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             His Highness speech to the Parliament in the Painted Chamber at their dissolution, upon Monday the 22d. of Ianuary 1654. Published to prevent mistakes, and false copies.
             Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
          
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           His
           Highness
           SPEECH
           TO
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           IN
           THE
           PAINTED
           CHAMBER
           AT
           THEIR
           DISSOLUTION
           ,
           upon
           
             Monday
          
           the
           22d
           
             .
          
           of
           
             Ianuary
          
           1654.
           
        
         
           Published
           to
           prevent
           Mistakes
           and
           false
           Copies
           .
        
         
           Re-Printed
           at
           
             Dublin
             ,
          
           by
           
             William
             Bladen
             ,
          
           1654.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           HIS
           HIGHNES
           Speech
           To
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           the
           Painted
           Chamber
           ,
           at
           their
           Dissolution
           ,
           upon
           Monday
           
             Ianuary
          
           22.
           2654
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
          
        
         
           I
           Perceive
           ,
           you
           are
           here
           as
           the
           
             House
             of
             Parilament
             ,
          
           by
           your
           Speaker
           ,
           whom
           I
           see
           here
           ;
           and
           by
           your
           faces
           ,
           which
           are
           ,
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           ,
           known
           to
           me
           .
           When
           I
           first
           met
           you
           in
           this
           Room
           ,
           it
           was
           ,
           to
           my
           apprehension
           ,
           the
           hopefullest
           day
           that
           ever
           mine
           eyes
           saw
           ,
           as
           to
           considerations
           of
           this
           World
           :
           For
           I
           did
           look
           at
           (
           as
           wrapt
           up
           in
           you
           ,
           together
           with
           my self
           )
           the
           hopes
           and
           the
           happiness
           of
           (
           though
           not
           of
           the
           greatest
           yet
           a
           very
           great
           ,
           and
           )
           the
           best
           people
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           truely
           and
           unfeignedly
           I
           thought
           so
           ;
           as
           a
           People
           that
           have
           the
           highest
           and
           the
           clearest
           profession
           among
           them
           ,
           of
           the
           greatest
           glory
           (
           to
           wit
           )
           Religion
           ;
           as
           a
           People
           that
           have
           been
           like
           other
           Nations
           ,
           sometimes
           up
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           down
           ,
           in
           our
           honour
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           yet
           never
           so
           low
           ,
           but
           we
           might
           measure
           with
           other
           Nations
           ;
           and
           a
           People
           that
           have
           had
           a
           stamp
           upon
           them
           from
           God
           ,
           God
           having
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           summed
           all
           Our
           former
           Glory
           and
           Honour
           ,
           in
           things
           that
           are
           Glory
           to
           Nations
           in
           an
           〈…〉
           
           we
           knew
           one
           another
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           are
           well
           known
           abroad
           .
        
         
           And
           (
           if
           I
           be
           not
           very
           much
           mistaken
           )
           we
           were
           arrived
           (
           as
           I
           ,
           and
           truely
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           ,
           many
           others
           did
           think
           )
           at
           a
           very
           safe
           Port
           ,
           where
           we
           might
           sit
           down
           ,
           and
           contemplate
           the
           dispensations
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Our
           mercies
           ,
           and
           might
           know
           Our
           mercies
           not
           to
           have
           been
           like
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Antients
           ,
           who
           did
           make
           out
           their
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           endeavours
           ;
           who
           could
           not
           say
           ,
           as
           We
           ,
           That
           all
           Ours
           were
           let
           down
           to
           Us
           from
           God
           himself
           ,
           whose
           Appearances
           and
           Providences
           amongst
           Us
           are
           not
           be
           outmatched
           by
           any
           Story
           .
        
         
           Truly
           this
           was
           Our
           condition
           and
           I
           know
           nothing
           else
           we
           had
           to
           do
           ,
           save
           as
           
             Israel
          
           was
           commanded
           ,
           in
           that
           most
           excellent
           
             Psalm
          
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           Psal.
           78.
           v.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           
             The
             things
             which
             we
             have
             heard
             and
             known
             ,
             and
             our
             Fathers
             have
             told
             us
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             hide
             them
             from
             their
             Children
             ,
             shewing
             to
             the
             Generation
             to
             come
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             his
             strength
             ,
             and
             his
             wonderful
             works
             which
             he
             hath
             done
             ;
             for
             he
             established
             a
             Testimony
             in
          
           Iacob
           ,
           
             and
             appointed
             a
             Law
             in
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             which
             he
             commended
             our
             Fathers
             that
             they
             should
             make
             them
             known
             to
             their
             Children
             ,
             that
             the
             Generation
             to
             come
             might
             known
             them
             ,
             even
             the
             Children
             which
             should
             be
             born
             ,
             who
             should
             arise
             and
             declare
             them
             to
             their
             Children
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             set
             their
             hope
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             forget
             the
             workes
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             .
          
        
         
           This
           I
           thought
           had
           been
           a
           Song
           and
           a
           Work
           worthy
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           whereunto
           you
           might
           have
           happily
           invited
           them
           ,
           had
           you
           had
           Hearts
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           You
           had
           this
           opportunity
           fairely
           delivered
           unto
           you
           ;
           And
           if
           a
           
             History
          
           shall
           be
           written
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           and
           of
           transactions
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           said
           (
           it
           will
           not
           be
           denyed
           )
           but
           that
           these
           things
           that
           I
           have
           spoken
           are
           true
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Talent
          
           was
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           recure
           to
           that
           which
           I
           said
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           I
           came
           with
           very
           great
           joy
           ,
           and
           contentment
           ,
           and
           comfort
           ,
           the
           first
           time
           I
           met
           you
           in
           this
           Place
           :
           But
           we
           and
           these
           Nations
           are
           ,
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           under
           some
           disappointment
           .
           If
           I
           had
           purposed
           to
           have
           plaid
           the
           Orator
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           never
           affect
           ,
           nor
           do
           ,
           nor
           I
           hope
           shall
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           upon
           easie
           suppositions
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           perswaded
           every
           one
           among
           you
           will
           grant
           ,
           we
           did
           meet
           upon
           such
           hope
           as
           thse
           .
        
         
           I
           met
           you
           a
           second
           time
           here
           ,
           and
           I
           confess
           at
           that
           meeting
           I
           had
           much
           abatement
           of
           my
           hopes
           ,
           through
           not
           a
           total
           frustration
           .
           I
           confess
           that
           that
           which
           dampt
           my
           hopes
           ,
           so
           soon
           ,
           was
           somewhat
           that
           did
           look
           〈…〉
           you
           that
           the
           management
           
           of
           Affairs
           did
           savour
           of
           a
           
             not-owning
          
           too
           too
           much
           savour
           I
           say
           of
           a
           
             not-owning
          
           the
           
             Authority
          
           that
           called
           you
           hither
           ;
           but
           God
           left
           us
           not
           without
           an
           expedient
           that
           gave
           a
           second
           
             Possibility
             ,
          
           shall
           I
           say
           ,
           a
           
             possibility
          
           ?
           it
           seemed
           to
           Me
           a
           
             probability
          
           of
           recovering
           out
           of
           that
           
             Dissatisfied
             Condition
          
           We
           were
           all
           then
           in
           ,
           towards
           some
           mutuality
           of
           
             Satisfaction
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           by
           that
           
             Recognition
             ,
          
           suiting
           with
           the
           
             Indenture
          
           that
           returned
           you
           hither
           ,
           to
           which
           afterwards
           also
           was
           added
           your
           own
           
             Declaration
             ,
          
           conformable
           to
           and
           in
           acceptance
           o
           ,
           that
           Expedient
           ,
           whereby
           you
           had
           (
           though
           with
           a
           little
           check
           )
           another
           opportunity
           renewed
           unto
           you
           to
           have
           made
           this
           Nation
           as
           happy
           as
           it
           could
           have
           been
           ,
           if
           every
           thing
           had
           smoothly
           run
           on
           from
           hatsirct
           hour
           of
           your
           meeting
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           (
           you
           will
           give
           me
           liberty
           of
           my
           thoughts
           and
           hopes
           )
           I
           did
           think
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           formerly
           found
           in
           that
           way
           that
           I
           have
           been
           engaged
           as
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           hat
           some
           affronts
           put
           up
           in
           us
           ,
           some
           disasters
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           have
           made
           way
           for
           very
           great
           and
           happy
           Successes
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           did
           not
           at
           all
           
             despond
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             Stop
          
           put
           upon
           you
           ,
           would
           in
           like
           manner
           have
           made
           way
           for
           a
           blessing
           from
           God
           ,
           that
           that
           
             Interruption
          
           being
           ,
           as
           thought
           ,
           necessary
           to
           divert
           you
           from
           destructive
           and
           violent
           proceedings
           ,
           to
           give
           time
           for
           better
           Deliberati
           us
           ;
           whereby
           ,
           leaving
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           as
           you
           found
           it
           ,
           you
           might
           have
           proceeded
           to
           have
           made
           those
           good
           and
           wholsome
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           which
           the
           People
           expected
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           answered
           the
           
             Grievances
             ,
          
           and
           
             settled
          
           those
           other
           things
           proper
           to
           you
           as
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           for
           which
           you
           would
           have
           had
           thanks
           ,
           from
           all
           that
           intrusted
           you
           .
        
         
           What
           hath
           hapned
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           taken
           publick
           notice
           of
           ,
           as
           declining
           to
           intrench
           upon
           
             Parliament
             Priviledges
          
           :
           For
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           you
           will
           all
           bear
           me
           witness
           ,
           that
           from
           your
           entring
           into
           the
           
             House
          
           upon
           the
           
             Recognition
             ,
          
           to
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           you
           have
           had
           no
           manner
           of
           
             Interruption
          
           or
           
             Hindrance
          
           of
           mine
           ,
           in
           proceeding
           to
           that
           blessed
           issue
           the
           heart
           of
           a
           good
           man
           could
           propose
           to
           himself
           ,
           to
           this
           very
           day
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           you
           have
           me
           verie
           much
           lockt
           up
           as
           to
           what
           you
           transacted
           among
           your selves
           from
           that
           time
           to
           this
           ,
           but
           somthing
           I
           shall
           take
           liberty
           to
           speak
           of
           to
           you
           ,
           As
           I
           may
           not
           take
           notice
           what
           you
           have
           been
           doing
           ,
           so
           I
           think
           I
           have
           a
           very
           great
           liberty
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           know
           what
           you
           have
           been
           doing
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           whether
           you
           have
           been
           alive
           or
           dead
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           once
           
             Heard
          
           from
           you
           in
           all
           this
           time
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           all
           know
           :
           If
           that
           be
           a
           fault
           that
           I
           have
           not
           ,
           surely
           it
           hath
           not
           been
           mine
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           had
           any
           
             Melancholy
             thoughts
             ,
          
           and
           have
           sat
           down
           by
           them
           ,
           why
           might
           it
           not
           have
           been
           very
           lawful
           to
           me
           to
           think
           that
           I
           was
           a
           〈◊〉
           
           judged
           
             Vnconcerned
          
           in
           all
           these
           businesses
           :
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           reckoned
           my self
           ,
           nor
           did
           I
           reckon
           my self
           
             unconcerned
          
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           as
           any
           
             Iust
             patience
          
           could
           support
           my
           expectations
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           waited
           to
           the
           untermost
           to
           have
           received
           from
           you
           the
           issues
           of
           your
           
             Consultations
          
           and
           
             Resolutions
          
           ;
           I
           have
           been
           careful
           of
           your
           
             Safety
             ,
          
           &
           the
           
             Safety
          
           of
           those
           that
           you
           represented
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           reckon
           my self
           a
           Servant
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           
             Messages
          
           have
           I
           disturbed
           you
           withall
           ?
           What
           
             Injury
          
           or
           
             Indignity
          
           hath
           been
           done
           or
           offered
           ,
           either
           to
           your
           Persons
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           Priviledges
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           since
           you
           sat
           ?
           I
           looked
           at
           my self
           ,
           as
           strictly
           obliged
           by
           my
           
             Oath
          
           since
           your
           
             Recognizing
          
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Authority
          
           of
           which
           you
           were
           called
           hither
           ,
           and
           sate
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           all
           possible
           security
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           you
           from
           any
           
             un-Parliamentary
             Interruption
             .
          
        
         
           Think
           you
           I
           could
           not
           say
           more
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           if
           I
           listed
           to
           expaciate
           thereupon
           ;
           but
           because
           my
           actions
           plead
           for
           me
           :
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           of
           this
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           caring
           for
           you
           ,
           your
           quiet
           sitting
           ,
           caring
           for
           your
           Priviledges
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           
             Interrupted
             ,
          
           have
           been
           seeking
           of
           God
           ,
           from
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           a
           
             Blessing
          
           upon
           you
           ,
           sand
           a
           
             Blessing
          
           upon
           these
           Nations
           ;
           I
           have
           been
           consulting
           ,
           if
           possiblie
           I
           might
           in
           any
           thing
           promote
           ,
           in
           my
           Place
           ,
           the
           real
           good
           of
           this
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           of
           the
           hopefulness
           of
           which
           I
           have
           said
           so
           much
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           did
           think
           it
           to
           be
           my
           business
           ,
           rather
           to
           see
           the
           utmost
           issue
           ,
           and
           what
           God
           would
           produce
           by
           you
           ,
           than
           unseasonably
           to
           intermeddle
           with
           you
           .
           But
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           caring
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           indeed
           I
           have
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           shall
           a
           little
           presently
           manifest
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           leadeth
           me
           to
           let
           you
           know
           somwhat
           that
           I
           fear
           ,
           I
           fear
           will
           be
           through
           some
           interpretation
           a
           little
           too
           justly
           put
           upon
           you
           ,
           whilest
           you
           have
           been
           imployed
           as
           you
           have
           been
           (
           and
           in
           all
           that
           time
           expressed
           in
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           in
           that
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           that
           GOVERNMENT
           )
           brought
           forth
           nothing
           that
           you
           your selves
           say
           can
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           without
           
             infringment
          
           of
           your
           
             Priviledges
             .
          
        
         
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           somwhat
           ,
           that
           (
           if
           it
           be
           not
           news
           to
           you
           )
           I
           wish
           you
           had
           taken
           very
           serious
           consideration
           of
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           
             news
             ,
          
           I
           wish
           I
           had
           acquainted
           you
           with
           it
           sooner
           :
           And
           yet
           if
           any
           man
           will
           ask
           me
           why
           I
           did
           it
           not
           ,
           the
           Reason
           is
           given
           already
           ,
           because
           I
           did
           make
           it
           my
           business
           to
           give
           you
           no
           
             interruption
             .
          
        
         
           There
           be
           some
           
             Trees
          
           that
           will
           not
           
             grow
          
           under
           the
           
             shadow
          
           of
           other
           〈…〉
           a
           man
           may
           say
           so
           by
           way
           of
           allusion
           
           to
           thrive
           under
           the
           
             shadow
          
           of
           other
           
             Trees
          
           :
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           what
           have
           
             thriven
             ,
          
           I
           will
           not
           say
           what
           you
           have
           
             cherished
          
           under
           your
           
             shadow
             ,
          
           that
           were
           too
           hard
           ,
           Instead
           of
           the
           
             Peace
          
           and
           
             Settlement
             ,
          
           instead
           of
           
             Mercy
          
           and
           
             Truth
          
           being
           brought
           together
           ,
           
             Righteousness
             and
             Peace
             kissing
             each
             other
             ,
          
           by
           reconciling
           the
           honest
           People
           of
           these
           Nation
           :
           ,
           and
           settling
           the
           woful
           Distempers
           that
           are
           amongst
           us
           ,
           (
           which
           had
           been
           glorious
           things
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           
             Christians
          
           to
           have
           proposed
           )
           
             Weeds
          
           and
           
             Nettles
             ,
             Briars
          
           and
           
             Thorn
          
           ;
           have
           
             thriven
          
           under
           your
           
             shadow
             ,
          
           dissettlement
           !
           and
           division
           ,
           discontent
           and
           dis-satisfaction
           ,
           together
           with
           real
           dangers
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           has
           been
           more
           multiplied
           within
           these
           
             five
             Months
          
           of
           your
           Sitting
           ,
           than
           in
           some
           
             Years
          
           before
           .
        
         
           Foundations
           have
           been
           also
           laid
           for
           the
           future
           renewing
           the
           
             Troubles
          
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           
             Enemies
          
           of
           it
           
             abroad
          
           and
           at
           
             home
          
           ;
           Let
           not
           these
           words
           seem
           too
           sharp
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           true
           ,
           as
           any
           
             Mathematical
             Demonstrations
          
           are
           or
           can
           be
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           
             Enemies
          
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           these
           Nations
           abroad
           and
           at
           home
           ,
           the
           discontented
           humors
           throughout
           these
           Nations
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           no
           man
           will
           grudg
           to
           call
           by
           that
           name
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           to
           allude
           to
           
             Briars
          
           and
           
             Thorns
             ,
          
           they
           have
           nourished
           themselves
           under
           your
           
             shadow
             .
          
        
         
           And
           that
           I
           may
           be
           clearly
           understood
           ,
           they
           have
           taken
           the
           opportunities
           from
           your
           
             Sitting
             ,
          
           from
           the
           hopes
           they
           had
           ,
           which
           with
           easie
           conjecture
           they
           might
           take
           up
           ,
           and
           conclude
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           be
           no
           
             Settlement
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           they
           have
           framed
           their
           
             Designes
             ,
          
           preparing
           for
           the
           
             execution
          
           of
           them
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           Now
           whether
           (
           which
           appertains
           not
           to
           me
           to
           judge
           of
           on
           their
           behalf
           )
           they
           had
           any
           occasion
           ministred
           for
           this
           ;
           and
           from
           whence
           they
           had
           it
           ,
           I
           list
           not
           to
           make
           any
           scrutiny
           or
           search
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           say
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           they
           had
           them
           not
           from
           me
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           had
           not
           ;
           from
           whence
           they
           had
           it
           is
           not
           my
           business
           now
           to
           discourse
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           had
           ,
           is
           obvious
           to
           every
           mans
           sense
           .
        
         
           What
           preparations
           they
           have
           made
           to
           
             execute
          
           in
           such
           a
           season
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           take
           their
           opportunity
           from
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           (
           not
           as
           men
           know
           things
           by
           conjecture
           ,
           but
           )
           by
           certain
           demonstrable
           knowledg
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           (
           for
           some
           time
           past
           )
           furnishing
           themselves
           with
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           nothing
           doubting
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           should
           have
           a
           
             Day
          
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           verily
           believing
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           their
           former
           
             disappointments
          
           were
           ,
           they
           should
           have
           more
           done
           for
           them
           by
           and
           from
           our
           own
           
             Divisions
             ,
          
           than
           they
           were
           able
           to
           do
           for
           themselves
           .
           I
           do
           not
           ,
           and
           I
           desire
           to
           be
           understood
           so
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           I
           have
           to
           say
           of
           this
           subject
           ,
           you
           will
           take
           it
           that
           I
           have
           no
           reservation
           in
           my
           minde
           to
           〈…〉
           
           of
           
             Guess
          
           and
           
             Suspition
             ,
          
           with
           things
           of
           
             Fact
             ,
          
           but
           the
           things
           I
           am
           telling
           are
           of
           
             Fact
             ,
          
           things
           of
           evident
           
             demonstration
             .
          
        
         
           These
           
             Weeds
             ,
             Briars
          
           and
           
             Thorns
             ,
          
           they
           have
           been
           preparing
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           their
           
             Designs
          
           to
           some
           maturity
           ,
           by
           the
           advantages
           given
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           from
           your
           
             Sitting
          
           and
           
             Proceedings
          
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           
             waking
             ey
          
           that
           watched
           over
           that
           
             Cause
          
           that
           God
           will
           bless
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           
             disappointed
             .
          
           And
           having
           mentioned
           that
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           I
           say
           that
           
             slighted
             Cause
             ,
          
           Let
           me
           speak
           a
           few
           words
           in
           behalf
           thereof
           (
           though
           it
           may
           seem
           too
           long
           a
           digression
           )
           Whosoever
           despiseth
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           say
           it
           is
           
             Non
             Causa
             pro
             Causâ
             ,
          
           the
           all
           searching
           ey
           before
           mentioned
           will
           find
           out
           that
           Man
           ,
           and
           will
           judge
           him
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           regardeth
           not
           the
           
             Works
          
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             operations
          
           of
           his
           hands
           ,
           for
           which
           God
           hath
           threatened
           to
           cast
           men
           down
           and
           not
           build
           them
           up
           ;
           that
           because
           he
           can
           dispute
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           ,
           He
           knew
           not
           where
           the
           
             Cause
          
           begun
           ,
           nor
           where
           it
           is
           ,
           but
           modelleth
           it
           according
           to
           his
           own
           intellect
           ,
           and
           submits
           not
           to
           to
           the
           
             appearances
          
           of
           God
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           therefore
           he
           lifts
           up
           his
           heel
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           mocketh
           at
           all
           his
           providences
           ,
           laughing
           at
           the
           observations
           made
           up
           not
           without
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           but
           by
           the
           quickening
           and
           teaching
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           which
           gives
           life
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           calling
           such
           
             observations
          
           Enthusiasms
           .
           Such
           men
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           stumble
           and
           fall
           backward
           ,
           and
           be
           broken
           ,
           and
           snared
           ,
           and
           taken
           by
           the
           things
           of
           which
           they
           are
           so
           maliciously
           and
           wilfully
           ignorant
           .
           The
           
             Scriptures
          
           say
           ,
           The
           
             Rod
          
           has
           a
           voice
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           make
           himself
           known
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           make
           himself
           known
           by
           the
           Judgements
           which
           he
           executeth
           ;
           and
           do
           we
           not
           think
           he
           will
           ,
           and
           does
           ,
           by
           the
           providences
           of
           mercy
           and
           kindness
           which
           he
           hath
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           just
           Liberties
           ,
           
             whom
             he
             loves
             as
             the
             Apple
             of
             his
             Ey
          
           ?
           Doth
           he
           not
           by
           them
           manifest
           himself
           ?
           And
           is
           he
           not
           thereby
           also
           seen
           ,
           giving
           
             Kingdoms
          
           for
           them
           ,
           giving
           
             Men
          
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           
             People
          
           for
           their
           lives
           ?
           As
           it
           is
           in
           the
           43.
           of
           
             Isaiah
          
           Is
           not
           this
           as
           fair
           a
           Lecture
           ,
           and
           as
           clear
           speaking
           ,
           as
           any
           thing
           our
           dark
           reason
           left
           to
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           
             Scriptures
          
           can
           collect
           from
           them
           ?
           By
           this
           
             voice
          
           has
           God
           spoken
           very
           loud
           on
           the
           behal
           of
           his
           
             People
             ,
          
           by
           
             judging
          
           their
           Enemies
           in
           the
           late
           
             War
             ,
          
           and
           restoring
           them
           a
           
             liberty
          
           to
           worship
           with
           the
           freedom
           of
           their
           
             Consciences
             ,
          
           and
           freedom
           in
           their
           
             Estates
          
           and
           
             Persons
          
           when
           they
           do
           so
           .
           And
           thus
           we
           have
           found
           the
           
             Cause
          
           of
           God
           by
           the
           
             Works
          
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           
             Testimony
          
           of
           God
           ,
           upon
           which
           
             Rock
             ,
          
           whosoever
           
             spilits
          
           shall
           suffer
           shipwrack
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           Our
           
             Glory
             ,
          
           and
           it
           is
           
             Mine
             ,
          
           if
           I
           have
           any
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             Interest
          
           of
           those
           that
           have
           an
           
             Interest
          
           in
           a
           better
           World
           ;
           
           It
           is
           My
           
             Glory
          
           that
           ,
           I
           know
           a
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           we
           have
           not
           lost
           ,
           but
           do
           hope
           we
           shall
           take
           a
           little
           pleasure
           rather
           to
           lose
           our
           
             Lives
          
           than
           lose
           .
           But
           you
           will
           excuse
           this
           long
           digression
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           unto
           you
           ,
           whilst
           you
           have
           been
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           these
           
             Transactions
             ,
          
           that
           
             Party
             ,
          
           that
           
             Cavalier
             Party
             ,
          
           (
           I
           could
           wish
           some
           of
           them
           had
           thrust
           in
           here
           to
           have
           heard
           what
           I
           say
           )
           the
           
             Cavalier
             Party
          
           have
           been
           
             designing
          
           and
           
             preparing
          
           to
           put
           this
           
             Nation
          
           in
           bloud
           again
           with
           a
           witness
           ;
           but
           because
           I
           am
           confident
           there
           are
           none
           of
           that
           Sort
           here
           ,
           therefore
           I
           shall
           say
           the
           less
           to
           that
           ;
           onely
           this
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           making
           great
           preparations
           of
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           and
           ,
           I
           do
           believe
           ,
           will
           be
           made
           evident
           to
           you
           that
           they
           have
           raked
           out
           many
           thousands
           of
           
             Arms
             ,
          
           even
           all
           that
           this
           City
           could
           afford
           ,
           for
           divers
           Months
           last
           past
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           will
           be
           said
           ,
           May
           we
           not
           arm
           Our selves
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           our
           Houses
           ?
           will
           any bodie
           find
           fault
           for
           that
           ?
           No
           ,
           for
           that
           ,
           the
           reason
           of
           their
           doing
           so
           hath
           been
           as
           explicit
           ,
           and
           under
           as
           clear
           proof
           ,
           as
           the
           fact
           of
           doing
           so
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           hope
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Justice
          
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           some
           will
           ,
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
             Answer
          
           it
           with
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           business
           will
           be
           pretty
           well
           out
           of
           doubt
           .
        
         
           Banks
           of
           
             Money
          
           have
           been
           framing
           for
           these
           ,
           and
           other
           such
           like
           uses
           ;
           
             Letters
          
           have
           been
           issued
           ,
           with
           
             Privie
             Seals
             ,
          
           to
           as
           great
           Persons
           as
           most
           are
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           for
           the
           advance
           of
           Moneys
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           
             discovered
          
           to
           
             Vs
          
           by
           the
           persons
           themselves
           ;
           Commissions
           for
           
             Regiments
          
           of
           
             Horse
          
           and
           
             Foot
          
           and
           
             Command
          
           of
           
             Castles
             ,
          
           have
           been
           likewise
           given
           from
           
             Charls
             Stuart
             ,
          
           since
           your
           
             Sitting
          
           ;
           and
           what
           the
           general
           insolencies
           of
           that
           party
           have
           been
           ,
           the
           honest
           people
           have
           been
           sensible
           of
           ,
           and
           can
           very
           well
           testify
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           not
           been
           onely
           thus
           ;
           but
           as
           in
           a
           
             Quinzie
          
           or
           
             Plurisie
             ,
          
           where
           the
           humor
           fixeth
           in
           one
           part
           ,
           give
           it
           scope
           ,
           it
           will
           gather
           to
           that
           place
           ,
           to
           the
           hazarding
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           natural
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           till
           it
           destroy
           nature
           ,
           in
           that
           
             Person
          
           on
           whomsoever
           this
           befals
           ,
        
         
           So
           likewise
           will
           those
           
             diseases
          
           take
           accidental
           Causes
           of
           aggravation
           of
           their
           distemper
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           that
           which
           I
           did
           assert
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           taken
           
             Accidental
             Causes
             ,
          
           for
           the
           growing
           and
           increasing
           of
           those
           
             Distempers
             ,
          
           as
           much
           as
           would
           have
           been
           in
           the
           natural
           body
           ,
           if
           timely
           remedy
           were
           nor
           applied
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           things
           were
           come
           to
           that
           pass
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           a
           particular
           account
           )
           that
           no
           mortal
           
             Physician
             ,
          
           if
           the
           
             Great
             Physician
          
           had
           not
           stept
           in
           ,
           could
           have
           cured
           the
           
             Distemper
             .
          
        
         
           Shall
           I
           lay
           this
           upon
           your
           Account
           ,
           or
           my
           own
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           can
           lay
           it
           upon
           Gods
           account
           〈…〉
           
           mortal
           and
           destructive
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           all
           this
           ?
           Truly
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           a
           company
           of
           men
           still
           ,
           like
           
             Briars
          
           and
           
             Thorns
             ,
          
           and
           worse
           ,
           if
           worse
           can
           be
           ,
           of
           another
           sort
           than
           those
           before
           mentioned
           to
           you
           ,
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           ,
           endeavoring
           to
           put
           Us
           into
           
             Bloud
          
           and
           into
           
             Confusion
             ,
          
           more
           desperate
           and
           dangerous
           
             Confusion
          
           than
           
             England
          
           ever
           yet
           saw
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           as
           when
           
             Gideon
          
           commanded
           his
           Son
           to
           fall
           upon
           
             Zeba
          
           and
           
             Zalmunna
          
           to
           slay
           them
           ,
           they
           thought
           it
           more
           noble
           to
           die
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           
             Man
             ,
          
           than
           of
           a
           
             Stripling
          
           ;
           which
           shews
           there
           is
           some
           contentment
           in
           the
           
             hand
          
           by
           which
           a
           man
           
             falls
          
           :
           So
           is
           it
           some
           satisfaction
           ,
           if
           a
           
             Common-wealth
          
           must
           
             perish
          
           that
           it
           
             perish
          
           by
           
             Men
             ,
          
           and
           not
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           persons
           differing
           little
           from
           
             Beasts
          
           ;
           That
           if
           it
           must
           needs
           suffer
           ,
           it
           should
           rather
           suffer
           from
           
             rich
             men
             ,
          
           than
           from
           
             poor
             men
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           as
           
             Solomon
          
           saies
           ,
           
             when
             they
             oppress
             ,
             they
             l●●ve
             nothing
             behind
             them
             ,
             but
             are
             as
             a
             sweeping
             rain
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           such
           as
           these
           also
           are
           grown
           up
           under
           your
           shadow
           :
           But
           it
           will
           be
           asked
           ,
           what
           have
           they
           done
           ?
           I
           hope
           ,
           though
           they
           pretend
           
             Common-wealths
             interest
             ,
          
           they
           have
           had
           no
           encourageme●t
           from
           you
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           before
           ,
           rather
           taken
           it
           ,
           than
           that
           you
           have
           administered
           any
           Cause
           unto
           them
           for
           so
           doing
           ,
           from
           
             Delays
             ,
          
           from
           hopes
           that
           this
           Parliament
           would
           not
           settle
           ,
           from
           
             Pamphlets
             ,
          
           mentioning
           strange
           
             Votes
          
           and
           
             Resolves
          
           of
           yours
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           did
           abuse
           you
           .
           Thus
           you
           see
           ,
           what
           ever
           the
           
             Grounds
          
           were
           ,
           these
           have
           been
           the
           
             Effects
             .
          
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           laid
           these
           things
           before
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           and
           others
           will
           be
           easily
           able
           to
           judge
           how
           far
           you
           are
           concerned
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           have
           these
           men
           done
           ?
           They
           have
           also
           labored
           to
           pervert
           where
           they
           could
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           the
           
             honest
             meaning
          
           people
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           they
           have
           labored
           to
           engage
           ,
           some
           in
           the
           
             Army
          
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           they
           ,
           but
           some
           others
           also
           very
           well
           known
           to
           
             You
             ,
          
           have
           helped
           in
           this
           work
           of
           debauching
           and
           dividing
           the
           
             Army
          
           ;
           they
           have
           ,
           they
           have
           ;
           I
           would
           be
           loth
           to
           say
           ,
           
             who
             ,
             where
             ,
          
           and
           
             how
             ,
          
           much
           more
           loth
           to
           say
           ,
           they
           were
           any
           of
           your
           own
           
             Number
             ,
          
           but
           I
           can
           say
           
             Endeavors
          
           have
           been
           to
           put
           the
           
             Army
          
           into
           a
           
             Distemper
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             Feed
          
           that
           which
           is
           the
           worst
           humor
           in
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           which
           though
           it
           was
           not
           a
           mastering
           humor
           ,
           yet
           these
           took
           their
           advantage
           from
           delay
           of
           the
           
             Settlement
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Practices
          
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           
             stopping
          
           the
           pay
           of
           the
           
             Army
             ,
          
           to
           run
           Us
           ,
           into
           
             Free-Quarter
             ,
          
           and
           to
           bring
           us
           into
           the
           inconveniencies
           most
           to
           be
           feared
           and
           avoided
           .
        
         
           What
           if
           I
           am
           able
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           in
           
             Fact
             ,
          
           That
           some
           amongst
           you
           have
           run
           into
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           to
           perswade
           to
           
             Petitions
          
           and
           
             Ad
          
           〈…〉
           own
           
             Votes
          
           that
           you
           have
           passed
           ?
           whether
           
           these
           practices
           were
           in
           favor
           of
           your
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           or
           tended
           to
           be
           get
           hopes
           of
           
             Peace
          
           and
           
             Settlement
          
           from
           you
           ;
           and
           whether
           
             debauching
          
           the
           
             Army
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           is
           before
           expressed
           ,
           and
           
             sterving
          
           it
           ,
           and
           putting
           it
           upon
           
             Free-Quarter
             ,
          
           and
           occasioning
           and
           necessitating
           the
           greatest
           part
           thereof
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           to
           march
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           leaving
           the
           remainder
           thereof
           to
           have
           their
           
             throats
             cut
          
           there
           ,
           and
           kindling
           by
           the
           rest
           a
           
             Fire
          
           in
           our
           own
           
             bosoms
             ,
          
           were
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           Affairs
           here
           ,
           Let
           the
           World
           judg
           ?
        
         
           This
           I
           tell
           you
           also
           ,
           that
           the
           correspondency
           held
           with
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Cavaliers
             ,
          
           by
           that
           Party
           of
           men
           called
           
             Levellers
             ,
          
           and
           who
           calls
           themselves
           
             Common-wealths-men
          
           ;
           whose
           
             Declarations
          
           were
           framed
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           
             published
          
           at
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Commonrising
           ,
           whereof
           
             We
          
           are
           possessed
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           
             We
          
           have
           the
           
             Confession
          
           of
           themselves
           ,
           now
           in
           custody
           ;
           who
           confess
           also
           they
           built
           their
           hopes
           upon
           the
           assurance
           they
           had
           of
           the
           
             Parliaments
          
           not
           agreeing
           a
           
             Settlement
          
           :
           Whether
           these
           humors
           have
           not
           nourished
           themselves
           under
           your
           
             Boughs
             ,
          
           is
           the
           subject
           of
           my
           present
           discourse
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           I
           say
           not
           amiss
           if
           I
           affirm
           it
           to
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           must
           say
           it
           again
           ,
           That
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           their
           advantage
           ,
           thus
           to
           raise
           
             disturbance
             ,
          
           hath
           been
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           those
           
             Golden
             opportunities
             ,
          
           that
           God
           hath
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           for
           
             Settlement
             ,
          
           Judge
           you
           whether
           these
           things
           were
           thus
           or
           no
           ,
           when
           you
           first
           sat
           down
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           things
           were
           not
           thus
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           very
           great
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           sedateness
           ,
           throughout
           these
           
             Nations
             ,
          
           and
           great
           expectations
           of
           a
           happy
           
             Settlement
             ,
          
           which
           I
           remembered
           to
           you
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           my
           Speech
           ,
           and
           hoped
           that
           you
           would
           have
           entered
           upon
           your
           business
           as
           you
           found
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           GOVERNMENT
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           I
           say
           a
           GOVERNMENT
           in
           the
           posession
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           for
           many
           Months
           ,
           it
           hath
           now
           been
           exercised
           near
           fifteen
           Months
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           were
           needful
           that
           I
           should
           tell
           you
           ,
           how
           it
           came
           into
           their
           
             Possession
             ,
          
           and
           how
           willingly
           they
           
             received
          
           it
           ,
           How
           all
           
             Law
          
           and
           
             Justice
          
           were
           distributed
           from
           it
           ,
           in
           every
           respect
           ,
           as
           to
           life
           ,
           liberty
           and
           estate
           ;
           How
           it
           was
           
             owned
          
           by
           God
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           his
           
             Providence
             ,
          
           after
           twelve
           years
           
             War
             ,
          
           and
           
             sealed
          
           and
           
             Witnessed
          
           unto
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           
             I
          
           should
           but
           repeat
           what
           
             I
          
           said
           in
           my
           last
           
             Speech
          
           made
           unto
           you
           in
           this
           Place
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
             I
          
           forbear
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           were
           entered
           upon
           this
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           raveling
           into
           it
           (
           you
           know
           
             I
          
           took
           no
           notice
           what
           you
           were
           doing
           )
           if
           you
           had
           gone
           upon
           that
           〈…〉
           
           
             visions
          
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Settling
          
           of
           such
           matters
           in
           things
           of
           Religion
           as
           would
           have
           
             upheld
          
           and
           given
           
             Countenance
          
           to
           a
           
             Godly
             Ministery
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           would
           have
           given
           a
           
             just
             libertie
          
           to
           
             Godly
             men
          
           of
           different
           Judgements
           ,
           men
           of
           the
           same
           Faith
           with
           them
           that
           you
           call
           the
           
             Orthodox
             Ministery
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           well
           known
           the
           
             Independents
          
           are
           ,
           and
           many
           under
           the
           Form
           of
           
             Ba●tism
             ,
          
           who
           are
           
             sound
          
           in
           the
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           onely
           may
           perhaps
           be
           different
           in
           Judgement
           in
           some
           lesser
           matters
           ,
           yet
           as
           true
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           both
           looking
           at
           Salvation
           ,
           
             onely
             by
             faith
             in
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           men
           profe●●●ng
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           having
           recourse
           to
           the
           
             Name
          
           of
           God
           ,
           
             as
             to
             a
             strong
             Tower
          
           ;
           I
           say
           you
           might
           have
           had
           
             Opportunity
          
           to
           have
           settled
           
             Peace
          
           and
           
             Quietness
          
           amongst
           all
           professing
           
             Godliness
             ,
          
           and
           might
           have
           been
           instrumental
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           have
           
             healed
          
           the
           breaches
           ,
           yet
           to
           have
           kept
           the
           Godly
           of
           all
           Judgements
           from
           running
           one
           upon
           another
           ,
           and
           by
           keeping
           them
           from
           being
           over-run
           by
           a
           Common
           Enemie
           ,
           rendered
           them
           and
           these
           Nations
           ,
           both
           secure
           ,
           happy
           ,
           and
           well
           satisfied
           .
        
         
           Are
           thess
           things
           done
           ?
           or
           any
           thing
           towards
           them
           ?
           Is
           there
           not
           yet
           upon
           the
           Spirits
           of
           men
           a
           strange
           
             itch
          
           ?
           Nothing
           will
           satisfie
           them
           ,
           unless
           they
           can
           put
           their
           finger
           upon
           their
           
             Brethrens
             Consciences
             ,
          
           to
           pinch
           them
           there
           .
           To
           do
           this
           was
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Contest
           we
           had
           with
           the
           
             Common
             Adversary
          
           ;
           for
           
             Religion
          
           was
           not
           the
           thing
           at
           the
           first
           contested
           for
           ;
           but
           God
           brought
           it
           to
           that
           issue
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           gave
           it
           unto
           Us
           by
           way
           of
           
             Redundancie
             ,
          
           and
           at
           last
           it
           proved
           to
           be
           that
           which
           was
           most
           dear
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           wherein
           consisted
           this
           ,
           more
           than
           in
           ●btain●ng
           that
           
             Liberty
          
           from
           the
           
             Tyranny
          
           of
           the
           
             Bishops
             ,
          
           to
           all
           
             Species
          
           of
           
             Protestants
             ,
          
           to
           worship
           God
           according
           to
           their
           own
           
             Light
          
           and
           
             Consciences
          
           ?
           for
           want
           of
           which
           ,
           many
           of
           our
           
             Brethren
          
           forsook
           their
           
             Native
             Countreys
             ,
          
           to
           seek
           their
           
             Bread
          
           from
           
             Strangers
             ,
          
           and
           to
           live
           in
           
             Howling
             Wildernesses
          
           ;
           and
           for
           which
           also
           ,
           many
           that
           remained
           here
           ,
           were
           
             imprisoned
             ,
          
           and
           otherwise
           
             abused
             ,
          
           and
           made
           the
           scorn
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           Those
           that
           were
           
             sound
             in
             the
             Faith
             ,
          
           how
           proper
           was
           it
           for
           them
           to
           labor
           for
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           for
           a
           just
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           that
           men
           should
           not
           be
           trampled
           upon
           for
           their
           
             Consciences
          
           ?
           had
           not
           they
           labored
           but
           lately
           under
           the
           
             weight
          
           of
           
             Persecutions
             ,
          
           &
           was
           it
           fi●
           for
           them
           to
           
             sit
             heavy
          
           upon
           others
           ?
           is
           it
           ingenuous
           to
           ask
           liberty
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           give
           it
           ?
           what
           greater
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           than
           for
           those
           who
           wer●
           oppressed
           by
           the
           
             Bishops
             ,
          
           to
           becom
           the
           greatest
           
             Oppressors
          
           themselves
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           their
           yoke
           was
           removed
           ?
           I
           could
           wish
           that
           they
           who
           call
           for
           liberty
           now
           also
           ,
           had
           not
           too
           much
           of
           that
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           if
           the
           power
           were
           in
           their
           hands
           .
        
         
           〈…〉
           
           
             Contentious
             Railers
             ,
             Evil
             Speakers
             ,
          
           who
           seek
           by
           evil
           words
           
             to
             corrupt
             good
             manners
             ,
          
           persons
           of
           
             loose
             Conversaions
             ,
             punishment
          
           from
           the
           
             Civil
             Magistrate
          
           ought
           to
           meet
           with
           them
           ,
           because
           if
           these
           pretend
           Conscience
           ,
           yet
           walking
           
             disorderly
             ,
          
           and
           not
           according
           ,
           but
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
          
           and
           even
           to
           
             natural
             light
             ,
          
           they
           are
           judged
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Sins
          
           being
           open
           ,
           makes
           them
           subjects
           of
           the
           
             Magistrates
          
           Sword
           ,
           
             who
             ought
             not
             to
             bear
             it
             in
             vain
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Discipline
          
           of
           the
           
             Army
          
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           would
           not
           be
           suffered
           to
           
             remain
          
           there
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           could
           take
           notice
           he
           was
           
             guilty
          
           of
           such
           
             Practices
          
           as
           these
           :
           And
           therefore
           how
           
             happy
          
           would
           
             England
          
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           You
           ,
           and
           
             I
             ,
          
           if
           the
           Lord
           had
           led
           you
           on
           to
           have
           settled
           upon
           such
           good
           accounts
           as
           these
           are
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           
             discountenanced
          
           such
           practices
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           left
           men
           in
           
             disputable
             things
          
           free
           to
           their
           own
           
             Consciences
             ,
          
           which
           was
           well
           provided
           for
           by
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           left
           to
           provide
           against
           what
           was
           apparently
           evil
           .
        
         
           Judge
           you
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             contesting
          
           for
           things
           that
           were
           provided
           for
           by
           this
           GOVERNMENT
           hath
           been
           
             Profitable
          
           expence
           of
           time
           for
           the
           good
           of
           these
           Nations
           ?
           by
           means
           whereof
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           you
           have
           wholely
           elapsed
           your
           time
           ,
           and
           done
           just
           nothing
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           will
           say
           this
           to
           you
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           long
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           that
           had
           such
           an
           Expedient
           as
           this
           GOVERNMENT
           been
           proposed
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           could
           have
           seen
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           thus
           provided
           for
           ,
           and
           had
           by
           debates
           been
           enlightened
           in
           the
           grounds
           by
           which
           the
           
             Difficulties
          
           might
           have
           been
           cleared
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           whole
           enforced
           ,
           the
           circumstances
           of
           
             Time
          
           and
           
             Persons
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             Temper
          
           and
           
             Disposition
          
           of
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           and
           
             Affairs
          
           both
           
             Abroad
          
           and
           at
           
             Home
             ,
          
           when
           it
           was
           undertaken
           ,
           well
           weighed
           ,
           (
           as
           well
           as
           they
           were
           thought
           to
           love
           their
           Seats
           )
           I
           think
           in
           my
           conscience
           that
           they
           would
           have
           proceeded
           in
           another
           manner
           than
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           exposed
           things
           to
           those
           
             Difficulties
          
           and
           
             Hazards
          
           they
           now
           are
           at
           ,
           nor
           given
           occasion
           to
           leave
           the
           
             People
          
           so
           
             dissettled
          
           as
           now
           they
           are
           ,
           who
           
             I
          
           dare
           say
           ,
           in
           the
           soberest
           ,
           and
           most
           judicious
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           did
           expect
           ,
           not
           a
           
             Questioning
             ,
          
           but
           a
           
             Doing
          
           things
           in
           persuance
           of
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           and
           if
           
             I
          
           be
           not
           mis-informed
           ,
           very
           many
           of
           you
           came
           up
           with
           this
           
             Satisfaction
             ,
          
           having
           had
           time
           enough
           to
           weigh
           and
           consider
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           
             I
          
           say
           ,
           such
           an
           
             Expedient
          
           as
           this
           GOVERNMENT
           is
           ,
           wherein
           
             I
          
           dare
           assert
           there
           is
           a
           just
           
             Liberty
          
           to
           the
           
             People
          
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Just
             Rights
          
           of
           the
           People
           in
           these
           Nations
           provided
           for
           ,
           
             I
          
           can
           put
           the
           issue
           thereof
           upon
           the
           
             Clearest
             Reason
             ,
          
           whatsoever
           any
           go
           about
           to
           suggest
           to
           the
           Contrary
           .
        
         
         
           But
           this
           not
           being
           the
           time
           and
           place
           of
           such
           an
           
             Averment
             ,
          
           for
           satisfaction
           sake
           herein
           ,
           enough
           is
           said
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             True
             State
             of
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
          
           &c.
           published
           in
           
             Jan.
          
           1653.
           
           (
           And
           for
           my self
           ,
           
             I
          
           desire
           not
           to
           keep
           it
           an
           hour
           longer
           than
           
             I
          
           may
           preserve
           
             England
          
           in
           its
           
             Just
             Rights
             ,
          
           and
           may
           
             Protect
          
           the
           People
           of
           God
           in
           such
           a
           just
           :
           
             Liberty
          
           of
           their
           
             Consciences
             ,
          
           as
           
             I
          
           have
           already
           mentioned
           )
           And
           therefore
           if
           this
           Parliament
           have
           judged
           things
           to
           be
           otherwise
           than
           as
           I
           have
           stated
           them
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           huge
           
             Friendliness
          
           between
           persons
           that
           had
           such
           a
           
             Reciprocation
             ,
          
           and
           in
           so
           great
           
             Concernments
          
           to
           the
           publick
           ,
           for
           them
           to
           have
           convinced
           me
           in
           what
           particulars
           therein
           my
           error
           lay
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           never
           yet
           had
           a
           word
           from
           you
           .
           But
           if
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           your
           time
           has
           been
           spent
           in
           
             Setting
             up
          
           somwhat
           else
           upon
           another
           
             bottom
          
           than
           this
           stands
           ,
           that
           looks
           as
           if
           a
           laying
           grounds
           of
           a
           
             Quarrel
          
           had
           rather
           been
           designed
           ,
           than
           to
           give
           the
           People
           
             Settlement
          
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           thus
           ,
           it
           s
           well
           your
           Labors
           have
           not
           arrived
           to
           any
           maturity
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           This
           Government
           called
           you
           hether
           ,
           the
           Constitution
           whereof
           being
           so
           limited
           ,
           
             A
             single
             Person
             and
             a
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           this
           was
           thought
           most
           agreable
           to
           the
           Genral
           sence
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           having
           had
           experience
           enough
           by
           tryal
           of
           other
           Conclusions
           ,
           judging
           this
           most
           likely
           to
           avoid
           the
           extreams
           of
           Monarchy
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           
             Democracy
          
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           to
           found
           
             Dominium
             in
             gratiâ
             .
          
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           certainly
           to
           make
           it
           more
           than
           a
           Nation
           ,
           it
           was
           requisit
           that
           it
           should
           be
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           which
           puts
           it
           upon
           a
           true
           and
           equal
           
             Ballance
             .
          
           It
           has
           been
           already
           submitted
           to
           the
           Judicious
           honest
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             Ballance
          
           be
           not
           
             equal
             ,
          
           and
           what
           their
           Judgement
           is
           ,
           is
           
             visible
          
           by
           
             Submission
          
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           
             acting
          
           upon
           it
           ,
           by
           
             restraining
          
           their
           
             Trustees
          
           from
           meddling
           with
           it
           :
           and
           it
           neither
           asks
           nor
           needs
           any
           better
           ratification
           .
           But
           when
           
             Trustees
          
           in
           
             Parliament
          
           shall
           by
           
             Experience
          
           find
           any
           evil
           in
           any
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Government
             ,
          
           refered
           by
           the
           
             Government
          
           it self
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           
             Protector
          
           and
           
             Parliament
          
           (
           of
           which
           time
           it self
           will
           be
           the
           best
           Discoverer
           )
           how
           can
           it
           be
           reasonably
           imagined
           ,
           that
           a
           Person
           or
           Persons
           coming
           in
           by
           
             Election
             ,
          
           and
           standing
           under
           such
           
             Obligations
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             limited
             ,
          
           and
           so
           necessitated
           by
           
             Oath
          
           to
           
             Govern
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Peoples
           good
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           their
           love
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           the
           best
           under-propping
           ,
           and
           his
           best
           interest
           to
           him
           ,
           how
           can
           it
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           be
           imagined
           ,
           that
           the
           present
           or
           suceeding
           PROTECTORS
           will
           refuse
           to
           agree
           to
           alter
           any
           such
           thing
           in
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           that
           may
           be
           found
           to
           be
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           or
           to
           recede
           from
           any
           thing
           which
           he
           might
           be
           convinced
           〈◊〉
           the
           ballance
           
           too
           much
           to
           the
           single
           Person
           ?
           And
           although
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           the
           keeping
           up
           ,
           and
           having
           in
           His
           Power
           the
           
             Militia
          
           seems
           the
           most
           hard
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           should
           be
           yielded
           up
           at
           such
           a
           time
           as
           this
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           as
           much
           need
           to
           keep
           this
           CAUSE
           by
           it
           (
           which
           is
           most
           evident
           at
           this
           time
           impugned
           by
           all
           the
           Enemies
           of
           it
           )
           as
           there
           was
           to
           get
           it
           ,
           what
           would
           becom
           of
           all
           ?
           Or
           if
           it
           should
           not
           be
           equally
           placed
           in
           him
           and
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           but
           yielded
           up
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           it
           determins
           his
           power
           ,
           either
           for
           doing
           the
           good
           he
           ought
           ,
           or
           hindring
           
             Parliaments
          
           from
           perpetuating
           themselves
           ,
           or
           from
           imposing
           what
           
             Religions
          
           they
           please
           on
           the
           Consciences
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           what
           Government
           they
           please
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           thereby
           subjecting
           us
           to
           
             Dissettlement
             ,
          
           in
           every
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           desperate
           consequences
           thereof
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Nation
           shall
           happen
           to
           fall
           into
           a
           blessed
           Peace
           ,
           how
           easily
           and
           certainly
           ,
           will
           their
           charge
           be
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           their
           Forces
           be
           disbanded
           ,
           and
           then
           where
           will
           the
           danger
           be
           to
           have
           the
           
             Militia
          
           thus
           stated
           ?
        
         
           What
           if
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           If
           there
           should
           be
           a
           disproportion
           or
           disequality
           as
           to
           the
           power
           ,
           it
           is
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           and
           if
           this
           be
           so
           ,
           wherein
           have
           you
           had
           cause
           to
           quarrel
           ?
           What
           Demonstrations
           have
           you
           held
           forth
           to
           settle
           Me
           to
           your
           opinion
           ?
           would
           you
           had
           made
           me
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           let
           me
           have
           known
           your
           
             Grounds
             .
          
           I
           have
           made
           a
           free
           and
           ingenuous
           confession
           of
           my
           
             Faith
          
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           have
           wished
           it
           had
           been
           in
           your
           hearts
           to
           have
           agreed
           that
           some
           friendly
           and
           cordial
           debates
           might
           have
           been
           towards
           mutual
           Conviction
           ;
           was
           there
           none
           amongst
           you
           to
           move
           such
           a
           thing
           ?
           No
           fitness
           to
           listen
           to
           it
           ?
           No
           desire
           of
           a
           right
           understanding
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           not
           folly
           in
           Me
           to
           listen
           to
           Towntalk
           ,
           such
           things
           have
           been
           proposed
           ,
           and
           rejected
           ,
           with
           stifness
           and
           severity
           ,
           once
           and
           again
           ;
           Was
           it
           not
           likely
           to
           have
           been
           more
           advantagious
           to
           the
           good
           of
           this
           Nation
           ?
           I
           will
           say
           this
           to
           you
           for
           My self
           ,
           &
           to
           that
           I
           have
           my
           
             Conscience
          
           as
           a
           thousand
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           my
           comfort
           and
           contentment
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           the
           Witness
           of
           Divers
           here
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           truely
           scorn
           to
           Own
           me
           in
           a
           Lie
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           not
           have
           been
           averse
           to
           any
           alteration
           ,
           of
           the
           good
           of
           which
           I
           might
           have
           been
           convinced
           ,
           although
           I
           could
           not
           have
           agreed
           to
           the
           taking
           it
           off
           the
           Foundation
           on
           which
           it
           stands
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             The
             acceptation
             and
             consent
             of
             the
             People
             .
          
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           presage
           what
           you
           have
           been
           about
           ,
           or
           doing
           in
           all
           this
           
             time
             ,
          
           or
           do
           I
           love
           to
           make
           
             Conjectures
             ,
          
           but
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           this
           ,
           That
           as
           I
           undertook
           this
           
             Government
          
           in
           the
           simplicity
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           as
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           the
           part
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           true
           to
           the
           Inerest
           which
           in
           my
           
             Conscience
          
           is
           dear
           to
           many
           of
           you
           (
           though
           it
           is
           
           not
           alwaies
           understood
           what
           God
           in
           his
           wisdom
           may
           hide
           from
           Us
           ,
           as
           to
           Peace
           and
           Settlement
           )
           So
           I
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           no
           particular
           Interest
           ,
           either
           of
           my
           
             Self
             ,
             Estate
             ,
             Honour
             ,
          
           or
           
             Family
             ,
          
           are
           ,
           or
           have
           been
           prevalent
           with
           me
           to
           this
           Undertaking
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           you
           had
           upon
           the
           old
           Government
           offered
           to
           me
           this
           one
           ,
           this
           one
           thing
           ,
           I
           speak
           ,
           as
           thus
           advised
           ,
           and
           before
           God
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           ,
           to
           this
           day
           of
           this
           opinion
           ,
           and
           this
           hath
           been
           my
           constant
           
             Judgement
             ,
          
           well
           known
           to
           many
           that
           hear
           me
           speak
           ,
           if
           this
           one
           thing
           had
           been
           inserted
           ,
           that
           one
           thing
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Government
          
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           placed
           in
           my
           Family
           
             Hereditary
          
           I
           would
           have
           rejected
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           have
           done
           no
           other
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           present
           
             Conscience
          
           and
           
             Light
          
           ;
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           my
           reason
           ,
           though
           I
           cannot
           tell
           what
           God
           will
           do
           with
           Me
           ,
           nor
           You
           ,
           nor
           the
           Nation
           ,
           for
           throwing
           away
           precious
           opportunities
           committed
           to
           US
           .
        
         
           This
           hath
           been
           my
           Principle
           ,
           and
           I
           liked
           it
           when
           this
           Government
           came
           first
           to
           be
           proposed
           to
           me
           ,
           That
           it
           put
           Us
           off
           that
           
             Hereditary
          
           way
           ,
           well
           looking
           ,
           that
           as
           God
           had
           declared
           what
           GOVERNMENT
           he
           had
           delivered
           over
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           and
           placed
           it
           upon
           such
           persons
           as
           had
           been
           instrumental
           for
           the
           
             Conduct
          
           and
           
             Deliverance
          
           of
           his
           People
           ;
           And
           considering
           that
           promise
           in
           
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           That
           God
           would
           
             give
             Rulers
             as
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             Iudges
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
             ,
          
           I
           did
           not
           know
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           might
           begin
           ,
           and
           though
           at
           present
           with
           a
           most
           unworthy
           
             Person
             ,
          
           yet
           as
           to
           the
           future
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           and
           I
           thought
           this
           might
           usher
           it
           in
           .
           I
           am
           speaking
           as
           to
           my
           
             Iudgement
          
           against
           making
           it
           
             Hereditary
             ,
          
           to
           have
           men
           chosen
           for
           their
           
             Love
             to
             God
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iustice
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           have
           it
           
             Hereditary
          
           ;
           for
           as
           it
           is
           in
           
             Ecclesiastes
             Who
             knoweth
             whether
             he
             may
             beget
             a
             Fool
             or
             Wise
             ,
          
           honest
           or
           not
           ,
           what
           ever
           they
           be
           must
           come
           in
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           because
           the
           
             Government
          
           is
           made
           a
           
             Patrimony
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           do
           perhaps
           declare
           with
           too
           much
           
             Earnestness
             ,
          
           as
           being
           my
           own
           
             Concernment
             ,
          
           and
           know
           not
           what
           
             Place
          
           it
           may
           have
           in
           your
           
             Hearts
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           good
           people
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           but
           however
           it
           be
           ,
           I
           have
           comfort
           in
           this
           my
           truth
           and
           plainness
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           thus
           told
           you
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           truly
           I
           have
           declared
           to
           you
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           knowing
           he
           will
           not
           be
           mocked
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           knowing
           and
           rejoycing
           that
           I
           am
           kept
           in
           my
           speaking
           ;
           especially
           when
           I
           do
           not
           form
           or
           frame
           things
           without
           the
           compass
           of
           the
           
             Integrity
             ,
          
           and
           
             Honesty
             ,
          
           that
           my
           own
           
             Conscience
          
           gives
           me
           not
           the
           
             Ly
          
           to
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           what
           I
           say
           I
           can
           rejoyce
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           speak
           a
           word
           or
           two
           to
           you
           ,
           Of
           that
           I
           must
           profess
           in
           the
           
           name
           of
           the
           same
           Lord
           ,
           an
           I
           wish
           that
           there
           had
           been
           no
           cause
           that
           I
           should
           have
           thus
           spoken
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           though
           I
           have
           told
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           came
           with
           
             Ioy
             the
             first
             time
             ,
          
           with
           some
           
             regret
             the
             second
             ,
          
           that
           
             now
          
           I
           speak
           with
           
             most
             regret
          
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           I
           look
           upon
           you
           ,
           as
           having
           among
           you
           many
           persons
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           lay
           down
           my
           life
           individually
           for
           ,
           I
           could
           through
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           desire
           to
           lay
           down
           my
           life
           for
           you
           ;
           So
           far
           am
           I
           from
           having
           an
           unkind
           or
           un-Christian
           heart
           towards
           you
           ,
           in
           your
           particular
           capacities
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           that
           indeed
           as
           a
           work
           most
           incumbent
           upon
           
             Me
             ,
          
           I
           consulted
           what
           might
           be
           
             My
             Duty
          
           in
           such
           a
           
             Day
          
           as
           this
           ,
           casting
           up
           all
           Considerations
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           as
           I
           told
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           think
           
             occasionally
          
           this
           Nation
           hath
           
             suffered
          
           extreamly
           in
           the
           respects
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           the
           
             Disappointments
          
           of
           their
           
             Expectations
          
           of
           that
           
             Justice
          
           that
           was
           due
           to
           them
           by
           your
           sitting
           thus
           long
           ;
           and
           what
           have
           you
           brought
           forth
           ?
        
         
           I
           did
           not
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           apprehend
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           (
           I
           would
           be
           loth
           to
           call
           it
           a
           
             Fate
             ,
          
           that
           were
           too
           
             Paganish
          
           a
           Word
           )
           but
           there
           is
           something
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           not
           our
           Expectations
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           think
           also
           for
           my self
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           
             Difficulties
             ,
          
           and
           that
           this
           Nation
           will
           not
           (
           as
           it
           is
           fit
           it
           should
           not
           )
           be
           
             deluded
          
           with
           pretexts
           of
           
             Necessity
          
           in
           that
           great
           business
           of
           raising
           of
           money
           ,
           and
           were
           it
           not
           that
           I
           can
           make
           some
           
             Dilemmaes
          
           upon
           which
           to
           resolve
           some
           things
           of
           my
           
             Conscience
             ,
             Judgement
             ,
          
           and
           
             Actions
             ,
          
           I
           should
           sink
           at
           the
           very
           prospect
           of
           my
           Encounters
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           are
           general
           ,
           some
           are
           more
           special
           ,
           supposing
           this
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           or
           this
           
             Business
          
           must
           be
           carried
           on
           ,
           either
           it
           is
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           or
           of
           
             Man
             ,
          
           if
           it
           be
           of
           
             Man
             ,
          
           I
           would
           I
           had
           never
           touched
           it
           with
           a
           finger
           ;
           if
           I
           had
           not
           had
           a
           hope
           fixed
           in
           Me
           that
           this
           
             Cause
             ,
          
           and
           this
           
             business
          
           is
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           would
           many
           years
           ago
           have
           run
           from
           it
           .
           If
           it
           be
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           he
           will
           bear
           it
           up
           .
           If
           it
           be
           of
           
             Man
             ,
          
           it
           will
           tumble
           ,
           as
           every
           thing
           that
           hath
           been
           of
           man
           ,
           since
           the
           World
           began
           ,
           hath
           done
           .
           And
           what
           are
           all
           our
           
             Histories
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
             Traditions
          
           of
           actions
           in
           
             former
             times
             ,
          
           but
           God
           mani●esting
           himself
           that
           he
           hath
           
             shaken
          
           and
           
             tumbled
             down
             ,
          
           and
           
             trampled
             upon
          
           every
           thing
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           
             planted
          
           ?
           And
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           so
           the
           all-wise
           God
           deal
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           be
           of
           humane
           Structure
           ,
           and
           invention
           ,
           and
           it
           be
           an
           old
           
             Plotting
          
           and
           
             Contrivance
          
           to
           bring
           things
           to
           this
           
             Issue
             ,
          
           and
           that
           they
           are
           not
           the
           
             births
             of
             Providence
             ,
          
           then
           they
           will
           tumble
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Lord
           take
           pleasure
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           if
           he
           will
           do
           Us
           good
           ,
           he
           is
           able
           to
           bear
           us
           up
           ;
           Let
           the
           difficulties
           be
           whatsoever
           they
           will
           ,
           we
           shall
           in
           his
           Strength
           be
           
           able
           to
           encounter
           with
           them
           .
           And
           I
           bless
           God
           I
           have
           been
           inured
           to
           
             Difficulties
             ,
          
           and
           I
           never
           found
           God
           
             failed
          
           when
           I
           
             trusted
          
           in
           him
           ;
           I
           can
           laugh
           and
           sing
           in
           my
           heart
           when
           I
           speak
           of
           these
           things
           to
           you
           ,
           or
           elswhere
           .
           And
           though
           some
           may
           think
           it
           an
           hard
           thing
           without
           
             Parliamentary
             Authority
          
           to
           raise
           
             money
          
           upon
           this
           
             Nation
          
           ;
           yet
           I
           have
           another
           Argument
           to
           the
           good
           people
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           be
           safe
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           better
           
             Principle
          
           ;
           whether
           they
           prefer
           the
           having
           of
           their
           
             Will
             ,
          
           though
           it
           be
           their
           
             Destruction
             ,
          
           rather
           than
           comply
           with
           things
           of
           necessity
           ;
           that
           will
           excuse
           me
           ,
           but
           I
           should
           wrong
           my
           native
           Countrey
           to
           suppose
           this
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           look
           at
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           as
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           a
           People
           blessed
           by
           God
           .
           They
           have
           been
           so
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           be
           so
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           
             immortal
             seed
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           been
           ,
           &
           is
           amongst
           them
           ,
           those
           regenerated
           ones
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           of
           several
           Judgements
           ,
           who
           are
           all
           the
           Flock
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Lambs
           of
           Christ
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           under
           many
           unruly
           passions
           ,
           and
           troubles
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           whereby
           they
           give
           disquiet
           to
           themselves
           and
           others
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           so
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           Us
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           God
           of
           other
           patience
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           own
           the
           least
           of
           truth
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           being
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           they
           will
           not
           be
           so
           angry
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           prefer
           their
           safety
           to
           their
           passions
           ,
           and
           their
           real
           security
           to
           forms
           ,
           when
           necessity
           calls
           for
           supplies
           ;
           had
           they
           not
           well
           been
           acquainted
           with
           this
           principle
           ,
           they
           had
           never
           seen
           this
           day
           of
           Gospel-Liberty
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           object
           ,
           It
           is
           an
           easie
           thing
           to
           talk
           of
           neccssities
           when
           men
           create
           necessities
           ;
           would
           not
           the
           
             Lord
             Protector
          
           make
           Himself
           great
           ,
           and
           his
           Familie
           great
           ?
           doth
           not
           He
           make
           these
           necessities
           ?
           and
           then
           he
           will
           come
           upon
           the
           People
           with
           this
           Argument
           of
           necessitie
           .
        
         
           This
           were
           something
           hard
           indeed
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           not
           yet
           known
           what
           it
           is
           to
           make
           necessities
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           Judgements
           or
           thoughts
           of
           men
           are
           .
           And
           I
           say
           this
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           this
           Assembly
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           that
           man
           liveth
           not
           ,
           that
           can
           come
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           charge
           me
           that
           I
           have
           in
           these
           great
           Revolutions
           made
           necessities
           ;
           I
           challenge
           even
           all
           that
           fear
           God
           :
           And
           as
           God
           hath
           said
           .
           
             My
             glory
             I
             will
             not
             give
             unto
             another
             ,
          
           Let
           men
           take
           heed
           ,
           and
           be
           twice
           advised
           ,
           how
           they
           call
           his
           Revolutions
           ,
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           working
           of
           things
           from
           one
           Period
           to
           another
           ,
           how
           I
           say
           ,
           they
           call
           them
           necessities
           of
           mens
           creation
           ,
           for
           by
           so
           doing
           they
           do
           vilifie
           and
           lessen
           the
           works
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
           rob
           him
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           said
           ,
           he
           
             will
             not
             give
             unto
             another
             ,
          
           nor
           suffer
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           .
           We
           know
           what
           God
           did
           to
           
             Herod
          
           when
           he
           was
           applauded
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           acknowledge
           GOD
           ;
           And
           GOD
           knoweth
           what
           he
           will
           do
           with
           men
           when
           they
           shall
           call
           His
           Revolutions
           ,
           humane
           Designs
           ,
           and
           so
           detract
           from
           his
           Glory
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           not
           been
           forecast
           ,
           but
           sudden
           Providences
           in
           things
           ,
           whereby
           Carnal
           and
           Worldly
           men
           are
           enraged
           ,
           and
           under
           ,
           and
           at
           which
           many
           I
           fear
           (
           some
           good
           )
           have
           murmured
           and
           repined
           ,
           because
           disappointed
           of
           their
           mistaken
           Fancies
           ;
           but
           still
           they
           have
           been
           the
           wise
           disposings
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           though
           Instruments
           have
           had
           their
           passions
           and
           ●ra●lties
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           it
           is
           an
           Honor
           to
           God
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           necessities
           to
           have
           been
           of
           Gods
           imposing
           ,
           when
           truely
           they
           have
           been
           so
           ,
           as
           indeed
           they
           have
           ,
           when
           we
           take
           our
           sin
           in
           our
           actings
           to
           ourselves
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           safe
           ,
           than
           judge
           things
           so
           contingent
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           not
           a
           God
           that
           ruled
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           the
           Lord
           hath
           poured
           this
           Nation
           from
           Vessel
           to
           Vessel
           ,
           till
           he
           poured
           it
           into
           your
           Lap
           ,
           when
           you
           came
           first
           together
           :
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           it
           came
           so
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           was
           not
           judged
           by
           you
           to
           be
           from
           Counterfeited
           ,
           or
           feigned
           necessity
           ,
           but
           by
           Divine
           Providence
           and
           Dispensation
           .
           And
           this
           I
           speak
           with
           more
           earnestness
           ,
           because
           I
           speak
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           men
           ;
           I
           would
           have
           any
           man
           to
           come
           and
           tell
           of
           the
           transactions
           that
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           periods
           of
           time
           ,
           wherein
           God
           hath
           made
           these
           
             Revolutions
             ,
          
           and
           find
           where
           they
           can
           fix
           a
           feigned
           necessity
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           recite
           particulars
           ,
           if
           either
           My
           strength
           would
           serve
           Me
           to
           speak
           ,
           or
           yours
           to
           hear
           ;
           if
           that
           you
           would
           revolve
           the
           great
           hand
           of
           God
           in
           his
           great
           Dispensations
           ,
           you
           would
           find
           that
           there
           is
           scarce
           a
           man
           that
           fell
           off
           at
           any
           period
           of
           time
           when
           God
           had
           any
           work
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           can
           give
           God
           or
           his
           work
           ,
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           a
           good
           word
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           ,
           say
           some
           ,
           the
           cunning
           of
           the
           Lord
           Protector
           (
           I
           take
           it
           to
           my self
           )
           it
           was
           the
           craft
           of
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           his
           plot
           that
           hath
           brought
           it
           about
           .
           And
           as
           they
           say
           in
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           There
           are
           five
           or
           six
           cunning
           men
           in
           
             England
          
           that
           have
           
             skill
             ,
          
           they
           do
           all
           these
           things
           :
           Oh
           what
           
             Blasphemy
          
           is
           this
           !
           because
           men
           
             that
             are
             without
             God
             in
             the
             World
             ,
          
           and
           Walk
           not
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           know
           not
           what
           it
           is
           to
           
             pray
             ,
          
           or
           
             believe
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             receive
          
           return
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           
             spoken
          
           unto
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           
             Speaks
          
           without
           a
           written
           Word
           sometimes
           ,
           yet
           according
           to
           it
           :
           God
           hath
           spoken
           heretofore
           
             in
             divers
             manners
             ,
          
           let
           him
           speak
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           .
           
           Hath
           he
           not
           given
           us
           
             liberty
          
           ?
           nay
           is
           it
           not
           our
           dutie
           to
           go
           to
           the
           
             Law
             and
             to
             the
             Testimonies
             ,
          
           and
           there
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           there
           have
           been
           impressions
           in
           extraordinary
           cases
           ,
           as
           well
           without
           the
           written
           Word
           as
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           there
           is
           no
           difference
           in
           the
           thing
           thus
           asserted
           ,
           from
           truths
           generally
           received
           ,
           except
           we
           will
           exclude
           the
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           without
           whose
           concurrence
           all
           other
           Teachings
           are
           
             ineffectual
          
           ;
           He
           doth
           speak
           to
           the
           Hearts
           and
           Consciences
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           leadeth
           them
           to
           his
           Law
           and
           Testimonies
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           speaks
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           gives
           them
           double
           teachings
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           Job
           .
           
             God
             speaketh
             once
             ,
             yea
             twice
          
           ;
           and
           that
           of
           David
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             spoken
             once
             ,
             yea
             twice
             have
             I
             heard
             this
             .
          
           Those
           men
           that
           live
           upon
           their
           
             Mumpsimus
          
           and
           
             Sumpsimus
             ,
          
           their
           
             Masses
          
           and
           
             Service-Books
             ,
          
           their
           dead
           and
           carnal
           Worship
           ,
           no
           marvel
           if
           they
           be
           
             strangers
          
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           
             works
          
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           
             spiritual
             dispensations
             .
          
           And
           because
           they
           say
           and
           believe
           thus
           ,
           must
           we
           do
           so
           too
           ?
           we
           in
           this
           
             Land
          
           have
           been
           otherwise
           instructed
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           
             Word
             ,
          
           and
           
             Works
             ,
          
           and
           
             Spirit
          
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           To
           say
           that
           
             men
          
           bring
           forth
           these
           things
           ,
           when
           
             God
          
           doth
           them
           ,
           judg
           you
           if
           God
           will
           bear
           this
           .
           I
           wish
           that
           every
           sober
           heart
           ,
           though
           he
           hath
           had
           temptations
           upon
           him
           of
           deserting
           this
           CAUSE
           of
           God
           ,
           yet
           may
           take
           heed
           how
           he
           provokes
           ,
           and
           
             falls
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             living
             God
          
           by
           such
           Blasphemies
           as
           these
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           10th
           of
           the
           
             Hebrews
             ,
             If
             we
             sin
             wilfully
             after
             that
             we
             have
             received
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             there
             remains
             no
             more
             sacrifice
             for
             sin
          
           (
           it
           was
           spoken
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           that
           having
           professed
           Christ
           apostatized
           from
           him
           )
           what
           then
           ?
           nothing
           but
           
             a
             fearful
             falting
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Living
             God
             .
          
        
         
           They
           that
           shall
           
             attribute
          
           to
           this
           or
           that
           
             person
          
           the
           contrivances
           and
           production
           of
           those
           mighty
           things
           God
           hath
           wrought
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           not
           been
           the
           revolutions
           of
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           upon
           whose
           
             Shoulders
          
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           is
           laid
           ,
           they
           speak
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           they
           fall
           under
           his
           hand
           without
           a
           Mediator
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           we
           deny
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           
             glory
          
           of
           all
           his
           works
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           
             Rules
          
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           doth
           
             administer
             ,
          
           and
           is
           the
           
             Rod
          
           of
           his
           strength
           ,
           we
           provoke
           the
           Mediator
           ;
           And
           he
           may
           say
           ,
           I
           'll
           leave
           you
           to
           God
           ,
           I
           'll
           not
           intercede
           for
           you
           ,
           let
           him
           tear
           you
           to
           pieces
           ,
           I
           'll
           leave
           thee
           to
           fall
           into
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           thou
           deniest
           me
           my
           Soveraignty
           and
           Power
           committed
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           'll
           not
           intercede
           nor
           mediate
           for
           thee
           ,
           thou
           fallest
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           living
           God
           .
           Therefore
           whatsoever
           you
           may
           judge
           
             men
          
           for
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           This
           man
           is
           cunning
           ,
           and
           politick
           ,
           and
           subtil
           ;
           take
           heed
           ,
           
           again
           I
           say
           ,
           how
           you
           judge
           of
           his
           
             revolutions
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             products
          
           of
           
             mens
          
           inventions
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           press
           too
           much
           upon
           this
           Theme
           ,
           but
           pray
           God
           it
           may
           stick
           upon
           your
           hearts
           and
           mine
           ;
           the
           
             worldly
             minded
             man
          
           knows
           nothing
           of
           this
           ,
           but
           is
           a
           stranger
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           because
           of
           this
           his
           
             Atheism
          
           and
           
             murmurings
          
           at
           
             instruments
             ,
          
           yea
           
             repining
          
           at
           
             God
             himself
          
           ;
           and
           no
           wonder
           ,
           considering
           the
           Lord
           hath
           done
           such
           things
           amongst
           us
           as
           have
           not
           been
           known
           in
           the
           world
           these
           1000
           years
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           withstanding
           is
           not
           owned
           by
           us
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           necessity
           which
           you
           have
           put
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           not
           sought
           ;
           I
           appeal
           to
           God
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           and
           Men
           ,
           if
           I
           shall
           raise
           Money
           according
           to
           the
           Article
           in
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           which
           had
           power
           to
           call
           you
           hether
           ,
           and
           did
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           seasonable
           providing
           for
           the
           Armie
           ,
           you
           have
           labored
           to
           overthrow
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Army
          
           is
           now
           upon
           
             Free-Quarter
             ,
          
           and
           you
           would
           never
           so
           much
           as
           let
           me
           hear
           a
           tittle
           from
           you
           concerning
           it
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           fault
           ?
           has
           it
           not
           been
           as
           if
           you
           had
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           put
           this
           extremity
           upon
           us
           and
           the
           Nation
           ?
           I
           hope
           this
           was
           not
           in
           your
           minds
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           willing
           to
           judge
           so
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           the
           state
           unto
           which
           we
           are
           reduced
           :
           By
           the
           
             Designs
          
           of
           some
           in
           the
           
             Army
          
           who
           are
           now
           in
           
             Custody
             ,
          
           it
           was
           
             designed
          
           to
           get
           as
           many
           of
           them
           as
           could
           ,
           through
           discontent
           for
           want
           of
           money
           ,
           the
           Army
           being
           in
           a
           Barren
           Countrey
           ,
           near
           Thirty
           weeks
           behind
           in
           pay
           ,
           and
           upon
           other
           specious
           pretences
           ,
           to
           march
           for
           
             England
          
           out
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           in
           discontent
           to
           
             seiz
             ,
          
           their
           
             General
          
           there
           ,
           a
           faithful
           and
           honest
           man
           ,
           that
           so
           another
           might
           head
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           opportunity
           taken
           from
           your
           delays
           ,
           whether
           will
           this
           be
           a
           thing
           of
           feigned
           
             necessity
          
           ?
           What
           could
           it
           signifie
           but
           that
           the
           Army
           are
           in
           
             discontent
          
           already
           ,
           and
           wee
           'l
           make
           them
           live
           upon
           
             stones
             ,
          
           wee
           'l
           make
           them
           cast
           off
           their
           
             Governours
          
           and
           
             Discipline
          
           ?
           What
           can
           be
           said
           to
           this
           ?
           I
           list
           not
           to
           unsaddle
           my self
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           fault
           upon
           others
           backs
           ;
           Whether
           it
           hath
           been
           for
           the
           good
           of
           
             England
          
           whilest
           men
           have
           been
           talking
           of
           this
           thing
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           pretending
           
             liberty
             ,
          
           and
           a
           many
           good
           words
           whether
           it
           hath
           been
           as
           it
           should
           have
           been
           ?
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           cannot
           think
           it
           has
           ,
           the
           Nation
           will
           not
           think
           so
           .
           And
           if
           the
           worst
           should
           be
           made
           of
           things
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           the
           
             Cornish
             men
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Lincolnshire
             men
          
           may
           think
           ,
           or
           other
           Counties
           ,
           but
           I
           believe
           they
           will
           all
           think
           they
           are
           not
           safe
           .
           A
           temporary
           suspension
           of
           caring
           for
           the
           greatest
           
             Liberties
          
           and
           priviledges
           (
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           which
           is
           denied
           )
           would
           not
           have
           been
           of
           
           that
           damage
           ,
           that
           the
           not
           providing
           against
           
             Free
             Quarter
          
           hath
           run
           the
           Nation
           upon
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           my
           
             liberty
          
           to
           walk
           abroad
           in
           the
           
             Fields
             ,
          
           or
           to
           take
           a
           
             Iourney
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           my
           wisdom
           to
           do
           so
           when
           my
           
             House
             is
             on
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           troubled
           you
           with
           a
           long
           
             Speech
             ,
          
           and
           I
           believe
           it
           may
           not
           have
           the
           same
           resentment
           with
           all
           that
           it
           hath
           with
           some
           :
           But
           because
           that
           is
           unknown
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           it
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           conclude
           with
           that
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           my self
           bound
           in
           my
           
             Duty
          
           to
           God
           and
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           to
           their
           
             safety
          
           and
           
             good
          
           in
           every
           
             respect
             .
          
           I
           think
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           for
           the
           
             profit
          
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           nor
           for
           
             Common
          
           and
           
             Publick
             good
             ,
          
           for
           You
           to
           continue
           here
           any
           longer
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           I
           do
           Declare
           unto
           you
           ,
           
             THAT
             I
             DO
             DISSOLVE
             THIS
             PARLIAMENT
             .
          
        
      
    
    

