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kingdom_n	majesty_n	parliament_n	proposition_n	4,137	5	9.2823	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82108	The declaration of many thousands of the city of Canterbury, or county of Kent. Concerning the late tumult in the city of Canterbury, provokt by the Mayors violent proceedings against those who desired to continue the celebration of the Feast of Christs Nativity, 1500 yeers and upwards maintained in the Church. Together with their resolutions for the restitution of His Majestie to his Crown and dignity, whereby religion may be restored to its ancient splendour, and the known laws of this Kingdom maintained. As also, their desires to all His Majesties loyall subjects within his Dominions, for their concurrence and assistance in this so good and pious work.		1647 (1647)	Wing D614; Thomason E421_23; ESTC R204766	3,752	7

God That which we so much desired that day was but a Sermon which any other day of the weeke was tollerable by the orders practise of the two Houses and all their adherents but that day because it was Christs birth day we must have none that which is good all the yeer long yet is this day superstitious The Mayor causing some of us to be beaten contrary to his oath and office who ought to preserve the peace and to that purpose chiefly is the sword of Justice put into his hands and wrongfully imprisoned divers of us because we did assemble our selves to hear the word of God which he was pleased to interpret a Ryot yet we were unarmed behaved our selves civilly intended no such tumult as afterwards we were forc'd unto but at last seeing the manifest wrong done to our children servants and neighbours by beating wounding and imprisoning them we were moved to vindicate the wrong done them and to release them that were imprisoned and did call unto our assistance our brethren of the County of Kent who very readily came in to us and have associated themselves to us in this our just and lawfull defence and do concurre with us in this our Remonstrance concerning the Kings Majestie and the settlement of Peace in this Kingdome Forasmuch therefore as the two Houses have exceedingly erred in exalting their priviledges above the Kings Prerogative and outgone all former Presidents in Parliament by exercising an Arbitrary power and government over their fellow subjects have raised an unjust War against our Soveraigne Lord and King and destroyed many of the Nobility Gentrie and Commonaltie of the Land have unjustly murthered though executed as Malefactors many of his Majesties loyall Subjects some of our own County also have suppressed the true Protestant Religion suffered all kinds of Heresies and Errors in the Kingdom have imprisoned or at least silenced and put down all the Orthodox C●ergy taken away the livelihood and being of many thousand Families oppressed and robbed the fatherlesse and widows put grievous burthens upon the people unusuall taxes of Proposition money Excise c. which former Parliaments never dreamed of have imprisoned the Kings Majestie turned away his Chaplains and Servants from him have broken the Union betwixt England and Scotland and have rendre themselves odious to God and all good men We the Inhabitants of the City of Canterbury and County o Kent do protest against these exorbitant and wicked proceedings of the two Hou●es as most injurious to Religion the Kings Majestie and all his loyall Subjects and contrary to Gods holy Word and the known Laws of this Kingdom and also contrary to the trust reposed in them by those Countries and Towns for which they serve And we will endeavour by Gods gracious assistance to restore Religion to its ancient splendour and lustre release the Kings Majestie out of thraldome and miserie and restore him to his just rights and power whereby he may call those men to account for all the blood they have caused to be shed for all the vast sums they have extorted from his subjects and the wrong they have done to him and the whole Kingdom And in this our design we shall endeavour the preservation of the honourable Constitution of Parliament though those men have abused it and all the just priviledges thereof as much as our own lives and fortunes And we desire all his Majesties loyall Subjects within his Dominions readily and cheerfully to concurre with us and assist us in this so good and pions a work if truth in Religion may again flourish the King may be honoured and obeyed every man restored to just rights the oppressed may be eased the distressed releived and a firme and lasting Peace settled within these three Kingdomes to the great joy and contentment of all the people thereof FINIS

THE DECLARATION Of many thousands of the City of CANTERBURY or County of KENT Concerning the late Tumult in the City of Canterbury provokt by the Mayors violent proceedings against those who desired to continue the celebration of the Feast of Christs Nativity 1500 yeers and upwards maintained in the Church Together with their Resolutions for the restitution of His Majestie to his Crown and dignity whereby Religion may be restored to its ancient splendour and the known Laws of this Kingdom maintained AS ALSO Their desires to all His Majesties loyall Subjects within his Dominions for their concurrence and assistance in this so good and pious a work LONDON Printed in the Yeer 1647. THE DECLARATION Of many thousands of the City of Canterbury or County of KENT Concerning the late Tumult in the City of Canterbury provokt by the Mayors violent proceedings against those who desired to continue the celebration of the Feast of Christs Nativity 1500 yeers and upwards maintained in the Church THe long lookt for Reformation of Church and Common-wealth hath been the expectation of most men happy they at first that could but put a finger or adde a mite to this great and glorious work or as falsly and blasphemously the work of the Lord. How forward was the holy City of London to bring forth their Treasure for the advancing of so pious a Designe their Money Plate Jewels were not wanting the common sort of people thought we should have had a golden Age that it should have been with them as in the dayes of Solomon to have silver and gold as plentifull as stones in the street their zeal was so hot that it ever eat up many of them they cannot recover it to this day The most part of the Kingdom hath been deluded with vain pretences of truth in Religion of liberty and property of all earthly happinesse that might be they expected England to have become a second Paradise But what the Proverb of old is now to our sorrow found too true the remedy of these pretenders to Reformation is worse then the disease the two Houses have sate above seven yeers to hatch Cocatrices and Vipers they have filled the Kingdom with Serpents blood-thirstie Souldi●●s extorting Committees Sequestrators Excise-men all the Rogues and scumme of the Kingdom have they set on work to torment and vex the people to rob them and to eat the bread out of their mouthes they have raised a causelesse and unnaturall Warre against their own Soveraigne Lord and King a most pious Christian Prince contrary to their Allegiance and duty and have shed innocent blood in this Land Religion is onely talkt of nothing done they have put down what is good and as the Church of Rome heretofore did they lead us in an implicite blinde way we know not what Faith to professe Nay Heresies and blasphemies condemned in Generall Councils long before Popery had any growth in the Christian Church are revived and though not publickly owned by our Reformers yet winkt at or at least left unpunished The Civill Government is doubtfull our fundamentall Laws so much talkt of in this pretended Reformation are now become onely the Votes of the two Houses if they be pleased to take away our lives and fortunes by a Vote as they did some of our dear Countreymen for performing their duty it is Law though we never come to triall the liberty and property of the Subject so much contended for is wholly theirs we but vassals and slaves to their will and their will is now our Law There is now little mention made of the King in any of their proceedings they voted Him long since not to be in a condition to govern it is conjectured by us plain Countreymen that they esteem him but as a conquer'd Prince subject now to their mercy if he could escape with life it were well all Power and Authority is now monopolited and confined within the verge of our omnipotent yet monstrous Parliament The greatest scruple is what to do or how to dispose of this heavie burden of the Kingdom the King if they should depose him or take away his life they fear the people because most of them yet take him for their King they have since he came within their power endeavoured to vex and grieve him by the debarring him of the society and comfort of his Royall Consort the enjoyment of his children the attendance of his faithfull Nobility and Counsellors by removing his trustie servants from him denying any accesse of his loyall Subjects unto him keeping strict guards about him urging him to the signing of such Propositions which might render him odious to his Subjects As they have justly made themselves already and the scorne of all Kings and Nations and the end of all this is to break his heart and shorten his life for that is the onely way to secure their own lives and estates They would hold the people in hand that they are labouring to settle peace in this Kingdome to releive Ireland and keepe union with Scotland But we understand that Scotland is not pleased Ireland to our knowledge is not releived and this Kingdom much discontented and miserably divided If Peace be so neer unto us as is pretended why have they voted a standing army of so many thousands to the further grievance and impoverishing of the Land Wherefore continue they so many uselesse garrisons and County troopes Why lay they greater taxes upon the people and yet burthen them with free quarter The charge of the Kingdom is increased and yet they promise us sudden peace Surely they must acknowledge that either they expect a forain enemy or else intend to act such desperate things against the King and Kingdom as may justly provoke another war here by insurrection of the people And it is very well known that the eyes of most of the people of this land are opened and they fully discerne now their own weaknesse in being over credulous and the wickednesse of the two Houses in seducing them under specious pretences of Religion Liberty property and what not They have deluded the Scots also with the same arguments and engaged them in that cause of which the Scots begin now to repent and be ashamed and are ready to vindicate the wrong done them by the two Houses as also to restore the Kings Majestie to his just rights who is now imprisoned by them in the I le of Wight to which designe of the Scots signified in their late Declaration we are ready to joyne our assistance and desire the concurrence of all his Majesties loyall Subjects within this Kingdome as hereafter we shall more fully expresse The cause of this so sudden a posture of defence which we have put our selves into was the violent proceedings of the Mayor of this City of Carterbury and his uncivill carriage in persuance of some petty order of the House of Commons for hindering the celebration of Christs Nativity so long continued in the Church of