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A89728	The northern queries from the Lord Gen: Monck his quarters; sounding an allarum, to all loyal hearts, and free-born English-men, Arms, arms, arms, in defence of our lives, laws, liberties, and parliaments; against the tyrannical power, and domination of the sword.	Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.	1659 (1659)	Wing N1297; Thomason E1005_15; ESTC R203060	6,272	8

made by King Lords and Commons was established in their Parliamentary Power and not to be interrupted adjourned prorogued or dissolved but by their own Consent by which the Negative Vote of King and House of Lords was made void and an Act making all men Traytors which have or shall interrupt them then whether these are not guilty of High-Treason which did interrupt them Octob. 13. 1659. 37 Whether ever God did more signally own and blesse any Consult 〈◊〉 on of Men in England than ●e hath done this Parliament 38 Whether the Army in their declining the Parliament have not been put to grievous shifts and forced to run from one indirect course to another till they have become the Hate of the People and terr ble to each other as at this day 39 Whether the Nine Officers which had their Commissions made Null and Void had been humble self-denying Men fearing GOD they would not rather have surrendred their Commissions than to have turned the Parliament out of Doors and then invent Lyes of the Parliament to excuse Themselves 40 Whether these men quondam Officers of the Army which are the Ring-leaders of this late Rebellion against the Parliament have any Comm ssion for what they now do seeing the Parliament which gave them their Commissions have taken them away again And for whom or what those men sight which engage for Lambert Packer and the rest 41 Whether those Nine quondam Officers of the Army as Lambert c. which have improved their Interest to turn out the Parliament and by that meane cast the Three Nations into a woful Confusion and an Attempt to make a New War have not forgot how in their Discourses both publick and private they have inveighed against shedding of more bloud and cryed out for Peace Peace these Eight Years and whether they will not now rather shed the bloud of any man then lay down their Commissions and expose themselves to the Justice or Mercy of the Parliament 42 Whether the Things called the Plea and Declaration of the Army be not unsatisfactory doth emply Things which do no more justifie them in their Actions or satisfie the people then if they had cryed Boh 43 Whether if these pretended New-States-men and sometimes Officers of the Army had a mind to do any good for the Nation in Reforming the Law or taking away of Tythes they would have consulted with corrupt Lawyers about their present Work or have sent a Company of perfideous Fellows such as Goff and Whalley and Hypocritical Priests such as Nye and Owen and the rest as Commissioners to treat with the Noble General Monck as they have done Which makes me remember the Counsel of Isaiah the Prophet Say not a Confederacy with them with whom these men say a Confederacy but sanctifie the Lord of Host in your hearts c. 44 And although Cromwel durst interrupt Parliaments and usurp Authority a these men have proudly done yet Whether He durst repeal any firm Laws made by a full Vote of the Honourable House of Parliament as these have pretended to do in their simple Declaration lately put forth 45 Whether ever there was such Hypocrites in the World as these men of the Churches and Army which took Commissions of our Honourable Parliament and owned them for the Supreme Authority of the Nation and yet now to colour over their Treason and Rebellion deny them to be a lawful Parliament 46 With what Conscience the Souldiers can fight against the Parliament with these Nine quondam Officers seeing that the Quarrel is onely to uphold their Commissions and Greatness And what a sad Account will these Soules give to God at the last Day that shall kill or be killed in this Quarrel 47 Whether the men called the Committee of Safety will not be found Traytors in the Eye of the Law and of all the honest men in England and whether it 's not the Highest Treason that ever was heard of for them to make Laws or Proclamations or for people to obey them 48 Whether all the people that pay money as well as they which Levy Money without Authority of Parliament be not all alike Traytors Let all sober people judge The End

so to do 20 Whether any one thing of which the Parl is aspersed be true or not As first How can they be suspected to intend to persecute any man for his Religion seeing they free all the Quakers and such as were in prison for not paying of Tythes and have in their Resolve Octob. 10.59 concluded that it 's not del●gated to them to constrain in matters of Religion 21 And how can the Parliament justly be accused as having done little seeing they so diligently and daily served the people at their own charge Will not every Book of our Weekly Intelligence witness against these men as very Lyers that any should take the confidence to brand them with the Name of Presbyterians who themselves are not willing that their own Religion should be set as a brand on themselves Do men cry out against persecution and will they persecute them which have the Soveraignty of Three Nations 22 How can the not bringing Sir G. Booth and his party to a Tryal be charged upon them seeing the Report of his business was not brought into the Parliament above 9 days before they were last interrupted If it had yet how could they have brought him to a Tryal before the Term except they should have set up a High-Court of Justice contrary to all Law and Right 22 Whether those Officers of the Army which in their Proposals to the Parliament desired that a Law might be made That no Officers of the Army might be put out of their Employment without being tryed at a Court-Martial Have not they acted against their own Law Reason putting by their Commands divers honourable Officers of the Army all persons of unspotted lives and men of great Trust and Faithfulness and that without so much as either Tryal Examination or any Charge against them but because they were faithful to their Masters the Parliament and would not betray their Trust reposed in them And whether there is not more reason those 9 mere●nary men should leave their Commissions then the Parliament should be turned out of the House 24 Whether in the Armies Plea page the 10. where they excuse themselvs from the Imputation of being against a godly and learned Ministery be not a flattering and cogging with the Priests of the Nation who they must in will take along with them in this their Treasonable Work rather then fail 25 Whether God may not justly bring a grievous Plague of Warre and Ruine upon all those men in these Nations who have ventured their own lives slain many a man in the defence of the Priviledges of Parliament viz. that the Parliament might sit and vote free and dispose of the Militia and Treasure of these Nations if such men should now stand Neuters and not stand up for the Good old Cause again which is the Priviledges of Parliament and Freedoms of the People And they deceive us which pretend to be for the Good Old Cause without these two 26 Whether the good people of this Nation can conceive this difference 'twixt Parliament and Army whereupon the Parliament was interrupted to be any other then a personal quarrel If so Whether they are not as much engaged in Conscience Equity and Justice to own the Parliament and stand by them now as at any other time in the doing of Justice upon all those that 〈◊〉 to the King and his Party 27 Whether the Nomination of 13 men by those so formerly named to that Work by part of the Officers of the Army to be propounded to the Council of the Officers as they are pleased to call themselves can reasonably oblige by any Colour of Law or Reason the Body of A●herents to the Cause or any ●ndividual Member whose consent is nor nor is like to be obtained thereunto 28 Whether our Commonwealth is not reduc'd after so high and ga●lant Coptests in Councils and in the Field for Common-Good into a pittiful narrow compass whilest the Foundations must be laid by a part of the Officers of the Army where 5 or 6 rule all the rest and sway them to such things as may lay the Foundation of their own greatness not the peoples good the satiating and accomplishment of their own ambitious covetous and revengful desires and designs nor the good peoples peace satisfaction or settlement 29 What is the real true difference 'twixt the Turks Jan suries and that part of our English Army that have attempted so highly lately against their Masters the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England and go about to set up others of their own making And if so let the good people of this Nation consider with what safety honour or Conscience they can partake with them in this Evil Partake not with them in their sins lest ye partake with them in their Plagues 30 Whether in point of safety ye can joyn with them in the ruining of this Parliament that was the strongest Bulwork if not the onely the Nation had against the Common-Enemy the hopefullest Supporters Assertors and Pillars of our Laws Rights and Freedoms as Men and Christians 31 Whether in point of honour and honesty or a good Concience ye having owned them your A●dresses to them receiving Laws from them professing Obedience together with all faithfulness and sincerity in taking your Commissions from them and acting under their Authority even to bloud 32 Wh●ther ye do not inevitably contract the guilt of all the bloud spilt in the late Wars in the quarrel of this Parliament against the King and his party and justifie the Enemy and their proceedings and condemn your selves and all your actings for the vindication of the Parliament and our Common Right and Liberties 33 If so Whether then ye may nor expect certain and suddain destruction as a B●esom to sweep you away guilt of bloud crying with such a loud Voice in the Ears of God who is powerful to revenge it 34 Whether the Armies Plea be not a Play at Foot-ball t●ssing the Good Old Cause too and fro sometimes in the stinking Kennel of their own selfish corrupt Interests sometimes up the Tops of the Fabricks of their New raised Designs and Projects c 35 Whether ever any Common-wealth will trust the Baptized Churches again seeing they have dealt thus persideously with the Honourable Parliament who as the Fathers of the Nation were pleased to put part of the Militia into their hands for the security of the Priviledges of Parliament and Freedoms of all men against Domestick and Forreign Enemies yet they have malitiously and shamefully betrayed their Trust in opposing the Parliament from whom they had their Commissions and have fided with those Traytors which interrupted the Parliament in October 13.59 which will be as a Brand upon the Church-men for ever except they come in and now appear with General Monck and the rest of the true English-men for the re-estalishing the Parliament 36 If this Parliament was Constituted by all the Authority of the Three Nations and in an Act