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A84319 An eye-salve for the city of London: discovering unto them the great engagement that lyes upon them in point of duty and interest, to joyne speedily with the kingdome for the restoring of His Majesty, and the re-setling of the lawfull government and peace of this nation. / By a lover of peace and truth. Lover of peace and truth. 1648 (1648) Wing E3937; Thomason E445_7; ESTC R201958 14,736 22

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be so wicked to commit it so it may seem to be the candour and charity of this law not to seem to admit of any such thing as possible in this Common-wealth That any domestique members of this body should forget so clear and so evident a duty or fall into so high and so heynous a sin as to violate the power and authority of their own King But yet if any thing be wanting here it is supplied in the last clause which is generall also and runs thus and I doe promise that from hence forth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the KING'S Highnesse His Heires and lawfull Successours and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdictions priviledges preeminences and authorities granted or belonging to the KING'S Highnesse His Heires and Successours or united and annexed to the imperiall Crowne of this Realme Where note first that you have bound your selves to keep faith true allegiance to His Majesty His Heirs and lawful Successours that is That you will faithfully performe your duties of allegiance obedience and subjection unto Him and them after Him Secondly that you will to your power that is as much as you shall be able by strength counsell personall service intelligence supply by your estates or otherwise Defend first all the Jurisdictions belonging to the King and His Crowne such is the Jurisdiction of the supreme Government in this and all other His Kingdoms and Dominions with all the Branches thereof The generality and fulnesse whereof is set downe in the Statute of the 24 of Hen. 8. ch 12. where this Realme of England is declared to be an Empire governed by one supreme head and King and the Body politick compact of all sorts and degrees of people said to be bounden and to owe and beare next to God a naturall and humble obedience and sure the Houses of Parliament in the most perfect and uncorrupted constitution thereof are yet no Gods and therefore can challenge nothing of the subject before or in prejudice of or in competition with the King and the King is there said to be institute and furnished by the goodnesse and sufferance of Almighty God with plenary whole and entire power preheminence authority prerogative and jurisdiction to render and yeild justice and finall determination to all manner of folke resi●●●s or subjects within this Realme c. The severall branches of this Jurisdiction of His you may see declared in the severall Laws of this Kingdome See Parliament Writs 1 K. Iam c. 1. as the power to Call prorogue and dissolve Parliaments of making Lawes by His royall and free Assent 25 H. 8.19 and his Negative voice of Calling Convocations or Assemblies of the Clergy of Pardoning Treasons Murders Manslaughters 27 H. 8.24 Felonies c. of making Justices in Eyre Justices of Assize Ibid. Justices of Peace and Justices of Gaole-delivery by Letters Pattents under the Kings Great Seale in his Name and by authority of the King's Highnesse and His Heires Kings of this Realme in all places of His Dominions at their pleasure and wills The power of raising Armies 7 Edw. 1.11 H. 7.18 19 H. 7.1 f. 42. Stat. at large 4 5 P. M. cap. 3. and making War and concluding Peace granting Commissions to Commanders and Officers c. The power of all Cities Castles Forts c. within His Dominions Secondly You have sworne that you will defend all His Priviledges preheminences and authorities Such is sure the Liberty of His Person that He ought not to be made a Prisoner by His Subjects Such is His priviledge to come when He pleaseth and to sit in Parliament Such is His exemption from all Judiciall proceeding against His Person or Authority See Iudge Ienk. p. 11. The power to dispose of His owne Estate To choose His owne Counsellours and Servants The Conferring of the great Offices of the Kingdome The making and disposing of the Great Seale See Iudge Ienk. pag. 45. 25 Ed. 3. c. And all these you have promised to assist and defend to your power binding your selves with that dreadfull and sacred bond So help you God and the Contents of the Gospell so that your wilfull failing herein is a renouncing of Gods help by the Gospell and so of the salvation of your souls And now Consider this all ye that forget God lest he pluck you away and there be none to deliver you Assure your selves this Oath of yours is upon Record in the Court of heaven and will one day be produced and you called to a reckoning for it Consider how you have behaved your selves in order to this sacred Oath and the Contents thereof for these seven years last past and repent oh repent London Consider what this Oath requireth of you now Doe you not clearly see that all the Jurisdictions and Priviledges and Preheminencies and Authorities of His Majesty are invaded and spoiled by the insolencie of wicked and ungodly Rebels You have sworne and engaged your soules to defend and assist them to your power and you have pawned your salvation for it how doe you performe this when you see His Crowne ravished from his head His Sword wrested out of His hand Himselfe robbed not onely of all His Kingly Power but of the liberty and comfort that belongs unto the meanest Subject of the liberty of His Person and the liberty of His Conscience and you sit still and will not so much as stirre in His defence and assistance Oh how will this be answered at the day of Judgement Doe not say you have not power to doe it if you would make use of that power that you have by Gods blessing and the assistance of the whole Kingdome which is even ready to joyne with you and so many whereof have begun before you to your shame you may quickly make an end of the businesse and prevent the shedding of much blood and the ruine and destruction of your selves and this whole Nation By thus doing you may satisfie the duty of your Oathes and of your Consciences and make some recompence unto your Soveraigne and your Country for those great injuries and mischiefs that they have suffered by the meanes of your City-disturbers They expect this restitution from you without which how can you ever look that your sins should be forgiven you Doe not bring an incurable odium from your King and Country upon your selves it may have heavy consequences hereafter At least doe not heape Gods wrath upon your selves by continuing in perjurious leagues with bare-fac'd impieties Reade the 17. Chapter of Ezekiel ver 11 12 13 14 15 16. and see what a severe revenger God is of perjury of perjury unto Kings mediate seriously upon that question of God it is a threatning question v. 11. Shall he escape saith God that doth such things or shall he breake the Covenant and be delivered he meanes not your Nationall Covenant but the Covenant of fidelity made unto