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... thing in the end is very remarkable : His majesty will not , but upon terms altogether unfitting , accept of any ... thing . It is not fit any thing that it might be delivered , they thought fit for that concerns you should be concealed ...
... thing in the end is very remarkable : His majesty will not , but upon terms altogether unfitting , accept of any ... thing . It is not fit any thing that it might be delivered , they thought fit for that concerns you should be concealed ...
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... thing . God that dealt so wonder- fuily heretofore , it were to distrust him , if we did not think he would do so again . Truly he bath a people among us , exceedingly beloved . What is it we fight for ? It is for our religion , and for ...
... thing . God that dealt so wonder- fuily heretofore , it were to distrust him , if we did not think he would do so again . Truly he bath a people among us , exceedingly beloved . What is it we fight for ? It is for our religion , and for ...
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... thing , then he might be looked upon as remiss . Thereupon the house resolved to write a Letter to the king's secre- tary , to know his majesty's pleasure concern- ing a Cessation of Arms , during the time of this Treaty ; and gave the ...
... thing , then he might be looked upon as remiss . Thereupon the house resolved to write a Letter to the king's secre- tary , to know his majesty's pleasure concern- ing a Cessation of Arms , during the time of this Treaty ; and gave the ...
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... thing , or that there is such a thing as law , li- pective assessors shall not assess any of the berty , or property left in England , under the members of either of the houses of parliament , jurisdiction of these men ; and the same ...
... thing , or that there is such a thing as law , li- pective assessors shall not assess any of the berty , or property left in England , under the members of either of the houses of parliament , jurisdiction of these men ; and the same ...
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... thing now left to enjoy but the liberty to rebel , and destroy one ano- ther ? Are the outward blessings only of peace , property , and liberty , taken and forced from our subjects ? Are their consciences free and unassaulted by the ...
... thing now left to enjoy but the liberty to rebel , and destroy one ano- ther ? Are the outward blessings only of peace , property , and liberty , taken and forced from our subjects ? Are their consciences free and unassaulted by the ...
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according advice aforesaid agreed Answer appointed arms assembled blessing Cessation charge church city of London command committee concerning consent council Covenant debate Declaration defence delivered desire disbanding divers doth earl of Essex endeavours enemy estates Fairfax forces garrisons give hath honour horse house of commons house of lords house of peers houses of parliament humbly intentions Ireland justice king king's kingdom of England kingdom of Scotland land late laws Letter liament liberty likewise lord-general lords and commons lordships majesty majesty's March ment Message officers ordered Ordinance Oxford papists parlia parliament of England parliament of Scotland passed Peace persons Petition present prince proceedings Propositions raised reason received resolution resolved safety Scots Army Scots commissioners Seal sent settling sir John sir Wm soldiers Speaker speedy subjects taken thereof things think fit tion Treaty unto Votes Westminster whereby wherein
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Page 165 - ... the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 167 - ... we have not, as we ought, valued the inestimable benefit of the gospel, that we have not laboured for the purity and power thereof, and that we have not endeavoured to receive Christ in our hearts, nor to walk worthy of him in our lives; which are the...
Page 165 - III. We shall with the same sincerity, reality and constancy, in our several vocations, endeavour with our estates and lives mutually to preserve the rights and privileges of the Parliaments, and the liberties of the kingdoms, and to preserve and defend the King's Majesty's person and authority, in the preservation and defence of the true religion and liberties of the kingdoms, that the world may bear witness with our consciences of our loyalty, and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish...
Page 165 - ... incendiaries, malignants, or evil instruments, by hindering the reformation of religion, dividing the king from his people, or one of the kingdoms from another, or making any faction or parties amongst the people, contrary to this League and Covenant, that they may be brought to public trial, and receive condign punishment, as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve, or the supreme judicatories of both kingdoms respectively, or others having power from them for that effect, shall...
Page 13 - Come, my boys, my brave boys, let us pray heartily and fight heartily. I will run the same fortunes and hazards with you. Remember, the cause is for God, and for the defence of yourselves, your wives, and children. Come, my honest brave boys, prayheartily and fight heartily, and God will bless us.
Page 167 - And this Covenant we make in the presence of ALMIGHTY GOD, the searcher of all hearts, with a true intention to perform the same, as we shall answer at that great day, when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed...
Page 369 - The King's Cabinet Opened: or CERTAIN PACKETS OF SECRET LETTERS AND PAPERS, Written with the King's own Hand, and TAKEN IN HIS CABINET AT NASBY-FIELD, June 14, 1645. By Victorious SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX...
Page 433 - IV. We shall also with all faithfulness endeavour the discovery of all such as have been, or shall be, incendiaries, malignants, or evil instruments, by hindering the reformation of religion, dividing the king from his people...
Page 629 - ... we were not a mere mercenary army, hired to serve any arbitrary power of a state, but called forth and conjured by the several Declarations of parliament to the defence of our own and the people's just rights and liberties.
Page 753 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, Of the City of London...