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A65910	Memorials of the English affairs, or, An historical account of what passed from the beginning of the reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second his happy restauration containing the publick transactions, civil and military : together with the private consultations and secrets of the cabinet.	Whitlocke, Bulstrode, 1605-1675 or 6.; Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, Earl of, 1614-1686.	1682 (1682)	Wing W1986; ESTC R13122	1,537,120	725

of the Army came to the Parliament with Letters from the G. of the Proceedings of the Army and desiring that the 3000 Tun of French-Wines taken at Leith might be Custom and Excise-free and sold and distributed among the private Souldiers which the House granted and ordered the Letters found in the L. Chancellor's Cabinet to be Printed at the end of the Declaration for the Publick Thanks-giving 23. Letters That the Scots were raising new Forces upon the Presbyterian Interest and That the King was at Dundee with some of his Cavalier Party as well as Presbyterians That the G. sent to the Governour of Edenburgh-Castle that the Ministers with him might return to their Churches and have free liberty to Preach there and commanded that none of the Army should molest them The Ministers sent Answer That they found nothing exprest whereby to build any Security for their Persons and for their Return they resolved to reserve themselves for better Times and to wait upon him who had hidden his Face for a while from the Sons of Jacob. The G. Replied in a Letter to the Governour to this effect Our Kindness offered to the Ministers with you was done with ingenuity thinking to have met with the like but I am satisfied to tell those with you That if their Masters Service as they call it were chiefly in their eye imagination of suffering would not have caused such a Return Much less the Practices of our Party as they are pleased to say upon the Ministers of Christ in England have been an Argument of personal Persecution The Ministers of England are supported and have liberty to preach the Gospel though not to rail nor under pretence thereof to overtop the Civil Power or debase it as they please No man hath been troubled in England or Ireland for Preaching the Gospel nor has any Minister been molested in Scotland since the coming of the Army hither The speaking Truth becomes the Ministers of Christ When Ministers pretend to a Glorious Reformation and lay the Foundation thereof in getting to themselves Power and can make worldly mixtures to accomplish the same such as their late Agreement with their King and hopes by him to carry on their Designs they may know that the Syon promised and hoped for will not be built with such untempered Mortar And for the unjust Invasion they mention time was when an Army of Scotland came into England not called by the Supreme Authority We have said in our Papers with what hearts and upon what account we came and the Lord hath heard us though you would not upon as solemn an Appeal as any Experience ean parallel When they trust purely to the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God which is powerful to bring down strong Holds and every Imagination that exalts it self which alone is able to square and fit the Stones for the New Jerusalem Then and not before and by that means and no other shall Jerusalem which is to be the praise of the whole Earth the City of the Lord be built the Syon of the Holy One of Israel I have nothing to say to you but that I am Sir Septemb. 9. 1650. Your Humble Servant O. CROMWELL The Scots Ministers sent an Answer to this Letter and the General another Letter in Answer to them and says therein We look upon Ministers as Helpers of not Lords over the Faith of Gods People I appeal to their Consciences whether any denying their Doctrines and dissenting shall not incur the Censure of Sectary And what is this but to deny Christians their liberty and assume the infallible Chair Where do you find in Scripture that Preaching is included in your Function Though an Approbation from men hath Order in it and may do well yet he that hath not a better than that he hath none at all I hope he that ascended up on high may give his Gifts to whom he please and if those Gifts be the Seal of Mission be not envious though Eldad and Medad Prophesie you know who bids us covet earnestly the best Gifts but chiefly that we may Prophesie Which the Apostle explains there to be a speaking to Instruction and Edification and Comfort which the Instructed Edified and Comforted can best tell the Energy and Effect of If such Evidence be I say again Take heed you envy not for your own sakes lest you be guilty of a greater fault than Moses reproved in Joshua for envying for his sake Indeed you err through the mistake of the Scriptures Approbation is an act of Conveniency in respect of Order not of Necessity to give Faculty to Preach the Gospel ●our pretended fear lest Error should step in is like the man that would keep all the Wine out of the Countrey lest men should be drunk It will be found an unjust and unwise Jealousie to deny a man the liberty he hath by Nature upon a supposition he may abuse it when he doth abuse it judge 24 An Act passed for Encouragement and Indempnity of such as voluntarily engaged themselves in the Service of the Parliament in this time of common Danger An Act passed for appointing new Commissioners for the Excise A Vote approving the late Transactions of the Militia of London and Westminster 25 Proceedings in the Trial of Sir John Gell before the High Court of Justice By the Letters taken in the Cabinet of the L. Chancellor London at Dunbar-Fight appeared that the Scots designed to invade England Letters that the L. Willoughby and others had Proclaimed King Charles the Second in the Barbadoes and That the Assembly there had Sentenced Capt. Tienman and Lieut. Brandon to be disfranchized their Estates to be seized their Tongues cut their Cheeks burnt with the Letter T and afterwards to be banished and That they had Fined and Banished most in the Island who were well affected to the Parliament 26 Order for the Thanks of the House to be given to the old Commissioners of the Excise for their good Service Letters That the Ministers about Dartmouth would not read any Act or Ordinance commanded by the Parliament Rumors of Hopton's and Greenvile's Landing with Forces in the West which caused the Governor of Weymouth and the Militia thereabouts to be in a readiness Recruits ordered for Scotland Letters That Sir Charles Coot with 600 Horse and 1300 Foot Marched to the L. Deputy before Athlowe That there was Difference amongst the Irish occasioned by their Clergy That the E. of Westmeath took in a Castle of the L. Dillon's and put all in it to the Sword 27 Upon the Report from a Committee The House Voted That one Clackson who made and Published an Impious and Blasphemous Book called The Single Eye should be sent to the House of Correction and afterwards be Banished and that the Book be Burned by the Common Hangman And That Mr. Rainsborough a Justice of peace in Middlesex who countenanced the Book be disabled from being a Justice

suppose that as the Gentlemen themselves will forbear to offer the contrary so they expect the Wisdom and Justice of the House will not admit of any thing to the contrary to interrupt the proceedings upon the general affairs The House passed these Votes That no Officer or Souldier of the Army shall leave the Army without Licence or Discharge from the General That they do own this Army as their Army and will make provision for their maintenance and for their Pay equally with those that have deserted the Army Referred to the Committee of the Army to make provision accordingly Referred to the Commissioners in the Army to be earnest with the General That no obstruction or discouragement be given by the Souldiers to the levying of the Excise and other Assessments An Ordinance Read for saving harmless all well affected persons from any Bonds c. extorted from them by the Enemy in the time of War Referred to the Commissioners of the Great Seal to bring in a List of Judges for the next Circuit 29. An Ordinance past both Houses for Collonel Butler to be Governour of the Isle of Scilley A Petition from the Eleven Members except the Recorder Glyn to come to a speedy Tryal he earnestly advised his Brethren against this Petition but they were wilful and he would not joyn in it A day set for the particular Charge of the Army to be brought in against the Eleven Members Order for the Accounts to be stated of Collonel Graves and Collonel Pyes Forces and that the Officers and Souldiers come off from the Army advance for Ireland or be Disbanded An Ordinance committed for Souldiers not Inhabitants to depart the City Both Houses granted a Pass to the Dutch Ambassador to go to the King and so to return home 30 The Fast-day after Sermon A Committee appointed about reedifying the Church of Torrington Another to consider of able persons for accommodation in Religion Order for the Magistrates of the City to be careful to execute the Ordinances for observation of the Lords-day and Fast-days and for inquiry what Malignant Ministers have been admitted into Benefices Letters from the Commissioners in the Army and from Sir Thomas Fairfax That the last Votes of the House had met with such complyance in his Councel of War that in confidence of this further progress about the desires of the Army and in submission to the Votes of Parliament the Army had removed their Quarters further from London and were to be this night at Wicombe The Commissioners in the Army were desired by the Councel of War to procure from the Parliament a full answer to the last Propositions of the Army before which they cannot conclude any thing upon the Treaty Mr. Patrick Young formerly His Majesties Library-keeper at St. James's and a great Scholar with the assistance of Selden and Whitlock undertook the Printing of the Septuagint Translation of the Bible whereof he had in his custody a famous antient Copy if not an Original Manuscript July 1647. July 1. Orders about Pay for the Army That the King shall reside no nearer London than the Quarters of the Army will be born That the Committee do meet about accommodation in Religion Information of one Cousens an Alderman of Newcastle Negotiating to bring the Scots again into England The Lords were desired to expedite the Propositions to be sent to the King It was reported That part of the Charge against the Eleven Members particularly against Mr. Hollis would be the business of the Lord Savile's Information against him and Whitelock two years since 2. A Petition from the Common-Councel 1. That Command be given that no Officer or Souldier come within the Lines of Communication upon pretence to share monies for their Arrears 2. That such as are Paid may depart the City within two days 3. That all who have been in Arms against the Parliament may depart the City 4. That such as have come in from the Army may be otherwise disposed of 5. That all bring in concealed Goods 6. That the revenue be mannaged by Rules 7. That the Parliament would lay aside lesser businesses and prepare such Laws for the Kings concurrence as may settle the Government of the Church secure the people from Arbitrary Power and to restore his Majesty to his just Rights and Authority 8. That all Officers of State and Justice may be Persons of Honour of considerable Interest and known Integrity 9. That speedy care be had of Ireland 10. That Correspondence with Scotland according to the Covenant be maintained 11. That Elections may be examined and the House purged of such as are unduely Elected or have been against the Parliament 12. For a course to decide Admiralty Causes 13. That satisfaction being made by Delinquents an Act of Oblivion may be passed The Petitioners had thanks for their good affections and answer That most of the particulars were under consideration Some of the Members attended the less in the House when these matters were in agitation being unsatisfied that the Army and City should thus seem to impose upon the Parliament Reference to the Committee of Cheshire about Pay and lessening of the Garrison of Chester Orders about the affairs of Ireland That two thousand six hundred pounds be paid to the Lord of Ormond and for mony for Advance and Transport of Forces into Ireland and that three Commissioners be sent into Munster One of the Knights of Essex presented a Petition from part of that County and the Gentlemen that brought it had thanks for their good Affections and the House took notice of the delivery of it in a Parliamentary way Other Petitions from Norfolk and Suffolk Letters from the General and his Officers with a Declaration of the Army disclaiming a Pamphlet called Heads presented by the Army to the Kings Majesty and another called Articles agreed upon betwixt the King and the Army as false scandalous and injurious to them and which they detest and desire the Authors may be found out Letters from the Commissioners in the Army certified That the General had appointed Lieutenant General Cromwell Collonel Ireton Collonel Fleetwood Collonel Rainsborough Collonel Harrison Collonel Sir Har-Waller Collonel Rich Collonel Lambert Collonel Hammond and Major Rainsborough or any five of them to Treat with the Parliaments Commissioners upon the Papers sent from the Army to the Parliament and their Votes To the Vote touching the Eleven Members was answered That the Councel of War had a great willingness to answer the expectation of the House in all things so in this particular but the things being of great importance and the persons charged many it had taken more time than was expected they therefore desire respite for three or four days when they would bring in the particular Charge against the Eleven Members and the Kingdom shall see that they have not impeached the Gentlemen out of any private respects but their duty to the Publick The

Gods Accompt that if he had not stept in the Disease had been mortal and destructive and what is all this Truly I must needs say a company of men still like Bryars and Thorns and worse if worse can be of another sort than those before mentioned to you have been and yet are endeavouring to put us into Blood and into Confusion more desperate and dangerous Confusion than England ever yet saw And I must say as when Gideon commanded his Son to fall upon Zeba and Zalmunna and slay them they thought it more noble to die by the hand of a Man than of a Stripling which shews there is some contentment in the hand by which a man falls so is it some satisfaction if a Common-wealth must perish that it perish by Men and not by the hands of persons differing little from Beasts That if it must needs suffer it should rather suffer from rich men than from poor men who as Solomon says when they oppress they leave nothing behind them but are as sweeping Rain Now such as these also are grown up under your shadow But it will be asked what have they done I hope though they pretend Commonwealths Interest they have had no encouragement from you but that as before rather taken it than that you have administred any Cause unto them for so doing from Delays from hopes that this Parliament would not settle from Pamphlets mentioning strange Votes and Resolves of yours which I hope did abuse you Thus you see what ever the Grounds were these have been the Effects And thus I have laid these things before you and others will be easily able to judge how far you are concerned And what have these men done they have also laboured to pervert where they could and as they could the honest meaning people of the Nation they have laboured to engage some in the Army and I doubt that not onely they but some others also very well known to You have helped in this work of debauching and dividing the Army they have they have I would be loth to say who where and how much more loth to say they where any of your own Number but I can say Endeavours have been to put the Army into a Distemper and to Feed that which is the worst humour in the Army which though it was not a mastering humour yet these took their advantage from delay of the Settlement and the Practices before mentioned and stopping the pay of the Army to run Vs into free Quarter and to bring us into the inconveniences most to be feared and avoided What if I am able to make it appear in Fact That some amongst you have run into the City of London to perswade to Petitions and Addresses to you for reversing your own Votes that you have passed Whether these practices were in favor of your Liberties or tended to beget hopes of Peace and Settlement from you and whether debauching the Army in England as is before expressed and starving it and putting it upon free Quarter and occasioning and necessitating the greatest part thereof in Scotland to march into England leaving the remainder thereof to have their Throats Cut there and kindling by the rest a fire in our own Bosoms were for the advantage of Affairs here Let the World judge This I tell you also that the Correspondency held with the Interest of Cavalleers by that Party of men called Levellers and who call themselves Common-wealths-men whose Declarations were framed to that purpose and ready to be published at the time of their Commonrising whereof We are possessed and for which We have the Confession of themselves now in Custody who confess also they built their hopes upon the assurance they had of the Parliaments not agreeing a Settlement Whether these humours have not nourished themselves under your Boughs is the subject of my present discourse and I think I say not amiss if I affirm it to be so And I must say it again That that which hath been their Advantage thus to raise Disturbance hath been by the loss of those Golden opportunities that God hath put into your hands for Settlement Judge you whether these things were thus or no when you first sat down I am sure things were not thus there was a very great Peace sedateness throughout these Nations and great expectations of a settlement which I remembred to you at the beginning of my Speech and hoped that you would have entered upon your business as you found it There was a Government in the possession of the People I say a Government in the possession of the People for many Moneths it hath now been exercised neer fifteen Moneths and if it were needful that I should tell you how it came into their Possession and how willingly they received it How all Law and Justice were distributed from it in every respect as to life liberty and estate How it was owned by God as being the Dispensation of his Providence after twelve years War and sealed and Witnessed unto by the People I should but repeat what I said in my last Speech made unto you in this place and therefore 〈◊〉 forbear When you were entred upon this Government raveling into it you know I took no notice what you were doing if you had gone upon that foot of Account To have made such good and wholsom Provisions for the good of the People of these Nation for the Settling of such matters in things of Religion as would have upheld and given Countenance to a Godly Ministry and yet would have given a just Liberty to Godly men of different Judgments men of the same Faith with them that you call the Orthodox Ministery in England as it is well known the Independents are and many under the Form of Baptism who are sound in the Faith only may perhaps be different in Judgment in some l●sser matters yet as true Christians both looking at Salvation only by faith in the Blood of Christ men professing the fear of God having recourse to the Name of God as to a strong Tower I say you might have had Opportunity to have setled Peace and Quietness amongst all professing Godliness and might have been instrumental if not to have healed the breaches yet to have kept the Godly of all Judgments from running one upon another and by keeping them from being over-run by a Common Enemy rendred them and these Nations both secure happy and well satisfied Are these things done or any thing towards them Is there not yet upon the Spirits of men a strange itch nothing will satisfie them unless they can put their finger upon their Brethrens Consciences to pinch them there To do this was no part of the Contest we had with the Common Adversary for Religion was not the thing at the first contested for but God brought it to that issue at last and gave it into Vs by way of Redundancy and at last it proved to be that which was most dear to us and