Truths right-side tvrned upwards, or, Armies vindication against an aspersion of rebellion and tyrannie cast upon them in several books, whereof one subscribed by divers ministers in the province of London, another by Mr. Geree, &c : not onely cleering the case of the armie to be just, but retorting the force of the arguments of their opposers upon themselves / by William Potter.
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             Truths right-side tvrned upwards, or, Armies vindication against an aspersion of rebellion and tyrannie cast upon them in several books, whereof one subscribed by divers ministers in the province of London, another by Mr. Geree, &c : not onely cleering the case of the armie to be just, but retorting the force of the arguments of their opposers upon themselves / by William Potter.
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           TRUTHS
           RIGHT-SIDE
           
             TURNED
          
           UPWARDS
           .
           OR
           ,
           The
           Armies
           Vindication
           against
           an
           Aspersion
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           Tyrannie
           cast
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           several
           Books
           ,
           Whereof
           one
           subscribed
           by
           divers
           Ministers
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           
             London
             ;
          
           Another
           by
           Mr
           
             Geree
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Not
           onely
           cleering
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Armie
           to
           be
           just
           ;
           But
           retorting
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Arguments
           of
           their
           Opposers
           upon
           themselves
           .
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           POTTER
           .
        
         
           
             Romans
             2.
             3.
             
          
           And
           thinkest
           thou
           this
           ,
           O
           man
           ,
           that
           judgest
           them
           which
           do
           such
           things
           ,
           and
           doest
           the
           same
           ;
           that
           thou
           shalt
           escape
           the
           judgement
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           JAMES
           and
           JOSEPH
           MOXON
           ,
           for
           WILLIAM
           LARNAR
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           ,
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Black-moor
           ,
           neer
           Bishops-gate
           .
           MDCXLIX
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           HIS
           EXCELLENCY
           THOMAS
           Lord
           FAIRFAX
           ,
           And
           His
           General
           Councel
           of
           Officers
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             and
             Honoured
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           HAving
           amongst
           many
           others
           ,
           observed
           your
           constant
           proceedings
           ;
           and
           being
           no
           less
           convinced
           of
           the
           justness
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           publike
           safety
           that
           your
           successes
           tend
           unto
           ;
           It
           was
           a
           great
           burden
           to
           my
           spirit
           ,
           that
           your
           Actions
           should
           be
           so
           publikely
           and
           so
           fouly
           mis-represented
           ,
           as
           by
           many
           they
           have
           bin
           ,
           especially
           of
           late
           :
           Now
           fearing
           lest
           through
           the
           subtilty
           of
           our
           common
           enemy
           ,
           the
           Devil
           ,
           who
           fails
           not
           to
           endeavour
           by
           strong
           delusions
           to
           deceive
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           the
           very
           Elect
           :
           (
           Though
           I
           was
           informed
           and
           assured
           you
           undertook
           not
           so
           great
           a
           work
           without
           strong
           prayers
           ,
           hearts
           plyable
           to
           the
           light
           you
           should
           receive
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           premeditation
           )
           yet
           I
           say
           ,
           fearing
           least
           any
           one
           of
           you
           (
           through
           the
           strong
           Assaults
           of
           so
           many
           Temptations
           on
           every
           side
           ,
           both
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           )
           should
           be
           in
           the
           least
           measure
           discouraged
           :
           And
           perceiving
           what
           a
           floud
           of
           weighty
           Affairs
           are
           at
           once
           fallen
           upon
           your
           shoulders
           :
           I
           did
           humbly
           beseech
           God
           (
           who
           for
           the
           most
           part
           makes
           use
           of
           weakest
           means
           )
           at
           this
           time
           to
           enlarge
           my
           small
           Talent
           beyond
           its
           ordinary
           
           capacity
           ,
           in
           the
           vindication
           of
           you
           ,
           against
           such
           more
           than
           ordinary
           aspersions
           (
           which
           nothing
           but
           the
           meeknes
           of
           true
           Christians
           would
           enable
           men
           of
           your
           power
           and
           trust
           patiently
           to
           bear
           )
           the
           justness
           of
           your
           proceedings
           being
           grounded
           upon
           Principles
           as
           cleer
           ,
           as
           the
           faculty
           of
           human
           understanding
           can
           evince
           .
           Yet
           being
           much
           pressed
           for
           want
           of
           time
           ,
           I
           could
           onely
           touch
           upon
           such
           general
           heads
           ,
           as
           necessarily
           tend
           to
           the
           true
           state
           of
           that
           act
           for
           which
           you
           are
           so
           highly
           and
           with
           such
           strong
           presumption
           condemned
           :
           whereby
           (
           although
           finding
           that
           much
           more
           might
           have
           bin
           said
           to
           your
           vindication
           therein
           ;
           I
           was
           necessitated
           to
           cut
           my
           way
           shorter
           than
           otherwise
           I
           should
           have
           bin
           willing
           .
           Thus
           humbly
           taking
           leave
           of
           your
           Excellency
           ,
           and
           your
           Honourable
           Councel
           ,
           I
           rest
           .
        
         
           
             Happy
             if
             I
             may
             be
             in
             the
             least
             measure
             serviceable
             to
             Christ
             in
             his
             servants
             ,
             W.
             P.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           observed
           ,
           and
           found
           by
           much
           experience
           ,
           how
           dangerous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           judge
           of
           our
           fellow-Professors
           by
           the
           out-side
           and
           colour
           of
           their
           actions
           ,
           whose
           most
           sincere
           intentions
           God
           for
           the
           most
           part
           hides
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           under
           circumstances
           of
           very
           foul
           appearances
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           meant
           to
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           true
           servants
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           that
           such
           as
           pretend
           most
           to
           Godliness
           amongst
           us
           .
           are
           the
           veriest
           hypocrites
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           own
           the
           vilest
           of
           Actions
           ,
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           Religion
           :
           as
           to
           instance
           ,
           
             Abraham
          
           must
           do
           that
           out
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           the
           world
           no
           doubt
           looked
           upon
           as
           the
           attempting
           to
           murder
           his
           Son
           .
           The
           Israelites
           take
           their
           farewel
           of
           the
           Aegyptians
           ,
           carrying
           their
           treasure
           with
           them
           by
           a
           command
           from
           God
           ,
           under
           a
           pretense
           of
           borrowing
           it
           :
           A
           thing
           ,
           though
           (
           all
           circumstances
           considered
           )
           justifiable
           ,
           yet
           of
           a
           foul
           appearance
           .
           And
           afterwards
           they
           seem
           to
           overthrow
           their
           owne
           Doctrine
           against
           Images
           ,
           by
           setting
           up
           a
           brasen
           serpent
           :
           and
           at
           last
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           God
           were
           at
           odds
           with
           himself
           ,
           and
           angry
           that
           men
           should
           reverence
           his
           own
           Ordinances
           )
           it
           must
           be
           broken
           to
           pieces
           .
           
             Jeremiah
          
           is
           put
           upon
           such
           a
           message
           from
           God
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           is
           accused
           of
           sedition
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Iewish
           Religion
           began
           to
           be
           noted
           by
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           the
           Orthodox
           Worship
           ,
           Christ
           (
           as
           if
           he
           affected
           nothing
           but
           Novelty
           )
           seems
           in
           their
           eys
           to
           cut
           it
           up
           by
           the
           roots
           :
           And
           (
           as
           if
           he
           liked
           not
           to
           be
           served
           long
           after
           one
           fashion
           )
           when
           once
           men
           built
           upon
           his
           own
           Principles
           that
           which
           they
           called
           
             Catholick
             ;
          
           he
           sends
           his
           own
           servants
           to
           protest
           against
           it
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           
             Luther
          
           and
           others
           :
           )
           And
           when
           his
           Doctrine
           also
           became
           a
           little
           popular
           ,
           you
           shall
           scarce
           find
           a
           Christian
           ,
           but
           under
           the
           new
           name
           of
           Puritan
           ;
           And
           now
           it
           begins
           to
           be
           a
           Credit
           to
           be
           an
           old
           Puritan
           ,
           you
           shall
           scarce
           find
           any
           heat
           of
           true
           spiritual
           life
           ,
           but
           
           amongst
           them
           who
           are
           rayled
           against
           for
           the
           broaching
           of
           Heresie
           .
           By
           all
           which
           seeming
           mutability
           ,
           God
           testifies
           his
           constant
           prosecution
           of
           the
           same
           Designe
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           to
           make
           Christ
           ,
           who
           to
           the
           Greeks
           is
           foolishness
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Iews
           a
           stumbling
           block
           ;
           to
           his
           owne
           Servants
           ,
           the
           power
           and
           wisdom
           of
           God
           to
           salvation
           ;
           which
           being
           fitly
           applicable
           to
           the
           times
           where
           in
           we
           live
           ,
           and
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           Army
           which
           I
           have
           undertaken
           to
           vindicate
           ;
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           amiss
           to
           make
           the
           Observation
           thereof
           one
           part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           in
           preface
           thereunto
           .
           And
           so
           I
           rest
        
         
           
             Thy
             fellow-servant
             in
             Christ
             W.
             Potter
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           TRUTHS
           RIGHT-SIDE
           TURNED
           UPWARDS
           .
           OR
           ,
           The
           Armies
           Vindication
           against
           an
           Aspersion
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           Tyrannie
           cast
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           Having
           read
           some
           Books
           inveighing
           against
           the
           Armies
           late
           removing
           some
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           from
           sitting
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           wherein
           they
           utterly
           mistake
           the
           state
           of
           the
           present
           condition
           of
           affairs
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           all
           their
           Arguments
           ;
           could
           do
           no
           less
           in
           duty
           ,
           than
           humbly
           to
           propose
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           in
           vindication
           of
           them
           therein
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           dispute
           against
           them
           ,
           do
           affirm
           these
           six
           things
           ,
           
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           That
           they
           have
           resisted
           Authority
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           Broken
           their
           Trust
           and
           Vows
           to
           God
           and
           Men
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           Dissolved
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
         
           
             Fourthly
             ,
          
           Justified
           the
           King
           in
           that
           former
           somthing
           Parallel
           attempt
           of
           his
           .
        
         
           
             Fiftly
             ,
          
           Opened
           a
           gap
           to
           all
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           
             Sixtly
             ,
          
           Acted
           without
           any
           warrant
           from
           holy
           Writ
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           I
           conceive
           are
           grounded
           upon
           this
           one
           mistake
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           By
           giving
           that
           Authority
           to
           Governours
           which
           is
           the
           right
           of
           a
           Free-born
           People
           ,
           and
           onely
           justifies
           our
           taking
           up
           of
           Arms
           in
           Vindication
           thereof
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Peoples
           Trustees
           ,
           and
           not
           their
           Governours
           ,
           should
           be
           Judges
           of
           their
           own
           Laws
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           remove
           their
           Rulers
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           keep
           themselves
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           their
           trust
           :
           which
           how
           it
           may
           be
           applyed
           to
           justifie
           the
           present
           act
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           in
           regard
           this
           Parliament
           was
           chosen
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           Judges
           thereof
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           And
           consequently
           the
           King
           who
           attempted
           to
           offer
           them
           violence
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           this
           their
           Duty
           was
           so
           justly
           condemned
           .
           How
           this
           Army
           in
           this
           particular
           can
           be
           justified
           ,
           is
           the
           scope
           I
           aime
           at
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           which
           ,
           we
           may
           observe
           that
           before
           the
           King
           deserted
           his
           trust
           ;
           the
           Parliament
           (
           being
           the
           people
           )
           were
           in
           such
           a
           capacity
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           sole
           Judges
           of
           what
           concerned
           the
           Peoples
           Freedoms
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           be
           said
           to
           tyranize
           over
           the
           People
           .
           But
           since
           the
           King
           deserted
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           became
           Governours
           themselves
           ;
           and
           all
           Governours
           of
           a
           Free
           people
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           their
           Wills
           regulated
           by
           the
           Peoples
           Trustees
           over
           whom
           they
           rule
           :
           which
           as
           the
           case
           now
           stands
           ,
           the
           Army
           having
           authority
           to
           do
           ,
           did
           not
           in
           restraining
           these
           members
           ,
           act
           out
           of
           their
           Places
           and
           Callings
           :
           And
           to
           cleer
           these
           particulars
           ,
           we
           shall
           handle
           them
           in
           this
           Order
           :
           Namely
           ,
           to
           prove
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           it
           is
           to
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           act
           tyrannically
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           That
           before
           the
           Kings
           deserting
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           in
           a
           capacity
           so
           to
           act
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           since
           the
           Kings
           deserting
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           a
           capacity
           so
           to
           act
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           the
           Army
           have
           a
           lawful
           Authority
           to
           judge
           of
           ,
           and
           restrain
           them
           from
           so
           acting
           .
        
         
           Which
           4.
           being
           soundly
           proved
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           our
           Adversaries
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           ingenuous
           ,
           will
           yeild
           and
           confess
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           overcome
           them
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           swords
           ,
           but
           words
           ;
           by
           strength
           ,
           but
           truth
           ;
           by
           might
           ,
           but
           right
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           To
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           act
           tyrannically
           ,
           is
           for
           rulers
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           Judges
           of
           what
           they
           do
           or
           order
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           government
           of
           the
           people
           :
           because
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           ordain
           ,
           the
           people
           are
           in
           no
           capacity
           to
           shew
           their
           dislike
           :
           and
           consequently
           ,
           if
           for
           their
           own
           privat
           advantage
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           by-respect
           they
           take
           away
           the
           just
           due
           or
           Interest
           of
           some
           other
           man
           or
           men
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           power
           on
           earth
           to
           check
           or
           restrain
           them
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           when
           Rulers
           can
           make
           no
           Orders
           or
           Proceedings
           that
           are
           binding
           .
           but
           those
           which
           the
           People
           (
           by
           their
           lawful
           Deputies
           )
           are
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           dis-avow
           and
           restrain
           ,
           then
           Rulers
           are
           not
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           act
           tyrannically
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Before
           the
           Kings
           deserting
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           act
           tyrannically
           .
           For
           the
           Parliament
           were
           the
           people
           met
           together
           ,
           to
           demand
           of
           their
           Rulers
           what
           they
           thought
           meet
           for
           their
           owne
           safety
           ,
           and
           therefore
           were
           not
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           tyrannise
           over
           the
           people
           ,
           because
           themselves
           were
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Rulers
           ,
           but
           were
           to
           return
           to
           their
           dwellings
           ,
           and
           themselves
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           those
           Laws
           they
           demanded
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Since
           the
           Kings
           deserting
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           act
           tyrannically
           .
           For
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           they
           were
           by
           approbation
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           be
           Rulers
           :
           
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           make
           Orders
           and
           Ordinances
           to
           govern
           the
           People
           by
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           already
           proved
           ,
           that
           for
           Rulers
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           Judges
           of
           what
           they
           do
           or
           order
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           government
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           act
           Tyrannically
           .
           Therefore
           since
           the
           Kings
           deserting
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           a
           capacity
           so
           to
           act
           .
        
         
           Or
           secondly
           ,
           By
           giving
           Commission
           to
           Armies
           ,
           they
           become
           the
           Governours
           of
           those
           Armies
           ;
           and
           by
           governing
           them
           ,
           they
           govern
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           Now
           to
           govern
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           especially
           by
           force
           of
           Arms
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           Judges
           of
           what
           they
           do
           or
           order
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Government
           thereof
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           in
           a
           high
           capacity
           to
           act
           tyrannically
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           the
           Armies
           which
           they
           raise
           ,
           have
           a
           lawful
           Authority
           to
           judge
           of
           and
           restrain
           them
           from
           so
           acting
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           the
           People
           in
           Parliament
           are
           not
           Governours
           ,
           but
           as
           some
           of
           us
           are
           willing
           to
           acknowledge
           them
           so
           :
           For
           it
           is
           the
           unquestionable
           right
           of
           a
           free
           people
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           any
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           no
           .
           Indeed
           the
           Jews
           had
           somtime
           Governours
           appointed
           them
           by
           Divine
           Authority
           ;
           but
           we
           (
           as
           far
           as
           we
           enjoy
           our
           freedom
           )
           not
           without
           our
           own
           choise
           ,
           and
           therefore
           as
           we
           were
           free
           in
           chusing
           them
           to
           represent
           us
           as
           the
           people
           of
           England
           ,
           so
           we
           were
           as
           free
           in
           chusing
           whether
           we
           would
           allow
           them
           to
           be
           our
           Governours
           ;
           except
           we
           grant
           that
           the
           Kings
           deserting
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           their
           undertaking
           to
           free
           us
           from
           tyrannie
           ,
           could
           entitle
           them
           to
           be
           our
           Governours
           ,
           though
           none
           of
           the
           people
           of
           the
           land
           had
           at
           all
           believed
           that
           they
           intended
           it
           .
           Therefore
           the
           people
           in
           Parliament
           were
           not
           our
           Governours
           ,
           but
           as
           some
           of
           us
           were
           willing
           to
           own
           them
           so
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           this
           is
           a
           truth
           ,
           appeareth
           secondly
           ,
           By
           the
           Parliaments
           declaring
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           therein
           appealing
           to
           the
           people
           to
           be
           their
           own
           Judges
           ,
           whether
           they
           wou'd
           receive
           Commissions
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           Arms
           under
           their
           Authority
           or
           no
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           We
           never
           owned
           their
           authority
           in
           giving
           Commissions
           to
           us
           or
           any
           of
           us
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           gave
           them
           who
           received
           the
           Commissions
           for
           us
           ,
           a
           lawful
           authority
           to
           judge
           of
           and
           by
           the
           sword
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           to
           restrain
           them
           in
           acting
           tyrannically
           .
           For
           if
           they
           gave
           us
           or
           our
           deputies
           (
           whom
           we
           and
           they
           entrusted
           to
           receive
           the
           sword
           to
           defend
           us
           )
           a
           Commission
           to
           oppose
           the
           Arbytrarie
           and
           Tyrannical
           power
           of
           Governours
           ,
           then
           they
           gave
           us
           in
           our
           said
           Deputies
           ,
           a
           Commission
           to
           oppose
           it
           in
           themselves
           ;
           because
           in
           receiving
           their
           Commission
           ,
           we
           allow
           of
           them
           as
           Governours
           .
           Which
           although
           it
           might
           not
           be
           expresly
           mentioned
           in
           their
           said
           Commissions
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           because
           we
           had
           no
           other
           reason
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           our
           former
           Governours
           ,
           but
           to
           oppose
           tyrannie
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           (
           as
           I
           have
           already
           shewed
           )
           if
           those
           who
           in
           the
           capacity
           of
           Rulers
           do
           make
           Ordinances
           ,
           should
           also
           in
           the
           capacity
           of
           people
           have
           sole
           power
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           justness
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           invested
           with
           power
           both
           to
           make
           Ordinances
           whereby
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           publike
           monies
           for
           their
           own
           privat
           use
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           dispose
           of
           our
           lives
           and
           estates
           ,
           and
           also
           be
           the
           sole
           Judges
           of
           the
           justness
           of
           so
           doing
           :
           and
           it
           is
           not
           tolerable
           that
           our
           taking
           up
           Arms
           against
           tyrannie
           ,
           was
           to
           maintain
           such
           a
           tyrannical
           power
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           must
           necessarily
           be
           allowed
           ,
           that
           we
           never
           had
           owned
           their
           authority
           in
           giving
           Commissions
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           us
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           gave
           them
           authority
           ,
           who
           received
           the
           Commissions
           for
           us
           ,
           again
           to
           judge
           of
           ,
           and
           restrain
           them
           in
           acting
           tyrannically
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           thus
           to
           oppose
           ,
           is
           the
           proper
           work
           of
           the
           Armies
           raised
           by
           them
           ;
           they
           being
           those
           who
           are
           entrusted
           with
           the
           sword
           .
           First
           ,
           because
           none
           but
           they
           are
           lawfully
           entrusted
           to
           use
           their
           endeavours
           for
           this
           end
           :
           and
           therefore
           if
           those
           who
           have
           no
           commission
           to
           assert
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           should
           (
           being
           
           of
           another
           judgement
           )
           endeavour
           to
           oppose
           the
           Army
           in
           what
           they
           do
           according
           to
           their
           Commission
           ,
           they
           should
           oppose
           them
           acting
           according
           to
           their
           places
           and
           callings
           to
           preserve
           the
           people
           ,
           without
           any
           commission
           or
           authority
           :
           for
           to
           oppose
           those
           that
           act
           by
           a
           lawful
           commission
           ,
           is
           to
           rebel
           against
           Authority
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           both
           we
           as
           the
           people
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           were
           willing
           to
           give
           them
           a
           Commission
           to
           defend
           us
           the
           people
           of
           the
           land
           against
           the
           tyrannie
           of
           Governours
           ;
           and
           also
           they
           (
           as
           willing
           to
           venture
           their
           lives
           in
           such
           our
           defence
           )
           were
           willing
           to
           accept
           of
           this
           our
           deputation
           ,
           as
           sufficient
           Authority
           to
           bear
           them
           out
           in
           so
           doing
           :
           then
           though
           (
           now
           we
           see
           their
           acting
           )
           we
           do
           not
           approve
           of
           their
           acting
           therein
           ,
           yet
           if
           we
           resist
           them
           ,
           we
           act
           as
           private
           men
           against
           the
           Authority
           given
           them
           by
           all
           the
           people
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           after
           we
           have
           engaged
           ourselves
           to
           allow
           them
           liberty
           in
           so
           acting
           ,
           howsoever
           they
           should
           act
           therein
           ,
           we
           also
           break
           our
           trust
           and
           engagement
           if
           we
           deny
           it
           unto
           them
           :
           Therefore
           to
           use
           the
           sword
           to
           oppose
           tyrannie
           is
           their
           proper
           work
           ,
           and
           not
           ours
           .
           So
           that
           you
           see
           here
           are
           three
           reasons
           why
           we
           may
           not
           oppose
           them
           herein
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           None
           can
           show
           a
           Commission
           to
           oppose
           tyrannie
           but
           the
           Army
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           all
           entrusted
           them
           to
           use
           their
           best
           skill
           herein
           .
           VVhich
           one
           is
           divided
           into
           two
           arguments
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           they
           who
           oppose
           them
           ,
           oppose
           their
           private
           opinions
           against
           their
           own
           authority
           in
           Parliament
           .
           And
        
         
           2.
           
           Break
           their
           publike
           engagement
           to
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Kingdom
           :
           which
           
             David
          
           saith
           
             we
             may
             not
             do
             ,
             though
             the
             keeping
             thereof
             should
             be
             to
             our
             prejudice
             .
          
           Now
           then
           ,
           you
           see
           it
           proved
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           onely
           the
           work
           to
           which
           they
           are
           called
           lawfully
           :
           but
           so
           theirs
           ,
           as
           none
           else
           may
           oppose
           ,
           without
           opposing
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           Therefore
           
           the
           Armies
           raised
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           have
           a
           lawful
           Authority
           to
           judge
           of
           ,
           and
           restrain
           the
           same
           Parliament
           (
           as
           they
           are
           not
           our selves
           or
           people
           ,
           but
           our
           Governours
           )
           from
           acting
           tyrannically
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           come
           to
           answer
           the
           six
           things
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           alledged
           against
           their
           proceedings
           herein
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           1.
           
           
             That
             they
             have
             resisted
             Authority
             .
          
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           proved
           they
           were
           so
           far
           from
           acting
           against
           Authority
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           acted
           herein
           according
           to
           their
           places
           and
           callings
           :
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           mens
           very
           doing
           their
           duty
           should
           be
           the
           committing
           of
           sin
           ,
           or
           acting
           rebelliously
           .
           2.
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           Members
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           our
           Governours
           ,
           have
           no
           Authority
           to
           act
           and
           persever
           in
           acting
           things
           contrary
           to
           our
           liking
           ,
           declared
           by
           our
           lawful
           Deputies
           ;
           then
           in
           so
           acting
           ,
           they
           act
           that
           which
           they
           have
           no
           Authority
           to
           do
           :
           in
           which
           to
           oppose
           them
           ,
           is
           to
           oppose
           their
           wills
           onely
           ,
           not
           their
           Authority
           .
           3.
           
           It
           might
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           be
           proved
           that
           the
           Parliaments
           War
           is
           unlawful
           ,
           because
           therein
           they
           opposed
           the
           will
           of
           him
           that
           was
           their
           Governour
           .
           Therefore
           the
           A●my
           have
           not
           resisted
           Authority
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           2.
           
           That
           they
           having
           vowed
           ,
           and
           being
           entrusted
           to
           maintain
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           Parliament
           )
           have
           broken
           their
           vow
           and
           trust
           herein
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           The
           Priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           is
           the
           priviledge
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           whereby
           through
           their
           lawful
           Deputies
           they
           are
           authorised
           to
           oppose
           that
           which
           they
           judge
           to
           be
           Tyrannie
           in
           their
           Governours
           .
           But
           the
           Army
           (
           seing
           they
           ,
           and
           none
           else
           have
           Commission
           to
           oppose
           Tyranny
           )
           are
           therefore
           the
           lawful
           Deputies
           entrusted
           to
           oppose
           that
           which
           they
           judge
           Tyrannie
           in
           their
           Governours
           :
           Therefore
           they
           have
           performed
           (
           not
           broken
           )
           their
           trust
           and
           vows
           to
           God
           and
           men
           in
           thus
           doing
           .
        
         
         
           
             Object
          
           3.
           
           They
           have
           dissolved
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           If
           the
           Parliament
           be
           now
           not
           in
           the
           capacity
           of
           a
           formal
           Parliament
           or
           People
           ,
           met
           to
           demand
           our
           liberties
           of
           our
           Governours
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           a
           Councel
           of
           State
           ,
           authorised
           (
           by
           means
           of
           them
           our
           lawful
           Deputies
           ,
           taking
           up
           Arms
           under
           their
           command
           )
           to
           be
           our
           Governours
           ;
           then
           to
           remove
           such
           evil
           Governours
           as
           by
           our
           lawful
           Deputies
           we
           judge
           tyrannical
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           dissolve
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           yet
           to
           destroy
           ,
           but
           regulate
           such
           a
           councel
           of
           Governours
           ,
           who
           must
           needs
           (
           in
           this
           case
           )
           without
           such
           a
           removal
           ,
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           destroy
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           save
           us
           ;
           and
           by
           such
           a
           removal
           ,
           are
           restored
           unto
           a
           capacity
           to
           rule
           us
           safely
           .
           Now
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           (
           all
           which
           is
           either
           cleer
           of
           it self
           ,
           or
           already
           proved
           )
           then
           the
           Army
           have
           not
           by
           this
           act
           dissolved
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           yet
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           have
           done
           that
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           had
           not
           done
           ,
           this
           Councel
           would
           have
           bin
           not
           onely
           useless
           ,
           but
           destructive
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           being
           done
           ,
           is
           restored
           unto
           a
           capacity
           to
           preserve
           us
           :
           whose
           preservation
           is
           the
           onely
           end
           of
           our
           fighting
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           government
           .
        
         
           
             Object
             .
          
           4.
           
           That
           they
           justified
           the
           King
           in
           that
           former
           somthing
           Parallel
           attempt
           of
           his
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           They
           are
           parallel
           in
           nothing
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           Act
           was
           in
           as
           high
           a
           degree
           of
           breaking
           of
           trust
           ,
           as
           the
           Armies
           was
           a
           keeping
           of
           trust
           ;
           That
           the
           Army
           without
           so
           acting
           ,
           could
           not
           have
           performed
           their
           trust
           ,
           I
           have
           already
           proved
           ;
           because
           they
           being
           in
           place
           of
           us
           the
           people
           ,
           cannot
           be
           faithful
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           in
           removing
           such
           Governours
           they
           judge
           tyrannical
           .
           And
           that
           the
           King
           without
           resisting
           the
           free
           Parliament
           or
           people
           of
           England
           ,
           could
           not
           lightly
           have
           broken
           his
           trust
           ,
           is
           as
           cleer
           ;
           but
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           attempt
           to
           remove
           some
           of
           them
           out
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           he
           did
           endeavour
           to
           over-aw
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           make
           us
           all
           his
           creatures
           and
           slaves
           ,
           by
           our
           own
           consent
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           so
           evident
           ,
           as
           it
           need
           not
           
           be
           proved
           :
           which
           is
           manifestly
           against
           his
           Oath
           and
           Trust
           .
        
         
           
             Object
             .
          
           5.
           
           That
           they
           have
           opened
           a
           gap
           to
           all
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           For
           the
           lawful
           Deputies
           of
           the
           people
           not
           to
           be
           satisfied
           without
           a
           timely
           removal
           of
           such
           as
           they
           judge
           tyrannical
           Governours
           ;
           is
           so
           far
           from
           opening
           a
           gap
           unto
           ,
           that
           it
           shuts
           the
           dore
           against
           Rebellion
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           they
           judge
           would
           ensue
           ▪
           For
           that
           is
           properly
           rebellion
           ,
           which
           is
           acted
           against
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           people
           in
           their
           lawful
           Deputies
           ,
           upon
           any
           pretense
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           
             Object
          
           6.
           
           That
           they
           have
           acted
           without
           any
           warrant
           from
           holy
           writ
           .
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           He
           that
           turns
           the
           truth
           with
           the
           wrong
           side
           upwards
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           posture
           laies
           it
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           God
           word
           ,
           must
           needs
           give
           a
           judgment
           quite
           contrary
           to
           truth
           :
           For
           we
           have
           proved
           that
           insteed
           of
           resisting
           our
           authority
           ,
           they
           have
           maintained
           our
           authority
           :
           insteed
           of
           breaking
           their
           trust
           ,
           they
           have
           performed
           their
           trust
           :
           insteed
           of
           justifying
           the
           Kings
           act
           ,
           they
           have
           condemned
           it
           :
           insteed
           of
           opening
           a
           gap
           to
           rebellion
           ,
           they
           have
           shut
           the
           dore
           against
           it
           :
           and
           consequently
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           insteed
           of
           acting
           without
           warrant
           from
           holy
           Writ
           ,
           they
           have
           acted
           by
           authority
           from
           such
           Warrant
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           not
           doubting
           all
           honest
           Christians
           will
           see
           their
           error
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           
             David
          
           )
           take
           their
           own
           sentence
           to
           themselves
           unto
           whom
           it
           belongs
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           urged
           with
           as
           much
           zeal
           as
           we
           can
           press
           upon
           them
           ;
           We
           are
           assured
           they
           will
           yeild
           obedience
           unto
           lawful
           Authority
           ,
           which
           if
           others
           amongst
           them
           refuse
           to
           do
           ,
           shall
           not
           God
           (
           to
           use
           his
           own
           expression
           )
           laugh
           to
           see
           them
           taking
           such
           pains
           ,
           thus
           to
           sentence
           themselves
           ,
           whilst
           they
           rejoyce
           in
           conceit
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           beaten
           his
           cause
           and
           servants
           down
           to
           the
           ground
           ?
           And
           shall
           not
           all
           the
           Saints
           say
           
             Amen
             ?
          
           Even
           so
           be
           it
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .