pretend aneceﬂityof reﬂoting the Crow»-
lande; yea,and the sthopx, and ‘Dms andCbaptmjlands, ora
“good part thereof,,upon payment of thofe inconﬁdetable. fums
which the purchafers gave for them : efpecially if thereby the
Communalt; maybe eafed of Taxes and contribution , and in
their aﬁ'eaions more knit and ingaged to the Supreme Ways

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Is_ it wifdomor difcretion in thefe times. otjmzmﬁe and diviﬁ-
on among Godly men, ”germ/Z; to inﬁl’e‘ttpon matters of C 195570,?-
' Government and points of Religionwhich are difputable and
controvetﬁaIPm: dath it argue Chriﬂian ingenuityand moderation,
to endeavor by. the coercive power of the civilMagiﬁrate to impofe

and lay butthens upon Brethren in things of this nature, which
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. mnﬁ be determined as God {1111le pleafed to giveiour'more m;
353:: ch ritual light '* and knowledge. And feeingtherc is libertie aﬁd
Dc; non due incouragement (and like to be ) as touching [hg preaching
cger’aris, of the Gofpelof Chril’t ; ls itﬁt or. exPedient for the Parliament:
Fidcs e9: in the ﬁrﬂ place to meddle much with matters cf Rgligign, which
{fgdc9d9’_ come to be known by divine and fupermmml revelation (a) E"

‘ rag‘dgfni’c Ought net our Fundamental Civil Rights and liberties (which lie
4 Saeviant a: ﬂake) to be ﬁrl’t of all {ecnred and el‘lablifhed ? And is
illitqui it nor thcpart of a wiﬁ: man that hath rich commodities to [uni-s
“Rm.” portend make fale of,ﬁrl’r to prepare and provide a good vcf’fel
2211:1133“ wherein his Commodities may be {afay conveyed, bcfom. {nch
”amt V61 time as he dil'pofe thereof P Yea,will no: a conﬁderm man ﬁrl’:
tantillum build 2 (item; houfe, wherein his pretions goods and handheld-
dc 196° 33' (inf-Fe may be fecured, and then afterward difpofe of his hauﬂaoulds-
“12%“- ﬂuﬁ? in convenient time and place 2 And where htve we known
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J the power (1 {peak not of the form) of Chrrliian Religion count
tenanced by {nch a Wagiﬂmq or Authority as have opprelfed
' andenﬂtved the peeple in thingsJCivil .>; ' -

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Admit that the late Proteffor had Authority by the writ/ice and
Petition (which we know was framed in the/abfence of 1 so emi-
nent Members,whotwere moﬂ lawfully chofen by their Country,
and unlawfully fecluded by the Proteﬂor end his Cmncil ) to no-
miner: his Succeﬁrﬁet is nor this Nominan'm Peill exceeding du-
bious’and'uncertain P And onght it nor to be quellioned (‘as
to the legality thereof ) by. the peoples Reprefmtazim: in Pulit-
menr ? We further demand,§hould nor this Mminm‘ahzor Dee
cl-aration have been under the bend and Seal of the late Frontier,
and {olemnly declared-andpu-bliﬂIed inhis life time P If a man
cannot legally difppfie of a peece of land, but by writing atletﬂ,
in the prefence offnl’ﬁcienr witntﬂ’es ; how much lefs ought the
Government of three Nations to be difpol'cd’of, holds it he by
writing under hand 'and Seal, and that in the mall {ole-Inn and
pnblick manner ? And-how dorh it zppear, thu- tbe late Prom
ﬁarwas of {onnd judgment and memory when be nominated his

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If a new Houfe of Lords he ereaed, and part of the Leg/limo:
power fetled in. them in matters of greareﬁ weight and imporo
.rance ; as namely, touching the militia, and the fetlingof a vaﬂ
yearly revenue for maintaining the Government. Is there not
like to be continual emulation, heart-burning and Grife, between
the new-ereﬁed Lords, and the ancient Nobility and Gentry, no:
only thofe who ingaged in_the King: quarrel, but alfo others that
appeared in the ‘Tdr/idﬁﬂﬂtl Caul‘e, whofe Birth, eﬁates and abi-
lities every way are greater then theirs, who now take upon.
them to (it and a& as a diﬂinét Houfe from the Commons '? And '
conﬁdering what a prejudice and hinderrnce the Negative voice of
the King and [ionic of Lords ( depending upon him )hath former- .
ly been to the making of good Laws, and eﬂablifhing the Rights
and Liberties of the people ( wh‘ofeintcreﬂ is bound up in the
Barrie of Commons : ) . How can the people of thefe Nation:
groundedly expe& any good from this check which is put upon
their Liberties by a new Houfe of Lords P And is nor the [gage-
mmt’cill in force, whereby we did promife to be true and fair/:-
fnl to the Government as the» ejlab/iﬂml, wit/want King or Hmfe of
Lord: .2 Or at leaﬂs Is nor that Law Hill in force, whereby it is
made High Tree/i2» for any perfon whatfoever to. exercifethe-Oi-
ﬁce of Chief Magi/irate, or {or any perfonto proclaim him Chief . '
Wag/hare of thefe Nations *? And can any lawful power on * W“ A“
Earth difanul that Law,hnt a free renowned Parliament 9 Nay,f’”“648'
did not the Lord by his Providence wonderfully blefs’ ind prof-
per the Amie: and endeavors of that renowned Parliament after
they had refolved the Government into a Free-Sim, though'it
mutt be confeﬁ‘ed there was too much felﬁfuking and ambition in -
fame particular members . ? ' ‘ » - '

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'vated an dn-deﬂroyed, by iﬂuing out Writ: for fumbapning a Parlia-
. 4 meat according to the ancient Laws of the Land (the qual iﬁcati.
ons and number of Members being nor limitted by the laﬂ Parli-
ament ? ) Anal how can a new Hm]: of Lords be legally fummo-
. ned, forafmuch as by the ancient Laws of the Land (by vertue
whereof Writs are iﬂ'ued'forrh ) the old Lord: are to {it as Baron:
of Parliament P And doth nor the incorporating 569!th and
Jrifb Knights and Burgeﬂit as Members of the Parliament
at mﬂminﬂerﬁnvalidate the late Advice and Petition,and entrench
upon the fundamental Laws of the Nation ,9 Andis nor this wor-
thy to be taken into ferious confideration by the prefent‘ Parlia-
ment,who ought to make due ptoviﬁon for fuccefﬁve Parliaments, «
bath as touching the number and qualiﬁcation of their‘Memb'err,
the places for which'they are to be chofen, the certainty of their
meeting, and the time and continuance, of their ﬁtting 3 there hie-
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ever was in the chuﬁng of a Parliament ‘ ?' .

' X V 1 Qatar].

Was not the power of difpoﬁng the [Militia—by Sea and'Landkone
mainground of the great and Bloody conteﬁ and war between the:
late King and the Parliament ; which after {olemn appeals to ﬁnd
. came to be at the fole difpofe of the Parliament?And if the Mlitia
be nor fetled in the peeples Repreﬁntatiw: what fetutity can they
have for the enjoyment of the propriety of their Lands and goods,
( thefword being at the difpofe of rthofe that uphold a perfonal
intereﬂ, in oppoﬁtion to the publique 2 ) Is nor this a dire&
and ready waytto- enﬂave the peeple and their poﬂerity ?- «for
{appofe the tingle perfon and - Army now in being fho‘uld be zea- ”
‘ lens for the Peoples liberties Religiam and Civil ; yetwho can-
promife their Suave/for: will be (0, and not rather as‘ it was with.
Rehaéaam and his flattering Courti‘ers’, whofe little ﬁnger was hea;
vier then Salaam»: loyna 3 and whereas the-father! (‘baﬂized‘the
people by: with whips, the ﬁmwmld clan/line them witb’fcqr‘pion: ?
1 King. I 2.1 o, I I . *Will paper and parchment wall: defend the
priviledges of Parliament and t’he'Liber-ties ofthe‘ptOple of En-
gland, .? We trow not. What,though many good Laws’ be con-
tented unto'in Parliament ;» yet how eaﬁe- is it for a Prince (that

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hath an Army at his command) to render the beﬁ Laws ineﬁ‘e- *
ﬁnal and void, as we may fee-in outing/4h Chronicle, in the
,reign of King 70b» and Edward the ﬁcand, and orherPrinces, ‘
wbofe proceedings were quite—contrary to thofe good Laws which
themlelves had paifed,‘ and {o the people were Hill an great 191‘,
‘ touching their Libert~ies;nor willie be any better,th rather muchf
worfc, fo 1.013313 one and the fame perfon is both Chief Magiﬂrate”
in Civil affairs, and like-wife Captain General of the Armies at"
Sea and Land. . . a f ’

XVII'er}.

' Hath it nor been the conﬁrm ale and praéiife of former Parlia-

ments, and ought it not likewife to be the praétice of this Parlia-

m’emﬁri’ttofecnre the {0 often violated Laws and Liberties of

the Nation, before they grant any Subﬁdies or Taxes to be levied--

upon the people, whofe bnrthens have been great,and are now

in a manner intolerable, in regard of the general decay’of Trade,
allover the Nation? And is it wifdom or honel’ty to put th¢.P¢0--

ple to play an after-game for the fecuring of their Liberties, there

being now (uch a ﬁt Opportunity put into the hands of their R5.

preﬁmatim .2 _ ~ ~ ‘
XVII I fitter].

Whether Monarch] in a rational way be agreeable to the preiene:
conﬂitution of the-Nation ( which ought to be fpeeially regarded
in the fetling of a C overnment *)= the balance of propriety in land 5 Th 3 1].th

, (_yea,ni~ne parts often-,if it {hould be {0 divided)being in the'Com-romjn;,_ ‘ ‘

mons, and not in aﬁngle perfon, nobility and Clergy ;for where of EngL
there was one free-holder farmerly in the days of our forefathers, CdP-I 5.11%»
there are m: now, who depend nor the leaﬂ as touching the title-3 38’
of. their? Lands upon the Prince or any of hisNobility, P And if in
cafe a Government mould be created and eﬂahliiheel in the Na- .
tion contrary to the balance of reread-e in land," will“ nor the \
‘Prince be- thereby neceﬁtated to keep Up a great and nume-
rous Army, which mul’t be fed by‘the peoples- purfe, end will in :-
fhort time eat them out of all, th at {o the balance may be-altered",
andmore {arable to Monarchical Government? ‘ < '

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XIX Que];

‘ Whether it be nor every my moll full, flfblnd honourable for
the Arm}, efpecially thofe Ofﬁcers and Soldiers that have wives,
children, and eﬂates in land, and therefore are imbarked in the
”13m: Ship with their country-men (inafmuch is they are net 301-:
diets of fortune,raifed in a forreign Country, in this Crzfi: of dan-

\gcr )to Prick clole unto, Guard and defend the Reprefenmti've: of «

the peeple ? for, 1. They were raifed'and impowred by the
Parliament. 2. They have their pay out of the purfes of the Pen-
'ple, who are reprefented by the Parlmmmt. 3.. \IF they divide
themfelves from the ‘Parliement, they may ere long be cafhiered
out of the Army (as their fellow-Ofﬁcers have been without a
Court-Miran} )and then they‘rwill be in no better capacity then
Others,but rather much worfe,_§s having not faithfully difcharged
their truﬁ to their poor Country. 4; There is no better way
( that a man can imagine) to fecure and prefetve what they have
gorten, and to trenﬁnit true freedom to their poﬂeriry, then by
oordially adhering to the people: Repreﬁntati've: in eliablifhing a
é‘OVCIﬁmeut by known Laws 2
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Whether the Commiﬂ‘iom of the Ofﬁcers of the. Army be nor

void by the death of the late General, who had his Commiﬂion
frOm the Old Parliament ? And how they can lawfully and with
a good'confcience draw their {words againll any part] that {lull
rife up in the Nation,till they b: again impowred ‘ n d Commiﬂi-
oned by a Pttliament of England, which is a lawful Authority dc.
rived from the people .3 - . . .
XX 1- .Q‘ery.

{Whether it is no: ﬁt that [ht people: Reprefentetiwr, and they

only '( being-the gm: (’mnez’l of the Nation ) ’{hould he intrul’ted
with making War and Peace With forreign States P By wife Catter-
fe1( faith S alone») Warsfhmld 5e made, and in the qultimde of
[onnﬁllarr there '12; fafery, Prov. 1:4. 6. And how can it be expee
é’ted from the peep/e of theNrtron,tharthey fhould cheerfully
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contribute to' the maintaining of a War with a forreign Enemy ( if
it be made appear to be lawful ) unlefs their Rights and Liberties"
at‘home ( for which they-have ingeged in a. Bloody War) to be _
ﬁrf’t of-allfecuredahd efiablifhed ? t \

~ XXII Query. . _
If it fhzll be thought fit to have‘ a ﬁngle Perﬁm to govern thefe
Nations with the advice of his Council in the interval: of Parlia-
mam : Pirﬂ, Then will it n0t be thefafeﬂ .way for the people to
have this ﬁngle Perfon and Council in‘velied Only with powerto
execute-the Lam: and the whole Legsjl'itimpowcr to be fetled in
the people: Repreﬁnmtiw: 2’ And again, conﬁdeting the Temper
and abnﬁz‘mtian of the Nation, will it not be moli tqnal and jnl‘t‘ to
havethis [1‘ng Perfan Elefh‘m, to continue for exact rm ye ears,
and he and his Council to be accountable to the Parliamemfor
mal-adminiﬂrarion P And this fingle Per/bxbcing thug flake);
and nor Hereditarymor of long continuance in his Ofﬁce, 1‘ . Will
no: this my be far lets chargeable and burthenfome to (ht: Nation
then Hereditary Kingfhtp .> 2. My it nor be an eﬂ‘eaual-mems
to} prevent lirife and divifion amonglipperfons of ‘ great chat: and -
cj-ualirie ; one being capable of Governing in this wry as well as
anorh raccording to theit'deferts .? And 3. will nor the Magi-
ﬂrate be the more careful, fairhfulgnd honeﬂ,in performing the
duty of bisjplacegs knowing that he mnﬂ fhortly be accountable
to the Supt-5m: Authority of theNation ; according to that excel-
' lent cuﬂomewhicb was among the Atheniauwhen the magzﬂmrg
had ended his GOVernment ( which laﬂed but ayeet) Open pro-
clamation was, made throughoutthe Cit-y gfter this manner; Wim-
foemrjcan damp theWagaﬁmre of an] unjal? at? committed é}-
' him, let him come farthfor he hath ended I113 Mag/Ira] : and here—
upon every Accufer that could make jufi proof of yoﬁcnce,had <
free tdmiﬂion; andhe that unjulily accul'ed him was pnnifhed.
, XXI [1 Query. '
Whether it be nor a duly incumbent upon all the faithful Mir ‘
niﬂers and Peeple of this Hand (f in inch 1 time as this ) to fortiﬁe
and lirengthen the hands-of the Rbprefenrdtiwrfin Oppofing the '
Common Enemy, and vindicating the Liberties of the Nition)by '
their Sermons and prayers for them, and by their Addreﬂes
and. Applications to them, . now-that Inch 3 great and heavy (gur-
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'- then 'e3ehe May and welfare of three Nations liEs upon them P

And will nOt fnch as truly love their Country 8: poﬂerity be fen-

~ﬁble of th1s duty, thangh poﬂibly they,or' fame of them have been

enfnared with the temptation of the times P And whether the

pe0ple of England (if they had been left to their own liberty and

choice to their late Addreﬂéy, and noc furptized by intereﬂed
time-ferving perfons ) would not have been impottunate for the
{peedy calling of a Parliament( which 13 now called ) that {o the
Government zBof thOfe marker—beaten Nations might be built

1 upon foundation: of Common tight, juﬂice,and freedom P

XXIV Query.

If the great Canned of the Nation {hall think ﬁt to communicate
't’heit Vail": to the people, Will it n0t be expedient to appoint

an honell faithful man to publil‘h the fame 1n print , and act to
incoutege, bat rather give a timely check to the weekly Pamphle-

tar, Whnfe words are afnll of ﬂatter y, and his ptinted Relation ex-

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ceedrn partial P
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Death 11: not highly concern the prefent Pdrlz'dmmt( and hath it

"not been the commendable 'p‘t‘aﬁhe of former ‘Pdrlinm-exts ) to re-

leaf: théfe Prifm‘r: who havemoaoed their has for the liberty ‘

of their Country, and againﬁ ’v’vhomp nething can be alleaged and
proved to a legal WIY‘gtO render them worthy of imptifonment .
at leaf’c,that they may be brought to afm legal tryal, and have

"the benefit ofthe Pet‘z‘t’zm of Right, and Other good laws of the .

ihd P End ought we not to be as tender of the Rights and
LibertiES of ourCOuntryvmen as of our mm P--

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