this life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a Souldier not disobey betray supplant or destroy him 3ly Of Pauls and Peters expresse commands to all Officers Souldiers whatsoever as well as others Rom. 13.1 2 c. Let every soul be subject to the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation c. Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake Tit. 3.1 2. Put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and Powers to obey Magistrates to be ready to every good work To speak evil of no man to be gentle shewing all meekness unto all men Ephes. â— 5 6 7. Col. 4.22 23 24. Servants such are all Mercenâ—ry Officers Soldiers under pay to the old Parliament and Kingdom obey in all things your Masters according to the flesh in fear and trembling in singleness of heart as unto Christ Not with eyâ— service as men-pleasers but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart With good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men for ye serve the Lord Christ 1 Pet. 2.13 to 20. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lord sake whether it be to the King as supreme or unto Governors as unto those who are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of them that do well for so is the will of God that with well-doing ye put to silence tâ—e ignorance of foolish men As free and not using your liberty as a cloak of maliciousnâ—sse but as the servants of God Honour all men in lawfull authority Fear God Honour the King Servants be subject to your Masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward For this is thank-worthy if a man for conscience toward God endure grief suffering wrongfully Whether by their former late rebellions against the King Parl. all their lawful Superiors and exalting themselves above all theâ—r former Lords and Masters they have not given Christ himself the lye and falsified his reiterated Asseveration Resolution Mat. 10.24 John 13.16 c. 15.10 Verily Verily I say unto you the Disciple is not above his Master nor the Servant above or groater than his Lord neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him If ye know these things happy are ye if ye do them Whether they will not prove bitternesse damnation ruin to them in the latter end and teach engage all Common souldiers under them to be treacherous rebellious disobedient unto them and thrust them out of all their commands now they have neither legal Commissions nor aâ—thority to rule them nor monies to pay or quarter them nor imployment under them for the peoples welfare but only for their own ambitious ends and self-preservation for which they were never raised since their own presidents and principles of treachery and disobedience to all their former Superiours animate them thereunto Whether the â—uncâ—o â—nd Army Council upon seriouâ— coâ—sideration of all the premisâ—s â—â—d their formâ—r miscaâ—â—iages hâ—vâ— not all cause with penitent heaâ—ts aâ—d bleedâ—ing Spirits to cry out and make this old publikâ— confeâ—â—ioâ— in the Book of Common Prayer Almighty and mâ—st mâ—rcifull Father we have erred and strayâ—d from thy â—ayeâ— liâ—â— losâ— sheep We have followed too much the deâ—ices and desires of our own hearts we have offended against thy holy laws we have leâ—t â—ndone those things which we â—ught to hâ—ve done and we have done those things which we ought not to haâ—e done and there is no health nor truth in â—s But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable Offenâ—â—â—â— And grant that we may hereafter live a godly righteous sober life to the glory of thy holy name Amen Which if these Workers of iniquity shall still refuse to do as if the Lord did neither see nor regard it and therby provoke our 3. Nations to cry out with united prayers to God against theÌ„ * Help Lord for the godly man ceaseth for the faithfull fail from among the children of men With flattering lips and with a double heart do they â—pake every one to his neighbor O Lord God of revenges O Lord God to whom vengeance belongeth shew thy self lift up thy self thou Iudge of the Earth render a reward to the proud Lord how long shall the wicked how long shall the wicked triumph how long shall they utter hard things and all the workers of iniquity boâ—st themselves They break in pieces thy people O Lord afflict thine heritage they slay the widow and murder the fatherless They gather themselves together against the soul of the rightâ—ous and condemn the innocent bloud Whether they must not then expect that inevitable doom of God himself ensuing after such practises and Prayers Psa. 94.23 And the Lord shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickednesse yea the Lord our God shall cut them off * The transgrâ—ssors shall be destroyed together the end of the wicked shall be cut off But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he is their strength in the time of troble And the Lord shall help them and deliver them he shall delivâ—r them from the wicked and save them bâ—cause they trust in him Jer. 36.3 7. It may be they will now present their supplications befâ—re the Lord and râ—turn every one from his evil way that God may forgive their iniquity and their sin for great is the anger and the fury that the Lâ—rd hath pronouâ—ced against this people An Exact Alphabeâ—ical Liâ—t of the Old and Nâ—w secluded Membâ—râ— of the Commâ—ns House in the long Parliament surviving May 7. 1659. when the dissolved Juncto began their new Session Baronets Knights and Viscounâ—s LOrd Ancram Sir Ralph Ashton Sir John Barringâ—on Sir Thomaâ— Barnâ—rdiston Sir Robert Benloeâ—Sir George Booth Sir Humphry Bridges Sir Ambrose Brown Sir John Burgoâ—n Sir Roger Burgoin Sir Henry â—hâ—lmley Sir John Clotworthy Sir John Corbet Sir John Curson Sir Thomas Dâ—creâ— Sir Franciâ— Drâ—ke Sir William Drake Sir Walter Earl Sir Câ—arles Egerton Sir John Evelin of Surry Sir John Evelin of Wilres Sir John Fenwick Sir Edmund Fowel Sir Gilbâ—rt Gerard Sir Haâ—botle Grimston Sir Riâ—hard Hâ—nghton Sir John Holland Sir Anthony â—â—by Sir Marâ—in Knatchbull Sir John Leigh Sir William Lâ—wâ—â— Sir William Liâ—â—â—r Sir William Litâ—on Sir Samâ—el Luke Sir Nicholâ—â— Martyn Sir Thomas Middlâ—ton Sir Robert Nappirr Sir Roberâ— Neâ—hâ—m Sir Dudly North Sir John Noâ—thcot Sir Richard Onslow Sir Hugâ— Owen Sir John Pâ—lgrave Sir Philip Parker Siâ— Thomaâ— Parker Sir Edward Partridge Sir John Pellam Sir William Plâ—terâ— Sir Nevil Poole Sir Jâ—â—n Poâ—â— Sir Robert Pye Sir Fâ—anâ—is Russel Sir 〈◊〉 Sainâ—â— John Sir John
Sâ—ymoâ— Sir Thomaâ— Soâ—e Sir William Striâ—klâ—nd â—ir John Temple Sir Thomâ—â— Trever Sir Humph. Tuâ—ton Sir William Waller Thâ—mâ—â— Viscount Wenman Sir Henry Woâ—sly Sir Riâ—hard Wynne Sir John Young In all 64. Esquiers Gâ—ntlemen and Lawyers Johâ— Alford Arthur Ansley Mr. Andrews William Ardington John Arundle Mr. Aâ—cough Francis Bacon Nathaniel Bacon Edward Bainton â—ol John Barker Maurice Barro Mr. Bell James Bence Col. John Birch Edward Bisâ— John Bowyer John Boyes Major Brooks Major General Brown Samuel Brown Serjant at Law Francis Buller John Bunkly Hugh Buscoen Mr. Buâ—ton Mr. Camble William Carrenâ— Col. Ceely Jameâ— Chaloner Mr. Clive Commiss. Copley John Crew Thomas Crompton Mr. Crowder Thomaâ— Dacre John Dormer John Doyle Mr. Drake Robert Ellison Mr. Eriâ—â—y Mr. Evelin Edward Fowel William Foxwiâ—t John Francis James Fyennis Nathaniel Fyennis Samuel Gardiner Francis Gerard Thomas Gewen William Glanâ—il John Glynne Serjant at Law Samuel Gott Thomas Grove Elias Grymes Brampton Gurdon Edward Harby Col. Edward Harley Major Harley John Hatcher John Haâ—don James Herbert John Herbert Mr. Hobby Thomaâ— Hodges Denzel Hollis Franciâ— Hollis George Horner Edmund Hoâ—kinâ— John Hungerford Col Hunt Mr. Jennings William Jones George Keckwich Richard Knighly Col. Lasselâ— Hâ—nry Lâ—urence Col Lee Mr. Lewis Col. Walter Long Mr. Lowâ—y Col. John Loyde Mr. Lucas Mr. Luâ—kin John Mainard Christopher Martin Major Gen. Edward Massey Thomas Middleton Thomaâ— Moorâ— William Morrice George Mountague Mr. Nash James Nelthrop Alderâ—an Nixon Mr. North Col. Norton Mr. Onslow Arthur Owen Henry Oxinden Mr. Packer Mr. Peck Henry Pellam William Peirpoint Jervase Pigot Mr. Potter Mr. Poole Col. Alexander Popham Mr. Povy Mâ— Priâ—ty William Prynne Alexander Pym Charles Pym Mr. Rainscraft Mr. Ratcliffe Charleâ— Richâ— Col. Edward Rossiter Mr. Scowen Mr. Scut Col. Robert Shâ—peot Col. Shuttleworth Mr. Spelman Mr. Springatâ— Henry Stapleton Robert Stanton Edward Stephenâ— John Stephâ—ns Nathaniel Stephens Mr. Stockfield John Swinfen Mr. Temple Mr. Terwit Mr. Thistlethwait Mr. Thomas Isaac Thomas Mr. Thynne Mr. Tâ—lson Jâ—hn Tâ—ever Thomas Twisden Serjeant at Law Mr. Vassal Mr. Vaughaâ— Thomas Waller Mr. West Heâ—ry Weston William Wheeler Col. Whitehead Henry Wilkes Captâ—in Wingate Mr. Winwood Thomas Wogan Mr. Wray Richard Wynne The Total Number 203. besides the House of Lords An Alphâ—betical List of all Members of the late dissolved Iuncto JAmes Ash Alderman Atkins William Ayre Mr. Baker Col. Bennet Col. Bingham Daniel Blagrave Mr. Brâ—wster Williâ—m Cawly Thomas Chaloner Mr. Cecil the self-degraded Earl of Saliâ—bury Robert Cecil his son John Corbet Henry Darley Richard Darley Mr. Dixwell John Dove Mr. Downeâ— Serj. Earl Will Ellys Mr. Feilder Mr. Fell Col. Charls Fleetwood Augustin Garland Mr. Gold John Goodwin Robert Goodwin John Gâ—rdon Mr. Hâ—llowes Sir James Hâ—rrington Col. Harvy Sir Arthur Hasilrig Mr. Hayes Mr. Herbert the self-degraded Earl of Pembrook Roger Hill Cornelius Holland Col. Hutâ—hiâ—son Col. Ingolâ—by Philip Jones Mr. Leachmore William Lenthall Speaker John Lenthall his son John Lisle Philip Viscont Lisle Thomas Lister Nicholas Love Col. Ludlow Henry Martyn a prisoner in execution Mr. Mayne Sir Henry Mildmay Gilbert Millington Col. Herbert Morley Lord Viscont Munson a prisoner in execution Henry Nevil Robert Nicholas Michael Oldsworth Dr. Palmer Alderman Pennington Sir Gilbert Piâ—kering John Pine Edmond Prideaux William Puresoy Thomas Pury Robert Reynolds Col. Rich Luke Robinsoâ— Oliver saint-Saint-John Major Saloway Mr. Say Thomas Scot Major General Skippon Augustin Skinner Mr. Smith Walter Strickland Col. Sydenham James Temple Col. Temple Col. Thompson Serjant Thorpe John Trencher Sir John Trevor Sir Henry Vane Col. Waite Mr. Wallop Sir Thomas Walsingâ—am Col. Walton Sir Peter Wentworth Edmond Weaver Mr. White Serjeant Wilde Sir Thomas Witherington Sir Thomas Wroth. The totall Sum 92. Note That of these Members whereof two are since dead there entred only 42. into the House at first that the rest came in to them by degrees either to keep their old preferments gain new or regain the places they had formerly lost â—specially the Lawyers who notwithstanding their former complyances are turned quite out of Office and dis-Judged that 10. or more of them came in by New Writs issued in the Name of the Keepers of the Liberties of England after the Kings behâ—ading and were no Members of the long Parliament That there were never 60. of them together in the House at once whiles they sate and but 57. on the 11. and 12. of October last upon the great debate between them and the Army Officers And some that sate formerly with them as the Lord Fairfax John â—ary and others refused to sit with them now as having not the least colour of Law to sit or act as a Parliament Yea their Speaker Mr. Lenthal told the Officers of the Army and Members who came to invite him to sit again May 6. That he had a Soul to save and that he was not satisfied in point of Law conscience or prudence that they could sit again Bâ—t at last when he considered he had an estate to â—ave as he told another Friend that over-ballanced all his former Objections and made him and other Mâ—mbers act against their judgements consciences and to forgâ—t our Savioâ—rs sad Qâ—aeres Mat. 16.26 What is a man profited if he should gain the whole world and lose his own Soul Oâ— what shall a man give in exchange for his soul With that of Jer. 5.29.31 Shall I not visit for these things Shall not my soul be avenged on such a Nation as this And what will ye do in the end thereof To fill up the Vacant Pages of this sheet I shall propose 7. Quaeres more to this late dissipated Rump to which I expect their satisfactory Answer ere they presume to sit again as many of them endeavour 1. Whether they could with any colour of Law truth reason justice coâ—scienâ—e heretofore or can hereafter by virtue of their first Writs and Electioâ—s intitle themselves The Parliament of the Commonwealth of England Scotland Ireland when by their Writs Elections and Indentures by which they pretended to sit they were only a small inconsiderable Fragment of the Parliament of the late King and Realm of England but never of the Realm of Scotland or Ireland which have their * distinct Parliaments from England and no legal Parliament of England Scotland or Ireland ever hitherto was or can be held without a King and House of Lords and a full House of Commons of which they are not the fift part 2. Whether those Interloping Members Elected since the Kings beheading and old Parliaments dissolution by his death by Writs only in the name of the Gaolers of the Liberties of England can fit act or joyne with the Tayl of the old Commons House elected only by the beheaded Kings Writs and so owning his Royal Authority in Deeds though abjuring it Kingship by their Declarations Votes Knacks Ingagements and new-coined Oathes Whether such a strange model as this be not a Violation of Deut. 22.9 10 11.
Members secluded the Majoritie of the House by their Vote of Ian. 11. 1648. upon the Armie-Officers false and scandalous printed Answer to them Ian. 3. touching the grounds of their securing and secluding them contrary to their Protestation Covenant the Privileges Rights of Parliament the Great Charter the Fundamental Laws and liberties of the Nation And not content therewith by their own Anti-Parliamentary anti-christian Usurpation to out act the old Gâ—npowder Traytors many degrees by the Armies assistance and opposing advancing themselves against all that is called God and worshiped they most traiterously set aside voted down suppressed the whole House of Lords as dangerous uselesse tyrannical unnecessary usurped engrossed the â—â—ile power oâ—the Parliament of England and Supreme Authority of the Nation to themselves alone without King Lords or Majoâ—ity of their fellow secluded Members created a new Monstrous High Court of Iustice destructive to all our fundamental Laws Liberties and Justice it self wherein beyond all presidents since the creation they most presumptuously condemned murdered beheaded their own lawfull Hereditarie Protestant King against all their former Oathes Protestations Vows Covenants Remonstrances Declarations Obligations Allegiance the Laws of the Land the principlâ—s of the Protestant Religion and dissenting votes protestations disswasions of the secluded Lords Commons Scots Commissioners London Ministers the intercessions of forein States and our 3. whole Kingdoms together with 3. Protestant Peers soon after After that close imprisoned my self Sir William Waller Sir William Lewes Major General Brown with sundry other Members divers years in remote Castles without any hearing examination cause expressed or the least reparation for this unjust oppression exercising far greater Tyranny over the Peers their old fellow Members and all English Freemen during the time of their Regality in every kind than the beheaded King or the worst of his predecessors Were not by a most just divine retaliation aâ—d providence when they deemed themselves most secure and established even for these their transcendent Treasons Perjuries Tyrannies violations of the Rights Privileget of Parliament their own sacred Oaths Protestation League Covenant suddenly dissolved dissipated thrust out of doors Apr. 20. 1653. by Cromwel and the Army Officers in a forcible shamefull manner with whom they confederated all along though they received new commissions from engaged to be true â—aithful to theÌ„ without â— King or House of Lords and branded by them to posterity in their printed Declaration b Apr. 20. 1653. as the curruptest and worst of men intollerably oppressing the people carrying on their own ambitious designes to perpetuâ—te themselves in the Parliamentarie and Supreme Authoritie the archest Trust breakers Apostates never answering the ends which God his people and the whole Nation expected from them c. Col. Harrison himself the Chairman at Windsor Committee to secure us being the very person imploied by Cromwell to pull their Speaker Lenthall out of the chair and turn him with his Companions out of doors Cromwell himself then stigmatizing Sir Henry Vanes Henry Martyn Tom Châ—lloner and others of them by name with the Titles of Knave Whoremaster Drunkard c. And not long after to requite his good Services he suddenly turned Col. Harriâ—on Rich and their party out of the Commons House by Force dissolved their Anti-Parliamentary Conventicle elected only by the Army Deâ— 11. 1653. whiles they were seeking God for direction and soon after cashiered both these * Collonels his former greatest Instruments out of the Army sent them close Prisoners to remote Castles garded with Army Troops And as they and their Troops when they seized Major General Brown with other Members besides and conducting them to Windsor Castle other Prisons refused to acquaint them whether they were to be sent So Mr. Iessâ—p the Clerk of their Council of State who brought these Colonels to the Coach at Whitehall garden door when they were conveyed to remote Castles and their Conductors denied to inform them to what places they wâ—re committed whereupon they cried out to the Troopers which garded them Gentlemen is this the Liberty you and we have fought for to be sent close Prisoners to remâ—te Garrisons from our wives and families they will not tell us whether Will you suffer your own Collonels Officers who have fought for Laws Liberties have been Members of Parlâ— to be thus usedâ— To which they answered as themselves did in the like case to other secured Members conducted by them We are commanded and must obey not dispute our Orders and so were hurried away aâ— an eye and ear-witnesâ— of the old Parliament related to me within one hour afâ—er Yea young Sir Hen. Vaâ— himself the bold prejudger of our Debaâ—es and Vote in the House touching the Kings concessions if not a promoter of our unjust seclusion â—or it was unexpectedly suddenly not only thrust ouâ— from all his Imployments as well aâ— out of the Hâ—use buâ— sent close Prisoner by Cromwel to Cariâ—brook â—astle in the Islâ— of Wight the very place where he betrayed his trust to the King and Parliâ—ment at the Treaty to gratify Cromwel who by an extraordinary strange providence sent him cloâ—e Prisoner thither for sundry months to * mediâ—ate upon this divine retaliation Whether may not all this dissolved Iuncto and itâ— Members from these wonderâ—ul Judgementâ— providenceâ— now conclude and cry out with that hâ—athen cruel Tyrant Adonibezeck Judg. 1.7 Aâ— I have doneâ— so God hath requited me And acknowledge the truth of Gods Comminations against all treacherous betrayers potent oppressorâ— of their Brethren Obad. 15. As thou hast â—one it shall be donâ— unto thee thy râ—ward shall return upon thine own head Ps. 7.15 16. He made a pit and digged it and is fallen into the ditch which be made his mischief shall return upon his own â—ead and his violent dealing upon his owâ— paâ—e Rev. 13.9 10â—If any man haâ—e an ear to â—ear let him heaâ— He that leadeth into Capâ—ivity shall go into Captivity He that killeth with the Sword shall be killed with the Sword Here is the patience and faith of the Sâ—ints O that all real and pretended Saintâ— in the dissolved Juncto and Army would now consider and believe it as â— lâ—tely pressed them to do in the cloze of my Good Old Cause truly staâ—ed and the false Vncased yet they would not regard it Whether their illegal forcible wresting the Militia of the Kingdom totally out of the Kingâ— hands into their own as their only security to sit in safety and perjurious engaging all Officerâ— Soldiers of the Armie in England Scotland and Ireland to be true faithful and constant is them without a King or House of Lords by subscriptionâ— in parchmenâ— Rollâ— râ—turned to them under all their handâ— contrary to their former Votes Declaratiâ—nsâ— Remonstrances Protestations Oathâ— Vows Covenants Trustâ— yea the very writs returns which made them Members their own Souldierâ— Army-Officers first Commissionâ— Declarationâ— Râ—monstranceâ— Proposâ—lâ—
all rules of Law and Christianitie kept a publike humiliation for their good successe against Sir George Booth and his adherents and after their defeat a publike thanksgiving through Westminster and London to mock God himself * who will not be mocked to his very face and ordained a publike thansgiving throughout the whole Nation to abuse both God and them for their Great Deliverance from the most Dangerous Plot and Treason of Sir George Booth and his party to bring in all the old Members to sit with them without turning those then sitting out or to procure a free Parliament that so their Anti-Parliamentary Conventicle by this pretext might exercise a Perpetual Tyrannie and Parliamental Authority over them and none thenceforth dare demand a full and free Parliament for the future under pain of highest Treason Apostacie and the losse of their very Heads and estates Whether all these their transcendent High Treasons with their former 1648. against the K. secluded Members Lords Parliament people were not by a most signal miraculous Providence and Justice of God himself recompenced immediately after upon their own Lamberâ—s and other Armie-Officers headâ— by making their rouâ—iing of Sir George Booth and his party after their first thanksgiving for it before the next day of general thanksgiving came the very occasion of their sudden unexpected dissolution 1. By over-elevating Lamberts his Officers and Brigades Spirits notwithstanding the signal Marks and Rewards of their Favours towards them for the present and future promises of advancement for their Fidelity to them in this Service to enter into contestations with them by their Petition and Representations 2ly By raising the differences and jealousies between them to such a height and open enmitie notwithstanding all their large Votes compliances to satisfie them all means mediations of Friends and the Londoners publike Feast on their thanksgiving day to reconcile them as to incense the Juncto to vote Major Harrison a chief agent Chairman for the old Members first seclusion uncapable of any publike Trust or Office a to vote Lambert Disbrow Creed and 6. more field Officers out of their commands null their Commissions and dispose of their Regiments to the next Officers without any hearing or examination if not threatning to commit Lambert to the Tower as a Traytor to repeal Fleetwoods Commission and Knack to be Lieutenant General of their Forces in England and Scotland and put the command of the Army and new Militia under 7. Commissioners to wrest the power of them both into their own hands 3ly By exasperating Lambert and his confederates by these Votes so far against them giving them such favour with the Armie as to draw up the greatest part of the forces about London in battel array against them and notwithstanding their partie in the Armie whereof they had made many of themselves Colonels their interest in the Militia of Westminster London Southwark and Sir Henry Vanes two Regiments of Gathered Churches who were disgregated and kept their Chambers all that day not one of them appearing in the field because their valiant Collonel took a Clyster pipe into his fundament instead of a Lance into his hand in the day of battel and durst not hazard a broken pate in the quarrel and then in a hostile warlike manner to besiege many of them in Whitehall block up all passages to the House seise upon their old Speaker with his Coach Mace and new General without a Sword Armie Troop or Company from whose hands they had freshly received their Commissions turning him back from whence he came to charm all the Junctoes forces so as to march away without drawing one sword or shooting one bullet in their defence so true faithful were they to their good old cause as well as to their New Protectors as to deem neither of them worth one bloodie nose 4. By engaging Lamberâ— and his party notwithstanding all endeavoured and seeming accommodations beâ—ween them to seise upon their House and their provisions of ammunition and victuals in it to lock up the doors and keep constant Guards upon the stairs to seclude all these their new Lords and Masters as they did on May 7 9. afterwards seclude their fellow-Members and not content herewith by a printed Plea for the Army and Declaration of the Geâ—eral Council of the Army sitting at Wallingford House which called them in and thus shamefully not long after turned them out of doors usurping to themselves both a Regal Authority to call and dissolve Parliaments as they â—epute and stile them and a Parliamental too in making and repealing Acts of Parliament as they deem them at their pleasure they not only justiâ—ie this their forcible ejectment seclusion to all the world by Lex talionis even their own abetting approving justifying the Armies former seclusion of the Major part of theiâ— fellow Members who were the House and the whole House of Lords and securing the leading Members when over powred by them and appealing to the Armies Judgements therein but also put a period to their Assemblie branded â—â—lled repealed declared their last Votes Actsâ— Proceedings void to all intents purposes whatsoever â—s if they had never been made Censured them as imperfect ineffectual irregular â—nparliamentary illegal pernicious râ—sh inconsiderate branding each other in several printed Papers for Traytors Trust-breakers Treacherous Perfidious Fâ—ithless Vurighteous Ambitious Self-seeking usurpers of the Soverain power Opprâ—ssors of the free people of England invaders betrayers of their Liberties Birthrights theâ—eby declaring the old secluded Member the only honest faithful constant consciencious men adhering to their good old â—ause Oaths Covenant Principles and the publique interest Sir George Booth himself to be No Traytor but truer Patriot of his Country than any of themselveâ— as dying Pureâ—oy openly acknowledged before his death and others of them confesse in private since even Lambert himself hath done and exceeded that work they feared he would doe by dissolving their Conventicle and turning them out of house and power which Sir George did not design Whether all these strange unparalleld sudden unexpected animosities divisions between themselves their uncommissioning dissolving cashiering disofficing one another which I truly predicted to them from Scriptures and former Providences in my Good Old Cause truly stated my True and Perfect Narrative p. 94.98 and Vindication of the old and new secluded Members p. 61 62. be not the very finger of God himself a the Lords own doing truly marvellous in all our eyes yea the very particular Judgement menaced by God himself against all such Traitors and Innovators as most audaciously and professedly violate with the highest hand this divine precept Prov. 24 21â— 22. My Son fear thou the Lord and the King and meddle not with those that are given to change for their Calamity shall suddenly arise and who knoweth the ruine of them both and a verification of Prov. 29.1 If not a divine infliction of the very
Thou shalt not sow thy Vineyard with divers seeds lest the fruit of thy seed and Vineyard be defiled Thou shalt not plow with an Ox and an Asse together Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts as of Wollen and Linnen together And as great an Absurdity as that in Horace Humano Capiti cervicem jungere Equinam 3ly Whether it will not be the Extremity of folly and frenzy for this twice dissolved Anti-Parliamentary Iuncto to conceit that Lambert and those Army-Officers who have twice turned them out of Doors with greatest Infamy and branded them with so many deserved Marks of Treachery Injustice Vsurpation Rashnesse Oppression self-seeking or the surviving numerous Members of the ouâ— long Parliament or the Counties Cities Boroughs Ports for which they served the old House of Peers or our three Kingdoms will ever patiently permit them to sit or Act as a lawfull Parliament of England Scotland and Ireland or submit to any of their Anti-Parliamentary Knacks Taxes Excises Imposts Militiaâ—s Orders or Usurped Regal Pâ—rliamental soveraign legislative Authority without rising up unanimously against them as the worst impudentest sottishest of Traytâ—rs Vsurpers Enemies to the Peace and settlement of our 3. Kingdoms as their last Knack of Octob. 12. their Plea and other late publications of their own proclaim them to all the world which they have so miserably oppressed impoverished rent in pieces by their forementioned Treasons Innovations and complying with those ambitious covetous Army-Officers and Jesuitical Emissaries whose designs and their own self-ends they have only pursued to the publike desolation of our Kingdoms and Churches And whether their re-secluding of the Lords House and their old surviving fellow-Members will not be a justification and ground for their own third ejecâ—ment dissolution by the Army or others if they presume to sit and act again without them 4. Whether there be any probability or possibility considering all the premises that any Common Souldiers Mariners or other inferior Officers in the Army or Navy can expect any real payment of their arrears or future pay or the People of our 3. Nations any Trade Peace Ease Settlement in the least degree but inevitable speedy desolation confusion destruction unless they all cordially unite their endeavours counsels forces for the speedy convening and secure un-interrupted fitting of a full free and Legal English Parliament according to the Act of 17 Caroli cap. 1. and declaring all such Members of the twice-disâ—ipated Juncto and Army-Grandees Traitors and Enemies to the publike who shall openly and wilfully oppose this their just and necessary only probable means of their Tranquility Safety Prosperity Which they pretend to aim at in words and Declarationâ— but diametrically contradict by their Procâ—edings as experience manifests past all contradiction 5. Whether our Protestant King his Brethren and followâ—rs expelled out of their Protestant Realms and forein Allies Territories into Popish idolatrous forein Quarters where they sojourn to the hazard of their Religion Souls Bodieâ— by the malice of the dissolved Iuncto Army Republican Saints may not now justly use that Speech of â—nnocent persecuted exiled David to King Saul in the like case and condition 1 Sam. 26.19 If the Lord hath stirred thee up against me let him accept an offring but if they be the Children of men Cursed be they before the Lord for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the Inheritancâ— of the Lord saying On serve other Gods And whether God by way of requital for this their transcendent impietie and other premised Crimes Treasons of all sorts wherein they impeniâ—ently persevere may not justly inflict on the Iuncâ—o Army-Grandeesâ— and their posterities that severe judgement threatned to the Israelites Jer. 16.13 Deutr. 4.27 28. c. 28.64 65 66. Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not neither ye nor your fathers and the Lord shall scatter you among the Nations and ye shall be left few in number among the Heathen whither the Lord shall lead you and there you shall serve Gods day and night the work of mens hands wood and stone which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell where I will not shew you favour And amongst these Nations thou shalt find no ease neither shall the sole of thy feet â—ave rest but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart and faâ—ling of eyes and sorrow of mind and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee day and night and thou shalt have nonâ— Asâ—urancâ— of thy life In the morning thou shalt say would God it were even and at even thoâ— shalt say would God it were morning for tâ—e fear of thine heaâ—t and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see And there shall ye be sold unto your Enâ—mies for bondmen and bondwomen and no man shall buy you O tremble at the serious thoughts thereof and be no more stiff-necked 6. Whether the memorable Example of Gods divine Iustice upon Lockier an active Agitator and Leveller in the Army who had a principle hand in seising bringing the King to his death cried out Iustice Iustice Iustice openly against him and spit in the Kings face in Westminster Hall when going to his Trial before his condemnation conducted him to the block and was within 3. Moneths after condemned in a Council of War by some of the Kings own Iudges and shot to death as a Mâ—tineer in London 27 April 1649â— The tragical self-execution of Thomas Hoyle Alderman and Knight for the City of Yorke one of the Juncto and High Court of Iustice though he signed not the Kings Sentence and one who consented to and subscribed the New Engagement against a King and House of Lords against his conscience foâ—mer Oaths Covenant and Protestation he had takenâ— the horror whereof so terrified his conscience that on the 30. of Ianuary 1649. the very dayâ— Twelvemoneth of the Kings execution he hanged himself with a cord in his Chamber at Westminster about the very time of the day the King was there executed the year before The Execution of sundry Levellers at Burford that year with Iohn Lilburnes double Trial for his life soon after by Cromwels own Prosecution his proceedings against Saxbey Syndercombe and other Levellers though his chief Instruments to bring the King to Justice to seclude the Majority of the Members and suppress the whole House of Lords The sudden and fearfull deaths of Col. Ven Rigby and others of the Kings Judges the cashiering close Imprisonments suffâ—ings of M.G. Harrison Col. Rich Col. Overton Col. Okey Lord Grey of Grooby and others of the Kings condemners by Cromwell himself who engaged them therein The Removal of Iohn Bradshaw from his Presidentship and Feudes between Cromwell and him who secluded him ouâ— of his fâ—â—st Instrumental Parliament in 1654. and after that threatned to imprison and question him for his life With the laâ—e pangs of conscience which Col. William Purefoye sustained