330 T'he HISTORY of the PuRITANS. VoL. u. X. C 6 har 8 lesi. inctlrable jealoufy of each other as formerly; from the fame motive th 1 4 • !b . . h 1' ur.n . .n , e ~) pre y~enans m t e par 1ament at rr f!;•mtnper commiilioned their army to oppofe the ]cots, though they came into England with an avowed in– tention of refl:oring the king upon the terms of the covenant; which was the fupreme object of their wiihes. It may feem furprifing however, that there was no good underfl:and– ing between the two parliaments, when thofe of England fent com– miffioners to Edinburgh to accompli(h it; but the ]cots being fl:rongly perfuaded, that the parliament at Weftminfter was fl:ill governed by an army of independents, all that Mr. Marjhal and the refi: could fay was not fufficicnt to divert them from their enterprize, which is the 'eafier accounted for, when the fl:rength of the Hamiltonian faCJion, and their obligations to the king by th~ir fecret treaty are co?fidere.d. This engage– ment appears from the dukes letter to Lambert, m wh1ch he acquaints him, that he was commanded to enter England with an army, for mainRu!hw. taining the folemn league and covenant; for Jettling religion ; for delilP· ugf. vering the king from his baje impr[Jonment; and freeing the parliammt from the conflraint put upon them. The fl:ate of affairs had undergone a confiderable change by the rifing of the englijh cavaliers, the army was in the field, and divided into feveral difl:ant parts of the kingdom, and the prejbj terians in as full poffe11ion of the government, as ever; they were renewing the treaty with the king, ami fending propofirions to the Jcots to join with them; but the good underfl:anding between the two nations having been interrupted lafl: winter, by the growing influence of the army, who were no friends to covenant uniformity, the Jcots would not be fatisfied with the prefent diminution of their power, unlefs they were entirely di!banded, and th erefore had not changed the infhuC1:ions to their ueneral. On the other band, the parliament could not with fafety difband their army while the cavaliers were in the field ; nor could· they fo rbid their oppofing the ji·ots, who had joined the common enen~)', and were marching into England with an armed force, to deliver the king from his imprifonment, although they had concerted no meafures· with the two houfes, or communicated their fecret treaty with his ma. jefly in the l}e of Wight. Thus the two parliaments of England and Scotland oppofed each other, when both had the fame views, and were aC1:uated by the fame principles. If the ]cots army had been command– ed by a general the prejbyterians could have confided in, and had march– ed directly for London, without joining the cavaliers, the parliament of England would have gladl-y received_ them, and. the ci_tizens of L ondon :H~rn. M. have opened their gates;. for the englijh pr:es/J)'tenan_s w1ihed them well;. · p. 337 , 3 4 5, but by joining the common enemy, who were m arms all over th.e 353, &c, kingdom, they were fiaggered; and duke Hamilton,. who betrayed thm caufe,
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