Thou shalt not sow thy Vineyard with divers seeds lest the fruit of thy seed and Vineyard be defiled Thou shalt not plow with an Ox and an Asse together Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts as of Wollen and Linnen together And as great an Absurdity as that in Horace Humano Capiti cervicem jungere Equinam 3ly Whether it will not be the Extremity of folly and frenzy for this twice dissolved Anti-Parliamentary Iuncto to conceit that Lambert and those Army-Officers who have twice turned them out of Doors with greatest Infamy and branded them with so many deserved Marks of Treachery Injustice Vsurpation Rashnesse Oppression self-seeking or the surviving numerous Members of the ouâ— long Parliament or the Counties Cities Boroughs Ports for which they served the old House of Peers or our three Kingdoms will ever patiently permit them to sit or Act as a lawfull Parliament of England Scotland and Ireland or submit to any of their Anti-Parliamentary Knacks Taxes Excises Imposts Militiaâ—s Orders or Usurped Regal Pâ—rliamental soveraign legislative Authority without rising up unanimously against them as the worst impudentest sottishest of Traytâ—rs Vsurpers Enemies to the Peace and settlement of our 3. Kingdoms as their last Knack of Octob. 12. their Plea and other late publications of their own proclaim them to all the world which they have so miserably oppressed impoverished rent in pieces by their forementioned Treasons Innovations and complying with those ambitious covetous Army-Officers and Jesuitical Emissaries whose designs and their own self-ends they have only pursued to the publike desolation of our Kingdoms and Churches And whether their re-secluding of the Lords House and their old surviving fellow-Members will not be a justification and ground for their own third ejecâ—ment dissolution by the Army or others if they presume to sit and act again without them 4. Whether there be any probability or possibility considering all the premises that any Common Souldiers Mariners or other inferior Officers in the Army or Navy can expect any real payment of their arrears or future pay or the People of our 3. Nations any Trade Peace Ease Settlement in the least degree but inevitable speedy desolation confusion destruction unless they all cordially unite their endeavours counsels forces for the speedy convening and secure un-interrupted fitting of a full free and Legal English Parliament according to the Act of 17 Caroli cap. 1. and declaring all such Members of the twice-disâ—ipated Juncto and Army-Grandees Traitors and Enemies to the publike who shall openly and wilfully oppose this their just and necessary only probable means of their Tranquility Safety Prosperity Which they pretend to aim at in words and Declarationâ— but diametrically contradict by their Procâ—edings as experience manifests past all contradiction 5. Whether our Protestant King his Brethren and followâ—rs expelled out of their Protestant Realms and forein Allies Territories into Popish idolatrous forein Quarters where they sojourn to the hazard of their Religion Souls Bodieâ— by the malice of the dissolved Iuncto Army Republican Saints may not now justly use that Speech of â—nnocent persecuted exiled David to King Saul in the like case and condition 1 Sam. 26.19 If the Lord hath stirred thee up against me let him accept an offring but if they be the Children of men Cursed be they before the Lord for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the Inheritancâ— of the Lord saying On serve other Gods And whether God by way of requital for this their transcendent impietie and other premised Crimes Treasons of all sorts wherein they impeniâ—ently persevere may not justly inflict on the Iuncâ—o Army-Grandeesâ— and their posterities that severe judgement threatned to the Israelites Jer. 16.13 Deutr. 4.27 28. c. 28.64 65 66. Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not neither ye nor your fathers and the Lord shall scatter you among the Nations and ye shall be left few in number among the Heathen whither the Lord shall lead you and there you shall serve Gods day and night the work of mens hands wood and stone which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell where I will not shew you favour And amongst these Nations thou shalt find no ease neither shall the sole of thy feet â—ave rest but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart and faâ—ling of eyes and sorrow of mind and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee day and night and thou shalt have nonâ— Asâ—urancâ— of thy life In the morning thou shalt say would God it were even and at even thoâ— shalt say would God it were morning for tâ—e fear of thine heaâ—t and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see And there shall ye be sold unto your Enâ—mies for bondmen and bondwomen and no man shall buy you O tremble at the serious thoughts thereof and be no more stiff-necked 6. Whether the memorable Example of Gods divine Iustice upon Lockier an active Agitator and Leveller in the Army who had a principle hand in seising bringing the King to his death cried out Iustice Iustice Iustice openly against him and spit in the Kings face in Westminster Hall when going to his Trial before his condemnation conducted him to the block and was within 3. Moneths after condemned in a Council of War by some of the Kings own Iudges and shot to death as a Mâ—tineer in London 27 April 1649â— The tragical self-execution of Thomas Hoyle Alderman and Knight for the City of Yorke one of the Juncto and High Court of Iustice though he signed not the Kings Sentence and one who consented to and subscribed the New Engagement against a King and House of Lords against his conscience foâ—mer Oaths Covenant and Protestation he had takenâ— the horror whereof so terrified his conscience that on the 30. of Ianuary 1649. the very dayâ— Twelvemoneth of the Kings execution he hanged himself with a cord in his Chamber at Westminster about the very time of the day the King was there executed the year before The Execution of sundry Levellers at Burford that year with Iohn Lilburnes double Trial for his life soon after by Cromwels own Prosecution his proceedings against Saxbey Syndercombe and other Levellers though his chief Instruments to bring the King to Justice to seclude the Majority of the Members and suppress the whole House of Lords The sudden and fearfull deaths of Col. Ven Rigby and others of the Kings Judges the cashiering close Imprisonments suffâ—ings of M.G. Harrison Col. Rich Col. Overton Col. Okey Lord Grey of Grooby and others of the Kings condemners by Cromwell himself who engaged them therein The Removal of Iohn Bradshaw from his Presidentship and Feudes between Cromwell and him who secluded him ouâ— of his fâ—â—st Instrumental Parliament in 1654. and after that threatned to imprison and question him for his life With the laâ—e pangs of conscience which Col. William Purefoye sustained
Members secluded the Majoritie of the House by their Vote of Ian. 11. 1648. upon the Armie-Officers false and scandalous printed Answer to them Ian. 3. touching the grounds of their securing and secluding them contrary to their Protestation Covenant the Privileges Rights of Parliament the Great Charter the Fundamental Laws and liberties of the Nation And not content therewith by their own Anti-Parliamentary anti-christian Usurpation to out act the old Gâ—npowder Traytors many degrees by the Armies assistance and opposing advancing themselves against all that is called God and worshiped they most traiterously set aside voted down suppressed the whole House of Lords as dangerous uselesse tyrannical unnecessary usurped engrossed the â—â—ile power oâ—the Parliament of England and Supreme Authority of the Nation to themselves alone without King Lords or Majoâ—ity of their fellow secluded Members created a new Monstrous High Court of Iustice destructive to all our fundamental Laws Liberties and Justice it self wherein beyond all presidents since the creation they most presumptuously condemned murdered beheaded their own lawfull Hereditarie Protestant King against all their former Oathes Protestations Vows Covenants Remonstrances Declarations Obligations Allegiance the Laws of the Land the principlâ—s of the Protestant Religion and dissenting votes protestations disswasions of the secluded Lords Commons Scots Commissioners London Ministers the intercessions of forein States and our 3. whole Kingdoms together with 3. Protestant Peers soon after After that close imprisoned my self Sir William Waller Sir William Lewes Major General Brown with sundry other Members divers years in remote Castles without any hearing examination cause expressed or the least reparation for this unjust oppression exercising far greater Tyranny over the Peers their old fellow Members and all English Freemen during the time of their Regality in every kind than the beheaded King or the worst of his predecessors Were not by a most just divine retaliation aâ—d providence when they deemed themselves most secure and established even for these their transcendent Treasons Perjuries Tyrannies violations of the Rights Privileget of Parliament their own sacred Oaths Protestation League Covenant suddenly dissolved dissipated thrust out of doors Apr. 20. 1653. by Cromwel and the Army Officers in a forcible shamefull manner with whom they confederated all along though they received new commissions from engaged to be true â—aithful to theÌ„ without â— King or House of Lords and branded by them to posterity in their printed Declaration b Apr. 20. 1653. as the curruptest and worst of men intollerably oppressing the people carrying on their own ambitious designes to perpetuâ—te themselves in the Parliamentarie and Supreme Authoritie the archest Trust breakers Apostates never answering the ends which God his people and the whole Nation expected from them c. Col. Harrison himself the Chairman at Windsor Committee to secure us being the very person imploied by Cromwell to pull their Speaker Lenthall out of the chair and turn him with his Companions out of doors Cromwell himself then stigmatizing Sir Henry Vanes Henry Martyn Tom Châ—lloner and others of them by name with the Titles of Knave Whoremaster Drunkard c. And not long after to requite his good Services he suddenly turned Col. Harriâ—on Rich and their party out of the Commons House by Force dissolved their Anti-Parliamentary Conventicle elected only by the Army Deâ— 11. 1653. whiles they were seeking God for direction and soon after cashiered both these * Collonels his former greatest Instruments out of the Army sent them close Prisoners to remote Castles garded with Army Troops And as they and their Troops when they seized Major General Brown with other Members besides and conducting them to Windsor Castle other Prisons refused to acquaint them whether they were to be sent So Mr. Iessâ—p the Clerk of their Council of State who brought these Colonels to the Coach at Whitehall garden door when they were conveyed to remote Castles and their Conductors denied to inform them to what places they wâ—re committed whereupon they cried out to the Troopers which garded them Gentlemen is this the Liberty you and we have fought for to be sent close Prisoners to remâ—te Garrisons from our wives and families they will not tell us whether Will you suffer your own Collonels Officers who have fought for Laws Liberties have been Members of Parlâ— to be thus usedâ— To which they answered as themselves did in the like case to other secured Members conducted by them We are commanded and must obey not dispute our Orders and so were hurried away aâ— an eye and ear-witnesâ— of the old Parliament related to me within one hour afâ—er Yea young Sir Hen. Vaâ— himself the bold prejudger of our Debaâ—es and Vote in the House touching the Kings concessions if not a promoter of our unjust seclusion â—or it was unexpectedly suddenly not only thrust ouâ— from all his Imployments as well aâ— out of the Hâ—use buâ— sent close Prisoner by Cromwel to Cariâ—brook â—astle in the Islâ— of Wight the very place where he betrayed his trust to the King and Parliâ—ment at the Treaty to gratify Cromwel who by an extraordinary strange providence sent him cloâ—e Prisoner thither for sundry months to * mediâ—ate upon this divine retaliation Whether may not all this dissolved Iuncto and itâ— Members from these wonderâ—ul Judgementâ— providenceâ— now conclude and cry out with that hâ—athen cruel Tyrant Adonibezeck Judg. 1.7 Aâ— I have doneâ— so God hath requited me And acknowledge the truth of Gods Comminations against all treacherous betrayers potent oppressorâ— of their Brethren Obad. 15. As thou hast â—one it shall be donâ— unto thee thy râ—ward shall return upon thine own head Ps. 7.15 16. He made a pit and digged it and is fallen into the ditch which be made his mischief shall return upon his own â—ead and his violent dealing upon his owâ— paâ—e Rev. 13.9 10â—If any man haâ—e an ear to â—ear let him heaâ— He that leadeth into Capâ—ivity shall go into Captivity He that killeth with the Sword shall be killed with the Sword Here is the patience and faith of the Sâ—ints O that all real and pretended Saintâ— in the dissolved Juncto and Army would now consider and believe it as â— lâ—tely pressed them to do in the cloze of my Good Old Cause truly staâ—ed and the false Vncased yet they would not regard it Whether their illegal forcible wresting the Militia of the Kingdom totally out of the Kingâ— hands into their own as their only security to sit in safety and perjurious engaging all Officerâ— Soldiers of the Armie in England Scotland and Ireland to be true faithful and constant is them without a King or House of Lords by subscriptionâ— in parchmenâ— Rollâ— râ—turned to them under all their handâ— contrary to their former Votes Declaratiâ—nsâ— Remonstrances Protestations Oathâ— Vows Covenants Trustâ— yea the very writs returns which made them Members their own Souldierâ— Army-Officers first Commissionâ— Declarationâ— Râ—monstranceâ— Proposâ—lâ—
or protection of the Laws for which they fought and to which they were born heirs who refused to take their Treasonable perfidious Ingagements by securing imprisoning thousands of Freemen close imprisoning sundry Members of the old Parliament my self amongst others divers years in remote Castles and keeping us from Gods publike ordinances without any accusation hearing trial or legal cause of commitment expressed in their warrants By presuming upon the Army and Officers sodain invitation after the old Parliaments dissolution by the Kings death and their above 6. years dissipation by the Army without the election or privity of the people to sit and act as the Parl. and supream power of the Nation to seclude at least 3. parts of 4. of the old surviving Members by force aâ—d proclaiming Sir George Booth Sir Thomas Middleton and other Members and Freemen of England Traytors and levying war against them only for raising forces to induce them to call in all the old secluded Members or to summon a new free Parliament and for opposing their new illegal Taxes Excises Militiaes imposed and levyed on the people without their Common consent in Parl. deserve not to be all indicted executed and their estates confiscated as Traytors for these their successive reiterated high Treasons by their own resolutions Sir George and his adherents totally acquitted from the least imputation or guilt of Treason by consequence from all â—mprisonments Sequestrations under which they now suffer Whether their branding sequestring them for Traytors Apostates Enemies to the publike against Law and Conscience too hath not justly brought that wo judgment upon their conventicle Isa. 5.20 23 24. Wo unto them that call evil good and good evil that put darkness for light and light for darkness that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble and the flame consumeth the chaâ—s so their root shall be rottenness and their blossom shall go up as dust because they have cast away the Law of the Lord and of the Land too and despised the name of the holy one of Israel For all this his wrath is not turned away but his hand is streched out still Whether the Anti-Parliamentary Junctoes and Army-Officers beheading of their late Protestant King against the Voteâ— Protestations of the generality of the Parliament and his 3. Protestant Kingdoms Mediations of all foreign Protestant Agents then in England their banishing â—xpelling his Royal Protestant Heir Successor to the Crown with all the rest of his Children professing the reformed Râ—ligion out of all their Protestant Realms Dominions their invading of their Protestant Brethren in Irâ—land and Scotland in a hostile manner with potent Armies waging war against them in their own Countries and after that against their own Protestant Brethren in England as professed Enemies Traytors Apostates slaying divers thousands of then in the fâ—eld imprisoning banishing disinheriting fequestring many thousands more of them only for owning crowning assisting their own hereditary Protestant King according to their Oathes Covenants Laws Homage Allegeance duties and principles of the Protestant Religion to regain and retain his Royal Authoâ—ity and Kingdoms Their waging of a most bloudy 〈◊〉 waâ— with our antient Protestant Allies of Holland above 3. years space together to the slaughter of many thousands of their our gallantest Protestant Seaman Admirals Sea-Captains of purpose to banish their own exiled Protestant King his Brethren and followers out of the Netherlands from the Societie and charitable relief of theâ—r Protestanâ— Friends where they lived as Exiles enjoying the free profession of the Reformed Religion and Communion prayers contributions of the Protestant Churches on purpose to drive them into Popish Quarters amongst seducing Iesuits Priests Papists to cast them wholly upon their Alms Mercy Benevolence and by these high indignities and their pressing necessities to inforce them if they can to renounce the Protestant-Religion and turn professed Papists Their most inhuman unchristian barbarism in depriving them totally of all means of Subsistance by seising all their revenues without allowing them one farthing out of them towards their necessary relief yet enacting iâ— High Treason for any of their Protestant Subjects Friends Allies within their Realmâ— or Dominions to contribute any thing toward their support to hold the leaâ—â— correspondency with or make any publique prayers unto God for them as if they were worse than Turkâ— Iews Infidels and most professed Enemies for whom we are not only commanded to pray but also to love feed cloâ—h relieve harbour them in their necessities overcomming their evil with goodness by Christs own example and express precepts under pain of everlasting damnation be a conscientious Saint-like performancâ— of and obedience to or not rather an Atheistical obstinate presumptuous rebellion against the 1 Tim. 2.1 2 3. Mat. 5.44 45. c. 2â— 21 c. 25.34 to 46. Luke 6.35 to 39. c. 10.30 to 38. c. 23.34 Acts 7.60 Rom. 10 13 â—9 20 21. c. 13.1 to 12. c. 15.26 27. 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Jam. 2 13. and other sacred Texts A religious zealous observation of their * sacred solemn Protestations Vows Covenant Remonstrances Declarations Oathes for the maintenance defeâ—ce propagation of the true Reformed Protestant Religion the Profession and 〈…〉 against the bloudy Ploâ—s conspiracies attempts practices of the Iesuits and other profâ—ssed Popish Eneâ—ies and â—nderminers of themâ— Or not rather a moâ—â— perfidious vâ—olation â—bjuration betraying of confederating with the Iesuits Papists against them A loving of theâ—â— Protestant Brethren with a true heart fervently and laying down their lives for them and being pitiful merciful compassionate towards them according to these Gospel-precepts Eph. 4.32 c. 5.1 2. 1 Pet. 1.22 c. 2.17 c. 3.8 1 John 2.11.14.33 c. 4.7 11 12 20 21. John 13.34 c. 15.12.17 Or not rather a shutting up their bowels of compassion towards them a grieving offending persecuting murdering of their bodies souls too an infallible evidence that they are yet no real Saints or children of God but the very children of the Devil abiding in death having no true love of God nor eternal life abiding in them by Christs own resolution John 8.44 45. 1 John 2.13 to 18 A professed Antichristian contradiction to the reiterated command and voice of God from heaven Isay 52.11 2 Cor. 6.17 Rev. 18.2 3 4 c. Depart ye depart ye Come ye out of mystical Romish Babylon the mother of whoredoms the habitation of Devils and of every foul spirit and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird O my people that ye be not partakers of her sinnes and that ye receive not of her plagues by their forcible driving of their own Protestant King Brethren into Babylon and keeping them therein to have their habitation among Devils foul spirits unclean birds of every kind that so they may participate both in her sins and plagues instead