...was it not as lawful to oppose the Parliament as it was to oppose the King ? " Consider," he urged, " whether this army be not a lawful power called by God to oppose and fight against 164W Cromwell and the King^s Execution 213 the King upon some stated grounds ; and being in power to...

...three plain questions. First, whether Salus Populi be a sound position? Secondly, whether this Army be a lawful power, called by God to oppose and fight against the king? My dear friend, let us look into providences; surely they mean somewhat. They hang so together; they...

...fruit of the war like to be frustrated, and all most like to turn to what it was, and worse ? . . . Thirdly, Whether this Army be not a lawful power,...oppose one name of authority, for those ends, as well as another, the outward authority that called them, not by their power making the quarrel lawful, but...

...upon those Covenants and Engagements, without whom perhaps, in equity, relaxation ought not to be? Thirdly, Whether this Army be not a lawful Power,...oppose one Name of Authority, for those ends, as well as another Name — since it was not the outward Authority summoning them that by its power made the...

...to it. For Cromwell, the consistency of God's providential dispensations revealed that the army was 'a lawful power, called by God to oppose and fight against the king'. Increasing unity of purpose among the 'Saints', the 'disposing the hearts of so many of God's people...

...upon those Covenants and Engagements, without whom perhaps, in equity, relaxation ought not to be ? Thirdly, Whether this Army be not a lawful Power,...oppose one Name of Authority, for those ends, as well as another Name, — since it was not the outward Authority summoning them that by its power made the...