Some few observations upon His Majesties late answer to the declaration or remonstance sic of the Lords and Commons of the 19 of May, 1642

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OBSERVATIONS

upen his Majefties late Alifwer to

the Declaration,©!' Remonflance of the Lords
and Commons of the ip.of A/^y, 1 642.

- Pag. I. Or offollim^Hg the advife of our Conncell of Scothnd,

f-f^JpH^^^Ur cafe is not as Scotlands was in all points,
^^"^^^"^ though in many it be very Ivke, forourmalig-
S^ r\ P^ '^^"^ p3"T ^^'■c is far greater and ftronger, and
- As "^^^^ inraged againfl: us, by their owne great-

^i^i,^^ ne(Te, and more animated by our weaknefle. Yet

we defire but the fame fatisfaftion which Scotland had, without
fo much reluftsnce given them by the Kine. For their MilitUt
and?.ll other fubordinate power in that Kmgdome, is fetled in
fuch hands as are publikely confided in, and yet this is utterly
denyed us. And our holding Bull is not like their holding
Nnrc/tfilei yet their Honour isTaved, whilft we are called unpa-
paralel'd Traitors, and they are reftored to all demanded rights
and fecurance?, whilft we are charged of unpardonable Rebelli-
en, and f.iisfa'^'tion is not offered to us, but required from us,
•'r-t 'ft? moftapprobrious language that can be, yet ftillwcwill
■'ounccll of the Scots I.ords, in yeelding 10 a p*-
•^art from the example of them, in the manner

A Pag. 2.

Pag. 2. Tha$'^e Jhonldfancj andcreate dangers to Ont'Selft*

We have little caufe to think that the fame malignant party
which hath fhcd fo much Prtncftant blood in Ireland, and abouc
the fame time plotted a villanous maflacre in Edenborough,hath
beenfupinely fnorting in England all this Parliament, fince
their vigilance is more concerned here, then in either of thefc
Kingdomes; andfmcethey have advantages to doc mifchifes
in England, far greater than in Scotland, and almoft as great as
in Ireland, and for the Plots themfelves, divers of them have
not been invifiblc, and yet if the King had not concealed, and
did not yet conceale, fome paflages (as being below him^ they
had been more vifible ; but iealoufie in fuch cafes is not unpoli-
lique, and the leHTe iealous the King is, the more we have caufe
to be fo : Ireland a few dayes before its mine, had lelTe ground
of feare then we have had i fome ofcurTreafons here have not
been planted in Traines and Mines, fo deep and dark, nor fo
much refembled the Cockatrice eye, as that of Ireland, and if
the King be not privy to th« Plots, yet as long as the Plotters
having aymes beyond him, plow with his heifer, and aft by his
power, our condition is the more defperate and remedilefre,and
fince the King cannot fee into the breads of thofe his followers,
whom we fufpcd, hee ought not To far to defpife the publique
iealoufies of whole Nations, or the diftra6lions or infecurity of
fuch confiderablc multitudes as he doth j but the King appeales
toGodsall-fearchingeye,andwe doe the fame, imploring of
him to be the more vindicative in this cafe, the more deftitute
\?e all are of any otlier recourfe or redreflfe upon earth.

Pag. 5 . wherein they ttfurp the ^ord Parliament.

The King frequently vowes to maintaine Parliaments in
their Priviledges, yet his Papers many wayes derogate from
them* For firfl if hee pleafe to fever himfelfe, thofe great
Councels arc not to bee named Parliaments, Secondly, what-

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foever name is due, the vertnc oFpublique reprefentation is
denycd them, they are not to bee lookt upon as tha whole
Kingdome, and this is deftruftive to the effence of Parlia-
ments. Thirdly, if the concurrence of both Houfes, NuHo
contradiceme, be of fome fanftity and authority, yet the ma-
ior part of both Houfes is not fo vigorous as the totall,
and here is another devife to fruftrate all Parliaments.
Fourthly, if the maiority fliall binde, and the mino-
rity acquiefce therein , yet if it bee obieclcd that fome
few faftious fpirits miflead and befoole the majority, all is
void, Parliaments thus are made ridiculous AffemblieSjand
all Juftice at the laft refort is to be expelled firomthe
Kings fole breaft, or elfe no where j for if the King will
withdraw himfelfe, all Courts as well as Parliaments are
thus defeated and difabled, and then if the KingafPumes
not fole power to himfclfe, all Government is expired, and
no way is left for the Kingdome to preferve it felfe, and
what can be more unnaturall? In policy then, if wee are
growne weary of Parliaments, and will dilTolve them into
nothing, we ought to ereft fome other Court above them,
or in their ftead, or elfe to refigne all into the Kings fole
boundlcffe difcretion, for any forme of Rule is better then
none at all;and before we dcmoUfti old ftni6lures,we ought
to be advifed of thefafliions of new.

Pag. 6. And^hofe advife'>\>eiirerefolv^dtofoU9T(9.

But what if the major and better part of the priVy Couni.
cell concurre with the King, if Parliaments muft down,that
Rule is better then Anarchy ; But hitherto neither both
Houfes, nor the Judges, nor the Lords of the Councell
have concurred, but if the concurrence of Parliaments be
not nccclTary, how can any other feeme but unnecefTary,
and at meere difcretion, hath not the King the fame right
tofhakeofFinferiourCouncels, asthatvyhich is fupreame,
or fhall he have caufe to confide in the knowledge of leflc

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Honourable Courts, more thrn of thac which is the quimcf-
fence ofall his Subiects, which is indeed the very Throne
it felfe whereon he fitsfo furcjand whofe confent and coun-
ceilisibat very Diadem which inriches his Temples, and
that iVlace which amies his hands; who would have thought
mtime of Parliament to have heard the name of 1' rivy
Councellor citedto the lelTenin^ of Parliaments, yet here
no[hmg but the very name too is cued, nor no compliance
promifed but arbitrary; fo many wayes are Parliaments
blowne away like bubbles, yet none is fo much infifted on,
as that vvhich feeraes moft incredible, that M ^(ler Pym, and
fourcorfive ofl.is conforts ihould befot and ftupifie two
or thrc« hundred Gentlemen chofcn out oftheflowre of
the Kingdome, when as the King hath in Parliament fome
fpirits as Mercurial!, and heads as watchful!, and hearts as
refolute, without fome extreamly violent Magiclce, may
feeme incredible, nay, were it certaine thatMafter pjyw
were the greateft Kigromanccr livin^,and the deepeft read
in blacli infernal! arts, I Oiould hardly truft the efficacy of
his fpells in fuch expedients.

Pag. 8. That thofe Rebels fHbli<]uelj threaten the rooting
out oj the name of the Englipj.

That the Irifh Rebels by their fucceffe are now intentive
torootcouttheEnglifh, is probable, but their firftayme
and caufe of commotion might be fome other more partis,
cular inducement, for the Eriglifh Government was long
before in the fame manner irkfoiae to chem as now, but
fome other invitation now happened of {haking it off, and
not before.

Ibidem.

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Ibidcin. As they have invaded that power «f ours over the
Miliiia.

TlieQoc-fticB is notto be puc inJefinicely, wlieiheror
no the King ought to order the Militia in times of no ex^
traordinary clanger ; our cafe is now upon fuppofiiinn, if
the King in exirafe/rdiHtrv danger wi.l n^c yeeid to fach %
Fofturc AS the KingduiTiC thinkes n.oft fae, wlicther ihe
Parliament may not orelenliat Po'luie ofLieaifeives, fo
the Parliament puts it. But the King puts it thus. If the Par-
liament invades his power over the Adilitiu caufeleflyjwhe-
ther they may not as well feize any Mubiects eftates. That
queftion then which muft decide all, is this, whether that
Poilure which the Parliamenc chufes, or that of the Kmgs,
be moft fafe fortheKmgdomeacthis time, and who fhall
iudge thereof moft properly. Till now that the ancient
Pillars of Law, and Policy were taken awav, and the State
fet upon anew bafis, no evill was to be prefumcd of the re-
prefentative body of the Kingdome, nor no J uflice expe-
ded from a King deferting his g and Couneell, but new
every man may arraign Parliaments, & i^iey which undcr-
ftand no rearon,muft have reafon, not authority to rely up.
on;no King was ever yet fo juft but that Parliaments have
in fome things reduced them from error, nor no Kings fo
unjuft that Parliaments did feduce into errour, yet Parha-
mems are now charged of being enemies to Religion, laws,
liberties. And the King to preferve thefe, abfenrshimfelfe
from Parliaments, but fince we muft difpate for Parlia-
ments; firft we fay they muft in probabiliiie be more know-
ing then any other privadoes ; Secondly,in regard of their
publike intereft, they are more refponfible then any other,
and lefte to be complayncd of in cafe of errour. Thirdly,
they have no private intereft to deprave them, nothing can
fquare with the Common Couneell but the common good,
and if 500. of the Nobilitie and Gentrey Hiould ayme at
aa Ariftocraticall ufurpation , or any other powe; of op-
prelTion, ib^y could never compafTe their ends, it were folly
in them. Soraefuch objeftions have beene made againft

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this Parliamenc,but finding little credit, at laft fome few of
the Parliament are pitcht upon, as if it were credible that all
the kingdome in whofe hands all reall natural! power con-
fifts would inOave themfelves to 500. or thofe 50O. volun-
tarily become flaves to five men. (good God) the King is
prefum'd to have the hearts of the majoriiy, and to bee
trampled upon by feme few, and yet the magicall incanta-
tion is fo ilrong.ihat neither the Kings Authoritie, nor the
juftice of his caufe, nor the oppreffed Commonaltie can
prevaile againft the Parliament, or the Parliament it felfe,
againftfuchan inconfiderable number in Parliament. O
iliat fome Mercury would reconcile my underftanding in
this Court Logick, or give me fome clew of thread to dif*
ingagc me out of this blind Labarinth; but to come more
particularly to the Militia it felfe, now fetled by the Parlia-
ment, the King excepts againft the Parliaments ordinance,
for two reafons, firftbecaufe it excludes himforthedifpo-
fmg of it, and fecondly from determining it at his pleafure,
but w^e muft know that the Kingdome trufts the King with
Armes as it doth with the Lawes, and no otherwife, and
fince the King in Perfon is not moft fit alwayes, nor can in
all places be prefent, to execute either military or judiciall
offices, therefore the maine execution in both is intrufted
to fubftitutes; the end of all Authority in fubftitutes is, that
the kingdom may be duely and fafely ferved, not that the
Kings meere fancy may be fatisfied, and that end is more
likely to be accomplifiied where the Kingdome, then where
the King chufes, but whofoever chufes the fubftitute3,the
King is not excluded thereby,for the King hath more caufe
to confide in men recommended by his higheft Court,then
the people have in men preferred mecrely by the King,
againft the confent of his higheft Court; , and if it were not
fo,vetthe confidence and alTurance of the people, intin>es
ofdiftractionSjismorere^uifite then the Kings, but in this
v\QVf Militia, xht King is not fo much excluded from his
s;enerallfuperintendance, and fupreame influence,as he is
[n fubordinate Courts of Juftice, and yet even in the Kings
Bench, where the King in Pleas of the Crowne may not fit

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as JudgCjhemay notbeefaid 'tobe excluded,, weithcr is it
any prejudice CO the King in the fecond place, that he can-
not determine thefe new CommifTions at his pleafure with-
out publik confent, except upon mifdemeanour,for though
all men naturally defire abfolute comniand, and to be un-
controleable in things that are bad as well as things that
are good, yet this is but the exorbitant defire of cor-
rupted nature, and wife men doe not feeke alwayes to
fatisfie it, but rather to fupprelTe it. In cafe of mifdenieanor
no mans commilTion fliall juftifie him againft the King, and
where no mifdemeanour is^ what would the meere power of
determining the cocnmifTion availethe King. For wee fee
in divers Monarchies and free States, feme Princes which
are limited from evil! are not the more difabled from good,
and if they be fometimes, that nation is perhaps happier,
which intrufts Princes too little, then that which intrufts
them two farre, and yet neverthelefTe I defire to fee no in-
novation in our Englifli Monarchy, neither if this King
fhall upon this or that emergent occafion yeeld to fome
tcmpotall rcftraint, would I wifh to fee it perpetuall, except
in things onely tending to evill, for example, the King had
a Prerogative to difcontinue and didolve Parliaments ac
pleafure, and the abufe of this Prerogative was the caufe of
all our late fufFerings,butthi5 Prerogative being reftrayned,
what injury is likely to follow evther to the King or State,
for in fuch reftricVions, wch are from greater evills, but from
lefife good, the King ought not to be difficult, and in fuch
reftridions which may difable from good, as well as evili,
the people ought not to be impo tunate;but it is further ob-
ie6\ed that by the fame power Parliaments may dififeife
both the King and Subiects from their eftates, as they make
ordinances for tho Afiliria, but in truth is not this a ftrange
refulr, the Parliament have power to doe good offices by
the confeni of the people, 3c therefore they may have power
to doc ill offices againft the ccnfentboth of King and Peo-
ple, it is of dangerous confequpnce to fuppofe that Parh-
amcntswill do anyiniuftice, it loofeth one of the firmefl
finewesof Law to admit it j but to conclude that Parlia-
ments can doe fuch iniuflice as may opprefle both King

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Slid People, from whom all their power is ckrived, is un-
natural! ; .and whereas the Kin-g claymes an intereft
in the Adilitia as legall and proper as ours are , in our
Lands or Tenements/wen^iuft avoyd miftakes herein ; for
m our goods and inheritances we have not fo pure and
uncondlcicnall a rigfit, but that it is confiftant with
the common right alfo, and in this refpecl the Kings pofTef-
fions c\re not priviledged more then a fubiect , for the
States proprietic cannot bee excluded out of ey'ther ,
the fame man alfo may have feverall proprieties in fe-
verall chings, for that propriety which the King hath in a
Subiecl,isnotthefame,nor fo intire as that which he hath
inhishorfe, for that light which he hath as a Prince, is by
wp.y of truft, and all truft is commonly limited more for
the ufe of the party trufting, then the partie trufted* in fome
cafes alfo there are mutuall proprieties, and fo the King
ownes us as his Subiecls, and wee owne him as our King,
but that ownerfhj-p which we have in him as our King, is of
a farre more excellent and high nature then that ownerfhip
which the King hath in us as his Subiecls; that occarionall
interefl: which the Scots had in Newcajlle, or the Parliament
in H«/7,did not wholly drowne the Kings intereft, nor the
Particular owners, fuch temporary poffeflions may fome-
times happen without the utter dineifin or dilTinberifon of
each other, and we fee in a breach of peace,the Conftable by
force talces my fword from me, and in fuch manner as hee
may not take my cloake,although my intereft in my Sword
is as good as in my cloake, and yet my property in my
Sword is not altered by that propertie which the officer Cei-
fes to himfelfe J and doubilefle had the fame arguments
beenepreffed againft diffeifin of Lejley, as have becne
fincc againft Sir lohn Hotham, they w.ould have beene
held much more impertinent then now they are, fo much
more are wee vilipended and harder treated then other
nations are; let not common fence then bee fo much
baffled as to make this temporary pofTeffion of Bull

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^eQhySHtJekn^etloatn, npon an extraordinary neccfllfyof
Stace (o declared by tfce Judgcreent of ParliameDc, for the
prcvfBiingof clvill Warrc ; and confequCBtly for the prcven-
tmg of grelt dif.lervicej both to King and State j the fame
thing, as the violent Hirrnfion of a private dif-feizor upon the
juft inheritance of bis Neighbour • he which conftflbj That the
King hath a true and pertt ^ imsrfft in the Kingdcra, doth noc
deny, That the Kingdom hath a more worthy and tranfcendenc
intertft in it (elf, and io f he King too : This is fo far from con»
tradition, that be is faxre from reafofi, that (b conceives it.
AndTie which doth not conceive that that which is the judge-
ment of the major part in Parliamenr, is the fence of the whole
ParDament ,• and that which is the fence of the whale Parlia-
ment , k the /udgemeBt of the whole Kingdom j and that
which is the judgeiBent oi the wkole Kingdom, is more vigo-
rous, and facred, and unqueftionable, and further beyond all
appeal, then that which is the judgement of the King alone,
without all Councell^or of the King, with any otha inferiour
CJandcftineCounceU, muft raze thofe roclcy Foundations,
upon which^this State hath been fo happily fettled, for fo many
ag-es now pa ft.

Astotne impeachment of the fix Pag.io. u.
Members of Parliament , the King That no retradation
pleads retraaation 8c fatisfaftion. his n^^debyus. nornoa<5ti-

letr-aation is an acknowledgement, !"' ^5' wV'"^'^ '''"':
, . /- 11 r 1 -ft 1 mitted againlt us, and

that It was a cafuall fingle miflake; the Laws of the Land
yetjin forme only 5 for the grounds of under pretence of vindil
his charge when they fliall be publi- cation of privilcdges,can
fhed, be affures uf, will fatisfiethe fatisfic the coivrlvcr of
worldj But in the meantime, thefe that Declaration.
grounds arc kept unpublfflicd, contrary to the defireof the
Parliament, and the whole Kingdom, and till that publication
the world remains unfaiisfitd, nayitismoft wonderfull, that
fodefperatcand horrid a plot, asthaiyet fccrastobe, fliould
bcfblongneglcftcd, to the Kings vaftdiiladvantage, and the
peoples miferable difquiet, if clcer fatisfaftion could be fb
eafily given, every man fees, that the charge^ if it had not good

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grounds did ftabfurioufly at the heart of all ParKament^j and
at all Liberties in Parliament, but till publication oFtheie
grounds be, no man will prcfume to judge j yet it is of great
concernment to His Majeftics honour > and the Kingioras;
peace, that it be not toolong delayed. But hi the next place^
the King conceives. That the Parliament hath been injurious
to him m Vindication of Parliament priviledges , and there-
fore ought to be fatisfied ; the Parliament ftili begs for that
publicacion> for nothing clfe can make them appear to have
been injurious 5 and till they appear to have been injurious,
they ought not to be condemned as injurious, for de 00.1 eatihm
& de ?ion a^pj-rentihw eachn efi ratio ; As for the Kings coming
into the Houfe of Commons fb armed, till publication of, the
cau(e of that coming, the circumftances cannot be <fucly
Wi ghed,

Pag. It. By this Law the Subjefts of £»g-

Such aMinifter might /W might not ufe any dcfenfive force
fee puniftied for execu- againft an Officer in any cafifj though
ting fuch Authority. of the molt undoubted priviledges,

or riches, by a kinde of after game, he muft feck remedy in the
future; but for the prefenr, he is remedilefle, But if this be
Law, I think every man fees that the Englifli mans liberty, and
fii jre,in,the grand Charter, is a thing eafily deieafable, for it is
as likely, That the King may juflifie and proteft His Minifters,
afrer the execution of unjuft commands, as to urge them by
undue Warrants to the lame, andiffb, then where is the Sub-
j :^$oi England^ freedom and Patrimanyj what is it flill but
hdd upon the Kings meet courtefie.

Its known to the King, who hath
Andlffuch be about incenfed Him againfl His Paj^iament,
us,, oranyagainfl whom ^nd who have gwen Counccll dero-^.
any notorious malicious gacory to the honour, and ddtruftive-v
crime ean be proved, if toiheeHence of all ParliaraentSj and!
\^e fliflter or proted any to the Parliament this is utterly un-
fiich let our injuftkebe kno\jvn • yet the King defires evidence
pubhflied to the world, ^f ^^f^ j^ings from the ParUameHt ;
Nay, though he difavowthc Acltiing of ill Minifter«> yet he

conceals

conceals (uch as hive traduced and flandered the Parliament in
fome things notortoufly falfe ; and yet to an ordinary nnder-
ftanding, it is the fatne thing to conceal^ as to fiielter a Delin-
c[uent ; and iF it be below a King to reveal a trayterous Iacea->
diary, that hath abufeii His ear with pernjtiows calumnies. It
is below him too to leave him to juftice being other way es re-
vealed.

He which will not arcufe the King Pag, ibid.
for want of zeal againft the Irilh Re- They haveimplyed our
faels; yet may truly fiy, there is not connivance, as want of
the fanJc zeal fxpreil, aswasagainft "^jl^^amft the Rebels m
tlx Scots J though the Ci(c be farre
difFerentj for the Scots were Proteftants, and had been greatly
agrieved, and were not imbrued willingly in bloud, and yet
the Englifh Nation againft their wills, were nioft rigocoufly
haftncdj andinforced to Arniagainft themj but now, when
the Englifli Nation and Scots too, were moved to indignation,
and borrour, againft the m^ft bloudy perfidious ingratefUll
villalnes in the world; their proflFered ibpplyes are retarded,
and opportunities are neglcftcd, and nice exceptions framed,
and toe curfed reproaches of the Rebels tboBfelves, calling
the Parliament difloyall and Tray tors, arc countenanced and
(cconded.

The depofitions taken concerning Pag. xj,

bringing up of the Aripy , do not ^^«" with our pri-

cviice beyond all doubt, that any ^"/ f^^ ^rmy was ta
/- » • - - I 1 Tr» aGitation.

lueh agitation was with the Kings °

privity j but accordmg to humane judgement, which do not
alwaycs proceed upon cert^n appearances of things. Some
fiich things wore in agitation, and fome presumption there is
of the Kings privity, and if in other cafes fach prefiuasptions
as theie do notalwayes pafTe, for good and firong proof* ; yet
I in my experience, did never here before, that they wererejcift-
cd as light dilcourfes, though the King now contemn them fo;
Neither is the meer mifcarriage of the plot without the pre-
vention of the Parliament, any good argwrncnttbatno (iioh
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plot was, for (b the Trifh may be excafed in ail thofeplacesj.
which they iilkJ to (urprKe, for treafon w^re no treaibn, if h
were not wjrc obfcure and bard to be dikovered, aadchatas
wtili by the ill as good fuccelie of it*

p Astorthole tumnlcs about fFeJi*

We will have /uftice »*i^>fi(i'y how farre the Londoners were
for thofc tumults. ingigedin chera, ofFenfivdy, aadde-

feniSvely, and how farre chic ibuldiers
which were entertained at fVhitebsil^ were raifers of them g
and how fapre theeves, and boutif^res incermiHgled thcmfelves
for rapines fake, refts yet in judgement ; and I conceive the
Parliament is as dcfirous tohave juftice fetibnably done there-
in, as the King ; Batfiire, theEaglifli Nation^ norths City,
nor the Parliament, cannot bs fufpefted of having any itirent
to raiic Arms againft the Kinp Perfon, or His Children : this
were a great fcandall and unmerited, and if the Kings fi-ight
was for fear of any curfed AflTaflTinates j for which the EngliQi
have not been infamous, Hlsordiaary Guard had been as fafe
to him here, asitisatT<?rl5:»

Pagcii. Here it is fuppofed, that Parlia-

Where is every mans ments may make anOrdinance eontra-

Soperty, every mans li- ry toLaWjNaturejKeafon.Sencejand
rty, if a major part of it is inferred therefore. That they are
both Houfes declare dangerous, and may bring the life and

Lrice, whatbeGomes of and Arbitrary fubjeftion ; this fup-
all the families and elUtes pofition is inconfiftent with one of
in the Kingdom, - the moft facred and venerable pillars

of all Law and policy; and yet here
it Is infifted upon. Let all Chronicles be (earchcd, and let one
Story be cited of any Parliament, which did tyrannize ovet
King and Subieft, or ordain any thing to the raifchief of both i
yet Kings I think will not make the fame-challenge, the bet of
ehcmhave done A6is of opprefiion^ and tUe Reafons areappa-
jrant for it j bat no Reafbns can be ^ven why ParDamencs
iliouid ufiirpe, or how they can ufurpej yet the Kingsinference

nans

nitwagainft all Parliaments : He Joth not fay this Pirliamcric

cyrannizeth, and therefore hercfiJcs from thcm,and pranoua-
ccs their Votes invalid, but becaufe ^Parliaments may tyran-
nize ; therefore they have no power in their Votes at all^at any
time whacfoevcr, further then the King ratifies them. The
/'arliamcnt faycsnot fo much ; they ixy he is now feduccd by
widccdComccIl, and therefore reje^schek requefts, to the
danger of the Stated In fuch cafes they conceive there is a
pcrwer in them to fccure the State without bis concurrence :
At oth^r times, when the Kings are not (educed, they oug'it
to do nothing without th:ir confent ; f-^jr mn recHrrcndum ejl
ad tfttraordmaria in its qn£ feri pojptntper ordinarijt : Whe-
ther this or that Doclrinc enwraps the greateit danger , let
all the world judge.

As for fcditicus Preachers ami Pag. 17.

Pamphlcttecrs, the Parliame.it will Seditious Pamphlets
not prore^t any, when greater rait- ^n'* Sernaoas.
ters arc provided for, the Law (hall have a free courfe a;^ainft
th-ra;andaccoaiit fhill be given by all which have fav.'ourv.'d
them. In the mcantimethc Parliament only dcfircs, Inat fc
may not be put ia thefc times of generall excretnity,to intend
univerfall cnormities^, and in the legallpurfiancc tbcre:)f be
made Informers, Solicitors, VVitncifes, and Judges , and that
they may not be bound to give an account for all miriemea-
norspor to remedy a'l mens abufcs in an inftant,ani notwich-
ftandingall oppoficion, givcgencralHatisfavftion to all the
world, or afpirc to a condition abovcm^n. p^g^ ^^^

We holi Parliaments in EftgUnd, That fuch are contfniu
as the Apples of our eyes ; and we ally preferred and coua-
know all liberty mud ftand or fall financed by us, who are
with them ; And wc conceive P4rlt. f''f"^^,<>^ fivourers , or
•m«nfo ii»^o t^^^r^ «, J related unto the chief aa-

ed, nor by more con fpiracies affiyl- arbitrary power hereto,-
cd , then they have been fincc this fore praftifed and conu
i*irliameiit began : And thcp^rfons plained of.
which poiTefl'uhe King againrt them we cannot nominate,
butfcknowsj^nd Uvours,and employes them. If hchareany

CounccUors which fugged advice to him , as his late pap;rs
carry in thcnij they arc the malignant party j and their (^udi/
isjThatfomeveay may be found out, fo to maftcr and quail
this Parliament, as that is may prefident future times to do the
fame. Nothing is more viliblc, tben that Parliaments are o-
diousto Court parafitcs ; and the fame difpoficion which dif^
continued them fo long, and difmiflcdtliemfb often, ftill la-
bours to firuft rate and ruinate them for ever. What parties
have been framed in the Country, in ihs City, in the ParVum
ment it felf, in England^ ki Scotlarul, in Ireland^ in other Na-
tions, to blaft this Parliameat, and to make it fcandalous ;
and yet we ail f« they arc Traytors, they are unheard-of pa-
ra llci'd Traytors : for fecking their own defence , for enter-
taining any jealoufies, or for mentioning any plots : what
late change there is in the King, or alienation from the defen-
ders of arbitrary power, is not evident by his papers 5 for if
th:y do truely rcprefent him and his CounccUors to us , wc
may doubt that Parliaments are not gotten hico better grace
at Court, then they were in my Lord of Straffbrdr time ; and
y§c it is undoabted. That if wc fuffer in the Rights of farlia-
inencs,ro other rights can be done us : And as we were better
have no Parliaments, then Parliaments maimed in their privi-
ledges, fo we had better have no being at all in England^ then

no Parliaments,

Pag, 17. The main thing begged by the

VVcreqaireno other Parliament, is the Kin§^ return, and

Liberty to our wills,then ji^^j. ^j] fobordinate power and ho-

the meaneft of them do, ^^^^ (efpccially during our diftrafli-

""'•r^r'hLr^r^nL; ons)maybeputihto mens hands as
waies me that liberty,not , / x- . rr j r »i ..

to confent to any thing ^^2 generality is aflured of: How this
evidendy contrary to our fliould be contrary to Hisconfcienc3
confcience and uader- and un Icrftandingherc , and not in
ftanding : and wc have , Scotland , I do not fee j and yet that
and {haU alwaycs give as ^t^jch was there reafonable , is hers
mudi eftimation aad re- reafonable ; nay , and though we be
card to the advice and j j • • ' : a. u t-

LuBiellof both Houfes denycdinit,yc wcmuftnotbehcvc
cur eycsj tor ItiU it is prefl.d that the

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Parliament has done nothiflg for the King, and have been dc-
nyed nothing from the King, in the leaft degree flcceflary to
the peace, plenty, and fecurity of the Sabieft ; and yet in pub-
like matters, confcience, and underftanding are not alwayes to
be too farreirnfted, where we depart from Ma ior-partie», or
fuch who are more to be trufted, then oar felvcs, few Cafts are
inlaw or policy beyond alldifpute andfcruplej and if the
King in difputable Cafes will charge HisOwn Apprchenfion,
rather then His o:hcr Judges and Councellors, His breft muft
prove at laft the fole unappealable Judge of all things.
How the King is to give an account P^ge 27ji8.

of His Royalty here, to His other The office and dimity

Kinodoms,more then ro this jOt how ^^^'Z^' « notwithm
. . 7 \ . . f -ri 1- their determinations, and

It is beyond the cognizance of Parlia- ^ .y^ich we muft give
ments , becaufe he is accountable to an account to God, and
God f«r it 5 I apprehend not, fubcr- our other Kingdoms.
dinatc Magiftrates arc alfb account-
able to God, and their power is derived from God, and yit it
i? not beyond humaine determination, but (brae Courtiers do
fngg«ft that all fupream dignities arc fo founded by Gods im-
mediate hand alone, as there remains nothing humaine in them,
andthat puWikc consent of luch, andfuch Nations, astofuch
and fucb limits, and conditions is nothing at all requifiw ; this
is the gronnd of all Arbitary unboHnded fway ,• for if Nations
b^ common confent,can neither fet limitSj or judge of limits ftc
to foveraignty, but muft look upon it as a thing meerly divine,
and above al humiin confent or comprehcnfion,then all nations
are equally fljves, and we in England are borne to no more by
the Laws of England then the Afanine Peafants of France are
there, w ho fe Wooden (hoes and Canvas Breeches fiifficiently,
proclaim* what a blcfledneife it is to be borne under a racer di^
vinePrerog^ive ; but I hope that Prerogative, in defence of
which, the King Intends to facrifice his life, is that which is f^t-
Icd, and bounded by the known Laws of the Land, and whofe
iureft Bafis is the common confcnt, and whofe roofl honourable

end

end is the common good, and not fiich a divine Prcroga^e ;
which none underftand, butourghoftly Councdlors, which
alwayes cxprcfltf (uffici^nc Enmity and Antipathy to the pub-
like Afts and Pa6ls of Men: It is generally believed, Ibac
thcie lace txpreffions of the Kings had nor been fbfharp, if
the^e had not been more of the divine, then cither of the Law-
yer or Statcfman in them ; But God lend our Schollers more
grace to think more honourable of their Pulpits, that the
Church may be raore edified, and the Stare leffc perturbed by
them hereafter ; twas heretofore Simeon and Levi^ tis now Leid
andSimem the heads of the main Mallgnants,whofe union breeds
onr difunion , were Papifts and Hieratcbiftsj they now are
Hierarchifls and Fapifti.

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