Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	law_n	liberty_n	parliament_n	4,902	5	6.1958	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82586	A declaration and ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the better securing and setling of the peace of the county of Kent, and for enabling them to associate with the City of London, or any other counties adjacent. And to raise forces within the said county, as well horse as foot, and therewith to give, or cause battell to be given to all such forces as are or shal be raised without the consent of both houses of Parliament; and all such persons with their abbettors and adherents to invade, resist, put to flight, pursue, suppresse, kill, slay, put to execution of death, and by all means to destroy, as enemies to the kingdom. Likewise, instructions for the lord-lieutenant, deputy-lieutenants, and other offiers [sic], and commanders in the county of Kent. And, that every person which shall be imployed as souldiers in this service, of the age of 16. yeers and upwards, shall solemnly take an oath, to be approved of by the Parliament, and they that wilfully neglect the same shall be proceeded against as delinquents, and enemies of the peace of the kingdom. Die Martis, 30 Maii. 1643. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this declaration and ordinance with the instructions shall be forthwith printed and published. J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing E1301; Thomason E104_22; ESTC R13977	7,748	13

A DECLARATION AND ORDINANCE Of the LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament For the better securing and setling of the peace of the County of Kent and for enabling them to associate with the City of London or any other Counties adjacent And to raise Forces within the said County as well Horse as Foot and therewith to give or cause battell to be given to all such forces as are or shal be raised without the consent of both houses of Parliament and all such persons with their Abbettors and Adherents to invade resist put to flight pursue suppresse kill slay put to execution of death and by all means to destroy as enemies to the Kingdom Likewise Instructions for the Lord-Lieutenant Deputy-Lieutenants and other Offiers and Commanders in the County of Kent And that every person which shall be imployed as Souldiers in this service of the age of 16. yeers and upwards shall solemnly take an Oath to be approved of by the Parliament and they that wilfully neglect the same shall be proceeded against as Delinquents and enemies of the peace of the Kingdom Die Martis 30 Maii. 1643. ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament that this Declaration and Ordinance with the Instructions shall be forthwith printed and published J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum LONDON Printed for I. Wright in the Old-baily Iune 1. 1643. Die Martis 30 Maii. 1643. A Declaration and Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament for the better securing and setling of the Peace of the County of Kent and for enabling them to associate with the City of London or any other Counties adjacent THe Lords and Commons now in Parliament assembled being certainely informed and by sad experience finding it true That divers Papists Traytors Delinquents and other persons ill affected to the King and Parliament have Trayterously combined and associated themselves in this Kingdome for the utter extirpation of the true Protestant well affected party therein And for that end have raised and daily doe raise great Forces both of Horse and Foot and have plundered spoyled and destroyed multitudes of His Majesties good Subjects using also their utmost endeavours to bring in to their assistance Forraigners of their owne Faction All which if not spéedily prevented will utterly subvert the true Protestant Religion which is their chiefe designe the Lawes of the Land the priviledges of Parliament and the Liberty of the Subject For the timely preventing and withstanding of which mischievous designes the well affected of the County of Kent have been and still are desirous to have a considerable moveing body of Horse and Foot raised and maintained at the charge of the said County and to enter into association for the mutuall defence and preservation of the peace of the said County and of all those that shall joyne with them therein The said Lords and Commons doe thereupon declare that they hold it a thing most fit and necessary for the present state of the kingdome and security of the said County of Kent And do ordaine and declare and be it ordained and declared by the said Lords and Commons that the Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-lieutenants Collonels Captaines and other Officers that are or shall be imployed in the said County of Kent the County and City of Canterbury and Cinqueports with their members and all other well affected persons inhabitants in them or any of them shall and may associate themselves each with other and with all those who shall enter into the said Association And that the said Lord lieutenant and Deputy-lieutenants or any seven or more of them for the foresaid ends and purposes and also for the forcing and compelling refractory persons to yeeld obedience unto the Orders and Ordinances of either or both Houses of Parliament shall have full Power and Authority and are hereby authorised to raise arme and maintaine a moving body of Foot consisting of one Thousand or more Voluntiers whereof none to be of the Trained-bands and one or more Troope or Troopes of Horse which now are or hereafter shall be subscribed or otherwise provided within the said County whereof none also are to be taken out of the Trained Forces And also to nominate constitute and appoint a Major Generall over the said Forces and to give full power and authority to the said Major Generall in case of sicknesse or disability of body from time to time constitute and appoint in his stead such trusty and able person as he shall thinke fit to be his Deputy and in his absence to doe all things belonging to the Office of a Major Generall And the said Lord-lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants or any seaven or more of them shall be and are hereby authorised to Constitute and appoint Collonels Lieutenant-collonels Serjeant-maiors Captaines and other Officers over the said Forces and from time to time in and into all convenient places to Leade Conduct Quarter and Exercise or cause to be lead conducted quartered and exercised the said Forces or any part thereof and therewith to give or cause battaile to be given to all such Forces as are or shall be raised against or without authority or consent of both Houses of Parliament or that shall make or endeavour to make any Invasion Rapine Tumult or Insurrection or shall plunder pillage or destroy any of His Maiesties good Subiects And all and singular such persons their abbettors and adherents to invade resist put to flight pursue suppresse kill flay put to execution of death and by all meanes to destroy as Enemies to the kingdome And to performe and cause to be performed all things else which they shall in their iudgements thinke néedfull as well for the preservation and safety of the peace of the said County and places aforesaid as of all those which shall ioyne in the said Association observing the Instructions hereunto annexed with such other Directions and Commands as they shall receive from time to time from both Houses of Parliament or from his Excellency the Earle of Essex And be it also Declared and Ordained by the authority aforesaid That the said Lord-Lieutenant Deputy-lieutenants and other Inhabitants of the said County and every of them and every other person which is or shall be imployed in that service in what they have any way already done towards the preparing and perfecting so necessary a worke or shall hereafter doe or performe in pursuance thereof shall be saved and kept harmlesse by the Power and Authority of Parliament And the said Lords and Commons doe hereby Declare and Ordaine that neither the said Forces nor any part of them shal or may at any time be removed out of the said County without speciall Order and Direction from both Houses of Parliament or from his Excellency the Earle of Essex unlesse it be to the ayd and assistance of the Counties with whom they shal enter into association and in pursuance of their said association And for the better ordering and mannaging of the said Forces of Horse and