His MAIES‘TIES

" DECLAR A TION _

CONCERNING
THE TREATY:
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HIS DISLIKE OF THE
ARMIES PROCEEDINGS.

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Servants at His departure from the H16: .

OFVVIGHT:
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HIS MAJESTIES

oECLARATION

‘CONCERNINQ

The TR E A T y and 1113 Diﬂike of

the eﬂrmie: p1oceedings, (ye.

Hen large pretences prove but the ihadowes
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when aperiod is put to aworke of great concernment,

all mens cars do (as it were) hunger till they are fatif- ,'

ﬂed 1n their expeﬁati‘ons. Hath nor this diﬂra111 ed Na~

tion groaned a long time under the burden of tyranny,
and oppreﬂion P and hath not all the blood that hath-

been fpilt thefe feven yeares been caﬁ upon My head,

who am the greateﬁ Suffcrcr, though the leaf’t‘
guilty. 1’ And was it 110t requiﬁte to endeavotu the?
ﬂopping of that ﬂux , which , if 1101 {’top’1.,wzllbring-

an abfolute dei‘nuaion to this Nation. 1' And What more

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fpeedy way was there to conﬁrmmte thol'e diltraéiiO'ns
than-by a Etrfamll '1' rent], being agrctd- upon: by My

two Houl'es of Parliament ,"and‘cond’efccnded Why .

Me 2" And I “might declare, thatrIiconeeive it had-i been
the bell Phy lick, had not the Operation been 'hindrcd by
the interpolirion of this imperious Army, Who were {0
audacious as to (tile Me in their unparalell’d Reman-
fiance-1 their Capital! Enemy: but 'let the world judge ,
whether Mine endeavours have no: been attended with

reality in this late Treaty 5.. and. whether I was ME as

ready to grant, as they were to aske, and yet all this is
nOt fatisfae‘tionto them that purfue their owne ambiti-
ous ends more than the welfare of a miferable Land.
Were not the dying hearts of My geor diflrell'ed People
much revived with the hopes of a happineﬂ'e from this
Treaty «1' and how fuldde’nly are they 'f't'ufirateel‘ in their
ex—peétations ! have not I formerly been condemned
for yeilding too little to My two Houfes of Parliament ;
and (hall I now be condemned {or yeilding rob much e
have I not formerly been Imprifo'ned for making. ,Warte;
and {hall I now be condemnedfor making Peace e have
InOt formerly ruled. like a K 1 N16 3 and lballl now'7 be

ruled like a Slave "e have I nor formerly enjoyed the fo-

ciety of My dear VVife and Children in peace and. quiet-‘-
neﬂ'e; and {hall I now neither inj-oy them; nor peace «I
have am My Subjects formerly obeyed Me ;., and (hail
Inow beobe'dient- to My Subjeéts «3 have I no: been

condemned for Evill Counfellours , and {ball I now be.

condemned for having no Counfell burGod «3 Theft:
are unutterable mifories , that the motel endeavour for
peace , the leffe My endeavours are refpeé’ted: and how
'ihalllltnow hereafterwhat to grant , when your {elves

‘ know

know not what to aske :u I referre it toy‘omemrczm.
ces 5 whether I have no: fatisﬁed your; deﬁre‘s‘ in every

. Particular line: this Treaty 3‘ if you ﬁnd I‘havenot ,~ i then '
I et.

Me bearethe burdenof the fault; butif I haw: given
,you ample fatisfaétion (as I am {ure I have )then you. are

”bound to vindicate Me from the fury of thofe' whofe‘

thoughts are Ell’d with bloudnhough they pretend zeale,
yet they arebut W olves in Sheeps cloathing.‘

I mull further declare, that I conceive there is nething
can more obi’cmét the long hop’d for peace of this Na-
tion.5 then the illegal! proceedings of them that prefume
from-Servants'to become Mailers ,’ and labour to bring
xiii-Democracy, , and to abolifh Monarchy. Needs mull
the mean alteration of fundamentals be , not onely‘ dew
' Eritr‘uﬁiveto Others,but in cOnclutﬁon to themfelves ; fer
theyvthat endeavour to Rule by the Sword ,(ihall at laﬂ:
fall by it ; for , Faﬁton is the Mother of Ruine; and it
is the humour of thofe that are of this 'Weather-cock-like
difpoﬁtion to love nothing but mutabilities, neither will
that pleafe them but onely' pro temper-e , for too much
variety doth but confound the fenfes ;,. and makes them
ﬁill hate one folly, and fall in love with anorher.

Time is the belt cure for Faﬂion : for it will at length
( like a fpreading leproﬁe') infeét the whole body of the
Kingdome ‘,r and make it {0 odious , that at laﬁ they will
hate themfelves for love of that. ,. and like the Pith , for
love of thebait, be canch’d with the hooke. _ ~

I once more declare to all My loving Subjeéts , and

God knows whetheror no this may be my lafl , that I;

have: earneﬁly laboured for peace, and that My thoughts
Were ﬁncere and. a'bfolute , without anyﬁniﬂer ends,

andthere was nor-hing left undone by Me that My Con-
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fciencc would permit Meiro do. And I call God ‘to
- ‘iéé’ééigﬁelfe £11361 doe *‘ﬁme‘ con cei'Ve‘itIhé4t {the’intﬁpbﬁﬁon
9f gheiALr'm—Ty ’(__th‘at‘ {cloud of: m-alje‘e’ ) "hath“: altogeehéf’fec
ii gdips’dé “the *‘gloryiof i‘t-hrat : pcaée‘ WhiCH began’éaga‘ine‘ﬁiio
4:: ”mifacwimms Land. ' An’dflet the world judge whether it
airboe'xocdiem for an Army ‘eo contradiéti‘ehe Votes-vofira
'-Kin=gctomo:, endeavouring,“byTpretending-fjot; Edwes’é and
riflgxib‘eitcies‘gto {’uov6x‘;‘both.- , Such-among aesthefenmoﬁ
pgoduee Mango Conniequences, and} fét openifthéi'ﬂwd-
,"rgarfasio‘fmine tio-overﬂow. chis‘ Kingdome in? ”a ' moment.
~ Hiid this Treaty been onjely M—ine' own: feeixin‘gg men
rithey:m;§hchave shad fairer" pretenses {to haw- ﬁbpt‘ thc
;j‘,§€'ou§{e?ofit 5 but I: being’imptirtun’di by {My tWo-éHbﬁfesf;
‘iiﬁd’ they “by mOR .parc'oEr ch‘ex'K-rin’gdomesicoul'd nos bu: "
“With Ta" great-dean .ofvalacri’cy concur-re with them-in:- ehéit
:dc'ﬁres ,‘ for: the performance of ('0 commo‘d'iotiSJa-jvioﬁkié
and iii-hope: binhi-seimceh‘ac the: "hearts “an-diciyeﬁedf My
"Pcopie‘are' opened fbnmuch-z'ehat they .‘plainly: diﬁ’OVef
‘wﬁoar‘ene-helladerminers oft‘hiszrcaty; ' ' . _
- Fori‘Mine own: pare, Ihereppoeeﬁlbchrec-h’e'faCeeof
' HeaVen,‘ t-h-auM-i-ne own aiﬂiétionsuhoug’h they’neecf
ndﬁddieibn’) 'arfﬁiét me non-{o muoh as My Peoples --fufe’
ferings :. foal know-whaeeotruﬁ: to already,- and they?!
know‘not; God oomfort boehehem and“ me, and pro-
Piouion‘xompatience to our-ﬁlﬂkrings! ‘ * ,, T _ '
-. . Andwhen ehemaliccof Mine Enemies is {pun our t0"-
ehe. ﬁnallw,'thred,1eteheim.know,that Iwills by the
grace ofGo_d,_be-as come-med [01115613 as they are a»
ﬁa’vexoafdvancer My (offerings: and Mine owne-foulc
thﬂsMe, that the time wi‘l‘lncome , when thcwery: .crlouds‘
Q1311; dropﬁowne vengeance upon the" heads of: ehofe
ghaebarrocado@hemdeey againf’c the proceedings of-
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peace: for, if God hath proclaimed ableiiing to the
Peace- makers , needs muft the Peaceebreakers draw
downe curfes upon their heads. .

I thanke my God, I have armed my {elf agalnﬁ their
fury: and now let the arrowes oftheir-envie ﬂie at me,
I have abreafl toreceive them, and a heart poﬂ'eil with
patience to {uﬁaine them: for God is my Rock and my
ﬂiield ; therefore I will no: feare what man can do unto
me. Iwill expee't the worfl, and if any thing happen
beyond my expeétation, I will give God the glory: for
vain is the help ofman. '

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