The Protestant petition and addresse, London, April 30, 1681 upon Thursday last there was presented to the Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen, (no common-council at that time sitting), this following address, to the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward, Kt. Lord-Mayor of the city of London, and to the Right Worshipful, the Aldermen his brethen. 1681 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A56093 Wing P3839 ESTC R3788 12311314 ocm 12311314 59369

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The Proteſtant PETITION and ADDRESSE. London, April 30. 1681.

Upon Thurſday laſt there was Preſented to the Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen, (no Common-Council at that Time Sitting) This Following Addreſs.

To the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward, Kt. Lord-Mayor of the City of London; And to the Right Worſhipful, the Aldermen his Brethren. The Humble Petition of Us whoſe Names are here Subſcribed, and of many Thouſands of the moſt Eminent Citizens and Inhabitants of the City of London; his Majeſties Loyall Subjects. Sheweth,

THat your Petitioners being deeply ſenſible of the many Inſtances which they have had the Honour to receive, of his Majeſties Princely Goodneſs and Bounty; and more particularly, in His Royall Aſſurances of a full Reſolution to have Frequent Parliaments; and both In, and Out of Parliament to uſe his utmoſt Endeavours to extirpate Popery; to redreſs all the Grievances of his Good Subjects; and in all things to Govern according to the Laws of the Kingdom: Which his Sacred Majeſty hath been Graciouſly pleas'd, with a moſt Expreſs Solemnity, to promiſe, and to publiſh unto the World in his Late Princely Declaration.

In the Contemplation of a Goodneſs ſo ample, and ſo effectuall, that there is nothing further wanting toward the Compoſing of Mens Mindes; the creating of a Right Underſtanding betwixt his Majeſty and his Liege-People; and (under Gods Providence) toward the Eſtabliſhment of a Diſtracted Nation, in Agreement, Peace, and Plenty; ſaving only the Dutiful Return of Veneration and Obedience, from the Subject, in acknowledgement of the Fatherly Tenderneſs of ſo Indulgent a Sovereign.

Your Humble Petitioners cannot but in Reverence, and Gratitude, Declare, that We are Unanimouſly Reſolved to lay our Lives and Fortunes at His Majeſties Feet, in Defence of his Sacred Perſon, againſt all Oppoſition whatſoever; and in the Maintenance of the Eſtabliſhed Religion, and the Government both of Church and State, as it is ſetled by Law; purſuant to the Tenour of his Majeſties Royal Declaration, and the Duty of all Loyal Subjects.

May it Therefore pleaſe your Lordſhip, and this Honourable Court, to preſent This our Humble Addreſs, Declaration, and Reſolution, to his moſt Gracious Majeſty, in ſuch manner as unto You ſhall ſeem meet;

And Your Petitioners (as in Duty bound) ſhall ever Pray.

NOw foraſmuch as the Petition above-Recited hath been Invidiouſly Repreſented to the World, as a Popiſh Contrivance; a Jeſuitical Deſign; a Petition for Slavery; and, at the beſt, but a Superfluous Acknowledgment to his Majeſty for Doing his Duty: (to the great Reproach, and Scandal of the Loyal Petitioners:) We the Subſcribers have deemed it Neceſſary, and Reaſonable, for our Own Vindication; the Satisfaction of all Honeſt men; and as a matter of good Example unto Others, to publiſh the Petition it ſelf: Appealing for the Truth of the Copy, and the Quality of the Petitioners, to the Original Papers remaining in the Court where they were preſented; and Declaring withall, that as it was but the work of a Day and Half, to gather the Hands; (without any Preparatory toward it;) So the Subſcribers are, every man of them, Regular Proteſtants of the Church of England, and live in Obedience, and Conformity to the Law.

The Reader will obſerve, upon the View of this our Petition; Firſt, that it is Peaceable, and Modeſt; being only a Dutiful Diſcharge of our Affections and Conſciences, in Thankfulneſſe to his moſt Gracious Majeſty, without intermedling in any Nice and Political Matters; or reflecting, in any ſort whatſoever, upon the Doings, or Opinions of Other People, Secondly, that it is a Gratitude to his Majeſty, for the moſt Generous, and Conſummated Obligations that it is poſſible for a Prince to lay upon his People: That is to ſay, for his Royal Aſſurance of Frequent Parliaments; of Extirpating Popery: Supporting the Proteſtant Religion; Governing by the Laws; and Protecting his good Subjects againſt all Violence whatſoever.

We ſhall leave the Reader here to think his Pleaſure of thoſe men that reckon it a Scandal for a Subject to acknowledge the Bounty of his Sovereign; And comfort our ſelves in the Integrity of our Own Souls: And in This further Aſſurance, that we have as many Hearts, and may have as many Hands, in approbation of This our Proceeding, there are True Proteſtants; Loyal Subjects; and Right Engliſhmen, in his Majeſties Dominions. And ſo we ſhall Conclude, without making any Deſcant, upon the Paſſions, Intereſts, or Deſigns of thoſe that Oppoſe us.

Printed for the Subſcribers, April 30. 1681.