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A86822 The humble petition of the Lord Major, aldermen, and commons of the City of London, in Common-Councell assembled presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled: with the answers of both Houses to the said petition. City of London (England). Court of Common Council.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. Proceedings. 1648-10-16.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords. Proceedings. 1648-10-16. 1648 (1648) Wing H3546; ESTC R202502 2,608 8

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THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE Lord Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of LONDON IN Common-Councell ASSEMBLED Presented to the Right Honourable THE LORDS and COMMONS in Parliament Assembled WITH The Answers of both Houses to the said PETITION Printed by RICHARD COTES Printer to the honorable City of London October 17. 1648. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THE Lords and Commons In Parliament Assembled The humble Petition of the Lord Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in Common-Councell assembled SHEWETH THat the Petitioners with all thankfulnesse do acknowledg that by the blessing of God upon the great and pious endeavours of the Honorable Houses much good hath been obtained as unto the Kingdome in generall so particularly unto this City in the removal of many scandalous and ill-affected Ministers and giving opportunity thereby for the placing godly learned and painfull and orthodoxall in their roomes who by their constant preaching and endeavours have laboured against the errors heresies schisms superstition profanenesse and malignity of the times and have been under God very instrumentally serviceable since the beginning of these troubles to raise and stirre up the hearts and affections of the people of this City to join with and effectually to assist bo●h with their Lives and Estates the Honorable Houses of Parliament in their undertakings for the suppressing of the adverse power raised against them that so Religion Liberties and the work of Reformation might be carryed on to a happy settlement in Church and Common-wealth But your Petitioners have for a long time to the great grief of their souls foreseen and bewailed the sad condition this City was then comming into and which since is come upon it by reason of the want of competent maintenance to uphold and cherish therein their said godly and painfull Ministers and have by many indeavours for divers yeares past been considering how a comfortable livelihood for the said Ministers might be obtained but could by no means of themselves effect so great a worke without the help and assistance of this Honorable House unto whom therefore your Petitioners thought fit to have made their addresses and humbly prayed your help and assistance therein But finding then the other great and weighty affairs of the Kingdome so pressing wee did forbear untill some seasonable time might be found for this so pious a work But in the mean while the thing we feared is come to pass Our Ministers for want are necessitated to leave this City and many have already removed themselves and families into other parts of the Kingdome and divers others likewise going whereby the City is like to bee rendred in a very sad condition for their soules finding by a representation lately presented to the Common-councell from the Provinciall Assembly of London that there are at present about 40. parish Churches in the said Province that have no allowed or setled Minister belonging to them and your Petitioners to their grief do see divers Churches shut up and have none to officiate in them giving thereby opportunity to scandalous and il-affected Ministers to creep in and seduce the people and many more will be in short time if not timely prevented and how great dishonour that will be to God and misery to this City we need not expresse to this Honorable House whose religious constant care and endeavours is and hath been to nourish and support a godly and faithfull Ministery in the whole Kingdome and are confidently assured will not be wanting to doe the like for this great and populous City and the rest of the Province the affections and service whereof this Honorable house hath been pleased so oft to signifie their good acceptance of there being above one third part of the Parishes within the Province where the maintenance for the Ministers are not more then from 16 l. to 60. l. per annum many others little more and thereof a great part cannot bee received partly through the disaffection of many to the Reformation and Government now established and partly through the poverty of others in these hard times Your Petitioners therefore for preventing of the said miseries and for the future incouragement and setling of a godly painfull and Orthodoxall Ministery within the said Province to the glory of God the honour of the Parliament good of this Province and gayning many souls unto God Doe humbly pray That this Honorable House will bee pleased to take the premises into your most pious and serious consideration And to grant that the Impropriations of the late Archbishops and Bishops the Houses and Lands now or late belonging to Deans Chapiters and Prebends within the said Province and the Rents and Revenues thereof may be setled for an augmentation of maintenance of the Ministery of the said Province with such further addition as the greatnesse of the Petitioners necessity doe require and the Honorable Houses in their Wisdomes shall see meet And the Petitioners shall pray c. Die Lunae 16. Octobr. 1648. AFter the Petition of the Lord Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of London was this day read in the House The Petitioners being called in again they were answered as followeth That the House gives them thankes for the care they have for a faithfull Ministery within the Diocesse of London And that the Lords will doe what lyeth in them for the furthering of their good desires therein according to their Petition Jo. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum Die Lunae 16. Octob. 1648. THe House being informed that the Sheriffs and Aldermen of London were at door they were called in and after a short preamble made by Sheriffe Viner he delivered his message That the Lord Major Aldermen and Common-councell of the City of London commanded him to deliver this their humble Petition which he did humbly present and desired the same might be read which after the Petitioners were withdrawn was read Ordered by the House of Commons that the said Petition be committed to Mr. Knightley Mr. Bows Mr. Trenchard Col. Copley Sir Martin Lumbley Mr. Gourden The Citizens and Burgesses of the City of London Mr. Gesson Mr. Wheeler Mr. Vassall Mr. Solwey Mr. Preistley Mr. Sheriffe Brown Sir Robert Harley Alder. Hoyle Mr. Got Mr. Whitaker Col. Stroud Col. Rigby Mr. Tate Sir Thomas Dacre Sir Will. Lister Col. Brich Mr. Edward Stephens Sir John Boucher Or any five of them and all that will come are to have voices The said Committee to have power to confer with the Common-councel of the City of London or such as they shall appoint how an expedient may be found out for setling maintenance upon a Preaching Ministery within the said City and are to consider the Ordinance touching the late Dean and Chapiter of Pauls and how the same hath been discharged and to find out the cause why the said Churches stand empty and unserved with power also to consider of an expedient how a Preaching Ministery may be maintained in al other Cities within this Kingdom The said Committee is to fit at two a clock this afternoon in the Exchequer Chamber and so de die in diem and for what concerns the City of London to make report to the House thereof forthwith The Petitioners being again called in Mr. Speaker by command of the House gave them this answer Gentlemen The House hath considered of your Petition and findes it a thing of very great consequence and have referred the same to a Committee who are to sit this afternoon and are to confer with you how an expedient may be found out for maintenance of a Preaching Ministery within the City and to report the same forthwith H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.