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peace_n	county_n	justice_n	session_n	5,221	5	10.3826	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41759	The grand juries address and presentments to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Bristol, &c. Com. civit. Bristol. To the Right Worshipful Sir Richard Hart Knight, mayor of the said city, and the right worshipful and worshipful the aldermen of the same, His Majesties justices of the peace, of, and for this city, and the county of the same, now assembled in their general quarter sessions of the peace, begun and held the 12th day of April instant, and by several adjournments continued to this 26th day of the same month, anno Dom. 1681.	Bristol (England). Grand Jury.	1681 (1681)	Wing G1500A; ESTC R216491	4,767	4

THE GRAND JVRIES ADDRESS and PRESENTMENTS TO THE Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bristol c. To the Right Worshipful Sir Richard Hart Knight Mayor of the said City ●on Civit. ●●ISTOC and the Right Worshipful and Worshipful the Aldermen of the same his Majesties Justices of the Peace of and for the City and the County of the same now assembled in their General Quarter Sessions of the Peace begun and beld the 12th day of April instant and by several Adjournments continued to this 26th day of the same Month Anno Dom. 1681. WE the Grand Jurors for our Soveraign Lord the King and for the Body of the County of the said City as becomes good Christians do publickly and solemnly acknowledge and profess our Zeal for the true Re●ormed Religion as the same is by Law establish'd in the Church of England as becomes Loyal and Dutiful Subjects We take this Opportunity to repeat and testifie our Allegiance and bounden Dutie to His Majesty his Heirs and Successors acknowledging with all possible Gratitude the great happiness and Tranquillitie that since his most happy Restauration all his good Subjects have been blest with under his most gracious Reign and Government and as becomes good Citizens We render our unfeigned thanks to the Right Worshipful Master Mayor for his singular prudence and integrity in his administration as Chief Magistrate of the Government and Affairs of the City according to the Duty of his Office and especially we must not omit to perpetuate and transmit to Posterity amongst the Records of the Court the memory of those eminent and good offices done by Himself and such of the Worshipful Aldermen and worthy Citizens of this City as have joyned with Him in his and their hearty and active endeavours to secure and preserve the Honour Welfare and good Government of this City with our Franchises and Priviledges from being invaded or trodden down by Ambitious Factious and unreasonable Men some of whom by means of extraordinary Favours conserred on them by this City have had the happiness to be advanced into His Majesties Royal Grace and Favor and have been by Him honoured with Dignity and preferred unto places of considerable Trust and Profit howsoever by them deserved or requited As to what chiesly relates to our present duty forasmuch as the Religion established and profest in our Church hath the highest Obligations to Loyalty and Obedience and is the firmest Ligature of all Humane Societies and unless that be secured and defended we cannot reasonably promise our selves the Blessing either of Peace or Trade both which particulars the Right Worshipful Master Myor at the close of the charge given us was pleased in especial manner to commend to our Consideration we thought it our duty to employ the greatest part of the time allot●ed us for this present service about enquiring into the true Causes of the decay of the first of these namely Religion and with humble submission to propose to this Court the ways and means to vindicate and restore it to its former purity and beauty amongst us that so the two other viz. Peace and Trade which are so mainly Influenced by the former may be Restored and Increased also And upon such enquiry we find it too evident and apparent and in pursuance of our oaths and duty we present that those who have abandoned their Parish-Churches and refusing to resort thither are become frequenters of unlawful Conventicles and some other who though they have not perhaps for fear of the penalties of the Laws or for other respects altogether forsaken their Parish-Churches are become notable Encouragers and Countenancers of Conventicles do give the greater ●ound to our Religion and administer the greatest scandal to 〈◊〉 true Professors thereof and are the principal Authors of all ●●reat disorders and breaches of his Majesties peace disturbances of the Government of this City Tumults Riots and other factious seditious and disloyal practises that have happened amongst us whereby and by the dangerous and pernicious Principles and Doctrines as are taught at such Conventicles and are daily spread abroad within this City by such as are inspired and actuated by Fanatick zeal and Democratick fury the very Foundation of our establishments both in Church and State are endeavoured to be removed and the minds not only of such as are Inhabitants here but of such also as being strangers would otherwise resort hither for the sake of the Commerce and Traffique are quite taken off from their Trade and Business and are possess'd many of them with doubts and fears others with hopes of great alterations if not a total subversion of the Monarchy and Government and too much of that time which would be better employed by some in their Callings is spent in debating of State-matters and in hearing and reading News which though oftentimes it proves false yet is very glibly swallowed by the Credulous Vulgar who commonly delight to be entertained with fables and falshoods especially such as reflect on his Majesty his Affairs or Government which we present as being of great detriment and hinderance to our Trade as well as destructive to his Majesties peace and tending to the Impoverishment of the City And therefore we further present the tolerating of or connivance at such unlawful Conventicles to be utterly inconsistent with the honour and safety of the Church and the interest of the Religion by Law established his Majesties peace and the good Government and Trade of this City and do humbly desire that the Laws and Statutes in force against such like conventicles as well as against Popish Recusants if any be within this City may be put in speedy and effectual execution in order to their being supprest and convicted and that such as frequent such Conventicles especially the Preachers may be proceeded against and punished as the Law directs the rather for that they have been so often complained of by several former Grand Juries at several former Sessions in the Mayoralty of former Mayors by presentments of the like nature which have proved so fruitless that were it not that the conscience of our Oaths and Duties did prevail upon us above all other discouragements we should have forborn these Presentments at this time We present that all such are guilty of the breach of their Oathes of Burgesses who knowing of any unlawful assemblies whether under pretence of Religious Worship or otherwise as have been are or shall be within this City contrary to the Laws do not give notice thereof to Master Mayor for the time being or such other Person or Persons as by the Tenor of the said Oath they are directed Item We Present that Sir John Knight Kt. one of the Aldermen of this City who according to the Duty of his Office ought to be Aiding and assisting to Mr. Mayor for the time being in the execution of his Mayoralty did on the eleventh day of February last past in a furious and menacing manner Affront and