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A79159 The Wiltshire-petition for tythes explained, for the better understanding of the people of this Commonwealth. Herein you have first the petition it self at large inserted, and then the observations follow, being directed to each material passage in the petition by a letter of the alphabet. By E.C. and R.E. E. C. 1653 (1653) Wing C29; Thomason E690_12; ESTC R206992 6,541 8

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THE Wiltshire-Petition FOR TYTHES EXPLAINED For the better understanding of the PEOPLE Of this COMMONWEALTH Herein you have first the Petition it self at large inserted and then the Observations follow being directed to each material passage in the Petition by a letter of the Alphabet By E. C. and R. E. LONDON Printed for William Larnar at the Black-moor's head neer Fleet-bridge 1653. To the Honourable the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England A The humble Petition of us Gentlemen free-holders and other B Inhabitants in the County of Wilts Sheweth THat your Petitioners having to their unspeakable griefe observed the workings of Satan transforming himself into an Angel of light tending to the underminding of holiness and Christian Religion by a generation of men who cry down Learning Ministery Ordinances and almost whatever belongs to us as Christians or Civil men C And having observed the endeavours of some by so many waies to disturbe and remove the so long setled way for the maintenance of Ministers established by the same Lawes by which any property is injoyed in this Nation D without any regard to the setling of a sure and full maintenance in stead of it E Conceive themselves bound in Conscience both of Duty to God and to the Commonwealth to give in their testimony against them in their practises We dare not be silent when in the Language and the workings of many amongst our selves the Ministery and Ordinances of Jesus Christ are so manifestly exposed not onely to the insultings of men openly and professedly prophane F But which is more to be lamented to the scorne and contempt of such as pretend to great lights in Religion which do so manifestly tend not onely to the utter subversion of all Religion but as a necessary consequence of it to the destruction and dissolution of all bonds of Civil Government G To whom under Heaven should we make our-moan and before whom should we spread our complaints but before your Honors to whom we cannot but with all thankfulness acknowledge the goodness of God toward this Nation I in governing and disposing your Honours hearts at such a time as this when there are so many desperate suggestions and attempts against Universities Ordinances Ministery and their necessary maintenance to declare your selves as you have done real countenancers and supporters of them all which gives the godly of this Nation ground of hope the Lord will further honour you to be instruments for establishing and countenancing of all these for the glory of his great Name and for the setling of the Gospel in purity and power to be a blessed inheritance to succeeding generations and to whom we thought it our duty in our places to declare that your Petitiones in consent as we humbly conceive with the People of God generally in this Land K whatsoever some suggest to the contrary do greatly rejoyce in those your Christian actings that so your hands may be strengthned in the work of God and therefore are further encouraged to make their humble addresses to this Honorable assembly with these as we conceive necessary requests 1. That by your wisdome and care the Ordinances of Jesus Christ may be countenanced and preserved from the scorne contempt and prophane neglect to which they are exposed both by some Ministers themselvs who give too much occasion thereof by their ignorance and scandalous living old empty formalities still continued and also by many others both prophane and humorous persons L 2. That Pastours and Teachers M for the work of the Ministery edifying of the body of Christ may with the like wisdom and care be countenanced your Petitioners being well assured that it will be a very acceptable service to Jesus Christ your Lord ours to own encourage those Embassadors of his to whom he hath committed the word of Reconciliation and with whom he hath promised to be to the end of the world and in whom we have found by sweet experience upon our souls the power and the sence of Jesus Christ according to his promises 3. That as the Lord of old setled the Schooles of the Prophets amongst his peculiar people and hath blessed our Universities and Schooles of learning for the breeding up and sending forth many choyce instruments of his glory both in Church and Common-wealth so you would be pleased to continue our Universities and other Schooles of learning under your special care and protection N 4. That for preserving the Ministery from contempt O freeing them from the temptation of men-pleasing and humane dependences from distracting diversions in the work of the Lord enabling them to works of mercy and for supplying them with necessary provisions for their studies and families that so they which preach the Gospel may live of the Gospel Your Honours would be pleased to continue their maintenance with necessary inlargment in those places where means are wanting These things we humbly and earnestly request of your Honours and who knows whether God hath not raised you up for such a time as this is in the performance whereof you shall the more engage the Lord Jesus to defend both you and us who hath so eminently appeared hitherto in our preservation and wil be the surest defence of those that act for him and you shall also make glad the hearts of the godly in this Land stop the mouths of those who are so ready to speak evil of you and also prevent the designs those who are contrary minded and further oblige us to pray The Observations or Explanation A IF the old Spirit of Malignancy and high Presbytery had not remained in the contrivers of this Petition they would have suffered it to have spoken in the Frontispeece Right Honourable and in words at length and not in figures acknowledged them the Supream Authority of this Commonwealth but such are the cunning slights and devices of the Clergy the contrivers and promoters of this petition though they make the people of the Land Gentlemen and Freeholders c. their slaves and Asses to ride on to uphold their Lordly dommination and exorbitant Tyrannot s maintenance by Tithes yet will not let then go so far as to own this Authority downright as Supream Because they lye at the hope of advancing another Authority unto which they will speak aloud and full and say To his most Sacred Majesty B You should have said in the room of other inhabitants Hostlers Chamberlains Tapsters and all the profane people of Wilts with the Schoolmaster not many miles from Marlingsborow who set his name to it and made all his little School-Boyes set theirs and he contrived many other names and caused his Boyes to write them to fill up the number of the Gentlemen Freeholders and other inhabitants of the County of Wilts or else they must have been whipt Is not this a fine way to carry on a Petition and abuse the Gentlemen and free-holders to rank them with such companions but you may see what blinde zeal