For the Parliament is ever at librtie to make the People more free from burthens and oppressions of any nature, but in things appertaining to the universall Rules of common equitie and justice, all men and all Authority in the world are bound. And for the first, it was a great things, the extirpation of Episcopacie, but that meerly is not the main matter the people expected which indeed is, that none be comelled against Conscience in the worship of God, nor any mollested for Conscience sake, the oppression for Conscience, having been the greatest oppression that ever lay upon religious people, and therefore except that be removed, the people have small ease by removall of the Bishops, but rather will be in greater bondage, if more and more spirituall taskmasters be set over us. These were no small matters also their abolishing the High Commission, and Starr Chamber for oppressing people, by imposing the Oath Ex Officio, and by imprisoning of men, contrary to law, equitie, and justice. But if the people be not totally freed from oppression of the same nature, they have a very small benefit of the taking down of those oppressing Courts. Seeming goodnesse is more dangerous than open wickednesse.
Kind deeds are easliy discerned from faire and pleasing words.
All the Art and Sophisterie in the world, will not availe to perswade you, that you are not in Newgte, much lesse that you are at libertie. No, they are but corrupt and dangerous flatterers, that maintaine any such fond opinions concerning either Kings or Parliaments. Doth any man entrust, and not looke for justice and good dealing from him he trusts. The greatest safety will be found in open and universall justice, who relyeth on any other will be deceived. March not so swiftly ye mighty ones, one single honest hearted man man alone of times by unpleasing importunity, not only stayes, but saves a whole Army from inevitable dangers for better is wisedome then weapons of warre Ecclesiastes 9.18.