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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92209	Little Benjamin or truth discovering error: being a clear and full answer unto the letter, subscribed by 47 ministers of the province of London, and presented to his Excellency, January 18. 1648. To inform the ignorant satisfie the desirous of the concurrent proceedings the Parliament and Army. In taking away the life of Charles Stuart, late King of England, together with, &c. / By a reall lover of all those, who love peace and truth. February 17. 1648. Imprimatur Gil. Mabbot.	Reading, John, 1588-1667.	1649 (1649)	Wing R449; Thomason E544_4; ESTC R205982	14,178	22

have of late been put in practice against lawfull Authority especially by the late Remonstrance and Declaration published in opposition to the proceedings of Parliament as also by seazing and imprisoning the Kings Person without knowledge and consent of Parliament I answer Men who are authorized and intrusted by the Parliament to act for the Nation in generall as the Lord Generall and his Officers are may not be able at all times to stay for particular directions and yet attempt nothing against lawfull Authority so long as they act onely for the good and safety of the People as they did and therefore are now cleered by the Parliament for their so doing You might also very well re-mind how they remonstrated to the Parliament what they would do upon good grounds long enough before they proceeded to action all which time there was no Ordinance or Act of Parliament made to restraine them as there is now made to justifie them in all their proceedings Fourthly and whereas you accuse them of their late actions towards many of the Members of the Honourable House of Commons forcibly hindering above one hundred of them for sitting in Parliament and imprisoning many of their persons calling it an unparalleld violence many of them being knowne to be men of eminent worth and integrity who have given most ample 〈…〉 of their reall affections to the good of the Parliament I answer That if they did seclude so many and imprison many of their persons yet their worthines either as Members of the House or men of eminency and integrity who had given most ample testimony of their reall affection to the good of the Kingdom was not the cause therof as you say but their persisting to do an unworthy act after they were admonished pursuing their designe in behalfe of the King against the safety of the People and some other unworthy actions of some of them preceding that one act You have the like case in * Ad 〈…〉 jah Joab and Abiather men of eminent worth and two of them of great trust and integrity who had suffered with David in all his afflictions Joab exposing his life in all Davids and the Peoples warres for the safety of the Kingdome all his daies save onely in this last action consulting with and helping Adoniiah Davids eldest Sonne alive and not yet declared against as Heire apparent to the Kingdome Nor had David then declared for Solomon whom God had designed to be Ruler of his People and yet upon this occasion not onely Joab must have his other personall transgressions put into the Ballance with this Nationall one and be put to death but Abiather also although the Lords Annoynted having by this one offence forfeited his Authority and deserved to die must be thrust out of the High Priesthood and be sent to Anothoth to his owne Lands as a peculiar favour shewed to him in that his life was spared because he bare the Arke of the Lord before David and yet his father and all his family save onely * himself were destroyed by Saul for Davids sake and Abiathers Sons did also hazard their lives to give David intelligence when he fled from Absolom Fiftly whereas you say page 4. Remember the advice of Solomon Feare thou the Lord and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change c. And then say The feare of God therefore whose Ordinance is violated when Magistracy is opposed makes us afraid of medling with those who without any colour of legall Authority meerly upon presumption of strength shall attempt such changes as these are c. I answer That what you have peremptorily asserted is not proved and may be retorted for St. Paul Rom. 13. 1 2. having laid downe every Christians duty to the end that they knowing these Higher Powers when lawfull Kings Rulers c. may not resist them he sets them forth by their constitution viz. that Rulers are not a terrour to good works but to the evill Wherein he implies this Doctrine That what Rulers soever Kings or others who decline their duty and contrary to their constitution become a terrour to good works and justifie the evill viz. wilfully and publiquely perverting the Law and do ordinarily introduce an Arbitrary Tyrannicall and unjust course acting against the publique good and safety to the ruine of the People who have intrusted them such do thereby lose their power and cease to be Rulers and ought to be declared * and proceeded against for such For these Tyrants calling good evill and evill good are abomination to the Lord and do forfeit their Authority thereby by the testimony of the Gospell St. Paul Acts 22. 45. appealing unto Annanias as High Priest in the Jewish acceptation and as he had esteemed of him when he was a persecutor and received Authority from him being one of the Estates of the Elders of Jerusalem St. Pauls saying I persecuted this way to wit which he now professed unto the death binding and delivering unto Prison both men and women as also the High Priest doth beare me witnesse but within a few daies after he denieth his Authority and Rule calling him the accident whited wall a colour that makes faire shew but hath no substance for in truth Ananias had forfeited his Authority and Rule And St. Paul gives the reason saying For sittest thou to judge me after the Law and commandest me to wit arbitrarily and tyrannically to be smitten contrary to the Law And therefore he affirmed That he knew not that he was the High Priest although in the Jewish acceptation he both knew and had appealed unto him as High Priest and confirmeth it with Scripture saying It is written thou shalt not speake evill of the Ruler of the People This truth considered how then could you charge his Excellency and the Councell It have violated Gods Ordinance by opposing Magistracy without any colour of legall Authority seeing they have concurred with and are justified by the Parliament in all their proceedings against the King and for that he long since had forfeited his Power and Authority much more than Ananias detesting himselfe of all and dis-obliging this Parliament Army and People of their Allegiance to him and also subjected himselfe unto the power of the Parliament and Justice of the Lawes of this Land for the following reasons First because the Kings of the Gentiles were alwaies by humane institution intrusted for the safety of the People and are no sacred annoynted Types of Christ King of the Church as the Kings of Iudah and Israel were and received their institution to that end from God Secondly because our King hath been a terrour to good works and justified the evill and evill doers for many yeares before he raised warre upon the Parliament and People by forcing Ship-money and Loanes by his Privie Seale and Monopolies of all kindes oppressing and persecuting his Subjects in an Arbitrary way by Star-chamber and Counsell-board Censures