Lieut. Gen. Cromwell, Mr. Armin, Mr. Dixwell, Mr. Millington, Mr.
Holland, Col. Harvey, Mr. Blake, Mr. Peter Temple, Sir Gregory
Norton, and Lord Gray.
This Committee or any 5 of them are to take into consideration,
a book intituled a Vindication of the Ministers of the Gospelt, in and
about London, from the unjust aspersions, Cast upon the former actings
for the parliament, and to examine the authors, printers, subscribers
to the said book, and by what meanes the subscriptions to
the said book were obteyned, and by whom.; And this Committee
are likewise to have power, to take information of such as have already
preached, published, or printed seditiously against the proceedings
in bringing the King to justice, and that this Committee do
prepare and bring in an Ordinance to restrain publike preaching,
or printing, any thing against the proceedings of the House, and the
high Court of Justice, in relation to the bringing the King to Justice,
And Mr. Hill is to take speciall care of it, and the Committee
is to meete on Munday about two of the clocke in the Queenes
Court.
The commons taking into consideration the setling of the Government
of this Kingdom, and whether it should be by a King
or without a King. It was resolved upon the Question that it hath
been, found by experience and this House do declare, that the Office
of a King in this Nation, and to have the power thereof, in any
singular person, is unnecessary burdensome and dangerous to the liberty
and safety and publike interest of the people of this Nation,
and therefore ought to be abolished, and ordered that an act bee
brought into that purpose.
And forasmuch as in the next place the great expectation of the
people is to know, what assurance they shall have that they are not
under an Arbitrary power.
The Parliament of England now assembled do declare, that they
are fully resolved to maintain, and shall and will uphold, preserve,
and keep the Fundamentall Laws of this Nation, for and concerning
the preservation of their lives, properties, and liberties of the
people, all things incident thereunto; with the alterations touching
Kings, and house of Lords, already resolved in this present Parliament,
for the good of the people, and what should be necessary for
the perfecting thereof, and to require and expect, that all Judges