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A96962	Eight occasionall speeches, made in the house of Commons this Parliament, 1641. 1 Concerning religion. 2 Vpon the same subject. 3 Vpon dismounting of the cannons. 4 Vpon the Scotch treaty. 5 Vpon the impeachment of the Lord Strafford, and Canterbury, &c. 6 Vpon the Straffordian knot. 7 Vpon the same subject. 8 A seasonable motion for a loyall covenant. / By Sir Iohn Wray knight and baronet.	Wray, John, Sir, 1586-1655.	1641 (1641)	Wing W3667; Thomason E196_10-17; ESTC R7004	5,732	16

of truth via Tuta they have stopt up but via Devia they have enlarged and laid open as appeares by their crooked Cannons Mr. Speaker I shall not goe about to over-throw their government in the plurall but to limit and qualifie it in some particulars for as Sir Francis Bacon long since well observed there were two things in the government of Bishops of which he could never be satisfied no more am I. The first was the sale exercises of their Authority And secondly the deputation of that authority But Mr. Speaker I shall not now dispute of either for my owne part I love some of them so well and am so charitable to the rest that I wish rather their reformation than their ruine but let me tell you withall that if wee shall find among them any proud Becket or Wolsey Prelates who stick not to write Ego Rex meus or if there shall be found any cruell Bonners c. such I professe I would not spare for they will spare none But if in the counter-ballance there may be found but one good Cranmer or one good Latimer or Ridley I would esteeme and prise them as rich jewels fit to be set in the Kings owne Cabinet for such I am sure will pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for the peace of King Charles and his three Kingdomes which God long preserve in concord and unity But Mr. Speaker wee must also bee actors in the preservation of religious concordance which will never bee safe nor well at quiet untill these heavie drossy Cannons with all their base mettle be melted and dissolved let us then dismount them and destroy them which is my humble motion The fourth upon the Scotch Treaty Ianuary 21. 1640. Mr. Speaker THere is no malady more destructive to the naturall or politick body than the mal Caduque or falling sicknesse nor is there any Physitian or compound more to be esteemed than that which can cure it in either Mr. Speaker this unknown remedy if wee be wise to apply it and take the receipt withall the ingredients without any scruple of distast I am confident the recovery will be perfect and the whole body of Great Britaine safe and sound Mr. Speaker the happy union of Scotland and England hath thus long ever since flourished in interchangeable blessings of plenty and mutuall love and friendship But of late by what fatall disasters and dark underminings wee are divided and severed into Scotish and English Armies let their well composed preambles speak for me which I wish were printed as an excellent embleme of brotherly love that discovers who hath wounded us both and how each should strive to help the other in distresse seeing their and our Religion and Lawes lie both at stake together Think of it what you will Noble Senate their subsistance is ours we live or die rise or fall together Let us then finde out the Boutefaux of this Prelaticall warre and make them to pay the shot for their labour who no doubt long for nothing more than that wee should break with them who worship but one God and serve but one Master with us Nor need we feare that they intend to dispossesse the English of their inheritance or freehold being ready to withdraw their forces upon reasonable termes referring their demands of reparation for losses to the justice and courtesie of this house which I assure my selfe will give both a bountifull cheerefull and speedy supply in this case of necessity for Bis dat qui Cito dat is the best motto or motion at this time The fifth upon the impeachment of the Lord Strafford and Canterbury c. February 26. 1640. Mr. Speaker I Take it we have now sate in this great Councell fifteen or sixteen weeks a longer time than any Parliament hath done these many yeeres God hath given us a faire and blessed opportunity if wee lay hold of it and call to minde the best Motto for a Parliament which is Non quàm diu sed quàm benè Mr. Speaker Wee have had thus long under our Feathers many Estriges Egges which as some observe are longest in hatching but once hatched can digest Iron and wee have many Irons in the fire and have hammered some upon the anvill of justice into nayles but wee have not struck one stroak with the right hammer nor riveted one nayle to the head Mr. Speaker God forbid we should be cruell or vindicative to any but let us take heed wee be not so to our selves and them that sent us if wee doe not mend our pace and so runne as wee may obtaine Mr. Speaker I hope wee shall make good the work wee have undertaken and winne that prize and goale wee ayme at else if we faile in this our pursuit of justice it is time to look about us for then I feare that wee our selves shall hardly scape scot-free It will not be our six Subsidies that will help us unlesse we be good husbands and cut of all superfluous charges disband all needlesse Armyes and dis-arme all Papists and banish all Priests and Jusuits and then we shall thrive and prosper Provided alwayes that we deny our selves and trust not too much in the arme of flesh but bee carefull to preserve brotherly love and concord least discord and faction break devide and ruine us but I hope God will make us all of one minde and one publick spirit that as wee are descended from that ancient and noble English quiver we may prove our selves a right sheafe of English Arrowes well united well feathered and sharply piled for publick use stoutly to defend and preserve the publick good and safety of this famous Iland of Great Britaine and that is my humble prayer and motion The sixth upon the Straffordian Knot March 10. 1640. Mr. Speaker IN this great and waighty cause we ought seriously to consider First What we our selves have done already in the accusation and impeachment of this great Earle of high Treason Secondly let us remember what we now are not only Parliament men but publick men and English men As Parliament men let us follow the steps of our Ancestours and bee constant to that rule of Law which was their guide and should be ours As publick men forget not whom we here represent and by how many chosen and trusted As English men let us call to minde the undanted spirits and stout hearts of those antient Heroës from whom we are descended how free they were from Pusillanimity and how they scorned all Flattery and Slavery let us then now or never Mr. Speaker shew the same blood runs in our veines Thirdly let us be well advised what to doe if in case we shall be denied justice in this particular upon which depends not only the happinesse but the safety of this Parliament of this Kingdome of our selves and of our Posterities and this is my Aviso The seventh upon the same subject April 9. 1641. Mr. Speaker TRuth is the daughter of time and experience the best Schoolemaster who hath long since taught many men and estates the sad and woefull effects of an halfe-done work those convulsions and renting paines which the body of great Britaine now feels shews us that the ill humours and obstructions are not yet fully purged nor dissolved Mr. Speaker God will have a through work done if in stead of redressing evils we think to transact all by removing of persons and not things well may we hust our troubles for a season but they will returne with a greater violence For beleeve it Mr. Speaker let us flatter our selves as we please a dim-sighted eye may see that although we think we have now passed the equinoctiall of the Straffordian line and seeme to have gone beyond Canterbury yet their faction and undermining Agents of all Religions grow daily more and more powerfull and no doubt doe labour an extirpation of all Parliaments and men that will not think say and sweare to their opinions and practice Have we not then Mr. Speaker a wolfe by the eares is there any way to goe scot-free or wolfe-free but one then let us take and nor forsake that old English Parliamentary Road which is Via tuta and will bring us safely to our journeys end that is my humble motion The eighth a seasonable motion for a loyall Covenant May 3. 1641. Mr. Speaker IF ever wee intend to perfect and finish the great works we have begun and come to our journeys end let us take and follow the right way which is Via tuta and that is in a word to become holy Pilgrims not Popish and to endeavour to be loyall Covenanters with God and the King first binding our selves by a Parliamentary and Nationall Oath not a Straffordian nor a Prelaticall one to preserve our Religion entire and pure without the least compound of Superstition or Idolatry next to defend the defender of the Faith his Royall person Crowne and dignity and maintaine our Soveraigne in his glory and splendor which can never be ecclipsed if the ballance of justice goe right and his lawes be duly executed Thus doing Mr. Speaker and making Jerusalem our chiefest joy we shall be a blessed Nation and a happy People But if we shall let goe our Christian hold and loose our Parliament proofe and old English well-tempered mettle Let us take heed that our Buckler break not our Parliaments melt not and our golden Candlestick be not removed which let me never live to see nor England to feele the want of that is my prayer to conclude my former motion FINIS