Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	house_n	parliament_n	vote_n	2,038	5	10.1645	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91166	A counterplea to the cowards apologie, manifesting by an ancient record and law; the unlawfullnesse of passing any vote or iudgement against law, or conscience, for feare of death, danger, or any forfeiture, in any court, counsell or iudicature, especially in the Houses of Parliament.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1647 (1647)	Wing P3932; Thomason E400_3; ESTC R201738	2,616	4

A COVNTERPLEA to the Cowards Apologie manifesting by an ancient Record and Law The unlawfullnesse of passing any Vote or Iudgement against Law or Conscience for feare of Death Danger or any forfeiture in any Court Counsell or Iudicature especially in the Houses of PARLIAMENT IN the Parliament of 1. * Fabians Chron. part 7 Aa 1 H. 4. H. 4. Some Lords and others excusing themselves from their unjust illegall actions and votes in the Privy-Councell that what they advised and did was by constraint of King Richard and for feare of death The whole House of Commons thereupon exhibited this notable Petition to the King in Parliament worthy to be engraven on the walls of both Houses in Letters of Gold * 1 H ● NVM 9. That the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and other persons might not be received in time to come for to excuse them to say That They durst not to doe or Speak the Law Nor What they thought For doubt of death Or that they Were not Free of themselves because they are more bound under-Pain of Treason to kéepe their Oath or doe their duty then to Feare death or any Forfeiture And hereupon as * Chronicle part 7. 1. H. 4. Fabian writes there passed this Law in Parliament THAT NO LORD NOR OTHER PERSON of no degree should after that day lay for his excuse ANY CONSTRAINT OR COACTING OF HIS PRINCE IN EXECVTING OF ANY VVRONG IVDGEMENT or other criminous or unlawfull deedes saying THAT FOR FEARE THEY DVRST NONE OTHERVVISE DOE for such excuse after that Day SHALL STAND HIM IN NO EFFECT If no such excuse might be alleaged by any Lord or private Person whatsoever much lesse then by the whole or major part of the House of Lords or Commons consisting of many hundred persons of greatest Eminency Honour and Power able not only magnanimously to contemne and withstand to death the highest menaces unlawfull violence and armed forces of the King as they have formerly done to their eternall honour but likewise much more of their owne distempered Army with an undaunted and Heroicall resolution to which their Protestations and Covenant hath more engaged them now then any of their Predecessors in former Parliaments Let then every Member of either House of Parliament lay their Hands upon their hearts and set themselves seriously in Gods and the whole Kingdomes presence whom they represent and answer this demand without any equivocations or evasions as they shall answer it at the great day of judgement before the tribunall of Christ in the view of all the world Whether many of their late Votes touching the revocation of their Remonstrance against the Armies Petition the continuance of the Army under a settled pay to the Countries insupportable oppression and charge after their Votes for its disbanding the owning this Army for their owne notwithstanding their present tumultuous proceedings the putting of the Militia and all forces of the Kingdome under Sir Thomas Fairfax his Command after his and the Armies refusall to be commanded by the Houses or to obey their Votes the removall and disposall of the Kings Person as the Army shall direct the Impeachment Charge dismission from the Houses attendance of the eleven impeached Members and Votes for the selfe accusation of other unimpeached Members without and before any particular Charge or accuser the discountenancing and dispersing of such dutifull gallant Officers and Souldiers who in obedience and conscience to their votes deserted the ARMY the Declaration against the introducing of forraigne forces without any ground or proofe of such a designe intended the * Purposeth to pnt the Tower and Magazins there under the command and power of Independents the Army to over-awe and enslave the City altering of the Militia of London without petition from Complaynt of or any the least consent of the City or consultation with them to whom they stand so much engaged for their constant affection and preservation more then to the Army and the like only upon the Armyes proposals in a strange extrajudiciall mutinous way proceeded not principally if not solely from a degenerous pannick feare and terrour of the Army or low complyance to satisfy them in all their bold and unreasonable demands or dread of some strang surmised violence Death or other loss and inconvenience from them rather then from any reall principles of justice Conscience Piety Honour Sound Reason or true Christian Policy If yea as their owne consciences can best testify some of their tongues confess who assure their freinds that they would never have condiscended to any of these Votes had they not been under the force and power of the Army Let themselves and the Army judge of the validity of such enforced unfree and timorous Votes and how well those who gave their assents unto them have discharged their Consciences to God and duties to their Country Yea how they have made good their Solemne League Covenant and protestations And if their Consciences herein condemne them let them sin no more in such a kinde as this lest a worse thing happen to them and the whole Kingdome City and Country be Enthralled Ruined yea the Honour Prviledges Freedome of this and all future Parliaments betrayed by their sordid feare of death or any other loss from an unformidable Army of their own raysing some of whose Anti-monarchicall Anti-magistraticall Anti-parliamentall Anarchicall Schismaticall dangerous Principles and High demands can presage nothing but Desolation to us if complyed with and can no wayes endanger Parliament or Kingdom but by an unworthy condiscention to them and will soone vanish into empty vapours if gallantly denyed or manfully opposed by both Houses with an Heroick English resolution to which the many former experiences of Gods power and protection in sundry desperate exigencies and that saying of the Prophet might animate engage each conscientius Member maugre all the Armies power threats whose Commissions they may revoke at pleasure or any humane force I * Isay 51. 12. 13. even I am he that comforteth thee who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall dye or of the sonne of man that shall be made as grasse And forgettest the Lord thy maker who stretched forth the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor as if he were ready to destroy And where is the fury of the oppressor * Isay 54. 17. No Weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemne Such a divine Cordial as this cannot but engage all Generous Members really fearing God or truly loving their country Religion the honour freedom of Parliaments to quit themselves like men like Englishmen of farr Ancienter and better descent then most in the Army Like an undaunted English Parliament and encourage every particular Member to resolve with David Psal 27 3. Though an Host should encamp against mee my heart shall not feare nor yet my tongue ever vote or cry Ay or No against my reason Justice Judgement conscience or the Parliaments honour in the least punctilio Which not to doe for fear of an Army death or any forfeiture the forecited Petition of the whole house of Commons hath resolved to be no less then Treason to the Kingdom and those who have intrusted them uncapable of any excuse or mitigation through fear of danger An argument which too many now unworthily insist on FINIS