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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70679	The case and trial of Capt. Robert Norwood, now prisoner in New-gate, truely and impartially stated, and published for satisfaction of my allied friends, and very many others desirous thereof. Together with some observations upon the law and its professors, very worthy a most serious consideration. Both which, (with a brief answer, by way of postscript, to a secret calumny charged upon me) are here presented to the view and judgement of the whole nation: which, if duly considered, with the shrot [sic] discourse annexed, will clearly discover where England's death and life lies.	Norwood, Robert, Captain.	1652 (1652)	Wing N1380A; ESTC R25970	18,744	26

and so the Saviour of the world abode or dwelt in and manifested it self with by and thorow that veil of flesh the Anointing or Anointed of the Father and that he was the anointed above his fellows And it must be the very same Anointing that must save you Know you not that Christ is in you except you be reprobates that is as it in the first Epistle to the Corinthians as he is of God made unto us his power and wisdom and his wisdom and righteousness Christ in or after the flesh in his particular form cannot be in any man in and after the Spirit in the love wisdom and righteousness of the Father he is and may be so that this must be your eye-salve your meat and your drink which you must be made partakers of have fellowship and communion with even the pure Virgin-Spirit which hath not neither can it defile it self with women with fleshly or earthly weaknesses and not his corporeal flesh and blood for consider That which you cannot participate of that can you not be saved by Can you eat his flesh and drink his blood Could you that could but feed and refresh the flesh and blood for nothing can feed or refresh that which is not of the same nature and essence with it self In all Unions there is necessarily required oneness or sameness then needs must it be meant of a more neer invisible nature and essence which we are to be made partakers of And as that place cannot be taken in a literal sence according to the outward form of flesh for as it 's said his words are spirit and life so of necessity must all the other texts in Scripture coherent to that speaking of his outward form and figure in all things relating thereunto be taken in reference to an inward invisible power nature essence And indeed we all who will live in the life of the Spirit must be slain in to or after the flesh the life of the flesh must be totally extinguished before we shall or can live the pure Virgin-life of or in the Spirit Brethren consider and know that the whole Scripture yea the whole Creation is but a dark Mystery Riddle Parable ar Sealed Book unto us until the Spirit of light from God open unfold unriddle or unseal the same I having much exceeded what I intended in this last and some other discourses occasionally falling in with this Relation of the state of my Case must necessarily break off very abruptly having onely leasure to subscribe my self The Nations Faithful and truely-real friend and servant in and under the highest and supremest law of Love unto death to be commanded Robert Norwood POSTSCRIPT UNderstanding that it is by divers reported that I should carry on some private or particular designe I thought it convenient both in respect to my self and all others to make this my solemn Protestation in the sight of God and all men That I am and ever have been so far from designing or joyning with designers that I have constantly declined all converse with and temptations from men in or of that way Yet according to that little spark of wisdom and light in me have I been made willing and ready to embrace and receive every Truth made known to me in and from whomsoever it hath appeared without respect to persons or minding my particular outward advantage or disadvantages therein or thereby which must and will be acknowledged and subscribed to by all that know me and this in peace and love My voice hath not been lifted up nor my cry ever heard in the streets In the late King's time my temptations were not little nor sollicitations few with offers sutable and far exceeding what upon any account could be thought of by me would I but have complied with or but sate silent in reference to the interests then on foot All that know me know me to be very free plain and open almost to all men I was plain in the King's time plain with him and his Council at the then-Council-Board by whom and for my non-compliance with his illegal unjust destructive proceedings to Himself and the Nation or Commonwealth my sufferings were not small nor inconsiderable In the late Earl of Essex his time I had the like sollicitations for a compliance with them then in their plottings complottings and counterplottings I was then by them threatned also for opposing the Scotish interest then on foot though then I did nothing but in the publike view of all men I dealt plainly with those designers I usually as in other things so in this declared my self that I would not be guilty of so great an absurdity and ridiculousness as to say when I fought against the King's Army I fought not against the King when he was in the head of it and they Commissioned by him I have not from the beginning of these times wanted the counsel of many and they no slender or weak Statists or Polititians in account of the world as to the carriage and ordering of my self and affairs according to the Maximes and Principles thereof I have ever answered Honesty slights Policy and that I ever accounted plain honesty the best of policies Neither ever could I or shall I by all the Polititians in the world be beaten out of that Maxime To me it 's most safe and sure for what is attained by Policie must be kept by Policie Force or both in both which besides the various perplexing courses countercourses the spirit of man must run act or be acted in the continual cares and fears that possess and so dispossess not onely themselves but others of all true and real enjoyments and to the securing whereof nothing no relations no conditions may or must be spared there is neither can there be any thing but uncertainty of and in the end and this truely and properly is the Devil or that Deceiver in Man Politicks and Designers ever run in a retrograde motion unto God or Truth therefore can there be no rest or peace no certainty or stability Where there is not a true and certain Foundation there cannot be a firm stable and lasting structure It hath been often told me by a Gentleman known to and coversant with most of the actors and plotters of these times and is pretty well read in Politicks That I had always luck to rise of the right side My answer still was Would he be honest he would do so too I never did neither will I ever do any thing that relates to the Publike but what I care not who sees and knows So far am I from a Designer that I could willingly carry all my actings designings and plottings upon my forehead plain open and evident to be seen and read by all men of all sorts sides or parties whatsoever Nay I do and ever did account it much belowe a truely worthy noble and ingenuous spirit to act or be acted in with or by any designes or designers whatsoever It 's

of the Act or Law by which I was tried called An Act against several atheistical blasphemous and execrable Opinions which is that I should say as it is laid down in one part of the Indictment that there is not any such thing as the people call hell and damnation and in another place that I should say There is neither hell nor damnation Neither of which were my opinion such as condemned by that Act which condemns such onely who deny both heaven and hell both salvation and damnation and this must be testified to be avowedly done and that by two witnesses as is expresly laid down in that Act. Now my Charge in the Indictment at most is onely for saying there is neither hell nor damnation or such a hell and damnation as the people imagine and this is testified but by one witness which also was spoken in Discourse or Dispute therefore could not upon a rational and just account be said to be avowedly especially my Book and Papers attested with my own hand fully speaking my owning and acknowledging both heaven and hell both salvation and damnation which I offered to give as evidence but it would not be received And the Law always ought to be interpreted in the best sence to the most advantage and not in the worst sence or to the most and greatest disadvantage to the party accused So that you may here see what ground there was for either Judge or Jury to finde me guilty Let all men take and lay my Charge in the Indictment to their own Rule without shewing me the least favour or being in the least tittle partial and see and judge what agreement there is between them how or wherein any thing charged upon me in that Indictment is condemned or adjudged by that Act or Rule Yet see the close combination between the Clergie and the other Gentlemen of the Long-Robe together with the chief Judge at the Sessions the present Lord Maior Andrews Sidrack Simpson his called-Pastor excommunicates me but as yet hath not either to the world or my self given an account of that action nor proved the things asserted by me such as he condemns them for no he dares not that his doings should betried and examined neither himself nor the rest of his brethren dare come unto the light why because their deeds and doctrines are evil Truth never shuns the light but readily comes to the Test and trial He having excommunicated me Andrews gets me to the Sessions-house being as I said before chief Judge there The Clergie ply it hard to get me turned out of the High Court of Justice that I might not have any shadow of honour esteem or protection from the State Parson Caryl by name to whom I sent one of my Papers for answer in respect of what passed between him his brother Owen and my self before his Excellencie the Lord General Cromwel but from none of them ever did I receive any answer onely Caryl meeting of me told me he wondered the Parliament would continue me in that Court To which I answered I never was a dishonour to the Nation nor ever did any thing unworthy a Gentleman And I would have him and all men know that it 's neither Names nor Places will make me or any man the less or the more honourable no it is the inward power or spirit acting it self forth in truely honourable and noble actings that makes or gives those denominations it 's not Names that makes or gives the Things but it 's Things that gives or makes the Names Upon my being indicted at the Sessions Alderman Estwick moved that I might be turned out of the Court though yet no crime was found or proved against me If not Justice yet Wisdom and Discretion would have led him to have forborn such a motion until some crime worthy thereof had been proved against me He knows very well that many times an innocent and guiltless person is indicted yea and condemned too when the nocent and guilty goes free He needed go no further for a president or example then himself and the Lord Maior which in due time shall be made appear to the world both of them deserving to be indicted upon a far higher account then an errour in judgement which yet also remains to be proved such Upon this motion and perhaps the instigation of one or two more without the consent vote order or desire of the Court the Attorney-General makes a motion in the House for my discharge from that Place What just ground or cause he had for it I leave the world to judge as also if he had not just ground and cause so to do whether he did not therein notoriously abuse the House The Attorney-General and some other of the Long-Robe-Benchers taking themselves as some of themselves were pleased to speak to be often affronted by me especially in the case of Sir John Stowel first in that I told the Atturney-General it was not fit for him publikely to threaten that Court to which in that capacity he was but a servant and then when the Court was in argument concerning the business of the said Sir John Stowel the aforesaid Judge Nicols contrary to the Orders of the Court took me up very angerly because I said I loved the Nation so well and so much respected its reputation and honour that rather then the Faith thereof so solemnly given by the Army and confirmed by both Houses of Parliament should be violated and so his blood brought upon the Nation I had rather go to the Gallows and be hanged my self or words to this purpose But in stead of looking into the true state of the matter and weight of so blunt an Argument he told me expresly he would endure no such words yet was not he President of the Court neither had he in the least more priviledge of vote or speech there then my self Some other words passed which I shall forbear to report This Judge Nicols as I said before comes now down on purpose to be my Judge Here lies the sum of the whole matter Simpson excommunicates me but as yet hath proved nothing worthy of blame against me much less of such a Censure gives no account either to me or to the world of this action The Lord Maior Andrews gets me indicted at the Sessions-house sends an illegal Warrant for me declared so by Judge Rolls and Baron Thorp upon the Bench at the Sessions executes the said Warrant by a hired Constable one of no worth by whom I was forcibly taken out of my house and carried to the Sessions Estwick perhaps smelling that I was acquainted with and took notice of something he must give an account of moves my ejectment out of the High-Court of Justice The Attorney-General glad thereof receives the motion though without order or direction from the Court and moves the House the House receives the motion coming from one of their own Members he being also in great trust for the