.360 The HIS T 0 R Y of the Pu.RIT ANS; VoL. n. K. Charles T. public affairs, under certain reil:ricrions; one of which is, that they d 1 ~)not lay any n:Jlraints on the confciences ifmen for religious differences (as has been mentioned) but no proceedings were had upon it, nor did it ever take place. f7ates_of the In the mean time, the houfe of commons (if they now deferved that 1·emamder of ) d h· · fi • Jr. h Tjl ·~"W.' h /, ',+. the houfe of name , vote IS maJe y s conce"Jons at t e ,, e0; rg t notJatzv aClory ; c.mmons. and " that flo member who bad been abfent when that vote was paifed, Rulhw. p. " iliould fit again in the hou {e till he had fubfcribed it; that no more j~60· 6 " addreifes be made to the king for the future, that no malignant, who • p. 13 S· " had affilled againil: the parliament in the firfl: or fecond civil war, or " that had abetted the late tumults, !hould be capable of being chofen " lord mayor or alderman of the city of London, or be capable of any '' place of profit or trufl:, or fo much as of giving his vote for chooling Clarend. P· . . perfons into fuch offices, for the fpace of one year." The fecluded 2 4°· members publilhed a protefl:ation againfl: all tbefe proceedings as null and void, till they were refl:ored to their places; but the lords and commons who remained in the houfes, voted their protefl:ation falfe, fcandalous, and feditious. Who rejol'-:e The army having vanquilhed all oppofition, went on with irre!iilible totrythekmg. violence to change the whole frame of government; and to make way for Rufhw. · d · d · h h k. t" h' l r: h ' b h P· 13 6 3 . It, etermme to 1mpeac t e mg o 1g 1 tr~aton, as avmg een t e Rapin, p. caufe of all the blood that had been fpiit in the late war. This unheard 562. of motion met with fome oppolition even in that pack'd a../Jembly ; 0/iver D6 u 6 gdale, P· Cromwe/1 was in doubt, and fa id " if any man moved this of choice 3 · " or delign, he fhould think him the greatefl: TRA YTOR in the world; "but fince PROVIDENCE and NECESS ITY had call them upon it, he " {hould pray God to blefs their councils, though he was not provided "on· the fudden to give them advice." ~ome faid, there was no need to bring the king to a trial; others, that there was no law to try him, nor any judicatory to call him to account; but all this was over-ruled; and becaufe the lords rejeCted the ordinance for the king's trial, lord C!arenP· 361. don tells us, they !hut up their doors; but Mr. Whitlock fays, they enter– ed their houfe, and altho' feveral ordinances paffe:d, the commons would not own them any longer. Thus the confl:itution was diffolved, and all that enfued, mufl: be confidered as effeCl:ed by the military po 1cer. l'oice oftht Tho' fame few petitions had been procured from divers counties, and nation. even from the common-council of London, that jujlice might be done upon the authors ifour troubles, and bloodjhed, in an exemplary way, and ~vithout rejpetl ifperfom; yet the general voice of the nation was againll fuch violence, as appears by the petitions and protefl:ations of all orders of people. The
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