368 Mr. N E A L's IId Vol. of the he told them, after an Inforcement of thefe Or- ' ders, " That he could not fufpea their Courage " and Refolution, their Confcience and Loyalty 6' had brought them thither, to fight for their Re- '; Iigion, their King, and the Laws of the Land. « They should meet with no Enemies, but Trai- " tors, molt of them Browns, Anabaptißs, and LC Atheißs ; fuch who delire to deftroy both Church " and State, and who had already condemned them iG to Ruin, for being loyal to him." Then, after he had promifed to live and die with them, he made a folemn Proteftation to them, in thefe Words 6' I do promife, in the Prefence of Almighty God, " and as I hope for his BlejJng and Prote lion, that " I wi /'l, to the utmoft of my power, defend and " maintain the true Proteftant Religion, eflabl'd " in the Church of England ; and, by the Grace cf " of God, in the fame live and die. I do de fire to " govern by the known Laws of the Land, and that the Liberty and Prope -ty of the Subjea may by them be preferved with the fame Care, as my own " ° juft Rights. And if it pleafes God, by his Bluing " upon this Army, railed for my neceffary Defence, " to preferve me from this Rebellion, I do folemnly " and faithfully promife, in the fight of God, to " maintain the juft Privileges and Freedom of Par- " liament, and to govern by the known Laws of the " Land, to my utmoft power ; and particularly, to obferve inviolably the Laws confented to by me " to this Parliament. In the mean while, if this C6 time of War, and the great Necefjìty and Straits I " am now driven to, beget any Violation of thole, I " hope it ¡hall be imputed by God and Men to the Au- " ¡hors cf the War, and no-t to me, who have eçarneji- " ly laboured for the Prfervation of the Peace of the " Kingdom. When 1 willingly fail in thefe Partictur " lars, I will expeFl no Aid or Relieffrom any Man, " or Pretetion from Heaven : but, in this Refolution, nz
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