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A79513	A true relation of the state of the case between the ever-honourable Parliament and the officers of the Army, that fell out on the eleventh and twelfth of October, 1659. Published to prevent mistakes, by a lover of his countrey and freedom E.D.	Chillenden, Edmund, fl. 1656.	1659 (1659)	Wing C3879A; Thomason E1000_12; ESTC R207838	13,315	16

the people of Jerusalem were by Absolom 2 Sam. 15.11 Being in the simplicity of their hearts for they know not the thinge For it is false as ever any thing was as may be seen by the vote of the Committee that is and hath been Printed into News Books and I am assured they would have setled Liberty of Conscience so clear as no man should ever have had any more fear of persecution from the Magistrate No it should not have been in the power of future Parliam to have medled with it it should have been a ctanding Fundamental as the Vote it self will evidence viz. at the Committees for the Government sitting in the Speakers Chrmber October 8 1659. Resolved That the Supream delegated power is not intrusted to restrain the profession of any person or persons who profess Faith in God the Father and in Jesus Christ God manifest in the flesh and in God the Holy Spirit God blessed for evermore and do acknowledge the holy Scriptures of the Old and new Testament to be the revealed or witten word or will of God but ought to give due encouragement and equall Protection to them in the profession of their Faith and exercise of Religion whilst they abuse not this Liberty to the Civil injury of others or disturbance of others in their way of Worship This is clear and full I wonder what we would have desired more but put the case that it had been true as it is false must we for fear of persecution for Religion rebell and commit Treason Surely the Gospel of Christ teacheth no such thing but patiently to suffer and not to resist rise up against the Supream Authority and throw that down to set up Liberty of Conscience 3ly These Officers say they sat 6 Moneths and did nothing This is so great a slander as I wonder with what impudence they can affirm such a thing as all that have but read the Diurnals may see the baseness of this slander First they spent one month nigh hand to put and settle things in away so as they might run with some ease and that they might keep the head above water from sinking in that disorder and confusion as Oliver the late Usurper and his Son Richard by the means of these Officers of Army had brought this Nation and Common-wealth into 2ly Then the Armies Act of Indempnity and free pardon 3ly The Acts for the several Militias of the Counties and Cities of this Nation which took up much time 4ly the passing of all the Commissions for the Officers of the Armies of England Scotland Ireland and Dunkirk which could not quickly be dispatched 5ly Then Sir George Booths rebellion which did hinder them nigh 2 months 6ly The Acts for the union of Scotland and settlement of Ireland which were very long Acts and of great weight and concernment and were not to be slightly passed they took up a very great deal of time in a Grand Committee 7ly The Act for Sequstrations 8ly The Act for the Keepers of the Great Scal. 9. The sending the Plenepotentiaries to the Sound and many other matters which we cannot remember that we can testefie they laboured like horses night and day therefore here they ly and slander the Parliament for they are free from this their abuse Fourthly They say they would not have prosecuted against Sir George Booth and his party Oh envy it it self who can with any face of honesty fasten this on the Parliament Can things be done in a day was all Examinations taken and ready was the depth of the plot found out All know it was universally laid over all Nation and therefore the more need of time to take all Examinations for the more clear and full discovery of and proof of all that there might be the moree Justice done as so great horrible a Plot did deserve But if there were any delay it was in in Sr. Henry Vain who had the whole to report and delayed it till he was called upon again and again And then did not these slanderers the Officers of the Army hinder the Parliament at least three weeks by their foolish papers it is more then probable that these Officers would not have Sr. George and his party prosecuted because they have obstructed and interrupted the Parliament the way and means to it and indeed it is strange that the Army should desire their prosecution when they have done ten times worse for Sr. George and his party never did ingage to be true and faithful to this Parliament the Officers of the Army did ingage and they were for a free Parliament and the Officers of the Army are for no Parliaments nor Laws but what must come under the test of their swords and in all these things they speak falsly to deceive and in them as the Prophet saith Eze. 22.9 Are men that carry tales to shed blood But what is the State of this great case that the Nation must be ruined and all Authority kicked at and pluckt up by the roots the case is the same it was at the first with the King and Parliament whether the King should have the command of the Militia or the Parliament and so it is now whether the Parliament should have the command of the Army or Luit Gen. Fleetwood I had almost said Lambert for so it is and will be how cunningly soever it is carried And it arose thus assoon as indeed God had beaten down Sr. George Booths Army by taking away their hearts Chester quited and Cherck Castle delivered Major Creed is sent up with a Letter giving a full account of all and for that he and Lieut. Col. Dukenfield had given them each 250 l. and that day L. Gen. Fleetwood moved the Parliament that Lambert might be made Major General of the Armies of England and Scotland as formerly to this the House giveth their Negative as by experience we find they had good cause so to do but yet they gave Lambert a 1000 l. to buy him a Jewel as an acknowledgment from the Parliament for his good service and we think every man will Judge it a good reward but this did not please his Majesty for so he must be called shortly Then Major Creed returning and Capt. Brown to the Northern Brigade where meeting with Col. Zanchy and Col. Axtel and others as they were returning to London from Chester they did consider in their hearts what they should do by way of returning thanks to God and as Major Creed declared to the Council of Officers of the Army at Wallingford-house they went to prayer and God set this upon their hearts that is that paper that was signed by the Northern Brigade and sent up to London by Capt. Brown to the Classis this is horrible delusions and no less then Blasphemy against the great God of Heaven to father such things of him will any think God told Creed and the other Officers that they should appoint the Parliament to make Fleetwood

and this is true in these men We would very fain know how they can raise any money on the people but by Tyranny it being against the Fundamental Lawes of England as Magna Charta and Petition of Right and it it is declared by this Parliament to be High Treason for any mony to be raised without our own consent in Parliament see the words of the Act it self Viz. And be it further enacted that no person or persons shall after the eleventh of October 1659. Assess Levy Collect together or receive any Custome Impost Excise Assessement Contribution Tax Tallage or any summe or summes of mony or other Impositions whatsoever upon the people of this Common-wealth without their consent in Parliament or as by Law might have been done before the third of November 1640. And be it further enacted and declared that every person offending contrary to this Act shall be and is hereby judged to be guilty of High Treason and shall for it suffer as in case of High Treason How can they now raise money to have it to pay the poor souldiers and Sea-men no wayes but by rapine Robbery and Plunder and what that will come to no man knoweth But if this Parliament had been let alone they would have made this Nation happy and a flourishing Nation in Trade for by the first of Jan. next they would have quite taken off from Trade all Custome and Excise they had an Act of Parliament for that end under consideration and have payed all the debts of this Common-wealth yea the Publick Faith and all and have setled us under a sure and good government of Annuall and successive Parliaments that we should not have feared every 6 months to have bin a ruine to a new Government which doth render us the most ridiculous people in the world and indeed we have by the practises and evill acting of the Officers of the Army rendred Magistry the most ridiculous and contemptible things that can be so that we are the scorn and laughter of all Nations that but hear of us Therefore Noble and Brave English-men stand for your Rights Liberties and Lawes that you have bought with your money purchased with your blood and be not inslaved by an Army and to dye rather then to pay one peny that is not levied by consent in Parliament keep your goods and defend your houses against all that shall come either to quarter on you or to levie or gather mony of you as you would against thieves Rogues Robbers The Officers of the Army cry all they are not for but against A single person we wonder men are so voyd of sence is not he that is Generall of an Army a Prince and who ever it is that doth meddle with the Civil affaires not by authority of Parliament though it be as the French-man saith one twee three feier veeve Kings or a Counsel or Coordinate Senate for life it is all a single person and will devolve into it quickly we hope all true English men wil never subject their necks to such a yoak to have men in highest authority for their lives this will be worse then then the Norman yoak and it will not last long but must center in one and then let the child be named and if you please let it be King because it is a short word and you see quickly learned But let them do what they can they will not nor shall they long stand God shall and surely God will confound them as he did the King and that great Tyrant Oliver that great aspiring trayterly Cromwell who by his cheats and hypocrisies deep dissimulations pretending religion couzened and deceived all the poor honest Church-men and so do and will these men how fair soever they promise they can do no good that shall be lasting because it is built and layed on an unrighteous foundation it is laid in Treason Rebellion Hypocrisie lying slandering yea in horrid Blasphemy and yet these are the men that pretend to set up the Kingdom of Christ among us Surely when Christ cometh he will not need the lust Ambition Covetousnesse Hypocrisie Dissembling Lying Rebelling Trayterousnesse of people that are no more to be confided in then the Devil that is their father for his works they do therefore they are his children and servants for his servants they are whom they obey Rom. 6.16 John 8.45 How is it possible these men can think to prosper when they are guilty and must be guilty of more horrid wickednesses treasons and rebellions For had Zimri peace that slew his master 2 Kings 9.31 And do these men think to have peace that have not onely slain one Master but divers This Parliament twice April 20. 1653 then the little Junto then this last and greatest this Parliament now this 10. of October 1659. Surely if Cain shall be avenged seven fould truly Lamech seventy and seven foold Gen. 4.24 And blesse not your selves because you have not yet been brought to judgement therefore you do harden your hearts according to Eccles 8.11 for God will come and that suddenly Jude 15. to execute judgement upon all and to convince all that are ungodly as you are among them of all your ungodly deeds which you have ungodlily committed and of all the hard speeches you have spoken of God and against him Well now I warrant you they promise very fair things a very blessed and good Government But how can this be when the foundation is nought there is not any thing as to a Government that can be setled without the peoples consent in Parliament that will be in this Nation durable have we not experience in the late great Tyrants dayes that nothing would down with this people but what they set up by their Representatives assembled in Parliament for it is against the liberty and freedom of people and against the Fundamental Laws of England to have a Government and Laws imposed on them without and against their wills and consent in Parliament I but these men say they will settle the Righteous Laws of Christ and so said M. G. Harison but it was not in his power for when those Laws and Christs government cometh to be setled he will need none of your Commanders especially so base and wicked ones as these Officers are for he will not settle it by might or power but by his spirit Zach 4.6 he will make all hearts then willing to stoop to him in that day of his power Psal 110. It is true he was full of his impulses of spirit and Enthusiasmes and tell him of Magna Carta and Petition of Right he would puffe at all these and say we shall have Laws from Heaven but he was forced to fly to Magna Carta in the Protectors time and therefore till Christ come let us have but our ancient and Fundamental Laws and Liberties we shall then do very well and let us tell all these men where had we been in the late Tyrants time had it not been for our Laws We remember a speech of that Tyrants to Sergant Maynard and Twisden when they came before him about Mr. Conyes case saith he to them You tell me it is against Magna Carta and Petition of Right Magna Carta saith he Magna Farta Petition of Right Petition of Shite I have more ado to Conquer 2. or 3. musty old Laws then I have to Conquer 3. Nations I and so not onely he but all such as he was shall find I hope the hardest task that ever they undertook And this businesse now is no other then Olivers was it is but Harisons spirit transmigrated into Sir Henry Vain Salloway Sidenham and others that Lambert doth now make use of and it shall effect as little as he did at that time Therefore most Noble Englishmen be not abused by their flatteries nor drawn into snares to Petition them and make addresses to them they deserve no addresse but a Halter and an Ax and that must be accomplished by the hazzard of your lives and fortunes and better dye as Mr. Clement Cook said in the Parl. 3 Carol. It is better to dye by the hand of a Forrain enemy then to be destroyed at home and so we and our children had better dye with our swords in our hands in defence of our Laws and liberties then to loose all and be enslaved by an Army And all you Congregational men take heed of being deceived all the World sees you have been for every turn and run to worship the rising Sun it sheweth your weaknesse and instabilities one while the Lord is with this Parliament then with the little Parliament and then with the late Tyrant Oliver then with his Son Richard then with this Parliament and now with the Army do you think that God followeth your wandrings and is as uncertain as you are no he is a God of Truth and certainty and loveth uprightness of heart and doth hate all wicked doers and their wayes he wil curse and blast them as you see he did the late Tyrant in all that he undertook what and how hath this Nation been undone how is the Armies and N vies behinde in pay and the Common-wealth in debt 300 thousand pounds and yet these blessed Officers would have the late Tyrants Wife have 8000 l. per annum setled on her and his eldest Son Richard 10000 l. and all his debts payed which was 30000 l. do you not think these are like to prove easy masters to you do you think to escape them no for as the Duke of Medina Sidonya said in 88. That his sword knew no difference between a Catholick and a Heretick but he came to make way for his Master So it will be with these men they will not know you from others therefore beware of your applications to them and take the wise mans Counsel Prov. 24.21.22 My son fear thou the Lord and the supream authority and meddle not with them that are given to change for their calamity shall rise suddenly and who knoweth the ruine of them both For Nulla fides pietasque viris qui castra sequuntur Faithlesse and Godlesse all things they can swollow Who wear cold Iron and the wars do follow Written by a Heathen but made to true by those that professe themselves Christians FINIS