within Them, who sits or stands at Communion. But This I dare pronounce,
it is To hide some Vice, or To proclaim one, To hide disorder, or To proclaim
pride, but of this some other Aime: Beloved Brother, Now that Love meee
(But that's nothing you'll say) Jell it is Too, now I Thinke on't, A is a preface
I'd not for my Selfe, at my first Comming, when ad Capiendam Bene-
no Lennam had beene more proper, A Benevolence for a B, I'm first fruits,
most proper by all customes, sea most proper Too for my necessities, but I'd
noe such eloquence, Now have the more then for Parles: An a other ~
contributions, Justice preceeds Charitie for the King, or for the poore as
you are cal'd, Now must pay, A is not for in Benevolence; their Charitie
calls her Selfe, her guilt is arbitrarie, and her Law is Conscience: Hee
That stapes his I, if perswade him, gives not all his owne money, A give ~
halfe, that have procure'd it, Hee that comes perswaded, gives his owne,
But Akes of more then he brought, God payne me for nothing, but good:
with. Now your Turnes comes to speake, or God in you, by the hand, ~
For for her used to speake often times by the hands of Moses and Staron,
and by the hands of Esay, Zekeiell, and by the hands of you, his minor
Prophets.

Now, prosper thou O Lord, the works of their hands, O prosper thou there.

Deliver'd at Norwich To
The Clergy, at a Synode
Their held stpr. 19. i 634.

Finis.

The Petition of the
Yorkshire Clergy
to the King at York. 1640.

Humbly sheweth that by the Clergy, lately assembled, in this Oath enacted and shortly to be imposed, which to us seems to be offensive to God, making his word insufficient to salvacon, by ioying doctrine and discipline together, under the heads of things necessary, and to your sacred Mathe, binding us to weare contrary to the Oath of Supremacy already taken, in case of alteracon to a necessity of government, or to disobedience to yo? Mathe. Lawes, w. we supposc aloft not an Oath of that nature: find to our Brethren in all other Reformed Churches condemning them, as excercising a discipline contrary to the word of God, and defitute of that which is necessary to Salvacon. May it therefore please yo? Sacred Mathe to free vs yo? obedient Subjects from the Oath, which we conceale cannot be taken without guilt off ~ Affiety to God, disloyalty to your Mathe, injury to yo? Lawes, find in charitablenes to our Brethren in other Protestant Churches, and yo? Maiesties. Petitioners shall daily pray, &c. /

Fmis.

Seventhly, The great greuance of yo? Subjects, by the Long intermission of Parliament, and the late and yuiformall dissolving of some of them, which have beene called without happy effect, which otherwise they, might have produced.

For Remiss whereof the government of the danger which may ensue to you. Royal Seneschal, & the whole State, Wee doe in all humility, a faithful-nes be seeth, yo: most excellent Matie, that now would be played to ~ Simon a.S. within a short time, convenient time, whereby the cause of these and other great greuances, which yo? People, may, by taken away, & the authors & Councilors of them may see there brought to such Legal Arrafull and condigne punishment. As the nature of their several offences shall require: And that the present War may see composed by yo? Mat? Wisedome without blood, in such a manner as may conduct to the honour and safety of yo? Mat? person, the comfort of yo? People, and the living of both yo? Realms against the common enemies of the reformed Religion, and yo? Mat? Petitioners shall ever pray, &c. !

Bedford. Harford. Essex. Warwick. Rutland. Bullenbroke.
Exeter. Mougrave. Say. of. Mandevill. Howard. Brooke.

Sept: i640.

Finis.

Tenthly, As Victuals be desired upon that price in shall be agreed upon, & ready money offered for the same and refulled, it shall be no breach of the Cessation to take such Victuals paying such price.

Seventhly, Noe new fortification to be made, duvinge the Treats, against either party.

Twelfth, That the Subjects of both Kingdomes, may in their Trades & convene freely passe too and fro without any Pass at all. But that it bee particularlie provided, That noe member of the Army shall passe without a formal pass under the hand of the General, or of him that commandeth in cheize.

John Burreugh, Clerk of the
Great Council of the States.

Finis.

in his place, Orthodox in his doctrine, Laborious in his Ministry, as any man to be have, on his own know, he is now a sufferer as all good men are, and made the Obloquy, of all Puritans, (as with other things was most ad-mixt) by delivered of the Silver Trumpet near the bar. The Purgant watch his doore, & divided him and his care a sunder to both their greiftes, it is not soe with him, as perhaps with some that sett in Purgent a work, aslad of an excuse to be out of the Pulpitt, it is his delight to Breach.

About a weak since I went to Lambeth, to move the great Bish. (too great indeed) to take the danger from this Minister, & to recall the Puritans with all I did undertake for me? Wilson, for soe the Peticoner is called) that he should answer his accusers in any of the Kings Courts at Westminster, The Bish. made me answer as never as I can remember in his verba, if am sure he will not be absent a twelve month together from his Lrving, & then I doubt not but once in a year we shall have him. This is all I could obtaine, but if hope by the hede of this house before the year of Threats run round, his grace will either have more grace, or no grace at all: For our manifold greiftes doe fill a mighty past circumference yet soe, as from every part our lines of sorrow doe lead us into him, & point at him the center from whence all miseries doe grow.

Let the Peticon be read, & let us enter upon the work.

F Morris.

and estate, the true Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the doctrine of the Church of England, against all Popery and Popish Traditions within this Realme, contrary to the same Doctrine, and according to the duty of my office, and principles of Pauline The Lawful rights and Liberties of the Subject, every person that maketh this Protestant, in whatsoever he shall do in the Lawful guidance of the same. And to my power, and as far as Lawful, may it will oppose, and by all good ways and means endeavour to bring to condign punishment, all such as shall either by force, practise, counsel, or Plot, conspiracies or otherwise, do any thing to the contrary of any thing in this present pretestation contained. And further, that if any just and Honouerable ways endeavour to preserve the Union and peace between the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and neither for hope, fear, nor other respect, shall relinquish this promise, Vow and Protestation.

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Note, That because some doubts were raised by several persons out of the Com- mons House, concerning the meaning of those words contained in the pretestation lately made by the Members of that House, viz: The true Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England against all Popery and Popish Traditions within this Realme, contrary to the same Doctrine. The House of Commons did declare, That by those words, was and is meant only the publick Doctrines and precepts in the said Church, so farre as it is opposite to Popery and Popish Traditions; and that the said words are not to be extended to the maintaining of any forme of Worship, Discipline, or government, nor of any Rites or Ceremonies of the Church of England.

S. our GeneSTors have not beene acquainted with so much timerousne as to leave of such demands at distance, that it cannot but An trouble me, if wee should not only meet them halfe way, but inbrace the Searers.

S. we are but of spring of those GeneSTors, their good runs in o. Yeares, & if hope is not all yet turned into water, there are the Spirits of Life and an aquityl in vs, & those which we call the speak English unto vs (what ever damage and aposlyers, this spirit of number hath east vpon vs) and if hope we shall either live in honour, or take an honourable farewell, as honest and fallant men: Behold these two there is not much difference:

My humble motion is, that all these prophecies may be committed to a selected Committee to consider of those that can best reason and modestly with them, and may be presented there as fitting to be granted; that those which are of an other infinuacon may be rejected: That & resolutions be quick, our determinations exemplary: If our firme peace may be had upon honest and honourable Searners, if we shall cherish the thought of it, if not, there are but two ways best worth the entertainment of this Nacon: That is, to stand, or fall with Honour. God if hope and our English vertue will secure the first, if otherwise, he is neither worthy of Life nor memory, that shall not gladly burn himselfe in the ruines of his Countries.

Finis.

only that part of the Ministers remonstrance, which hath bin read, should be referred into the Committee which now are about to name. But London's Petition also, and all other Petitions of the like nature, so loose as they shall be read in the House, and that the Committee may collect out of them all such heads as are fit for the consideration of this House, and surely that is fit to be considered, that happily will not be thought fit to be altered: consideration is one thing, and alteration another thing: where there is a mixture of good and bad together, the whole must be considered, that we may know how to serve the good from which bad, and so preserve the one, and reject the other, which is all that we desire. And if any thing have fallen from me inconsiderate (as in so long a discourse many things may have done) if humbly crave the pardon of the House, protesting that I have spoken nothing but with a mind which is ready to sacrifice the body it doth属ithin, to the peace and safety of his Maiesties Kingdomes, and the safety and honour of his Maiesty in the Government of them.

Fins.

with the present aeon of the whole, and in their consciences perswaded that
dangers are so imminent that they will admit of no delay, have thought fit
to declare their united affections, by entering into an associacon amongst them
- themselves, and by making a solemn...Protestation andoy into their God; they
will unanimously end your to oppose and prevent the Councils, and the
Councils which have brought upon us all these miseries, e&fear of great
er; to prevent the ends, and being the authors of them to condigne punish-
ment, and thereby discharge themselves both before God & Man.

My Lords, The House of Commons have commanded me to present
unto your Lords. This Protestacon: Every member in that
House hath made it, not one refusing it; & they have sent it
unto your Lords., with an assurance of your Lords. concurrence.

Pd:

Num. 38.

-nce in the same peace and affection for the public safety;
And it is there desire your Lords. would Likewise make the
same Protestacon, which if humbly Leauo to your Lords highe
Wisedome.

Finis.