The parliament of graces briefly shewing the banishment of peace, the farewell of amity, the want of honesty, the distraction of religion, the flight of sobriety, the lamentation of patience, the love and care of charity : together with the cause of the breaking up of the house of the parliament of graces, worthy the reading in these times of desolation and calamity / by Humfrey Crouch.
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             The parliament of graces briefly shewing the banishment of peace, the farewell of amity, the want of honesty, the distraction of religion, the flight of sobriety, the lamentation of patience, the love and care of charity : together with the cause of the breaking up of the house of the parliament of graces, worthy the reading in these times of desolation and calamity / by Humfrey Crouch.
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           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           OF
           GRACES
           ;
           
             Briefly
             shewing
          
           The
           banishment
           of
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           the
           farewell
           of
           
             Amity
             ,
          
           the
           want
           of
           
             Honesty
             ,
          
           the
           distraction
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           the
           flight
           of
           
             Sobriety
             ,
          
           the
           lamentation
           of
           
             Patience
             ,
          
           the
           love
           and
           care
           of
           
             Charity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Together
          
           With
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           breaking
           up
           of
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Graces
           ;
           worthy
           the
           reading
           in
           these
           times
           of
           desolation
           and
           calamity
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Humfrey
             Crouch
          
        
         
         
           
             Printed
             in
             the
             Yeare
          
           1643.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           OF
           GRACES
           .
        
         
           
             
               The
               names
               of
               them
               that
               are
               present
               in
               this
               Parliament
               .
            
             
               Patience
               ;
            
             
               Hope
               ,
            
             
               Humility
               ,
            
             
               Obedience
               ,
            
             
               Charitie
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               names
               of
               them
               that
               have
               absented
               themselues
               in
               this
               times
               of
               distraction
               ,
               are
               these
               :
            
             
               Peace
               ,
            
             
               Amity
            
             
               Honesty
               ,
            
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             
               Sobriety
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             
               And
               first
               of
               all
               distressed
               
                 Pacience
              
               speake
               ,
            
             
               And
               unto
               all
               the
               rest
               her
               mind
               she
               breakes
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               DIssressed
               Brethren
               ,
               for
               so
               many
               I
               terme
               you
               ?
               Our
               House
               is
               divided
               ,
               as
               is
               the
               Kingdome
               :
               
                 Peace
              
               is
               fled
               For
               where
               there
               is
               warre
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               roome
               for
               
                 Peace
                 .
                 Amity
              
               
               taken
               her
               leave
               of
               us
               :
               for
               where
               there
               is
               dissention
               among
               brethren
               ,
               there
               can
               bee
               no
               love
               nor
               amitie
               abiding
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               
                 Honesty
                 ,
              
               she
               left
               us
               long
               agoe
               ;
               before
               these
               warres
               began
               ,
               because
               shee
               could
               not
               finde
               an
               honest
               man
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               
                 Religion
                 ,
              
               she
               hath
               been
               so
               cuft
               and
               beaten
               by
               the
               
                 Nonconformists
              
               and
               
                 Separatists
              
               of
               these
               times
               ,
               that
               she
               hath
               absented
               her selfe
               from
               us
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               to
               see
               what
               the
               en
               of
               these
               things
               will
               be
               ;
               notwithstanding
               she
               hath
               a
               hope
               that
               the
               King
               and
               Parliament
               will
               not
               see
               her
               quite
               troden
               under
               feet
               :
               and
               when
               it
               shall
               please
               God
               that
               the
               King
               and
               Parliament
               accord
               together
               ,
               then
               will
               shee
               fly
               unto
               them
               for
               succour
               .
            
             
               
                 Sobriety
              
               seeing
               swords
               drawne
               in
               Churches
               ,
               and
               
                 Religion
              
               put
               to
               flight
               ,
               was
               ashamed
               to
               stay
               among
               such
               uncivill
               and
               unnaturall
               people
               .
               But
               stay
               ,
               who
               comes
               here
               ?
               Our
               old
               friend
               
                 Honesty
                 :
              
               alas
               poore
               wretch
               ,
               thou
               departedst
               in
               an
               ill
               time
               ,
               and
               art
               returned
               in
               a
               worse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               Brethren
               ,
               how
               fare
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               What
               ?
               Our
               old
               friend
               
                 Honesty
                 ?
              
               what
               ,
               goe
               away
               from
               us
               in
               an
               ill
               time
               ,
               and
               returne
               againe
               in
               a
               worse
               ?
               alasse
               !
               here
               is
               no
               imployment
               for
               thee
               .
               I
               tell
               thee
               what
               ,
               since
               thou
               tookest
               thy
               leave
               of
               us
               last
               ,
               our
               kingdome
               hath
               been
               altogether
               by
               the
               eares
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               sorry
               to
               heare
               it
               ;
               but
               where
               are
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               our
               brethren
               ?
               Me
               thinkes
               your
               number
               is
               very
               small
               .
               What
               's
               become
               of
               our
               old
               friend
               
                 Peace
                 ,
              
               the
               quietest
               wretch
               that
               ever
               was
               knowne
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               Alas
               !
               our
               poore
               friend
               
                 Peace
              
               was
               beaten
               out
               of
               the
               Kingdome
               by
               a
               malignant
               party
               ,
               they
               call
               him
               
                 Discord
                 ,
              
               a
               very
               Rascall
               ,
               one
               that
               hath
               set
               all
               the
               Kingdome
               together
               by
               the
               eares
               ;
               and
               there
               is
               no
               hope
               of
               her
               returne
               till
               the
               King
               and
               Parliament
               agree
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               But
               where
               is
               
                 Amity
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               I
               tell
               thee
               
                 Honesty
                 ,
                 Amity
              
               tooke
               her
               leave
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               us
               ,
               iust
               about
               the
               time
               our
               Queene
               tooke
               her
               leave
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               only
               she
               left
               some
               of
               her
               garments
               behinde
               her
               ;
               which
               in
               her
               absence
               ,
               the
               more
               is
               the
               pitty
               ,
               hath
               beene
               so
               stained
               in
               blood
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               water
               in
               the
               river
               of
               
                 Thames
              
               is
               not
               ble
               to
               cleanse
               the
               staines
               of
               so
               deep
               a
               Die
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               The
               more
               is
               the
               pitty
               .
               But
               where
               is
               my
               kinde
               friend
               
                 Charity
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               Oh
               
                 Charity
                 !
              
               although
               she
               be
               not
               here
               with
               us
               ,
               yet
               she
               is
               one
               of
               our
               Court
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               our
               Counsell
               ;
               and
               although
               she
               was
               very
               fearfull
               to
               stay
               in
               the
               kingdome
               ,
               and
               was
               once
               minded
               to
               leave
               the
               Kingdome
               ;
               but
               that
               she
               feared
               ,
               that
               if
               she
               went
               ,
               the
               Kingdome
               could
               not
               stand
               ,
               she
               resolved
               then
               not
               onely
               to
               stay
               ,
               but
               to
               doe
               the
               best
               service
               shee
               could
               for
               the
               common
               good
               of
               the
               weale
               publicke
               ;
               and
               to
               this
               end
               got
               a
               Frock
               ,
               and
               turned
               Porter
               ,
               and
               carries
               in
               every
               day
               whole
               baskets
               of
               plate
               and
               money
               ,
               to
               maintaine
               a
               warre
               ,
               as
               I
               heare
               ,
               in
               defence
               of
               the
               Gospell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               Why
               are
               you
               in
               any
               feare
               ,
               or
               have
               you
               a
               iealousie
               of
               the
               King
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               but
               of
               some
               that
               are
               about
               him
               ,
               as
               Papists
               ,
               and
               divers
               
               ill-affected
               persons
               ,
               that
               may
               perhaps
               divert
               the
               King
               from
               what
               he
               is
               ,
               or
               keep
               him
               from
               what
               hee
               should
               bee
               ,
               so
               that
               
                 Charity
              
               takes
               not
               this
               Porters
               paines
               to
               maintaine
               a
               warre
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               but
               against
               them
               that
               keep
               his
               Maiesty
               from
               his
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               That
               is
               one
               way
               ,
               but
               faire
               meanes
               is
               another
               way
               ,
               and
               a
               safer
               way
               to
               stay
               the
               effusion
               of
               blood
               ;
               for
               in
               such
               a
               war
               the
               father
               kils
               the
               son
               ,
               the
               sonne
               kils
               the
               father
               ,
               one
               friend
               kils
               another
               .
               Ah
               poore
               England
               !
               there
               is
               strange
               alterations
               since
               I
               was
               here
               last
               .
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               Alas
               brother
               !
               you
               say
               true
               ,
               but
               it
               can
               no
               way
               be
               helpt
               ,
               but
               by
               taking
               up
               Armes
               ,
               the
               more
               is
               the
               pitty
               ,
               all
               the
               faire
               meanes
               that
               could
               possibly
               be
               used
               ,
               have
               beene
               put
               in
               execution
               ,
               both
               by
               petition
               ,
               perswadement
               ,
               and
               what
               not
               :
               and
               shall
               the
               Parliament
               suffer
               the
               Countrey
               to
               bee
               ruined
               ,
               and
               the
               City
               spoiled
               by
               those
               malignant
               persons
               of
               his
               side
               ,
               and
               not
               seeke
               to
               prevent
               it
               ?
               No
               ,
               the
               lawfulnesse
               of
               the
               cause
               proves
               the
               lawfulnesse
               of
               warre
               ,
               though
               of
               it selfe
               unlawfull
               and
               unnaturall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               But
               all
               this
               while
               where
               is
               
                 Religion
              
               the
               pillar
               of
               the
               Church
               then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               O
               poore
               soule
               !
               almost
               distracted
               :
               shee
               runnes
               from
               the
               Parliament
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               King
               to
               the
               Parliament
               with
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Have
                 pitty
                 ,
                 have
                 pitty
                 upon
                 me
                 my
                 fiiend
                 ,
                 lest
                 my
                 glory
                 be
                 ecclipsed
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 honour
                 lye
                 in
                 the
                 dust
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               Why
               hath
               her
               old
               Patrons
               the
               Bishops
               failed
               her
               and
               
               given
               her
               three
               slips
               for
               a
               teaster
               .
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               No
               honesty
               ,
               but
               she
               finding
               them
               dishonest
               unto
               her
               did
               petition
               unto
               the
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Parliament
               that
               they
               would
               be
               so
               pleased
               to
               turne
               them
               out
               of
               her
               service
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               And
               have
               they
               done
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               Yes
               truely
               in
               that
               they
               did
               very
               iustly
               ,
               and
               very
               honourably
               :
               As
               for
               
                 Canterbury
              
               he
               wou●ud
               have
               given
               all
               Lawde
               to
               the
               Pope
               :
               and
               the
               Pope
               to
               the
               divell
               ,
               but
               the
               Parliament
               stopped
               his
               passage
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               But
               there
               was
               a
               little
               great
               bird
               there
               called
               
                 Wren
                 ,
              
               Pray
               what
               is
               become
               of
               him
               ?
               I
               remember
               ,
               I
               once
               asked
               a
               service
               at
               his
               doore
               ;
               and
               after
               he
               heard
               my
               name
               was
               honesty
               ,
               he
               gave
               me
               a
               kick
               ,
               and
               bid
               me
               be
               packing
               :
               and
               then
               I
               thought
               it
               was
               time
               to
               leave
               England
               ,
               when
               the
               pillars
               of
               the
               Church
               refused
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               O
               that
               bird
               the
               
                 Ron
                 ,
              
               though
               the
               least
               of
               birds
               ;
               yet
               the
               highest
               in
               ambition
               .
               I
               tell
               thee
               what
               
                 Honesty
                 ,
              
               Because
               he
               would
               have
               bin
               highest
               ;
               strived
               to
               sit
               upon
               the
               Roman
               Eagles
               back
               ,
               but
               the
               Parliament
               clipped
               his
               wings
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               But
               hath
               Religion
               any
               hope
               of
               being
               established
               again
               ?
               to
               her
               former
               dignity
               by
               consent
               of
               king
               and
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               The
               King
               puts
               her
               in
               good
               comfort
               ,
               and
               doth
               protest
               
               as
               his
               Father
               before
               him
               was
               so
               is
               he
               ,
               (
               
                 Semper
                 eadem
              
               )
               one
               and
               the
               self
               same
               ,
               
                 Defeador
              
               of
               the
               self
               same
               Faith
               :
               and
               bids
               her
               be
               of
               good
               comfort
               :
               For
               He
               is
               fully
               resolved
               to
               venture
               his
               estate
               ,
               life
               ,
               liberty
               and
               all
               ,
               before
               He
               will
               see
               her
               suffer
               the
               least
               iniury
               that
               may
               be
               :
               The
               Parliament
               assures
               her
               of
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               Then
               why
               is
               not
               the
               thing
               done
               ,
               since
               both
               parties
               are
               greed
               what
               is
               the
               seanon
               on
               't
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               O
               Sir
               ,
               to
               tell
               you
               the
               the
               truth
               ;
               there
               are
               adverse
               parties
               of
               both
               sides
               ,
               which
               hinders
               the
               cause
               ,
               and
               keepes
               the
               work
               unfinished
               :
               For
               first
               the
               strongest
               and
               most
               ablest
               Papists
               in
               the
               land
               are
               of
               the
               Kings
               side
               ,
               and
               keepes
               him
               from
               his
               Parliament
               :
               secondly
               there
               are
               a
               many
               ,
               who
               out
               of
               a
               blinde
               zeale
               cry
               out
               no
               Bishops
               ,
               no
               this
               thing
               ,
               no
               that
               thing
               ,
               as
               if
               His
               Maiesty
               and
               and
               the
               Parliament
               understood
               not
               what
               they
               did
               without
               their
               directions
               :
               so
               the
               Papists
               gives
               offence
               one
               way
               ,
               and
               these
               theot
               her
               way
               ,
               and
               what
               setled
               peace
               are
               we
               like
               to
               have
               ;
               till
               God
               turne
               these
               Achithophels
               wisdoms
               unto
               foolishnesse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honesty
               .
            
             
               But
               pray
               how
               stands
               the
               City
               affected
               to
               Religion
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Patience
               .
            
             
               With
               a
               full
               resolution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Honestie
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               perceive
               this
               is
               a
               place
               of
               abiding
               for
               me
               ,
               if
               they
               entertaine
               
                 Religion
                 ,
              
               they
               will
               also
               entertaine
               
                 Honesty
                 :
              
               with
               hat
               the
               whole
               Courrrose
               ,
               and
               all
               with
               one
               voyce
               cryed
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 these
                 sinfull
                 dayes
                 ;
              
               and
               shaking
               hands
               said
               ,
               
                 The
                 world
                 is
                 at
                 an
                 end
                 .
              
               And
               so
               I
               end
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .