Englands remembrancer, or, A thankfull acknowledgement of Parliamentary mercies our English-nation wherein is contained a breife enumeration of all, or the most of Gods free favours and choise blessings multiplied on us since this Parliament first began / by Iohn Vicars. Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64892 of text R22213 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing V303). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A64892) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 93140) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 253:E160, no 25) Englands remembrancer, or, A thankfull acknowledgement of Parliamentary mercies our English-nation wherein is contained a breife enumeration of all, or the most of Gods free favours and choise blessings multiplied on us since this Parliament first began / by Iohn Vicars. Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652. [2], 5 p. Printed for Thomas Underhill ..., London : M.DC.XLI. [1641] In verse. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Sources. A64892 R22213 (Wing V303). civilwar no Englands remembrancer, or, A thankfull acknowledgement of Parliamentary mercies to our English-nation. Wherein is contained a breife enumera Vicars, John 1641 1604 7 0 0 0 0 0 44 D The rate of 44 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2003-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-12 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-01 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2004-01 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ENGLANDS REMEMBRANCER , OR , A thankfull acknowledgement of Parliamentary Mercies to our English-Nation . Wherein is contained a breife enumeration of all , or the most of GODS free favours and choise Blessings multiplied on us since this Parliament first began . By IOHN VICARS . LONDON , Printed for Thomas Vnderhill , and are to be sold at the Bible in Wood-street . M.DC.XLI . ENGLANDS REMEMBRANCER , OR , A thankfull acknowledgement of Parliamentary Mercies to our English-Nation . COme hither , each true Christian heart and see ; But , bring a joyfull , thankfull heart with thee . Come see ( I say ) to Gods eternall praise , His miracles of mercies in thy dayes . How , though two former Parliaments were broke , A third is cal'd , hopefull to strike the stroke Of blessed reformation ; to which end , See how the Lord the peoples hearts did bend To choose renowned worthies there to sit , Maugre the adverse plots t'have hindred it . How God stirr'd-up our Scottish Brethren brave , As friends , not foes , justice ( with us ) to crave . In which meane time , how by Heavens providence , Souldiers i th' Country , with strange violence Turn'd rude Reformers , hating the Popish-party And Pontificians with despight most hearty . Crossing the Papists and the Prelates plots , To force fierce warrs betwixt us and the Scots , To three great Kingdoms certain Desolation , All crossed by a blest Pacification : Scatt'ring and batt'ring ( that time ) Spaines great Fleet , By honest Holland , who , their pride did meet , How God begins t' avenge th'unpater'nd ruth , Of that pair-royall-Witnesses of Truth , And all the suffering Worthies of the same , Restoring them to comfort , credit , fame . How God hath shot those impious Canoniers By cursed Canons to deep shame and feares , Of fatall , finall fall , even by an Oath , Wherby they hop'd to get full Popi●h growth . How Heaven discovered hath a rotten-Sort Of scandalous Baals-Priests of foule report ; And open set a Doore of restauration For faithfull Pastours happy re-plantation . How , by their own plots ▪ God hath strangely wrought Papists and Prelates to decline to nought . How by the very blood of traiterous foes The Lord begins the wounds to heale and close Of Church and State , and , for this purpose , hath Kindled the fire of Supplicating Faith And fervent Zeale in private humiliation , Such , as the like was nere seen in this Nation ; And with transcendent sweet returns re-paid Our prayers into our bosomes with blest aid . How the Lord hath , the Spirit of Unity Shed on Both Houses , Courage and Constancy ; O , how their indefatigable paines Our happy Hopes in Church and State maintains ! To see both Prince and People blessedly Conjoyned in a sugred Symphony To sit and to consult with full content , Till they themselves dissolve this Parliament . And after it to sit triennially To Church and States future felicity . To see Ship-money , Pattents damned down , And good men set in seates of high renown . To see Non-Residents justly disgrac'd , To see our lazy Pluralists displac'd ; And godly Lecturers by their flock elected , And droanish Deanes and Prebends disrespected And voted-down in Parliament . To see , Oxford and Cambridge hopefull purg'd to be . To see Gods Sabbaths more sincerely kept , Of Carryers , Fruit'rers , Taverns soyle well swept ; And Presses open wide to vindicate The Sabbaths precious honour , which , of late , By impious Prelates , Pontificks profane , Had ( by vain sports ) receiv'd a deep-dy'd stain . To see to th'Sacrament , none ( now ) admitted But such as piously are therto fitted , To see the Surplice and such Romish trash From Parliament receive a deadly gash , Wherby no Popish gestures , vestures are Impos'd'gainst Conscience on Gods Saints to weare . And no man forced ( now ) at Church to stay Where is no preaching to promote Gods day . To see Gods Out-casts called home again And sonnes of Beliall feele just shame and pain . No High-Commission , Sp'rituall-Court to see , Wherby Gods peoples hearts from feares are free , Of their unjust Commands , lawlesse taxations And all Church-wardens clear'd from vile vexations . To see our Seas and Cinque-Ports fortify'd ; That we may und'r our Vines securely ' bide . But , specially to see , with exultation From Both the Houses a blest Protestation , Together , all true English-hearts to tye , In a blest league , Romes Strumpet to defie , All Popish Innovations to disdain , Christs Truth toth' death constantly to maintain . O , who cannot these Halcyon-dayes admire , And with enflamed Zeale be set on fire . To sound the praises of our bounteous Lord Who these heart-cheering comforts doth afford Unto a Nation , in th'esteeme of most , For Sin , forsaken , perishing and lost . But , now , much like a Ship by swelling-waves Tost to and fro , gaping to be the graves Of all its heartlesse Marriners , but yet A sodain calm and faire windes favouring it , 'T is brought in saf●ty to a harbour faire Where all arive , where all preserved are : So , O , even so , thy God in mercy free , O England , England , thus preserved thee ! Hopelesse and helplesse : Lay this then to heart , Rouse up thy Soule , perform thy praising part . O great King CHARLES , cheer-up thy soul , likewise , Ponder these ponderous things , arise , arise , High time to put-on resolutions rare , To honour God , who with such honours faire Hath blessed thee and thy three Kingdomes , now , A thorough Reformation in them vow . Remember also and Commiserate Thy royall Sisters poore Palatinate , Sad Germanies long lamentable woes ; Rochell , like Rachell in her childlesse throwes . Thy neare allyed Denmarke in distresse , Holland thine honest , ancient friend no lesse . Who All , with Us , and on Us , looke for ayd . From thee , great Prince , who long have been ore-layd With Romish rage and Spanish cruelty , Still groaning , grieving , by their tyranny , To forward which most blessed worke , behold , Thy prudent Peeres resolv'd with courage bold , Thy pious Prophets with their prayers addrest , Thy people all with hearts and purses prest , To give thee all their aide , to spend their blood , To hasten-on this work so great , so good . And , O our God , let thy good Spirit strike-in , To make the work compleat , to pull-down sin , To set-up Christ in his pure , powerfull throne To rule and raign in all our hearts , Alone . So shall we All , all our remaining dayes To thee our God eternall trophies raise Of all obliged praises infinite , Who , thus , to do us good , dost take delight . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A64892e-160 1. Two Parliaments dissolv'd . 2. A third called . 3. Choice of Knights and Burgesses . 4. The Army of Scots our friends . 5 Souldiers turne Reformers . 6 And haters of Papists and Pontificians . 7. Prelates plots crost . 8. The Pacification . 9 Spanish-fleet at Sea , vanquished by the Hollanders . 10 M. Burton , D B●st . M. Pr●ns . happy return from captivity . 11. And the rest of Christs sufferers . 12. Canons and Oath in the ●ynod damned . 13. And turn'd to their owne ruine . 14. Scandalous Priests discovered . 15. Golly Pastors restored . 16. Plots harme the Prelates most . 17. Traitors executed 18. Dayes of private humiliation by godly Christia●s . 19. And returns of their prayers 20. Blessed Vnion in Both Houses . 21. Agreement twixt King and Parliament . 22. A trieniall Parliament enacted 23 Ship mony & Patiēts dāned 24. Good men made officers of State . 25. Non-Residents voted against . 26. Pluralist voted against . 27. Lecturers rightly chosen . 28. Deanes and Chapters voted downe . 29. Vniversities reformed . 30. Sabbaths better sanctified 31. Printing Presses opened . 32. Sabbath-sports put downe . 33 Lords-Supper rectified . 34. Popish Ceremonies sentenced . 35 Liberty to heare the word more freely . 36. Persecuted Pastors recalled 37 No High Commission Court admitted . 38. Church-wardens freed . 39. Sea's and Cinque-Ports fortifide . 40. A blessed Protestation Against all Popery and Popish Innovations . A proper Simile . England compared to a Ship tost at Sea . Admonition to England . Counsell to the King . Reformation desired . 5 Princely Petitioners to our King . Gainst Spaine and Rome . Helpes at hand . 1. Peeres . 2. Prophets . 3. People . 4. A Prayer .