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<P>A MITE OF AFFECTION, Manife&s;ted in 31. <HI>PROPOSALS,</HI> Offered to all the Sober and Free-born People within this Common-wealth; Tending and tendred unto them for a Settlement in this the day and hour of the VVorlds <HI>Di&s;traction</HI> and <HI>Confu&s;ion.</HI></P>
<Q>Yet a little while, and the light is with ye; but the Night cometh &s;hortly, wherein no man can work.</Q>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Giles Calvert,</HI> at the <HI>Black-&s;pread-Eagle,</HI> at the We&s;t end of <HI>Pauls.</HI> 1659.</P>
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<HEAD>A <HI>MITE</HI> of <HI>AFFECTION</HI> manife&s;ted in 31. Propo&s;als, offered to all Sober and Free-born People within this Common-wealth; <HI>Tending, and tendred unto them for a Settlement, in this the day and hour of</HI> the worlds <HI>Di&s;traction and Confu&s;ion.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">_1. FIr&s;t, that the Magi&s;trate have no Coer&s;ive power what&s;oever, in matters of Religion, Faith, or Wor&s;hip; but that all per&s;ons within the Dominions of this Common-wealth, profe&s;&s;ing Faith in Chri&s;t Je&s;us, &s;hall have full and free Liberty of the Exer|ci&s;e of his or their con&s;ciences, in matters of Faith towards God, to all intents without any re&s;triction what&s;oever, though of different per&s;wa&s;ions as afore&s;aid; and that none be &s;eclu|ded from peaceably inhabiting within the dominions of this Common-wealth, who believe in the Eternal, and Ever-living God. And that no per&s;on &s;hall upon any pretence what&s;oever be impri&s;oned, or undergoe any manner of puni&s;hment for the ex|erci&s;e of their con&s;cience towards God: And that all &s;uch as are &s;o impri&s;oned, be forthwith relea&s;ed, and freely &s;et at liberty; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, within this Com|mon-wealth, be forced or con&s;trained by any Law made, or to be made, by any power, pretence, or pretences what&s;oever, to up|hold, or pay towards the maintenance of any Mini&s;ter, publick or private Preacher, in any kind what&s;oever; but that every one be left to his own liberty therein, to do as &s;eemeth him good, and not to be forced to pay to any per&s;on whom he neither hires, hears, nor &s;ets at work; knowing this to be equal in the &s;ight of God, and ju&s;t men.</P>
<P N="2">2. Secondly, That none be compelled to &s;wear, or take an Oath again&s;t their con&s;cience, it being contrary to the expre&s;&s;e command of Chri&s;t, who &s;aith, &s;wear not at all; but that the &s;ame puni&s;hment be inflicted on him that &s;hall &s;peak fal&s;ely (co|zen,
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cheat) or bear fal&s;e witne&s;&s;e in any ca&s;e what&s;oever, as if he &s;ware fal&s;ely; proportioning his puni&s;hment that &s;hall do &s;o, as he thought to have puni&s;hed the other by his fal&s;e Te&s;timo|ny and Witne&s;&s;e, which is equal, the Law being for the law|le&s;&s;e and di&s;obedient.</P>
<P N="3">3. That no per&s;on or per&s;ons within the Dominions of this Common-wealth (who are not &s;ub&s;ervient to a foreign State) nor have forfeited their Liberty by Delinquency, or having a hand in any of the late Plots, or Rebellions again&s;t the Com|mon-weealth, be &s;ecluded from any publick tru&s;t, or place of tru&s;t, either in Parliament, Councel, Army, or other Judica|tures, or place of Tru&s;t what&s;oever, within the Dominions of this Common-wealth.</P>
<P N="4">4. Fourthly, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, who have per&s;ecuted any for their con&s;cience, or committed any to pri&s;on for their con&s;cience, &s;hall be capable of electing, or being elected into any place of Tru&s;t within the dominions of this Common|wealth, till a farther manife&s;tation be given of his or their good affection towards the people of God, and equall and ju&s;t Liberty of every individual per&s;on, though of different per&s;wa&s;ions, with|in the Dominions of this Common-wealth.</P>
<P N="5">5. Fifthly, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, be tryed for Life, Limb, Liberty, or E&s;tate, but by a Jury of twelve men of the Neighbour-hood, or others who &s;hall well know each other, re&s;erving the right of ju&s;t exception again&s;t any Judge, Jury-man, or Witne&s;&s;e, if any ju&s;tly can be made; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, now re&s;iding or happening to be within the Dominions of this Common-wealth, &s;hall be condem|ned to death, or adjudged to pay any Mulct, Fine, or undergoe any penalty, or corporal puni&s;hment, or &s;uffer any prejudice what&s;oever, but by known and lawful witne&s;&s;es, being produ|ced face to face, or any other way de&s;troyed, in priviledge, Liberty or E&s;tate, but by witne&s;&s;es as afore&s;aid; the which is according to the Declaration of the holy men of God recorded in the Scrip|ture of Truth.</P>
<P N="6">6. Sixthly, That all &s;ervile Tenures or Copy-holds within this Common-wealth, being the badge or yoke of the Conque&s;t, be thorowly con&s;idered, and made con&s;i&s;tent with the well being of a firm Common-wealth; due regard being had to every mans ju&s;t propriety.</P>
<P N="7"><PB N="3" REF="3">7. Seventhly, that no per&s;on what&s;oever within this Com+mon-wealth, nor the Dominions thereof, be put to death for Theft, but be forced to labour with their own hands, till &s;uch time, that he or &s;he &s;o offending the ju&s;t Law of God and man, hath re&s;tored to the party wronged 2, 3, or 4. fold, or otherwi&s;e &s;old for their Theft, till &s;atisfaction be made to the per&s;on wronged as afore&s;aid. But he that &s;pills mans blood, by man let his blood be &s;pilt.</P>
<P N="8">8. That the whole Law, and all proceedings in Law <HI>what&s;oe|ver,</HI> within this Common-wealth, be forthwith removed into each County, Wapentake, Hundred, or Town (commonly called Pari&s;hes) and that all unrighteous Patents given forth by the late Kings, and others who have called them&s;elves Rulers of this Common-wealth, be forthwith called in, repealed, and made void; And that there be one and the &s;ame ju&s;t Laws holding, and Tenure made, and given forth to all the people re&s;iding within this Common-wealth; and to the end that they may be truly known to every individual per&s;on, let the Law be printed, that every one may know that Law, which he is to be &s;ubject to, to the intent that no man may be condemned by a Law he neither knowes, nor ever heard of, nor under&s;tands; neither indeed can he, when as it lyes in the bre&s;t of other men: And further, that &s;o much of that Law may be read to every per&s;on (called or &s;um|moned before any Judicature) as concerns the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;ummoned, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P N="9">9. That Courts of Record be firmly &s;etled in each County within this Common-wealth, with hone&s;t Judges, empowered finally to hear and determine of all Cau&s;es that &s;hall ari&s;e within each County re&s;pectively within this Common-wealth, it being for the benefit and good of the faithful Denizens within this Common-wealth.</P>
<P>And likewi&s;e, that all manner of Bonds, Bills, Obligations, Lea&s;es, Deeds, Bequeathments, A&s;&s;ignments, Deeds of Gift, Do|nations, Wills and Te&s;taments, Contracts, Bargains, and Sales of Lands, Tenements, Sei&s;ing and Seizures, Mortgages, Pledges, Pawns, or other di&s;po&s;itions &amp; tran&s;actions what&s;oever, from five pounds downwards to 5. &s;hillings, if the party or parties borrow|ing and lending, contracting, Lea&s;ing, &amp; &s;elling, or any otherwi&s;e bargaining, as is afore&s;aid, <HI>or can be &s;aid,</HI> &s;hall de&s;ire the &s;ame, to twenty thou&s;and pounds and upwards, without limitation,
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be recorded in each County; That is to &s;ay, in the Court to be erected: and is hereby declared fit to be erected; to wit, one in the Shire Town of each County, Hundred, Ryding, Wapen|tack; and al&s;o that two per&s;ons be appointed to be forthwith in each Pari&s;h throughout the Common-wealth, freely cho&s;e of the &s;ame Inhabitants, to take, receive, and keep for the pre&s;ent, and at the pre&s;ent making of any Bargain, entring into Articles, Contract, or other di&s;po&s;itions what&s;oever; or any thing for the firm holding inviolably of all things relating to <HI>mine</HI> and <HI>thine,</HI> (made, and to be made) and forthwith; that is to &s;ay, within for|ty eight houres, to have, and &s;ee the &s;ame recorded in the County, Hundred, Ryding, or Wapentack Court, as afore&s;aid; And that any Deed, Contract, Bargain, Will, Te&s;tament, or other Deeds&punc; or Writings what&s;oever, that &s;hall tend to the well being, and firm holding, keeping, and defending of me in <HI>mine,</HI> and thee in <HI>thine,</HI> (as a free-man of England) being delivered before two lawful witne&s;&s;es, to the party or parties &s;o appointed to be cho&s;en by the Free-holders, Trade&s;men, or other occupi|ers of Land within the &s;aid Pari&s;h, &s;hall be as binding to all in|tents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, in the mean while, till it be re|corded in the &s;everal Courts as afore&s;aid, as if it were recorded; as is ordered to be done within 48. houres, as is before ex|pre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>And that any party or parties what&s;oever, that &s;hall buy, lend, &s;ell, conveigh, pawn, pledge, Mortgage, or otherwi&s;e di&s;|po&s;e, contract, give, bequeath, or appoint to be given or di&s;po|&s;ed of, or exchange Hou&s;e for Hou&s;e, Land for Land, or any otherwi&s;e contract or tran&s;act for any thing, or things relating to this world, and the well-being of Man-kind, and durable be|yond all peradventure, and without contradiction, continuing, and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, or di&s;po&s;ing of the &s;ame, If the parties on both &s;ides &s;hall de&s;ire it, be delivered, received, and recorded, as afore&s;aid, that &s;o every per&s;on or per&s;ons, may be &s;ecured and defended in any and every outward thing, except by his or their own and wilful neglect. For the binding Lawes are for the lawle&s;&s;e, but the good mans word is as binding to him as the Law; and tho&s;e that &s;hall take each others word in any of the matters relating to this world, have free liberty &s;o to do: But a provi&s;i|on &s;hall be made to pre&s;erve and &s;ecure every individual per&s;on within this Common-wealth, from being by cunning and de|ceitful
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men en&s;nared, oppre&s;&s;ed, defrauded, cozened, orcheated in any ca&s;e what&s;oever, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P N="10">10. Tenthly, That every per&s;on within this Common-wealth, have full and free liberty if he plea&s;e to plead his own cau&s;e, in any Court, in any matter of difference what&s;oever, that &s;hall or may happen to be between party or parties within the Domini|ons of this Common-wealth.</P>
<P N="11">11. Eleventh, That in ca&s;es of any differences what&s;oever, ari&s;ing between party and parties within this Common|wealth.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t appeale and triall of the &s;ame, be in the &s;ame Pari&s;h, where the Tre&s;pa&s;&s;e is done and controver&s;y happeneth to ari&s;e, and that the manner of this fir&s;t Triall, be by a Jury of twelve hone&s;t men of the &s;ame Pari&s;h, without re&s;pect of per&s;ons, or e&s;teem of any mans outward quality; And that one of tho&s;e per|&s;ons, who are elected by the Pari&s;hioners, to receive and record writings in the Hundred, and Wapentack Courts, and as is &s;aid in the ninth Article, be by a lot drawn (as is hereafter expre&s;&s;ed) be enabled to give judgement in any difference ari|&s;ing in the &s;aid Pari&s;h, Life and Limb, and other per&s;onal Liber|ties excepted, which are to be referred to the County Court on|ly, and if the per&s;ons &s;o adjudged &s;hall any or either of them, di&s;like of the judgement given, or verdict of the twelve men, or two thirds of them, without which, judgement &s;hall not be gi|ven; I &s;ay if any di&s;like be then, and in that ca&s;e, he, &s;he, ei|ther, or any of them, &s;hall have free liberty to appeal to the Wappentack, Riding, or Hundred Court, where all the Ju&s;tices within the &s;aid Hundred or Wappentack are to be four times in the year, where, and at which place and time, the party or parties grieved may appeal the &s;econd time, and there be re|heard, and the matter or matters fully and ab&s;olutely determi|ned by tho&s;e Ju&s;tices of the Peace; Always provided, that the ver|dict of the Jury, and judgement of the fir&s;t Judge thereupon, be by the Plaintiffe or his appointment fairly written, and to the Ju&s;tices afore&s;aid pre&s;ented; and that, after the whole matter &s;hall be by all parties concerned fully related, and by the Ju&s;ti|ces being altogether &s;ufficiently debated, each having heard anothers judgement herein, and thereof. Then lots be given by an unconcerned per&s;on, to all the Ju&s;tices afore&s;aid; in one of which lots &s;hall be written the&s;e words, (<HI>viz.</HI>) thou at this
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time <HI>and in this ca&s;e, art to give finall judgement.</HI> And if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffes, any or either of them &s;hall be found in the fault, then the Judge to whom the lot is given, &s;hall award him or them to pay all the defendant or defendants charges; and likewi&s;e, give Judgement that the &s;aid Plaintiff or Plaintiffs what&s;oever&punc; &s;hall pay or be forced to pay a &s;ufficient &s;um of mony to the fir&s;t Judg or Jury-men or any part thereof, whom he the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs accu&s;eth of fal&s;e verdict or Judgment; &amp; that the &s;ame be equally inflicted upon the Judge or Jury-men of the Pari&s;h afore&s;aid, or any or either of them, who in the fir&s;t place con&s;ented to the fal&s;e judgement; <HI>if it &s;o be found,</HI> and that the &s;ame be al&s;o debated by the &s;ame Ju&s;ti|ces at the &s;ame time, and that that Ju&s;tice who hath drawn the lot, do give final Judgement herein al&s;o, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P N="12">12. Twelfth, That all the Ju&s;tices within the whole Coun|ty meet twice in the year at the County Town, and there to &s;it upon, and try, acquit, di&s;member or put to death, all who &s;hall be guilty of, and de&s;erve the &s;ame, and make an ab&s;olute Goal delivery.</P>
<P>The manner of which &s;hall be (<HI>to wit</HI>) after witne&s;ses, Jury, and the Pri&s;oner being fully heard, and by all the Ju&s;tices or|derly debated; then lots be drawn or given to all the &s;aid Ju|&s;tices, in three of which lots, &s;hall be written the&s;e words (to wit) <HI>You, or any two, or all three of you, &s;hall give finall Judgement concern|ing the Pri&s;oner now before you, and in your &s;ight, and remember ye judge not for man onely, but for God the Father of Mercy, Judgement, and Ju&s;tice.</HI></P>
<P N="13">13. Thirteenth, That all Fellons, that is to &s;ay, Murderers, and the like, be committed to the County Goale, and no other (unle&s;&s;e upon nece&s;&s;ity) but however, that no Trial be proceed|ed unto, till &s;uch time he or they be tran&s;lated, carried, or tran|&s;ported to the County Goale.</P>
<P N="14">14. Fourteenth, That there be an equall uniting of the places commonly called Pari&s;hes, Towns and Villages, and that ten Pari&s;hes &s;o equally united, con&s;i&s;ting of an hundred families or upwards, make an hundred, and that the People within each &s;uch hundred may every year elect, and freely chu&s;e one or two per&s;ons to be their Repre&s;en|tative, or Repre&s;entatives in Parliament, there to branch forth the Propo&s;als now propo&s;ed, and to make other good Laws
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and Statutes, as need from time to time &s;hall require, but &s;till let it be remembred, that no per&s;ecutor of any for Con&s;cience &s;ake, do Elect or be Elected for the fir&s;t Election, who &s;hall &s;it but twelve Moneths, and be di&s;&s;olved, I &s;ay let &s;uch who have per&s;ecuted ignorantly or through zeal, or maliciou&s;ly, willing|ly &s;ubmit, and &s;ee what tho&s;e who have not per&s;ecuted any for con&s;cience, will bring forth.</P>
<P>And that every per&s;on that &s;hall &s;uffer him&s;elf to be elected, and &s;tand to be elected, and accept of the &s;ame, being not within the qualifications mentioned in the 3. &amp; 4. Article, and thereupon &s;hall pre&s;ume to enter in, and &s;it within the walls of the hou&s;e of Parliament, &s;hall forfeit to the Common-wealth a con&s;iderable &s;umme of mony, and &s;hall be forthwith &s;ecured, till &s;uch time he make payment of the &s;ame, and that the per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall give his or their voice, for electing any &s;uch per&s;on, who is not qualified as is expre&s;&s;ed in the Article afore&s;aid, &s;hall al&s;o forfeit, pay, or be &s;ecured, till he or they &s;o offending, five pounds.</P>
<P N="15">15. Fifteenth, That any Officer, either Military, or Civill, or other publick Mini&s;ter of State what&s;oever, being imployed in or by, from or under this Common-wealth, or any the Do|minions thereof, that &s;hall be found to cozen, cheat, or defraud, this Nation or Nations thereunto belonging, &s;hall be compelled to re&s;tore four fold; and forthwith be di&s;mi&s;&s;ed of his imployment, as a robber of his Country, and for ever made incapable of bearing any manner of office or place of Tru&s;t within the Dominions of this Common-wealth.</P>
<P N="16">16. That any per&s;on what&s;oever that &s;hall be put to death for any matter or cau&s;e what&s;oever, &s;hall not forfeit to the Common|wealth, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever re&s;iding with|in the &s;ame, one peny of his e&s;tate Reall, or Per&s;onal, but it &s;hall goe to his or their relations, as if no fault had been com|mitted.</P>
<P N="17">17. That the unrigteous pri&s;on commonly called the Kings or upper Bench, and all other illegal pri&s;ons, be forthwith made void, and that all men who have e&s;tates, may &s;o farre as their e&s;tates will reach, forthwith be forced to pay their ju&s;t debts, and that &s;uch who have or will &s;atisfy their Creditors &s;o far as they are able, be forthwith &s;et at liberty.</P>
<P N="18"><PB N="8" REF="6">18 That all unrighteous, cruell, and exacting Goalers, not|with&s;tanding they have a Patent for the &s;ame, they may have &s;atisfaction for any &s;uch Patent, and forthwith be remo|ved, and others put into their places, fearing God and hating covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e; and that henceforth no Patent may be &s;old, &s;et|led, or given to any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, for term of life, but upon his or their good behaviour; And that all Goales, Bridewells, and other hou&s;es of correction, or pri&s;ons, or places of re&s;traint what&s;oever, within the Dominions of this Common|wealth, may be repaired, made &s;trong, warm and decent, that &s;o all Dungeons, Vaults, Little-Ea&s;es, or other na&s;ty holes within the &s;aid pri&s;ons re&s;pectively, may be filled up, or at lea&s;t never more to be u&s;ed, to the abu&s;ing the Creature, the handy-work of of God, the Creator; that &s;o all per&s;ons what&s;oever, may have decent pri&s;ons, and all other nece&s;&s;aries fit for man or woman, though he or &s;he be to dye for the fault for which they are im|pri&s;oned.</P>
<P N="19">19. That there be whole&s;ome provi&s;ion made, that &s;o there be no man, woman, nor child, &s;uffered to beg or want within the Dominions of this Common-wealth, But let &s;uch men, women, and children, that are able to work, be forced &s;o to do, and that &s;uch as through Age or Nonage, are not able, may be Chri&s;tian|like provided for.</P>
<P N="20">20. That all Images and Places of Idolatry, and things which are without, and are vi&s;ibly &s;een of Men, belonging to the Com|mon-wealth, which are the nouri&s;hment, and upholding of Popery, and Popi&s;h Orders, be forthwith removed, and aboli&s;hed.</P>
<P N="21">21. That all Card and Dice makers, Gameing-hou&s;es, Mu&s;ick|hou&s;es, Dice, and Card-players what&s;oever, and all, and every prophane pa&s;time, and heatheni&s;h cu&s;tomes be forthwith for|bidden by a Law throughout the Dominions of this Com|mon-wealth, and that a &s;ufficient penalty be laid upon the offenders, and breakers of the &s;aid Law.</P>
<P N="22">22. That no per&s;on within this Common-wealth, who hath &s;erved an Apprenti&s;hip, or by his own indu&s;try hath attained to knowledge, and hath wherewith to &s;et, or put him&s;elf in a ca|pacity to provide for him&s;elf and family, may be prohibited from &s;o endeavouring within any the dominions of this Com|mon-wealth, notwith&s;tanding any pretended Charter or Char|ters what&s;oever.</P>
<P N="23"><PB N="9" REF="6">23. That all Weights, Sizes, and Mea&s;ures what&s;oever be made equall, of one length, breadth, depth, circumference, weight, and bigne&s;&s;e, within the dominions of this Common-wealth.</P>
<P N="24">24. That the E&s;tates that are or &s;hall be at any time forfeited to this Commonwealth, be Seque&s;tered and the revenew thereof brought into a publick Trea&s;ury, for the &s;peedy relief of the Widowes of Souldiers, mained Souldiers, fatherle&s;s and friend|le&s;s children of &s;uch who have adhered to, and &s;erved this Commonwealth, or otherwi&s;e &s;uffered in the late Wars, and that the overplus, if any be, may go towards the Payment of the Debts of the publick, and that all the Debts, and Loanes what&s;oever, for which any Per&s;on hath the publick engagement of the Nation, or any obligation, con&s;onant thereunto, be forthwith &s;atisfied.</P>
<P N="25">25. That in order to the defraying of the publick charge of the Commonwealth, all per&s;ons, be equally a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed proportion|ably according to their E&s;tates real and per&s;onal, <HI>alwayes</HI> pro|vided, that any per&s;on, or per&s;ons within this Commonwealth, who &s;hall pay his, or their tax towards the defraying of the publick charge, &s;hall not be &s;ecluded according to their &s;everal abilities and capacities from having intere&s;t, command or imployment, and to be a Member, Officer, Superiour, or in|feriour in and of the Army, Navy, Parliament, Councel, or other place of publick tru&s;t what&s;over within the Dominions of this Commonwealth, notwith&s;tanding he or they be of dif|ferent per&s;wa&s;ions, or differently denoted as to their Religion, provided they be &s;uch who have not per&s;ecuted any for their Con&s;cience, nor forfeited their right by Plots, Rebellion, or otherwi&s;e again&s;t this Commonwealth.</P>
<P N="26">26. That any Per&s;on, or Per&s;ons who have been by the late &s;ingle per&s;on, for his or their con&s;ciences, and without the breach of any ju&s;t Law ejected or unrighteou&s;ly &s;eeluded from any place of Tru&s;t, Military or civil what&s;oever, within the Dominions of this Commonwealth (be at lea&s;t) forthwith re|&s;tored to his or their places re&s;pectively.</P>
<P N="26">26. That the Government of this Commonwealth, and the Dominions thereof, be by Anuall Parliaments; And untill &s;uch time that the Wappentakes, and hundreds can be &s;etled, and equally divided, In the mean time, let each per&s;wa&s;ion or &s;ect forthwith chu&s;e out from among them&s;elves 20 or 30 per&s;ons,
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re&s;pect being had to the qualifications expre&s;&s;ed in the 3. &amp; 4. Ar|ticle, to meet and confer together in order to an Election of Repre&s;entatives to &s;it in Parliament; And that all who &s;hall &s;o be Elected, may pa&s;&s;e the examination and Tryal of the Per&s;ons before appointed, and that the Per&s;ons of the divers per&s;wa&s;i|ons before mentioned do not &s;it and continue above three Moneths, that &s;o there may be a &s;peedy and effectual &s;ettle|ment of this Commonwealth, in the&s;e high, and &s;carcely to be parraleled ovetrurnings and di&s;tractions.</P>
<P N="28">28. That any per&s;on re&s;iding within this Commonwealth (to wit) within <HI>England, Ireland</HI> and <HI>Scotland, have</HI> free leave to Port, tran&s;port, tran&s;mit or any otherwi&s;e to exchange, traffique, and Trade betwixt Port and Port, Haven and Haven, or any other u&s;ual Landing place what&s;oever, backward and forward, within any or either of the three Na|tions, as to him or them &s;hall &s;eem meet, without paying for any &s;uch goods what&s;oever &s;o tran&s;ported backward or forward, <HI>as Foreign,</HI> and let the three Nations in this <HI>matter</HI> be equally alike, That &s;o the long-talkt-on-common-weale may no longer continue to be a particular Wealth; And that the three Nati|ons be ju&s;tly united, that God the Father of mercy and Ju&s;tice (who&s;e righteous &s;oul is grieved with oppre&s;&s;ion) may take de|light to dwell in the mid&s;t of us.</P>
<P N="29">29. That the fir&s;t Parliament agree upon &s;uch Fundamental Laws for the durable &s;ettlement of this Commonwealth, that it &s;hall be exclu&s;ion for any per&s;on that &s;hall be afterwards Elected, and &s;it as a Member of Parliament to move the altera|tion of the &s;ame; wherefore let the fir&s;t qualifications be good, that none hereafter but good men may be a admitted.</P>
<P N="30">30. That no per&s;on what&s;oever hold or po&s;&s;e&s;s any manner of civil imployment belonging to the publick longer then one year, without being Elected or appointed anew, and giving a compleat accompt for his la&s;t years tru&s;t, to &s;uch as &s;hall by the peoples Repre&s;entatives in Parliament be appointed to examine and re|ceive the &s;ame, that &s;o every man may ta&s;te of &s;ubjection as well as Rule, and that any per&s;on in publike tru&s;t, who &s;hall be found any wayes to defraud the Commonwealth, &s;hall be forth|with di&s;mi&s;ed of his imployment as a publick Thief, and likewi&s;e be forced to re&s;tore four-fold, and for ever made in|capable
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of being admitted into any publick place of tru&s;t either Miliary or civil what&s;oever.</P>
<P N="31">31. That any per&s;on who &s;hall commit any &s;in by tre&s;pa&s;&s;ing or otherwi&s;e doing violence to any, and call that his or their Liberty, or con&s;cience, &s;hall be puni&s;hed as an evil doer, <HI>Al|wayes provided</HI> and it is hereby intended that no man or woman be en&s;nared in any thing, which the Ju&s;t Law of God written in the heart &s;hall lead unto, but have free Liberty to &s;peak for, or declare the truth, according to the example of ble&s;&s;ed Je&s;us and the holy-men, <HI>in &s;ea&s;on and out of &s;ea&s;on,</HI> in any place, time or &s;ea&s;on what&s;oever, and that none be hereby en&s;nared about any thing which is upon their con&s;ciences to do, for the Lord, by declaring again&s;t fal&s;e wor&s;hip, and fal&s;e wor&s;hippers, <HI>Their &s;et dayes times and places what&s;oever,</HI> and let him that keeps a day, keep it to the Lord, but let none be forced to ob&s;erve the pre|cepts or traditions of men, as to their &s;et dayes, times, places and wor&s;hips, for which Chri&s;t nor his Apo&s;tles have left no ex|ample, and he who wor&s;hips the living God, mu&s;t do it in &s;pirit and truth, and not by outward ob&s;ervations, neither is the holy One tyed to any place, time or &s;ea&s;on what&s;oever, and that people who in their vain imaginations think to limit or &s;ur|cum&s;cribe the holy One to, or from any place, time or &s;ea&s;on, what&s;oever fool them&s;elves, for if the Di&s;ciples be there, he will come in though the doors be &s;hut, (or &s;ecured by an outward Law) and they gladly receive him or any of his; and ble&s;&s;ed is he who comes in his Name, as al&s;o tho&s;e who are not offended at <HI>him,</HI> though his vi&s;age be more mar'd then any mans, and his &s;hape uncomly to the Vultrous eye.</P>
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<P>ANd this I recommend to all the &s;ober and free-born peo|ple of this Commonwealth, as a te&s;timony I bear to my Country, and unto every Individial per&s;on in it, this being an e&s;&s;ay towards its &s;peedy, firm and future &s;ettlement on &s;uch a ba&s;es as may fully an&s;wer the ju&s;t and righteous principle of God in every mans con&s;cience, unto which I leave it, and as it leads any to add to the furtherance of this <HI>(good intend|ed)</HI> work, it will be acceptable to <HI>me,</HI> and unto all the up|right hearted on the earth.</P>
<P>Wherefore let not this &s;lip out of any of your minds as a tale that's told, but let every one mind the good work of his gene|ration. And do not joyn with <HI>Moab, Amon,</HI> and <HI>Amelek,</HI> lea&s;t ye peri&s;h in this the day of the Lord.</P>
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