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A86836	The humble petition of the peacefull, obedient, religious, and honest Protestants of this kingdome, presented unto the honourable House of Commons in their behalfe, by Doctor Hynton, 1642. With an answer to the severall objections proposed against him concerning the Protestants petition, by a committee appointed from the honourable House of Commons.	Hinton, John, Sir, 1603?-1682.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1642 (1642)	Wing H3569; Thomason E181_37; ESTC R7308	2,882	9

HONI SOIT MAL Y PENSE THE HVMBLE PETITION OF The peacefull obedient religious and honest Protestants of this Kingdome presented unto the Honourable House of Commons in their behalfe by Doctor Hynton 1642. With an Answer to the severall Objections proposed against him concerning the Protestants Petition by a Committee appointed from the Honourable House of COMMONS Printed in the yeare 1642 The humble Petition of the peacefull Obedient religious and honest protestants Of this Kingdome presented unto the Honourable House of Commons in their behalfe by Doctor Hynton THat you will be pleased to reflect upon the divine Service of God according to the antient lawes of this Kingdome that thereby the poore Protestants betweene the two extremities of zeale may not suffer a disturbance of their religion That you will be pleased to preserve Gods annointed his immediate Vicegerent our true and lawfull Soveraigns Lord the King in his person in all his Regall dignities and lawfull immunities without any impeachment of his Regality in whose honour the reputation of the Kingdome depends That you will be pleased to ratifie and confirme all things both concerning His Majesty and the state of this Kingdome as they were in those blessed dayes of Queens Elizabeth and King Iames that wee may thereby live in these latter and turbulent times with as much peace to our consciences with as much dignity to our Nation in as true love and obedience to our lawfull Sovereigne and with as much liberty and liberality of our fortunes as our forefathers hertofore have done That you will not suffer Learning to be defaced nor discountenanced by the ignorant but rather that you will be pleased to advance is to its Dignity it being the maine supporter of lawfull obedience of order civility and regularity in all States That you will be pleased to qualifie the exorbitances of the S●… and unworthy persons that thereby the City of London and the Suburbes may be disburdened from their continuall cares and fear it besides their losse of time healths and fortunes which the T●…bands and the double and treble watches and wards continually 〈◊〉 sustaine That you will be pleased as the State hath by election both made you members of this Honourable House and adopted you our Fathers to governe our fortunes to establish our Lawes and to regulate our actions so we now beseech you to satisfie our consciences to preserve our reputations and to admit of a liberall and free debate in Parliament concerning all these particulars without interruption that thereby the glory of God may be exalted the dignity of our King and Kingdome preserved the immunities of the House according to the ancient custome of England continued all precipitated tumults appeased all discords amongst us peacefully united the valiant and re●…ned acts of our predecessors revived our tottering fortunes established our King and Kingdome united that so our mindes and conscTences may be fully satisfyed c. Answer to severall Objections concerning the Protestants Petition 1. QuestVPon what reason doe you present this Petition in the name of the Gentlemen of the foure Innes of Court Ans. My meaning was because the Gentlemen of the Innes of Court having lately appeared before the face of the Court to preserve the Kings person according to their allegiance his Majesty being in eminent danger as they conceived which might not s●eme altogether conformable in these turbulent times being not invoked by publick authority therefore I deemed it not much incongruent for me having been a member of that Society to make my addresse unto this honorable House without their especiall advice by preferring an humble Petition which might manifest a perfect intention of their true devotion both towards your Honourable Assembly as also unto their country 2. Quest Why did you not take the advice of some particular friends or of some one Innes of Court rather then the generall and for all the Protestants of England Ans. My meaning was because I did conceive that the Petition being universall and concerning all the loyall Protestants of this Kingdome it required a generall counsell of the whole foure Innes of Court that therby through a perfect and judicious judgement it might receive the better influence from the whole Kingdome upon whose Counsell this Nation doth most depend 3. Quest What do you meane by the reflection upon the divine service of God Ans. My intention was that the divine service of God might bee duly executed by reason of our daily schismatical interruptions frequently appearing in some of our Churches manifestly repugning the Protestant professed faith in our Religion 4. Quest What do you meane by the two extremities of zeale Ans. My meaning was Jesuits and Brownists 5. Quest Doe you not thinke that we have as much care to preserve the Kings person as you what doe you meane by that Ans. My meaning was that you would be pleased to appoint an especiall guard to preserve the Kings person by reason of the multitude of people which passe by the Court gate in troops with acclamations and in a tumultuous manner 6. Quest What do you intend by the Kings immunities Ans. My meaning was all the Kings Regall dignities it being the glory of our Nation 7. Quest Do you intend by settling things as they were in Queene Elizabeths and King Iames his dayes to abrogate those Lawes which we have enacted in this Parliament Answ God forbid but my meaning was that you would be pleased to settle us in that happy peace among us which our Predecessors most happily enjoyed in those precedent dayes both with our King and Country without any impeachment or diminution of those laudable and worthy Lawes by your Honourable House hitherto established 8. Quest What doe you mean by the peace of your conscience Ans. My meaning was that being devoutly imployed in the divine service of God wee might not be interrupted in our devotions by the Papists and Separatists 9. Quest What doe you intend by the defacing of Learning Answ My meaning was the manifest and daily affronts which our honest and learned Divines sustaine by schismaticall persons both in the Church and publike places to the great dishonour and dis-repuration of Learning 10. Quest What doe you intend by the advancement to its dignity Answ My meaning was that Doctors and Coblers might not be equall competitors but that the Cobler might not goe beyond his Last 10. Quest What doe you intend by Separatists Ans. My meaning was the Brownists and non-Conformists to the established doctrine in our true Protestant Church of England so anciently profest by our predecessors 12. Quest Why doe you endeavour to introduce the Gentlemen of the Innes of Court to petition for the Traine Band and double Watches Ans. My meaning was because the Gentlemen of the Innes of Court having the custody of many and great estates ought to endeavour a generall pacification that thereby the Traine Bands and extraordinary Watches may as well be relieved from their chargeable and carefull attendance as we of our continuall feare with dangerous tumults 13. Quest What doe you intend by free debate in Parliament without interruption or fear of punishment Ans. My meaning was that there may be some on the behalfe of the Petition admitted to a liberall and free discourse before the Parliament concerning the particulars without feare of punishment 14. Quest What doe you intend by the valiant and renowned acts of your predecessors Ans. My meaning was but onely a lively expression to retaine the dignity of our Nation Quest 15. What doe you meane by this Protest Ans. My meaning was no more but to testifie my innocency and the reality of my heart to serve my God my King and Country 16. Quest What advice and counsell had you to draw up this Petition and is this your true Copy Ans. I doe confesse this to be my true Copy and doe most seriously protest that I had neither counsell nor advice from any man towards the contriving either of the heads thereof or this rough and impolished draught and I take God to witnesse the publication thereof was never Intended without a generall and exact counsell vpon every particular that thereby it might appeare laudable before God and man and therefore I humbly crave and beseech your favourable construction of this loose Paper submitting my selfe in all humility to the grave wisdomes of your Honourable Assembly and with a cheerfull heart ready to sacrifice my life and fortune at your commands FINIS