The second part of A seasonable legal and historical vindication, and chronological collection of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, lawes, government of all English freemen; their best inheritance and onely security against all arbitrary tyranny and Ægyptian taxes. Wherein the extraordinary zeal, courage, care, vigilancy, civill, military and Parliamentary consultations, contests, to preserve, establish, perpetuate them to posterity, against all tyrants, usurpers, enemies, invaders, both under the ancient pagan and Christian Britons, Romans, Saxons. The laws and Parliamentall great councils of the Britons, Saxons. With some generall presidents, concerning the limited powers and prerogatives of our British and first Saxon kings; ... are chronologically epitomized, ... By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire.

To all truely Christian Free-men of England, Patrons of Religion, Freedom, Parliaments, who shall peruse this Treatise.

Christian Reader,

IT hath been one of the most detestable Crimes, and highest Impeachments against the Antichristiana 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 sole Mo∣narchs of the world in the Right of Christ, whose Vicars they pretend themselves to be) both by Doctrinal Positions and Treasonable Practises,b an absolute, Soveraign, Tyrannical Power over all Christian Emperours, Kings, Princes of the World (who must derive and hold their Crowns from them a∣lone, 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, Kingdom•• and translate them to whom they please.

In pursuance whereof, they have most traiterously, wick∣edly, 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 o∣ther 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, Usur∣pations, 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 Tyn∣dal's Practice of Popish Prelates, the second Homily upon Whitsunday; the Homilies against Disobedience, and wilful Rebellion; Bishop Jewels view of a seditious Bull; John Bale in his lives of the Roman Pontiffs; 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 tempo∣ral Monarchy; Bishop Morton's Protestants Apology; Doctor Beard's Theater of Gods Judgements, l. 1. c. 27, 28. Doctor Squire of Antichrist; John Bodin his Com∣mon-wealth, 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; Holinshed, Speed, Cambden, and others, in the lives of Henry the 3. Queen Elizabeth, and other of our Kings, and hundreds of printed Sermons on the 5 of November.

The principal Instruments the Popes imployed of late years, 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 Ac SOULDIER by Profession) and confirmed by Pope Paul the 3. Anno 1640, which Order consisting one∣ly

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 year 1626.d they caused the picture of Ignatius their Founder to be cut in Brass, with a goodly Olive Tree growing (like Jesses root) out of his side, spreading its branches into all Kingdoms and Pro∣vinces 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 Ignatius his right hand, there is a Paper, wherein these words are ingraven, Ego sicut Oliva fructifera in domo Dei; taken out of Ps. 52. 8. which pourtraictures they then print∣ed 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 year 1640.) in all, 932. as they published in like Pictures & Pageants printed at Antwerp, 1640. In these Colledges and Seminaries of theirs, they had then (as they print) 15591 Fellows 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 years after its first planting.

What the chief imployments of Ignatius and his nume∣rous swarms of Disciples are in the World, his own Society, at the time of his Canonization for a Romish Saint, suffici∣ently discovered in their painted Pageants, then shewed to the people,e 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 Combusti∣ons, Wars, Treasons, Powder-plots, Schismes, new State, and old Church-Heresies, then to enlighten it) with this Motto; VENI IGNEM MITTERE: I came to send fire into the world: which the University of Cracow in Poland

objected (amongst other Articles) against them, Anno 1622.

Their number being so infinite, and thef Pope and Spaniard too, having long since (byg Campanella's ad∣vice) erected many Colledges in Rome, Italy, Spain, the Ne∣therlands, and elsewhere, for English, Scotish, 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, and to reduce them under their long prosecutedh UNIVERSAL MONARCHY over them, by Fraud, Policy, Treason, in∣testine 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, of purpose to embroyle England and Scot∣land in bloody civil wars, thereby to endanger, shake, sub∣vert, 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, fo∣mented, 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 deso∣lation, and extirpate our reformed Religion.

The Kings Forces (in which many of them were Soul∣diers) after some yeers Wars being defeated, thereupon their Father Ignatius being a SOULDIER, and they his Military sons not a few of themi secretly insinuated themselves as Souldiers, into the Parliaments Army and Forces, (as they had formerly done intok the Kings) where they so cunningly acted their parts, as extraordina∣ry illuminated, gifted brethren, and grand States-men, that they soon leavened many of the Officers, Troopers and common Souldiers, with their dangerous Jesuitical, State-Politicks,

andl Practises, put them upon sundry strange designes, to new-mould the old Monarchical Government, Par∣liaments, Church, Ministers, Laws of England; erecting a New General Councel of Army-Officers and Agitators for that purpose; acting more like a Parliament then Souldi∣diers. And at last instigated the Army by open force (a∣gainst their Commissions, Duties, Oaths, Protestations, and Solemne League and Covenant) to Impeach, Imprison, Seclude, first eleven Commoners; then some six or seven Lords; after that, to seclude seclude the Majority of the Commons House, suppress the whole House of Lords, destroy the King, Parliament, Government, Priviledges, Liberties of the Kingdom and Nation, for whose defence they were first raised, which by no other ad∣verse power they could effect. This produced new bloody divisions, animosities, wars, in and between our three Pro∣testant Realms, and Nations; and after with our Protestant Allies of the Netherlands, with sundry heavy monthly Taxes, Excises, Oppressions, Sales of the Churches, Crownes, and of many Nobles and Gentlemens Lands & Estates, to their undo∣ing, our whole Nations impoverishing, and discontent, an infinite profuse expence of Treasure, of Protestant blood both by Land & Sea, decay of Trade, with other sad effects in all our three Kingdoms; yea, sundry successive New changes of our publique Government, made by the Army-Officers, (who are still ringing the changes) according to Campanella's and Parsons Platforms. So that if fire may be certainly dis∣cerned by the smoke, or the tree commonly known by its fruit, as the Truth it self resolves, Mat••h. 12. 33. we may truly cry out to all our Rulers, as the Jews did once to the Rulers of Thessa••onica, 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, and our Church and Religion too, in a great measure) UPSIDE DOWNE, even by those very Persons, who were purposely raised, commissioned, waged, engaged by Protestations, Covenants, Vows, Oathes, Laws, Alle∣giance

and Duty, to protect them from these Jesuitical In∣novations and subversions.

Those who will take the pains to peruse all or any of these several printed Books (most of them very well worth their reading) written against the Jesuites and their Pra∣ctises as well by Papists as Protestants, as namely, Fides Jesu & Jesuitarum, printed 1573. Doctrinae Jesuiticae prae∣cipua capita, Delph. 1589. Aphorismi Doctrinae Jesuiticae. 1608. Cambitonius, De Studiis Jesuitarum abstrusioribus. Anno 1609. Jacobus Thuanus Passages of the Jesuites. Hist. l. 69, 79, 83, 94, 95, 96, 108, 110, 114, 116, 119, 121, 124, 126, 129, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138. Ema∣nuel Meteranus his Passages of them. Belgicae Hist. l. 9, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 26, to 34. Willielmus Baudartius, Continua∣tion Meterani, l. 37, 38, 39, 40. Donatus Wesagus, Fides Je∣su & Jesuitarum, 1610. Characteres Jesuiticae, in several Tomes. Elias Husenmullerus, Historia Jesuitici Ordinis, Anno 1605. Speculum sive Theoria Doctrinae Jesuiticae, necnon Praxis Jesuitaram, 1608. Pasquier his Jesuite displayed. Petrus de Wangen, Physiognomia Jesuitica, 1610. Christopherus Pelargus, his Novus Jesuitismus. Franciscus de Verone, his Jesuitismus Sicarius, 1611. Narratio de proditi∣one Iesuitarum in Magnae Brit. Regem, 1607. Consilium de Je∣suitis Regno Poloniae ejiciendis. The Acts of the States of Rhetia, Anno 1561, and 1612. for banishing the Jesuites wholly out of their Territories, NE STATUS POLI∣TICUS TURBARETUR, &c. mentioned by Fortunatus Sprecherus, Palladis Rheticae, l. 6. p. 251, 273. Melchior Val∣cius, his Furiae Gretzero, &c. remissae, 1611. Censura Jesui∣tarum, Articuli Jesuitarum, cum commonefactione illis oppo∣sita, Anti-Jesuites, au Roy, par. 1611. Variae Doctorum The∣ologorum Theses adversus quaedam Jesuitica Dogmata. The Remonstrance of the Parliament of Paris to Henry the Great against the Re-establishment of the Jesuites; And their Cen∣sure of Mariana his Book, to be publickly burnt, printed in French, 1610. recited in the General History of France, in Lewis 13. his life, and Peter Matthew, l. 6. par. 3. Historia Franciae. Variae Facultatis Theologiae & Curiae Pa∣risiensis,

quam aliorum opuscula, decreta & Censurae contra Jesuitas, Paris 1612. Conradus Deckerus de proprietati∣bus Jesuitarum, 1611. Quaerelarum inclyti Regni Hunga∣riae adversus corruptelas Jesuiticas defensio. Lucas Osiander, his warning about the Jesuites bloody Plot, Han. 1614. Jesuitarum per unitas Belgii Provincias Negotiatio, Anno 1616. Rodulphus Hospinianus, Historia Jesuitica, 1619. Bogermannus his Catechismus Jesuiticus. Ludovicus Luci∣us, Historia Jesuitica, Basil. 1627. Arcana Imperii Hispa∣nici, 1628. Mercure Jesuite, in several Tomes, Geneve 1626. De Conscientia Jesuitarum, tractat. Censura sacrae Theologiae Parisiensis, in librum qui inscribitur, Antonii Sanctarelli societatis Jesu, de Haeresi, Schismate & Aposta∣tia, &c. Paris, 1626. Anti-Cotton; Ioannes Henricius, De∣liberatio de compescendo perpetuo crudeli Conatu Jesui∣tarum, Fran. 1633. A Proclamation of the States of the united Provinces, Anno 1612. And another Proclamation of theirs: with two more Proclamations of the Protestant States of the Marquesate of Moravia, for the banishing of the Iesuites, London 1629. Alfonsi de Vargas Toletani, Relatio ad Reges & Principes Christianos, De Stratagematis & Sophismatis Politicis Societatis Iesu, ad Monarchiam Orbis terrarum sibi conficiendam: in qua Iesuitarum erga Reges & Populos optimè de se meritos infidelitas, erga{que} ipsum Pontificem perfidia, contumacia, & IN FIDEI REBUS NOVANDI LIBIDO, illustribus documentis comprobatur, Anno 1641. Iubilaeum, sive Speculum Iesuiticum, exhibens PRAECIPUA JESUITARUM SCELERA, MOLITIONES, INNO∣VATIONES, FRAUDES, IMPOSTURAS, ET MEN∣DACIA, CONTRA STATUM ECCLESIASTICUM POLITICUMQUE, in & extra EUROPEUM ORBEM; primo hoc centenario, confirmati illius Ordinis INSTITUTA ET PERPETRATA, ex variis Historiis, inprimis vero pontificiis collecta, Anno 1644. (a piece worth perusing) Or else will but cast their eyes upon our own fore-cited Statutes, and the Proclamations of Queen Elizabeth, King Iames, and King Charles against Iesuites, and Seminary-Priests. A brief Discovery of Doctor Allens sedicious Drifts,

London 1588. Charles Paget (a Seminary Priest) his An∣swer to Dolman, concerning the succession of the English Crown, 1601. William Watson (a Secular Priest) his Deda∣cordon or Quodlibets, printed 1602. now very well wor∣thy all Protestants reading. A Letter of A. C. to his Dis-Iesuited Kinsman, concerning the Jesuites, London 1602. Romish Positions and Practises for Rebellion, London 1605. The Arraignment of Traytors, London 1605. Iohn King Bishop of London, his Sermons on November 5. 1607, 1608. King Iames his Conjuratio Sulphurea, A∣pologia pro Juramento fidelitatis: & Responsio ad Epistolam Cardinalis Peronii. An Exact Discovery of the chief Mysteries of the Iesuitical iniquity: and, The Iesuites secret Consultati∣ons; both printed London 1619. William Crashaw his Iesuites Gospel, London 1621. William Feak of the Do∣ctrine and Practice of the Society of Jesus, London 1630. The many printed Sermons of Doctor John White, Bishop Lake, Bishop Andrews, Doctor Donne, Doctor Featly, Doctor Clerk, and others, preached on the fifth of No∣vember. Lewis Owen his running Register, London 1626. His unmasking of all Popish Monkes and Jesuites, 1628. And his Jesuites Looking-Glass, London, 1629. John Gee, his Foot out of the Snare, &c. London, 1624. with the Jesuitical Plots discovered in my Romes Master-piece; and, Hidden works of darkness brought to publick Light, Lon∣don 1645. shall see the Jesuites and their Seminaries charged with, convinced of, and condemned for these en∣suing Seditious, Treasonable, Antimonarchical, Anarchical Positions and Practises; for which their Society hath by pub∣lick Acts and Proclamations been several times banished out of Hungaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Poland, the Low Countries Rhetia, France, Transilvania, Sweden, Denmark, the Pala∣tinate, Venice, Aethiopia, Japan and Turkey, as well as out of England, Scotland and Ireland, as most insufferable Pests and Traytors; in many of which they have yet gotten foot∣ing again.

1. That at least fifty several prime Authors of that in∣fernal Society of Jesus, in several printed Books (which

you shall finde specified in Doctor John Whites Defence of the Way, c. 5. 10. Aphorismi Jesuitarum: Jubilaeum, or, Spe∣culum Jesuiticum, p. 187, 188. and the Appendix to my Fourth part of the Soveraign power of Parliaments, p. 187, 188.) have dogmatically maintained; That the Pope hath absolute power, not onely to excommunicate, but judicially to suspend, mulct with temporal penalties, depose, dethrone, PUT TO DEATH, and destroy any Christian Emperours, Kings, Princes, Potentates, by open Sentence, War, Force, secret Con∣spiracies, or private Assiassinations, and to give away their Crownes and Dominions to whoever will invade them, by Trea∣son 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, Insufficiency to Go∣vern, Negligence, Tyranny, Excesses, Abuses in Government, Incorrigibility, Vitiousness of Life, andm NECESSITY OF THE PUBLICK GOOD, OR SAFETY OF THE CHURCH, STATE, OR CAUSE OF GOD; as An∣tonius 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 JUSTITIAM MINISTRARE: sicut PETRO concessa fuit faultas PUNIENDI PAENA TEMPORALI, imo etiam, PAENA MORTIS, DICTAS PERSONAS AD ALIORUM CORRECTIONEM & EXEMPLUM. (Whether the Erection, Title of, and proceedings against our beheaded King, in the late mis-named High Court of Justice, had not their Original from hence; and whe∣ther the Army-Officers derived not their very phrase,n of bringing the King TO JUSTICE, with their pre∣tended NECESSITY OF PUBLICK 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 these fifty Au∣thors, (as Robert Parsons the English Iesuite in his Philopater,

Sect. 2. and De Officio Principis Christiani, chap. 5. affirm, That the whole School both of (their) Divines & Lawyers, make it a Position certain and undoubtedly to be believed, That if any Christian Prince whatsoever, 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, AND LOSETH ALL PRINCELY POWER AND DIGNITY; and that BY VERTUE AND POWER OF THE LAW IT SELF, BOTH DIVINE AND HUMANE, EVEN BEFORE ANY SENTENCE PRONOUNCED AGAINST HIM BY THE SUPREAM PASTOR AND JUDGE, That thereby his Subjects are absolved from ALL OATHES AND BONDS OF ALLEGIANCE TO HIM AS TO THEIR LAWFUL PRINCE. Nay, that they BOTH MAY AND OUGHT ( PROVIDED THEY HAVE COM∣PETENT POWER AND FORCE) TO CAST OUT SUCH A PRINCE FROM BEARING RULE A∣MONGST CHRISTIANS, as an Apostate, an Heretick, a Back-slider, a Revolter from our Lord Iesus Christ, AND AN ENEMY TO HIS OWN ESTATE AND COMMON∣WEALTH; 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 DAMNA∣TION, ARE TO TAKE PART, AND FIGHT A∣GAINST THEIR SOVERAIGN. Out of which detestable, treasonable Conclusions, most Treasons and Rebellions of late times have risen in the Christian World; and the first smoke of the Gunpowder Treason too, as Iohn Speed observes in his History of Great Britaine, p. 1250.

2. That the Iesuites have frequently put these treasona∣ble Seditious, Antimonarchical, Jesuitical, damnable Do∣ctrines into practice, as well against some Popish, as against Protestant King, Queen, Princes, States: which they ma∣nifest,

1. Byo their poysoning Ione Queen of Navarre, with a pair of deadly perfumed Gloves, onely for favouring the Protestants in France, Anno 1572.

2. By their suborning and animatingp Iames Cle∣ment, a Dominical Frier, to stab King Henry the 3 of France in the belly with a poysoned Knife, whereof he presently died, Anno 1589. for which they promised this Traytor, a Saint∣ship in heaven.

3. Byq Cammoles the Jesuites publick justification of this Clement, in a Sermon at Paris Anno 1593. wherein he not onely extolled him above all the Saints, for his Trea∣son against, and murder of Henry the 3. but broke out like∣wise into this further Exclamation to the people: We ought to have some Ehud, whether it be A MONKE, or A SOULDIER, or a Varlet, or at least a C••w-herd. For it is ne∣cessary, that at least we should have some Ehud. This ONE THING ONELY YET REMAINS BEHINDE: FOR THEN WE SHALL COMPOSE ALL OUR AF∣FAIRS VERY WELL, AND AT LAST BRING THEM TO A DESIRED END. Whereupon by the Jesuites instigation, the same year 1593. one Peter Bariere, undertook the assasination of Kingr 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 this 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 re∣nowned Saint and Martyr, by the Jesuites, in a printed Book or two, published in commendation of this his under∣taking. Yea, Alexander Hay, a Jesuite privy to Castle's vil∣lany, used to say, That if King Henry the 4. should pass by their Colledge (which he built for them) he would willingly cast himself out of his window headlong upon him, so as he might break the King's neck, though thereby he brake his own. Yet was he punished onely with perpetual banishment. Af∣ter which Jesuitical conspiracies detected and prevented,

notwithstanding this King Henry (before these two at∣tempts to murder him) had by their sollicitations, renounced the Protestant Religion, professed himself a zealous Romanist, recalled the Iesuites formerly banished for the murther of Henry the 3. against his Parliament and Counsels advice, reversed all the Decrees of Parliament against them, razed the publick Pillar set up in Paris, as a lasting Monument of their Treasons and Conspiracies; built them a magnificent Colledge in Paris, en∣dowed it with a very large revenue; entertained Pere Cotton (one of their Society) for his Confessor (who revealed all his Secrets to the King of Spain;) bequeathed a large Legacy of Plate and Lands to their Society by his will, and was extraor∣dinary bountiful and favourable towards them; yet these bloody ingrateful villains animated that desperate wretch, Ravilliac, to stab him to death in the open street in Paris, Anno 1610. Albigni the Iesuite, being privy to this mur∣der, before it was perpetrated.

4. By their suborning, instigating sundry bloody instru∣ments one after another to murders William Prince of Orange, prevented in their attempts by Gods providence, till at last they procured one Balthasar Gerard to shoot him to death with a Pistol charged with three Bullets; the Iesuites promising him no less then HEAVEN, AND A CANO∣NIZATION AMONG THE SAINTS AND MAR∣TYRS, for this bloody Treason, as they did to Iames Cle∣ment before, for murdering the French King.

5. Byt their poysoning of Stephen Botzkay Prince of Transylvania,v for opposing their bloody persecutions.

6. By their manifold bloody Plots and Attempts from time to time, to depose, murder, stab, poyson, destroy our famous Protestant Queen Elizabeth, by open Insurrections, Rebellions, Invasions, Wars raised against her both in England and Ire∣land; and by intestine clandestine Conjurations; from which Gods ever-waking Providence did preserve her. Amongst other Conspiracies, that of Patrik Cullen, an Irish Frier (hired by the Iesuits and their Agents to kill the Queen) is observable.x Holt the Iesuite, (who perswaded him to undertake the murdering of her) told him, that it was not onely Lawful by the Laws, but THAT HE SHOULD

MERIT GODS FAVOUR, AND HEAVEN BY IT; and thereupon gave him remission of all his sins, and the Eucha∣rist, to encourage him in this Treason; the chief ground whereof (and of all their other Treasons against this Queen) was thus openly expressed by Iaquis Francis, for Cullens further encouragement; THAT THE REALM OF ENGLAND, THEN WAS AND WOULD BE SO WELL SETLED, that unless Mistris Elizabeth (so he termed his Dread Soveraign, though but a base Landress Son;) were suddenly taken away, ALL THE DEVILS IN HELL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PREVAIL, TO SHAKE AND OVETURN IT. Which then it seems, they principally endeavoured, and oft times since attempted, and have now at last effected, by those who conceit they demerit the Title of Saints (though not in a Romish Calender) and no less then Heaven for shaking, overturning, and making it No Kingdom.

7. By theiry Conspiracy against King Iames, to de∣prive him of his Right to the Crown of England, imprison, or destroy his person: raise Rebellion, alter Religion, and SUB∣VERT THE STATE AND GOVERNMENT; by ver∣tue of Pope Clement the 8. his Bull directed to Henry Garnet, Superiour of the Iesuites in England: whereby he commanded all the Archpriests, Priests, Popish Clergy, Peers, Nobles and Catholikes of England, That after the death of Queen Elizabeth by the course of Nature, or otherwise, who∣soever should lay claim or title to the Crown of England, (though never so directly or neerly interessed by descent) should not be admitted unto the Throne, unless he would first tolerate the Ro∣mish Religion, and by his best endeavours promote the Catho∣lick cause; unto which by his Solemn and Sacred Oath he should religiously subscribe, after the death of that miserable woman; (as he stiled Queen Elizabeth.) By vertue of which Bull the Iesuites, after her decease, disswaded the Romish-minded Subjects, from yielding in any wise obedience to King Iames, as their Soveraign; and entred into a Treasonable Conspiracy with the Lord Cobham, Lord Gray, and others, a∣gainst 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 tolera∣tion of their Catholike Religion, to remove some evil counsel∣lors from about them, and to grant them a free Pardon for this violence; or else they would put some further Project in exe∣cution against them, to their destruction. But this Conspi∣ricy being discovered, The Traytors were apprehended, ar∣raigned, condemned, and Watson and Clerk (two Iesuited Priests who had drawn them into this Conspiracy, upon the aforesaid Pretext) with some others, executed as Traytors; z all the Iudges of England resolving, that King Iames be∣ing 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 Proclamation or Coro∣nation of him, which are but Ceremonies, (as was formerly adjudged in the case of Queen Mary, and Queen 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. By theira horrid Gun-powder Treason Plot; con∣trived, fomented, by Garnet (Superiour of the English Iesu∣ites) Gerard, Tesmond and other Iesuites; who by their A∣postolical Power did not onely commend, but absolve from all sin the other Iesuited Popish Conspirators, and Faux THE SOULDIER, who were their instruments to effect it. Yea, the Iesuitical 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 Iames himself, the Queen, Prince, Lords Spiritual and Temporal, with the Commons assembled together in the Upper-House of Parliament, upon the 5 of November, Anno Dom. 1605. and then to have forcibly seised with armed men pre∣pared for that purpose, the persons of our late beheaded King,

then Duke of York, and 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 in∣herit the Crown of England, Scotland and Ireland; to the utter overthrow and subversion of the whole Royal Family, Parlia∣ment, State and Government of this Realm. Which unpa∣rallel'd, inhumane, bloody Plot, being miraculously dis∣covered, prevented, the very day before the execution, in perpetual detestation of it, and of the Iesuits and their traiterous Romish Religion, (which both contrived and approved it) the 5 day of November, by the Statute of 3 Iacobi, 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 Iesuitical Design, and keep in memory THIS JOY∣FUL DAY OF DELIVERANCE; for which, special forms of publick Prayers and Thankesgivings were then ap∣pointed, 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,b it was agreed by the Iesuites and Popish Conspirators before-hand, THAT THE IM∣PUTATION OF THIS TREASON SHOULD BE CAST UPON THE PURITANS, TO MAKE THEM MORE ODIOUS: as now they father all their 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 En∣glish••Parliaments and Government, upon those Indepen∣dents, and Anabaptistical Sword-men, reputed PURI∣TANS, who were in truth, but their meer under-Instru∣ments to effect them; When as theyc originally laid the Plots; as is clear by Campanella's Book De Monarchia, Hisp. c. 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 Jesuits Colledge at Rome did in the yeer 1641. (when the name of Inde∣pendent, 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 they now at last, after all their former Plots had miscarried, they had found out a sure way to subvert and ruine the Church of Eng∣land (which was most formidable to them of all others) BY THE INDEPENDENTS; who immediately after infi∣nitely increased, supplanted the Prebyterians by degrees, got the whole power of the Army, (and by it, of the Kingdom) into their hands, and then subverted both the Parliament, King and his Posterity: So some Independent Ministers, Sectaries and Anabaptists, ever since 1648. have neglected the observation of the 5 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 rendred; 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, whenas themselves have since destroyed and subverted them through Gods provi∣dence; and repute it a special mercy and deliverance to the Nation from Tyranny and Bondage, for which they have cause to bless the Lord: Peforming 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 they will do in the end thereof.

9. (To omit all other forraign instances cited in Spe∣culum Jesuiticum, p. 124. to 130. where you may peruse them at leisure) Byd their poysoning King James himself in conclusion, as some of them have boasted.

10. By the Popes Nuntio, and Conclave of Jesuites Conspiracy at London, Anno 1640. to poyson our late King Charles himself, as they had poysoned his Father with a poy∣soned Indian Nut, kept by the Jesuites, and shewed often by

Conne the Popes Nuncio 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 universal liberty of exercising their Popish Religion throughout his Realms and Dominions: and then to train up his Son under them, in the Popish Religion; To which not onely heretofore, but now likewise they strenuously endeavour by all possible means to seduce him; as appears more espe∣cially by Monsieur Militierre hise late book dedicated to him for that purpose. Surely all these premised instances compared together, will sufficiently inform the world; that the late unparellel'd capital Proceedings against our Protestant King, Parliament Members, Peers House, and forced, dissolved late Parliament too, proceeded not from the Principles of our reformed Protestant Religion, as this f Monsieur in his printed pamphlet, would make his Rea∣der, the young King, to whom he dedicates it, and all the world believe; but from the Popes and Jesuites forecited Treasonable Opinions, seconded with their clandestine Solli∣citations and Practices, and that they, with some French Cardinals Jesuites, as well as Spanish & English, (then present in England) were the chief original Contrivers, Promoters of them, whoever were the immediate visible Instruments, as I haveg elsewhere more fully demonstrated, for the wiping off this scandal from our reformed Religion, and the sin∣cere Professors of it, who both abominated and protested against it in print.

3. That the Jesuites ever since the Establishment of their Military Order, under Ignatius their Martial General, have been the principal Firebrands, Bellows, Instruments of kindling, fomenting, raising, continuing all the publick commo∣tions, wars, seditions and bloody fewdes that have hapened in or between any Kings, Kindoms, States, Princes, Soveraigns or Subjects throughout the Christian world; and more particu∣larly, of all the Civil commotions, wars in France, Germany, Transylvania, Bohemia, Hungary, Russia, Poland, England, Scotland and Ireland, to the effusion of whole Oceans of Christian blood: which one poetically thus expresseth,

h Quicquid in Orbe mali passim PECCANTE GRADI∣VO EST, Quicquid turbarum tempora nostra vident, Cuncta Sodalitio mentito nomine JESU Accepta Historiâ teste, referre licet. Ite modò & vestrae celebrate Encaenia Sectae, MILITIS INVENTUM, LOIOLANA COHORS.

Yea, it is well worthy observation,i that Jacobus Cru∣cius, a Jesuite (Rector of the Jesuites Novices at Landsberge) presumed to publish, in his Explication of the Rules of the Jesuites, Anno 1584. in these words: The Father of our Society OUGHT TO BE A SOULDIER; because as it is the part of a SOULDIER, to rush upon the Enemy with all his Forces, and not to desist, till he become a Conquerour; so it is our duty to run violently upon all, who resist the Pope of Rome; AND TO DESTROY AND ABOLISH THEM, not onely with COUNCELS, WRITINGS, AND WORDS; Sed invocato, etiam brachio seculari, IGNE ET FERRO TOLLERE ET ABOLERE, sicut PONTI∣FEX ET NOSTRA VOTA contra Lutheranos suscepta, VOLUNT ET MANDANT. But likewise by calling in to our assistance the secular Arm (of an Army) to take away, and destroy them with FIRE AND SWORD, as the POPE, AND OUR OATHES (taken against the Pro∣testants) WILL AND COMMAND. And may we not then safely conclude, they have been the Original Con∣trivers, Fomentors, Continuers of all our late, intestine and forraign wars, by Land and Sea, with our Christian Protestant Brethren and Allyes, ask sundry Parliamentary Declarations of both Houses aver and attest?

4. That they have endeavoured, attempted the convul∣sion, concussion, subversion not onely of the Empires, Realms, and ancient setled Governments and States of Germany, Russia, Bohemia, Hungaria, France, Poland, but likewise of Eng∣land, Scotland and Ireland, and to new model them intol o∣ther Forms of Government. What mould of Government they intended to cast England into, is thus long since de∣scribed

by William Watson (a Secular Priest) in his Quodli∣bets, Anno 1502. p. 309, 310, 330, 331. England is the main chance of Christendome at this present, by seditions, factions, tampering and aspiring Heads: the onely But, Mark, White, the Jesuites aim at, as well in intention as execution of their pretended expedition, exploit and action. I am of opinion, that no man on earth can tell what Government it is they intend to establish, ratifie and confirm, when they come to their pre∣conceited Monarchy; no not any of their Plot-casters. No question it is, but their Government sall be as uncertain as their New-conceited Monarchy; their Monarchy as mutable as their Reign, and their Reign as variable as the winde, or Proteus in his Complements. But no question is to be made of it, but that the Government they do directly intend at this present, is A MOST ABSOLUTE SOVERAIGNTY, DOMINION AND STATE, CLEARLY EXEMPTED from any Subordination, TO ANY LAW or Legifer divine or humane; and therefore it is rightly called DESPOTI∣CON in the highest degree of exemplary immunity, IMPE∣RIALITY AND ABSOLUTE REIGN, RULE AND AUTHORITY, as convaining in it three sorts of Govern∣ment; Scil. Monarchical, Aristocratical, Democratical, in matters of Counsel and managing of Commonwealths causes; not in point OF REGALITY, HONOUR AND IN∣HERITANCE; For there shall be neither Title, nor Name, nor Honour given, taken or done to any Prince, Duke, Mar∣quess, Earl, Viscount, Lord, Baron, or the like, (all the Jesui∣tical Governours being Puritan-like, Seniors, Elders, Provin∣cials, &c.) neither shall there be any succession by Birth or Blood, TO ANY HONOUR, OFFICE OR MAGIS∣TRACY from the Monarch, Pater General, to the Minor, Pater Minister, but ALL SHALL GO BYm E∣LECTION OR CHOICE. Whether our late and pre∣sent variable floating New-Moulded Governments have not been cast by this long since predicted Jesuitical Mould, let wise men, with all our late and present Gover∣nours, now sadly consider and determine.

5. That as the whole House of Commons in theirn Re∣monstrance

of 15 December 1641. charge the Jesuites, and late Jesuited Court-Counsellors, with a Malignant and pernicious designe of SUBVERTING THE FUNDA∣MENTAL LAWES and Principles of Government upon which the Religion and Justice of the Kingdom are firmly e∣stablished. So William Watson a Secular Priest, chargeth Father Parsons, the English Jesuite, and his Jesuited Compa∣nions, in their Memorial for Reformation of England, when it should be reduced under the power of the Jesuites (as Par∣sons 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 Com∣mon Fundamental Laws and Liberties, abrogated and sup∣pressed: thus expressed by William Watson in his Quodlibets, p. 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 COURT OF REFORMATION FOR ENGLAND.o And to give you a taste of their intent by that base Court OF A TRIBE OF TRAYTORS sawcily (like to Cade, Jack Straw, and Tom Tiler) USURPING THE AUTHORITY OF BOTH STATES, ECCLESIASTI∣CAL AND TEMPORAL IN ALL THEIR REBEL∣LIOUS ENTERPRISES: these were principal points discus∣sed, 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 into Feoffees hands, and they all to be reduced into arbitrary Pensions, &c. And then proceeds thus to the fourth. The Fouth 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 ENG∣LAND MUST BE BURNT; the maner of holding Lands in Fee-simple, Fee-tail, Kings Service, Soccage or Villanage, brought into villany, scoggery and popularity, and in few, THE COMMON LAW MUST BE WHOLLY ANNIHILA∣TED, ABOLISHED, AND TRODEN DOWN UNDER FOOT, and Caesars civil Imperials brought amongst us, and

sway for a time in their places. All whatsoever England yields, 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 SHALL BE BROUGHT IN BY THESE Out-casts of Moses, stain of Solon, and refuse of Lycurgus, must be reputed for ME∣TAPHYSICAL, SEMI-DIVINE, AND OF MORE EXCELLENCY THEN THE OTHER WERE. Which he thus seconds, Quodlibet 9. Artic. 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 ABO∣LISHED UTTERLY: or else, BEAR NO GREATER SWAY IN THE REALM THEN THE CIVIL LAW DOTH. And THEp CHIEF REASON IS, FOR THAT THE STATE OF THE CROWN AND KINGDOM BY THE COMMON LAWS IS SO STRONGLY SETLED, AS WHILST THEY CONTINUE, THE JESUITES SEE NOT HOW THEY CAN WORK THEIR WILLS. And on the o∣ther side, in the civil Laws they think they have some shreds, whereby they may patch a cloke together to cover a bloody shew of their Treasons for the present, from the eyes of the vulgar people. Secondly, the said good Father hath set down a course how every Man MAY SHAKE OFF ALL AUTHORI∣TY AT THEIR PLEASURES, as if he would become A NEW ANABAPTIST, or KING JOHN OF LEY∣DON, to draw all the World into Mutiny, Rebellion and Combustion. And the Stratagem is, how theq Common peo∣ple may be inveigled and seduced TO CONCEIT TO THEMSELVES SUCH A LIBERTY OR PREROGA∣TIVE, AS THAT IT MAY BE LAWFUL 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 DO∣CTRINE,

proceeded from a turbulent Tribe of Trayterous Puritanes, and other Hereticks, this TREACHEROUS JESUITE WOULD NOW FOIST INTO THE CA∣THOLICK CHURCH, as a ground of his corrupt Divinity. And p. 330, 332. He intends TO ALTER AND CHANGE ALL LAWS, CUSTOMES, AND OR∣DERS of this noble Isle. He hath prejudiced the Law of Pro∣perty, in instituting Government, Governours, and Hereditary Princes to be, AD BENE-PLACITUM POPULI, and all other private possessions AD BENE-PLACITUM SUI, &c. Whether any such new deep Jesuitical Court of Par∣liament, and high Court of Reformation for England, to car∣ry on this old Design of the Jesuites against our Laws, hath been of late yeers sitting amongst us in or neer West∣minster, or elsewhere, in secret Counsel every week, as di∣vers intelligent Protestants have informed me, & Hugh Pe∣ters reported to divers on his own knowledge (being well acquainted with their Persons and Practises of late yeers) 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 designs thereby IN CIVIL AND SPIRITUAL RESPECTS. That HE KNEW VERY WELL, that EMISSARIES OF THE JESUITES NEVER CAME OVER IN THOSE SWARMES AS THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THESE THINGS WERE SET ON FOOT. That DIVERS GENTLE∣MEN COULD BEAR WITNESS WITH HIM, That they had a CONSISTORY AND COUNCIL A∣BROAD, 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

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 yeers, have been sent over from For∣raign Seminaries into England under the disguises ofr con∣verted Jews, Physitians, Chirurgions, 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 Je∣suite, under the mask of a Jewish convert, taken at New-Castle in June 1653. and by sundry several instances I could name. To pretermit all instances of particular Je∣suites within these few yeers, yea months, come over and discovered in England by persons of credit; I shall for brevity acquaint you onely with one, discovering what swarms are now amongst us, under other disguises. An English Protestant Nobleman (a person of honour) whose Ancestors were Papists, being courteously entertained within these two yeers in the Jesuites chief Colledge at Rome by some eminent Jesuites, was brought by them into a Gallery having Chambers round about it, with Titles written over every door for several Kingdoms and Provinces, and amongst the rest, one for ENGLAND. Upon which, he enquiring of the Jesuites what these titles signified; was answered by them, That they were the Chambers of the Provincial Jesuites, of each kingdom and Province (writ∣ten over the respective doors) wherein they had any members and Emissaries of their society now residing, who received all Letters of intelligence from their Agents in those places every week, and gave account of them to the General of their Or∣der. 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 if he desired to see it. Upon which they knocked at the door, which was presently opened: the Provincial being informed who and what he was, read the last news from England to them. Here∣upon the Nobleman demanded of them, Whether any of their society were now in England? how they could stay there with

safety, or support themselves, seeing most of the English Nobi∣lity, Gentry, and Families that were Papists, were ruined in their states, or sequestred by the late wars and troubles, so as they could neither harbour, conceal or 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 FIFTEEN HUNDRED OF THEIR SOCIETY IN ENGLAND, ABLE TO WORK IN SEVERAL PROFESSIONS AND TRADES, which they HAD THERE TAKEN UPON THEM, THE BETTER TO SUPPORT AND SE∣CURE THEMSELVES FROM BEING DISCO∣VERED. This Relation I have heard from the mouth of a Reverend Divine more then once; to whom this No∣ble Lord, upon 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 stu∣pendious pretended repeals and annihilations of the Oaths, and Allegiance, and that of Abjuration of Popery (con∣sented to by the late King in the Isle of Wihgt) purpose∣ly made for the better detection and prevention of Jesu∣ites, and their treasonable forementioned practises against our Church, Kingdomes, Princes, Religion, Parliaments, and Government, by the wisdom and zeal of our best af∣fected 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 ••anizaries, or banishing, feretting & keeping them out of England, where they have wrought so much mis∣chief of late yeers, and whose utter ruine they attempt: nor any encouragement at all given to the discoverers of their Plots and Persons; but many affronts and discourage∣ments put upon them, and particularly on my self, mew∣ed up Close-Prisoner under strictest Guards in remotest Castles, neer three yeers space, whiles they all walked a∣broad at large, of purpose to hinder me from any disco∣veries of their practises by my pen, whiles they printed

and vended publickly here in England, above 30000 Popish books of several kindes during my imprisonment, without the least restraint to propagate the Jesuites Plots, and antichristian Romish Religion amongst us, as you may read at large in the Stationers Beacon fired; which seasonable book, and Discovery of these Romish Emissa∣ries 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 erecti∣on) which themselves soon after blew up and dissolved in good earnest, to carry on their designes against our Laws. But most certain it is, there hath been of late yeers not onely a General councel of Officers of the Army sitting many months together in counsel, 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 West∣minster, assuming to themselves the Name, and far more then 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 this strange Usurpation) who have made it their chief busi∣ness, not onely to New-model our ancient Fundamental Government, Parliaments, Ministers, 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 Laws, and with them the great Charter of our Liberties it self. And in their last cashiered, unelected Convention, (as some of their Companions, now in greatest Power assure us in their s True State of the case of the Commonwealth of England, &c. London, 1654. p. 15, 16, 17, 18.) there was a strong prevailing Party whom nothing would satisfie, but A TO∣TAL 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 FIFTH MONARCHY, never to have an end, but TO WAR WITH ALL O∣THER POWERS, AND BREAK THEM TO PIECES; baptizing all their proselytes into this Principle and Perswasion; that the Powers formerly in being, were branches of thet Fourth Monarchy (of England, Scotland and Ire∣land) which MUST BE ROOTED UP AND DE∣STROYED. And what other Fifth Monarchy this could be, but that projected universal Monarchy of the Jesuites, which should bring the whole Monarchy of Great Britain and Ireland, together with France, Spain, and all other Princes, States in Christendom under the Jesuites subjection, and break all other Powers in peices; (mentioned by Watson, in his Quodlibets, p. 306, to 333.) or else, that Elective New Mo∣narchy of Great Britain and Ireland, projected byv Cam∣panella, and Cardinal Richeleiu, which some Grandees now endeavour by their Instrument to erect and perpetuate for è∣ver x without Alteration in themselves and their Succes∣sors, (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 Jesus Christ in their own hearts, mortifying their ambition, covetousness, pride, self-seeking, unrighteousness, violence, rapines, and other worldly lusts; nor the personal reign of Christ himself a∣lone, in and over our three Kingdoms, and all other Realms and Nations for ever; which they endeavour to evince from Dan. 2. 44, 45. c. 7. 14, 27. Micah 4. 1, 2, 7. Luke 1. 32, 33. but a meer supream, arbitrary, temporal Authority without Bounds or Limits, enchroached 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 wayes intended, but refuted by all these sacred Scriptures, and 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 Jesuitical and A∣nabaptistical Party in this last Assembly, (elected onely by they Army-Officers,) that on August 20. 1643. (as our News-books print,) they Ordered, there should be a Com∣mittee selected, to consider of 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, thez Jesuites grand Factors to cry down our Law, Tythes and Ministers) from the meer visible earthly Conjunctions, Motions, In∣fluences of these New wandring excentrick Planets at West∣minster onely, (not of any Coelestial Stars, as they would make Country-Clowns believe) took upon them in their a Monthly Prognostications, for this yeer 1654. almost in every Month to predict, the pulling down of the Laws of the Nation, and of Lawyers, to the ground: the calling of the great Charter it self into question, with other Liberties, as not suiting with English mens brains at this time. The plucking up the Crabtree of the Law BY THE ROOTS, to hinder the future growing of it: there being no reason we should now be governed by the Norman Laws, since the Norman Race is taken away by the same instrument (the Sword) that brought it in: and the like. But these Predicters of our Laws and Lawyers downfals, could neither foresee nor predict the suddain downfal of these lawless earthly Westminster-planets from the Firmament of their new-created Power; who should effect it by their influences. Wherefore, though I look upon these and all other their Astrological Predicti∣ons, asb meer Figments, Cheats, and Impostures, in relation to the Coelestial Planets, (as are their twelve Signes and Houses of the Heavens, whereon all or most of their artless Art and Predictions are grounded;) Yet I cannot but take notice of them, as clear Discoverie: of a strange Jesu∣itical and Anabaptistical Combination of a predominant party amongst us, to carry on this ancient Plot of the Jesuites related by Watson, against the great Charter of our Liberties

the whole body of our Laws. And truely, when I seriously consider the late great Revolutions, Changes both of our Government, Parliaments, Laws, and the manifold extra∣vagant publick Innovations, changes, Proceedings, originally contrived by the Jesuites, but visibly acted, avowed, by Anabaptists, Independents, and some Pseudo-Presbyteri∣ans in the Army and elsewhere formerly reputed Puritans; it puts me in minde of 3 memorable, Prophetical Passages of William Watson in his Quodlibets, printed 52 yeers since, (Anno 1602.) which I have frequently thought on of late yeers, as now experimentally accomplished; I shall beseech our late and present Grandees, and New State-Mint-Masters seriously to consider them; which I shall here relate in his very printed words.

1.c I make no question of it, if the Jesuites prevail in England, THEY INTEND AND WILL TURN ALL THINGS TOPSY-TURVIE, UPSIDE DOWN: Cinq shall up, Size shall under. In Parsons High Counsel of Re∣formation, ALL THE WHOLE STATE MUST BE CHANGED: and the Lands and Seignories of CLERGY AND NOBILITY, Universities, Colledges, and what not, must be ALTERED, ABRIDGED, AND TAKEN A∣WAY. And is not all this visibly effected already for the most part; and the rest projected, and ne'er accom∣plished?

2.d I verily think, that ALL THE PURITANS WILL JOYNE WHOLLY WITH THE JESUITES AT LENGTH, (how far off soever they seem to be, and are yet in external profession of Religion) there being at least half an hundred Principles, and odd Tricks concerning GOVERN∣MENT, AUTHORITY, TYRANNY, POPULARI∣TY, CONSPIRACY, &c. which THEY JUMPE AS JUST TOGETHER IN, AS IF BOTH WERE MADE OF ONE MOULD. And is not this really ve∣rified of, by sundry Puritan Anabaptists, Independents, some temporizing Presbyterians, and by many Army-Officers Souldiers, (in late or present Power) if they will but com∣pare their last six yeers actions with the Jesuites? O let

them consider it seriously in the fear of God; and lament it with the greatest grief of heart!

3.e The Jesuites without all question, are more dangerous, pernicicus and noysome, to the Commonwealth of England and Scotland then the Puritans; as having more singular fine wits amongst them, and many learned men on their side; whereas the Puritans have none but Grossum Caputs: they many Gentiles, Nobles, and some Princes to side with them: the Puritans but few of the first; rare, to have any of the second; and none at all (unless it be one) of the last on their side. And so by con∣sequent, IF MATTERS COME TO HEARING, HAM∣MERING AND HANDLING BETWIXT THE JE∣SUITES AND PURITANS; THE LATER ARE SURE TO BE RIDDEN LIKE FOOLS, AND COME TO WRACK. And whether they have not been ridden, outwitted, wracked by the Jesuites plots, wits, wiles, instruments both in their late Councels, Innova∣tions of Government, Forcible dissolutions, subversions of Parliaments, Laws, Liberties, Anomalous Proceed∣ings, Designs, let our late dis-housed, dis-mounted Puritan Grandees and Statizers of all sorts, determine at their lei∣sure; and let those in present Power take heed, they be not ridden by them too like fools, as well as their Predecessors, yea, wracked by them at the last, when they have served those turns for which they set them up on horse-back, for to ride to death our Kings, Parliaments, Kingdomes, and utterly consume, devour them, with our Ministers Tythes, Glebes, Universitie & Colledge Lands by Monthly endless Taxes, Excises and a perpetual Law, Tythe-oppugning Army.

It is worthy observation,a that Thomas Campanella pre∣scribed the sowing and continual nourishing of Divisi∣ons, Dissentions, Discords, Sects and Schismes among us, both in State and Church (by the Machavilian Plots and Poli∣cies he suggests punctually prosecuted among us of late yeers) 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, JAM VERO AD ENERVANDOS ANGLOS NIHIL TAM CONDU∣CIT,

••UAM DISSENTIO ET DISCORDIA IN∣TER ILLOS EXCITATA PERPETUOQUE NUTRI∣TA, Quod cito meliores occasiones suppeditabit: and that principally by instigating the Nobles and chief Men of the Parliament of England: UT ANGLIAM IN FOR∣MAM REIPUBLICAE REDUCANT, AD IMI∣TATIONEM HOLLANDORUM: which our Reipubli∣cans 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; or, by dividing us into many Kingdoms or Reipublicks, distinct one from another; and by sowing the seeds of Schismes, and making alterations and innovations, in all Arts, Sciences, and our Religion. The old Plots ofb Campanella,c Par∣sons, and late designs of Cardinal Richelieu, and the Pope, Spaniard, Jesuites, to undo, subvert our Churches, Kings, King∣doms and Religion, as the marginal Authors irrefragably evidence: all visibly set on foot, yea, openly pursued, and in a great measure accomplished by some late, nay present Grandees and Army-Officers, who cry up themselves for our greatest Patrons, Preservers, Deliverers, and Anti-Je∣suites, when they have rather been but the Jesuites, Popes, Spaniards and other Forraign enemies instruments and factors in all the late changes, new-models of our Government, Parlia∣ments, pretended reformations of our laws and Religion, through inadvertency, circumvention, or self-ended respects, as many wise and godly men justly fear.

Certainly, whoever shall seriously ponder the premises, with these passages in William Watsons Quodlibets concerning the Jesuites,e 1. That some of the Jesuites society have in∣sinuated themselves into all the Princes Courts of Christendom, where some of their Intelligencers reside, and set up a secret counsel, of purpose to receive and give intelligence to their Gene∣ral at Rome, of the secrets of their Soveraignes, and of all occurrents in those parts of the world, which they dispatch to and fro by such cyphers, which are to themselves best, but com∣monly

onely to themselves known, SO THAT NOTHING IS DONE IN ENGLAND, BUT IT IS KNOWN AT ROME WITHIN A MONTH AFTER AT LEAST, AND REPLY MADE BACK AS OCCASION IS OFFERED, to the consequent overthrow of their own natural Country of England, and their native Prince and Realms, by their unnatural Treasons against them, that so the Jesuites might be those long gownes, which should reign and govern the Island of Great Brittain.

2.f That the Jesuites hope and endeavour to have England, Scotland, and Ireland under them, to make these Northern Islands a JAPONIAN ISLAND OF JESU∣ITES, and one JESUITICAL MONARCHY; and to infeoffe themselves by hook or by crook IN THE WHOLE IMPERIAL DOMIMIONS OF GRAT 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 OE ENGLAND TO THE FOR∣MIDON, AS BUT HEIRS GENERAL, IN ONE PREDICAMENT together.

3.g That the Jesuites have Magistracy, Kings, Ma∣gistrates, 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, exassera∣tions against the Church and Commonwealth, like rebellious Traytors, to bring all into an uproar, that they may have all Countries, Kingdomes, Governments, Successions, States, inhabitants, and all at their pleasure.

4. That theh Jesuites have taught the people (••n ••rder to get England under their power, & in order to God or Reli∣gion, as they stile it,) That Subjects are bound no longer to obey wicked or heretical Painces and Kings destecting 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 or displace their Princes and chief Officers at

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 UPON ANY, RIGHT OR TITLE TO CROWNS OR KINGDOMS, 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, to do what they list in choice of their Kings and Supream Governours, till 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 hereafter 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 ad∣vantage.

5. That the Jesuites by absurd equivocations,i counterfeited perjuries, Sacriledges, and cousenage, become all things to all men, that they may gain all; as to be Seminary Priests a∣mong Seminaries; Secular Priests, among Seculars; Religious men, among Religious; Seditious men, among Seditious; Fa∣ctious Spainiards, amongst Spaniards; ENGLISH TRAY∣TORS, AMONG TRAYTORS; SCOTISH VIL∣LAINS, 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 Com∣monwealth and Society. No wonder then if they transform themselves into all shapes, and take upon them all prefessions, now.

6. That thek Jesuites by their devices and practises, have brought all to Machiavels rule, DIVIDE ET IMPERA, in sowing division, breeding of jealousies, and making of hostile 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, ser∣vants against masters, wives against husbands, husbands a∣gainst wives and one friend against another, raising up rebel∣lions, MVRDRING OF PRINCES, making uproars e∣very where, until they make those they cannot otherwise winne unto them, either yeeld to be their vassals to live quiet by them, or force them to flight, or drive them out of their wits, or other∣wise plague them to death.

7. That thel Jesuits by their cursed positions, and machia∣villian 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 Machi∣avel taught by their Robbies; yea, a very ••o••ch potch of omnium gatherum, religious secular, clergical, laical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, temporal, M. ARTIAL, civil, Aecomenical, poli∣tical, liberal, mechannical municipal, irregular, and ALL W••THOƲT ORDER; so that they are not worthy to be cal∣led religious, ecclesiasticks catholicks, nor temporal mechan∣nical christians; but rather Machiavillians, Athiests, Apostates; their course of life shewing what their study is; and that howsoever they boast of their perfections, holiness, medi∣tations and exercises, as if they were all Superlatives, all M••••••physicians, all entia transcendentia) yet their platform is heathenish tyrannical, ••athannical, able to set Aretine, Luc••an, Machiavel, yea, and Don Lucifer in a sort to school.

Those, I say, who shal sadly ponder all these premises, and compare them with the late practises, policies and pro∣ceedings of some swaying politicians of our age and the con∣stitution of our Church, State, Religion and publi••e affairs, must necessarily acknowledge, that these pragmatical Iesuits have, been very active, prevalent-powerful, suc••es∣ful, and not onely militant but triumphant, of late yeares amongst us, under some disguise or other: that they have dangerously poysoned us with these their Machiavi∣lian and Atheal pollcies, practises, positions, and have more real Disciples, Factors, if not Tutors, now amongst us, then in any former ages: And is it not high time then to endea∣vour to detect their persons, and prevent their dangerous

designs upon us with greatest care and diligence? Truly though most others be negligent and careless herein, yet that text of Ezek. 2, 6, 7. And thou son of man, be not afraid of them neither be afraid of their words, though bryars and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwel among scorpions, be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house: And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they wil hear, or whether they wil forbear, for they are most REBELLIOVS; hath animated me to exonerate my conscience herein, and to say with the pro∣phet Isai. 62. 1. For Zions (Englands) sake I will not hold my peace, and for Ierusalems sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salva∣tion thereof as a lamp that burneth. Wherefore.

Upon letious consideration of all these Premises. and of all those Sacred Solemn Oathes. that Protestation, Vow, league, and Nationall Covenant, which I have formerly taken (ly∣ing still as so manyf indissoluble Obligations on my Soul, notwithstanding the ingrate, malicious, unchristian Requi∣talls of all my former unmercinary services, Sufferings for Re∣ligion Laws, Liberties, and the publique, in times of greatest Danger, recompences only with long causeless, close impri∣sonments, injuries, affronts, losses of all kindes, by pretended friends and Patrons of our Liberties, as well as by professed causeless Enemies: And notwithstanding all other Dis∣couragements from the generall baseness, cowardize, Sottish∣ness, slavishness degenerated Spirits of the whole Nation, and their strange fearfulness even publiquely to own, much less cordially, to assist, defend, (according to the sixth Ar∣ticle of the Covenant) those few couragious Patrons who have hazarded their Lives, Liberties, Limbs, Estates, and all earthly comforts for the publique defence of Religion the Laws, Liberties, Priviledges of our Kingdome, Chruch, Parliament, against the old and late avowed sub∣verters of them, whose very,g Company, visits the gene∣rality of their former friends and acquaintance have de¦clined, (as if they had some plague sores on them;) not on∣ly during their late restraints, but likewise since their en∣largments

out of them, (enough to perswade them never to write, speake, act or suffer any thing more, for such ingrate unworthy, Creatures, but rather to put their helping hands, to make them and their posterities slaves for ever.) I have yet once more out of pure zeal, love conscience towards my native Country adventured my life, liberty, and decayed estate, (considering the lawless∣nesse and Danger of the times, not the justice and good∣ness of the Common Cause, I plead) for the necessary de∣fence of the Fundamentall Liberties, Franchises, Lawes, Rights, Parliaments, priviledges and Government, of our e••slaved Nation, (though every way unworthy to be beloved by God, or men of noble spirits) in this Seasona∣ble Legall, Historicall vindication and Collection wherein I have with all boldness, faithfulness, without the least fear or flatterie of any Mortals or created powers whatsoever, argued, evinced, maintained my own particular, with the whole Nations publique right and inheritance in them, and endeavoured (as much as in me lyes) to preserve them from the severall Jesuitical plots, & our religion, counsels, spe∣cified in the whole Commons House Remenstrance of 13. December. 1641: exact Collection, pa 3. to 14. (of late years revived, and more vigorously pursued than ever; and to rescue them out of the Claws of Tyrany and all usurping ar∣bitrary powers, which have avowedly encroached on, yea trampled them under feet of late, more than ever the worst of all our Monarchs, or beheaded King did though declaimed against, as the greatest of Tyrants, by some who have transcended him in his worst Regall Exorbitances; and particularly in this, which the Lords and Commons in parli∣ament in their Declaration of Aug. 4 1642. thus grie∣vously complained of, and objected against the Kings ill Counsellers,

That the LAWS, were no protection or defence of any mans right, all was subject to will and power, which imposed WHAT PAYMENTS THEY THOVGHT FIT, to drain the subjects purses, and supply THOSE NECESSITIES, which their ill counsell had brought upon the King, and gratify such as were in∣strumentall

in promooting most ILLEGAL and OP∣PRESSIVE COVRSES: Those who yeilded and com∣plied were countenanced and advanced, all others disgra∣ced and kept under, that so their mindes made poor & base (as they were never so poor and base as now) and THEIR LIBERTIES lost and gone (as they were never so much as now) they might be ready to LET GO THEIR RELIGION whensoever it should be resolved to alter it, which, was, and still is, the GREAT DESIGN and all the rest made use of as instrumentall and subservient to it. Vpon which consideration they thus concluded that Declaration: Therefore we the Lords and Commons are resolved to expose our lives and fortunes for the defence and maintenance of the true religion, the king, person, ho∣nor and estate, the power and priviledg of Parliament, the just rights and liberty of the subject. And we do hereby require all those who have any sence of piety, honor or compassion, To HELP A DISTRESSED STATE, especially SƲCH WHO HAVE TAKEN THE PROTESTATION, and are bound in the same duty with us unto their God, their King and Country, to come in to their aid and assistance.

That which hath not a little encouraged me hereunto, is not only this their publike call, but likewise this memorable passage, vow protestation of the Lords and Commons assembled in parliament, in their printedh Declaration in answer to his Majesties of October 23. 1642. Which I fear most of them since in power, have quite forgotten; and therefore I beseech them now seriously to remember it. Though we know very well, there are too many of the Gentry of this King∣dome, who to satisfy the LƲSTS OF THEIR OWN AM∣BITION, are content, like Esau, TO SELL THEIR BIRTH-RIGHT, & CARE NOT TO SVB∣MIT THEMSELVES TO ANY ARBYTRA∣RY AND VNLIMITED GOVERNMENT, so they may FOR THEIR OWN TIME PARTAKE OF THAT POWER, to trample and insult over others: (and have not, are not some of these declarers and censurers

such themselves?)yet we are assured, that there are of the Gentry many worthy and true hearted patriots, (but where are those many now?) who are ready to lay down their lives and fortunes, and of late have given am∣ple 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 en∣gagement? 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 expe∣rience, then 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 owne Birthrights, Freedome 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 Pa∣trons in the Nation, who bear any love to the Laws, Li∣berties, 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 mee in this their Vindication 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, ac∣cording 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, levi∣ed war against and forcibly dissolved it; with the Contri∣vers of our late New Modelled Governments, would seri∣ously ponder, who in common justice must bee content to be as freely told of and reprehended for their faults in print (where the publike and every mans private interest, Right, Liberty, Security, is concerned) as they have cen∣sured others, as well their superiors, as equalls, oft in

print, though perchance less peccant than themselvesi in that they object against them.k For the matter of his Ma∣jesties 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 judgment 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 prick them was with much case by a sudden dis∣solution, 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 Kings Jesuiticall and Popish ill Counsellors? And whosoe∣ver will peruse the severall Speeches and Declarations, made upon the breaking up of former Parliaments, since the begin∣ning of his Majesties Raign, will find; the pretences of those unjust and illegall 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 practice, since the first year of their reigne till now, to wound the last real parliament (yea, their own lare dissolved Mock parliaments since, though the sides of a few corrupt Members, or a corrupt Maiority in the House, as all their printedl Declarations upon their dissolutions attest. And is this then no crime? or no Jesuiticall practise in them, though such in the latem King and his ill Counsellors?) And for the satisfaction of all indiffe∣rent men, that this war is raised against the parliament, wee shall refer them to former Declarations, issued out in his Maiesties name, being so many invectives and groundless 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 16••••. yea, the late pamphlet of some present Grandees, 〈◊〉〈◊〉

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 n Iesuited evill 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 someo 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 denyed by any inge∣nious man, but that the Parliament by theirp 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 minded parliament Members, though only elected by the people, must be trye à iudged 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 his Majestie and the world; That we are alwaies ready to receive any evidence or accusations against any of them, and to judge and punish them accor∣ding to their demerits; yet hithertoq no evidence produced, no Accuser appearing: And yet notwithstan∣ding, to raise an Army to compel the parliament to expose those Members to the fury of those wicked Counsellors that thirst for nothing more then the ruin of them and the Commonwealth:

What can be more evident, then that the same is levied against the Parliament?

For did they prevaile in this,

then by the same reason, pray observe it, They might demand twenty more,

and never rest satisfied until their malice and Tyrany did devour all

those Members they found cross and opposite to their lewd and wicked designs [And was not this the practice of the Army-officers, who levied a reall actuall Warre against the parliament? They first impeached, secluded, XI. Members of the Commons house; and some Lords soon after,

An 1647.

then 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 priviledges of Parliament, which the con∣trivers 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 profess all conformity unto, and deny this ar∣my to be raised in any degree to violate:

we shall appeale to the judgment of any indifferent man, how little truth

is contained in this their assertion,

(or in the Army Offi∣cers printed papers to the same effect.)

The Parliament is to be considered in three severall

respects. First, as a Council to advise. Secondly, As a Court to judg. 3. As it is the body representative of the whole kingdome, to make, repeal, or alter lawes & whether the Paarliament hath enjoyed its priviledges in any of these respects (under the Army Officers and powers,

as wel as

late King) let any that hath eyes open judg.

For the first, Wee dare appeal even to the Conscien∣ces of the Contrivers themselves,

[and to the conscien∣ces of the Army-Officers, Souldiers, and Whitehall men

themselves) whether matters of the highest importance,

(witness all the publike proceedings against the late Parliament, King, Peers, Government; the warrs with Scotland, Holland: their new Magna Charta repealing the old, entituled, The Government of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, wherein they take upon upon them such an Omnipotent Soveraign power, as, To pass a decree upon the waveting humors of the people, and to say to this nation, yea to Scotland and Ireland too, As the almighty himself said once to the unruly Sea: Here shall be thy bounds hitherto shalt thou come and no further; as ome most arrogantly if not blasphemously

publish in print to all the world in their True State of the Case of the Common-wealth, p. 34. Their making of new binding Laws and Ordinances, repealing old Laws and Statutes in and by pretext of this Instrument, out of Parliament, as their manifold VVhit-hal Folio new Edicts amounting to near 700 pages attest) have not been agitated and determined (in and by the Armie-Officers, General-Councel and other unparliamentary Juncto's,) not onely without but even contrary to their Advice, (and Votes too;) and whether Private, unknown Councels (in the Army, VVhite-hall, and elswhere) have not been hearkned unto, approved and followed, when the Faithfull and wholsome advice of the great Counsel hath been scorned and neglected (by the Army Officers and their Confederates.) And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 can deny, but it is one of the Principle ends why a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 called, To Consult the great Affairs of the Church and State. And what miserable effects and 〈…〉〈…〉 neglect of the great Councell, and preferring of unknown and private Councels before it, hath proved; let the present Distractions of this Kingdome bear witnesse. (with all the bloody, unchristian VVars, Taxes, Oppressions, Di∣stractions, since the Armies force upon the King, Members, Hou∣ses; Anno 1647. and 1648. to this present time.)

Concerning the Second, it sufficiently appears by the ma∣king the Kings Court, by the Force and Power of the Kings Ar∣my; the Sanctuary and re••uge of All sorts of Delinquents against the Parliament and Kingdome, and protecting and de∣fending them from the Justice thereof: and by admitting such to bear places of great trust in the Army, and to stand in defiance of the Parliament and the Authority thereof; (and it is not a far greater crime to make the Parliaments Army it self, a Delinquent against the Parliament and Kingdome; the fanctuary of such Delinquents against both, and to continue such Officers in places of grea∣test trust in the Army, who have levied actual war against the Parliament, secluded, secured members of Parlia∣ment, kept divers years under their armed guards in de∣fiance of the Parliament, refusing to release them, even

when the Serjeant was sent from the House it self, to de∣mand the Members seised?)

By all which it is apparent, how our Priviledges have been torn from us by piece-meals, from time to time. And we might mention many passages, whereby they were endeavour∣ed to be pulled up by the root, and totally subverted. As the attempt to bring up the late Army from the North to force Conditions upon the Parliament: His Majesties Letters and Commands to the Members of both Hou∣ses (which found obedience in a great many) to attend him at York; and so, By depriving the Parliament of their Mem∣bers, destroy the whole body. (And was not the actuall twice bringing up of the Parliaments own Army, by the Army Officers, against the Parliament it self, to impeach secure some principall members of both Houses; se∣clude the Majority of the Commons House, suppresse the whole house of Lords; break off the Preaty, behead the King, (the Head of the Parliament) against the Parlia∣ments Votes, alter the government, force conditions on the Parliament it self, (to omit the 12, 21, 24, 32, 37, 38, 39. Articles of their New government, (with the seclud∣ing of all the Members lately admitted by Armed Soul∣diers till they took a New Engagement, and keeping out all others) a taking of the Priviledges of the Parlia∣ment from them all by whole-sale, and a more desperate pulling up by the Roots, and totall subversion of all the Privi∣ledges and whole body of the Parliament, then this objected against the Northern Army, or the Kings Jesui∣ticall ill Councel? VVhich is enough to prove the vanity of the Contrivers of that Declaration (and of the Army Officers too) to feed themselves with hope of beliefe, That the Pri∣viledges of Parliament are not Violated, but intended to be preserved, with all due observance.

Concerning the Allegation, That the Army raised by the Parliament, is to murder the KING, (oft alledged by the King and his Party, in many printed PROCLAMATI∣ONS, Declarations before and after this, here mentioned) VVe hoped the Contrivers of that Declaration, or any that pro∣fessed

but the name of a Christian, could not have so little chari∣ty as to raise such a SCANDALL, especially when they must needs know, the Protestation taken by every member of both Houses (and Army Officers too) whereby they promise in the presence of Almighty God, TO DEFEND HIS MAJE∣STIES PERSON.

The Promise and Protestation made by the Members of both Houses upon the nomination of the Earl of Essex to be Generall, and to live and die with him;

wherein is expressed, THAT THIS AR∣MY WAS RAISED FOR DEFENCE OF THE KINGS PERSON,

Our oft earnest and most humble Addresse to his Majesty to leave that desperate and dan∣gerous Army, &c. A request inconsistent with any pur∣pose to offer the least violence to His Person, which hath and ever shall be dear unto us.

And concerning the imputation laid to our Charge, of Rai∣sing this Army, to Alter the whole Frame of Govern∣ment and Established Laws of the Land, (which the King and his party frequently objected in print) we shall need give no other Answer but this: That the Army Raised by the Parliament is to no other end, but for the Preservation of his Majesties Person, to Defend themselves, the Laws of the Land, and the true Protestant Religion. After which, they there and elswhere conclude.

And by this time (we doubt not) but every man doth plainly discern through the Mask and Visard of their Hypocrisie, what their (the Kings ill Counsels) design is, To Subject both King and Parliament and Kingdome to their nee∣dy Ambitious and Avaritious Spirits, and to the violent Laws,

Martial law, of Governing the People by guards and by the Souldiers.

But alas for greife, 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, inten∣tions, ends in raising the Army, in every of these parti∣culars? How have they verified, justified the Kings Decla∣rations, Jealousies, concerning the Parliaments Army, in

every point, here (and elswhere) disclaimed by both Houses? How have they exceeded, out acted the Kings Jesuiticall Counsellers, and most desperate Popish army, in violating, subverting both the Parliaments Priviledges, Members and Parliaments themselves, together with our Fundamentall Laws, Liberties, Government; for whose preservation they were onely raised, paid? How have they pursued the Kings and his worst Jesuited Coun∣sellors ••ootsteps in all the charges here objected against them by both Houses, in relation to the Parliaments priviledges, Members, Constitution, Rights, Lawes, to their utter Subversion, dissolution, and waged warre a∣gainst them? And doth not every man plainly discern through the Mask and Visard of their Hypocrisie, (to use both houses expressions) that their designe 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 Kingdome, to their needy, ambitious, avaritious spirits, and to the violent Laws, marshall Law, of Governing the people (yea parliaments themselves) by guards and by the Souldiers? and

By Conquest to establish an abso∣lute and unlimited power over the Parliament and good subjects of this Kingdome;

as the Houses else∣where thrice objected against the late King, his Army and party: being the very designe (as many wisemen fear) of the 27 Article of their new Government; to set∣tle a

constant Annuall revenue for the maintenance of 20000 foot and 10000 Horse and Dragoones, for the Defence and Security of England, Scotland and Ireland?

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 peru∣sall

now) and made good (both for the time past and all succeeding Parliaments whiles there shalbe any standing Army in England able to over power them) all the odi∣ous, scandalous positions, in relation to the English Parlia∣ment, its Members and priviledges (deduced from the Kings Declaration, onely by inference, but disclaimed by the King) summed up by them, in the close of that Re∣monstrance, and published in these ensuing terms, as will evidently appear, if applied to the Army, and their Generall Counsel of Officers, by adding or exchanging their names, onely for the Kings in a parenthesis?

1. That the King (the Army, General, and their Generall Councell of Officers) when he pleaseth, may declare the Major part of both Houses, a faction of Malignant, Schismatical, and ambitious Persons: so that all Parliaments that have been here∣tofore 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 with∣out Lawfull Authority, or some of the Members forcibly se∣cluded, 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, 39 H. 6. c. 1. and 17 E. 4. c. 7. worthy the serious perusal of our present Grandees, and all ille∣gitimate Parliaments, where they may read the fatall end of all new unparliamentary projects, laws, devices, where∣in many now so much glory, as if they would continue firm 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 Generall Coun∣cell) may declare what is the known Law of the Land, against the judgement of the Highest Court, and conse∣quently of all his Courts: So that the safety and right of King and people, and THE LAW IT SELF must de∣upon his Majesties (the Armie, Generall and their Councels) pleasure.

4. That as the King hath a property in his Town Forts, and Kingdomes; so he (the Army and their Gene∣rall Councell) may dispose of them as he pleaseth; and the Representative body of the whole Kingdome may not intermedle in discharge of his Majesties (the Armies Generalls, Councels,) trust, though by the advice of evill Councellers, they see it diverted to the hazard of the publique peace and safety of the Kingdome.

5. That his Majesty (the Army, General, and their Coun∣cell) or any other person may upon suggestions and pr••tences 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 a∣gainst their consent (as in the case of the late secured, se∣cluded Members, and their two Juncto'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, Ge∣nerall, and their Councell) in the wars (against the Parlia∣ment) though it were to destroy Laws, Liberty, Reli∣gion, the Parliament it self, and the whole kingdome; 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 legall way, and by authority of the representative body of the whole kingdome, is to leavy war against the King (Army, Generall) and TREASON (with in 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 pleasure of the Prince (Army, General, and Ge∣neral Councel of Officers, in their new High Courts of In∣justice, or other martiall Judicatories.

O consider, consider seriously by these particulars, to what a sad, low, despicable condition all English parlia∣ments

are now for ever reduced, by the late Army pra∣ctises, violences, and rebellions insolencies against them, never to be parallel'd in any age which hath really ve∣rified this clause in the Declaration of both Houses, Aug. 4. 1642. objected against the King and his popish Army, in relation to themselves.

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 Par∣liaments for ever receiving good by them; and if par∣liaments be lost, they (the people) are lost, their Laws are lost, as well those lately made, as in former times, All which will be cut in sunder with the same sword, now drawn for the Distruction of this Parlia∣ment.

Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria (about the year of our Lord 340.) objected this as a great crime, barba∣risme, cruelty and violation of the priviledges of Coun∣cels to the Arrian Emperour Constantine.

That whenso∣ever 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 ecclesiasticall Canont, but his will alone must be their onely Canon. And when they advised him not to subvert the ecclesiasticall order, nor bring the Arrian Heresie into the Church of God, he would nei∣ther hear nor permit them to speak freely, but grievous∣ly bending his brows (for they had spoken crosse to his designes) and shaking his sword at them com∣manded

them to be taken away. Whereupon he thus infers, What Liberty for perswasion, or place for advice is there left, when he that contradicteth, shal for his labour lose either his life, or his Country? VVhy 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 with Athanasius? And Hilary Bishop of Poictou An. 360. in his first Book against this Tyrannical Arrian Emperours Constantius, thus cen∣sures

his violent proceedings of this kinde, to the sub∣version of the freedom and priviledge of Councils and their members. Thou gatherest COƲNCILS, and when they be shut up together in one City, thou TERRIFIEST THEM WITH THREATS (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 Whit-Hall, till 7 a clock at night) thou pinest them with hun∣ger, thou lamest them with cold, thou depravest them with Dissembling: O thou wicked one, what a mockery dost thou make of the Church and Councels? Onely 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 con∣fessions, 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, open force upon the Parliament and its members, beyond all the presidents in any ages done the like, and exceeded this Arrian Ty∣rant? And is it not then high time for all friends to Par∣liaments to protest and provide against such detestable, treasonable violences for the future, destructive to all Parliaments if permitted, or silently pretermitted with∣out question, censure, righting of the imprisoned mem∣bers, or any provision to redresse it for the future.

Our prudent Ancestors were so carefull to prevent all violence, force, arms, and armed men, in or near any places where Parliaments were held, to terrifie, over Qaw, 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 ge∣ciall

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 withour 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 Common∣alty of the Realm upon solemne 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 time, 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 do contrary according to the Laws and usage of the Realm. And hereunto they are bound to old the King, 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 Custome of the PARLIAMENT, (as Sr. Edward Cook in his 4 Institutes c. 1. p. 14. informs us)

did at the beginning of every Parliament, make a spe∣ciall Proclamation, prohibiting the bearing of arms or weapons, in or neere the places, where the Parlia∣ment sat,

under pain of forfeiting all they had; Of which there are sundry presidents cited by St. 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 dayes, at the Parliaments and Councels of our Lord the King, Debates, Riots, and commotions have risen & been moved, for that people have come to the places where Parliaments have been sum∣moned and Assembled, Armed with privy cotes 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 affrigh∣ted: 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 speare, nor sword, nor long knife, nor any other suspicious arms, within the City of LONDON, nor within the Suburbs thereof; nor any place neer the said City, nor yet within the Palace of WESTMINSTER, or any place neere the said Palace, by Land or Water, un∣der the foresaid pain: except onely 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 Sta••ute of Northampton. And it is not the intention of our Lord the King, that any Earle, 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. 13, 17, 18, 20, 25. Ed 3. and sundry o∣thers, more necessary to be revived in all succeeding English Parliaments now, then 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, or insist on, but referre them thereunto: However for the future security and free∣dome of our Parliaments from violence; I must crave liberty to imform these Army Parliament-drivers, forcers, dissolves, (habituated to this trade) That if the late Kings march to the House of Commons accompanied onely 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 traterously endeavoured to Subvert the Fundamentall Laws and Government of this Kingdome: To deprive the King of his Royall power: To place over the subjects an Arbitrary and Tyrannicall 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 Tu∣mults 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 overaw them, and impeach the freedome of their debates, Votes tou∣ching Episcopacy, Church-Government, and the Kings Revenews) were such high transcendent viola∣tions of the Priviledges and Freedome of Parliament, and unsufferable injuries, as both Houses of Parlia∣ment seperatly, 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 the 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 impie∣ty and unnaturalnesse 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 succee∣ding visible actions in full pursuance of the same; as the Kings comming in Person to the House of Commons, to seise the five Members, whether 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.

This they charged against the King, as the highest of his unpar∣ralleld Offences; for which they appeal to all the world of in∣different men to judge, whether they had not sufficient cause to bring him to Justice? Though neither he nor his followers then seised, secured, secluded, injured any one Member, when they thus went to the Commons House; Yea presently retracted and offered all satisfaction that should be desired by the House for this breach of Privilege: and though 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 Army-Officers, Counsels,

manifold ••high printed Declarations of Aug. 18. 1647. Sept. 6. 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;

^b See their Impeachments, printed in their Books of Declarations. The History of Indepency, 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 Battalia severall times to force the Houses, seise their Members, overaw, affright, dismember, dissolve the Parliament it self, and their own new erected Jun∣ctoes since,

and justification of it to all the world in print [See their humble Answer touching the secured and secluded Members, Jan. 3. 1648. The free state of the life of the Common-wealth of England, 1654. and their Declarations concerning their dissolution of their two Jun

after these Misdemeanours of the King without the least repentance for them, must needs bee farre more execrable, unwarrantable and criminall than the Kings, and deserve a severer censure than his Peccadili∣oes in respect of their crimes. And if by the whole armies printed Remonstrance, August 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 capitall proceeding against the principall contrivers and Act∣ors in it, as they then declared, and vehemently ur∣ged again and again in that Remonstrance.

Nay if by their own late printed

Instrument of the Government of the Common-wealth of England, &c. Articles 14. 16. all and every person and persons, who have aided, advised, assisted, or abetted in any war against the Par∣liament since the first day of January, 1641. (unlesse they have since been in the Service, of the Parliament, and given ••ignal testimony of their good affections thereunto) shall be disabled, and be uncapable to be elected, or to give any Vote in the Election of any Member to serve in the next, or in the three succeed∣ing trienniall Parliaments, and all Votes and Electi∣ons given to the contrary, shall be null and void. And if any person so made uncapable, shall forfeit one full years value of his reall estate, and one full third part of his personall estate, in case he shall give his Vote for election of Members,

to serve in Parliament: as they there adjudge; though such persons as they in∣tend thus to disable never waged any actual war against the Parliament it self, or its Members, immediately, but onely against the Forces raised by the Parliament, and so mediately and indirectly only against the Parliament (the case of all the late Kings adherents and assistants, not within the letter, but meaning of these Articles)

then doubtlesse those Army Officers, souldiers, and their Confederates, who

advised, aided, assisted, abetted, in one or more warres against the Parliament Houses, and Parliament Members themselves,

whom they immedi∣ately assaulted, forced, secured, secluded, dissipated, dissolved, destroyed, and have justified it severall times, in print,

without giving signall testimony of their good affections to the Parliament;

and in this their Instrument have laid many Chains, clogs, restraints, on all new future Parliaments, of their own framing, inconsistent with the Honour, freedome, priviledges and being of real Parliaments, are by their own verdict and Instrument, totally disa∣bled (as much as the archest Malignants and Cavali∣ers) by the very letter of these Articles, to be elected, or give any vote for the election of Members in the four next suc∣ceeding Parliaments; and those who have given their Votes in the late Elections, have thereby

forfeited at least one full years value of their reall, and one full third part of their personall estates;

and deserve as high, (if not an higher) censure, as any sequestered, or other Delinquents condemned formerly by them, for bearing arms, levying and abetting any war, but onely mediately against the Parliament; and as high an uncapacity to be put not onely on themselves, but their Heir males to serve in Parliament, as the Statute of 21 R. 2. c. 6 imposed heretofore on others, for a farre lesse offence; to secure the Members and Priviledges of all succeeding Parliaments, from such unpresidented, forcible violences, ruptures, dismembrings and dis∣solutions as the last Parliament, sustained by the Ar∣mies outrage and confederacy against them; of which I desire onely to make them truly sensible.

And farther to convince the Army-Officers, souldiers, of their late great injustice to, and affronts, contempts, against the Parliament which raised them, in relation to our ancient fundamentall Government and chief Members

of the Parliament; I shall desire them and all their confederates in cold blood, seriously to consider, whe∣ther they have not, by their undutifull, violent pro∣ceedings against them contrary to the Votes, Declara∣tions, Remonstrances of the PARLIAMENT, endea∣voured (as much as in them is) to falsifie this clause in in both Houses Declaration Nov. 2. 1642. Although they would perswade his Majesty, That there is little confidence to be placed in our Modesty and Duty; yet AS GOD IS WITNESSE OF OUR THOUGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSE TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO THE HONOR OF OUR RELIGION, and OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST ZEALOUS IN IT (

so much strucken at by the con∣trivers of that Declaration, under odious names) we shall suffer more for and from our Soveraign, then we hope God will ever permit the malice of evill Councellers, to put us to: And although the happi∣nesse of this and all Kingdomes dependeth chiefly, upon God; Yet WE ACKNOWLEDGE, THAT IT DOTH SO MAINLY DEPEND UPON HIS MA∣JESTY,

and THE ROYALL BRANCHES OF THAT ROOT, that as WEE HAVE

HERETOFORE, SO WE SHALL HEREAFTER, esteem no hazard too great, no reproach too vile, but that we shall willingly go through the one, and undergo the other, That we, and the WHOLE KING∣DOME MAY ENJOY THAT HAPPINESSE, which we cannot in an ordinary way of providence expect FROM ANY OTHER FOVNTAIN OR STREAM, then those from whence (were the poi∣son of evill Councels once removed from about them) no doubt, but we and THE WHOLE KINGDOME SHOVLD BE SATISFIED MOST ABOUNDANT∣LY.

And on the contrary, have they not fully and actually verified, in respect of themselves and their Con∣federates

in the Houses, this Odious aspersion, then (on∣ly in prediction) cast by the KING on the PARLIA∣MENT, but by them at that time renounced with grea∣test detestation; and drawn those sad consequences on the whole Kingdome, wherewith both HOUSES conclude that Declaration in these words?)

7. That the Representative body of the whole King∣dome (since dissolved by the Army) is a Faction of Malignant, Schismaticall, ambitious Persons, whose DE∣SIGNE IS AND ALWAYES HATH BEEN, TO ALTER THE WHOLE FRAME OF GOVERN∣MENT, BOTH OF CHURCH AND STATE AND TO SUBJECT BOTH KING AND PEOPLE TO THEIR OWN LAW••ESSE ••••BITRARY PO∣WER AND GOVERNMENT, and that they DE∣SIGNE THE RUINE OF HIS MAJESTIES PER∣SON and OF MONARCHY IT SELF; and con∣sequently that they are TRAITORS ••nd all the Kingdome with them (for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 act is the act of the whole King∣dome) And whether their punishment and ruine may not also INVOLVE THE WHOLE KINGDOME IN CON∣CLUSION, AND REDU•••••• INTO THE CONDITION OF A CONQUERED NATION (as some ARMY-OFFICERS, and SOULDIERS openly averred we are now reduced to by and under them) NO MAN CAN TELL: BƲT EXPE∣RIENCE SHEWETH Ʋ•• and now we finde it most true in the ARMY-OFFICERS, COUNCELL, SOULDIERS) THAT SƲCCESSE OFTEN DRAWS MEN NOT ONELY BEYOND THEIR PROFES∣SION, but also many times beyond their first inten∣tions.

Surely as the Armies and their Confederates late pro∣ceedings in relation to themselves, (though not unto the forced, dismembred, dissolved Parliament, and secured Members) have fully verified this charge in every particu∣lar, then reputed most false and scandalous; (which I thus press upon their consciences at this time, and so largely in∣sist on, not to defame or asperse them to the world; but to vindicate the Innocency, Integrity of the Majority and se∣cluded Members of both Houses, against the scandalous printed aspersions of Militiere and other Papists, to pre∣serve and justifie the Honour of our Reformed Religion, and of the most zealous Professors thereof; to restore, re-esta∣blish if possible, the Priviledges, the Freedom of all Future Parliaments, much impaired, endangered by their heady violent Proceedings, to convince them by what Jesuitical, Popish, old Court-Principles, Counsels, Practises, they have hitherto been mis-guided; and to reclaim them, as much as in me lieth, for the future from the like destructive Pra∣ctises, for the publick Safety, Peace, Settlement of our di∣stracted Kingdoms; and do most earnestly beseech them, as they are English men, Souldiers, Christians, seriously to re∣pent of and lay to heart, lest they perish eternally for them at last.) So the Army-Officers, Souldiers, Great Successes in all their Wars, Designs and forcible Proceed∣ings against the King, Parliament, Kingdom, Government, Laws, and Liberties; as it hath caused them not onely beyond their Professions, but also beyond their first Intentions, Commissions, Protestations, to forget that Gospel-Precept given to Souldiers, Luke 3. 14. to advance themselves to a more absolute Soveraign arbitrary Power over them, then ever any Kings of England claimed or pretended to, (as their late Proceedings, Remonstrances, and transcendent Instrument of the Government of the three Kingdoms manifest;) so it hath been thes principal Ground whereby they have justified all their unpresidented forementioned Exho••bitances as lawful, commendable, Christian, and that which hath struck such a stupyfying pannick fear, such a stu∣pendious cowardize, baseness, sottishness, into the Generality

of the Nobility, Gentry, Ministery, and Commons of our late most heroick English Nation, that there is scarcet a man to be found throughout the Realm of any Eminency (though we should seek after him like Diogenes, with a Candle) that dares freely open his mouth against the most irregular, illegal, violent, destructive arbitrary Proceedings, Usurpations, Innovations, Oppressions, Taxes, Projects, to the shaking and utter subverting of our ancient Fundamental Laws, Liberties, Rights, Properties, Parliaments, Parliamen∣tary Priviledges, Government; and taking away of the ve∣ry Lives of some (and thereby endangering the Lives of all other) English Freemen of all Degrees, in mischristened High Courts of Justice. Such a strange Charm is there in Success alone, to metamorphise Men into meerv tempo∣rizing, slavish, sordid sotts and beasts; yea, to cause not onely persons truly honourable, but the veryx Devil himself, and the worst of beasts, to be wondred after, applauded, a∣dored, not onely as Saints, but Gods. We read Rev. 13. of a Monstrous deformed BEAST, to whom the Dragon (the Devil) gave his Power, Seat and Great Authority; where∣upon, all the world wondred after the Beast, and worshipped not onely the Dragon, that gave him power, but the Beast like∣wise; saying, Who is like unto the Beast? WHO IS ABLE TO MAKE WAR WITH HIM? And there was given unto him a Mouth speaking Great things and blasphemies, and power was given him to continue and make war forty and two months. And power was given unto him to make war with the SAINTS, AND TO OVERCOME THEM; and power was given him over all Kindreds, and Tongues, and Nations, And (HEREUPON IT FOLLOWS) all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the Lambes Book of Life. And another Beast (un∣der him) caused the earth and all that dwell therein to set up the Image of this Beast, and to worship it; and he caused all both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond to receive the mark of the Beast in their right hand, and in their fore∣heads; and none might buy or sell, but he that had this mark; and as many as would not worship this Beasts Image, were or∣dered

to be killed. Yet this Blasphemous Beasts reign and power continued but twenty four Months, Rev. 13. 5. This Beast, (in the height of his Power and Victories) was by God himself, threatned to go into captivity, and be killed with the Sword, as he had led others into captivity, and killed them with the Sword, ver. 10. All his followers and worshippers shall (soon after) drink of the wine of Gods wrath, and be tormented with fire and brimstone, &c. Rev. 14, 9, 10, 11. The Saints at last shall get this victory over the Beast, Rev. 15. 2. And the Beast himself (notwithstanding all his for∣mer Victories, Friends, and great Armies) was at last taken, and his false Prophet with him; and were both cast alive in∣to a lake burning with fire and brimstone, and all his Forces were slain with the Sword, and the fowls were filled with their flesh, Rev. 19. 19, 20, 21. From which Texts I have fre∣quently silenced, confounded some of our conquering Ar∣my-Officers and Souldiers, whiles prisoner under them, when they were vapouring of their Great Victories, Suc∣cesses, and concluding from thence, both their Saintship, and the Goodness of their Actions; saying oft-times like the Beasts followers here, Who is able to make war with us? And that with these genuine deductions from these Texts, which they could not reply against; worthy all Souldiers their saddest meditations.

1. That God may, nay oft-times doth give great power to the very worst and most blasphemous of all Men and Beasts; & that not only over one or two, but many Tongues Nations, as in this Text, and Dan. 7. 3, to 29. c. 8. 4. to 27.

2. That such Beasts many times may and do not onely make war with, but even overcome the very Saints themselves in battel, as the Babylonians, Assyrians, and other ungodly Beasts did the Israelites, Gods own Saints and People, Psa. 79. 1, 2, &c. Dan. 7. 21, 23, 24, 25. Isa. 10. 5 &c. c. 14. 16, 17. Jer. 26. 6, 7, 8. c. 25. 9, &c. yet they were but blasphemous Beasts, and wretches still, not Saints.

3. That if such Beasts have but Great Power and Success in their Wars, Enterprises, against their Enemies, or the Saints themselves; though their mouths utter blasphemies against

the God of Heaven, his Name, Tabernacle, Saints; though their Actions, Designs be never so impious, atheistical, treasonable, detestable, their Power but short and fading, yet whiles they are in Power and Prosperity, the whole world will wonder▪ run after, worship, flatter, Saint, Deifie and Adore them for Gods, (asy Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesars friends, flatterers did them; and some wick∣ed Popes Favourites them too;) yea, set up and worship their very Images, receive their marks in their hands, foreheads, and extol them to the skies, saying, Who is like unto the Beast? who is able to make war with him?

4. That such adulatious Speeches, Vaunts, Practises as these, and such Arguments of Saintship or the Goodness of mens causes, undertakings, actions, onely from their present Power, Victories and Successes, are the arguments, practises, of worldly, earthly, beastly men; of worshippers of the Beast and Dragon, ofz Assyrians, Turkes, Popes, not of the E∣lect real Saints of God, whose names are written in the Lambes book of life; who will neither flatter, worship nor adore such Beasts, nor receive their marks in their hands or foreheads though they be prohibited to buy or sell, or slain for refusing it, by their instruments, Rev. 13. 8, 15, 17. Dan. 3. 12. to 29.

5. That such Beasts in power, will never want under-Beasts and Instruments, nor yeta false Prophets to per∣swade or enforce Obedience & Subjection to them, even by disfranchisements, death, lying wonders, flattering Pro∣phecies, Speeches, Sermons, &c.

6. That the Power and Dominion of such Beasts, is given and derived to them immediately by the Dragon (theb Prince of the power of the air) onely by Gods permission, not his approbation, Rev. 13. 2. Hos. 8. 4. 2 Thess. 2. 4, 8, 9. And that in wrath, for the punishment of the peoples sins, and de∣struction of the beasts themselves at last, Hos. 13. 11. Rev. 13, and 14, and 19. Psal. 64. 23. Jer. 51. 24, &c. c. 52. through∣out. Hab. 2. 6, 7, 8.

7. That this their Dominion, Raign and Triumph is commonly very short, like this Beasts here, for twenty four Months, Rev. 13. 5. which is but three yeers and an

half.c Julius Caesar that great first Conqueror of this Island and a great part of the World; usurping the Supream Power over the Roman Senate, and changing the Government, lived onely FIVE MONTHS A SOVERAIGN LORD IN PEACE, and then was suddenly stabbed to death in the Senate-House, by those friends in whom he reposed greatest trust; for his Tyrannical Usurpations, and alteration of their former Government, for endeavouring (as was suspected) to make himself KING OF THE ROMANS, though he rejected the Title of King when offered unto him by M. Antonius, saying, That Jove was onely King of the Romans, that so he might seem to be compelled to receive it by the peo∣ple, being their King in deed, though not in name: and for saying, That the Commonwealth was but a Voice or Name, without a Body or Substance. Nullum violentum est diutur∣num. See Isa. 10, and 14. Job 20. 4, 5, &c. Psal. 37. and 73. Psal. 92. 6, 7. Isa. 17. 13, 14. 2 Chron. 23. and Sir Wa••ter Rawlies Preface to his History of the World, worth serious perusal by the Grandees of these times.

8. That in conclusion such Conquering Usurping Beasts, not∣withstanding all their Power, Friend, Followers, Confe∣derates, Armies, Poli••ies, are usually conquered, taken, slain on earth, and cast into the lake burning with fire and brimstone for ever, for their Tyrannies, Blasphemies, Bloodsheds, Oppressions of the People and Gods Saints: and their Confede∣rates, Arm••es false Prophets, followers, adorers destroyed with them even on earth; and then made to drink the cup of Gods wrath, fury and torments for ever in hell, Isa. 10, and 14. Jer. 50, and 51. Rev. 19. 12, 20, 21.

9, That though they continue Conquerors and victo∣rious for many yeers; and conquer not onely, one, two or three, but many Kings and Kingdoms; cut off not one∣ly the thumbs of their Kings, that they might not lift up a Sword against them, and their great toes, that they may not run from them, but their Heads too; Yet God at last (in his retaliating Justice) doth usually pay them home in their own coyne, as is e••ident, not onely by Bajazet the Turkish Emperour, our King Penda, and others in pro∣phane

Stories; but by that memorable History of Adoni-bezek••; d who after his Conquest of no less then seventy Kings, (who ever in this later age, conquered one quarter so ma∣ny?) 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 Ca∣naanite) used these memorable words, worthy all Conque∣rors and Tyrants memorial; recorded by God himself to all Posterity, Judg. 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 then Kings) AS I HAVE DONE, SO GOD HATH REWARDED ME: and they brought him (Prisoner) to Jerusalem, and there he died▪ See the like retaliation threatned, inflicted. Hab. 2. 6, 7, 8. Isa. 31. 1. Dan. 7. 23, to 27. Obad. 15. Ezech. 35. 5, 6, 15. Rev. 16. 5, 6. Jer. 51, and 52. Nah. 3. 1, &c. Rev. 13. 10. Joel 3. 6, 7, 8. 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 Provi∣dence and Justice of God towards such Beasts and bloody Conquerors, most assuredly foresee their downfal, and with patience expect it, Rev. 13. 9, 10. If any man have an ear let him hear.e HE THAT LEADETH INTO CAPTIVITY, SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY; HE THAT KILLETH WITH THE SWORD, MUST BE KILLED WITH THE SWORD: Here is THE PATIENCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS. O that we had this Faith and Patience within us now!

11. That upon this Faith and Assurance, the true E∣lect Saints of God, neither will, nor do, nor dare to admire after, follow, worship or adore such Beasts, or their Image, nor receive their marks in their hands, or foreheads, though all the world else readily do it without opposition; enduring pati∣ently 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 3. 1, to 7. 2 Kings 3. 13, 14. John 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 Successful Conquerours, Powerful Usurpers o∣ver, and violent Invaders of the Liberties, Lives, Estates, Rights, Properties of their Lawful Superiors or Christian Brethren, and all Subverters of the Laws, Priviledges, Par∣liaments, Government of their Native Country, especially a∣gainst their Oathes and Trusts: So the Meditation on them, together with the contemplation of the infinite Power, Wisdom, Faithfulness, Justice, Holiness, Presence, and gracious Promises of God, have at all times and seasons hi∣therto, invincibly animated, steeled, fortified my Sonl in the midst of all my sufferings, both under the domineer∣ing 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 certainlyf die ere long like men, and be∣come as dung; yea, they have enabled me by Faith and Patience, to beg more then a co••quering 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, whom 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 encampe against me, (as they did at Westminster, at my House, and in sundry Garrisons, where I was a Pri∣soner 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 defi∣ance 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 my Native Country, as well actively as passively considered;) Shall tribulation? or distress? or per∣secution? or famine? or peril? or SWORD? (of an whole Army or other Powers) Nay, in all these things we are more then Conquerors through him that loved us. For I am per∣swaded, that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor PRIN∣CIPALITIES, 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 Jesus our Lord. And to say with him in all threatned Dangers for my sincere consciencious 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 Ho∣ly Ghost witnesseth in every City, saying; that Bonds and Af∣flictions wait for me. But none of these things move me, nei∣ther count I my life dear unto me, so as I may finish my course with joy, and the Ministery which I have received of the Lord Jesus, &c. And verily methinks the serious contempla∣tion thereof, and of all the premises, with that of 2 Sam. 10. 12. Isai. 51. 12. Jer. 1. 8. Ezech. 2. 2, to 6. Matth. 10. 26, 28. Isai. 1. 12, 13. coupled with Psal. 11. 2. If the foundations 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 calamitie shall rise suddenly (which we have seen verified in many late Changers, Mock-Parliaments and self-created new Powers,) and who knoweth the ruine of them both? should now at last banish all base carnal fears out of all timerous hearts, rouse up the lan••uishing, fearful, dead, stuped Spirits of our dege∣nerated English Nation, and engage them all unanimously, undauntedly to claim, vindicate, regain, re-establish those ancient undoubted Hereditary Fundamental Rights, Liberties, Priviledges, Franchises, Laws, Government, (purchased with their Ancestors and their own dearest Blood, 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 yeers been forcibly disseised or hypocritically cheated by pretended Patrons, Pre∣servers, and Propugners of them, the substance whereof I have here set before their eyes in ten brief Propositions, and by Records, Statutes, Presidents, Histories, Contests, Re∣solutions in all ages, undauntedly, (as their Common Advo∣cate) asserted, fortified to my power, for their Encourage∣ment and president in this publick work. And if they will now but couragiously second me herein, with their joynt, bold, rightfull Claims, Votes, Declarations, and Re∣solute Demands of all and every of their enjoyments, and future inviolable Establishments, according to their Oaths, Vows, Protestations, Duties, manifold late Declarations, Re∣monstrances, Solemn League, Covenant, and the encouraging memorable Presidents of their Ancestors in former ages here recorded; I dare assure them (by Gods blessing) a desired good-Success, whereof their Ancestors never failed: no mortal Powers nor Armies whatsoever, having either Im∣pudency or Ability enough to deny, detain them from them, if they will buth generally, unanimously, couragiously, im∣portunately claim and demand them as their Birth-rights. But if they will still basely dis-own, betray and cowardly desert both them and their Assertors, and leave them to a single combate with their combined Jesuitical enemies (whom none take care to discover, suppress or banish out of our Realms, where they now swarm more then ever) and Armed Invaders; the Fate of our old English Britons, when they improvidently neglected to unite their Coun∣sels, Forces against, and fought onely singly with the inva∣ding united Armies of the Romans, is like to be Englands condition now;i Dum pugnant singuli, vincuntur universi: the single Champions of our Liberties, Laws, Rights, will be easily over-powered, destroyed, for the pesent; and all o∣thers (by their unworthy Treachery and Basenes••, in not ad∣hering to, but abandoning their present Patrons) discou∣raged, disabled to propugne, regain them for the future: & the whole Kingdom vanquished, enslaved to them for e∣ternity

in all humane probability, to those who have broken yourk former yokes of wood, but instead thereof have made for, and put upon you yokes of Iron: and by the Jesuites Machiavilian Plots and Policies, will reduce you by degrees under a meer Papal yoke at last, having deep∣ly leavened many in power and arms, with their foremen∣tioned most desperate Jesuitical Positions, Practises and Politicks, which will soon usher in the whole body of Po∣pery and all damnable Heresies whatsoever, to the ruine of our Religion, as well as Laws and Liberties.

Wherefore, seeing it neither is, nor can be reputed Treason, Felony, Sedition, Faction, nor any Crime at all, but a commendable bounden Duty, to which our Protestations, Oaths, Leagues, Covenants, Reason, Law, Conscience, our own private and the publick Interest, Safety of the Nation engage us, for all and every Freeborn Englishman, joyntly and severally to claim, maintain, preserve, by all just, ho∣nourable, publick and private wayes they may, their un∣questionable Hereditary Birth-rights, Laws, Liberties, Parlia∣mentary Priviledges, &c. here asserted & presented to them, after so much Blood, Treasure, Labour spent to rescue them out of the hands of old and late oppressing Tyrants; nor any Offence at all, but a praise-worthy fervice now in me, or any other, publickly to encourage them to this duty, (and the strenuous defence of our endangered undermi∣ned Protestant Religion subverted, with our Laws and Li∣berties, and living or dying together with them) at this pre∣sent, as I have done heretofore upon all occasions; And seeing none can justly censure them or me, for discharging our Oathes, Consciences, Covenants, Protestations, Duties in this kinde, but such as shall thereby declare themselves Publick Enemies and Traytors to the whole Nation, Laws, Government, Parliaments of England, as the Resolutions, Presidents, herein cited, yea their own best friends, (and our reformed Religion too) have already adjudged them: I shall therefore exhort the whole English Nation, and all real Lovers of their own or their Countries Liberties, Peace, Laws, Ease, Safety, Religion, and future establishment

in this common Cause, in the words of the Philistines one to another in a time of need, when they were greatly affraid, 1 Sam. 4. 9. Be strong andl quit your selves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit your selves like men, fight, &c. That so (as the Apostle writes in the like case, Phil. 1. 27, 28.) Whether I come and see you, or be absent from you; I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one minde, striving together for the faith of the Gospel; (and the ancient Funda∣mental Laws, Liberties, Rights, Priviledges, Parliaments, Government and Religion of our Realm, which the Jesu∣ites and their Instruments make their Master-piece totally to undermine and subvert) And in nothing terrified by your Adversaries, which is to them an evident token of Perdition, but to you of Salvation, and that of God. If the Presidents of your renowned Ancestors here recorded; the Paterns ofm many Gallant Pagan Romans, Graeoians, who have spent their Lives, for their Countries, Laws, Liberties; Or if my exam∣ple and these my Lucubrations shall provoke you hereun∣to; I shall think my labour well bestowed; and you and your Posterities worthy to live like English Free-men. But if you will now neither manfully demand, speak or con∣tend for them any more, out of a slavish fear of a prevailing Army raised onely for their just defence, or any other hu∣mane Powers whatsoever; nor once adventure with u∣nited Spirits now at last so much as confidently, and bold∣ly to ask these unquestionable Birthrights at the Thrones of any mortal Grandees, your Fellow-Subjects, when God Al∣mighty himself commands you, to come with boldness to his coe∣lestial Throne of Grace, that you may obtain (not meer right as here, but) Mercy it self, and Grace to help in time of need, Heb. 4. 16. Qui timide rogat, docet negare; you can neither hope for, nor ever obtain them for the future, but deserve eternally to forfeit them, and you and yours to be made slaves for ever: However I (though these Collections prove successless) shall carry this as a comfortable Cordial with me to my grave, That I have faithfully discharged my Conscience and b••unden Duty to my degenerous Native Country, by endea∣vouring

all I could both to make and preserve it free indeed, to detect and prevent all Jesuitical Plots and Practises, to undermine, embroyle, divide, subvert, ruine it; and used my utmost sincerest constant endeavours in my place & cal∣ling herein. But if through the Malice, Tyranny or Injustice of any prevailing Enemies of publick Freedom, or Jesuiti∣cal Agents, I shall chance to suffer for it in any kinde (as I have formerly done for most of my publick services of this nature) be it close-imprisonments, Fines, Pillories, Stigmati∣zings or Death it self; I shall onely say beforehand, as Gre∣gory the Great did heretofore: Indict. 2. Epist. 78. In cau∣sa qua Deo placere cupio, homines non formido: and as noble Heroick Esther did, in a like publick case for her endan∣gered captivated Nation,n If I perish, I perish: and this my unrighteous suffering, shall be a new Glorious Crown of Martyrdom to my head, both in earth and ino heaven it self: when the Crowns, Names, Fames of all my causeless ma∣licious Enemies, Adversaries, Persecutors, and all Ene∣mies to our Laws, Liberties, Priviledges, Parliaments, Kingdoms, Church, Religion, shall fade, stink, perish like dung, and be had in perpetual execration in all our three Kingdoms; yea, my Bonds, Blood, Books, shall (I hope) through Gods own blessing on them, prove SEMEN EC∣CLESIAE, REIPUBLICAE, REGNI, LEGUM, LI∣BERTATUM AC PALIAMENTORUM ANGLIAE, in future ages, when their carcasses, who are publick Ene∣mies to, and subverters of them, shall lie rotting in their Graves, and their Souls (without sincere repentance) be scorching, roaring in infernal flames, if not rise up in Judg∣ment against and condemn them before all the Tribunals in Earth and Heaven, both now and hereafter, at that Great Judgment-day, when I, they, and all mankind shall and must p appear naked, upon equal terms (stript quite of all arm∣ed Guards and earthly Greatness, to secure them from be∣ing brought to Judgement) before the Tribunal of Jesus Christ himself, (in the view of all the Holy Angels and Man∣kinde) to give an account of the things done in the body in this world, according to that I and they have done, whether it be

good or evil; When all Hypocritical Maskes, Disguises, Car∣nal State-policies of pretended Necessity, Publick Safety, Danger, Justice; with all other Machiavilian unrighteous Practises to guild over the most unrighteous, impious, op∣pressing, bloody, Treasonable, Perfidious publick Actions, will prove but so many Aggravations of Politicians Crying Sins, and of their Eternal Punishments for them.

To draw towards a conclusion; I shall recommend to the whole English Nation and all cordial well-wishers to the Pro∣sperity, Peace, Settlement of our distracted Kingdoms, Churches, and endangered Religion, either in or out of power, these five Considerations more, which have deeply affected my Spirit, and particularly engaged me in this un∣dertaking, for their better information, and our common preservation from total and final impendent ruine.

1. Thata Father Parsons, the trayterous English Jesuite and his Jesuitical society some yeers since prophesied, That they have it by revelation, that by special commandment from God, their ORDER AND SOCIETY, was miraculously in∣stituted for this end, to work a DISMAL CHANGE amongst us: that the time is come, WHEREIN ALL LAWS, CUS∣TOMS AND ORDERS MUST BE ALTERED, AND ALL THINGS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: and that they being the onely men that have the name, office and autho∣rity of Jesus, BY THEM IT IS, THAT THIS MAR∣VELLOUS CHANGE & ALTERATION SHALL BE WROUGHT in such sort, AS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD WAS THE LIKE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE, TO THIS PRESENT. And may we not then justly suspect, fear, conclude, that all our late dismal changes and turning all things upside down in our Church, State, Kingdoms, Parliaments, were originally promoted, con∣trived by the Jesuites, and effected by the seduced Offi∣cers and Souldiers, as their del••ded instruments?

2. That this Jesuite Parsons in his Books of the Reformation of all the States of England, as he prescribed Reformations to the Prince, Court, Counsellors, Noblemen, Bishops, Prelates, Pa∣stors, Universities, Lawyers, Laws, in which he will have

STRANGE METAMORPHOSES; so likewise, THE COURT OF PARLIAMENT HE WILL HAVE BROUGHT TO BETTER FORM, as W. W. (a secnlar Priest) in A Dialogue between a Secular Priest and a Lay-Gentleman, Printed at Rhemes, Anno 1601. Watson in his Quodlibets, p. 92. to 96. 320. to 334. William Clark (a secular Priest in his Answer to Father Parsons Libel, p. 75. &c.) in direct terms attest. And may we not then justly suspect, that the late New-models and Reformation of our Kingdoms, Parliaments, Government, Laws, &c. pro∣ceeded primarily from the Jesuites Projections and Plots against them, if the Statutes of 23 Eliz. c. 1. 27 Eliz. c. 2. 35 Eliz. c. 2. 1 Jac. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7. 7 Jac. c. 6. and the manifold Declarations of both Houses of Parliament, Exact Col∣lection, p. 491, 462, 497, 498, 616, 631, 666, 698, 813, to 828. may be judges?

3. That the Jesuites drift directly is (immediately by means of CONQUEST intended for England) to bring it and all Christendom into an uproar, FOR COMMON SOULDI∣ERS TO EXAMINE THEIR SOVERAIGNS, WHAT TITLE THEY HOLD BY; that thereupon themselves by craft, money and multitudes gathered together through their Policy, may bring England, (and then) Spain, and all the rest under their subjection and Monarchy: And that princi∣pally by this Jesuitical Position, That every Precopie, or Tartarian multitude, getting once the stile and title of a PUB∣LICK STATE, or HELVETIAN COMMONWEALTH, may alter, change and innovate the course of inheritances and succession TO CROWNS AND KINGDOMS, and also to every private Persons heritage holden in Fee-simple: asd William Watson assures us in these very terms. And whe∣ther the Jesuites have nor instructed our Army-Officers and Common Souldiers upon this pretext, and for this very end, to examine their Soveraigns, yea, our Parliaments Titles, Priviledges, and Powers too of late, and dispose of them at their pleasure; let themselves, the whole Nation, with all in present power, in the fear of God, most seriously consider, without passion or affection, before it be over-late.

4. That the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance specially made & prescribed by our most wise, zealous,c Protestant Parliaments, to prevent the Treasonable Plots and designs of Popes, Jesuites, and Papists, against our Protestant Princes, Realms, Parliaments, Religion, though confirmed by many Sta∣tutes, and containing in them onely the Declaration of such a Duty, as every true and well-affected Subject, not onely by the bond of Allegiance, but also by the COMMANDMENT OF GOD, ought to bear to the King, his Heirs and Successors; and none but persons infected with Popish Superstition formerly oppugned, (as the Prologue of the Statute of 7 Jacobi c. 6. positively resolves) have by late State-innovators, not one∣ly been discontinued, suspended, but declaimed against and repealed (as much as in them lay) asd UNLAWFUL OATHS,e The New Oath for abjuration of Popery, with all Bills against Jesuites and Papists, presented to the late King by both Houses the last Parliament, and by him consented to in the Isle of Wight, wholly laid aside, and quite buried in oblivion. The Solemn Protestation, League and Covenant prescribed by the last Parliament, and taken by all the well-affected in all the three Kingdoms (tof prevent the dangerous plots of Papists and Jesuites, and our common enemies to destroy our Religion, Churches, Realms, Government, Parli∣aments, Laws, Liberties) quite antiquated, decried, detested, and ag New Engagement forcibly imposed under highest pe∣nalties and disabilities upon all men, diametrically contrary to these Oaths, Protestations and Covenants, which have been (by a new kinde of Papal Power) publickly dispenced with, and the people absolved from them, to become sworn Homagers to other new self-created Lords and Masters. And are not all these, to considerate zealous Protestants, strong Argu∣ments of the Jesuites Predominancy in our late counsels changes of Government?

5. That the Notion of THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT, (in my weak apprehension) deriving its original from the Jesuites-late inventedh PRESENT CHURCH, the onely Supream Power, and Judge of Controversies, which all men must submit unto without dispute by their determination

as they must do to that present Republican Government, and new Optimacity, and Popularity lately set up instead of our Monarchy. Which two forms of Government, as they were the inventions of Factious Graecians at first, which put all their Cities into Combustions, fury, frenzy, and civil wars against each other, to their utter overthrow in conclusion, witness these verses ofi Heniochus an anci∣ent Greek Comaedian:

Tum geminae ad illas accesserunt Mulieres (RITAS QUAE CUNCTA CONTURBARUNT: OPTIMA-Est nomen alieri: alteri POPULARITAS; (RUNT. Quarum incitatu PRIDEM EXTERNATAE FU∣so k Parsons,l Campanella,m Cardinal Rech••li••u, designed to introduce and set them up amongst us in England, Scotland and Ireland, of purpose to divide and destroy us by civil wars and combustions, and bring us under their Jesuitical power at last, as the marginal Authorities de∣clare to all the world. And if this be undeniable to all having any sence of Religion, Peace or publick Safety left within their b••ests, is it not more then high time for us to awake out of our former lethargy, and sordid, selfish stupidity, to prevent our ruine, by these and other fore∣mentioned Jesuitical practises? Or can any English man, or real Par∣liament be justly offended with me for this impartial discovery of them? And for my endeavours to put all the dislocated Members and broken bones of our old inverted Fundamental body Politick into their due places, joynts and postures again, without which there is no moren possibility of reducing it to its pristine health, ease, settlement, tranquility, prosperity, or of preserving it from per••ecual pain, inqui∣eration, consumption and approaching death, ther••of a natural body whose principal members continue dis-joynted, and bones broken all in peices, as all prudent State-Physitians must acknowledge.

These five Considerations, together with the Premises; will I pre∣sume sufficiently justifie this my undertaking and impartial discovery of Jesuitical Plots to ruine our Church, Religion, Kingdoms, Parlia∣ments, Laws, Liberties, Government, against all malicious Enemies, Accusers, Maligners whatsoever, before all the Tribunals of God or Men, where I shall be ready to justifie them upon all occasions. In perpetual testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and by God's Grace shall ever be ready to seal them and the truth of God with my blood, if called out to do it.

Swainswick, Aug. 12. 1654.

Will. Prynne.

Notes

• This Epistle should have been printed be∣fore the first part; but was omitted through hast.
• a

  See the se∣veral Epistles of Frederick the •• Emperor against Pope Gregory the 9, and In∣nocent the 4 re∣corded by Matt. Paris, p. 33••. fol. 690. spar∣sim.
• b

  See Extrav. de Ma••oritate & Obedientia: Augustinus Tri∣umphus, Bellar∣minus, Becanus, and others, De Monarchia Ro∣mani Pontificis.
• Henricus de Knighton, de E∣ventibus Angli∣ae, l. 2. c. 14, 15.
• c

  See Maffae∣us V••gius & Petrus Ribade∣niera in vita Ignatii Loyolae. Heylius Micro∣cosme, p. 179.
• d

  See Lewis. Owen his Jesu∣ites Looking-glass, printed London 1629. the Epistle to the Reader, and p. 48 to 58. Ju∣bilaeum, sive speculum Jesu∣iticum, printed 1644. p. 207 to 213.
• And are there not some thou∣sands of them here in England under several disguises?
• e

  Mercure Je∣suite, tom. 1. p. 67. Speculum Jesuiticum. p. 156.
• f

  See Lewis Owen his run∣ning Register, & his Jesuited Looking glass. The Anatomy of the English Nunnery at Lisbone.
• g

  De Monar∣chia Hispanica, p. 146, 147, 148, 149, 204, 234, 235, 236, 185, 186.
• h

  See Thomas Campanella de Monarchia His∣paniae. Wa••sons quodlibets, Cot∣toni Posthuma, p. 91. to 107. Cardinal de Os∣sets Letters. Ar∣cana Imperii Hispanici Delph. 1628. Advice a tous les Estat's de Europe, touches les maximes Fundamentales de Government & disseiendes Espaginols Pa∣ris, 1625.
• i

  See my Speech in Parli∣ament, p. 107. to 119. and the History of In∣dependency.
• k

  Exact Col∣lection, p. 651, 652, 662, 666, 813, 814, 816, 826, 827, 832, 902, 904, to 920. A Collection of Ordinances, p. 267, 313, 354, 424.
• l

  See Putney Projects, the Histo••y of Inde∣pendency, and Armies Decla∣rations, Papers, Proposals.
• p. 1180, to 1184. and Con∣tinuation, p. 26, to 60.
• Now out of date.
• m

  Quando eorum malitia hoc exigit & Reipub. vel Ec∣clesiae NECES∣SITAS sic re∣quiri•• Speculum Jesuiticum, p. 168, 169, 170. Mercure Jesu∣ite, Part 1. p. 884, 885.
• n

  See their Remonstrance from St. Albons 16 Nov. 1648. and other Pa∣pers since.
• See Watsons Quodlibets, p. 295, &c.
• o

  Hist. Galli∣ca & Belgica l. 1. p. 126. Spe∣culum Jesuiti∣cum. p. 46.
• p

  See Specu∣lum Jesuiticum and the General History of France in H. 3.
• q

  Speculum Jesuiticum. p. 75.
• r

  See the Ge∣neral History of France in the life of Hen. 4. and Lewis 13. Speculum Jesu∣iticum, p. 77, 80, 126, 235.
• Speculum Je∣suit. p. 102. to 135.
• See the Gene∣ral History of France in Hen. 4. & Lewis 13.
• s

  See Grim∣stons History of the Netherlands p. 764. Thuanus l 79. p. 186. Spe∣culum Jesuiti∣cum p 60, 6••.
• t

  Speculum Jesuiticum p. 127.
• v

  See Speed and Cambden in her life. Bi∣shop Carletons Thankful Re∣membrance of Gods Mercy London 1624.
• x

  H••spinian Hist. Jesuitica, Speeds History p. 1181. Camb∣den, Stow, Ho∣linshed in the Life of Queen Elizabeth. Spe¦culum Jesui∣ticum, p. 73
• See Watsons Quodlibets.
• y

  See Speeds Hist. p. 1240. 1242, 1243. John Stow, and How. 1 Jacobi.
• z

  Cook 3 Insti∣tutes, p. 7. and Calvins Case 7. Report f. 10, 11. 1 Jac. c. 1.
• See Fox, Ho¦linshed, Speed, 1 Mariae.
• a

  See 3 Jac. c. 1, 2, 4, 6. Speeds History, p. 1250, to 1256. The Arraign∣ment of Tray∣to••s, with others. Prayers for the 5 of November.
• b

  Speeds Hist. p. 1242. The Arraignment of Traytors, and M. John Vicars History of the Gunpowder Treason.
• c

  See my E∣pistles to Jus Patrona∣tus, and Speech in Parliament.
• Jer. 5. 31.
• d

  Romes Master-piece, p. 8 18, 19.
• Romes Master-piece, p, 8. to 22.
• e

  The Victory of Truth, Anno 1653.
• f

  Page 5, 7, 8, 18, 33, 39, &c.
• g

  See my Speech in Parli∣ament, and Me∣mento. The E∣pistle to my Jus Patronatus, and Tho. Campanel∣la De Monar∣chia Hisp. c. 25.
• See the Decla∣ration of the se∣cured and se∣cluded Mem∣bers, The Lon∣don••Ministers and others, Re∣presentation to the General, and the second part of the History of Inde∣pendency.
• h

  Jubilaeum, sive Specutum Jesuiticum Epi∣gramma.
• i

  Hasen∣mullerus Hist. Jesuit. c. 1. Speculum Jesuiticum, p. 61.
• k

  Exact Col∣lection, p. 12. to 20, 97 98, 106, 108, 207, 461, to 465. 491, 492, 498, 508, 574, 616, 631, to 638 660, to 670. 812, to 828, 832, 834, 849 890, to 918, 651, 652, 653.
• l

  Exact Col∣lection, p. 3, 4, 461, 462, 491, 49••, 497, 498, 617, 631.
• m

  See the New Govern∣ment of the Commonwealth of England, Ar. 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 41.
• n

  Exact Col∣lection, p. 3, 4, &c.
• o

  Quere whe∣the HIGH COURT of Ju∣stice, had not it's Title from hence?
• See W. Watsons Dialogue be∣tween a secular Priest and Lay Gentleman: printed at Rhemes, 1601. p. 96.
• p

  And is not this the chief Reason of their late endeavour∣ed Alterations?
• Nota.
• q

  And was not this the ve∣ry principal en∣gin lately used to alter the Go∣vernment, cut off the King, and div•••••• his Poste∣rity of their 3 Kingdoms, wit∣n••ss the Armies printed Decla∣rations, and the Junsto••s Vo••es in ••u••suance of them, Jan. 3. 1648. See Mene Tekel Perez by John Rogers.
• This he hath since this Epistle penned, affirm∣ed in a printed Speech before a greater Assem∣bly, Sep. 4. 1654. p. 16, 17.
• r

  As amongst other, Eleaza••, and Joseph Bar. Isaiah, 2 cheat∣ing Impostors and Villains, who have chea∣ted good people of some thou∣sands of pounds. The 1 of them would have for∣cibly ravished a maid in March last, and fled a∣way in the night to avoid appre∣hension, from Dursly in Glo∣cestershire. He confessed in his drink, he was a souldier in Prince Ruperts Army.
• Nota.
• 1 Eliz. c. 1. 5 Eliz. c. 1. 3 Jac. c. 1, 2, 3, 5. 7 Jac. c. 6.
• T. P. the New Fa••x is first.
• s

  And since this in a printed Speech, Sept. 4. 1654.
• Hath not the Army done this in our 3 Nati∣ons?
• t

  The Monar∣c••y of England hath been, 1. In the Britons. 2. In the Saxons. 3. In the Dan••s. 4. In the Nor∣mans Royal Line, and now the 5 must be E∣lective in o∣thers.
• v

  De Monar∣chia Hisp. c. 25. See the Epistle to my Jus Pa∣••••••••••tus.
• x

  A••t. 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.
• y

  A True State, &c. p. 13.
• z

  See Thomas Campanella, de Monarch. Hisp. c. 23, 25, 27.
• a

  See their Almanacks in January, Fe∣bruary, Septem∣ber, October, December, 1654
• b

  See Sixtus ab Hemminga. Astrologiae Re∣futatae Jo. Fran∣cus Officius de diu. Astrorum faculitate, in larvatam Astro∣logiam. Corn. S••epp••••us con∣tra Astrolog••s. Alexander de Angelis in A∣strologos, Hie∣••om Savanorola adve••sus Divi∣natric••m Astro∣no••iam: & A∣pologeticus pro tractatu ejus adversus Astro∣logos, 1581. Picus Mirandu∣la contra Ast••ol. Pu thas Pilgri∣mage, p. 12, 13, 64. Mr. Gata∣kers Vindicati∣on of his Anno∣tations on Jer. 102. London, 1653. Sixtus Senensis Bibl. Sanct. p. 56, 331, 424, to 429.
• c

  Quodlibet 5. A••••••••. 4. p. 144.
• d

  Quodlibet 6. Art. 4 p. 169. See p. 27, 28.
• e

  Quodlibet ••. Artic. 1. p. 26, 27.
• Nota.
• a

  De Monar∣chia Hispanicia c. 25. p 204, &c.
• b

  De Monar∣chia Hispan. c. 25.
• c

  See Watsons Quodtibets, p. 286, to 332. A Dialogue be∣tween a secular Priest and Lay Gentleman, printed at Rhems, ••601. p. 93, 94, 95.
• Conte de Galeazzo Gual∣do 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Hist. part 3. Veneti••s 1648.
• p, 175, 176.
• e

  Quodlib. 3 ar 4. p 65, 41.
• Nota.
• f

  Quodlibets p. 39, 209, 233, 234, 305, 306, 307, 309,
• g

  Quodlibets p 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 42, 45, 50, 283, 285, &c. 332, 333. A D••alogue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a secu∣lar Priest and a L••y Gentlem••n. Anno 1601.
• h

  Quo••libets p. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••o 313, ••8, ••86, 287. 〈…〉〈…〉 1617.
• See J. ••. his Treatise of the Right and 〈…〉〈…〉 Prelate and Prince, print••ed 1616. and re∣printed 1621, by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Jesuites.
• i

  Quodlibets, p. 26.
• k

  Quo••libets, p. 62, 69, and elsewhere.
• l

  Quod 〈◊〉〈◊〉 p 43. 61. 62. 64. 16.
• f

  Iosh. 9, 19. ••0 & Psal. 89. 34. Psal. 154. Heb 6. 17, 18.
• g

  When our Saviour himself was a prehen∣ded, c••rrie•• a∣way priso••e▪, and like to bee crucified, all his D••sc••ples so ••ook him & fled, and Pe••e denyed h••m with in oath, M••t. 26. 56. 70 to 75. And at Pauls first ap∣pearance be∣fore 〈◊〉〈◊〉 no man stood with him, but all me•• forsook him, I pray God it be not laid to their charg; 2 Tim. 4. 9. 16. And so i•• is now with most p••blike s••fferers.
• Exac. Collec. p. 492, 497. 494
• h

  Exac. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 p. 650. 659 660
• Nota.
• i

  See h•• 〈…〉〈…〉: old and new Declara∣tions ••gainst the Parliament & Member. Their T〈…〉〈…〉e state of the common∣w••alth &c. w〈…〉〈…〉h, 〈…〉〈…〉 is but a direct Ar∣〈…〉〈…〉g••n out of themselves un∣der t••e name of oth••r.
• k

  Exac. collec. p. 1652. 654. 655, &c.
• l

  S••e ••heir de∣cl••r••ti••••s in May, Iune, Iu∣ly. Aug. 1647. in Novemb. Decem. Ian. 1648. Ian: 1652 & 1653. and 〈…〉〈…〉 of the ca••e of the common∣wealth of En∣gland, &c. p. 4 c. 35. Anno 1654. with som othe•• Pa••ers and Speeche, since.
• m

  Exac. collec. p. 3. 4, to 16.
• n

  Exac. collec p. 3. 4. to 16. 651, 952. 653.
• o

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 one mem∣ber sister. all the members suffer with it. 1 Cor. 12. 26.
• p

  See Kooks 4 insti••. ch: 1. p. 15. 1••, 17. 23. 24 25. & 〈…〉〈…〉 for the Lord.
• q

  N••r yet a∣ga••••st my self and other se∣cured 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & long in pri∣soned Mem∣bers.
• And are they not so now, al∣most past hopes of any future replanting.
• Modus tenen∣di Parliamen∣tum. Cook 4. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 c. 1.
• Exact Colle∣ction p. 550. 595. 321, 322, 364. 618. 894. 895. 919. 920. A Collection of Ordinances p. 28. 39. 116, 117
• Let those who who took it, re∣member their violations of it and repent. See Exact Col∣lect. p. 497, 498
• Was this ve∣rified by many of these Remon∣strants?
• Exact Collect. p. 262. 282. 284. to 289. 297, 298, 490. 424. 500, 502, 404, 514, 517, 521, 522, 526, 528, 530, 531. 534. 550, 551. 554, 558, 56••, 564, 574. a Collection p. 117. 452, 453.
• Exact Collect. p. 688, 689. 696, 697.
• So stiled Ex∣act Coll. p. 4. 12, 34 61 243. 262 121, 500, ••02. besides the au∣thorities in the 1. Chapter.
• Exact Collect. p. 617, 631, 730.
• Exact Coll. p. 686, to 730.
• Exact. Coll. p. 729.
• See their im∣peachment of the xi. Mem∣bers, and the humble An∣swer of the General Coun∣cel and Officers of the army, &c. Jan. 3. 1648.
• Have they not lately done so since this was penned, as well as hereto∣fore?
• Epistola ad solitariam Vi∣tam agentes. Sr. Christopher Sybthorpe his Reply to an Answer made by a Popish Ad∣versary Dublin 1625. p. 27, 28 29.
• See the De∣claration of the Lords and Commons June 6 1642. concer∣ning this Sta∣tute.
• Exact Collect. p. 34. ••6. 66, 67, 98, 76, 77, 198, 200, 201, 202, 246, 695, 723. 729.
• Exact Coll. p. 118, 195, 207. to 237. 248, 273, 293, 523, 524, 525, 617, 631, 660, 695.
• Exact Coll. in the pages quoted before.
• Article 10, 12, 21, 22, 24, 27, 30. 32, 36, 37, 38, 39.
• Exact Collect. p. 696.
• How much it hath been dis∣honoured by the contrary, let the Army Officers read at leasure in Militiere his Victory of Truth▪
• Nota.
• Nota.
• Who in their Letters of July 1. 1647. Pro∣positions of Aug. 2. and other of their Declarations, professed to all the world, That it was fully agreeable to all their Prin∣ciples, and should be their desires and endeavours to maintain Monarchy the Privi∣ledge and Freedome of the Parliament; and the Rights of his Majesty and Royall Fa∣mily, that so a lasting Peace and Agreement might be settled in this Nation, &c. Which otherwises must not be hoped for nor expected: Let them now consider it?
• s

  Psal. 37. 7. Psal. 73. 3, &c. Eccles. 8. 11, 12.
• t

  Ezek. 22. ••••.
• v

  See 2 King. 10. 1, to 12.
• x

  Deut. 32. 17. 1 Cor. 10. 20. Rev. 9. 20. Ephes. 2. 2.
• y

  Plutarch, Arrianus, Qu••ntus Curti∣us, Suetonius, Grimston, in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Alexan∣der, and Julius Caesar. Balaeus, his Lives of the Popes. Mo∣n••y's Mystery of Iniquity.
• z

  2 King. 18. 33, 34, 35. c. 19. 17, 18, 19. Isa. 10. 7, to 16.
• a

  Rev. 13. 11, to 18. c. 16. 13, 14. c. 19. 20. 1 King. 22. 6. to 24.
• b

  Ephes. 2. 2.
• c

  〈◊〉〈◊〉, Plutarch, Su••∣onius, Grim∣ston, and othe••s in his Life. Jacobus Usse∣••iue Annabum pars posterior, p. 366, 367.
• See 〈…〉〈…〉 A••. 655.
• See the Turkish History in his life.
• See Hunting∣don, Mat. ••est. An 655. Graf∣ton, Speed, Ho∣linshed, Fabian Brompton, in the life of Penda.
• d

  Judg. 1, 2, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 8.
• e

  S••e Joel 3. 6, 7. M••t. 26. 52. and Sir Wal. Rawleighs Preface to his History of the World; and Dr. Beards Theatre Gods Judge∣ments▪ on the 6 and 8 Com∣mandm••n••s.
• f

  Isa. 51 6. 12. c. 26. 13, 14. Psal. 82. 7. Psal 146. 3, 4.
• g

  Rom. 8. 36, 37. Psal. 3. 6.
• h

  See 1 Sam. 8. 4, to 2••. ch. 12. 2. 2 Sam. 18. 2, 3, 4. Jer. 38. 5.
• i

  Tacitus in vna Agri••••••e.
• k

  Jer. 28. 13, 14.
• l

  1 Cor 16. 13.
• m

  Recorded in Livy, Tully, Plutarch, and others. Recta honesta digna Imp••ri••, digna populo Romano, omnia pericula pro Republica subire, mori pro Patria. Cicero de Finibus bo∣norum, &c. p. 365. and Tusc. Quaest. p. 445.
• n

  Esth. 4. 16.
• o

  2 Cor. 4. 16. 2 Tim. 4. 7, 8.
• p

  2 Cor. 5. 10, 11. Mat. 25 31, 32.
• a

  Wa••sons Quodlib••ts 9. Quod. Art. 10. p. 332.
• Nota.
• Do not many now boast, talk, write, of such a conquest ••y the Army ov••r England?
• d

  Quodlibets, p. 322, 323, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 333.
• c

  1 Eliz. c. 1. 5 Eli c. 1. 1 Jac. c. 4. 3 Jac. c. 4, 5. 7 Jac. c. 6. 18 Carloli. The Act for Tri••nnial Parliaments.
• d

  See the printed Edicts repeating them, and enforcing the Engagement An. 1649.
• e

  See the Pro∣positions for the Treaty.
• f

  See the Pre∣face to the Co∣venant.
• g

  See the E∣dicts for the Engagement, An. 1649.
• h

  Bellarmin de Pontif. Ro∣mano. Sir Humph. Linde his Via devi••.
• i

  See Grotius de ••ure Belli & Pacis, l. 3. c. 15. p. 537.
• k

  Watsons Quodlibets, p. 320, 321, 312, 332, 333.
• l

  De Monar. Hisp. c. 25.
• m

  Conte De Galiazzo, Gualdo Priora∣to part. 3. p. p, 165, 176. Prorato Hist.
• n

  See 1 Cor. 12. 12. to 31. 25 H. 8. c. 22. 1 Jac. c. 1, 2. 3 Jac, c. 1, 2.