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pretending to prove the Oath oF Allegiance
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’ %¥m.‘0r;‘°y Pflfifiifllglfi aainflthé‘
  Oath of Q1/[€°#gl'.&Zl’l6'(é’.

 

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V¢*r_'y Oath, to make it lrzwftul grid amrramtaéale, a#gbt%ta
1ar‘t.a/gm ix Judgment and Eiglataauflaefs, ]E.1'em.4. a,

  

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 1 amfi¢eflrm¢dAI:¢dgmmt,% ‘£5!

T1.w04z‘.la them Q)’. 11/lfigfanqe, tbmit may be in Rigiatje. .

; Firfl, Cwditiaml, mm: 145/aim; .mwm, mt /¢n‘gz.¢; ‘ram

£7 éatbpazrtiex, not bjoxze om~{y  Zvjtfaa Rule;-V. aw Gawrnbr, N Mat 4

alum 6} the Ruled ; by I/:74’ Pr.i:24¢e, M Well by the Euéjaffii H %% 

  ARM/I” It is againfl: the Ground%and ¢Rea£®‘n» of éthe %%1{:vio¢air£we
Jmffitmion “of G awemmmt , which is time g®§2p;dip9f%%~l3he% $ubje&,
«that there :no:.u1dybt: any Oat’/0 to Wide" %3ubie«%A$ab{oIu~t€ly,

A éwhetzhcr the Prince or Gowrnm: rulefor1theSmbjefl:§g®$od10rVnot M:

. %Therefo1:e fuch an Oath cannot.be takz;-n by ~the%Subujeé7c in fudge.
mmt or Ifiigbrew/in-fr; '1"hem‘efore fgch an Dark is not lawful. § .
So again, it is rigainft Equity and Rea rfcm, amad againfi the ‘gdswof

Izhfi‘ Subjc-;f&,That he {ho_u1d be fl11*ther»qr:‘lomg<:r%bonnd co %t:hc*.Rrfir1ee
or Ruler‘ tofubmit cc; hum, uhcn a*i1e_%IA7 Pmm»ncm+Rsuler is fiboundi 
nzhefiwbjefl to %raM¢.w6ll,A Mmd »adm1nA%1fler  rightly : If there.

fore the Oéligatian be not mutual, but %fingle , in  newt‘

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A A .C.‘cu:zj&qm22ce. Thenif the 0atIo¢~qf,é11la=gz'¢nca,taken to %«t.*Thwe date
i;King, wczmin iwdgmenvt mad“ Rig/steam/mf;,A%Aa11d% {:9 ‘51&\>wfi.1’%4,“t€h»e:

King was, AoWr%cmghtm havexbeezn,“ as firongly boumdwofi all» Sn-I- *

~je&s‘%~by*0awk, as anyxiaf  whim : %71"hé:sn~4t" ht Vbrcak ghxis wet/,2,

m;n.»u%hc»Subje<?csA~are AabAfo1~mi ‘if rhtxyw wi1l;:A Then at what: tim~c3~tl~1 a

Ming idcvgéc. VWM Aagaitfic “ibis: StJ_be£¢$,% Tfihflywerekw diafelmr  
Acchaiz :.5b1'QwCh~ofWa5t1o in  tihwirurliiegfiam», A-elfemhewxvims  1%'*:.a¢i¢~1‘

A Azmmem a~n&%9Y%wliament%arypmty were”bot‘l1»peiz*jured a~pe~v15;ods}‘»{@
-m.:my of '%t:hem as t»a;}<zzz=1i4_Avahis;»(9.at/a «5 aandw: %R<2;belsj, stzha»t:~%ha~v+eM

mkcsn up Arms‘ againfc the Kmg,

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Secondly,‘ iNor to Hi: Heirs. A

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Reafl Becaufewho lmoweth (as Salomon faith, E6i‘6'1cj”.*‘r59.)l

whether the Heir Willbe a wife man, or a Fool .9 a jult; or righte-A-A

ous man 5' or a wicked man: and Tjrézfit .? Now if ho man know‘ ’ i

this, then it is not an Ont}; in Imlgment , if any man {wear Allegi-3‘

ance to an Heir," not is it a righteous Om‘/9 ; For the Subject may,
binde himfelf to his own hurt, yea mine and defirurflion. A
C‘mfleq.Then the 0aztb*0l"‘ g1!legianaellwas,in that branch of it that
arefpeéted Heirs, an unlawful Ont/9 : For who knows what any of
the late Kings pofierity might have proved .9 whether they would

have upheld Religion, or changed it? whether they would have A

upheld the Liéert} .¢malP7f0pert}' of the Suéjeéf, or fubverted it ?
We know what their edmmtiorz was,“ who then cofildlitake an Oath
in afligbteonfizefi and Iudgment in reference to them? It is good to

know fir{l_.,A and [wear afterwards. » i l i n l A A
« Thirdly, N or to may one kinda of Government, Monarchicdl, or
t majatlher, to uphold and contizme ittin mcazaflant We}, Wit/an

e % out c/amagilntgof it. .; A ,,  it “  he    ‘ ‘ i in to" e ’

A Reafi ;Becaufeithough ‘civil Government in gieneralt be an Ordi-A
nanceoof Godflendingt to means good, » therefore to rejeél: it would
be finful ;, yet this or that kinde of Government is not an Ordinance
of God, but an Ordimmce ofmzm, I Pet. 2. 1;, and if an Ordi-
nance of man, then man may change it,‘ for; his own greater good
and benefit ; and mufi change in. whenhethath proved any’l<inde,of

A lwemment inconvenient and hurtful: Then tosfwear not to change *

"it, is ;finlul,« and in Rigbreoufizefiand in Izdgm~e7;r may not be Aclone;
for alltkindes iofe,.Gow;rnmmtul are not equally good, not are they

‘equally fuitable to A all people :A and experience makes petfons wlife,

to difcern . what is better, and ‘what’ is_worlA'e,for themfelves; i and

“therefore an Oath to uphold anyone kinds of AGa72ar%zmmt longer  

then it conrtinuestto be, mofi fafe and profitable_.,is unlawfuhr

e “ Canfaqug Then the l0.aAth of dllegienbe, fervingto uphold ing- i V

 G07/¢’7"_1}fl¢6’?2t againfi: all others, was an zmleawfzal Oath ; For who

.knQws.ntJ;,Wtl1at a plague this kinfde of Government hath been to A
lIthis,Nat.1ot1Pt and who knoweth not that the 1nofl*of marl Kings \
haven rbtfm T}mnt:3:: andt‘who. knows not what .a Bleflingl “

the ChangeitfGowmmeat~thath brought to thc.A”ni£t_€d- t~I’ra--_
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Obj;-,v&_ But f}J6‘7'£’ Wt$5_/Elma  M the taking
qffité‘/J Uett/95‘, jet is there not 4 necefity of keeping it/cam, hing

taken 5’

Azzfzv. If that0.cztla,ytaken agsinfi the life of one man by I’-It-Q  

rod,'lbecaufei unrighteous and cruel, was not onely {infully ”tal<en,tbut

1 more finfully kept: then fuchontlat of Allegiance which are abfolute, A

and not conditional, which are f_ingle,rand not mutual, which are

to I-Ieirs, Whether wifermen, or fools, Whether of jufl mm, or'7j'-

mutt, which are to uphold Monarchy, the woful fruits twhereof;

though they have been long taited and felt by this.NaI:ion, feeing

they are dangerous, anclxmay prove (as often they have done) de-t 
fitufiive to the lives of many men, they are not onely unlawful to

be taken,tbu't unlawful to be kept.  _
H A l ‘P0311. II,

  swap to one 9]: Allegiante on 1: em; 04:», W the
Srzhjefi‘ it new xtéflalt/edfram it Z] tho]? that /mt/e Power
ttatzéflaletefram it. 4   t ‘ e A

Rmfl Becaufe the Reprefénmtimj of the People, which in Rea...
{on are the Supreme ‘Power ofrlac Nation, itnpofed this Oat/J u —-
on t e Subject by an Aft made in Parliament, by which they og-
lige‘ the Sub jeét to Allegiatnce to the King then in being, and to his
Heits :. And this Aét done by ftlaeie Rapraf£omtim=:,wasetheir. own

Voluntary Aft, to which they were not obliged by any Law of God

or Nature .- for there is no Rule requiring them to accept of {uch
a perfon to be their Pr1nc:e_.,and. his I”-Ietrsyafter him, .anClt() {wear AI-—
legiance to him and them to but this was the Sub)e&s free riA6iftt"in

their Reprtgfentntitzetg Theteforeif the Reprefintatiwe: take away

this Aft, and repeal it, they thereby fer the Subjefls at liberty

' tfirorrt fuch Allegianceand from their 04:19 by which they are bound  ‘V t

untoit: .x4é7t1/7a¢li7g1[hflEimPO{€Cl the Diet}: upon hisfervant,‘ might t
acquit him of it, becaufe not bound by any Rule from God,ibut ,

obliged by Aérrt/new onely. V’

Carzfequence. [This Pmfinzt Parliament having takeln away that y

Oath of Allcgimaire whichcwhich Wasienaéted to be impofed, there r

it temains no more Confcientce of it to fuch who have taken -it : But
it t ~‘ A l A 53 t A i then, i

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thenfit~wi*1l come tbfhis,‘ W’/nether t/oe ‘T2’arl£;zmmtée etbe Ktéptreme
P"o1*»wr .- tWlaetlacir“¢1ae Re}>‘re_fe2ztati'%'€ offlze ‘Teeple he the Parli...

 czfizarzt : MI/Vlaetber-A t/ac preflesat Rqzrefientzztit/e;,'t/aazt mvwfit in Par.

lidmmrg fie the Eeprcfiwtatiwex r7f'eb9t' Tfivple .9

;; To th€"fit&, I faygit is evident that the N ormam Kings,co~i11ing in

by Cotnquefi, had never any true Right to the Crown of Eizglaawi,

” but what th‘e,%ttPtarZi¢zmen¢ gave theme: Then the Power of the»

‘fimzzimmt was greaterthm  ;be¢:aufe that Power that is the
catfife of Power, is gotta-«tee then: tkhate Power that is tthe effefls of
Bower. t oS€:Cot1d\17y,t T.he,tP bwertf the P arliamm is itbe P amt? qf
t»1aePeaplet: tNow';imt.Reafoni the ‘.Pamr of the tP,;mple_.ise the ‘J1!-
jzrme ttPto:a2m;,. tebetaufe tE;ence,tastfrom the toottmll Power firfl
fprung and proceeded. ' ..t:: A Hv    it a A     

To the feconcl, I fay,‘ if the Parliament: owe? be the ‘People:
Power, and the 5wprcme,teTiamer ;i WAEH7 the Reprefimtativesa, or
the People,‘ are the 1’:zr[£azme;2t, and none elfe: for the Reprefem
:;m»es arettetI1e%:Pec:pie ;in=.them, and thereosis th¢e‘ro.ot of gfpwer ;
ohereforte teheyttere the Pagrliezmefit4; *  s 7   % A e 

To the third, I fay, That the pref.7mt1Repmfe%tdti’U£.r., that now
fit in Pm'[iazme.w:", ate, firfi, all of them chofen by the People,
vtI"1€I'€.’fo+1‘€ of trightotheey fit in Q’?:«zr*li¢zmé7%7¢t. Secondly, The prefént
Reprefl;wzmtiom are all that are left to efitfin Parliament .: for ithé

moi} of tei1e.re.{’cimve tdefertedttthsii: Tnuft etwithotmmjy }f()IC,€ tuptom %
g thexn-. For thtflilgil fome WfIe:‘f€QlUd3Cd “Sande fecuredl, yet tihetttreil

were not, at all iotettrupted, t but have voiuntariiyt departed from the

mfloufe. AA Thitdly,4T.¢he.1§eprefivzz~mw:.r,that remained atmd »cont.i4-
  =~tnuedto'fig;t>m Pm£tme.m£‘W*,"e 1’We wfi%fll‘§MayS,»’Wh§n.‘fCW€fi, andflxll ere,
e.ebove4;he  of gate, .§3‘agI9fl'rlX;,w-

tamer. teThete4e.i%s‘one Objoflitzn  mazy the” wf*ged$,ageinft‘ the

A ~tPatr1ia2.mentt abfolvingfmen from their s4i1leg5fljflcet:t0ttt chemngs héimt,

wandtagainfte their aboliflling K Gmaer2m'¢ei¢t.   t A

  Ito‘tmay‘he%faid5  “hat-I(%17gJ ./new: the flame Rzig/:zta‘~f:t‘@
frflfiéift Ifizzvzgdemer, C7?1o;m2?1¢.s‘:,-twatmalR£fZI.L‘T75Ifi£;eJ1, fig; jot/gem t/mm std their

‘?‘:fl&a’€J..7.%'fi&5€mfl£’;‘f‘IrVO"‘ W

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% A22/zlv. Such Right as Kit%1g%s4hattre  fitttheyrrnever

 tzbutby’ tfmhe and ztflettery tzhitvett iobtasineci ’f&1't,¢ :.fant‘{ thave r ufmrped. 

~_->:11pO“U-. the .b~i’1<£h-:r431gI’£t._.GfJlhe.xBfiGpl"€,;?tO*‘WhOmit belongs to gcxho ofe

V:-tthem ‘  entmft xzulc tower  em. ;King;dozns, L.w.itI17.:theirt A
% A A A “PP‘1Y**t

appurtenances thereto,’ were never mtended for parmcular mens ad-‘

varzcasffient, rolift up fucI1FamiliesAi11 glory and gramnefs, or z:mtA

the “I-Iemdirar} [fig/at go? any 'f11m:z1d be in them: but Wzfilom,
Rigbteozqflaffi, and 1/ irtm was to lift up than unto than; and
crmaw 8c_mwfmz’.r were to incourage them in aétirxg in fuch placcrs;
and xmn thacwdere fo qu*a”lifie*d,we»re to be Heirs 3zSucce2Ifors,fet up

by the i3‘«;‘0pl& after them; and the}P::op1e themfclves, nor their 1i’:-~44

prqfimmtiwx, could neither giv¢2,1'3o%r%f¢El1 away this privilwdg from
tlmir Q ierit m which the welfare of the Peo 16 is {o mainly A com»-
\ J: P Y

cemed, and without which a Peop1.;;tare givé?m1p,andfold to ruine. A

This cannot be {aid of Manners and Demams, which are thingsflall

under t;”;‘omm#tati'vv fuflice, and are thiK”.ig8 vendible, and wimere-w A

in particular men are concerned, and not the Commwzvwmlt/9.

ow/12¢ f?1¢af‘wer iv aPape'rl jiretendingara iprotvie it/ai¢ .0d”Jf h!]"§47le;g£g"’
. ugialace wyn',mzd naiz--a!21igi;¢g;: Containing 7twaett.Po_[it£on:, the

fitbfidace W/iereof 155 rcpeatedypifi the procpqfkptpoftkis /Iiafwrg

  A He drift of the are Pofitiomand the proyfeoutian diam? (wan
V.   which I begin) is to thew thepfaid oat}: tohave b-inunlawifupl _

unwatrantaeble in the taking of it,and for _voyd 'int'he F35? l‘ormal<ingt

”Fl1"‘{l2, Ifhall ptemife, for the clearing partly of what; follows; it

EDI‘ §4F‘2- That an Opzz/a may be unlawful’? L: 1  Either in regard of t the man
7' u 9 i

» fmm 05 ter, otthingfworn, as if annan {wear to do Vanyiyintpofiible or fin; E
V‘ 11.9-‘I;-/-a;,?. Fulaft. 2. r tn the manner or c1rcunnPtangesof;fwear1t1g, as If at

Q 2. fan. M, manfwear unadvifedly, or witha falfe intention, pryothetwife um,

a duly for manner. The Former Away. oftunlawfulnelartrgakes an‘0at%_2yjyy

voyd in the taking’, but not the latter. So that thoughiaman
”‘wear an Oath (in forne fort) not in truth, that is, not intending
'0 be tyetl to, or to keep it; or not in judgment, that his, not con--
ideratelyenough ;I yet if the Oath-be in Rigkteozafiuj}, that is,of
"1 jut‘: and lawful matter or thing, ‘it is of Force,” othervvife no Oath

"TCOl1lClyl3iii1Clt3 izzfara externo, or be of any me for confirmation ; For t

whoflcan difcern with what minde another man fwearsi‘ A ain,

this estidently appeatistby themtlidity of that unatlvifedt Oath o T ether;

"’ Aaofat. “ Princes to the Gilveanim, for/Za.9.15,1 8,19. ta Smimzt . 2. and of
0/'13”":””“a that OM19 of Z edekjab and his people to N ebucbadnezzarg, 2 C law.

31,’; ’ 36. 13. .E«'t'.ek.I7. I 3,2I,23.. which they entred into treachcrouf-

q_ ly“,*H0f: I 0.4.
layethupon tl'leKing_And 1§gyl£gmqatfl_ that framed and ordained
i the Oath ‘of Allegiance; andallltlotharPm-liammtr fince, that have
Confcience, and the Succelfive Houfest of commons that have
fwornit, with thofe multitudestof MagiPtrates,i Minifiers, and of
other profeffions in the Kingdom, that have taken, and Pcill hold

Secondly, I obfervegwhat a grofsyitnputation the firlt Pofition A

t thetnfelves bound by it (having had all the While fo much Di-- V
vine and ‘”Goi'pt-I« Light fhining forth to, and in them )e=tasei{'“e

they had publifhetllt, pteflied, taken, and juitified (as againft
the Papiils by writing) an Oath in the matter of it unjuit
e and finfpl: This man had need; bring clear Reafons for what
 here thus chargeth upon fo many W 0 R T H I E S tilt
pace ; Piety , and Judgement; and declare them more pub-
liqueiy then -by a PR 1' VATE PAPER, that henna);
‘V i ii a ‘ - f cal

We

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call to repentance thewhole Natioin that is (as the fnppofeth) ‘in-

voived in: thiisitn’piety’o%f arr unlawful! '‘0air§hA.“ 7! But “let? us A firfc by 3::
the 2-trial! 2 bf: his Reafohs, fee whether v’h‘e?hathin0t£ ~»moifc- acted to J

repentfbf Ciliséiahis charge. I    A 5

His general! c~x5:r:ption againfi thei:ejvvft1lne{i'ctiioif this; H

That-it is not xwaarding to t/aemle, ]er.e4‘.2.~inijndgémé‘nt and i in iriglg...

m,;,fi;¢g}.» Were it defefiive ;iin«judigemienMt,ithat is,in icieliberatenefle A
of mking, thatt iwou!dr”inotgbe (;isAIiif?havciifa1d)$ ai“ ground to i'n$va.-..
lidate itsiabltgateioniipfdfai a,?”feemg‘1t were vblltiakfaiiingiimn+itiiTl{‘Zf‘f

maenncninotihat-corrupitn-eii in the matter; a fault in thewperfon

fweatingmot in the O’ath,wworne; and in the perfon ha defeéi in- 

ternail’; oriofthemind.,,:/fiotexitcrnaliy vifibie in the Aft, and to

beprefumed tobje.£o%ii1nd omy infeme «fictions fiveari11g,; norm;
ail; A‘ThatpartthercA:foreiofiithe Ailiegatzioni, =W'€I.‘€it true; migl‘it~I

have been left out; zmdifas often as it is brought in to rprdve the

. Oath unlawfu1l,f0ias;not‘ to bind , it addcs no Pcrength to then

»conclufion:»But:to defcend to his pzmzicnlrars, ‘  A : A  A 
 i1=.?i Tor imani‘FePc theOathsidifugreementiswitth theifiid ‘ru‘le%:io‘fm
mmiala, his firit particulate exceprzion is}: The: 7 it o‘z..i§ghtAr to i:~h*“xw»c1 

een conditionalu not abfolute; mutuaIl,not fingle;  his argument?‘
in eflirfl runs thus: Than‘: may be in judgement and rigbtaaufiiefi
it~‘m”¢z§i‘ 542' cmditiomzll, not al:flo1utc,mama!l,i or taken 50:}: 5} Ruler
m'¢dimled,nat"fing}r5 or tank.-‘n M115; axeparty, [mt tlai: Oath if not /2: 
gffhat the Reader may undctrfland us both, and?!  'morcA
clearly parfle on in mytAnfwer, I muftinterpofe a difiinétion or»
two uporithe tcrmAcs.:i*  i “ A A ”  

, A"Fir{i, faith he, theAOath" mufiebc conditionall, not ahfolute :
' Eirfi:,Iconce1ve: the words C0Ild1‘l1lOL‘A1ai~l, and abfolute, may be
  taken, A   i A  A

1.. Either in mfeirence to the thing fworne,   which is Obedience
or Allegiance to the King ; A thusAI:he Oath mufi: be“‘C0n&iti‘-0r1:‘al*‘9
not ebfoilute, that is,the oedience which webindiour {elves to,
muit beiwiithiiiinitatifonand c”ondit:ion,re£’crainingic (as a11~»c,bei.
diemre ‘to men in any rerlatigyn is tobe)to juft, honefhlawfull things;
or {o asto confiitwithiour obedience to God,, not abfolutc:5orhi1.-
limited in that fenfe»  ‘ - it   i   A ~h »  A   A

 ‘ 2. Or in irefetenceito «ithctic i. or obligation of the Oath, 'i“as« the
qua-liificatibn tihereof)  iandfoi I fay,  itmiay be A abfoleute, **a’nd muff

_ nqt of neceflicy bc.aoWnditi_on_ahli,‘tBhat is,t At: fubordinate a;ndlim_i;.:
  V i .‘ .4 A      4  _     V 

t~ 1 1        A        ‘A h 3 t  A ‘ 
33;!-‘L{%‘3'h*@ M7   IJWE. VI :4 !?:i3W9§ h’:10¢tMégitfltate;  V I m 855 ~
fwean ;m'lf.£Q ;3hfQ1:R;;E~§1m. \) Mvimmfi t.tanyttt?{pfi«¢iatcpndithion  flex”;
ed to my Engagement. .Specia1l.;:onditioi1 Jétttfayg frhI;Am:uft ~qnccAa..f;AA
gaime iPcit°1gu~ifb",to"Wit,7-~OfC0fldfit:‘i@n‘$A.~ A V A A A

tj.~;Stotm;e areh.g¢m;ral1,thttAand fuchhrAAas~ no promilfiiry Oath thett is~~

 

A 1awfu!I:Aca.;n AAbAjCjAt.WiAEl}t0i'1tA_  thofett are, I?fh‘if!k,:;atH of tvhfim? ttreducéd to, 

Vthefettwtoh~th;ea»dt;st ;  !Ij1AafI1.‘(?Aé[7v3"7;‘ ,, ttha=ts'hjf;t:h€fl thing fwotne be 1h‘9"h€fi3 Aan 
 ; :ht:fe;~con:di=cicnts f‘P4r€fL.iP p‘Qfed,» Aan:;d: not W twohhtfi to:  A
eivtpreffédgthg:md‘h‘ttnotwv'i»th~fiamdiyttntgt«the17inC1i1dihgtth~tof them an 0ach;_.t

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bfimrmedy (as the »pumf1}rnent orrefiflance of his badettinmu.
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th1ngs,yet he‘canrlotAexecute them) and yet his Govtrnltnlehtlble
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dyraas whentl1e"lThvfifhbl,g'Ot‘ a "patty lttongetlthenecean be refiltetfijor
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him (fttppofc it lawfull to do)will lbeno relief, his flrengthcwill
command fubjeétion. Fifcly , the mifcarriages ofa Prince3eeordi-

natily (unleffe itlcome to publike conteflation, wherein the Sub» ‘‘

jetfts fwome and unfworne‘, if their cattle be jul"t,' and theAPa’tlla-
; men: authorize their {landing up, zxreltl the “fame capacity-‘of re-»
fillencel extend but to the detriment of fame lpaltticllttllat lerfonls ,
rarely doth any 2\Q»ra-‘like, feel: the dellruétion’ofthewhole.‘ “But
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‘ "d‘iau:e1“y‘tol‘put tlmt power in me, and lmtrie all [if they may pte»-V  _

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§at‘h\,w7AAas~~iVcAo%‘aobfcrvp all ~

A for that would be no ratification to it, nay‘ it woutldi ht;

would haVA&‘v‘nA.ml.£\W‘0r:n WtthA'a Provifh ; of theyultzts" pextoxmian gyms
duty, you nullifie the end of an Oath, which i jsyiglo _(;_(mfl;_-mA’ plucyigmt’ 

of doubt, andigive ftcurity of what is due. Athinwgtfwqrntt may be.
come due, either by the Rule of Equity, or by a VAOll1A1nt?l‘t$y{A:AC;()Av‘c-»

nant: that which is due the A lat~eryway,if_the Covenant btet.;m1di;ti.,t.*

cmall; theOat,h that is tp raatifi;c%it,i may h¢a1yfgfqfa;_ cgnditjéqinlajj,

but what is due» in the fotmeyr kind, to Awit, byabfglgipgtmd ymiaJyt_€w.i

table rtrl:e, or ptectpitjiof ]ull:ice,A canynot bei'f"\lvorn lI,.0A*.A(,;‘%fl1,;A},(l,1lt;AiA(),t,h[]tg1[~]}xl5- l

 
   

ting,and wandering thoife infecute of that which, wtawpiyv dgie

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witthouti an oath , a condititmi being Pu; iyiii1toyy.0tt;;§AAAyt Qggh b5_;_.
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oath-mtaies lJ0u-rtCl.,l'.0 the things fwom ytheti ttipoin «that tAo.£idiAtifo;h t
which being; broken by the party {worn te, he will eafily conceiye A
hifh fell? altqgethet fl;;'é.‘C'y2_“t1_hl1_y5 the ta-l)f0lL1lAZC. Rule will "receive iAm.A. 
peachment, and~n0tA{’c-rfingth lnVlE’SA0l3llga.£lOnl)y-t¢l'lC cohdiAtiona11( A

ath :: ifuclfan A02_£tl1;»tl1€l‘Cf0I'.€i8{lL‘l;ltf§CndlI1C01'1_fiPC€Ill2 with it,

« V :2; [come tothe'lrt:t,er part Ofihyls Major which ¢xa&eth,yT]amAiz;b¢ i
04!}: 6: mutmzll, or taken Ezarla 5} Realm. and Rfllgd; f1fl‘t‘fi‘”£'[Ae’. at wk?” V

only by the mled. Some explanation of his terms, mo rc then is here:
hemhght have ufed: for lack whereof Ilhall as I go obferve fome

Cl’lf‘E‘A.[tC!1A'C€[0f ifenife appliable to his words, and lb cxpreffe how Ida» «

ny this hranchof his petition, and why.

1. His words found, as.if he would have the fame Oath tcl be 
keti mutually both by PrlnwCt:_'4apd. St1bjee%s,whicht(j;if he rememhet“'
‘that the Oathy fpoken half, is the oath of ya Subjefisy Allegiance, obe...

dience, or fubjeétion to be yeelded to his Soveraigm, and that the

King is the perfon {worn to) he willnot, cannot Iltippqfe own to i
‘ be his tfenfe. i " T

2. But the apter fenfe, andthat whichl Afuppofe wasiAity1il1i5AAintenA-

Afiignj is, that the Ifttiler and Subjeét lhould each fvizearj t:A<:iAhis yrcyt he-—
étiivc duty; the Ptincethat he Wlll command and govern lawfu IyA, .
the Subjeét that he will perform all lawfull homage,and obiediencg: "W

andto this I fay, although it «be~ttue'it in feet, in out cafe , it that the

King hath {wore his duty on his part, as well-as the M Subjefl dothxin i A A

this oath meet his, yet the Ptopofition is falfe int this,tgarid,ii; cannot

be faid, that thuai it uriivctfalily «oiughtofi neceflitiy tio,.b,,e betwix.tit— «

vrety .Print:e and his Suhjefis, Vmuehifleffe team it hold that tinleffei it he

thug mutua.ll,~ chic Suhjeéts loath ‘£3 not tiny tgghteoiufnefije iaacytotclitig i A
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     [16] V    
_ 1. We read of undoub.tedly righteous Oaths _in Sctipture

uhdhftaken eiti h’Co5teMha’hts h7et‘v\tixt; mantlandttt-n1’an5; wherein om: pa;-..tA qr

*ty7only rwearech; and hotlbothnmtuttially *;  ‘ e

 l~We find insehripture Oaths of Alleglancfltalleeh by sAub}eds* e

to their Rulers, without the recifirocall {wearing of the Rulers to
them "F_;l fuch was that togagementja/5.1.1647,18. t A A A * A A
4  ” Oaths areetnever to be taken but neceffarlly, thatAis,lvvhen not

only’ the tnatterl is of great weightgbut it cannottotherwlife be fuf-J

ficientlyl conlfirmhed or aflhred then”by”Oath *, both in“ ‘folemlm-:l.AA h1u- .

mane Covenantslit comes to pafle that fomtimes the performance

liesonlyh on one palrtygthe other is’ to recem advantage , but .not;-

to do any thing; l’om‘tim"es the ~‘dan?getoffb~reatch lies only or mote
on ‘one platt then -on another, lifeolmtimer-lithetet-istother l"atlisfat:£?c<:vt%r.;rA
afl'ulranhce" given befides fwhéatin*lg,*atid  fottn‘ett?imes"athette isother -re-to
medy, if thefelfhouldbelaebreach then the forfeiture of an Oath -:
in fuch and other cafes an Oath on the onepatty may not need,
and confeqnently is not belexafted. At A J ‘ A [A ~
4 But lhppolf e tlh1e;;.eafetl1at it be as neceflary for feet-1ritAy that
theKingafweare to the‘ people ,4 as“ thct at they take an Oath to
 yet if through over m"ut:hTcredulity ,1 ototherwifel it be that
thepeople do fvveammd not the Prince,‘ this cannot be the Ihllealh
colqurleforthe nl.1AlliFyingl'of the peoples Oath ; for Awhethe_%r the
King rwear 301*‘ no, thatwhicht nlakets the -Oath oblitg»in:gA» is, . that in at
juft and poflible matter promifed, Godis invocattedtlaeailwitnefle of
the promife. } * 4 at A AA A  AA » r  A A  A 
 3. There is another fenfe of mutual {wearing more Pcriét then the
forlihegand that is,when not only two parties fweate to each other
théiftrttfpteéteive”pat‘ts5bnt tl‘l€y’l;)Ot7h fweare with almutuall lArelpe&,
 isgthie oBligatio'nlohl‘f‘*lthe ofidpatity hathla ‘“tefpe& t 0,8: a depen-
dence on the performance of the other ‘party 3 as when one man
fweats to anothctto give him fo much money for his land, that o—
ther fwears tohhconveighto him his land for fo much money: in this

l kinda breach of the one is a releafement to the other.And here that

Adagleholds good, M ~ » A t A l 
I. T ” Frgzngenti ~fidt1g,fides frangaftufleiklem‘; t L l  
As alfolthat Rule of“thc%Law,ltFmflr4 gm’: fidcm “paffxalazt fi£vi;fir--
1242435 to, cnielfi  pheflimm fer*vatr:”“rcctxfaVt: BL1E‘thlS fenfc

o of "mutuallfweating ‘hcaitanlot "come in to he meant in our cafe : For,

1. Suchlan oath is plainly conditional], the one partyfweares nor.

_ to give the other abfolutfely anc_I"Cl€~at‘ly to much moheyibut toglvc

pthuln
g .

 .17 . V v  
“him {'0 much for his land ; thej having of the land then is an egg.‘
prefli: condition of his ’ Oath, ioghut the Oath” of the 4 Subjefts

gain by him here; and Iihgaviz above proviedian Oath of A1...

ii lbgiancc cannotbeicioridit-ionall.  The Kings Oath is ‘ alfo

abfolutea, and binds withogt odependencoonltheSubjeéis Loy-A
alty , no man willflfayi o(I,thirike) that .the.King is-difcharigedi
froinirt1lingjuPcly,anid may become lana.b'folnteTyrant, ifhis‘
Subjecflts iexceezdithci bounds, or faileoof the bonds of the;-zir oath,f
or duty ; »nay,; if the Subjtfl tranlfgreIsTclhis~d.t1ty, théKing
is bound by his oathto caufe jnftice according to the law and
t:e"nour:ofihisioath tofbe done, at'idMcannoti otherfwifetefcape
violation of his oath. A 3. 4 Such mutuall oaths are *il‘enm=..d‘

into by both parties at the fame time , and have ’ thc:irim’uii:u~=

all refpefls expreffed,bnt neither doththtt Koiog and Subjecfts
fwe:are~to eachiother atth<:— fame” time; .neithc.-r istherc any
fiachlmtittzall refpt:6timentioned,orl'o much as impliejd in ei-
theriof _th;eiro;aths.4.SllL1ch mutuallytefpeétivb’ oaths have'only
place inimatt;:raarbitrary,‘or that are in mens choictj to do,
otnlotto dioiiimitill theyaibtinithemfelvesby Covonantgbuit

Allegiance is grantcd to béi ahfolute, and:iso‘as li‘oft51ohi‘ld'ifpi11ted49.-V

fuciiatjqqrtiot thcjrelative dtxtiesof Kiogsantii S’Ltb"jet"cs; ‘there: _
bcing ,a divine I.aw"obliging each‘ to thejduttes of ‘their offi5~

~cc%s" befo,re thcyfweaxf. 7 A A  
We fee no fsnfe imaginable of mutuall not fingleawillfic

this mans otumo , bat: it will make his Propofition fallirfeitheri
prediaatedai,p§ ciw  Mlaxxegiance at all,  doth the firft g »

am:i‘tl1i’ri“’d accefitiofiiafore-4-mentiotiefl , or if ’predicatt-:d with
t1'3’1¥Z!”.'l7?.’3(idId.l‘ of a neccfle cfi‘, fo doth the third .- But let ‘us heare

his Re';alic)ns«f0r this clauft: of his major, whatevczrwbe the h

fi::nfe;.t: of it. i to ‘ i A,

 l 1%: iifaiith he) atgaiaz;/1'4 aquitymad rémflan ,i and téajgaod of the
.s’;,;l;;;;‘¢§£Z   rim: /as [mid lye fmaar age zmger 5’0“”31i"0 r/at Ifriéxrraél.
tafiflamitfito /aim,“ it/nah it/ac; ‘Pi?-inc: iii!) 0fl?2!dt0't/9v.i$'Ifl’j#5?“ to trifle
wall 9 and ndmimiflcr fig/five rightly. Grant 3111513. arid if W111
po way‘ folltlw:tlaeraforqtlaa Oaztbgf Allcgiaacg to rfmzlcg £t.f,ri;gb-
mm mu/f be ametmallii,  any %fen"fe; forsthe Prince maybg:

lidundland ithatas.1ongito hi51PagFF:,‘ as the f$“b3,:¢&l is to 

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anarq§e%i%éxafid‘ivsismpo rbre cb“bnV¢drfizrw:fe ; For P1’im**

and. $lfiB§¢”s‘¥;£?huisric7£t1|~¢”in iuflicé   mvobey 3  

V [gm-,g;;,‘ mfg‘ %.i;1§éAIaw;cN¢;’;% AAah“d;¢.doV§=: inférfe nefife%fl'*ziri£l‘ylr$ éa*r31i=% om} 

m wit; . Ié~yA%ehed,4[tieVVaf “ Scripture, corr1‘g_i¢m;'a@1*d° Pfififiivé‘ wI=aw$~;é.
q;¢Wn‘J‘.’;[%5BA‘c'2:i4f"sé\"’JLo4rr1e~ a’t:‘VaIjl‘.%. I-Imrmajor !)ezng*%t1’§us G1‘
hgg’,e)f  fu:LIyM%‘rcft:t¢.d ,g 1“ need. not; to take; r1;0ttC"e of hxs--co%n.:

“ V ? fi*¢ca(1~1s~th“etri;, but 1‘rr=*‘a«w‘ogd»I ihalligtouchh om

f¢:€£U;S“¢%¢5%ré%5
than  ”

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 tzfofthcfmajdrgProj5o,fi‘tioh wwhichl have been {'0 longvinw

§?rproving=         " . 
ggbigaxfngfi, the King 13:44 4:.flror':g{y‘bomd fmtbg Sub}aé?:L4:j~
qgzjfof then:-mg /ainng; tti1s%t%1i“¢r§;foMrie %I;fpa{Tc:‘ ’b_y, ,as:~_tl1fe fame than
was:Tai%d beforr,anndnoéonféqvuence Fromm»      A  

VA The feicondis , T/oi-n  he l,,»:~cia&}Jz'.c‘0at/1”, .21-Ii’:/at Sm9:7';:§?:‘
nreaéfialzred if‘tb¢]=wi'll. . This confeggen*cewI% deny ;% I have I“.
thinkc, fully» mad-[cit‘cleare»b”efor¢5 xiiat t'hC.0§Eh‘f“Of. A1le---
giVéi:nce]t"‘a1kcn~Vby t_1ic‘S'ubjc&fis,abfOl=ute, not diependin-g* %up<on4~

A gqy.;Qthi11g_t,op£f‘fd%(“m~C€Lby4j ‘th6‘[‘Kirig5_WhCtlT‘Cf fwortm‘: or

Sée ‘.D..S'd7z-
dcrfidc: Iuram.
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mt; f\5j9z6rxfie%A  %and..tAlf&aAt:};il; -court!‘-riot um %bé¢;r;%A»;%%6tficrwifeV  and At
t¢f1V6ugh%fliC King %a"rfd? p‘ebple‘ 1”‘1‘a£ve esacfiw -fwf”o*r:r their,‘ d*uc‘i;cs:~ mu-~

tually, . yet not ..w_ich Va. mucuall: ¢ nefpcflm by vcrmc wh‘erc‘of r
%a% fbncachi. on one fidl‘e might be a“d;ifchaArge% o‘n%the~ oth”cr*~,4 and%

than xacinhcr the tenor of " their IOaths * hold! forth any Vfucfi =
% tVhiing;;ne1ther1sthe matter of chenjxcapable thcgeof, .being,nc+-

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vA.cg§fl‘azary,;  M , M A A 
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“   "Tfie third“ as, rzm¢V4;~:wa%a: tii5)¢e“vfb1é*I('*ihg*ie~"ir2'éz1 mar “atgaiifl s

 :6" p“;Ovc fhéni,  ttms; j1cZ4f?rhg“‘wfiait Paflidbteén“

wbi;-M ."S'fi!5j_t"&.i_’,"-' >t;.I:A‘)'A:1376rA¢_d1£6:}3.tl7“g:»c'5% fly that firm:/3 gaf. Oath Minlaini 
of ‘tl.1;¢ ir%afl'/lggi:4atg¢g.V M M Ifhuxsfls a cm!  § ,1en.<;[ef“~che* fo rm‘Ac‘rL*con~

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fwcr¢d+A%arrdvd1fBr°AvV<=d;*tfi1s”“v'afiIffi‘eth~ [          

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m

%v4*The FO‘fif£hV"thihgV%.‘i§ffiQ ¢Mo1nreq%;:cnce,%bu:€%a% féafon; of til1*%e*‘tVv75v‘c- ~

l%ae,f4t%‘“¢;pn fcqu?ci1cc,s,4;a~a*x1$d,in iilethodéof 3172Fin‘gV  ‘Eire refor«E‘*2fi‘“"éfi% %

amid

‘rim: om‘ of’AZ%leg£aVnce weflinj judgement and

aux etlm"r.;party~.hweraperiuruipgrfiusfbr many ef than A  ~h.m; « ta}
n.Qm“rJai;0utla, and are Reb»e_Ils«1n<.,tak1ng.ueph Armes again& the

 , if :1.:IFs—t“hti*1‘etakinegeupmfmse -againfi he ehe;*‘King-h( as A he,-utermes
it) were 1I'EbhC“i0n‘3:t=hCji1' ~7abfolnc.ion ufrome their Oathes
afiwettehitzfo.i4ndhc€d)‘by‘~th ;§_I[{ingsrbre“acho7f hie ‘cO:*u'lfl not un-
.ee~makee.;h~~erh make ietyno rebefi
~;ifi:en tgihe ghe *S13ebj»ee<?c ‘bgeférre my oath-teaking,an‘d  nth founded
on fwearin g,€bu.con'lh;z.eon:firm\cdby itg, aridu-tzherefore furvives
  ;~eaf:'te're1:he,preteendedédhifloltxtion ofitgand confequentlym~ake,'9
h.h.chat mkeing~upharmswhich woulli hhavehbeen " (if-theOath
mad not been (;as he «fugpofeth ) m1l>lified.,) hrebe:Llion~hnever-
gmheleife.  L “  A A A V   ’ ‘   e A

 2. we  » therefore fay, %(as’ the Parliamencariearn
Larry .:‘lf1:a~th "bel1*€V€:d“y Jtieclared , asnfl ;in emany Treatifcs
 H*=prmt.z.mhamtmnedhwalleh along the helate wares) that the

i5on;~*for thedebthhaohf obedience is:e'x—- “

Memes; of “the A Perilheiamenr: A were  % not ggainfl; eanyh ~«bra~neh‘" of A

A :Subje&s A*l1legiamcic,.orhthc =0ac»h forjh:_,”( whiéh they
Eperofeifed {till to ow e, perfifi in, yea,and in athchh“ Aft ‘crf %ihe’=ix:
L-Armswbéaning covenamzed to yeeldesc maintain)but concordant
"with thhhefahme. In as muchas they enterprized not againfi: «the
King: Bfirfifly hi: Ntnte or gommmcm, Ike’) M.-nnmt gguiwfl bi:

Majefl}, In’; H:ir,r,  Sucwflimr 2,. t»hey~f   joymedh 7 not figaihflzh bi;
enddfie     feheaeighes whheieeof, and mehhbohhuanhds of the
Sknbjcfls obecgen ct aecnprefixed by the Laws ofrthc ‘Realm: the
:»:nk'mmat=e interpretation whereof is in the Parliament, which de-

A ,e1_a.red -their arms to ebefor, and agreeable to the Laws.

   we Kingefis only by his Couet, anti  ixaws, hihexz
he doth bcfidews or againft theft: is +the»mans, not the exmgs afl-
:::«iwg;Whatiei§doheAby%®rder of the Courts ‘J0.Lf hleuflice , and by

. ;ve;rcuehofiehe Lawsfis d0hnc(thcmgh agalinfi his fperfonagl egre-
A fence oeecomnamhi) yetwforh-thes K1ng,eh1seOtowxg arnciidrgmty.

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  ‘‘ aims MM&.'CmCe:pqi‘@fl‘fl ain£t,i«£h¢e’ Q.&th':i®fi"iAMegiat1*cc“éis}, i-

all

+ifiis;%inmnl;aw~fuii li‘poar_ti1,i:i_;pi:.it;£:aot itgisffwibrii E;é§xhe~Kgirngsiifléinsghis V
reafoinii £23} this Exccfation proceeds thus, Who legwmtla (as-VEc"cI. i
_ -2.19.) whet/verb: will [re 4 wifie man, or afoal, 4  or at wic/{ed
iman,and otyr$t2iwt?;»i2¢:c§§w ifria, mm} /Qz0mtki3'o,tbm towmr ,ot0i’d¢7Gi Heir,
 not 4;: Oagrh imindgemsnt, 3207* in": rigbte_ami~:;  , t/mi Suéjeéi V
_ 'W3«t¢)’;é¥5?16i .;.1/.’«'1'mfgl]‘i' 2565 his own /J»irrx,;yaez.r2t:i:4e-V Gqikféicmcnce; .:=Tbm:irb; V

flath of .:.r1 llggzfmzce »~2wt?.r;. £144 t/M15:xéifzgnic‘/9,I/a2zt:;rcJpa*fledi eir;r,mz' Mn»-

ilawfri/g1?L3?‘a:>t‘*/a,ia&C-‘% ildmiiti ofgche oAntiecéde’n*ti,.but u C1331‘! yo deny

“the Cdzufeqircncém _fForot11e iwiholco Confequcnce Io anifwer. 
 A Lmhis in fitreniice is;wc1i,r::<Sily <i:on§t‘a;.ry tmviiithatifl owhixjch Salomon
in chewplace ;cite:d,r E4161;-3/I 2. ‘:9. makes from. the vvordso::Sa1a.

2;zan:o;~is:,; .i.ye*ti)fhao3l:%hco«ti;is€:¢.- " _::L1;ls=:ii:- o;~vie§ All abéilrso ¥_I;V11€:rC:13n:§I‘ A
have laboured, and wiheremil have thawed my felf w1f¢Jsg;;nd;@r.

the Sun, this mans inference is(in efl’c&) becaufe no man knows

Awhethcr heiAwiJ1oibe a wife man , or 5 afojol , thereforei he {hall-
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or nevcr dmh a,who1cAAn;_u1on unldcr a A lzwvfnlll golveacr. men: of them»,-
{elves affiiéi: orlmovcl to a change ,A il3Ti5?2lIhC. flagtcrers, and Adeccivers of
the pcoplal * Amjdinaxyly tihanldcfirc andA;1flegrdAthe. people to it .
2. How the ,j11dgeAmentl and W111 of thc vmhglablodv of an gcpple fhould
be knwnlancl declared unto Execution.bcfox:c~part:i*c}1mmen aél to
21 change of their own privatc judgment , msmea in thmg unimaginag;
blc. A I " ' A A
. This neceflity of ;etAainAing a power in fiubjcfls to chapg , and of
nfimg it for a greater good, or rAcmovaAll_A»o-f a Atcmporall hurt, imoppa-q

fition to an Oath {worn aglainPc,thcAchangcA;isdireéllyagainftthelScrip- l ’

mres:,tying men,that fwearcnto th<:ir% owmlhurmnorlto change Pfalf 15‘
4 Jofh. 9. 1, 19;a:nd condemning thofa:_r.ha~t for Inch" ends haverev
ceded from their mztihssl Ezels. 17;: 3»,5cc; Jblhtm 9, 1 momparcd with
2,Sam. 21.2. A . A   c   A  V  f

« 5. that pqfition fo much now adaysrinfilled omof the Peoples powaer;

to depofe,é;bolim,and alccmha power‘ of their Goverhorslat plcafurc; l
“ which is a

A wally fctlcd,and both in it {elf lawful, andlawflully fez A Over

them, I hold is a Agroflli: crr0r,fome of my Rcafons in fhort are.
FAir{kAAIu¢h a» .(-:0l;uIf6T (lfugmljng thu, governoms difl'ent'to it all a-

A A   ef ,AG.od,l con-I

demnqd RAam~.AI3..z- = l Al  ; A  A l A l Al
V 3. It is direélly oppofitc to that fubjcéhon commtmdcdlevcxyefoull
that is in the relation of a Subj¢&,A Rom : I3«.1.and this l1§w}Ptt.3_,uIg.

% A 3l.If1ithc~pcop+lcmay do imhcn -£1; mt-rfi ncedslbelthat they have a civil! l

power and authority over.th<~:i:: Magifiratcs. Wfhichisl contrary to
tl1oAfcl Scripcnrcslwhrich make the: King fupreme,A and call the powcrs

which the peofblc are fubjAe&% 0, the higherpowcrs, highcrin rem
lation to them , whlolarc Abel W and,put:.lin fubjeflion :0 tl1‘am,,!A.}l..'A V

P=am.A I 2. Raml;A‘l1A3.; AI and ilad»eedA if the? pcople have a power ‘over

lweslfithlfissia ;‘ll§“[§E‘?' lsigfi QfQ¥‘.él§¥9f: 2o..v!_sr; 1? slbc Masiltrates   lblnl

34nd¢s

finder tho people, ‘W110!!! 3'-'¢l3l“A°5’ AOVC’-' 3 15 tho people be above tho A I
Magiflmtcs whom arfi F1153’ Amid‘-‘F 9 , A A A V A A

M  The Holy Ghofl‘. commflflds We P°f0Plc to rc1}dex'tribmte,cufl:om;.'
foam’, honor (not at xriandomjto a Magiflracy loavmg «them at {Emmy
to =wh;u: they plcafc; but) to whom they area due, theyaro la debA:«theAn,

M which rofpe_éiethA adoccrmimtioi Obffifla fihfisprcfent Magifirate , oo

debtor can pay a debt by cransfm;_riflg.it from ooeuco another, or gi.
wring what her: oweth to another lacados the proprietor; j A A
‘ ~ Magiflratco are of: @})d. hlsordxnanco and minifiors, arid they
gm Judge; for hum as his wccgeronts. Razor. x 3M1. ,4. 2, (jmm,g9,5,
and Atherofore tamlot fiand fit thft 11166? W111 of the people. God mnfl
hnveaihand in their rcovall as he hath to their admilfion : or 6142: it
is injurious, horemoves and adm1ltsnoW51‘10§ by immediate revelation
(as fomecimos in Ifiwza-1) but bylthc rulo of his sfvord cxecutcdgby man;
hoiihaxh given a rule for the fottlng up ofh/iagxflrates, but where hath
ho given any For their dcpoljtlg. 2 ;_ . 6. If It were inithc peoples pow»
or to change: at plcafinrc then: lmagnftracmhcn how could it be fuch a

heinous fin has it is challenged to on for. the poople co rejeft Sgzmgp-A125-1m-3-
fllwgovernmenc , and; Adefirciand move for a Kmga A c:.7.$.x z.

But let us next hear what he allcdgoth for this his aifertion of mu- 7'

M3311};-Y, Tlgmgb ciwiillgowernment (ho faith) ingcnemll, [M M or-
dime: of G’ and tending to mgm: goad, therefore to rejeét it wo.1»aJd% ho
finfuil, yéc this or that kind of government is not an ordinmcc of
God, bu; an ordinance ofxpan, 1:. Apt. 2A. ‘I3”M1dAif an ordinanccfiof
man, 1:heniAma’n may ahangc It Ste; A

I Firfi; v 'C3iviI,,l Government in the gcnerall cannot be {aid to be

Gods ordinanco, and theroforc Linrcjofiablfiabmi this, or thix, or that A

ki1:1d>Aof government that ii; alogittimate and true: 1' pecics of it   , i muff Qéifllflid
neceffarily be *Ay*colde:dA to be calfo  Qndmance , and unrejcflabie, .f”'Wf“”‘i"
for itiisa lirzrexrialc, for Awhatflocovcris dxrgétly and er/3: faid ofthc ‘lg A1""“"‘i’"'
gcnusyor ego1iorallAAnaAtnre* imufi be alfo {aid of tho pacios or partieuw MW 4,,
lat kioohl and again thevwhoic nature ofcho genus or genemll is con;-fuhjwta,
soneainiever A»fpccics,orAAkiind, *‘A  A l 4

calm pmdi, l

A A5 .lLI2fi.ri.-uz.-- 

A yrhe AP   ”oannotobAc takfitl to {peak of l power in goncrallionlyg 1“- 5"‘l"" 

and abftra&ly,bht mufiAnocAAbAe uodcrflood diflributivelyofflall law. m“’”"""

Am generic _ A i

£qlAl powers inthoirm fpmallkind -5 when hofairh choreAi:mo power ,,~,,,1;;,m;,,»
hm: of God ; Atheaploweiis what rAbe‘aArgordamod of God. hofoexrerimmm qua

therefore rcfiftcth the power, refifleth~thAc ordiiinaocei of God... ii’Ram.WfP¢0if«AA A

fig; g, 2., Ho that ,,{*l»21A'IH=l:fayofthi5”0fA£h1tkind of lawf'ullgover%o- A
  A A  A ,  A  A A . _mem:A V

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n1tnt,as' of Monarchy, itisno'taof'Gocl, iris fiotthe ordinlance of

v God {peaketh ditedt Contradieiiories to the Holy? Ghofii here , no
Stilajeéts obedience to this or that governmcnthe is under could he

-urged tiponhixwby vettuelofibit teafon, There is no power hnt of

Goo &c. If this, orthat kind of government were not of God, and
were not his ordinance. 3.. And for his d1fcretive,hut an ordinance of

mangit is no Inference of the tfortner, therefore not the ordinance.
 of God. For this, or that government 15 both anfordmance of God:

i in Pain]: Ptyle, and an ordinance oftnan in Patér.:,and you cannot fay
thefe two ap.oftles, fpeak of gdverment twoidiffe rent way/cs, the for-
mer in general}, the latter in particular,lfoir;“as I have proved Paula

i muff be take'n of particular kinds, fan: is “cleare Peter {peaks fisfl in
§,enera1l,fubniit your {elves to every ordinance of man 664:, and then
in particulatywhether it be to the King as fupreme,or unto Governors
3«‘c.This or that government Pm! calls an ordinance of God» I In
that it is inflitnted in its fpeciall nature by God , and warranted for
any people, but not commanded or fitnpofed (as Governrncnt inthe
gene.-rall is) upon every nation. For it is with govertnentts in relation

Ad to Nations as with callings , fin Relation to Perfons ttejyetyt

l man rnufl have a calling. but it is diftributively this , or that,ot the
i othegaillnarelilnoc tecefifarilylto .havethis one. I.,3Cb7~_7 7,717.    n
2. In that it is invefied in the paiticuler perfon by God,when«theyi
are called to the government , according to his rule, thoughhci
doe not point them out immediately by his own finger , but tnediately

by men, in like manner as they are the minifiers of Chrifi in the

Church , that are called according to his appointment _.,f  though men
in thrt fame once ortdaindithcmv  Anditin thist1:egard.i themagffirats
‘( not the igjovcrnmenlt abfltaflly) are Cal€dt‘Gi0d5Qfd;ifl'aflCQ Ram; 13;
2. compared with 3.4- Peter terms it mans ordinance , either bow
danle both the f pcciall forrne of govern ment, and the performs holding
it , are chofen and fo imediaaely to conftituted by men. 0: rather be:
mWM” eanfeitisg convetfcnt about humane affaits, and mans hencfit, not
,0, 6/2 D‘;_‘_jn5 ifit were invented by,_ or had IE8 origmall from men ,for fa it is
-953” ,1... of(3od~,% as expolhtors interpret and compare ‘that place of Peter
norm Die.-with the other of"P»ml,_ and tha;tiPeter' excludeth not, bnt taketlijn

dlflfsc it the Divine anthoriration to that governrncnti he treats of, is c!v~idcnt,L 

in that he willeth fnbmiflion to itfomla: Lard: fade} How [fora his
faltefif it be not his Ordinance.   l A

M...

Havinatchts anfnessd 5.139 prsmife .°_fl.!l$ fyliegifmt tmdl "helm In-«  

  it i brings  

A A A A i 119 A A A
hi'ings to hack the affumiptions with all, his confeqnence or conciufion
following goes to the Tgroundgind the 1j.iwiAn11nes of the oath of Allegiag A
anct: temains nr.£hiken.A ButAash_i5 manner is, he amplyfind his~“coniAAc-—
quence with matters M ” altogether in con fcqnentiall ,, and ‘Ainde.

. pendant on the prcmifes, Firfl he faith who kmwaxmr whwtd plague "

Athix find ofGavvA:r7m_mnt (?Jiz;. Alfiivglyi J hizth, hin taithi: N aztiafz P
mi than t.hf,-jnafi afpnr‘ Itingx bade hm: iT}rdm‘.r-P I am one that
k.noiw§;notiAthélcthipgs, bntA]ndge the contrary and wiIlAAhc4 Attyed by A
the e;;p_erience and voice ofthisfiation. And inthe mean A while: i,
It Ateqncfi: him toltty theft: his Words,byiI:hc fcriptntei; following, 2,
Pet, 2, IO, 11 12,, Jude 8, 9,Io and to take heed of the vcrdiéi-: and
Judgent therein given upon government-hlafphemcrs, 7
 2. Who knowtrs not what a bleifing the change of government hath
brought to the United Provinctrs 9 I ‘am fnric this man knowes gnot
neither Ai:an:fayA (ifthofcAProvinces~A excel! in blefsings) that % they are’ A
ibronght byAaic-hangc ofthciriawfull Government, confidcring wAhat:
Solomm iohfotved of old, concerning ithfieidii" proportion of worldly
fiicwfcs to menszfwayesi mind the inevidencc ofche Agoodncs {oi bAad.A~
Ancs oAfperfons,a.nd aétions if efiimated by events, which every” rnainsi
icxperience can fet:ond.A A i A A V . i 4 < i

Q Whether thofc provinces have changed otrecovei-ed their govern?
ment as Hugo Gratim conceivcth. Or whethetf they yet Rand but as
our AiP:{rliaAmcnAt did with the late King. inthc 1’*irfi~War, defending,
1V and demanding the: fccurity of thcir jolt ptilvilddges,with the fwordAAin

M theip hand,I:AA1na:vehimfwtihct to c0‘nfidcr,i and I aflhrc him this, there

havebccnlobfcrvationsgreatPtore, of Gods Iudgmcnts upon thofe .
that have rebelled againfhcaft OFF, or murdered their lawtnll .Go- '1‘fIie(§cr§
vernomgathercd by worthy men, ”‘ but I nt':ver“bcfore met W-iJth»h— G’ ‘° ' ‘

V . . . i N  _ . W  A
 that made 0b{CI‘V3£lOn0fd1V1nfl-_Bi€{SIng5UpOl'1'~3.1‘l§7-Of thoie LL; 
3&5. «  A ‘ i Bcm'e;i,at1d

«. A A Thus far his .exccptipn§ byiAwayioFA prob? of his fiihiipofitidnt ,3 A got’: Dofior

He in tho$.cioifi§:AAmakcsAon¢Objtétion agaiinfi himfcifm and givceth his I’I_;;¢i’W;A» A
‘ar1fwcrAAco1AAt.tAhns.AA Ob; Shppofe ‘Arihcrewmfjhm: fin/Zfiwffl/lfl£I,£72 the L‘ 23“ WP‘

taih_in‘g'fttchiOAath::, yet z§rAthc~re not It um-ctflt} of Kdepiflg thémi he-#

A. fag taflen? Anfwcr; If H crud: Oath again]? the life A afone mhmtheing
A mn7;gh team and cr.h.nl.AWmfihful/ytalgen, and mAorefihfhii')rA /gs-pt, then

the e afhllegiance which we ah/Zylme not afanditiaimll idivc. and which

fire to zzphald q~rmrch)'r,"the wwfutlfimitgsi whhrmf fi'eing¥>»hh‘c] are

dangeromi, Md m4}1pi”~nw, 4;jAaftm;hejh.wt I”d¢m.~,A daflrhfihihe to the
 -' A A' A 7 ~  A A   lim-

4~'>'~ .4

0)

ggggya-fpfmm}.A.me7n,they are mt gzzly , ugz?}azwf14llA to ttéeitukgn, hat to 59' ‘
i kept; g[\Iot ‘granting any unla:.w_fu1»l;nes1n_ the taking ofthis Oath,(_h§-A
i A xrijng (Ihopje ) maids good 1313 Irmocency agmnftiiallthat hathbxn
_ mid 5 ye; {uppofe _IhiadmadAeti this objc&gon,I would not take: this an»

ifwer, Myitra§«foR;i_5,7i Aha cannot paralel Hcrods oath and ours in
AAW 1g1ap§;e§i%ttwihAC~I¢1~ni   Rgol) ,5 iwas A unlawtulli both inthfi

mgixag and‘iI{eePi%3g3 What: was that  it gomprifcd as he interpmed  A

i A f_he—'flqeddi.;?1g_.;I1_1')0CClJEi?iQ},1d3vKh3m3»fi‘3G37ivflg 01'' a guiltleffc and holy A

pggfanfiow whhati the‘ ,_mattm: ij ofotirs ? Tnyceld obedience in I

A1awfu11i;hings,' 1:9 3 lawfq.-A111 power. Is it=any~more .? and are not the
i;m:gA¢rs of thfiffi two omzhsta as farrfi un1i:k¢AiAas1ightamA1 igglarkneffe .?
"'I'hat"which  heaps up to agrjavath om: bath to theihcight of the num-
gighte011fnc{1}: of Herod is nothing but the thine: excAeption, which gall
;hiAsiwh_;'1¢ Ihavc been tanfwcring , and therefore: {hall contcm: my

  felfe with what: hath bin faid to them. Only in thc,ciofe he tels us
Monarchiy is gziangerous , and may’, as often it hath , prove diftruflive’ “

to the lives of many mm, and th€:i'€f9rC~ its unlawfull to {wants or
may the upholding ofic.  This is nothing but whattmay be as truly
{aid ofany kind of government howilawfull foevcr .- noun that hath
bin as much pmaifed as it car} be affirmed to hive bin leis siiffrnflive ,
or to bcleffe dangeyrous that 11:; buwthfl Wflibllity iof"»ba:iAAI?Ig ; 01? ex-

perience of having ibéfiil abiuféd, ifi I10 valid‘“r.e~4fohi.why an gbvarnmfin-t -

may not be uphehi 5% if itbe dawncmufl; ail gvcrnmcm: fail; if andif
yet it may be Llpilchii ,_ tp fW¢a1‘6E_Oltpi1Q1d. It may be an oAAat1}laAwfuil
forthematterA;A~amd1F1t cannot in that rcfpeét be mada a crime 5 A it

A  idcfervcs not tohe"paraegic1dAWiitAhtiHwM4‘iAi0ath~ What parale-lAin point

" efiainrightmipfndsIrlmiiiv

 

Ki@§%“EEfiQgihi§£Q?'g.h)§C3Qnhfi§$ vialating theirs, his

  Acxmzutiuniiac ,tAh¢A::'irsi my hat! <‘5,i1:\is rm  tin"ihan¢a>m»mm.A

- A is this.

may: done: with his firii pofitiunaand groccfid tohiigfcttihd, which
 Sikppizflz the oath of Alfegiumce to 5:: lanrfzz/3'; yet tbefpzéjcfl air 
xzbfalwdfrom it 5} them that have pgwer to 46/bl-wfi-am it; tThis

ofitioin Aofa ‘power in tainyi :Q;Aab11.>ive troma iawfull oath is new, ( as
A at aAsI have*read1AorA heard) among, protefizmts , and ham untiihow

been accaunmdiby Papgflfi —, tthwPap£*5ait1d Ptelates prerogative‘; by At

us theiiriantichrifliam prcifumptiomifiut let  fed Where and upon what
gronndhe bAl1iidSfi.1Ch power. A A A  it A  V   
A R-mflm. acmfz.» the Rcprafwtatiwtx aftlac ipaapwle _., Wbigb 11
fr“ “r=t9€»Wr£«a4¢roVttt a .fm1wf¢¢e’ A  0»:/vézau 4621'»  

 

    A (   I )     W    

mmtg Atla£.rA mat the Smhjaflxfii A6? in flaeir Ifaprfintmives, {£0
MW cf G’ ad , or rmtzma olaligaing threw toAA.m*e;5t of'f2t¢b';a perfozm: hi:
b:imr“.r’,l mzdtafwmralllegiancera them. l1ft7/a&r¢fWl£1tA19e rzeprafezztlzu
tificx take mm] madrepeazlc this   at t/aglci Pmliamrnf /mt/adzmc)
they t}Jc"r¢9J!3)?f:t t/1afw6jaE2‘.r wt liévartyfromhfiza/9 wllegfialnca, Md flvum
tb:irl0.<zt79 %b£:¢dz':¢g, -tn it, there remain: uh mare canfa-imce affit :7‘; {min
4'4‘ bavaltwlganhlitl , Aérabzzha that £mpe»fi~drhe~l04;bAlupanA /fii.rA Servant‘
wig/It acquit himofit“ zeévc; 1 A A  A A  A ‘  A   A  A l

 1- Fm the antecedent 1 {ball onlycnote. I he"l'ets npafupreama
power (WEE us bylreafon ,4 notlbfy law, or the peoples confiscation ,,

l and thishrealfhn is notlthclN:;ltions,blL1lt 'fi‘f{%‘eichet his own privaz judg-

manrhxhd If that may treat alfuprcaml power to him, than cvcry other

A privac mans rcafonlis t5o:l1‘:m._1p on co:.him,eveh when chm: islonc a’l~rca-

dy over the pcople he islhfi.’ 1.. Or is in the common rcialfoxa that is-(l

in a%lhlmem< mm.1ralAlyl,l aanfddffol, how cho«mcl:s;.ic to paflh that there is lhchl

vmriczy of kinds in fup‘reame govjetrztxncmz ,» and that Rbprefcntatives
have it norm ‘hall cimfls ahdll nlations, yea that fcarfcithcy ever had it .9‘

2. That: in citing: the; power thalchEna&;:d thlslOath, he 1 omits‘.
the King and Hhufe of Lords , who in the then Parlzament conAchr~l
red in this Enafling and Impoficion,

3.4 A That although the King then was rightfhlly and ’a&ually int;
throned in the Regal! power , and Dignity, and both the Law, and
the Oath ofsnpremacy obliged aha people to him ands his ha-ares ,,l “

yet he dares to fay hoLAaw omxow or; Nianmc lohl:'gedlt:he‘m no accept 

of fuchz. pcxfhllainda:hls«:hlc:imA, lis»no1:< the 5:12. Commahdlcmcn: chcé
Law of Godand Nature , and thofep‘recepcs.Rom. 13.1. Tit. 3,
1; 1. Pet. 2.13 . " repL“.tlti0ns,md”divine ratificatxons thereof’ : and
cloth not than Law command every people and prrrfonl allegiance vol A 

their particnl:.u:;1aWfull Govannoursmnd wasrnol:,the.l,Kiln’g,in»

being, his hcircs in capacity, and clefignarlionlfuch Pl  v _

V‘ z.But: for thcconfeqgctnccithera as no match in «is: nor coAlOtIr iof"

realon, or :=inferencc from the-;lAhhtecede;n£l for‘ it. ‘Bcfildc:s=,l. tlmc? .

theAla&llcanrsot: ( for ought appeams to’ me .);bulrcp»::a‘lAéd hum by .VI‘,l')l§"‘A

l famc power LhacAmadc1c;andl tlht1“"l3ll€2g*i;1At1£Cl'\‘Afa0rt1 waslnhn lfmm-A-ll

ded upon I:helA&»:o1:.. O-2u:h,l but chm and paid bcforcl1ihém'7‘h0él!l=

‘ The {latch inAAitslowAnAlwhrds mrms Air: fe*1f all rccblgniatlolh “andlh aclmow.

ledgmencgand the firfiiwordl of 'mIarc”4;?I..1h;  hm¢l}Wndh‘{i»¢c.erezjv
aakuonvledg, profafl}, taflmfia, A and VA aleclmre  ‘C'anfr.‘iefi¢c: bcfara  

  0044 M the: AWE-W3 ltWA 1W’?£I5§. Wfwl A Kivg 0fi"rlm* 
A A  ll  ll hfltfllwfiyfi.

h A that the Impofing of this Oath was thelr {ole M32, and the ‘filztlij

:33 ..:u&ot'
S‘a>m1er/'.
dc? flmzm.
eE.r’i-g.pm[
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'1*‘l'a;»h~;_f.&‘~_}»r.*.
mg. fxzrzk, _ _  _
 zeza.$o.w.v- from it , and th1S1s the t:~heAgrouncl of that power he hlppoleth tn
A Aémlmm to acquichislfervant, bexng thcxmpofer ofhxs oath C it}

13..

  <3 i >    
ole the Reprelentatives to bathe fupreme ptawerug
_ _ e-,5 in
them, and that they did it voluntarily‘ot:.u_nohl4gecl to 1: : cloth it
‘thence follow, thfi R3Pr°fe“”§“V55 1'€APi'3~1‘“g that 33311516 fi}bje&s
that upontheir Enacfting fworext, are now abfolzed from them allcn
glance, and from tht'O.:.th-A  l   M ”

O

1,lTheythat have power to tmpofe an Oath were never {aid ( in

Redlml ea’-c. Supp

any Divinity extant) t€v.h=1V€ POW?! .60 ipfil tolabfolvc from it , when A

the impofers are allo the partie l‘wornA t0; lthfiffi it 15 granted ( both
by Proteltants and Papihs *“l ) they have to fatte as concfiirnes them-
felveslpower to releafe from the Oath, not becaufe they are not the
Impofets, bmzlbecaufe they are the party {worn to, for amnisqaipra-
fact‘: java alméi, mi c/?f457:d .P7'07”ifl;0s llhfiright of the thing
{worn is theirs to whom the 01th 15 made,therefore they may rcleafe:

that washotratherthe interpr_c-tation then relaxation of the oath)
but where the impofers are apthnrd party from the perfons fwearmg ,

5 and {whom to, there they have no claim of power of re1axation.And

thus the cafe is here , hhe Reprefentatives ( as he faith to) ilmpole the
oath , ’ which is {were to the King , Aandbihd in allegiance to him. If
they that impofe an oath may rcleefefromlllnt , then may any Court or
Magiltrate releafe a juror or exammate from the oath they have gi--

van him , then it a man impofe an oath upon himlelfc ( as in fomct
cafes he may ) he may abfolve hxmfelfe when he Will from it , though

he therein oh1lged.himfelfe to God 917% 3110113517 ;m=1t1- And this is ttu--to ll
ly the cafe with as he:lhimCC1lfC llflfitefi ll‘-la 1’-yhfir fllblfifli by thfiif Own A5! IV

A in their Reprefentatiycsixaipofclthig Oaths fiI‘1dl;3Y‘;t11€lilrl’own "petro-

A abfolve themfelves from it. l_ M A V  t A _ A  -  
at The repeale of the A61 Is no repeale or dnl.-Tolutuon of the oath ,

nall at‘! {wear it  and after by their own a& in

the Parliament that framed by their Aft irnpofed the oath , did not

thereby Amalia it an oath, but it was the fubjefls {wearing , which Aw
made it aholathland an obligation to him , as. the Minlflers reheayrfing A
and diftltting the words of marriage,to the couple Marying each o... A
there mam notthematiage , but the partfeethcmfelves declarixigln A

  lthofe words. And as the clerk, in acourt reciteing the words of the

Iurorsoathtothem makes not the oath ,~ bulithc Iurors afl”entA to it. at
manifefl 

The Par1iamtnt.can injoynsa 95 punilh l'.ll'l!'€I??-f_11_f3f“:> 3315' A
A A pp     l,  A .   _ breach

tbeir”ReprelemtAatives V

 I 3': )

tbrcachl.ofiian.:sogl.th‘,but a pmm1fT0ty=oathbemg the 2162 ana co*venAAafnt

ofhim that {wears , end a parttof;Divine;_v{o1lhip  the bonel Ace?
confciencc upon the fwearcr, antdl the velxdnty ofGods” ordinance,

_AAAa'n«’d;h¢obligationthathathertinl enterted,int‘o tmtcs God , has the
invocatccl wttneflcfindjudgegl CaI)nA®t:be_W1tl11Fl the APa4Z‘ll3.mfiI'll.‘S

fauithorityito 1'-l.l:lllil':idiflgallAl'pllD§s‘:flS70a.th9"Wh‘lCh may be made with 
,9: gwithfoug; ;a¢ireimp;gfi:ion;t  Tihetel;ateiicall;{E:sA indeed A A, Awherein
~al'upetiOur” as a HL1Sl)2lI-1Cl ,] Maffetl, Father , AAM1glPtratc , may
imakAe‘voAid"the oatAAhiol?etheit refpe&iVcA inferior 5 'by‘analogy, or‘

 ;eqait'y of that rule N umév. 30. but thofe are ‘1 in matters that are 4 A
beloAngiAug_to the right or power of the fuperxottot dxfptsfe of ; as

the R€pr3fentatlV€5 may acquit from an oathiin point: 0f their own

A right ,A *‘ but the allegiance, in thiseath flworn is‘rsoneof theirs, *,;mimd..
but the Kings, Wendi therefore {worn to him by the Ihbjeéls , and wm»mtmA

in patticmlarby them. 2» Bythat Law Nzemfn. go. the fuperior l‘A“’”*»’W/5*

may interpefe to jmillilfie his A iinferiors oath made without his W K/fig

A' ekt1oAwledlge,i and confenr , and that mull be dent inAthe d3.y:th~:1t fm L, M W
t he heats of It , but there 15 no further power given by that law 1:: y,;f,;;:,,m,-

A A ;the cor’npo‘fers;ancl commanders Grfll: , yea and lnwe when it them-

the matter ofoatl‘1es.. New in tl1iS_011K‘A cafe the l~‘&7e.preli:ntatiees dz qgmt_/;.--
have hm f0fatfAi*om«be1ngzgnomntdfthe making of this 03.:'.l‘1,J’*’~‘/““
and diihlowmg It as foon as 1t was known to them, that they were

., % A A mm fed z'l--
ielves. Let any the Aleaft warrant , yea or prefidentibe brought ;,,,,,¢,,g,,,..,..

A for ‘releafing an oath in this cafe ,A audit {hall lit down; Lafilyw mm 61;”

% me tdnfl0”"i‘0F“ithlS death l‘laAjth in -ii". I daie”&elee'ue,4nal in confeieizce

forAaeAclofeiAeAQlfAgA<;yAanfwerhnrothispcifitirm, Iflull (germs what]?! r;::uc;-
FM! 8 ft)”-

em Vefaift/cal, time neither the Pope , mar mgy perfbe lv/aatfaever  f{::’_ff,;“
Almt/9 power ta nbfaleveme aft/m Oat/9 or en} pert rbereafi AM doe jm;,;_,£_ Ag:
wmmmce alt pardon: and ahfpezajlxztzwzx to the Ct9flN"#¢7"_].. F 13:5 as not find.‘ em.

puree: has *5

onlythelwearersdecla1*atim1 , but the Parliaments , ie compiling ol,m_/Iczz/2.  

thued2:iclaredl?iz1itaking it, {hell we beleeve them concerning their
pom l“Tl*tl'ihSil:[EI1IlIAZE¢‘.‘l'l-, or this man? A A A ‘ . i A
Imzhe end hAebrAingsin three qucfiions and anfwers to them,un~
to which thotlgll they have no immediate reference either to this
_latter”i p;_AofitioAn , or the proof of it, to‘ whiththey are fuhj ayned ,
A nAor»lto the jqueftionof the oaths obligatotinelllc, which i}! the {uh-—
;jeflAoF theiprecedem‘dlfcourfe, yet lcfé the ove1*~pafling A them "
 it   * A A A A A Q-“mid

anAdAimp0fing~this mth , and all Reprefeetatives have petiimally I5‘. Jitg 2..

  J V t  (34). ..   
A  ihould impfy thiatthey are tthm m”¢“ fiiithét hCl*1Yif?41‘1fsA ii0ri.diiiffituIt t§
7 be anfwettdfl {hall fayfomewhat. A A  * * A  .

x 1;. His fit-Pt qneftiion and anfwcrlsafter this manned, _ ii 
3141* than iz7w£ll‘ta this. W/asetlwr the Pariiament he we /‘uh.
prairie gown‘. R; It  wiamt that the Norman King: taming
. in 5} Canqfircfl, M1 mvzmvmsy rm: rigl1t§%td £193? A (rbwzyof Eng.
iI.&1¢z?;t5!«tt%1>vhz¢t tilaé‘ Pdrliaimeflf gm/e Mam, ifhih tbafpmer "ofPm"“a-f
liament mm: greater tlygmlaesrr  he-mu]? that poyzwr that 5; ‘high,
rggfé ofpmgr 5: g"rc4h=r‘fh¢"# zlmti pvwerwtharizk the efi1=&tafpaw-
 an a 7’ 11¢ pawer afrhaihP§:r?1im%2efi9t is. the power aftbeipmple, mm? A
» iré rmfipn the pwweir of the iiwaifilv £r‘tlaa:fu«pr:z*W’ , hemmfe “them:
iwfroim the root azlljvvwer  mug,  iiprvtza mid.) ~ A 
A Tm; zqaymmg Kings d id nottome inbyConqutitg.°thef,fir17c of
them Iitnamed the Conqutrour did indeed fo come in :Ti atlthough
even he lztyd other claim to the Crown hhfidcs Conquefti, as the
gmtmd of “the attempt thereof, namely at right both by vertue of A
the Co‘venant,i and Oath of Harold, and the Donation of King

isweedsi i7 Edzvizrdd‘ The next to him William Riafm ncithcrr cams in by ~

14. 16.30

Hg-3°”? Qonquefimor b‘y1incal1%{uctcffion 2 his father on his deathbed 1
gjflhzpg 7_bcing in remorfc of Confcitenct for his crwcll gwverinment of the

' ' 3 Kingdomc, duxfi 1-1ot(as he faid) tdifpoifc ofthetmntdiitt) any other
then to God , ~on\y he wifiat (if it miightibfitihe will of God )t1'h’-LIZ
at gm4,B_ Wil/Mm his {on might flourilh inth'c Thtonei, "‘ who a~ccotdingly_
9,611. 2.8. netwithflanding ( Duke Ralacrt was his elder brother) by a gene‘-*

V “A54 Ch3P- tall confent and vote wasmade King, The"‘rcPc that have follow...

3”‘ 3*  ‘t ed fucctflivly tame Iinby difctntmtd title of inheritance [although
A i in {cm happiiy itiwm c:d«t]*a’bdiwc?1‘ie thtimofl 05; them p=t~:atc‘~
ably: and without icchtteflt at    ithat
A which the Pat1iamefi*t_u=fually dfdyiéiras nota .creating of 2 titlefm
them, but a recognition of that Whithfizhey had, and ‘a;ficc,u;inig
% tor it to their po{‘tetity,which was for the Kingdbéms fafEty,aTs 
i {as ‘eh-:tKings inteirtrflc. 2. It is well known this Land was gflvfifw’
ncd by Kings in fupteme power lotagbcfore the N srrrmm race but i
gttnfo that this exception from the manner of the Norman: com-
mg in sic; rather agztinfi their title (who came in by Conqucfl)  

    

h to be Kings, than againft thc: Kintgs Title to) be fuprtme. 3,. If that A

$§3fiud.gment of Parliament; th>t‘tni_clv_ft2s tb whom he would 
i?‘»‘:j”)’1fi‘fi¥\t‘¢£i§1‘¢5.‘ fti,grcmacy,tm&y »deiCtd_e to wham it bcIongs,iI: will bg
A A V A ‘   yeildcd

      ,   (35)  
yaihlcd mhfiein the 1§1ng(thGughnhothfimwfivclyg in rhfgrnnca to

1=ar1iamcnt)wimcPFohth¢ Aggk Parliament farting forhchflmd cu. V
jotyning. thfi Oath QfChh€KlPgihf5l1m'~GWMYe 4 Thf.‘ cahuflng horhconmh

A vqéhmgh ofcivill paowgxh by  pof c0nf¢_.n¢: or clcflion, whether it I

A be by the Parliament to the King, 01: by the people cothcm both,

Vthcrefbhrc he indeed is fuphcrior to him ; and he alone...

or to citherwiof nhamjis njohatjgusrpchxt of a phoyvcr in the {aid gfong ’

vcycrs greamrhthm: Ehflqt whlch 151:9 conveyed by_ them  hbccahufc V

they thathhy Elc&;i(in,h0,rConfc1j1t1nV€flA:_ the M1g1P(raC5 ‘Mb gow...  
.31; , mfg gm; mg pmpcr orhprinclpzll cfncxcn: taufes oftha: pflwgr Th:-a['e axzl.

« but onlyme gpplyers of in no the pmcfon, and (ha ini%:um¢~m311¢m¢= W6“

M , _ . . - -- o A .  "‘
mean; pf gwmg mm :a. right: cherfiim God by hzs1n{itmc1on,and ’—"“" "fl%“"

, _ ,  . . :41: mm!
ordmauon nsmhc cimzlem: caufe of the Magxftratcs power , and 3/} mm;

. vanhccmcm: h ofmcn to that oflicc-:,V God only aflcthjauthhorica. daztqmd

%

gively mcnbyhche choice: of the pcrfon, and confencing to him do W ”“”"“ 2

it mimiitcrialiy. This prophofition, that which is EhCC3L1ffl'Qf?;:n?0;f

“power is in fare of greater power may betruc ofche prin-Infimmm

c'ipwi1‘£fficiant, but cannot hold of the fabordinatc or ififlliiumfiflw tall but of
tall "caufa , a with as the mcancsglvcth the power oft: husband PI""g‘5P311
was hm: to him whom {he marrycch , by her confbnt in marriage “fi:‘°‘“““'
ofhim, a fcrvamzm like manner givcch power to his matter over

him by his volmzatary agreeing to be his fcrvaut ; yct; can in not

hthcnce he concluded that the wife or 176:1 ‘yam, are ghreacer in pow...

er refpe&i:vclyh.thcn the husband ohr_ma1t&¢f: 74!“ OW-'-‘C topping. or
{'up.r:z:-mcghlil mfwcr zhxwinwhc Parllm,cm.h or a fiupebpzrliamhezn. . A
tary and Euparvrcgalpowcr In the hpgzople cannot be bottomed on A
that rcafon... ]_sh, As for that which 15 {aid as the 2d. rcafoxg , the
power ofwcha Pharliamhcnhn is the powcmf the pco;:‘r1e,11ow in rhea; %

A {on &;c.hhI:mfwcr I... There is a petition hofa principle no: te be h h

M W /a
V g Uni '
‘saw ‘me.

granted, nrhoffihrred t:o«bd‘provcd,xvhich is? cha::Magi[thraci4:all ‘ h A
paVIcr_o:u:   ityhhfevcnh fupmmc) is {wed in the hp4>:hoplc.h Ihmvc

    

brought 4    hfmh £116 hrvcfumibn V017 thiagbcforc, and I lhixllonly ”
 hem:  Vhfirfi, ‘hh;R.wm;rs are called the phwm , xhe {waters of chch A

hfwmrd, the rcvemems to exacvmc wmth upon him that (10th evil}, 4f

we remiof aha-iv .c‘omQaLfln'3h ahudinflrsuaioms for Mxgifliracy in

“ Soripture, hmhwhcre -findh we any {nah nhihghfpucakcn of or granted V

:Ml1e~;wopIe?Ah ;    A    N  _ A V
 hm Ijtlgd hpowfrshhof Ga,  ordazhcd ,, his ordg
 ” A A  » A ~~ nancc V

In the had. me Niki! 

' mnccthis Mtinillzers, Judges for him ,4 but where rcadweé their
' theymre the peoples power , or fuborclinate mfiinillterhg?   
 3 The peopletarethe objefi:AaboutWhIch7, ‘lhlefubjfla-AOVCAIQ

H-1:’ which the ‘power is fat , and therefore cannot be the agent or fubr-I A

 inwhithit is Prated.

 4 If Supreme authority be iuthe people , then trheyt*tr’nAal§t tna-the A

  nag:-'2 it themlelves (forin vein is th3F‘l*P°W5rttheat cannot be r.cdL1- ~
ted into a&) an«:lAhoAld it inettheir ownthands, and i1"e€diloAAI"nott éhoofi: t

‘or confcitute any higher powers A‘, A or Magiflrates. over therii ,
which cannot: be,ifMagAiPtracy bean Ortdrinwce of God , and me»-

; c‘ell'ary by «dlvlr-1€l'pr€CeP[5,a5 rt isjDmt."I6.ll1.8-;’Aand,€,M tejeét it 4
would be finfull as this man tells l1S~‘1flAhl$t~fiff‘t polittioimg '  
V If the people be a’ power, and thatzfupretine ,:._theA niufl have;

fome totbe their fubjecfls ; and who “are their fubjefis .? eitheteAlAthen1-t-

felves.-0I'€l1€iT Magifirates : not themlelves , for every relation»,-

A ( and therefore Magifiracy, and ft1bjet‘lion)mufthav¢ two terrns;
nerve: was Inch apoliticalllftate heard of, whetemxthe fame men
l,mg lmth uneler and 4 over thetnfelves in the fame power. :lN0tf,th_Ql3,
Ivlaggiflratfisl for we read of no fuch ordinance 0fGod ash humane;
power over the AMagifiracy;bt~1t CC‘nl'.t‘3fyW1f6 they aréflfifatdr in min.
tion to the people ,1 t0?bCAl~C[ otvger , (Q be the rttlers-,_ and heads of

we D3m,_._ , the peoplmttd to be the higher power-jfiand the lnprcme. *1

“:3. 5", 17, 6 [flit be 1'o,then there is no fpAeeifiés.ll diflinétion, or diPttibuti-_ V

I4, 15- on of Government in generall into divers. Species‘ , as into Mo.

"' ijm-13*n7-M“chy , Artfioctaey, _and ‘Democracy , ash hath been generally 1
3’ °" 3 'h¢t1d,1»and Laccordinglyptafltfed,but all gove1'nmentiseDemocra..h t

:,;;, er tiicall, Monarchy ~endltAt1l’é0eCf‘«aCYtaI¢fynctfigalp the famewtth ,

incl eecl fu premelyin the people, how fcanlhetrfay, or cloth he prorveel

A and bultttfnbordinate offices tmdertit;  «S5IPP0* were A

that the power of the Parliamentfls the po We: of the pcople,mor¢; A

A then is the power nfthe King ?‘  ht? C31‘1fl0t méanA thatmthc power
‘ ofthe Parliament is fubjeétively or_ formally the peoples , for the
Parliament and tpeoplee being two dtlhnét tfubjeéts , the fame: indie;

A viduall power; lcannot; totally be fttbjefled or formally inherent; to ~

both, bttththe~.under[’tandse (' doubtlhffe ). that the ParliAatncnts.
pow erii$.effecSlZvely, caufally the peoples , that is , it is derived and‘
recciveedfrom them , and fo ( granting the fnppofitjon, ) tsjthc
King; alloys, fir anal that an itnmcdlgtely ( in ghfi lF§),flf}iEl1l§1’0D Fflifl

A H l W336

1(ingly.Offlcc)% as is that ofthe Parliamentm: was never yet I think i

A faidlglllllliadither is chart: tlfiileliflz warrantforl icz, phat in the firm

confliruging of the government‘, the peop1c'cho”fe rhelllarllfliamcnul
alndlthc plarliamlemc fbund-ed the ~1j{lngly o’fficc', but rather the “peo-

‘ A plé ordaairrcd bothjojr11:‘1ly:a.nd imwrr-1€:diately",l appointingkings co"

religmelovclrf th*em~fucc*eflilve‘lyllgwho itholllld governs with ‘the ad.
vice , andauclmrwicylofLParliamc:nr, Whichffhowldbc called bvhi“m,.
and confiflof LheP¢e‘rs hs:=redita%rily»,* alndllltlme Cbmmons 4byl}3cr~l'Gw
hall€Alé&il.nN¥l which three efiates arg collatetallrvl lincorpomed
t0g'é"tl‘mt;*in the fitlndamentall confiitutlon , andlG‘Wernm“c:mr:‘ ‘of

lthis?Kimgdomcl( as even the Comfnons have declared *) zmd clié‘;-e~ ‘A5 D1.-Ia.

fore are hot fialpgrfirufloryl OI-1C.EO'aXl0thCr.» . A A i A A 1 :~ —.X“-_°l
V :‘AnAd Whereas hAe%Alazzh, to prove tghe paw;-rl.lto lmin the people, 1 £1; £7‘

tluztjfrmléz r/9‘: lpvwelr off/a;‘peop;l% awfmm I4:/ac amt aw/1 pgyggm-[~A 
fizrung amlproceeded; lThelp:o_p“le are non» the mo: from whence:

 poWer«fifPcTpm;ng :  12,116}! are rather tha {oyle inwwhich it gpoweg,

by which inis Afcd and fupportcd; Godlis the Rom:l,l Hmdl, or
Fountains fromlwhmce all llpowéq fprings. Tl1E1f€'lS no.pmver ~ ‘
but of God Scc. The pcroplelare only 2a cha'rt1n¢l!l,~“7orlllinlflrumenlz
lofits conveyance: to the*MagiRrat:e’by theireieflicmand confemg,
which aéis offhcirs ‘, done more lprovz:A~rli_el  fupreme power to

beiI_1the people, then the Elcéfiorlhip of the {even Princes proves
rhclmpcrialllpower ,; and dignity Lo bein tlwrn: omzhc choifc of

a.Major 91’ a City by the aldcrmlcn; on frcémengprovcs chcéloffice , l

A ofauthotityofthe Majortollblcflinllchcmis    .  ‘ A
1   I-Ixsllfccot.i”cl:AAlwfliomland Anfwcxi fiazllowcs. '  

Whether the Reprefiutatiwe aflt/:1: people fie the Parliament _?
R: If the Parliament: power 6: the pwplaur , and the fitprem-‘c
pawcr, tb¢nAt/ac Repra;/2-nmti've.rAoft/aclpaapleara‘ t/ac:-%Parl£,ozmmti, ~
and me alfe : fbr t/at R_zprefc'matiwe: AM: the p:a,:»lc.- as them, 4025*
there ialtlael rmof pawar, ~¢}Jcife_f3rc tbc] Aar:l’tb:%1%zrlz‘amcnr.l
Hm.-.is anlanlccceilcmtzl, "9. confc:qluenc¢_, a;rea%{on of. Athe nozzle»: 2

4 ~ qucnCe‘l:.buI: very feeble all.  Firflchc Anceccdént. Alf the Pm?»

Aliamentk pm»  the Praplc: ‘A, and tr/16$ Peoplzexi thy Afnpreme
pamrf_] l”hi“s hath bcacgx difprovédabove. in the difcuflion gfichcr
quefiioml have therein%manif‘efl:cd thatlthe p0Wcr*ofParl1amen:s
asldifhnfl from the King is neither the peoples , not the lsuprcmc

by way qf pcculiaricygand tlxatfluhc Kings pcgwcgdériycs as llrongly

- andl

(3 8)

«an‘d~as nerely from th~épeop.!_e tsasdoth thc%Parliargents.; tifOt1gh" % ‘ .
both havemeir ptrtincjpall omgmallfromfiod ,and aretbus: in_flru- A A
A ~:m€nta1~ly firm the pcotptlc. — ' t A ” A '

A  ThcConfequ¢nt5is[ Vlmw/as Rcprefientati't):.}-tnf$tkcpcaplg

m the Parl§a»1q~{§ttand»wan: rifle] were the Antcccdcnt.‘ granted,‘
A and :m0fit.‘¥;!3&fl€g4tyf€t he that knows what: an argument is, or hath

tbut natumllt Logidt, may fcc that this hath no kind of infctcnca,
_otconfj%quencia%-ll force from it. % ' A   A I
=  Fy that-thett Lords and;

ttwitM,he politigall ppwcr and prcfcnce (if the King are. that Pat-
liament t: and fortthls we aptpcaltto alfthc ufe: of the word 5 . fince

thcrc: was fuck a thing as a ParlilamentinEtngldnahtitllttwithint

. rhcfct tvcryttfcw A daycs, and that generallunderftanding oftha

” A 'g1v()§dfl'.'nltt;“1‘L0th€ .t Law common and mtunitcipal 5 to the Titlfeaof A

Cbmmons of England aifcgrtfiled M

:Pux1ian:ienta<ry, Afisnmdt Statutes ; andco the Declarationgand’

cotnftanttlanguagc of Parliaments thetmfclucs, from firfi to Iafl.
1-lc faith thc Rcprcfcmativcs of the people, mcaningthe {aid

Commons,arc the Pexrliamentgfor thisfihe bt-rimgs no proofs in the ‘

world, fmmtthg app‘licati,0n  or ufc gfthc word by any, A thagh
he; cannot but know that words fignihe according to thc plcafum

t.off0mcIm*pofcr5ta1lhis mvedium is in thofacerms [ he tPmpl:.r 

pawer, And‘ t1ih{€f”fir’mc poW:_r ] 7 Whereas it is attquelfion bctvvixt
us whethcr.therc.:; .c fuck: :1 thmgas power, Q1:fuPr.€ma,§y rbelomg.
firllgto the pe oplc : and if that were grantcdgnet ms mu 3 ‘qx_1e[t.i,

V on betwixt us whether the peoples, and the fuprcme power he ,a,n5;

more appcttaining to the Commons, than to the Kinwgzand Lords;
I cammt afleni; to ctthcr 5 the afitmatnvmc of both ;a me has pofitiong

m-xdqm‘. baW1WtaffirbvWms4WIhW.t5n%. A  twhiat 

t he dmh butm-ow ma o£hi»s'principits.ttbytttt;anvm  wémcé. -mu

in,fo'dnFing*dm:h  pwter:tyr£waipjam~ % 3.. His  

V fequemce is l for the Reprarfitfltutitztx m 112: pwplw4,ti‘r1
rhercgzés the mar ofpowm] T his is M11 but to infcr than tcouclufion?
upan; an 1mPEOV€d principle of his own, Whic7h.1ha~ve dacnycd, and
mfttr:d_a<bmve ; but I than her: much iupoamhc wviqdc tamzflakats ‘L 

   

pbmu: this £Cf.mfln1&1'fl\in:g, Raprefivmmmzcx, with wxhiéh hafgamwd my 4

A than atrc,1Ifee,tovetttalmn. it; he takethforggtanttd ,I:?h.at mm
Commons intParl1ament:arc the pcoipjes Reprefcntativses A, 

me thi9k§ ettéw: 9r<>1»¢r1x bcfawf 1”? by the wait 
A A   A   it   m

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:x11c1%ae«é>’sl3AmArhbersAor Ap.’1rti€$~~i11~i:l1€ Kinsgdlomlcl (and if he aw

 fd%l‘1i11detl‘ta11d it I aske,  can he(al:'::cr his ofvvnl fenfifiplaclc

A théApoWé‘;‘r,Tulre"ina¢y,& rd-p1'cf’en:la:::b1cncs anly in one part of the A

-Kingdom ,9)  f’or»*t:he ffifid%Cbmmé'nslarc chofen but by, and in; A

Lelia‘ %nam€dFtl“1€»Cd;t11mbnerls,in dillinlraionfromlthe Pce1*s,la11d

A l'C£1"i1I'{§3f;-‘_ >1*x‘AW~i’i‘~9* li~I1:f€1‘lld€d¢ T30 répre {mt a11yl;m@i:}e;AAA1:hcn.%: thafc j bfy,

andlélwhvfilaafé xxalrzaé 1: ¢h¢Y% alrlc cleléled  and ’t:hcréfbrc are cagllcdll
the  in Parliament, beficles the Pccrs’ are A; preficxlt , Mla nd
tl‘l7l:jf6~"lT‘@I'€‘A(§313I1C7)*iAl)C reprefelntedl. ll “IF then all the N PcoP1.m—g not
l(2o;rn1?1f1oi1ers%, nler reprcfcm:ed,l1oW are thofe Con1rn&mst1*u1y and
wmpléatly the Reprcfentatives of the people? V A A

“ ?a.AHle lfclcms to found the CO'1’4I1mOI1$ poWér,T‘4(a1&dtl1a‘tAin :1 dé.

’ grée above others that are: undoubted powers) upontheir being

ReprefentatiVesoFtl1cpléoplcllwlmrcas ( I5 think it will up:

‘on, fcannin gl appear that) their r¢pref6ntacivenclTe “is not the flrifcg
mi groundlot any Mag1f’cratiCallpoweri‘n. tlmenn. 1., Thaclwhxclx l

maklcs‘them ,o1* aA1‘xy"nf1cn a power (as lllappxzelmndt1're‘1mAttcr) is
that they a1‘c~Go<lsAlRcpref':ntat1vcs , A ancltlaat which “ ordmarily»
makes them f0 15 that they arelchofmglor cvomfcnccd 1"0"f)Ay‘ M the

4 people, either perfonally; ‘01‘lI‘1»tlI‘iCO1‘J..gl11::1llConflilt-Lililflll lolr’go~—

vcmxf11cnt, Imro the ad:1‘1ini{lra-rion o'AcaA11 aufilxotixzy o.rdal11c:cl by»

God"; and thus arc in this kingdcm chci: l3'rinca::,¢ the Pads , amlf -A

the Commons ix1P‘~11‘liamcnt tI":olugl111b‘t"al1 1;lu~cl'al’nc way A, but
fb111cperfoml1y,0;:l1erslwretlitarwyaa e l       A

 

J Thefaifidml  his ddacmu (but it is not of
 agifiratical1A power. but of pdpullar afiiorx, and c*1‘np~loy1nc11t )%

that they are the Commems rcprefcntativcs, becauffi the co1cé‘t--l
ivvc; Commons cal1111oltlco11vAm1~c, or treat; whxcli rcpreifcntaEio11

A ‘exnllpwcrs them not to any ptzbliquc Magimracy, or Afislofdie

fiributlive Iufiicc, but or1~lAyin’t:L‘ufls and inablcs ltlucmtso deeds of

 

AA g <11 axes; Forces, or otzificr réqwiiI1tir:’s%cAt) e bcirne in A an;

‘!t:quall.pr0port?1cnn, and ‘which are we alslfarms *pm‘pmnilo11ab1all

~  “ mucqtiwe flghtllvldrlclontmfl,antl1<MC<3>m mm‘nm;s%bchla1f,_a‘;$ nlmr»

from the pciGplem*cl1cpubliqué«AMagifhrates and i'a2r.«vricm,  

lthepower ofthe Commons be lgmunded on their rcprefmutatfvvc...

mfis Amfthe p£0plc,thmY1 it is n~¢cv;‘ll:‘a.ry allltlm Mcliabgrm  be,»

Wrefcnt \ to A make  a l _répr¢fm3tativ¢ of fH’fl:13{Vl1-fit‘ ;Eod=§rr. A
 the lpcoplgand to jlnablc,  coaék lb aw m bind the 'Wlnolc V.-,’ gj

. bccaufg;

_:M_.g3fif¢,:h'¢ Metnherti conittzofe  R eptefen tative  not {has thate...‘
warycme'teprefenfsetheyafhole but etch one t1fe.prtefe11tsta. patjjtg,
"a11dha1t1 oftherr-1 co171eé’c1V.e1y r€p1‘€{<‘3flY3 that VVh01‘<'i‘« “ 3 H3 P12?"
e-cethh thedimezifion and prerogative of th“cOffice totthe {aid
hACott1t'11to11s in their Repr€f€11tfltiV€fl€S Of 1'-ht‘: People, Wlterefiit fee.
zmeth totme they are 11otmeer€(bUt 1110176 1311?-17'x) Reprefentativesof

>thepeop1e_; They that atemeerlyhh Reprefentativestare, 1,» Tc; aha

what they whom th ey reprefem: lnight aft 11: they were prefetat.
2T0 afittothingbut what r1"1eyhhavhe"1n% charge fi‘oIeI1the re...
prefented  A t;Butthis is not the lhatitudc of the Commons in Pa;-..:
liament , they are noththus eyed Fortfir&,Ifthey he aflnweflate
etitdtxettyvitla eivitll authatity , thcynfléy:1€fa}1thQ;'itati:Ve1y, and
fo could not the people whome theytreprefent if they were pte...

fem: ; no ft1ch.powe1: being feared in them , as was at little before ‘
V a11ec.vedt.. 27 If [they be a power ,theya1'eimpovvred by God,

andz efo.;  h ave _111,,cha1fget trqtn htm to tuft the chm g wxthm their

Cot1=1rt1i£fio11 , t whether they are C1‘1§t1‘g€d from the people to dog
them or 1101:; yet. though. the people {hould command the con...
t1‘a1‘y._g If they b€hhI101‘l}OI“.“C¢th.L‘:n reprefentees , and fo be botmden 5.

~ tbyt[tl1e~1ta;tte1:tru,1e here given , perhaps forne would Laskg
 ,«:l1ta1°ge ~or;t1C01I1e1111t11xg;;ndid the people evexflgxve etthet

to any Fotmerfir to the.p1*ef€11tRcptcfciitatives fat fame a.€titt1gsw_;~
*Thitdly , Histhitd C)¢1efl:1o11 and Anfwet 15.. A Whether the

% prefmt Reprefizntati-was that mrwfit he the Repwfentdtitggafwtlgg

pwp‘[e..t .%,R. 17 they are all of them chaflm h} the people, there“

fmsraf rgighttttrhgt £12 :§fi‘m1i%%€Mth Li?';fl3 1 tVVhethet theyjb%e,a1;1 ;  

    
( ~::%;s I rem emh c1'i1J:h1s an has Speeclm uptyttt11eee.;'1‘teia§y,t)et 
vprob,%;fih1e»tknetw the hotlfe better then th1S;GCI1§1€m:1I1 ) thee cc) :1...

trary o_Ffometwhc”>m  h e there ?;1e1:1I‘i3es.-~._f2 BtgttwiftI1eyalh1be1ega11y
e,I:1t‘ofc{1e=g :thatehpto#J'es not t11tatt11€hyttQf.1‘}g;htfif;1nvPar11a1ncnt, unjes

Ih1€1fG.‘b¢¢flTI;ig,11t,P.7?U§e!i3t”fl1511t t0lfi?~iQv‘~ he 6‘C01¢é1/,7; the prcféng h

R e;9rr:fFe7ttazti'L¥¢*.r t atria? ed;/;1;: that are lfiffiffl  £7? Pm*lia¢metC, fgr hthg

afzhe rh£%[l';hnrz7Jc deflzrtfed theeviee ttmfl withmt .t7¢}fc=;fc¢t ‘-#fl:fl;%I

them ;, fbrthcmgh flzmevwera fitclwded mad flscmred ,‘ yet A wt?/23 
were hath atvt/laz'r2tc;Tvmptcc4l , hMtjwh.zw¢ wolxzntarély departcyh

¢1,¢flHg”fg_t tFi1-pt ,e;4%11et;tt11§1ea1‘ttstheythat {it are all th:zt,a1*ex  %
fm%toefit,=I tfie1ti~:@9tea1nfav lam: Bwliettnlglst f‘§Y‘h??5  

" they

  64:) a

Well W33l?¢bl*1ll3 W90» flint! all the reflvvere exclmzladl vbyi’forcen7F

' arms} and thofe awn Warm priformrsixm the “plaw 5 whole’ tW0‘*in
this calfii W011” bfi :3 R€9F¢f<:n£at1vc, according to this‘ his~ realm.

l1fh}e>wouldb»e rinderl’coud;,l chm: they arm: tlmt are alajzgra left l

rd fit; I Wmlldl htlaréltglmc pmvcdsall tlmzl he bfrifigs far. A 1: hatch.

T/96’ mflfl fiftkv W/3 _/mveld.fcrted tlwir tr:/¢fl...~l Illsalylthfy had,

would ch,::prove mey;thac arclleft are all tb3tdcj'm*c are tofit ,
What fay you £01115: ‘leffd part: of the refi Whltsm you acfufe mm

A ,Mf0Ide1farters 2 what fay you};onl1e fecludcd , and Cecured , xvhoml
ly@L1llcanraotl»acc11feo_f defsrcmg thfilr trufi? Ida»: nu: lglmw that

the holulm or more you (23:11 the prcfcnt Reprefianmtives llama ‘try-

add , orjudged any, or all of either fort ofthetnlunuto “depri-

vation of the right: offitting : l my what fay you to theft: "mloflc of

ighg ljeft caxedbyyou as defercers oftheir tmft , as A mluntarily ,

and withwn ihtcrrnption ldeparcingl? are they aflually divelled l V

pf their rlightzllto fit? becaufellthey clloel nm: parfdrme nlxeir ltrufi;

 1-,hcrcf"orlc: ought they not to do it? «2lBatll can Iokartxpehtllmisfl

aghasrgc of thofemofi aftlwic rpfl , no othlerwife than as 9. nfailmg oc--
gnlfation bmughtl againfl menlin dignity , and a pa:a:fi1mptim:s fl:m~
Adamimtollerlably mfl; upon tlmfc wlxolllhma Otlhfilw ll}: l1:P::rlc:=cl Io
much an theirllltrlllll. A n l 7 ,   l 1

  , Iltllxaqhbcen cL1rrentl;y, and without conttadi&iom;T7to
my§knowledg;‘)l pmblifhed that were lccuzted , or feclltdcd
in two or nlmzcz claycs ; andlhoww mnhe ,“ or any mm l'be?ablc¢co
blow    is. fol “mchlllaslonclmaxm of that" h<m‘"m
l6ftljl:at lifiyefityl ;i;aEh&I.l:"“'l{l3l£l1lI10lLC01"I1&.t0 difchargell'his mlvc and hm

  

: :i4€.?c;p1;lyl,g1Aebarxe§i2 much leffc can any one flay» that the mail of

  Ewe;

;:lill..%ll1lWQuld?laak%wlmhem all that difclaim*cd*noti the vote labmit
aha mugs con§¢fl'mm*wcmmtldctlamdlyl elxcludtd ,' and} 'afll.'L‘£ll-
1%  fiflawedllmxnter , wndif there. be mutelflll foam

 I:  M  thaliafll bxcaktwéafthe homlfq, thcy thatfor
_.gf§5l1§ iappmmticgs ,dcparmd:*thnl‘~h911fm wan: coclnmd
the: belt performers bi’ their trufi , ll angl ::hcy_ thap tamed 
l3ifi¢ .»i;g»qa;g; hwolzfgi uclufedlasllfayzlgrs oil *xc,_ A A lwflmmotilv
«M l l A V E A ' v -°

  

K.

 
     

t(41)     ~

{the charge be ~fnhverted;“, mbtcaufcththct pcrfonsi aré varied.

A 3. If they that {it ate all that are left to fit dc jur:,ytt unleffc thcy’
  be a nu rnbcr competent in’ Law to make a houfe , and » free from

I V “t force, A I, would be fatisfyed how they can be qualifycd tofit and

aa ( cfpccially in fohhigh;matttrs‘as the taking away the King ,
and Home of Lord‘s,andh¢1°Cabl1fi1tngta new pqwer , and whayof
i govcrtnent, which if don by that houfc ttthc fullcfl; , and freefl:

 would be at Iéafl: qqefixonablc  the tflxfpenfion and annulling the

2&5 of the houfc u pon thc, proceedings againft thgfive Members 
and the coming of thC‘"Avppr€n['fCt’S'“t0 the Paxliamenthtdoores are
N -ftcfh in mc~:mory?,and' lively _prtfidcnts.-  And tifthp powetof an
 Atmy‘ notonly captivatingtfome Mcmbterhs, but keeping the houfc

~ that only a few (fcarcc the eighth part (if the nu4m'3tr.ot them that.

-conflitute the houfc) may cntéra and -fitgwhom thr y difiinguéfh by
no knbwn Charaéler (much lttffc byany etpen or Legal] 1}.-ntence 21-

A gainit the excluded) but only by fi151‘iV1CC rolltof paper refcrved
in their own hands, he notflah taking away ofthc h<m17es freedom,

1 know not what canbe fo called .:  Tlshivdlj, the R:pr:fm_m.

ht rim: that remain were alwaécx wbmfegmfl, and fit]! are above

ttgytgthgm; 13:7? al{amdaf6}L;zw.' A ,h,hWhat g tgiutxtbcrwtttallggwed ofiby A

< I.aw , what Lawhttha’tis,t where writtth, and twhcnttmade ,{th;t¢
allbwcthwof that numbe”r,hh an_d whatrthat n?mbcr>( fuppofa it were
40. ) iswallohwcd to do,,»thIs Gentlcmtam

clls us not; and yet A

thefe things {hould be-fctdowne andwfcannedh bcfotc«t*this’t tmafon+

;;can paffc : There Is a mat dxflitrcnte betwixt forty and fotirc 041;

Azfivtzhandttd,,;btetwixt om: Ataéls surf the houf:-, and othtrs in point» 1

   V”  40 “Pt ¢ach~°F
them reprefent the whole , but all ofthcmtaggtcgahnw 

A fommcprcfcnt this part, fomeanothet of the n:tti‘ot1,hoWt«‘Cian»:an
eight part of them be {aid-to malfr‘: a tcprcfcntatwc of ","'w3}j‘ ‘\
A Nation, wherein ptotflitbly thcft Is not one reprefitntative frowfa-4
-when parts of eight ofthe Land? hfihuttthregavctalladged exctcptiatt V

   fIhcIa£i:A:rhitwt_in thttP3i5¢riwhich 1»: s~zou1d,i; may b¢:!s§th:«

of a "f0I'C»CfWlJp0Dh_:1'[h4e Houfe mm be  wiped off, A orlhfifc

the clecring of this point ofthc 1tutnhcrh(cou.ldtit be).w1'lAnot~“ A

tfrzrvct. ‘ A » 4
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togbe overllipped) is at ncwl dofirine concerning’ the interell of ”
thelpaeople in the appomt1ng”of their Govern orslwhcrein he faith ,
Infucla right at K ingr haw: [M4, ‘/90 never zfi/fl} cam: 19} li:,&m~

A i by farcumdflnmr} loam oémined ir.;What a blafphemer of‘ digni- l '

ties is this, that prcfumés to revilcl the wholegrditr of lfiinfgs as U; ”
fiurpgfs, and unjufiAApo{feffors of the Ahighell C1Vtll';; propelrty , D 04 4

A minion .9 not oA*.~xe of them will he except from inju rions attairl men:

of theirlCrownes;"no not M?{€1?ifi:dcch hlrnfelfe, the interprem-- A
tionbfwihofelnlame belpeaks him King of Rightenufnelfc A’ Sure! 3;

Ahelllthatis the King of Kings would arr: ever havefliled himfelf {O I 5.5»

5 ~l had the Nations vote for their Crovirm, l either antecedent in their

the nnivetlality of them hnd—becn {oh bad s5 and the Apefile pwg, .
lrctrafiation Ail 23.5". The Angells‘m0d€ll}’, 2. Pet. lg. .10. n .
Nay the Prince oi’ Angels his tnoderatton, jlude 3. 9. are high re...
dargations of this infolent evlll rP€aklng~0F dornlnions. Ifhis in, A
tention he to teflzfl more fpecially on the Kings of this Rcafm ,3“,
is yet therein reproved by the current of Hifrory, by which it is
apparent the mofi of the Kings of thisALand received their Crown
by ftictfbffion, which is nctithcrfeirce not‘ fltttcry. A ‘

M A Itwere ealie , bcfides that, to derive to many of them that title‘
which hehimfelf accounts the only full; one, ezu‘.~e:. The conllgm; of
the Kingdome, as for inflancc, thus were Cazflibelanr of the Britilh,
Edward fitnamed the Confelfor of the Saxon, and AW/lliam Rafm A
Aofthe Norman Kings invefled. * Yea all of them in m amncr have * 5P"""‘

P[CdGCl.*AT.QES, eo«nclnrnnn;t in their perlo nall entrance, or fubfequent 3_.;‘ 5 _3_, ,
intheir ellahlifhmcnt bylafter aéls of Parliament, and not a few B.9.c.3;. :.
have had this threefold confent. at.

;; Lalllwthe Parliament-that Enarfted the Oath of A Allegianccgand»

all thcMetnbers of the honfc of Commons, with all other Afubgcas 

A that havctaken ethatoagthAAfolctnnly , give this man the lye ( excufe
iniiin.;tc be AinAciirility) In the firfi Words of in declaring the King

f\zmoi;i1;tAbei;ln:wfull"_Ji(in,g of tlli5R€£l_lm.;. .  M A _ A  
 aydAfiwcerel)racknaAwIcdgg, prafl-(Fe, re/Fifi»: ,% V o
and AADm:l.mge: anmy Caxfczenc: before God A.md't/we World, tbi:zt_;Aa;egr;::;.
zS'wuaraigs~:..AiL_9r,dI(£ng jamerl tmtffarvufull K of thi: lgmzgyg A
F 2 « » Secondly

chap. 6 

f  §emndIyf._; A1mg%dome:.AVm«ar:Vxmmé finmvnded ‘%(Affa1ith he ) tfimf:

A 1'54“ /«W'&di.r::¢zrj rig/or afm)’ fkazxld W mt/9km. AwW:i‘th‘Wha§: forchcagh
ca;1Ahefay than was rm e"r=in»a:cnded which the '1~awcs§IAavndfiatutes gt‘;
Kifigdamas h.«:wc: 39f;£AaAAim:;d, and I2" tfcd *  Part"icuI¢r~Iy1;H‘i*5E;Km gdgmg;
hsi~£_11$i7<3r dive rs; ¥1zCca:“i"i§om;s Apmvild eqbefo re ma "bath AFt1ArAA;%~fi+a,%andA A:
0;xt1"acs far thehmdita.i'y*:defccm$t of zAheCi:{oievn4e. A %Wi.11AAh¢ AiwermA;

ithat; the éfhtezs V:jfw%tE~”xéRea%i1z.1»:;m:Vc:_rv;im¢Ii@ndA;cd tiiat whiqh   the3g%5e1'£.:,Al;,,

a<9rf3d , and c‘am?:d 130: ~ bx: fw“orne%A;—?7I    : A . VA A 4 ‘ A ‘ 2.
3 'HC1:£€1!5 us, zlrmt mezajzilasat Vxvere%q:ta1£fied with Wi[Ad;:vmAc%, rigb,-A 
W0!=¥/45ze_,€;T:;, and «zA»mm~ 1:, were to £2: A/J£’i?’¢‘$7£lfld 'ffi!&'£'a9_fl.§07'-L, mm’ fit 
#57 5?]. tléa peapla rafter %t~/arm ”t’kat% Z.-:zfl‘*: pafrfl‘ad4% t/Mm  czmdimeitbflr 1: %
15:? people ré7cAmfi=!'W.s', war’ their Rap?¢fls’5§§iatiivc=‘t;%ra}%i!d ti;/Jcfifa gz"W"
Wflr/1 away t/rwkpriviledgfram their paflarizj viz. sf c1aabfi'ngDandt"
fittififlg mp Kings ,flMd?"z:![6’TJ' arwr t/awn. . % '  U 
U Hi‘ %1‘i‘i?Atb {Hi higher in a~bfi1rdVncfl12 ofaflésrtiaug , . and in this Apafu
fags he {sum COZ“1£3‘4‘:l'!’JIZ to croflk the common fiance of 40r11e.rsA, bunt?
»;‘:i1:;5vvill% needs overthrow his own way,  As {O wc;AAommorx rmfom
how in confifienc is this that he dcrlivers 2 for by thxs’ AAp0fiticm chef
*ariEmg;. pgsficrity muft firfi give their cohflznt and p:1fl'dftheirA6.
Ieé-‘aim voterto the prewar they fingkfkanvdmg , *bzfme” thby can eiw
thmf mve a1A1egi‘ancc and fubjg¢&iantoAi»c , or? °enj‘my the benefit: mfg
prowflion ‘of ix: *, {O “that %C%hhldnen «  fnpfa ours emf-* t1“1is%4 age 
%whiIfi%chey are under years ofcohfefic , *Aé md% arm Lthflar. coo tm.2::il1~
“% « rahey plcafi: m confem: ( which is at their own chili: %an¢« Ly hm
A gflenycd for even: if they will )% arerboith accmlntable to ‘a he prefcm;

A  Geove1'nmsnt,fo1' : Aamyw trcfpafikzs ,\ or crimes 4 they; may. 4commit‘,,:t

Abe it rm1rder,m? whattbevmt is thc“1%A>WV0r%;;,%éand %l»eft;:.J0;ut :’()f A than?
1§Awc§~%pxot¢&ic&n’  afld 3f:7¢d1"'e£I’c§“ : i*n%A@m37”1:hing   A
.fufi§;:r. A_>:1d: fu,pp0f¢ Izmir judgment, 0:: gclwicc Aconcurm hot: wiclx
zheir pmj.encsV ., nheymufic during their parents lives, cif:lw%r> V:;contAi-:2
me in that efiatn , Cmrgchofe:mo:her$governme§it*,% and‘ becomem-é
mbthcr commonwealth , apart by thé:mMfe1ves;';AYe’av8c byxzhis rcafoni
 fi5'i*i%A;<)f-g havq ;fifi~ccn$ down: under a pm1;.an:~ powers, which

whey find in the chm:-rn , arid have given: no co:zfen1:,to»A‘ic%V~,Ai% hne”*"fn Elm
fame: Awndicion of otmlawedncffc‘ ,2 and Iibeyty Lo cbofer. rulcrsrfosn
A xhemfclvcs , yeaby gkgg niqchns a giingdoma may came prcfcnclyafig A

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%ben&ivid@dsiA1‘§60 at th'$}1,1~3~Ef?i Hi» pVeé?é§é‘§%?‘é‘f'n‘f’£:‘%£%tesg3nH petty c6mo.nweaI§:F;a
a V  4”ng»3s Ehctrx ~¢;i1fl‘<?2*c=.ma1c chmc:as.%mzwI<fw@.y tlgzczzn ~, to the izafim-2 h

 

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 m go }§44a2sl&c%%;.?a;~~:“a 1rp.m1,mhac «camwfliicmzon {Bf the»
pa V..p1e dmEhE‘hF%;mf£§hntMqVuAie    fq3t:aI1cd ) claimc
V to be 3  Ia A  any Vmac‘1eV:nV.rhimgje +c§*rr:qraIey%,, the "prefcn 1;
peak Ahmng mamas yfli t,1310ffifl any <n6»‘vvgotzzei<1dm ent ,‘;” but “do; aim

mclj_1¢1T£f¢dit1ums,‘Mand%t;h€ ovexmhrow ofail

  
   

Ather acquidfe in the 01d retleivsd fn..am their forefathers ,, or a.r<e flab-

jggkggpcyrfo rgce 5;, %wi§hDn%€;hrV:i1§;cn1?z:i1t't‘o 3 new, Wif atfy %.fi1::;th,;;bé;
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tj‘jg.;;~~‘l:1a1/c been tardy» pt»bIifl1cd~;whe.rrl1cr.theapempic: Mofjthis age: hzwc
ya; reared er chm-firm. may g:0Ver13mcnmi_wth«cir? time.» If it »bt;.*31’k&f~i‘a?.
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two , or a few pE<rf0*t1s;uQ(m :1wr«igt%1’i:2nt (mt::_%iAnA the: mngs:%;mame 5
to qonfizltmit t;}1’1tT difficult %raAfi1iV‘£aes of the Kwingdomh, %acAcord%ing sue;
a kngwn , and-vamien: cuf3;omci, ;ar2d%c<s:%1:rfl:itution:o:ft:E3¢:~ R§:a!<:1:mV a
cannm; hp C0l”1C¢iYC’d;tO c:onfii;c%1xrc::a, mzw powcxj  in ; mm~%bc

faid}i*the{y.ar¢ mbxanch: of cm: amimrlt and %liem";ditaa*,,§k ;g;czMdrrs1i1en%c*%

of this Nation , and this is‘: n0nQppQfcLi2bwyrt&xnu.bu,fi "gfiis . G;maIc,.~

 

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_w iseccmdlyw. Vpon wh”at¢.grmm:d"rdam:theTfaidt (Eun1m0r1s;¢ch.aJl%€hge

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tohfi th€2,1;9l€ fupremc power , ‘witfiutic :1 King? or~;.,»hom£q ;mafi=«L<m:Ls, 

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glmfc  0Ii1m01%§»1névbRn€thcq1 wnzmfmoilif awhwwr ,.; ‘my fimpliaifly
gannopgomprchgn y’ A
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,m-1 ; A not [f0 much as delibcrfatedi, or movecliiiaj wordlofmakingiioé  A
W3; any new power ; they only elcfled them accordingjto ".fOfH’iCl'L

wftomc , and truth which was A( as I tmdictflande ) ‘ to fitin the:

‘Honf: of Commons , andto a& in coniociation with chelfiing and
the Honi-6i‘0f’PCCrS;F,-~A about the publick affairs of the Kingdome. ~

30 that the upfliot is, this Gentleman by giving the people the pxi-  

«viledgeinviolahly to chofc their own governments , petfonally _l
 and not by their prédccfifliots, hath utterly overturned the prefenr;

ower.«g ’   .  A  » l , .  AA A ~  ~ ‘A A
P l4:h1y.. But to defend this his petition, he inflrufls us in the lafl:
place thus- Tl:is'llPrioi1a._a"gltlv: mlfere of»:/1e‘pe0plleAé'fb maixely.

l concerned 522,44 that without I it A people an gem it; , oaudfildta”

rm'ne,1. Are‘notthe Lewes which muft regulate both , thEKtul€1‘$,:
and the rule’t*~Qf as great at concernmcnit, as the choice of the m...
lets to the peolpie. and yet the people by their Laws, do conclude;
theirpoiierity, which Fara therefore called every mans birth-right?‘
-.Again,’is not a mans eflaté 0f_L:mds and goods of as great a con»
cernmcnt to his Iflite being their earthlyAfub{ifiem:e,as is their [ham
in the Elcfiion of the publique Magiflracy? yet a manmay involve
his pofterityA(ut1denyably) »inAany aél: cotlcetninghie eflate.  Yea:

is not ificligion and ACo.wehanltingl with God, afar greater concert» ‘

ment,lrhein~ this ofgovemmtntA.>yreot met.) may reprefenti and at‘): For

* DWJ9 their iifue in fetling religion,anAd cntringinto Covenant with God

300 I In ‘4-,
; 5'-. jolhua

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as is clear in the example oflfivacl. *  A A  , .

V 2.. This reafon would make us laeleivethe welfare of [113 Nation
Moflfl-act was mainly prejudiced, and that they vqeregiven ‘u p and
< foldttoruinexwhén t~hcte%llwash:m.lhAetcditarykingdom: fetlied to-r,
 fer thicm,iasiithcte was    .        

  

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A Nay we are ratheti to belcivc b.ecaufei~hc fer {uch»e.ai;goveiinm‘entil‘ 
» yet his own; people. therefore it .wastthe;bettcttway,»A   ‘i  “ A     
IAh:we done langwcrmg this paper, anldhlfoit ax conchafioln have roinl

lyzlonieiiwotd tothe-*-author of it. A Seeing xhe:hathAA«uAnde;rtalten txoff ’

 ;lrepovAalllA:o+f.:.mens A doubtsconeerniliggz thAAelmfo1le.mnl en.

egagemchts ““"yi‘u¢amJED“"lv'~.th'C-ll Governors, I iiwouidgtloipound to  I
V .«Q‘uaery, and*"the”t? ldfia neceffary and feafongbliel Imporgalnlce 5 gafigds rl

  <~.VVhi‘h is sm.fi0?e%¢dWl3§! !"’~'.h3Fh iethis paper §€h<gacd being
i ‘il‘_ l M “ .C°nv

.m;nf'en-ed with what atthist time is ‘publiquely “itnpofed. It is
‘ onlythigwhat maytconfcientioully be refotvede upon in relation

£0 ghelacely enaflcd Engagement from the ilprinciplesttt and PIC“

t mifeslayddown by him in profecution of his firft tpolltioot: .3 _ A

_ 5-. 1-1:: therein ave:rs»that an 011th of allegiance mufi be“: . Cotaditlall
"no; A ooabfo‘.u:e,;« or whether the governor rule well; or not. 2. It
_mu[’t belmqtuall,‘ or taltenboth by rolct5,:and~ ruledl ( {O as the
t,r«uleI5jb¢,bounodl‘ to the Subjefl to rule well, and adminifter Itxfltce

righWt;ly,.as well as the ftgbjvét is bound to him) and not fingle or 

l ».;taken"?on1;y by the trulerl. 3 .It mufttt not be to theft: whom no mat;

knoweth how they will prove. whither they will be Wife 0%
fools, jufl: or tyrannical] 4.1: mult not beto any oneltmd of go-

th‘ vernmenthwto uphold and continucitjin a conltantv way] without

V changing

ofit, A alndm_thiit:if'it tcanfgrefle in any Ofthflffl‘-q_Llag

 Iifigationtst ... l hit isttunrightctous, fiL.1:‘fl11'/9vi"‘,an,,“a txtilawfull.

I \;afll,l:,r)ot Ql1;3Er5liillh¢Vth€Il' 0l:leE10,ll‘[?1lJE~Et;1:,ftlmClt.aS uhdoubtedt
and clear, iftantoattha to pctjfops 113 13§Ith;t)ri['}':.tIIll1{*l: be» thus regu-.

llated, a Promxfe, Covenant, or whatever engagement of that na-‘

ture mull, be lo alfo so and if his tectfons. or any other that can be
brought conclude an oath failing in any of thofe rules to be nin-

;Iawfol1,they will as fttongly ttxfertethelinfhlnesof. v an A Eoga%gc- A
omentt tin that; ‘mater .». ifir-«bediif0I14*?F,*nt51nylP.atcicu.Mt‘

hl‘lNllthem'L A

Next, Iwill notdoubt to ray, lghe,;abovc.namtd Engagement
is as fa; Kdiic%r¢;p;m;;Vffimmt thefe Limttattons in every point as is the

Koathl of Allegianceifnojt futthet, ., Inuit tistablolttte or without 1..

ny provifo of their ruliog wen Jihaztt are ,“Br may be in power, 2;.
It is finglegor without the rulers Engaging to the fubjtét to role

A well and jullly. 3.. It is to thofc ofwhom we may the as unfatis... o  

lfycd how they will prove hereafter, aswe can be of an t heire,%;4. It

on t .

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l to hhffitltlfihatfd fleitlfifiofilbffltfig arid Lhords”; Afl“€h%i§”mill6 to” ttpholilw and U

—con‘tinue  inaconfiant way, foritis ta% Co\"rcn=ant dafumroy ,. bin--
” dung to be true and faxthfull to A the government for futuretime in

A tthefc ygqrds 1:,I_vtil_1.§s stat E34 féishfull 1 ans! binding to 5w e-
        A       Qgaliflitglfi.

is to one k_indof Government called the;Comlmtonowealth: , to last A

xa;;b1?rhéd",v4a<nAa cine:-eam:2¢s~A:

  C. 3 3

 to  Ae cm1‘::inruané7e and; c%or:ft42mc7y ;

f;;whi‘ch being left; ind tfi aim .%;.and%%i1‘1imi%tc~d.; i;s.,~m'orfl I Cxlgvcmflbie in du...
‘ ‘ration rchcnfis the Oath of%%a1ia-gA1ancc,A.wh1ch «dercrVmmes« with the

Kings‘ race, «and? it:  ié T wither u1t:..changi.I:'1g  the ifcutgtimauiaxaxzea; how

,}A5Qr,g‘f0.€‘S¢‘€r« ic4a'“ssAt@%A%w hich. itfl %e"%x?§zg”:1%gc:i11 :(whi£h mi1flrneeds*jbAe€% mine, L

it «being "as Taid:aVtye¥foAri.fnture  vmfuPc: Avofnetzeifity;ex¢;1udc

_ %.:h‘an«gVing%, forkfa v1%omg:A as it: V1z:ft;cth;* ll: wiflfiafily (Ihope ) fibfi

yeildéd ,VhAe thgt bands himfC.Ift0PC1‘tIfl1CMarid faiqthfull to this Go-A
ver;nm:;:m;~ as it 13 vmw»:&ef’ca,b11fl1t ,% rmbarmd out frpm, attempzinga
*~'c:¥c1;:au=1g&! zxqf gt  - -whale the ::Terme‘ ;1mfamc .%obliganio~n endu-
~‘ * ;I‘dema:ad wthcrgrfofc howhc-will bomb  to‘ thefc principles:

' ‘and jufrifie the e;ngfag%ement' ?% anAd=whm:%hcr*V“he=ha'2:httio:,‘ as whim-

felfc mdall thofe whowholdi with »his>faid premifes , da%mned?it ;
and fo fmras?%%»hisA%1reafons :in4that pofltionJcavn¢ prevailaf 
”  t   I !perfwa‘ded%a11~%o:hcrsdtharthcy k:au»ght,mota:o takmic ,  "
 *1 A’ M Abutziareim:orrA'cictnce4boundrm rcj'e&i:.”