12 The HISTORY of the PuRITANs. VoL. II. K. Charles I." conceives can be only fettled by adjourning the parliament to fome other ~ " place, at the leaf!: twenty miles from London, the choice of which his " majefl:y leaves to both houfes. · " His majefl:y will then mofl: chearfully and readily confent, that " both armies be immediately di!banded, and give a prefent meeting to " both his houfes of parliament, at the fame time and place, at, and " to which the parliament !hall agree to be adjourned. " His m ajefl:y being confident, that the law will then recover its due " credit and efl:imation, and that upon a free debate, in a full and peace– " able convention of parliament, fuch provi!ions will be made againfl: fe– " ditious preaching and printing ag'ainfl: his majefiy, and the efl:abli{hed " laws, which bath been one of the chief caufes of the prefent difirac– " tions; and fuch care will be taken concerning the legal and known " rights of his majefl:y, and the property and liberty of his fubjeCl:s, that " whatfoever bath been publi!hed or done, in or by colour of any illegal « declarations, ordinances, or order of one or both houfes, or any corn– " mittee of either of them, and particularly the power to raife arms " without his majelly's confent, will be in fuch manner recalled, dif– " claimed, and provided againfl:, that no feed will remain for the like to " fpring out of for the future, to dillurb the peace of the kingdom, and « to endanger the very being of it-- This refolute anfwer broke off the treaty, and left the quarrel to be de– cided by the fword; upon which bi!hop Kennet makes the following re– Compl. mark, " 'Tis to be lamented, that fome of the king's moll intimate HJfl. P· 135·" friends were againfl: his concluding a peace, and others were againfl: his •~ obtaining an abfolute viCtory. They were afraid he !hould comply, left " his prerogative might not be great enough to proteCt him ; and yet "afraid he !hould conquer, left he might be tempted to affume an arbitra– " ry power." 'Tis plain from hence, that by peace the king meant no– thing but being refl:ored to all the prerogatives of his crown as before the war, without any additional fecurity; and that there was no room for a treaty till the previous quellion was determined, Whether there was jzljt reafon to confide in the king, and refiore him to his rights, upon his bare pro– mife if governing by law for the ji1ture? for all the propofitions neceffa– fily lead to this point, and till this was decided it was in vain to lofe time upon the others. Death and Thus ended the year 1642. in which died the famous 'I'obiasCriJP, D.D. charaller of third fon of Ellis Cr{jp of L ondon, E fq; He was born in Breadjlreet Dr. Cufp. L ondon, 16oo. educated at Baton fchool, and having took the degree of batchelor of arts at Cambridge retired to Oxford, and was incorporated 2 into
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