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A55728 The presentment and humble petition of the Grand Jury for the county of Middlesex to the Honourable and Right Worshipful the Justice of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, at this present general sessions held at Hick's Hall, begun the 18th day of May, 1681. Middlesex (England). Grand Jury. 1681 (1681) Wing P3280; ESTC R24471 1,271 2

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THE PRESENTMENT And Humble PETITION OF THE GRAND JURY FOR THE County of Middlesex To the Honourable and Right Worshipful the Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex at this present General Sessions held at Hick's-Hall begun the 18 th day of May 1681. Sheweth THat We the said Grand Jury being by our Oaths obliged to enquire into the State of the Peace of the County hold our selves bound to shew unto this Court what we find and Apprehend concerning the same Upon the most diligent enquiry and Observation that we can make We find that the peace of this County and the whole Kingdom is in no security by reason of the continual Contrivances of the Papists and their Adherents against the Protestants to throw their wicked Conspiracies upon them and we have reason to fear dayly that the peace may be broken by means of some of their wicked designs to enrage some inconsiderate people We find that His Majesties Person is in no security whilst the Papists have hopes and a visible appearance that there may be a Popish Successor to head them and destroy the Protestant Interest if they can by any wicked means and Hellish Villanies procure His Majesties Death which God in his Mercy prevent We find the minds of the people greatly disquieted and distracted with fears of what may happen to them remembring the destructions that have been made in the City of London and elsewhere and we perceive dayly endeavours by Jesuitical Councils to distract and divide the Protestants into Parties and to incense each of them against the other to suggest ill and false opinions of their Parliaments and to villifie the Authority of the Commons and to misrepresent their proceedings We find wicked secrets endeavours to make breaches between His Majesty and the Commons of England in Parliament by Printed Papers and otherwise to being the Commons in Parliament into the hatred and contempt of the Nation which we conceive to be of most dangerous consequence tending even to the Dissolution of the constitution of the Government And we find the Papists and their Adherents much encouraged by the frequent Dissolution of Parliaments and the whole Kingdom put into a Languishing condition All which Evils in our apprehensions can be only cured by the Sitting of Annual Parliaments until the business of the Kingdom be done as the Laws for holding Parliaments do intend that being the only means to keep the whole Administration of the Government in due Order and therefore the peace of the Kingdom inviolable which Parliaments shall as have been used heretofore constantly inspect the effects of all Counsels given to His Majesty None will dare to advize him against his own and the Kingdoms Interest whereby only the people may enjoy what was left them by their Ancestors and Justice may be done upon all dangerous Offenders and Conspirators against His Majesty and the Religion Lives and Liberties of the Subjects We therefore Humbly Offer it as our Requests that your worships and this Court will in that most acceptable and effectual way which shall seem meet to your wisdom make their most humble and earnest Desires and Prayers known to his Majesty for the immediate holding of a Parliament which may Sit for such time as the Imminent danger of his Majesty and the whole Kingdom hath made it necessary and indispensible that so his Subjects may enjoy the benefit of the Laws as the constitution of the Government intends them in their Parliament which is to make sufficient Provision for the safety of his Majesty and the Security of the whole Kingdom in their Religion Laws and Liberties And your Petitioners shall ever Pray c. FINIS LONDON Printed by George Croom in Thames-street near Bennards-Castle 1681.