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B29779 A short discourse, tending to the pacification of all unhappy differences, between His Majesty and His Parliament shewing the meanes whereby the same may speedily be done, and that it rests in His Maiesties sole power to effect it : presented to the consideration of all those that love the truth and peace / by a Friend and servant to both. Friend and servant to both. 1642 (1642) Wing S3587 5,744 9

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A SHORT DISCOVRSE tending to the Pacification of all unhappy differences between His Majesty and His PARLIAMENT Shewing the meanes whereby the same may speedily be done and that it rests in His MAIESTIES sole power to effect it Presented to the Consideration of all those that love the Truth and Peace By a friend and Servant to both THe Commons of England That great Body consisting of more then ten Millions of living soules having with great ioy and hope waited now full twenty Moneths for the happie effects of this long desired Parliament do now perceive by His Maiesties Declarations to His Parliament and His present proceedings in opposition to their Councells they are like not only to be frustrated of those ioyes and hopes but to have Confusion and Ruine immediately fall upon His Maiesty themselves and this whole Kingdome by Civill Discord Whereof ●s living men they cannot but be sensible and having no better meanes of accesse to His Maiesty are constrained in this common way to breath out their Griefes and Feares hoping in its Passage abroad it may meet with some great Man who in imitation of him that had Compassion upon the Multitude will convey it into His Maiesties Royall hand of whose goodnesse His People have had more then 16. yeares experience That by the wisdome and iustice of His Maiesty the Fidelity Loyalty and Duty of His Parliament and the blessing of God upon both those visible miseries hanging over this whole Kingdome may speedily be removed and a happie and blessed concord renewed and continued betwixt His Maiestie and His great Councell the representative body of this Kingdome The Commons doe observe that His Maiesty in His Declarations doth declare His intentions are not only to preserve His iust Prerogative Rights and Priviledges due to His Crown but also to preserve His People and Kingdome in peace and safety and that His Subiects may also enioy their Religion Laws Liberties Rights and Priviledges due and belonging to them and their posterities They observe likewise That the Parliament in their Remonstrances and Declarations published to the whole world do professe the very same thing to be their ends and intentions concerning His Maiesty his People and Kingdome For which His Maiesties gratious expressions as they are bound to give His Maiesty most humble thanks so are they obliged in all duty and service to those Noble Gentlemen and others of their own chusing not only for their long continued and unwearied paines for the good of His Maiesty and this whole Kingdome but also for their fidelity wisdome and care so really expressed and performed in discharge of that great trust they have committed to them being no lesse then al that they and their posterities have or are and to be faithfull to them in obedience to all their lawfull commands tending to the good and safety of His Maiesties Royall person and His Kingdome These being the mutuall and they hope reall intentions of His Maiesty and His Parliament concerning them thus concurring in one and published to the whole world so to be never say they was any Kingdome neerer to confusion if not destruction under a coniuncture of so good intentions And what Vipers or rather what Devils are there upon the earth that by wicked Councell would divide those intentions and bring desolation upon this whole Kingdome and what torments lesse then hell doe such men merit But their hope and confidence is His Maiesties own goodnesse and care of His people so often expressed and published to the world will be motive sufficient to turne His eare from the Councells of such wicked persons and to ioyne with His Parliament in pursuit of those good intentions and not for such mens sakes to expose His own Royall person to danger and His people and Kingdome to ruine They further observe That it pleaseth His Maiesty in His Declarations to charge the cause of all unhappy differences betwixt His Maiesty and His Parliament upon some few turbulent ambitious Factious spirits in both Houses of Parliament Members thereof whose cunning conveyance and carriage of busines in both Houses for their own ambitious ends and advantage have procured so great a party in both Houses that their Votes are become the Parliament and these men it is saith His Maiesty that make Orders and Ordinances displeasing to his Maiestie being as his Maiesty affirmeth against the established known Laws of the Land and His Maiesties iust and Royall Prerogative warranted by those Lawes They observe also That the Parliament declare the cause of those differences to be a wicked and pernitious Councell about his Maiesty who are seldome wanting about the Throne of the best and most pious Princes being either Atheists Papists and Jesuites Delinquents or men of desperate Fortunes engaged only to their own ends though it prove the ruine both of King and Kingdome And of necessity one of these two parties it must fall upon for his Maiesties people doe well know the goodnesse of his own disposition and inclination to his Subiects manifested out of his Royall brest in the beginning of His reigne before this viperous brood had time to take hold of Him and call to mind His gracious expressions and actions towards His Subiects in those times And also His Maiesties frequent protestations and imprecations made this present Parliament of his Maiesties great care and good intentions to preserve His people in peace the true Protestant Religion the Laws Liberties and Priviledge of Parliament from the least change or violation and therfore whatsoever the French Histories have recorded and published concerning congratulatory Letters passed betwixt his Maiesty and the Pope of Rome at His Maiesties being in Spaine they dare not admit the least thought of change or alteration to be in his Maiesties own brest but must cast it upon one of the parties afore named And therfore for appeasing all differences and prevention of all dangers ready to fall upon his Maiestie and this whole Kingdome His People doe most humbly desire his Maiesty to doe Himselfe and His Kingdome that right and iustice which lies in His owne power to doe by naming such persons if any such be Members of both or either Houses of Parliament as his Maiesty is informed are the Men who draw all this feare of miserie on his Maiesty and His Kingdome that they may come to Tryall before the Parliament in a Parliamentary way and there receive iudgement and punishment if they shal be found guilty or otherwise their Accusers who have so highly wronged his Maiesty His Parliament and People may come to like tryall and receive such punishment as the iustice of that Court shall inflict upon them And for the same reasons they would also most humbly beseech his Maiesty to name unto his Parliament those persons neer about his Maiesty who have been or are his Maiesties Councellors in expounding of Laws framing making and penning of Declarations Proclamations Messages and Passages betwixt his Maiesty and his Parliament