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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91395	A speech delivered in Parliament, by a worthy member thereof, and a most faithfull vvell-wisher to the Church and Common-weale; concerning the grievances of the kingdome. By I.P. Esquire.	Pym, John, 1584-1643.	1641 (1641)	Wing P4284; Thomason E198_35; ESTC R14550	22,358	43

of the Realme against their owne private disposition yea against their owne reason and judgement to obey him to whome they have especially the Iesuiticall partie absolutely and intirely obliged themselves not onely in spirituall matters but in temporall as they are in order ad Spiritualia Henry the third and Henry the fourth of France were no Protestants themselves yet were murthered because they tolerated the protestants by which and many other presidents it appeares that the King that the Kingdome can have no securitie but in their weaknes and disabilitie to doe hurt 2 A second incouragement is their admission into Admission into places of power places of power and trust in the Common wealth whereby they get many dependants and adherents not only of their owne but even of such as make profession to be protestants 3 A third their freedome of resorting to London Free resort to London and the Court. and the Court whereby they have opportunitie not only of Communicating their Counsels and designes one to another but of diving into his Majesties Counsels by the frequent accesse of those who are active men amongst them to the tables and company of great men and under subtile pretences and disguises they want not meanes of cherishing their owne projects and of indeavouring to mould and biasse the publike affaires to the great advantage of that partie 4 A fourth that as they have a congregation of Cardinals at Rome to consider of the aptest wayes and meanes of establishing the Popes authoritie and Religion in England so they have a Nuncio here to act and dispose that partie to the execution of those counsels and by the assistance of such cunning and Iesuiticall spirits as swarme in this town to order and mannage all actions and events to the furtherance of that maine end 2 The second grievance in Religion was from Innovations in matters of Religion those manifold innovations lately introduced into severall parts of the Kingdome all inclining to poperie and disposing and fitting men to entertaine it the particulars are these 1 Divers of the chiefest points of Religion in Maintainance of popish tenets difference betwixt us and the papists have beene publikely defended in licensed Bookes in Sermons in Vniversitie acts and disputations 2 Divers popish Ceremonies have beene not only practised Practice of popish ceremonies but countenanced yea little lesse than injoyned as Altars Images Crucifixes bowings and other gestures and observances which put upon our Churches a shape and face of poperie Hee compared this to the drie bones in Ezekiel first they came together then the sinewes and the flesh came upon them after this the skin covered them and then breath and life was put into them so he said after these men had moulded us into an outward forme and visage of poperie they would more boldly endeavour to breath into us the spirit and life of poperie 3 The third grievance was the countenancing Preferment of men popishly inclined and preferring those men who were most forward in setting up such Innovations the particulars were so well knowne that they needed not to be named 4 The fourth was the discouragement of those Discouragement of true professors who were knowne to bee most conscionable and faithfull professors of the truth some of the wayes of effecting this he observed to be these 1 The courses taken to inforce and inlarge those Inlargement of the differences among our selves unhappy differences for matters of small moment which have beene amongst our selves and to raise up new occasions of further division whereby many have beene induced to forsake the land not seeing the end of those voluntarie and humane Injunctions in things appertaining to Gods worship whereas those who are indeed lovers of Religion and of the Churches of God would seeke to make up those breaches and to unite us more entirely against the common enemie 2 The over rigid prosecution of those who are Over-rigid prosecution of the scrupulous for things indifferent scrupulous in using some things enjoyned which are held by those who enjoyn them to be in themselvs indifferent It hath beene ever the dersie of this House exprest in many Parliaments in Queene Elizabeths time and since that such might bee tenderly used It was one of our petitions delivered at Oxford to his Majestie that now is but what little moderation it hath produced is not unknowne to us all any other vice almost may be better indured in a Minister than Inconformitie 3 The unjust punishments and vexations of sundry Vnjust punishments for matters not by law persons for matters required without any warrant of Law as For not reading the booke concerning recreation Reading the booke on the Lords day For not removing the Communion Table to bee The Table set Altarwise set Altarwise at the East end of the Chancell For not comming up to the Railes to receive the Comming to the Railes Sacrament For preaching the Lords day in the afternoone For catechising in any other words and manner Preaching upon the Lords day Varying from the chatechism than in the precise words of the short chatechisme in the Common prayer booke The fifth and last grievance concerning Religion Abuse of Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction was the incroachment and abuse of Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction the particulars mentioned are these 1 Fining and imprisoning in cases not allowed In fining and imprisoning by law 2 Their challenging their jurisdiction to be appropriate Claiming jurisdiction to be Jure Divino to their order which they alledge to be Iure Divino 3 The contriving and publishing of new articles Articles of the visitations upon which they inforce the Churchwardens to take oathes and to make inquiries and presentments as if such articles had the force of Canons and this he said was an effect of great presumption and boldnesse not onely in the Bishops but in their Archdeacons Officials and Chancellours taking upon themselves a kinde of Synodall authoritie and the Injunctions of this kinde might well partake in name with that part of the common law which is called the Extravagants Having dispatcht these severall points hee proceeded Grievances concerning the libertie of persons and estates to the third kinde of grievances being such as are against the common justice of the Realm in the libertie of our persons and proprietie of our estates of which he said he had many to propound In doing whereof hee would rather observe the order of time wherin they were acted than of consequence but when hee should come to the cure hee should then perswade the House to begin with those who were of most importance as being now in execution and very much pressing and exhausting the Common wealth He began with the Tonnage and Poundage and Tonnage and Poundage impositions other impositions not warranted by law and because these burdens had long lyen upon us and the principles which produced them are the same