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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<P>THE RESOLVTION Of the Prote&s;tant Gentry and Commonalty of CHESHIRE Concerning their Petition lately pre&s;ented to the Kings Maje&s;ty at <HI>Yorke.</HI></P>
<P>Wherein is declared their Loyalty to his Sacred Maje&s;tie, and due obedience to the Honourable Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<P>With all their Prote&s;tation to &s;pend their Lives and E&s;tates to defend His Sacred Maje&s;ty from all dan|gers, either Forreigne or Dome&s;ticke.</P>
<P>And al&s;o to defend the Parliament again&s;t all oppo&s;ers, declaring their great confidence, that their Councels and Determinations tend to the advancement of his Maje&s;ties Honour and the pre&s;ervation of all his Loving Subjects</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>J. Horton,</HI> 1642. <HI>June</HI> 6.</P>
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<HEAD>The Re&s;olution of the Prote&s;|te&s;tant Gentry and Commonal|ty of <HI>Che&s;hire.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_SUch have beene the feares and di&s;tractions of the County of Che&s;ter, by rea&s;on of the innumerable and indeed un&s;ufferable a&s;&s;emblies and tumultuous meetings of the Papi&s;ts, and others that are New|tralls, or as we may terme them, luke|warme both in Loyalty and Religion, that the Gentry and Commonalty of the Prote&s;tant Party were con&s;trayned to draw them&s;elves to a head, and &s;et downe their Re&s;olution, prote&s;ting to to performe the&s;e two particulars.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t they re&s;olved to be Loyall to his Maie&s;ty, according to their Petition
<PB REF="3">lately pre&s;ented to his Maie&s;ty at <HI>Yorke,</HI> by the Gentry and Commonalty of of the &s;aid County.</P>
<P>Secondly, they re&s;olved to be obedi|ent to the Parliamen.</P>
<P>Withall de&s;iring that all true heart|ed Prote&s;tants, that de&s;ire to expre&s;&s;e them&s;elves Loyall Subjects to his Ma|ie&s;ty, and obedient Servants to the Par|liament, would with unite con&s;ent take the &s;ame Re&s;olution.</P>
<P>The maner and Forme followeth in as true and as exact a manner as could be gathered by one that was a &s;pecta|tor when the Oath was taken, and Re|&s;olution declared to the high Sheriffe of the &s;aid County.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t they re&s;olved and &s;ollemnely Prote&s;te&s;t to declare them&s;elves true and loyall Subiects to his Sacred Ma|ie&s;ty, and to his heires forever.</P>
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<P>Next to maintaine and to defend the Prote&s;tant profe&s;&s;ion in all points what&s;oever, agreeable to the Church of <HI>England,</HI> again&s;t all Sects and Schi&s;mes, again&s;t all Papi&s;ts, Donati&s;ts, Armini|ans, and all other Hipocriticall Doc|trines what&s;oeves, all&s;o to maintaine the iu&s;t Prerogative of his Maie&s;ties Regall Authority, again&s;t all oppo&s;ers what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Secondly, they Con&s;tantly and with a ioynt con&s;ent re&s;olved to maintaine and defend the high Court of Parlia|ment, and according to their bounden Dutie to acknowledge them (next to God, and his Maie&s;ty) the cheife Au|thors of their pre&s;ent &s;ecurity, and the onely meanes of their happy continu|ance, and future pre&s;ervation, decla|ring their Councels to be Religious, their Commands Lawfull, and their Actions Loyall, withall promi&s;ing and prote&s;ting obedience to their Com|mands,
<PB REF="4">and to tho&s;e appointed by by them to have Command, and to be Governours of the <HI>Militia.</HI></P>
<P>This is the Re&s;olution of the Prot&s;|tant Gentry and Commonalty of <HI>Che&s;hire</HI> and this ought to be the re&s;olution of all the Prote&s;tants in the Kingdome, &s;eeing that we have &s;o many unknown Enemies, &s;o many <HI>Ab&s;oloms.</HI> which day|ly rebell again&s;t his Maie&s;ty, &s;eeing we have &s;o many di&s;turbers, &s;o many <HI>Arons</HI> lifting up the golden Cal&s;e of Idolatry &s;o many deceivers &s;owing teares among the Corne, &s;o many <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"></HI> bla&s;phe|ming the Lord of Ho&s;ts plotting the de&s;truction of Gods annointed we had need to have &s;ome <HI>Davids,</HI> to quell their &s;welling and ore daring Pride, w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> have need of &s;ome true hearted Prote<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">tants, to defend the Prote&s;tant Religion, &s;ee|ing we have &s;o many Papi&s;ts, &s;o many wolves in Sheeps Clothing &s;o many de&s;troyers, &s;o many private con&s;pira|tors,
<PB REF="4">that dayly con&s;pire the downfall of the Go&s;pell.</P>
<P>Wherefore let all tho&s;e that would be e&s;teemed either the zealous Servants of God, or the Loyall Subiects of their gratious Soveraigne and obedient Ser|vants to the high Court of Parliament, let them I &s;ay take up the re&s;olution of the Gentry and Commonalty of <HI>Che&s;hire</HI> and with them cry, long live King <HI>Charles,</HI> and God pre&s;erve the Par|liament.</P>
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