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.. leave to fpeak freely before We art with it. ' My
Lord Bifhop of Salitbury is 0 Opinion, that we
ﬂ’lmld rather ap'poz'nt a day to conﬁder what to do upon the Pe.‘

tz'tz‘zm; then to appoint a day of hearing : And my Lord Keeper; »
for I 'may‘name them at a Committee of the whole Houfe
teli’s Us in very Ejyoquent and Studied. Language. T hat he '
will Pinpoﬂa 7114 may far lej} lyable~ t0 Exception, and much»-

ldijﬂ‘enﬁve and Injuriom to our awn Priviled er, then that
ofgppqimitzg ad'ay of Hearin And I befeec . Your Lord-

ﬂ‘IPS 9. did you notaﬁer alfihefe ﬁne Words expea fome 4

Admirable' Pmpofal, 1. bill: it ended in this. That Tour

Lard/hiprbould appoint a day , n4)» 4 very lqng day to Conﬁder "
what Tau would do in it : And my Lordhath undertaken to ‘

convince you , that: this is Your only Courfe by feveral an,»

. denyable Reafons 5” the ﬁrﬁ of which its : ‘Ihat ’tid' againﬁ"
your j’ndicqture to “7?th Caufé which-.12: not proper hqurei ‘ '
‘21:, ﬂor ought to be relieved by 721. To ti‘iis my,...ILords '
I give ,meflcave-to Anfwer , that Idid not expeéi from'a man
Profeﬂing the Law; that after an Anfwep by orders ‘ofthe '

Conn-was put in, and a day had beenappointed' for Hear-4
ingmhich by fome Accident was fer aﬁd‘e, and theiiPlaintiﬁ’e“
moving a for a fecond. day to be aﬂigned that ever without

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here in a Caufe attended with the Circuml‘tances this is , it
wouldnq only bean apparent I niuliice ,‘ bu: a plain Std?-

_?€rfz¢ge to avoid a Point you [durli not maintain._

But thy' Lords feeond Real'on {peaks the Matter, more
Cirarly, for that is : Beam]? ’ti: a doubtful caﬁ, whether the
Common: have not Priviledgc, and therefore my‘iord W0uld-
have You , To 4p oint afartber and awry long day to conﬁdér
of it , which.in=p in Englifh is, that Your Lordﬂiips lhouid
confels'upon Your Books , that you conceive it on {econtl
T boughtsa doubtful Cafe, for ii) YourAppoz'nting a. day in
Conﬁdcr will do, and that for no other Reafon , but becaule
my Lord Keeper thinks it ('0, which Ihope will nOt be a-
Beaibn to prevail with Your Lortifhips 3 lince we chino:
yet by experience tell that his Lordﬂiip is capable ofthink-
ingYéUr‘Lordﬂi‘ips in the Right , in any Matter againli the
judgement ofthc Houﬁ: of Common: ; ’tis {'0 hard 3. thing even
for the ablel’t of men to change ill Habits. ‘

Brit my Lords third; Reafbn, is the moi’tAdmirable ofaii
Which he Stiles Wnanfwerable, viz. That Tour Lord/kip; are all
convinced in Tour Cohféieme: that tbi: ({prcut‘ed) will. c414;
a Breath".- I bel'eech Your Lor'dﬂiips, coﬁﬁder whether this
Argument‘thus 21p lyed would not overthrow the Law of
Nature ,- andnll t e Laws of, Right and Property in the
World -:, For ’tis an‘Argum'ent , and at very good 011e,. that
You Ih'ould nOt Rand or "inl‘rﬁ on’ Claims , where Youfhave K
not}! clear" Right 3 or Where the ‘Qieliion is not ‘of' Conle-
vqnence'and*ofiMomfent'; in a Matter that may produce a‘
Dangerous Petnitious‘ Breach between Relations, Perfons,

Bodies'polhick i'oyn’rl in Intereﬁ 1, and High'C-onzernstoge—

ther. ,; '50 on the'Urhe-r hand if if the Oblii‘naicy'o'f the Party
in the Wrong , ﬂll H be made-an unani'ivei’ilhie Argument-for
the other Party to recede and 931“ “9 his 3111‘ Rights; 1 HOW,
3°"?! ““111 the People keeptheir Liii‘e‘rti‘es 7 or the Princes»
OrGoVermus OF Chi? Wm“ the?" Prerogativesf JHOW
long ﬂiaii'lhf H-ushnnd maintainhis dominion 7 0-}. fan}; ‘hian
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tofailei-nto fome admiration ow It comes tQ-pafs , ‘I’hat (if?
the Coﬁﬁqm’nce; (2:15 fund!) the Kings Miniﬁers in the;
’7 Houfe ofCommom , of which there are fevetai thatlaz‘e‘ofthe‘
z, Cabinet, and have dayiy refort to His May’s/f); 3 and have the
r Direé‘tion and Tout} ofhis Affaires :‘ I fiiy thqtnone of hetfe '
ﬂiouid pref's- theie Conifequences there , 01"“ e the ieatt

; ﬂop torhsCarree-r of that Houfe in this Buﬁneis; but that
i a.“ the Vetes concerning this Afair, nay even that very
Vote, 7.19am.AppealﬁomanyCourt of Equity 1‘: c.0gniszblé~
by thc H014} of Lardx, {hould pai's nemine contradicmte. And

yet all the grea ﬁin'ﬂe" Wii’h. us here, the Iii/hop: and.
gei ether Lord] of my anc on the Court contend this point,
2:. _ _ as ifit 'Wereprg Ari: 6-”ﬂ9rii. I hear His Ma jeﬂy in Scotland,
' hath, been pleaf'ed to declare againft Appeal: in Parliament,
Icannot muchibiame the Court if they think ( the Lord
Keeper ,. and the judge: being of the King: Naming,‘ r '
1 His Power to chenge) that 311,6 luﬂice’ofthe Natio
enough , and‘I-my Lard:”%h’1‘ﬁk—f0‘--itoo , during th
time, thou-ghl hear‘Scotlimant without: reafon'
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how judge: may be made notmen afiAbiiity or 11' ~
, bur: men of Relation and Dependance, and who do
4‘ . what they are commanded; .and all mens Caufes con be
i v ﬁudgedyand Efiates. difpofed onas Great Menilat ~.

\pleafe. - , . ‘_ ,~

My Igor-dame Conﬁitution oonun Govennmem
--prov.id‘ed better forms, and .I can never. believe. (0 _

‘ Body as the 'Houfeof Commam, will pl‘OVC that Fooliﬂi W0“

man , which plucks‘ down herHoufe withher hands. '
My Lerdt,‘-I' muﬁ: mei'ume in the next place to flly, forn-

thing to Whit was oﬁege-J by my Lord 31]}!va Salsbmy. , a;

t .mantoi‘GreatLearning and Abilities , and always veiled in

.3 {hunger and cloiei‘ way of Reafonixig , then the Buﬁnef’s

i3 of thatN ohie Lord-I..anfwered before did accuﬁome him:
‘r. . too, andthat Bevetendifmlatehath Rated the Matter. vevy

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a] State , of greater A fair: that preﬂed m atythe time; ,
The lecoﬁd was, Iftki: Buﬁnef: be of that Moment, yet-whe—
ther the appointing a day to conﬁder of thirl’etitzon, would

prove of‘t'bat confeqnenge , and prejudice to your C cmﬁ’. ' _
~ My Lords; to thele give me. leave in the hill place tofay,
thatthis “Matter is no lefs then "Yourwhoie ‘j’udz'wmrea

- and Your judicature is the 'lif‘eiandfouléof the‘ Dignity of

the Peerage of England, you will quickly grow bur-(1611103135
it‘y’ou grow ufelel's, you have now the greateft and. molt
Uleful end of Parliament principally‘in- you , which is net to
make new Laws but to redrelt Grievances, "and to Maintain
the Old Land- Marks. The Houje- ofCommom- Bulinefs is to
complain , Your Lordjhip; to redrefs ,. noc ‘ only the Com-
plaints from them that arethe Eyes of the Nation , bUt all
other particular perfons that addi‘efs to You. A' Land
may Grogn under a Multitude of W‘I believe OUI‘S
does , and when Law-s grow fo multiplyed’, they prove oth-
ner Snares, then Direéi‘ions and Security to the People; I
look upon it as the ignorance and weaknef's of the latter
Age,.,if,not worfe, the effeél of the Deﬁgnes ofillmen 5 that
"it is crowna general Opinion, that where there is not a par—
‘ leCQiQnin fome A67; 0 Parliament the Law is de'
fe 7’2“" , aS-lfthe'C'ommanLaw- adnot‘providedmuch bCE;
ter, Shorter, and Plainer for the Peace and Quiet of the Nai-
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” which has made Work for the Lawyer: , given power to the
j. ger, lellened Your Lordﬂiips Power, and ina good mea-

fure unhinged'the feCurity of the Peeple. ' «
. - My: Lord Bijbap tells You, That Tour/wholejudicamre i: not
w .clmjhon, but only tbeprz’vile‘dge sftbe Houfe ofCommam , of
the-z? Member: not appearing 1t Tour Barr : ‘ My Lords, were it
nor no more , yet 1th for Jufiice and the Peoples like You
ought not to pen: With : How far 2i Priviledge’ of a Hozgfe bf -
Common: , their Servants,and thof'e they own, dmhextend '
W'eﬂmmﬁer, ﬁe”, int y with Gi‘iefe tell Your Lord/him. 'And
the fame Priviledge of their Members being not filed , muit

he allowed by Your Lordﬂaipr , as/well , and what a failer of ‘.

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Juﬁice this would prove whim they are Lord: for life, and
yeufOrInheritance , let the World Judge; for my part!
am willing to come to Conference when ever the Difimte
{hall begin again , and dare undertake to your Lcirﬁjbiph
that they have neither Preﬁdent, Reafen, nor any juttitiabje
pretence to {how a ainlt us; and therefore my Lord“ it‘you
part'with thisun oubted Bight meerly for _ the asking,
where will the asking {tor-lit d m. Lordt‘,we are fine it deth
not ﬂop here , for haw-e they - ﬁéhzfy mmine Contradiceme !
Veted ag.-;ainfi Your Lordfkip: fairer quppeal: from any Court
of Equit .! 10 that you may plainly fee Where this Caution
and rea on ol‘State means to ﬂop , not oneiOt ﬂicrt oflay»
ing your whole indicature aﬁdc, for the fame reafon of
pailingtheiiings Money of nor interrupting good Laws,

or What ever elfe mutt ef' nceﬂityy avoid all Breach upon-

what fcore foever': And your Lord ip: plainly fee the
El‘eaCh will‘be as well made U561!“ udicature in general as
UPOiTlIbIS', fo that when your ordﬂtip: have appointed

a day ; a very long day, :or to conﬁder whether Dr. Shirley: .

Cauf'e be not too hor to handle. And when you have done
thelame for Sir Nichola: Stanton whof'e Petition Ihere is

”coming in, your Lordjhip: mult prOceed to a Vore to lay all

private Buﬁneﬁaﬁde for ﬁx Weekgﬁor that Phraf'e of private
Bulinefs hath obtained upon this left Age, upon that which
is your molt publique Dury and Buﬁnefs 5 namely the Ad-
miniﬁration or juﬁice$q§n§1 can tell your Loro’fhipt, be—
ﬁdes thereafon that ;t it , that I have fome intelli-

-gence of the deﬁgning fuch a Vote : F or on the fecond day

of your ﬁtting, at the riﬁng of the Lord: Houje there came a
Gentleman into theLobby belonging to a very great Per-
{on , and askt in great haﬁe are the Lord: up? have they paﬂEd
the Voteﬁ and being ask’t what Vote? He anl‘wered the Vote
"of'm Private Buﬁn eﬂfbrﬁx W tekt. '

My Lurch, if this be your Bufmefs, fee where you are, if ye
are to Pofipone our judicature for fear of offending the

'Houféo C mmom for ﬁx Weeks ; that they in the interim
may the Money, and other acceptable Bills that His
.Majcﬂyﬂthinks of Importance; are f'o-many wife men in the

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. Hwﬁ of Comm)”: to be laid aﬂeep , 8H1“) Pars all there
acceptable thin s ﬁwhen they have done, to kit us to be
let loofe upont iem. ' . ~ _ ‘ _

. Will they n0t remember this next timethere 15 want of
-Money? Or may n0t they rather be ﬁlmed by thole M1-
‘ niﬁers that are amongft them , and go omit) (unanimou ﬂy
with them, thatthe King ison their lide inthis Contro-
W-‘lﬁea and when the publiqu’e BuﬁnelTea‘ are 0V5?» OUI‘ timer
mallbe too limit to make a'Breach or vindicatemm‘ {elves
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' OfJudicatwu‘e, {0 hi hly even in this Point , and after the»
H0qu afCammom ha gone fo high againﬂ you on the 0316?
hand , as to poll up their Declaration and Kemouﬂrance! 011.
Wdlmz'nﬂer Hall Door: , the very next Sejﬁon after you. polt—n
' pone the very lame Caules , and 110i: only thofe, but all
judicatures whatever. I befeech your.Lordjbip.r,will not this
. prove a fatal preﬁdent and confeﬂioni agnlnﬁ your (3.365?
/ ‘ ’Tis a Maxim, and. a rational one amongﬁ Lawyers 7 ‘1’” cite
Weﬁdem where tbe Ca]? batb been Some/bed, i: wqrtba loco
wberetbere barb been mi Conteﬁ: My Lords, in {2ng this.
I humbly fuppofc I have given a fuﬂicient anlwer‘ tomy
LordBijhop: fecund Qiellion; Whether the appointing a day
to conﬁder what you will do with tbir Petition be oftbat .con-
{Equence to your right , for it is a pla' } confeﬂion ,_: that It is
a. doubtful Cafe, and that inﬁnitely ranger the}! {f It were a
new thing to you never heard of before 5 F01“: 1‘5 the very
fitmeCafE, and the very fame thing delired in that 5‘45:
that you formerly ordered and {o ﬁrongly affeiteds fO that
~ upon time, and all the deliberation imag'inablﬁ‘oYQU declarcgéL/
your {elves to become doubtful,andiyou put your {Ell/65 out
of our own hands, into that poWer that you have no reafon'
to elieve on your ﬁde in this Qgeﬂion, - a
My Lords, I have all the duty imaginable to his ’Majeﬁy,
and {hould withall {ubmifﬁon give way to any thing that
be {110qu thinkof Importance to‘ his atTairs: But in this'
Point it is to alter the conliitution of the Government; if
youare ask’t to lay this aﬁde 5.: And there is no reafon of '
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canbean Argument to your Lord/hip: m-tum your felves
out Of that Intereﬁ you have in theconi‘titution of the Go. '
vernment, ’tis not only your concern that you maintain,
your {elves in’t ,- bUt ’tiS the congern 0f the Poorefi ‘man in
Eyglandthat you keep your Station: ‘ ’Tis your Lordijhz'pr
concern, and that {0 highly , that I willbc' bold to fay the
mag can give none of you a requital Or recompence for it, .
what are empty Titles? What is prefent Power, or Riches-
nova-Rd a great Eﬁate , wherein I have no ﬁrme and ﬁxed pro-s
' perry ? ’Tis the conﬁituuon of the Govemmmt and Mai_nt"ft§:.. 7,
ning it that {ecures your Lord/hip: and every man elfe in whit .
he hath : The Pooreﬂ Lord, if the Birthright o'f'the Peera ‘e ‘
be maintained , has a Fair Profpeét before him for himfe f
M or his Poﬁerity : But the greateii Title with the greateft
prefent Power» and Riches , is but a mean creature, and
main ins thtifeA folute Monarchy , no otherwife then by
férvi.‘ ow- ﬂatteries and upon uncertain terms.

Mylords,’Tis nor only your Intereﬂ,but the Intereii of
the Nation that you Maintain your Rights, for let the H07?
ofCammom: and Gentry of England think What they plea é,
there is no Prince that ever governed without Nobility or an
Army: if you will nor have ‘one; you muft have t’other ,4 or

~~the Monarchy cannot long fup Ort, or keep it {elf from
tumbl° g into a Democraticalv epublique. , Your Lordjhip:
and‘3f1e0ple have the fame caufe, and the fame Enemies. My
Lor‘ds, would you be in favour with the King .9 ’Tis a very
ill Way to it, to pUt- your felves out of a furure capacity,
to be conﬁderable in his fervice : I do nor ﬁnd‘ in Story, or
in Modern Experience , but that ’tis tetter, and a man is
much more regarded that is in a capacity and opportunity to
ferve , then he that hath wholly deprived himfelf of allfor
his Prince: fervice: And I therefore declare that I will {Erve
my Prince as a Peer, but will nor deftroy the Peerage to
ferve him.

My Lam’J‘, I have heard of 20. fooliﬂi Modells and Expe-
dients to fécure the juﬁice of the Nation , and yet to take , —
this. ” i3ht from your Lorzljhz'pr as the King by his Common 2 014
appointing Commoner: to hear- Appealrs or that the twelv

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judgc: mould be thepertgna), or that perfona mould ‘be ‘

appointed by Aét ofParliatnent , which are all not. only to
takeaway your Lardlkipr iul’t Eight , that ought not to be
aimed any more then any other part ofthe Government, but

"arm thémfelves when Well: weighed. ~liiidi‘culous. I muft'
deal freely, with your Lordjhipr, thele things could never.

- _ have rifen win mens minds, but that there has been {01116 kind
of Provocation that has, given the ﬁrﬂ: rife of it : Pray my
Lords forgive mc,if on this occaﬁon Iput you in mind of
Cgmmittee Dinnm, and the Scandal ofzit, thofe Droves of
Lajies that attended all Caufes; ’twas - come to that paﬁ,
that meneven Hired or Borrowed of their Frien is, handfom
Sitters orDaughters to deliver their Petitions : But yet for

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lefs in one or two Cauf‘es , k4»

Wand thofe we owe memo thatBench 5 from wlgnce .

We now apprehend molt danger.

There is~ one thing I had almoﬂ‘forgo‘tfto {peak to, '-

Wbicb [it the Conjunfiure of time, the Hinge upon win; b your
reaﬁn of State turm‘, and. to that my Lords give me leave

tOIay , if this be notjra time ofLeifure for you, to vindi-p

Cate your Priviledges, you 'muﬁ never :expe‘ét one -.: I could
almoﬂ fay that the Harmony, good Agreement, and Con-
cord that-is to he prayed for at molt other times , may be
fatall to us now, we owe the Peace of this lalt two years
a dilinfzagement fromthe French interefi to the two'Houfes

di‘l‘ering from the Senfe and Oi inion of Whitehall , {0 at y’ ‘
thistimc, the thingin the World this Nation, hath molt.

rental] to apprehend, is a‘Qeneral Peace, Whichcannot now

happen wit'n'mt "very advantagious Terms tothe French,"

”an .1 Dil'aivantagious to the Hqufe ofAt-tllrz'a: ’We are. the
thinzs gr=eat-'Coliiifellors and iflo, have Bight‘to dill’er, and

a???“ c‘ontrary-COUBCC‘IS to thefefew are neareﬁ abour him»

'3 iear they wOuld advance a'General Peace, ’ I’me {are ‘I
'WCtulytl—adylfe againﬁ- 1t, and hinderit at this time by all the
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make , nor- Perf‘onal aﬂhmnees your Prince, can have, can
iecure us. from the French lfrhey are at ,lel‘iure , he is grown
the moft Potent of us all at Sea: He has Built .24. Ships
this lat? year 3 and has o. more in number then we beﬁdes
the advanta ethatour‘ hi 3 areall out of Order, and his
f0 exquiﬁtey provided in , that every, Ship has his par-
ticular Stored houie. aTiaincredible the Money heharh, and
is beﬁowmg in makin Harbors, he makes nature it '{elfgive
way to the vaﬁnef‘s of , is Expence: And after all this {hall
a Prince'fo Wife, {0 intent Upon hisatﬁairs, be thought to
make all thefe preparations to Saile over Land , and fall on
the back of Hungary , and Batter the Walls of Kamim’t’g,
or is it poﬂible he {hould overi'ee his Interel‘t in feiz‘ing Of
Ireland , athing i'o fealible to him, if he be'maﬁer‘of the
Seas, as he certainly now is 5 and which when attained gives
him all the Southern, cdz'teranian, Eaﬁ and Wed India Trade,

and renders himwbot‘h cit'uation and excellent Harbors, per-

petual Mailer of the 8935 withoutDifpute. _
« My Lords to, conclude this pomt ., I fear-the Court of

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England is greatly miﬁaken init', and Ido n0t with them

the reputation of the concurrance of the Kingdom: And
this out of the moﬂ-ﬁncereLoya-lty to his Majeft y, and love
to my Nation. __ . ' ‘ . _ >

My Lords, =I-h‘ave but one thing more to trouble you
with, and that peradventure is aconﬁdemtion of the great-‘-
:11 weight and concern, borh to your Lordfhips, and the
Whoie Nation. *1 have often feen in this-Houfe, that the

- Arguments, wiiiafir'ongeﬁ“reafon, andmoﬁ tonvineing to

the Lay Lords in General, have nor’had the fame etfeét upon -~

: the Bifhoys'BenCh‘; bin: that they have unani‘moufly gone

aqai‘nﬁ: us in matters? that many of {is have thought Eden-
tial and undoubtei Rights ; A‘nd,'1'c0nﬁder, that "ris not
pol'ﬁide', that Men of tireatlearninz, Piety, and Reafon;
as their Lm‘df‘hips are, fhouldnothaVe the fame care of
doing right, and theﬁlme-‘conviﬁion, what'is right upon
efear reaf'on offered; that other your Lordfhifjslhaye.‘ And
thereime, my Lords, Imuft iaeceffarilythink, we dii’fer in

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the eIEarel’t fenl'e tomen of my principle, may not at all

"perfwade or walfeét the Confcience'of the belt man of a dif-_ Q

ferent one. I put your Lordfhips the cafe plainly, as ’tis
now before Us. ’ My princxple is, That the King 2': King by
' Law, and by tbeﬂz‘me Law that the. poor Man enjoy: 121': Gate

. rage ; and to it becomes the concern of every man in Eng— ‘

' land, that has but his liberty, to maintain and defend, to

his urmoﬁ, the King in all his Rights and Prerogatives-a.

My Principle is alio, ‘Ilaat the‘Lordr Ho'uﬂ», and the judica.
mre and Right: belongin to it, are an Eﬂektial part of the Ga-

verament, and Ef’tahlll ed by the ‘fame Law; The King.
gov‘erningeand admlnil’tring qutlee by His Houfe of Lords, ’

and adviﬁng with bOth His HOui'es of Parliament in all im-
portant matters, is the Government Iown,‘ am born under,
and am obliged to. If ever there ﬂiould happen in future
ages ( . which God forbid ) a King governing by an Army,

without His Parliament, ’tis a Government I own nor, am

not obliged to, nor was born under. According to this
Principle, ever honefl man that holds it, 'muﬂ endeavour
equally to pre erve the frame of the Government, in all the
parts of it, and cannOt {atlshe his Confcience to give up
the Lords Houie for the Service of the Crown, or to take
away theiuﬂ rights and priviledges of the Houfe of Com-
mons to pleaie the Lords. But there. is another Principle
got into the World, my Lords, that ,hath not been long,
there; for Arch-Bifhop Laud was the ﬁrft Author that I re.
memberof it : And I cannot ﬁnd, that the Jel'uites, or in¢
deed the Popiﬂx Clergy hath ever mend it, bur time of the
Epileopal Clergy of our Briti/h Iﬂer; and ’tis withal, as
?tis new, lo the melt dangerous dellruélive Doé’trine to
our Government and Law, than ever was. ’Tis the ﬁrli of
the Cannons publiﬂted by the Convocation, .1640. That
Monarchy i: of Divine Right.This Doéh'ine was then preached
up, and maintained by Sibtbnrp, Manwaring, and others,
and of later years, by a Book publiﬂied by Dr. Sanderfén,
Iii/hop of Lincoln, under the name of Arch-Bi/hop ‘Uﬂzer; an '1
how much it is {pread amongl’t our Digniﬁed Clergy, is
very‘eaﬁly known. We all agree, ‘Iloat the King and Hi:

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Government, 2‘: 10 be obeyedforCanjEimcefhke 3 and that the-i
Divine Precepts,require not 021er here, .rbut in all parts of ' i
the World, Obedience to Lawful Governom‘i. "But that this
Fanulyate our Kings, and this particular ﬂame of Gavern—
ment, 13 our lawful Conﬁitution, and obliges us, is owing
onely to the particular Laws of our Country. This Lan-

- dean Doéirine was the root that produced the Bill of Teji

. left Srﬂion,andlorne very perplexed Oaths that are of the
fame nature With that, and yetimpofed by {everal A6}: of
ﬂair Parliament. ‘

In a word, if this Doéirinebe‘true, our Magna Charm
is of no force, our Laws are but Rules amongfi our {elves
during the Kings pleafiue. Monarchy, if of Divine Bi ht, ,
canno: be bounded or limited by humane Laﬁs,nay.,w1ats
more, cannot bind it felf; andAll ourClaims of right by
the Law, or Confiitution of the Government, All the juris-r.
di€tion and Priviledge of this Houfe, All the Rights and. ,
Priviledges of the Houfe of Commons, All the Properties ;
and Libertiesof the People, are to give way, nOt onely to
theintereli, but the will and pleafiire of the Crown. , And.
the bell and worthyefi of Men, holding this principle, muft ,-
VOteto deiixver upallwe have, n0t onely when reafon of "
State, and the feparate- Intereli of the Crown require it,
bUt when the will and plealhre of the K ing is known, would ..
have it {0. F or that mull be, to a mgn of Qhrit principle» ..
g the onely‘ruleahd meaiure of Right and juﬁice. There- .
" fore, my Lords, yOu fechow necefﬁiry it is, that ourPrin.-._
.ciples be known, and how fatal. to us all i’: is, that this ..

Principle ﬂiould he iuii‘ered to (bread any further.

My Lords, to conclude, your Lordlhips have feen'of' it
what confequence this matter is :to you, and, that the .ap-
pointing a dayto conﬁder, isno lefs then declaring your r
{elves doubtful, Upon {econd anl deliberate thoughts, that '
you put your {elves out of your own hands, into n more
then a morai probability, of having this Seiﬁo‘n made» a ,
prelident againﬁ you, You lee your Duty to your {elves
and th‘ f People a and that ’tis really n0t the interel‘t of the
Houﬁ of“ Commom, but may be theinclinntion of the Cou‘rta -

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ulia¥1 not be Feta 1e13,?"bucthagyour Lordﬂaips vgfmud take
in: isfoﬁ‘alr, the‘onely courfeto preferve yam (elves, and "

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' .. , , Here is a thing called Promo, ( swimmer
lame men may think ) that the People of
England are {ondcﬁwﬁ It is that they will , i
never party-1:11,. and it is (be: His “my in
his Synge/951385 Hanged . to take-pamwlar
, .care of. , _- ‘Ilyig, myiLorde, in my opinion, .
can neverhe done, without an Indulgence ito all Pratejimt dif. _
enters... V . - V , _
f-flt is certainly a very uncalic kind of life to any man, ﬂat. ._
has either Chtiftian Charity, Good Nature, orHumanity,
tofeehis fellow Snbieﬂ: daily-iabufed, divseﬂedof their Li~ - ,
“bertie: and Birth-right, and miferably thrown out of their
Ptﬂeﬁom and Free-holds, only becaufe they cannOtiagree -
with others in fome Opinion: and Nicetiéxéof Religion, which «
their Confciences will not give them leave to confent to,
and, which even by the content-of thoie who; would ime ‘
ofe them, are no way neceliary to Salvation;

But my Lordy. beﬁdes this, andallthat. may be {aid upon ,.
it, in order tothejmprovement of our Trade, and, thesin— .
creafe of the Wealth, Strength, and Greatmﬁ of this Nm’s
on ( which with your leaveI {hall prefumecto difcoude ofc
at fome Othertime ) there is methinks in thio, Nn'ion of .
perks-mice, a very groﬁ; miﬁake,b0th-&s‘tothetpoint of Ga,» .
vernmem and Religion. 7 -

There is fog. as ; to the;point-:-of Gavcmmem, becaufe it .
makes every mans fafety depend upon the-wrong place,
not upon the Gammon, or mans living well towands the Ci. . ,
vil Gavemmem, eliablifhedeby Law; but upon his being; --
mnlborted with Zeal for every opinion that?s held by t’hofeigg
that havgpower inthe‘ Church that’s in ,fafhiom .3 '

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- ﬁtively 31.52“!le the-estates 'Doa‘rim and? Exemple bf. jefm
. Chi/ls" ay, my Lord:, as to our Protﬁﬂqntﬁeligian, there
is fomething gyc: worfe; for 'We Prat: mm maintainﬁthiit
none of’ thefe Opinion: which Chrif’tians here differ about,
are Infallible; and therefore in us it is fomewhat: an .inexcu-
fable conception, that men ought to be deprived of-their
‘ . ':1nheritance;“and all their certain conveniences “and ﬁdvanv
'atiages of Life, ,becaufe they will notagtee with us; in our
suncertain-O iniomzof Religion. - - ' ~~
.. . My hum ’le motion to yom‘Lmﬂhip: therefore is, That
you-will give me leave to bring in’ A Bill 'of Indulgence... to _ a”
dilating Proteﬂanfii’f iI‘know very well, that every Peer of
this Realm has a right to bringinto Parliament any Bill which
, he conceives to be uf‘eful to this Nation. - But I thoUght it
more reprEtﬁil to your Lordlhz‘p: to ask your leave for it
before; .and I cannOt think that doing of it, will be any
Prcludke to the Bill, becauﬁ I am conﬁdent, the Keaﬂm,
the Prudence, and the charitableneﬁ of it, will be able toju"
ﬁtﬁe it to this Rule, and the whole world.

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might be made to Hi: ajeﬂy from tbi: H014}, that he would b.
grdéiouﬂy pleaded taDiﬁblve tbi: i’arliameut: And the Houfe
having carryed it In t ”e Ne me, for the Juﬂiﬁcation of

our'Loyal Intentions‘towar His Majefiies Service, and of

our true refpeét and deference to this Honburable Houfe;
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, our humble pro ofal, Do with all humilitfy herein,'fet forth

the grounds an reafons why we were 0 opinion that the

. {aid bumble Addre/i- ﬂiould have been made.

I. We do humbly conceive, that it is" according to the
ancient Laws and Statutes of‘ this Realm, that there {hould
be frequent and new Parliaments, and that the praélice of .
feveral years, hath been accordingly. ' .

2. It feems n0t reafonable; that any particular number of
Men, mould for many years, ingrofs fo great atrufl of the
People, as to be their Reprel'entatives in the Houfe of Com-
arms: And allother the Gentry and the Members of Cor-
porations of the fame degreeand quality with them, ﬂiould .
be ('0 IOng excluded. Neither, as we humbly conceive, is
it advantagious to the Government; that the Counties, Ci-
ties and Burroughs, fhould be conﬁned for To long 'a time
to fuch Members as they have once chofen to ferve for them.
The muwal coz'reﬁmndence and intereﬂs . of thofe who ,
choofe and are chofen, admitting of great variations in
length of time. .

3. The long continuance of any fuch as are intruf’tcd for
others, and w ho have {‘0 great a power over the purf'e of the
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