A
most
Learned
,
Conscientious
,
and
DEVOUT
EXERCISE
OR
SERMON
of
Self-Denyal
,
Held
forth
by
Lieutenant-General
Oliver
Cromwell
.
Rom.
13.
verse
1.
Let
every
Soul
be
subject
unto
the
Higher
Powers
;
for
there
is
no
Power
but
of
God
:
The
Powers
that
be
,
are
ordained
of
God
.
DEarly
beloved
Brethren
and
Sisters
;
it
is
true
,
this
Text
is
a
Malignant
one
;
the
wicked
and
ungodly
have
abus'd
it
very
frequently
;
but
(
Thanks
be
to
God
)
it
was
to
their
own
Ruine
;
yet
their
abuse
of
it
shall
not
hinder
us
to
make
a
right
use
of
it
.
Every
thing
is
subject
to
be
abused
,
be
it
never
so
holy
and
good
:
the
men
of
God
,
the
Creatures
of
God
,
all
are
subject
to
Injuries
,
and
Abuse
,
The
Councel
of
State
,
the
Parliament
,
the
Army
,
the
General
,
have
been
(
and
daily
are
)
abused
:
Nay
,
even
my self
have
not
escaped
the
violence
of
those
Seducers
,
whose
Tongues
are
sharper
than
a
Two-edg'd
Sword
;
My
very
Face
and
Nose
are
weekly
malign'd
and
scandaliz'd
by
those
scribling
Mercuries
,
Elencticus
,
&
Pragmaticus
;
insomuch
,
that
(
were
it
possible
)
they
would
raise
a
Faction
in
my
Forehead
,
and
make
Mutiny
amongst
my
very
Teeth
.
'T
is
true
,
I
have
a
very
hot
Liver
,
and
that
is
the
cause
my
Face
and
Nose
is
red
;
for
my
Courage
and
Valour
lies
in
my
Liver
,
not
in
my
Heart
,
as
other
mens
do
:
never
any
man
could
say
my
Heart
was
stout
;
indeed
the
General
's
lies
there
,
and
that
's
the
reason
his
Face
is
pale
.
You
all
know
I
never
was
a
Drunkard
,
although
when
I
was
at
lowest
I
had
Beer
enough
,
(
for
you
know
I
had
near
relation
to
a
Beer-Brewer
)
and
I
had
always
Money
to
buy
me
Wine
,
if
I
pleased
:
so
that
I
might
have
been
a
Drunkard
if
I
would
;
yet
(
you
know
)
I
am
a
temperate
sober
man
,
else
I
had
not
been
so
good
a
Souldier
.
But
what
is
it
that
the
Malignants
will
not
abuse
,
who
lett
not
to
abuse
themselves
?
I
'll
warrant
you
they
would
abuse
our
very
Wives
too
,
if
they
durst
;
and
I
am
affraid
some
of
them
do
—
You
know
what
I
mean
;
but
no
more
of
this
at
present
.
My
Text
(
you
see
)
is
Scripture
,
and
Scripture
must
be
believed
(
next
to
our
Divine
Revelation
)
let
it
be
what
it
will
;
But
the
Malignants
would
interpret
it
One
way
,
and
we
(
the
Saints
)
Another
;
Now
,
let
any
body
judge
who
are
to
be
believed
,
They
or
We
;
whether
(
Isay
)
those
Ungodly
Cavaliers
,
that
fought
to
uphold
Tyranny
,
and
Antichrist
;
or
We
,
that
in
uprightness
of
our
Hearts
,
fought
for
Liberty
,
and
Freedom
,
and
for
Establishing
the
Kingdom
of
King
Jesus
.
Surely
,
Beloved
,
it
is
We
that
are
in
the
right
of
it
;
I
think
none
of
you
will
deny
it
.
But
now
I
speak
of
Kings
,
the
main
Question
is
,
Whether
by
the
Higher
Powers
are
meant
Kings
or
Commoners
?
Truly
(
Beloved
)
it
is
a
very
great
Question
amongst
those
(
they
say
)
that
are
Learned
;
But
I
think
verily
they
make
more
stir
about
it
than
needs
;
For
,
may
not
every
body
that
can
read
observe
,
that
Paul
speaks
in
the
plural
number
,
the
Higher
Powers
:
now
,
had
he
meant
subjection
to
a
King
,
he
would
have
said
,
Let
every
Soul
be
subject
to
the
Higher
Power
;
that
is
,
if
he
meant
One
Man
;
But
you
see
he
meant
more
than
one
,
for
he
bids
us
be
subject
to
the
Higher
Powers
;
that
is
,
the
Councel
of
State
,
the
House
of
Commons
,
and
the
Army
.
I
hope
I
have
cleared
this
point
;
so
then
I
will
come
closer
to
the
words
themselves
,
and
shew
you
truly
and
plainly
(
without
any
gaudy
Rhetorick
)
what
they
signifie
unto
us
,
that
you
be
not
deceived
;
And
I
tell
you
,
this
is
not
to
be
done
by
every
Spirit
,
but
only
by
such
that
are
more
than
ordinarily
endowed
with
the
Spirit
of
discerning
;
I
confess
,
there
are
many
good
Men
and
Women
amongst
you
,
that
intend
well
,
and
speak
well
,
and
understand
well
;
but
yet
cannot
apprehend
well
all
things
that
lurk
in
Scripture-language
,
for
lack
of
a
sufficient
measure
of
the
Spirit
;
They
must
be
inwardly
called
thereunto
,
or
else
they
are
subject
to
Error
,
and
Misconstructions
.
Well
then
,
you
see
who
are
fittest
to
interpret
;
I
presume
you
also
believe
God
hath
abundantly
supplied
me
;
I
do
not
boast
of
it
,
but
I
speak
it
to
his
Glory
who
hath
vouchsafed
to
take
up
his
Lodging
in
so
vile
,
contemptible
,
unswept
,
unwash'd
,
ungarnish'd
a
Room
,
as
is
this
unworthy
Cottage
of
mine
;
But
it
was
his
will
,
and
I
am
thankful
for
it
.
Now
,
the
words
of
themselves
are
very
natural
;
they
are
plain
,
not
difficult
,
but
prostrate
themselves
in
a
most
perspicuous
manner
.
For
first
,
Beloved
,
by
these
words
,
Let
every
Soul
,
&c.
we
may
understand
that
every
one
of
us
have
Souls
;
whence
I
raise
this
point
of
Doctrine
,
[
*
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*
1
Doctrine
.
That
it
is
an
Ungodly
,
Irreligious
,
Prophane
,
Idle
Tenent
,
among
the
men
of
the
world
to
think
or
say
that
Women
have
no
Souls
;
Mark
my
Beloved
,
to
think
or
say
,
&c.
For
there
are
many
now-a-days
,
that
think
,
and
will
not
speak
what
they
think
;
and
others
speak
,
and
will
not
think
what
they
speak
:
But
we
are
none
such
,
dear
Sisters
,
it
is
a
great
abuse
to
your
Honourable
Sex
.
And
now
truly
I
will
turn
to
you
only
;
for
you
have
been
our
daily
and
Nightly
Comforters
,
indeed
lau
you
have
:
You
have
raised
our
drooping
Spirits
,
though
never
so
much
dejected
;
You
have
got
us
Stomachs
,
when
we
had
none
,
and
furnished
us
with
Flesh
on
all
occasions
;
We
never
found
you
unwilling
or
unready
to
serve
us
on
all
occasions
,
when
we
were
farthest
from
home
.
Believe
it
,
when
I
lay
before
Pembroke-Castle
,
my
Landlady
where
I
quarter'd
(
who
had
once
been
a
Malignant
,
and
then
but
newly
crept
into
the
State
of
Grace
;
)
she
(
I
say
)
had
a
Good
Soul
within
her
,
she
was
brim-full
of
the
Spirit
,
and
yet
was
very
handsom
,
which
is
strange
;
for
seldom
we
find
a
Perfection
without
an
Imperfection
;
Commonly
,
women
that
are
Fair
,
are
either
False
,
or
soul
within
;
but
to
me
she
was
neither
;
and
yet
I
do
not
speak
this
to
condemn
Beauty
;
for
it
is
of
singular
Comfort
,
and
good
Use
;
and
those
that
be
Fair
,
may
be
True
and
Good
,
as
in
this
single
instance
;
But
this
is
secundum
Majus
&
Minus
,
(
as
the
Logicians
cant
it
)
some
are
better
than
other
some
;
that
's
the
English
of
the
Latine
;
and
indeed
I
have
found
great
and
vast
difference
in
women
.
Then
again
,
when
I
came
into
Yorkshire
I
met
with
Mrs.
Lambert
,
the
Espoused
of
that
Valiant
and
Honourable
Saint
Major-General
Lambert
;
she
is
,
I
say
,
a
woman
not
very
Fair
,
I
confess
,
but
of
as
large
a
Soul
,
and
as
full
of
the
Spirit
,
as
any
I
ever
yet
met
with
;
I
profess
,
I
never
knew
a
woman
more
endowed
with
those
Heavenly
Blessings
of
Love
,
Meekness
,
Gentleness
,
Patience
and
Long-suffering
;
nay
,
even
with
all
things
that
may
speak
her
deserving
the
name
of
a
Saint
,
every
way
;
yet
(
I
say
)
as
to
her
Person
,
she
was
not
very
Beauteous
,
and
Comely
;
for
she
is
something
Foggy
,
and
Sun-burnt
;
which
is
strange
,
in
that
cold
Northern
Climate
;
But
what
Nature
hath
denied
her
of
Ornament
without
,
I
found
she
had
within
her
a
Soul
,
a
devout
sweet
Soul
;
and
,
God
knows
,
I
lov'd
her
for
it
.
Thus
we
find
then
,
both
by
Scripture
and
experience
,
that
all
of
us
have
Souls
,
Men
and
Women
;
But
then
again
,
Beloved
,
some
have
good
Souls
,
and
some
have
bad
:
Mrs.
Lambert
hath
a
good
Soul
,
and
no
doubt
(
nay
I
know
)
many
of
you
that
be
here
are
and
have
good
Souls
within
you
;
The
Cavaliers
and
their
Queans
are
the
bad
Souls
;
they
serve
,
and
are
subject
to
bad
and
ungodly
men
;
Men
did
I
call
them
,
rather
Devils
,
that
would
devour
us
,
and
drink
themselves
drunk
with
the
Bloud
of
the
Saints
.
By
this
then
it
is
evident
,
who
have
been
,
and
who
are
the
good
Souls
.
From
whence
then
I
raise
this
my
second
Doctrine
,
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*
2
Doctrine
.
(
rather
point
of
Faith
)
That
we
are
not
to
believe
nor
to
account
any
to
be
,
or
to
have
good
Souls
,
but
those
that
are
of
the
Family
of
the
Saints
.
I
had
almost
said
,
Of
the
Family
of
Love
,
but
that
it
is
a
particular
Sect
,
something
differing
from
ours
.
Come
on
then
;
Let
every
Soul
.
Quest.
What
shall
every
Soul
do
?
Answ.
Be
subject
to
the
Higher
Powers
,
&c.
whereby
we
see
all
Souls
,
good
and
bad
,
are
bound
to
be
subject
.
All-Souls-Colledg
in
Oxford
must
be
subject
to
our
Visitors
:
All-souls-day
,
though
a
Superstitious
Holiday
,
kept
by
the
Papists
and
Bishops
,
(
those
Pests
of
the
Church
,
which
we
have
lately
and
deservedly
extirpated
)
must
also
be
Subject
to
those
uses
,
our
Powers
shall
allot
or
appoint
it
to
;
Your
Souls
,
Brethen
and
Sisters
,
must
be
subject
to
perswasion
,
to
love
familiarly
,
and
in
entire
Friendship
,
to
all
things
that
may
increase
and
elevate
the
Spirit
;
to
kindle
and
take
fire
,
like
tinder
upon
every
spark
,
and
glance
of
our
affection
;
Oh!
My
Dear
Brethren
,
and
Sisters
,
Love
is
the
fulfilling
of
the
Law
,
what
need
we
more
then
?
Love
also
,
covers
a
multitude
of
Sins
;
Then
it
hides
all
our
infirmities
,
had
we
according
to
this
rule
,
loved
one
another
;
these
differences
and
Bloud
shed
had
never
happened
.
Objection
,
But
some
will
object
and
say
,
that
there
is
a
Lust
as
well
as
Love
;
and
so
commixed
,
as
not
to
be
distinguished
;
and
many
times
on
the
consequence
of
the
other
,
to
the
Scandal
and
reproach
of
the
Saints
.
Answer
,
But
I
tell
you
,
(
Beloved
)
these
nice
and
critical
distinctions
,
are
things
had
once
like
to
have
undone
us
;
Lust
is
nothing
but
the
desire
of
any
thing
;
The
Saints
cannot
err
;
(
my
Beloved
)
we
desire
to
enjoy
one
another
,
God
forbid
but
that
we
should
help
and
comfort
each
other
,
and
lay
out
,
and
extend
our selves
,
as
far
and
freely
as
may
be
,
to
assist
each
other
in
the
free
Embraces
of
the
Spirit
,
the
Law
of
Reason
and
Nature
requires
it
of
us
.
Question
,
But
let
us
look
a
little
further
;
to
whom
must
every
Soul
be
Subject
to
?
Answer
,
Why
to
the
Higher
Powers
.
I
have
told
you
already
what
these
Higher
Powers
are
;
they
are
the
Council
of
State
,
the
House
of
Commons
,
and
the
Army
;
and
God
forbid
but
that
all
men
should
obey
them
;
that
is
,
all
the
people
,
every
Soul
of
them
,
be
subject
to
the
Council
of
State
;
the
Council
of
State
,
to
the
House
of
Commons
;
they
to
the
Army
;
the
Army
,
to
the
General
;
and
the
General
,
to
ME
;
To
Me
,
(
I
say
)
who
have
Ploted
,
Advised
,
Councelled
,
and
Fought
(
all
accompanied
with
a
continual
series
of
Success
)
for
both
You
and
them
for
these
seven
years
,
and
now
at
last
have
purchased
your
Freedom
and
Liberty
.
Dear
Brethren
,
and
Sisters
,
I
speak
it
not
in
ostentation
,
but
with
thankfulness
and
praise
to
him
,
who
hath
made
me
so
useful
an
instrument
in
this
work
of
Reformation
;
for
,
Beloved
,
it
was
I
that
juggled
the
late
King
into
the
Isle
of
Wight
.
It
was
I
that
dissolved
the
Treatise
;
It
was
that
seized
upon
,
and
hurried
him
to
Hurst-Castle
;
It
was
I
that
set
Petitioning
on
foot
throughout
the
Kingdom
,
against
the
personal
Treatie
,
and
for
bringing
the
King
,
and
other
Capital
Offenders
to
Justice
;
It
was
I
that
contrived
(
with
my
Son
Ireton
)
the
long
Remonstrance
of
the
Army
;
It
was
I
that
prescribed
the
erecting
of
the
High
Court
of
Justice
,
which
brought
the
King
to
His
Tryal
;
In
a
word
,
it
was
I
that
(
in
effect
)
cut
off
His
Head
,
and
with
it
all
the
Shackles
and
Fetters
of
the
Norman
Slavery
,
and
Bondage
;
It
was
I
that
cut
off
the
Heads
of
Capel
,
Hamilton
and
Holland
;
It
was
I
that
surprized
the
Levellers
of
Burford
,
and
Northamtonshire
;
It
was
I
that
broke
their
design
,
and
cut
off
Thompson
for
example
,
and
so
dispersed
and
appeased
the
rest
;
By
which
I
have
healed
all
the
late
Distempers
in
the
Army
,
whereby
the
whole
Land
is
restored
to
this
blessed
Peace
,
Tranquility
and
Plenty
we
now
enjoy
;
And
therefore
(
I
say
)
I
may
justly
(
without
ambition
)
Stile
my self
the
Auhor
of
all
the
Kingdoms
present
and
future
Happiness
.
It
is
true
(
Beloved
)
the
General
is
a
Stout
and
Valiant
man
,
and
hath
great
appearance
of
God
in
him
;
but
fitter
to
be
passive
than
active
in
Affairs
of
State
;
He
is
fitter
for
a
Charge
,
than
for
Council
;
and
(
under
the
Rose
)
he
wants
Brains
to
do
any
thing
of
moment
;
but
indeed
,
this
I
may
say
for
him
,
he
is
a
man
that
doth
not
seek
himself
;
I
never
found
him
wilful
,
but
willing
to
submit
to
better
Judgments
than
his
own
.
For
,
when
Sedgwick
,
(
that
fast
and
loose
Priest
of
(
ovent-garden
)
upon
the
King's
Tryal
,
had
writ
to
his
Lady
,
to
advise
him
to
remit
the
Execution
of
that
Sentence
,
and
wholly
(
at
least
)
to
wash
his
hands
of
his
death
:
He
(
honest
man
)
presently
acquainted
me
with
the
business
,
and
shew'd
me
the
arguments
given
to
persuade
him
against
it
,
and
freely
referred
it
to
my
Judgment
;
and
the
28th
.
of
January
(
being
the
Lords-day
)
at
night
,
I
went
to
him
,
at
his
House
in
Queen-street
,
(
attended
with
two
Troops
of
my
own
Regiment
of
Horse
)
to
remove
the
scruples
he
had
made
upon
receiving
that
rascally
Priests
Letter
,
or
to
secure
him
by
force
,
if
I
had
any
ways
found
him
to
continue
averse
,
and
would
not
be
satisfied
;
But
he
(
good
man
)
gave
me
thanks
for
my
pains
,
and
told
me
I
had
fully
resolved
him
.
All
this
(
Beloved
)
I
speak
in
honour
of
the
man
;
But
truly
he
is
too
Great
to
be
so
good
as
we
must
have
a
General
;
and
you
know
he
is
a
Lord
,
and
unless
he
be
a
Lord
and
no
Genleman
,
(
as
I
believe
he
will
not
acknowledge
himself
)
he
is
not
for
our
turn
.
Besides
,
he
is
(
you
see
)
so
easily
seduced
,
and
led
away
by
every
wind
of
Doctrine
,
by
mean
appearances
,
and
shadows
of
reason
.
Truly
,
Beloved
,
I
think
my self
and
my
Son
Ireton
may
prove
of
greater
use
to
the
Republick
than
any
other
;
and
if
we
be
but
once
by
the
acknowledgment
of
the
people
chosen
Governours
thereof
,
we
question
not
but
to
answer
their
expectations
to
a
Hairs
breadth
;
which
,
if
ever
it
come
to
pass
,
(
for
the
Kingdom
[
Observe
]
cannot
be
ever
settled
upon
any
firm
or
lasting
Basis
or
Foundation
without
it
;
)
then
I
and
my
Son
Ireton
are
the
Higher
Powers
here
meant
in
my
Text
,
to
whom
subjection
is
commanded
;
for
(
as
I
told
you
before
it
cannot
be
to
one
single
man
,
it
must
be
to
Two
,
or
more
;
And
truly
if
the
People
shall
think
of
us
,
as
we
think
of
our selves
,
worthy
of
that
Trust
;
we
shall
discharge
it
faithfully
,
and
study
to
merit
it
at
their
hands
;
But
,
mistake
me
not
,
I
do
not
mean
by
merit
,
as
the
Papists
do
;
That
is
to
say
,
to
deserve
it
at
their
hands
,
for
the
good
works
we
have
,
or
shall
do
;
No
no
,
we
will
acknowledge
it
all
out
of
the
free
Grace
and
Mercy
of
the
People
:
For
when
we
have
done
all
we
can
for
them
,
we
must
acknowledge
our selves
most
unprofitable
Servants
.
I
thank
them
,
they
have
already
made
me
General
for
Ireland
;
and
you
know
I
am
now
just
upon
the
point
of
going
there
,
in
great
hopes
of
reducing
those
Rebellious
Traytors
to
your
obedience
;
But
Beloved
,
so
many
of
you
as
go
along
with
me
,
must
be
mindful
of
my
Text
;
That
is
,
you
must
be
in
all
things
Subject
to
Me
,
and
my
Leiutenant-General
;
when
we
bid
you
go
,
you
must
run
;
when
we
bid
you
Storm
,
you
must
do
it
,
though
it
be
against
nothing
but
Stone
Walls
;
You
owe
to
us
your
Lives
and
Fortunes
,
your
Limbs
and
all
that
you
have
:
And
that
without
Grumbling
,
for
you
must
in
all
respects
submit
to
the
Higher
Powers
.
In
verity
,
this
expedition
against
Ireland
,
is
like
to
prove
a
very
difficult
thing
,
unless
I
can
in
policy
,
engage
Owen
Roe
.
If
not
,
to
joyn
with
Jones
,
Monk
and
Coot
;
yet
to
keep
off
at
a
distance
with
Ormond
.
I
am
Beloved
,
about
it
,
and
I
shall
do
my
utmost
endeavors
to
set
him
and
Inchiquin
at
variance
;
And
yet
at
that
very
instant
,
will
I
lose
no
time
nor
opportunity
to
re-oblige
him
to
the
Parliament
;
For
you
all
know
what
Inchiquin
is
,
I
have
him
—
but
I
will
not
say
how
—
an
Act
of
Indempnity
it
is
probable
tied
in
a
string
of
a
five
thousand
Pound
bag
,
may
work
a
Miracle
;
for
he
,
good
man
,
is
but
misguided
,
he
stands
not
upon
such
punctilio's
of
Honour
as
Ormond
doth
.
In
truth
Beloved
,
this
Ormond
is
a
very
shrewd
man
,
and
were
he
not
one
of
the
Wicked
,
a
man
highly
deserving
(
not
so
much
for
his
knowledge
and
experience
in
Military
Affairs
;
which
yet
may
challenge
some
due
proportion
of
Honour
)
for
the
diligence
and
faithfulness
in
the
trust
committed
to
,
and
reposed
in
him
;
Valour
I
will
not
allow
him
,
I
can
only
term
it
desperateness
,
and
that
he
wants
not
.
But
remember
how
politickly
he
carried
himself
in
the
business
of
Dublin
,
after
we
had
totally
subdued
the
common
enemy
here
first
;
how
dextrously
in
the
first
place
did
he
avoid
the
messages
and
Commands
of
the
late
King
,
for
delivering
up
Dublin
into
our
hands
,
(
the
which
order
we
extorted
from
him
)
how
shamefully
did
he
baffle
the
Commissioners
we
sent
to
treat
with
him
about
the
Surrender
;
at
what
distance
still
he
kept
them
,
urging
the
Captivity
of
the
King
,
to
excuse
his
obedience
;
and
how
often
,
and
upon
what
sleeveless
errands
he
sent
them
back
,
to
re-inforce
their
instructions
;
whilest
all
that
while
,
he
was
underhand
endeavouring
to
know
the
Kings
pleasure
,
by
the
hand
of
his
own
Messenger
;
And
when
he
was
satisfied
of
the
realty
,
he
trucked
with
us
for
his
own
Security
and
satisfaction
;
nay
more
,
when
he
had
stood
on
the
receipt
of
some
thousands
,
before
he
would
be
induced
to
surrender
;
you
shall
hear
how
he
then
serves
us
:
For
notwithstanding
that
I
caused
the
Parliament
,
by
their
Letters
voluntarily
to
assure
him
the
full
double
the
Sum
he
demanded
,
upon
condition
he
would
quit
the
King
,
and
declare
for
our
Interests
,
and
that
hereunto
,
he
had
returned
a
fine
Silver
Tongu'd
response
in
answer
to
the
Parliament
,
and
to
indempnifie
him
and
his
Followers
,
for
all
things
said
or
done
in
relation
to
the
English
and
Irish
Wars
,
and
four
Thousand
pound
to
recompence
for
his
great
Charges
and
Losses
,
with
this
additional
assurance
that
he
should
(
soon
after
surrender
)
be
re-invested
with
full
Power
in
the
said
Government
again
,
by
Commission
from
the
Parliament
;
Yet
,
no
sooner
was
Dublin
delivered
to
us
,
by
virtue
of
the
King's
Letters
and
his
Pas-port
sent
him
,
but
he
in
contempt
of
all
our
fair
and
civil
offers
,
Transports
himself
to
France
,
abruptly
waving
both
our
Proffers
and
Protection
.
This
,
Beloved
I
instance
not
to
justifie
him
,
in
his
Rebellions
courses
against
the
Nation
,
for
I
will
use
my
utmost
endeavours
to
destroy
him
for
it
:
But
to
let
you
see
how
gloriously
,
though
in
the
things
that
are
wicked
,
and
unjust
,
he
appears
in
the
eyes
of
the
World
;
in
being
so
true
and
firm
to
his
Trust
,
on
whose
fidelity
is
not
to
be
corrupted
by
Gold
,
nor
good
Preserments
;
and
continues
faithful
to
the
very
last
,
when
in
one
sense
it
was
altogether
useless
,
nor
will
I
let
to
acknowledge
him
to
be
no
less
formidable
then
faithful
and
sedulous
.
For
certainly
he
hath
gone
very
near
to
practice
all
Interests
,
and
pick'd
out
of
them
a
numerous
Army
,
over
whom
he
hath
placed
good
Officers
;
Good
,
(
said
I
)
I
don't
mean
thereby
Godly
Officers
,
for
they
are
all
of
them
Prelatical
and
Popishly
affected
;
but
I
mean
Try'd
Souldiers
,
such
as
will
not
easily
turn
their
backs
on
an
Enemy
:
These
I
must
endeavour
to
oblige
;
and
I
must
confess
,
they
have
also
a
good
Strength
by
Sea
,
and
a
number
of
wilful
,
resolute
,
stout
Fellows
for
Mariners
,
who
are
in
great
heart
,
by
reason
of
the
many
and
great
Prizes
they
have
taken
from
us
:
But
what
of
all
this
?
Shall
we
therefore
be
discouraged
?
God
forbid
.
The
more
numerous
the
Enemy
is
,
the
greater
shall
the
Victory
over
them
be
;
The
more
difficult
the
work
is
,
the
more
Glory
to
God
,
and
Honour
to
Us
;
The
fuller
their
Pockets
are
,
the
worse
they
will
fight
,
you
know
by
experience
.
The
Plunder
of
Leicester
,
gave
us
the
Victory
at
Naisby
;
there
you
saw
the
Cavaliers
chose
rather
to
leave
their
King
to
His
shifts
,
than
shift
from
behind
their
Cloak
bags
.
Believe
it
,
Gentlemen
,
we
shall
(
by
Faith
)
meet
with
many
advantages
against
them
.
R.
himself
(
and
I
know
who
else
,
will
do
us
some
good
,
though
it
be
but
crossing
of
Proverbs
;
and
if
I
hear
but
once
that
Culpepper
or
Hide
is
there
,
doubt
not
but
all
is
our
own
.
I
cannot
recount
a
Tithe
of
them
;
but
this
I
am
sure
,
the
honest
Citizens
have
feasted
us
to
good
purpose
;
for
upon
that
occasion
we
had
their
promise
to
advance
Money
afresh
for
Ireland
;
(
Sam
Nombre
On
Mensare
,
that
is
French
,
Beloved
,
the
English
whereof
is
)
without
Weight
or
Measure
;
verliy
they
are
of
a
stiff
necked
Generation
;
An
exceeding
Meek
,
and
Humble
People
,
from
being
Mutinous
and
Factious
,
and
indeed
Beloved
;
It
was
no
small
work
,
we
had
to
subdue
the
malignant
Spirits
of
the
City
;
Considering
how
audaciously
once
they
withstood
our
Authority
;
and
despised
our
Government
,
how
peremptorily
they
petitioned
for
a
personal
Treaty
;
with
the
King
,
and
sent
their
Servants
into
Colchester
,
Surry
,
and
Kent
,
to
inforce
thereunto
,
how
bitterly
they
inveyed
and
railed
against
the
proceedings
of
the
Parliament
and
Army
;
how
largely
they
contributed
to
bring
in
a
Foreign
Narion
,
towards
us
whilst
yet
,
they
denyed
us
the
Payment
of
our
arrears
,
or
to
continue
the
necessary
Taxes
or
Excise
,
for
our
future
maintanance
,
who
had
preserved
them
and
their
Family
's
from
the
rapine
and
cruelty
of
a
Barbarous
Enemy
,
but
Beloved
Brethren
,
I
mean
not
to
rip
up
old
matters
;
Let
it
suffice
that
,
being
warned
by
that
mishap
,
you
also
fall
not
into
the
like
Sin
of
Disobedience
to
Higher
Powers
;
there
being
no
Powers
but
of
God
,
the
Powers
that
be
,
being
ordained
of
God
.
Objection
,
But
it
may
be
,
some
here
may
object
and
say
you
have
clearly
open'd
and
prov'd
that
You
and
Your
Son
Ireton
are
the
Higher
Powers
here
appointed
by
God
;
then
how
shall
we
be
secure
in
your
absence
,
from
the
Malitious
Plots
and
Contrivances
of
the
Papists
and
Malignants
on
the
one
hand
,
and
those
under-ground
Moles
,
the
Presbyterians
and
Levellers
on
the
other
;
who
,
all
conspire
,
though
for
different
,
ends
the
ruine
of
the
Power
,
especially
hot-headed
Lilburn
,
and
the
rest
with
him
,
in
durance
whose
unquiet
turbulent
Spirits
can
never
be
quelled
,
but
by
a
Common-wealth
;
They
being
so
implacable
and
desperate
.
Answer
,
Truly
Beloved
,
you
do
very
well
to
make
these
doubts
,
I
like
these
doubting
Christians
,
provided
they
be
not
Jealous
Christians
,
but
in
answer
hereunto
,
I
lay
this
down
for
a
sure
maxim
,
that
God
himself
always
protects
those
Powers
he
ordains
;
and
he
never
suffers
them
to
be
flung
off
the
Hinges
;
but
for
our
Sins
or
Misgovernment
in
the
same
,
and
I
think
as
hitherto
you
are
all
witnesses
that
I
have
done
nothing
yet
,
whereby
to
incur
the
displeasure
of
the
Almighty
.
But
more
particularly
,
see
how
far
my
Policy
hath
taken
care
for
you
,
and
the
Peace
of
the
Nation
in
my
absence
;
for
suppose
that
Lilburn
and
the
rest
of
our
Factious
Enemies
(
as
God
knows
we
have
too
many
)
should
strive
to
alienate
the
hearts
of
the
People
from
us
,
And
to
usurp
the
Rule
and
Dominion
to
themselves
;
If
that
convenient
strength
were
not
left
,
and
one
so
well
fitted
with
Policy
and
Courage
to
restrain
them
;
I
have
therefore
taken
care
that
my
Son
Ireton
shall
stay
amongst
you
,
and
my
Noble
Colonel
Lambert
shall
go
my
Leiutenant
General
in
his
stead
;
And
my
Son
you
know
,
wants
no
Spirit
,
if
he
did
,
he
should
never
have
Married
my
Daughter
;
as
to
his
Policy
you
have
as
little
reason
to
doubt
,
as
I
of
his
Fidelity
;
the
large
Remonstrance
renders
him
,
I
think
,
very
clear
handed
and
Subtle
:
And
with
him
I
will
leave
a
sufficient
Strength
,
both
of
Foot
and
Horse
;
Which
together
with
the
City
Forces
,
of
which
we
are
now
sure
(
the
General
also
,
so
Popular
and
Valiant
a
man
,
staying
here
also
to
oversee
them
,
)
shall
,
you
need
not
fear
,
suppress
all
Insurrections
and
Tumults
whatsoever
;
however
,
I
have
left
such
directions
with
my
Son
Ireton
,
about
Lilburn
and
the
rest
,
as
if
ever
hereafter
they
observe
him
or
them
,
to
stir
up
the
People
to
Sedition
,
or
to
scribble
any
thing
as
formerly
against
our
proceedings
;
that
he
shall
forthwith
execute
Military
Justice
upon
them
,
Ad
terrorem
mortua
ne
mordent
,
the
English
is
,
dead
men
tell
no
tales
,
since
neither
our
mercy
,
nor
the
sence
they
have
of
the
uprightness
of
our
Cause
,
will
invite
them
to
forbear
bespattering
the
Innocent
Robes
of
this
Infant
Estate
.
And
now
Beloved
,
as
we
must
not
conceal
any
thing
from
one
another
(
ye
all
being
my
Souldiers
,
and
with
your
Wives
my
intimate
privadoes
and
bosom
Friends
)
I
shall
make
bold
to
acquaint
your
ingenuity
,
in
instancing
another
doubt
,
with
a
danger
at
the
end
of
it
,
which
although
it
may
startle
you
at
the
first
sight
,
yet
be
of
good
courage
,
be
faithful
,
and
strong
,
it
admits
of
any
easie
Solution
,
viz.
About
the
Accord
now
on
Foot
,
between
the
Scots
and
their
new
King
.
Truly
I
must
confess
,
my
designs
were
never
till
now
so
diverted
and
confounded
;
for
I
must
tell
you
,
I
always
reverenc'd
that
short
but
pithy
Precept
of
Machiavel
,
divide
and
reign
;
So
long
as
I
could
keep
them
at
odds
amongst
themselves
,
I
feared
not
but
to
order
them
as
I
pleased
.
But
now
it
is
too
true
,
that
both
the
Parliament
and
Priests
of
that
Kingdom
,
have
attainted
Argile
of
Treason
,
viz.
For
holding
the
hands
of
the
Scots
,
until
we
Executed
that
exemplary
piece
of
Justice
upon
the
King
;
And
that
they
therefore
intend
to
cut
his
Head
off
,
which
if
they
do
,
they
destroy
our
only
Friend
in
that
Kingdom
:
And
the
differences
on
Foot
there
,
must
needs
expire
with
his
death
;
which
being
once
done
,
there
will
nothing
be
left
to
be
done
,
but
to
vie
Authority
with
us
,
and
threaten
us
a
second
Invasion
;
for
you
must
understand
the
Scots
are
a
Warlike
People
,
that
there
is
nothing
will
make
them
sooner
Rebel
,
then
Plenty
and
Idleness
;
They
cannot
be
long
at
Peace
;
If
they
were
quiet
amongst
themselves
,
they
must
Invade
us
.
Now
Beloved
,
to
preserve
our selves
against
them
,
if
it
should
come
to
the
pinch
,
we
had
better
quit
those
out-houses
of
Ireland
,
and
though
that
were
burnt
,
it
matters
not
,
so
we
be
secure
at
home
;
To
which
end
I
have
resolved
,
that
if
they
cut
off
the
Head
of
Argile
,
or
otherways
disable
him
to
prosecute
our
Interest
there
;
that
then
I
will
wave
the
War
in
Ireland
,
and
keeping
the
fore-door
of
this
Nation
close
shut
,
bend
all
my
Forces
to
defend
the
back-door
against
that
perfidious
People
;
And
this
I
perceive
to
be
the
surest
way
,
provided
I
can
make
choice
of
trusty
and
able
Men
to
secure
the
Ports
and
Towns
,
and
In-land
Garrisons
,
without
revolts
,
or
Treachery
;
and
this
will
be
the
easier
done
,
considering
the
Men
and
Money
we
have
at
our
disposals
;
I
tell
you
,
one
Thousand
shall
slay
there
ten
Thousand
,
and
in
a
short
time
make
them
a
little
contemptible
miserable
People
;
and
at
last
root
them
out
from
off
the
face
of
the
Earth
,
and
possess
our selves
of
their
Lands
,
for
an
Inheritance
to
us
,
and
our
Generations
for
ever
.
But
I
have
strayed
too
far
from
my
Text
,
I
will
now
come
to
the
remaining
words
of
it
,
and
so
conclude
.
For
there
is
no
Power
,
but
of
God
.
viz.
the
Councel
of
State
,
the
House
of
Commons
,
the
Councel
of
War
,
and
all
the
High-Court
of
Justice
are
of
God
;
and
the
following
words
of
my
Text
,
give
you
the
reason
.
For
the
Powers
that
be
,
are
ordained
of
God
.
Be
they
just
or
unjust
,
they
are
all
of
God
;
and
so
requires
your
Passive
,
if
not
Active
obedience
;
For
God
ordained
them
,
as
he
did
that
Tyranical
Power
of
the
late
King
,
and
those
Belly
Gods
the
Bishops
;
so
he
ordained
us
for
their
sins
,
to
pluck
them
down
,
and
as
he
hath
graciously
removed
those
wicked
Powers
;
so
he
hath
appointed
us
to
preserve
,
cherish
,
comfort
,
and
relieve
the
Saints
,
our
Lot
is
fallen
in
a
pleasant
place
,
and
We
,
now
enjoy
all
their
Lands
and
Estates
;
that
We
might
Rule
and
Govern
the
Land
,
in
Sincerity
and
Truth
;
by
distributing
Justice
equally
,
and
impartially
,
to
every
Soul
according
to
his
will
;
but
the
time
is
past
,
and
my
business
has
a
General
now
,
requires
my
Presence
and
Councel
;
I
desire
therefore
,
Dear
Brethren
,
and
Sisters
;
that
you
daily
power
out
your
Prayers
and
supplications
for
us
,
and
for
our
success
against
the
wicked
and
ungodly
that
are
risen
up
against
us
;
and
that
you
cease
not
to
comfort
one
another
,
with
Mutual
Embraces
and
Spiritual
Kisses
,
to
delight
and
sweeten
your
passages
through
this
vale
of
misery
,
And
that
you
take
special
care
to
strengthen
and
corroberate
your selves
,
with
all
moderate
use
;
of
the
Creatures
,
that
I
may
find
Oyle
in
your
Lamps
when
I
return
.
Let
us
call
upon
God
in
Prayer
.
FINIS
.