The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulness of Parliamentary proceedings in taking…The truth of the times vindicated whereby the lawfulnesse of Parliamentary procedings in taking…

Again, whereas I argue from the being and nature of Parliament, that if it hath not power to send for by force, those that are accused to be tried before them, that should not be a Court of Justice; seeing that even inferior Courts have a power to force those before them that are to be tried: And if the Parliament may send one Sergeant at Arms, then 20. then 100. then 1000, &c. The Doctor Replies: Therefore Inferior Courts have a power to raise Arms. (Answer) this follows not? For though I say every Court hath power to force in the accused; yet it must be in a way suitable: Now this raising of Arms is not suitable unto an Inferior Court, but to the Parliament being a more National and public Court then any other is. The Dr. tells us indeed that other Courts have their posse comitatus. So the Parliament have their Orders▪ to fetch and force in the accused, which are established by law, aswell as his posse Comitatus is: But saith the Dr. I did not know before that all the Parliament Soldiers were Sergeants at Arms. Answer, how doth he catch at the word, and let the sense go; the sense, scope and drift of the Argument, was to show that as they might send forth one who by force should fetch in the accused; by the same reason they might send forth ten, and by the same Reason that they may send forth, 10; they may send forth 20, so 100, so 1000, so 10000: The Dr. puts off the Argument with a Jeer, because he hath no list to meddle with the Reason.

Againe, whereas I argue from the being and nature of Parliament, that if it hath not power to send for by force, those that are accused to be tryed before them, that should not be a Court of Justice; seeing that even inferiour Courts have a power to force those before them that are to be tryed: And if the Parliament may send one Sergeant at Armes, then 20. then 100. then 1000, &c. The Doctor Replies: Therfore Inferiour Courts have a power to raise Armes. (Answer) this followes not? For though I say every Court hath power to force in the accused; yet it must be in a way suitable: Now this raising of Armes is not suitable unto an Inferiour Court, but to the Parliament being a more Nationall and publike Court then any other is. The Dr. tells us indeed that other Courts have their posse comitatus. So the Parliament have their Orders▪ to fetch and force in the accused, which are established by law, aswell as his posse Comitatus is: But saith the Dr. I did not know before that all the Parliament Souldiers were Sergeants at Armes. Answer, how doth hee catch at the word, and let the sence goe; the sence, scope and drift of the Argument, was to shew that as they might send forth one who by force should fetch in the accused; by the same reason they might send forth ten, and by the same Reason that they may send forth, 10; they may send forth 20, so 100, so 1000, so 10000: The Dr. puts off the Argument with a Jeere, because hee hath no list to meddle with the Reason.