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A46514 By the King a proclamation England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1687 (1687) Wing J251; ESTC R26817 4,201 1

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By the King A PROCLAMATION JAMES R. JAMES the Seventh by the Grace of God King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all and sundry Our good Subjects whom these Presents do or may concern Greeting We having taken into Royal consideration the many and great inconveniences which have happened to that Our Ancient Kingdom of Scotland of late years through the difference Perswasions in the Christian Religion the great Heats and Animosities among the several Professors thereof to the ruine and decay of Trade wasting of Lands extinguishing of Charity contempt of the Royal Power and converting of true Religion and the fear of God into Animosities Names Factions and somtimes into Sacriledge and Treason And being resolved as much as in us lies to Unite the Hearts and Affections of Our Subjects to God in Religion to Us in Loyalty and to their Neighbours in Christian Love and Charity have therefore thought fit to Grant and by Our Soveraign Authoriy Prerogative Royal and absolute Power which all Our Subjects are to obey without Reserve Do hereby give and Grant our Royal Tolleration to the several prosessors of the Christian Religion after-named with and under the several Conditions Restrictions and Limimitations after-mentioned In the first place we Allow and Tollerate the Moderate Presbyterians to meet in their private Houses and there hear such Ministers as either have or are willing to accept of Our Indulgence Allanerly and none other and that there be not any thing said or done contrary to the Well and Peace of Our Reign Seditious or Treasonable under the highest Pains the Crimes will Import nor are they to presume to build Meeting-Houses or to Use Out-Houses or Barns but only to Exercise in their private Houses as said is In the mean time it is our Royal Will and Pleasure that Field-Conventicles and such as Preach or Exercise at them or who shall any ways Assist or Connive at them shall be prosecuted according to the utmost severity of Our Laws made against them seeing from these Rendezvouzes of Religion so much Disorder hath proceeded and so much Disturbance to the Government and for which after this Our Royal Indulgence for tender Consciences there is no Excuse left In like manner We do hereby Tollerate Quakers to meet and exercise in their Form in any place or Places appointed for their Worship And considering the severe and cruel Laws made against Roman-Catholicks therein called Papists in the Minority of Our Royal Great Grand-Mother Queen Mary of Blessed and Pious Memory wherein under the pretence of Religion they Cloathed the worst of Treasons Factions and Usurpations and made these Laws not as against the Enemies of God but their own which Laws have still been continued of course without design of Executing them or any of them ad terrorem only on supposition that the Papists relying on an External Power were incapable of Duty and true Allegiance to their natural Soveraings and rightful Monarchy We of Our certain Knowledge and long Experience knowing that the Catholicks as it is their principle to be Good Christians so it is to be dutiful Subjects and that they have likwise on all occasions shown themselves good and faithful Subjects to Us and Our Royal Predecessor by hazarding and many of them actually losing their Lives and Fortunes in their Defence though of another Religion and the maintenance of their Authority against the Violences and Treasons of the most violent Abbettors of these Laws Do therefore with advice and consent of Our Privy Conncil by our Soveraign Authority Prerogative Royal and absolute Power aforesaid Suspend Stop and Disable all Laws and Acts of Parliament Customs or Constitutions made or Executed against any of our Roman-Catholick Subjects in any time past to all intents and purposes making void all prohibitians therein mentioned Pains or Penalties therein Ordained to be Inflicted so that they shall in all things be as free in all respects as any of Our Protestant Subjects whatsoever not only to Exercise their Religion but to enjoy all Offices Benefices and others which We shall think fit to bestow upon them in all time coming Nevertheless it is our Will and Plensure and we do hereby command all Catholicks at their highest Pains only to exercise their Religious Worship in Houses or Chappels and that they presume not to Preach in the open Fields or to Invade the Protestant Churches by force under the pains aforesaid to be inflicted upon the Offenders respectively nor shall they presume to make publick Processions in the High-Streets of any ofOur Royal Burghs under the Pains above-mentioned And whereas the Obedience and Service of Our good Subjects is due to Us by their Allegiance and Our Sovereignity and that no Law Custom or Constitution Difference in Religion or other impediment whatsover can exempt or discharge the Subjects from their Native Obligations and Duty to the Crown or hinder Us from protecting and employing them according to their several Capacities and Our Royal Pleasure not restrain us from conferring Heretable Rights and Priviledges upon them or Vacuate or Annul these Rights Heretable when they are made or conferred And likewise considering that some Oaths capable of being Wrested by Men of Sinistrous Intentations a practice in that Kingdom fatal to Religion as it was to Loyalty Do therefore with Advice and Consent aforesaid Cafs Annul and discharge all Oath whatsoever by which any of Our Subjects are incapacitated or disabled from holding Places or Offices in our said Kingdom or enjoying there Hereditary Rights and Priviledges Discharging the same to be taken or given in any time coming without our special Warrand and Consent under the paints due to the Contempt of Our Royal Commands and Authority and to effect We do by Our Royal Authority aforesaid Stop Disable and Dispence with all Laws enjoyning the said Oaths Tests or any of them particularly the first Act of the first Session of the first Parliament of King Charles the Second the eleventh Act of the foresaid Session of the foresaid Parliament the sixth Act of the third Parliament of the said King Charles the twenty first and twenty fifth Acts of that Parliament and the thirteenth Act of the first Session of Our late Parliament in so far allanerly as concerns the taking the Oaths or Tests therein prescribed and all others as well not mentioned as mentioned and that in place of them all Our good Subjects or such of them as We or Our Privy Council shall require so to do shall take and Swear the following Oath allanerly I A. B. Do Acknowledg Testifie ad Ceclare that JAMES the Seventh by the Grace of God King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. is rightful King and Supream Governour of these Realms and over all Persons therein and that it is unlawful for Subjects on any pretence or for any cause whatsoever to rise in Arms against Him or any Commissionaned by him and that
I shall never so rise in Arms nor assist any who shall do so and that I shall nover resist bit Power or Authority nor ever Oppose His Authority to His Person as I shall answer to God but shall to the utmost of my power Assist Defend and Maintain Him his Heirs and Lawful Successours in the Exercise of Their absolute Power and Authority against all Deadly So help me God. And seeing many of our good Subjects have before Our Pleasure in these matters was made publick incurred the Guilt appointed by the Acts of Parliament above-mentioned or others We by Our Authority and absolute Power and Prerogative-Royal above-mentioned of our certain Knowledge and innate Mercy Give Our ample and full Indemnity to those of the Roman-Catholick or Popish Religion for all things by them done contrary to Our Laws of Acts of Parliament made in any time past relating to their Religion the Worship and Exercise thereof or for being Papists Jesuites or Traffickers for hearing or saying of Mass Concealing of Priests or Jesuites or breeding their Children Catholicks at home or abroad or any other thing Rite or Doctrine said performed or maintained by them or any of them And likewise for holding or taking of Places Employments or Offices contrary to any Law or Constitution Advices given to Us or our Council Actions done or generally any thing performed or said against the known Laws of that Our Ancient Kingdom Excepting always from this Our Royal Indemnity all Murders Assassinations Thefts and such like other Crimes which never used to be comprehend in Our General Acts of Indemnity And We Command and Require all Our Judges or others concerned to explain this in the most ample sense and meaning Acts of Indemnity at any time have contained Declaring this shall be as good to every one concerned as if they had Our Royal Pardon and Remission under our Great Seal of that Kingdom And likewise for Indemnifying our Protestant Subjects from all Pains and Penalties due for hearing or preaching in Houses provided there be no Treasonable Speeches uttered in the said Conventicles by them in which Case the Law is only to take place against the Guilty and none other present Providing also that they Reveal to any of our Council the Guilt so committed As also excepting all Fines or effects of Sentences already given and likwise indemnifying fully and freely all Quakers for their Meetings and Worships in all time past Preceeding the pubilcation of these Presents and we doubt not but Protestant Subjects will give their Assistance and concourse hereunto on all occasions in their respective Capacities In consideration whereof and the Ease those of Our Religion and others may have hereby and for the Encouragement of Our Protestant Bishop and the regular Clergy and such as have hitherto lived orderly We think fit to declare that it never was Our Principles nor will we ever suffer Violence to be offered to any Mans Conscience nor will we use force or invicible necessity against any Man on the account of his Perswasion nor the Protestant Religion but will protect Our Bishops and other Ministers in their Functions Rights and Properties and all Our Protestant Subjects in the free exercise of their Protestant Religion in the Churches and that we will and hereby promise on Our Royal Word to maintain the Possessors of Church-Lands formerly belonging to Abbeys or other Churches of the Catholik Religion in their full and free poslession and Rights according to Our Laws and Acts of Parliament in that behalf in all time coming and we will employ indifferently all our Subjects of all Perswasions so as more shall meet with any Discouragement on the account of his Religion but be advanced and esteemed by Us according to their several Capacities and Quallifications so long as we find Charity and Unity maintained and if any Animosities shall arise as we hope in God there will not We will show the severest effects Our Royal Displeasure against the Beginners or Fomenters thereof Seeing thereby Our Subjects may be derpive of this general Ease and Satisfaction we intend to all of them Whose Happiness Prospirity Wealth and Safety is so much Our Royal Care that we will leave nothing undone which may procure these Blessings for them And lastly to the end all Our good Subjects may have notice of this Our Royal Will and Pleasure we do hereby command Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers Pursevants and Messensters at Arms to make timeous Proclamation thereof at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and besides the Printing and publishing of this our Royal Proclamation it is Our express Will and Pleasure that the same be past under the great Seal of that Our Kingdom per saltum without passing any other Seal or Register In order whereunto this shall be to the Directers of Our Chancellary and their Deputies for Writing the same and to our Chancellor for causing our Great Seal aforesaid to be Appended thereunto a sufficient Warrand Given at Our Conrt at White-hall the Twelfth of February 1686 / 7 And of Our Reign the Third Year By His Majesties Command MELFORT GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1687. This may be Reprinted Februrary 28th R.L.S. By George Croom at the Blue Ball in Thames-street near Baynards-Castle 1687.