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lord_n	day_n	king_n	parliament_n	14,544	5	6.6609	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77439	A brief history of the rise, growth, reign, supports, and sodain fatal foyl of popery, during the three years and an half of James the Second, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Together with a description of the six popish pillars, the Anabaptists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Independents, Roman-Catholicks, & popish church-men. The perpetual addressers of the King.		1690 (1690)	Wing B4600; ESTC R229470	22,583	35

the Property of the Subject And withal gave notice of Argyle Landed in Scotland And immediately the Lords first and then the Commons were thankful for the King's Speech and promised to assist him against Argyle who coming in well furnished with Armour Ships and Men as his case stood yet met with small Encouragement managed his business very meanly fought Cowardly and in a Month's time was utterly ruined and broken Himself taken his Son Charles as was thought Dead and all his Company broken He was executed on the First of July 1685. On June the 13th the Duke of Monmouth with two or three small Vessels loaded with a good quantity of Arms and a few Men Landed at Lyme in Dorset-shire But against him also the Parliament unanimously joyned with the King and giving Him Money to raise an Army Declared the Duke of Monmouth Traytor by Act of Parliament But the Duke encreasing his Army mightily at Taunton in Somerset-shire managed his Affairs with a notable Conduct and Courage But finally at Wells his Army beginning to Plunder and to break out into Debauchery he soon after Perished in a Pitch't Battel some Three miles from Bridgewater where being worsted for want of good Horse-men His Foot fought well until overpowered by the King's Cannons and His Horse and Foot all together upon them the Field was lost and soon after the Duke was Taken July the 8th being hid in a Ditch and being brought to London he was Beheaded on Tower-Hill the 15th of July 1685. But the L d G y being also Taken Confessed the Confederates and was Saved On July the 12th was a day of Thanksgiving for the Success of these Victories Richard Goodenough was also Taken who after confessed the Accomplices and saved his Life But Ferguson Escaped Major Wildman Mr. Speke Mr. Trenchard and others The Lord Delamere Earl of Stamford and Lord Brandon were made Prisoners From these stirs of Civil Wars it came to pass that a standing Army was ever after kept up by the King and the Parliament Adjourned and Prorogued from time to time it was paid out of the King 's own Revenues And hence Popery encreased with much advance the Queen and one Father Petre much spurring on On November the 9th the Parliament met at Westminster according to Adjournment at what time the King excusing His Standing-Army kept up and several Officers allowed against Law who had not taken the Test The Parliament not pleased herewith were soon Prorogued On March the 11th came forth His Majesties Proclamation of General Pardon not without many Exceptions 1686. In the Army Popish Officers by degrees filled all vacant Places As also French and Irish Popish Souldiers mingled in most Troops and Companies Papists also were admitted into Privy-Council were made Judges Sheriffs and Justices without taking the Test And in February 1686. the Earl of Tyrconnel a great Papist Succeeded the Earl of Clarendon Lieutenant of Ireland And the Earl of Rochester refusing to become a Papist was put out of Place of High Treasurer On February the 24th was Published His Majesties Proclamation for Liberty of Conscience to Papists and all others as could be trusted in the Kingdom of Scotland For which the Lords of the Privy-Council of that Kingdom returned their Thanks Thus His Majesty by uniting the Popish and Presbyterian Interest in Scotland began to lessen the Authority of the then present established Church by Protestant Bishops By this time the Deputy of Ireland being become a Papist and much of the Council the Army there the Sheriffs Judges and Justices also being mostly Popish or Popishly affected Persons in Popish Rebells Estates began to be thrust out apace even by Law too by means of those Judges and Sheriffs and Popish Robbers also multiplied insomuch as little safety for Protestants began to appear in that Kingdom To quiet which last Oppression came forth the Proclamation from the Deputy February the 21st On March the 18th His Majesty declared His intention to grant Liberty of Conscience unto all Persons of what Perswasion soever And the better to Father His design He Prorogued the Parliament to November 87. And on April the 4th 1687 His Majesties Declaration to all His loving Subjects for Liberty of Conscience came forth Hence followed a crowd of Congratulatory Addresses from all sorts of Dissenters The first who began this Holy Dance after His Majesties Pipe was a great number of Anabaptists in and about London and being delivered by several of the Chief of them April the 14th was called The Humble Address of divers of Your Majesties Subjects in and about the City of London commonly called Anabaptists and saith WE Your Majesties most Humble and Loyal Sabjects who have been of a Long time great Sufferers by the severe Execution of Poenal Laws about matters of Religion unto which for Conscience sake we could not conform cannot sufficiently pay those acknowledgments we owe to Your Majesty for your late Most Gracious Declaration whereby we are not only delivered from our past Distresses and our Families from Ruine but are also allowed the free exercise of our Religion which is dearer to us than any Worldly Enjoyment Great Sir 't is the fense of this invaluable Favour and benefit derived to Us from Your Royal Clemency that compels us once more to Prostrate our selves at Your Majestics Feet with the tender of our most humble Thanks for that Peace and Liberty which both we and all other Dissen●ers do now enjoy and rest confident of under Your most Gracious Protection And being our selves most firmly resolved as in Conscience bound to endeavour to the utmost to give that proof of our Duty and Fidelity to Your Majesty that you may never have occasion to repent of Your Princely favour towards us We cannot but rest confident That such demonstrations as these of Your Majesties tender care of the Prosperity and quiet of Your Peaceable Subjects of all sorts though differing in some Sentiments of Religion will so absolutely command the Hearts of them all that the only Emulation among them will be who may approve themselves best worthy of your Majesties favour and contribute most towards the glory and happiness of your Reign And that God Almighty by pouring out His signal Blessings upon Your Majesty Your Royal Posterity Government and People will be pleased to convince the whole World of the Wisdom and truth of Your Majesties Sentiments c. Such were the whileom thoughts of the Anabaptists of King James notwithstanding all His endeavours of advancing Popery who appeared in this Address A sort of People avowing themselves so exceedingly obliged to King James for favours done them that their utmost proof of Duty and Fidelity to His Majesty can never enough satisfie until They give Him occasion never to repent of those princely favours to them Which if so then either by this Address they think themselves bound in Conscience to adventure their Lives to Restore Him again to His Throne for otherwise he must needs