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A77278 An English-mans fundamentall appeale. Or, The third humble petiton and addresse of Captain William Bray Bray, William, 17th cent. 1659 (1659) Wing B4301A; ESTC R231103 3,628 4

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AN English-mans Fundamentall APPEALE OR The Third Humble Petiton and Addresse of Captain WILLIAM BRAY. Complaining sheweth THat on or about the 18th of June last your Petitioner did deliver or cause to be delivered to every Member then sitting an application wherein he did endeavour to address himself in rational and modest manner as he humbly conceiveth with submission to your great Judgment to accomplish Justice and Equity to himself in these ensuing particulars FIRST To obtain Justice and satisfaction for his Arrears disbursments damages and losses in your service and intendedly according to his understanding for your lawful preservation from violence by the fury and rage of War and the dismal consequences thereof publickly discovered or promulged by your Declarations SECONDLY To procure if it were possible some moderate satisfaction and consideration for his almost three years arbitrary injurious and severe imprisonment which kind of Actions and dealings with your long oppressed Petitioner in many particulars were contrary to the Fundamental Essential Righteous Ancient and Common Liberties and Safetyes as your Petitioner divers years ago in the time of his Bonds did often evidence and publickly and particularly attest and can easily to any rational and unbiased understanding make appear and justifie himself as a Member of the body of the People not only by the amiable Fundamental Law of England which is plain and certain if there were no President in the Case but also by the Case of the Lord Kimbolton Sir Arthur Haslerig c. and by Mr. Pim's Speech to the Lord Mayor and Common-Councel in a Replicatory Answer to King Charles his Answer and Declaration made to the Petition of the City of London c. in vindication of the said Lord Mayor 〈…〉 Collonel Ven and Colonel Manwaring Your Petitioner do●● now 〈◊〉 humbly revive his Claim of Justice supposing after your long interruption and great ●●me and space given peradventure amongst the many wise Reasons in Gods Wisdom to the end to cause a mature sincere deliberation and impartial consideration of former paths as it was said in the case of King Hezekiah 2 Chro. 32.31 God left him to try him to know all that was in his heart There was no reason to judg it to be impossible that you should sincerly and effectually mind your many Solemn Obligations Declarations Vows and Imprecations to Heaven on the behalf of the said Fundamental Essential Impartial Liberties and Common Birth-right of England which are known by the Almighty and All-seeing Eye and can hardly be blotted out humane memorials as by your many Declarations if relation according to obligation to God Nation and Conscience be had to them with an unbiased understanding and sincere affection to reduce things to action will plainly and fully appear as your Petitioner also humbly conceiveth THIRDLY The third part of your Petitioners Address consisted in reminding and ●…ming you of his illegal and Arbitrary ejection his Trust in the year 1648 and that if you should have done him that further impartial Justice to restore him to 〈…〉 place of Trust he would study according to his understanding faithfulness to you therein For the first part of it if your Petitioner should humbly argumentize to your great Wisdome declared knowledge publique invitations and Instructions on the behalfe of the Lawes and Liberties and what the nature of an Obligation and promise is and how much the same is valued by such as have power or ability and a good Conscience with it he thinks with submission it would be as needless as to cast a drop of water into the Ocean for thereby it will appeare that he should have had satisfaction for the same as a just debt the obligation being of so Capitall and great a nature as Publique Faith in which matter if your Petitioner had obteyned just consideration he might have avoyded many great inconveniences and made some just benefit thereof the just advantage and good of himself and relations when he was arbitrarily excluded his publique Trust and so made incapable of doing his Country service in a publique way and also if he had not been interrupted by his said imprisonment And if your Petitioner could be as he hopeth he cannot be induced to lay aside for his defence and to justifie his claim and particular just concernments those righteous Fundamental Lawes Liberties and ancient Rights of the Nation upon which the Warr was chiefly declared to be grounded the conservation of which Libertyes and Rights was so diligently looked into by our honourable Parliamentary Auncesters and fully established upon rationall grounds and Maximes against any possibility of Invasion and by mutuall agreement from the Crowne of Monarchy yet Christ the head of all Christians from whom the name hath been since either really derived to any or unjustly and improperly assumed by any doth give as a law of Talion and everlasting command as I humbly conceive with submission to your great understanding That every man ought to do as he would be done unto not excluding any or giving a Prerogative or Previledge to any whomsoever upon any Politicall suggestion or pretence whatsoever to disanul that Law And how indubitably necessary it is that Law should be a supreame barr against arbitrariness and how consistent the Evangelicall Law is with the light of Nature and with the just concernment of every mans just interest and defence and how upon due impartial reasoning this may be applyed and by how much the more the Rule is obligeing to the greatest Authorities or Powers in a more especial manner as eminent examples to others your Petitioner doth referr to your Conscience and declared knowledge without useing other arguments For the second part of it your Petitioner did as he hopeth in as model Termes as he could imagine or conceive with laying aside flattery which is hatefull to the wisely just defire consideration of his said almost three yeares Imprisonment as if the case had been your own and as if God should have permitted the late deceased call'd Protector NOT ONELY TO INTERRUPT YOU BUT TO COMMIT YOU EVERY ONE AS YOU DID HIM which said Imprisonment hath tended in many considerations to his injury great loss many inconveniences ruine and destruction ever since in so much that your Petitioner hath often in affliction of mind and peradventure with too great and deep a sense and consideration of things desired dissolution as that good Prophet Elijah with whom your Petitioner cannot compare requested for himself that he might dye and said it is enough now oh Lord take away my life for I am not better then my Fathers for after the long defect of Justice and humane consideration in a moderate nature which was onely desired by your Petitioner your Petitioner can onely ascribe thanks to the great goodness of God for his preservation to this day which he yet hopeth hath been in goodness that he may after so long a time reap your Justice that humane nature should not be neglected