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and_o counterfeit_a coin_n or_o man_n steal_v horse_n and_o be_v send_v for_o by_o justice_n and_o bring_v to_o the_o bar_n they_o may_v with_o as_o much_o reason_n and_o more_o appeal_n from_o those_o court_n of_o justice_n because_o they_o never_o choose_v these_o man_n that_o make_v such_o law_n nor_o ever_o consent_v to_o they_o as_o lilburne_n overton_n larner_n etc._n etc._n do_v from_o the_o lord_n to_o the_o present_a house_n of_o commons_o their_o representor_n their_o choose_a one_o etc._n etc._n and_o i_o dare_v undertake_v to_o show_v that_o all_o those_o seem_a argument_n and_o ramble_a discourse_n in_o overton_n and_o lilburnes_n book_n have_v as_o much_o strength_n for_o justify_v all_o delinquent_n appeal_v from_o those_o law_n make_v so_o many_o year_n ago_o and_o judge_n go_v according_a to_o they_o as_o for_o their_o decline_v the_o house_n of_o lord_n many_o other_o instance_n i_o can_v give_v of_o those_o who_o have_v by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n and_o other_o 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stand_v for_o a_o cypher_n because_o not_o choose_v by_o the_o common_a people_n as_o the_o knight_n and_o burgess_n yet_o till_o witâ—_n in_o this_o year_n and_o a_o half_a they_o in_o write_n and_o action_n declare_v the_o contrary_a viz._n before_o the_o recruit_v of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o with_o new_a member_n and_o the_o success_n of_o the_o new_a model_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o many_o bâ—rth-right_a pamphlet_n write_v before_o wherein_o they_o abuse_v the_o house_n of_o commons_o and_o particular_a member_n cry_v out_o of_o they_o for_o make_v the_o free_a subject_n slave_n and_o for_o rule_v in_o a_o arbitrary_a way_n as_o much_o as_o they_o do_v now_o of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n yea_o the_o lord_n be_v plead_v for_o and_o cry_v up_o above_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o for_o their_o justice_n and_o their_o
readiness_n to_o hear_v the_o grievanâ—s_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o their_o power_n plead_v for_o and_o that_o by_o lilburne_n himself_o pag._n 74_o 75._o of_o his_o pamphlet_n call_v innocency_n and_o â—ruth_n justify_v where_o plead_v to_o have_v his_o business_n of_o his_o sentence_n in_o star-chamber_n to_o be_v transmit_v up_o to_o the_o lord_n from_o the_o he_o use_v of_o commons_o by_o way_n of_o answer_n to_o objection_n against_o it_o he_o have_v these_o word_n if_o i_o be_v transmit_v up_o to_o the_o lord_n i_o confident_o believe_v i_o shall_v get_v forward_o out_o of_o the_o former_a experience_n of_o that_o justice_n that_o i_o have_v find_v there_o and_o i_o will_v instance_n two_o particular_n first_o when_o i_o be_v prisoner_n in_o the_o fleet_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o be_v too_o long_o for_o i_o to_o write_v down_o and_o i_o shall_v rather_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o book_n pag._n 74._o second_o may_v 4._o 1641._o the_o king_n accuse_v i_o of_o high_a treason_n and_o before_o the_o lord_n bar_n be_v i_o bring_v for_o my_o life_n where_o although_o one_o litleton_n servant_n to_o the_o prince_n swear_v point_n blank_a against_o i_o yet_o have_v i_o free_a liberty_n to_o speak_v for_o myself_o in_o the_o open_a house_n and_o upon_o my_o desire_n that_o master_n andrew_n also_o may_v declare_v upon_o his_o oath_n what_o he_o know_v about_o my_o business_n it_o be_v do_v and_o his_o oath_n be_v absolute_o contradictory_n to_o master_n litletons_n i_o be_v both_o free_v from_o litletons_n malice_n and_o the_o king_n accusation_n at_o the_o bar_n of_o the_o whole_a house_n and_o for_o my_o part_n i_o be_o resolve_v to_o speak_v well_o of_o those_o that_o have_v ☜_o do_v i_o justice_n and_o not_o to_o doubt_v they_o will_v deny_v it_o i_o till_o such_o time_n as_o by_o experience_n i_o find_v they_o do_v it_o and_o in_o pag._n 56._o of_o lilburnes_n innocency_n and_o truth_n justify_v he_o write_v thus_o again_o i_o say_v a_o committee_n 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law_n to_o be_v a_o law_n until_o it_o be_v make_v void_a by_o all_o the_o three_o estate_n that_o make_v it_o or_o at_o least_o by_o the_o two_o estate_n joint_o that_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o make_v ordinance_n in_o this_o time_n of_o necessity_n to_o make_v void_v a_o law_n at_o present_a etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o i_o be_o absolute_o of_o this_o mind_n that_o neither_o a_o committee_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o nor_o the_o whole_a house_n of_o commons_o together_o can_v just_o imprison_v i_o or_o any_o other_o contrary_a to_o law_n against_o which_o at_o present_a there_o be_v not_o some_o ordinance_n ☜_o make_v both_o by_o they_o and_o the_o peer_n public_a at_o present_a to_o overthrow_v it_o but_o i_o have_v several_a time_n be_v imprison_v both_o by_o committee_n and_o by_o vote_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o itself_o contrary_a to_o a_o know_a law_n make_v this_o present_a parliament_n by_o themselves_o against_o which_o there_o be_v at_o present_v no_o ordinance_n publish_v and_o declare_v by_o they_o and_o the_o peer_n for_o the_o cognizance_n ergo_fw-la i_o say_v they_o be_v tie_v in_o justice_n according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o this_o law_n to_o give_v i_o reparation_n against_o those_o person_n that_o be_v chief_a instrument_n either_o in_o committee_n or_o in_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o itself_o to_o vote_n and_o take_v away_o my_o liberty_n from_o i_o contrary_a to_o this_o lâ—w_n and_o for_o my_o part_n i_o do_v according_o expect_v my_o reparation_n for_o my_o late_a causeless_a molestation_n and_o imprisonment_n and_o as_o lilburne_n in_o these_o passage_n give_v the_o house_n of_o lord_n a_o equal_a legislative_a power_n with_o the_o commons_o make_v they_o one_o of_o the_o three_o estate_n as_o well_o as_o the_o commons_o and_o express_o say_v the_o commons_o be_v but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o that_o the_o commons_o ☞_o can_v make_v void_a a_o law_n unless_o it_o be_v by_o the_o two_o estate_n joint_o viz._n the_o lord_n and_o commons_o all_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o many_o wicked_a pamphlet_n print_v in_o this_o year_n 1646._o by_o which_o the_o reader_n may_v observe_v what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o the_o same_o sectary_n in_o the_o year_n 1645._o and_o the_o year_n 1646._o such_o new_a light_n have_v the_o success_n of_o the_o new_a model_n and_o the_o recruit_v of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o bring_v to_o the_o sectary_n so_o lilburne_n and_o the_o sectary_n by_o many_o action_n of_o they_o have_v own_a and_o establish_v the_o power_n of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o commons_o as_o in_o their_o several_a petition_n to_o the_o lord_n house_n as_o well_o as_o commons_o for_o abolish_n episcopacy_n and_o in_o several_a other_o particular_n which_o clear_o prove_v the_o legislative_a power_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o well_o as_o commons_o for_o be_v not_o that_o a_o part_n of_o legislative_a power_n to_o repeal_v former_a law_n 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