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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08273	Their Majesties colony of Connecticut in New-England vindicated from the abuses of a pamphlet, licensed and printed at New-York 1694. Intituled, Some seasonable considerations for the good people of Connecticut / by an answer thereunto.	Allyn, John, d. 1696.; Pitkin, William, 1635-1694.	1694 (1694)	Wing A1038; ESTC W34067	31,143	48

Fletcher Esq His Majesties Captain General and Governour of New-York c. and to the Commander their in Chief for the time being for the defence of the said Province against the Common Enemy according to our ability and in proportion with our Neighbouring Colonies and Provinces although we have already been out about Five Thousand Pounds for the defending our Neighbours of Albany since the War began besides the loss of Lives And further this Court does see reason to grant the Sum of Six hundred Pounds in Country pay out of our Country Rate towards the Charge of maintaining the Garrison at Albany onwards of what shall be our proportion of that charge in Obedience to Their Majesties Letter of 3d of March last By Order of the Governour and General Court of Connecticut Signed by Iohn Allyn Secr. HARTFORD October 25th 1693. On the 27th of October 1693. was sent this Memorial following Excellent SIR WE have in our former to your Excellency tendred you Six hundred Pounds in Country pay out of our Rates towards the charge of maintaining the Garrison at Albany onwards of what shall be our proportion of that charge We desire your Excellencies answer whether that be acceptable to you But if you judge it more for Their Majesties Service to have men we shall raise about Fifty men to Assist in Garrisoning Albany who we shall raise and send forth with what speed we may to continue there till the Spring to the end of March or first of April next We Crave your Excellencies Answer who are Your Humble Servants the Governour and General Court of Connecticut By their Order signed Iohn Allyn Secr. HEre is what can be charged truly on our General Court and the Spirit of it is in that clause where it is said We cannot but conceive it our duty both with Respect to Their Majesties Service cur own Peace and preservation in this time of War to continue the Militia as formerly till by our Agent now sent for England we shall receive further Orders from Their Majesties And this is spoken only with respect to the Corporation Militia not at all with respect to a Militia Constituted as by the 13 and 14 of Charles II. which for distinction we call the Kings Militia and on the reasons there aleadged the full import of which is for Their Majesties special Audience and with a provision to do our duty as to aiding York and Albany And what does this amount to but our Courts sence Judgment or Opinion in the matter of their duty Let any man cooly Consider whether this be not justifiable whether this will bear all the Mountainous weights of Reproach which this wretched Pamphlet casts on us on this accout And had the Pamphleter dealt with any honesty he should have proved that for our Court thus to declare their sence is Opposing the King and what else he loads us withal and not publish Horrid Lyes of us and then argue from them We know that sins and vices are Immergent as well as Graces and Vertues Lyes evil Surmises misconstructions and the like will yield Misapplications of Scriptues and Laws and these then will yield a torrent of Infamy But had he derived only from truth it had been otherwise then now it is and better for him and us In Page 9 10 11. He tells us of two sorts of People among us Viz. The Deceivers and the Deceived and compares the best of these to the Rebels on Absoloms side and their case and danger like the Regicides and adviseth them to take the course of Peter who had denied his Lord and Master the other sort are desperate c. Ans 'T is to much to Transcribe it but the Reader that hath that Pamphlet may examine it 1. He is over what is matter of Fact as to the main of it and this and what follows for the Substance being only his own sence of the things fore mentioned we shall pass through them more briefly And we shall once for all desire the Candid Reader to take notice that all his loud Openings and Noise are upon a wrong scent for he pursues us as with-holders of the Kings Militia settled by Parliament when as but newly declared we meddle not with that but another thing only 2. It would and should make any one tremble to read such things such Comparisons made on such wrong grounds but we would know not only the words but the power of these men thus to Arraign Condemn and Execute as far as Pen and Imprimatur Malice can go Their Majesties Subjects and the People of God Surely if the double Fence of Sacred and Civil Laws had been at all regarded we had not been thus Broken in upon and devoured in some of our choisest Interests the Holy ninth Command in its several Branches by the things mentioned and to be mentioned is by the Pamphlet Violated Lyes Reproaches evil Surmises Misconstructions Misrepresentations and the like do Violate that Rule The fifth Command to Honour Superiours Equals Inferiours c. Requires the hiding real Blemishes not with Ham to see and deride were that the case with us much more it injoyns not to Invade our just Repute with Falshoods By the Civil Law we are Their Majesties Subjects and as such his Honour is in a degree concerned in ours and Sugestions against the Subjects ought to be made to the King not to the World to defame the Kings Subjects openly in the Face of His Enemies sorts with no Law or Policy nothing is to be done in terrour of the People the Kings Peace is to be kept by all the King hath a Judicature to Issue Controversies and our cause is at Caesars Judgment Seat where we ought to be judged who made this man a Censor over us But all these things notwithstanding to tear and worry us is what that wretched Tract seems designed to 3. What Colour is there that we are with Absoloms Rebels pursuing Their Majesties or with the Regicides about their work or have we denyed with Peter our Lord and Master 4. May we not for his thus Comparing us retort his own Interogations and say Consider how he by these carriages Elemishes Religion and Scandalizes the Gospel Hath he thus Learned Christ c. The Tables thus turned would stand the righter way 5. Our Gracious KING and QUEEN nor any of Their good Subjects we do believe do like a Phalaris with his Brazen Bull to Torment men in to Extremity which this Pamphlet is but too like unto 6. The Pamphlet goes on to tell of the Fountain of good Principles and what his are Page 12 to p. 21. We will give only the heads of them and his Inferences from them against Connecticut Pam. 1. That Allegiance to our Prince is a Morral and necessary Duty 2. That Religion Comprizeth both Tables of the Law 3. That the Second Table of the Law is like unto the First 4. That the Morral Law is not abolished by Christ 5. To abreviate