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<HEAD>THE ADDRES OF THE LORDS <HI>Spiritual and Temporal, and</HI> COMMONS, <HI>to the</HI> KING<HI>'s Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, for Maintaining the</HI> CHURCH <HI>of</HI> ENGLAND, <HI>as by Law E&s;tabli&s;hed; With</HI> HIS MAJESTIES <HI>Mo&s;t Gracious</HI> ANSWER <HI>therunto.</HI></HEAD>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Martis</HI> 16. <HI>Aprilis,</HI> 1689.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
<SALUTE>May it plea&s;e Your Maje&s;ty,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOur Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Loyal and Obedient Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Tempo|ral, and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, do with utmo&s;t Duty and Affection, render to Your Maje&s;ty Our mo&s;t Humble and Hearty Thanks for Your Gracious Declaration, and repeated A&s;&s;urances, that You will maintain the Church of <HI>England,</HI> E&s;ta|bli&s;hed by Law, which Your Maje&s;ty hath been plea&s;ed to re&s;cue from that dangerous Con|&s;piracy that was laid for her De&s;truction, with the Hazard of your Royal Per&s;on.</P>
<P>And Her Zeal again&s;t Popery, having appeared at all times, and more e&s;pecially of late, beyond the Contradiction of Her mo&s;t malicious Enemies; it being likewi&s;e evident, that her Loyalty hath alwayes been unque&s;tionable, and that the Misfortunes of the La&s;t Reign can be attributed to nothing more than the Endeavours that were u&s;ed to &s;ubvert it.</P>
<P>We therefore humbly pray Your Maje&s;ty will be graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to continue Your Care for the Pre&s;ervation of the &s;ame, whereby You wiil effectually E&s;tabli&s;h Your Throne, by &s;ecuring the Hearts of your Maje&s;ties Subjects within the&s;e Your Realms, who can no way better &s;hew their Zeal for Your Service, than by a firm Adherence to that Church, who&s;e Con&s;titution is be&s;t &s;uited to the &s;upport of this Monarchy.</P>
<P>We likewi&s;e humbly pray, That according to the Ancient Practice and U&s;age of this King|dom in time of Parliament, your Maje&s;ty will be graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to i&s;&s;ue forth Writs, as &s;oon as conveniently may be, for calling a Convocation of the Clergy of this Kingdom; to be advi&s;ed with in Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Matters, a&s;&s;uring your Maje&s;ty, it is our intention forthwith to proceed to the con&s;ideration of giving Ea&s;e to <HI>Prote&s;tant Di&s;&s;enters.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>THough I have had many occa&s;ions of a&s;&s;uring you, That I will maintain the Church of <HI>England</HI> as by Law E&s;tabli&s;hed; yet I am well plea&s;ed with every Opportunity of repeating tho&s;e Promi&s;es, which I am re&s;olved to perform, by Supporting this Church, who&s;e Loyalty I doubt not will enable me to an&s;wer your ju&s;t Expectations.</P>
<P>And as My De&s;ign in coming hither was to re&s;cue you from the Mi&s;eries you laboured under; &s;o it is a great Satisfaction to Me, that by the Succe&s;s GOD has given me, I am in a Station of Defending this Church, which has effectually &s;hewn her Zeal again&s;t Popery, and &s;hall always be my peculiar care. And I do hope the Ea&s;e you de&s;ign to Di&s;senters, will contribute very much to the E&s;tabli&s;hment of this Church, which therefore I do earne&s;tly recommend to you, that the Occa&s;ions of Differences and mutual Animo&s;ities may be removed; and as &s;oon as conveniently may be, I will &s;ummon a Convocation.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Sabathi,</HI> 20 <HI>Aprilis,</HI> 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That the Addre&s;s of Both Hou&s;es, pre&s;ented to His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> ye&s;terday, and His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> mo&s;t Gracious An|&s;wer thereunto, be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Browne, Cleric.
Parliamentor.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-Printed in the Year, 1689.</P>
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