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<P><HI>REMONSTRANS REDIVIV&V;S: OR</HI> AN ACCOMPT OF THE REMONSTRANCE AND PETITION, Formerly pre&s;ented by divers Citizens of London, to the view of many; and &s;ince ho|noured by the late Con&s;pirators, to be pla|ced under their Title of <HI>Extreame ill De&s;ignes,</HI> With the Remon&s;trance it &s;elfe.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>T. P.</HI> and <HI>M. S.</HI> for <HI>John Rothwell</HI> and <HI>Thomas &V;nderhill. July</HI> 25. 1643.</P>
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<HEAD>&leaf; To the Chri&s;tian Reader.</HEAD>
<P>_TR&V;TH gave beeing and zeale life to the late <HI>Remon|&s;trance,</HI> and therefore its admi|red by &s;ome, how the child of &s;uch active parents, &s;hould at all live, and be &s;o voyd of further motion, as it hath &s;eem'd to be, (unle&s;&s;e like the River <HI>Anas,</HI> its Current hath been as &s;wift as ever, though le&s;&s;e vi&s;ible) e&s;pecially when it was never denyed acceptance; What ever <HI>Mercurius Aulicus,</HI> or <HI>Extreame ill De&s;ignes,</HI> tho&s;e lying Twinns &s;ugge&s;t, only conceiv'd by &s;ome not then &s;o &s;ea&s;onable, which gave occa&s;ion to the commitment of it, by means wherof it was &s;ome-while retarded, untill &s;hortly after, &s;words prov'd more u&s;eful then pens, and hands then tongues, as &s;til they &s;eem to be: Yet as wel for the &s;atisfaction of the de&s;ires of many, as for its own vindication from &s;purious copies, &amp; for that it holds forth nothing derogatory to the good
<PB REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 17 -->of politicall Monarchy, (unle&s;&s;e &s;uch Kings wil accompt that a diminution of their power which God doth not of his, but an argument of it, <HI>viz.</HI> to affirm, that they cannot act again&s;t their own e&s;&s;ence, nor doe inju&s;tice) Nor to the wi&s;dome of Parliament (unle&s;&s;e to reflect tho&s;e beames which have &s;hined from tho&s;e two great Luminaries, be to reflect upon them&s;elves, which cer|tainly is no more pre&s;umption, then in that Schollar, who to incourage his Ma&s;ter in his future labour and in|&s;tructions, &s;hews by his Repetitions, what u&s;efull im|pre&s;sions his former documents have made:) Nor may it be le&s;&s;e u&s;efull to the le&s;&s;e knowing &s;ort of men, who&s;e Candle&s;ticke onely it attempts to be, to hold out, though in a mod<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ll of Clay, &s;ome glimp&s;es of that borrowed light it hath received, (unle&s;&s;e our Religion, Laws and Priviledges, &s;hould re&s;emble tho&s;e of the <HI>Pope</HI> and <HI>Mahomet,</HI> which like bad wares ever &s;ell be&s;t in darke&s;t &s;hops.) But &s;ince here&s;ies have appeared not onely in Church but State, and the end which fir&s;t ani|mated this, was to unite and &s;ettle divided judgements in di&s;tracted times: without expecting further forma|lities. It now pre&s;ents it &s;elfe thus to the publique view.</P>
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<HEAD>TO THE HONORABLE THE KNIGHTS CITIZENS and Burge&s;&s;es in the Commons Hou&s;e of <HI>Parliament</HI> A&s;&s;embled. The humble Remon&s;trance and Petition, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEVVETH,</OPENER>
<P>_THat when with griefe of heart wee re|member the innumerable grievances &s;uffered by us and the whole King|dome for many yeares before this Par|liament, in matters that concern'd our Religion, the libetie of our per&s;ons, and freedome of our E&s;tates: And call to minde our earne&s;t de&s;ires of attaining a through repa|ration by the wi&s;dome and ju&s;tice of P<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rliament, in the exemplary puni&s;hment of tho&s;e who had been authors and in&s;truments to &s;ubvert the power and purity of our Religion, and the auncient ju&s;t con&s;titution of Govern|ment. Our &s;pirits are confounded within us to confider that after (by the wi&s;dome, care, and re&s;olution of this Parliament) we are ju&s;tly freed from tho&s;e Incendiaries
<PB N="2" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->the B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hops and many others the known promoters of Arbitrary Government. And full Remon&s;trances made of the Injuries done by Papi&s;ts and others of the Malig|nant party and their wicked intentions, di&s;covered to extirpate the Prote&s;tant party in the three Kingdomes: After the Prote&s;tation taken with great &s;olemnity by the people of the Land. And after all your many and un|wearied labours (which with all thankfulnes we acknow|ledge, to reduce us from mi&s;ery and fears, and to e&s;tabli&s;h and unite us with the other Kingdomes upon the la&s;ting foundation of truth and peace. By which your proceed|ings the well-affected party of the Kingdome were ju&s;tly invited to adhere unto you: and to reveale and lay out them&s;elves as well by bearing of Armes as large Contri|butions for the advance and maintenance of this mo&s;t ju&s;t and nece&s;&s;ary warre, with a full re&s;olution to &s;tand or fall with you. And your being po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of the King|domes &s;trength as well by Sea as Land, and of the affecti|ons of the people &s;till manife&s;ted by their readines from all Quarters to ri&s;e and appeare in con&s;iderable bodies for the carrying on of this ju&s;t and undoubted Cau&s;e. Which with the many deliverances from plotts and trea|&s;ons, and the victories already obtained upon all re&s;olved attempts, afforded great a&s;&s;urance of a ble&s;&s;ed and &s;uc|ce&s;&s;efull i&s;&s;ue. That notwith&s;tanding all the&s;e and many more your con&s;tant endeavours in the mid&s;t of high op|po&s;itions, There &s;hould &s;till remaine before us as bitter fruits of the inveterate malice of our re&s;tles enemies (though occa&s;ioned partly by the in&s;en&s;ibility of many among&s;t our &s;elves both in Citie and Kingdom) The mi|&s;erable &s;ufferings of our brethren in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and in hu|mane conjectures the almo&s;t irrecoverable e&s;tate of that Kingdome. The opportunities gained here by the Popi&s;h
<PB N="3" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->and Malignant party (of which the Army rai&s;ed again&s;t the Parliament con&s;i&s;ts) as well to invite, convey hither, and entertain the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Rebells, as to gather and increa&s;e them&s;elves into formidable forces. The indulgent u&s;age and e&s;capes of many di&s;covered and accu&s;ed Traytours, which advanceth the Kings de&s;igne abroad, and animates the evill party here at home: &s;ome of them being taken in actuall warre again&s;t the Parliament (a crime voted to be trea&s;on,
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Li. Decla. Par.</HI> 576.</NOTE> and they to be proceeded again&s;t as Traytors) while&s;t divers worthy Members of this honourable Hou&s;e, and many others well-affected to the Parliament taken pri&s;oners by the Kings Forces, have been u&s;ed in a mo&s;t inhumane manner. The frequent printing and di&s;|per&s;ing of the Kings Declarations, and many &s;candalous bookes, de&s;erving exemplary puni&s;hment; By which and by the Prelaticall and &s;candalous Clergie, have been &s;owed the &s;eeds of &s;edition and in&s;urrection, inciting to the violating of Magi&s;trates and others the mo&s;t active and well-affected of this Citie. The u&s;uall mi&s;con&s;truing and perverting that &s;uppo&s;ition of Law, <HI>That Kings can doe no wrong,</HI> which being never intended (as wee con|ceive) of his per&s;onall commands and actions, is not|with&s;tanding made u&s;e of to maintaine them, and there|by in a my&s;terious manner to deceive the people. All which with their probable con&s;equences, wee have &s;o &s;eriou&s;ly con&s;idered, That as well from the con&s;iderati|on thereof, as to the end the be&s;t men (your chiefe&s;t friends) may be e&s;tabli&s;hed in the truth, and the unre|&s;olved our brethren and neighbours (who out of mi&s;|guided con&s;ciences for want of a full and po&s;itive &s;ati&s;|faction and determination of the principles of our Go|vernment chiefly &s;tagger, and to our &s;oules griefe re|maine un&s;atisfyed through the contrarietie of the Kings
<PB N="4" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 19 -->and your Commands and Declarations) may be infor|med and we hope reclaimed. Wee crave leave humbly to recollect and Remon&s;trate what are our apprehen&s;i|ons, grounded as well upon right rea&s;on as your owne Declarations being here collected, which are there di&s;|pers't, concerning the true forme and &s;tate of our <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Government, not doubting but you will continue that &s;pirit and courage which ju&s;tly moved you to declare and publi&s;h tho&s;e convincing truthes and re&s;olutions: Which apprehen&s;ions of ours are.</P>
<P N="1">1. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Petition of Lords and Commons, 14. <HI>Dec.</HI> 1641.</NOTE> That the &s;afety of the people is the Supreme Law; and is the foundation and end of all ju&s;t Government, even of Parliaments them&s;elves, which alone are in this Kingdome ordained to be Judges of and providers for the &s;afety of the Common-wealth: being limited by no Cu&s;tomes, no Pre&s;idents, nor Statutes made by former Parliaments, but may ju&s;tly doe what&s;oever is good in their under&s;tandings for the &s;afety and freedome of the people.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 265</NOTE></P>
<P N="2">2. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 705. <HI>&amp;</HI> 697. 280. 690.</NOTE> That originally the Supreme power being in the whole people, Parliaments were by them con&s;tituted to manage the &s;ame for the pre&s;ervation and well being of the Common-wealth: So as properly in the Parlia|ments of <HI>England</HI> acting for the &s;ame doth the Supreme power re&s;ide;
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 270.</NOTE> from who&s;e judgements there is no ap|peale, being pre&s;umed ever to intend the proper intere&s;t of the Common-wealth, that is, the &s;afety and free|dome thereof, it being the highe&s;t of trea&s;ons through feare or favour to neglect or betray the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="3">3. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 714.</NOTE> That all ju&s;t Magi&s;tracy in this Kingdome is a
<PB N="5" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 19 -->power created by the Kingdom and Parliaments for the execution of Laws, or to governe the people in freedome and &s;afety according to the Laws. And is a matter of tru&s;t onely for the good of the people, and to be regula|ted by the Supreame power. It being mo&s;t agreeable to rea&s;on that tho&s;e who by the con&s;ent of all are intru&s;ted with the making of Laws, &s;hould direct tho&s;e that are to put the &s;ame in execution.</P>
<P N="4">4. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 701, 702, 703.</NOTE> That all Magi&s;trates and Officers of the Kingdome are accomptable to the Parliament, for that otherwi&s;e the &s;afety and freedome of the people would not be &s;uf|ficiently provided for.</P>
<P N="5">5. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 207&punc; 14 <HI>De<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HI> 1641. Petit. of Lords &amp; Commons.</NOTE> That the King (though the chief Magi&s;trate or Offi|cer of the Kingdome) doth not per&s;onally judge in any Court, nor can of right interpo&s;e his per&s;onall command or judgement again&s;t the proceedings thereof.</P>
<P N="6">6. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 701, 702.</NOTE> That the calling of Parliaments never was (of right) arbitrary at the Kings will, but a tru&s;t annext to his Of|fice:
<NOTE PLACE="marg">4. <HI>Ed.</HI> 3.14. 36. <HI>Ed.</HI> 3.10.</NOTE> And of duty to be called every yeare according to Statutes made in the time of <HI>Edward</HI> the third, which were declarative of the Common Law.</P>
<P N="7">7. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl</HI> 706.715.</NOTE> That the u&s;age of pa&s;&s;ing Bills of right and ju&s;tice in Parliament by the King, is but matter of forme annext to his Office and not left to his will:
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 714.703.704.</NOTE> For otherwi&s;e the &s;afety and freedome of the people &s;hould depend upon his will, and &s;uch proceedings of Parliament be made voyd by his a&s;&s;umed negative voyce.</P>
<P N="8">8. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 701.702,</NOTE> That the di&s;&s;olving of Parliaments is al&s;o a matter
<PB N="6" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 20 -->of forme belonging to the Kings Office, and not left ar|bitrary to be di&s;&s;olved at his plea&s;ure without con&s;ent of bo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h Hou&s;es: For then all the affaires of Parliament would nece&s;&s;arily depend upon his &s;ole will, to proceed or conclude, not according to the Supreme Law (the &s;afety of the people) but the plea&s;ure of the King. The Parliament being never of right heretofore nor hereafter to be di&s;&s;olved untill them&s;elves &s;ignifie that the generall affaires of the Kingdome are fully &s;etled.
<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 703.704.</NOTE></P>
<P N="9">9. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl.</HI> 267.</NOTE> That to Parliaments for the Kingdomes &s;afety doe ju&s;tly appertaine the &s;trength of the Kingdome, the di&s;|po&s;ing of our per&s;ons, propriety of our e&s;tates, and the tran&s;acting of the great affaires of peace and warre, where|in the Kingdome is concerned, which for any other per|&s;on or Councell to a&s;&s;ume or imploy otherwi&s;e then in the Kingdoms right, and for it's &s;afety, is unju&s;t, arbitra|ry, and tyrannicall.</P>
<P N="10">10. <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lib. Decl</HI> 208. Ma&s;ter <HI>Prinus</HI> &s;econd part publi&s;hed by Authoritie of Parliament.</NOTE> That the Kings per&s;onall and voluntary ab&s;ence from Parliament, whereby his Office therein is not di&s;|charged, neither is nor of right can be any hindrance to the making of laws or other proceedings of Parliament for the good and &s;afety of the Kingdome.</P>
<P>All which wee humbly conceiving to be undoubted fundamentalls of our Government, It is our hearty de&s;ire and prayer, That before it be too late the judgement of the Kingdome may be fully &s;etled in the right under|&s;tanding of the truth and equitie thereof, and no longer &s;cruple in their obedience to the Supreme power, when the Kings Commands are contrary. That it may be exa|mined wherein the &s;afety and intere&s;t of the Common|wealth
<PB N="7" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 20 -->have &s;uffered prejudice, either by the impunitie of Delinquents, the violation of our Lawes, or pervert|ing the Con&s;titutions of our Government, that the au|thors thereof be made known and &s;everely puni&s;hed, and divine Ju&s;tice which cryes for vengeance fully &s;atisfied. That the ju&s;tnes of the pre&s;ent warre, which (for the glory of God, the Government of Chri&s;t, the regaining and maintenance of our liberties, and the Kingdomes de|fence again&s;t utter de&s;olation) is undertaken by you, may be more fully yet made knowne to the world, and that neither you nor we have done the King any wrong. That the priviledges of this highe&s;t Court may be kept inviolable, and where that Supreme power hath been in any wi&s;e &s;u&s;pended or ecclip&s;ed, &s;uch a redre&s;&s;e may be made as becomes the greatne&s;&s;e thereof. That no mem|bers of Parliament who have been or &s;hall appeare in this unnaturall warre again&s;t you be readmitted, and &s;peciall care taken that &s;uch onely be continued and placed in the publique &s;ervices and imployments of Parliament and Kingdome, as have given full te&s;timony of their zeale, judgement, and fidelity. And though our de&s;ires are, That their portion may be to peri&s;h in inte&s;tine warres that delight in them, yet they likewi&s;e are, That the Kings returne to his Kingly office and the Parliament in a well &s;etled peace (which wee daily pray for) may ne|ver be purcha&s;ed by &s;uch conditions as thereby either to leave the truth and life of our Religion and Laws un&s;e|cured, or give opportunitie to involve us and our po&s;te|ritie in perpetuall thraldome. That the Nationall Co|venant already concluded may be with &s;uch &s;peed and care per&s;onally propo&s;ed, that thereby the well-affected of the Kingdome being both in hearts and hands united, our friends from foes may be di&s;tingui&s;hed, and wee
<PB N="8" REF="7"><!-- PDF PAGE 21 -->thereby enabled to pre&s;erve and defend our &s;elves, both in peace and warre. That you would al&s;o con&s;ider that the eyes of Chri&s;tendom are upon <HI>Englands</HI> Parliament, and that publique and private prayer and dayes of Fa&s;ting in this and many forraigne Nations are &s;et apart and powred forth to Heaven, as for your per&s;ons &s;o to pro|duce your conceptions and beginnings of a perfect refor|mation unto a glorious birth. For your faithfull indea|vours wherein, as you have ingaged your &s;elves (though you &s;hould peri&s;h in the worke;) &s;o be plea&s;ed &s;till to conclude, that while&s;t with undaunted Re&s;olutions you per&s;i&s;t therein, you &s;hall not finde in us, (nor wee hope) in the re&s;t of the Kingdome any defection in the further expo&s;ing of our lives and livelihoods for the advancing and crowning of &s;o good a cau&s;e. For our love and zeale to which onely wee have in all humility and faithfulnes pre&s;ented the&s;e our apprehen&s;ions and de&s;ires, &s;ubmitting the &s;ame to your grave Wi&s;doms.</P>
<CLOSER>And &s;hall ever pray, &amp;c.</CLOSER>
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