Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	good_a	king_n	subject_n	3,003	5	6.4581	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37701	Declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament concerning His Majesties advancing with his army toward London : with direction that all the trained bands and volunteers be put into a readinesse : also how Sir Iohn Hinderson urged one David Alexander a Scotchman to kill Sir Iohn Hotham and blow up the Parliaments magazine : to who His Majesty gave money and he received it : together with the depositions of the said David Alexander and Sir Iohn Hinderson : whereunto is added severall votes of the Lords and Commons, corrected and amended by the House of Commons to prevent false copies.	England and Wales. Parliament.; Alexander, David, 17th cent.; Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667.	1642 (1642)	Wing E1367; ESTC R3271	7,560	17

A DECLARATION OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament Concerning his Majesties advancing with his Army toward London With direction that all the Trained bands and Volunteers be put into a readinesse Also how Sir Iohn Hinderson urged one David Alexander a Scotchman to kill Sir Iohn Hotham and blow up the Parliaments Magazine to whom His Majesty gave money and he received it Together with the Depositions of the said David Alexander and Sir Iohn Hinderson Whereunto is added Severall Votes of the Lords and Commons Corrected and amended by the house of Commons to prevent false Copies Sabbati 15. Octob. 1642. ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament That this Declaration Depositions and Votes thus amended be forthwith printed and published H. Elsyng Cler. Parl. D. Com. LONDON Printed for Edw Husbands and I. Franke Octob. 18. 1642. A DECLARATION OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament THe Lords and Commons in Parliament considering with much tendernesse and compassion the miserable condition of this Kingdome distracted and distempered with many present evils and imminent dangers and brought now to such an height of extremity of misery that two English Armies are neer together even ready to joyn in a dreadful bloody encounter through the violent and wicked counsell of those who have captivated both the Person the Power of the King to their own impious and trayterous designes do thereupon thinke good to publish and declare the same to the Kingdome together with some directions and provisions which may prevent that utter desolation and ruine both of religion and liberty already overwhelmd and supprest in the intention and hope of those rebels and traytors about the King To which purpose it is desired by both Houses that all wel affected subjects may take notice of these particulars that the King by the help and assistance of the papists the prelatical and corrupt part of the Clergy the delinquent Nobility and Gentry by the confluence of some notable traytors from beyond the seas the Lord Digby Oneale and others and of many desperate mercenary and ill affected persons from all parts of the Kingdome hath raised an Army armed cloathed fed for the most part with the spoyles of his subiects giving them liberty to plunder and rob all sorts of people to exact money and plate from Corporations by threatning fire and sword if they should refuse it That this wicked Councel doth not only hinder his Majesty from exercising the justice and protection of a King towards his people but even that honour which is observed betwixt enemies for by a confident instrument of his Majesty Sir John Hinderson a papist as we are credibly informed one David Alexander was urged to kill Sir J. Hotham telling him it would be a good service both to God and the King which he refused to do saying it was the work of a Butcher and not of a Souldier this Alexander being a Scotchman of a very poore fortune and of a mind fit for desperate attempts the King sent for him twice while he was at Beverley and when he came to his presence he spake to him publikely in the field and appointed a summe of money to be given him which he received After which another proposition was made to him by the same Sir J. Hinderson that he would put fire to the Magazine of the Army raised by the Parliament to gaine the better opportunity to effect it that he should labour to get some imployment in the train of Artilery wch he accordingly undertooke endeavoured to obtain But before he could effect mischievous intention he was discovered apprehended and examined and thereupon confest the practice and undertaking the particulars wherof are referred to the examinations thereupon taken That the King doth send out Letters to borrow great sums professing that those who wil not lend him money do give him just cause to suspect their duty to his person and the peace of the Kingdome And this will be a sufficient reason to make them lyable to be plundered and spoyled of all they have but such is the violence of the Kings army that their friends are in little better case then they who oppose them and those who escape best must yet feed and billet the souldiers for nothing In those places where the Trained bands are willing to go forth to serve in his Majesties army yet for the most part their armes are taken from them and put upon those who are more mercenary and lesse intrested in the Commonwealth and so likely to be fitter instruments of rapine and spoile By these great violences and oppressions they have so exhausted those parts that His Majesty cannot stay long about Shrewsbury and it is the earnest desire of the Cavaleers that he would march forward towards London those rich and fruitful Countries in the way being like to yeeld them a supply of their necessities and the wealth of London a full satisfaction of their hope where they likewise think to f●●de a party which upon his Majesties approach may make some disturbance and facilitate their designes upon the City That if the Kings army prevaile the good Subjects can expect nothing but that their lives and fortunes will be exposed to the malice and rapine of those ravenous souldiers who often talke of cutting the throats of honest and religious men and have long expected their goods and estates as the rewards of their service the Kingdome will again fall under the government of those mischievous Councels who before this Parliament had even brought both religion and liberty to ruine and we shall have no hope left of any more Parliaments but such as shall be concurrent and subservient to these ends The means of curing and preventing these evils and dangers we conceive to be these That good provision be made by lone and contribution for the Army raised by the Parliament under the Lord Generall the Earle of Essex which is no whit inferiour in Horse and Foot to the Kings Army better armed full paid restrained from disorder and rapine as much as may be well provided of all outward necessaries but above all well encouraged and instructed in the goodnesse of the cause by the labour of many godly and painfull Divines That this Army be alwaies ready to attend the removes of the Kings army either in one body or divided as there shall be occasion according to the wise conduct and direction of the Generall that so no opportunity of fighting upon advantage be lost nor the greedy souldiers of the Kings army suffered to range and spoyle the Country at their pleasure That the Countries through which the Kings Army is to passe doe associate themselves and draw all their Forces togather for the mutuall defence of their persons and goods from oppression and spoile That those Counties be required to send in all their horses fit for carriage and for dragoons aswell for the assistance of the Lord Generall For which in