To the right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the right worshipfull the aldermen and commons of the City of London in Common Councell assembled. The humble petition of divers well affected citzens and free men of London, under the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor. 1646 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A94633 Wing T1658 Thomason 669.f.10[58] ESTC R210476 99869273 99869273 162597

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94633) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162597) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f10[58]) To the right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the right worshipfull the aldermen and commons of the City of London in Common Councell assembled. The humble petition of divers well affected citzens and free men of London, under the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1646] Against the Independents, in favour of church union with the Scotch, etc.--Thomason Catalogue. Cf. also Thomason E.338[7]. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Composed and finished June ye 5th 1646, I having hand in it, both in composing it and promoting it". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR, THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL THE ALDERMEN AND COMMONS Of the City of LONDON in COMMON COUNCELL Aſſembled. The Humble PETITION of divers well affected CITIZENS and Free-men of LONDON, under the Juriſdiction of the Lord Mayor.

Sheweth:

THat the great care and unceſſant pains of this Honourable Court, for promoting the Cauſe of God is ſo eminently known, that your Petitioner • conceive they ſhall be too much wanting to their own duty, and ſafety, if they ſhould be backward in the thankfull acknowledgement thereo • Wherefore, as they give You many humble and heartie thanks for what You have already done in reference to the Publick Good, ſo being deſirous, what in them lies, yet farther to ſtrengthen your hands to ſo glorious a work, they cannot but let You know their Reſolutions to adhere unto you in all your juſt and legall proceedings: Not doubting 〈◊〉 the ſame good hand of God that hath hitherto been with You, will ſtill be upo • You for good, while you endeavour in • our places the eſtabliſhment of Truth and Peace, and the removall of thoſe preſſing Grievances that lie upon us, as you have lately done in that free and neceſſ • rie, yet Humble and Dutifull Remonſtrance and Petition to the Honourable Houſes of Parliament. And however there want not thoſe for the preſent, who out of ſelf-reſpects calumniate your good intentions therein, yet being perſwaded that in very faithfulneſſe to the Publick You have done it; Your Petitioners not onely approve of it, but rejoyce in it, the rather, ſince they know no other orderly way for obtaining remedy for their common Grievances, then by your addreſſes to the Parliament in their behalf.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, That this Honourable Court would be pleaſed ſtill to perſevere, and couragiouſly to go on in and by all pious and prudent means, endeavouring the ſpeed • e ſettlement of Religion, the Peace of the Kingdom, the Union of both Nations, the ſafety and welfare of this City, and in a word, the performance of that Covenant wherein we are ſolem • ly ingaged to God the Righteous Iudge of all the world. In reference to all which go • d e • ds, Your Petitioners further pray, Tha • you would ſtill continue your Humble addreſſes to the Parliament, not onely • or a gracious Anſwer to your ſaid late Remonſtrance, b • t for all ſuch other things as ſhall neceſſarily conduce to putting an happy period to our preſent miſerable 〈◊〉 ; And that in the m • a • tim • you would put in execution, among your ſelves, ſo many branches thereof as the Power wherewith (by the Laws of this Kingdom, you are already inveſted, will extend unto.

And your Petitioners ſhall ever pray, &c.