TO THE honourable, THE house OF COMMONS NOW ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT.  
The humble Petition of the High-Sheriff, Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen, Ministers, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the County of Sussex.  
Humbly showeth,  
THat your Petitioners having suffered in as deep a nature, both in our Religion, Laws, Estates, and Liberties, as the many thousands of our Brethren, who have already made known their condition to this Honourable Assembly: Notwithstanding we cannot but thankfully acknowledge the benefits which we have received already by your unwearied labours, faithful endeavours, and undaunted resolutions against all delays, desperate plots upon your Persons, Estates, and Liberties; many heavy taxes we are eased of; much freedom we enjoy in our Consciences and livelihood; defending us from the violent cruelties, and formidable power of the Prelates and their Courts, making good our Laws against Treasons end evil Counsels, maintaining the true Religion and the glory of it, maugre the endeavours of Arminians, Bishops, ill-affected Clergy, and others, and the destructive plots of Papists, and the power of popish Lords, opening the mouths of faithful Ministers long since silenced, enlarging those who were in prison and exile; appointing Lieutenants of trust; providing relief for distressed Ireland, the crying object of pity, and subject of our enemy's cruelty, our humble desires are above all.  
That the Laws of God be truly maintained; Government and Discipline so settled, that we may conform therein, to the perfect rule of God's word; able, learned, and painful Ministers may be encouraged, scandalous, speedily displaced; Pluralities and unwarranted orders and dignities of the Clergy taken away; that the probates of Wills and Testaments, may be reserved to the cognizance of the temporal Courts; that places of concernment in the kingdom, may be in the hands of Persons of integrity and good conversation; Papists may be totally disarmed, the Persons confined, the subtle conveyances of there estates discovered, and prevented; secret evil counsels and councillors taken away from His Majesty; Delinquents punished; sale of Honour, and Offices restrained: That our County, more than seventy miles, naked to the Sea, may speedily be put into a posture of warlike defence by Sea and Land; seamen encouraged, fishing maintained, Ireland farther relieved, the Clergy, and others disobeying your late Orders in our cathedral, and other Churches, questioned, the Universities throughly purged, the mass utterly abolished.  
For the perfecting of which, and all other your honourable endeavours, that the glory of God may be by your zealous and loyal intentions propagated, The honour and safety of his Majesly and his kingdoms, advanced, the privileges of Parliament, and every Member thereof maintained; We shall never be wanting with our prayers, lives, and estates, according to our Protestation, to give you our uttermost assistance.   

LONDON, Printed for Andrew Coe. 1641.