556 The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANs. VoL. II. Ch~j'fs ll. indemnity for all. w?o .had been concerned in the precee~ing commotions. I66o. except the late kmg s judges, and two or three others. ~ Had the directions given for the choice of this parliament been obferv– 'l'hhey 0,V,::-u ,,ed, no royalifts could have fat in the houfe; however their numbers were t t !Up ICe o/. fid l . . the civil war 1ncon 1 erab e; the conventiOn was a prejbyterran parliament, and had Eachard, p. the courage to avow the juftice and lawfu~nefs of taking arms againft the :;65. late .king till.tpe year I 648 ; for when l\;fr. Lenthall fpeaker of the long parliament, Ill order to. lh~w the fi.ncenty of his repentance, had faid, that ke that firjl drew hzs Jwor~ agati?Ji the late king, committed as great an iflence as he that cut off hiS head; he was brought to the bar, and received the following reprimand from the prefent fpeaker, by order of the houfe. SIR, "T H E houfe has taken great offence at what you have £1id, " which in the judgment of the houfe, contains as high a re– ,, flection upon the jufticc of the proceedings of the lords and corn– " mons of the lafl: parliament, in their aetings before 1648, as could be " exprelfed. They apprehend there is much poifon in the faid words, " and that they were fpoken out of defign to inflame, and to render them " ~vho drew the Jword to bring delinquents to punijhment, and to vindicate " their jujl liberties, into balance with them who cut off the king's " head; of which they exprefs their abhorrence and deteltation. There– " fore I am commanded to let you know, that had thefe words fallen out « at any other time in this parliament, but when they had conGderations ·« of mercy, and indemnity, you might have expeCted a !harper and fe– u verer fentence- Neverthelefs I am according to command, to give " you a !harp reprehenGon, and I do as lharpl-y and feverely as 1 earl " reprehend you for it." They~;;~ But it was to little purpofe to jullify the civil war, when they were every thing yielding up all they hacl been contending for to the court; for though they J,:.,~ourt deftopt lhort of the lengths of the n~xt parliament, they encre~fed' his Rapin, p. majelty's revenues ~o much, t.hat 1f he had been a frugal pnnce .he zs8. migh t have live~ wnhout par.haments for the future. The reftor.111g the king after this manner without any tr.eaty, or one fingle article for thefe curing men in the enjoyment of their religious and civil p. S6. liberties, was (as bilhop Burnet obferves) the foundation of all the mifJ fortunes of the nation under this. reign. And as another right reverend P relate obferve'S, the refroration of the king in this high and abfolute man– . - ner,
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