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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 26 Maii. 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_IT is this day Ordered by the Lords in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That the <HI>Remon&s;trance</HI> and <HI>Petition</HI> of the <HI>Lord Major, Aldermen,</HI> and <HI>Com|mon Councell</HI> of the <HI>City</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> this day exhibited to the <HI>Hou&s;e of Peeres,</HI> and their <HI>Lord&s;hips An&s;wer</HI> thereunto, &s;hall bee forth|with Printed and Publi&s;hed; And that the care for the true Printing thereof, is hereby &s;pe|cially recommended unto <HI>Colonell John Bella|mie;</HI> who is by this Order authorized and re|quired to Print and publi&s;h the &s;ame accord|ingly: And none el&s;e are to pre&s;ume to Print and publi&s;h the &s;ame, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their perils.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Browne Cleric. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORDS ASSEMBLED IN HIGH COVRT OF PARLIAMENT: The Humble Remon&s;trance and Petiti|on of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of <HI>London,</HI> in Com|mon Councell A&s;&s;embled.</P>
<P>Together with their <HI>LORDSHIPS</HI> ANSWER thereunto.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Richard Gotes,</HI> for <HI>John Bellamie.</HI> 1646.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORDS A&s;&s;embled in High Court of</HI> PARLIAMENT: The humble Remon&s;trance and Petition of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of <HI>London,</HI> in Common Councell a&s;&s;em|bled.</HEAD>
<P>_OUR duty, In the fir&s;t place, doth lead us to be|gin all our Addre&s;&s;es, as wee mo&s;t heartily and humbly doe the&s;e, with all due and humble acknowledgement of the great Labours and endeavours which Your Lord&s;hips have, the&s;e many years, employed, in Reformation both of the Church and Common-wealth, and in pre&s;ervation of both, with the humble tender of our con&s;tant devotion to &s;erve the Parliament, according to our Covenant made before Almighty God.</P>
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In the next place, wee mo&s;t humbly crave pardon, although wee doe pre&s;ume to returne againe unto your Lord&s;hips, and humbly, yet plainly, lay open the &s;orrowes and feares of our hearts, even in this &s;ea&s;on, when as God hath ble&s;&s;ed your Ar|mies with the greate&s;t &s;ucce&s;&s;es, and that Man might per&s;wade him&s;elf that the Warre is almo&s;t at an end.</P>
<P>For fir&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Remon&s;trance of the State of the Kingdome, <HI>pag. 19.</HI></NOTE> when wee remember that it hath been long &s;ince declared to bee farre from any purpo&s;e or de&s;ire to let loo&s;e the golden Reins of Di&s;cipline and Government in the Church, or to leave private per&s;ons, or particular Congregations, to take up what form of Divine Service they plea&s;e, when wee look upon what both Hou&s;es have re&s;olved again&s;t <HI>Browni&s;me,</HI> and <HI>Anabapti&s;me,</HI> properly &s;o called, when we meditate on our Prote|&s;tation and Covenant.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Parlia|ments Declara|tion, upon his Maje&s;ties De|claration after the Battaile at Edghill. <HI>p. 659.</HI></NOTE> when wee peru&s;e the Directory, and other Ordi|nances for Presbyteriall Government, and yet finde private and &s;eparate Congregations daily erected in divers parts of the Ci|ty, and el&s;ewhere, and commonly frequented (and <HI>Anabapti&s;m, Browni&s;m,</HI> and almo&s;t all manner of Here&s;ies, Schi&s;mes, and Bla&s;|phemies, boldly vented and maintained, by &s;uch as, to the point of Church-Government, profe&s;&s;e them&s;elves <HI>Independent</HI>) wee cannot but bee a&s;toni&s;hed at the &s;warmes of Sectaries, which di&s;cover them&s;elves every where, who, if by their endeavours, they &s;hould get into places of Profit and Tru&s;t, in Martiall and Civill affaires, it may tend much to the di&s;turbance of the Pub|lick Peace both of the Church and Common-wealth.</P>
<P>Wee al&s;o cannot but call to minde what Vowes wee have made to God in the &s;ame Covenant, as well as our former Pro|te&s;tations, to pre&s;erve the Rights and Priviledges of the Par|liament, and the Liberties of the Kingdomes, and to pre&s;erve and defend the Kings Maje&s;ties Per&s;on and Authority&punc; in the pre&s;ervation and Defence of the true Religion, and Liberties of the Kingdomes, that the world may bear witne&s;&s;e with our Con&s;ciences, of our Loyalty, and that wee have no thoughts or intentions, to dimini&s;h His Maje&s;ties ju&s;t power and great|ne&s;&s;e, and doe humbly re&s;t in the a&s;&s;urances wee have recei|ved in the many former Declarations of both Hou&s;es, concer|ning their intentions towards his Maje&s;ty, his Royall Po&s;terity,
<PB N="5" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 92 -->and the Peace of this Kingdom, which wee doubt not but your Lord&s;hips will pur&s;ue with all &s;peedy di&s;patch of Propo&s;itions to His Maje&s;ty, now whil&s;t God doth &s;o mercifully and mira|culou&s;ly goe along with your Armies in all the parts of the Kingdome.</P>
<P>Wee may not in the next place forget our Brethren of <HI>Scot|land,</HI> how fir&s;t they were invited to engage with this King|dome in Gods Cau&s;e, when yet they were at Peace at home, in what Covenant this Nation is mutually linked with them, at what time, in relation both to the weak condition of our Forces then, and the &s;ea&s;on of the year, they adventured up|on an Enemy warmly lodged, and well armed, and prepared; what they have &s;ince &s;uffered for this Cau&s;e in their own Kingdom, how &s;ucce&s;&s;efull ever &s;ince God hath made our For|ces in &s;uppre&s;&s;ing the Common Enemies of both Nations, and what pre&s;ent hopes wee have of a well-&s;etled Peace, while wee continue in this mutuall Amity; And then cannot but lament the many jealou&s;ies which the Enemies of our Peace, Union, and good Government, doe now &s;trive to beget between both Nations, and tremble at the &s;ad effects thereof, if not timely prevented by the wi&s;dome of the Parliaments of both King|domes.</P>
<P>Wee cannot al&s;o omit humbly to repre&s;ent unto your Lord|&s;hips con&s;ideration, how many Citizens have already &s;uffered, and how many more will bee undone, if your Lord&s;hips &s;hall &s;till make u&s;e of that ancient Priviledge, to protect your Selves, the A&s;&s;i&s;tan<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> of this Honourable Hou&s;e, and the Servants of both, and others from being proceeded again&s;t in any cour&s;e of Law for Debt, which now becau&s;e this Parliament hath alrea|dy &s;ate &s;o long, and is likely by rea&s;on of the un&s;ettledne&s;&s;e of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">ffaires to &s;it much longer, would e&s;pecially require &s;ome expe|dient for relief of &s;o many as otherwi&s;e mu&s;t daily &s;uffer under this Priviledge.</P>
<P>And now that the Kingdome is almo&s;t reduced, by which meane<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Revenues of the Kingdome wil be unburthened, and the Cu&s;tomes and Exci&s;e increa&s;e, and the publike charge of the Kingdome decrea&s;e, now that Delinquents doe daily come in and compound, and now that the Enemy hath but few Holds
<PB N="6" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 93 -->left, we hope that the great and extraordinary Taxes and bur|thens on this City and their Trade, &s;hall be in the future abated; that the Debts owing to the City and Citizens of <HI>London,</HI> ei|ther by particular A&s;&s;urances of the Parliament, or upon the publike faith of the Kingdome, be taken care for and di&s;char|ged, as wel as tho&s;e a&s;&s;igned upon the Exci&s;e, and may not be di|verted from the u&s;es appointed by former Acts and Ordinances.</P>
<P>And we humbly crave leave to pre&s;ent to the con&s;ideration of this Honourable Hou&s;e, the Committee of <HI>Haberd<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hers-hall,</HI> as being one of the greate&s;t grievances of this City, and which; &s;o long as it is continued, doth hinder the concour&s;e of people thereunto, and tendeth much to the de&s;truction of the Trade, and Inhabitants thereof.</P>
<P>And now al&s;o wee doubt not but God will give the Parli|ment &s;ome better meanes and opportunity for the reliefe of our bleeding Brethren in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of tho&s;e hor|rid Rebels, and reducing of that Kingdom, wherein, be&s;ides the publick and common intere&s;t, we are particularly concerned.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, we &s;hould have much to &s;ay for this City, if we could imagine that its fidelity &amp; con&s;tant &s;ervices and devotion to the Parliament could either be que&s;tioned or forgotten, that little we &s;hall expre&s;&s;e on the part of the City, is, not to repeat how zealous we have been in the cau&s;e of God, and this Parlia|ment, how we have &s;pilt our blood and &s;pent and laid out our &s;elves and our E&s;tates in maintenance thereof; how many pub|like acknowledgements we have by us of the favourable accep|tance of them, and promi&s;es to leave Te&s;timonies thereof to all future ages; but only to be&s;eech your Lord&s;hips to con&s;ider how much our hearts may ju&s;tly bee dejected, now that God hath followed your endeavours, and our prayers, with &s;o many &s;uc|ce&s;&s;es, and brought the Warre to a probable period, as to the &s;en&s;e of Man: That the Enemies of our Peace &s;hould &s;trive now to &s;ow jealou&s;ies between the Parliament and this City, as hath been too evident of late, and particularly &s;hould &s;o far prevaile, as to bee able to render the chiefe Magi&s;trate of this City, the Lord Major, &s;u&s;pected; unto whom wee cannot but give this ju&s;t Te&s;timony, that he in his place hath faithfully be|haved him&s;elf, and carefully di&s;charged his Office.</P>
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We could adde much more of the daily invectives again&s;t us from the Pulpit, and other places where the Boutefew's of the&s;e Sectaries are admitted, the &s;currilous and &s;editious Pam|phlets daily broached in, and again&s;t the City: And the great contempt of, and di&s;couragement unto the Mini&s;ters of the Go&s;pel, who adhere to the Presbyteriall Government: But we &s;hall conclude with this briefe and humble repre&s;entation of our Petitions and de&s;ires to your Lord&s;hips in the name of the whole City.</P>
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<ITEM>I. That &s;ome &s;trict and &s;peedy cour&s;e may bee taken for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of all private and &s;eparate Congregations.</ITEM>
<ITEM>II. That all Anabapti&s;ts, Browni&s;ts, Hereticks, Schi&s;ma|ticks, Bla&s;phemers, and all &s;uch Sectaries as conforme not to the publike Di&s;cipline e&s;tabli&s;hed, or to bee e&s;tabli&s;hed by Parlia|ment, may be fully declared again&s;t, and &s;ome effectuall cour&s;e &s;etled for proceeding again&s;t &s;uch per&s;ons.</ITEM>
<ITEM>III. That as we are all Subjects of one Kingdom, &s;o all may be equally required to yeeld obedience unto the Government &s;et forth, or to be &s;et forth by the Parliament.</ITEM>
<ITEM>IV. That no per&s;ons di&s;affected to the Presbyterial Govern|ment &s;et forth, or to be &s;et forth by the Parliament, may be em|ployed in any place of publike Tru&s;t.</ITEM>
<ITEM>V. That your Lord&s;hips will plea&s;e to ha&s;ten Propo&s;iti|ons to his Maje&s;ty, for &s;etling of a &s;afe and well grounded Peace among&s;t us, after &s;o long and unnaturall a Warre.</ITEM>
<ITEM>VI. That your Lord&s;hips, according to the Covenant and Treaties, will plea&s;e to &s;tudy all meanes to pre&s;erve the Vnion between the two Nations of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> and to remove all jealou&s;ies which may endanger our mutuall agreement.</ITEM>
<ITEM>VII. That your Lord&s;hips will plea&s;e to con&s;ider of &s;ome meanes wherby the priviledge which the Members of this Honourable Hou&s;e, and their A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and the Servants of both, and others enjoy by being protected and exempted from being proceeded again&s;t for their Debts, may be &s;o quali|fied, as that the Subject may be able to recover his owne in &s;ome due time.</ITEM>
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VIII. That all publike Revenues and Receipts may be em|ployed to publike u&s;es, that &s;o the Taxes of the City may bee abated.</ITEM>
<ITEM>IX. That the E&s;tates and Compo&s;itions of Delinquents, may, according to the engagements by Ordinances of Parlia|ment, be applyed to di&s;charge the great &s;ummes owing to this City and Citizens.</ITEM>
<ITEM>X. That the <HI>Plymouth</HI> Duty may be taken off the Trade, e&s;pe|cially now that the We&s;t is reduced.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XI. That the Committee at <HI>Haberd<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hers-hall</HI> may be pre|&s;ently di&s;&s;olved; or at lea&s;t &s;o limited and regulated, as that the City may have no cau&s;e of complaint.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XII. That the reducing of the Kingdome of <HI>Ireland</HI> may be taken into con&s;ideration, before the good party there be too farre wa&s;ted and di&s;couraged.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XIII. That the Lord Major of this City may bee fully vin|dicated.</ITEM>
<ITEM>XIV. And la&s;tly, and above all, That your Lord&s;hips will plea&s;e not to look upon any expre&s;&s;ions of this our Remon|&s;trance &amp; Petition, as charging any thing upon your Lord&s;hips, or as intended to intrench upon any priviledge of this Honora|ble Hou&s;e, but favourably to accept thereof, and &s;o to interpret the &s;ame, as from a &s;ingle and humble heart it is &s;incerely, and without any by-ends, or to comply with any Party what&s;oever, intended and breathed forth from the &s;ad heart of the Petitio|ners, who are overwhelmed with many feares on all &s;ides. And who call God, the Searcher of all hearts, to witne&s;&s;e, that ac|cording to their Covenant and duty, their zeale, devotion and obedience, is as fervent and pro&s;trate as ever to &s;erve the Parli|ament with their Lives and E&s;tates, again&s;t all the Enemies of our Peace, and to conjoyn the City more and more to the Par|liament, and to maintain the Vnion of both Nations again&s;t all Oppo&s;ers what&s;oever.</ITEM>
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<CLOSER>All which we humbly &s;ubmit unto the wi&s;dome of this Honourable Hou&s;e.</CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>26 Maii. 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>THE An&s;wer of the Lords in PARLIAMENT TO THE Remon&s;trance and Petition of the City of LONDON.</HEAD>
<P>_THE Lords are very &s;en&s;ible of the great fidelity and con&s;tant &s;ervices of the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common Councell of the City of <HI>London,</HI> to this pre&s;ent Parliament, which they &s;hall never forget; They acknowledge their zeale, expre&s;&s;ed up|on all occa&s;ions in the Cau&s;e of God and this Parliament, and how readily they have &s;pilt their blood, and &s;pent and laid out them&s;elves and their E&s;tates in the maintenance thereof.</P>
<P>They are well &s;atisfied with your Expre&s;sions and Care to &s;et|tle the true Reformed Prote&s;tant Religion, according to the
<PB N="10" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 95 -->Covenant, and with your de&s;ires to have all Here&s;ies, Schi&s;mes, and Bla&s;phemies &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, as al&s;o with your re&s;pect to pre|&s;erve the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament, the Liber|ties of the Kingdomes, and to pre&s;erve and defend his Maje|&s;ties Per&s;on, and Authority in the pre&s;ervation of the true Re|ligion, and the Liberties of the Kingdomes, his Royall Po&s;te|rity, and the Peace of the Kingdomes: As al&s;o for your de|&s;ires for the continuance of that union between us and our Bre|thren of <HI>Scotland;</HI> Of who&s;e Services and &s;ufferings wee &s;hall not only hold a gratefull memory, but upon all occa&s;ions give a Retaliation. Unto all which wee hold our &s;elves equal|ly with you obliged, by our Solemn League and Covenant.</P>
<P>As to the Per&s;on of the Lord Major, the Lords hold a high e&s;teem of him, according to his merit, and have commanded mee to let you know, that nothing hath pa&s;&s;ed this Hou&s;e at any time in prejudice of him; And when the particulars wherein hee findes him&s;elf agrieved &s;hall bee made known unto them, they &s;hall bee ready in a Parliamentary way, to do him right.</P>
<P>The Lords will take the other particulars of your Petition into &s;erious and &s;peedy con&s;ideration; And have comman|ded mee to give you hearty thanks for the Reall Te&s;timonies of duty and good affections, which not o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ly by your words, but by your Actions, you have con&s;tantly manife&s;ted unto them.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Browne Cleric. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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