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A26103	A collection of svndry petitions presented to the Kings Most Excellent Majestie as also to the two most honourable houses, now assembled in Parliament, and others, already signed, by most of the gentry, ministers, and free-holders of severall counties, in behalfe of episcopacie, liturgie, and supportation of church-revenues, and suppression of schismaticks / collected by a faithful lover of the church, for the comfort of the dejected clergy, and all moderately affected Protestants.	Aston, Thomas, Sir, 1600-1645.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1642 (1642)	Wing A4073; ESTC R208748	30,703	48

from us who have hitherto in these stirring Times sate still this humble acknowledgement of our due and necessary thankes Wee with the inmost and choicest thoughts of our soules doe esteeme and prize your Majesties most righteous intentions of governing your liege people according to the wholsome Lawes of this Kingdome A thing so often and with such earnestnesse avowed by your sacred Majesty whereunto we yeeld that hearty credence which is due to so religious a Prince Wee doe also with all humility and thankfulnesse acknowledge your manifold and evident manifestations to the world that you affect not an Arbitrary Government But the common prosperity and happinesse of all your loyall subjects by your readines to joyn with your Parliament in speedy raysing of forces for a timely suppression of that odious Rebellion in Ireland by your late Proclamation for the putting in due execution the Lawes against Papists By your most gracious condiscending to the desires of your Great Councell in signing the Bill for the trienniall Parliament for the relinquishing your Title of imposing upon Merchandize and power of pressing souldiers For the taking away the Star-chamber and High Commission Courts for regulating of the Councell Table As also for the Bils for the Forrests and Stannerie Courts with other most necessary acts Moreover wee are confident and well assured of your Majesties zeale for the advancement of the true Protestant Religion And with inexpressible joy doe understand your most Christian and pious resolution for the preservation of those powerfull encouragements of Industry Learning and Piety the meanes and honour of the Ministry for the maintenance and continuance of our Church Government and solemne Liturgy of the Church of long continuance and generall approbation of the most pious and learned of this Nation and of other countries Composed according to the Primitive Patterne by our blessed Martyrs and other religious and learned men As also your gracious pleasure that all abuses of Church and State shall bee reformed according to the modell of Queene Elizabeths dayes of ever blessed and famous memory By the one you have weakned the hopes of the sacrilegious devourers of the Churches Patrimony if there be any such And by the other provided against all Popish Impieties and Idolatries and also against the growing danger of Anabaptists Brownists and other Novelists All which Piety Love and Iustice wee beseech God to returne into your Royall bosome But yet most gracious Soveraigne there is one thing that sads our hearts and hinders the perfection of our happinesse which is the distance and mis-understanding between your Majesty and your Parliament whereby the hearts of your subjects are filled with feares and jealousies Iustice neglected sacred ordinances prophaned and Trading impaired to the impoverishing of many of your liege people For the Removall whereof wee cannot find out any lawfull meanes without your Majesties assistance and direction Wherefore we humbly beseech your most excellent Majesty to continue your most Christian and pious Resolution of ruling your people according to the Lawes of the Land and maintaining of the same of being a zealous Defender of the estabilshed Doctrine Liturgie and Government of our Church from heresies Libertinisme and prophannesse an advancer of Learning Piety and Religion an Encourager of Learned Painefull Orthodox Preachers And whatsoever your Parliament shall offer to your Royall view conducing to this blessed end the common good and tranquillity of your subjects to be pleased to condiscend unto and graciously to confirme and withall to declare unto us some expedient way how we may make a dutifull addresse unto your Parliament for the taking away of these differences and impediments which stay the happy proceedings of that most honourable Assembly whereof your Majesty is the Head which once removed wee doubt not but you will bee as neare your Parliament in Person as in affection That there may be a blessed harmony betwixt your Highnesse and that great Councell wee shall with all alacrity oserve the same Humbly rendring our lives and fortunes for the preservation of your Royall Person Crowne and Dignity according to our bounden duty and allegiance And heartily praying for your Majesties long and prosperous Raigne over us Wee the Subscribers of this Petition doe hereby give authority unto the Bearers hereof to put our names to such Transcript hereof as shall be presented to His Majesty Attested by Knights and Esquires 64. Divines 55. Gentlemen 740. Free-holders neare 7000. To the Kings most Excellent MAIESTIE The humble Petition of the County of Cornewall WEe your Majesties loyall subjects In all duty render unto your Majesty all thankfulnesse for your Majesties unexampled favour and grace in granting unto your Subjects in concurrence with your Parliament such Lawes and Freedomes which have most fully expressed your Majesties Gracious Goodnesse unto your people And wee most thankfully receive your Majesties free offer of a generall pardon whereof wee most humbly desire to be made Partakers And wee most humbly beseech your Majesty never to suffer your Subjects to be governed by an arbitrary Government nor admit an alteration in Religion And your Petitioners being most feelingly grieved for your Majesties discontents partly occasioned by divers scandalous Pamphlets and no way lessened by seditious Sermons Doe wish a confluence of all comforts honour and happinesse unto your Majesty and doe heartily pray for the reconcilement betwixt your Majesty and your Parliament And in all thankfulnesse for your Majesties said Grace and Goodnesse your Petitioners doe offer themselves most ready to maintaine and defend with their lives and fortunes your Maiesties sacred Person Honour and Estate And lawfull Prerogative against all persons whatsoever according to the oaths of allegeance and Supremacy May 22. 1642. Jndorsed Wee the Petitioners to this Petition doe constitute and appoint Peter Courtney Walter Langdon Benatus Bellot and Nevill Bligh Esquires to deliver this Petition in the name of the county of Cornwall to His sacred Majesty To the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament The Humble Petition of the Gentry Ministers and Commonalty of the County of Kent agreed upon at the generall Assizes of the County Most Humbly sheweth THat wee cannot but take notice how welcome to this Honourable House many Petitions have beene which yet came not from an assembled body of any county as this doth wee doe therefore hope to find as gentle and favourable a reception of this as any other have found of their Petitions our hearts witnessing unto us as good peaceable and pious purposes as the best These are therefore the true and Ardent desires of this County 1 That you will be pleased to accept our due and hearty thankes for those excellent Lawes which by his Majesties grace and goodnesse you have obtained for us 2. That all Lawes against Papists be put in due execution and an account taken of their disarming and that all children of the Papists may be brought up in the reformed Religion 3. That the soelmn Liturgy