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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	work_n	3,199	5	5.4597	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94708	To the supream authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. The humble petition of divers well-affected people, inhabiting the city of London and places adjacent; in behalf of the Common-wealth.		1651 (1651)	Wing T1747; Thomason 669.f.15[79]; ESTC R212094	1,904	1

TO THE SUPREAM AUTHORITY THE PARLIAMENT OF THE Common-wealth of ENGLAND The humble Petition of divers well-affected People inhabiting the City of London and places adjacent in behalf of the Common-wealth Sheweth THat although our hearts were enlarged with joy and thankfulness for your late Voting the Law and all its Proceedings to be in English and for constituting the Honourable Committee for Regulating the Courts of Justice yet remembring that the first Remonstrance of this Parliament took notice of the tedious chargeable and corrupt practifes in Law as one of the greatest Grievances of the Nation promising speedy and effectual relief therein And that nevertheless the Corruptions are still increased and the Burthen become more intolerable We trust it will admit a favourable construction at this time to give you to understand that our doubts and fears begin to abound in us that the same cause which hath hitherto frustrated the first good intentions of Parliament in this great work will also render your present Resolutions if not altogether fruitlesse yet very imperfect and not answerable to the necessities of the Common-wealth Of which our fears we cannot acquit our selvs whilest so many Members of this Supream Authority professing the Law are possessed of so great places amounting to one two or 3000l per annum and the several places of one to 6000l per annum all arising from corrupt or unnecessary Practices and Proceedings in Law and whilest others of them pursue their pleadings for unreasonable Fees in every Court And now appear daily at the Honourable Committee for no other end as we humbly conceive but either to obstruct weaken or pervert the Work Pardon us we beseech you that we cannot chuse but judge this worthy our Fear for unto this cause onely we ascribe the continuance and encrease of those corruptions during all the time of this Parliament which otherwise as we conceive would never have continued And that these may appear no vain or groundless imaginations divers well meaning Clerks have been already threatned and otherways discouraged for giving in their Informations and Propositions and from attending the Honourable Committee in order to a Regulation by some Lawyers now Members of Parliament And as for those that are not Members their numbers are so great and their influence so powerful by their monopolizing all Pleadings to themselves excluding all others though never so able That except this Supream Authority do by some extraordinary means restrain their Operations it wil be almost impossible to bring this great Work to a happy and desireable issue But what ever means shall appear necessary to your wisdoms ye have this to strengthen you That it is a work most acceptable to God For if there ●e a generation of men yet remaining amongst us that turn judgement into Gall and the fruit of Righteousness into Hemlock that oppress the Widdow and Fatherless and turn aside the Stranger from his Right that feed upon afflicted Prisoners and nourish the cruelty of Goalers Lawyers are the men It is then a Work for Gods glory to reduce them to a 〈◊〉 condition which is to be done throughly and with all your might And when in so doing your ways shall be well pleasing to the Lord he will make even your enemies to be at peace with you Nor can any Work as we humbly conceive be more acceptable to the people as freeing them not onely from innummerable vexations but from an excessive charge their unnecessary Fees drawing from amongst them yearly almost as much as the necessary charges of the Common-wealth In all which respects we are exceedingly encouraged as the most effectual means to remove all obstacles hindering so good and necessary a Work and of so great ease and advantage to the People in most humble manner to entreat 1 That no practising Lawyer while such may continue a Member of this Supream Authority nor be permitted to Sit or Vote in the Honourable Committee for Regulation 2 That no person whatsoever possessing any place of profit belonging to the Law or to any Court of Justice may whil'st he is so possessed be continued a Member either of the Parliament or of that Honourable Committee But yet in due respect to the honour of the Parliament that the Honourable Mr Speaker may be provided of an allowance sutable to the Honour of his place 3 That all people may be at liberty either to plead their own Causes or to retain either Lawyers or other their Friends and that they may have equal Freedom and respect in all Courts and places whatsoever 4 That the Honourable Committee for Regulation may be Ordered to take special care in clearing the passages and proceedings in all Causes in such manner as that they may come speedily and with small charge to the Juries Which as we humbly conceive is the most just and speedy way of Tryal of Causes that the World affords or we can desire were the passage to them quit of those many Lab'rinths that have been devised by Lawyers And that an affixt time as four or six Months at the most may be expresly set wherein every Cause shall from its beginning be finally ended 5 That those Clerks and all other persons whatsoever may have easie and free admittance to the Honourable Committee for Regulation and receive encouragement from this Honourable Parliament in their tender of such Proposals as they desire to offer for the furtherance of so just and necessary a Work All which we humbly submit to the wisdom of this Supream Authority And as in duty bound Shall ever pray c.