Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	person_n	say_a	session_n	3,171	5	10.8441	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86871	The humble representation and petition of the justices of peace, the grand juries, and other well-affected persons to this Commonwealth, at the general-sessions and goal-delivery for the county palatine of Chester, in the name of the said county: presented to the supreme authority of this nation, the Parliament of England. Friday the 16th of May, 1651. Ordered by the Parliament, that this petition be forthwith printed and published. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.	Chester (England). Justices of the Peace.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1651 (1651)	Wing H3633; Thomason E629_4; ESTC R206438	1,459	8

The Humble REPRESENTATION AND PETITION OF The Justices of Peace the Grand Juries and other well-affected persons to this Commonwealth At the general-General-Sessions and Goal-delivery FOR THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER in the Name of the said County PRESENTED To the Supreme Authority of this Nation The PARLIAMENT of England Friday the 16th of May 1651. ORdered by the Parliament That this Petition be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1651. To the Supreme Authority of this Nation The Parliament of England The humble Representation and Petition of the Justices of Peace the Grand Juries and other well-affected persons to this Commonwealth at the general-General-Sessions and Goal-delivery for the County Palatine of Chester in the Name of the said County Humbly sheweth THat your Petitioners do with all thankfulness acknowledge your Honors care and indefatigable diligence in watching over the good and safety of this Commonwealth and that you have with impartiality administred Iustice especially in visiting the Iniquity of Blood Murther Oppression and Injustice upon the Heads even of the greatest Contrivers of and Actors in our Miseries And they cannot but gratefully take notice of your constant Resolutions and Endeavors for promoting Religion in the power and purity thereof with the suppression of Sin a full manifestation whereof the whole Nation hath received in your late Acts past against Blasphemies Prophane Cursing and Swearing Sabbath breaking Adultery Fornication and the like Neither can your Petitioners look upon it as the least Argument of your Care of the Publique that you have professed to give all just ease in respect of the Burthens and Taxations of the Nation when the Necessity of the continuance thereof shall abate That your Petitioners do from their hearts abhor and detest all designs tending to create New Troubles and do bless God for the happy discovery of them and especially of that lately hatched in these Northern parts and do make it their earnest Request to your Honors That all those in these parts who may be proved to have had any hand in such ill Designs whether they be Old or New Malignants may be brought to condign punishment And that the rottenness of some few amongst your Petitioners Enviers of or Enemies to this happy Change of Government may not draw any imputation upon this County which is still ready to manifest its adherence and good affection to this present Government with the utmost hazard of their Lives and Fortunes whereof as they have hitherto for time past given undeniable Testimonies so they will be still ready to demonstrate the same upon all good occasions and your Petitioners do in their judgements conceive That the VVar with Scotland is Necessary and undertaken for your own and the Countreys peace they being fully satisfied That the Malignant Interest against which they have so long Contested with the Expence of so much Blood and Treasure is that onely which is carried on by those of that Nation That this County is burthened beyond its proportion for want of fit persons to represent in Parliament their Condition and hath very much suffered through the marching Soldiery to the Irish VVars it being in the High-Road and endamag'd very much that way in respect of which Burthen and Sufferings it hath in former times been much eased and sometimes freed from Taxes common to others And lastly your Petitioners do humbly Represent unto your Honors the great inconvenience and loss that falls upon Infants and others for want of a setled Office for Probate of VVills and granting Letters of Administration there being yet no legal course established for this County in that particular The Prerogative Court having no power amongst your Petitioners and for want of such an Office the course of Iustice is very much obstructed Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray That your Honors will be pleased to take the premises into Consideration and so soon as your great Occasions will permit to afford them such Relief as to your Wisdoms shall seem meet And that they may have liberty to proceed to New Elections of fit persons to Represent them in Parliament wherein they will be ready to observe such Rules and Cautions as you in your Wisdoms have or shall direct And your Petitioners will ever pray c. FINIS