R. B. This is yet more than the former: Alas, have you cast off all heed what you ⟨p. 37⟩say, and all common modesty in your reports? Where did I ever deny any Activeness? I argued thus: [He that never meddled with the War till long after it was raised; that never shot, struck or hurt any man; that never was Officer or Common-Soldier, that never took Commission to be Chaplain of the Garrison where two years of the War I did continue, but preached a Lecture to them without any Commission; that never went into the Field Army, till after Naseby Fight, and then went thither by the solemn Advice of an Assembly of Divines, (many yet living) twice assembled, and that upon an open profession to the Committee, that my Reason and Business was in the apprehension of our Common danger from the Army, to discharge my own Conscience in dissuading as many of the Soldiers as I could, from overturning the Government of the State and Church, which I was fully satisfied they intended, and that spent his time among them under their displeasure in such work; I say, that he that did thus, was not so guilty of stirring up, and fomenting the War, as were those that first raised it, and those that were Generals, Commanders or Soldiers, and as those that preached for it to the Parliament, or as those that went on in the many following Wars to the end. And is there any thing in all this, that saith, I was no way Active in it? My Activity was principally in the City of Coventry, which never saw an Enemy while I was there: And it was in telling my opinion to others; and twice going out with their ⟨p. 38⟩Soldiers to the Siege of neighbour Garrisons; The rest I intimated to you before. And this is it that I meant in the words of the Book which you recite. I asked you, whether the Parliament, nor the chief Speakers in it, nor the Earl of Essex, nor Cromwell did no more? with more to that purpose, which you give no answer to; but defend your falsehood with the addition of more such—falsehoods, as if your design in writing, were practically to tell men, to what boldness in sinning mans vitiated nature will proceed, if it be not seasonably restrained. Yea, as if you had quite forgotten what you were to prove, you say,
R. B. This is yet more than the former: Alas, have you cast off all heed what you ⟨p. 37⟩say, and all common modesty in your reports? Where did I ever deny any Activeness? I argued thus: [He that never medled with the War till long after it was raised; that never shot, struck or hurt any man; that never was Officer or Common-Soldier, that never took Commission to be Chaplain of the Garrison where two years of the War I did continue, but preached a Lecture to them without any Commission; that never went into the Field Army, till after Naisby Fight, and then went thither by the solemn Advice of an Assembly of Divines, (many yet living) twice assembled, and that upon an open profession to the Committee, that my Reason and Business was in the apprehension of our Common danger from the Army, to discharge my own Conscience in disswading as many of the Souldiers as I could, from overturning the Government of the State and Church, which I was fully satisfied they intended, and that spent his time among them under their displeasure in such work; I say, that he that did thus, was not so guilty of stirring up, and fomenting the War, as were those that first raised it, and those that were Generals, Commanders or Souldiers, and as those that preached for it to the Parliament, or as those that went on in the many following Wars to the end. And is there any thing in all this, that saith, I was no way Active in it? My Activity was principally in the City of Coventry, which never saw an Enemy while I was there: And it was in telling my opinion to others; and twice going out with their ⟨p. 38⟩Souldiers to the Siege of neighbour Garrisons; The rest I intimated to you before. And this is it that I meant in the words of the Book which you recite. I askt you, whether the Parliament, nor the chief Speakers in it, nor the Earl of Essex, nor Cromwell did no more? with more to that purpose, which you give no answer to; but defend your falshood with the addition of more such—falshoods, as if your design in writing, were practically to tell men, to what boldness in sinning mans vitiated nature will proceed, if it be not seasonably restrained. Yea, as if you had quite forgotten what you were to prove, you say,
