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A63945	The speech of Sr. Edw. Turnor, Kt., speaker of the honourable House of Commons, to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty delivered on Monday the seven and twentieth day of July, 1663, at the prorogation of Parliament.	Turnor, Edward, Sir, 1617-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing T3355; ESTC R2164	2,110	11

THE SPEECH OF Sr. Edw. Turnor Kt. SPEAKER of the Honourable House of COMMONS TO THE KINGS most Excellent MAJESTY Delivered on Monday the Seven and twentieth day of July 1663. at the Prorogation of the Parliament C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT LONDON Printed by D. Maxwel for Robert Pawlet at the sign of the Bible in Chancery-Lane THE SPEECH OF Sr. EDW. TURNOR Kt Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons TO THE KINGS most Excellent MAJESTY Delivered on Monday the Seven and twentieth day of July 1663. at the Prorogation of the PARLIAMENT May it please Your most Excellent Majesty THe Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House of PARLIAMENT have since their last Meeting in many weighty and arduous Affairs presented Your Majesty with their humble Advice which with all Thankfulness they acknowledge never wanted a most Gracious Reception Never any Prince did so freely commune with his people and never any people did with more joy and duty commemorate their happiness The last Session of Parliament our care was chiefly to secure the Being of this Nation under our ancient happy Monarchical Government This Session we have endeavored to advance the Peace and Welbeing both of Church and State Material Structures are best secured by deep Foundations in the Earth but the Foundations of true Happiness are from above We have therefore in the first place perused the Laws which do enjoyn the observation of the Lords-day and where we found any defect either in Rules or Penalties we have with great Care supplied them Well knowing That he who doth not remember on the first day of the Week to observe a Christian Saboth will hazard before the week comes round to forget he is a Christian We read in the Story of Lewys the ninth of France when he took his Voyage into the Eastern Empire to assist the distressed Christians The fame of his Holiness moved the King of Tartary to send his Embassadors to offer him friendship and to acquaint him he had a desire to become a Christian Whereupon Lewys sent him Preachers to instruct him in the Christian Religion But the Tartarians observing the Lives of the Christians were not answerable to their Profession they returned with the shame of their own ill lives upon them whose Doctrines were so famous That which in those days was the Reproach of those Christians is much more at this day the shame of this Nation We know more but practise less then they did We generally love a Sceptical rather then a Practical Religion and are contented to spend that time in study of curious deceiptful Notions which ought to be imployed in the practice of known Truths Too many amongst us are of the Sect of the Gnosticks hunting after Novelties and Phantasms till variety of Notions makes them mad Hence do arise all those Sects and Schisms in the Church which being nursed up in Pride refuse to conform to any Laws and make Religion it self the Cloak for all their Separations Whereas true Religion is the Band of Society the sinews that hold fast the joynts of the Body Politick If these be broken the Body must be dismembred if they be but sprained the whole body is in pain and the Member made unuseful At the Opening of this Session Your MAJESTY was most graciously pleased to call upon us to prepare some Laws for the prevention of the growth of Popery and we have heartily laboured therein both to prevent the growth of Popery and all sorts of Sectaries and Nonconformists But as the rankest Corn and the fullest Ears are aptest to be laid so fares it in this matter these Fruits are not yet ready for the harvest But we are confident by the wisdome of Your Majesties Government and the readiness of your faithfull Subjects to support it by the just and due Execution of the Laws especially if such persons be intrusted with the Execution of the Laws as do love them these persons will either be perswaded to Conformity or forced into a peaceable and orderly Conversation To this purpose I am commanded by the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House of PARLIAMENT humbly in their Name to beseech Your Majesty That You will be pleased to issue out Your Proclamation for the putting those Laws which now are in force against the Popish Recusants Sectaries and Non-Conformists in effectual Execution I am likewise commanded to desire Your Majesty That You will be pleased to issue out another Proclamation for the prevention of that Prophaneness Debauchery and Licentiousness which to the high displeasure of Almighty God the dishonor of Your Majesties Government and the grief of all good men is now practised amongst us And for the better securing the Peace of the Nation against the United Counsels of all the Dissenters to our Religion and established Discipline we have prepared an Additional Bill for the Ordering the Forces of the Kingdom whereby Your Majesties Lieutenants and their Deputy Lieutenants will be enabled to Train Discipline and keep together such a Party as will be able to prevent Disorders and sufficient to check any Insurrections till the Great Body of the Militia can come in to their assistance During the late unhappy Wars in this Nation our Neighbors Eyes were open to spie out all advantages of spoiling our Trade and to advance their own but by the several good Bills made ready for Your Majesties Royal Assent we hope we shall restore and increase the flourishing Trade of this Nation Great SIR I have but one word more and that is by command from Your Majesties loyal and dutiful Subjects the Commons of England They have duly considered the present unsetled condition of this Nation and the great expence which must attend such Distractions And do humbly beseech Your Majesty to accept an aid from them consisting of Four entire Subsidies Two of which are to be paid by the First of November next and the other Two by the First of May next following FINIS I Do appoint Robert Pawlet to print this Speech and that no other do presume to print the same Edw. Turnor