To the most honourable and high court of Parliament The humble petition of the gentlemen, and other of the inhabitants of the county of Cornwall. Humble petition of the gentlemen, and other of the inhabitants of the county of Cornwall I. B. 1642 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A78178 Wing B87 Thomason 669.f.4[64] Thomason 669.f.4[70] ESTC R210281 99869093 99869093 160692

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 eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Church of England -- Bishops -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE MOST HONOVRABLE And high Court of Parliament. The humble Petition of the Gentlemen, and other of the Inhabitants of the County of Cornwall.

HAving ſeene and heard the many (though ſcarce divers) Petitions to this Honourable Aſſembly by the Inhabitants of divers, Counties and Cities of this Land, as alſo Corporations, Companies, and Trades, ſome againſt Biſhops, ſome againſt the Common Prayer, and all againſt ſuch judiciall, and things ſuper-elementary to the Region of their capacity of judging, and matters only belonging to the judicature of this grave Synod, which ſeemes either to diſtruſt, or direct, or both, your great wiſedomes; We therefore the Gentlemen and other the Inhabitants of Cornwall, with as many hearts, though not hands, with as many good wils, though not perſons, not in imitation, but rather by provocation and neceſſity, in theſe times, to ſhew our good minded affections, doe humbly proſtrate the utmoſt of our ſervice to your feet. In which (or rather after which) we take leave humbly to beg,

That you will be pleaſed to bend your auxiliary and good affections to the redreſſe of the diſtreſſe of the miſerable Proteſtants in Ireland. To gaine whoſe good, proſperity, peace, and tranquility, to preſerve the Soveraignty of that Land to our Royall King, and to maintaine his and this Kingdomes honour, We ſhall willingly lay downe our lives and fortunes.

That you will be pleaſed to continue your great reſpect, dutifull love, and true obedience, to our Royall Soveraigne, by maintaining his juſt, and no way antilegall Prerogative.

That you will be pleaſed to put the Lawes in due execution againſt all Ieſuites, Seminaries, Papiſts and Recuſants.

That you will be pleaſed to looke upon the other ſide, and duely weighing the actions (or rather factions) of ſome, (whom moſt men call Citizens) to ſcourge their irregular and diſorderly ſchiſme and hereticall Sects, into right paths of ſerving God, to frequent his Houſe, and to pray as well as heare, to allow order, and obey conformity, to reverence Learning, and bow to Authority, to be under a diſcipline, and live in order.

That you will be pleaſed to maintaine and eſtabliſh the ancient fundamentall and moſt venerable Lawes, Order and Diſcipline, both of our Church and Common-wealth, to continue the reverenc'd Office, and puniſh the offending perſons of Biſhops, to have in high account, and eternize (as farre as in you lyes) the Divine and excellent forme of Common-prayer, to correct brain-forg'd doctrine, by your exemplary precepts ſtrike a reverence of Gods Houſe into every mans breaſt.

That you will be pleaſed to intimate to the people your honourable and wiſe intentions concerning Divine Service, leſt while you hold your peace, ſome rejecting it in part, others altogether, they vainly conceive you countenance them.

Laſtly, (not to trouble your great affaires any longer) That you will be pleaſed to take into your ſage conſideration, thoſe ſcandalous and ill-affected Pamphlets, which flye abroad in ſuch ſwarmes, as are able to cloud the pure ayre of truth, and preſent a darke ignorance to thoſe who have not the two wings of Iuſtice and knowledge to fly above them.

Now to poliſh this our worke with a ſmooth demonſtration of our modeſt intents, that the tinctures which in introduction fell on the fore mentioned preſents may ſlide without a ſtaine from this; We doe in all humility declare, that neither diſtruſt of your intentions, nor opinion of any of our counſels worthy your eares ever tainted our thoughts, but that we have ſtill been, and are confident, that this moſt wiſe Synod hath ever thought fit, reſolv'd, and will confirme into action, what we now humbly requeſt, therefore this our preſent, not ſo much a Petition, as a prayer of willing and thankfull hearts for the hop'd ſequell, is onely to ſhew our true intentions and good will towards his gracious Majeſtie, and this high Court, as Inſtruments of the peace of our ſoules and bodies, for which wee are unanimouſly, and immutably reſolv'd to ſpend our deareſt blood.

Publiſhed by I.B. Gent.