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A91457 The Parliaments new and perfect catechism, fit and necessary to be known and practised by every old Christian and loyall subject. 1647 (1647) Wing P519; Thomason E1186_14; ESTC R208233 2,576 13

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THE PARLIAMENTS NEW AND PERFECT CATECHISM FIT AND Necessary to be known and practised by every old Christian and loyall Subject Printed in the Yeare 1647. A NEW AND Perfect Catechisme fit and necessarie to be knowne and practised by every old Christian and Loyall Subject QUest What is your Name Ans Reformation A blessed one Quest Who gave you that name Ans The Parliament A blessed one Quest What did the Parliament then for you Answ They did promise and vow three things in my name First to maintaine the true Ancient Catholicke and Apostolicke Religion Secondly to defend his Majesties Royall Person in his just Prerogatives Thirdly to preserve the Priviledges of Parliament and the liberty of the Subject Quest Dost not thou thinke that thou art bound to believe and the Parliament to doe as they have promised for thee Ans Yes verily charity obligeth me to beleive no Parliament can be so damn'd as to take an oath with intention and resolution to breake it make the Covenant a very stalking horse to all their designes blinding the people with specious pretences onely Quest Hath the Parliament truly and faithfully kept their Covenant Ans No verily but violated every particlar branch thereof Quest What texts have you to prove that Answ Their severall apocryphall orders and ordinances extant which at pleasure they vote and unvote doe and undoe as they see occasion to the necessitating and undoing of us all Quest Is not the true Religion established and maintained according to the best Reformed Churches of Christendome Answ No indeed but the best Reformed Church of Christendome is deformed by irreverently forcing her to conforme to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Kirke of Scotland Quest Dost thou not beleive thou art bound by the Covenant stedfastly to labour and earnestly endeavour the setling of Presbyterie in this Kingdome Answ Truly no but rather to destroy all possible hopes of it and the very Covenant it selfe which is impossible to keepe for if the Scottish Presbiterie be allowed to be the best we confirme and establish that forme of Government we confound the second Article which is to preserve the King in his just Prerogatives Monarchy his due and Presbiterie being incompatible and altogether inconsistent nor can the libertie of the Subject be at all maintained where an usurping power challengeth the priviledge to exercise Tyranny over the very consciences of freeborne Subjects Quest Is not the King defended in his Royall Person and his just Preroga●tves Answ Yes indeed as well as Collonel Whalyes Regiment can defend him and of his just Prerogatives as yet he enjoyes just nothing Quest How is the condition of the King then good or bad Answ The Kings owne conditions are extreamely good but he stands in a very bad condition being in the nature and extremitie of a Prisoner Quest Is the King a Prisoner Answ Certainly not so free as he ought to be amongst those many high and just Prerogatives of a King he enjoyes not the liberty of a Subject to goe where he pleaseth Quest How is the Priviledge of Parliament and Libertie of the Subject maintained Answ The Priviledge of Parliament hath confounded the Libertie of the Subject and the Libertie of the Subject destroyed the Priviledge of Parliament Quest Is it not then a free Parliament Answ The Parliament is free enough to give to themselves what they take from us but no free Parliament Quest Is it not very just and reasonable that this present Parliament should be dissolved Answ No expectation of Peace and happinesse without the dissolution of this most dissolute Parliament and it should be the desire and resolution of the whole Kingdome to free it selfe from the Tyranny and oppression it suffers and the feare otherwise of an inevitable second warre c. The Houses consisting of two severall irreconcileable Factions the weaker and oppressed will be alwayes plorting and practising to maintaine and support their reputation in the Countrey which shall ever be preserved in their ancient ignorance to their owne undoing and confusion Quest What hopes have you that the Army according to promise and just expectation will dissolve this Parliament Answ Truly little for now that Party prevailing in the House the Army hath an Authority and Vote to countenance all their Actions which otherwise might have beene Questioned So they will preserve mutually each other to the destruction of us all Quest What necessity is there for the Synod to sit longer Answ None for if Liberty of Conscience be allowed there will be no use of Forme or Prescription for Church Discipline Quest Why are they not dismissed without further trouble to themselves and us Answ There is a mysterie in that they serve for better use to the Parliament The Synod hath in Sequestration Church livings to the value of six hundred thousand pounds yearly comming in The Parliament as much otherwise they are well contented to divide the Spoyle The Parliament borrowes conscience from the Synod the Synod derives law from the Parliament Q. Will the long deluded People endure this long which conduceth not to the Good but ruine of the King Kingdom A. Certainly no nor can it be long safe for those that thus imprison and enthrall the King captive enslave the Kingdome that will not be longer subject to the usurpation and controlement of fellow-subjects Q. You speake as if there were a probability of resistance if they should maligne the King or infest the Subject What power could any obtaine to oppose and impede their designes they having posest themselves of that ever famous and memorable City of London the Navy at Sea and maintaining a powerfull Army at Land A. The Eyes of the whole Kingdom are intent and fixt on the King and looke upon him as the onely unjustly suffering and injured Party crucified betweene two Factions The Army by not executing their pretences and not perfecting their promises hath contracted a generall hate and by delaying the Kingdomes peace and welfare which depends altogether on the Kings happinesse and safety are growne burthensome and intollerable so that their continued sufferings will force them to shake off their tameness and rouze up thoughts thirsty of revenge Q. If the Army have good intentions as they have plausible pretences what meanes this cruel delay why is not the King setled Prisoners of warre released the Parliament dissolved and the Army disbanded A. Their tedious delayings draw their intentions into a suspect of being ill that they meerely pursue designes of their owne interests without reflecting on the great concernment of King and Kingdome that by their slow motion they gaine the advantage of reducing the whole Kingdome under the power and command of the Army which they will never be able to compasse for if they reflect on their present state there is a division in their Army as well as in the Houses of Parliament which cannot be cemented but in the King the proper Center where we must meet and agree in Quest Which is the best and readiest way to procure and establish our constant durable Peace and happinesse Answ The most certain and infallible way is to referre all to his Sacred Majestie offer him innocent and spotlesse hearts white and unblotted Paper Hee writes a faire hand let him imprint his owne conditions and that is the way to perpetuate our blisse ye doe violence on his modestie far but doing our Duty would so overcome him that he would not aske so much as we ought and should most chearfully submit to him FINIS