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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80281	A complaint to the House of Commons, and resolution taken up by the free Protestant subjects of the cities of London and Westminster, and the counties adjacent.		1643 (1643)	Wing C5623; Thomason E245_5; ESTC R18737	11,598	15

vaine men and with authority redact them into order againe p. 20. Where lies the difference what is the chiefe spring that forces the wheeles of this poore Kingdome out of order Our royall King himselfe on whom God multiply his choisest blessings is such a loving Prince as his Father commends who thinks his greatest contentment standeth in his subjects prosperity and his greatest surety in having their hearts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 25. And as for the two honourable Houses of Parliament they have manifested their earnest zeale for the advancing of the Kingdome of Jesus Christ the glory of religion and a flourishing peace amongst us not like those that carry a petition for peace in their hands and murder in their heart but such a peace as may be permanent The truth of it is there needs not a fuller Character of the Malignant part that do so distract us then that which His Majesty made of them in one of his declarations Those who are disaffected to the peace of this Kingdome these be the Hagasians that long to see England bathed in her owne bloud 1. These were the cause of the troubles in Muscovia there was a great deale of fidelity protested to the King and his Councell by a Company of Priests and their faction that allured the King to hearken to their ●●deavour in setling of that peace which themselves had indeed distr●●●ed but wofull was the event of it for they contrived a strong plot and in one night slew both the King Demetrius his Queen and his wise counsellours and so the Kingdome was lost These were the men that petitioned to the Parliament for peace to have a toleration in the Reigne of King James at the same time when they were plotting day and night to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the King Prince Nobles and House of Commons and the● to haue suddenly fallen upon us to have slain us all Oh what a sad day should this have been to poore England but God be blessed they were prevented How have they plotted to incense the Pope to send so many fulminent Breves to England to hinder the Kings Liege people from a king the oath of allegiance and supremacy How hath father Parson and other been suffered in that which by the Laws of the Land is treason To practise beyond the Seas or upon the Seas or elsewhere within the Kings dominions to absolve perswade or withdraw any subject 〈◊〉 any within his Highnesse Dominions from their obedience to his Majesty or to reconcile them to the Pope or to draw them to the Romish Religion for that intent or to move them to promise obedience to the See of Rome or to any other Prince to be had or used within the Kings dominions everie such person and their procurers aiders counsellours and maintainers knowing the same are all in case of high treason 23. El. 1.3 Jac. 4. P. Rom. 7. 2 The Projectours with their monopolies that have long gnawed at the bowells of the Kingdome they are another party ready to help these divisions forward One that was a great Patentee for Butter Casks c. Captaine Read by name went over into Ireland and became one of the chiefest of the Rebells now a prisoner in the Tower of London And Collonell Aston that had a share in the wine patten how doth his 〈◊〉 rage against the Parliament and against the Honourable City of London how cruelly did he execute Martiall law upon Master Boyes at Redding a Citizen that travelled that way to see his aged Parents this Christ●●● offering no abuse nor medling with any man woman or child yet upon his command was put to death 3 The Prelates cannot endure to be curbed of their Pride witnesse that insolency of the Arch Prelate of Canterbury who with the Bishop of Ely would not alight out of their coach when they went with the ●ing to church in Scotland from his pallace of Hollirood house to Edenbrough His Majesty going on foot insomuch that the people asked them how they durst deny to come out of their coach seeing their King himselfe on ●oot and the Scottish men told them how therein they appeared to be ●ags and servants to the Pope Canterbury moved the King another time to erect an high Commission ●n all the Bishopricks of that Kingdome by vertue of a Proclamation which he extorted from his Majesty wherein it was ordered that the Bishops Courts here in England should have no subordination to any other Courts and should proceed without any dependency not so much ●s to use his Majesties Armes in their Seals but their own like the Prelate of Rome to deprive his Majesty of his supremacy Sedferse Bishop of Galloway a Pedlers sonne was so bold as open●y before other Lords to give the Earle of Argile a great Peer in Scot●and the ly And who hath been greater incendiaries to stirre up●●ar then they what a protestation did they make against the Court of Parliament 4 The bringing in of Innovations into the Church hath bred great distraction amongst us which first began when father Leader came from the Pope then the Bishops began to erect Altars and take away the Communion tables to force all to kneel at the Sacrament to be all uncovered during all the time of reading the service to sland up at the reading of the Gospell to bow at the name of Iesus and to consecrate a new the Church of Saint Giles in the fields 5. Cruelty against Godly Ministers How was Master Ward of Suffolk tossed amongst them by a pretended accusation of Symony onely to silence him Doctour Everard Chaplain to the Earl of Holland was terribly prosecuted for contradicting the unlawfull command of innovation of the Prelate of Norwich What shall we say of Master Burton and hundreds more some silenced some imprisoned some died in prison as master Bates c. others were persecuted our of the Land contrary to that pious saying of King James Love no man more then a good Pastour reverence and obey them as the Heraulds of the most high God 6 Many men of desperate fortunes care not how a Kingdome perisheth to give them hopes of Pillage as there are some who have resolved if ever the City which God forbid should come to be plundered what parts they would pillage and with strong asseverations they have sworn and vowed with bloudy and fearfull Protestations how glad they would be to see that day 7 Who are so much disaffected to the Peace of the Kingdome as those who endeavour to dissafect his Majestie from the Houses of Parliament and perswade him to such a distance both in place and affection Who are more disaffected to the Government of the King then such who lead his Majestie away from hearkening to his Parliament which by the constitution of his Kingdome is his best and great Councell and perswade him to follow the malicious counsells of some private men in opposing and contradicting the wholsome advices of

Protestation or else they respect not their vows made to Almighty God and to break such a publike vow is an heavie and fearfu l crime God keep such guilt out of our souls for in the Protestation they do professe vow and protest before Almighty God as far as life power and estate to maintain and defend the power and priviledges of Parliament and every person c. in pursuance of the same c. Others finde fault with the committing of malignants to prison but they are used like men not as Smith the Provost Marshall useth them not as Captain Lilburn Captain Wingate Captain Walton c. are used like dogs rather then Christians almost pined to death for want of sustenance eaten with vermin for want of help and shifts of cloaths loaded with fetters of iron debarr'd of the company of their wives children or friends debarr'd of the charity that friends would relieve them with cannot have the favour which Chaistians have of Turks from those blood-thirsty Cavaliers who use them like Hackny-Jades nay worse like dogs for though it is true the King allows six peace a day But Smith detains four pence three farthings of it here is cruelty indeed unspeakable cruelty what would these men do if they should suduens we have cause indeed to complain of those that would by a pretence of Peace betray us into these blood-sucking hands Good Lord deliver us from them it is to be feared if we submit to them we shall be more persecuted then ever our Predecessors were in the bloody times of Queen Mary How publikely have they in their scandalous Pamphlets abused the high Court of Parliament the Honorable the Lord Major of London the City of London and Westminster belched forth their threatnings in the speedy execution of their devilish practises and terible threatnings of their resolved purposee And give God thanks that their Papists and Jesuits keepe in their heades I wonder that many will say seeming to be juditious men that they think the Malignants desire peace as well as pretend to desire it see how cunningly they have wrought against the Parliament first they covertly abuse them by the defaming of their proceedings in their Petition this being discovered their Petition was rejected then they send a company of prentice-boyes to Westminster and they make a vapouring shew of desire of peace And now at last of all they have brought forth the most rebellious treacherous Pamphlet that ever was writ stuffed with insufferable languages full of bitternesse and railing against the Parliament and in plain earnest desires the people to take up Arms to destroy the Parliament if this do not convince you of the poison of these viperous generation of damnable Malignants what will you do surely if you be not wedded to your own ruine you must needs abhor such things as these They disturbed Scotland they have almost over-run Ireland and they have gotten too much head in England if it please God to see it good that it might be otherwise and are English people so blinde th●t they cannot yet see Oh noble Senators we have great cause indeed to put up our Complaints against these Cerberusses that dare thus to come up barking to your very doors scattering their poysoned Pamphlets about your houses making Proclamation to all the Countries in England to assist them against the Parliament should we assist a company of Papists and wicked people of desperate fortunes to attempt such a damnable design it is very probable the next Project would be to murther us and all the Protestants in England Another envious fit they have of railing against the Honorable the Lord Major of the City of London an honest religious godly man one in whose brows is the very Emblem of Love chosen by the Votes of the City confirmed by the Authority of the High Court of Parliament and with great care and pains doth execute his office yet is scorned and contemned by some wicked debauched Shagamuffins whose words no wise man will regard such as Dudly that was hanged for robbery the last Sessions at Newgate will wise men be deluded by the examples of such as are fitter for the Gallows the Cage or the Whipping-post then to meddle in State-matters surely methinks it becomes not the gravity of the City to be so unwise thus to procure their own ruine Right Honorable Senators they have abused the whole City of London and Westminster a few Papists and factious people amongst us that have seduced others to set their hands to their Petition presume they will joyn with them in their so great and saucie malipertnesse against you nay they boast as if we would all joyn with them but we will not no we conceive it concerns us greatly to complain against them they have abused us we disclaim their fact and brand it with the desert of condign punishment amongst all the saucinesse that our Chronicles give report of we do not finde the like onely one of them now a great Commander a Papist to a Petition from Cheshire against Reformation forged hands for dead men mad men Sea men out of the land brought childrens hands and Papists and presented it in the name of all Cheshire so have these few rebellious elves belched forth their poyson against you in the name of all London and Westminster And they are very terrible in the threatning of the execution of their purposes Resolutions they have devillish Resolutions Resolutions for the overthrow of Religion Resolutions to destroy the Parliament and in them all the priviledges of the Subject Resolutions to set up Popery Oh most noble Senators we had never more cause to complain against a bastardly brood of Popish Traytors then now now they are grown 〈…〉 now they are every day plotting and practising all the mischief they can against us and such is the simplicity of many amongst us that for all this they believe these Incendiaries of mischief will do us no hurt they say is it possible that men should be so blinde and deluded by them They are very terrible in their threatning they protest to bring us suddenly to ruine to dissolve the Parliament suddenly and what do you think they would do next you that are well opinionated of them first they say they will defend themselves by Arms that is of Rebellion and then they will make use of what is next as themselves say in their calumnious Pamphlet Oh what cause have we to complain of these dangerous Malignants what will they spare nothing no they say they will make use of what is next make use of our goods by plundering and robbing us make use of our wives and daughters by ravishing them and murther us our wives and children as they have done in Germany and as they still do in Ireland shall we trust such as these Oh let us take heed how we admit of any peace or confederacie with them that thus despise the Parliament Religion and the people of God