Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	parliament_n	person_n	2,736	5	5.0257	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95786	The unchangeable resolutions of the free-men of England		1648 (1648)	Wing U31aA; Thomason 669.f.12[44]; ESTC R210831	1,590	1

The unchangeable Resolutions of the Free-men of England WHereas amongst other the ancient Rights and Freedoms of this Nation it is declared in the Grand Charter of the liberty of England cap. 29. That no Free-man shall be taken or imprisoned or be disseiz'd of his Free-hold or Liberties or Free Customes or be outlaw'd or exil'd or any other way destroyed Nor any Sentence passe upon him nor condemn'd but by lawfull Iudgment of his Peers or by the Law of the land And that justice or right shall be sold deny'd or deferr'd to no man Which said Charter obtain'd by the vast expence of the wealth and blood of this most puissant Nation hath been confirm'd by two and thirty severall Acts of the Free Parliaments of England explain'd and inlarg'd in the Petition of Right 3. Car ' From time to time asserted by this present Parliament as the onely foundation of all Government and ever heretofore entrusted and of late frequently avowed to be maintained accordingly and so secured cannot be altered by all the Power and Authority of the whole Kingdome of England But neverthelesse for the advancement of self-ends hath been and at present is invaded he ordinary course of Justice obstructed or partially dispensed Our Possessions every day more and more seiz'd on surcharg'd and drain'd till at last this whole Nation do become a prey to the avarice and ambition of a prevailing Faction whose unsetled condition notwithstanding all pretences of easing our present grievances wherewith we have heretofore been too frequently deluded cannot possibly subsist but by the exercise of a boundlesse power over the people and their proper interests We the Freemen of England deeply sensible of the premises and having nothing before our eyes but the fear of God the honour of our Country the love of our own and of the safety of our posterities and a fervent desire that Truth and Peace may be setled amongst us Not reflecting upon the particular designes of any self-ended party Nor fearing or suspecting the rage or power of any adversaries whatsoever so regardlesse of themselves as to draw upon their own souls the guilt of innocent bloud so ignoble in spirit and prodigious to nature as to neglect or betray the known Interests of our common birth-right or so unthankfull to us as to oppose envy or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the services and hazards which we shall willingly undergo for the vindication and defence of the Liberties of our Count●● Nor doubting the assistance of any true-hearted English man which they naturally owe and have generally avowed in the Parliament Protestation Oath of Association and Nationall Covenant to contribute unto us in this our self-defence Nor dismay'd at any difficulties or dangers whatsoever unworthy in matters of this concernment to be look'd upon confidently relying upon the Iustice and mercy of Almighty God and the sincerity and zeal of our just intentions herein and well knowing that all pretence of Conquest and Arbitrary Iurisdiction however obtain'd and wheresoever lodg'd is utterly destructive to propriety and the common Interest which can never be secur'd but by the supream Justice of a standing law the fayler of all other means and the exigency of our condition requiring the same are now at last unchangeably resolv'd with the hazard of our lives and fortunes clearly to shake off the yoak of our present bondage and to sacrifice our selves and all that is dear unto us with all chearfulnesse of heart For the Right and Liberties of the Free-men of ENGLAND In reference whereunto 1. THese Resolutions with the Petition of Right are to be published throughout this Kingdome and the People gain'd by the Gentry and Ministery to a right understanding of the same 2. A competent Brigade of the most sufficient faithfull and moderate Military persons are to imbody themselves in every County as near as possibly they may at one time who are not to violate or charge the Country Whose Office it must be 1. To suppresse all Force and to put the whole power of the Land man woman and child into a posture of defence against all opposition to the preceding resolutions Some expedients being contrived for a mutuall intercourse of Intelligence and assistance therein 2. To remove all Oppressions and illegall Impositions and to restore every Free-man to his just rights and liberties all Offenders against the publick Interests being remitted to the Law And for this end it is to be wished That one or more Tribunals be thereupon erected within every County of this Dominion who are to advise in the premises and finally to determine in matters of difference without costs and delaies of service within their respective Divisions FINIS