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             To the High Court of Parliament. A dilemma, from a parallel. Humbly presented. Published according to order.
             Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647,
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I).
          
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           Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647. -- Gangraena.
           Christian sects -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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           TO
           THE
           HIGH
           COURT
           OF
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           A
           DILEMMA
           ,
           FROM
           A
           PARALLEL
           .
        
         
           HUMBLY
           PRESENTED
           .
        
         
           
             2
             TIM
             .
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Perillous
               times
               shall
               come
               ;
               for
               men
               shall
               be
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Multi
               Christum
               osculantur
               ,
               pauci
               amant
               .
            
             
               Bucocl
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Published
             according
             to
             Order
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Matthew
             Simmons
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Overton
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           in
           
           Popes-head
           Alley
           ,
           1646.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PARALLEL
           .
        
         
           
             Gangraena
             playes
             REX
             .
          
           
             (
             2
             d
             par
             .
             Cor.
             4.
             p.
             201.
             )
          
           
             FOr
             a
             conclusion
             of
             this
             Corallory
             ,
             O
             that
             any
             
               particular
               members
               of
               Parliament
            
             who
             are
             for
             pretended
             
               liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ,
             a
             Toleration
             of
             Sects
             ,
             favourers
             of
             Sectaries
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             those
             principles
             hinder
             
               all
               they
               can
            
             the
             setling
             of
             Religion
             and
             Government
             by
             civill
             sanction
             ,
             would
             often
             and
             sadly
             meditate
             upon
             this
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             be
             wise
             now
             (
             whilest
             there
             's
             time
             )
             thus
             to
             serve
             the
             Lord
             ,
             lest
             suddenly
             ,
             when
             they
             least
             thinke
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             perish
             from
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             God
             make
             them
             examples
             ,
             for
             adhering
             so
             pertinaciously
             to
             the
             Sectaries
             ,
             and
             that
             party
             .
             They
             may
             read
             in
             
               Ecclesiasticall
               Stories
            
             ,
             what
             hath
             befallen
             Princes
             for
             not
             serving
             the
             Lord
             in
             feare
             ,
             and
             kissing
             his
             Sonne
             ;
             and
             they
             see
             before
             their
             eyes
             the
             many
             evills
             that
             hath
             befallen
             
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             straights
             to
             which
             he
             hath
             been
             reduced
             for
             favouring
             too
             much
             the
             Popish
             ,
             and
             Prelaticall
             party
             against
             the
             mind
             and
             humble
             desires
             of
             both
             his
             Kingdomes
             :
             and
             can
             
               particular
               persons
            
             think
             (
             who
             are
             not
             Kings
             ,
             but
             under
             that
             title
             
               of
               Judges
            
             )
             that
             they
             can
             prosper
             long
             in
             standing
             for
             a
             
               Sectarian
               faction
            
             against
             the
             mind
             of
             
               both
               Kingdomes
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Kingdomes
             will
             not
             see
             and
             
               desire
               to
               understand
               how
               it
               comes
               about
               ?
            
             and
             
               by
               whose
               meanes
            
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             we
             having
             taken
             a
             Covenant
             for
             uniformity
             in
             
               Doctrine
               ,
               Government
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             for
             extirpating
             of
             
               Heresie
               ,
               Schisme
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             having
             declared
             in
             some
             Declarations
             and
             Remonstrances
             against
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Brownists
            
             ,
             preaching
             of
             men
             not
             ordained
             ,
             and
             against
             leaving
             particular
             persons
             and
             
             Congregations
             to
             their
             owne
             Liberty
             ;
             that
             yet
             all
             things
             should
             be
             done
             
               quite
               contrary
            
             ,
             with
             an
             
               high
               hand
            
             ?
             For
             may
             not
             now
             who
             ever
             will
             both
             preach
             and
             gather
             Separated
             Churches
             ,
             print
             and
             act
             against
             Presbyteriall
             Government
             ,
             and
             for
             
               all
               sorts
               of
               Sectaries
            
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             such
             persons
             are
             
               countenanced
               ,
               preferred
               in
               all
               places
               ,
            
             and
             to
             
               all
               kinds
               of
               Offices
            
             and
             imployments
             (
             which
             makes
             many
             turne
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             )
             and
             the
             most
             zealous
             cordiall
             men
             against
             Sectaries
             are
             displaced
             ,
             or
             discountenanced
             ,
             or
             obstructed
             ,
             &c.
             
             These
             things
             doe
             seeme
             strange
             and
             against
             all
             reason
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             
               professing
               and
               declaring
               one
               thing
            
             ,
             yet
             
               the
               quite
               contrary
               in
               all
               things
               of
               this
               nature
               should
               be
               done
               daily
               in
               Citie
               and
            
             Country
             .
             In
             the
             
               worst
               times
            
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             was
             most
             misled
             by
             the
             Counsels
             of
             Prelates
             
             and
             evill
             men
             about
             him
             ,
             there
             were
             not
             actions
             
               more
               contrary
            
             in
             many
             
               Ministers
               of
               State
            
             and
             other
             persons
             to
             Proclamations
             and
             Declarations
             ,
             then
             are
             now
             to
             
               Ordinances
               ,
               Declarations
            
             ,
             and
             votes
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             yet
             wee
             heare
             of
             few
             censured
             or
             made
             examples
             .
             Now
             
               the
               people
            
             every
             where
             say
             ,
             these
             things
             could
             not
             be
             ,
             persons
             durst
             be
             thus
             bold
             to
             do
             these
             things
             but
             that
             they
             know
             they
             have
             some
             
               great
               ones
            
             to
             backe
             them
             ,
             and
             stand
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             
               the
               people
               enquire
               after
               ,
               and
               speake
               who
               they
               be
               ,
               and
               questionlesse
               will
               represent
               these
               things
               as
               unsufferable
               ,
            
             and
             most
             dishonourable
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             humbly
             desire
             these
             things
             may
             bee
             remedied
             by
             the
             power
             and
             wisdome
             of
             the
             Parliament
             :
             and
             therefore
             O
             that
             all
             such
             would
             be
             wise
             in
             time
             ,
             be
             wise
             now
             ,
             desert
             the
             Sectaries
             ,
             further
             the
             worke
             so
             
             much
             the
             more
             as
             before
             they
             have
             
               hindred
               it
            
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             an
             emphasis
             and
             weight
             in
             that
             Adverb
             now
             ,
             signifying
             they
             should
             do
             it
             speedily
             ,
             because
             the
             same
             opportunitie
             will
             not
             be
             alwayes
             given
             ,
             and
             the
             Psalmist
             hints
             they
             may
             yet
             do
             it
             profitably
             ,
             if
             they
             make
             hast
             ;
             but
             if
             any
             do
             persist
             and
             go
             on
             ,
             
               working
               day
               and
               night
            
             ,
             rolling
             every
             stone
             to
             
               uphold
               that
               party
            
             ,
             he
             that
             strikes
             through
             Kings
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             wrath
             ,
             will
             not
             spare
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             finde
             by
             sad
             experience
             :
             when
             his
             wrath
             is
             kindled
             but
             a
             little
             ,
             Blessed
             are
             all
             they
             that
             put
             their
             trust
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Declaration
             concerning
             the
             Militia
             .
          
           
             
               WE
               have
               been
               told
               that
               we
               must
               not
               be
               jealous
               of
               our
               great
               Counsell
               of
               both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               .
               Wee
               are
               not
               ,
               —
               but
               of
               some
            
             turbulent
             ,
             seditious
             ,
             and
             ambitious
             natures
             ,
             
               which
               (
               being
               not
               so
               cleerly
               discerned
               )
               may
               have
               an
            
             influence
             upon
             the
             actions
             of
             both
             Houses
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Answer
             to
             the
             Decla
             :
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Com
             :
             of
             the
             19
             of
             May
             ,
             1642.
             
          
           
             
               And
               we
               call
               Almighty
               God
               to
               witnesse
               ,
               all
               our
               complaints
               and
               jealousies
               ,
               which
               have
               never
               been
               causless
               ,
               nor
               of
               our
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               :
               (
               but
               of
               some
            
             few
             Schismaticall
             ,
             Factious
             ,
             and
             Ambitious
             Spirits
             ,
             —
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Answ
             :
             to
             the
             19
             Propositions
             .
          
           
             
               Wee
               would
               not
               be
               understood
               ,
               that
               we
               intend
               to
               fix
               this
               Designe
               upon
               both
               or
               either
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               wee
               utterly
               professe
               against
               it
               ,
               —
               But
               we
               do
               beleeve
               ,
               &
               accordingly
               professe
               to
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               the
               malignity
               of
               this
               Design
               —
               hath
               proceeded
               from
               the
            
             subtil
             informations
             ,
             mischievous
             practices
             ,
             and
             evill
             Counsels
             of
             ambitious
             turbulent
             Spirits
             ,
             disaffected
             to
             Gods
             true
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Professors
             thereof
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Answ
             :
             to
             the
             19
             Propositions
             .
          
           
             
               But
               that
               without
               any
            
             shadow
             
               of
               a
               fault
               objected
               ,
               onely
               perhaps
               because
               they
               follow
               their
            
             
             Conscience
             ,
             
               and
               preserve
               the
               established
            
             Lawes
             ,
             
               and
               agree
               not
               in
               such
            
             Votes
             ,
             
               or
               assent
               not
               to
               such
               Bills
               ,
               as
               some
               persons
               ,
            
             who
             have
             now
             too
             great
             an
             influence
             even
             upon
             both
             Houses
             ,
             
               judge
               or
            
             seeme
             
               to
               judge
               to
               be
               for
               the
               publick
               good
               ,
               and
               as
               are
               agreeable
               to
               that
            
             Utopia
             of
             Religion
             and
             Government
             ,
             
               into
               which
               they
               endeavour
               to
               transforme
               this
               Kingdome
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Declar
             :
             of
             Aug.
             2.
             1642.
             
          
           
             
               We
               well
               know
               the
               combination
               entred
               into
               by
               severall
               persons
               for
               an
               alteration
               in
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               —
               and
               observed
               that
               those
               men
            
             had
             greatest
             interest
             ,
             and
             power
             of
             perswading
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             who
             had
             entred
             into
             such
             Combination
             ,
             
               yet
               —
               we
               beleeved
               ,
               even
               those
               men
               would
               either
               have
               been
               converted
               in
               their
            
             Consciences
             ,
             
               by
               the
               cleernesse
               and
               justnesse
               of
               our
               actions
               ,
               or
               would
               have
               appeared
               so
               unseasonable
               ,
               or
               been
               discovered
               so
            
             seditious
             ,
             
               that
               their
               malice
               and
               fury
               would
               not
               have
               been
               able
               to
               have
               done
               mischiefe
               ;
               [
               Afterward
               ]
               When
               such
            
             licence
             is
             given
             to
             Brownists
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Sectaries
             ,
             and
             whilst
             Coach-men
             ,
             Feltmakers
             ,
             and
             such
             Mechanick
             persons
             are
             allowed
             and
             entertained
             to
             preach
             by
             those
             who
             thinke
             themselves
             the
             principall
             members
             of
             either
             House
             ;
             
               when
               such
               barbarous
               outrages
               in
               Churches
               ,
               and
               heathenish
               irreverence
               and
               uproares
               even
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Divine
               Service
               ,
               and
               the
               Administration
               of
               the
               blessed
               meanes
               of
               advancing
               Religion
               ,
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               turned
               into
               a
               licence
               of
               libelling
               ,
               and
               reviling
               both
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               and
               venting
               such
               seditious
               positions
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               Lawes
               of
               the
               Land
               are
               no
               lesse
               then
               Treason
               ,
            
             and
             scarce
             a
             man
             in
             reputation
             and
             credit
             with
             these
             Grand
             Reformers
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             notoriously
             guilty
             of
             this
             ,
             whil'st
             those
             Learned
             ,
             
             reverend
             ,
             painfull
             ,
             and
             pious
             Preachers
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             and
             are
             the
             most
             eminent
             and
             able
             assertours
             of
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             
               are
               (
               to
               the
               unspeakable
               joy
               of
               the
               Adversaries
               to
               our
               Religion
               )
            
             disregarded
             and
             oppressed
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Answer
             to
             the
             Declar
             :
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Com
             :
             of
             the
             21
             of
             June
             ,
             1642.
             
          
           
             
               This
               all
               men
               are
               bound
               to
               beleeve
               ,
               though
               they
               see
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
            
             Professors
             thereof
             miserably
             reproached
             ,
             and
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             destroyed
             by
             a
             vitious
             and
             malignant
             party
             of
             Brownists
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
             and
             other
             Sectaries
             ,
             (
             the
             principall
             Ring-leaders
             of
             whom
             ,
             have
             too
             great
             a
             power
             ,
             even
             with
             some
             Members
             in
             both
             our
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             )
             
               our
               Authority
               despised
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               as
               in
               them
               lies
               ,
               taken
               from
               us
               ,
               and
               reviled
               in
               Pulpits
               and
               presses
               by
               persons
               immediately
               in
               their
               protection
               ,
               and
               recommendation
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Answer
             to
             the
             Declaration
             of
             the
             Lor
             :
             and
             Com
             :
             of
             19
             of
             May
             ,
             1642.
             
          
           
             What
             a
             strange
             
               time
               are
               we
               in
               ,
               that
               a
               few
            
             impudent
             malicious
             
               (
               to
               give
               them
               no
               worse
               terme
               )
               men
               should
               cast
               such
               a
               strange
               mist
               of
               errour
               before
               the
            
             eyes
             of
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             
               as
               that
               they
               either
               cannot
               ,
               or
            
             will
             not
             
               see
               how
               manifestly
               they
               injure
               themselves
               ,
               by
               maintaining
               these
               visible
            
             untruths
             ?
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Declar
             :
             of
             August
             .
             12.
             1642.
             
          
           
             
               We
               were
               able
               to
               discover
               that
               —
               there
               was
               ,
               still
               a
            
             faction
             of
             a
             few
             ambitious
             ,
             discontented
             and
             seditious
             persons
             ,
             
               who
               under
               pretence
               of
               being
               enemies
               to
               Arbitrary
               power
               ,
               and
               of
               compassion
               towards
               those
               ,
               who
               out
               of
               tendernesse
               of
               Conscience
               could
               not
               submit
               to
               some
               things
               enjoyned
               ,
               or
               commended
               in
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               had
               in
               truth
               a
               desire
               (
               and
               had
               entred
               
               into
               a
               Combination
               to
               that
               purpose
               )
               to
            
             alter
             the
             Government
             both
             of
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
             The
             former
             Declaration
             begins
             thus
             .
          
           
             
               T
               is
               more
               then
               time
               now
               after
               so
               many
               injuries
               and
               indignities
               offered
               to
               our
               Royall
               person
               —
               to
               vindicate
               our Selfe
               from
               those
               wicked
               and
               damnable
               Combinations
               and
               Conspiracies
               which
               the
               implacable
               malice
               and
            
             insatiable
             ambition
             of
             some
             persons
             
               have
               contrived
               against
               us
            
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Conclusion
             of
             that
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             
               Our
               quarrell
               is
               not
               against
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               but
               against
            
             particular
             men
             ,
             
               who
               first
               made
               the
               wounds
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               now
               suffer
               them
               to
               be
               healed
               ,
               but
               make
               them
               deeper
               ,
               and
               wider
               ,
               by
               contriving
               ,
               fostering
               ,
               and
               fomenting
               mistakes
               and
               jealousies
               betwixt
               body
               and
               head
               ,
               us
               and
               our
               two
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ;
               whom
               we
            
             name
             ,
             
               and
               are
               ready
               to
               prove
               them
               guilty
               of
               high
               Treason
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wee
               desire
               that
               the
               Lord
            
             Kimbolton
             ,
             
               M
               r
            
             Hollis
             ,
             
               M
               r
            
             Pim
             ,
             
               M
               r
            
             Hampden
             ,
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Haslerigge
               ,
               M
               r
            
             Stroud
             ,
             
               M
               r
            
             Martin
             ,
             Sir
             Henry
             Ludlow
             ,
             Alderman
             Pennington
             ,
             
               and
               Capt.
            
             Venne
             ,
             
               may
               be
               delivered
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               Justice
               to
               be
               tryed
               by
               their
               Peeres
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               knowne
               Lawes
               of
               the
               Land.
               
            
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Answer
             to
             the
             Declaration
             of
             the
             26
             of
             May
             ,
             1642.
             
          
           
             
               But
               wee
               doubt
               not
               all
               our
               good
               Subjects
               doe
               now
               plainly
               discerne
               through
               the
               maske
               and
               vizard
               of
               their
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               what
               their
               Designe
               is
               ,
               and
               will
               no
               more
               looke
               upon
               the
               Framers
               ,
               and
               Contrivers
               of
               that
            
             Declaration
             ,
             
               as
               upon
               both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ;
               (
               whose
               freedome
               and
               just
               Priviledges
               wee
               will
               alwayes
               maintaine
               ,
               and
               in
               whose
               behalfe
               wee
               are
               as
               much
               slandred
               as
               for
               our Selfe
               )
               but
               so
               a
            
             Faction
             of
             Malignant
             ,
             Schismaticall
             ,
             and
             ambitious
             persons
             ,
             
               whose
               designe
               is
               and
               alwayes
               hath
               been
               to
               alter
               the
               
               whole
               frame
               of
               Government
               ,
               both
               of
               Church
               &
               State
               ,
               &
               to
               subject
               both
               King
               and
               people
               to
               their
               own
               lawless
               arbitrary
               power
               &
               government
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             Kings
             Answer
             to
             the
             Declaration
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Com
             :
             of
             26
             of
             May
             1642.
             
          
           
             
               For
               the
               Contrivers
               of
               that
               Declaration
               ,
               (
               though
               they
               have
               no
               minde
               to
               be
               Slaves
               )
               they
               are
               not
               unwilling
               to
               be
               Tyrants
               :
               (
               what
               is
               Tyranny
               ,
               but
               to
               admit
               no
               rule
               to
               Governe
               by
               but
               their
               own
               wills
               ?
               )
               and
               we
               know
               the
               misery
               of
            
             Athens
             
               was
               at
               the
               highest
               ,
               when
               it
               suffered
               under
               the
               Thirty
               Tyrants
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           From
           the
           foregoing
           Parallel
           ,
           ariseth
           the
           DILEMMA
           :
           That
           either
           the
           HIGH
           COURT
           OF
           PARLIAMENT
           is
           chargeable
           with
           Obstinacy
           and
           Hypocrisie
           against
           God
           and
           the
           publick
           Good
           :
           (
           a
           thing
           horrid
           to
           apprehend
           )
           or
           ,
           The
           Author
           of
           the
           Pamphlet
           fore-mentioned
           ,
           is
           as
           guilty
           of
           the
           breach
           of
           
             Parliamentary
             Priviledge
          
           ,
           and
           sedition
           against
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           the
           Contrivers
           of
           the
           Kings
           papers
           have
           been
           by
           the
           Parliament
           declared
           to
           be
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           LORDS
           and
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           ;
           
             A
             POSTSCRIPT
          
           .
        
         
           NOW
           the
           Adversary
           of
           yours
           and
           this
           Kingdomes
           welfare
           
             (
             Right
             Honourable
          
           )
           sees
           he
           cannot
           keep
           the
           field
           against
           you
           any
           longer
           ,
           he
           findes
           it
           best
           to
           recruit
           himselfe
           ,
           by
           working
           his
           
             broken
             Swords
          
           into
           Pen-knives
           ,
           and
           betake
           himselfe
           to
           his
           Study
           .
           He
           remembers
           how
           keen
           the
           
             Royal
             Stile
          
           was
           ,
           and
           how
           neare
           it
           came
           to
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           when
           He
           expressed
           greatest
           confidence
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           onely
           struck
           at
           some
           particular
           Members
           ;
           thus
           in
           Answer
           to
           your
           Declaration
           
             of
             the
             19
             of
             May
             ,
             1642.
             
             We
             shall
             never
             [
             and
             we
             hope
             our
             people
             will
             never
             ]
             account
             the
             contrivance
             of
             a
             few
             factious
             ,
             seditious
             persons
             ,
             (
             a
             Malignant
             partie
             who
             would
             consecrate
             the
             Common-wealth
             to
             their
             owne
             fury
             and
             ambition
             )
             the
             wisdome
             of
             Parliamen
             .
          
           The
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           their
           late
           
             famous
             Declaration
             ,
             of
             the
             17.
             of
             Aprill
             ,
             have
             discovered
             that
             there
             are
             still
             the
             same
             spirits
             stirring
             ,
             and
             humours
             working
             though
             under
             other
             disguises
             and
             upon
             other
             grounds
             .
          
           Since
           this
           discovery
           ,
           these
           spirits
           doe
           not
           blush
           to
           proceed
           according
           to
           the
           first
           beginnings
           ,
           and
           to
           reflect
           the
           like
           crimes
           on
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           under
           the
           persons
           of
           some
           
             particular
             Members
          
           ,
           and
           this
           done
           by
           men
           professing
           great
           Zeale
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           now
           after
           
           you
           have
           almost
           brought
           this
           Kingdome
           (
           by
           the
           good
           hand
           of
           God
           upon
           you
           )
           to
           feast
           upon
           the
           remembrance
           of
           the
           fore-passed
           gall
           and
           wormewood
           ,
           and
           to
           satiate
           it selfe
           with
           the
           fat
           of
           securitie
           ,
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           .
           But
           (
           as
           Solomon
           speaks
           )
           
             a
             Foole
             is
             never
             so
             troublesome
             as
             when
             he
             is
             filled
             with
             meat
          
           ;
           even
           so
           now
           ,
           Ingratitude
           hath
           taken
           the
           Ballance
           into
           her
           hand
           ,
           and
           Fancy
           sits
           upon
           the
           beame
           ,
           and
           judgeth
           that
           the
           Talents
           of
           precious
           mercies
           which
           by
           you
           (
           Noble
           Senatours
           )
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           are
           light
           in
           respect
           of
           some
           still
           wanting
           :
           neither
           can
           all
           you
           have
           done
           be
           pawne
           enough
           of
           adding
           them
           hereafter
           ;
           no
           nor
           any
           thing
           you
           can
           say
           though
           never
           so
           solemnly
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           obtaine
           the
           Credit
           ,
           much
           lesse
           the
           Obedience
           :
           as
           to
           have
           your
           Declaration
           in
           that
           kind
           published
           ;
           and
           because
           they
           despaire
           in
           a
           way
           of
           duty
           to
           obtaine
           their
           desires
           ,
           have
           now
           borrowed
           the
           pen
           of
           Insolency
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           Malignity
           ,
           and
           as
           these
           formerly
           stiled
           you
           
             Rebels
             ,
             Traitors
          
           ,
           Schismatiques
           ,
           &c.
           and
           another
           Party
           acted
           to
           a
           frenzie
           of
           zeale
           ,
           wrote
           you
           ,
           
             Antichristian
             ,
             Popish
          
           ,
           tyrannous
           :
           So
           these
           here
           spoken
           of
           expresse
           themselves
           of
           you
           ,
           as
           Fautors
           of
           
             Errour
             ,
             Sectaries
             ,
             Anarchy
             ,
             intolerable
             Toleration
             :
          
           unlesse
           you
           put
           life
           into
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           from
           what
           they
           point
           you
           to
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           sheet
           of
           paper
           hath
           humbly
           presented
           to
           your
           Honours
           ,
           the
           Designe
           and
           Language
           of
           
             these
             in
             Parallel
          
           with
           the
           former
           ,
           aspersing
           the
           Honour
           and
           enervating
           the
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           accusing
           some
           particular
           Members
           ;
           and
           that
           done
           with
           expressions
           so
           high
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           whether
           respect
           be
           had
           to
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           people
           
             over
             awed
          
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           
             State
             at
             this
             time
          
           ,
           especially
           ,
           thereby
           imperilled
           :
           that
           hence
           there
           seemes
           naturally
           to
           issue
           (
           by
           your
           Wisdomes
           to
           be
           considered
           )
           the
           fore-mentioned
           DILEMMA
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           he
           lay
           it
           on
           
             some
             Members
          
           onely
           ,
           and
           grants
           that
           
           the
           
             Parliament
             hath
             ordained
          
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           whilest
           he
           addes
           ,
           
             that
             all
             things
             are
             carried
             with
             a
             high
             hand
             contrary
             ,
             and
             persons
             dangerous
          
           to
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           
             Sectaries
             ,
             &c.
             countenanced
             ,
             and
             preferred
             in
             All
          
           places
           and
           to
           All
           kind
           of
           Offices
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Parliament
           
             professeth
             one
             thing
             ,
             yet
             the
             quite
             contrary
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             
             in
             Citie
             and
             Country
             ,
          
           seeing
           this
           could
           not
           be
           done
           but
           by
           the
           Authority
           or
           connivence
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           what
           doth
           he
           but
           plainly
           insinuate
           what
           before
           he
           labour'd
           covertly
           to
           hide
           ?
           That
           this
           is
           the
           Authors
           true
           meaning
           ,
           you
           may
           please
           to
           reflect
           on
           his
           Epistle
           before
           the
           first
           part
           of
           his
           Gangraena
           to
           both
           
             Houses
             of
             the
             Parliament
          
           ;
           particularly
           ,
           in
           the
           
             fift
             page
          
           ,
           where
           what
           he
           here
           chargeth
           upon
           
             particular
             Members
          
           ,
           he
           there
           layes
           upon
           
             both
             Houses
          
           ,
           as
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           
             You
             have
             most
             Noble
             Senatours
             done
             worthily
             against
             Papists
             ,
             Prelates
             ,
             scandalous
             Ministers
             ,
             Images
             ,
             Altars
             ,
             Crucifixes
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             what
             have
             you
             done
             against
             other
             kinds
             of
             growing
             evills
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             Schisme
             ,
             disorder
             ,
             Seekers
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Antinomians
             ,
             Brownists
             ,
             Libertines
             ,
             and
             other
             Sects
             ?
          
           in
           the
           seventh
           page
           thus
           .
           
             Now
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             though
             you
             have
             made
             Ordinances
             against
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Brownists
             ,
             other
             Sects
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             and
             upon
             complaint
             have
             troubled
             some
             Sectaries
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             yet
             notwithstanding
             there
             is
             a
             strange
             and
             unheard
             of
             bearing
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             I
             beleeve
             all
             things
             considered
             never
             was
             the
             like
             under
             any
             Orthodox
             ,
             Christian
             Magistrate
             and
             State
          
           ;
           p.
           9.
           
           
             Yet
             I
             doe
             not
             say
             your
             Honours
             have
             done
             these
             things
             ,
             for
             there
             are
             matters
             of
             this
             nature
             you
             heare
             not
             of
             :
             and
             upon
             complaints
             that
             have
             come
             immediately
             to
             your
             Houses
             ,
             there
             hath
             been
             some
             redresse
             ;
             yet
             such
             things
             are
             done
             by
             Committees
             ,
             or
             persons
             under
             your
             power
             and
             Government
             ,
             and
             no
             effectuall
             wayes
             taken
             to
             prevent
             ,
             discover
             or
             remedy
             these
             things
             .
             Now
             I
             humbly
             submit
             to
             your
             deep
             Judgement
             ,
             whether
             God
             account
             not
             men
             guilty
             of
             that
             which
             is
             committed
             by
             others
             under
             them
             .
          
           [
           Nay
           to
           take
           off
           all
           scruple
           touching
           his
           meaning
           ,
           his
           next
           words
           fasten
           the
           charge
           upon
           your selves
           ]
           
             as
             also
             whether
             it
             will
             not
             be
             interpreted
             by
             men
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             certainly
             great
             countenance
             and
             favour
             above
             ,
             or
             else
             persons
             below
             durst
             not
             doe
             as
             they
             doe
             .
          
           So
           page
           10.
           
           
             Reformed
             Churches
             abroad
             say
             ,
             why
             may
             not
             the
             King
             as
             lawfully
             tolerate
             Papists
             one
             false
             Religion
             ,
             as
             the
             Parliament
             suffer
             all
             Sects
             to
             grow
             ?
          
           And
           lastly
           ,
           page
           11.
           
           
             Know
             God
             is
             a
             righteous
             God
             ,
             and
             will
             require
             it
             at
             your
             hands
             ,
             visit
             and
             be
             avenged
             for
             these
             things
             .
             Let
             no
             man
             flatter
             you
             with
             your
             great
             prosperity
             and
             successe
             ,
          
           &c.
           where
           the
           very
           charge
           and
           threatning
           that
           he
           denounces
           in
           his
           
             second
             part
          
           against
           some
           
             particular
             Members
          
           ,
           is
           charged
           upon
           
             both
             Houses
             joyntly
          
           .
           And
           
           why
           now
           he
           should
           endeavour
           to
           cast
           that
           odium
           upon
           
             particular
             Members
          
           which
           he
           before
           charged
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           (
           though
           this
           also
           fall
           upon
           the
           whole
           )
           the
           Reason
           may
           be
           to
           make
           the
           Designe
           at
           once
           both
           more
           dangerous
           and
           more
           feeble
           ;
           for
           whil'st
           it
           was
           in
           generall
           the
           reverence
           of
           so
           
             great
             a
             Court
          
           might
           justly
           awe
           the
           People
           ,
           whereas
           now
           some
           particulars
           being
           singled
           out
           ,
           he
           might
           with
           more
           colour
           and
           possibility
           excite
           ,
           and
           stir
           up
           the
           people
           to
           appeare
           against
           them
           .
           Now
           for
           this
           to
           be
           done
           not
           by
           any
           
             considerable
             number
          
           of
           men
           by
           way
           of
           
             humble
             Petition
          
           ,
           upon
           
             indispensable
             necessity
          
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           private
           person
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           in
           a
           Petition
           first
           presented
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           your
           Wisdomes
           might
           have
           judged
           whether
           it
           were
           fit
           for
           publike
           view
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Book
           written
           purposely
           for
           the
           branding
           of
           
             Sectaries
             ,
             Hereticks
          
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           ;
           and
           that
           without
           
             sufficient
             proofe
          
           in
           a
           thing
           of
           so
           
             high
             a
             nature
          
           .
           There
           seems
           necessarily
           to
           arise
           from
           hence
           the
           double
           evill
           expressed
           in
           the
           latter
           member
           of
           the
           Argument
           ,
           viz.
           an
           unlawfull
           
             breach
             of
             Parliamentary
             Priviledge
          
           ;
           and
           a
           most
           perilous
           Introduction
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Parliament
           it selfe
           by
           raising
           the
           people
           to
           sedition
           against
           it
           .
           For
           as
           the
           King
           upon
           the
           
             like
             distinction
          
           of
           some
           Members
           from
           the
           rest
           ,
           demanded
           six
           of
           your
           Honourable
           Members
           to
           Justice
           ,
           as
           a
           Prologue
           to
           the
           Tragedy
           .
           If
           now
           the
           People
           should
           by
           such
           a
           
             pestilent
             Booke
          
           ,
           be
           Alarm'd
           on
           
             groundlesse
             misprisions
          
           to
           declare
           against
           certaine
           of
           your
           Members
           as
           insufferable
           in
           their
           practises
           ;
           though
           under
           notion
           of
           Petitioning
           against
           them
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           doubted
           whether
           afterward
           first
           six
           ,
           and
           then
           sixteen
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           sixty
           shall
           not
           be
           demanded
           ,
           yet
           with
           pretence
           held
           out
           before
           the
           people
           of
           all
           honour
           and
           obedience
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           ,
           whose
           work
           you
           doe
           ,
           teach
           your
           understandings
           ,
           comfort
           your
           hearts
           ,
           strengthen
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           cover
           your
           Heads
           in
           this
           day
           of
           Battaile
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A83525-e1920
           
             The
             proofe
             of
             the
             result
             of
             the
             Dilemma
             from
             the
             Premises
             .
          
        
      
    
  

