1. By his countenancing and entertaning the malignant partey in this kingdome, his cleiuing to ther companey and following ther counsells, quho haue abused him, taught him to continew in his former opposition to the worke, and in his lait compliance, that he might wind himselue in power to prosecute his former desainges.
2. By his keiping correspondence withe the notorious enimies of the worke of reformatione and couenant abroade, suche as the Marques of Ormond, the Earle of Newcastle, and others.
3. By his refussing to seinge the declaratione offred to him by the Comittee of Estaits and Commissioners of the Generall Assembley, wntill he was necessitated by declarations concerning him, and wntill it was in a kynd extorted from him.
4. By his perseuing the same desinge since the trettey as befor, indeworinge to haue the malignants of his kingdome in pouer and trust, as appeirs by his frequent conwersing and correspondencies with them, notwithstanding they are discharged the courte by acte of parliament.
5. By his wretting to the Comissione of the Kirke to that purpose, and quhen it was denayed by them, by his instructions to the Lord Chanceler, communicated to the Comittee of Estaits the 26 of September last, pleading for a coniunction with the malignant partie; and, at last, quhen nather kirke nor staite did giue ther concurrence therin, he deserted the counsailles of the kingdome, and priuatly conwayed himselue away with the malignants, quho had euer since his coming to the kingdome waitit for that opportunitie, and with quhom he had corresponded in carrinng one a deseinge to raisse them againe in armes.
By thesse thinges, it being now manifest that the King is not prosecutting the causse of God, and valking in subordination to God, bot rather in opposition to the worke of God and the couenant, and cleiuing to the enimies therof, according to the declaration of kirke and stait of the 13 of Aguste 1650, wee disclaime all the guilte and sin of the King and of his housse, both olde and lait; and declaire, that wee cannot owen him and his intrest in the stait of the quarrell betuix ws and the enimey, aganist quhom (if the Lord will) we are to hazard our liues.
And further, for the remedey of quhat is past, and prewenting of more sin and danger to the worke of God in this land, wee humblie offer to your Lops: that besydes the repenting off and humbling yourselues for thesse thinges, your Lops: wold be pleassed, according to the acte of the 7th of Februarij last, judgeing it necessarie securitie for the causse, that the King forsake the counsells and counsellers that haue been opposit therwnto; and according to the acte of parliament explaining the inwitatione wich approues therof onlie in this sensse: he performing satisfactione to the desyres conteind in the 4 demands, and according to the acte ratifiing the trettey, and putting him in the exercisse of his power, with the lyke restriction and conditione, he reuling according to the counsells of this kingdome and kirke. To consider that the King not hauing forsaken the counsells and companey of malignants, bot still cleiueng to the same, notwithstanding of all the endeuors wsed by kirke and staite in the contrarie, and not hauing performed the satisfaction promissed by him in the trettey; and not reulinge according to the counsells of the kingdome; bot forsaking the same to ioyne with malignant counsells and forces wich he was bound to abandon: Withere this be not suche a breache of his conditione to performe the satisfactione promissed, and suche a discouerey that he hath not ioyned cordially in the causse and couenant, as giues good ground not to intrust him with the exercisse of his power, till suche tyme as ther shall be conuincing and cleire euidence of a reall change in him; and that your Lops: should take ane effectuall coursse for preuenting the Kinges coniunctione with the malignant partie for the tyme to come; and for the tryall of the last malignant deseinge of the Kings deserting the publicke counsailles, and of all thesse quho haue had accessione to it, and for disableing the malignants, quho haue by ther lait acteinges discouered deepe hypocrisie and mocking of God, by a profession of repentance, till they be out of capacity to hurte the worke and people of God?
II. Albeit the publicke judicatories of the kirke and stait haue, by ther declarations, sufficiently cleired themselues of that wich is wniustly charged vpon them by the adwersarey, to witt, ane ingagement to the King, and a deseinge laide to inwade England, and force the King vpone that nation by armes. And althoughe wee cannot purge ourselues befor the Lord, that we neuer had aney suche deseinge, wich wee can professe with the more cleirnes, becausse nather the lawfullnes nor necessity therof, nor our calling therwnto, was euer so muche as debaitted in the publicke judicatories; all wiche was declared to be necessarey to aney suche resolutione, and to wich wee purposse still to adhere. Zet wee beseiche your Lops: to consider wither in Gods sight, quho will not be mocket with declarations contrarie to intentions, ther be no iust causse to charge some eminent persons in our counsaills and forces with suche ingagements, and deseinges to inwade England for the enforcing of the King vpone that nation, and for enriching themselues with ther spoyles. And that the Lord is righteous in doing to this nation, as maney in our armies did to England quhen wee wer called to ther assistance, and as was intendit by maney to be done againe by a new inwasione.
Lett it therfor be zet examined how grate a prouocatione it is in aney persone to haue intendit ane inwasione, and forcing of the King vpone ane other natione not subordinat to ws, without a preuious debait and determinatione of the lawfullnes and necessity therof, by the parliament, or Generall Assembley, or ther commissioners; and without a preuious cleireing of our calling to it, and without the preuious remoueing of the Lords contrawersie aganist the King, (quhom iustlie the Lord hes remoued from the gouerniment of that kingdome, quhatsoeuer justice was in mans pairt,) and with ane intendit coniunctione with the malignant partie, so fare contrarey to the publicke declarations and professions of the kingdome, and attestation of God that wee had no suche deseinge.
If it be sin in ws to haue put in the Kings handes the exercisse of power in this nation, befor euidences had of a reall change in him, how much more sinfull must it be to haue deseinged, or to haue endeuored, the putting more power in his hands in England; wee cannot judge otherwayes of suche a deseinge, then to be preferring of mans intrest to Gods, and a betraying of his causse and people wnto the handes of one quho had not layed doune his enmitey aganist bothe.