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<P> M^r^. PYM, HIS SPEECH.</P>
<P>On Tue&s;day the 8th of February, To the LORDS, at a Conferrence of both Hou&s;es, concerning the Petition of the Knights and Gentry of the County of <HI>Kent.</HI></P>
<P>Delivered to the Lords, <HI>February</HI> the Ninth, <HI>Anno Domini,</HI> 1642.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Iohn Hammond,</HI> 1641.</P>
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<HEAD>M^r^. PYM, HIS Speech to the Lords, at a Con|ferrence of both Hou&s;es, Concerning the Petition of the Knights and Gentry of the County of <HI>Kent,</HI> on Tue&s;day the 8. of <HI>February,</HI> delivered to the Lords: <HI>February</HI> 9. 1641.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My LORDS,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE Bill which by both Hou&s;es is pa&s;&s;ed for the taking away the Votes of the Prelates in this Honourable Hou&s;e, and di&s;&s;abling them from temporall Employment; and for the &s;etting the King|dome into a Po&s;ture of War, for its defence, hath occa&s;ioned this pre&s;ent Petition of the Knights and Gentry of the County of <HI>Kent;</HI> In which is fully expre&s;&s;ed their great ioy and thankfulne&s;&s;e, for the happy Congruity, and Concurrence between both Hou&s;es, in pa&s;&s;ing the &s;aid Bills; de&s;iring al&s;o therein this Ho|norable Hou&s;e to goe on with the Hou&s;e of
<PB REF="3"> Commons to a through reformation in Reli|gion, according to the Word of God, To di|&s;patch aide for <HI>Ireland;</HI> To expedite procee|dings again&s;t de&s;inquents, to vindicate Parlia|ment Priviledges, to di&s;cover, remove and pu|ni&s;h evill Coun&s;ellors<HI>:</HI> to deprive the Popi&s;h Lords of their Votes; to di&s;arme and &s;earch out Papi&s;ts, and put them into &s;afe cu&s;tody, to &s;uppre&s;&s;e Ma&s;&s;e both in publike and private; To ca&s;t out &s;candalous Mini&s;ter, plant pain|full Preachers every where, And di&s;cover who are Church Papi&s;ts, as well as knowne Recu|&s;ants.</P>
<P><HI>MY LORDS,</HI></P>
<P>This Briefe Catalogue of all the Bu&s;ine&s;&s;e we have in agitation for the good government, and &s;etling peace and tranquility both in Church and Common-wealth, I de&s;ire un|der favour to &s;peake &s;omewhat to every par|ticular, &s;hewing the great nece&s;&s;ity to bring to a happy Conclu&s;ion our endeavors and intentions concerning the &s;ame.</P>
<P><HI>MY LORDS,</HI></P>
<P N="1">1 Religion is the fir&s;t thing is de&s;ired to be &s;etled and e&s;tabli&s;hed in &s;uch a manner and forme, as may agree with the pure and Sacred Word of God; there hath been many orders made by this pre&s;ent Parliament, whereby ma|ny corruptions in the Mini&s;tery and di&s;pen&s;a|tion
<PB REF="3"> of the Word and Sacraments, are in &s;ome good mea&s;ure purged, Many &s;candalous and vitious Teachers, in their lives and conver&s;ati|ons, removed; and many painfull and Learned men re&s;tored againe to their offices in the Mi|ni&s;tery, whereby the Word of God hath been purely taught &s;ince the &s;itting of this happy Parliament, wee have now by this Bill regula|ted the chiefe&s;t of the Clergie; But yet is there not a through Reformation; the proceeding of the Parliament, therein having been &s;o much oppo&s;ed by the Votes of Bi&s;hops and Popi&s;h Lords, which inconveniency by the ble&s;&s;ing and good Providence of God, and wi&s;dome of this great and high Court, is for future time, pre|vented by this Bill, and proceeded again&s;t, as touching the Prelates oppo&s;ition; The evills that have happened for want of through Re|formation, is too apparant, men give them|&s;elves to all manner of vice and uncleanne&s;&s;e; practi&s;ing nor profe&s;&s;ing rightly, but loo&s;ely and profanely any Religion; Multitudes have for&s;aken the Prote&s;tant, and ioyned them&s;elves to the Romi&s;h Religion, Many have for&s;aken our Church, &amp; become Separati&s;ts, Browni&s;ts and Annabapti&s;ts; yet this whole &s;tate &s;eems as it were compo&s;ed of naught el&s;e but of di|vers factions, &s;ects &amp; &s;chi&s;mes, and all through want of a full Reformation of Religion, and &s;etled e&s;tabli&s;hment thereof, whereby God is highly di&s;honoured, the Go&s;pel &s;haddowed
<PB REF="4"> and eclip&s;ed, publike profanation encrea&s;eth, Divi&s;ion and di&s;tractions by this means rai&s;ed in the State, there being &s;o many &s;everall opi|nions, that it is unpo&s;&s;ible to plea&s;e all, or know how to di&s;cover di&s;affected to the True Reli|gion, till the &s;ame be really e&s;tabli&s;hed.</P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Ireland</HI> that di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Kingdom lies ga&s;|ping, even as it were ready to yeeld up it &s;elfe into the hands and power of mercile&s;&s;e and Cruell Mi&s;creants, Rebels, and Traitors to their King and Countrey, enemies to God and his true Religion; It is high time to put to our helping hand for their aid and reliefe: I be&s;eech you, my Lords, let us have a fellow fee|ling of our brethrens mi&s;eries, let us bezealous for the cau&s;e of God and true Religion; let not the bloud of the &s;laine bee a &s;tumbling-blocke to our peace and &s;afety, being united brethren under one God, in one religion, faith|full &s;ubiects under one Soveraigne, if while it is time we goe not out to their defence, to fight the battels of the Lord, and his annointed a|gain&s;t their wicked and rebellious enemies.</P>
<P N="3">3. To proceed to the puni&s;hment of delin|quents; My Lords, &s;o long as ill in&s;truments remain unpuni&s;hed, we cannot expect either peace or &s;afety, they &s;till working and endea|vouring their owne liberties and inlargement to the de&s;truction and confu&s;ion of all that la|bour to bring them to de&s;erved puni&s;hment for their evill and notorious crimes, be it King
<PB REF="4"> or Parliament: wherefore i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> is of nece&s;&s;ity to expedite our proceedings again&s;t them, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;t protraction of time in the &s;ame, produce farre more evils and troubles in this Common|wealth then hitherto.</P>
<P N="4">4. To vindicate Parliament priviledges, my Lords, if the members of the Parliament may not freely vote, freely debate and di&s;pute con|cerning &s;uch things as are by them in agitati|on for the &s;afety, peace and pro&s;perity of true Religion, his &s;acred Maie&s;tiy and his King|domes, without reprehen&s;ion, accu&s;ation or impeachment for the &s;ame, then will Parlia|ments prove u&s;ele&s;&s;e and of no validity in this Kingdome, which have been ever e&s;teemed the be&s;t and &s;afe&s;t way of government that ever was, or could be for the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="5">5. To remove evill Councellors: So long as &s;uch remaine about the Court, wee cannot expect any good i&s;&s;ue of our proceedings in the great affaires of this Kingdome.</P>
<P N="6">6. The daily examples of the evill practi|ces of Papi&s;ts and Recu&s;ants to di&s;turbe our peace, I hope is &s;ufficient to make us carefull and willing to prevent the &s;ame in time by di&s;|arming them, and putting the Lawes in execu|tion again&s;t ob&s;tinate and wilfull Recu&s;ants, again&s;t Prie&s;ts and Ie&s;uits that &s;hall be found any where lurking in this Kingdome, &s;educing his Maie&s;ties good &s;ubiects in their Religion, and alienating their hearts and affections from
<PB REF="5"> due obedience to his Maie&s;ty, and the Lawes and Ordinances of the Kingdome, made and enacted by the whole State of the Kingdome, and confirmed by his mo&s;t excellent Maie&s;ty.</P>
<P N="7">7. To remove Popi&s;h Lords from &s;itting, or having any voyce in this honourable Hou&s;e, to &s;uppre&s;&s;e Ma&s;&s;e in publicke and private, to ca&s;t out &s;candalous Mini&s;ters out of the Church, and to place good ones in their roomes, to di&s;cover who are Church Papi&s;ts, and knowne Recu&s;ants. The nece&s;&s;ity of all which is grounded upon the &s;ame rea&s;ons as are the other particulars. The&s;e being remo|ved and avoyded, the rough way of our procee|dings in the great affaires of the State, will bee made plaine. Through the&s;e difficulties we mu&s;t pa&s;&s;e unanimou&s;ly with one con&s;ent, in the name and feare of God, in obedience and dutifull affection to our gracious Sove|raigne, and in faithfull integrity to the peace and &s;afety of our Countrey, of whom wee are intru&s;ted to coun&s;ell, determine, and conclude of all things that may tend to the e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">erla&s;ting peace and tranquility of both Church and State<HI>:</HI> Which that we may doe, God grant us unity of hearts, and magnanimity and courage of minde, to bring to a happy conclu&s;ion all things we have in hand for the quiet and peace of King and People.</P>
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