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A75592	The Armies declaration examined and compared with their declaration May 6. Their petition and addresse May 12. And their petition and representation. Discovering some of their contradictions, lies, calumnies, hypocrisie, and designes. Well worthy observation.		1659 (1659)	Wing A3713; Thomason E1006_2; ESTC R207901	28,008	31

of that Brigade for you must believe Lambert had no hand in it found it upon their hearts to consult how they might improve this for the Glory of God you know what I mean then up comes this Paper for a Generall and generall Officers the onely means to effect their Designs but this with it may be some other particulars were too gross and had been grievously rebuked by the Parliament However this Design must not be layd aside for their Good old Cause would down if it did although Fleetwood had undertook great Matters to the Parliament to still this noise of the Waters and tumult of his People But after long Banding among the Generall Councell and rancor enough against the Parliament to the Parliament they came with a Petition and Representations full of sweet Expressions of Obedience and Duty to have drill'd out the Act of 100000 l. per mensem and the Custonics and Excise which was well enough understood but their Representation abusing the Information the House had received and their Petition calling for some things of dangerous consequence they could not then receive an Answer thereunto but had the thanks of the House for the good Expressions of their Affections In the mean while it must not sleep but the said Petition must be dispatched to every Regiment and Garrison as was said before the Parliament in the mean while go on to consider their Petition and resolve very honourably upon severall heads thereof during this Juncture the Parliament having certain assurance of the said Conspiracy of going about to engage all the Forces of this Common-wealth to side with them in their said unreasonable Desires and a Letter being produced with the Names of severall Officers wherein was inclosed one of the said Petitions to be subscribed by the Regiment to whom it was directed The Parliament also taking notice of the mischievousness of their Desire That no Officer might be Disbanded but by a Court Martiall whereby they would have been enabled to Cashire any Officer that was faithful to his Trust they having no other way to suppress that Conscience that was in many Commanders That they ought to be faithfull to them from whom they had received their Commissions Nor had they any other way to carry on their Design of a Senate the most horrid Vilany that ever was mentioned among us and there being no other Construction to be made of it but the Army by doing thus after their Petition was delivered and Debated intended to force their Desires their faithfull Servants going about to play REX the Parliament could not but finde it a Duty highly incumbent on them if they would be faithfull to the Interest of their Country to use their best Endeavours to stop this Carrier Hereupon it was with good reason resolved That no Money should be levied upon the people of England without their consent in Parliament and other things in that Act contained of very great prudence to the end forementioned and then with much Justice discharged the said Officers who had signed the said Letter from their Imployments The Parliament knowing how well some of the Army stood affected to them and how this would ripen and whet that violence that would nevertheless shortly have been acted upon them hoped well that Fleetwood would have been faithfull to his Trust whose Commssion was altogether or very neer of as long continuance as the Parliament had resolved the uttermost of their Session Viz. till May next but he then lost that Reputation of Faithfulness which he had with many men before and declined the securing of the Parliaments Priviledges and after acted against them Of which I hope he will repent one day The Parliament being at this loss Created seven Commissioners of which nevertheless he was one but this was below him forsooth Three whereof began to act for Guarding the Parliament expecting that a Force should be put upon the House which was soon endeavoured for it was not long before a considerable Party came into the Palace Yard for the same purpose but being prevented of taking possession of the House they intercepted the Speakker and after Affronts given him turned him back and so they say they have put a period to the Parliament I appeal whether this be the naked state of the Case and truth of the Matter yea or no to their own Consciences You will judge then they have well told thir own Tale the rest of the story every body knows and I hasten to the Press It remains now that I should make some Observations upon what they declare is upon their hearts to do but because what is upon their hearts to day or what they tell us is upon their hearts to day will be at their Heels to Morrow I hold it not at all worth my Labour but resolve henceforward never ot believe what they declare for the Good of the Nation till I see it done and then I shall never believe it and for what they resolve to do which tends onely to Ruine as some things they now have upon their Hearts look sturvily that way I shall heartily wish that some wiser men may take the WORK out of their Hands Or if I should take them a little to Task I should but make sport and I am loth to be a Foole in the Play Doth any body think that they will endeavour that a Due I do not understand what they mean by that Word Due I doubt it comes from a Root that signifies something else besides Just Liberty may be assured to all the Free-born People of these Nations Free-born People of the Nations who are they they must be twenty years old and upwards I think but if they were not born Fooles I am sure they are made Fooles what pretty Work are they like to make with the Reformation of the LAW sure no body doubts but you will do more hurt then good That a faithful godly and painful Gospel Preaching Ministry may be maintained a long story but not a word of Learning no that is superstitious He warrant you they can tell you the minde of Christ peremptorily enough without consulting the Originall not a Wise man among them at their Devotions in Whitehall And the truth is if they would make all of our Ministers Officers of the Army they might be maintained in a more certain and honourable way then that scurvy way of Tythes which will yet be more vexatious to the People ten thousand times when you can bring it into the Exchequer as I really believe that to be the Design But here comes a most certain Truth no body questions it Why do you trouble your selves about it We have no Aimes or Ends to set up a Military or Arbitrary Power but I hope Necessity may put you upon it if the People prove unruly and will not submit to those Principles you have agreed among your selves But have already provided you shall have no thanks for your paine that the Civill and Executive part of Government may be lodged in a Committee of Safety This is a fine new Name indeed this is no Military Government Whose Deputies are they trow if one should Carechise them Question Who made you Answer The Generall Councell of Officers Quest Who gave you your Name Answ The Generall Councell of Officers How many Colonels Generals and Lords of the Army are there among them what are they no Military Power because they are not all of the Generall Councell of Officers yet there is one Lawyer among them it seems and that makes them a Civill Power I think half of this Committee of Safety are of the Generall Councell of Officers and yet they have no Aimes to set up a Military Power and they obliged in a short time I thought it bad been just six weeks to prepare such a form of Government as may best sute with a Free State and Common-wealth that is wisely done He promise you I hope they have more wit then to be obliged to it can you tell what is that form that will best sute or will you take their words for it That what they prepare is the best if they should have so good a conceit of their own Contrivances as to promise you that it is such No It must be according to the Principles agreed upon at Wallingford House must it not wherein no doubt all that know you will say on your behalfs You are not sufficient for these things and will cry unto the Lord not to carry on the work in your hands no honest men dare do that That he will arise from his holy Habitation and judge the Cause of the oppressed of the Father less and the widow That he would judge between them that fear God and them that fear him not That he would make bare his holy Arme and witness against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of them even those that have made void his Law That he would scatter the people that delight in War And that they that take the Sword may perish by the Sword And that he would restore us Judges as at the first and Counsellors as at the beginning Men fearing God and hating Covetousness To be Repairers of our breaches and Restorers of Paths for us to dwell in That we may never want Parliaments to Rule over us least we become a Prey to the Teeth of unreasonable men whose tender mercies are cruelties And for you Soldiers that you may do no Violence but be content with your Wages and if for this we become your Enemies and you count us evill men because we cannot say as you say Let God the righteous God judge between US and YOU FINIS POSTSCRIPT REader Take notice there is two sheets of Paper Intituled A Parliamenters Petition to the Army which is verbatim the latter part of a late Book Intituled The Grand Concernments of England Ensured To which some body hath added one Page of Notes stoln out of a Sermon which I utterly disown and dislike All which is done without any knowledge of mine and I fear with no good design Besides some expressions of those prophetick Notes as they are styled were severely censured by learned and godly men as savouring of too much Levity and for his Sermon I think the Parliament gave him no thanks