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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85317	The first and large petition of the Citie of London and other inhabitants thereabouts: for a reformation in church-government, as also for the abolishment of episcopacie: with a remonstrance thereto annexed, of the many pressures and grievances occasioned by the bishops, and the sundry inconveniences incident to episcopacie. The tyrannie and extortion practised in ecclesiasticall courts, together with the unlawfulnesse of the oath ex officio: preferred to the high and honourable court of Parliament.		1641 (1641)	Wing F973; Thomason E156_20; ESTC R23330	5,182	18

THE FIRST AND LARGE PETITION Of the Citie of LONDON and other Inhabitants thereabouts For a Reformation in Church-government as also for the abolishment of Episcopacie WITH A REMONSTRANCE thereto annexed of the many Pressures and Grievances occasioned by the Bishops and the sundry inconveniences incident to EPISCOPACIE The Tyrannie and Extortion practised in Ecclesiasticall Courts together with the vnlawfulnesse of the Oath EX OFFICIO preferred to the high and honourable Court of PARLIAMENT Printed Anno Dom. 1641. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE The Commons House of PARLIAMENT The humble Petition of many of his Majesties Subjects in and about the City of London and severall Counties of the Kingdome THat whereas the government of Archbishops and Lord Bishops Deanes and Archdeacons c. with their Courts and ministrations in thom hath proved prejudiciall and very dangerous both to the Church and Common-wealth they themselves having formerly held that they have their Iurisdiction or authority of humane Authority till of these later times being further perused about the unlawfulnesse that they have claymed their calling immediately from the Lord JESVS CHRIST which is against the Lawes of this Kingdome and Derogatory to his Majestie and his State Royall And whereas the said government is found by wofull experience to be a maine cause and occasion of many foule evils pressures and grievances of a very high nature unto his Majesties Subjects in their owne Consciences liberties and estates as in a Schedule of particulars hereunto annexed may in part appeare We therefore most humply pray and beseech this Honourable Assembly the premisses considered that the said government with all its dependances rootes and branches may be abolished and all lawes in their behalfe made voyd and the government according to Gods word may be rightly placed among us and we your humble Supplyants as in duty we are bound will daily pray for his Majesties long and happy raigne over us and for the prosperous successe of this High and Honourable Court of Parliament c. A Particular of the manifold Evils Pressures and Grievances caused practized and occasioned by the Prelates and their Dependants I. FIrst the subjecting and inclining all Ministers under them and their Authoritie and so by degrees exempting of them from the Temporall power whence followes II. The faint-heartednesse of Ministers to preach the truth of GOD lest they should displease the Prelates as namely the Doctrine of Predestination of Free-grace of Perseverance of Originall sinne remaining after Baptisme of the Sabboth the Doctrine against universall Grace Election for Faith fore-seene Freewill against Antichrist non-Residents humane Inventions of GODS worship all which are generally with-held from the peoples knowledge because not relishing to the Bishops III. The incouragement of Ministers to despise the temporall Magistracie the Nobles and Gentry of the Land to abuse the Subjects and live contentiously with their neighbours knowing that they being the Bishops creatures they shall be supported IV. The restraint of many godly and able men from the Ministry and thrusting out of many Congregations their faithfull diligent and powerfull Ministers who lived peaceably with them and did them good onely because they cannot in Conscience submit unto and maintaine the Bishops needlesse devices nay sometimes for no other cause but for their zeale in Preaching or great Auditories V. The suppressing of that godly Designe set on foot by certaine Sects and sugred with many great guifts by sundry well-affected persons for the buying of Impropriations and placing of able Ministers in them maintaining of Lectures and founding of Free-Schooles which the Prelates could not endure lest it should darken their glories and draw the Ministers from their dependance upon them VI. The great increase of Idle lewd and dissolute ignorant and erroneous men in the Ministry which swarme like the Locusts of Egypt over the whole Kingdome and will they but weare a Canonicall Coate a Surplisse a Hood bow at the name of JESUS and be zealous of Superstitious Ceremonies they may live as they list confront whom they please preach and vent what errours they will and neglect preaching at their pleasures without controule VII The discouragement of many from bringing up their Children in learning the many schismes errours and strange opinions which are in the Church great Corruptions which are in Universities the grosse and lamentable ignorance almost every where among the people the want of preaching Ministers in very many places both of England and Wales the loathing of the Ministry and the generall defection to all manner of profanenesse VIII The swarming of lascivious Idle and unprofitable books and pamphlets Play-books and Ballads as namely Ovids fits of Love the Parliament of Women came out at the dissolving of the last Parliament Barnes Poems Parkers Ballads in disgrace of Religion to the increase of all vice and withdrawing of people from reading studying and hearing the word of God and other good Bookes IX The hindring of godly Bookes to be printed the blotting out or perverting those which they suffer all or most of that which strikes either at Poperie or Arminianisme the adding of what or where pleaseth them and the restraints of reprinting Bookes formerly lycensed without relycensing X. The publishing and venting of Popish Arminian and other dangerous Bookes and Tenets as namely that the Church of Rome is a true Church and in the worst times never erred in Fundamentals that the Subjects have no propriety in their Estates but that the King may take from them what he pleaseth that all is the Kings and that he is bound by no Law and many other from the former whereof hath sprang XI The growth of Popery and increase of Papists Priests and Jesuits in sundry places but especially about London since the Reformation the frequent venting of Crucifixes and Popish pictures both engraven and printed and the placing of such in Bibles XII The multitude of Monopolies and Pattents drawing with them innumerable Perjuries the large increase of Customes and Impositions upon Commodities the Ship-moneyes and many other great burthens upon the Common-wealth under which all groane XIII Moreover the Offices and Jurisdictions of Arch-bishops Lord-Bishops Deanes Arch-Deacons being the same way of Church-Government which is in the Romish Church and which was in England in the time of Poperie little change thereof being made except onely the head from whence it was derived the same Arguments supporting the Pope which doe uphold the Prelates and overthrowing the Prelates which doe pull downe the Pope other reformed Churches having upon their rejection of the Pope cast the Prelates out also as Members of the Beast Hence it is that the Prelates here in England by themselves or their Disciples plead and maintaine that the Pope is not Antichrist and that the Church of Rome is a true Church hath not erred in Fundamentall points and that Salvation is attaynable in that Religion and therefore have restrayned to pray for the Conversion of our Soveraigne Lady the Queene