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A58835 The Scottish mist dispel'd: or, A cleare reply to the prevaricating answer of the Commissioners of the kingdome of Scotland, to both Houses of Parliament; upon the new propositions for peace. And the foure bills sent to his Majesty, 1647. By an English covenanter English covenanter. 1648 (1648) Wing S2096A; ESTC R203524 33,757 25

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not understanding your wayes here we are Seekers And if the Lord in mercy doe not afford us more liberty and indulgence in the quiet enjoyments of our priviledges and interests in things Civill and Religious then for ought we see you would afford us we may be quickly reckoned amongst the new Sect of Shakers you would make us tremble under your hands from which condition Libera nos Domine Brethren such Sectaries in the sense delivered the Parliament may well desire to tollerate but your assertion of the Parliaments sinfull tolleration of the Sectaries of your Catalogue is a scandalous false an unbrotherly aspersion For have they not in terminis declared against the tollerating of Popery Masse Service book it is not the property of a brother to be the accuser of brethren That next Religion wherein you differ in judgment from the Propositions is concerning the interest and power of the Crowne being obliged by our solemne League and Covenant Allegeance and duty of Subjects not to diminish but to support the Kings just power and greatnesse You should have added In our severall places and callings a passage in the Covenant which ever and anone doth flye in your faces Next you come to the question Wherein the Kings Regall authority and just power doth consist and you answer it in the first place that it is chiefly in making enacting laws and upon this principle you document the Parliament of England about the Kings power in making laws c. What have you to do to busie your selves in such things which meerly concerns another Kingdome but since you thus take upon you confident we are beyond your commission we desire you in your next to declare faithfully the power of the King in making laws in the kingdome of Scotland how valid his negative voice is there But in the mean while why doe you professe Ignorantium facti juris alieni and yet interpose in the power of making laws in the Kingdome of England Brethren remember that golden passage in the covenant Our places and callings and doe not stretch your selves beyond your line It is not the property of wise men to bee medling Againe if the King hath a negative voice in making lawes hath he not the same in repealing lawes And if so farewell Presbytery and Directory In the next place you intermeddle with the Militia of the kingdome to that wee pray you hands of would we suffer you to feize upon that for ought we know the honour of Englishmen would bee quickly contained in the Court complement Your humble servants and the Catholick titles and tearms of Dominus dominantium and servus servorum would soon be divided between the Scot and the Englishman Englishmen are better soldiers than to part with their weapons and Militia of their kingdom and suffer another nation to intermeddle with that We have not the patience to admit of a word of discourse of your medling with the Militia of England The next thing you complain of under the head of Commission and excesse is the standing of our Armies to that you tell us You thinke fit that neither King nor Parliament ought to keep up an Army in the field when the war is ended You give your judgement before it is demanded we think fit you should forbeare intermedling untill it appears within your vocation and calling according to the solemne League Covenant Brethren we do not interpose nor busie our selves about Your Army in Scotland or affairs particularly belonging unto that kingdome neither do we envie your mountains but are contented with our own vallies As for Our Army they are only Englands charge why should they bee the Commissioners of Scotlands trouble It is very true the charge of the Army is great but whether Needlesse as you tell us the judgement of our P●rliament and not the Scotch Commissioners must determine for us a hand of mercy to our distressed kingdome did at first gather them a hand of power hath hitherto been with them and a hand of providence hath kept them together to preserve the interest of their native country intire whole from the violence of those that would be fingring therewith And though it be true that the sea is our Bulwark by Gods mercy from forrain enemies which are beyond it yet you know very well that our late wars have been fomented by our own natives for sometimes brethren prove unnaturall and Paul joynes his perills among false brethren with his perils at sea If you doe indeed condole the griefs of the people from the charges of our Army you will take heed that wee be not troubled with any from forrain parts for confident we are the whole kingdome will never abide it no though they should enter into a soleme League and Covenant that they would only help us to disband our Armies and ease the people of the oppressions therof You tel us If the Houses had according to your earnest desires of the 3 of March 1644. when they model'd their Army made choice of such officers as were known to be zealous of the reformation of Religion and of that uniformity with both kingdomes are obliged to promote and maintain c. and put in execution their severall declarations as that of the 20. of Sept. 1643. as also the 15. of Feb. 1644 ordering all Officers under Sir Thomas Fairfax to take the Covenant c. it would have prevented a world of inconveniencies and evils which have ensued upon the neglect thereof We judge ourselves to have cause to bind the sacrifice with cords to the hornes of the Altar and praise the name of the Lord for his wisdome and goodnes in modelling the Army even as he did though contrary to the advice of the Scotch Commissioners yet we plead not at all for any errour or evill of judgement or practice either of the Army or any therein 'T is true we heare of all religions in this Army and of no religion in another of error of judgement here of error of practice elsewhere of quartering upon the countrey by this Army of quartering the countrey by another of officers and soldiers that through scruple of conscience cannot t●ke the Covenant in this Army and of officers and soldiers that can both take the Covenant with hands lifted up to the most high God and yet strike hands with death and hell by cursing and swearing plundring and stealing in another Army It is no pleasure to us to dabble in the mire of another Army neither can we endure that the Scotch Commissioners should bespatter our Army If the Houses had according to your earnest desire the 3. of March 1644 when they model'd their Army made choice of such officers as were known to be ze●lous of the reformation of religion and of that uniformity which both kingdoms are obliged to promote and maintain that is if they had made choice of such Officers