Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	king_n	kingdom_n	parliament_n	5,178	5	6.3666	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06633	The declaration of William and Mary, King and Queen of England, France and Ireland, to all their loving subjects in the kingdom of Ireland.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary); William, III, King of England, 1650-1702.; Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.	1689 (1689)	Wing W2509; ESTC R186729	1,128	1

THE DECLARATION OF WILLIAM and MARY KING and QUEEN of England France and Ireland To all Their Loving Subjects in the Kingdom of IRELAND WILLIAM R. WHereas it is incumbent upon Us to take care of and preserve all Our Subjects within Our Dominions of what Perswasion soever in Matters of Religion And We being highly sensible of the Miseries Our Kingdom of Ireland is and may be exposed to by the Forces there raised and kept up under pretence of Religion at the Instigation of Romish Priests and by the Influence of Foraign Councils in Opposition to Us and Our Government And being desirous to prevent the Calamities and Destruction that must fall upon Our People in that Kingdom in case Our Forces now ready to enter the said Kingdom which We doubt not but with Gods Help may be sufficient to reduce it to due Obedience shall proceed to Effect the same We do hereby Declare and Promise to all Our Subjects whatsoever within that Kingdom Full and entire Pardon and Indemnity for all things by them Acted Done or Committed by Virtue or Colour of any Authority of pretended Authority within the said Kingdom and a full and free Enjoyment of their respective Estates according to Law 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 upon Notice of Our Royal Will and Pleasure signified in this Our Declaration they shall lay down their Arms and retire themselves to their respective Habitations and Places of Abode at or before the tenth Day of April next and there shall peaceably behave themselves and live as good Subjects ought to do And We do hereby further Declare and Promise to all Our Subjects of the Romish Church that hitherto have not taken Arms or that shall upon Notice of this Our Declaration lay down their Arms and retire and live as aforesaid That they shall for the future have all the Favour for the private Exercise of their Religion that the Law allows and we can now grant to them And that we shall speedily call a Parliament in the said Kingdom and therein promote a further Indulgence to them And We do hereby further Declare That if notwithstanding this Our Declaration any of Our Subjects shall continue in Arms in Opposition to Us that we shall then think Our Selves free and clear of all the Blood that may be Spilt and of the Destruction and Misery which by reason thereof may be occasioned And We shall look upon Our Selves to be justified before God and Man in Our Proceedings by Force and Arms against them as Rebels and Traitors And such We do hereby Declare all those to be who shall Act as aforesaid against us and Our Authority as is herein expressed And that the Lands and Estates of all such as shall after Notice of this Our Declaration persist in their Rebellion or be in any wise Abettors thereof and which by Law will be Forfeited unto Us shall be by Us distributed and disposed to those that shall be Aiding and Assisting in reducing the said Kingdom to its due Obedience Given at Our Court at Whitehall this 22th Day of February 1688 In the First Year of Our Reign London Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the King and Queen's most Excellent Majesties And Re-printed at Edinburgh in the Year 1689.