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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91236	An old parliamentary prognostication made at Westminster, for the new-yeer, and young members there assembled in consultation. Fore-shewing the probable finall issue of all their intended new moddles, acts, and ordinances, from four old printed statutes, and abortive nulled Parliaments, not unworthy of their knowledg most serious consideration & saddest meditation; (and the whole three kingdoms too,) in regard of the present face of our publike affairs.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1654 (1654)	Wing P4024; Thomason E818_11; ESTC R207393	5,207	8

Liberties of the Commons of this Realm by the means and labours of the seditious persons whereby many great Jeopardies Enormities and inconveniences well nigh to the ruin decay and universall subversion of the said Realm have ensued our said ●overaigne Lord the King considering the premises and that the said Lords Estates and other his leige people against whom the said Acts Statutes and Ordinances were made have always had great and faithfull love to the preferment and surety of the Kings person according to their duty and that few of the Acts made in the said Parliament holden at Coventry were made for the weale of the King nor of his said Realm but the greater part of the Acts Statutes Ordinances there made were laboured by the conspiracy procurement excitation of the said evill disposed persons for the introduction and accomplishment of their rancor and inordinate covetise By the advice and assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and at the request of the said Commons in the said Parliament assembled and by the same Authority hath ordained and established That the said Parliament holden at the said City of Coventry be void and holden for no Parliament and that all Acts Statutes and ordinances by the Authority of the same made be reversed adnulled undone repealed revoked voyd and of no force nor effect 17 Ed. 4 Chap 7 Whereas in the most dolorous absence of our Soveraigne Lord the King out of this Realm being in the partis of Holland before his victorious regress into the same Realm in a pretenced Parliament unlawfully and by usurped power summoned by the Rebell and enemy to our Soveraigne Lord the King Henry 8 late in deed not of right King of England holden in the Palace of Westminster the 26 day of November the 9th year of our Soveraigne Lord the King that now is under the coloured title of the said Henry the xlx year of the inchoation of his pretenced Reigne and the first year of the redeption of his usurped power and estate divers and many matters were treated communed and wrought to the destruction and disherison of our Soveraigne Lord the King and of his blood royall by the labour and exhortation of persons not fearing God nor willing to be under the rule of any earthly Prince but inclined of sensuall appetite to have the whole governance and rule of this Realm under their power and domination which communications treaties and workings doth remain in writing and some exemplified whereby many inconveniences may ensue to our said Soveraigne Lord the King and his blood royall which God defend and all Noble men at this time attending about the King and all his other leige people and Subjects unless due remedy be provided in this behalf Our said Soveraigne Lord the King by the assent of the Lords spirituall and temporal and at request of the Commons in the said Parliament assembled and by Avthority of the same for the surety of his noble person his noble issue and the inheritable success of the same and for the surety of all the Lords Noblemen and other his servants and subjects hath ordained and stablished that the said pretenced Parliament with all the continuances and circumstances depending upon the same be void and of none effect and that all acts statutes ordinances treaties communications conventions and workings in the said pretenced Parliament treated communed accorded wrought had or by the Authority of the same Parliament enacted and ordained and all exemplifications made upon the same or any part of them and every of them shall be reversed cancelled voyd undone revoked repealed and of no force nor effect Ezek 17. 26. 27. Thus saith the Lord God remove the Diadem and take off the Crown this shall not be the same exalt him that is low and abase him that is high I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shal be no more until He come whose right it is and I will give it him Isai 29 14. 15. 16. Therefore behold I will proceed to do a marvelous work amongst this people even a marvelous work and a wonder for the wisdome of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shal be hid Wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord and their works are in the dark and they say who seeth and who knoweth us Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potters clay Psal 92. 5. 6 7 8 9. O Lord how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep a bruitish man knoweth not neither doth a fool understand this when the wicked spring as the grass and all the works of iniquity do flourish it is that they shall be destroyed for ever but thou Lord art most high for ever more For lo thine enemies O lord for lo thine enemies shall perish all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered but my horn shalt thou advance as the horn of an Unicorn I shall be annointed with fresh oyl Hab. 2. 9. 10. 12. Wo to him that coveteth an evill covetousness to his house that he may set his nest on high that he may be delivered from the power of evil Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people and hast sinned against thy soul VVo to him that buildeth a Town with blood and stablisheth a City by iniquity Isai 17. 12. 13. 14. VVo to the multitude of many Nations which make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters The Nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters but God shall rebuke them and they shall fl●e far off and shall be chased as the chaffe of the Mountains before the winde and like a rolling thing before the whirl wind and behold at evening tide trouble and before the morning he is not This is the portion of them that spoils us and the lot of them that rob us Dan. 8 23. 24. 25. And in the latter time of their kingdom when the transgressions are come to the full a King of fierce countenance and understanding dark sentences shall stand up And his power shall be mighty but not by his own power and he shall destroy wonderfully and shall prosper and practice and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand and he shall magnifie himself in and by peace shall destroy many he shall also stand up against the Prince of Princes but he shall be broken without hand Ezek. 13. 5. 10. to 16. Ye have nor gone up into the gaps neither made up the hedg for the house of Israel to stand in the battell in the day of the Lord. Because even because they have seduced my people saying peace and there was no peace and one built up a wall and lo others daubed it with untempred morter Say unto them which daub it with nutempred morter that it shall fall there shall be an overflowing showre and ye O great hail stones shall fall and a stormy wind shall rent it Lo when the wall is fallen shall it not be said unto you where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it Therefore thus saith the Lord God I will even rent it with stormy wind in my fury and there shall be an overflowing showre in mine anger and great hail stones in my fury to consume it So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempred morter and bring it down to the ground so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered and it shall fall and the shall be consumed in the midst thereof and yee shall know that I am the Lord. Thus wil I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon them that have daubed it with untempred morter and will say unto you the wall is no more neither they that daubed it Gal. 5. 14. Am I therfore become your enemy becaus I tel you the truth Psal 107. 43. Whoso is wise and wil observe these things even they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord. FINIS