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<P>THE REVIEVV OF THE PROPOSITIONS PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY BY THE <HI>Parliaments of both Kingdomes,</HI> FOR A Safe and Well-grounded PEACE.</P>
<Q><BIBL>Jam. 4.1, 2, 3.</BIBL>
<P>From whence come Warres, and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lu&s;ts, that warre in your members?</P>
<P>Ye lu&s;t, and have not: ye kill, and de&s;ire to have, and cannot obtaine: ye fight and warre, yet ye have not, becau&s;e ye aske not. Ye aske and receive not, becau&s;e ye aske ami&s;se that ye may con&s;ume it upon your lu&s;ts.</P></Q>
<P><ADD>Nou: 12 1647</ADD> Printed in the Yeare, 1647.</P>
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<HEAD>A Re-view of the PROPOSITIONS PRESENTED To His MAjESTIE, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>FOr Introduction, know,<NOTE PLACE="marg">T<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters">+ction.</NOTE> That a Factious party in the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> brought in two Bills to tak<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> away Bi&s;hops, and to take the Militia from the King, which being rejected in a full and free Convention of Parliament, were afterward revi|ved, and promoted by Tumultuous people, in, and about <HI>Lon|don,</HI> who drove away the di&s;&s;enting Members of Parlia|ment, and &s;o the Bills pa&s;&s;ed both Hou&s;es, to which, they de&s;ire the Royall A&s;&s;ent; and, His Maje&s;tie refu&s;ing, they took up Arms, to force him, as before they had the Hou&s;es: and, when they were likely to be overcome, they call in the <HI>Scots</HI> to their a&s;&s;i&s;tance, and joyne in League and Cove|nant with them: and, when they had vanqui&s;hed the King, and His Partie, the Parliaments of both Kingdomes pre|&s;ented the&s;e to His Maje&s;tie: whereof,</P>
<P N="1">1. Some Propo&s;itions are Antecedent to the Warre,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Pr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">+tions of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;orts.</NOTE> and containe the fir&s;t cau&s;e and grounds of it, and &s;et forth the de&s;igne of the Propo&s;ers agitated before, and pro&s;e|cuted by the Warre. <HI>As the</HI> (3) <HI>for taking away Bi&s;hops in</HI> England <HI>and</HI> Ireland;<NOTE PLACE="marg">See the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> po&s;ition <HI>June</HI> 2. <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></NOTE> <HI>the</HI> (13) <HI>for &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ling the Militia of</HI> England <HI>and</HI> Ireland <HI>in the two Hou&s;es of Parliament: That part of the</HI> (17) <HI>That the Hou&s;es &s;hall nominate the great Officers in the Kingdomes of</HI> England <HI>and</HI> Ireland. <HI>And the</HI> (14) <HI>That no Peers made &s;ince the Lord</HI> Littleton <HI>carried away the great Scale (which was</HI> May 20, 1642.) <HI>or to be made hereafter, &s;hall &s;it, and vote in Parliament without the con&s;ent of both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</HI></P>
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<P>The (7, 8, 9, and 10.) concerning Papi&s;ts, and the (12) for &s;uppre&s;&s;ing Innovations, &amp;c. I in&s;i&s;t not on, becau&s;e His Maje&s;tie a&s;&s;ented to them before Armes taken up, and &s;o they can be no cau&s;e of the Warre.</P>
<P N="2">2. Some Propo&s;itions are concurrent with, and emergent upon the Warre, and &s;et forth the meanes u&s;ed by the Pro|po&s;ers to promote their de&s;igne and Warre: <HI>As the</HI> (4) <HI>for confirming the Ordinances for calling the A&s;&s;embly of Di|vines: The</HI> (2) <HI>for taking the Covenant. The</HI> (5, 6, <HI>and part of the</HI> 17.) <HI>for Reformation, and Un<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">formitie in Religion in the Kingdomes of</HI> England <HI>and</HI> Ireland, <HI>according to the Cove|nant. The</HI> (15) <HI>for confirming the Treaties betweene the two Kingdomes. The</HI> (17) <HI>That the power and government of the Militia, and Tower of</HI> London, <HI>&s;hall be &s;etled in the Lord Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">or, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. Some Propo&s;itions are &s;ub&s;equent to the Warre, and &s;erve to &s;ecure the Propo&s;ers (both now, and hereafter) and their partie, and their de&s;igne, not onely by Act of Parlia|ment, but by Military force and power al&s;o: <HI>As the</HI> (1) <HI>That the King declare Null all His Declarations and Pro|clamations, and all Judiciary proceedings again&s;t them, had, and made, or to be had, and made. And the</HI> (19) <HI>for confirm|ing all that hath pa&s;&s;ed under their Great Seale, and for Nulling what&s;oever hath pa&s;&s;ed under the other Seale &s;ince</HI> May 20, 1642. <HI>and under the Great Seale of</HI> Ireland, <HI>&s;ince</HI> September 15, 1643. <HI>And the</HI> (16) <HI>concerning their pro|ceedings with Delinquents (as they call them.) And that part of the</HI> (12. <HI>and</HI> 13.) <HI>for the two Hou&s;es of Parliament to rai&s;e moneys as they plea&s;e in future, for the payment of Souldiers, and of the publike debts, and damages of the Kingdomes. And to all, and every of the&s;e Propo&s;itions, the Parliaments of both Kingdoms de&s;ire His Maje&s;ties A&s;&s;ent: And that they</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">e this, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">ts <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">pre&s;&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">po&s;i|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">on the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">d the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">f <HI>Eng|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">eland.</HI></NOTE> <HI>and all &s;uch Bills as &s;hall be tendered to Him in pur&s;uance of them, or any of them, may be e&s;tabli&s;hed by Act of Parliament.</HI></P>
<P>And &s;o what the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> (as they will be called) could not doe fingly, the Parliaments of both King|domes undertake joyntly, <HI>viz.</HI> To overthrow the Ancient
<PB N="3" REF="3"> Con&s;titution of the Kingdom, both in re&s;pect of the Church and of the State: And to take away the power and Govern|ment from the King, &amp; to &s;ettle it in the two Hou&s;es of Par|liament, and to e&s;tabli&s;h it by Act of Parliament: Al&s;o they de&s;ire &s;everall other Acts to pa&s;&s;e for making good their former proceedings in the pro&s;ecution of that e&s;tabli&s;h|ment, and to make good the e&s;tabli&s;hment it &s;elfe, in ca&s;e of oppo&s;ition, or di&s;turbance hereafter. <HI>And this is the &s;afe and wel-grounded Peace</HI> they &s;peak of, and have fought for.</P>
<P><HI>Additionall</HI> 1. Or rather (how&s;oever they phra&s;e it) this is the &s;afe and wel-grounded domination that they affect, and contend for.</P>
<P>But how can they expect,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Why th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> cannot a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> to the Pr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">+tions.</NOTE> that the King &s;hould give His A&s;&s;ent to the&s;e their Propo&s;itions, and that he &s;hould pa&s;&s;e and Enact them? That He &s;hould give up His Power, and Protection, and Government of the People, wherewith God hath intru&s;ted Him? That he &s;hould de&s;troy Bi&s;hops, being bound by his Coronation Oath to defend them? That he &s;hould renounce His righteous Cau&s;e in re&s;cuing His Kingly Power, and vindicating the freedom of Parliament, and Subject, and upholding the Con&s;titution and Govern|ment of the Kingdome? That He &s;hould ruine that Loyall Partie of the Nobilitie and Gentry, and tho&s;e faithfull Pa|triots that adhered to Him in the late Warre, on behalfe of the Crowne, the Parliament the Subject, and the Kingdom? That he &s;hould ju&s;tifie, and make a pre&s;ident of their mo&s;t unwarrantable Armes and proceedings again&s;t Him? That He &s;hould deba&s;e His Royall Government and Succe&s;&s;ion, and en&s;lave His good Subjects irrecoverably to all po&s;terity?</P>
<P>Againe,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Why the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">+ple will admit of Propo&s;it<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"></NOTE> how can they expect that the people &s;hould ap|prove of the&s;e their Propo&s;itions, tending onely to the ad|vancing of the power of two Hou&s;es of Parliament, without any regard to the Subject, or the Lawes, or the Li|berties of the Kingdome? I &s;ay, how can they expect, that the people &s;hould approve or admit of them, and forgoe our ancient, knowne, regall Government by Lawes and Ju&s;tice, and to &s;ubmit to a Parliamentary, Military, Arbitra|ry Governmen<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, by will and power? And withall, to expo&s;e
<PB N="4" REF="4"> them&s;elves to the violent in&s;ults of parties and factions, and to the pride and in&s;olence of particular per&s;ons? For &s;uch hath beene the Government, and &s;uch our condition for th &s;e foure or five yeares la&s;t pa&s;t, and likely to be (for ou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ht I &s;ee) for many Generations to come. And &s;hould His Maje&s;tie pa&s;&s;e the Propo&s;itions, as is de&s;ired, Tyranny would be incorporated into our very Con&s;titution and Govern|ment, and our &s;lavery would be both grievous (lying under the power of a Legion of Tyrants) and remedile&s;&s;e, being tyed to it by Act of Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>Addit.</HI> 2. And &s;o upon due con&s;ideration are their prin|cipall Propo&s;itions prejudiciall to the King and people e|quall.</P>
<P>For, fir&s;t, They will not onely take away the Function, but the Lands al&s;o of the Bi&s;hops, and the Lands of the Deanes and Chapters al&s;o: Thereby at once robbing the King of that Revenue which accrued to the Crowne by their fir&s;t fruits, and Tenths, but defrauding the people al&s;o of the&s;e Preferments for their children, and childrens chil|dren to be Educated in the &s;tudy of Divinity.</P>
<P>Secondly, They doe not onely demand the Militia, but re&s;olve to keepe &s;tanding Forces in the Kingdome: There|by not onely invading the Rights of the Crowne, and the mature Libertie of the Subject, but prejudicing al&s;o the &s;e|curitie of both: For by our Fundamentall con&s;titution there ought to be no other con&s;tant Forces in the Kingdome but the Militia, or the Trained Bands onely; And herein con|&s;i&s;ts our Libertie and Securitie, that our &s;elves onely are to be Armed, for defence of our &s;elves and the Kingdome: But if they Con&s;titute and continue other &s;tanding Forces, how can we free or be &s;ecure in our per&s;ons or e&s;tates?</P>
<P><HI>Luk.</HI> 21.22. <HI>When a &s;trong man armed keepeth his Palace, his Goods are in peace: But when a &s;tronger then he will come upon him, and overcommeth him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he tru&s;ted, and divideth his &s;poiles.</HI></P>
<P>Thirdly, Whereas they de&s;ire the Nomination of the Judges, and of the great Officers of State; Thereby they injure both the King and the People, rendring them unca|pable
<PB N="5" REF="4"> of reliefe in ca&s;e of Inju&s;tice or oppre&s;&s;ion by tho&s;e their Judges and Officers, &s;eeing that by the &s;ame meanes and relation they will get them&s;elves protected, by which at fir&s;t they procured them&s;elves to be Nominated by the two Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<P>Fourthly, Whereas they de&s;ire, That the King &s;hould Null all his and confirme their Declarations and Proceedings; This would be a mo&s;t pernicious pre&s;ident both to the King and the People; And hence at any time would a Fa|ctious Partie in the Parliament and Kingdome be encoura|ged, and warranted, to Propo&s;e and demand what&s;oever they li&s;t, and to take up Armes and embroile us in Warre, for pro&s;ecution of their de&s;ires and demands.</P>
<P>Fifthly, And la&s;tly, Whereas they de&s;ire, that not onely the&s;e Preci&s;e Propo&s;itions, <HI>but all Bills in pur&s;uance of them, or any of them may be e&s;tabli&s;hed by Act of Parliam<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nt.</HI> Un|der this Notion and Relation they may enact again&s;t the King, and impo&s;e upon the Subject what we cannot appre|hend, and they dare not expre&s;&s;e. But I beleeve they offer the&s;e unrea&s;onable Propo&s;itions to His Maje&s;tie not to pa&s;&s;e them, but to deny them, that &s;o they may have &s;ome colour of further Quarrell with him, and attempt (if they dare) their la&s;t and wor&s;t again&s;t him.</P>
<P>And now let the world judge who they are that hinder the peace of this mi&s;erably di&s;tracted Kingdome,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> that h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Peace <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Kingd<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"></NOTE> (which cannot be &s;etled but by a peaceable agreement between the King, the Parliament, and the people) whether his Maje&s;ty who refu&s;eth the&s;e Propo&s;itions, (&s;o de&s;tructive to his owne and the peoples intere&s;ts) or they who in pro&s;ecution of their Engli&s;h Scotti&s;h de&s;ignes&mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Addit.</HI> 3. Will not lay down Armes unle&s;&s;e his Maje&s;ty &s;ubmit and &s;ub-ingate him&s;elfe and the people, to the do|mination, no Peace, or rather a peaceable &s;ettlement of their domination, being the &s;umme of their Propo&s;itions, and &s;cope of their Warre.</P>
<P>And the truth is, the Parliament-men generally having made &s;uch advantages upon the King and upon the people by their late Government, are not willing to forgoe it, but <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;olve almo&s;t unanimou&s;ly to continue it, either by Law,
<PB N="6" REF="5"> (if his Maje&s;tie pa&s;&s;e tho&s;e) or by force,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">&s;e Pro|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">ns they <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">t &s;tile <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="6 letters">lves his <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">ies, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">s.</NOTE> (if he refu&s;e them) and Subjects againe they would not be, lea&s;t they become liable to que&s;tioning, accompting, &amp;c.</P>
<P>And &s;hould Maje&s;tie conde&s;cend to their de&s;ires, and put all into their hands, would they not quarrell about the &s;ha|ring of it? As they have hitherto contended with his Maje|&s;tie for the Power and Government, &s;o from henceforth would not the Factious contend among&s;t them&s;elves for the Admini&s;tration of that Power, and thereby al&s;o di&s;turb the peace of the Kingdome as at this day.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> the on|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">es of <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;a.</HI> 32.</NOTE>The onely meanes of Peace indeed, is Ju&s;tice, to give to every one his owne; to the King his owne, to the Parlia|ment their owne, to the people their owne: And I &s;hall be|lieve they intend the Peace of the Kingdome indeed, when they goe the way of Peace, and offer or accept ju&s;t and righteou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Propo&s;alls.</P>
<P><HI>Addit.</HI> 4. But the King mu&s;t not be re&s;tored to his Rights, nor returne to his Parliament, before the people have &s;atis|faction and &s;ecuritie for all the Blood and Trea&s;ure expen|ded in this Warre.</P>
<P>Undoubtedly they are &s;atisfied, that this expence hath beene to make good your Propo&s;itions. (1.) To overthrow the Ancient Government of the Church and State, and to &s;et up your domination in both. And the &s;ecuritie they de|&s;ire and thir&s;t for, is an Act of Oblivion, and a Generall Pardon upon his Maje&s;ties returne to the Parliament, which you will not permit, but keepe them &s;till under their guilt, that they may adhere to you for protection and not clo&s;e with his Maje&s;tie, (as its probable they would) upon his Gracious Pardon.</P>
<P>But they cannot be &s;afe, unle&s;&s;e the&s;e their de&s;ires be granted.</P>
<P><HI>Addit.</HI> 5. Yes, they may, if they will be content with &s;afetie without dominion: An Act of Oblivion and a Ge|nerall Pardon would &s;ave them for what is pa&s;t; and the A|po&s;tles admonition ob&s;erved for the time to come, <HI>Wilt thou not be afraid of the Powers? Doe that which is good, and thou &s;halt have prai&s;e of the &s;ame,</HI> Rom. 13.3.</P>
<BYLINE>By a Lover of his Country, and a wel-willer to the Peace of the Kingdome.</BYLINE>
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