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<NAME>Judith Siefring</NAME>
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<P>KING CHARLES HIS RESOLVTION Concerning the Governe|ment of the
Church of <HI>England,</HI> being contrary to that of <HI>Scotland.</HI> VVith
a Speech &s;poken by the Lord <HI>Car,</HI> in the Parliament in
<HI>Scotland,</HI> being a little before his examina|tion concerning the Plot
which was found out in <HI>Scotland.</HI></P>
<P>Printed at LONDON, 1641.</P>
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<HEAD>King Charles his re&s;olution concerning The governement of
the Church of <HI>England</HI> being contrary to the Church of
<HI>SCOTLAND.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THat the <HI>Scots</HI> di&s;allow of the Hierarchie is unknowne
to none, their wills &s;tand for rea&s;on, and many in <HI>England</HI> doe
heartily wi&s;h, that Bi&s;hops &s;hould be put downe here al&s;o, which matter
&s;hould they have graunted, I feare lea&s;t that after they have pro|cured the
fals of twenty foure Spirituall Lords, they would the next Triennial Parliament
&s;trive to &s;weepe away foure-&s;core Temporall Lords: not will our Booke of
Common-Prayer reli&s;h well with &s;ome, that mu&s;t be al&s;o aboli&s;hed, for
why it had it's fir&s;t original from the Popi&s;h Liturgye, which I will leave
to the opinion of the learned.</P>
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<P>The Booke of Common Prayer the <HI>Scots</HI> by no manner of
meanes will allow of, I pray that many of their learned men wrong not their
owne con&s;ciences by it; for Chri&s;t hath &s;aid him&s;elfe, <HI>My hou&s;e
&s;hall be called the hou&s;e of Prayer.</HI></P>
<P>It was reported in <HI>England,</HI> that our Royall Soveraigne
would reforme the Church of <HI>Eng|land,</HI> to that of <HI>Scotland,</HI>
and quite to aboli&s;h the Hira<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">chie, and the booke of common pray|er, but
there is no &s;uch matter; for it is our Royall Soveraign's intent to be
con&s;tant to the Di&s;cipline and Doctrine of the Church of <HI>Eng|land</HI>
e&s;tabli&s;hed by Queene <HI>Elizabeth</HI> and his Father: Nay more, his
Royall Maje&s;ty is re&s;olved by the grace of God to dye in the maintainance
of the &s;ame: Then cea&s;e all you cur&s;ing <HI>Archi|tophells</HI> and
rayling <HI>Rab&s;hakahs,</HI> and doe not en|deavour to defeate the hou&s;e of
God, let the <HI>&s;anctum &s;anctorum</HI> alone, neither confine your
&s;elves to barnes and &s;tables, for although God hath &s;aid, <HI>where two
or three bee gathered together in my name, there will I be,</HI> yet al&s;o did
hee com|mand a hou&s;e to bee built, which &s;hould bee &s;et apart for his
&s;ervice, and called after his name.</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Where danger hangs over head it is time to looke about; certaine
&s;u&s;picions are conjectured concerning men of no meane qua|lity and Traitors
wee are tearmed all, to de&s;troy diver&s;e Noble men (as it is &s;uppo&s;ed)
was our intents, and I among&s;t the number am accoun|ted, as one licence hath
beene given unto us to make an&s;were for our&s;elves, for my part I am but
one, and let the matter fall out as it can, I have but one life to loo&s;e. The
Marques &s;hould have beene de&s;troyed as &s;ome doe report: if he but live
untill I make a plot to take away his life. I dare warrant him a double
<HI>Methu&s;alah's</HI> age. The Earle of <HI>Argile</HI> (as it is reported)
&s;hould have beene de&s;troyed, who&s;e actions have been &s;o ju&s;t, that he
were the unju&s;te&s;t man breath|ing that &s;hould have the lea&s;t
imagination to de&s;troy him. The Lord <HI>Londen</HI> al&s;o was &s;uppo|&s;ed
to have had a plot contrived to take away his life, which me thinks no
Scotch-man would be &s;o ba&s;e, as to have &s;o wicked a meaning again&s;t
him, who hath beene a chiefe upholder of our peace with the jeopardy of his
owne life.</P>
<P>Then for Generall <HI>Le&s;ly,</HI> it is very well that I was
one, which alwayes did wi&s;h pro&s;perity to his actions, and that victory
might crowne all his de&s;ignes.</P>
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<P>But my Lords, I know there be many, which a long time have beene
working my de|&s;truction in a mo&s;t envious Loome, the thread being &s;punne
by nothing but mallice.</P>
<P>O that my life were &s;acrificed to doe my Countrey good, and
yet would I vvi&s;h, that there were an alteration, concerning &s;ome
chap|ters, let God deale by my &s;oule, as I wi&s;h the good of my countrey,
not careing whether Life or Death be my portion, a naturall one I meane.</P>
<P>My Lords, I wonder that any of you &s;hould have &s;uch a
concert concerning mee, in &s;o much as my dayly &s;tudy to my thinking, hath
been for nothing more than for the Common wealth. I de&s;ire nothing more, that
what&s;oever becomes of me, that this may prove a mo&s;t happy Parliament,
<HI>Mi&s;eris &s;uccurrere didici,</HI> I have &s;uccoured others, for which
many &s;trive to reward mee with pouerty, to make long Harve&s;t of a little
Corne is not proper, where|fore I now am prepared to an&s;were what&s;oever at
this time, &s;hall or can be objected again&s;t mee.</P>
<P><HI>Vincenti praemia &s;oli.</HI></P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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