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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96342	The copies of severall letters contrary to the opinion of the present powers, presented to the Lord Gen. Fairfax, and Lieut. Gen. Cromwell. By Francis White, Maior of his Excellencies regiment of foot.	White, Francis, d. 1657.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.	1649 (1649)	Wing W1764; Thomason E548_6; ESTC R204063	14,284	20

ye declare the Parliaments Ordinances good Laws and so conduce one Estate and take away the thing King which name the antient Romans could not indure for the space of 400. yeares and it will be found no small let to the settlement of our peace For it must be time that must produce security from him and his posterity the Army must not be a protection for ever neither will the people indure this Parliaments perpetuity for the continuance of either longer then necessity inforceth is inconsistent with the peoples freedome And now the Souldiery having contracted much of the businesse of the Kingdom upon their Shoulders you will be put upon the exercise of reason you have already shown your strength and valour in subduing the Forces that have opposed us and if you can now find wayes to secure your self and our assisters from the Authorities we have resisted you will appeare much like a compleat man in Reason J beseech you Sir looke back to the first Ingagement of the Parliament with due consideration and indeavour what you may to procure the performance thereof At the first raysing an Army The Parliament declared it to be for the desence of the Protestant Religion the Lawes of the Land the Kings person the priviledge of Parliament the peoples just Rights and freedome these things are spacious and were never stated and published what is meant hereby Some understand the Protestant Religion to be the Book of Common prayer for Worship the Episcopacie for Discipline and the thirty nine Articles for Doctrine But it Religion be taken in such formes then is it in a great measure altered by the Synod in part with the Parliaments approbation imposing the Directory for Worship the Presbytery for Discipline and the Confession of Faith which they have published for Doctrine and in stead of Resorming have introduced Schisme It cannot be denyed but we were very zealous for the promoting of Religion and I hope still are but I feare we did not rightly understand what Religion is Certainly Religion in the most generall acceptation is that profession of Worship Discipline and Doctrine which a people hold forth to the world in the former sense it is most probable that which we call Religion was understood and that which was then intended by the generall party of the Nation was a Reformation of what might appeare corrupt and to free the people from those burdens in Ceremonies imposed which many tender Consciences could not beare But now that which we call Religion appears to me only a traditionall formall profession and is made use of only to gain parties and Factions under the specious pretence of Religion thereby to gain power to rise in Dignities for profit and honour among men This is the Religion of Rome as at this day pure State policie in which is comprehended the depth of the mystery of iniquity Such is the Religion of the Turke and many other Nations a meer emptie forme in which nothing of the power of God is and what is this alteration of Church Government Worship and Doctrine which some men so furiously pursue but the cloathing of Antichrist with a new coat changing out of one forme of the mysterie of iniquity into another But it you seriously consider you may understand that Religion is not a name but a thing not a forme but a power not a notion but a substance divine Religion consisteth in faith and workes of righteousnesse Religion is properly that inward power in the soule of a man whereby be beleeveth and is bound to God in righteousnes and holinesse the demonstration thereof manitest in acts of Justice and mercy visiting the fatherlesse and the widow and keeping unspotted from the world so much of this power a man hath so much Religion where there is none of this power there is no Religion To as many as beleeve in Jesus Christ to them giveth he power to become the Sons of God Now Sir if there be a defending of the Protestant profession let men take it in what forme they understand I beleeve it will be the best and safest making good this Ingagement Religion is not propagated by any humane power the Civill Magistrate may protect Christians in religious exercises but to compell an externall Uniformity by a coersive power seeing there is no pretended infallibility will be preposterous and more Antichristian then is the Pope himself Christs Kingdom is spirituall and propagated only by the spirit in the administration of the word without the help of humane force If the Civill Magistrate exercise impartiall justice and tollerate religious exercise it will be as much as Christians will desire As for the Lawes of the land which we are ingaged to defend I think there are very few understand what they are in generall we defend the lawes if we act according to the supreame ends thereof which is to save the people and preserve proprietie and dispence impartiall Justice and let the law have its course in Courts till there be a just alteration But if any thing appeare contrary to these ends by the judgement of the law-makers it can be no breach of this ingagement to alter the same The third particular was for the defence of the Kings person and the voyce went for the King and Parliament But it seemed a strange partadox to many how we should fight for the King fighting against his personall commands accompanied with his person the best construction J could make thereof was the rescuing him from his evill councel that led him to the ruining himselfe and the Nation and we ever made him meerly passive seduced by evill Councel but it appeareth that his Followers rather acted his councel then he theirs but seeing he is still in safety it can be no breach of this ingagement if his person be kept from destruction The next particular is the priviledges of Parliament and it were very good the people knew what they are unlimited privilidges may prove as destructive as unbounded prerogative it is reason they should be cleared and declared that future Parliaments may be prescribed likewise for their sitting and ending that they may not wrong posterities and when they are rightly stated according to reason no question but wee shall make good this ingagement so farre as may stand with the peoples freedome The fist thing called the liberty of the subject which is the only thing that can stand in competition which the Prince must of necessitie be secured from oppressing tyrants which can no better wayes be done then by giving all authority from their representative to whom all ought to be accountable they being changable by an unalterable decree having this once setled we may safely involve all in this common bottome of Parliaments unlesse this be procured we have done nothing for posteritie and I dare affirme we had better have continued under arbitrary tytrany then have contracted this miserie and oppression that the people have suffered and still lyeth upon them