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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81540	A discovery of the iuglings and deceitfull impostures of a scandalous libell against the Parliament. Published in the forme of a petition to the Houses of Parliament, in the name of the inhabitants of London and Westminster, and inhabitants of Southwarke, pretended to be distressed in point of conscience. Hereunto is added the said petition, in the name of the inhabitants of London and Westminster, &c. Together with a free, cleare and conscientious answer in way of petition, to the foresaid scandalous pamphlet.		1643 (1643)	Wing D1657; Thomason E247_8; ESTC R206810	9,439	7

THE Petition in the Name of the Inhabitants of the Cities of London and Westminster And the Borough of Southwarke In the behalfe of themselves and of Millions in this Kingdome distressed in point of Conscience WHereas your Petitioners having formerly contributed freely and literally to the King and Parliament in coniunction deo now refuse further to contribute or pay conceiving them in opposition as by reson His Maiesties person was invaded in battell at Keinton contrary to the many Declarations of taking of Armes for the safety of His Maiestiesties person so in regard theat is no expresse care of His person and honour in your late Ordinance for the assessing the Twentieth part in London nor in your Declaration for levying of moneyes in the Counties And whereas this their refusall is meerely out of Conscience according to that information they have concerning the Divine constitution of particular Kings in their severall Kingdomes and of Subiection to them both Active and Passive and of the Damnablenesse of Resisting from First The Word of God Dan. 4.17 25.32 where thrice in one Chapter it is said That the Kingdomes be Gods and he gives them to whom he will 1 Sam 26.9 Who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Annointed and be guiltlesse And the same blessed spirit which calls David the Lords Annoynted Psalm 89.20 doth call Cyrus a Heathen Prince the Lords Annoynted also Esa 45.1 Rom. 13. Let every soule be subiect to the higher Powers for there is no Power but of God The Powers that be are ordained of God whosoever therefore resisteth the Power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation Yea we acknowledge in our Book of Common Prayer that King Charles is Gods Minister and that he hath Gods Authority and so fighting against him we fight against God himselfe Secondly M. Calvin and other Protestants their exposition on Rom. 13. 1 Pet 2. Thirdly The Harmony of Reformed Churches concerning Magistracy Fourthly The Doctrine of the Church of England in the Bookes of Homilies delivered concerning civill obedience Fifthly From the Lawes of the Land which declare it to be Treason to Levy Warre against the King in this Kingdome and to encounter in fight and kill such as are assisting to the King or come to helpe him or to aide in those cases And the Action of the Earle of Essex was adiudged Treason though he pretended nothing but removing evill Councellours from the Queene Now that which is evill in its owne nature cannot be the subiect of any Command nor induce any obligation upon any man by any Authority whatsoever Remonstrance May 19. And we may not doe evill that good may come of it Rom. 3.8 Sixtly Also in regard of the late Protestation relating to the said Doctrines and to His Maiesty respectively which Protestation you have bound your selves to maintaine and all those that doe any thing in pursuance of it You would at least be pleased in your present undertakings for Religion and for the Law of the Land and the Liberty and Property of the Subiects to proceed in the way of Religion without violence to the Conscience in a case that concernes no lesse then Salvation or Damnation As you professe your tendernesse of the Conscience even in matters of Indifferency And that first your Authenticall Divines D. Burgesse M. Marshall c. may publish something for the resolving of Conscience in this way cleerely out of the Word of God and home to the Action of Keinton taking notice also That his Maiesty tooke up Armes for the maintenance of the Lawes concerning the publick worship of God and for the priviledges of and freedome of Parliament notoriously invaded by Brownists and Separatists and that now He continues them also for the necessary defence of His Person manifestly in danger since the battle at Keinton To which satisfying the Premises your Petitioners farre from contemptuousnesse and obstinacy against the cleere Word of God and Lawfull Authority shall ingeniously condescend and readily make payment of these severall Rates accordingly And pray for c. A Discovery of the juglings and deceitfull impostures of a scandalous Libell against the Parliament Published in the forme of a Petition to the Houses of Parliament In the Names c. THE Author of the Libellous paper stiled A Petition to the Houses of Parliament of the Inhabitants of London and Westminster and Bourough of Southwarke in the behalfe of themselvs and of millions in this Kingdome distressed in point of conscience like the Devill disguises himselfe in Samuels mantle and takes upon him the forme of an Angell of light pretending conscience and falsely personating the honest inhabitants of those Cities and that Bourough who remaine to all posterity and future ages justly and worthily renowned for their love and zeale to Religion the liberties of their Countrey and to the Parliament the great and chiefe conservator of them under Heaven But you may discerne him by the cloven foote by which he enters into his Petition deviding it selfe into two apparent lyes one that he hath freely and liberally contributed to the King and Parliament conjoyn'd and the other that his Majesties Person was invaded in battle at Keinton The grounds of his pretended conscience are of like nature manifestly fallacious for first in his Scriptures cited by him as the Devill did in tempting our Saviour he changes divine truth into a lye by curtailing it For it is true God gives Kingdomes to whom he will but it is not all the truth for God also gives them in severall manners with severall sorts of power Some Kingdomes he gives to one man alone and invests him with absolute power that his will is law which is commonly called an Absolute Monarchy But such power he hath not given to the King of England as this man would have us beleeve His Majesty in his Declarations disclaimes it and pretends to no other power then to governe according to the Lawes made by the supreame power of this Kingdome residing by divine providence and ordinance in the three estates which are coordinate and not subordinate in authority though the trust of convening them be by them committed to the King in confidence that he will according to Law call them together when there shall be neede thereof for the Kingdomes good and in the meane time see to a just execution of the Lawes made by them And when Parliaments are conveened to them belongs the care of the Kingdome and of the Lawes and the examining punishing and reforming of whatsoever is done against the Lawes and Kingdome by the Kings personall command or pretence of his authority And farewell Religion Law Liberty and all good if the Parliament be and continue obstructed as now it is from questioning examining or punishing and reforming things done against Law by colour and countenance of the Kings Personall will which is subject to be deceived misled corrupted to the prejudice of the

from the Kings Supremacy By this meanes also doe they wickedly indeavour to reflect some guilt upon you If in the pursuance of the most just and holy resolutions which being qualified according to the expression aforesaid under correction we conceive that the King is bound in conscience rebus Statutis ita stantibus not only to assent and imbrace but also to promote with all his prerogative his Majesty should receive any Personall dammage tho' against your wills and ardent Petitions and the expresse desire of all those that are not for their own interest very ill affected to his true honour and safety whereas by all reason and Scripture it appeareth that all the blame is to be laid upon those who seek to seduce him so wilfully to adventure himselfe in such society as threatneth the wrath of God and destruction upon him 2 Chron. 25.7 8. 2 Chron. 19.2 with 2 Chron. 25.21 22. And to bolster up their traiterous babble contriv'd to the ruine of Kingdom and State they alledge the Doctrine of the Church in the Booke of Homilies as if the Authors or publishers of those godly Treatises could determine of a case which rightly stated never till this time came within any English mans supposall And so either very simply or very subtilly doe they urge Mr. Calvins authority with the Harmony of reformed Churches concerning Magistracy All of which Divines give as much authority over the Church to their Aristocratians as they acknowledge can be due by any condition to the most Catholike Crowne or triple Tiara And for the present have and doe stand in such an opposition to Absolute Monarchy that if their resistance be but lawfull ours now must needs be absolutely fit and necessary Yet let us once see a free Synod and in this particular we will stand to the Arbitration of those Divines which shall be rightly chosen and sent from the reformed Churches Then doe they presume to give sence to the Laws of the Land against that Soveraigne as of late in some cases we have seene Authority of interpretation which now resideth in you as we think by the peoples election and Kings confirmation of you as the only competent Judges of the Laws betweene himselfe and his people then not only dissenting but diffiding Lastly They are not ashamed to urge the Protestation which some who refused to take it doe absolutely averre That no man ever intending their course or way could at any time receive or vow to performe except guilty either of acauterized conscience or blockish stupidity We therefore seriously pondering the deplorable condition both of Church and State And that not one of a 1000 but from self interest assisteth the King in this ruinous quarrell the insatiable desires of which assistants our lives and fortunes can never satisfie as the Malignants themselves shall find when upon successe they feele them encrease as they are replenished 2. How the mushroome or mongrell Gentry begin to emulate their inferiours and what they cannot effect by emulation they endeavour by malice 3. That their zealous ambition to rule the Puritans mortally exasperates many to the slaughter of those who when they are dead cannot be ruled Fourthly That calumnies goe high in reputation whilst accusations are at a losse and liberty of language stands upon her triall the most hatefull thing to a crue of tyrants because the most necessary to a Commonwealth as that upon which the libertie of life dependeth 5. That the Church can never be setled by any Papall power derived from the Crowne Imperiall to which it is by Law annexed without offering dangerous and damnable violence to 1000000s. of consciences 6. That now we must be made truly free or else tyed to an absolute servitude 7. That union in Religion and uniformity in Kirk government agreed upon in both the Kingdomes with his Majesties approbation can never be accomplished till you either reduce into Scotland the presidentiall Prelacy or admit a lawfull and canonicall Presbitery into England 8. That his Majesties Person is in danger not from you who seeke nothing but his glory and preservation tho' in a way contrary to his humour and appetite But of those Swords that now seeme to defend him whose mercinary souls upon any pang of passion or private hope may easily be provok't to a bloudy enterprise from which we daily pray that God may alwaies deliver his gracious Majesty Thus pausing upon the premises and well weying that Kingly ordinance is of God who is never the authour of confusion 1 Cor. 14.33 but alwayes of peacefull order be it popular Aristocraticall or Monarchicall each of which still remaining in its formality an humane ordinance 1 Pet. 2. And of its own nature also alterable and that by wisedome only Kings reigne Prov. 8.15 the Scripture securing their honour and authority only upon their piety towards God 2 Chron. 26.5 and administration of justice in all equity towards man Jer 22.15 threatning them with certaine ruine ready every way to runne in upon them whensoever they shall abuse their power to Idolatry injustice or tyranny 2 Chron. 24 17 24. with Chap. 22.4 7. Job 12.18 19 Psal 107.40 Heb. 2.5 6 7 8. Isa 40.23 with Dan 4.23 24. Tho' prophane politicians by adulations superbiate Princes to the deniall of this whilst in a formality of words they seeme to confesse it making them in very deed to arrogate all unto themselves the acquiring and retaining of Kingdomes to their wicked arts and policies by the which arrogance Princes often bring ruine upon themselves Isa 10.7 8 12 13 15 16 17. Isa 47.10 11. Ezek. 20.2 3 4 6 7 8 9 Wicked sycophants abusing those Scriptures to patronize tyranny which the spirit intended as strongest provocations unto piety in the maintenance whereof Principalitie may alwayes remaine so secure and impregnable that Souldiers shall only serve to adorne its State not secure the Person And doating politicians Isa 19.13 not discerning this attribute often to the iniquity of people what redoundeth unto Princes by the just judgement of God Chap 25 27. Therefore in a tender care of the Kings safety and for the preservation of our Religion and liberties We humbly crave that you would be pleased to proceed on unto that exact Reformation which you promised manger the underminings of spirtefull Rhetorick whose fraudulent contexture and artificiall concinnity catcheth the common sort even to the ruine and infection of our Kingdome as anciently hath appeared in the thrice renowned Graecia if your wisedome and constant resolution prevent it not by rendering to his Majesty as so many noble Ephories by him so graciously established now in England a more glorious and durable Kingdom And such as the most prudent Theopompus choose to leave to his own posterity notwithstanding the bitter repining of female ambition lodging in his bosome And your humble Petitioners shall continue their prayers c.