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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30564	A briefe answer to Doctor Fernes booke tending to resolve conscience about the subjects taking up of arms / by Jer. Burroughes.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.	1643 (1643)	Wing B6059; ESTC R36307	21,417	16

is to be accounted Law which they interpret to be so I do not say that we are bound to beleeve that whatsoever interpretation they make was the scope and intention of that Law when it was first made But this I say that their interpretation must be accounted as much binding to us for obedience as the scope and intention of that Parliament that first made that Law Thus I have done with his Scriptures and the rationall part of his Book and I hope others will have done with it too If mens consciences be satisfied in the lawfulnesse of the thing it self Subjects taking up Arms against the will of the King His other part every one who understands how things are with us that is willing to be satisfied will be soon able to satisfie himself The substance of all that follows is suppose that Subjects may take up Arms yet whether there be sufficient cause for us to doe it Toward the conclusion of the Book the Dr. begins to be hot and somewhat bitter but I shall not here follow him in particulars but in the generall thus What the condition of our Kingdom is whether in danger or not What the condition of our Houses of Parliament whether they be safe or not whether their priviledges be broke or not Judge you whether Doctor Ferne or all the Remonstrances and Declarations we have had from both Houses be able best to certifie us we have received information enough and seen and felt enough to make us beleeve that our Kingdom is in great danger but it may be the Doctor sits in his study like another Archimedis drawing his lines and the Swords must be about his eares before he will see or beleeve any danger towards us The Doctor puts the case thus whether the conscience can be so perswaded that the King is such and so minded as that there may be sufficient cause to take up Arms against him in this he is as miserably mistaken as in all his other grounds from Scripture and his reasons if he thinks this be the controversie For 1. we take up no Arms against the King 2. Whatsoever the Kings mind be there is sufficient cause to take up Arms to defend our selves against others that seek our ruins We know of the plots of bringing the Armies in the North upon Parliament and Citie We know of the great preparations of Arms in forreign parts to send over hither and time hath discovered their further attempts although it hath indeed withall discovered they could not bring their attempts to their desired issue We know of many Delinquents that are fled from the Justice of the Parliament which cannot be attached without force and if they may so scape as they do to what purpose doth a Parliament sit it will soon be made ridiculous in the eyes of the world We know what is done in the execution of the Commission of Array and that by force of Arms and all these things by those who are under the authoritie of the Houses of Parliament wherefore if they cannot prevent these evils imminent nor rectifie these disorders extant but by power added to their authoritie although there be no such horrible things as the Doctor speaks of namely the Kings intentions to subvert Religion and our Laws and Liberties if the King do but denie to assist in the delivering us from those danger not upon groundlesse jealousies feared but upon certain proofs we know we are in and in the delivering up of such delinquents as justice must not our safety cannot suffer to escape there is cause enough to satisfie our consciences in the lawfulnesse of our taking up Arms Yea our protestation and duty though we had never so protested binds us to maintain by all our strength the Parliament in this and in maintaining them we do not at all prejudice the King in any lawfull power of his This generall is enough to satisfie in what is said in the two last Sections As for particulars mentioned there many of them are answered alreadie in the former discourse others being matters of fact it is more easie for any one to answer that hath a mind to examine what passages have falne out To go through them particularly I shall leave to some who have more time to spare then I they are far more easie to answer then what was before but not so profitable and yet the answer would exasperate more they are Subjects more suteable for Lawyers and Statists to treat about then for Divines Wherefore whereas in the conclusion of all the Doctor desires those who will run the Hazard of this resistance first to set their consciences before the tribunall of God and consider whether they will excuse them there when they have shed blood to say we supposed our Prince would change Religion overthrow liberties No Doctor We can comfortably and will freely and really set our conscience before Gods tribunall in this case but we will not make that our plea but we will stand thus before the Lord Lord thou who art the searcher of our hearts and our Iudge thou knowest we aimed at no hurt to our King we desired to live in peace we according to our solemne vow and Protestation have only endeavoured to deliver our Kingdom Parliament from the rage of ungodly and violent bloody men to bring forth the wicked unto justice to preserve what thy Maiestie what the law of nature and the Law of the Land hath made our own If thou wilt please to call us to suffer for thy Name we hope we shall be readie but because thou tellest us that it is not the part of a Christian but of an Infidell not to provide for his family therefore we have not submitted our selves wives and children to the rage of th●se bloody men for the substance of what we have done it hath been in thy Name that we may be faithfull to the King Kingdom Parliament and to posteritie What failings thou hast seen in the managing of it Lord pardon to us for Christ his sake Thus we are willing to meet the Doctor at Gods Tribunall but he shall not lay our plea for us we fear he will have enough to do to answer for himself yea to answer for that Book he hath put forth in such a time as this For a Conclusion of all LEt none think that though we thus iustifie taking up Arms that therfore we are of those that delight in War God forbid Our souls desire after peace we pray for peace we would gladly lay down our lives if we know our own hearts for peace Lately my name was injuriously added to a printed paper wherein there was a Petition against Accommodations It sayes I went along with it whereas I knew nothing at all of it untill neere a week after it was delivered to the House Thus are we at the mercy of every malignant spirit if he can get a Printer to assist him to be rendred to the world as odious as