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A63490	A True copy of the journal of the High Court of Justice for the tryal of K. Charles I as it was read in the House of Commons and attested under the hand of Phelps, clerk to that infamous court / taken by J. Nalson Jan. 4, 1683 : with a large introduction.	Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, defendant.; Phelps, John, fl. 1636-1666.; Nalson, John, 1638?-1686.	1684 (1684)	Wing T2645; ESTC R5636	141,696	216

a hasty Judgment may bring on that trouble and perpetual inconveniency to the Kingdom that the Child that is unborn may repent it And therefore again out of the Duty I owe to God and to My Countrey I do desire that I may be heard by the Lords and Commons in the Painted Chamber or any other Chamber that you will appoint Me. Bradshaw You have been already answered to what you even now moved being the same you moved before since the Resolution and the Judgment of the Court in it And the Court now requires to know whether you have any more to say for your self than you have said before they proceed to Sentence King I say this Sir That if you hear Me if you will give Me but this Delay I doubt not but I shall give some satisfaction to you all here and to my People after that and therefore I do require you as you will answer it at the dreadful Day of Judgment that you will consider it once again Bradshaw Sir I have received Direction from the Court. King Well Sir Bradshaw If this must be re-inforced or any thing of this nature your Answer must be the same and they will proceed to Sentence if you have nothing more to say King I have nothing more to say but I shall desire that this may be entred what I have said Bradshaw The Court then Sir hath something to say unto you which although I know it will be very unacceptable yet notwithstanding they are willing and are resolved to discharge their Duty Then Bradshaw went on in a long Harangue endeavouring to justifie their Proceedings misapplying Law and History and raking up and wresting whatsoever he thought fit for his purpose alledging the Examples of former Treasons and Rebellions both at home and abroad as authentick Proofs and concluding that the King was a Tyrant Traytor Murtherer and Publick Enemy to the Commonwealth of England His Majesty having with his wonted Patience heard all these Reproaches answered I would desire only one Word before you give Sentence and that is That you would hear Me concerning those great imputations that you have laid to My Charge Bradshaw Sir You must give me now leave to go on for I am not far from your Sentence and your time is now past King But I shall desire you will hear Me a few Words to you for truly whatever Sentence you will put upon Me in respect of those heavy imputations that I see by your speech you have put upon Me. Sir it is very true that Bradshaw Sir I must put you in mind Truly Sir I would not willingly at this time especially interrupt you in any thing you have to say that is proper for us to admit of But Sir You haue not owned us as a Court and you look upon us as a sort of People met together and we know what Language we receive from your Party King I know nothing of that Bradshaw You disavow us as a Court and therefore for you to address your self to us not to acknowledge us as a Court to judge of what you say it is not to be permitted And the truth is all along from the first time you were pleased to disavow and disown us the Court needed not to have heard you one word for unless they be acknowledged a Court and engaged it is not proper for you to speak Sir we have given you too much liberty already and admitted of too much Delay and we may not admit of any further Were it proper for us to do we should hear you freely and we should not have declined to have heard you at large what you could have said or proved on your behalf whether for totally excusing or for in part excusing those great and heinous Charges that in whole or in part are laid upon you But Sir I shall trouble you no longer your Sins are of so large a dimension that if you do but seriously think of them they will drive you to a sad consideration and they may improve in you a sad and serious Repentance And that the Court doth heartily wish that you may be so penitent for what you have done amiss that God may have Mercy at leastwise upon your better part Truly Sir for the other it is our Parts and Duties to do that that that the Law prescribes We are not here Jus dare but Jus dicere We cannot be unmindful of what the Scripture tells us For to acquit the Guilty is of equal abomination as to condemn the Innocent We may not acquit the Guilty What Sentence the Law affirms to a Traytor Tyrant a Murtherer and a Publick Enemy to the Country that Sentence you are now to hear read unto you and that is the Sentence of the Court. Make an O Yes and command Silence while the Sentence is read Which done their Clerk Broughton read the Sentence drawn up in Parchment Whereas the Commons of England in Parliament had appointed them an High Court of Justice for the Trial of CHARLES STVART King of England before whom he had been three times convented and at the first time a Charge of High Treason and other Crimes and Misdemeanors was read in the behalf of the Kingdom of England Here the Charge was repeated Which Charge being read unto him as aforesaid he the said CHARLES STUART was required to give his Answer but he refused so to do Expressing the several Passages of his refusing in the former Proceedings For all which Treasons and Crimes this Court doth adjudge That he the said CHARLES STUART as a Tyrant Traytor Murderer and a Publick Enemy shall be put to Death by the severing of his Head from his Body Which being read Bradshaw added The Sentence now Read and Published is the Act Sentence Judgment and Resolution of the whole Court To which they all expressed their Assent by standing up as was before Agreed and Ordered His Majesty then said Will you hear me a Word Sir Bradshaw Sir You are not to be heard after the Sentence King No Sir Bradshaw No Sir by your Favour Sir Guard Withdraw your Prisoner King I may speak after Sentence by your favour Sir I may speak after Sentence ever By your favour hold the Sentence Sir I say Sir I do I am not suffered to speak expect what Justice other People will have His Majesty being taken away by the Guard as he passed down the Stairs the insolent Soldiers scoffed at him casting the smoke of their Tobacco a thing very distastful unto him in his Face and throwing their Pipes in his way And one more insolent than the rest spitting in his Face his Majesty according to his wonted Heroick Patience took no more notice of so strange and barbarous an Indignity than to wipe it off with his Handkerchief As he passed along hearing the Rabble of Soldiers crying out Justice Justice he said Poor Souls for a piece of Money they would do so for their Commanders Being brought first to Sir Robert

they should not I shall take the Liberty to inform Them and the Whole Nation That if Independent Government be suffered at this insolent rate in time it cannot but overthrow all other Sorts of Ecclesiastical Government and Civil too by the same Principles for in reality it destroys all Civil Power Magistracy Corporations Parliaments Courts of Justice for what ever Meekness they may pretend Independency is such a Turbulent Dangerous Unquiet Schismatical Government as will un-King un-Parliament Parliament un-Church a Nation nay un-Nation them For it makes each several gathered Congregation an absolute Monarchy Church Republick and Nation within it self It is a Model of Government more Rigid Uncharitable Unsociable Papal Tyrannical Anti-Monarchical Anti-Synodical Anti-Parliamentary than any Government whatsoever A full Reply to certain brief Observations and Anti-Queries upon Pryn's 12 Queries Printed Oct. 19. 1644. Indep Vnking and Anti-Monarchical Very fine your Worship forgets the Proverb Nay for that commend me to you Presbyterians You are for a King that shall be no King a King of Clouts Have not you taught us That Parliaments are the Supreme Power and that Kings are Subordinate to them That a King hath no Power to impose Taxes to give Portions to his Children That he cannot displace a Judge That he is bound to confirm what is concluded by the States That he is Obliged not to depart from the Parliament That they may Summon him to Appear before them Question him Restrain him Allow him only a Pension to support him Order his House Appoint him Counsellors Appoint him Governors Separate his Queen from him Void his last Will Seize his Revenues Keep his Forts Raise Arms against him Bring in Foreigners Banish him Make Peace and Wars Force him to resign his Right to the Crown Force him to resign his Crown Determine the Right of Succession to the Crown Chuse their own Judges Rescind the Kings Acts Imprison him put out his Eyes strangle him Absolve his Subjects from their Allegiance Depose him Disinherit him Remove him at the Peoples pleasure Elect another Christian or Infidel Pryn's Soveraign Power of Parliaments Ordered to be printed by the Committee for Printing and Licensed by John White Printed for Michael Sparke Jun. June 23. 1643. Presbyt You are very Brisque in Charging us with what if it be a Crime you are as guilty of as We For Independency if admitted ruines not only Monarchy but even our Soveraign Power of Parliaments and cassates all Obedience For you make Laws for your selves which your Congregations must submit to or be Excommunicated and delivered up to the Devil you affirm That every particular Congregation is a Complete Intire Absolute Spiritual Republick Corporation Body and City of God of it self and of absolute Authority within it self subject to no other Jurisdiction than that of Christ and his Word and Spirit and not under any Congregation Synod or National Church or humane Power whatsoever and that the Parliament cannot make Canons or Rules to bind it nor perscribe any Church-Government or Discipline to it And in short Independency is flat Popery holding themselves as the Pope doth subject and accountable to none but Christ as you may see in Alv. Pelag. de planctu Ecclesiae lib. 1. Art 6.13.31.34 35.37 And every Independent Minister is a perfect Pope Pryns Truth triumphing over Falshood supra citat Nay one of your Ministers in the Summer Islands one White was openly pronounced in the presence of God and the whole Congregation to be Supreme Head of that Church next under Christ and none above him And your manner of entring into your Congregational way shews your true Temper for after Confession of Sins the Proselytes are admitted and received and enter into Church-Covenant to stand to and maintain their Church and Discipline Orders Governors and Government to the uttermost of their Power and Abilities and to strive therein even unto Blood Letter from Summer Islands from one Richard Beak who at 74 years of age was imprisoned 13 Months for opposing this White and his Independent Congregation But I hope the Parliament will serve you as they did your busie Socinian Teacher Goodwin and stop all your Mouths with a silencing Ordinance Indep They served that precious man so indeed for his Book called Theomachia An excellent recompence for his kindness to them which was if any fault Error Amoris not Amor Erroris in him and designed to prevent their dashing against this Stone which will one day break all Power in pieces Truth Triumphing c. But never trouble your selves for we do not with your Parliament Ordinances which are but Parliament Toyes Martins Eccho the People never trusted the Parliament with Church Government which they themselves have not and therefore cannot give it For what cannot be given cannot be received but had you the Arch-Bishops Power I find you would exceed him in Cruelty of Persecution you are the Parliaments Evil Genius egging and inciting them to Acts of Tyranny against an Innocent People and had you Command you would Censure Fine Pillory Imprison Banish and differ little from Bonner and Gardiner in Queen Maryes Days A help to understand Mr. Pryn for you are neither better nor worse than a company of Prophane Apostates Popish Jesuitical Incendiaries Haters of Gods People and while we are fighting and hazarding our dearest Lives for the Subjects Liberty as Mr. Lilburn too truly said of you we are in danger of being brought into Egyptian Bondage in this and other particulars by the Black-coat Presbyterians who I am affraid will prove more Cruel Task-masters than their dear Brethren the Bishops For what I pray is the inhansing and ingrossing of Interpretations Preachings and Discipline into the Presbyterians Hands but a meer Monopoly of the Spirit and worse than the Monopoly of Sope. The Ordinance That no Unordained Persons Preach is a Patent of the Spirit to get the whole Trade into their own Hands to rob the People with what Ware and Price they please to look in their Faces and pick their Pockets A Fresh Discovery of some prodigious new wandring Blazing Stars and Fire-brands Styling themselves New Lights by W. Pryn 1645. Presbyt Nay you and your un-ordained Independent Preachers have made brave work in the Pulpit It would make ones Hair stand an end to hear what hath been taught by Ignorant Impudent Mechanicks and what Damnable Blasphemies and Heresies have been broached by them among the People for Soul-saving Truths Such as these That Christs Righteousness is a beggarly Righteousness That Christ's Blood did not purchase Heaven for any Man That Christ shed his Blood for Kine and Horses as well as for Men That the Devils and Souls of Men are Mortal and none but God Immortal That we are only to believe the Scriptures as they are agreeable to Sense and Reason That the Scriptures are uncertain insufficient and not an Infallible Rule of Faith That the Scriptures cannot be said to be the Word of God Christ only being so