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A78842	His Majesties last speech, and protestation, which hee made on Sunday. the fifth of this instant February, in the Cathedrall church of Oxford, the Lords and the cheife of the univorsity [sic] being present, before the receiving of the sacrament, for the renouncing of popery. With the pious joy of a true heart enlarged on the contemplation, and assurance of so great a happinesse to the great comfort of all His Majestye; subjects, which will live and dye in the Protestant religion and abhorre popery.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1643 (1643)	Wing C2379; Thomason E89_32; ESTC R21149	3,825	9

HIS MAIESTIES Last Speech and Protestation which hee made on Sunday the fifth of this instant February in the Cathedrall Church of Oxford the Lords and the cheife of the Vnivorsity being present before the receiving of the Sacrament for the renouncing of Popery WITH THE PIOVS IOY OF A TRVE HEART enlarged on the contemplation and assurance of so great a happinesse to the great comfort of all His Majestye subjects which will liue and dye in the Protestant Religion and abhorre Popery 1642 Oxford Printed for W. Web and since reprinted at London for R. Sutton HIS MAIESTIES Speech and Protestation on Sunday the fifth of February before the Lords and Vniversitie of Oxford for the renouncing of Poperie THere is not that Blessing which Man on Earth can be capable of but it may be obtained by Prayer Our many sinnes had tempted the Almighties Wrath and pull'd downe Iudgements on our Heads our many Prayers have woed againe the Almighties Mercy and procured new Blessings to descend upon us We have felt the edge of the Sword and languished under the Iron hand of Warre we now againe begin to heare the sounds of Ioy and to behold the smooth Brow of Peace to smile upon us This is the worke of God and the event of the Prayers of holy men and as it was procured by the Exercise of Religion so Religion begins to flourish and to be confirmed by it and feares no more the thick Clouds of Superstition and Poperie shall shadow and over-spread this Kingdome On the fifth of this present Moneth his Maiestie being resident at Oxford and attended with a brave Traine of the Nobilitie heard that morning a Sermon in the Cathedrall Church which being ended and the holy Sacrament of the Eucharist being that day to be celebrated his Maiestie beholding a great multitude or his Nobilitie round about him spake thus unto them My Lords Although I am not bound to give account to any of my thoughts but unto God alone yet for your better satisfaction and that my people might understand how much I have suffered by prejudicate rumour and opinion I this day protest before the face of Almightie God and before you all that in my heart I am farre from Poperie and so by Gods grace will continue vnto the end of my life neither did my Queene ever to my knowledge so much as perswade me once to alter my Religion When he had spoke this with great gratulation and ioy of his Nobilitie he received the holy Sacrament And this assurance of his Maiesty hath bin since seconded in hi● Answer to the Petition of both his Houses of Parliament wherein he assureth them of his pious resolution to maintaine the true Protestant Religion and for the abolishing of Superstition and Popery which hath turned our weeping into laughter and our sorrowes into song● of Ioy. God give us the grace to give his glorious Name the praise to be gratefull unto him to reioyce in him with true thank fulnesse when such a Blessing is imparted and now our s●●●●…es are comf●rted To this purpose the Story of the Iewes being deli●ered from all their feares is very remarkab●e The Text saith That they rested the same day and made ●t d●y of feasting and gladnesse a good day and sent portions and presents one to another But wherefore was all this for saving their lives and prevailing against their enemies But O thou God of Heaven That ridest upon the wings of the Wind and holdest the reines of the Kingdomes of the World in thy hand to let loose or restraine at thy pleasure Thou knowest that we have more causes to reioyce and be glad then the Iewes in their Purim for if we may compare the lesse with the greater they had but the preservation of their bodies a flight triumph against their temporal enemies we are in the way to save our soules and put our spirituall adversaries to flight the Flesh the World and the Devill What is Papistry to be suppressed the Priests and Iesuits to be banished and the Gospel of Iesus Christ to flourish My soule leapes for ioy and my heart is inditing a good matter I speake of the things which I have made touching the King My tongue is the Pen of a readie Writer O blessed be God for this alteration Doth not Ieremy tell us that in Ramah there was a voyce heard lamentation and weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not Did not all England wring their hands for sorrow and begin to mourne and to be affrighted when they saw the Papists so arrogantly mischievous to insult in every Towne and Shire and mock us to our faces To bring up their Armies and defie our Religion and threaten utterly to demolish it as if Sandolet and Tabiah were come againe to deride the Iewes when Nehemiah did re-edifie the Temple And hath not God put it into the Kings heart to damme up this inundation and to keepe the raging Sea within its bounds that it should not overflow the lower and more fruitfull grounds Marke but the progression of this Businesse How have the Papists behaved themselves within these two yeres and especially since his Maiestie hath absented himselfe from his Parliament How insolently have they brag'd of their Forces How illegally have they mustered and drawn them together And being now under the command of the Earle of Newcastle how impudertly have they threatned the overthrow of us all especially of our late flourishing and renowned Citie of London But was this all No no the severall Shires of England worse by farre then the Iewes who poysoned the Springs of Sweet Water in these dayes had and still have malicious Instruments to corrupt the Youth of the Countrey and the Priests Iesuites Fryers have run from House to House and made them all amazed with crying out Great is Diana of the Ephesians The Court at Oxford and the frequent Visitations of our Malignants in London have their Assemblies mingled with a number of audacious and peremptorie Romanists who not onely branded us for luke-warmenesse and uniustifiable Actions but boasted in their Disputations that they had put the true and learned Ministers and Servants of God to silence as if Sidkiah should strike Machaiah on the face and peremptorily aske him When the Spirit of God departed from him to be infused in such an Vnderling The Court had not onely every Corner but publique Walkes filled with Papists and Hispaniolized Temporizers and what did they but appeare in severall disguised formes and their corrupt hearts taught their tongues to vent forth Blasphemies and notorious Abuses For as you reade how Ieremy was taken by his enemies and brought before the Princes and Priests for weakening the hands of the Men of Warre and daunted their hearts that wished well to the Peace of Sion so played these imposturing Spirits charming all men with such Subtleties that they would beleeve nothing true but what proceeded