And so from that cause require their assistance in
person, for the preservation of the Laws, Liberties and Peace of
the Commonwealth, according to their engagement when they were
chosen, which was this: _Do you protect our Laws and Liberties, and
we will protect and assist you._
"_Secondly_, A Parliament is to make choice of understanding, able
and public-spirited men to be Leaders of an Army in this case, and
to give them Commissions and Power, in the name of the
Commonwealth, to manage the work of an Army.
"_Thirdly_, A Parliament's work in this case is either to send
Ambassadors to another Nation which has invaded our Land, or that
intends to invade, to agree upon terms of peace, or to proclaim
war; or else to receive and hear Ambassadors from other Lands for
the same business, or about any other business concerning the peace
and honor of the Land.
"For a Parliament is the Head of a Commonwealth's Power; or, as it
may be said, it is the great Council of an Army, from whom
originally all Orders do issue forth to any Officer or Soldier. For
if so be a Parliament had not an Army to protect them, the rudeness
of the people would not obey their proceedings; and if a Parliament
were not the representative of the People, who indeed is the body
of all power, the Army would not obey their orders.
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