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	law_n	liberty_n	6,707	5	6.5575	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83684	A declaration of the Commons assembled in Parliament, upon two letters sent by Sir John Brooks, (sometimes a Member of the Commons House this parliament, ... being a projector, a monopolist, and a fomentor of the present bloudy and unnaturall war; for bearing of arms actually against the Parliament) to William Killegrew at Oxford (intercepted neer Coventrey) giving his advice how the King should proceed in the Treaty upon the propositions for peace, presented unto him by the Parliament. With the names of the lords, baronets, knights, esquires, gentlemen, ministers and freeholders, indicted the last sessions at Grantham, of high-treason, by Sir Peregrine Bartue and the said Sir John Brooks, before themselves, and other their fellow-cavaliers, rebels and traitors, commissioners, appointed, (as they say), for that purpose. ... Also, the ordinance of both Houses, made the 17 of Decemb. 1642. that the pretended commissioners, and all others, sheriffs, officers, jurors, and any whom it may concern, may know what to expect, that shall presume to molest the persons or estates of any for their service to the Parliament and Kingdom. With some abstracts of credible letters from Exceter, ... Ordered by the Commons in Parl. that this declaration and letters be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing E2564; Thomason E101_13; ESTC R17040	8,453	16

them directed have caused divers members of both Houses and divers Gentlemen of Lincolnshire whose names are hereafter recited to be Indicted of High-treason before themselves and have caused their estates to bee seised as forfeited requiring the Tenants of all and every the sayd persons so Indicted forthwith and from time to time as they shall grow due to pay in all the Rents of the sayd Lords and others unto themselves being Commissioners and sharers which is according to the advice given by the said Sir John Brookes in his Letter against the Pardon whose words are How else shall the King pay His debts now made for this Warre and recompence those that have adventured their lives and spent their fortunes and have been undone and if the King will not punish the one and reward his faithfull servants He will be in a worse estate by such a peace than He was at the beginning of this Warre These pretended Commissioners make it criminall to such Tenants as shall refuse to pay in the Rents unto them threatning them with severe punishments for their neglect and contempt These Letters further informe us what advise the Authour hath commended to His Majestie concerning the Members of both Houses That He should not allow of a Treaty with His Parliament before they were all restored That the two Houses may be full of the same Members as at the first insinuating That if the two Houses were so filled the King need not doubt but all things would proceed from them to His Honour and Greatnesse and that the King cannot receive Honor nor Right from the rest that have Traiterously plotted His ruine and overthrow and our Religion Laws and Liberties As he is the first that so bold-fac'dly chargeth the whole Parliament with Treason in the highest degree so it were to be wisht he were the only man that hath put conditions upon the King threatning Him with a new Warre against the King Kingdom and Parliament if His Majesty should conclude a Peace contrary to their advise and would not gratifie them with the estates of such as had borne Arms against them and if the King would permit all those that were for Him to be thrust out He will finde hereafter none to stand for Him The Author of these Letters boasts and glories in that his advise is followed which appears to be most true in this particular for by His Majesties Message to both Houses of the 12 of Aprill 1643. the King Declares That before He would disbandon the Armies which was to precede the Treaty upon the other Propositions He would have all the Members of both Houses to be restored who have been Voted from them as the Message sayes for adhering to His Majestie in these distractions Let the world judge what these men merit instead of a restitution to their places in Parliament who have not only withdrawne themselves from the service but Traiterously have endeavoured to subvert the same our Religion and Liberties and by force to destroy the good people of the Kingdom what a wonderment would it be to restore againe a power to them over the lives estates and liberties of those who first sent them to serve in Parliament that already threaten to turn their power against them to their ruine and destruction being confident they shall carry things as they list if the Houses were filled as at first The Author in his last letter tels us That His Majesties last Message to the Houses of Parliament was according to his heart and for the most part the same which he formerly sent to Sir Will. Killegrew which was read unto the King These evill Counsellors have discovered themselves Let the whole Kingdom judge how pleasing it is and what peace was to be expected The Author concludes with a lamentable story from his wife every man can quickly tell what he deserves 't is true his house was searched there being good cause but 't is as true That although his Lady discovered her selfe an enemy to the Parliament there was not nor yet is there any thing carried away to the bignesse of a Nutt but all left where it was then found ORdered by the Commons in Parliament That this Declaration the Letters the List of the names and the Ordinance of the 17 of December 1642. be Printed and published Hen. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. SIR I Should be very glad to heare the King should have his Navy Revenue his Forts and Magazins restored but I hope the King will not finish the Treaty but with his two Houses of Parliament being full with the same Members as at the first for if the King permit all those that were for him to be thrust out then I believe hee will find hereafter none to stand for him But it is against the Law and right of the Subject that any being legally elected should be put out of the house but for some offences against the known Laws of the Kingdom And the two Houses being so filled as at the first the King need not doubt but all things will proceed from them to his Honour and greatnesse And other ways from the sixth or seventh part of the House who as all the World knows have traiterously plotted his ruine and our overthrow our Religion Laws Liberties Can it be thought possible that from that faction the King can ever receive honour and right And I pray let me say some thing to you concerning a generall pardon the which I know they will in the end much presse for First all those that have served the King will desire none nor need any And if the King should grant to all the Lords and others that have taken up and born arms and made war against his owne person and his Forces I verily believe you will quickly see another war again and besides how will the King pay his debts now made for this war and recompence those that have adventured their lives and have spent their fortunes and have bin undone by their plundrings And if the King will not punish the one and reward his faithfull Servants I doe believe the King will be in worse estate by such a Peace then hee was at the beginning of this war I am far from disswading a pardon to be given to the poore common people that have bin seduced and some for feare and by force have been constrained to this unnaturall and unlawfull war But all those in every County that have good estates that have contributed and have in person taken arms against the King to be excepted in which inquiry there must be great care taken other ways many rich notorious Traitors may escape And therefore the King as I conceive must send to those he most trusts in every Shire to certifie the names of those that ought to be exempted out of the generall pardon as wee have now done by Sir Peregrine Bartue for our County of Lincolne I will say nothing to you of the taking of Grantham for the