1. That wiche is obuious, in the first place, amonge the sinns of the land, is our late proceidings with the King; quherin, that wee be not mistakin, wee shall distinguish betuix our deuty and our sinns.
Wee owe and acknouledge for our deutie, to wsse all lawfull wayes and means for reclaming the King, and to owne his intrest according to oure vocatione, so fare as he owns and prosecuttes the causse. Bot we are conwinced that it is our sinne, and the sin of the kingdome, that quhen the King had walked in the wayes of his fathers oppositione to the worke of reformation, and the soleme leauge and couenant, wntill he had gone the lenthe of confirming a peace with the Irishe rebells, for pardon of the blood shed of so maney thousand protestants, and allowing them the exercisse of the popesche religion; and quhen he had giuen commissions to the appostat rebell James Grhame to inwade this kingdome: that after all this, commissioners should haue beine varrandit to assure him of his present admissione to the exercisse of his royall power, vpone his profession to ioyne in the causse and couenant, not onlie without aney furder euidence of his repentance, wnto the renewing of the Lords contrawersie with his fathers housse, and without conuincing euidences of the realitie of his profession, and his forsaiking his former principals and wayes; but quhen ther was pergnant presumptions, if not cleir euidences of the contrarey.
2. That ther was to grate haist and præcipitatione in a second addresse to the King, after the first had beine reiected, as appeired in the publick motion of it, without aney consultation about it; in the suddaine electione of commissionars for the soleme addresse, and in refussing to delay the matter wntill the meitting of the parliament, then werey neire; and all this haist made quhen ther was informatione giuen that his Maieatie at the same tyme had giuen commissions to inwade this kingdome, and without seeking the Lords directione in a matter of so heighe consequence to the worke and people of God.
3. That the trettey was continewed after the Lord had cleirlie discouered the Kings wnstraight dealling, in the invasione actuall of this kingdome, by his varrant and commissione during the trettey.
4. That ther was too grate forwardnes in some of the commissioners to closse the trettey, without satisfaction requyred by the parliament, and ther imploying instruments to persuade the King, who wer ather oppin enimies to the causse and couenant, or had delte deceitfully therin; from quhom nothing could be expected, bot to teache his Maᵗⁱᵉ dissimulatione and outwarde complyance, rather than aney cordiall coniunctione with the causse and couenant.
5. Quhen the parliament of this kingdome was acquanted with the transactions of our commissioners with the King at Breda, and had declared ther disaffectione with sundrey things therin, and had made the same knowen to our commissioners; zet plainnesse and freedome was not wssed with the King, to declare wnto him befor he cam from Holland, the sence of this kingdome vpone the trettey. Bot his Maiestie was brought to sea with a wicked companie of Scottishe and Englishe malignants, expresly contrarey to the directions of parliament.
Quhen the Lord had in a wounderfull prouidence brought to the weiu of the parliament his Maᵗⁱᵉˢ bloodie commissions to James Grhame, and seuerall letters discouering his firme adherence to his former principalls, euen quhen he was proposing a trettey with this kingdome, and of resolutione to make wsse of his forces lewied by James Grhame for the inwading of this kingdome during the tyme of the trettey. Notwithstanding of all this, they proceided to closse a trettey with the King, and admitt him to the present exercisse of his power, and that befor aney trayell had, or euidences giuen of aney reall change in him.
Thesse thinges wee looke vpone as heighe prouocations befor the Lord, thretting no lesse the destructione of ws and of our King.
Notwithstanding this sinfull way of aggrement with the King, for wich wee and maney of the Lords people in the land haue mournid, finding nothing in all the progresse of the bussines that might giue ws aney sure ground of hope that the Lords contrawersey was remoued from the royall familey, yet haue wee bein willing to wait wntill the Lord should make some discouerey, wither the King had really ioyned in the causse and couenant, or had onlie come in for worldlie ends and deseinges, and had reteind his olde enmitie at the worke of God, and frindschipe with the enimies therof. Bot now ther being cleir euidences that the Lord hath bein deceaued and ensnared by his dissembling in the Lords worke as may appeire,