/N ; Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary Library http://www.archive.org/details/truthitsmanifestOObuch t TRUTH ITS 1 4'MAN1FEST:I In. °/ ; , i $ A Ihcrt and true Relation ^ 4- of divers main paiTages Of if* 43* things (in fome thereof the &#££ 3* J* are particularly concerned J ^ 4§k fr°m the very fir'ft beginning of 4§> fthele unhappy Troubles \ „■ . . ~ to this day. ^ •**•> Publifhed by Authority. if* s ~~ " : — *l *> j J Amicus Scot us y amicus ■ Anglus , amieus tsxy. *&> 4§£ amicus Senates :fed magis amlta Dei .v- « «§* Gloria, & falus populi> ^g£ ^ Zech. 8. i*. # Tbefeare the things that ye Jhati da: Spedzye j^ Jj£ wcry man the tr/ab to bis Neighbour : execute ^. ^ / fo Judgment tf Truth and Peace my our gates* <#* ' <§> x 7 sAndlet none of you imagine cvill in y»nr ^T *fr hearts aga'wfthu Neighbour, and love no falfe &;■' ^ Oath-, for alt thefc- are things that I hate,}/ Jjj!. Printed in tjie yc£r. 1^45^ |j '#^M###;#^4'tf4S- cs*UU-7 To the Faithfull Reader. ChriftianReadei, . MAy itpleafe tbee^ at this timejo receive a free and true Difcourfeof fundry arid main occurrences of biifineffes here a- mongftus^tendredwitotheeby a real! Friend r 3 and faithfull Servant of thine 3 in the hordywho makes it a goo dp art of his earneft fludy^ to enquire in all firioufneffe after the truth ofthofe things j ; which thus bufie 'Uf all inthefe miferaoie dayes of ours^ every where ; ( what in thoughts,^ J what in words^ what in deeds ^ with the motives.^ occafionSy reafons 3 and ends thereof) and thii^ truly j not to conte?it hit vain curiofny^ and meerly to feed his empty brains with notions ; as many read Books., and hearken after news j but y for the good of the Publicly unto the Service whereof he freely and cheerfully devotes his pains and labours y andfo with pleafure^ he s in all freedom of hearty imparts unto other s^ of what hejudgeth to be trm 9 and conducing to the good of Church and Stjt,, j vnthout inequall partiality D or bafi fiding with any fa&ionjthe great difeafe in thefemr evil dam offoolifh and wtak^ men : And the princip., cafien ofthefe our great and long faff rings m th *' 2 ihettdioM delays^ and many hindrances of carry- tug on thzpihlkhWorh^p by aU'wn in the Field, and Conn fell at borne y to the benefit of Church an aw State. Ibis he doth, without regard to the perfons of any who fo ever, having ?io intent to offend the leaft by cynic all mordacitie, nor mind to curry fa- vour with the great eft, by infinuating flattery, be- ing(by Gods great mercy towards him, unworthy worm) pretty free from the chief caufe of thofe di m ft empers ordinary to mo ft men: For, on the one fart he knows no man who hath fo far wronged him, in his own particular , as to move him unto anger or wrath again ft theperfonofany ; and he hath ever thought it contrary to good Chriftianity, and diffo- nantftom moraU honefty, to inveigh fcurrihujly againft mens perfons, as Famphleteers do now a- « day es if or the moftpart. therefore, hefyeaketh of the failings in divers kinds and degrees (wherewith he U highly offend" ed,and mucbfcandalized) of men of all ranks and conditions in beth Kingdoms, without defignation of their perfons by name : Tea, heisfo far from na- ming any man inparticular^for bis errors, that he makes mention but of a very few by name , and thofe with eloge andpraife^ wifhingfrom hii heart that he hadjuB occafion to name all thofe to their < advantage, at who fe faults he points at. Further ',he heartily blejfetb God, whd in hit Far ihrlycan towards him hitherto ? (and he hopes ml will dofo to the end y being affitredthat he^who gz* zeth the principally wiUnot deny the acceffory^if he ^shinki it fit for his own Glory and out good ) hath provided fir him wherewith tofuslain his nature^ without great exceffe or much want 5 and hath fchookd him both by precept and praBifej^ to live and be content oflittle y andfa not being fo urged by a neernippingneceffity^ or imaginary poverty ^as to fell 'or betray the Truth for a morfell of bread fior fo led aw ay with the exorbitant defireof preferment orfrofit} as to cog in upon any terms by flattery ^ ly» tng^and fainingwith thofe t in whofe hands the diflribution of fitch things is amongft us for the prefint: He dare be boldtofyeahjhome to the ?oint 9 and tell down-right the truth of things^ according to ~tyU 'be ft information^ wherein the Church and ? State arefo much concerned^ not fearing to be crof~ fed in his private interefl andput backjrom his hopesfy difyleafing the gods^yet without giving juft occafion of offence to any. Moreover 2 he preferreth thepojfejfing ofhimfelf with calm and freedom of $irit 3 having hit little yiztlciim^fuch as it is^ fimple and coarfe 3 to the gliftering jlaveryjwith toiling and moiling of am' bitious and covetous ones ; to whatfoever bight with luftre and fair frew they attain unto 5 in the $yes of the worlds and op'mion of men , knowing that it is dear bought y with loffe eftime^ and of* ten with credit and confcience % and to be nothing * 3 but but a mcerfhadowy which in a moment vanifhetb. To the -performance of this ufefulland neceffary T>ut)'y he concziveth himfelf bound in conjcience,. before God and many for theft ; c$e&s andreafons. Firfy every one of us aRy in our fever aU ranker and flations 9 ought y fofaras in us liethy advance the glory of God 9 and hinder whatfoever is con* trary to it 9 or against it $ for 3 he is the Lord our God-' Then being bound to the hearty Love of our 'Neighbour^ we ought with earnefinejje procure his true good* and hinder him from receiving evilly or committing fin whereby evil! may come upon himy fince he isfiejb of our fief ^ and bones of our bones: This is inculcate in the Scripture over and over again ; Tca^ we are bidden rebuke our Brother ^ or Neighbour } plainly > when hefinnethyin any kindc: other wife vpe are f aid to be haters oj him \ namely f\ we are to hinder him from walking about with lies among the people^ and from conjfiring with the wicked. ReadLzvit.19* 16517. Next, The Church whereof rve are Children^ a?id the Countrey whereof we are Meml trsy re qui-* reth andexpeð of m ally that with our whole power and mighty we procure in all uprigh&rejje andfinglenefje of hearty their true goody and fop • whatfoever appears to be againjl the fame, either ■ in word or deed 3 thoughts being onely know.. I God. To this duty unto Church and Statey we ars not one ! y bound at one time 9 byagener.iU tye 3 but •we we iterate and renew this bond upon us really ^ al- though perhaps notfo folemnly^ from time to time y as we receive benefits by or from them^ according to 4 the ordinary pra&ice of its all* Thirdly, Are we not all 'obliged by our late Na« tionallCove?iant 1> and] worn to advance ihefetling of the Church-Reformation ) according to the WordofGod} and conform to the befe Reformed Churches s and to the fet ling of a folid Peace to the good of the People^ by putting forward the Service^ and oppofing the open and declared Enemy 9 with the crafty Malignant s y of what foever kind^fecret" ly undermining us in the purfuance of this our goodCaufcs by cabales^faUions^ lies^ devifes^ and plots 3 and with whatfoever elfe the wickgd heart of man full of wylesfr his own and his Neigh- . hours ruin - ? AH thefe tyes and bonds arepaken off and broken by the mnfipart ofus either through negligent lazinejfe^ and remiffe jlackneffe 3 not minding them> and not having before our eyes as we ought the leaf part of this our duty\ or throng}? bafe connivence and treacherous compliance to the wicked courfes of the Enemies againU the Caufe we fay we do maintain J. am fur e at leafiwe cught to maintain^ or by open andprofe(jed Apoftafie^ we have joyned our hearts and ajfe&ion with the Com- mon Enemy y who fo a&ively by all means oppofeth this Caufe ofGody and perfecuteth his people fir it$ for by-ends mahingour account 3 howfoever the * 4 • World World goes, we will do our turn. Ibis is done both in Scotland and England, not by a few, but by many \ not by little and fmall ones ^not ly feme of the chief and headers of the reft 5 but by flopping things through humane infir- mity andwea^neffe, upon mifiake, and ignorance, but withfiudy and an high hand upon malice. Here we fh all fay a word or two of the carriage ofthofe two Nat ions ,in the going on with the work^ of the Lord,prthe fetlingofthe Church,and quiet of his People. WejhaU begin at thofe o/Scotland, who feme few yeers ago were lifted up with prai- fes among men 9 for their faithfull minding and following earnefily this great Worh^oj God, all by- ends laid afide, for which God bliffed them from Heaven, and made them be called happy among men 5 for they had their hearts dcfire in the bufines, and their Enemies were fub due d by them : But now,a!af,too many of them leaving of their former integrity andfmcerity to the Caufe of God, and their Love unto him, following the devices and de- fies of their own corrupt heart s,in pride ^covetouf- neffe, and faUions , notwithstanding the eamejl and preffmg admonitions , both in private and publicly of the Prophets and Mini fiers of God, they continue in their eviti courfes, prepefteroufly minding tbemfehes and their worldly foolifh in- terefi of ambition and avarice, more then God, and the Caufe of bit Church and people. For this, God (at fys it were by an ejjay to try thefe mm if they would paying afide their crooked way es^mind him and his Service heartily andfincerely ) fends a" ntongft them an handfuU of contemptible, profane ^ and wicked villains for a rod 5 whom, atfirfty they dejpife andnegle&igoing on in their wonted waies* while the holy Name of Gdd is profaned by thofe Sons 0/ Bclial 5 apart of their Land is wafted* the poore V eople foiled and flain*with all other barb or rous ufage '-> andfo the number and power of thofe Slaves of Iniquity is growings while they are plot- ting^ caballing^ and devifng how tofupplant an* other •* and increafe their fever all factions* the feed ofdiffenfion being fowedamongfi them by the Ene- my , to divide, andfo more eafily to compare his ends upon them , which they would not and could not fee, blinded with their corrupt pajfiom Then 3 God} to admonifo them anew, fuffers fome of thofe) whom they had employed againji the Sons of Re- bellion, to betray their trujl; and omit divers good eccafions,iu all appear 'ance,to make havoc\of thefe ejf-fcourings efmen,yea,fome to run over unto the Rogues in the houre of fight ; andfo , the Enemies efGod and goodnejje , do advance their per- nicious dejigne, and commit what mifchief they Hfi. Tet, all this will not do with thofe hard-hearted and fiubburn me?i y flill employing and bufying their thoughts how to bear down one another* yea, jca.fome there were amongfl them, who wen not firry in their hearts, of the progreffe that thofe de- finable villains made in the Comtrey againfi the Service of the Common Caufe , conceiving it did { help to the Cetting up of their fa&ion.But,fince the affronts and blows received at divers times from thofe contemptible Rafcals,did not move thofe in- grate Children to lay afide their extravagances, andmindGodand hts Wor\with their whole heart,Godfendsa V Silence amongft them, in their Towns and Cities, namely, in their chief Ci- ty, the place of their delights; which rageth with fitch fury, that hardly the like hath been heard of in that Land', to try if at I aft thofe men would leave off, fame of them, their jlackneffe ■ and remif- nejje inpurfuing the Service of the Caufe of Gods Church and People; others, their c&nniving and { complying with his 'Enemies, and others, their he'p- ing of thofe villains with means and advice, in op- pcfingthe Caufe of God, and opprejfmg his ?eap%. But, they remain obdured, like children ofdifok- dience,in their perverfe wayes. So,zt length, God in his wrath, fir theft ingrate childr ens fa ^deli- vers up the Land,in a mmner,to the hands of their wicked Enemies, making it, for a time, which he hath foortemdinhU Mercy , as far to be [corned and mijprifed, for their not heartily minding him , andbis Service, as it hadbeen before efieemed a?id * extolled ftr its adhering to him, and doing hit Strvice Service faithfully. Tea^fome of the chief men of the Landjwho had been cried up for Valour and Wifdom^ arc cv&firaimd toflieajvay 3 and have their lives for a prey * So God} who from the beginning of all thofe un- happy difmrbances rill thit laft time 9 had made Scothnd a Mirrour of his Mercy jn tefiimony of its faithfulnejfe^ adhering unto him ; makes it an example of his Juftice^for thofe mens bach^fid'mg fro mhim) an dfo y for fi me Achan. and Nabals^ doth punip the whole Land. ■ Tbu*> Judge?ne?2t hegins at the Houfe of God: now lei England looh^ferioufly to it 5 for the fame very fms 3 which have been committed in Scot- 1 a nd 3 and for which it lately hath beenpunifhed in a high meafure^ by the heavy rod of a chafiifing and angry God D are now raigningin Englaad^ namely } ambition and avarice 5 with many more which have not been feen in Scotland :for exam- ple\ herefies 3 errors^ and Sects of all forts ^ to the difionour of Gid^ and to the withdrawing of the People fr'jm his Truths are connived at^ and coun* tenancedby fome of thofe who are in Authority, Of ihisfm Scotland h fee. Tbenjbere be fome of power and credit who are fo far from furthering the Reformation of thi Church (m they and we aUarefwom to by the Co* vena?it) that they hinder thefame^ ?iot onely by fe- cret underminings and by hid Tlots 5 hut by a co?i~ tinned tinned open prdfetfm again/l it Of *u. 1r r .fall tbefe* very loud u »to Heaven , calling 2 fofiontojhewhs Mercy unto England * betid ztfofieed^yet, douhleSe, without a ferious Re- fentance,andatrue turning unto God, Judge- ment ml come, and the longer it ii a C o m L fhe ^avierttwillbe,andflaythelonger. Ml do EnghncW^,, tkentbeTemtle -"dtbeLawofolddtdfaveJad^fromrmnXr tkefanegoodCaufe hath fytScothnd fr omp„. moment- the good Caufi ill managed by nelli- ohervtces of that kind, draweth vengeance upon thofewbo have the managingofit, and makesthe Caufeto be in derifion. Never good Caufi hath beenworfe managed by the ignorance of feme reeat^men, and by the malice of other Ueked ones. At laft, God will maintain hi, Canfe^no thanks totbeey without thee, for heneeds notthy Mpto do it;but,fi nc e he hath hat pleaded tc to make, ufe of thee in the Service of this h& Caufe 3 be expe&sfaitbfulnejje and zeal to it from thee, free V from worldly dudbumane inter 'eft.'otherwaies ven- geance is at tby do ore? for God 5 as he will not, in hid Worfroip and Cult, have the linfey-wolfey of mens inventions intermingled with hit fur e and f acred Ordinances \ fo he will not, in managing the Ser- vice of his Caufe and of hit PeopIe,tbat men bring in the mixture or addition of their own interefl$for God will have our wor\ wholly for bimfelf ; and if we he faithfull in it, he will not forget to give us wh it we need to have for our felzesy otherwayes be will not onely caft us off and our wor\, hut will curfe both it and us. Again I fay, Let England take example at her , Neighbour $ yet God in his Judgement doth re- member his Mercy unto Seotland^^/or his own Names fake will keep bit promife unto his faithfull ones, who have ever been and are con fr ant to hit Caufe,wh^reofhe hath a great number of all ranks and conditions in that diftrejfid Count r ey , and will not fuffer this proud infulting Enemy to domi- neer any longer thus over his poore people, far lejfe to fit up again his abominations , and profane the holy Name of our God any longer : he already hath | begun to arife, and to throw his Enemies to the ' dufl 5 for it is againft him they fight , and for hit fake they tbifc trouble, vex^ and fore ly opprejfe his People, And although that moli mm in that tbatComtrey 9 at this great laftblowywerefirucken v/ith aflo?iijhmentyyet many ham co?itinued with fincere refoiution y and have taken courage to go on H with the Service of the Caufe of Gody ivith their whole heart andfirengtbyacknowledging Gods Ju- fiice in this his thus chajlifing the handy and con- f effing heartily their fins by which they have fi pro- voked God to anger yand are truly firry ynotfo much for the fufferings they ?iow lie under y as for the of- fending their goodGod) on whom they are refolved to relj) and in whom they will constantly trufiytnd to whom they will more ncerly adhere then ever; let him deal with them as he pleafethy they are the ServantSyhe is the Lord; they are the Poty he is the Totterjthey are the creatures ^and he is the Creator: whofe will is alwayes goody not onely in itfelfy hut < for uSy if we he obedient and faithful! unto himy who alfo hath begun to dijfipatc his Enemies y and to give comfort to his P eople by an unexpeUed and fuUVittory over thefe wicked ones y andfo to lift up the head of his faithfull ones again in that di- ftreJfedLand) in defyite of their foes y andmaugre thofe who wifh them no goody and to the grief of thofe who fiorned them in their lowe condition. To God be the praife 5 to whom I recommend thee: Andfiy to bejhorcy I go U the Uifcottrfc. A A fhort and true Rela- tion of divers paflages of things, Wherein the Scots are particularly concernedjfrom the firft beginning of thefe troubles to this day. IT is not unknown to men of underftanding; how that, many finifrrous reports, one after another., raifed of the Scots ( for their faithfulnefle and conftancy totheCaufc of Religion and Liberty, in thefe Dominions,) by Malignants , that is , by I AtheifbjLibertinesjPapifb, Prelatifts, and Sectaries of a 11 kinds, officiating in their feverali wayes for the. Common Enemy, and fpread abroad by the conai- vers thereof, with the help of their inthuments, Agents, and Favourers ; then received by the fimpler fort, not knowing the truth of things , leffe the drift of the Malignants , in thefe calumnies ; otherwayes well-raeaniig people, (for the truth is no fooner made known unto them, but they willingly lay hold on it; and being admonifhed of the perni- cious defigne of the adverfaries , they do abhorre and deteft both ii and them ;) hath done, and yet doth great prejudice,accordmgto the intent of the Enemy, • unto the fervice now in hand, of the Common Caufe of Church and State, thefe two infeparable twins? which both Kingdoms do now maintain, and intend to do unanimously with heart and hand, as they (land bound and united to lay afide all other and former 1 yes, ryes, by the Na ticnali Covenant , through the great providence of God,in mercy to both,fo that they prove faithfull and confbtnt to this Caufe of his and ot his k pcople,according to thefaid Covenant,again{t all op- position whatfoever , whether by declared and open war, or by clandeftine and indirect undermining. Wherefore, after long forbearance with grief of mind, and companion to fee faithfull men and earneft in this Common Caufe, fo malicioudy traduced, and, in them, the good Caufe fo much wton^edjas likewife, fo many well-affected men to the faid Caufe, fo grofly abufed by crafty lyes, and impudent untruths : I have thought fit, for the good and fervice of the Common Caufe,co the advancement whereof, every one is obli- ged to contribute according to what he hath 5 as he wil anfwer one day to him, whofe Caufe firft and princi- pally it is, to undeceive many well minded men, and to right, in fome mcafure, thofe faithfull men to the Caufe, who are fo wickedly flandred, in giving unto the publick this true and fhort Difcourfe; whereby the ' truth of divers things will be made more known, lyes in a kind repreffed, and the fervice of the Common Caufe fornewhat furtheredjat leaft it will not be fo far kept back, as it hath hitherto been by thefe undermi- ning courfes. And the rather do I undertake this task , that thofe in a manner are fiient , by whom raoft men do exped the clear truth of things of this kind not fo generally known , fliould be conveyed to all by a particular publication of them in writing, to the end that this courfe of fo malicioufly lying againft trufty men \ may be flopped , and the well meaning men no longer thus abufed. But thefe, of whom men look for ^ performance of this duty , going about the main work they are come hither for in all earneftneffe, and finglencffe of heart, with care and diligence , and not without a great deal of drudging to and fro , as faithfull u; J faithfull and trnfty labourers, doe take but little no- rice of this wicked praftife of their and the caufe its Enemies by lyes, howfoever induftrioufly devifed* I and cunningly fet forth, as altogether below them, i chufing rather that their own good carriage ? wirh conftant refolution ? and faithfull endeavours , and that of their Country-men engaged with them in the fame bufineffe, although in another way, in fincerity of heart, advancing the pub I ike work new in hand, fbould fpeak for than both, then either a flourifhing tongue, or a nimb'-e pen. Here,although I value much the goodneue of thefe men to reive rather upon their own and their Conn- treymens honefty and integrity , in and about the work, then upon the fetting forth of any Declaration -, by Wriring of their own and their friends faithfull pro- cerdings,and fair carrying on of things.in the publike fcrvice : Yet in this I cannot efteem the^r pruden- cy *, for.albeit native beauty ought not to be fet forth by painting and patches, being compleat in it felf : i ye: ft muft be kept free from fpots and d'rr, and made Teen unto aUa under a modeft and comely dreflfing- by which means it is more p leafing and better liked of every one. ^nd although where there is no fault? no /ipo'cgie ought to be made j yet, to make the truth openly known (when it is difguited ) for the information of thofe who take things meer.'y upon trufr, 2nd to ftop the going; on of wicked men with lies, is not on- ly an Acl of Wifdom,but of Piety,yea,of Neceflity,if men will not abandon the intereft of a good caufe to the malice of the enemies thereof : and,as it is faid by the wife man,Thou art not to anfwer afo&I according to y hit fc/'y, that is, in exorbitancy, &c. left info doing thou become like unto him ; even fo by the fame wile man thru art ordained to anfwer a fool as is fit and convenient, for the fupprefTing of his folly, left he think himfelf wife, and fo go on in his cvill courfe,to B the A ^ J the difhonour of God the Father of truth, and to the prejudice of both Church and State , who are to be direfled by the rurh. Surely, if ever at any time the lye and ca'umny of the fool ( for fo I call the calum- niator, how cunningly foever he Iyeth) is to be re- r preiTed with a fit anfwer, it is at this time, when there lierh fo much at the ftake in both Kingdoms, as Re- ligion and Liberrie, with whatfotver eife is, or ought to be dear uni omen. Now then, to anfwer unto rhe calumnies of thofe Ma!ignanfs,& to make the fimplc truth known to all, isabfolutely nereffary at this occafion, to the end that not onely the Iyer may find his craft to be folly, buralfo his wicked intent to bedifappointed, which is no leiTe then a breach betwixt the two Naticns,and hath been fuch from rhe beginning} and confequently the ; nine of both, new fo united and joy ned in the common intcreft of Church and State, that they muft fink or fwim together} for if they fhould once divide, as the one dcubrleiTe will be prefenrly undoneifo the end of rhe other will nor be far off.Wherfore he that doth any evil office, to raife cr increafe jealoufie be- twixt them, under whatsoever pretext, isworfethen any open Enemy. and what he intends to the pub! ike, w;!i come upon himfelf, that is, mine, with difgrace. But , n e thinks I heare you , whom I blame for filer.ee in fo neceifary a cafe , and fo needfull a time , fay , We have not been wanting in this very thing yon fade fault with : For we have conftantly and diligently communicated ail things of any moment, freely ar.d irgenicufly, in all rru:h and fimplc nsfe of heart , ro fome chief leading men, our particular good frierds, upon whom we have relyed , from cur firfi hit her- coming, in ali things concerning us and ourConntrey-men, employed in the fcrvice, to the er.d that they fhould convey the truth of oufi- neife, a in difcretion they thought fir, and did fee cattle, for the publike good 9 and for the light of us us their friends, to the Houfes, and from thence to the publike. To this I anfwer , You have miftaken the right way^Sirs, for you fhould have made your addrefles to the whole Parliament, or at leaft to the Committee appointed by the Parliament to hear you,confultwith you , in a word , to dea'e or treat with you of all things, wherein you and they a re jointly concerned j and not fuffer your felves to be engroffed by fome few , howfoever they be Prime men : and what do you know , if by thus fuffering your felves to be as it were led by them , hath not increafed their credit' For men may fay, that ihey have reafon to follow thofe, by whom you of fo much repurati n of wifdome and refoiution, are guided, &o Further-, fhouldnot you have thoughr , that particular men, howfoever they ferve the publike, have ordinarily particular ends of ambition and avarice , which the publike cannot have?And although thofe your friends befreeofrhefediftempers , yet you are not aiTured of their conftancy unto you j for many things fall out betwixt man and man, which makes them not onely fall from intimacy of one with another, but makes them adverfe and oppofite one to another often. imes. And, although your friends be free of this infirmity '-, Are you wife men to relie upon others, for doing the things you fhould do your felves without a Pro- cure \ He thattrufteth another to do a thing fitting for himfelf to do,muft expeft to have the tl i i g done, if at all done, neither fo timely, nor fo well, at leaft, notfofoon, norfo to his minde, as it fallethout often: of extraordinary occafions and occurrences, there is no certaine rule. Next, I know, you will fay , We have acquainted the HQufes of Parliament to the 'fully with the truth of dlthtngsy by our [ever all papers given unto them at (ft- vers times, upon divers occafions? and we have made known unto the Synod what concemetb Church bufinejfes, andfo we thinkjve have done enough in thk. Bus {6) But give me leave, Sirs, under, favour, herein alfoy'ou are huge! ymifta ken; you do well to com- municate freely and carefully unto the Houfe; of Par- liament all things, aud to acquaint them with your proceedings, wherein they have common inter eft with you, for the publike fervice of Church and State, in thefe Dominions; I hope they do fo with you at leaft, they ought to do k for the common good of both; otherwayes, thework wherein both Kingdoms are fo ingaged , and you both are employed, will go but fluwly an:! limpingiy on: Yet this is not enough*, for, flrrt, the main paifages of publike things dene, and the chief reafons of the do ii:g thereof, are to be made known to the whole Church and State, fincethe whole hath the chief inrereft in things common to all : a -'though you are to communicate your counfeis, deliberations, and conciufions of things to be v.. one, for fear of mifcarriage , onely to the Truftees of Church and State, as your felves are; Yet 1 fay again, whar, is de fallo concern'ng all, irmft be made known to all } for the Truftees of the State and Church, are nor Lords of them, as Kings and Popes pretend to be; but fervants, as they avouch rhem- felves, fet on work by them, for the good of both, upon truft, which if they betray, they are double Traitors : Fiift, diey falilfie their truth to the Stare and Church, w hereof rhey are Members and Chil- dren, and to whom they owe all under God. Next, rhey betray the fruft impofed upon them,forthe good and benefit of both Church and State. Yea, rhe honfes of Parliament themfelves , fhew you the way how to carry your felves in this very particular ', for they not onely 3 to the fatisfaclion of the whole IKingdome, caufe publifh the things done by rhofe whom they , a? Truftees , have employed to carry on rhe fervice of rhe publike in the Fields ; but alio, they publifh unto the Kingdom D e da- aw'ons f 7) rations of their honeft intentions, and faire proceed- ings, with Votes and Ordinances, for the good of Church and Stare : And I am fure, the Truilees of your Nation for your Church and Srate , have done fo from the beginning.} in your particular troubles ; and that, not onely to your ovvne Countrey , bur aJfo to your neighbours, which hath done no harme, neither ro the advancement of your affaires athomej nor to your reputation abroad. A'thoughthe Houfes of Parliament reft fatisfied in themfelves of the- honefty of your proceedings : Yet this giveth but fmall fatisfaftion unto the Kingdom. Yea, when you fend in your papers to the Houfes, it may happen that divers Members are abfent an the time, and fo remaine as ignorant of your af- faires, as before the in-giving of 3he papers ; for the Houfes are fo taken up with other thoughts and bufineiTes , that they cannot acquaint the ab- fenrs with your owne affa'resj yea, fome who are prefent in the Houfes, at the reading of your pa- pers, arecarned off their attention unto you, by divers diftra6 ions, and fo receive but fmall know- ledge by them : For leife can the houfes take lea- fure to publifh your affaires unto the world; yea, I know not if in rigour they are tyedto do it- Ahhough I confeife, it would be a good turne for the Fubiike, and a Brother iy office, if they would take the pains to do , or caufe do ir : Howfoever, I am fure , the Houfes are not fo obliged to this duty , as your felves are j neither although they were, can they do ir fo fully as you, not being fo particularly acquaint- ed with things. In a word, in duty you ought to make known unto the publike your cwne proceedings, and thefe of your Countrey-men, employed in r^je fervice of the Common Caufe j that it may be made manifetf: what good you have done alone, either by ccunfell in the B 3 Houfes, Houfes, or by aclion in the Field ; what you have been alTiftants in, and what you ever have been wil- ling to do, and are ftill minded to do, providing you be not flopped j and if ycu have been flopped, let it be declared where the fault lieth, and not yx^i beare the burden of other mens miftakes and errors. Next, is it not fit, that it be publifhed what you have done for Inch van fums of money raifed upon the publike for your ufe , as is given out , and how much you have received of it t that if you have re- ceived all, you may make knowne what you have done for all ', and if you have received more then your due , you are in conscience and honour to doe the publike the fervice you are paid for before hand: as Iikewife,if you have not received all which is rai- fed for you, that it may be known how much of it is wanting, and enquiry may be made what is. become of the reft ; and fo, if you make it appear unto the world, that there is much ftill due unto you of your pay, far above what you have received j then all ho- neit people, being truly informed of things, willap- prove your fai'thlull and fair carriage , acknowledge your love and kindneffe, thank God for your heipe and afhftance at fuch an exigence, and be heartily ci- vil! unto you, till God enable them to recompence you for your faithfull pains, according to ycurjuft deferts, and their earneft defires ', and fo things will redound to your credir anrl advanrage. You may know and feel a 11 this , what I have bin fayirgunto you , to be true , according to fenfe and reafon,by one Angle inflance ; to lay aiide ail others a; this time : And it is this of the papers you gave into the Hou- fes, about the latrer end of May lafl, upon occafion of high murmurings againfl you, in and about the Houfes, by information of Malignants , which gave abundant farisfaclion to fo many of both H ufes, as either heard them read (as is well known) or, read read them themfelves w-th attention : Bar, others- of the Hou r es,who are nor acquainted with your papers, partly not hearing them, alrhoughprefenr when per- haps they are delivered in, by reafon of their orher thoughts i partly being abfent , at that time , re- mained ftill ignorant of your affaires , and poffeiTed with calumnies againft you: Far more then the reft of the Kingdom. After fome dayes , one Copy of thefe your papers having fallen,by chance,in the hands of a vvel- vvifher to the Caufe , and no enemy of yours, was publifhed under the name of the Scots Mgnzfcft , without your knowledge,which hath done more defpire to the Ene- mies of the Truth , than any thing you have done this long tune? and more right unto you than you looked for, yea, not your fi'ence deferved j yet not fo much as is needfull for you and your friends} for it did Aop the mouths of the wicked calumniators, and inform many well-meaning menrand divers Members ofthe Houfes there were, who had not heard of fuch a thing, before it was printed} to fay nothing ofthe generality ofthe people, every where. Yea, lam told, it went beyond Sea, and there flopped the mouths of Malignant?, and gained rhofe who were indifferent, and confirmed your friends. But what, will you fay , Muft the hid things^ or M)- fteries of State be divulged? No, I donotmeaair, nor do I fay it } For I leave the Myfteries c f Srare to the Myites thereof j Onely my fimple meaning and honeft defire is , that thefe things which are nor, and ought to be made known to all, be not kept in a mi ft by a myfterious prudency, but com- municated to the publikejfuch are the things de'f&ft and of reafon, whetein ail are concerned : and thefe are the things I fpake of. Bellies, "you muft think, there be many men not particularly employed in the publike Ser- vice: j who have both hearts and brains, to ferve the B 4 Comma Common Oufe ', but cannot doe it, while all is thus kept in a cloud, as in the P Church, where the Myites thinke all men idiots but themfelves, and keep from the people the things of God. Then you will fay, to tell plainly and openly, 27;e Truth, perhaps, will not be pleaftng to all, yea, per- chance not to feme of :ur fellow- Labourers. My advice ' is not, that you fay or write any thing,in intention to diip.'eafetheleaftof men, far leffetodifplcafethefe 3 our Fellow-Labourers : Bur let Truth be faid above al! things,when thepublike requires it for its fervice* and we our felves are bound upon our own credit to do it. Be angry who will; God keep me from neglect and contempt, for lying or fupprefiing theTruthj I fear not anger for any publishing of Truth : He that is nor hold to publifh the Truth, fot timoroufneiTe, belyerhhisown knowledge, and I dare fay, be- trayeth the Truth- You that are trufted with ihecar- riage of things, in Truth, and for the Truth, are not only bound n make known thettuthofwhat you do and fay , to the world, as ir hath been faid ; bur, fmther you are obliged in confeience, and the pub- like expects itofyou,thatyoupre;Tehome the Truth with vigour and refo!urion,in all freedom,down-righc in all places, and at all occafions, where you meet for confutation , deliberation, debate, and con- dition of things concerning Church or State, in Po- iitike and Ecdefiaftike Affemblies ', and in fo doing, you will gaine the price, having all honeft men to ftand to you, and will put fuch a terrour in Malig- mnts, that their malice will be much abated. Surely, I amp erfwaded, had you beenitouter in the Synode,thefe ftrong heads, and factious few ones, v ho hitherro have troubled the fetling of Church- arTaires, and are likely to trouble the Srate, if it be not well looked to and neerly,had long ere now been cuafhedj andfo,if you had notbeen fo meal-mouth- ed with the follkifmein reafon, of the time and place. en; place, 1 humbly conceive you had nor met with Co many- rubs in your pub like meetings, nor had your whol- fome counfeis found fuch oppofaion, nor your men of war been fo kept ofTFieid aclion. Ail which harh not onely done prejudice to the publike Service, but haih brought things 10 great hazard, yea, almoft to the undoing of all : But, God in his mercy hath tur- ned the baiance,no thank to your remLTene :e,wh re- in God fheweth, although men will not do what they ought and can do for his Setvice, upon I cannot tell what consideration, he will do the work of men, by no men. When I think on John Knox, and George Buchanan, how freely they fpoke and writ, at all times, and up- on all occasions , when the Church and State were concerned, without fear of any man or Aifemb'y whatfoeverj having nothing before their eyes, but the glory of God, and the good of his people. They were weak and infirm men, as we are ail j but iheir ft out zeal to the publike was admirable, and is eve* to be remembred by us j not onely to their praie, but alfo to fpur us up to imitate them in this heroike venue. Forme, I value the zeal and flout neiie of thefe two Champ ions of the Ttuth, more then all their other vermes » however eminent they were. But, you will fay, It U now another age, and con- jequemly another way of carriage of things req* red. It is true, we live now in another age, which is worfe then that of thefe men : Wherefore, we muft 1 then ft rive with greater zeal and verrue , tooppofe. the wickedneiTe of this time i For although, by a prudential! preventing and declining, by cleer- feeing men, many plots and devifes of the wicked s may be for a time fhunned : Yet, there is no way to make the wicked leave or weary of refitting and opprefling goodne-Te> but by a vigorous and fkme oppofing of their). Betides. (12) BefidesjaUhough theCards be new we play wjthall ; yet it is the fame very Game that our Fathers had in Scotland, and our Neighbours had lately, in our daies, in France-, Where and when nothing did prevaile, or do good unto the Caufe, butrefo!u- tion and zeal in carrying on the things, not onely againft the Common Enemy ; but alio, againft the fa Ife Friends, and they that walked then any other way, betrayed the Caufe, and purchafed unto them- felves the title of filly inconfiderable men, of whaK- foever ranke or degree they were. To fay nothing of the judgement of God that fell upon them, and to this day hangs upon them and theirs. I fhun examples in this cafe j for I love to reprove faults, and fpare mens perfons. Moreover, fince the Maiignants, everywhere, are fo bufie running to and fro, like fo many Bees> with great care and hear, and fo bold, to forge and invew lyes, by word and wriring, to a bufe the Worid, and fo wrong treachcroufly the publike Service : Why fhould not then faithfull men be diligent and ftour, in all freedom, to make known the truth ofthingSjfor the confirming of the well-affefted, and for flopping of the mouth of the wicked, and fo confequently, for the better carrying on of the work now in hand ? Now, being thus friendly and freely admonifhed by one who wifheth well to the Common Caufe you now ferve, with his whole heart, and unto your felves in particular, in fo far as you are faithfull and earne ft, zealous andftout in this Caufe of God and hispeople, laying afide all humane prudence, which is not fubfervient to zeal and ftoutneffe, as well as to faithfulnerTe and eameftnefle : I hope you will fake care to minde this flip, by giving unto the publikea true and free relation of all things from time to time , as the occafton fhall require *, and in your meetings, about Church and State, to' be ftoutand free, . ;fr*n free , for the advancing of the pub like Service to the glory of God , to the good of his people, and to the contentment and larisfaction of weli- which gave occafion ro the Scots to make known, not onely unto their own people,at home* but,ro all men abroad ; namely, to their Brethren of England, fcy a publike Declaration, their condition, how they were wronged, the equity or their Caufe, their law- full proceedings, and their good intentions : by this means, their friends good will is confirmed unto them, and their enemies defigne, in fome meafure, is broken j who did intend, by lyes, to fteal from them the good affection of their friends. Nexr, The Scots being conftrained to havere- courfe to the Sword, fot their juft defence, all other ttie.-ns tryed failing, were back-bitten as mutinous, taking Arms for poverty, with intention to call ofT the juft Authority of their Native and Iawfull Prince 3 and to invade England fot thefpoil thereof. To thefemoft pernicious calumnies, the Scots re- plyeth by another Declaration, particularly addref- icd unto England y whereby, they made known the abfoiureneceiTiry of their taking up Arms,with their Jioneft intentions therein : All which, they made good thereafter, in due time, by reall performance. For, (o foone as they had occafion to fhtw their refpeft to the King, they did it, with all rea- dineiTe and mbmifiion j and when they might have undone the Kings Army, and confequently invaded Ingland, if they had pleafed, a/id that with fmall oppofiticn, inftead of doing wrong to any EnglijI^ they fupplied the wants of thofewho were come againft them, with victuals, which then did abound in she Scots Army,biu was very fhort in the Kingsj and having < J 5 ; havingthe flower of the Kings Army in their power, I mean the party that went to Dun/law, they differed it to return back in fafety, and tired it with all civili- ty, notwithftanding thefe chofen ores had come againft promife, and without caufe, todeHroy them 5 and to invade the Countrey. Thereafter, the peace being made, the Scott ze* cording to the agreement, went quiet-y home, and laid down their Arms, as was promifed. Then the Plot the abufed King and his good Cour.fel' had at Berwick to draw the Chief men of Scot land to him, for to deftroy them 3 and the breach of the Parliament > ihe burning in London of the Articles of agreement made at the borders, and many other like things, did not move the Scots ^ to receiein any meafure from their duti full refpeclsro the King, nor from their love to the EngUfb Nationj neither the imprifonment of their Com million ers, againft the Law of Nations, and the fafe-conduft granted unto them upon publike Fa'th, nor the great Forces prepared againft them, by Sea and by I and; nor the many lyes fpiead againft them, through all Ergland ; nor the Prelarkali excommunication jo c 2 - nonkally fpewed out againft them, in all the ( hut- ches and Cfiappels of England: All thefe things, I fay, did not make them give the leaft expreftion of difre- rpeft to the King, nor difa.Teclicn ro the Engl: ft). Upcn this, the Scots pubiifhed a Declaration a- new unto ihe World ■> whereby they made knowne unto ali, h.w hardly they weredea't withallj for, not onely the things ftipulated with them , were not kept with them ; but alfo, more and greater wrongs than formerly , were done to them : Yea , a fe- cond expedition of war undertaken to deftroy diem t and to fill up all, more lyes of no lefie importance, than the conquering of England, made and fpread abroad of them , with other Thunderbolts of the Prelaticali cenfure ? (hot againft them : Alfo, . * they they make known by this Declaration, their Chri- ftian refo'urion , and juft enrerprife, with their good inrenrlons in raking Arms again, for their own defence, and rhe Caufe which they maintain ; And byir, aTurerh their brethren of England-, although they were re folved to come into their Countrey to fcek out their Enemies, who were thete gathering againftrhemj and not to furTer there wicked ones to come unto them, and (o make their own Country the Scar of the unhappy War : Yet, they had not theleaft thought to do any hurt to any body in Eng' /and, except to their profeifed Enemies : So far were they from having the kaft thought of making a con- cjueft. And that,when they had brought their Ene* mies to reafon, they would go home in Peace All which, was thereafrer performed by rhe Scots to the full: For, ftrft, being enrred into Englandy and having encountred one paity of their Enemies> and routed it ; when it was in their p^wer to pur- fue the Viftory,they ftayed at Kew-Caftl-j rill things were agreed upon, bctw.xt the King and them. This incoming of the Scots, gave occafion and liberty to drvers of the Nobles of England, ( of whom, fomefince have berray'd the Cau!e of God, and of his people j what by open Warfare, and what by c'andefnne undermining : ) to defire, of the King a Par'iamenr,for the good of the Kingdom. The King thendurft not reftife theit demand, by reafon of the Scots-, more then the continuance of it, which he granted likewile thereafter, for the fame Caufe. Then the King, finding that the Parliament did roto'nely cro;Te, but quite fpoil his defines, he plors with his Army ,which he had raifed againft the Scots, to come and deftroy the faid Parliament, and to take the fpoil of London^ for their reward. But the bufineife being difcovered, faileth •, befides,they durft not undertake, howfoever they had promifed, for fear of the Scots, who then were fo neer. The The King continuing in his wonted Courfes , af- ter a little paufe, tries the Scots if they will do the deedj and otters them for recompence, not only rhe fpoile of London, but alfo the fcure Counties next adjacent unto their Countrie, to be adjoined here- after to it, with jewels of great value in pawne for performance, ifonely they would be engaged into the bufineiTe. , Allthefe great offers, cculd not make the Scots willing to give their confent in any kinde to this wickednefle : For, they not only rejected the Kings offers j but alfo, giveth notice of the Plot to the Parliament , and to the Citie of London, that they might make theit belt ufe of it. So, you may fee, how that the Scots, under God* ate the eaufe of the AiTemblingof the parliament of the continuance of it, being affembled , and of the prefer vation of it, from totall defttuclion and mine. The King, feeing that he was flopped by the Scots, firft, in their own Countrie, next, in England, to Car- rie on his great defigne, takes the Iriih Papifxs by the hand, rather then be alvvaies difappointed} and they willingly undertake to levie Arms for his Ser- vice,that is,tor the Pvomifh Caiife; the Kings defigne being fu^fervient to the Romifh Caufe,al though he abufed thinks otherwaies, and believes that R.cmc ferveth to his purpofe. But, to begin the Work,they liiuft make fure all the Protectants;' and,if they cannot otheiwaies. by munherirgand niaffacring them} for they knew them, according to the Principles of Re- ligion and State, to be forward, either for the Co- venanters of Scotland, or for the troublefome Parlia- ment of Engl and, if not for both. But the Irifh,neither Would, nor durft enter to any open Aclion, fo long as the Scots Army, in England, was afoot ; therefore by all m & ans ir muff be fent home and cafhiered: and Jo facilitate the bufine.Tcj the Court- Parafires , In- itrumenrs ftrtimenrs of Iniquity, with their EmiiTaries, muft •raile a) d fpread abroad,jeafoufies of thetof.r,among the people of the Coumrey and City, namely,in and about the Howes of Parliament* who having not be- fore their eyes,the reall honefiy and integrity of the Scots, known by fo many faithfull and loyali expref- fions,and not keeprg ; n their minds the many good offices done to them by the Scots', giveth, in fillineife of mind, eare and place to the crafty rales and ap- prehenfions,inventei by the Agents of the Common Enemy, to bring them to conf tiiion and trouble. So the Plot takerh by the filly ones, and is fet for- ward by the hid Malzenants. Yea , in a word, it is managedwithfuchaddtelie and fucceiTe, that the Scots muft go home ; and til they had done it, there could be no quiet, but increafe of jealoufies. The S cots, although they were not acquainted with the height of mifchief that was intended againft the Church and State in thefe Dominions, by the Com- mon Enemy, nor with the waies of it ; yet, aibeit they thought it very dangerous , after fomany at- tempts of evil! do'ng by the Enemy to retire them {rem England, not as yet weli fet led ', and tocafhiere their Army, remitting the event of things to God, re- folve to rerurne home, and difmnTetl tx Army, and fo make knowne unto aii the Wotld their Candour and Integrity, and to take away all iealcuf es, both from rheKing and from England ', which ihey do ac- cording to prom ife, not failing in the leaft circum- ftance, yea, not of the day. Well, the King having gained t! is point, to fend home the S(ots , and to make them Jay downe their Armes, refoiveth to follow them into Scotland and to trie once more ro drawe them to his deftgne* no perfwafion being able ro flay or to ftop his voyage ; he goerh in haft from London,and ovettaketh theScots as they wee upon their remova'l from Newcaftle for Scot JamkHe vieweth their Army by the way. and taikerh \*9) talketh with the prime Officers thereof: He giveth Order to fomeof the good Phyficians about him, to feele the pulfe of the Scats foftly, but they found th£ Sects pulfe did not beat as they could have wifhed. He goeth on in his journey into Scotland, whither he is no fooner arrived , but he puts another defigne afoot, premedi tated with many more before : for, it is the cuftome of the wife Court, to have, at one ancj the fame time, divers undertakings in defigne, o£ which, it is a very hard matter, if one or other do not take effect. Yea,they have found but too true,to our wofull experience, that many have taken effeft, and that not of the leffer ones , wherefore the Court will never ceafe to devife and invent enterprises. . The Plot then fet afoot by the K. in Scotl in his good Providence, had fur- nifhed them juft occafion to caft out the Prelates from among them, not onely as unufefull Members of their AfiTembly -, but alfo, as Enemies to all their juft proceedings for the good of Church snd State j fo they would be p leafed to thruft out thefeTy rants and belly- Gods from the Church, as main Inftruments of all the disturbances, troubles, and miferies, which are come, and of more, in all appearance, yet coming* if God in his mercy prevent thou not. The Commiflioner, after fome debate, having ob- tained hisdemand,returneth homeward,& taking his way by the Court,then about Shrewsbury jtadc known to the King how he had fped in his errand , where- with he had acquainted hi;n before, as he was going to the Patliament. And he defireth the King to give his confentunro the calling of the Pulars out of the Church » as he had done to the putting them out of C ? the . (*4) the Affembly of Parliament. To which the King die} reply little or nothing', but he told the Commif- fioner, that he, and they who fent him, were hugely m ftd{cen,if they did think rhar the Houfes of Parlia- ment doth intend anyfetled Reformation, namely, as in Scotland j for. faid he, you fee how they do not r'r preiTe the Schifmes and Setf s of all kinds , which abound in and aboutLowic-niyea^hefe evils are coun- tenanced by fome under-hand. Would to God that thcv ommiflioner had had as juft reafon rhen,to anfwet iinto the King, that he had been mi f- informed, and that an untruth had been told him concerning Secla- ries, as he hath been miftaken in the intention of both Houfes of Parliament, for the fetling Religion, according to the beA way, as is expreflfed in the Na- tionall Covenant. Then, after that things, by degrees, had come to a great height betwixt King and Parliament, much blood being fned, not onely in sfcirmifhes and en- counters,bur alfo in pitched Bartei,to wi T 9 ztEdge hit. The Scots nor being able to forbear any further,to try once more by fair means, if it were poflible,to ftop the courfeof thofe miferies, too far already gone on, fend word to the King, then at Oxford, and to the Parliament, ofrheirgood intentions ; and demand a paiTe and fafe-conduft from both, for Lommiflio- ners from them, to go unto Jpoth, and return home, as alfo to go to and fro betwixt them as caufe fhould re- quire. Of the Parliament, they nad eafily what they demanded, with thanks for their good will : But the King, not liking their offer, was loth to grant a pafle* yet being put to it , he could not fairly deny , and fo at length,afrer fome reluclancy, he fends a pafle as was defired, and fafe-conducl to the Scots', which be- ing received, they fend their CommilTioners ftraight to the King, unto whom they remonftrate home how that he had, by bad Counfell, caft himfelf in a Laby- linth of Evill, and tjie people of his Dominions » "■ • '" ■ Whirh_ which doubtleffe, would bring both him and them to utter mine, if not timely flopped in Gods Mer- cy j by his Wifdom and good Counfell. The Commiflioners, inftead of any pofitive an- fwer , receive nothing but doubts , ambigui* ties, delayes, and (hifc, whereof nothing could be made, but that the mif-led King was refolved to his own and his peoples mine, i After a time, the Scots Commiflioners told the King, that, according to their Order and In- ftruftions, they intended to go unto the Parliament 5 which they hoped he would think well of, and ap- prove. But the King, notwithstanding the pafle aijd fafe-conduft he had granted them to that purpofe, would not luffer them to go unto the Patliament 5 yea,they were not permitted to fpeak with the Com- miflioners from the Parliament, who were then fent thitherto the Court to treat when they were there. Such was the adverfenefie of the Court to Peace,not* withftanding all the Kings Proreftations Further, the Scots Commiflioners were fo hardly ufed by the Couit, namely, by the Prelaticall crew, that they could not in fafety go openly and freely abroad. This is not all. At that time the Rulers of the Court fend abroad their Agentsjto tell every where, namely.inand about London^vhax indignity the Scots did otter, hrft unto the King, then unto the Parlia- ment^ to the whole EngLfli Nation,by taking upon them ( being but Subjects ) to examine the diffe- rences betwixt the King and Parliament, to cowpofe them,and to make a Peace* it being more honourable both for the King, and Parliament, and the whole Nation, to be beholden for this unto a Neighbour- State or Prince, then unto the Kings own Subje&Sj not fo good as others in many refpefls. As this Difcourfc was invented, and fpewed "P and dow n by Malignant s, foitwas received by the C 4 fimpler (26) fimpler fort , not knowing the intereft of States, lefte , wherein the true Honour of Princes, S rate 5, and Nations confifterh ? Yet , they might have confidcted, that it is better to take up things quietly at home, then to trouble the Neighbours without affaires. , The Scots Commiflioners, after foine Monerhs abode at Court, feeing they could do no good with the abufed K ing, defire him to difmiffe them, which he did put off from day today, till at laft he was written to by the State of Scotland, that if he fent hot home in fafety the i Commiflioners betwixt ftich and fuch a day, they would hold it as an open breach of the Peace, and that they would provide for bufi- nefiTes accordingly. Upon this the Commiflioners, loden with fair, but conditionall promifes from the King (who yet would nor anger them) of love and care of that his Native Kingdom,fo that they Would be quiet, (for he could not flop his mouth to fay unto them, that if they would r.ot ftir, he could eafily compare his ends in England) take their leave at Court, and goe home. At their Atrivall, they finde a number, in the South- Weft of their Country, of Papifts and other Malig- tiants, men of broken forrunes , rifenro difturbe the Peace of the Kingdom, by Order from theKing^not- withftanding his fair words-, which commotion was prefently quafhed, through Gods mercie, by the di* Jigence and forwardnefle of the goodGentry and No- bility in thofe parts,who did rife like one man againft thefe Sons of Belial. As the Scots Commiflioners retired home , the Houfes of Parliament of England -were made acquaint- ed how that their good intentions were fruftrated, themfelves hardly ufed for a long time , but at laft, with difficultiehad gotten home. Now, the Stare of Scotland feeing the Common Enemy come to the bight , that nothing will fatisfis ■ •• '" ■• * " him,. (2?; him. but tprall fubverfion of Church and Stare in thefe Dominions ; only they, perhaps,might be keps for the Iaft ? although in intention they had been the firft j judgeth it not enough, fer their inrereft in the Common Caufe,to keep an Army in Ireland y but alfe ro be up on their guard at home, that they might ftop any enrerprive the Common Enemy fhould under- take againft them,tohave any progreife in their Coun- trie , if they did not altogether prevent it : and ro help their Brethren in England with their Sword* fince all other means fo often trieds were difappoinr- ed by the malice of the Enemies. And fo much the rather were they moved to this, that the Enemie was prevailing almoft without let, for by that time he was MaAer not onely of the Field, but alfo of all the ftrong holds in the Norrh, except Hull alone, with a numerous and victorious Army of Horfeand Foote , domineering and fpoiling every where : Likewife the Weft being almoft altogether gone by the loiTe of Excefter > the Defeat given to the Parlia- ments Forces at the Vffeh and the bafe furrendring of Briftcll, Banbury } fare, the Enemy did thinke to carry all before him, ready ro enrer into the A;To* ciated Counties, yea, to come to the Gates ofLvndon j which they had done in all appearance, without the let of that Noble and never enough praifed exploit of the Eatle of Effex, of relieving of Glocefter, al- moft at the laft extremity , although valiantly de- fended by that brave Governour Maffey, in defpireof the proud Enemy ; and thereafter in beating of him it New be? y. While the Parliamenr was thus low, many faint- hearted, yea Members of the two Houfes, ran away to the Enemy, and others did withdraw, ftudy ing, to their eternall fhame, to make their Peace more plau- fibly wirh the Enemy , and not to run over to him at difcretion, as others had done. But when things are thus almoft in defpaife, then (28) then it is thought fit time to have tecourfe ro the Scotty and to call them for help : The Parliament, to ttie if they could do the bufwefle themfelve;,with- out troubling the Scots> was wifdom : for what need you call for aid, and trouble your Neighbours, when you can do the bufinefle alone t but not ro call for help till things be too low, it is very dangerous , (ay thofe who dive more deeply in affairs of this nature. Bur, the reafon why the Scots were fo long a calling in for help, was, not that the Englifh were not wil- lingto trouble their Brethren the Scors, for, why fhould they think of troubling the Scors, fince their Fathers had been fo ready to help Scotland-, in its di- ftrefie then ? Generous hearrs will as freely receive a courtefie , as they do one , othcrwates they were proud, and felf-conceited : But, the rrue caufe, (fay they who know the myfteries of the time, ) fcrft was that the SeOaries, prevailing with the Rulers of af- faires,did fo keep them from medling with the Scots, whom they ktiew to be no lefle adverfaries to Schifmes and Seels , then to Popery and Prelacy •* Ne> t, there were fome who yet kept (till a bit of a Bifhopin their belly, although by both Houfes decla- red to be not only unufefull in Church and State, but alfo enemies ro both. Howfoever,thefeconfiderations muft be laid afide for a rime, and in fuch exrremiry rhe Scors muft be called to help , yea, fome of thofe who are faid ro be the greateft fticklers f or Seclaries, muft at leaft be employed in their calling in ', which was long of co- ming, after it was refolved upon,by the Shifts of the Enemies of Church and State. The Scots, notwithftanding all that had been fig- nified unto them, concerning the favouring of Se- claries by the Parliament, and of their reraining fomewhat of the o d leaven of Prelacy , feeing that their help was alrogerher needful tofave the Church and State of England from ruine} heartily received the (29) the calljbejng already refolved beforehand upon.ths Point, and undcnakerh 3 with a Chriftian and manly refolution, to engage themfelves in a feen danger, and to undergo the hazard (bur, forChriftandhis People no hazard is to be regarded ) to help their af- fl ifted Brethren : Yet, with this precaution, that the Parliament fhould fincerely joyn with tfrem in the fetling of the Church, as they were heartily willing to afiift them againft the Common Enemy. This condition was granted unto the Scots by the Commiilioners from the Parliament of England, ? and to this end* it was agreed upon, atthedefire of the Scots, that there fhould be one Covenant and league made betwixt both Kingdoms, and fworne to, for the* fetling of the Church according to the Word of God , and conform to the beft Reform- ed Churches, and by name, to the Church of Scot- land, with rhe juft Liberty of the People, and againft all oppofition whatsoever. Bur, becaufe theEnglifh Commi'flioners would not take upon them to draw up and to make the Covenant there in Scotland, they defircd that there might be CommiH oners fent from Scotland unto jhe Parliament of England, for the drawing up of the faid Covenanr? and fo was done , for the Scots Commiilioners aftifting, the Covenant, after divers debates, was made, and thereafter fub- figned, fworn firft by the Houfer, Synod, and the Scots Commiilioners, and then by the People, and fent unto Scotland, where it was received, fnbfig- ned, and fworne by the Convention of States, and then by the people : with all 9 in reftimony of their true meaning, the Houfes of Parliament defireth the Commiilioners of Scotland to aflift in the Synode, (n their deliberations and conclufions concerning th$ Church. The Covenant is no fooner taken? but the King leavethoffto accufe the Parliament of continuing ^chifmes and Seels, and therefore tels us, that he will tvil! have care of render confidences, and this to make fafiion and divifion, as we have feen fince. While things were thus managing at London^bout the Covenant, the Englifh Commiflioners in Scot- land-, are agreed with the Scots, concerning the Army they were to fend into England ; the Articles of agree- ment being drawn up, and confenred to by both parties *, Commiflions were given for twenty rhou- fandmenj who^wth all the hafte podible, were gathered together, and then immediatly (ct forrh : fo in January they march, when it was both great froft and fnow, and entering into England, with fmall op- pofition come as far in as Tyne : the Counrrey, much burdened before, was eirhet all wafted and utterly Ipoiled by the Enemy ,hear ing the Scots coming with a great number of men,and greatpowerjfo they could likely finde nothing in that Country, but what by ftrength o( Arm they could pull out of the hands of the Enemy. Thus did the Scots fight for a while with their Enemies, to wit, with a multitude of men well armed ; with evil weather, in the moft intemperate fimeofrheyeer, and with want of Victuals, which was rheworft of all: and rruly it had gone hard with them,if it had not bin for the provifions knt ro them from home, which came but by difficile and uncer- tain carriage by Sea, by reafon of the ftorm whicri fell out then: Yet, the-fe refolure men were Ail! gaining ground upon the Enemy, in number of men as great as rhey, at leaft, and far exceeding them in Horfe, till at Iaft rhey pafTedthe River Tyne, ha- ving fo weariei ai d harrafTed the Enemy with conti- nual! skirmifhes and onfers, obliging them to lye without, and keep fo ft fair and conftant guard and watch,that in the end he was con drained to rerire,and give way to the conftatit forwardnefle of the Scots ; divers of his men leaving him for wearine/Te and wanr,others falling Tick, and nnmbers being killed at divers encounters ; at one namely there was eight feandred of them flam at Banden. Fot For all this, while the Scots were thus fighting with thefe three Enemies above-named,for the Com^ mon Caufe expreffed in the Covenanr, fome men at London, and that not of the meaner forr, did not fticfc to whifper in the ear one to another, that the Scots did not carry themfelves neither as military men,nor as men of courage : this was the Icfle regarded? that it was made by thofe, who, againft their will, did give way to their calling in. The Scots did fo take up the Enemy in the North; about New-caftle and Durefme, that Sir Thomas Fair* fax, aflifted by Sir John Meldrum, took the Field again(having for a long time been confined to Null J andtryes Fortuue: he begins at Selfy,v>hkh he man- fully affaulrs, and happily takes. Then thofe who tod not been well pfeafed at the coming in of the Scots, did begin to fay, Now fince Selby wa* taken in,the Scots might rerire,tlpey could do the work without tbemj but this difcourfe did not take by many. The Enemy hearing the news of this brave exploit, fearing for Torhj left Sir Thomas fhould carry it, runs as faft as he could towards that City. The Scots, as foon as they hear of the Enemies re- movall, go after him on his heels, taking fome of his men and baggage, and follow him unto the Gates of Tork* Upon this, my Lord Fairfax and Sir Thomas joyn with the Setts, who fend tofheEarl Of Manchejler for his help, to befege Tork_, the. Town being of fuch circuit, that the Scots alone, having left of their men m Sunder lard and other pla~ ces taken by them from the enemy, neer Neve-caftlc, were nor able to compaffe it with fuch a circurnlinea- tion a; was needfull,and keep the Fields too, (o full of adverfaries ; yea,nor with the help that my Lord Fairfax brought unto them,Mdnchefter joyns with the Scots- There were fome here that were againft Man- chefters going Northwards to the Scots, not caring. Who i 3 2 ; fibw much work the Scots had, and how lirrle fuc* ceffe A iirtfe hereafter, (to make ftoties fhort) while the" Forces of Manchefter and Fairfax, joynedwirh the Scots, are about the Siege of 7b/£,unanimoufly going on with the work; there is one who goes from hence to fow the feed of diifention amongft thofe united Forcesjnamely, berwixt the Generals, Lefley, Fairfax, and M Anchejter^ fmce their conjunction could not be flopped, as it wa ■ aimed at : but, this defigne is dis- appointed} under Gods Mercy, by thewifdomof the Generals. After a while, by anorher party, the like defigne is fet a foot, to wi r, by Tome of thofe who are oppofiteto the fetled Government of the Chutchral- though this defigne did nor, for the time,take fo far,by the prudence of the fame Generals, under Gods Pro- vidence,as to make a divifion; yet,it cane to akinde of diftarle and diflike; for, thofe of that parry begin- ning to fee that the Scots way, concerning v^hurch- bufme;fe,was absolutely againft their mini, as mainly rhen began to be open to all bv the prefling home in iheSy odby the Scots CommilTioners there, the Church- Government to be fetled, according (as it is (worn to in the Covenanrjro the Word of God, the example of the primitive time,& of the beft reformed Neighbour (_hurch,by name of that in Scotland j and their putting on to repreiTe all Sefts and Schifms, to the end that blafphemies and all phanaricall dreams of foolifh idle brains,might be kept under, at leaft,if not a 'together chafed away. Thofe of this party be- think rhemfelves now, fince they were come to fome ftrengrh., they muft not rely fo much upon the Scots, being able to ftand upon their own legs by their own Forces,as they had done when they were weak & in diflke with the people,for the mifcarriage of things, (fay thofe who pretend to know the main pa iages of bufmeiTes : ) Then, their next care was,how by de- grees to eclipfe the reputation of the Scots for their own ownefteem, as they bad extold them formerly fb highly for their advantage j and this they have been doing by little and little, with a great deal of cun- ning unto this day, and by that means have brought the bufinefle amongft us to the condition we are at for the prefent, having no fetled Church at all. After lome mor.eths Siege, the uni ted Forces before York hearing of Prince Ruperts coming towards them,fend a party of both Nations into the Town of Mnchefter to fecure the place, and to bufie the Ene- my in his way towards them, till they had advanced their work at To/ ^.TheEnemy feeing he could eafily matter that place, and palling through with his daily increasing Army,goes on : as he was approaching,rhe united Forces fend Scours to know his march and his ftrength -, upon whofe relation,they leave the Siege» and go to meet and tight him, thinking if they had difpatthed his Forces, they would haveleffead in the work they had fluck fo long to : Upon mif-infor- marion,they rake the wrong way to meet the Enemy: fo hehad,upon this miftake,free acceife to theTown. The united Forces, ieeing their mifchance, turn their courfe to ftop the Enemies farther coming South-ward ; he puft up with the fucceiTe of gaining free acceiTe to the Town, refolves ro follow the uni- ted Forces, and right them, promising unto himfdf* thar his good Fortune would continue ; and if he had given a blow ro their Forces, he would eafily put an end ro the dtfigne in hand j for,rhe Scots being once routed, the main let and hinderance ro the proceed- ings of the Courr, would much diminifh the reputa- tion of the Parliaments party. On the other fide,the united Forces perceiving the; Enemies mind, turn head towards him,nght hinw.d, by Gods b.'eiling, rout him ; but, not without Iofle 5 for,notvvichftanding all rhe care taken by the old and experimented Chief Commanders, iirftroput all in as good order as time and place could permit, and re* keer/ ,. 'A. Of J keeptnirgs in order m time of Battel lithe new raifed Horfesof Torhc/hirey neglefting rhe command and example of their Noble and Gallant Leader, who in this occafion,as in all other,carried himfelf valorou- iiy, fall in diforder themfelves, and turning towards tkefc of their own fide that were to fecond them, put many in fuch confufion, that they would rake no no- tice of any Commander or Leader i yea, they carry fome of their Leaders away with them by violence. In this Battell, divers gallant men of both Nations had an honourable (hare of the Victory : but none I hear of, without difparagement to any, did appear fo much in aftionthat day with gal]anrry,asDthat the Ene- mies who had been in Arms againft them, were ccn- ftrai ned to fp eak well of them . Fewdaies. after the taking of tfewcaft/e, rheCaftle bf Tnvnouth is taken by the Scots: The winter by this tjme beginning, after fo hard employment of the laft winter, and fo royling a Somer-work, asrhe Siege of To/^ar.d the Barrel 5 befides divers skirmifhesand en- counters wi.h the Enemy , rhen the long Siege (*: Newcaftle, and at laft the ftormingof it , they refolve to put their men in Gartifons. During the Siege of Nwcaftle x many calumnies were railed againft thcScots,& fpew'd abroad by Ma- lignants,and received here by the fimpler fort. As the taking of Niwcafrfe was the moft important peece of fetvice of kinde,that could be done for the timer© the Kingdom oiEngUrJ-, namely to the City of London ; foitdidrejoyce a'l honeft men: but on the orher fide,rhe Maliguants of all kinds were forry at the do- ing of ir, but more forry, that it was done by thofe* who are fo conftantly oppofire to their courfes- The Scots are not fooner peaceable Matters b'f Nervcaftlejdvx the trade is renewed again betwixt it; and Londonjo the comfort of the poor of Lonflcn,v/ho \ r re ftarving for wanr of 6re> & to the benefit of , the tfl r»«.b£r C?6) ' richer fort. The Coales above and under ground* were rated and difpofed on in equity, to the beft ufe of the publike, not wronging the particular, accor- ding to the advice, & by the Order of the Committee of both Kingdoms, then fefiding in rhe Norths as the Commiflioners appointed by the Parliament can bear witneflfe : to who r c consciences I appeale, if all this be not true, And the Englifh prifoners, raken by the Scots> have been difpofed on according to the will of both Houfes of Parliament, as foon a* it was poflible to be done, by Military Order. Now the Scots after the taking of Nerv-caftte, al- though they were free of the open oppofuion of the Common Enemy for a time, yet they were molefted, vexed, croflTed,& traduced by the Malrgnants, Agents to rhe Enemy ,in the Nor them parts, betides thofe in and about London. Here you muft know, that thofe of the Northern Counrryes of £ngland 9 have been conftantly given to lupcrftition, as meu neglecled in their inftruftion, or or purpofe detained in ignorance by the Prelaw, fore- carting that means to make them the furer for their dePgnes : And fo, the King himfelfe,at two feverall ri nes,did find them ready for hisdefign:The Earl of New-caflle rhereafter,did find them likewife ready to follow him : So,what by breeding, aud what by latrer yeers cuftome,they are for the mo ft part in thatCoun- trey, Malignant s. Nexr, the heavy preiTures of Soul- diersfor fo many yeers, with the barrennefie of the foile C the Scots now coming upon them) made them clamorotiSjthings not going according to their mind: For, firft not liking the Caufe \ next, being already fofpenr, they were very fenfibleof the leaft thing Could be demanded of them; joint the malice of fome of the chief men in rhe Countrey, made rhe 'people murmur at firft, then rife up in Arms ; but,bldfed be God, the ir.mrreclion was foon calmed. Further, fome of thofe who are employed by the Par- K39J parliament to manage the Affaires of thefe Conn; rryes, have put too much power in the hands o£ thefe who are wicked Malignants, being either pro- feflfed Recufants, or at the beft Prelatiques, flicking to the old Service-Book,yea,fome of thofe who have been in aclttaJ! R ebellion againft the State under the Ezrl of New-cajiJe, who arc of the Committees of thefe Countryes , now having the power in their handsjfpbile the Country, and oppreffe honeft men, laying the blame 6f all tipon rh? Scots, as hath been of late reprefented unto the Houfe of Commons, by men without exception, deputed heither from thofe Countryes, in the name of many good men, to ac- quaint the Houfes with the ftate of bufmeiTes there. The Mdignrnts of the North Cduntreys cary their biifineilcs fo, thabthey find Favourers and Agents to excufe them, and ro further their evill courfes, Let this,what I fay here,be throughly fifred out,& it will be found too true, to the prejudice of rhe goodGaufe. God help us,and amend usi for, what can we expecl, when lyers and other wicked men, £nd this favour and patronage ? The Winter declining,the Snots difpofe themfeives for the Field- Service, fofoonas[the provisions de- manded,in a very moderate proportidn,couId be had from hence : which went biit late to rhem,by reafon there was a time fpentfot obtaining the Ordinance from rhe Parliament -, next,a time for making readyj, thirdly, a time of fending of things. In the interim the Stot/,although burled in keeping the il-affefted of the Counrrcy in obedience ro the State, fend parties how and then, Upon occafion,as the publike Service required, for example, ro Sir Willi am Bieretcn^and ro Scarborough^Stc. ar laft, the Rende^you^ is affigned to the Army rhe 1 5 ofjprily to thiserTec\,rhey require the Committee of that Country to provide draughts, againft the day aforefaid jbut,they could no have any m readines till the firft da?y of May, at what time they J) 2 marched marched to Rippon, with intention to come ftraight Southward, according to the direction of the Com- mittee of both Kingdoms, if they could have fame few daies provifions (upon all hazards) and draughts. BntmotwirVftanding all their care and pains, they could obtain nothing but delays and incerrainties, With promifes only of provifion from night to night. If the Scots had had their reasonable demands : for Provifions and Draughts, they had been neerrhe Enemy before he had done the evill he did at Leke* fter and elfewhere. While the Scots were at Rrppon, it was refolved that David Lefley fhould go into Lancafter-ihiic with a Party , and he Was to have a thoufand Tor^fhite Horfeto aflift : but, what performances there was of this, God knows j for he had not the third of armed men, although a thoufand was promiffed. By this time,the Scots are adverrifed that the Ene- my was with a flying Army to paiTe through Lancar fter- fhire, to Carli/e, and from thence fnto Scotland : upon which advice refolution is taken by the confent of the CommitteeSjthat the Scots (hould go into Law cafter- fhire,and flop the Enemies parage Northward. After a ferious enquiry made, the onely way for them to go,is by all means through WeflmerlandiFrom Pup- />tfn,norwithftandingthe roughnetfe and difficulties of the Country •, in four daies they are upon rhe borders of Laiicafter- fhire with the whole Army j whether being arrived 3 rhey have intelligence of the Enemies turning back again Southward > im had bin fupplied,and had kept it to this day -, which in all appearance was the defire of the Committees. After the Scots had ordained things the beft they could concerning C&rUU , they march Southward in all hafte,beyond ordinary courfe or rate j for, fome daies they marched above twenty miles : but after, they were conftrained to ftay in fome places,one,rwo and three daies. for draughts. While the Scots were ftrugling wirh thefe difficul- ties,newsarefenrto the Parliament that the Scots were gone,no body knew whether, & that they Ipoi- ed all the Country : and rhis was not done by open and declared Enemies,bur by fome of rhofe whom the Parliament truft in thofe Countries with the ma- naging of affaires j yea, by fome who formerly did profeife hearty friendfhip unto the Scots : but the wheel of their own intereft turning about , not only have they delinquifhed the Scots, but alfo,have de- clared themfelves point-blank oppoflte unto them, and this without any caufe: fo far prevaileth the pri» vate intereft with men, who feems to be beft. Then, great murmures rife< that the Scots would abandon their Brethren at ftich a neceiTary time, lea- ving all the burden of the war unto the Forces of the Parliament in the South, Thus were the Scots inno- cently traduced by Malignants. Upon this, the Scots Commifltoners here, take oc- cafion to fend a Gentleman to the Army, to know the truth and veritie of things ; and wiahin a day or two thereafter, feeing the finiftrous reports increafing,fenr two of their own number to be fatisfied of all things more fully, and haften their coming South. ; In the mean time, theHoufes of Parliament prefle to know what was become of the Scots 3 and why they had gone this unexpected way, and why, after fo ma* ny earneft cals, they did not march Southward , the good of the Publike Service fo requiring. D3 Whet (4°) . "Whereupon, rhe Scots Commiflkmers gave j n two paper* to the Houfes,containing a plain and fall rela- tion of the naked truth and reafon of things defired \ the ignorance of which had,Jby the fhifrs of Ma- lignants, officiating for the Common Enemy ,occafio- ned a great murmuie againft the Scots up and down. Thofe papers gave fuch fatisfaftion to ail thofe who heard them read, and gave attention to thcm,that nothing was to be replyed to the leaft circumftance mentioned in them y yea, not by thofe who had been rnoft inclinitig ro give credir ro finiftrous reports. Yet, thofe papers were fo little divulged, that di- vers of the Houfe of Commons, who either had been abfentwhen they were given in,or not attentive when they w ere read ? did not know of any fuch things, Next , although the Papers had given full content to the Houfes, yettheflandersof Malignants not Only continued, but increafed daily more and more againft the Scors. After fome few daies, theie falleth a Copie of thefe papers into the hands of one, which being (hewed by him to fome weil-arTecled men, and lovers of the Common Caufe, were rhought fit by all means , for the publike good, to be publifhed- As this was a do- ing, fome Malignants get notice of it, and ftrive to itop it, by dealing with him wbo had the chief care ofrhebufinefTej burin vain, for he was refolvedto go on with his defigne : fo, he giverh the Papers id rhe PrefTe, which the Printer intitles,7ta Scots Mum- fefti This being publifhed, opened the eyes of ma- ny men, to fee the truth of things which formerly had been kept in a cloud!. The publifhing of this Manifeft, did much vex the Malignants j but, they were then more grieved to fee it fo well received, and the truth therein con- tained , fo greedily laid hold on by the people, whom they hitherto hid fo gtofTely abufed by their malicious lies. Upon -V4IJ Upon thi$, thefe lye-invcnters bethink themfelves of another ftiift to coufen the woild in this fame bufi- neffe, and they go this way to work 5 feeing they could not hifider the printing of the Manifeft , they refolve to know whether, or no, the thing had been done by Order from the ,'Commiflionets, who being enquired if they had caufed print the Manifeft, they anfwered, no j and fo it was 5 for without their know- ledge the thing was done j becaufe that thofc who had a care of the printing of ir, knew very well that the Commiflioners,going on in their ordinary courfe, upon I know whatprudentiall fcrupulofity, do make known nothing of that they acquaint the Houfes with, fearing to offend* howfeever needfull to be opened for the Publike Service, and their own cre- dit - y bnt, if there be any rhing to be faid againft them, although without ground , they mult hear of it on the deaf- fide of rheir ear, and it muft be in every bo- dies mouth . Then the forgers and publifhets of lyes gave our, that the Manifefi was a fajfe and fuppofed thing, fince the Commiflioneis did not owne it , when as they only did fay, that they had no hand in the printing of k, although they avouch the thing to beinitfelf mofttrue. Thus in this place I have (ct down a full relarion of the publifhing of the JUanifeft, whereof I touched fomwhat before , upon another occafion , to make more known unto the world, with what cunning and crafty malice the Malignants of all kindes dooppofe the truth upon all occafions , and how they ftudy to hide it from ihofe whom it doih concern, to rhe end they may feed them with lyes more eafily , the truth being kept from them. After that the Commiflioners had fent, as we have faid, to the Atmy two feverall dilpatches, rhe Houfe of Commons thinks fit like wife to fend fomc of their number to the Scottifh Army,to fee how things went in the faid Army, and to haftenit Southward > D 4 who Kir* J who meet the Army about Rippon* and come along with it to Nottingham^ where thofe Gentle-men leave the Anny, and come back to the Houfes, whom they acquainted with the truth of all things, as namely, of the good condirion of the Army, confining in a fait number of brave Commanders and Iufiy 5ouIdiers,of their ability and readineffe to do Service. Which fuch arelation,as it did content and pleafe honeft men, fo it did gall and vex rhe Malgnants of all kindes. But, wirhvvhat difficulties, of want of provifions and of carriage the Army had to ftruggle vy. rh in rhis march, and hath had formerly, yea, harh to this day?for any thing I know, except things be mended of late, as now I hope they ate, or at leaft will be fhortly,is be- yond expreftion, partly through the negleft of fome, partly through the malice of others, (and that not of the meaner fort ) who make their ftudy, nor one- ly to afford no encouragement to rhofe who are come for their help i but alfo, give them all the di- ftaftethey can, to make them we-iry of the Service, yea,to make them do things by rhe Law of neceflity to keep themfelves from ftarving,which other wayes they would not, and fo mike them odious to thofe for whofe good they are come info this Countery If this were done by an open Eneyny, yea, by thofe who declate themfelves to be inditferent, it wete to be in fome kinde digefted, bur, it is done by fome who would make men be f eeve,that they are not onely moft addicled to the good Caufe J but alfo, that they are advancers of the Service,whereas they make onely the Caufe ferve for a cloke to their ambition and avarice, in their heart caring for norhing,how fo- ever they make a fhew other waves, butJto compaTe rheir own ends, whereunro a fhew of affeftion "to the good Caufe doth contribute, mainly, where they have any credit. But to leave of complaining of thofe who are neither faichfdl nor honeft to the Caufe ; in thus ufe- ing ^43 ) |ng the Scots, I (going on in my Difcourfe) wilt fay a word or two, in this place , to the clearing of three things , whereof the firft is concerning the moneyesreceived by the Scots for their pay,fince their nrft undertaking either in Ireland or in England unto this day. The next is how and what provisions they have had for their going on with the Service, either here or in Ireland. The third is the diforders committed by the Scots in rheir Armies,either in England or in Ireland. Firft,I allure yon in the name of the Scomhat rheir earneft defire is, that all thefe things in particular be exaftly tryed by the Law of Armi, and in equity judged where the failings are, and by whom and hew, to the end that every one may have his due of prafeor offhame, ofthanksorof blame, of recom- pence or of punifhment, of remembrance or of obli- vion, according as the caufe fhall require: and the fooner this be done, the better it will be for the Ser- vice of the publike? and rhe encouragement of ho- nefty, and the reprelTrg of wickednelfe. In the mean time I will tell you in generall, that what money is received by the Scots, is far i horr of what they ought to have, and thar they could wifh their Armies in England (to fay nothing of their Forces in Ireland ) had as much money for fix weeks, as the other Forces, employed in the Ser- vice with them, have in tv/o weeks and this without jealouile,or envie that others are looked & cared for; yet there is no reafon why they fhould be neglected, face they are constantly following the publike Ser- vice with activity & fa ithfulnes- There is a great ftir of fending money to them, and far grearer of railing ir for them, although they receive but a very fmalt proportion, in regard of what is allowed for them,8e lefle of what is due unto them, and leaft of all, what is faid to be leavied for rhenr,Wherefore,I fay again, they arefat kaft fhould be)moft defirous of fair rec- konings korungs among Friendsj let the payment come when it may, the moft prefling neceftiry being fupplyed- Next, For provifions, befidesthe fmalnefleof them, they come fo flowly , I rniift fay again, that when they are upon their march, they are con- tained to ftay rhree dayes in one place againft their will , for one dayes provifion , and draughts can hardly be had fcr their march:as it hath been in their march,fo it is in their abode,witneife their being ten dayes before Hereford, not feeing bread but one day, all the reft living upon Beanes, green Corn, and Fruits. In thefe they are fo croiTed, thar it feemes to be done exprefly,for the dif-enabling them, fo far as may be, to do rhe publike Service anfwerable to their own dellre and readineiTe , and to the cxpecla* tion of the Kingdom. As for the diforders faid to be done in the Army, as it is acknowledged rhat they are not Angels of Light, without feeling, being but poor infirme men, they cannot but fail and do amifle, in many and many a thing i fo they are not Camelions to live upon the air, but are of fuch conftiturions,that thev muft have more folic! food of neceflity for their fubftftence, which now and then they cannot come by fo orderly as fhould be- Yet I dare be bold to fay,that the Scots Army is as well regulared, as moft Armies are,with- out vanity be it faidjand rhat exorbirancy or fcandal is no fooner known , but i t is cenfured and punifhed according ro its c!egree,by Ecdefiafticall & Military Law; and rhat no complaint is made, but it is heard and anfwered, according ro equity and reason : Yea, Proclamarions are made to incire every one that hath any complaint, to repaire unto the prime Officers, or Counfcll of War : Yet , let the leaders do what they can, fome flips will fall out among the Soiil- diers that are not allowable i and indeed trie Com- manders cannot be alrogerher fo exact as other- wates they would be with-the Souldier^fince rhe pay is fo flew, and Co little of ir at a time, and provisions * fo fcarceandfo hardly had ; for, when the belly is thus exrreamly pinched,it were hard meafure to beat the back- When the Scots Anny came to Nottingham, the Generall fent a Letter fubfetibed by hirrifelf,and two more , unto the Committee of both Kingdomes, whereby , in few words? he rels how that the Scot« employed in this Service of the Common Caufe, have had, and have to this day , very harfh ufuage and hatd meafure in divers faf hions, even from thofe who not only by the Common Intereft of both Na- tions, are bound to be their Friends and Brethren $ but alfo, from thofe who formerly made a particular (hew of friendfhip unto them : Yet, notwithftand- mg all this, he declareth how that with hearty ear- neftneflfe, they are in read ineiTe to go on faithfully and refolutely with the Work : But 5 judging that a view of the tetter it felf would give fatisfaclion to many ; I have thought fit to fer down here a true Co- py of it, furnifhed unto me by a Friend. A Letter of the Scots Generall at Nottingham to the Committee of both Kingdoms. My Lords and Gentlemen > HTHe continuance of a firm Vnion and good correfpon- X dence betwixt the Kingdomej, if fo much in our thoughts and rvifbes, as that without it, we can expeli tm better then thewea)ming,yea, the undoing of this Com- mon Caufe , and t be ftiengthning of the Common Ene- mies ; and, although there be neither few nor [mall occa- ftons and discouragements from the mif-reprefentation of our Anions? and mif-appre hen/ions of our tntentions,from the cooling, if not changing, of that affeftion fotmerjy txprejfed, bo\b towards o ur]ches 9 and towards drier s of OUr cw Coumrey-men,wfo have defeived mil for their abili- ties and faith fulneffe in the pub/ike ; and from the ufage *nd entertainment of this Army, which if neither to that which other Armies in this Kingdom do receive, nor ac- cording to the Treaty between the Kingdoms, nor at all certain Juch as can avoid the hatred and d foment of the people, wbofe affeUions and good will we deftre to cany along with m , yet, notwithfianding all thefe, and the lihg discouragements, our AZHons have been, are, and fiall be re all teftimonies of our eonftant refolution to pur- fie atiively the ends exprejfed in the Covenanted t o ad* venture our felves,and what foever Udearefl to m,in this Caufe ; and that, as we had great reafon to march into Weftmerhnd,™ regard of the Intelligence both then and fince confirmed to us,fo we have been as ready and willing to come South-ward,as we were defied by the honourable Houfes of Parliament and by your Lcrdjh.ps: and we have marched with more freed, and lejfe interrupt i on, then is ufuallinfuch cafes ; yea, our march had been morejpeedy, if we hadn't been flayed in fome places, for want of draughts and provisions ; and now we are, with the ajfi- ftance of God Almighty, to undertake any Action which maybe fitieftfor the Caufe andfafety of both Kingdoms. But, if C 'which God fo' bid J for want of the con] un- Hionand ajfiftance promised , or for want of nccejfary provjfwns, the publif^e workbe retarded, or difappoin- ted, wejhallbe hlamelejje. And therefore we do recom- mend to yow Lordfirps moft ferioits deliberation, that fome more effectual I and fpeeJy cow fe may be taken for neceffwy prwiftons to this Army, that both Officers and Sculdiers may have in all orderly and eonftant way, not on- ty a part of 'their pay in Victuals, but, a part in money, for their other necejfary ufes : and in cafe of our conjun- ction with any other Forces ef this Kingdom, that then the provifions of this Army be no worfe then of tbofe other Forces : which things as rhey arejuft in themfelves, fo they are the rather deftred,that this Army be not burthen- ■fome 9 nor hateful I to the Counties where we come,and that we may not be re dotted to the unhappy neccfity ofnotpu- tu foments a nifhments, wrongs, and diforders jtriBly , which as we have net onely forbidden b] the ftnfleft Editfs, hut have exemplar ly and fever ely puiifhed, fo fhaJlwe ever bs ready upon complaint and proof of the facl,either topunifb the fame by death, or other condigne punifhment, accord- ing to the quality of the offence. We further intreat and exp eft, that thitWar might bs managed according to the Treaty by the Committees of both Kingdoms upon the place ; and for that end,that a Quo- rum of the Commiffioners from the Honourable Houfts of Parliament, ma'ibe conftantly with thti Army; and that your Lord fhips may entertain charitable thoughts of our proceedings, confident that according to the knowledge which God hath given us in the matters of our prof efpott, weff)all improve all opportunities to the befl advantage. We fl)all not need to put your Lordfhips in remem- brance how necejfary it U,that before the Armies of either or of both Kingdoms undertake the befteging of any Town, they firfl endeavour atotalldifjipation of all the Forces which the Enemy hath in the Fields ; andfo muth the ra- ther, becaufe, by the bleffing of God, the diffipationfhall be more eafie, if the Annies of both Kingdoms be conti- Kually aiding and affixing each one to other, and that each aft their part, and attend the Enemies motions. What we have written to your Lordfhips, wedefireit may be made Jyown to both Houfes ofl'arliament,and Ci- ty o/Xondon. And above, all, that your Lordfhiprwwld with all earnejineffe preffe the expediting of the Refor- mation of P there- after there was other Commiflioners fent hi- ther to fhare with the Parliament in the managing of State- bufineiTes of Peace and War, wheteinnow both Kingdoms are joyntly ingaged. To thi> ef- feft , the Houfcs of Parliament chufeth a certain number of Lords and Commons , to treat of all things concerning Peace arid War jointly wirn the Scots , and fo together they make up the Committee of both Kingdoms , wherein the Scots have a negative voice •, arid nothing is done, or at leaft ought to be done * without their knowledge and conienr, concerning Peace or War, direct- ly or indireclly , all play uuder boord , and clandeftine dealing , being forbidden to both equally , upon the reafon of the common intereft of both. Thofe who had been adverfeunto the in-coming of the Scots to help the Parliament were much againft the fetting up of this Committee ', but at fart <, after fome debate , the thing is done in (pite Of oppofition : So the Committee is fet afoot for a certaine time of fome few Moneths , by Ordinance of both Houfes. The time prefixed for the fitting of the Committee is no fooner expired, but thofe fame men, wirhfthe aide of Others , whom they had ftirred up to that pur- pofe, cait in difficulties, and wrll by no means give (21) give confent for the continuance of this Com' mifrec : fo for fome daies it is broken up £ then eatneft work there w a s to get it reftablifhed againej but all to fntiall purpofe , rill in the end , there is found one Claufe in the Ordi- nance for the fetting it up at firft, which did fetye for the reftablifhing of it , maiigre thofe who did oppote it. Since that time, it hath continued conftantly to this day , although not without vexa- tion to fome, namely, becaufe the Committee could not fit without the Scots being prefent. Now the Scots called and joined with the Eng- lifh to manage the affaires of the publike Ser- vice , for the Common Caufe of Church and State j at firft, they did ihink that they were to have nothing , or at leaft , little ado , but to put forward the publike Service wirh earneftneTe and vigour , againft the Common Enemy , with- out any let here by any of rheir own party ; and fo , they refolve with themfelves to be very mo- deft and tender, with all warineiTe in their proce- dings with their Brethren of England^ who had cal- led them hither upon fuch alTu ranee, and Were fo kinde unto them in their exprelTions, yea, fo careful! of them,that they would have them to lodge neerer for their own convenience,and that of their Friends going to vifit themjand fo the Scots remove fromrhe City, where they had lodged in former rime, and are placed in Worcejfer.-houfe, where now they lodge. Thofe who pretend to know more of the Myfte- riesof the World then other men , tell us, thar the removing of the Smjs from the Qtf' to Worcejler- houfe , was not fo much the convenience of the Scots , or of their Friends , which was intended, although fo given out, as their weaning from their old Friends in the City , who formerly had been fo ufefull and fo refpeclive to them , by a cunning fore- caiVng of fome men, ro wear them out of acquaint- ance anceand mtimacie with the City, being afraid riot to carry on things foeaftly, according to their in- tent, if the Scots were conftantly in time and familiar with the City. Whatever the end of removing the Scots from the City was , it is fallen out fo , that the Scots being at fuchadiftance, have not been able to cherifh and nouri/h their former intimacieand old Friend/hip with the City , as they are bound in gratitude care- fully to do, and as the publike Service requireth, joint with their owne advantage. Thereafter, the Scot s finde a harder raske then they had promifed unto rhemfelves in the begin- nings for, befides the great and main work againll the Common Enemy , they finde fome few men, here in the party wh'ereunto they ire joyned for the Service of the Common Caufe of Religion and Liberty in all the three Kingdoms, who do not onely (hew them but fmall favour, but aifo, as farre as can be without open breach, croiTe and oppofe them , and , in them , rfee publike Service : Firft, thofe who from the beginning did not approve of their in coming, for fear they fhould ecclipfe their luftre , and diminifh their power, was cold and adverfe to them. Next ,_ fome others of thofe who had moft beftirred rhemfelves , and moft appeared in the calling of the Scots to help ' 9 having done the worke of their in- bringing , lay downe a new ground for the repairing the breach of their own credit, which by the mifcarriage of things, name- Jy in the Weft . as we have faid before, had been much diminifhed , and by degree make up their credit upon tht decline of the othet s , whereunio their earneftneife for the Scots , did much ferve, and the Scots intimacie with them , for many gave willingly way unro them, when they did fee them fa ir time with rhe Scots, whom they knew to have no (50 no by- ends 5 and thofe men , on the other Gde, did cn^ dear themfelves unto the Scats by (undry good offices for a cime,which they d d unro them in things concer- ning tbd F rces in England and IreUud, employed in the conmon Servicejand by ihdr conftant and frequent courting fehel'c^i.chey aid fo tjke them up,'hat they alooe,a!moftjwere admitted to anv privacy: then fome did laugh in heit fkeve, to fee a tew, not to considera- ble before, bca" fucu a fway , and the Scots thus led by the nofej and otly is did complain/aymgj/^/yJ^Wd/^a fc" ? 1 1 was exue&ed the Scots Commilfioners mould have been op.n and free to all honeft men,namely,to thofe of worth ; yea, they ought to have been fo for the good of the publ que Service,and fot thek owne credit, not cap- tiv ng t'uwMves as it were to tome few ones. Farther, it w>s laid > tbitthey mould have pteCedhome bufi- Hefles rm reftoutlyand more feely 'hen they did j as they h.=d done in former time* » in their own particular affeires>when they had not fo many prcfefied and power- full Fj iends,ktting nothing pafie cf thac was clearly for the good of rhe publique. By this complying o: mplafince, the Scots Gommif- fionershave given fuch advantage to thofe who for a time courted them nu-ft for their own ends,as it feemsj for if it had been altogether for the publique, the Scots remaining confront to their point and principles, al- though with leffe vigour,! coafefle,- then I could with* thofe men hid not changed, for endj, which when they had obtained,one afrer another >did with d- aw from the Scotland in a (hott time point- blanke oppefe them, ly whole help, they chit fly had raifed their height of repu- tation and opinion among men. The fi ft and main occahon of miflake betwixt thofe men and the Scots, was the Church- government. When the Scots did engage themfelves in tfcis common buft- ne{fe,they did ftjpulare wuh thcEwg/jfrComrnifljonerSa then in ScotlandjthsLt they mould goe heirtily and "fictly E along along with them,in fethng the Government and Difci- pline of the Church , as it was thereafter fworn to by both Kingdom s,in the Nationall Covenant. And when the Setts Comrmffioners came hither, and entered into the Synod, they found it had fat long, and advanced but fmall bufineffesj as for the Government, they had not touched it all, which in all appearance was kept off by a flight of Prelatifts and Sectaries, to ftop the fetling of the Church according .to the beft way exprcffcd there* after in the Covenant, The Scots feeing the loffe of time,and the evils which were likely to follow, if there were no fet government in the Churchy prefently moved the Synod to fall to rhe Difcipline and Government} which they do,and therein a great deal of pains is taken in fifting out the Truch,& refuting the errors of ignorants,and oppofition of head- ftrong wilfull men, who prefer the fetting up of their own Chimerick fancies,& Vtopian dreams,to the Peace of the Church 5 wherefore I may juftly fay, whatfoever gifts or endowments they have, whether of preaching or of praying, of languages, or fciences,fince they want charity, they have nothing 5 for , if they had the leaft graine of charity , they would not thus difturbe the Church. I adde, He that facrificeth the Peace of the Church to the Idol of his own Imagination , is as he who caufeth feis children pafle through the fire to Moloch, After much ftrugling , things being brought neere a conclufion, fomeof thofeupon wbofe Friend fhip the Scots had till then Co much relyed,did declare themlelves to be altogether averfe to the Government the Scots were fc defirous of : whereat the Scots were much afto' nifhed ; Fit ft, becaufe the affurances given by thofe men unto them 5 in rhe beginning of their engagement, for furthering the Church government intended 5 next, by reafon of the Covenant, whereby the Scots conceive us all to be bound unto the government of the Church accor- (53) according to the Word of God, and the beft Reformed Churches abroad,and namely to the government of the Church of Scotland. Ever (ince that day to this day,thofe men having with- drawn their temporary affection from the Scots' $ have oppofed their counfels,and croflrd their proceedings, in every thing wherein they are concerned , as fan e as in themheth: And this they doe not onely chemfelves, but draw other-s,f:>r humane refpe&s,to fide with them in fo doing. Yea, feme there be of this phantafticail opinion in thf'sKingdome, whoftkkenottofay, that they will rather cnoofc co joynwith Pop?ry,Prclacy,and with whatfoever blafphemy, or herefie;, then co fubmit to the government of the Church by Presbytery : fuch is the phrenfie of thofe mad men* As thofe men we fpoke of a little above,were, in what they could, againft the in bringing of the Scots , and thereafter did oppofc the fetting afoot and the continu- ance of the Committee of both Kingdomesj fo thofe fecond men, of late, have grumbled,yea to foaie of them words have efcaped, that it was a trouble for the Com- mittee to have the Scots adjoynts : Yea, it feems there was a defigneto do bulineife without the Scots 3 znd that of great moment, wherein both the Nations are con- cerned 3 as may appeared namel y, by naming and aflem- blingof a Sub-committee without knowledge ©f the Scots: wherewith the Scots acquainted the houfes by their Papers, given in by them about the middle of May laft. Further, the fecret intelligence for the furprifing and taking of Oxford. , ( at an eafleplacej then unfuruiChed with provisions , given by one Pdtrk blaper, to a Sub- committee of three , whereof, there was one of them a too*, is neglected .• nctwchfhndtng the Scots did prefie it much, that the thing (hould be tried ; they could not prevaile: The excufewas, thar till the Army then a moulding, was in a perfect frame, they woul undertake nothing. Morc,the enemy is acquainted with the fecres E i advice (54) advice of the enterprifc, and that particularly, who be- fore had not taken notice of the weakntffe of che place named by che advice j which the Enemy finding to be true/cp^ires and ftrengthens. All this then, is knowne to be true by intercepted Letters,which have not been communicated to the Sect s Cooamiflioners, notwithstanding the common Inttteft* I am much mi ft. ken, if ir wjs tht Siot who difcovered the advice co rle enemy : Be it who w 11 , let him lay his hand to hi: heart,and giving glory to God, confefle his own wickcdntffei for at iaft,it will be difcovered to his fhirre,I am perf waded. When che Aimy was moulded,according to the mind of (orne few mcn>then Oxford muft be be(ieged,and the Enemy fuffertd to run up and do wn,increafe feis F ^rce s> anti fpoile the Countrey j yen, to bring all to a great Jrzard. Yet the new Army muft lie before Oxford> wherein there was not the men by thiidparr sequilite to fuch a ficgej far lefle to take in the Town : Yca,thofe men who were there, were not fumiihed with materials for the Siege. But, many thinke there was no intention totaketheTowi e by open Siege, by thofe who were contrivers of the dtligne , fince they neglect to try if k could be done by furprife and frcret entdprife : All this while, the chief Commander was rruft ready to acl: hi* pirt faithfully an J gallantly, ?s he hath done hap- pily fince. From this Siege the Sects notonelydoe openly dif- fent, butalfo did proreflagainftit: Yet when the thing was cryed out upon, nor oneiy at home, but abroad, by Frwaine'?, who did , That the Envr.y was devouring the f It Jb. while the Fa/liame?m £ orces wre gnawing the Bone; and they did not fticke to fay,that faite dealing was not everywhere More, the party of Horfes whxh weteor- dsined to f« l!ow the enemy, was recalled baeke, a^ainil the advice ofr ihe Scots; who having acquainted rhe Hcufes of Pailiament with thole pafoges, mtuld h?vc made made knowne to the whole World, that after their own eonftant integrity, and iimple Gncerity, more and more made known to ail, in thefe things , and the faults of others lifted out, and they not bearing the blame of o- ther mens errors, the Service of the publicjue might go the better on* Further, it was given out that the Scots not comming Seuth'YnrdyV/as theoccaiion of all thefe diforders com- mitted by the enemy. But, let reafofl judge? whether or not, it was eafier for an Army, provided with all things for the Field and marching, within few very miles of the Enemy,to follow him, difturbe hisn, and flop him f.om increaiing his Forces,and doing Evill, then to an Army above two hundred miles diftant, who not withstanding their wil- lingneffeand readineffe to march , according to their calling Seuth-wztd, could get neither draughts, norab* jfolutely neceffiry proviiionsfor a march , in fuch a pro'; portion as was thought very reafonable. The truth of which may appear, what troubles Gene" rail Lefley found at Rtpponjo get provifions and draughts, and how he went to Toikj-o that effe&,but to very (mall purpofe. Let things be tned,and no longer thus carried in hug* ger-mugger, to the prejudice of the publicjue Service. We have heard , how that, and upon what occafion, fome of thofe, who had been fo intimate with tie Scots CommiffionerS, leave them, neglecl them, andoppofe rhem in their proceedings,fo far as they can in a fmooth way above- board, to fay nothing of what is done under- hand. So in this place,you mail take notice,how thar,on the other fidc,there be divers of thofe, who formet 1/ had ca- red fo lir le for the ScotSjihat they neither favoured their in com?ng,nor thereafter had affifted them fo willingly, in their honeft & faithful endeavor for r he advancement of the publike Seryicejnow,at laft,beth'nkingthemfelvcs E i of ef their owne error, and how that, without reafon,they had been jealous of the Scots , they begin to goe along with them more freely andearneftly in the pubJique VVorkt jthtn they had done heretofore ; which the Scots, m nding mainly the fathering of the Service of rhe common i. aufe , take kindly at their h mds , and wel- come the expreflions of their good afFe&ion to the Ser- vice, with refp?£tive civil i.y 5 warning from their heart, that rhole who are now w tadrawn from them , would rcru. ; e unto their wonted correfpondence,in fincete and brotherly unanimity, for canying on the heavy and te- dious Wo- k,now lying upon them all* Upon this,there is a grear murmuring againft the Scotsj that they had quite left offhoneft and wel-affccled men, and taken femi-Malignants by the hand, who not onely had been flacke and backward in the puimanceof the publique Service 5 but 5 adverfe unto thtmfelvcsin par- ticular. To all this the Scots doe declare truly , that as when they came hither at firft, they tooke no intereft in any man more then they judged him, in all appea- rance, to intercft himfelfe heartily, without by-ends, in the common Caufe ; and , as yet , they doe the fame, refolved to continue fo unto the end , conftant to their fir ft Principles : and, if any men have withdrawn them- felves from rhem , not willing to goe constantly along with them in this neceflary courfe , they are forry for thofe, of whofeconft.mcy they were in a kind aflured • and they declare to the World , that they neither gave, nor intend ro give any juft diftafte in their particular to any: But if men will muffe, becaufe they are not hu- moured in all things, who can helpe it ? The Scots did thinke, atiheir cemming in, to have nothing to doe with children and women, whomuft be humoured 5 but,wi;hfrtanq rtaid rationall men, without any by- re fped- , or prjvue Fancies, wholly conftant to the Cauf: both of Church and State, as we are all fworn by the Swiernne Oath of the Nationall Covenant : As for thofe thofe> who having caft ott their former miftakes, now gee along with them more earneftlv then formerly in the bufineffes , they cannot but welcome them , as all thofe who put to their helping-hand heartily in the leaft kind ro the great Work of God, and of his people j however their carriage have been towards their per- fons,tor the publiqutfthey having no fpleen nor grudge at any ) forget whatfoever hath been amiffe towards them , praying God to forgive, that his Wbike may be carried on more cheerfully and unanimoufly, and they are likewife difpofed and enclined towards thofe (who hive left them off) to go along with them/o freely and lb brotherly as at the firft 5 and they will imbrace them cheerfully, in carrying on the bufinefles of Church and State with them. This they declare not to captive men by cunning insinuation, as fa&ious ones doe 5 but to invite all men fairly to go on with the Work of Church and State, according to the Covenant , as they hope a blefling fr«m Heaven « if they be Jealous and faithful!, without equivocation 5 and may expect judgement , if they either faint or be not fincere. Of tbis enough for this time- Yer, there is one thing I cannot paflfe, and it is this j There be hardly any divifions among thefe of this fide, of which the blame is not laid upon the Scots 5 as if they had not had their jealoufies one of another, and grudges one againft another, by reafon of particular in- terest and private opinion , before the Scots did joyne with them 5 when it is well knewne , that the Sec* affiftance, faithfull intheCounfell, and aSiveintht Field,is not ©nely ufcfull and necefTary for the oppofing and reprefling of the common Enemy ; butalfo, for keeping together rhoffjwhootherwifejin all likelihood would fall afunder,and fo the publique Seivice futifer, at which the enemy aimes, Thenladde, that the Enemy, howfoever low he feernes to beat this inftant, defires to have no better E 4 Game, V3V Game , then that tV Sto*' would retire, and withdraw their helping hand from the fervice 5 for he thac of nc» thing made a pai ty fa great as to carry all before it, till he wasrep'effed by the Scots, would raife up his party againe Bur,in defpight o; the devilJ,and all oppodtion, whether clandeftin or open, the Scots will ftand firme and fai. r hfult,for the carrying on the Work of God, and of his people. After a certaine time, the Stares of both Kingdomes, refolved to try yet againe if they could reclaims and re- call, upon any reafonible termes, theabufed and milled Princt,from his evi'l coufes of undoing the peopleand hisnfelfe, caufe draw up certaine Propolicions by Com- mon Count'ell of bo h Nations , which they fend by Commiflioners of both States, to the King j in whom thry finde nothing but (hires and delays : So they return Without cfttduaring any thing* A while Thereafter, the infortunate Prince intending to make the Ampler lort believe, that he wasdefirous, at hft,uf a reall agreement/ends hither Commiflioners (ofwhofe honeft meaning the people did leaftdoub r 5 but in the end, rb< y were found to becijeolors)ro d -.. w things towards a Treaty, unto which the Scots declared themfelves to be inclined(the main bulineffeofChu'ch and St ate being faired,) as willing to try all meanes poffible , upon a'l occanon , to take up the differences in a faire way , to fave further efFufion of Chriftnn and Brothers blood , and further ruise of thofe Coun* treys. For this he Scots are cried put upon , asevill men, (by i ,c 'niiderare ptrfons , fe t on by Malignant*) not withstanding the Treatte goes on , but to fmall pur- pokjht Kings Commiffioucts feeling the pulfe :.f the Parliaments OormniiTioners.cn promife unto them- felves, up^n what ground ih y know Deft, or at leaft flv^uld know , that thev could car y all things to their mind, if it were not for the rude and ftiffe-ntcked Srwu, who who were fo fume to their principles , and refolved rather to fellow on the Worke with honour and con- fcience, although with hazard and danger, p tht n to yecld to a bafe agreement , to the prejudice ot Church and State. Upon thiSjthe Cotirt-Commiflioners cry out agafnft the Scats, as the ontly hinderers of their ends , and the floppersof their defignes , firftathomein their owne Countrey , next here , both in the Fields , and in the Counfell. By this you m?y fee, if there were ao other infhnce, with whoEn,and agaifcft v. h m the Scots have ado; what was the carriage or the Scot) Commiffioners , in'the Treaty of b >vh Church and Stares ?fraires 5 iet both paitie£ freely tell, if they did findein the leait poiat of honeity/3ithfulnefle,refolution, prudence, knowledge, ornfpc&a miffing in them. ISut,the Treaty tndf, without any cor c'uGon for good, nothing be:ng intended by the Court in it,but to gaine time, and more and more to abufc the people, and fo make the bed advantage of buiinefles. Things having been carried in the FieU , almoft ever fmce the beginning of thefe Wars , namely the laft Summer, not to well as they might have been , for the advancement of the publique Service , by the faultof feme of rhofe who were imployed in the fiid Servic-, whether it was want of 1 kill 3 want of care, or want ot' fincerity and Bj>rightneffe,in purfuaace of rbebufineffr; ; I will not in this place t nquire , lelfewill Irefolvej but , a fault there was, and that a great one, and much amide* Wherefoie^ the Parliament, upon juft reafon, having tryed divers times to amend •: he errors of the Armies, and correct what was wrong in rhem , in a faireand fmooth way, but aH to/mall purpofe$ takes refolution rorefbrme wholly the Armies , and caft them in a new mould* Whereof (6o) Whereof the Sc9ts Comniiflioners hearing, for thtir intepeft in the common Caufe,thinkefic for them to re- member the Parliament of two things principally upon the point ; whereof the firft was, That in the new mould wherein the Armies were to be c^ft , care (hould be caken to make choice of men of experience and abi- Iity,fo far as was pofiible, to doe the better the duties of the Service ; for although now and then men ignorant of what they undi.rtake,may doe perhaps a thing wcllj yet itftands tint it (hould be fo,not with reafon,) which muft ru'e all a&ioas. The next was, that diligent care mould be taken, foe admitting none to imployment in the Armies, but fuch as were trufty and faithfull to the caufe now in hand, as it is exprefled in the Nacionall Covenant: wherefore, it was defired, that everyone impioyed, intcftimony of his honcfty and faithfulneffe to the Caufe , (hould take the Covenant publiquely. The Scots tooke occahon to give thefe advices to the Parliament, upon information given them , fiift, that divers new men,and of little or no experience, were pre- ferred by indirect meanes, and were to be improved in places of command,for by-ends : then, that there were divers like wife named for preferment and imployment, who not only were fufpec~ted to be inclining to Schifmes and Se&s j but alfo profeffed Enemies to what is ex- prefled in the Naticnall Covenant concerning the Church, and confequently to the common Caufe we are all fworn to. Thefe advifes of the Scots, although they were not fo much regarded as was needfull , yer they did produce this efted , that divers men of known worth and expe- rience , were named to be kept in the new mould , al- though many were put out,and new men unknowne for Military vertue put in their places. Next, after a great debate in the Houfes , it is ordai- ned that all the Commanders (hould take the Cove- nant n*nt, under paine of caflaienng, betwixt fuch and fuel* a day : But how this Oder is obferved , I know net ; I doubt it is not fo well as it mould be. As for the common Souldiers, it was not to be preffed upon them, which makes men admire , not well knowing the rea- fen of things , how that the prifoners Souldiers taken of the enemy fnould have the Oath tendered unto them , in token of their imbraeing the Parliaments party and caufej and ihefe Souldiers of the Parliaments owne fide,arc not to be tyc.d to the Oath of the Natio- nall Covenant. Fu> ther,all men fufpe&ed to favour the advers patty, brought before the Committees , namely of Examination, have the Oath put to them , which if they refufe, they are cenfured Miligmms 3 yet the Par- liaments Souldiers are to be free from the Oatb,if they pleafe»Yea,many were aftoniihed to hear that it was de- bated in the Houfe^whether thofe of the Armies fhould be put to the Oath of the folemne League,or no$ where- unto the Houfes themfelves are fworne to, and for the maintenance of which, we all now ftand, or at leaft we ought to ftand , being fworn to it by fo lawfull and ne- ceflary an Oath. The reafon why fomc men are backward to take the Oath, is that they are advers to the Government of the Church by Presbytery, which the Parliament is now a feding,although the bufineffe doe not goe on fo quickly as by many is wimed,by reafon of fo rmny rubs caft in by feverali forts of men, partly through ignorance, partly in opposition to the thing, for reafons far other then thofe they hitherto have given out, however fpecious. At this occafion > it was fpoken publiquely by one who is a prime man among thofe who are avers from the Government abovenamed of the Church, that , although in his judgement , ( for fo now adaies is opinion named ) he did not approve Presbyreriall- Government in the Church 5 yet he at all times would fubmit to whatfoever Church- government the Par- liament (62) Jiament fhould fettle , either by pa fijve cr active obe- dience. To this is anfwered ; VVhofoevcr faith that he will obey an Order or Law by p tffive obedience, is already actively in d:fobedience. Further , to call obedience paffive,is as great 3nabfurdity, astocallblacke, vrhiti 5 for obedience is nothing at all but the act of obeying, and to call an ad paflive, is abfurd j action and paffion being more different thenbl icke and white,tor they are Toto genere, diftant; and blacke and white are under Vnum genu*, not ontly Summum of quality, but alfo Sub- altern of colour. Further, all vemie confiftsin aftion ; fo obedience being a verrue , cannot be Cud to be paffive, that is, in pafIion*Wherefore he who fnft did invent the txpreflioa of paffive obedience, did not weigh what he faid, no more then thofe who fince , not conhdering the cxaclt diftin&ion of things , have taken it up at the fecond hand,and have made fo generall ufe of it He who thinks, thitby hispaflion, hegiveth obedience unto the Liw, is mthat their number in City and Countrey, in the Field and in the Counfell, is farre (hort of what is faid of ir,and their affection to thePubliquo leffe : for, wife men will never believe , that thofe who arc for confufion in the Church, are for the fetled ordering of the State. Further, if the Parliament did not make Religion at firft its maine quat rell it ftood for, and tooke Armes for, I pray you then w hen did the Parliament begin to make the Reformation of the Church its maine quarrell? At the joyning wirh the Scots by a N^tionall Covenant, perhnps ycu will fry; If fo be,when England hath a fetled Reformation of the Church , according to the Word of God , the practice of the firft ages , and of the beft Re- formed Churches now adaics,it raay thanke their poore Friends, diftrcfled at this rime for their fake, and ncg« lefted by divers. I am aflured,he that faith that the Parliament did not intend mainly Reformation from the beginning, careth but little for himfelfe. Next,he makes the maine quar- reil of the Parliament to be the Freedome and Liberry of the Subject. If under rhe notion of Freedome and Liberty, were undetftood firft a free and liber profefti- on of the Truth in a fetled Reformed Church, as afore- faid, it were well; and in the fecond place> the honeft Freedomeand j uft Liberty in temporary things; fuchis the freedome that the truely reformed Churches abroad have conftantly fought for to this day ; who when they obtain the firft,tbcy ftand not fo much upon the fecond. But » let us fee a 1 ittle what can be the meaning of the Freedom and Liberty of the Subjec%wichoHt Religion : Is C*5) Is it to be free from the vexation of Monopolies, Pro- je&SjShip-moneySjC^c. and of fome exorbitant cowfes of Judicatory } as of that of theStar-Chamber ? If in thofe alone , and in no other rhing better and more > I befeech voir 3 , what benefit hath the Subjed by being freed from the Court of the Star-Chamber ? Tbe people fay,that fome Committees of one City or Ccun- ty,doth more wrong in one yeer to the City or County, then the Starchamber- Court did to the whole King- dome in feven yeeres , if all things be well confidered j for it did reach but one man here and there j but fome Committees vex many and many a man. Iris true, the ■wounds of the Star- chamber were very fore and deep,but they were not fo frequent, and now and then they wers mollified by fome moderation j which divers Commit- tees will not admit. As for the freedome from Ship-money, Monopolies, Prpje&SjfcT'c. Voxpopuli faith there be more taxes and contributions laid upon the people in one yeere, now adaies, then for many yeeres in Ship-money^c. Yea» which is the worft , this burden mull continue , God knows how long, befides the way of levying it by the inferior Officers,wbich makes the taxes more grievous; and thebeft affected men , for the moft part , are moft loaden 5 fuchisthe cry and complaint of the people through the City and Countrey. So , if the Subject had not the gaine ©fa Reformed fetledChurch and Religion,he were in a worie cafe then formerly, Next there is found but very little more juft and honeft Liberty for the Sub jed, then before; onely the Sectaries take greater Licence then they v/ere wonc to doe; and phantafticall rnen,to vent their idle imagi* nations, nd to abufe the fimpkr ones ; as likewife fcur- rilous fcllowes take upon them to fay and write what thty lift againft truth and goodneffe* All which is amecrelicentioufneffeandlibertimge, tending to the trouble of the people , and not to their good, good,fo far is it from the Liberty ofhoncft and difcreet men, who defireth and ought to livc s within the bounds of good and wholfonu conftitutions bo;h ofGhur ft and State. Whit is id*j Officers as 1 hey could conveniently; neither of them having then in then owa opinion fuch Commanders, or, atkaft,m tach number as to make their Armies com^leat to thtir mind,of their own men. So the Scots were imploycd inchiefe and prime pla* ces of command, on both tide* *• hence Andfo, fincethen, hechathkeptit, till within thcfc few daycs j and it hath fervcd for a feat and a paffage for troubling both kingdoms. The Houfes of Parliament , on the other fide , a little after, poflefle themfelves of Bm»\c\ y which the King did not regard fo much, as not fo confider- ableforhispurpofej andalfo, it was too much in the eyes of men to befeifed upon by him, at the firft be- ginning. When the Scots come into England , at this time, to help their Brethren, who hadbinfokinde unto them in their troubles, and whofe Fathers had affifted their Fathers in the Caufeof Reformation and Liberty; by agreement betwixt the Parliament and them,they had Berwick delivered up unto them, foi facilitating their entry , and advancingthe Service they engaged themfelves in : and \iCatiik had bin in the power of theParliament thcn,ithad bin delivered unto the Scots without any more ado, as freely as Berwick was, for the very fame reafon. Yea more, if it had bin requi- ted then, it had bin promifed unto the Scots : I do not mean of neceffity, but of meere confideracion to the publike Service. Now, the Northen Countrey of England, through Gods Mercy , being pretty well cleared by the help of the Scots, of the open profeffed and declared Com- mon Enemy ; it is thought fit, firft to block up, and then tobeiigc Carlile : The Scots undertake the bufi- uelfe^ and to this purpofe, fent ofthcir Army thither a party of both Horfe and Foot, under the command ©fa General) Officer, and he hathfome Forces of the Countrey to aftift and help him, in the perfor- mance of the fervice 9 which the Scots did notfo hardly prelTe as to ftorm the Town,for fparing of blood which they are loth to ihed, if thebufinefle can be carried on otherwayes, ( witneffe Netv-cafile, where they ihunned to ihed blood, and being conftrained to it* they did ihed w little blood as ever hath been feen upon 17SJ upon fuch an occafion)fo they refolve to take the" Town by want of necefi'ary provifion. Some of thofeof the Countrey, who were joynt with ihe Scots in the fervice,were fo far from helping them, that, by the treachery of their Leaders, they did what they could not only to hinder the bufinefle, but alfo to wrong the Scots in what was in their power 5 for, when they were ordered to keep their own quarters {tri&ly, and fuffer nothing to go unto the Enemy j and if he fallied out of the Town, to fail upon him - y they were fo far from performing their Order , that when it was in their pow er to hurt the Enemy, they {hot powder without bullets at him , and privately they fuffered provifion to be carried unto him through their quarters ; yea, by fccret combination , they agreed with the Enemy, that if he would fall/ out, and fall upon the Scots quarters, they fhould yeeld no help unto them, al- though they were joynt with them in the fervice. Which proceedings of fome of the North Countrey men, by the knavery of fome of the Commanders, whereof the chief lately had been in open Rebellion againft the Parliament, under the Earl otNew-cafle > being made known unto the Scots, they had a nearer eye to their adtions, and obliged them thereafter to play fairer play : ThoCe double-minded Leaders, fee- ing themfeivesdifappointed of their former intents by the care of the Scots, go another way to work j and perceiving by the vigilance of the Scots, that the Town, receiving no help from without, muft render it felfe j underhand, and not acquainting the Scots> enter in a private Treaty with the Enemy, and offer him great conditions. This being alfo difcovcred by the Scots, caufed them fummon the Town , and offer to it reafonable conditions, which the Enemy did accept, although they were not fo advantageous for him,, in all points, as thofe offered by the others. The, (76) The reafon why the Enemy did accept the Scots conditions, and nop the others, was, firft, Hee could not truft to any condition from thofe who were fo wicked, that they were not truft y to the par- ty they profefled themfelves to be of, and to their af- fociates. Next, The Enemy feeing the chiefe man, among thofe double ones , to be but an inferiour Officer, and one who never had feen greater War then the plundering and fpoyJingof his own Countrey, under the Earl of Newcaftle , with whom he had been a Lievtenant Colonell,at the moft,andnow at this time preferred , for fome ends , to be a Colonell. Then, ihere was no Committee there, who could authorize him to capitulate, or make good his capitulation, where the Scots were 3 for, by agreement betwixt the Scots and the Parliament , things of confequencc in the War, wherein the Scots had a hand, were to be or- dered by the Committee of both Kingdoms upon the place, or redding with the Scots Army, and that not being (as there was none then ) by the Scots Generall his Order ; and fo he ordained, according to the firft agreement, Lievtenant Generall David Lefley to take in the Town , upon fuch conditions as he mould think fit for the good of the publike fervice, and put a Garifon in it. Thofe who came out of the Town , were condu- ced unto JPorcefterywhowcre but fix fcore when they arrived thither, the reft being fallen away in their march, either upon confiderarion of the publike, or of their own private intereft. Thus Carlile is put in obedience of the Parliament, for the publike fervice , according to the firft agree- ment 5 And if the Scots had not followed the buii- neife, in all appearance, it either had ftili remained in the hands of open Enemies, or, at leaf}, had fallen in the hands of thofe Malignant*, who neither have re- ipeft to t(ie credit of the Parliament ? nor regard to " — ---- - - - u fi the <*ood of the people ; for they difhouour the one, and waftethe other. All the while that the Scots wete before Carlile, there was not onely a neglect, buc fuch a malice againft them, from fome ot the chief Leaders of the Country there, that they hadftarved for want,ifthe Generall had notfent a good part of the moneys that he had for the marching and taking the Field of the Army. Thus is the publique ferved by fome of the Countrey-Committees, abufingthe Authority they have from the Parliament. After all this, the Scots are cryed out upon by Ma* lignant$\ yea, they write to the Houfes againft them as Enemies to the publique good 3 to the Parliament, and to the people of England, notwithftansingthat, fincc the very firft beginning of thefc troubles they have carried themfelvcs faithfully, honeftly, and kindly towards England, in defpite of all Enemies, and particularly towards the Parliament, who were the caufe of afiembling it, continuing it, and prefer- ving it,firft from the great plot made againft - t next, by actively upholding it when it was very low, as it was at their in-coming. The reafon w hy the Scots have put a Garifon of their ewnmenin Carlile,fov a time, is from the conftituti- on of the, prefent affaires in both Kingdomesj for, having found fuch bafe and wicked dea]ing,by fome of the chief men in the Northern Gountrevs, they did not conceive it fit for the publique Servicc } to put the place in the hands of thofe who already pofleffe<£ withpower(by fome unfaithful ones, truited by the Parliament with the ordering of things in thofe pla- cesjdo nothing but oppofe thedefign of theParliament expreffedin the Covenant, and opprefie thepeople,as is madeknown unto the Parliament by the Commit fioners from thofe Countreys, ( men of credit and worth, who have done and fuffered much for the caufe againjftthe Common Enemy } fent hither from many (7« ) . good people, to complain againft thofe wicked ones, Enemies to God and to hispcople : And when it fhall be thought fit for the Common good of both Nations, now fo united, it willwith all chcerfulnefle be left by the Scots } And to this, the State of Scotland will Willingly engage it felfe by all the afiurances can be required in reafon. The common Enemy, fince he could not keep out Carlile in open War againft the Parliament, doth his next beft to have it in the Malignant; , his Friends, hands, that at leaft indirectly, he may do his work 5 and fince he failed of both thofe, he ftrivethby his EmirTaries and Agents to make it an apple of difcord betwixt the two united Nations ; but this will faile him alfo , how cunningly fcevcr he goes about this defigne ; for, the Wifdome of both States is fuch, that the miftake will be taken away fhortly, and that the State of England will fee clearly , the Scots in pof- fefllngthemfelvesof Carlile , and excluding thofe wic- ked ones above mentioned, have notonly done a good piece of fervice to the publike and the Common Caufe of both Kingdoms ; but alfo, in particular to the well-affected people in thofe parts, who are under the heavy prefliirc of thofe wicked men, and had been far more, if they had more power, whereunto the pof- reffionof Carlile was fuch an addition, that it would make them double Tyrants and Brigants. As the common Enemy , not only by open Warre by Land, but alfo by falfe undermining by his A gents and Inftrumcnts, who partly are abfolutely addicted to his wicked defign, partly by intereft of preferment and benefit, although they care but little for his ends, Cin the Field and in thcCounfell, in the City and in the Countrey ) do what they can, with all care and forecafting, to flop the publike fervice by many and many wayes ; this is known too well, to be fo little re- garded : Even fo by Sea, he fteereth the fame courfe 5 for, not only by open War he doth oppofe the pub- like (79) like Work now in hand, in taking and deftroying all that he can > but likewife he ufeth indirect meanes by the help of his Inftrumcnts for the hinderance of the fervice of the GommonCaufenow in hand. Hence it is, that the Parliament Ships } not fo vi- goroufly oppofing the Enemy, and not giving timely affiftance to their Friends, interefled in the Caufe; fo many of the Enemy his Ships, without refiftance, go up and down fo freely, and that there are fo many Ships,Barks,&cboth Englifh and Scots, taken by the Enemies. Further, the Coafts o£Scotland } are not fo carefully guarded and kepr, astheywerepromifedtobe, bya- greement, which hath given and givethitilla great advantage to the Enemy, and hath done a great hurt to the Friends who are employed in the Caufe with them againft the Common Enemy, and in them to the fervice of the Gaufe. Thefe things have given occafion of complaints to many men , bemoaning their own condition , and how that the good of the people, and the fervice of the Common Caufe, are no more and better looked to ; yea, fome in grief of heart, after their great fufferings, hardly taken notice of by thofeof whom they expect fome redreiTc,fay in their pa(Iion,that not only there is a great neglect, but in appearance there is fome fecret connivence by thofc who {hould follow this fervice. But to another bufinefle. It is known to every one almoft , how that for many and many dayes and meetings, there hath been a great deal ado in the Synod with fome few factious and fantafticall head^ftrong ones ( men without love to the Peace of the Church of God) for the Government of the Church by Parschi- a\l Presbyteries, fubaltern to Clafficall, and Claf- ficall fubaltern to Synodicall; which ail being, after fo many debates with Patience, Goodnefle, and Charity towards thofe men, demonftrated evidently to be acccordmgtothe Word of God, wherein it is grounded, conform to the practice of the Church planted and governed by the /* prftles and their fuc- ceflbrs/or above two hundred yeers after Chrift ; and coaform likewife to the beft Reformed Neighbour Churches now a dayes. But at length, the thing is concluded upon by the Synod, and alraoit approved by the Houfes of Parlia- ment, maugrc alloppofition made by the difturbers ofthe Peace of the Church, in the Synod,and of the iticklers for them anywhere elfe. Yet thofe reft- lefle fpirits will not be quiet 5 foe they give out th-t they willpcrform at laft the thing they have bin fo much urged to, and for fo long a time ; to wit, they will give unto the'publike the Modell of Go- vernment they would be at, and to which they will Hand to : But thofe who haveaihrewdghefleat thofe men,and at their waves, affure us, that as they wiD not tell what they abfolutely andpofcively profefTe, nor what they would be at ; they will never give a Ccz Modell of Government unto the publike, whereunto they minde to ftand : For, whatloevcr they do in op- pofition of the Government above named, they can- not agree among themfelves unto anyone thing,for, fo n . any h cads,lb many w ayes diffonant one from a- no h r, according to the nature of untruth and error, which is uncertain, and not conftant toitfclf. Yea, ihei e be fomewho fay,Tfoz£ tbefe men will not fettle up- ■ thing at all, except it be upon continuing in pbr ene- it.al: Fancies. Truely >( is thofe factious ones, by rejecting alldc- pendency 3 and fubalternation of inferior Presbyte- ries to fuperior,in Church-government,have acquired unto t! emfelvesthe Name of Independents 5 foif you caft your eyes upon the courfes of thofe mens feeking of preferment and benefit, they may juftly all be cal- ls dSeefcvs, although there be but fome few of them who go under the Name of Seeiers , who would fasn fain make the World beleeve, that they ftudy jo fcek the Truth of God more then others^ when God knows , they feek themfelves and to fet up their Fancies : For, there was never a generation among men , fo nimble and (g active about preferment and benefit,as thofe men are.The Iefuites are farre fhort ofthem $ howfoevercryedup through the world for this y for they run up and down with care and cunning to lay hold on power and moneys, wherein they have cometogoodfpeedby their crafty infinuations^ and the fillineffe of other men : Livers of all ranks, not excepting the higher amongft men, feeing their way es ad vantageous,(?de and cog in with them, for profit and employment, They,on the other fide 3 receive none in their Society but thofe of meanes and gifts ; poor people and fimple are profane in their account : They worke hugely with rich mens wives,widdows,and daugh- ters 3 and ftirring fellows in any kinde are good for them'; and to carry on their bufineffe more fmoothly, they plead for charity, that there may be a charitable interpretation of their carriage and proceeding, when God kn©ws,they are deftitute of all charity ; firft towards the Church in general J, whofe peace theydifturbe in a highmeafure 5 and towards parti- cular men, for they oppreffe and afflift every honefi man they can reach, in hatred to faithfulnes unto the good of the Church and State, if all were well known and confidered 5 for thofe who frrive fo much for confufion in the Church, aim at an Anarchy in the State doubtlefle. Itis true, there are feme well-mea- ning men that are infnared in the opinion of thole men , concerning Church-government j but good people, they are not of the Cabale,nor of the fecrec Fa&ion ; who I doubt not upon fuller information, will leave the £rror,and follow the Truth. So, there be many honeft and well-meaning people, who ad- here and follow the Iefuites who are not ac^uain- ted ted with the myfteries of their iniquity. Then , with a great deal of deceit, they cry oi/c againft the rigidneffeof Presbyteriall government, as arorefaid, to make the people beleeve that it will tye them to fiich a ftri&nefle and rigidity, or aufterity,thac allChriftian Liberty will be taken away from them. Wherein they do lie moft abominably againft the pra- ctice of all the Reformed Churches where this Go- vernment hath place, namely in Scotland and France, wherein if there be any thing amiffe of this kmde , it is towards lenity rather then aufterity. Yet thefe men give out, that they are more holy then other men , and of a rtrifter life, and will not admit to their Society any who will not follow the ftri&neffe they profeffe externally 5 but their carri- age being near looked to, will be found as far diftant from what they profeffe, as the capuchins hypocrifie is from true piety. The bufineffe is no fooner concluded con- cerning the Church Government, maugre Indepen- dents, but there arife other difficulties and rubs in the way, to hinder the fetling of it : Such obftacles arecaft in by the Enemy to (top the building of the Temple. Firft, fome will not allow it to be of divine right, notwithstanding it is demonftrated to have its ground in the Scripture fo clearly thai it cannot be denied^ and praclifed by the Apoftles and their fucceflbrs. Then , There is a great ftir concerning the power of the Presbytery, to admit and keep offpeople from the Table of the Lord, and to receive men unto the Communion ofthe Church, or to feclude them from it : Which power fome will have to be only in the CivillMaoiftrare j wherein there is a great miftake. From the begining of the world to the giving of the Law, both functions ofthe fpirituail Miniftery con- cerning God and Religion > and of the civill Mini- flery concerning the cxtcrnall Society of men, being in CS3) in one man, to witt, in the Father, and the deleft Son in the Fathers room j things were not Co ciearely diftinct : But then, at the giveing of the Law, God in his appoint- ed time, & in his wile difpenfation, haveing ordained the fun&ions of his fpirituall Miniftry of Church, and of the civil! Miniftry of State, to be in fcverall perfons, things become cleare to bee diftinct $ fo, the power be- longing feverally to each Miniftry was to bee eXercifed diftinctly by thofe who were fet alide feverally, tor the feverall Miniftries : And zs the one Miriifter had power over the things concerning his Miniftry, fo the other o- ver his, it is cleare by Scripture. Thus, things did continue from Mcfct to Cbrift, al- though now and then hot without fo-ne alteration in change, by reafon of the revolutions of affaires, in the ftate of Jfratl and of ludab In the Chriftian Church,the diftinft Miniftries beine in diftinft perfons, the power belonging to the feverall Miniftries, muft bee= in diftind perfons, - according to their Miniftries j and although the Civill Magiftrate, or Minifter of State, is not to exercife the fpirituall Mini- ftery,' nor what belongcth to it * yet he is obliged to o- verfec the Minifter of fpirituall things, to doe his duty faithfully and diligently. Of this, much hath been faid and written in former times, and of late, by men of the cleareft judgment, and cf moft underftanding in things of this nature. Befides, the feare of men, left the fpiri- tuall Scepter and Rod of Chnft (hoiild be prejudiciable to their worldly Authority, the frequent encroaching of theMinifters of the Church upon the Civill Minifter (to wave what is done elfewhere, and what hath been in for- mer times) herein thefe lilands, not Onely of old, but in thefe latter y cares, Churches-Minifters ambition and avarice having caft us in all thefe troubles | dothaf&rd juft occafion of warinefte to the Civill Magiftrate, to keep the Miniftry and power of Church-men within the preempt «f she Church* but it muft not beefs as t» G snake r*4) make them like the TiencherChaplaine, tofayafhort gr ace and no more. As the Church Minifters are not to meddle with ci- i vil 1 affaires, (o the civill Minifters ought not to meddle with things mcerely fpirituall ; iuch are the cenfurcs of the Church, which is commonly called thepower of the Keyes. Further, as Prelates with their Emiflarics, have put Chrift out of his Throne in a kind, making themfelves Lords and Matters of his Flocke and Heritage j (b, on the ot her fide, thofe who take away the due power of the Keyes from the Minifters of Chrift in his Church,doth him a great dcale of wrong in his /pirituall Kingdome Thcrefo re, let us look to it, left when wee have pulled downe Tyranny Antichriftian out of the Church, wee doe not leave it to confuhon and "Anarchic, and fo t© be inflaved to the Fancy and humour of weak men. But of this* let it fuffice in this place. Moreover , a& the Scotts did conftantly, in all their owne troubles ever from the beginning to this day, lay hold upon all the occasions they could meet withall, to try if it were poflible by fairc meanes to redeeme the mifled King from his evill way s,and to calme all things with the leaft noife or ftir that could be ; fo it hath becne their conftant couvfe here, both before andfince their conjunction in a&ion with the Englifb in this common caufe, to try by faire meanes, i{ the King could be pre- vailed with, for his own good and that of the people,and now at his time, after fo many advantages obtained of late upon the adverfe party, they have thought it fit to de- fire the Parliament to fend to the King, to try him yet againe* if at laft he will condefcend to what is fitting in reafon and confeience for the fetling of Church and I State, as it hath been propofed unto him, with a ripe de- liberation^fter a ferious debate,and laying afide all evill Councell, wherewith he hath beene fo long mifled,come home to die Parliament* the great CounfcTl of the land. This (8y) This advice of the Swttt^s it is liked by the wife: an<| tetter fort of men, who hive mainly the publike fervid? before their eyes \ To, by the hotter kiftde of people,wl$© breath nothing but violence and extremity, itiscrye4 out upon as prejudicial c unto the common caufe, an4 Will give art advantage to the Enemies, fiiice the Kin* is not to bee reclaimed by fahre meanes, and will hevtf yeeldta reafon but upon meere neceflRty. It is but too true, I am afiured, and I muft confcfie*' theie bee but very {mall hopes of doing any ^ood witfc the King, or gaining any good upon him in that way j for befides that nothing hath Deen gained by all the for* mer Mefeges fent to him, or by Treaties with him , the violation of the Peace made twice with the Scot^iht ms* ny Plots both in Scotland, and in England to undoe all, the bloudy bufineues in IreL the laft intercepted Le; ters s wherein he expreffeth his mind, and the intelligence we have from all places abroad, tells us fiifficiently thathee will continue ftillin this perfecuting way of Church an^ State, fo long as he an hold out. The reafon of this hisr perCeverance in thofe courfes, is cleare to any rational man, and it is this : There is a great defigne now a foot ia. thefe JDominions, which is to bring all to fpirituall and temporall flaveryand thraldome, more then it was in the blindeft times , which will bee kept up with ait might and flight, fo long as is poifible 5 and the abufe4 King who is the chiefe Agent in this bufinefle, will bee kept to h t and not fufFered to give over the work, but go on fo long as they who fet him about it, can fumifn him with any encouragement, by hopes, counfelr and Intel* ilgence ? rnonys,Arms or by any other afliftance wfeatfo* ever, to keep life in the bufinefle. i Nowi if you will aske who be thofe who have let this great de%ne a foot, and have engaged the King in it 5 1 will tell you, Rome 3 France, and $paine; The v Pope, to fcave all tinder him^ nt leaft, as formerly \ The Spaniard ' €? % ■ an#' my ami French, bv&, both mrefpeftof the Ho*) Father, as Chriftian and Catholike Sonncs j then each of the tw*> hath his owne private intercft befides : The Spaniard, by the meanes, hopes for a number of good Eriends here, (the work fucceeding) by reafort of the common Catho-. bcity, and to have Zre/itt/abfolutely at his devotion, to fide with him upon fuch occafion as he (hall reauire ; for, it is every where remarked, that the Popifh of thefe Do- minions have a double dofe of CatholifM in their bel- lies, and to bee Spanifh ; and as they are addicted to the tyranny of Rome over the inward man, alfo they are affe- cted to the tyranny of Spaineowtt the outward man ; (o ingrate are they towards God, and fo unnaturall towards their own Country. The French hath his particular intercft in the worke ; far, fince hee could by no meanes get the King to fide with him in oppofing the uiuflrian, and to help his neer- eft Allies and Confederates againft his and their Ene- mies > in fpleen and revenge, hath put many Irons in the fire to give him work at home, to undoe himfelfe and his people. Next, the French, by the putting the King to work at home, and by keeping him to it, goe's on with his owne worke againft thc^uftrian, namely in Flanders, wherein thefe Dominions have the moft intereft to looke to, by xeafon of the neerneffe and the narrow Seas* Then, the French hath a further drift, who when hee hath any leafure from his wars with the *Auflrian, either by an accommodation, or by an abfolute Victory, hee may fend hither a party to make the HoU, with a Venge- ance,little to the content of either Prince or Peoplej yea, to feeke by a ftrong hand that which the Notman offered to the then French King, and he refufed. Thefe are the fliaresand parts that 7{ome, Spake, and France take in our troubles, howfoever they give out o- thcr wayes : for proofe of this, to lay afide many things which might be here alleaged. Firft Firft, for Rome, I pray you, put Before your eyes the eonftant & neer commerce the corrupt Court & thewic- Iced Clergie have had with Rome, ami have to this day, with the Letters betwixt the King and the Pope, and the fending Agents hence to 7(pme , and from thence hither, and a Nuntio into lr*Und,who hath been received there with great pomp and ftate in refpecl to holy Rome, Next, tor Spaine and its adherents in the Catholike Caufe, to lay nothing of what is paft in the kindling of the fire amongft us, By feverall underblowings : I pray you to confider the Refidents now of Caflill , Vwtugall, of Vemte, Florence, Lorraine, &e. what their carriage is, how enclined to the Court, and how averfe to the Parliament. A* for France, The hte Fac mum of that Court,cfti acknowledge it to be one of his Mafter-oeeces, to have kindled the fire in all thefe Dominions, hrft,in Scotland^ next in Ireland, and laft, a little before hi* death, in tngland ; whereabout hee had above 3 doten of Agents at one time, acting their feverall parts in this ad here with us. Thofe who have fucceeded in his place, carry on thi ngs in his way very neere, namely in what concerns usj as may appeare by the fending into Scotland, to hin- der the Scots joyning with the Parliament, and by the continuali fupplyes which are fent from France to the E- nemies in England, Scotland, and Ireland, andtheRefi- dents of France their exprefisons in favour of the Ene- mies. Ail this is done really, albeit not avouched by pub- like Authority.. Notwithstanding that both Spanifh and French give out, they will keepe faire with the States of both King- domes : and indeed the commerce in fome kind is con- tinued 5 but, they receive in their Sea-Townes Pyrates with the fpoiles they take from both Nations, who arc now confederate in this Common Caufe. G 3 Then (88) /Then fome others, who, at fir{t,ahJioug{t *eyl»crhaps put their hands to caft us in thofe troubles ; yet, feeing us inclining thereunto, have put them for ward, antf have given help to our raiferics. Such are Come of Holandj who, againft the principles and grounds of their OWne State, have by their late A mbaiTadours, de- clared themfelvesto be inilaved to our corrupt Court,for their owne private imerefts, and for the intereft of him who namely fet thern a work. • Wfetnl fpakeof Holland,Sp3in,France,yea, of Rome ft fclfe, I doe not meane the common people 5 but tiiofc who have chiefe hand in affaires and in Government : for, God knowes the people of thofe Countries are as innocent of any evill Office done unto us now, as our people were free from doing harme to the Proteftants of France and Germany* t The King of Da»eroark would Faine have had his hand in the bufmefle ; but he hath found other things to doe. Yet after all this, fince wee conftantly pray for our King both in publike and in private, if it were Gods will, to reclaime him unto himlelfe ; and then that wee might live a godly, fober,, and quiet life under him; I fee no reafon why we mould not try upon all occafions toregaine him, leaving the event and fucceffe to God, as the iavourable hearing of our prayers for him, to God his good will and plealure ; which 3 is not being declared unto us upon the point, we demand upon the^ondition of his good will and pleafure, and not abfolutely as his and the (alVation of our foules,concei«ing whichhe hath rmnifefted his will 3 in his word, unto us* • , ?$ovt $b this " ( place^ and at this time^ I know it wil 1 be e*pecied,to have fomewhat faid of the prefent condi- tion of Scotland t So, to difcharge this duty in fome aneafure, I give you this difcourfe in few words, and a* •aecre the truth as I an, being at fnch a diftance 3 not ha* ving fo full intelligence^ which I pray you to take thus. The The Common Enemy feeing himfelfe difcppointe^ of efFe&uating, to his mind, his wicked defigne by hi$ cnterprifes of War,and his failing Plots in Scotland^n the Stt/Jrefufing in England to fervebim in this defigne, as thereafter their helping the Troteftants in Ireland "and laft of all their aiding England when it was very low, againfthis bloody Agents 5 finds if it had not been for the Scots, he had not had fuch rubbes and obffcacles, and fo hee had gone more freely on with his worke : Where- fore fince the Scots were in a kind the only hinderers of the comparing of his defigne, hee thinks how to bee revenged of them , and to make them leave off this active oppofingof him and his defigne -After many things propofed and tryed to fmall porpofe, at lift, it is re* folved by the Court to fend home the Malignant Lords,, *,to fee what they can do j who, according to order, go home>fubmit to the State, and take the Covenant. Divers other Malignant* who had been lurkeing in and aooue the Countrey do the feme, and fo they make all their v&ce. More, there were other double minded Lords, who hitherto had carried themfelves fo warily, albeit they were known to be diCuTected, yet the the Laws of the Land could not lay hold on them, receiving a favourable interpretation by the he lp of their Kindred, Freinds, and Allies. At this time a good part of the beit afFe&ed men were employed abroad either in Sngland or in Jreland, what in action in the Feild, and what in Councell 5 and themili* tary men, who had been moft ftirring in their own taft ^roubles were employed in either of thefe two places.and fome were gone to France to ferv.e that King in his Wars;' The countrey being thus emptied of men of Councell and of bufinefte as alio men of War > the Agents for the Common Enemy bethinkc themfelves that they have fair occafion to doe fomwbat for the defigne they in their beaic aife& and follow : but to goe more fanoothly t6 G4 work (9°) worke, they miift be employed in the Service of the Countrey , which being emptied as is fiid of honeft and able men, did admit them, and was in manner of neccflity conftramed to make vfe of them in the Coun- fcll of State and in divers other aflemblics, and in all Commithcs almoft* This point being gained, refblution is taken to fend a party of ftrrring men from Jreknd over into Scot- land : the Weft jilands are defigned to be the only fit place, by reafon of the neerenefle and eafmefTe of the tra- ced > befides thofe parts of the Countrey were then neg- ligently looked to:They piah upon a determinate fellow called Alexander Macdonald* commonly named C^ c k lttoc ^ from his Fathers name, ( which iignjfieth as much as crafty Cole, or Colen ) as being the Son who moft ref- fembleth theFather,although he hath divers other Sons. This man as an outlaw had left Scotland) and gone over to Ireland) where he joyned with the Rebels, and fought for them againft the Troteflants for a time and after fome diiUke he leaves them, and joynes with the Scots, and bringeth fome few hundreds of fuch men as himfclf with him. The Generall receives him, and he ferves the Scots againfl the Rebels for a while : he tels the Generall, that he had a great mind to have pardon for his former cr- ror$,and make his peace with his native Countrey the Generall undertakes it but findingthe matter not to ea« lie to be don and fo foon, as he expected,by reafon (as is given out ) of the naughtinefle of the man 5 others fay, that there was a particular fpleene that (topped it. At this, Macdonald frets, and goes backe again to tketrifh Rebels, who received him kindly, partly in regard of his a£frvity ) partly in regard ofhisneer Kindled with the Barle of Antrim. To be fhort, refolution being taken to fend over into Scotland, and mat into the Ifles, choice is made of him, who having picked out, from among the Rebels* fome few hundreds of defperatc fellowcs> whar native (91) native Irilh, what Scots habituated in Ireland* whatlfian- ders and Highlanders of his own humour and Friends , t goe's for Scotland, lands in the Weft among the Iflesand Hills, where he rinds but little, if any oppoiition. At his thus arrivall with out any rub , divers of his old ac- quaintance and outlaws with him rcpaire unto him, (b he increafeth his number : at the beginning, the bufinefie was laughtat, but, feing the number of thofe lewd men increafe dayly, it is thought fit to looke after them- He that had moft intereft, was in England for the time, who upon the newes, goe's home and takes Commiffion, with divers Nobles and Gentlemen, to purfuethe Enemy 5 but the purfuit was with fuch fhckneile, that the Enemy gains daily ground, and his number encreafeth- By this time, Montrofe who had feeret correlpondence with Macdonaldi upon advice , goes fecretly from the North otEntfaud ( where he had oeftirred himfelf as in the South olScotUnd, but had bc^n repulfed by the Ett£- iijh and Scots forces in thofe parts ) with few men inceg- Ttito, and joynes with Macdomld. The two being joyned, Montrofle declares himfclf Generall of the party, and fheweth his Commiffion from the King , with many fair pretences to ftand for the Scots Covenant , and to continew the Government of the Church as it is now fetled, and alio , to eale the People of the burthens laid upon them by fome fa- ctious men , as he called them.* This he promifeth, affifted with Papifts , Atheifts , forfworn men, and out- lawes* which he performeth much at the rate of him who fet him awork , Ipoiling, burning, and (laying men , women, and children ; in a word, uling all kind of bar- barous dealing where he could be Matter 5 yea, divers were murthered in theit beds . Then, thofe Nobles and Gentlemen who had Com- mijlion from the State oiScodand, go againft the deCpi-* cable Enemy, and jheiirflrencounter was at the bridge oilcrntz where fome betrayng^ the Coi-;nmuTion they had twd, runnc to the Enemy, others aftonifred fled away, and others fell their lives at the deareft rate they were a- ble to doe : fo with a few, hee had the better of a grwty numbert The Enemy had another rcincounter a while thereafter, with the like, although not fo great fuccene, by treachery alfo : After which his courage and num- ber incrcafed fo, that the people began to apprehend and fcare him. Vpon this,the State fends more men to help,and thinks fit to employ an old expert officer to command in chicfe againft thefe rebels,who feeing greater preparation made againft them then formerly, retire to the hills, and fore- feeing the Army of the Country could not ftay altoge- ther in one place, for provision, and then for a&ion, but laWl be divided into diverfe fquadronsjthe Enemy ,from the hills, upon intelligence given him by Malignants of the Country and of the Army, falls now and then upon Gentlemens houfes, Villages, and Townes, which hee fpoyles and makes a prey of 4 and fometimes falls upon one quarter or other of the States Forces, where hee thought to finde lead opposition, although he found ma- ny honcft men that fought moft valiantly againft him, and killed diverfe of his men, yex by the treafon of £bme Commander' or other,for the moftpart, he come orTwith advantage ;and now within thefe few dayes, he hath had the greateft of all with a fewer number of men. For the Enemy, before that great overthrow at Kjljytb, neere Gkfg9 3 could never equall the Forces of the State againft him, yea, he was inferiour to them in number by many. Although God be the Lord of Hofts, and it ii he who giveth wiiedome and refolution for Victories j yet fince men have a hand in this buftnefTe, we cannot but enquire if the men employed in the worke have done their part « according to their truft and the abilities wherewith God hath inabled them. I know; that it is ordinary with people, (who rife lit* 4c (n) jle higher then to men)when there is feme good luaceffe obtained by any man, to adore him, and when things go ^mitfe, to lay the fault upon man, yea, perhaps, upon the fame man whom they had a little before adored- Of rhis wee nave examples among our feiyes, not to goe to former times and forraiene places* i Yet here, it istooweflknownetoourlorTe, that there hath bin a continued evill carriage of things, by diveife of the Officers, namely, by him that did command in Chiefe j and there be Ibrewd preemptions to guefle that there is a great deale of Knavery, although I cannot tell Jo pofitively bow j as 8 Firft, The great complaints of the expert and faith- full Commanders, who, being neercfl to the Game, could fee beft, and judge beft of iaire play or foule, a- gainftthe managing of the Warre. Next, The pofture of the Country, when this viie party entred into the land, and the entertainment it hath nad iince* Then,the correfpondence the Enemy had with fome of high note and employment in the Country affaires, with the fecret favour and connivence of others. Further, By the open treafon of thofe who have run tinto him, although employed againft him ; yea, there bee who have runne unto him in the Field, when they ihould have fought againft him, as wee have faid before. More, The aflurance that the Malignants had of Viclo- ty long before it came, at home in the Country, here in- England, and beyond Sea. To this exigence, with the now-trouble of a barba- rous Enemy and- of falfe brethren, have honeft men brought themfelves to ; and the poore Countrey ,'wh©-* had carried on their owne bufinefle with fuch refolution aiid wifdom,and had kept fo under their feet (as it were) *he ibnnes of Belial and children of falmood and lyes* that they durft not grumble, but fiibmit ejuietly,for their kindnefie (90 Jcjadnefle to their neighbours in EnglarUmi Ireland, a- mong whom they have difperfed themfelves for their fei> vice; and for overplus., they are payed with ingratitude^, neglcft, yea calumnies and affronts for their paines, by divcrfe of thofe for whom they have drawne all this upon them, and for whom they have hazarded and many lofed their lives, when they might all this while have fate at home quietly : but,they hope that the fame God, who fet them firft about this Ins work,for all this,wil inable them in mercy to bee ftedfaft to this his caufe, for which they now lb much fufter,and will,at hft, free them from trou- ble,and end the bufines to his own glory and the good of his people, in defpite of all Malignancy and oppofition whatfoever , for, when Go d hath chaftifed his own for a tinv, hee will throw the fcourge in the fire, and mew them his great power in redeeming them from the hand of the wicked, upon whom the Tempeft of the Lord goe's forth, and the Whiije wind that hangeth o- ver, mall light upon the heads of the wicked ana hypo? elites' ; yea, the fierce wrath of the Lord ihall not returne I untill he have done and performed the intent o{ his heart upon his Enemies : and the Lord will '.ay untc ifnul, Thou People, who hail escaped thefwcrdfrafl found Grace in the VVildernzffc, anil will got before t -et tocaufe tbeeto reft, fir I have loved thee with an evertaftmg Love j where- fore with Mercy have I drawne thee, and I wU* maty a new Covenant with thee, thou baft broken the old wkkh I made with thee when I brought thee out of Agypt ; and this jksjk* the new Covenant I will maty with theejl will put my Law i* thine inward parts, and write it in thine heart , and thou {halt be my people, and I will be thy God, Let us therefore wait upon the Lord with patience, who will not faiie in his promife, if we returne unto him with true repentance ' for our (innes, and with a ferious refolution to ftick con- ftamly clofc unto him, witfi our whole heart $ *»4 already this it begun in our eyes. There There hath bin oiTIate a great bluftef ing of fame fecret under-hand dealings with the common enemy, by fame few men without the knowledge of the publike j of which I have thought he to iky thefe jew words^in this ptacejind to underftand the thing more at length, wee call to minde how that the King, this laft winter, fent hither his Com- miffioners to cajeole, who according to their Order, did cajeole the Scots and Independents jand how far they pre- V3iled then with the Indepcndants by their cajeolery, I cannot tell : but,I am iure,they did not gain of the Scots the leaft point of any thing, yea, not of any expreflion or thought of bufines,which could be in any kind interpreted to have a doubtful meaning in it, not to be for the Chur- ches & States advantage in the 3. Kingdoms according to the Covenant ; as the Scots have made appeare in their conftant fair cariage, in all bufines of Church and State^ maugre envie 3 rtamcly in the laitTreaty at Vxbridge^hetc they did fhew really what honefty and faithfulnehe they had in their heart, as I have {aid before. The Treaty being ended without any agreement, the Court, after a time, fends one hither , for, although hee gives out that he ftole away, yet he came with the know- ledge of the Court ; and things being tryed necrely, it may happily bee found that he came hither by Order ex- preffe, with inftiu&ionsjwho is a great cajeolor to ufe the Courtsown word,that is, in plain language, a meer chea- ter >vho hath vowed to coxen thofe of this part}-, if he can 3 by his lyes :This cajcolor,as the former two, endeavours, flrft, to cajeole the Scots; and finding he had a cold coale to blow, hee leaveth off the deligne with them,and makes his addreflcs unto the Independents,but how he hath fped with them, it is not as yet tully known, things not being manifested ; yet fome fidling bufinefles there hath bin be- twixt him and them, whether or no by the whole Cabale, or by fome few of the prime of the fa&ion 3 it is unknown to the World, Firfta (9*) firft, That there was fome under»hand-dealing by them with the Enemy, the intercepted Letters of 2>£- i^unto Leg, give a (hrewd proofe of it. Next,The papers found iincc in the cajcolors frinds dofct, whereof fome were WTittcri by his owne hand, point at things not fo faire. When thefc things are tryed to the full, wee hope the light of all will appcarc, which all faithfullmert wiih it may bee done exactly and fpetdily : AndttM then, mens minctcs will notbecfatisfied, and they wil hardly refrainc to fpeak of thefe things, howfoever it be takenj for they conceive not only by the opennes of the time they arc freed from the thraldome of the old corrupt Court 5 but aftc^fiace they have intereft in thebufinefle, and have hazarded all what they have or had for the publike fervice, they may exprefle their thoughts freely of Occurrences, fo it be with discre- tion, fparing mens perfons,till things be full cleared : And fincerely I thinke, no innocent man can bee an- gry at this; if any in Confdcnce finds himftlfe guil- tic in any kinde,he will doe well to fufter it patiently;, for feare he fufrer more, if things goe exactly on to a tryall. The lkht that happily may bee found out of this, 1 will not and cannot bee by a mathematical! or meta- phyficall demonstration, yet by fo certaine proofes as* the condition of the thing can fufter or require , for, bufinerTes of this nature take probable concluding Ar- guments for demonftration, as wee are taught by the Doctors of the Politicks. . I know fome have fuffered for their free cxprefnonE Concerning thefe things^yet, I am confidence had bin greater vvi&om (under favour) to let go free fpeeches* rather then to examine them tooheerely, namely, when they proceed, without malice or Gamility, front fconeft men 3 who in their xealc,perhaps 3 now and then* my in) may exceed the exaft termes {tri& moderatloftj and this, I am perfwaded, hath been the conftant practice of wife men, grounded upon this : if the difcourfebe groundleffe, itfalsofitfelfe. If there be any ground by ftirring and ripping up fpeeches , things will ap- pear open . 3 which other wayes in a fhort time, would have been buried in oblivion, perhaps. I forbear inftances of names as in all my difcourfe, keeping my felf to generals jalthough I Could have fur- mined divers examples upon every poynt I have tou- ched j for, albeit it befaid,He that fpeaks in generaH of all & to all, fpeaks of none and to none,yet every one may make ufe of what is faid in general! , and apply it unto himfelfjfor the good of the publike and of him felfj which I wifh every one that reads this 6& courfe, may do in all iinglenefle of heart, as it is fet forth by him in fincerity , who hath no other end in it, befides the glory of God , the good of Church, and State, and the true advantage of every honeft man 5 without the leaft wroug-meaning unto any man, but an e3rneft defire that every one who is right and honeftinthis Caufe, without by-refpeets, may con- tinew fo till the end j and that thofe who have gone a wrong way, either infecret or openly, may return into the right way , to the glory of God, the advance- ment of this his Caufe and of his people, with their own prayfe and benefit. We have heard how that the Scots, (having from Nottingham declared again , particularly unto the Par- liament, their continued good intentions and rea- dinefle to purfue the publike Work in hand * for the Glory of God and the good of his People, according to the Covenant they entred in with the Parliament^ did ftay fome dayes there to know the pleaiure, of the Houfes of Pari, what peece of Service they required at that time 5 or espe&ed from them 5 and to foone as sfcey they were acquainted with the Parliaments dcflrc , xhey did march weft- ward, towards Wales, to purfuc the Enemy ^ and to clear the Feilds of him if it were pcfTible. As they were marching through Worcefler- pjire, with all diUigence, to go itraight to the Enemy, the noble Committee of thic County , for the Parlia- ment 3 makes them ( being ftnngers ) to goe out of their way many myles , and make a great circuit, to thek)ffeoftime,andtbylingofthe Army, when they had but a very fhort cut. This was done by this fore- named Committee, to have their own and their "Friends Villages free from one nights lodging of the Army yfc* dear is the publique Service unto thefe Committee-men , which they have fo much in their mouthes every where, and fo little in their hearts ; asappearcs by the actions of many of them, in the carriage of things . Well, the Scott having made this circuit with dif- ficulties, go on to feek out the Enemy j but lie re- arcs ftom before them, and having divided the Forces hehad,fends them here and there through the Hills of Woks: The Scots finding that the Enemy durft not ap- pear with a body before them in the Field, and not thinking it convenient to divide their Army in par- tyes in a hilly Countey, where they could have no provifion , and where they were little aflured of any trendlhip, (the Coiintfey, for the moft part, being either poflefled actually by the Enemy, or inclined to his party ) upon this, did judge it beit to ftay with their Army at the entry of that Gonnttey,to. attend the Enemy his motions : But, when they had revi- ved to do ib,as the onely beft for the publike Ser- vice > they found murmures raifed againft them by malicious men, and entertained by filly ones, That they did lye lieavy upon the Coumrey, and did . no (10$) noworke.' But what worke mould they do ? Ensmy they could fmde none to fight withall, for he was re- tired from the plaine Field among the Hills, as we have faidj to wait upon the Enemy, was abfolutely the bell, till he was quite fo difordered, that the Fields were free ofhim. But to ftcp clamours of idle men,, he Scots refolve to break their own rule and uiaxime, and to befiede a Tov/n, which being refolvcd upon, the queftion was Whether Warcejler or Hcrefrd fhculd kebehegedr" after debate they muft befiege Hcrjori, which they go about wirh all earneftne^e ana alacrity, with a lerious intent to cempafle the defigne, and they are promifed to be furmihed with ail they needed 3 pr had want of for rhe Service. The Mt'ifnantSi then, did by, that the Town hid but a paper-wall, and pepper-bullets would footi bjitc it down; but when the Soots drew ncer it, they found the wall made of a more folid matter, and well lined within with eartrnbefides a large and deep ditch without j Yet, the Seottgo about their bufineffe cheer- fully, and feta regular Siege before the place, looking to be fupplied with necefiary things according to a- greement, for the puifuance of the work, namely with provision of Victuals as was promifed, and 200.I. fix fhill. per diem for the fouldiers, which was to be raifed of the Neighbour- Couittey about 5 but they never to this day teojived one token; fo that, for the nvoft part, they were put to a very h id fnift 5 f jr divers dayes they did fee nobre?.d, and were conftrained to live upon fruit j it was a hundred pounds to a penny that they fell not all flckof this-' bu: God had mercy of them,, when they were thus neglected by their Friends- At laft, there is fome provifion of cheefe,bread, and meal, made for them •• then the ammunition was fraall, and lcag acomin^ to their Army, fo that they fpent more tims m expectation oft hines, then they did in the work it H fclfj (io6) felf; yet they goon with it, although not with fuch fpecd as they themfelves wiflW : they caufed to nuke divers mines, which for the moft part being brought to perfection, were drowned by the great raincs that fell down there the fpace of eight dayes together. The Enemy, which h.id fled unto the hills of ffa/r, knowing the Sets to be fo deeply in the Siege of Here- ford, takes his time, and having g uhered a great body of Horfc together, by night and day, making a great circuit for fear of the Sfot/,mardhed towards the N.ortb, where he had many favourers, and was p.omifcd great fupplies to make up a great Army ; and fo much the rather that the Rebel's had then iucceflc in Scotland, by the permiiTion of God, and through the milcan iage of the Leaders of the innocent people. The ScttSi fo foon as they heard of the fudden march of the Enemy, fend the moft part of their Horfe. under the command of W&yii Lcjleyjo fol- low him, which he did with fuch activity and dili- gence, that he did get before him, and made him re- turns back, aijainft his will. While Vavii Lcjley, with his men, are thus carefully following the Service, rumours are raifed againft them, That they had left their own Army, and that none cculd hear of th.m, nor know where they were .- The Pamplets fin and aVjut London) were fluffed with great promifcs from other men, wh.n God knows, they were far away from the Enemy then, and fo he hidleafuretofpoile Huntington, and to goe towards WorceflerixW, which they might have hindered, if they had been as neer him as was given out. The Scots who weie before Hereford , feeing the Enemy his comming neer them,ind not haviHg Horfe enough to deale with him, fend to their Erieads at Londoti,to the effed order might be fpeedily taken, that a thoufand Horfe, upon fuch an exigence, fhouli be fern neer un to them, as to Iccejlv, ©r to any other ccnYC- (i<>7) convenient place, to wait up n the Enemy, and joyn with the Horfc they had left with them, to oppofe the Enemy, if need 0v~uld be, for the going on with the work. The bufinefl'e is propofed to the Committee of both Kingdoms, where, after a great debate, fome of thoie who h id been fo earneft for the Scots formerly, feeing they could not prcvaiie by open opponng of the thing, withdraw from the Committee, that the thing might be flopped, the number not being fufneientto conclude the bufineffe without them. ^o, things having failed at the Committee it is thereafter propofed by Friends in the Houfe of Com- mons j but fo carried, that the Scots are difappointcdj although the thing was feafable with eafe, either from the Army then before Brijloll , or by Mtjfiy his Horfe, fas overture was then made by feme,) or by the Horfe about Oxford. Well, the Scoff muft digeft this pillule, howto= ever bitter unto them, in regard of the hindering of the publike Service : Yet, for all this, upon the firft day «f Stptmber, the Scots call a Couufcll of War, and in it, is refolved to ftorm the Town of Hereford, and orders were given out to feverall Regiments for the making of all things ready fcra (lorme againft the next morning. Thcfc orders are no focner iffued, but intelligence is fent to the Army, from feverall Committees of the pari ament thereabout, that the Enemy was drawing towards them with a great num- ber cf Horfe: By this time, notice was given them alfo of the great overthrow the Rebells in Scotldtid had given there to the states Forces. All thefe things fee L together, did much perplex their minds * to fuflfer the thing to go out of their hands as it were, about which they had taken fo much pains, and were fo neer a compafling their end, was difpleafing; b*~ fides the idle talk of MtHgnants and ignorants that would be raifed »pon them, if they did rife from a * the (io8) the Siege : On the other fide , feeing the Enemy come (o nccr, with fuch a power of Horfe, as was given out by good intelligence, who might hare cut off eatUy all provisions from them, andfo have de- itroyed the Army with little or fmall lofle unto him- felf*, ( which had not been diflikedheic by fume.) then, while the Scott were buGed. with the'ftorming of the Town,theEaemy might have fallen upon them, and fo kave made them give oyer the encerprife : On the other fide, they thought fie not to put things fo to hazards the lofle of fuch an Am.y,not knowing how to make k up again io foonJbeir.g far from home; and Teeing that Scotlaud. was infwch a pittifull condi tion for the time, that it perhaps would have need of their Army. Things being thus thought on, all confederations laid afidc, the condufion was toraife the fiege,and to retire North-wa.d,and fo 'twas done; The bulinefle was fo well looked to,by the Comman- ders, that the Enemy fallying rue of the Town, upon the t emoveall, fell upon the rear; but,had no advantage of them, yea, was conftrained to retire with the lode of divers of his men, both Comm mders and fouldiers. The Scots, at the fiegc loft two gallant men of prime note, Crtford and G onion, with lefle then a hundred of common fouldiers, by lickiieflV, and by the fword ; They retired having very few lick in their Army, and leaving none at all behind e them, favc one Gentleman, who had been wounded. When the Army fet downe before Hereford, S:*r Whluw.g Fkmin, from within the Town, fends word by writing to the Generall and to the Earle of Cx~ Lndar his Uncle, that he would fpeak with them con- cerning bufmefTes of moment ', which they refufe him flatly, and fent hither his Letter and their anfwrr un- to him. Sir WiUum Fleming is quiet for a time ; and feeing fee CQuUnetprmile with the6eneral 3 nor with his Uncle, K^ 9) t - Uncle, bethinks himfelfto do*miCchie£ 3 or, at leaft, to raife jealoufies another way 5 and fo he makes his addrefTcs to two or three young Gentlemen of his own ftanding,and his neer cozens; which being discovered, my young Gentlemen were called to an accompt for it,and did ingenioufly confcffe that they had had com- munication with their cofcen,but without any difccurfe of publike bufinefTes, as they gave out upon oath and protection ; for the prefent they were onely checked for their fault ; but, it will not do the turn, and the full r enfure will not fail them more then thofe unruly and idle few ones, who repaired thither to the Ar- mies from the aride Horfe of Weftminfter, under the name of Rcftymiio's, as two or three others , who having left the Enemy, took fervice of the Scots : fince nothing can healthefe lewdfellowcs of their diftem- pers, it is refclved to give them all a doable dofe of camicr , and fo to purge the Army of all idle men with the hrft conveniency,for fear of further evill from the ditbauche* ones. David Lefley being at the purfuit of the Enemy South- ward, then neer the River of Trent, receives a Letter from the Chancelor of Scrtlani, to acquaint him with the late difafterthat was fallen outinScot- land, and to defire him to come with all diligence to relieve his p own Ccuntrey : Upon the receipt of the Letter, he thinkes onely to take a party of his Com- pany with him, and to (end the reft back again unto the -Army >then at Her eford, which he knew would have greatufeofthera,as we have feen they had indeed.* but, the whole Company cryed out like one man, that if he would not lead them all to relieve their own Countrey in iuch diftrefle, they would go of them- felves: So, heiefolves to hafte homeward with his whole number, to the relief of his Countrey, and ac- quaints the Committee of both Kingdomes with it on one fide, and the General alfo on the other fide. H 1 Vavii v 4 * w ; VAvii Lefley goe's home, and in few words,,under: God, with the help of the Forces he finds ready in the Countrey,fights with the Rebels two dayes confe- cutives, one next after another, kills many, takes ma- ny prisoners , ?nd routs them totally j and fo, by Gods Providence, changed quite the face of affaires tfeere , and takes away the ilandcr that Mdigiur.ty laid upon the Setts, that they would qot fight in their own Countrey. The late difafter that the good party in Scotlati had received , was written hither by divers from the place and from Bcryvici > with many circum- ihnccs. Here, many good, honeft, and well affedted men, were highly moved and affli&cdat it, partly for the affliction of their Brethren , p/rtly for the event which might fellow, if the then there prevailing Ene- my fhould go on thus with fuccefTe, and fo there was a folcmn Faft ordained by the Houfcs of Parliament, for pnycrs and fupplidtions in behalf of ScotUiH 3 which was perfoimcd accordingly. But, divers others did laugh in their fleeves at this affliction, and were glad in their fouls at it, for divers refpecls : Firft, The declared tfa'igMnt s openly addicted to the Common Enemy, did promife unto themfclvcs, if the Rebels went on this way with fuccefle in Scot- laiiiythey would ere long come unto EngUn^md turn all up-fidc down here, with the help they wonld find here to fide with them. Next, All the oppofe*s cf Reformation and fctling of the Church- Government, as Atheifls , Prelatifh, Libertines, (jfc. with all thofe who will admit no Government in the Church but what flrll be fetlcd meerely by humane municipiall conftitu- tion, without having any eye to the Word of God, thepraclifcofthc Apoftlesand Primitive times, and the (ni) she "bed Reformed Churches now adayes ; although they be bound by the Covenant to do it; for, they did hope, by thefe means , to be free of the importunity of the Scots , who are the only men (as is beleeyed by thofe) that preffe for Government of the Church. Then, Some prime of the Faction of Independents did leap for joy of the infortune of the Scots ; for although they knew too well, if the Setts had not flood in the gap two fcverall times formerly with arms agafnft the ftormcof the Prelaticall party, they had never dui ft appear, except they had changed their coat, where- unto feme were refolved on , as we are given to un • derftand, yea, to fay Amen to the Lctany, either in the old or in the new Service Booke, for money and pre- ferment : fuch is their zeal to purity. And .ilthough they remember very well > that if the Scots had not come in this laft time, they had fo carried, or mifcar- ried things, for their by-ends of ambition and avarice, that they had not been able to go in the ftreets , fome of them had made their accompt to goe beyond Seas, hiving fent before them trunks well fluffed , as the hi- ftory goc's : Yea, they are not onely faved from ruinc by the Scots ; but, by them, they have made themfclves confiderable. The Character which one give th to a certaine peo- ple, may juftly be attributed unto thefe men, arrogant and inconftant, extream jealous of ©ther men : fome- times they court and feaft men for their own profit, and when their turne is done , they rejed them , and cire not more for them. As David Lefl y was going home , it was faid aloud, Wbyjhould ibeScois tbxs deal with ui^bcivg at our fold, t9 go away without our leave, upon a pivate Letter of a man ? befides *ur Commiffionersfrom Scotland write w y tbat fome »f the chief Leader sin that Land, defirenot David Leflcy bk comming thither: upon which advice , be U loytring idle up and dome in the North , when bejhwLi beat bU Ser^ H 4 we ■(»*) •ukt before Hereford , with the Foot. Amy. Why wou'd not the Scots mal^ ' their ejiate fcuxvn unto wfoor.ct ? I anfwer to all, ingrate that thou art , H-ith not the Scots dealt fair with thee,to make thy quarre 1 his own, and hath unaergone this great burthen under which he now groanes tor thy fake, to free thee from burthen? Yea, he is become, in a kindc, mifcrable , to put thee out of mifevy j a thing not to be parallel'd. There is an innate mftice in the fouls of all gallant men, to afliit him who fufflrs for us, We read of one Voliimihim, (Roman ) who would needs dye upon the body of Ltuutix* , becaufe he was the oacahon of Lucuilis his undertaking the War. But this motion is fa; from thefe fin other higher princi- ples. It may be fome Souldier of fortn.n hath got feme- thing . whit by fair means, what by plundering, occa- fioned by thy not paying the Army . but what is this to a whole Country, which is exhiuflcd of men and fubfiftarsce for thy fake and thy fervice , what in Ire- lini, what in Eng'ind ? befides , where one Souldier hath gotten any thing , there be a hundred who are in the next degree to ftarving for want. Then,the allow- ance agreed upon, is fo fmall,thar it is far ilort of wflat is neceflary for the maintenance of fo many Mode- rn en and Foot , fo far offis it hem profit : and with- allwh.it is promifed, is fo ill payed, that thefe fevtn moneths they have hid but one snoneths pay, which the City of London hath payed unto them. Therefore , it is all honeft Scots deiire, that things fhould be called to an accempt , to the end it may be feenaad known where the fault lieth. If the Scots were able to uphold the charge of this great War on their own flock, or doe things upon imp* thing > as they are, both in Counfcil and in the Field, fpending ("if , . fpending their fpirits , bodies, ana times , for the Servir e, they would be dear Brethren : Yet, I do not know if they did not do thingg according to the mind of fome> whether they would be (o indeed. Thty are not fit for the intent of iome men. The man whow.it to Vxvii Lejley , is one whofe wifdomani zeal to the publique Caufe and Service, as time and occafions have required , h:.th been known thefe feven yeers by-pall: : befides, he writ by the order of thereof J Lords, then affembied ac Berwicli, and followed his Letter himfelf with inftiuftions to that purpofc from the Lords and others. So, under favour, your Commiflioners hive been miftaken in this thing, crat leaft mifinformed, as in that which fome from thence writ, that the divisions are greater in Scotland then in England: for, although among thofe who oppofe the Common Enemy, the Union hath not been fo cordiall and (incere as we could with it had Leen , and there have been jarres, difientions, and factions amongft fome for pre-emi- nence, which have coft us dear : yet, there are no fchif- mesand feels endured; in a word, there is no party fet to oppofe the fetling of the Church , according to the Covenant, blefled be God. Then, Vavii Leficy went ilraight home, without loitring in the North, totheworkehc was called for: and God, according to his honeiV hearts defire , hath blefled him in the feivice wonderfully, And» for making known fooner the particulars of the affaires of Scotland, it had been done little god-, in appearance, witnefle the cold comfoit, which haih been yeelded now, when things are known furely. God in his Mercy to that poor Countrey , wkh his immediate hand , hath relieved it from thraldom , as taking delight in , and hearing the prayers of his peo- ple here and there for it. And, lam fure, as the wick- edndfeof the then raging Enemy s hath gone up be- fore ( «4; fore the Lord , and hath brought fuiden vengeance downe upon him from Heaven : fo, I dare fay, the in- gratitude of fome, without repentance, will neither be forgiven nor forgotten of God , and not onely for not giving help in time of need unto thofe who kavc crucified thcmfelves, in a manner, for their Brethren ; butalfo, for fetting thepromife of a fmall help, at fuch a rate as was offered then, will be blamed by the pofterity, when it mall be recorded what ScoiUnd hath done and undergone for their Brethren , and what thanks the Scots havefor their pains. I leave offparticulars at this time, till another occa- sion. Here let me tell you, Gentlemen , this late Victo- ry in Scotlini hath given the Common Enemy the grcateft blow he hath received fince the begiming of thefe troubles to this day, as moft prejudicial to his grand defigne ; and 1 hope , it will prove a fatalt ftrcke untoir, if our tins hinder not the good Work of the Lord. Thea the Scots forfooth in their affliction , mail: be called no more Brethren but Cozens, by occasion of a gybing exprefTion in a Letter,interceptedofone who wroaged himfclf lalt Winter as fir by his cajcoling as now by his gybing. Bur, upon this change, they arc Brethren a^ain. To end this,the Scots have found as great oppofition in the bufineflk- they are come about, both for Church and State, unlookd for, from thofe who mould (ide with them, and help them in their Woik : then ever they did by the Prclats, in their own particular biu fineires. But , to another point , it is faid , The Scots cou!A i:$t u\$ Hereford , and did not figbt with the Enemy , vohhill j'rir s^ill and vileur; and yet , the new Army M fucb fas beyond exprejfwi, tatyng Towm And defex r - i gJmics,bow t As As for fighting with the Enemy, it is not poffible, except he can be found : The Sects have earncftly fought the occafion to fight, byfeeking out the Ene- my j but, he fled before them, and was not to be rein- coun red. As for taking of Townes, v/e fay with us, He that Hath meal and water, m^y mike dough and bread,if he pleafe, with a little fire; but, he that wants the faid ingredients, can make none. It is eafie for an Army, furniined to hearts defire, "with all things fit for a fervice, to be acting and doing.* But, thofe who ate unfurnr&cd, muft have care for provifion, if they will not ftarve • fo, w?nt ; ng of bread keeps back many generous fpirits from good a&ion, whercunto their inclinations lead them. The late Cardinal d& Riikelicu, the fefui-Mdcbut- velloi his dnyes, brought himfclf into the reputation of the World, by be flowing largely and fully every thing that might conduce to the work he was about, without fparing in any mcafurc at all; which was ealie for him to do, having all what his Mafter had at his difpolall : this having fucceeded wiih him , although with charge, he is cryed up, by thole who knew him not throughly, to be the Genius of France, and for a miracle ©f nature; when God fcnowes, he had little above the ordinary of men, except pride 2nd ambition, accompanied with tyranny and Athcifme. He, finding this to have profpercd well with him fclf, then being in a high cftcem, refolves to fet his ow n Friends, Kindred , and Allies a work, to make them to 6e great among men 3 but, for fear of mifchmce and difpleaiing the world , he muft likewife employ fome men of great reputation and merit, which he doth; his own Friends are well furninSed with all things they cculd defire for adion, as provifion and ammunition, with what they will, going to any bufincfle, and fo did effeduate ^divers things. things. The men of great rcfpect and yet rue did mif- cairy, for the moll part, in their undertakings/or mcer want. By thofe means the Cardinal his Friends were cryed up, and the men of worth were flighted. If there beany fuch intent in thofe who are fo care- full of one Army, and negle3 in a manner (let the world gueffej I tell thee, others employed in the pub- like fervice 3 do complain upon juft occafion of hard tifagc and want, as well as the Scotr. At this time Brijiotl is uken in again, and he that had loft it before, is admitted to his place again. The world is aftonifhed to fee him lit as Judge in Ifracl, who liveth but Frceario* being a man condemned to death by an authorized Counfell of War, the fentence not being recalled nor taken off: Whcther'this hath a parallell, I cannot toll ; but it is thought ftrange. It Rupert hath bft it morebafeiy, let him anfwer for it : one f mlt doth not excufe an- other. It is faid, The Gcntlcmxn -ecu never put out of bis place. Then I fay, firft, without any more ado, Why did he not then continue his fitting in his place ? Next, If the Houfe. did ftill acknowledge him conftantly for one of its Members , Why did the Houfc fuffer this fo a high breach of Parliament, as a Counfell of War (it for fo long a time , fo neer them, and fo openly, upDii the life and honour of one of the Members, when the leaft Member of the Houfe (if there be any greater or leflfer in it, afrer the Speaker ) being put to any {trait, can claim :he Priviledge of Parliament ? Yet, this was not done by the Houfe, nor by the Gen-leman, to exempt him from cenfure, and the Heufe from breach of its Priviledge. You may fry again, The Gentleman voto tryei aid con' dmvci m a Officer oflVkr, by a Martial Court, tud not as a Member tf the Houfe , and tto Court is put down? ml ' \fo\i C»7) tbefewhotfan fit ttpon the bufineffc in that Com fell are cajlricredfor their fains, what focvcr fome 6f the Ccunfell did. to favour him. All this I grant to be poilibly true:But,the fentence then was judged to be juft, and as yet hath not been judged to be otherwife. And if the Officer of War had then fuffered according to his condemnation ( which he had done, if he that then had the chief power, had not pardoned him) where would the Member of the Houfe have been this day ? Surely, in this now recru- ting of the Houfe another had been named in his lieu, in all appearance of lefle ability and parts fit to be a Senator: For, I hear, the Gentleman hath good and rare parts for a Senate : So, his Friends, under favour, of their wifedom, in putting him upon employment w hereunto nature and breeding hath not fitted him, have done great wrong to the Gentleman, and much difTervice to the State : when men arc put in bufinefles whereto their inclinations lead them not,they ordin> ri!y work in vain, and fpoil the bufinefTes for the moft part. Wherefore, every one fraould betake himfelf to to that whereunto nature and his inclination hath moft fitted him, if he can chufe : but, where there is a necefiity, a man muft do the beft he can in bufinefles wherein he hath but fmall inclination, yea, perhaps, whereunto he is 2d vers; and then he makes properly of neceflity venue. I know there be fome noble Gcnist fit for all em- ploymc nrs ; but, to try and mak* experiment if we be able for all, in things of great weight, is dangerous, feothfer our fe If and for others. This is the general! difcafe of us all, that we will hunt after the vain name of capacity and ability in things we underltand not, and are not fitted for; which is more now ad3yes in fafhion, then ever : yea, many take upon them to do the duty of an Office, wherein they have no skill, and unto which they are no waves fisted by nature and breeding. Hence Hence it is, wc have Co many fonldiers preacriin«>,or rather bawling, in the FieJds,and Coolers, with other fellows, in that kind, preaching, or, at leafl, piathng inTubs^intke Cities, againft the Ordinance of God for" the Miniftcry of his church. Here it miy be faid, The Scots hive done the lific y in a mi mcr, yea worfe, with Come in their own Cwntrcj rex iving men iute their Society and Counftll, who veers gutty anidreUred Enemies againjl the State ifo, Veniam petimfquc damufque viriffim. I anfwer, The cjueftion is not whether the Scots have done the like, or worfc, in their own Countrcy 5 but, whether or not in reafon this ought to be done : Let the Scots, in Gods name, tear the blame of their own faults and errors as well as the Enflijh, Trot r.afafucfudt nuUo difcriffl'.c habebo. Tarn very {ure, the Sfttf hive piyed Ibundly for their failing in this kind, andfotheymiydoftill, if they mend not their error : Bu: % after fuch a f.ourgc for this fault, among o;hers , there is h r >pc they will be wifer hereafter 5 although fero, yet ferio y as the Pkrigiens do, it is a fad letture, and a dear-bought kifon they have by this experi- ence: to fail, is a ftep unto wifedom, fometimes, if not uato thofe who nave failed, at leaft, unto others not to fail. I know, the failing of Scotland, in this particu- lar, to be one of the greateft blemiflies upon that Countrcy, and one of the greateft weakneflcs they arc inc'ined to. For, Whit will not the Scots do for their Friends , ; Kindred, and Allies? In time of calme they hazard their private eftatcs often to ruine, for Friends ; and in time of trouble, they had put the PuUike too much necr ruinc and totall fubveriion, except God had come in on a fudden to delivrr it, no thanks to them, but to God , and little to any man : their kindnefTe (hewn unto their Kindreds, Friends , and Allies, what ■(up) ; what by a favourable interpretation of the evill car- riage of their Friends,what by employing their Friends unfit in fome employments, for their owne ©r their Friends fake, hath bin one of the main occafions of the «reat miferies they were in of late ; it will do yet more mifchief in the Field and in the Counfell , if they doe not mend it , not onely by chaftifing the guilty according to their demerits 3 but, by remo- ving the unworthy from employments. Was it not a ftiange thing, that that infortunate and unhappy Leader of the State of Scotland* Forces, agaittft the Rebels , after fo many affronts received by the Enemy , and fo flack purfuance of the Work by him, mould be thanked publikely for his good Ser- vice, by thofe who made him to be employed egainft the will and fentiment of divets good men, yea, continued in employment to the difcoment of many, till he brought things to the unhappy latedifafter ? Surely J howfoever Cod hath changed the fecne of things in Scotland, unto the better for his people, in his Mercy, no thanks to the felf-Kindred, Friends, Allies, Lovers. If thofe men doe not ferioufly repent ©f their cruell companions of the guilty, and of fclf- Icvc to their Friends , Kindred, and Allies, they will without doubt , be puniftied for it heavily from Heaven, and difgraced among men; and if they be not more earneit to fee Judgement done upon the wicked ones , then formerly they have favoured them, vengeance is at their door. To tell me of fpar- mg noble blood, is but a toy j all blood is alike , if it be not corrupt with evill humours; Nobility and Gentry are but civil! diftm&icns among men, without change of blood . Since the beginning of thofe late troubles , divers have obtained the title of Nobles and Gentlemen, which they had not before 3 without change of their blood, I fuppofe, True (I20) True Nobility confifis in venue, and not in an ima- ginary ihew. This is faid without difparagement of the truely noble defcending of men of known vcrtue, and ver- tuous themfclves . but; to refped a man for his Fa- thers vcrtue only, he not following the fcot-ftep of his Father; ana to neglect a vercuous inaa , wbofocver his Father was^is to converfe with the deadend not t j live with the living. Tobcfhoit, Fcrrr.cn to do for their own, either for faving tin m from evil! , cr for advancing of them to good , is natural! and fit to be done ; but to do either of the two, with the damage of any other, is un/'uft ami evill; far more, with the detriment and hazard of the publike $ above nil, when it is ingaged in the Service of the Caufe of God, for his Glory, and for the fifety of our fours.: For, who gave the power to take from any particular his juft due,and give it to another withcuc h:s confent? then Wow dare thou, in confacnce,withdraw from the publikc its jafl: claim of thee whcHy , for its good, to the glory of God and benefit of his People ? Here Imuft fay, to the eternall praife of thewi- domof the Parliament of Eng'and, that th« y would never admit unto their Affembly any of thefe back- ilic'ers who went to the Enemy; yea, they have punch- ed fome Delinquents of both Houfes by death. Thcfe laft dayes , I meet with a printed paper, the title whereof did {hew it to be the latter part cf the Letter , written and fent frcm Brifioll , con- taining a particular Rtlation of divers main pai- fa**s of the beiieging and taking in of that place- It feems raange tofundty,tofee this peecc of the latter not fc communicated abroad unto the World, with the former pare printed alone, and ken but in the hands of fome few $ feeing the Pubiike is concerned in it , as Kiuc'h^ taftasifl < he former part , although it natk but but fniall affinitie unto the Siege and taking in of stag Town. Wherefore , for the Service of the Ptiblike of Church and State , whereunto we are all obliged in ourfeverall ftations, not onely by our common interefl, butalfo, by our Solemn Covenant, I have thought fir to give ehi; peece of the Letter unto the view of the World , and fo to be communicated unto all 3 according to the intent cf the Writer thereof^ which was, doubtleffe, that it mould be as much divul- ged, as the other part, otherwayes he h:d never joyned them together to be heard and read by fo many. The words-are theie , according to the Copy I have feen, and word by word conform to the Originall, as I am informed 5 thus following : Presbyterians , Independants, all have here the fame fpirit of faith and prayer , the fame pn fence and anfwer \ ther agree here, know no names of difference 5 pity it u itfkottldbe other- wayes any where ; all that beleeve have the reall Vnitie, which it moft glorious , becaufe iriftard and fpirit nail , in the body and to the head j for bdng united in Formes, commonly called Vnifor- mity , every Chriftian will for Peace fake findy and do as far M confeience will permit : and from Brethren, in things of the mind , Vte look for no compulfton but that of light And reafin ; in other things God hath put the Sword in the Portia" meats hands , for the terroptr of evilldeers , and thepraife of them that do well ; if any plead ex- emption from fV, he knoWes not the Gofpel ; if any would wring it ont of your hands % orfteal it from , . I J10 J / (I22) you , under rehat pretence foever , / hofe they /hall do it without efeft • that G*d Will main- tains in your hands, and diretlyouin the ufe thereof, u the prayer of Which words . before we go on any further , are remarked to be fct down in fuch a way, that at the nrft, everyone who reads , an fcarcely reach unto the meaning cf them, and it fhouM Teem to be done of purpofc , r i thee tnen o£ coufuhon of notions in the VVritcrs mind. It hath been the conftant practice ef deep men , and pretenders to depth, to write to intricatly and per- plexedly , to the end that the leffe hold might be laid upon what is written. This hath given occanon to divers to read the words more diligently and attentively, w ho for the eafe of the Ampler, have fct down thefe few Obfu rations follow- ing : as, i. If there be no difference betwixt Treihyterknt and Independents where the Writer of the Letter is } how cometh this man to difcern them one from an- other? For, where no difference is, it is hard to di- fcern : It may be he is of a more diving jpirit then moft men,and Co cometh to the knowledge of things beyond others. z. If the Presbyterians and Independents agree fa well tkcre,how happeneth it that the Independents are fo advers with fierceneffe to the Vrcsbyttrhns elfewhere ? The Independent cannot brook the Presbyterian in any employment almoft , but he mmft fupplant him if fee can y or at leaft, oppofe him in all he ca n. 5. Itispitie there mould be a rent betwixt the "Presbyterian and Indefer:d:nt ; But, whofe fault is it? Hath not the Prcsbj terun with all meekneffe of mind and long patience, born rtitk the Independems ? ftri- rinj k* 2 3) ving to bring them from their extravagances but m vain? for, the more they arc horn with, the worfe they are , and the farther from fubmitting thcmfelves \ to the Truth of God. 4. If the Presbyterian ( as is Cud ) be really uni- ted with the Independent, why is he branded as pro- phage, and not thought worthy of the holy fociety of the Independents > f. Since there is an inward Unity betwixt the Fresbyteriin and Independent , whence is it that they a- gtee not in things of the mind \ the mind , and its things being efteemed inward ? This is a riddle, folve who will : then confciencc is of the mind and in the mind, being a part of the mind: Yet , it fufFers not the Independent to uniforms with the- Presbj- term. 6. The Writer pleads for n© tompulfton for things of tbe mind. If by the things of the mind, he means thefe things which remain within the mind, and go no further, and are called ive«?ie trovider.ee hath devolved a double honour upn ibis age , and therein ftiuipaU,- upon leu ( Roble Scre- ws) whom Qod hath wo-iucrfully raifedup, more per- feftly to repalre hisKoufe tnall tbebcau if s of Detinue, Worfb'.p, Vifcipline, and Government > havhg mightily Jiirred up Jour fprits heartily to re/olve it, Jolemnly to covenant it, and really to exhibit feme firft fruits of it in the Virettory for puhlilee Wcrjhip, which we accept with all tbankfnlnejfe. Notwithjianding, we are not able longer to conceale pom Tour Honours, hew extremely our fpirits are pet ■ flexed and amazed, that the great bufineffe of Church- Government and Vifcipline (whereupon the wh'.e jlrife tf the prefent Reformation will live, and vtberebt all Cbrifls prerie-m Ordinances, and in j articular the Lords Suptcrjhould be preferved from all contemp- and profba- nation ) fhould to this very day remain wtejhbltjhei by )Our chill Sanction: For, tve veriy beleevt lb a: Eng- land was never blcjjcd with fuch a Tarliammt as Jouarc: That an Englifh Parlume.t never had fuch a learne ,, pious, and faitkfitll tyiod, to hold forth finvreiy the mind ofChrifl,andtkeModcH of Church- governnunt agnable tohhwiUyOi Teu have: That no farliament ever had fuch , and fo forcible ingagemenis unto them front Cod, and unto God, as are upon Tout And that the City of London did never fo ftourijh, with [uch a covfcionable and painfull Mimjiery, (ready to put the Govmmm and •Pifcipltne into execution, for a Pattern find incouragement to all the kingdom) as we have at thU day. Whence then jhould it be, that the children being come fe neer to the birth, there is yet no (irength to bring forth > Bear with us a little in this fervour of cur fpirits, (it is for Religion, Reformation, and the Houfe of onrGod^ tniwe cannot bold m peace.) WHt way fcever weeafl our eye , we cannot but fee imp fad ftuits of the not foo- ting of Church-Government to thU day : Hence nuny abo- minable errours and damnable berefes are brsacbei amongjl ut without coutroule , and the prcctout Trutbt ■which $cfm Chriji fealei with bit Blood are trampled underfoot: Hence, the pre and holy Ordinances of Cbrijl, ejpechlly of the Lords Supper, are cither wofully prifbtncd by ferjons gnjfcly igncrant and fcandalom, or, uncomfor- tably omitted in many pUces, vow, for a long time together^ which jhould be often, dijpenced : Hence, multitudes of unfltble fouls have fa'Un of (cJpcciaUy within the fo two or three y ers Lift pafi ) into many jirange Seels, maintai- ning mojt horrii andblxfthemoM o*inims, incorporating tbemfches ino ieparate Affemhlies, fetting up itinerate perfont to be tb ir Popart, and managing their meetings with rr.at bo ! dncjfeai& infancy, inconempt of all An- thirty, to the dipurbance of the City, every one doing what it right in his own eyes, and there is no coirfe to reclaim :bem. Hence, unnituraU Homes of dhipon (cJpccUHy a- bout Church- gover mem ) are octsfionei, in the fame K^ir dtn, betwixt People aid People t in the fame City, be- rw *• Visiter and Minijler : in the fame Congregation,be- t nxl Vapor and Floel^, yea, in the fame Family, be- twixt Maper and fefvatt, betwixt Parents and children* betwixt Httsbatds and iVwcs : differences in opinions breeding alienation of dtfeHion, and both breaking out into miny btttcr ani reproachful contentions. Hence, Orthodox Mil icr sire dclpifod xnd difcouraged in their Hinipery , bofftii pla 'ts dilheartn d y and deterred form the Miniftry, pxblike dffanblies ar: forfa^en: the pretenied Preachers of new r Tojpelf, crrd u* : imiverfall toleration of all opini- ons tnd Religions pleaded for: the Sabbaths and monetbly iiy r s of Humiliation ( though backed by Tour Authority) wilfully co \te>nncd : and t a wide (luce opened unto alt profbanenejj'e and licentjoufneffe. FinaHy, hence it cows to paffelt^attk hearts of the truly godly, who have fo long groaned after Reformation, are overwhelmed with griefe and xtdfaintivgs through hope deferred: out friends in For- rain Ccunryes (cjpccirily our deare Brethren of Scotland) it?. oftonijhed of our deity s: cur Enemies at heme, [corn and infult over ut, as given up to a Jpirit if giddi -effe, looking it this City as a Stage ofStbifme, and Faction, and herejie: our diftempers grow more incurable, and Reforma- tion every day more difficult and improbable, and though our God bath rewarded our beginnings of Reformatio*, with bU beginnings of deliver ar.ee. yn, hub he alfo of late manifefted divtrs fad and ttvmleeahlc tokens of his dijpleafure, from Heaven, igainft England and bcotland , both by Sword and P eft Hence, becaufe (as we juftly fear*) we maltf r.o more haft to compleat the Reformation , h all the de- ferable perfections of it, according to our Covenant, where- in (led by lout precept aud example) we have rcligi- oujly lifted up our hands to the moft High God. When we confide? theft things, we could powr out our very foul tin us: For, God U our record (and Tour H«~ r.oufs alfo in part can tear va witneffe ) what we have done and (ufferedinthh,cwcerningthe Caufe of Cod and Religion, and box we have {pared nether cur payers, nor tears, nor outward cftaies, nor limbs, nor blood, nor our dcarejt lives for the publi\e, but , eJpctiaUj for tbs promoting of a jpeedy and perfeH Reformation m all matters of Religion : without which, we value no world- ly comforts-, with which, we hope we fall fear no earthly erojfes ; and till tbit be effected, we cannot cx?cft that God willfully blefje either tou or ut, wkbeompkatede- liv c rance. Wherefore, we moft ardently And humbly importune this renowned Parliament, our chief hope and help, under God, . in this cafe. 1. That as Ton tender the bappiuejfe of this miferable Church, the true \nfttcrity of tb'is diftracled Kingdom, lhe timely comfort of all Tour reall Friends^ xbe feafon- able cure of all our deep diftempers, before they grow re- medtlefle- 9 tbc baftmng of the Xjngiemts enlargement from from all ist prcjfi'.g dijireffes, and its enjoyment ofaU contrary buffings from ' the Lord ; the extinction of the Same of God, whofe Glory is novo prophaned to the dujt 5 and, Tour faithfull performing of the Covenant mtb tbc moft Htgb God, touching Reformation : Tou would nut^e allpofftble hafte forthwith to eftablijh,by jour chill Santtion, that Government and Vifciplitic amongft us, which Cbrijl bath left to bis Cburcb ; ( a Modell whereof the Reverend Afimbly of Divines, according to the wifdom given unto them, have framed, and (as we understand ) already pe- fented to Tour Honours ) which being cftablijhed, we fhaU better be i tabled, with greater hope and patience, to wane till the Coifeffion of Faith, and publi^e Latachifmc can be finijtedi which muft ncccjfarily tafc up afar long:r time then can pojftbly be [pared from the fet ling of Government, wvhout miny unavoidable and defperate mifchiep. Ani t we befeccb Tou to remember bow the Lord hath hijienedof late, to load Toil and us, in a Jlort time, with his (0 many benefits, m the Victory at Nafeby, of the quicfirecovery of Leiccftcivbc relief of Taunton, the furrendring of many ftrong holds into Tour bands, M RriJgewater, Scarbo- rough, Pontftac^Canon-fromejSherborn, and Briftoll : An i what more reall expreffion of gratitude, for fuebbigb favours, canyon render unto tie Lord, then to baften tbo repairing of his Houfcy that fo bajlens the buildingup of Toun ? M Tou were effectually fteffed at the public Thanhs-giving after N afeby Field, which Sermon was by Order of both Heufcs of Parliament commanded to fo Printed, which gives us gooi hope that our feeonding of that r-ow w'nch was then Preached in our ears, and tos £ deep iniremm on cur fpin r s, wi'l be an acceptable Ser- vice unto Tour Honours. a. That wh'ifoevcr Church government fhaU be fctled by Tour Authority t amongft us, it may be ejta- bli'hed with fucb a compleat meafurc of power and Au- thority upon the Presbyteries which jball be erefted in England 9 as may fully enable them to mnintait all thokeft (133) thoiceft Sacred Ordinances , efpeeftfy the Holy Supper of the Lord, in their higbcft fplendour ar.i purity, bold forth in the Word, again/; all contempt, pollution, ani prophanation wbatfoevcr, by grojjc igmratce or fcand&IU that fo the herd may be fay far 7cu 3 when 7oufbaU be fully for him: the glory of this may furpaffe the glory of all former Reformations j all msaftm of ^cbifme and ft- f oration, by reafon of impurity, or imperfection of Eccler- fiafticall admiup rations, may be removed : all fium- b'ing bleeps to tender confeiencis mayhefota\enoutofthe way > that all the Brethren ( thugb mw of different opinions) may (weetly joyne togitbr in the IVorfhip of Ccdy wi'h cue heart and one foul : all our precious Mimfxers may beiuouragei to hold on in their Stations, without being inf orcein defcrt them: and , all gracious jfiiriis at home , together with all our godly Friends abroad y may heartily cry , Grace 9 Grace : 'Aui Tour "Petitioners beholding the Lord Chrifl triumphing thus glortoujly in ths utmoft purity of all bu Ordinances, JhaU never repent of what they have already do xi or endured , nor repine at what they may hereafter poffibly do, or endure in refe- rence to thU fo glorious a Wer\\ but JhaU conflantly triumph in ths praifes of our God, both for crowning our Church with fucb fpirhuall Glory , and fgr lifting up Tear hearts, in tbefe Sacred thing, ta> iofowmhily. How d34) Now, when thou hift read this Petition, I am fure thou canft not but fay, it is written in terras full of refpcft, and moft juft in itfclfe : Yet, the Ink pendents. feeing ic croffe their ends, have, by hook and crook, dealt Co cunningly by their fecret undermining, that the Petition is notprefented totheHoufes, who, as Srdo hear, are about now to do, without longer delay, what is toutained in -he faid Petition, with as much carneftnefle as if it had been tendred, although the In- depe dents would m.kc the Koufes of Pailiament be- leeve th.uthey have noth-n^tcdo with Religion, being a thing of the minJ,ind that freedom in Religion muft be left to every one, which they call Liberty of ConficiKC without empuifion, as if the Pirliamcnt had forgot whercunto it d"d oblige it felt folemnly by Covenant, to wit, to endeavour the Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of England, and Ire' and , in Doftrine, Worihip, Discipline, and Government, aecordingto the Word of Uod, and the example of the bed refor- med Churehcs, and to bring the Churches in the three Dominions to Uniformity;as alfo,if they had forgotten their own Declaration, which they made before they took Arms Augujt 3. 1^42. wherein they declare to the full, that they have taken Arms, namely,and in firft place/or JFe/.£/wc, all other things being fub/ervient Ani viftrumentary to it, (to ufe their own words. ) Therefore, thofe who, out of a defire of a diflolute li- cence, apprehending cenfure would keep off the Refor - mat ion intended by the Parliament, muft be no good men i and thofe are impudent lyers, who fay, That the Parliaments firjl quarrell was not f$r Religion, when the main drift of the Declaration is to make known cnto the people, that the Parliament ftood principally for the true Religion, and was refolved to reform it from corruption, and fetled it in purity. ' But, it will be faid, It U unfit, y ea fcandalous to ai- wfely Ftwj9n,tbt-Ptflimm w tb'n duty $ for, that u tacitly ' (135) mitt) to tccufe it to fail in performing the duty, which the parliament intends indue time, warily, not w.liing to do things if fitch a weight without & full confiderationof ail inconvenicntsy which may enfue, left thereafter a fault be found, when it will hefo cafe mended. To all this it is anfwered in very few wordrthus? If it be eviil to remember die Parliament by way of petitioning, to perform fo main a duty as the fetlmg of Church-Government throughout, according to our Covenant $ 1 pray, Why hath the loweft rank and de- gree of people been,nct only fuffered, more then once, by this fame Parliament, to prefent their defires umo it by Petitionjfor amending and redreffing things of lefle moment, that were then in cuftome and eftabli- {hed, yea, in a manner thought biading by a Law > but, heartily welcommed, and they received a favourable anfwer to their demands, and fo, others were invited by their example to doe the fame ? Then, although this petitioning had not been in cuftome, fince it hath been formerly thought no wayes derogatory to Ma/efty for to petiton the Prince con- cerning things not onely private, but alfo, publike, I pray you. How commeth it to paffr, thit the Parlia* ment can be in any k.nd difparaged by this petitio- ning, coming for fo weighty and fo neceilary a bufi- nefie ? More, The beft and wifeft Magistrates that ever have been to this day,have received well the Petitions of people, for doing of right upon occafion,. and yet, they have not thought it to be any prejudice to them, nor were they fcandalized at it. And, do we not all petition God, who is Co far from taking it ill from our hands, that he commands us to do ir,and is angry when we do it not, yea, he makes us and helpeth us to do it? Further, Tell me in confeienee, Hath not the Par- liamnetneed, not onely to bertmembrei, butalfb, pseJTedin a ktnde by earncft Pctiti^, fo fettle the Church Church whereabout ft hath heen Co long, now above thcfe four yecrs : and fo much the more, that foxnc dare fay and write unto them, that it is not their bu- ilnefle, howfoever they make the contrary manifeft > Bat, it is replyed, The Farliament u rcfolved to do itinaprudcnthll vffxy, tni in due time.. Surely, we are all perfwided that the Parliament is rcfolved to doe it, fincc rhey have fworn it fo (olemnly, and fince they declared to have taken Arms for the prefer vation of true Religion ; the prudential! way is good every where, and, almolt, yr all times. Yet, give me leave to fay, where there is moft humane prudence, there is ieaft divine wii'dom, fuch is the weakneffe of infirm men ; (although there mould be moft the for- mer being fuSfervient to the other, namely, in things of the Church) tor, by humane prudence, the Church hith formerly been brought to thraldom, juftly odious and grievous to ill. Let us therefore look to it, that we bring it not un- to confufion, when we free it from thraldoai by our humane prudence. As for the dm time, Surely the time is more then flue, after (o many delaycs and procraitinationv, and, although there had been no time omitted to fettle the Church, yet k cannot be a fault co follicite the Parlia- ment -thereunto by Petition; for, we deal fo with Hod j whom, although we know that he will do what we need and what he would have in due time, yet, we petition him to haften it , which he is well pleafed with. lut, it is faid, J^e mujl not hjften too much for far of offendligour Frieds, anitbofc who have been ufefull to us, and are to this day It is a pittifull cafe, that the fear of offending our Friends doth hinder us to go on with the Work of God, and that our Friends lnould be hinderancc in it : but, fmceotg Ericj&s could not hinder us to take the Co- nant Venant folemnly , for this purpofe namely, nor proJ mife this duty by Declaration from the beginning ; why mould they thus pre-vaile with us, to ftop us , I pray you, to perform what we have vowed ? Edides, they can be no good Friends to us, who hinder us to perform our law full Vow to God ; an4, if we neglect the fervicc of God, or be flack in performing it, what can we expect of him unto whofc feryice we prefer the will of men ? . . Then , let thoCe who are in Authority confer, whatavaikth us, to have afore or evill repreffed or taken away , if another as bad , if not worfe, come in its place ; For example , What benefit is there , to have the Prclaticall tyranny with their fuperftition, and the Idolatry ©f Rome , {topped and put away from among us , if en the other lide , we fall in 6iC- order and confufion , and in lieu of fup^rftition and Idolatry, we caft our felves into damnable herefies,er- rours, and extra?agancies, almoft without number, which by the not fetling the Church do now fo fpred amongft ,us , unto the fcandall of all honeft and well- affeded to the good of the Church, both at home and abroad , and more to the hazard of lofing of fo many fouls, which are now \o4 away with errours by {bong delufion, from God, anj, moil of all, to the disho- nour of the hcly Name of God , which is blafpheaied by thefe herefies ? Let thofe in Authority then, in the Name of God* -go on with an hearty refolution to end this Work haftily, and let it not be imputed to their proper weak- aerie, fince, being free of all oppofrion by the open and Common Enemy , they are now alle enough ta compaffe the Work they have been fo long about. Now, I hear, there is exception taken that it (houra. Uefaid, The Scots are afton'jbed. I cell thee in all aHurance , that the Scots are not caelyaftoniflaed and amazed as uFfc long putting off K from V *3 U / from day to day , of the fetling of the Church , by Co many tedious lets and obftacles, caft in by fome who are no Frien s to a through and full Reformation : but alfo, the S«W arc graved at it in their hearts, yea, they give many a ugh and groane for it. Formerly rwas given out, Theonelylet would b: among tbofe of biger u\> who badfo much a. Fiffjtp incbem., *$ they net* (> addicted to the ^trvke-Boolb they would never be brought to mini a true Reforma- tion. But 3 that apprehenfion is taken away , blefled be God ; for thofe or higher rank are as willing to fettle the Church as can be required of them : and for thofe of inferior degeee.I am perfwaded they are fo well affe- ded, for the moft part, as can be delired. So, the bun"- nefl> ftic'"e hinaveiv few, partly by the liberty that fome would have to do whit they 1$, without any Ec- cleliafticall check,partly by the phancy of fome others, who would have their empry dreams a foot, in lieu of the reali Truth , and, by fome others who would be all in all, in Church and State, Bur, I am perfwaded , that the fame Cod who hath brought fo low, and under , the open and de- clared oppofition of Papifts and Prelatifts, with their adh rents, thar it cannot now ft op the fetling of the Reformat-©:* amongft us: So, God will, in his appoint* cd time, and we hope ere it be long, take away all in- teftint; and undermining hindcrance, in defpite of the malice of vain men : for, what i$ of God, muft fut* {lit, jnd all other work muft of neceflity fall to the ground. W'thin thefe few dayes , there hath been a mur- muring by fome who have no caufc to fay fo , That the Scots , by tbtit marching North-w and are W9) tt willing to do wlrit they can for their gcod, and fo hepurfuing of the Service in hand; The Common £nemy feeing the declining of the feafon, ptomifetk unto himfeife to make a Winter work of it, it he can* & divide us in the intcnm,if it were poflible, one Na- tion from another .' But,. with~Gods helpe, he mail not prevails 5 for , I hope God will give us more ^race and wifdome, notwithftanding the malice of men. And I am Aire, at leaft, the calumnies and reproach raifed againft the Scots, will fall upon the heads of the inventei s and contrivers of them. As for the faults ©f particular men among the Scots, in Cods Name , let them anfwer for therafelves 3 and re- ceive piaife and blame accordingly. I am fure, I fay again, the Scotti/h Nation is earned, faithfull,andcorjftanttotheCau(eofGodand of his People, according topromifeand Covenant. But,before I conclude, I will fay this in truth, There was never a People in any age, who, by Gods blefllng, did carry on the work of Reformation with more wif- dome, and refolution, and fuccefle, then the Setts did in their own Counrrcy, nor more companio- nate of their Neighbours in diftrefTe, nor more for- ward to help them by action and coimfell, and to carry on the work of Reformation' amongft them, then the Scots hzvt beene and arc to this hour towards their Brethren in England and Ireland : So, there was never a P eople 10 hardily ufed in divers kindes , by fomc of thole for whofe good they have beene and are fo eameft : If this courfc ufagc went no further then their owne perfens , meanes , and reputation , they could pa fie it with filence, and not fo much as thinke of it, laying it afide in Chriftian charity and brotherly love, although they fufFer much in all thefe by it, fince they have joyned with their Neighbours to helpthsm 1 But , fince , by the neglecting ,' op^ng , and in a word ill -dealing with the Scots, the fervkc and work K % they they are about is wronged, ifcoppcd,and dehyed, whki is mainly and namely to helpe the fetting forward th] Reformation of the Church of God , with the juil Liberty of the People , as it is expreifed in the National Covenant; the„y cannot hut take it heavily to heart for the Name of Gods fake. Surely thafc ingrate ones, who have ufed.,and, at this time, ufe thus their Brethren, who have ventured, yea, loft themfelvcs in a manner, with all what is dcare unto men, for their fake, and to doc them a double good, that is, to help themsut of trouble, and to fettle a true and through Reformation amongft them : have much to anfwer, not onely for their "nrnlice, unthank- fulnefl*e,and ingratitude to thofc who have fpent them- fetves for them : but alfo, for their flopping and hin- dering, Co far as in themlieth, the good work of God, and by that means give occafion of the continuance of thefe miferies wherein we arc all now involved, and almoft orerwhelmed. God forgive thefe men, and turn them truely unto him, if it be his will : othcrwife let them have n j power to hinder his good Caufc. And thus, good Reader , I have thought fit to give a little touch of divers main pafTages of thefe our troublefome bufinefles, leaving a fuller Difcourfe of things wanother time and another place. M Afpp* -fl?X, and fweet •r^' j *jj > >PiaHkiiic*ii/e jn ihe rpentine tree, Iftrerchedostmy r branches are the branches ofho- f, brought I forth pleafant faoour, re tlie (ruitof honour and riches, other of hire lone, and (tare, audi wlyhopr, I cliocf'ore being eicr. o all my children, which arc S iiaff iHM nice all yec that be dtfi.ouscf swith my fruits, ,10 will noriallii " fwcrtn- then !> then the honey cor h^eafe, f. re- »t me (hall yet be *i, u abide in the all yet br ftU"C5Rnaiindemeuts, and bear* ko Ughbour : [remember] theCoue- ''■<.ft,i nd winJie at ignorance. -omftfife,and thou (halt diminiflj r . farioos man will kindle ftrife. 1, difquietechfiien is, and maketh >/m that be at peace. atttrof the fire is, fait taitneth:& , and aoba* fib blood. j thefparke.it (hall borne » if thru 'Jibe munched, and both thefc 'i', and double leagued : Kntyed many that were at peace. .'.ng tongue hath difqoieted many: t'?nto nation, ftrong ct- ;d downe , and oticrthrowne the }K men. *kg tongut hath cart out vertuous ued them of their labours. h vntoit, fliallmuer find i tly. ip maketh matkesintbe the congu ' eakctli the Dejt, Orj/n { fallen by the >fo many as haue fal edge of fal fen hy of the the is defended from it, and hith >e vv^pethereof, who. hath tk ^JShath beene bonad ■y$% * 'ft^mnud the ^S». Htomeo*fho :h c Apes knee is the crowne of ol o reotGod is their glory. 7 T'i're be ir.ne things wh f '- mine heart to be hippy, ar - < a^ 1 tonnueja iu-l tVH^L ^- 4fotthtlor* * n °bet\ • . iot^W&r. 9 Giw 4 /»*r. 8 Welli^ »nA to ,-, t.tethkfmrtt}. iZT*f •J'-iftandip^-Vir'e^ v'or^erj- ix '(fen^stjj. a» tonp,o<- teneth his hand, keepcth. x>»- * dements. r 'hy neighbour in time of his * need, < aid pay thou thy neighbouragaine in due feafon. r aKeepethy word.auddealefa.thfultywithhim, uwt Ml. ?&$*§& ' ****. » » i„ k ;££ 4 Many,when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be foaad.as>d put them to trouble that helped them. JjTillJie hath 1 ectiued,be will kiiTc a mitis hand", and for his neighbonrs money he will fpeake fub. nuiTely : but when he (heuld repay he willpiolong thetuni,andreturne words ofgriefe, andtom- plaineof the time. 4 1 If he prtuaile,he fhal hardly receiue the halfe: .and ne will count as if hehadfuMdit .if not jhee hath depriued him of his money.iBd he hath gotten him ao enemy without caufe : bee payeth him with curlings and railings: and foe hoaour,hg will pay him difg r ace. * 7 Manythereforehaoe refund to lend,f« other mens ill dealins.teariEg to be defrauded. 8 Vet haue thou patience with a nuninpoeree> ftate.and delay not to thew him mercy. 9 Hdpe the poore far theCoomaoderaents fakes and turne him not away because pf his ponec tie. I a I efe tby maney for thy brother and thy friend) and let it not ruftvndera (tone to be loft. II * Lay »p tby treafure according to the com* mandemets of the moft H»gb,and it &&1 bring thee * more profit thengold. tfiolu iz * Shut vp almes in thy (lore-hoofes : and it '. ' g. (hall deliner thee from all affl^uon. is'Tai IJ It (hall fight forthre agaiaft thine enemies, ,^ 1*- better thin a mighty fliield and ftrong fpeare. i.tim.s; 14 An honeft man is furety for his neighboiir : ,g , 9 ' # ' but h* that is impudent will | forfake him. *Iob.4,8a 15 Fo r get not the frifi»dftiipofthyfur«ty:for he 9 Ia [ hath giuen his life for thee. |0r>fiift, M A finncr willoucrthrow the good eflate of his furety f , ' 1 7 And he that is of an vnthanke/ull mind, will hme him in£danger3tlutdeliueredhim. i8Saretylhiphath vndonemanyof good eftatf J andflnkenthemasawiueof the feattnighty men hath ic driuen from their houfes.fothat they wan* dfred among ftrang nations. 19 AwidcedmantnuTgrefsing theCommande* mtnrs of the Lord, (hall fait into furetifhip t and] he that vrtdertaketii and foihweth other mens bu« ^qefie for gun8,1(ly.»l r.lHwoTuijcei. *k Helpt tliy ntigtirxmr accord ing t» thy power," . sfr A ~w;ue th*ttht i thjr 'eif« till Ml jiito :he Dan. 4 2 mat. iou heucnot the reprea^^^^_ *4 ?or%is atniferafale lifet^ ohouutfor Wkctethettaitafltsc^^SiJVsk^rtiT: .-erncou? for/owTarre fto-.i ■ tat open thy month* kill.TJiA,.:^, and there i J5 Thou fliajt entertains ami feaft>.i6d bane no *f. Eauyjtjdwichflio.tj A»nk s- [iioreoscr,th6u/halthe?.r« bitterwo»ds *Dcttt, *Pfal lag. |0>",*jPo- ♦Chap, ttetfefc-Lngetbagebefor'f tb; > aS-^AcheeremiJ and gabd.1 fcf hrtjiiiatjan+tftec.v' ' X H A p. x: r Qftheik/irt of riches "j W Arching for "riches, ceoj thec!setliertofdr : Ut ""* 2 Watciriag cite^U not let* a fore ducat e brtaitetbi 1 Xte rich hat . ch-.s t*Sri;«.^and wfiea &C? 1 bisd'4 Theugh his father die,yet he is as though he vnte it, and ener y foolc fhalbe were n„c «t3trHW4«eJ^th_lefc one behind himj 8 *Bleir c d is the rich that v that is like hi mfelfe. *~""~- — - — • ' ■< * £ mifli.andhath not gone after 5 While hrlitted,he*fa« and reioyced in him i p Who is ht ?and we will Jand when he dyed he was not forrewfull. Wonder-full things bath he don* tf He left behind him an auengcr againft hisens. '• Who hath beenetryedth', toies, and one that (hall requite kindui-'ife to his feeiTheii let him glory-. \~" fiends. hatbnot offendec.er^ nt eu 7 Hethat makethtoo much of his fount, /hall u Hisgoodsihalbeegabli.. bind vp hiswounds,aadhisbo.veIs will be troubled gation flull declare fatsalmes at euery cry. 1a If chea fit aea bountiful 8 Anhorfenot broken beeommeth head-ftrong: dy vpon itjand f fay ner,Th and a child left to himfelfe, will be williull. 13 Remember that a wicked 9 CecktrthychUd,aDdhe flull maVe thee J a. andwhacis created more fraidt play with him,aad he will bring thee t© thercfbreitweepecBf vponc •heauiiufte. 14. Stretch not thine hand r» laugh not with hirn , I;ft taou haue Tor- feeth.andthruft it hot with hi row with niaij and left theu gaafti thy teeth in 15 Indgeof thy neighbour t the end. difcreet in tuery pjint. . at * Giaehim no liberty in his youth, amiwinke let Eate as ic becomrneth ; roc at his f otiics. whichare fet before thee : a 1* Sewdownt hisneckewhileheisyeung, and theu be hated. brat hioi on the fides while bee is a child, leRhee q Leaueoff Srft for manners ivaxeflubborne,atid btdi^heslierifvatothcejand fo fatiable left thoa offend, bring fonow to thine faeart, 18 * Wastf-thoa ficc. ij Chaftifethyfcn, asd hold him tolabonr,Ieft- thine hantf%ta-firftc-. r hsIeiv^behaurenrbeaGoflenciyntothee. ^ 19 AvetyJittleisfiifBcienPi^ 1* Better is the poore being foa«d and ft>-ongof tttred, JindhefetchScbuoth:' ccm3itutior),then a rich man tbatis affli&edinhis bed, €fkt»hh bodv. 2 „ Sctti44eepe«ommetfr«5 15 Health and good ftate of bocfy are aboue all rifethearlr, andhisvyirs are ' M,anda ftroogbody abo:ie infinite wealth. pjine Switching and cboller^ idThereisno rkhesaboueafeudd body, and no h are with an.vnfatiabli :n- y aboue the ioy of the'heart. ' ' it -And if thoBhart'bJerW^ 17 D;ath is better then-a bitter life, brcbatinu- /earth^vomirjarJth^uHialtl all fickricfie. " • i2MyftH,hcirerr:e-a3iidA 18 Oelieatespoiyred vp?n iaionth flint vp,ate a> 'laft thonflialt find as I told ! meJcsofineat f«i >/pou aW.-Uw' V be qakke,fotftai therctoa-fic: 19 WhatgaOvldcothth/oiYerirtgvnt'oaBidog?" 2j * ^o#is4if>.i #"•"-%