Hi,lory o. f the Puritans, exdmi'a. 343 leave obtain'd to P: ;ceed. 5. That the Sove- reign-Power refides in both Houles of Parliament, and that his Majefty has no Negative Voice : So then his Maje y himfelf muàr be fub eP to their Commands. 6. That the levying of Forces a- gainft the Perfonal Commands of the King, tho' accompanied with his Prefence, is not levying War againft the King : And that Treafon cannot be committed againft his Perfon, otherwife than as he is entrufted with the Kingdom, and difcharg- ing that Truft ; and that they have a Power to judge, whether he difcharge that Truft or no. 7. That if they íhould make the higheft Prece- ' dents of other P.:rliarnents their Patterns, there would be no Caule to complain of want of Mo- defty and Duty in them ; that is, they may depofe his Majefty.when they will, and are not to be blamed for fo doing.' There Pofitions of this darling Parliament, are molt certainly worthy of Mr. Neal's Defence. A Perfon as willing, (I believe) to defend them, as any one whatfoever. Neal, p. 56o. He [viz. the King, in his Anfwer to the Memorial] neither affirms, nor denies the de- ign of bringing the Army to London, but quibbles with the words Defign and Refolution, (as Rapin obferves) King Charles the FirJl being very skilful infuchfort of Ambiguities. I am really di nculted to guefs, whether Mr. Neal, or Rapin, difcovers the molt ofa Republican Spirit. The King, in his Declaration to all his lov- ing Suhjc&s, slugu/t 12, 1642. has fully anfwer'd this Objefsion ; whe e he calls it * a firange Plot in- deed, ' Which confidering (lays he) the Confti- tution of that Time, no Man can believe us guil- ty of ; and° tho' they made great ufe of it, to the Husbzads's Exaft Colicetions, p. 3-13, Z 4 ` filling
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