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
A90461	A perfect declaration of all the promises and protestations made unto the Kings Majestie by the Parliament; by way of accommodation of peace. Wherein the Parliament have made knowne to the world, their owne ends and intentions; and offered to His Majestie all that a treaty can produce, or His Majestie expect: security, honour, service, obedience, support, and all other effects of an humble, loyall, and faithfull subjection.		1643 (1643)	Wing P1482; Thomason E249_1; ESTC R212562	4,880	10

A Perfect DECLARATION OF ALL THE PROMISES and PROTESTATIONS made unto the Kings Majestie by the Parliament By way of Accommodation of PEACE Wherein the Parliament have made knowne to the World their owne ends and intentions And offered to His Majestie all that a Treaty can produce or His Majestie expect Security Honour Service Obedience Support and all other effects of an Humble Loyall and Faithfull Subjection VIRES SIT VVLNERE VERITAS LONDON Printed for Robert Wood. 1643. A Perfect Declaration of all the Promises and Protestations made unto the Kings Majestie by the Parliament by way of Accommodation Wherein the Parliament have made known to the World their own ends and intentions and offered to His Majestie all that a Treaty can produce or His Majestie desire WHereas by a Declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament of the 26. of Ianuary 1642. It is said That having taken into serious consideration the present state and condition of eminent danger in which the Kingdome now stands by reason of a Malignant Party prevailing with His Majestie putting him upon violent and perilous wayes and now in Armes against us to the hazarding of His Majesties person and for the oppression of the true Religion the Lawes and liberties of this Kingdome and the power and privildges of Parliament all which every honest man is bound to defend especially those who have taken the late protestation by which they are more perticulerly tyed unto it and the more answerable before God should they neglect it wherefore they finding themselves ingaged in the necessity to take up Armes likewise for the defence of these which otherwise must suffer and perish and having used all good waies and meanes to prevent extremities and preserue the peace of the Kingdome which good endeauors of theirs the Malignity of their Enemies have rendred altogether successelesse and vain therefore they did now thinke fitt to give this accompt unto the world to be a satisfaction unto all men of the Justnesse of their proceedings and a warning unto those who are involued in the same danger with them to let them see the necessity and duty which lyes upon them to saue their Religion and Countrey for which purpose they set forth this declaration wherein is most excellently shewed the eminent danger of the kingdome and how farre the malignant party hath prevailed and in the latter end of this declaration it followes in these words we the Lords and Commons are resolved to expose our lives and fortunes for the defence and maintenance of the true Religion the Kings person honour and estate the power and priviledges of Parliament and the iust rights and libertyes of the Subject and for the prevention of that mischievous design which gives motion to all the rest and have beene so strongly persued these many yeares the altering of our Religion which if God in his great mercy had not miraculously diverted long ago had beene brought to the condition of poore Ireland weltering in our owne blood and confusion and doe here require all those who have any sence of piety honour or commpassion to help a distressed state especially such as have taken the protestation and are bound in the same duty with us unto their God King and Countrey to come in to ayd and assist this being the true cause for which we raise an Army under the Command of the Earle of Essex with whom in this cause we will live and die And after many humble Petions to his Majesty whereby the Parliament presented their dutifull affections in aduising and desireing those things which they held most necessary for the preservation of Gods true Religion his Majestyes safety and honour and the peace of his Kingdom By their Petition the 16 of Iuly 1642 there be these words viz we doe in this our humble and loyall Petition prosterate our selves to your Majestyes feet beseeching your royall Majesty that you would be pleased to forbeare anb remove all preparations and accomodtions of Warre perticulerly the forces from about Hull from Newcastle Plymouth Lincolne Lincolneshire and other places and that your Majesty will recall the Commissions of Array which are illegal and dismisse Troops and extraordinary gaurds by you raised your Majesty would come neere to your Parl and harken to their faithfull advise and humble petions which shall noely to the defence and advancment of Religion your owne royall honour and safety the preservation of Our Laws and Liberties and we have been and shall ever be carefull to prevent and punish all tumults and seditious actions speeches writings which may give your Maiesty iust cause of distaste and apprehension of danger from which publike ayms and resolutions no synister or private respect shall ever make us to declyne c. To which if your Maiesties courses and Councels shall from henceforth concur wee doubt not but we shall quickly make it appeare to the world by the most eminent effects of loue and duty that your Maiestyes Personall safety your royall honouor and greatnesse are much deerer to us then our owne lives and fortunes which we doe most hartily dedicate and shal most willingly imploy for the support and maintanance thereof And in a Declaration and Protestation of the Lords and Commons in Parliament of the 22 of October 1642 they being in these words we the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled doe in the presence of Almighty God for the satisfaction of our Consences and discharge of that great trust which lyes upon us make this Protestation and Declaration to this Kingdom and Nation and to the whole world That no private passion or respect no evill intention to his Maiestyes person noe designe to the preiudice of his iust honour and authority ingaged us to raise forces and take up Armes against the authors of this Warre wherewith the Kingdome is now inflamed And we have allwaies desired from our hearts and souls manifested in our actions and proceedings and in severall humble Petitions and Remonstrances to his Maiesty professe our loyalty and obedience to his Crown readinesse and resolution to defend his person and support his estate with our liues and forunes to the uttermost of our power that we have beene willing to passe by not onely those Iniuryes ignomines slanders and false accusations wherewith we have been privatly oppressed and greened but likewise many publike incroachments and high usurpations to the preiudice of Religion and liberty divers bloody trayterous practises and designes for the utter ruyne and destruction of the Church and state so as we might for the time to come beene secured from that wicked and malignant party those periurous and trayterous Councels who have beene the authors and fomenters of the former mischiefes and present calamities which have and still doe distemper the Church and state And for divers waighty reasons expressed in this Declaration and protestation it is said we are resolved to enter into a sollemn oath and covenant with God to