Foundations of the the vast natural Fabrick of the Earth Heavens and world it self of the Artificial Material Foundations of the Material Temple Wals City of Gods own most famous Jerusalem and of private Houses of the spirituall Foundations of the Spiritual Temple City Jerusalem and whole Church of God even Jesus Christ himself of Doctrinal Foundations and first Principles of Religion Christianity Salvation yea of the Politicall Foundations of Kingdomes Republicks Churches Governments States Which being once shaken undermined subverted razed or dâ—stroyed bring unavoidable ruine and desolation upon them Psal 11. 3. Psal 82. 5. Jer. 50. 15. 51. 25 26. Micah 1. 6 7 9. Even as we daily see Castles Walls Houses to fall instantly to the ground and become an heap of Confusion when their Foundations are blown up decayed or demolished Upon which consideration those publike Laws which establish fence fortifie support the Fundamental Constitutions Rights Liberties Priviledges of any Nation Kingdome Republike essentiall to their being and subsistence as a free or happy people against the Invasions underminings enchroachments of any Tyrants Vsurpers Oppressors or publike enemies are usually stiled Fundamental Laws and have ever been reputed so sacred inviolable immutable in all ages upon any pretences of necessity or publike safety that most Nations and our own English Ancestors above others have freely chosen to hazard yea lose their estates lives in their just defence against such exorbitant tyrannical Kings and other Powers who by force or policy have endeavoured to violate alter or subvert them rather than out of a Cowardice Sottishnesse Carelesnesse or want of cordial love to the Publike to suffer the least infringment repeal or alteration of them to the inthrawling of themselves or their posterities to the arbitrary wils of such domineering Tyrants and Vsurping Powers Now because after all our Old and New many years bloody costly dangerous Contests and Wars for the maintenance of our good Old Fundamental Liberties Laws â—ights Priviledges against all secret or open underminers of them I clearly behold with grief of heart that there is a strang monstrous generation of new Tyrannical State-Hereticks sprung up amongst us who are grown so desperately impudent as not only to write but publikely to assert in print in Books printed by AUTHORITY even in Capitals in every Title page That the Freemen and People of England have no such unalterable Fundamental Laws and Liberties left them by their forefathers as our Ancestours heretofore contested for both in the Field and Parliament-House with William the Conqueror Henry the first King John Henry the third Edward 1. 2. 3. Richard 2. with other Kings and Princes and our late Parliamentâ— and Armies too with King James and King Charls That neither Magna Charta nor the Petition of Right nor the Laws for trying Malefactors by Juries of their Pears are Fundamental or unalterable but that the State Physitians or rather Mountebanks of our time who are not tied up to them but left free unto themselves may lay them quite aside either in part or whol as they see cause Yea have now attained to such a super-transcendent Authority that they may as they assert lay aside all Parliaments Parliamentary wayes appoint something else as more seasonable and proper to us and as Providence makes way for it if they see it more conducing to the safety and good of the Commonwealth that is to their own privat Interests Honors Profits Securities Designes Oppressions Rapines gilded over with this specious pretext And then peremptorily conclude That to plead for these and other fundamental laws and liberties as unalterable though the only Bulwarks Badges of our Freedome is nothing else but to enslave the Nation for by such a Principle people do not only lose their Liberty but are brought under such a kinde of Tyranny out of which AS BEING WORSE THAN THE AEGYPTIAN BONDAGE there is no hope of deliverance An absurd Tyrannical Paradox transcending any I ever yet met with in any Author stripping us naked of all our long enjoyed Laws Liberties Franchises great Charters at once tending onely to reduce and perpetually inthrall us under such an absolute AEGYPTIAN BONDAGE and Tyranny without any hope of future deliverance from it which some now endeavour to entaile on us and our posterities for ever by an Iron law and Yoke of Steel in stead of restoring to us that glorious Freedome which we have so long expected from them in vain And because I finde the generality of the Nobility Gentry Clergy Commonalty of our Nation after all their late years expensive bloody wars and Parliamentary Disputes for the defence and preservation of these our ancient Hereditary Fundamentall Charters Laws Liberties Priviledges so strangely degenerated both from themselves and their Heroick prudent Ancestors as that they are more readily inclined upon every occasion out of a base unchristian unmanly un-english fear or sottish cowardise and stupidity wittingly to desert betray surrender them al up into the hands of any invading Vsâ—rpers without the least Publike Claim Dissertation Defence Dspute then diligently or couragiously to coÌ„tend or suffer for them of late they did So as that which Paul once taxed in the â—lavish besotted Corinthians 2 Epist 11. 20. may be most truly averred of our degenerated infatuated English Nation Ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man deâ—â—ur you if a man take of you if a man exâ—lt himself above your Laws Liberties Franchises Parliaments Kings Nobles Properties Lives Consciences and all that is called God or warshipped if a man smite you on the face notwithstanding all their manifold late Protestations Vows Covenants Remonstrances Declarationâ— and Publike Engagements to the contrary And withall after diligent enquiry discovering scarce one man of Eminency or Power in the Nation nor so much as one of my degenerated temporizing Profession of the Law even when the whole body of our laws and all its Professors are violently assaultâ—d and devoted unto suddain ruine by many lawlesse spirits who hath so much courage magnanimity honesty zeal or cordial love to his Native Country remaining in his brest as manfully to appear in publike for the strenuous necessary defence of these our Hereditary fundamentall laws liberties rights franchises though their own and every other English Freemans best inheritance and security for fear of being persecuted imprisoned close imprisoned exiled condemned destroyed as a Traytor Rebell Seditious person enemy to the Publike or disturber of the Kingdomes peace by those who are truly such I thereupon conceived I could not undertake or performe a more necessary seasonable beneficiall service for my Country and ingrate unworthy Nation who are now ashamed afraid for the most part to own visit or be seen in the company of those Gallant men much lesse to assist defend and stick close unto them in their dangers according to the sixth Article of their late Solemn League and Covenant
greatest pretenders to publike Liberty Law and the â—heifest inveighers against Arbitrary Regal Tyranny and Power which never publikely established such arbitrary illegal Tryals and new Butcheries of Christian English Freemen by any law and may fall to imitate them in future Ages by their example Each of these I intend to prosecute in distinct Chapters in their order CHAP. 1. 1. For the first of these That the Kingdome and Freemen of England have some ancient Hereditary Rights Liberties Priviledges Franchises Laws and Customs properly called FVNDAMENTAL and likewise a FVNDAMENTALL GOVERNMENT no wayes to be altered undermined subverted directly or indirectly under pain of High Treason in those who shall attempt it especially by fraud force or armed power I Shall confirm the first part of it by these ensuing punctual Authorities of moment against those traiterous late published Pamphlets which professedly deny it and endeavour a totall abrogation of all former Lawes to set up a New modell and Body of the law to rule us for the future according to their pleasures The first is the expresse words of the great Charters of the Liberties of England granted by King John Anno 1215. in the 16 year of his Reign Regranted and confirmed by King Henry the third in the 9 year of his Reign and sundry times afterwards and by King Edward the first in the 25 and 28 years of his reign Wherein these three Kings successively by their several grand Charters under their great Seals did grant give and confirm to all the Nobility is and ever shall be far from the thoughts and intents of all good Kings Governours and Parliament who bear a sincere care and affection to the Subjects of England to alter or innovate them 3. That by these ancient good Laws Priviledges and customs not only the Kings Regall Authority but the peoples Security of lands livings and priviledges both in general and particular are preserved and maintained 4. That by the abolishing or altering of them it is impossible but that present confusion will fall upon the whol state and frame of this Kingdom Which I wish all Innovators and New Modellers of our Lawes and Government would now at last lay seriously to heart and the whole Kingdome and English Nation sadly consider who have found it an experimental truth of late years and no imaginary seigned speculation 3. The third is The Remonâ—trance of the whole House of Commons in Parliament delivered in Writing to King James in the Parliament of 7. Jacobi Anno 1610. which begins thus To the Kings most Excellent Majesty Most Gracious Soveraign Whereas we your Majesties most humble Subjects the Commons assembled in Parliament having received first by Message and since by speech from your Majesty a Command of restraint from debating in Parliament your Majesties Right of imposing upon your Subjects Goods exported out of or imported into this Realm yet allowing us to examine the grievance of these Impositions in regard of quantity time and other circumstances of disproportion thereto incident We your humble Subjects nothing doubting but that your Majesty had no intent by that command to infring the ancient and fundamentall Rights of the Liberty of PARLIAMENT in point of exact discussing of all matters concerning them and their Possessions Goods and Rights whatsoever Which yet we cannot but conceive to be done in effect by this Command Do with all humble Duty make this Remonstrâ—nce to your Majesty First we hold it an Ancient general and undoubted Right of Parliament to debate freely all matters which do properly concern the Subject and his Right or Estate which freedome of debate being once fore-closed the essence of the Liberty of Parliament is withall dissolved c. Here the whole House of Commons in a speciall Remonstrance to King James printed and published by Order of a Committee of the House of Commons for licensing of Books dated 20 Maii 17. Caroli 1641. Declare resolve vindicate and maintain one principal ancient fundamentall general undoubed right of the Liberty of Parliament against the Kings intrenchment on it Of which should they be but once fore closed the Essence of the Liberty of Parliament is withall dissolved And peradventure it may not be unworthy the most serious disquisition of the next ensuing nominal or real Parliament to examine whether some clauses and restrictions in the 9. 12. 14. 16 17. 21. 22. 24 25. 27. 30. 32 33. 36 37 38 39 40. Articles or strings of the New Instrument intituled The Government of the Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging as it was publikely declared at Westminster the 16. day of December 1653 c. do not as much nay far more intrench upon the ancient Fundamental General undoubted Rights and Liberty of Parliament and parliamentary free debates to the dissolution of the Essential liberty of all future Parliaments as this Command of King James did or as the Bishops late Canons imposed on the Clergy in and by the Convocation Anno 1640. ever did and this clause in their c. Oath then made now imitated by others who condemned it I. A. B. do swear that I will never give my consent to alter the Government of this Church by Arch-bishops Bishops Deans and Arch-Deacons c. as it stands now established and as by right it ought to stand Which clause and Oath imposed onely on the Clergy-men Resolved by the whole House of Commons and Peers too in Parliament without one dissenting voice December 16. 1640. to be a most dangerous illegal Oath contrary to the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament and to the Fundamental Laws and Statutes of the Realuâ— c. and of dangerous consequence the contriving whereof was objected to the late Archbishop of Caterbury in his original Articles of High Treason for which amongst other things he lost his head The fourth is the notable Petition of Grievances of the whole House of Commons in Parliament presented to King James in the seventh year of his Reign after their Vote against his Right to levy Impositions on goods imported or exported without assent and grant of Parliament in these ensuing words The Policy of this your Majesties Kingdomes appropriates unto the Kings of this Realm with assent of Parliament as well the Soveraign power of making Laws as that of taxing or imposing upon the Subjects Goods or Merchandises wherein they have justly such a property as may not without their consent be altered or changed this is the cause that the people of this Kingdome as they have ever shewed themselves faithfull and loving to their Kings and ready to aid them in all just occasions with voluntary contributions so have they been ever careful to preserve their own Liberties and Rights when any thing hath been done to prejudice or impeach the same And therefore when their Princes either occasioned by war or by their own bounty or by any other necessity have without consent of
cloak their intentions from the people they took an Oath of all they met Quod Regi Communibus fidelitatem servarent that they should keep Allegiance and Faith to the King Commons Yea Wat Tyler demanded a Commission from the King to behead all Lawyers Escheaters and others whatsoever that were learned in the laws or communicated with the law by reason of their Office conceiving in his minde that this being brought to passe all things afterwards would be ordered according to his own and the common peoples fancy And he made his vaunt putting his hand to his own lips That before scure dayes came to an end ALL THE LAWS OF ENGLAND SHOULD PROCEED FROM HIS MOUTH Which some of late times seem to speak not only in words but deeds by their manifold new laws and Edicts repealing or contradicting our old This their resolution and attempt thus to alter and subvert the Laws and Government upon full debate in the Parliament of 5. R. 2. n. 30. 31. was declared to be High-Treason against the King and the Law for which divers of the chief Actors in this Treasonable Designe were condemned and executed as Traitors in severall places and the rest enforced to a publike submission then pardoned Let these imitators now remember this old President 2. In the Parliament of 11. R. 2. as appears by the Parliament Rols and printed Statutes at large three Privy Councellours the Archbishop of York the Duke of Ireland and the Earl of Suffolk the Bishop of Exeter the Kings Confessor five Knights six Judges whereof Sir Robert Tresylian Chief Justice was one Blake of the Kings Councel at Law Vsk and others were impeached and condemned of High Treason some of them executed as Traitors the rest banished their lands and goods forfeited and none to endeavour to procure their pardon under pain of Felony for their endeavouring to overthrow a Commission for the good of the Kingdome contrary to an Act of Parliament by force of Arms and opinions in Law delivered by these temporizing Judges and Lawyers to the King through threats and terrour at Nottingham Castle tending to subvert the Laws and Statutes of the Realm overthrow the Power Priviledges and proceedings of Parliament and betray not all the House of Lords but only some of the Lords of Parliament Which Judgement being afterwards reversed in the forced and packed Parliament of 21. R. 2. was reconfirmed in the Parliament of 1 H. 4. c. 3 4 5. and the Parliament of 21. R. 2. totally repealed and adnulled for ever and hath so continued Read Statut. at large 3. In the Parliament of 17 R. 2. n. 20. and Pas 17 R. 2. B. Regis Rot. 16. Sir Thomas Talbot was accused and found guilty of High Treason for conspiring the death of the Dukes of Glocester Lancaster and other Peers who maintained the Commission confirmed by Act of Parliament 10. R. 2 and assembling people in a warlike manner in the County of Chester for effecting of it in destruction of the estates of the Realm and the Laws of the Kingdome 4. In the 29. year of King Henry the sixth Jack Cade under a pretence to REFORM alter and abrogate some laws Purveyances and Extortions importable to the Commons whereupon he was called JOHN AMEND ALL drew a great multitude of Kentish people to Black-heath in a warlike manner to effect it In the Parliament of 29 H. 6. c. 1 this was adjudged High Treason in him and his Complices by Act of Parliament and the Parliament of 31. H. 6. c. 1. made this memorable Act against him and his Imitators in succeding ages worthy serious perusal and consideration by all who tread in his footsteps and over-act him in his Treasons Whereas the most abominable Tyrant horrible odious and errant FALSE TRAYTOR John Cade calling himself sometimes Mortimer sometime Captain of Kent which Name Fame Acts and Feats be to be removed out of the speech and minde of every faithfull Christian man perpetually falsly and traiterously purposing and imagining the perpetuall destruction of the KINGS PERSON and FINAL SVBVERSION OF THIS REALM taking upon him ROYALL POWER and gathering to him the Kings People in great number BY FALSE SVBTIL IMAGINED LANGVAGE and seditiously made a stirring Rebellion and insurrection VNDER COLOVR OF JVSTICE FOR REFORMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE SAID KING robbing slaying spoiling a great part of his faithfull people Our said Soveraign Lord the King considering the premises with many other which were more odious to remember by advice and assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and at THE REQUEST OF THE COMMONS and by Authority aforesaid Hath ordained and established that the said John Cade shall be had named and declared A FALSE TRAYTOR to our said Soveraign Lord the King and that all his Tyranny Acts Feats false Opinions shall be voided abated adnulled destroyed and put out of remembrance for ever And that all Indictments and things depending thereof had and made under the power of Tyranny shall likewise be void adnulled abated repealed and holden for none and that the blood of none of them be defiled nor corrupted but by the Authority of the said Parliament clearly declared for ever And that all Indictments in time coming in like case under power of Tyranny Rebellion and stirring had shall be of no regard or effect but void in Law And all the Petitions delivered to the said King in his last Parliament holden at Westminster the sixth day of November the 29. of his Reign against his minde by him not agreed shall be taken and put in Oblivion out of Remembrance undone voided adnulled and destroyed for ever as a thing purposed against God and his Conscience and against his Royal estate and preheminence and also DISHONORABLE and UNREASONABLE 5. In the 8 year of King Henry the 8. William Bell and Thomas Lacy in the County of Kent conspired with Thomas Cheney the Hermite of the Queen of Fairies TO OVER THROW THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF THE REALM for effecting whereof they with 200 more met together and concluded upon a course of raising greater forces in Kent and the adjacent Shires This was judged High Treason and some of them executed as Traitors Moreover it was resolved by all the Judges of England in the reign of Henry 8. that an Insurrection against the Statute of Laborers or for the inhansing of Salaries and wages or against any Statute or to remove Councellors or to any other end pretending Reformation of their own heads was TREASON and a levying war against the King BECAVSE IT WAS GENERALLY AGAINST THE KINGS LAW and the Offenders took upon them THE REFORMATION THEREOF which Subjects by gathering of power ought not to do 6. On December 1. in the 21. year of King Henry the 8. Sr. Thomas Moore Lord Chancellour of England with fourteen more Lords of the Privy Councel John Fitz-James Chief Justice of England and Sir Anthony Fitz-Herbert Herbert one of the Judges of the Common Pleas exhibited sundry Articles of Impeachment to King Henry the
The first and Second Part of A SEASONABLE LEGAL AND HISTORICALL VINDICATION AND Chronological COLLECTION of the Good Old Fundamentall Liberties Franchises Rights Laws of all English Freemen their best Inheritance Birthright Security against all Arbitrary Tyranny and Aegyptian Burdens and of their strenuous Defence in all former Ages of late years most dangerously undermined and almost totally subverted under the specious Disguise of their Defence and future Establishment upon a sure Basis by their pretended Greatest Propugners WHEREIN IS Irrefragably evinced by Parliamentary Records Proofs Presidents That we have such Fundamentall Liberties Franchises Rights Laws That to attempt or effect the Subversion of all or any of them or of our Fundamentall Government by Fraud or Force is High Treason The principal of them summed up in X. Propositions The chief printed Treatises asserting them specified A Chronological History of our Ancestors zeal vigilancy courage prudence in gaining regaining enlarging defending oft confirming and perpetuating them to Posterity by Great Charters Statutes New Confirmations Excommunications Speciall Conservators Consultations Petitions Declarations Remonstrances Oaths Protestations Vows Leagues Covenants and likewise by their Arms when necessitated during all the Britons Romans Saxons Danes Normans and English Kings Reigns till this present collected for present and future publique benefit with a Brief Touch of their late unparalelled Infringments and subversions in every particular The Triall of all Malesactors by their Peers and Juries justified as the onely legall best most indifferent and all other late arbitrary Judicatories erected for their Triall exploded as destructive both to our Fundamentall Laws and Liberties Collected recommended to the whole English Nation as the best Legacy he can leave them By William Prynne of Swainswick Esquire The Second Edition Corrected and much Enlarged Psal 11. 3. If the Fundations be destroyed what can the righteous do Psal 82. 5. They know not neither will they understand they walk on in darknesse all the Foundations of the earth are out of course London Printed for the Author and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbour 1655. Errata IN the Epistle letter C. page 8. l. 6. read effect D. p. 2. l. 9. 〈◊〉 Tesmond H. p. 5. l. 19. Censurers I. p. 5. l. 13 of r. our K. p. 7. l. 28. r. Heirs L. p. 4. l. 20. r. exercerunt In the Margin H. p. 3. l. 42. aliquem I. p. 6. l. 27. pacti L. p. 8. 13. r. 23. In the Book p. 4. l. 25. r. as of p. 13. l. 36. r. were resolved p. 19. l. 14. r. Vote of p. 24. l. 16. of p. 26. l. 15. of and p. 29. l. 33. Statutes p. 32. l. 26. r. E. 6. c. 5. p. 35. l. 6. to sedition p. 38. l. 19. r. parts Margin p. 27. l. 13. ther r. other p. 64. l. 3 4 5. r. 10. R. 2. cap. 1. 1 H. 5. c. 1. 28 H. 6. n. 51. l. 11. r. 4. E. 4. To all truely Christian Free men of England Patrons of Religion Freedom Lawes Parliaments who shall peruse this Treatise Christian READER IT hath been one of the most detestable Crimes and highest Impeachments against the Antichristian Popes of Rome that under a Saint-like Religious pretext of advancing the Church Cause Kingdom of Jesus Christ they have for some hundred yeers by-past usurped to themselves as fole Monarchs of the World in the Right of Christ whose Vicars they pretend themselves to be both by Doctrinal Positions and Treasonable Practises an absolute Soveraign Tyrannical Power over all Christian Emperours Kings Princes of the World who must derive and hold their Crowns from them alone upon their good behaviours at their pleasures not onely to Excommunicate Censure Judge Depose Murder Destroy their sacred Persons but likewise to dispose of their Crowns Scepters Kingdoms and translate them to whom they please In pursuance whereof they have most traiterously wickedly seditiously atheistically presumed to absolve their Subjects from all their sacred Oaths Homages natural Allegiance and due Obedience to them instigated encouraged yea expresly enjoyned under pain of interdiction excommunication and other censures their own Subjects yea own sons sometimes both by their Bulls and Agents to revolt from rebel war against depose dethrone murder stab poyson destroy them by open force or secret conspiracies and stirred up one Christian King Realm State to invade infest destroy usurp upon another onely to advance their own Antichristian Soveraignties Usurpations Ambition Rapines worldly Pompe and Ends as you may read at leisure in the Statutes of 25 H. 8. c. 22. 28 H. 8. c. 10. 37 H. 8. c. 17. 13 Eliz. c. 2. 23 Eliz. c. 1. 35 Eliz. c. 2. 3 Jacob. c. 1 2 4 5. 7 Jacob. c. 6. The Emperour Frederick his Epistles against Pope Gregory the 9. and Innocent the 4. recorded in Matthew Paris and others Aventinus Annalium Boiorum Mr. William Tyndal's Practice of Popish Prelates the second Homily upon Witsunday the Homilies against disobedience and wilful Rebellion Bishop Jewels view of a seditious Bull Iohn Bale in his lives of the Roman Pontifs Doctor Thomas Bilson in his True difference between Christian subjection and unchristian Rebellion Doctor John White his Sermon at Paul s Cross March 24. 1625. and Defence of the Way c. 6 10. Doctor Crakenthorpe of the Popes temporal Monarchy Bishop Morton's Protestant Apology Doctor Beard 's Theater of God's Judgements l. 1. c 27 28. Doctor Squire of Antichrist John Bodin his Commonwealth l. 1. c. 9. The learned Morney Lord du Plessy his Mystery of Iniquity and History of the Papacy The General History of France Grimston's Imperial History Matthew Paris Speed Holinshed Cambden and others in the lives of King John Henry the 3. Queen Elizabeth and other of our Kings with hundreds of printed Sermons on the 5 of November The principal Instruments the Popes imployed of late yeers in these their unchristian Treasonable Designes have been pragmatical furious active Jesuites whose Society was first erected by Ignatius Loyola a Spaniard by Birth but A SOULDIER by Profession and confirmed by Pope Paul the 3. Anno 1540â— which Order consisting onely of ten persons at first and confined onely to sixty by this Pope hath so monstrously increased by the Popes and Spaniards favours and assistance whose chief Janizaries Factors Intelligencers they are that in the yeer 1626. they caused the picture of Ignâ—tius their Founder to be cut in Brass with a goodly Olive Tree growing like Jessees root out of his side spreading its branches into all kingdoms and Provinces of the World where the Jesuites have any Colledges and Seminaries with the name of the Province at the foot of the branch which hath as many leaves as they have Colledges and Residencies in that Province in which leaves are the names of the Towns and Villages where these Colledges are situated Round about the Tree are the Pictures of all the illustrious Persons of their Order and in Ignvtius his right hand
excommunicate but judicially to suspend mulct with temporal penalties depose dethrone PVT TO DEATH and destroy any Christian Emperours Kings Princes Potentates by open Sentence War Force secret Conspiracies or private assasinations and to give away their Crowns and Dominions to whoever will invade them by Treason or Rebellion at the Popes command and that in cases of Heresie Schisme Disobedience to Rebellion against the Pope or See of Rome Male-administration refusal to defend the Pope or Church against her adversaries Insufficency to Govern Negligence Tyranny Excesses Abuses in Goveâ—nment Incorrigibility Vitiousness of Life and NECESSITY OF THE PUBLICK GOOD OR SAFETY OF THE CHURCH STATE OR CAVSE OF GOD as Antonius Sanctarellus the Jesuite particularly defines in his Book De Haeresibus Schismatibus c. printed in Rome it self Anno 1625. who affirms it to be Multum aequum Reipublicae expediens ut sit aliquis supremus Monarcha qui Regum hujusmodi excessus possit corrigere DE IPSIS IVSTITIAM MINISTRARE sicut PETRD concessa fuit facultas PVNIENDI PAENA TEMPORALI imo etiam PAENA MORTIS DICTAS PERSONAS AD ALâ—â—â—VM COKKEECMIONEM ET EXEMPLVM Whether the Erection Title of or Proceedings against our beheaded King in the late mis-named High Court of Justice had not their original from hence and whether the Army-Officers derived not their very phrase of bringing the King TO IVSTIEE with their pretended NECESSITY OF PVBLICK GOOD AND SAFETY for it from these very Jesuites or their Agents in the Army let themselves the whole Kingdom and all Wisemen now consider Moreover some of the fifty Authors as Creswel or Parsons the English Jesuite in his Philopater Sect. 2. and De Officio Principis Christiani chap. 5. affirm That the whole School both of their Divines and Lawyers make it a Position certain and undoubtedly to be believed That if any Christian Prince whatsover shall manifestly turn from the Roman Catholick Religion or desire or seek to reclaim others from the same or but favour or shew countenance to an Heretick as they deem all Protestants and Dissenters from the See of Rome in any punctilio such HE PRESENTLY FALLETH FROM LOSETH AL PRINCELY POWER Dignity that By Vertus Power OF THE LAW IT SELF BOTH DIVINE AND HVMANE EVEN BEFORE ANY SENTENCE PRONOVNCED AGAINST HIM BY THE SVPREAM PASâ—OR AND IVDGE That thereby his Subjects are absolved from ALL OATHES AND BONDS OF ALLEGIANCE TO HIM AS TO THEIR LAWFUL PRINCE Nay THAT THEY MAY AND OVGHT PROVIDED THEY HAVE COMPETENT POWER AND FORCE TO CAST OVT SVCH A PRINCE FROM BEAKING RVLE AMONGST CHRISTIANS as an Apostate an Heretick a Back-slider a Revolter from our Lord Jesus Christ AND AN ENEMY TO HIS OWN ESTATE AND COMMONWEALTH lest perhaps he might infect others or by his example or command turn them from the faith And that the Kingdom of such an Heretick or Prince is to be bestowed at the pleasure of the Pope with whom the people upon pain of Damnation are to take part and Fight against their SOVERAIGN Out of which detestible and Treasonable Conclusions most Treasons and Rebellions of late time have risen in the Christian World and the first smoke of the Gunpowder-treason too as John Speed observes in his History of Great Britain p. 1250. Whereupon the whole University of Paris censured them An. 1625 and 1626. not onely as most pernioious detestable damnable erroneous and perturbing the publick Peace but likewise as Subversive of Kingdoms States and Republicks seducing Subjects from their Obedience and subjection and stirring them up to Wars Factions Seditions Principum parricidia and the Murthers of their KINGS 2. That the Jesuites have frequently put these Treasonable Seditious Antimonarchical Jesuitical damnable Doctrines into practice as well against some Popish as against Protestant Kings Queens Princes States which they manifest 1. By their poysoning Jone Albreta Queen of Navarre with a pair of deadly perfumed Gloves onely for favouring and protecting the Protestants in France against their violence Anno. 1572. 2. By their suborning and animating James Clement a Dominican Frier to stab King Henry the third of France in the belly with a poysoned Knife whereof he presently died Anno. 1589. for which they promised this Traytor a Saintship in heaven Pope Sixtus the fifth himself commending this foul Fact in a long Oration to his Cardinals as Insigne memorabile sacinus non sine Dei Opt. Max. particulari providentia dispositione ET SPIRITUS SANCTI SUGGESTIONE DESIGNATUM facinusque longe majus quam illud S. Judith quae Holofernum è medio sustulit 3. By Cammolet the Jesuites publick justification of this Clement in a Sermon at Paris Anno 1593. wherein he not only extolled him above all the Saints for his Treason against and murder of Henry the 3. but broke out likewise into this further Exclamation to the people We ought to have some Ehud whether it be a A Monke or A Souldier or a Varlet or at least a Cow-herd For it is necessary that at least we should have some Ehud This one thing onely yet remains behinde for then we shall compose all our Affairs very well and at last bring them to a destred end Whereupon by the Jesuites instigation the same yeer 1593. one Peter Bariere undertook the assasination of King Henry the 4 of France which being prevented and he executed thereupon they suborned and enjoyned one of their own Jesuitical Disciples John Castle a youth of 19 yeers old to destroy the King who on the 27 of December 1594. intending to stab him to the heart missing his aim wounded him onely in the cheek and stroke out one of his teeth for which Treasonable act he was justified applauded as a renowned Saint and Martyr by the Jesuites in a printed Book or two published in commendation of this his undertaking As namely by Bonarscius the Jesuite in his Amphitheatrum Franciscus Verona Constantinus a Jesuite in his Apologiapro Iohanne Castello contra Edictum Parliamenti supplicium de eo ob Parricidium sumptum An. 1595. Where he thus writes of the attempt upon Hen. 4. Whosoever diligently ponders that Henry was excommunicated an Heretick relapsed a profâ—ner of holy things a declared publick enemy an oppressor of Religion and thereupon a person secluded from all right to the Kingdom and therefore a Tyrant not a King an Vsurper not a lawful Lord he verily unless he be mad and destitute of humane sence and love towards God the Church and his Country cannot otherwise think or speak but that the fact of Castle was generous conjoyned with Vertue and Heroical to be compared with the greatest and most praise-worthy facts which the ancient Monuments of Sacred and Prophane Histories have recorded One thing onely may be disliked namely That Castle hath not utterly slain and taken him from the midst of us In sum He denies this Henry to be any King of France by right
Kingdome are firmly established So William Watson a Secular Priest chargeth Father Parsons the English Jesuite and his Jesuited companions in their Memorial for Reformation of England when it should be reduced under the power of the Jesuites as Parsons was confident it would be though he should not live to see it written at Sevil in Spain Anno Dom. 1590. that they intended to have Magna Charta with our Common Fundamental Laws and Liberties abrogated and suppressed thus expressed by William Watson in his Quodlibets pag. 92 94 95. Father Parsons and the Jesuites in their deep Jesuitical Court of Parliament begun at Styx in Phlegeton have compiled their Acts in a compleat Volume intituled THE HIGH COVRT OF REFORMATION FOR ENGLAND And to give you a taste of their intent by that base Court of A TRIBE of TRAITORS sawcily like to Gade Jack Straw and Tom Tiler VSVRPING the AVTHORITY of both STATES ECCLESIASTICAL and TEMPORALL in all their REBELLIOVS ENTERPRICES these were principall points discussed set down and so decreed by them c. He first mentions three of them relating to Church-men Scholars and Church and Colledge-Lands which were to be put in Fee offâ—â—s hands and they all to be reduced unto Arbitrary Pensions c. And then proceeds thus to the Fourth The fourth Statute was there made concerning the COMMON LAWS of this LAND and that consisted of this one principal point That ALL THE GREAT CHARTERS of ENGLAND MUST BE BURNT the manner of holding Lands in Fee simple Fee tail Kings service Soccage or Villanage brought into villany scoggâ—â—y and popularity and in few the Common Law must be wholy annihillated abolished and troden down under foot and Caesars civill Imperials brought amongst us and sway for a time in their places All whatsoever England yeelds being but base barbarous and void of all sence knowledge or discretion shewed in the first Founders and Legifers and on the other side all whatsoever is or shal be brought in by these out-casts of Moses stain of Solon and refuse of Lycurgus must be reputed for metaphysical seme-divine and of more excellency than the other were Which he thus seconds Quodlibet 9. Article 2. p. 286. First it is plain that Father Parsons and his Company divide it amongst them how they list have laid a plot as being most consonant and fitting for their other Designments That the Common Laws of the Realm of England must be forsooth either abolished utterly or else bear no greater sway in the Realm than the Civil Law doth And the chief reason is for that the State of the Crown and Kingdome by the Common Laws is so strongly settled as whilest they continue the Jesuites see not how they can work their wills And on the other side in the Civil laws they think they have some shreds whereby they may patch a cloak together to cover a bloody shew of their Treasons for the present from the eys of the Vulgar people Secondly the said good Father hath set down a course how every man may shake off all authority at their pleasures as if he would become a new Anabaptist or King John of Leydon to draw all the world into Mutiny â—ebellion and Combustion And the Stratagem is how the Common people may be inveigled seduced to conceit to themselves such a liberty or prerogative as that it may be lawfull for them when they think meet to place and displace Kings and Princes as men do their Tenants at will hirelings or ordinary Servants Which Anabaptistical and abominable Doctrine proceeding from a turbulâ—nt tribe of Traiterous Puritanâ—s and other Hereticks this treacherous Jesuite would now foist into the Catholick Church as a ground of his corrupt Divinity And p. 330 332. He intends to alter and change all Laws Customs and Orders of this Noble Isle He hath prejudiced the law of Property in instituting Government Governours and Hereditary Princes to be BENEPLACITVM POPVLI and all other private possessions ad bene-placitum sui c Whether any such new deep Jesuitical Court of Parliament and high Court of Reformation for England to carry on this old Design of the Jesuites against our Laws hath been of late years sitting amongst us in or neer Westminster or elswhere in secret Counsel every week as divers intelligent Protestants have informed me and Hugh Peters reported to divers on his own knowledge being well acquainted with their Persons and practises of late years it concerns others neerer to them and more able then I to examine Sure I am a greater man by far then Hugh Peters in an Assembly of Divines and others for reconciling all dissenting parties not long since averred to them on his own knowledge That during our late innovations distractions subversions in Church State and overturning of Laws and Government the common adversary hath taken many advantages to effect his designes thereby in civill and spiritual respects That he knew very well that Emissaries of the Jesuites never came over in those swarms as they have done since these things were on foot That DIVERS GENTLEMNE CAN BEAR WITNES WITH HIM that they had a CONSISTORY AND COUNCEL ABROAD THAT RULES ALL THE AFFAIRS OF THE THINGS IN ENGLAND That they had fixed in England in the limits of most Cathedrals of which he was able to produce the PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT an Episcopal power with Archdeacons and other persons to pervert seduce and deceive the people And all this whiles we were in this sad and deplorable distracted condition Yea most certain it is that many hundreds if not some thousands of them within these few years have been sent over from Forraign Seminaries into England under the disguises of converted Jews Physitians Chyrurgions Mechanicks of all sorts Merchants Factors Travellers Souldiers and some of them particularly into the Army as appears by the late printed Examination of Ramsey the Anabaptized New-dipped Jesuite under the mask of a Jewish Convert taken at New Castle in June 1653. and by sundry severall late instances I could name To pretermit all instances of diverse particular Jesuites come over into England not only within these few years but moneths discovered by persons of credit with Sir Kenelm Digby who though the son of one of the executed old popish Gunpowder Traitors a dangerous active seducing Jesuited papist if not a professed Jesuit who in the years 1638 and 1639. conspired with the Popes Nuncio and a Conclave of Jesuites sitting in Council at London to subvert our Religion introduce a universall tolleration of the popish Religion in our kingomes new modle and shake our former established government and to poyson destroy the late King himself in case he consented not to them therein and for this very purpose both plotted raised promoted the first Wars between the Protestants of England and Scotland which he abetted all he could by his letters and secret Collections of moneys from all the Papists throughout England and elswhere who
Ecclesiasticall Censures Excommunication Suspension Deprivation and Degradation CONTRARY TO THE LAWS of this kingdome Thirteenth He did by his own authority and power contrary to Law procure sundry of his Majesties Subjects and enforced the Clergy of this Kingdome to contribute towards the maintenance of the War against the Scots That to preserve himself from being questioned for these other his Traiterous courses he hath laboured to subvert the Rights of Parliament and the ancient course of Parliamentary proceedings and have not the Army Officers and others actually done it since upon the same accompt and by false and malicious slanders to incense his Majesty against Parliaments All which being proved against him at his Triall were after solemn Argument by Mr. Samuel Brown in behalf of the Commons House proved and soon after adjudged to be High Treason at the Common Law by both Houses of Parliament and so declared in the Ordinance for his Attainder for which he was condemned and beheaded as a Traitor against the King Law and Kingdom on Tower Hill January 10. 1644. 11. In the same Parliament December 21. Jan. 14. Febr. 11. 1640. and July 6. 1641. Sir John Finch then Lord Keeper Chief Justice Bramston Judge Berkley Judge Crawly Chief Baron Davenport Baron Weston and Baron Trevour were accused and impeached by the House of Commons by several Articles transmitted to the Lords OF HIGH TREASON for that they had Traiterously and wickedly endeavoured to subvert the Fundamental Laws and established Government of the Realm of ENGLAND and instead thereof to introdâ—ce an Arbitrary and Tyrannical Government against Law which they had declared by traiterous and wicked words opinions judgements and more especially in this their extrajudiciall opinion subscribed by them in the case of Ship money viz. We are of opinion that when the good and safety of the Kingdome in generall is concerned and the whole Kingdome in danger your Majesty may by Writ under the Great Seal of England without consent in Parliament command all your Subjects of this your Kingdome at their charge to provide and furnish such a number of Ships with Men Victuall and Ammunition and for such time as your Majesty shall think fit for the Defence and safeguard of the Kingdome from such danger and perill And we are of Opinion that in such case your Majesty is the sole Judge both of the danger and when and how the sume is to be prevented and avoided And likewise for arguing and giving judgment accordingly in Mr. John Hampdens case in the Exchequer Chamber in the point of Ship money in April 1638 which said opinions are Destructive to the Fundamental Laws of the Realm the Subjects Right of Property and contrary to former Resolutions in Parliament and the Petition of Right as the words of their severall Impeachments run Sir John Finâ—h fled the Realm to preserve his head on his shoulders some others of them died through fear to prevent the danger soon after their Impeachments and the rest who were lesse peccant were put to Fines 12. Mr. John Pym in his Declaration upon the whole matter of the charge of High Treason against Thomas Earl of Strafford Aprill 12. 1641. before a Committee of both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall printed and published by Order of the House of Commons proves his endeavour to subvert the Fundamental Laws of England and to introduce an Arbitrary Power to be High Treason and an offence very hainous in the nature and mischievous in the effects thereof which saith he will best appear if it be examined by that universall and supream Law Saluâ— Populi the element of all Laws out of which they are derived the end of all Laws to which they are designed and in which they are perfected 1. It is an offence comprehending all other Offences Here you shall finde several Treasons Murthers Rapines Oppressions Perjuries There is in this Crime a Seminary of all evils hurtfull to a State and if you consider the Reasons of it it must needs be so The Law is that which puts a difference betwixt good and evill betwixt just and unjust If you take away the law all things will fall into confusion every man will become a law to himself which in the depraved condition of humane nature must needs produce many great enormities Lust will become a Law and Envy will become a law Covetousnesse and Ambition will become laws and what Dictates what decisions such laws will produce may easily be discerned in the late Government of Ireland and England too since this The law hath a power to prevent to restrain to repair evils without this all kindes of mischiefs and distempers will break in upon a State It is the Law that intitles the King to the Allegiance and Service of his people it intitles the People to the Protection and Justice of the King c. The Law is the Boundary the measure betwixt the Kings Prerogative and the Peoples Liberties whiles these move in their Orbe they are a support and security to one another but if these Bounds be so removed that they enter into contestation and conflict one of these great mischiefs must needs ensue if the Prerogative of the King overwhelm the Liberty of the people it will be turned into Tyranny If Liberty undermine the Prerogative it will turn into Anarchy The Law is the safegard the custody of all private interests your Honours your Lives your Liberties and your estates are all in the keeping of the Law without this every man hath a like Right to any thing and this is the condition into which the Irish were brought by the Earl of Strafford and the English by others who condemned him And the reason which he gave for it hath more mischief than the thing it self THEY ARE A CONQUERED NATION let those who now say the same of England as well as Scotland and Ireland consider and observe what followes There cannot be a word more pregnant and fruitfull IN TREASON than that word is There are few Nations in the world that have not been conquered and no doubt but the conquerour may give what Laws he please to those that are conquered But if the succeeding Parts and Agreements do not limit and restrain that right what people can be secure England hath been conquered and Wales hath been conquered and by this reason will be in little better case than Ireland If the King by the Right of a Conquerour give Lawes to his people shall not the people by the same reason be restored to the Right of the conquered to recover their Liberty if they can What can be more hurtful more pernicious than such Propositions as these 2. It is dangerous to the Kings Person and dangerous to his Crown it is apt to cherish ambition usurpation and oppression in great men and to beget sedition discontent in the people and both these have been and in reason must ever be great causes of trouble
exported or imported except the same be due by Grant IN PARLIAMENT shall incur the penalties and forfeitures OF A PREMVNIRE to the which the King gave his Royal Assent And to prevent any future prescription thereunto by the King they discontinued it for some time and then granted it specially from Month to Month or some short space with sundry limitations and the penalty of A PREMVNIRE if otherwise received by several New Acts of Parliament to which the King gave his assent These Acts the King himself in his Proclamation of the sixteenth of December in the eighteenth year of his reign stiles THE FENCES OF THE SVBJECTS PROPERTY received from Vs and understood by Vs as one of THE GREATEST GRACES THE CROWN EVER CONFERRED ON THE SVBJECT And by that Proclamation he prohibited all his Subjects both the paiment and receipt of any Monies for Customs or other Maritine Duties contrary to this Act by any Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament under pain of a PREMUNIRE and of being likewise proceeded against as ill-affected persons to the Peace of the Kingdome Whereupon the Lords and Commons in their answer to this Proclamation though they declared that the intent and meaning of that penall Clause of a PRAEMVNIRE and other Forfeitures in these new statutes which likewise disable every person Customer Officers who should take or receive or cause to be taken or received any such subsidy or imposition upon any Merchandize during his life to sue or implead any persons in any action reall mixt or personal in any Court whatsoever was only to restrain the Crown from imposing any duty or payment on the Subjects without their consent in Parliament and that it was not intended to extend to any case whereunto the LORDS and COMMONS GIVE THEIR ASSENT IN PARLIAMENT which they never did to this New White-hall Ordinance nor the pretended Act recited in it therefore the imposers and receivers of it by vertue thereof without such assent in Parliament are within the penalties of the aforesaid Statutes Yet to avoid the danger of a Praemunire in their Officers by exacting it only by an Ordinance of both Houses without a speciall Act of Parliament they did by their first Ordinances impose and demand Customes Tonnage Poundage and new Imposts not as a Legal Duty but only BY WAY OF LOANE til the Act of Parliament for their future continuance should be assented to by the King as their Declaration of 31 December 1642. and their Ordinance of the same date concerning the subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage attest By what coulor of Law Iustice Right this antient birth-right of all English Subjects so lately declared by three Acts of Parliament to which most of our late and present White-hall Grandees were parties comes to bee lost and forfeited by our contests to preserve it or how the Customes Imposts of Tonnage and Poundage can bee now imposed continued on or exacted from the Subjects by any Powers Officers or persons Whatsoever and levied by severest penalties Forfeitures Imprisonments Seisures by pretext of this White-hal Ordinance though no waies granted by common consent and Act of Parliament without incurring a Praemunire and forementioned penalties disabilities or without subverting the Fundamental Liberty Property Franchises Laws Statutes of the whole English Nation in a farre higher degree then ever in former ages I cannot yet discern and all our New Governours Merchants Customers Officers and other persons who have any Cordial affection Love Zeal to their own or the peoples hereditary Rights and Priviledges may do well to demurre in Law upon it till they can satisfy their own and other mens consciences therein to prevent the dangerous consequences of such an ill president to posterity In the Parliament of 1 H. 4. rot Parl. n. 32 33 34 36. These were the principall Articles of impreachment exhibited against King Richard the Second for which hee was forced to depose himself as unfit to Govern and resign up his Crown to King Henry the Fourth That whereas the King of England out of the profits of the Realm and the Patrimony belonging to his Crown might live honestly without oppression of his people so as the Kingdome were not burdened with the extraordinary expences of warre that this King during the Truces between the Realm and the Adversaries thereof gave and squandered away a great part of the Crown-Lands to unworthy persons and thereupon exacted almost every year so many Taxes and Grants of Ayde from his Subjects of the Realm that hee thereby GREATLY and TOO EXCESSIVELY OPPRESSED HIS PEOPLE TO THE IMPOVERISHING OF HIS REALM That the same King being unwilling to keep and defend the just Laws and Customes of his Realm and to do according to his pleasure whatsoever should suite with his desires frequently when the Laws of his Realm were expounded and declared to him by the Justices and others of his Council who requested him to administer Justice according to those Laws said expresly with an austere and frownning Countenance THAT THE LAWS WERE HIS more suo AFTER his own MANER and sometimes THAT THEY WERE IN HIS OWN BREAST and THAT HEE ALONE COULD ALTER and MAKE THE LAWS OF HIS REALM And being seduced with this opinion he permitted not Justice to be done to very many of his Leige people but compelled very many to cease from the prosecution of common Justice That when as afterwards in his Parliament certain Statutes were made which might always bind till they were specially repealed by another Parliament the same King desiring to enjoy so great Liberty that none of these Statutes might so binde him but that he might execute and do according to the pleasure of his own Will which hee could not do of right subtilly procured such a Petition to be presented to him in his Parliament in the behalf of the Commons of his Realm and to be granted to him in the general THAT HE MIGHT BE SO FREE AS ANY OF HIS PROGENITORS WERE BEFORE HIM By colour of which Petition and Grant he frequently did and commanded to bee done MANY THINGS CONTRARY TO THE SAID STATVTES NOT REPEALED GOING AGAINST THEM EXPRESLY and WITTINGLY AGAINST HIS OATH AT HIS CORONATION That although by the Statutes and Customs of his Realm in the summoning of every Parliament his people in every County of the Realm ought to be free to elect and depute Knights for the said Counties to sit 〈◊〉 Parliament both TO RECEIVE their GRIEVANCES and TO PROSECVTE REMEDIES THEREUPON AS IT SHALL SEEM EXPEDIENT TO THEM yet the said King that he might in his Parliament be able to obtain the effect of his rash Will frequently directed his Mandates to his Sheriffs that they should cause to come to his Parliament CERTAIN PERSONS NAMED BY THE KING HIMSELF AS KNIGHTS OF THE SHIRE Which Knights verily favouring the said King he might easily enduce as he frequently did sometimes by divers threats and terrors and sometimes by gifts TO CONSENT TO THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE VERY
laws and properties * Is there any between the late present powers and them further or longer than they please * Are they not so now * It is not so now when others who condemned and beheaded him for a Tyrant say pretendaâ—d act it over and over Nota. * Worth consideration of those of the long robe * And how mamy are guilty of this Treason See Hos 3 4 5. cap. 10. 3 4. cap. 1. 4. cap. 1. 4. Zech. 9. v. 5. Hab. 1. 10 14 15. Mic. 4. 9 10. Amos 1. 13 14 15. Lam. 5. 16. Ezech. 19. 1. 14. Isay 17. 3. c. 7. 16. Jer. 17. 25. 27. cap. 18. 7 8. cap. 22. 3. to 13. cap. 25. 8 to 38. cap. 51. 20. Proverb 28. 2. Ezech. 17. 14. cap. 29. 14 25 Isa 47 verse 5. Daniel 4. verse 17. * Are they so now and who have dissolved the Ligaments that formerly united and held them together * Have we not many counterfeit laws and Acts of Parliament of law and yet some counterfeit Judges that execute and give them in charge as true ones * See Exact Collection p. 4. 12 243 262. 321. * Surely there are sundry falshoods in it as well as some truths * If we believe themselves in their own cases * Some mens act ons since declare they had some other ground and ayms than this * Those who severe and disjoynt one house from the other and by force armed power seclude exclude and disjoyn the members of the same House one from another so many times one after another justifie it too are the greatest disjoyners of the House and Parliament and very unlikely to make any firm or reall settlement of this Nation * See my Speech in Parliament p. 100. to 108. a See Gratian Caus 2. Qu. 1. 2. Summa Angelica Rosella Hostiensis Tit. Restituito * See Speeds Hist p. 1250. c. Mr. Vicars History of the Gunpowder-Treason The Arraignment of Traytors * Judg. 5. 21. * See the Laws of King Edward the Confessor confirmed by William the Conquerour Lex 55 56 57. The great Charters of King John and Henry 3. c. 29 30. 25 E. 1. c. 5 6. 34 E. 1. De Tallagio c. 1 14 E. 3. Stat. 1. c. 21. Stat. 2. c. 1. 35 E. 3. Stat. 2. c. 1. 15 E. 3. Stat. 3. c. 5. 21 E. 3. Rot. Parl. N. 16. 25 E 3. Rot. Parl. N. 16 27 E. 3. Stat. 2. c. 2. 36 E. 3. Rot. Parl. N. 26. 38 â— 3. c. 2. 45 E. 3. Rot. Parl N. 42. 11 H. 4. Rot. Parl. N. 50. 1 R. 3. c. 2. The Petition of Right 3 Caroli the Acts against Ship-money Knighthood Tonnage and Poundage 16. 17. Caroli * See Magna Charta c. 29. Cooks Institutes on it 5 E. 3. c. 9 15 E. 3. c. 1 2 25 E. 3. c. 4 28 E. 3. c. 3 37 E. 3. c. 18 42 E. 3. c. 3 2 R. 2. c. 2 4 5 H. 4. c. 10 19 H. 7. c. 10 23 H. 8. c. 8 The Petition of Right 3 Caroli and other Acts in ch 3. 2 H 4. Rot. Parl. N. 60. 69. * 4 E. 3. c. â— 17 R. â— c. 10 * See the Laws of Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror Lex 35. 55 56 58. Rasâ—â—als Abridgement Tit. Armour 35 E. 3. c. 8. Rot. Parl. N. 23 The Statures for impressing Souldiers 16 1â— Caroli 〈◊〉 E. 3. Stat. 2. c 5. 4 H. 4. c. 13. Exact collection p. 878 879. a See Magna Char. c. 29. 5 E. 3. c. 9. 15 E. 3. c. 1 2 21 E. 3. Rot. Parl. N. 28. 1â— E. 3. N 35 36 37. â—5 E. 3. c. 4 Rot. Parl. N. 16. 28 E. 3. c. 3. 37 E. 3. c. â—8 42. E. 3. c. 1. 3. 2 R. 2. Parl. 2. c. 2. 7 R. 3. c. 4. 2 H 4. Rot. Parl. N. 60. 69. 15 H. 6. c. 4. The Petition of Right 3 Car. and the Statutes against Ship-money Knighthood Tonnage and Poundage 16 17 Caroli b See 1 Sam. 7. 4 to the end c. 11. 14 15. c. 12. 1. 2 Sam. 5. 1 2 3. c. 16. 18. 1 King 12. 3. to 21. c. 16. 1â— c. 20. 7 8. 2. King 11. 1. to 21. c. 21. 24. c. 23. 30. c King Johns Magna Chaâ—ta Matth. Paris p. 247. 5 R. 2. c. 4. cookâ— 4. Instit c. 1. My Plea for the Lords My Ardua Regui The Levellers levelled and Epistle before my Speech in Parliament 4 E. 3. c. 14. 36 E. 3. c. 10. 50 E. 3. N. 151. 1 R. 2. N. 95. 2 R. 2. N. 4 5. d See 39 H. 6. c. 1. 17. E. 4. c. 7. â— H. 4. N. 21 22. 48. 1 H. 4. c 3. * See Rastals Abridgement of Statutes Title Provisionâ— Premunire Rome e Leges Edwardi Regis c. 35 Lambards Arch. F. 135 136. Cooks 7. Report Calvins Case f. 6 7. Leges Willielmâ— Regis Lex 58 59. Seldens Notae ad Eadmerum p. 191. 11 H. 7. c. 1. 18 19 H. 7. c. 1. 25 H. 8. c. 22. 26 H. 8. c. 3. 28 H. 8. c. 7. 1 Eliz. c. 1. 3. 5. 5 Eliz. 2. c. 1. 1 Jac. c. 1 2. 3. Jac. c. 1 2 4 5. 7 Jac. c. 6. The Protestation League and Covenant and the ancient Oathes of Fealty Homage Mayers Sheriffs Free-men * Daniels History p. 78 79. 80. 123. 10. 12 n. 2. r. 8. H 5. r. 9 1. 1. 6. n. 53. 31. H. 6. r. 7. 1. R. 2. n. 14â— 1. H. 4. n. 100. 6 H 4. n. 4. 15. 8. H. 4. n. 12. 33. H. 6. n. 47. 4. G. n. 3â— 12 E. 4 n. 6. a See my Declaration and Protestation against the illegal detestable oft-condemned new Tax and Extortion of Excise 1654. Exact collection p. 885. Mr. St. Johns Speech concerning Ship-money p. 15 16. * Exact Collection p. 886. Nota. Nota. * And is not this its present sad slavish condition * Do they not so on Beer Salt and other Manufactures for which they now pay Excise * Witness Mr. â—ony amongst others Nota. See the Arguments concerning them in Mr. Hambdins and others cases 2. * See Cook 4. Justi c. 1. Brooks Parliament 4. 76 42. 107. and my Plea for the Lords * See Cooks 4. Justit c. 1. and Rastal Taxes Nota. Nota. Nota. * Though he came in by the Sword as a kind of Conquerour Nota. Nota. * And are not all the Commons Merchants Freemen of England bound to use the same course and make the sâ—me Declaration now Nota. * And can our pâ—esent Grandees take it in ill part if we refuse to pay them now being demandâ—d without Warrant of a Law and the receivers of them in a Premunire by express Act of Parliamen of 16 Caroli made since this Remonstrance a Alderman Chambers Mr. Rolls and others Nota. * Exact Collection p. 790. to 797. * See Historiae Anglicanae Londini 1652. Col. 2750 2751. Halls Chronicle f. 7 8. John Trussel in 23. R. 2. p 46. Grafton p. 401. Nota. * See Mr. St. Johns Argument at his Attainder p. 36. to 52. * See Judge Crooks Judg Huttons printed Arguments my Humble Remonstrance against the Illegal Tax of Shipmony * Printed at the end of Judge Huttoes Aâ—gument amongst the staâ—utes of 16 Caroli * Chap 1. p. Diurnal Occurences Speeches p. 191. to 265. Objection Answer * See p. 12 to 20 before the 1 Proposition and Statutes Arguments thereunto specially 23 E. 1. c. 5. 6. 34. E. 1. c. 1 2 3. 14 E. 3. c. 21 and Stat. 2. c. 1. 3 Caroli The Petition of Right * See their Impeachments printed trials Mr. St. Johns Argument at Law against Strafford p. 34 35. * Cook 4 Inst p. 42. 11 R. 2. c. 4. 1 H. 4. rot Parl. n. 143. 2 H. 4. c. 22. 21 R. 2. c. 4 5 6. 1 H. 4. c 7. rot Parl. n 48. 60. 68. * See Sir Edw. Cooks Preface to his 2. Institutes * Jer. 21. 12. c. 22. 3 4 5. Ps 12. 5 Ezech. 18. 5. to 14. c. 22. 12 13 27 29 30. c. 45. 7. to 10. c. 46. 18. Mich. 3. 1. to 5. c. 2. 1 2 3. c. 7. 2. Isa 58. 6. * See True c. p. 17 18. Objection Answer * Math. Paris Hist Angliae London 1640. p. 810. 818 854 875. * See Mâ— Sr. Johns Speech against the ship-money Judges p. 16 17 18 19. Exact Collect p. 885. * See Heylyns Microcosme p. 756 757 758 395 412. 507. 577. 578. 642. 672. 704. * Exact Coll. p. 7. 575. 639 640 641. 807. 836. 850. to 890. * See the Act of Resumption 28 â— 6. 11. 53. a See Cooks 4 Instâ—t c. 1. p. 33. Regal Taxes here ch 3. sect 4 5 6. * See 14 E. 3. c. 21. stat 2. c. 1. 5. R. 2. stat 2. c. 2 3 all Acts for 〈◊〉 * See Henry de Knyghton de Eventibus Angliae l. 5. col 2681. to 2690. 2 R. 2. rot Parl. n. 20 21 24. * Qâ— Curtius Hist l. 7. p. 831. * Qu. Curtius Hist l. 8. * Printed at Nuâ—â—mbergh 1521. * See Revelationum l. 4. c. 104 105. l. 7. c. 16. l. 8. c. 48. Revâ—lationes extravagantes c. 73 80. * Revelationum l. 8. c. 48. * Math Paris Hist Angl. p. 517. * De Remedio Amoâ—s l. 2. * See Mat. Paâ—â—s p. 306. 308. Grafton p. 90. 149. Daniel p. 78 79 83 123. 1 R. 2. Rot. Parl. to 148. 1 H. 4. n. 100. 6 H. 4. n. 14 15. 8 H. 4. n. 52. 1 H. 5. c. 6. 28 H. 6. rot Parl. n. 53. 31 H. 6. c. 7. 33. H. 6. n. 47. 4 E. 4. n. 39. 12. E. 4. n. 6.
there is a Paper wherein these words are engraven Ego sicut Oliva fructifera in domo Dei taken out of Ps 52. 8. which pourtraictures they then printed and published to the world wherein they set forth the number of their Colledges and Seminaries to be no less then 777. increased to 155 more by the yeer 1640. in all 932. as they published in like Pictures Pageants printed at Antwerp 1640. Besides sundry New Colledges and Seminaries erected since In these Colledges and Seminaries of theirs they had then as they print 15591 Fellews of their Society of Jesus besides the Novices Scholars and Lay-brethren of their Order amounting to neer ten times that number So infinitely did this evil weed grow and spread it self within one hundred yeers after its first planting And which is most observable of these Colledges and Seminaries they reckoned then no less then 15 secret ones IN PROVINCIA ANGLICANA in the Province of ENGLAND where were 267 SOCII or Fellows of that Society besides 4 COLLEDGES OF ENGLISH JESUITES ELSEWHERE In IRELAND and elsewhere 8 Colledges of IRISH JESUITES and in SCOTLAND and otherwhere 2 Residencies of SCOTTISH JESUITES What the chief imployments of Ignatius and his numerous swarms of Disciples are in the World his own Society at the time of his Canonization for a Romish Saint sufficiently discovered in their painted Pageants then shewed to the people wherein they pourtraied this new Saint holding the whole world in his hand and fire streaming out forth of his heart rather to set the whole world on fire by Combustions Wars Treasons Powder-plots Schismes new State and old Church-Heresies then to enlighten it with this Motto VENI IGNEM MITTFRE I came to send fire into the World which the University of Cracow in Poland objected amongst other Articles against them Anno 1622. and Alphonsus de Vargas more largly insisteth on in his Relatio de Stratagematis Sophismatis Politicis Jesuitarum c. An. 1641. c. 7 8 24. Their number being so infinite and the Pope and Spaniard too having long since by Campanella's advice erected many Colledges in Rome Italy Spain the Netherlands and elsewhere for English Scottish Irish Jesuites as well as for such secular Priests Friers Nuns of purpose to promote their designs against the Protestant Princes Realms Churches Parliaments of England Scotland Ireland to reduce them under their long prosecuted UNIVERSAL MONARCHY over them by Fraud Policy Treason intestine Divisions and Wars being unable to effect it by their own Power no doubt of late yeers many hundreds if not thousands of this Society have crept into England Scotland and Ireland lurking under several disguises yea an whole Colledge of them sate weekly in counsel in or neer Westminster some few yeers since under Conne the Popes Nuntio on purpose to embroyle England and Scotland in bloody civil wars therby to endanger shake subvert these Realms and destroy the late King as you may read at large in my Romes Master-piece published by the Commons special Order An. 1643. who occasioned excited fomâ—nted the first and second intended but happily prevented wars between England and Scotland and after that the unhappy Differences Wars between the King Parliament and our three Protestant Kingdoms to bring them to utter desolation and extirpate our reformed Religion The Kings Forces in which many of them were Souldiers after some yeers wars being defeated thereupon their Father Ignatius being a SOULDIER and they his Military sons not a few of them secretly insinuated themselves as Souldiers into the Parliaments Army and Forces as they had formerly done into the Kings where they so cunningly acted their parts as extraordinary illuminates gifted brethren and grand States-men that they soon leavened many of the Officers Troopers and common Souldiers with their dangerous Jesuitical State-politicks and Practises put them upon sundry strange designs to new-mould the old Monarchical Government Parliaments Church Ministers Laws of England erecting a New General Councel of Army-Officers and Agitators for that purpose acting more like a Parliament and Supream Dictators then Souldiers And at last instigated the Army by open force against their Commissions Duties Oaths Protestations and Solemn League Covenant to Impeach imprison seclude first eleveÌ„ Commoners then some six or seven Lords after that to secure seclude the Majority of the Commons House suppress the whole House of Lords destroy the King Parliament Government Priviledges Liberties of the Kingdom Nation for whose defence they were first raised which by no other adverse power they could effect This produced new bloody divisions animosities wars in and between our three Protestant Realms and Nations after with our Protestant Allies of the Netherlands Campanella's express old projected Plots to subject us both to the Popes and Spaniards Monarchies effected by the Spaniards Gold and Agents with sundry heavy Monthly Taxes Excises Oppressions Sales of the Churches Crowns and of many Nobles and Gentlemens Lands and Estates to their undoing our whole Nations impoverishing and discontent an infinite profuse expence of Treasure of Protestant blood both by Land and Sea decay of Trade with other sad effects in all our three Kingdoms yea sundry successive New changes of our publick Government made by the Army-Officers who are still ringing the changes according to Campanela's and Parsons Platforms So that if Fire may be certainly discerned by the smoke or the Tree commonly known by its Fruits as the Truth it self resolves Matth. 12. 33. we may truly cry out to all our Rulers as the Jews did once to the Rulers of Thessalonica in another case Act. 17. 6. THOSE Jesuites WHO HAVE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN ARE COME HITHER ALSO and have turned our Kingdoms Kings Peers Monarchy Parliaments Government Laws Liberties yea our very Church and Religion too in a great measure UPSIDE DOWNE even by those very Persons who were purposely raised commissiond waged engaged by Protestations Covenanes Vows Oathes Laws Allegiance and Duty to protect them from these Jesuitical Innovations and subversions And those Jesuites Spanish Romish Agents who have so far seduced so deeply engaged them contrary to all these Obligations and to their own former printed Engagements Remonstrances Representations Proposals Desires and RESOLUTIONS for setling this Nation in its just Rights the Parliament in their just Priviledges and the Subjects in their Liberties and Freedoms published to all the World in the name of Sir Thomas Fairfax THE ARMY AND THE GENERAL COUNCEL OF THE ARMY none Volume London 1647. which they may do well to peruse yea against the Votes Intreaties Desires Advices of both Houses of Parliament the Generality of the good Ministers people of the three whole Kingdoms and their wisest best affected Protestant Friends who commissioned raised paid assisted them for far other ends O whether may they will they not in all humane probability rashly blindly suriously henceforth lead drive precipitate them to our whole three Kingdoms Churches Parliaments
Bull the Jesuites after her decease disswaded the Romish-minded Subjects from yielding in any wise obedience to King James as their Soveraign and entrâ—d into a Treasonable Conspiracy with the Lord Cobham Lord Gray and others against him to imprison him for the ends aforesaid or destroy him pretending that King Iames was no King at all before his Coronation and that therefore they might by force of Arms lawfully surprise his person and Prince Henry his Son and imprison them in the Tower of London or Dover-Castle till they inforced them by duress to grant a free toleration of their Catholick Religion to remove some evil Counsellors from about them and to grant them a free Pardon for this violence or else they would put some further project in execution against them to their destruction But this Conspiricy being discovered The Traytors were apprehended arraighned condemned and Watson and Clerk two Jesuited Priests who had drawn them into this Conspiracy upon the aforesaid Pretext with some others executed as Traytors all the Iudges of England resolving that King Iames being right Heir to the Crown by descent was immediately upon the death of Queen Elizabeth actually possessed of the Crown and lawful King of England before any Proclamatâ—on or Coronation of him which are but Ceremonies as was formerly adjudged in the case of Queen Mary and Queed Iane 1 Mariae there being no Interregnum by the Law of ENGLAND as is adjudged declared by Act of Parliament 1 Iac. c. 1. worthy serious perusal 8. their horrid Gun-powder Treason Plot contrived fomented by Garnet Superiour of the English Jesuites Gerard Tensmod and other Jesuites who by their Apostolical power did not onely commend but absolve from all sin the other Jesuited Popish Conspirators and Faux The Sculdier who were their instruments to effect it Yea the Jesuitical Priests were so Atheistical as that they usually concluded their Masses with Prayers for the good success of this hellish Plot which was suddenly with no less then 36 Barrels of Gunpowder placed in a secret Vault under the House of Lords to have blown up and destroyed at once King James himself the Queen Prince Lords Spirituall and Temporal with the Commons assembled together in the Upper-House of Parliament upon the 5 of November Anno Dom. 1605. and then forcibly to have seised with armed men prepared for that purpose the persons of our late beheaded King then Dake of York and of the Lady Elizabeth his Sister if absent from the Parliament and not there destroyed with the rest that so there might be none of the Royal Line left to inherit the Crown of England Scotland and Ireland to the utter overthrow and subversion of the whole Royal Family Parliament State and Government of this Realm Which unparallel'd inhumane bloody Plot being miraculously discovered prevented the very day before its execution in perpetual detestation of it and of the Jesuites and their traiterous Romish Religion which both contrived and approved it the 5 day of November by the Statute of 3 Jacobi ch 1. was enacted to be had in perpetual Remembrance that all Ages to come might thereon meet together publickly throughout the whole Nation to render publick praises unto God for preventing this infernal Jesuitical Design and keep in memory this joyful Day of Deliverance for which end special forms of publick Prayers and Thankesgivings were then appointed and that Day ever since more or less annually observed till this present And it is worthy special observation that had this Plot taken effect It was agreed by the Jesuites and Popish Conspirators before-hand That the Imputation of this Treason should be cast upon the Puritans to make them more Odious as now they father all the Powder-Plots of this kinde which they have not onely laid but fully accomplished of late yeers against the King Prince Royal Posterity the Lords and Commons House our old English Parliaments and Government upon those Independents and Anabaptistical Sword-men whom they now repute and stile the most reformed PURITANS who were in truth but their meer under Instruments to effect them When as they originally laid the Plots as is clear by Campanella's Book De Monarchia Hisp ch 25. and Cardinal Richelieu his Instructions at his death to the King of France And it is very observable that as Courtney the Jesuite Rector of the English Jesuites Colledge at Rome did in the year 1641. when the name of Independents was scarce heard of in England openly affirm to some English Gentlemen and a Reverend Minister of late in Cornwal from whom I had this Relation then and there feasted by the English Jesuites in their Colledge That now at last after all their former Plots had miscarried they had found out a sure way to subvert and ruine the Church of England which was most formidable to them of all others by the Independents who immediately after by the Jesuites clandestine assistance infinitely encreased supplanted the Presbyterians by degrees got the whole power of the Army and by it of the Kingdom into their hands then subverted both the Presbyterian Government and Church of England in a great measure with the Parliament King and his Posterity as Monsieur Militiere a Jesuited French-Papist observes So some Independent Ministers Sectaries and Anabaptists ever since 1648. have neglected the observation of the fifth of November as I am credibly informed and refused to render publick thanks to God for the deliverance thereon contrary to the Act for this very reason which some of them have rendered That they would not mock God in publick by praising him for delivering the late King Royal Posterity and House of Lords from destruction then by Jesuites and Papists when as themselves have since destroyed and subverted them through Gods providence and repute it a special mercy and deliverance to the Nation from Tyranny and Bondage for which they have cause to bless the Lord Performing that for the Jesuites and Powder-Traytors which themselves could not effect The Lord give them grace and hearts to consider how much they acted the Jesuites and promoted their very worst Designes against us therein what infamy and scandal they have thereby drawn upon all zealous Professors of our Protestant Religion and what will they do in the end thereof 9. To omit all other Forraign instances cited in Speculum Jesuiticum p. 124 to 130. where you may peruse them at leisure By their poysoning King Iames himself in conclusion as some of them have boasted 10. By the Popes Nuntio's and a Conclave of Jesuites Conspiracy at London Anno 1640. to poyson our late King Charles himself as they had poysoned his Father with a poysoned Indian Nut kept by the Jesuites and shewed often by Conne the Popes Nuntio to the Discoverer of that Plot or else to destroy him by the Scotish wars and troubles raised for that very end by the Jesuites in case he refused to grant them a
keep no faith nor truce with them yea that it would be more profitable for the Church and more conducing to Gods glory for all Christians to give over their warrs they wage against the Turkes by common consent and to let the Turks alone and to turn all their arms and forces against the Evangelical Sectaries or Protestants which live amongst them who are worser and ought to be more odious to true Christians then Turkes and utterly to destroy and persecute them to death rather then to delete the unbelieving Mahometans who are not so dangerous as they Hoc quà m pie et juxta mansuetudinem Christianam dicatur ipsi qui conscientias alioram moderantur conscientiam suam rogant Subjoynes Thuanus though a Papist And Joannis Paulus Windeck in his Book De extirpandis Haeres antid 10. p. 404. 412. antid 11. p. 480. and p. 244. positively determines That the Lutheranes and Calvinists are to be persecuted with warrs and not onely to be terrified but likewise deleted cut off taken out of the way and utterly extirpated with arms and flames That all Catholike Princes ought to enter into Holy leagues associations confederacies to destroy and root them out as they did in France Anno 1587. That the oportunity is not to be neglected namely Quando Protestantes Pecuniis exhausti sunt when the Protestants Purses and money are exhausted as they are now amongst us by excessive endless Taxes Excises Civil wars and a perpetual army too much swayed by Jesuitical counsels to eat us out and ruine us with our Religion in conclusion ere disbanded And that the Catholickes may more easily oppress and destroy these Sectaries they are to be severed one from and divided against each other by sundry various arts and means and all occasions laid hold on for this purpose And are we not so now in all our Realmes and Dominions more then ever by the Jesuites and Romish Emissaries Which the Emperor Charles the 5 observed in his proceedings against the Protestants in Germany to his great advantage In pursuance of these Jesuitical Positions Anno 1576. and 1577. the King of Spain Duke of Guise with sundry others Jesuited Popish Princes Nobles and Papists of all degrees by the Jesuites instigation and Popes speciall approbation entred into a bloody Conspiracy or holy League as they term it To restore and retain the most holy worship of God according to the form and maner of the holy catholike Apostolike Church of Rome to abjure all errors or corruptions contrary thereunto c. To spend not onely all their Estates but lives to repeal all publique Edicts in favor of the Protestants and their associates to extirpate all Heresies heretickes and pursue all such as publike enemies with fire and sword to death who should any way oppose or withstand this League or refuse to joyne with them in it or fall off from it upon any pretext after this Oath to observe it Which League they several times renewed and in the renovation thereof Anno 1598. the Jesuits openly boasted That they would use their utmost endeavours that before the year 1600. began Evangelium So they termed the Protestant Religion Radicitus ex orbs toto extirpetur Should be clean extirpated out of the whole world The Massacres Slaughters of how many thousand Protestants by open intestine wars and bloody Conspiracies this League occasioned in France Germany and the Netherlands together with the murders of two French Roman Catholike Kings the French and Belgick Histories of those times will sufficiently inform the Reader In the year 1602. the Jesuites erected a new Colledge and Society at Thonon in Savoy to convert or utterly extirpate the Protestants under the Notion of Heretickes 1. by Preachings 2. by pious frauds 3. by Vi armata by force of armes to which new Society many Popish Kings Nobles and others gave their names and in June that yeare listed above 25000 expert Soldiers all Roman Catholickes to put this their Designe against the Protestants in execution upon the next oportunity there being above 50 Jesuites disguised in Lay-mens habits imployed in England to stir up the Papists and people there to joyn with them in this new Association to root out the Protestants in all places by the Sword the Principal Engine used by these Ignatians to effect it To pass by all the conspiracies and attempts of the Jesuites in Queen Elizabeths reigne to extirpate our Religion and the Professors of it by open wars Rebellions Spanish and forraign invasions both in England Ireland and Scotland recorded by Mr. Cambden Speed and others in her life and William Watson in his Quodlibets with their attempts of like Nature in the beginning of King James his raign recited in the Statutes of 3. Jacobi c. 2. where all may peruse them I shall onely acquaint you That a little before the beginning of our late bloody wars Divisions contrived fomented by the Jesuites and Papists as I have elsewhere at large discovered and many Parliament-Declarations attest one Francis Smith an English Jesuite openly affirmed to Mr. Waddesworth and Mr. Yaxly That it was not now a time to bring their Religion by disputing or Books of controversie but It must be done by an Army and By the Sword And it is very considerable That when the Jesuites Spanish and Romish Agents had engaged the King and English Protestants against their Protestant Brethren of Scotland 1639. to cut one anothers throats the King of Spain had provided a great new Spanish Armado by the Jesuites sollicitation and a great Land-Army of old Spanish Soldiers to invade the Western and Southern parts of England then destitute of all forces Arms Ammunition to defend it all drawn to the Northern parts against the Scots and to joyn with the Popish confederates here to extirpate the English he retickes and Protestants which designe of theirs through the Hollanders unexpected encounter which scattered their fleet upon the English Coasts and the Pacification with the Scots before any engagement of both Armies was happily prevented That this Spanish Fleet was then especially designed for England appeares besides other Evidences which I have elsewhere touched by the confession of an English Pilot in that Navy upon his death-bed mortally wounded in the first fight to an English Minister and others to whom he revealed it out of conscience by some Letters I have met with and by a Pamphlet made and printed by the Jesuites Anno 1640. intituled The Jubilee of the Jesuites taken from a Papist at Redriffe and presented by Sheriffe Warner to the whole Commons House November 14. 1640. Wherein among other Passages then read in the House entred in the Journal of that day out of which I transcribed them there was a Particular prayer For the holy martyrs that Suffered in the Fleet sent against the Hereticks of England 1639. with this advice That the Papists must fish in troubled waters to wit whiles that The
King was Ingaged in the wars against the Scots with certain prayers added For their good success in that Designe against the Scots For the more effectuall carrying on whereof the Popes Nuncio with the Colledge of Jesuites then in Queen-street secretly summoned a kind of Parliament of Roman Catholicks and Jesuites in London out of every County of England and Wales in which Conne the Popes Nuncio sate President by the Queens commission and direction in April 1639. Who granted and collected an extraordinary large Contribution by way of Subsidy from the Papists to carry on this war against our Protestant Brethren of Scotland and raise forces to joyne with the Spainards whom they then expected to cut the English Protestants throats The Jesuitical and Prelatical Popish party much displeased with the defeat of this their Plot by the unexpected Pacification with the Scots 1639. induced the King soon after to break and revoke it Anno 1640. the very year of the Jesuites Jubilee which they solemnized in all places being the 100. yeer from the first Erection of their Order by Ignatius Anno 1540. they caused a new Army to be raised and sent into the North against the Protestants of Scotland to subdue destroy them At the same time they secretly listed an Army of no less then 7000. Romish Catholickes kept in private pay of purpose To cut the Protestants throats who should resist them and to Conquer the Protestants in England first and then in Ireland which Designe they were to put in execution when the Pope or his Legat with the Spanish French and Venetian Ambassadours should appoint who designed them to begin to execute it When the King went into Scotland against the Scots as O Conner the Queen-Mothers Priest confessed to Anne Hussey who justified it to the Lords of the Councel then and afterwards before the Lords in Parliament upon her Oath The Jesuites were so confident of the good success of their designes amongst us and compleat Victory over all the Protestants throughout the world this yeare of their Jubilee making Triumph over their Enemies one of their Notes of the true Church that they appointed a solemne Enterlude to be acted by their Society in the publique Hall at Aquisgran in Germany in honour of their Jubilee wherein they signified to the people by printed Tickets and Pageants that the Popish Church of Rome should be brought in upon the Stage happily fighting against triumphing and reigning over all her enemies every where throughout the world in all ages till that present day and especially of later times by their meanes The beginning of this Enterlude being happily acted and succeeding according to their mindes at last there were two Armies of soldiers brought by them upon the Stage ready to encounter each other the one of Jesuites and Papists fighting for the Church of Rome the other representing the Protestants warring against her Before their fight a Jesuitical actor clad in black personating a Popish Masse-Priest divineth good success to the Popish Army praying for it with an affected devotion and solemne invocation or rather profanation of Gods name after which the Popish Army of actors as being certain of the instant victory uttered these words to their Captain as their parts directed them with a loud reiterated voyce and shout Pereat Pereat Quisquis est hostis Ecclesiae Let him perish let him perish whoever is an enemy of the Church whereupon a great part of the Stage on which they acted together with the whole Popish Army not one Souldier or Captain excepted at the repeating of these words and wishes fell to the ground immediately with so great celerity that many of them felt they were fallen down before they discerned themselves to fall their feigned enemies of the Church representing the Protestants standing all fast at least in place if not in mind on the other part of the Stage which fell not at all With this sudden fall many of the Popish Army were bruised in peeces with the beames of the Stage falling upon them who through pain and horror needed Monitors to silence their outcries others having their bones broken and Limbes put out of joynt were carried to the Chirugions to be dressed and all the rest confounded with shame crept away secretly under the Veile to their Lodging And so this Jesuitical Enterlude by divine justice ended in a real unexpected bloody Tragedy and real rout of the whole pretended victorious Popish Army of Jesuites and the Scotish Wars that yeer which they so much depended on through Gods mercy concluded in a blessed Peace and Union between both Nations Whereupon the Irish Popish Rebels by the Jesuites Plots and instigations seconded with secret encouragements and promises of assistance with Arms and Moneys from Cardinal Richliou the King of Spain Pope and other forraign Popish Princes undertook the late horrid bloody Massacre of all the Protestants in Ireland and surprisal of all the Forts Castles Arms and Ammunition therein on the 23 of October 1641. being Ignatius day the Founder and New Canonized Saint of the Jesuited Society for the greater Honour of their Patron Order they being the chief Plotters of this horrid bloody Treason Which horrid Conspiracie though happily discovered the night before its execution at Dublin and some few places else yet it took effect in most other parts of Ireland to the slaughter of neer two hundred thousand Protestants there in few months space seconded with a bloody Warre for sundry years to the losse of many thousands more lives To this Plot all the Papists in England were privy who intended the like Massacre in England and soon after by the Popes and Jesuits instigations by the assistance of sorragin Popish Princes they eugaged the King and Parliament in a long-lasting bloody uncivill unchristian war against each other concluding in the Kings and Parliaments joynt ruines by an Army raised for their mutual defence seduced thereunto through the Jesuits instigations and policies After which they engaged the Protestants of England and Scotland formerly united by the strictest Bâ—nds and Covenants against them to war upon invade and destroy each other by land and soon after that by the Spanish Agents Assistance raised a most dangerous bloody Warre between our Protestant old Allies of the Neitherlands and the English by Sea to the infinite dammage prejudice of both and the effusions of whole Oceans of the Gallantest Christian Protestant blood that ever yet was shed the expence of more treasure and men in these intestâ—â—e Wars than would have conquered all Spain Italy and the Indies had they been imployed upon such a designe and to the entailing of a perpetuall Army on us and our Posterities more ready as we have of late years found by sad experiments to hearken to the Jesuits clandestine suggestions â—eductions and execute their fore-plotted Designes to ruine our Kingdomes Parliaments Laws Liberties Monarchy
largly contributed to this war and designe for which he Sir John Winter Master Mountague and others who had a hand in this conspiracy were convented and brought upon their knees at the Commons House-bar Jan. 28. 1640. upon which he retyring into France was about May 1645. sent as a speciall Embassadour from the Queen to the Pope of Rome himself to solicit him for ayds of monies men arms against the Parliament is first audience he had the best reception and fairest Promises of Aid in general that could be wished writing hopefully of supplies of Moneys from Rome to the Queen and others as both Houses of Parliament in their Declaration and Letters published 26 March 1646. proclaim to all the world and likewise good Hopes of a Cardinals Cap for himself or the Lord Aubeny or Mr. Mountagne for which he and the Queen sollicited After that upon his return from Rome he was sent over into England about Decemb. 1648. as a fit instrument to New-moddle us into a Commonwealth and promote the violent Proceedings of the Army Officers and their Confederates set on work by the Jesuits and their Agents against the late King Parliament Members where upon his arrival he was instead of being apprehended and brought to justice for the premises hugged by some Grandees whom he courted permitted to ride and walk about at large while the Members were under strict guards and restraints frequently repaired to Whitehall where he was well received his Sequestration totally taken off without any Fees or gratification by special order and himself now at last permitted to lodge not only in Wildemans House where the Queens Capuchins formerly resided but sometimes in Whitehall it self to the admiration of many understanding Protestants who justly suspect he hath there more disguised Iesuits to consult with and promote both their old and new designs against our Church State Religion Laws Liberties till they have brought them and us to utter ruine I shall for brevity sake acquaint you with one memorable general instance discovering what swarms of Jesuites are now amongst us under other visors An English Protestant Nobleman a person of honor whose Ancestors were Papists being courteously entertained within these two years at Rome by some eminent Iesuits in their chief Colledge there was brought by them into a Gallery having Chambers round about it with Titles over every door for several Kingdoms and amongst the rest one for ENGLAND Upon which he enquiring of the Iesuits what these titles signified was answered by them That they were the Chambers of the Provincial Iesuits of each Kingdom and Province written ever the respective doors wherein they had any members of their society now residing who received all Letters of intelligence from their Agents in those places every week and gave account of the to the General of their Order That the Provincial for England lodged in the Chamber over which the title ENGLAND was written who could shew him the last news from England which he desiring to see they thereupon knocked at the door which was presently opened the Provincial being informed who what the Lord was read the last news from England to them Hereupon the Nobleman demanded of them Whether any of their society were now in England how they could stay with safety or support themselves there seeing most of the English Nobility Gentry and Families that were Papists were ruined in their estates or sequestred by the late wars troubles so as they could neither harbour conceal nor maintain them as they had done heretofore They answered It was true but the greater the dangers and difficulties of those of their society now in England were the greater was their merit And that they had then above fiftéen hundred of their Society in England able to work in several Professions Trades which they had there taken upon them the better to support secure themselves from being discovered who together with some Popish Priests and Friers no doubt upon diligent inquiry will appear to be the chiefest Speakers Quakers Disputers Seducers Rulers in most separate Congregations and the principle brochers of all New Opinions Blasphemies now abounding amongst us This Relation I have heard from the mouth of a Reverend Divine more than once to whom this Noble Lord upo his return into England not many Months since seriously related the Premises averring the truth of them upon his Honour Yet for all this since the stupendious pretended repeals and annihilations of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance that of Abjuration of Popery consented to by the late King in the Isle of Wight purposely made for the better detection and prevention of Iesuites and their treasonable forementioned practises against our Church Kingdoms Princes Religion Parliaments and Government by the wisdom and zeal of our best affected vigilant * Protestant Parliaments I can neither hear nor read of any effectual means endeavoured or prescribed by any in power for the discovery of these Romish Ianizaries or banishing feretting and keeping them out of England where they have wrought so much mischief of late years and whose utter ruine they attempt nor any incouragement at all given to the Discoverers of their Plots and Persons but many affronts and discouragements put upon them and particularly on my self lately mewed up close Prisoner under strictest Guards in remotest Castles near three years space without any Accusation hearing or particular cause yet assigned or disclosed to me though oft then and since demanded by me from my Imprisoners whiles they all walked abroad at large of purpose to hinder me from any discoveries of their practises by my Pen where as they printed vended publickly here in England above 30000 Popish Books of several kinds during my imprisonment without the least restraint to oppugne our Protestant established Religion as many of them do in terminis as most damnable Heresie propagate the Jesuites Plots and antichristian Romish Church and Religion amongst us as you may read at large in the Stationers Beacon fired which seasonable book and Discovery of these Romish Emissaries books and plots some Officers of the Army in their Beacon quenched publickly traduced in print as a New-Powder-Treason of the Presbyterian Party to blow up the Army and that pretended Parliament of their own erection which themselves soon after blew up and dissolved in good earnest pleading for a free Toleration of such Popish Books and all Religions as agreeable to the Armies Engagements and Principles to carry on their designs against our Religion and Laws But most certain it is there hath been of late years not only a General Councel of Officers of the Army sitting many moneths together in Councel to alter and new model all our ancient Laws and Statutes in pursuance of Father Parson's design but likewise two Conventicles of their own selection and election sitting of late in the Parliament House at Westminster assuming to themselves the Name and far
more than the Power of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England together with the transcendent ambitious Title of The Supream Authority of the Nation in derogation of the Army Officers Supremacy who sufficiently chastised them for this strange Usurpation who have made it their chief businesse not only to New-model our ancient Fundamental Government Parliaments Ministry Ministers maintenance by Glebes Tithes and our Universities much according to Parsons and his Fellow Jesuites forementioned Plat-formes and Thomas Campanella his Instructions to the King of Spain De Monarchia Hisp. c. 25. but likewise to New-mould subvert eradicate the whole Body of our municipal Laws and with them the great Charter of our Liberties it self And in their last casâ—iered unelected Convention as some of their Companions now in greatest Power assure us in their True State of the Case of the Commonwealth of England c. London 1654. p. 5 16 17 18. there was a strong prevailing party whom nothing would satisfie but A Total Eradication of the whole body of the good old Laws of England the Guardians of our Lives and Fortunes to the utter subversion of civil Right and Propriety who likewise took upon them by vertue of a supposed right of Saintship in themselves to lay the foundation of a new Platform which was to go under the Name of A Fift Monarchy never to have an end but To war withall other powers and break them to pieces baptizing all their proselites into this Principle and perswasion that the Powers formerly in being were branches of the Fourth Monarchy of England Scotland and Ireland which must be rooted up and destroyed And what other Fifth Monarchy this could be but that projected universal Monarchy of the Iesuites which would bring the whole Monarchy of Great Britain and Ireland together with France Spain and all other Princes States in Christendome under the â—esuites subjection and break all other powers in pieces mentioned by Watson in his Quodlibets p. 306 to 333. and Alphonsus de Vargas Relatio de Stratagematis Sophismatis Politicis societatis Iesu Ad Monarchiam orbis terrarum sibi conficiendam c. 8. c. or else that Elective New Monarchy of Great Britain and Ireland projected by Campanella and Cardinal Richelieu which some Grandees now endeavour by their Instrument to erect and perpetuate for ever without alteration in themselves and their Successors though they thus expresly brand it in others let themselves and wise men resolve it being apparent by the practises and proceedings of all the Propugners of this new Project that this Fifth Monarchy they intend to erect is neither the spiritual Kingdom of Iesus Christ in their own hearts mortifying their ambitioÌ„ covetousness pride self-seeking unrighteousness violence rapines other worldly lusts nor the personal reign of Christ himself alone in and over our 3 Kingdoms and all other Nations for ever depriving all Temporal Kings and Princes of their Crowns Rights and Government over their Subjects which they falsly endeavour to evince from Dan. 2. 44 45 c. 7. 14 27. Micah 4. 1 2 7. Luke 1. 32 33. Rev. 20. 1. to 8. 1 Cor. 15. 24 25. Heb. 12. 26 27 28. but a meer supream arbitrary temporal Authority without Bounds or Limits encroached by and erected in themselves and their confederates without any colour of Right or Title by the Laws of God or the Realm and no ways intended but refuted by all these sacred Scriptures others which explain them This design of the Jesuites to alter and subvert the whole body of our Laws was so far promoted by the Iesuitical and Anabaptistical party in this last Assembly elected only by the Army-Officers that on Aug. 20. 1653. as our News-books print they Ordered there should be a Committee selected to consider of a A new Body of the Law for the Government of this Commonwealth who were to new-mould The whole Body of the Law according to Parsons his mould And hereupon our cheating Astrologers especially Lilly Culpeper the Iesuites grand Factors to cry down our Laws Tithes Ministers from the meer visible earthly Conjunctions Votes Motions Influences of these New wandring excentrick Planets at Westminster only not of any Coelestial Stars as they would make Country-Clowns believe alwayes moving and acting themselves by an unalterable Law from the very Creation until now Gen. 1. 14. to 19. c. 8. 22. Psal 104. 19. Psal 136. 8. 9. Ier. 31. 35 36. c. 33. 20 21. Iob 38. 32 33. therefore no ways exciting men to alter Fundamental Laws and Governments here on earth took upon them in their Monthly Prognostications for this year 1654. versity College Lands by Monthly endless Taxes Excises a perpetual Law Tith-oppugning Parliament-dissolving Army in whose Councels we have cause to fear the Iesuites have been most predominant of late years and will still make use of them to our final ruine if not effectually purged out and the Army new moulded new principled if any longer continued under pretext of publick safety and not wholy disbanded for the peoples ease and Liberty It is worthy observation that Tho. Campanella prescribed the sowing and continual nourishing of Divisions Dissentions Discords Sects and Schisms among us both in State and Church by the Machivilian Plots and Policies he suggests punctually prosecuted among us of late years as the principal means to weaken ruine both our Nation and Religion and bring us under the Spanish and Popish yokes at last witness his IAMVERO AD ENERVANDOS ANGLOS NIHIL TAM CONDUCIT QUAM DISSENTIO ET DISCORDIA INTER ILLOS EXCIT AT A PERPETUOQUE NUTRITA Quod citâ— meliâ—res occasiones suppeditabiâ— and that principally by instigating the Nobles and chief Men of the Parliament of England UT ANGLIAMIN FORMAM REIPUBLICAE REDUCANT AD IMITATIONEM HOLLANDORVM which our Republicans lately did by the power of the Army Officers or by sowing the seeds of an inexplicable war between England and Scotland By making it an Elective Kingdom as some now endeavour under another Notion or by setting up Other Kings of another Race without Legal Right or just Title against that ancient unquestioned undoubted Right and Title setled established in King Iames and his Royal Posterity by Inherent Birthright and lawfull right of Descent by God himself and his Laws confirmned strengthned by all possible Titles and Rights of compact Laws Statutes Oaths perpetual uncontradicted custome Protestations Covenants the solemn Publick Faith and Engagement of our English Parliaments Nation for themselves Their Heirs Posterities for ever as the Statutes of 1 Iacobi c. 1. 2 3 Iac. c. 1. 4 7. Iac. c. 6. which both houses of Parliament in their Declaration of Nov. 2. 1642. Exact Collect. p. 705 resolve And that upon this suggestion to the People Crudelem fore SCOTUM ubi semel Imperium in illos obtinuerit 〈…〉 mente repostum quanta injuria Angli Scotos superioribus
Britain To which I shall add that of Rob Turner an English Jesuit in his Epistles printed at Ingolstad An. 1584. Ep. 19. Volui irrepere volui irrumpere in intimas Aulas Principum volui videre omnia ut ad Justitiae norman praeclare exigerem Vix coeperam obiâ—e PrincipuÌ„ Aulas cum viderim HoereticoruÌ„ illum Mundum ADMINISTRARI A STULTIS c. with that of Hospinian Historia Jesuitica l. 3. p. 148. That the Jesuits are so subtil vigilant bold laborious and indued with such a faciâ—lty of flattery insinuation acting and hurting in Princes Courts that they exactly discover know and fish out all their secrets which they eveâ—l to their Superiors the Pope and Spaniard and alone rule all things in them so that the Courts of Europe are more grievously infested afflicted by the Iesuites than the Court of Pharoah was of old by the Aegyptian â—rogs And may we not then justly fear our new Court hath been as much pestered and infested by them of late years as our old Court heretofore 〈◊〉 That the Jesuites hope and endeavour to have England Scotland and Ireland under them to make these Northern Islands a Iaponian Island of Iesuites and one Iesuitical Monarchy and to infeoffe themselves by hook or by crook In the whole imperial Dominions of great Britain with the remainder over To their Corporation or puni-Fathers succeeding them as heirs specially in their society by a state of perpetuity Putting all the whole Blood Royal of England to the Formidon As but Heirs general in one Predicament together as now they have done 3. That the Jesuites have Magistracy Kings Magistrates Ministers Priesthood and Priests in high contempt publishing many slanderous seditious trayterous and infamous speeches libels and books against them to render them odious and contemptible to the People full of Plots exasperations against the Church and Commonwealth like rebellious Traytors to bring all into an uproar that they may have all Countries Kingdoms Governments Successions States Inhabitants and all at their pleasure 4. That the Jesuites have taught the people in order to get England under their power and in order to God or Religion as they stile it That Subjects are bound no longer to obey wicked or heretical Princes and Kings deflecting from the Catholick Religion and drawing others with them but till they be able by force of arms to resist and depose them That the popular multitude may upon these grounds when they think meet place and displace their Princes and chief Officers at their pleasure as men may do their Tenants at will hirelings or ordinary Servants putting no difference in their choice Vpon any Right or Title to Crowns or Kingdome by Birth or Blood or otherwise then as these Fathers forsooth shall approve it By this all things must be wrought and framed conformable to opportunities of times and occasions as for example The people must have a right and interest in them and to doe what they list in choice of their Kings and Supream Governours til they have set such a person or Usurper in the Crown as they for their ends have designed and then the times and occasions changing when such a one is setled in the Throne the former doctrine and practises must be holden FOR A MISTAKING yet such as seeing it cannot be holpen the people must beware herafter of attempting the like again By this a check must be given to the publishers of such paradoxes when they have accomplished their designed ends after that a dispensation procured for the Offenders and then all shall be well ever after till a new opportunity for their further advantage 5. That the Jesuits by absâ—rd equivocations counterfeited perjuries Sacriledges and cousenage become all things to all men that they may gain all as to be Seminary Priests amongst Seminaries Secular Priests among Seculars Religious men among Religious Seditious men among Seditious Factions Spaniards amongst Spaniards ENGLISH TRAYTORS AMONG TRAYTORS SCOTISH VILAINS AMONG SCOTS c. and amongst all these to deny and affirm to object and answer to swear and forswear whatsoever may be a gain to them for their pragmatical Commonwealth and society No wonder then if they transform themselves into all shapes and take upon them all professions now amongst us 6. That the Jesuits by their devices and practises have brought all to Machiavels rule DIVIDE ET IMPERA in sowing division breeding of jealousies and making of hoslile strife by opposition of King against King State against State Priest against Priest Peer against Peer Parents against children children against parents sisters against brothers servants against masters wives against husbands husbands against wives and one friend against another raising up rebellions MVRDRING OF PRINCES making uproars every where until they make those they cannot otherwise winne unto them either yield to be their vassals to live quiet by them or force them to flight or drive them out of their wits or otherwise plague them to death 7. That the Jesuits by their cursed positions and machiavillian practises have made religion it self a meer political and atheal device a pragmatical science of Figboys and but an art of such as live by their wits and the principles of Machiavel taught by their Rabbâ—es yea a very hotch potch of omnium gatherum religious secular clergical laical ecclesiastical spiritual temporal MARTIAL civil Aecomenical political liberal mechannical municipal irregular and ALL WITHOVT ORDER so that they are not worthy to be called religious ecclesiasticks catholicks nor temporal mechannical Christians but rather Machiavillians Atheists Apostates their course of life shewing what their study is and that howsoever they boast of their perfections holiness meditations and exercises as if they were all Superlatives all Metaphysicians all entia transcendentia yet their platform is heathenish tyrannical sathannical able to set Aretine Lucian Machiavel yea and Don Lucifer in a sort to school Those I say who shall sadly ponder all these premises and compare them with the late practises policies and proceedings of some swaying politicians of our age infected likewise with this Atheistical State-Maxime amongst others derived from the Jesuits and Machiavillian Spanish State-Counsellers In Reipublicae administratione quaedam LICITA ESSE RATIONE STATVS alia respectu Conscientiae which Thomas Campanella as bad as he is not only severely censures but thus declaims against with highest detestation Qua opinione profecto NIHIL MAGIS ABSVRDVM AVâ— IMPIVM ne excogitari quidem potest Nam qui conscientiae universalem suam jurisdictionem in omnes res humanas TAM PVBLICAS QVAM PRIVATAS subtrahit ostendit SE NEC CONSCIENTIAM NEC DEVM HABERE c. Siquidem omnia scandala Ecclesiae Dei PERTVRBATIONES ORBIS TERRARVM INDE ORTA SVNT that men may do against all Laws of God and Man their own Consciences Trusts Oaths out of a pretext of the benefit safety of the State publick good as most now do Or compare
of late have given ample testimony thereof for maintenance of their Lawes Liberties and Religion and with them and others of their resolution we shall be ready to live and die But how many of these Declarers have made good this publike engagement yea have not some of them been and still are more ready to secure seclude disoffice imprison kill slay any such true-hearted Patrons as I have felt by sad experience than to live and die with them And we must own it as our duty to use our best endeavors that the meanest of the Commonalty may enjoy their own Birth-rights Freedom and Liberty of the Laws of the Land being equally entituled thereto with the greatest Subject I trust therefore the greatest Grandees in late or present power neither will nor can be offended with me and that all the Nobility Gentry Commons and true-hearted Patrons in the Nation who bear any love to the Laws Li-Liberties Freedom of the people for which their Ancestors and they have so long so stoutly contended heretofore and lately with our Kings will live and die with me in this their Viâ—dication and Defence against any of their fellow-Subjects who shall endeavor to subvert or deprive them of the full and free enjoyment of all or any of them according to this Engagement and Declaration Wherein there are these further observable passages relating to the Parliaments priviledges and its Members which I desire our Army-Grandees who impeached secured secluded my self with other Members of the last true Parliament levied war against and forcibly dissolved it with the Contrivers of our late New-Modelled Governments would seriously ponder who in common justice must be content to be as freely told of and reprehended for their frauds faults in print where the publike and every mans private interest Right Liberty Security is concerned as they have censured others as well their Superiors as Equalls oft in print though perchance lâ—sse peccant than themselves in that they object against them For the matter of his Majesties raising an Army against the Parliament wherein many Papists Priests Jesuites were imployed and taking away the priviledge thereof we shall refer it to the judgement of every ordinary capacity whether it be void of sense to say that this War is raised against the Parliament But the truth is that it is not a few persons but the Parliament it self is the thorn that lies in these mens sides which heretofore when it was wont to â—rick them was with much ease by a sudden dissolution pulled out But now that is more deeply fastned by the Act of Continuance they would force it out by the power of an Army Hath not this been the very practise of some Army-Grandees of late here objected against the King Jesuitical and Popish ill Counsellors And whosoever will peruse the several Speeches and Declarations made upon the breaking up of former Parliaments since the beginnning of his Majesties Reign will find the pretences of those unjust and illegal Dissolutions to be grounded upon the exceptions against some particular Members under the name of A few factious and seditious persons so that the aspersing and wounding of the Parliament through the sides of a few Members is no new invention And hath not this been the very Army-Officers practise since the first year of their reign till now to wound the last real Parliament yea their own late dissolved Mock Parliaments since through the sides of a few corrupt Members or a corrupt Majority in the House as all their Printed Declarations upon their dâ—ssolutions attest And is this then no crime or no Jesuitical practise in them though such in the late King and his ill Counsellors And for the satisfaction of all indifferent men that this War is raised against the Parliament we shall refer them to former Declarations â—issued out in His Majesties name being so many invectives and ground lesse accusations not against particular Members only but against the Vote and proceedings of both Houses And are not many of the Armies Declarations in 1647. and 1648. yea the late Pamphlet of some present Grandees intituled A True State of the Case of the Commonwealth of England Printed 1654 Such let them now then see whence they took their pattern even from the beheaded Kings Jesuited evil Counsellors whose steps they exactly trace in this But if the truth were as that Declaration seems to imply That this Army is raised to force some particular Members of this Parliament to be delivered up yet upon that ground would it follow that the same is levied against the Parliament For it cannot be denied by any ingenious man but that the Parliament by their inherent rights and priviledges hath the power to judge and punish their own Members yet the Army Officers took upon them to secure seclude them without Charge and their future New-minted Parliament Members though only elected by the People must be tryed judged by the new Whitehall Members ere they can be admitted to sit Article 21 of the New Government And we have often declared to His Majestie and the World That we are alwayes ready to receive any evidence or accusations against any of them and to judge and punish them according to their demerits yet hitherto no evidence produced no Accuser appearing And yet notwistanding to raise an Army to compel the Parliament to expose those Members to the fury of those wicked Counsellors that thirst for nothing more than the ruine of them and the Commonwealth What can be more evident than that the same is levied against the Parliament For did they prevail in this then by the same reason pray observe it They might demand 20 more and never rest satisfied until their malice and Tyrany did devour all those Members they found crosse and opposite to their lewd and wicked designs And was not this the practice of the Army-Officers who levied a real actual War against the Parliament They first impeached secluded XI Members of the Commons-House and some Lords soon after An. 1647. 〈◊〉 then they secluded other Members by their high Declaration of Aug. 18. 1647. after that they secured imprisoned my self with 44 Members more and secluded the greatest part of the Commons House leaving not above 50 or 60 at first sitting who confederated with them in December 1648. within two moneths after this they beheaded the King then suppressed the whole Lords House to carry on their designs since acted At last they dissolved their own Mock Parliaments when they crossed their ambitious aspires What they did in September last since this was first penned to those now sitting is fresh in memory Touching the Privileges of Parliament which the contrivers of that Declaration in his Majesties name and the Contrivers of sundry Declarations since in the Armies name who imitated them herein seem to be so tender of and to professe all conformity unto and deny this Army to be raised in any degree
the Mask and Visard of their Hypocrifie what their the Kings ill Counsels design is To Subject both King and Parliament and Kingdom to their needy Ambitious and Avaritious Spirits and to the violent Laws Martial law of Governing the People by guards and by the Souldiers But alas for grief how superlatively have many of the Army Officers and their confederate members though parties to these Declarations and Protestations violated them and both Houses Faiths Trusts intentions ends in raising the Army in every of these particulars How have they verified justified the Kings Declarations Jealousies concerning the Parliaments Army in every point here and elswhere disclaimed by both Houses How have they exceeded out-acted the Kings Jesuitical Counsellers and most desperate Popish Army in violating subverting both the Parliaments Priviledges Members and Parliaments themselves together with our Fundamental Laws Liberties Government for whose preservation they were only raised paid How have they pursued the Kings and his worst Jesuited Counsellers footsteps in all the charges here objected against them by both Houses in relation to the Parliaments priviledges Members Constitution Rights Laws to their utter subversion dissolution and waged war against them And doth not every man plainly discern through the Mask and Visard of their Hypocrifie to use both Houses expressions that their design is just the same with that here objected by the Parliament to the Kings ill Jesuited Counsellers and Popish army even to subject both King Parliament and Kingdom to their needy ambitious avaritions spirits and to the violent Laws marshal Law of Governing the People yea Parliaments themselves by Guards and by the Souldiers and By Conquest to establish an absolute and unlimited power over the Parliament and good Subjects of this Kingdom as the Houses elswhere thrice objected against the late King his Army and party being the very design as many wisemen fear of the 27 Article of their New Government to settle a constant Annual revenue for the maintenance of 20000 Foot 10000 Horse and Dragoones to be alwayes constantly kept up Winter and Summer without disbanding or diminution for the Defence and Security of England Scotland and Ireland Which must henceforth be kept under by Mercinary Foâ—ces to guard of Protectors when as the Heathen Poet assures us â—nteger vitae scelâ—risque purus non eget Mauri jaculis nec arcu much less our English Nation ever formerly secured by their own unmercinary Militia of the Trained Bands and those Lords and Gentlemen who hold their Lands by Knight-service O that they would now in the name and fear of God as they tender the eternal salvation of their Souls the honour and priviledges of all future Parliaments the ease welfare settlement of our Nation Lay all this most seriously to their Hearts and make it a matter of their greatest lamentation and repentance Besides this have they not falsified that memorable late Declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament Novemb. 2. 1642. in Answer to his Majesties well worthy perusal now and made good both for the time past and all succeeding Parliaments whiles there shall be any standing Army in England able to over-power them all the odious scandalous positions in relation to the English Parliament its Members and priviledges deduced from the Kings Declaration only by inference but disclaimed by the King summed up by them in the close of that Remonstrance and published in these ensuing terms as will evidently appear if applied to the Army and their Generall Councel of Officers by adding or exchanging their names only for the Kings in a parenthesis 1. That the King the * Army General and their General Councel of Officers when he pleaseth may declare the Major part of both Houses which in all sorts of Republicks doth yea ought of right to over sway the Minority their Votes to be firm and binding to all men as Aristotle himself resolves a faction of Malignant Schismatical and ambitious Persons so that all Parliaments that have been heretofore and SHALL BE HEREAFTER AND ALL LAWS MADE IN THEM may by this means be called in question at pleasure yea nulled and repealed for ever as some former Parliaments have been when held and over-awed by armed power or unduly elected packed summoned without Lawfull Authority or some of the Members forcibly secluded as you may read at large in the Statutes of 21 R. 2. c. 11 12 16 17 18. 1 H. 4. c. 3. 1 H. 4. Rot. Parl. n. 22 23 36 48 66 70. 113. 39 H. 6. c. 1. 17 E. 4. c. 7. worthy the serious perusal of our present Grandees and all illegitimate Parliaments where they may read the fatal end of all new unparliamentary projects laws devices wherein many now so much glory as if they would continue form for ever when as in a few years space they will all probably prove nullities be for ever reversed yea branded to posterity as most pernicious presidents 2. That his Majesty the Army and their General Councel may declare what is the known Law of the Land against the judgement of the Highest Court and consequently of all his Courts So that the safety and right of King and people and THE LAW IT SELF must depend upon his Majesties the Army General and their Councels pleasure 4. That as the King hath a property in his Townes Forts and Kingdoms so he the Army and their General Councel may dispose of them as he pleaseth and the Representative body of the whole Kingdom may not intermedle in discharge of his Majesties the Armies Generals Councels trust though by the advice of evil Councellers they see it diverted to the hazard of the publique peace safety of the Kingdom 5. That his Majesty the Army General and their Councel or any other person may upon suggestions and pretences of Treason Felony or breach of peace or of their Trusts a fourth Army new-minted cause Take the Members of Parliament without giving satisfaction to the House whereof they are Members of the grounds of such suggestion or accusation and without and against their consent as in the case of the late secured secluded Members and their two Junctâ—'s since so they may Dismember a Parliament when they please and make it what they will when they will 6. That whosoever shall follow the King Army General and their Councel in the wars against the Parliament though it were to destroy Laws Liberty Religion the Parliament it self and the whole Kingdom yet he shall be free from all crime or punishment And that on the other side to oppose by force any such force though in the most Legal way and by authority of the Representative body of the whole Kingdom is to leavy war against the King Army General and TREASON within the Letter of 25 E. 3. or of their new Knacks since So our Lands Liberties Lives Religion and Laws themselves Whereby all the Rights both of King and People
are due to them and preserved for them shall be at the sole will and pleasâ—re of the Prince Army General and General Councel of Officers in their new High Courts of Injustice or other Martial Judicatories as now they are O consider consider seriously by these particulars to what a sad low despicable condition all English Parliaments are now for ever reduced and their pristine antient Priviledges Honor Freedom Power violently ravished from them by the late Army practises violences and rebellious insolencies against them never to be parallel'd in any age which hath really verified this clause in the Declaration of both Houses August 4. 1642. objected against the King and his popish Army in relation to the Parliaments Army purposely raised commissioned engaged for their defence That if the King by his Army may force this Parliament as the Parliaments Army both forced and dissolved it they may bid farewell to all Parliaments for ever receiving good by them And if Parliaments be lost they the People are lost their Laws are lost as well those lately made as in former times ALL WHICH WILL BE CVT IN SVNDER WITH THE SAME SWORD NOW DRAWN FOR THE DESTRVCTION OF THIS PARLIAMENT as we now find true by sad experience Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria about the year of our Lord 340. objected this as a great crime barbarism cruelty and violation of the priviledges of Councels to the Arrian Emperour Constantius That whensoever he called a Councel or Assembly of Bishops it was but for a shew For he would not permit them to be guided by the Ecclesiastical Canons but his Will alone must be their only Canon And when they advised him not to subvert the Ecclesiastical order nor bring the Arrian Heresie into the Church of God he would neither hear nor permit them to speak freely but grievously bending his brows if they had spoken cross to his designs and SHAKING HIS SWORD AT THEM COMMANDED THEM TO BE TAKEN AWAY Whereupon he thus infers What Liberty for perswasion or place for advice is there left when he that contradicteth shall for his labour lose either his Life or his Country Why hath the Emperour gathered so great a number of Bishops partly terrified with threats partly inticed with promises to condescend that they will not communicate wiâ—h Athanasius And Hilary Bishop of Poictou Ann. 360. in his first Book against this Tyrannical Arrian Emperour Constantius thus censures his violent proceedings of this kind to the subversion of the freedom and priviledge of Councils and their members Thou gatherest COUNCILS and when they be shut up together in one City thou TERRIFIEST THEM WITH THREATS THOU PINEST THEM WITH HVNGER THOU LAMEST THEM WITH COLD as the Army Officers did the secluded Members 6 and 7 Decemb. 1648. when they shut them up all night in Hell on the bare boards without beds in the cold and kept them fasting all the next day at Whitehall til 7 a clock at night Thou depravest them with Dissembling O THOU WICKED ONE what a mockery dost thou make of the Church and Councels Only Dogs return to their Vomit and thou compellest the Priests of Christ to sup up those things which they have disgorged and commandest them in their confessions to allow that WHICH BEFORE THEY CONDEMNED What Bishops hand hast thou left innocent What tongue hast thou not forced to falshood Whose heart hast thou not brought to the condemning of his former opinion Thou hast subjected all to thy will yea to thy violence And have not some swaying Army Officers by their frowns menaces frauds Swords open force upon the Parliament and its Members beyond all the presidents in any ages done the like and exceeded this Arrian Tyrant herein And is it not then high time for all friends to Parliaments to protest and provide against such detestable treasonable violences for the future destructive to all Parliaments if permitted or silently pretermitted without question exemplary censure righting of the imprisoned Members or any provision to redresse them for the future Our prudent Ancesters were so carefull to prevent all violence force arms and armed men in or near any places where Parliaments were held to terrifie over-awe or disturb their proceedings or Members That in the Parliament of 7 E. 1. as you may read in Rastals Abridgement Armour 1. Provision was made by the King by common consent of the Prelates Earls and Barons by a general act That in all Parliaments Treaties and other Assemblies which should be made in the Realm of England FOR EVER every man shall come without Force and without Armour well and peaceably to the honour of the King and of the peace of him and of his Realm and they together with the Commonalty of the Realm upon solemn advise declared That it belonged to the King and his part it is by his Royal Signiory strictly to defend Wearing of Armour and all other Force against his peace at all times when it shall please him especially at such times and in places where such Parliaments Treaties and Assemblies are held and to punish them which shall doe contrary according to the Laws and usage of the Realm And hereunto they are bound to aid the Kind as their Soveraign Lord at all seasons when need shall be Hereupon our Kings ever since this statute by virtue thereof and by the Law and Custom of the PARLIAMENT as Sir Edward Cook in his 4 Institutes c. 1. p. 14. informs us did at the beginning of every Parliament make a speciall Proclamation Prohibiting the bearing of Arms or weapons in or near the places where the Parliament sate under pain of forfeiting all they had Of which there are sundry presidents cited by Sir Edward Cook in his Margin whereof I shall transcribe but one which he omits and that is 6 E. 3. Rot. Parliament n. 2. 3. Because that before these days at the Parliaments and Counsels of our Lord the King Debates Riots and commotions have risen and been moved for that People have come to the places where Parliaments have been summoned and assembled armed with privy coats of plate spears swords long knives or daggers and other sort of arms by which the businesses of our Lord the King and his Realm have been impeached and the great men which have come thither by his command have been affrighted Our Lord the King willing to provide remedy against such mischiefs defendeth that no man of what estate or condition soever he be upon pain of forfeiting all that he may forfeit to the King shall be seen armed with a Coat of Male nor yet of plate nor with an Halberd nor with a spear nor sword nor long knife nor any other suspitious arms within the City of LONDON nor within the Suburbs thereof nor any place near the said City nor yet within the Palace of WEST MINSTER or any place near the said Palace by Land or Water under the foresaid pain except only such of the Kings men
as he shall depute or by his command shall be deputed to keep the peace within the said places and also except the Kings servants according to the Statute of Northampton And it is not the intention of our Lord the King that any Earl or Baron may not have his Lance brought to him in any place but onely in the Kings presence and in the place of Councell The like Proclamations were made in the beginning of the Parliaments of 9. 1â— 17 18. 20 25 â—dw 3. and sundry others more necessary to be revived in all succeeding English Parliaments now than ever heretofore since the unpresidented forces upon the late Members of both Houses and the Parliament it self by the Army-Officers and Souldiers raised to defend them from Violence The Treasonablenesse and Transcendency whereof being at large related in my Epistle to the Reader before my Speech in Parliament 4 December 1648 I shall not here criminally presse nor insist on but referred them thereunto However for the future security and freedome of our Parliaments from violence I must crave liberty to inform these Army Parliament drivers forcers dissolvers habituated to this trade That if the late Kings march to the House of Commons accompanied only with some of his Pensioners and others armed with Pistols and Swords meerly to demand but five Members thereof to be delivered up to Justice particularly impeached by him of High Treason some dayes before to wit That they had traiterously endeavoured to subvert the Fundamental Laws and Government of this Kingdome To deprive the King of his Royal power To place over the Subjects an Arbitrary and Tyrannical power To subvert the very Rights and being of Parliaments and by force and terrour to compell the Parliament to joyn with them in their designs for which end they had actually raised and countenanced Tumults against the King and Parliament Or if the Kings bare tampering with some Officers of his own Northern Army to draw a Petition from them to the Houses or march towards London from their quarters not to seise upon force or dissolve the Parliament or its Members but only to over-aw them and impeach the freedom of their debates Votes touching Episcopacy Church-Government and the Kings Revenues were such high transcendent violations of the Priviledges and Freedome of Parliament and unsufferable injuries as both Houses of Parliament separately and joyntly proclaimed them to all the world in severall Declarations during his life Or such capitall crimes as those who condemned and executed him for a Traytor and Tyrant have published in their Declaration of 17 March 1648. touching the grounds of their proceedings against him and setling the Government in the way of a Free State without King or House of Lords since his beheading in these very words But ABOVE ALL the English army was laboured by the King to be engaged against the English Parliament a thing of that strange in piety and unnaturalness for the King of England that nothing can answer it but his being a Forraigner neither could it have easily purchased belief but by his succeeding visible actions in full pursuance of the same as the Kings comming in Person to the House of Commons to seise the five Members whither he was followed with some hundreds of unworthy debauched persons armed with swords and pistols and other arms and they attending him at the door of the House ready to execute what the Leader should command them Which they charged against the King as the highest of his unparralleld Offences for which they appeal to all the world of indifferent men to judge whether they had not sufficient cause to bring him to Justice Though neither he nor his followers then seized secured secluded injured any one Member when they thus went to the Commons House Yea presently retracted his Impeachment and offered all satisfaction that should be desired by the House for this breach of Privilege and though neither the Northern Army nor their Officers ever advanced towards or offered the least violence to the Houses or their priviledges by Petition or otherwise Then certainly the Parliaments own Armies Officers Counsels manifold high printed Declarations of June 14. 23. July 7. Aug. 18. 1647. Nov. 16. Decemb 7. 1648. and others before and since their professed open Oppositions Impeachments against the very Proceedings Votes Orders Ordinances Members of both Houses of Parliament which first raised them principally for their defence Printed by their order in their Book of Declarations The History of Independency and my Speech in Parliament their Impeachment of eleven Members of the House of Commons and sundry Lords at once their securing of above 40 and secluding of above five parts of six of the whole House of Commons at once their avowed marches with the whole Body of the Army in Baâ—talia severall times to force the Houses seise their Members over-aw affright dis-member dissolve the Parliament it self and their own new erected Junctoes since and justification of it to all the world in print in their humble Answer touching the secured and secluded Members Jan. 3. 1648. The true state of the case of the Commonwealth of England 1654. and their Declarations concerning their dissolution of their two Junctoes after these Misdemeanours of the King without the least repentance for them must needs be farre more execrable unwarrantable and criminal than the Kings and deserve a severer censure than his Peccadilioes in respect of their crimes And if by the whole Armies printed Remonstrances August 2. and 18. 1647. the tumult of some unarmed London Apprentices who offered some small force to the Houses to the violation of their Priviledges without securing or secluding any one Member deserved a speedy and exemplary capital proceeding against the principal contrivers and Actors in it as they then declared and vehemently urged again and again in those Remonstrances Or if by their own Charge in the Name of the whole Army June 14. 1647. against the XI Members it was so high an offence in them That they joyntly or severally invited encouraged abetted or countenanced several Reformadoes and OTHER OFFICERS AND SOULDIERS TVMVLTVOVSLY AND VIOLENTLY TO GATHER TOGETHER AT WESTMINSTER TO AFFRIGHT ASSAULT THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN PASSAGES TO FROM THE HOâ—SE TO OFFER VIOLENCE TO THE HOUSE IT SELF BY SVCH VNRVLY OVTRAGES THREATS TO AWE AND INFORCE THE PARLIAMENT And that upon their bare suggestion thereof without any proof at all or colour of truth they presently demanded That the persons impeached MIGHT BE FORTHWITH SECLVDED FROM SITTING IN THE HOVSE and removed thence before any hearing or trial which the Officers and Army eagerly pressed in their Paper of June 15. 1647. Nay if by their own late printed Instrument of the Government of the Commonwealth of England c. Articles 14. 16. All and every person and persons who have aided advised assisted or abetted in any war against the Parliament since the first day of
than 5. Christian Kings in several battles took sundry other Kings prisoners and at last was slain himself with all his old victorious Captains and Souldiers by King Oswi and a small despicable Army of raw Souldiers not half so many as they Ann. 655. who thereupon seized on his Kingdom and others in prophane Stories but by that memorable History of Adonibezeck who after his Conquest of no less than seventy Kings who ever in this latter age conquered one quarter so many and tyrannizing over their persons was by a small party of Judah and Simeon fought with on his own dung-hil his victorious old Army totally routed ten thousand of them slain himself forced to fly pursued and taken prisoner by these contemptible Enemies who cut off his thumbs and his great toes Whereupon Adoni-bezek though an idolatrous Canaanite used these memorable words worthy all Conquerours and Tyrants memorial recorded by God himself to all Posterity Iudges 1. 7. Threescore and ten Kings having their thumbs and their great toes cut off have gathered their meat under my table like so many Dogs rather than Kings AS I HAVE DONE SO GOD HATH REWARDED ME and they brought him Prisoner to Ierusalem and there he died See the like retaliation threatned inflicted Hab. 2. 6 7 8. Isa 33. 1. Dan. 7. 23. to 27. Obad. 15. Ezech. 35. 5 6 15. Rev. 16. 5. 6. Ier. 51 and 52. Nah. 3. 1. c. Rev. 13. 10. Ioel 3. 6 7 8. Deut. 32. 43. Isa 10. 14. 2 Chron. 22. 10. compared with c. 23. 12. to the end 10. That the Elect Saints of God do by faith in the Word of God and upon consideration of the usual Providence and Justice of God towards such Beasts and bloody Conquerors most assuredly see their downfall and with patience expect it Rev. 13. 9 10. If any man have an ear let him hear HE THAT LEADETH INTO CAPTIVITY SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY HE THAT KILLETH WITH THE SWORD MVST BE KILLED WITH THE SWORD Here is THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS O that we had this Patience and Faith within us now 11. That upon this Faith and Assurance the true Elect Saints of God neither will nor do nor dare to admire after follow worship or adore such Bâ—asts or their Image nor receive their marks in their hands or foreheads though all the world else readily do it without opposition enduring patiently rather to be warred upon killed secluded from buying or selling any thing then unchristianly to adore subject or enslave themselves unto them Rev. 13. 2 15 17. Esther 3â— 1 to 7. 2 Kings 3. 13 14. Iohn 10. 4 5. Dan. 3. 4. to 30. 1 King 19. 18. 2 Chron. 11. 13. to 18. Which serious seasonable considerations as they should daunt the hearts and allay the high Presumptious Spirits of the most Successfull Conquerors Powerfull Usurpers over and violent Invaders of the Liberties Lives Estates Rights Properties of their Lawfull Superioâ—s or Christian Brethren and all Subverters of the Laws Priviledges Parliaments Government of their Native Country especially against their Oathes and Trusts So the Meditation on them together with the contemplation of the infinite Power Wisdom Faithfulness Iustice Holiness Presence and gracious Promises of God have at all times and seasons hitherto invincibly animated steeled fortified my Soul in the midst of all my sufferings both under the domineering Prelates Parliament-assaulting Army-Officers the late Tyrannical cashiered Republicans and all other self-created oppressing Powers which if not already dead and buried in the dust with all their thoughts and high aspiring Projects yet shall certainly die ere long like men and become us dung yea they have enabled me by Faith and Patience to be more than a conquering triumpher over them and to sing aloud with magnanimous David a man after Gods own heart long before their down-fall Psal 27. 1 2 3. The Lord is my Light and my Salvation whâ—m shall I fear The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell Though an Host should encamp against me as they did at Westminster at my House and in sundry Garrisons where I was a Prisoner under Souldiers my heart shall not fear though war should rise against me in this I will be confident I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about And to cry out in Pauls words of defiance against all Enemies and Perils in the cause of my God and Country uttered in his own and all true Elected Saints names Rom. 8. 35 c. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ or our Native Country as well actively as passively considered Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or peril or SWORD of an whole Army or other Powers Nay in all these things we are more than Conquerors through him that loved us For I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor PRINCIPALITIES NOR POWERS nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. And to say with him in all threatned Dangers for my sincere conscientious publick Services Act. 20. 22. 24. And now I go bound to Jerusalem not knowing the things that shall there befall me save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every City saying That Bonds and Afflictions wait for me But none of these things move me neither count I my life dear unto me so â—s I may finish my course with joy and the Ministery which I have received of the Lord Iesus c. And verily me thinks the serious contemplation thereof and of all the premises with that of 2 Sam. 10. 12. Isa 51. 12. 13. Ier. 1. 8. Ezech. 2 2 to 6. Matth. 10. 26. 28 coupled with Psal 11. 2. If the foundatiâ—ns be destroyed what can the righteous do Prov. 24. 22 23. My Son fear thou the Lord and the King AND MEDDLE NOT WITH THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN TO CHANGE For their calamity shall rise suddenly which we have seen verified in many late Changers Mock Parliaments and self created new Powers and whâ— knoweth the ruine of them both should now at last banish all base carnal fears out of all timerous hearts rouse up the languishing fearfull dead stupid Spirits of our degenerated English Nation and engage them all unanimously undauntedly to claim vindicate regain re-establish those ancient undoubted Hereditary Fundamental Rights â—iberties Priviledges Franchises Laws Government purchased with their Ancestors their own dearest Blood sweat Treasures which belong to the whole Kingdom to all true English Parliaments Freemen in general and to every of them in particular whereof they have of late years been forcibly disseised or â—ypocritically cheated by pretended Patrons Preservers and Propuguers of them the
after so many Declarations and solemn Protestations made by his Majesty to rule by the known Laws of this Land his Majesty by advice of his ill Councellors should be perswaded to set such a Commission on foot which is so clearly contrary TO THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF THIS LAND the Rights of Property and Liberty of the Subject contrary to former resolutions of Parliament and to the Petition of Right I am certain the generality of the Nation are now as much and more agrieved that some who were Parties to this Declaration and others who have made as many or more Declarations Protestations as his Majesty ever did to rule by the known laws of the Land should since this far exceed his Majesty in the like nay greater more exorbitances in the Militia Excises Taxes Impositions Imprisonments arbitrary extravagant proceedings capital executions in new erected Courts of Injustice and whole volumes of new binding Ordinances as they term them and their ill-sounding Instrument obliging all our three Nations both for the present all future ages in their intention as diametrically contrary as the Kings Commissions of Array to the Fundamentall Laws of the Land four times together so stiled and insisted on as such in this one Declaration of both Houses the Right of Property of the Subject contrary to former Resolutions and the Petition of Right yea which is most abominable to their own Declarations Remonstrances Votes Protestations Vows Solemne Leagues and Covenants in Parliament to their own eternall Infamy as well as the peoples intolerable oppression and slavery who thereupon may justly conclude and protest against them as both Houses did in the close of this Declaration against the Array viz. And the Lords and Commons do and shall adhere to their former Votes Resolutions That all those that are Actors in putting of this Commission of Array these Instruments Ordinances new Taxes Imposts Excises in execution shall be esteemed disturbers of the Peace of the Kingdome and of the Properties and Liberties of the Subject 10. The tenth Evidence is the Vote and Letter of both Houses of Parliament sent to his Majesty at Oxford 9. March 1643. in Answer to his Majesties of the third of March and wherein there is this passage We the Lords and Commons assembled in the Parliament of England c. Have resolved with the concurrent advice and consent of the Commissioners of Scotland to represent to your Majesty in all humility and plainnesse as followeth That this present Parliament convened according to the known and FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF THE KINGDOME the continuance whereof is established by a law consented to by your Majesty is in effect denied to be a Parliament c. And hereupon we think our selves bound to let your Majesty know That since the continuance of this Parliament is settled by a Law which as all other laws of your Kingdome your Majesty is sworn to maintain as we are sworn to our Allegiance to your Majesty those Obligations being reciprocall we must in duty and accordingly are resolved with our Lives and Fortunes to Defend and preserve the â—ust Rights and full Power of this Parliament To which the Earle of Essex then General by both Houses order in his Letter to the Earle of Forth January 30. 1643. adds this Corolary My Lord the mainâ—enance of the Parliament of England and the Priviledges thereof is that for which we are resolved to spend our bloud as being THE FOVNDATION WHEREON ALL OVR LAWS AND LIBERTIES ARE BVILT Which both the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament in their Declaration 23. March 1643. touching their proceedings upon his Majesties Letter concerning a Treaty of Peace wherein this Earls former letter is recited thus second The Parliament of England is the onely Basis the chief Support and Pillar of our Laws and Liberties c. And if notwithstanding all these Obligations the King shall at his pleasure dissolve this Parliament the Kingdome is not onely deprived of the present but made uncapable of enjoying the benefit of any future Parliament or Laws any longer than shall stand with the will and pleasure of the King and consequently THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ALL OUR LAWS AND GOVERNMENT ARE SUBVERTED Let the Parliament-purging securing sequestring dissolving Officers Army and their Confederates seriously ponder this yea let all the whole English Nation and their Trustees who shall hereafter sit in Parliament consider and reform it in the first place if ever they expect any Freedome free Parliaments Peace settlement enjoyment of their Fundamental Laws Rights or Liberties for the future depending on our Parliaments Freedome and exemption from all force and violence on its Members The eleventh is the Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament 13. Junii 1644. For the Forces raised in the County of Salop which begins thus The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament taking into their serious considerations the great Oppressions under which the Inhabitants of the County of Salop lie by reason the insupportable Taxes c. and the present condition of the County by reason of the great number of Irish Rebels that have invaded it and joyned with Papists and other ill affected Persons now in those parts which threaten the extirpation of the Protestant Religion and the subversion of the FUNDAMENTAL LAWS and GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM For prevention whereof c. A direct Ordinance in point The twelfth is a Declaration of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament 17. Aprilis 1646. Of their true intentions concerning the ANCIENT and FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOME securing the people against ALL ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT c. wherein they complain That the Enemy being in dispair to accomplish his Designes by War do mis-represent our intentions in the use we intend to make of the great successes God hath given us and the happy opportunity to settle Peace and Truth in the three Kingdomes to beget a belief that we now desire to excâ—ed or swerve from our first Aym's and Principles in the undertaking of this War and to recede from the Solemn League and Covenant and Treaties between the two Kingdomes and that we would prolong these uncomfortable troubles and bleeding distractions IN ORDER TO ALTER THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTION AND FRAME OF THIS KINGDOME to leave all Government in the Church loose and unsettled and ourselves to exercise THE SAME ARBITRARY POWER OVER THE PERSONS and ESTATES OF THE SVBJECTS which this present Parliament hath thought fit to abolish by taking away the Star-Chamber High-Commission and other arbitrary Courts and the exorbitant Power of the Council Table all which we have seen experimentally verified in every particular in the highest degree notwithstanding this Declaration by some in late and present power and new White-hall Council Tables exceeding the old in illegal Taxes Law-making and other extravagances All which being seriously considered by us c. We do declare THAT OUR TRUE and REAL INTENTIONS ARE and OUR ENDEAVOUR SHALL BE
to settle Religion in the purity thereof TO MAINTAIN THE ANCIENT and FUNDAMENTALL GOVERNMENT OF THIS KINGDOME TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTS and LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT to lay hold on the first opportunity of procuring a safe and well grounded peace in the three Kingdoms and to keep a good understanding between the two Kingdomes of England and Scotland according to the grounds expressed in the Solemn League and Covenant And lest these generals should not give a sufficient satisfaction we have thought fit to the end men might no longer be abused in a misbelief of our intentions or a misunderstanding of our actions to make a further enlargement upon the particulars And first Concerning Church-Government c. because we cannot consent to the granting of an Arbitrary and unlicensed Power and Jurisdiction to neer ten thousand Judicatories to be erected within this Kingdome and this demanded in such a way as is not consistent with the FVNDAMENTAL LAWS and GOVERNMENT OF THE SAME c. Our full resolutions still are sincerely really and constantly to endeavour the Reformation of Religion in the Kingdome of England and Ireland in Doctrine Worship and Government according to the word of God and the example of the best Reformed Churches and according to the Covenant WE ARE SO FARRE FROM ALTERING THE FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNMENT OF THIS KINGDOME BY KING LORDS and COMMONS that we have onely desired that with the consent of the King such Power may be settled in the TWO HOVSES without which we can have no assurance but that the like or greater mischiefs than those which God hath hither to dilivered us from may break out again and engage us in a second and more destructive war whereby it plainly appears Our intentions are not to change the Antient Frame of Government within this Kingdome but to obtain the end of the Primitive Institution of all Government The safety and weal of the People not judging it wise or safe after so bitter experience of the bloody consequence of a pretended Power of the Militia in the King to leave any colourable authority in the same for the future attempts of introducing AN ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT OVER THIS NATION We do declare That we will not nor any by colour of any Authority derived from us shall interrupt the ordinary course of Justice in the severall Courts of Judicatories of this Kingdome nor intermeddle in the cases of private interest other where determinable unlesse it be in case of male-Administration of Justice wherein we shall see and provide that Right be done and punishment inflicted as there shall be occasion ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE KINGDOME Lastly Whereas both Nations have entred into a Solemn League and Covenant we have and EVER SHALL BE VERY CAREFULL DULY TO OBSERVE THE SAME that as nothing hath been done SO NOTHING SHALL BE DONE BY US REPUGNANT TO THE TRUE MEANING AND INTENTION THEREOF c. WHO WILL NOT DEPART FROM THOSE GROUNDS AND PRINCIPLES upon which it was framed and founded Though the generality of the afterwards secured and secluded Majority of the House of Commons endeavoured constantly to make good this Declaration in all particulars yet how desperatly the garbled Minority thereof continuing in power after their Seclusion prevaricated apostatized and falsified their Faith herein in every particle in the highest degree we cannot but with greatest grief of heart and detestation remember to the subversion ruine of our King Lords Commons Kingdome Parliaments Fundamentall Laws Government and the peoples Liberties c. almost beyond all hopes of restitution or reparation in humane probability without a miracle from heaven The Lord give them grace most seriously to consider repent of and really sincerely reform it now at last and to make it the principle subject of their prescribed publike Humiliations Fasts and Lamentations as God himself prescribes Isa 58. 5 6 7 8. Jer. 34. 8. to 22. Ezech. 19. 1. 14. Hos 10. 3 4. and not still to adde drunkennesse to thirst lest they bring them to temporall and eternal condemnation for it in Gods own due time and engender endlesse Wars Troubles Taxes Changes Confusions in our Kingdomes as they have hitherto done and will do till all be restored to their just Rights Powers Places Possessions and Liberties By this full Jury of Parliamentary Authorities to omit many others of like or inferiour nature and lesse moment it is undeniable That the people of England have both ancient Fundamentall Rights Liberties Franchises Laws and a Fundamental Government which like the Laws of the Medes and Persians neither may nor ought to be altered or innovated upon any pretence but perpetually maintained defended with greatest care vigilancy resolution and he who shall deny or oppugn it deserâ—â—s no refulation by further arguments since it is a received Maxime in all Arts Contra Principia negantem non est disputandum but rather demerits a sentence of Condemnation and publike execution at Tyburn as a Common Enemy Traitor to our Laws Liberties Nation it being no lesse than a transcendent crime and High Treason by our Laws for any person or persons secretly or openly to attempt the undermining or subversion of our fundamental laws rights Liberties Government especially by fraud treachery force or armed power and violence the later part of my first proposal which I shall now confirm by these twelve following Presidents and Evidences corroborating likewise the former part That we have such Fundamental laws liberties rights franchises and a fundamental Government too In the fifth year of King Richard the second the vulgar rabble of people and villains in Kent Essex Sussex Norfolk Cambridge-shire and other Counties under the Conduct of Wat Tyler Jack Straw and other Rebels assembling together in great multitudes occasioned at first by the new invented Tax of Poll-money granted by Parliament and the over-rigorous levying thereof on the people by the Kings Officers though nothing so grievous as our Excises Contributions new Imposts now so long exacted without any legal Grant in true free and full English Parliaments resolved by force and violence to abrogate the law of Villenage with all other laws they disliked formerly setled to burn all the Records kill and behead all the Judges Justices and men of law of all sorts which they could get into their hands to burn and destroy the Inns of Court as they did then the new Temple where the Apprentices of the law lodged burning their Monuments and Records of Law there found to alter the tenures of lands to devise new laws of their own by which the Subjects should be governed to change the ancient Hereditary Monarchicall Government of the Realm and to erect petty elective Tyrannies and Kingdomes to themselves in every shire A project eagerly prosecuted by some Anarchicall Anabaptists Jesuits Levellers very lately and though withall they intended to destroy the King at last and all the Nobles too when they had gotten sufficient power yet at first to
8. against Cardinal Wolsey That he had by divers and many sundry wayes and fashions committed High Treason and NOTABLE GRIEVOUS OFFENCES by misusing altering and subverting of his Graces Laws and otherwise contrary to his high Honour Prerogative Crown Estate and Dignity Royal to the inestimable great hinderance diminution and decay of the universal wealth of this his Graces Realm The Articles are 43. in number the 20 21 26 30 35 37 42 43. contain his illegal arbitrary practises and proceedings to the subversion of the due course and order of his Graces Laws to the undoing of a great number of his loving people Whereupon they pray Please therefore your mostexcellent Majesty of your excellent goodnesse towards the Weal of this your Realm and subjects of the same to set such order and direction upon the said Lord Cardinal as may be to terrible example of other to beware to offend your Grace and your Laws hereafter and that he be so provided for that he never have any Power Jurisdiction or authority hereafter to trouble vex or impoverish the common-wealth of this your Realm as he hath done heretofore to the great hurt and dammage of every man almost high and low His poysoning himself prevented his legal judgement for these his Practises 7. The Statute of 3. and 4. Ed. c. 5 6. enacts That if any persons to the number of twelve or more being assembled together shall intend go about practise or put in use with force and arms unlawfully of their own authority TO CHANGE ANY LAWS made for Religion by authority of Parliament OR ANY OTHER LAWS OR STATUTES OF THIS REALM STANDING IN FORCE OR ANY OF THEM and shall continue together by the space of an houre being commanded by a Justice of Peace Mayor Sheriffe or other Officer to return or shall by ringing of any Bell sounding of any Trumpet Drumme Horn c. raise such a number of persons to the intent to put any the things aforesaid in ure IT SHALL BE HIGH TREASON and the parties executed as Traytors After this the Statute of 1 Mariaec 12. Enacted That if twelve or more in manner aforesaid shall endeavour by force to alter any of the Laws or Statutes of the Kingdome the offenders shall from the time therein limited be adâ—udged ONELY AS FELONS whereas it was Treason before but this Act continuing but till the next Parliament and then expiring the offence remains Treason as formerly 8. In the 39. year of Queen Elizabeth divers in the County of Oxford consulted together to go from house to house in that County and from thence to London and other parts to excite them to take arms for the throwing down of inclosures throughout the Realm nothing more was prosecuted nor assemblies made yet in Easter Term 39. Elizabeth it was resolved by all the Judges of England who met about the Case that this was High Treason and a levying war against the Queen because it was to throw down all inclosures throughout the Kingdom to which they could pretend no right and that the end of it was TO OVER THROW THE LAWS AND STATUTES for inclosures Whereupon BRADSHAW and BURTON two of the principal Offenders were condemned and executed at Ainstow Hill in Oxfordshire where they intended their first meeting 9. To come nearer to our present times and case In the last Parliament of King Charls Anno 1640. The whole House of Commons impeached Thomas Earl of Strafford Lord Deputy of Ireland of High Treason amongst other Articles for this crime especially wherein all the other centred That he hath TREASONABLY ENDEAVOURED by his Words Actions and Counsels TO SUBVERT THE FUNDAMENTALL LAWS and GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND and IRELAND and introduce an arbitrary and Tyrannical Government This the whole Parliament declared and adjudged to be High Treason in and by their Votes and a special Act of Parliament for his Attainder for which he was condemned and soon after executed on Tower-Hill as a Traytor to the King and Kingdome May 22. 1641. 10. The whole House of Commons the same Parliament impeached William Laud Arch-bishop of Canterbury of HIGH TREASON in these very terms February 6 1640. First That he hath traiterously endeavoured to subvert the Fundamental Laws and Government of this Kingdome of England and instead thereof to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical Government against Law And he to that end hath wickedly and TRAYTEROVSLY advised his Majesty that he might at his own will and pleasure levy and take mony of his Subjects without THEIR CONSENT IN PARLIAMENT and this he affirmed was warrantable by the law of God Secondly He hath for the better accomplishment of that his Traiterous Designe advised and procured Sermons and other Discourses to be preached printed and published in which the Authority of Parliaments and the force of the Laws of this Kingdome have been denyed and absolute and unlimitted Power over the Persons and Estates of his Majesties Subjects maintained and defended not onely in the King but in himself and other Bishops against the Law Thirdly He hath by Letters Messages Threats and Promises and by divers other wayes to Judges and other Ministers of Justice interrupted perverted and at other times by means aforesaid hath endeavoured to interrupt and pervert the course of Justice in his Majesties Courts at Westminster and other Courts TO THE SUBVERSION OF THE LAWS OF THIS KINGDOME whereby sundry of his Majesties Subjects have been stopt in their just suits deprived of their lawfull Rights and subjected to his Tyrannicall will to their ruine and destruction Fourthly That he hath traiterously endeavoured to corrupt the other Courts of Justice by advising and procuring his Majesty to sell places of Judicature and other Offices CONTRARY TO THE LAWS and CUSTOMES in that behalf Fifthly That he hath TRAITEROUSLY caused a a Book of Canons to be compiled and published without any lawfull warrant and Authority in that behalf in which pretended Canons many matters are contained contrary to the Kings Prerogative to the Fundamentall Laws and Statutes of this Realm to the Rights of Parliament to the Property and Liberty of the Subject and matters tending Sedition and of dangerous consequence and to the establishing of a vast unlawfull presumptuous power in himself and his successors c. Seventhly That he hath traiterously endeavoured to alter and subvert Gods true Religion BY LAW ESTABLISHED and instead thereof to set up Popish Religion and Idolatry And to that end hath declared and maintained in Speeches and printed Books diverse Popish Doctrines and Opinions contrary to the Articles of Religion ESTABLISHED BY LAW He hath urged and enjoyned divers Popish and Superstitious Ceremonies WITHOUT ANY WARRANT OF LAW and hath cruelly persecuted those who have opposed the same by corporal punishment and imprisonments and most unjustly vexed others who refused to conform thereunto by
later times in corrupt cowardly time-serving degenerate Lawyers and Judasses rather than Judges to the disgrace of their Profession now generally spoken against their own dishonour infamy reproach the scandall of Religion which some of them have eminently professed the prejudice and subversion of the Fundamentall Laws Liberties Rights Priviledges of our Nation Peers Parliaments and of the ancient Fundamental Government of this famous Kingdome whereof they are Members and that contrary to some of their own late Judgments sciences Consciences Votes Printed Arguments Speeches Declarations against others even in and out of Parliament and their own first Charges in their Circuits repugnant to their later 4. To instruct those Jesuited Anabaptists Levellers and their Factors especially John Canne and the rest of the Compilers Publishers Abetters of the Pamphlet intituled Leiutenant Colonel John Lilburn tried and east and other forementioned publications who professedly set themselves by Words Writings Counsels and overt Acts to subvert both our old Fundamentall with all other Laws Liberties Customs Parliaments and Government what transcendent Malefactors Traitors and Enemies they are to the publique and what Capital punishments they may incurre as well as dâ—merit should they be legally prosecuted for the same and thereupon to advise them timely to repent of and dâ—sist from such high Treasonable attempts 5. To clear both my self and this my seasonable Defence of our Fundamental Laws Liberties Government from the least suspition or shadow of Faction Sedition Treason and Emnity to the publique peace weal settlement of the Nation which those and those onely who are most factious and seditious and the greatest Enemies Traitors to the publique tranquility Weal Laws Liberties Government and establishment of our Kingdome as the premises evidence will be ready maliciously to asperse both me and it with as they have done heretofore some other of my Writings of this Nature with all which they must first brand Mr. St. John Mr. Pym the whole House of Commons the two last with all other Parliaments forecited and themselves too from which they are so much changed and degenerated of late years ere they can accuse traduce or censure me who do but barely relate apply their words and judgments in their purest times without malice or partiality for the whole Kingdomes benefit security and resettlement To these punctual full Juries of Records and Parliament Authorities in point I could accumulate Sr. Edward Cook his 3. Institutes p. 9. printed and authorised by the House of Commons speciall Order the last Parliament The severall Speeches of M. Hide M. Waller M. Pierpoint and M. Hollis July 6. 1641. at the Lords Bar in Parliament by Order of the Commons House at the Impeachment of the Shipmony Judges of High Treason printed in Diurnal Occurrences and Speeches in Parliament London 1641. p. 237 to 264. M. Samuel Browns Argument at law before the Lords and Commons at Canterburies Attainder all manifesting their endeavouring to subvert the Fundamentall Laws and Government of the Realm to be High Treason with sundry other printed Authorities to prove That we have Fundamental Laws Liberties Rights and a Fundamental Government likewise which ought not to be innovated violated or subverted upon any pretences whatsoever by any power or prevailing Faction Which Fundamental Rights Liberties Laws Sr. Thomas Fairfax and the Army under his Command by their Declaration of June 14. 1647. particularly promise and engage to assert vindicate against all arbitray power violence oppression and against all particular parties or Interests whatsoever which they may doe well to remember and make good But to avoid prolixity the double Jury of irrefragable and punctuall authorities already produced being sufficient to satisfie the most obstinate opposites formerly contradicting it I shall onely adde three swaying authorities more wherewith I shall conclude this point The first is a very late one in a Treatise intituled A true State of the Common Wealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging in Reference to the late established Government by a Lord Protector and a PARLIAMENT It being the Judgement of DIVERSE PERSONS who throughout these late troubles have approved themselves faithfull to the Cause and interest of God and their COUNTRY presented to the publike for the satisfaction of others Printed at London 1654. who relating the miscarriages of the last ASSEMBLY at Westminster elected nominated by the Censurers of them the Army Officers onely not the people use these expressions of them page 13 14 16 17 21 22. But on the contrary it so fell out in a short time that there appeared many in this Assembly of very contrary principles to the interest aforesaid which led them violently on to attempt and promote many things the consequence whereof would have been A subverting of the Fundamentall Laws of the Land the Destruction of Property and an utter extinguishment of the Gospel In truth their Principles led them TO A PULLING DOWN ALL AND ESTABLISING NOTHING So that instead of the expected settlement they were running into FURTHER ANARCHY AND CONFUSION As to the Laws and Civil Rights of the Nation nothing would serve them but a TOTALL ERADICATION OF THE OLD AND INTRODUCTION OF A NEW and so the good Old Laws of England the Guardians of our Laws and Fortunes established with prudence and confirmed by the experience of many Ages and Generations The Preservation whereof was a principall ground of our late quarrell with the King having been once abolished what could we have expected afterwards but an inthroning of Arbitrary power in the Seat of Judicature and an exposing of our Lives our Estates our Liberties and all that is dear unto us as a Sacrifice to the boundlesse appetite of meer Will and Power c. Things being at this passe and the House through these proceedings perfectly disjointed it was in vain to look for a settlement of this Nation from them thus constituted but on the contrary nothing else could be expected But that the Common-wealth should sink under their hands and the great cause hitherto so happily upheld and maintained to be for ever lost through their preposterous management of these affairs wherewith they had been intrusted Whereupon they justifie their dissolution and turning them forcibly out of doores by the Souldiers with shame and infamy to prevent that destruction which thereby was coming on THE WHOLE LAND by this New Powder Treason plot set on foot by the Jesuites and Anabaptists to destroy our Laws Liberties Properties Ministers and Religion it self at one blow and that in the very Parliament House where some destroyed and blowed up Kings Peers and Parliaments themselves as well as Lawes and Parliament Priviledges of late years where they had been constantly defended vindicated preserved established in all former Ages by ALL TRVE ENGLISH PARLIAMENTS The second is The Votes of the House of Commons concerning a Paper presented to them entituled An Agreement of the people for a firm present
frequently universally invaded assaulted undermined by our Kings and their evil Instruments heretofore and others since and thereupon more strenuously frequently vigilantly maintained fenced regained retained by our Nobles Parliaments and the people in all Ages till of late years than any or all of the rest put together though every of them hath been constantly defended maintained when impugned or incroached upon by our Ancestors and our selves 1 That no Tax Tallage Aid Subsidy Custom Contribution Loan Imposition Excise or other Assesment whatsoever for defence of the Realm by Land or Sea or any other publick ordinary or extraordinary occasion may or ought bee imposed or leavied upon all or any of the Freemen of England by reason of any pretended or real Danger Necessity or other pretext by the Kings of England or any other Powers but only with and by their common consent and grant in a free and lawful English Parliament duly summoned and elected except only such antient legal Ayds as they are specially obliged to render by their Tenures Charters Contracts and the common Law of England 2 That no Free-man of England ought to bee arrested confined imprisoned or in any private Castles or remote unusual Prisons under Souldiers or other Guardians but only in usual or Common Gaols under sworn responsible Goalers in the County where he lives or is apprehended and where his friends may freely visit and releeve him with necessaries And that only for some just and legal Cause expressed in the Writ Warrant or Process by which he is arrested or imprisoned which ought to be legally executed by known legal responsible sworn Officers of Justice not unknown Military Officers Troopers or other illegal Catchpolls That no such Free-man ought to bee denied Bail Mainprise or the benefit of an Habe as Corpus or any other Legal Writ for his enlargement when Bailable or Mainprizable by Law nor to be detained Prisoner for any real or pretended Crime not bailable by Law longer than until the next general or special Gaol-delivery held in the County where he is imprisoned when and where he ought to be legally tried and proceeded against or else enlarged by the Justices without denial or delay of Right and Justice And that no such Free-man may or ought to be out-lawed exiled condemned to any kinde of Corporal punishment loss of Life or Member or otherwise destroyed or passed upon but only by due and lawful Process Indictment and the lawful Trial Verdict and Judgement of his Peers according to the good old Law of the Land in some usual Court of publick Justice not by and in new illegal Military or other Arbitrary Judicatories Committees or Courts of High Justice unknown to our Ancestors 3 That the ordinary standing Militia Force and Arms of the Kingdom ought to reside in the Nobility Gentry Freeholders and Trained Bands of the Kingdom not in Mercenary Officers and Souldiers receiving pay and Contributions from the people more apt to oppress inslave betray than protect their Laws Liberties and to protract than end their Warres and Taxes That no Free-men of England unless it bee by special Grant and Act of Parliament may or ought to be compelled enforced pressed or arrayed to go forth of his own County much less out of the Realm into forreign parts against his will in times of Warre or Peace or except he be specially obliged thereto by antient Tenures and Charters save only upon the sudden coming of strange enemies into the Realm and then he is to array himself only in such sort as he is bonnd to do by the ancient Laws and Customs of the Kingdom still in force 4 That no Free-man of England may or ought to be disinherited disseised dispossessed or deprived of any Inheritance Free-hold Office Liberty Custom Franchise Chattles Goods whatsoever without his own Gift Grant or free Consent unless it be by lawful Processe Trial and Judgement of his Peers or special Grant by Act of Parliament nor to be denied or delayed common Right or Justice in any case 5 That the old received Government Laws Statutes Customs Priviledges Courts of Justice legal Processe of the Kingdom and Crown ought not to be altered repealed suppressed in any sort nor any new form of Government Law Statute Ordinance Court of Judicatury Writâ— or legal proceedings instituted or imposed on all or any of the Free-men of England by any person or persons but only in and by the Kingdoms peoples free and full precedent consent in a lawful Parliament wherein the Legislative power solely resides 6 That Parliaments ought to be duly summoned and held for the good and safety of the Kingdom every year or every three years at least or so soon as there is just occasion That the Election of all Knights Citizens and Burgesses to sit and serve in Parliament and so of all other Elective Officers ought to be free That all Members of Parliament Hereditary or Elective ought to be present and there freely to speak and vote according to their Judgements and Consciences without any over-awing Guards to terrifie them and none to be forced sequestered or secluded thence by force or fraud That all Parliaments not thus duly and freely summoned elected freely held but unduly packed without due Elections or by forcible secluding securing any of the Members or not summoning all of them to the Parliament and all Acts of Parliament fraudulently or forcibly procured by indirect means ought to be nulled repealed reputed voyd and of dangerous president 7 That neither the Kings nor any Subjects of the Kingdom of England may or ought to be summoned before any Forreign Powers or Jurisdictions whatsoever out of the Realm or within the same for any manner of Right Inheritance Thing belonging to them or Offence done by them within the Realm nor tried nor judged by them 8 That all Subjects of the Realm are obliged by Allegiance Oaths and duty to defend their lawful Kings Persons Crowns the Laws Rights and Priviledges of the Realm and of Parliament against all Usurpers Traytors Violence and Conspiracies And that no Subject of this Realm who according to his Duty and Allegiance shall serve his King in his Warres for the just defence of him and the Land against Forreign Enemies or Rebels shall lose or forfeit any thing for doing his true duty service and allegiance to him therein but utterly be discharged of all vexation trouble or losse 9 That no publick Warre by Land or Sea ought to be made or leavied with or against any Forreign Nation nor any publick Truce or League entred into with Forreign Realms or States to binde the Nation without their common advice and consent in Parliament 10 That the Kings of England or others cannot grant away alien or subject the Crown Kingdom or antient Crown Lands of England to any other without their Nobles and Kingdoms full and free consent in Parliament That the antient Honours Manors Lands Rents
Revenues Inheritances Rights and Perquisits of the Crown of England originally setled thereon for the â—ase and exemption of the people from all kind of Taxes payments whatsoever unlesse in case of extraordinary necessity and for defraying all the constant ordinary expences of the Kingdome as the expences of the Kings houshold Court Officers Judges Ambassadors Guard Garrisons Navy and the like ought not to be sold alienated given away or granted from it to the prejudice of the Crown and burdenning of the people And that all Sales Alienations Gifts or Grants thereof to the empairing of the publique Revenue or prejudice of the Crown and people are void in Law and ought to be resumed and repealed by our Parliaments and Kings as they have freqeuntly been in all former ages For the Readers fuller satisfaction in each of these propositions some of which I must in the ensuing Chapter but briefly touch for brevity sake having elsewhere fully debated them in print I shall especially recommend unto him the perusall of such Tractates and Arguments formerly published wherein each of them hath been fully discussed which hee may peruse at his best leasure The First of these Fundamentalls which I intend principally to insist on is fully asserted debated confirmed by 13. H. 4. f. 14. By Fortescue Lord Chief Justice and Chancellor of England de Laudibus Legum Angliae dedicated by him to King Henry the 6. f. 25. c. 36. By a Learned and necessary Argument against Impositions in the Parliament of 7. Jacobi by a late reverend Judge Printed at London 1641. By Mr. William Hakewell in his Liberty of the Subject against Impositions maintained in an Argument in the Parliament of 7 Jacobi Printed at London 1641. By Judge Crooks and Judge Huttons Arguments concerning Ship-mony both Printed at London 1641. By the Case of Ship-mony briefly discussed London 1640. By M. St. Johns Argument and Speech against Ship-mony Printed at London 1641. By Sir Edward Cook in his 2 Institutes p. 46. and 57. to 64. and 528 to 537. By the first and second Remonstrance of the Lords Commons in Parliament against the Commission of Array Exact Collection p. 386. to 398. and 850. to 890. and by my own Humble Remonstrance against Ship-mony London 1643. The Fourth part of the Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes p. 14. to 26. my Legall Vindication of the Liberties of England against Illegall Taxes c. London 1649. and by the Records and Statutes cited in the ensuing Chapter referring for the most part to the first Proposition The second third and fourth of them are largely debated and confirmed by a Conference desired by the Lords and had by a Committee of both Houses concerning the Rights and Priviledges of the Subject 3 Aprilis 4 Caroli Printed at London 1642. By Sir Edward Cook in his Institutes on Magna charta c. 29. p. 45. to 57. By the first second Remonstrance of the Lords and Commons against the Commission of Array Exact Collection p. 386. and 850. to 890. By Judge Crooks and Judge Huttons Arguments against Ship-mony By Sir Robert Cotton his Posthuma p. 222. to 269. By my Breviate of the Prelates Encroachments on the Kings Prerogative and the Subjects Liberties p. 138. my New Discovery of the Prelates Tyranny p. 137. to 183. and some of the ensuing Statutes and records ch 3. See 1 H. 4. rot Parl. n. 22 23 24 26 28 43 44 47. The Fift and Sixt of them are fully cleared vindicated in and by the Prologues of all our Councills Statutes Laws before and since the Conquest By 1. H. 4. Rot. Parl. n. 33 34 36. an excellent full president Sir Edward Cooks 4 Institutes ch 1. Mr. Cromptons Iurisdiction of Courts Title High Court of Parliament Mr. St. Johns speech against the Ship-mony Judges p. 32 33. my Plea for the Lords my Levellers levelled my Ardua Regni my Epistle before my Speech in Parliament my Memento my Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes part 1 2 3 4. my Legal Vindication against illegal Taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament London 1649. Prynnethe Member reconciled to Prynne the Barâ—ester Printed the same year My Historical Collection of the Ancient great Councils and Parliaments of England London 1649. My Truth triumphing over Falshood Antiquity over Novelâ—y London 1645. 3 E. 1. c. 5 4 E. 3. c. 14. 36 E. 3. c. 10. 1 H. 4. c. 3 4. 5 R. 2. Stat. 2. c. 4. Rastal tit Parliament 1 H. 4. Rot. Parl. n. 21. 22. 48. 70. 31 H. 6. c. 1. 39 H. 6. c. 1. Rot. Parl. n. 8. 17 E. 4. c. 7. expresse in point and some of the Records hereafter transcribed In this I shall be more sparing because so fully confirmed in these and other Treatises The Seventh is ratified by Sir Edward Cooks 1. Institutes p. 97 98. 4 Institutes p. 89. and 5. report Cawdries case of the Kings Ecclesiasticall Laws Rastals Abridgement of Statutes Tit Provisors Praemunire Rome and other Records and Statutes in the ensuing Chapter The Eight is verified by the Statutes quoted in the Margin to it and by other Records in the third Chapter The Ninth and Tenth are fully debated in my Soveraign Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes par 2. p. 3. to 34. part 4. p. 1. to 13. and 162. to 170. touched in Sir Robert Cottons Posthuma p. 174. 179. confirmed by sundry Presidents in the next Chapter by 1 H. 4. Rot. Parl. n 32. How all and every of these Fundamentall Liberties Rights Franchises Laws have been unparalledly violated subverted in all and every particular of late years beyond all Presidents in the worst of former ages even by their greatest pretended Propugners their own Printed Edicts Instruments Ordinances Papers together with their illegall Oppressions Taxes Excises Imposts Sequestrations Rapines Violences unjust Proceedings of all kinds will sufficiently evidence if compared with the premised Propositions Not to insist on any fore-past illegall Imposts Taxes Excises under which the nation lately groaned imposed on us by unparliamentary Junctoes or the Army Officers alone from Anno 1648 to 1653. without any real Parliament by their own armed Iurisdiction I shall here instance onyl in 3. or 4 particulars relating wholly to the First Proposition being of most generall greatest present and future concernment of all other to the whole English Nation at this very instant most intollerably oppressed grieved by them directly sweeping away all their Fundamentall Right of Property and consequentially all their Liberty of person Laws Charters at once and that in perpetuity beyond all hopes of Future redemption if not timely prevented by the Vniversality Body of the Realm or their Trustees The first of them is the present imposition and continuance of the strange oppressive monstrous general high Tax of EXCISE imposed on most native and forreign Commodities throughout England and its Dominions which as it was a meer Stranger to all our Ancestors and those now living till within these few years so it was
no sooner projected by some evil Malignant Jesuited Counsellers about the late King but it was presently condemned and crushed in the very shell when first intended to be set on foot in England by King Charls with the advise and consent of his privie Council at White-Hall by a Commission under the Great Seal of England dated the last of February 3 Caroli issued to thirty three Lords of his Majesties Privie Council and others which authorized commanded them to raise monies BY IMPOSITIONS OR OTHERWISE as they in their wisdoms should finde most convenient and that only for these publike uses THE DEFENCE OF THE KING KINGDOM PEOPLE and of the Kings Friends and Allies beyond the Seas then in such imminent danger that WITHOUT EXTREAMEST HAZARD OF THE KING KINGDOM PEOPLE KINGS Friends and Allies it could admit of no longer delay In which INEVITABLE NECESSITY form and circumstance must rather be dispenced with than the substance lost The Commissioners being thereupon specially injoyned to be diligent in the Service and not fail therein as they tender his Majesties Honour and THE SAFETY OF THE KING and PEOPLE This Commission was no sooner discovered but it was presently complained of by the whole Commons House in the Parliament of 3 Caroli and upon Conference with the Lords it was immediately Voted adjudged by both Houses without one dissenting voyce TO BEE EX DIAMETHRO AGAINST LAW and CONTRARY TO THE PETITION OF RIGHT after which it was cancelled as such in the Kings own presence by his consent order and then sent cancelled to both Houses for their satisfaction before ever it was put in execution and all Warrants for and memorials of it cancelled damned destroyed the Commons further urging That the Projector thereof might be found out by strict inquiry and EXEMPLARILY PVNISHED as the Parliament Journal attests notwithstanding all the specious pretences of inevitable necessity imminent danger and the defence safety of the whole Kingdom People King and his forreign Protestant Friends and Allies then in greater real danger than any now appearing This Original Parliamentary Doom Judgement against that New Monster of Excise was ratified approved pressed by both Houses of Parliament in the Cases of Ship-money and the Commission of Array as you may read at large in Mr. Oliver St. Johns Speech and Declaration delivered at a Conference of both Houses concerning Ship-money 14 January 1640. printed by the Commons Order p. 13. to 20. and The Lords and Commons second Declaration against the Commission of Array Exact collection p. 884 885. from which they then drew this positive conclusion fit to be now considered by our New Governours and the whole Nation THAT TO DEFEND THE KINGDOM IN TIME OF IMMINENT DANGER IS NO SUFFICIENT CAVSE for the King and his Council much less then for those who condemned suppressed them for Tyrants and Oppressors of the People TO LAY ANY TAX OR CHARGE UPON THE SUBJECTS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT IN PARLIAMENT Yea the whole House of Commons was so zealous against this Dutch Devil of Excise that in their Remonstrance of the state of the Kingdom 15 Decemb 1641. Exact Collection p. 3 4 6. they expresly brand censure the first Attempts to introduce it for A MALIGNANT and PERNIâ—IOUS DESIGN TO SUBVERT THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS and PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT upon which the JUSTICE OF THIS KINGDOM WAS FORMERLY ESTABLISHED as proceeding from JESUITED COVNSELS BEING MOST ACTIVE and PREVAILING yea for AN UNJUST and PERNICIOVS ATTEMPT TO EXTORT GREAT PAYMENTS FROM THE SUBJECTS Which was to be accompanied as now it is with Billited Souldiers in all parts of the Kingdom and the concomitant of German as now of English HORSE That the LAND MIGHT EITHER SUBJECT WITH FEAR or BE ENFORCED WITH RIGOVR TO SUCH ARBITRARY CONTRIBUTIONS AS SHOVLD BE REQVIRED OF THEM And when some rumours were first spread abroad that the COMMONS HOVSE INTENDED TO LAY EXCISE UPON PEWâ—ER AND OTHER COMMODITIES they were so sensible of the injustice and odiousness thereof that they thereupon published a special Declaration printed 8 Octob. 1642. Exact Collection p. 638. wherein they not only disclaim renounce any such intention but branded those Reports and Rumours for FALSE and SCANDALOVS ASPERSIONS raised and cast upon the House BY MALIGNANT and ILL-AFFECTED PERSONS TENDING MUCH TO THE DISSERVICE OF THE PARLIAMENT and Ordered That the AVTHORS OF THEM should be inquired aftèr apprehended and brought to the House TO RECEIVE CONDIGNE PUNISHMENT After which this Excise being notwithstanding this Disclaimer and much publick private opposition against it set on foot by some swaying Members upon a pretence of necessity for support of the Army to the great Oppression and Discontent of the People The Generall and general Council of Officers and Souldiers of THE ARMY themselves were so sensible of this illegal oft-condemned New grievance that in the Heads of their Proposals and particulars of their Desires in order to the clearing and securing of the Rights and Liberties of the Kingdom tendred to the Commissioners of Parliament residing with the Army the first of August 1647. printed in their Book of Declarations p. 118 published by their own and the Lords House special Order they â—ade this one principall Desire to the Parliament That the EXCISE may be taken off from such Commodities whereof the poor of the Land do ordinarily live and A CERTAIN TIME TO BE LIMITED FOR TAKING OFF THE WHOLE Yet notwithstanding all these Judgements and Out-cryes against it some of those very persons who thus publickly branded it both in the Parliament House and Army by irregular paper Ordinances as they intitle them dated 24 December 1653. March 17. 1653. and May 4. 1654. have by their own Self-derived supertranscendent Authority without yea against the Peoples consents or any Authority from Parliament imposed continued Excise upon our own Inland and Forreign Commodities in very high proportions from the twenty fourth of March 1654. till the twenty fourth of March 1655. And which is most observable prescribed it to bee levied by putting the Parties to an EX OFFICIO OATH against themselves by Fines Forfeitures SEQVESTRATIONS and SALES OF THE REFUSERS OPPOSERS PERSONAL and REAL ESTATES DISSTRESSES BREAKING UP OF THE PARTIES HOVSES SEISVRES OF THEIR GOODS IMPRISONMENT OF THE PERSONS OF ALL SUCH WHO SHALL HINDER OR OPPOSE THE MINISTERS OR OFFICERS IMPLOYED IN LEVYING or distraining for the same BY LOCKING UP THE DOORS or OTHERWISE And by these their unparalleld Edicts they further order That the Officers of Excise BOTH DAY AND NIGHT shall be permitted free entrance into ALL ROOMES and PLACES WHATSOEVER THEY SHALL DEMAND in Brewers Sope-boylers and others Houses under pain of forfeiture of fifty pounds for every refusal by colour whereof all mens Houses may be robbed plundered and their throats cut by Theeves and Robbers pretending themselves Excise-men Souldiers authorised to make such Searches as many of late have been And they with all their assistants shall bee kept indenspnified in
extravagant Heavy Taxes Contributions from the exhausted Free-born People of England especially being now pretended new Free State against all our Fundamental Lawes Statutes Franchises Charters Properties Liberties Records Parliamentary Iudgements their own late Remonstrances Declarations Votes the Presidents of all former ages yea of all our Kings coming in by the Sword to their Thrones let the Imposers of them seriously advise as they will answer it at their utmost peril to God Men and the whole English Nation who expected better things from them even a total final exemption from all such illegal Burthens after all their late Wars Agonies Expences to redeem and preserve their Lawes Liberties Estates Properties Posterities from such exorbitant Oppressions diametrically contrary to all the forecited Iudgements Resolutions Remonstrances Statutes Votes Presidents and sundry others which I shall hereafter insist on in the third Chapter of this Treatise to which I must refer you And shall we not then adventure a distresse a Prison quartering upon or any other Duresse yea Death it self rather than volutarily submit our selves and Posterities backs thereto when as we spend our Bloods Lives Treasures against lesser easier Royal Impositions How shall we answer it to God Men or our enslaved Posterities if we now most safely unworthily submit thereto in perpeâ—uity without the least legal strenuous publick oppression or debate of its legality If any here allege as some men do in Iustification of these three or rather four forecited kinds of illegal universal Taxes imposed levied on the whole Nation without consent of Parliament That they are all warranted by the Instrument of the new Gevernment Article 27 28 29. That a constant yearly revenue shall be raised setled and established for maintaining Ten Thousand Horse and Dragoons and Twenty Thousand Foot in England Scotland and Ireland for the Defence and security thereof and also for a convenient number of Ships for guarding the Seas besides two hundred thousand pounds per annum for defraying other necessary charges for Administration of Iustice and other expences of the Government which Revenue shall be raised by the Customes and such other ways and means which shall be agreed uâ—oâ— By the Lord Protector and Council and shall not be taken away or diminished nor the way agreed upon for the raising of the same altered but by consent of the Lord Protector and the Parliament That the said yearly Revenue shall be paid into the publick Treasury and issued out for the uses aforesaid That in case there shall not because hereafter to keep up so great a Defence at Land or Sea but that there be an abatement made thereof The Mony which shall be saved thereby shall remain in banke for the Publick service c. All which they in the True state of the Case of the Common-wealth p. 43 44 commend for a most excellent Provision A coâ—stant Revenue A Publike Bank or Treasury upon all occasions c. which they intend to perpetuate on the whole Kingdom without end or abatement as well in times of peace safety as of war and danger Therefore the Protector and his Counsell at Whitehall in pursuance hereof may lawfully impose by vertue of these Articles both Excise Customs Tonnage Poundage Ship-money and contributions for these ends upon our three whole Kingdoms and all the Freeborn English by printed Ordinances of their own in what Proportions and for what time they please yea and for perpetuity without consent or grant in Parliaments and restrain all future Parliaments both from taking away or diminishing them or altering the way agreed on for their raising without their Protectors consent thereto as the expresse words run and their practise yet expounds them notwithstanding all former Laws Statutes Charters Resolutions Iudgements Remonstrances Oathes Vowes Declarations Presidents either in or out of Parliament to the contrary To this I answer first that I cannot but stand amazed to hear any Army-Officers Souldiers Lawyers or persons in present trust or power who bear the name or hearts of English Freemen Saints Christians Lovers Patriots or Protectors of their Native Country of England its Parliaments Laws and Liberties to make such a stupendious irrational objection as this which justifies all the exorbitant Opinions Proceedings Taxes Oppressions Impositions of our late beheaded King Strafford Canterbury the Ship-money Iudges old Whitehall Council Table yea all our other former Kings and their evil Counsellors most irregular Exaction of mony in all ages from Brute till now and will render the very worst of all our Kings if compared with our late and present Tax-masters and pretended Assertors of our Liberties rather good gracious just righteous Princes Benefactors than Tyrants or Oppressors for the future seeing they never out of Parliament imposed enforced on their subjects any such heavy various perpetual Taxes Imposts Excises Ordinances or new Articles of the Governmentâ— as these forecited 2ly This Objection if admitted just or solid gives a private Cabinet â—uncto of obscure persons yet unknown by name unto our Nation a Superlative Super-Parliamentall Authority to contrive and set on foot a new devised Instrument to undermine and blow up all our former fundamental Laws Customs great Charters Liberties Franchises Properties Parliaments former frame of Government at one crake after all our late bloody costly contestations for their preservation both in the Supream Courts of Publick Iustice and fields of War without our privities or consents thereto either in or out of Parliament contrary to all their and our Protestations Oathes Covenants Commissions Trusts Promises Pretences And instead of English Freemen as we were before these contests and wars to strip us quite naked of all our former Freedoms Liberties Properties Customs Rights derived to us from our Noble Ancestors as the purchas of their dearest blood render us our Posterities for the future the most absolute Issachars Vassals slaves under Heaven inthralled to all sorts of intollerable illegal unpresidented incessant endlesse Taxes of all kinds without hopes of alteration or mitigation by any future Parliaments without their Protectors or his Successors voluntary consents which they cannot expect and to a constant standing Mercenary Army of Horse and Foot by Land and Navies of Hirelings by Sea to keep us and ours in perpetual Bondage under such New irregular Successive Tax-Masters who must elect their successors like themselves 3ly All our former antient Laws Statutes Parliaments till now in all changes Revolutions of State or Government ever constantly asserted maintained provided That no Tax Tallage Custom Contribution Impost Subsidy Charge Excise Loan or Payment whatsoever should be imposed on the Freemen of England without their common consent and grant in full free lawfull English Parliaments and if any were imposed otherwise by any Power or Pretext whatsoever out of Parliament that it was Null and void to all intents to bind the people But these Monstrous Articles quite turn the scales impowring a few private persons neither elected nor intruâ—ted by the people
publique light p. 203 204. * Exact Coll. p. 3 4 c. * Quere whether the High Court of Justice had not its title from hence * Stew Watsons Dialogue between a secular Priest and Lay Gentleman printed at Rhemes 160â— p. 95. * And is not this the cheif Reason of their late endeavoured alterations * And was not this the very principal engin lately used to alter our old Fundamental Government cut off the King and divest his Posterity of their three Kingdoms witnesse the Armies printed Declarations and the Junctoes Votes in pursuance of them Jan. 3. 1648. See Mene Tâ—kel Percz by John Rogers * A great stickler against our Laws and a promoter of this Jesuitical designe * This he hath since this Epistle penned affirmed in a printed speech in the Painted Chamber before a greater Assembly Sep. 4. 1654 p. 16 17. * The more shame for those who suffer it * Therefore of the army and others Rulers by this clear publike confession in print * Aâ— amongst other Eleazar and Joseph Bar Isaiah 2 cheating Impostors and Villains who bavecheated good people of some thousands of pounds The 1 of them would have for tibly ravished a maid in March last fled away in the night to avoid apprehension from Dursly in Glocestershire He confessed in his drink he was a souldier in Prince Ruperts army * 3 Jac. c. 1 2. The arraignment of traitors Speed Stow. 3. Jac. * Romes Master piece p. 8. c. 13 24. Hidden works of darknesse brought to publike light p. 189. 190. 196. 202. 211. 253 254. Exact Collection p. 12. 13. Canterburies Doom p. 453. c A Collection of Ordinances c. p. 831 832 833 851 852 858 869. d Hidden Works of Darkness c. p. 252 253 254. e See the Letter in the Appendix to my Speech in Parliament Relation of the Armies Proceedings against the Members The II. Part of the History of Independency Nota * See the Quakers unmasked 1 Eliz. c. 1. Eliz. c. 1. Jac. c. 1 2 3 7 Jac. c. 6. * My Imprisoners have lately professed to me that they knew not the cause why I was thus close imprisoned * See Causia the Jesuites Holy Court printed in Folio * T. P. the new Faux is first * See their Declarations Proposals and printed Papers 1647. 1648 1649 1652. since for that purpose * Qui tam facile receptas patrias leges cum novis aliis commutant certe legum ipsarum authoritalem debilitant atque enervant Necenim tantum legis abrogatio proderit quantum Magistratibus non obediendi mos oberit Aristotle Polit. l. 2. c. 6. Å¿ And since this in a Printed Speech Sept. 4 1654. * Hath not the Army done this in our three Nations See their own Chaplain Sedgewick his Justice on the Armies Remonstrance 1648. t The Monarchy of England hath been 1. In the Britons 2. in the Saxons 3. in the Danes 4. in the Normans Royal Line ' now the 5. must be elective in others v De Monarchia Hisp c. 25. See the Epistle to my Jus Patronatus x Art 1 2 12 25 32 33 41 42. * Luke 17. 21. Rom. 14. 17. 2 Pet. 1. 11. Col. 1 13. Heb. 12. 28. Rev. 12. 10. * Non abripit mortalia qui Regna dat coelestia Sedulius in hymno acrast de vita Christi Rex iste quinatus est non venit Reges pugnando superare sed moriendo mirabiliter subjugare Venit enim non ut regnet vivus sed ut triumphet occisus nec ut de aliis gentibus auro exercitum quaerat sed pro salvandis Gentibus pretiâ—sum sanguinem fundat Hujus pueri regnum non est de hoc mundo sed per ipsum regnatar in hoc mundo Ipse est enim Sapientia Dei quae dicit in Proverbiis Per me Reges regnant Tu enim regnum nullatenus habuisses nisi ab isto puero qui nunc natus est accepisses Claudius l. 1. in Matth. y A True State c. p. 13. z See Th◠〈…〉 a See â—hâ—ir Almâ—nâ—â—kâ— in Janurary February 〈…〉 a De Monarchia Hispanica c. 25. p. 204 c. * See 25 H. 8. c. 22. 31 H. 8. c. 4. 37 H. 8. c. 17. 1. Eliz. c. 3. * De Monarchia Hisp c. 25. b De Monarchia Hispan c. 25. c Seewatsons Quodlibets p. 286. to 332. A Dialogue between a secular Priest and Lay Gentleman printed at Rhemes 1601. p. 93 94 95. d Conte de Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato Hist part 3. Venetiis 1648. p. 175 176. * Et quidem quid refert an Mulieres Iesuitae praesint an hi qui praesunt mulieribus obedient Arist Polit. l. 2. c. 7. Nota. Nota. â—ota Nota. e Quodlib 3. ar 4. p. 65. 41. Nota. f Quodlibets p. 39. 209 233 234 305 306 307 30â— g Quodlibets p. 11 12 14 16 17 42 45 50 283 285 c 332 333. A Dialogue between a secular Priest a Lay Gentleman An. 1601. h Quodlibets p. 295 to 313 61 286 287 See the Right Jurisdiction of the Prelate and Prince by J. E. 1617 * See I. E. his Treatise of the Right and Jurisdiction of the Prelat Prince printed 1616. re-printed 1621 by the Jesuits i Quodlibets p. 26. k Quodlibets p. 62 69 and elsewhere l Quodlibets p. 43. 61 62 64. 16. * De Monarchia Hisp c. 32. p. 297 298. f Josh 9. 19 20. Psal 89. 34. Psal 15. 4. Heb. 6. 17 18. g When our Saviour himself was apprehended carried away prisoner and like to be crucified all his Disciples forsook him and fled and Peter denyed him with an oath Mat. 26. 56. 70. 10 75. And at Pauls first appearance before Nero no maÌ„ stood with him but all men forsook him I pray God it be not laid to their charge 2 Tim. 4. 9. 16. And so it is now with most publike sufferers * Zeph 2. 1. †Unusquisque majorem temporis sui parteÌ„ in rebus privatis curandis ponit Rempublicam nihil detrimenti ex hac sua negligentia capâ—re posse putat sed aliquam alium esse existimat qui Rempublicam curet ei pro setpso perspiciat Itaâ— cadem omnium privatorum opinionè Universam Rempublicam perdi non animadvèrtit Thucidides Hâ—st l. 1. pag. 110. * Exact Coll. p. 492. 497. 494. * Are they not now more ready to let it go then ever have not thousands done it h Exact col p. 650. 659. 660. Nota. * Nota. * Fraudes propemoduÌ„ omnes atque Injuriae ab Ambitione Avaâ—itia pâ—oficiseuntur Arist Polit. l. 2. c. 7. i See the Armies old new Declarations against the Parliam Members Their True state of the Commonwealth c. which mutato nominâ— is but a direct Arraignment of themselves under the name of others k Exact col P. 652. 654. 655 c. l See their declarations in May June Iuly Aug. 1647 in