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id: A91179
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1647.0
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title:
  An ansvver to the poysonous sedicious paper of Mr. David Jenkins. By H.P. Barrester of Lincolnes Inn.

summary:
  Then it will follow that the Parliament has a power given both by King and Kingdome . MR. David Jenkins in his Paper of the 29 of April last , laies most odious charges upon the Parliament : and consequently upon all that have adhered to the Parliament in this Warre ; and least these his desperate infusions should not worke powerfully enough upon the Vulgar ; he being an ancient practiser in the Law , and promoted to the title of a Judge : he cites Book cases against the two Houses , and seemes forward to lay down his life in the cause .


id: A91222
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
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title:
  The danger to England observed, upon its deserting the high court of Parliament. Humbly desired by all loyall and dutifull subjects to bee presented to his Most Excellent Majestie.

summary:
  Fourthly , if his Maiestie did not relie upon allegations without proofes , and if those allegations also were not full of uncertaintie and insuffiency many times , no blood need to be shed in this difference , a legall debate even in Parliament it selfe would sift out the truth to the satisfaction of all the kingdome , and neither the Orators tongue , nor the souldiers arme ( whom none but times very calamitous use to imploy ) neede here to be ingaged : for sometimes his Maiestie professes to have honorable thoughts concerning the Parliament , blaming onely the too great influence which some malignant partie hath upon both houses , yet his Maiestie names no malignants , nor specifies the nature of that influence ; sometimes his Maiestie chargeth by name some few of each House , and promiseth particular charges , but publisheth none , sometimes his Maiesty inveigheth against some particular Votes of the maior part of both Houses , condemning them as treasonable , and apparently illegall , but taketh no issue , nor assigneth any legall tryall , nor alloweth any appeale from his owne breast and Sword , and though in very tearmes no warre is confessed against the Parliament , yet it is mam●nifestly levied against Sir John Hotham , &c. for being an Actor under the Parliament , and treason is fixed upon all such as obey the ordinance of both Houses : and yet both Houses themselves must not be thought to be aymed at ; and as there is uncertaintie in the parties charged so there is the like in the crimes imputed , for sometimes the ordinance concerning the Militia , beares the burthen of all ▪ sometimes some other plots & conspiracies of bringing in an arbitrary power , and Aristocraticall usurpation over King and kingdome , both are intimated , and a more satisfactory narration of particulars are promised , but we see no such thing as yet performed . The danger to England observed, upon its deserting the high court of Parliament.


id: A91333
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1642.0
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title:
  A petition or declaration, humbly desired to be presented to the view of His most Excellent Majestie; by all His Majesties most loyall and dutifull subjects. Shewing the great danger and inconveniences that will happen both to the King and kingdome, if either His Majestie or his people desert his grand and most faithfull councell, the high court of Parliament.

summary:
  Fourthly , if his Maiestie did not relie upon allegations without proofes , and if those allegations also were not full of uncertaintie and insuffiency many times , no blood need to be shed in this difference , a legall debate even in Parliament it selfe would sift out the ●ruth to the satisfaction of all the kingdome , and neither the Orators tongue , nor the souldiers arme ( whom none but times very calamitous use to imploy ) neede here to be ingaged : for sometimes his Maiestie professes to have honorable thoughts concerning the Parliament , blaming onely the too great influence which some malignant partie hath upon both houses , yet his Maiestie names no malignants , nor specifies the nature of that influence ; sometimes his Maiestie chargeth by name some few of each House , and promiseth particular charges , but publisheth none , sometimes his Maiesty inveigheth against some particular Votes of the maior part of both Houses , condemning them as treasonable , and apparently illegall , but taketh no issue , nor assigneth any legall tryall , nor alloweth any appeale from his owne breast and Sword , and though in very te●rmes no warre is confessed against the Parliament , yet it is mamanifestly levied against Sir John Hotham , &c. for being an Actor under the Parliament , and treason is fixed upon all such as obey the ordinance of both Houses : and yet both Houses themselves must not be thought to be aymed at ; and as there is uncertaintie in the parties charged so there is the like in the crimes imputed , for sometimes the ordinance concerning the Militia , beares the burthen of all , sometimes some other plots & conspiracies of bringing in an arbitrary power , and Aristocraticall usurpation over King and kingdome , both are intimated , and a more satisfactory narration of particulars are promised , but we see no such thing as yet pe●formed . Humbly sheweth THat his Maiesty having first declined , and after deserted and since by force of Armes prepared to invade his Great Councell ( as we conceive ) doth now expect a concurrence therein according to severall messages and commands , not onely from divers persons of both houses of Parliament , but also from all his loving Subiects , amongst whom we of the Citie of London are no inconsiderable n●mber .


id: A56201
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1642.0
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sentence: 79
flesch: 53
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title:
  The manifold miseries of civill vvarre and discord in a kingdome by the examples of Germany, France, Ireland, and other places : vvith some memorable examples of Gods iusitice in punishing the authors and causes of rebellion and treason / by H. P.

summary:
  In the North of Ireland they killed man , woman and child , they arose at once in nine Provinces of Vlster , and at Longhall they cut a bridge in two , and then took an hundred Protestants English and Scots , with women and children , and bound them two and two back to back , and then threw them into the Rivers . And to begin with Germany , who can be ignorant how much that Empire hath suffered formerly in Civill Dissention among themselves in matter of Religion , and since , yea at this present in the warres between the Sweeds and themselves , that goodly and most fertile Countrey wasted with famine , fire , and sword , now lying like a Wildernesse , in many places desolate and uninhabited , so that not onely men , women , and children have dyed for very hunger , but also wild beasts in Woods and Forrests for want of food have perished .


id: A91346
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
title: Reformation in courts, and cases testamentary.
date: 1650.0
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words: 3679
sentence: 107
flesch: 52
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summary:
  Heretofore , when there were so many Peculiars , and Judicatories in England , the very number of them was oppressive to the people : and yet there is not left now the tenth part of busines , and imployment for Civilians , as was then . This together with the calamity of our late broiles , and confusions , has begotten a very great glut of busines at Westminster Hall : and this glut of busines has most undeservedly begot a complaint against Westminster Hal.


id: A56256
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
title: The qvestion concerning the divine right of episcopacie truly stated
date: 1641.0
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summary:
  And if we admit the King to be supreme head of the Church , I think no man will deny but that the fittest policie for him to govern the Church by , will be the same pattern by which he governeth the State , making as little difference between them as may be ; for it is the same body of men now , of which both State and Church are compacted , and so it was not in the Apostles times ; and the same body hath the same head now , as it had not in the beginning : for Tiberius was then the head of the Christians , but the enemy of Christian Religion . Of my selfe I rather wish well then ill to Episcopacie , because it is so antient a government ; and for my own interest I have found more friendship then enmity from Bishops , so that I am certain , there is nothing but the simple love of truth , as it is truth , is the bias of my actions at this time .


id: A70873
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
title: Mr. William Wheelers case from his own relation
date: 1645.0
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words: 5273
sentence: 129
flesch: 53
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summary:
  I was now therefore put to a vexatious , and expencefull triall before the Lords of Leydon , after all my former experiments in publick , and my severall Octroys granted thereupon , to evince again the noveltie , raritie , and commoditie of my Frames , and Mils : and by this means I was forced to send to divers places for attestation , and for some Forms , and Works , which at last by a double operation visibly disproved Hornes pretences , and in the judgement of all gave me the victory . Whilest I lay in the greatest extremitie of my hurts , not able to take any order for my affairs , the afore-named S●sse , of whom I had rented some roomes for my Engines , and Works , sent to me for such an exacted summe of money , or else to throw my Engines , and Works out of doore .


id: A91276
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
title: Mr. William Wheelers case from his own relation.
date: 1645.0
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words: 5280
sentence: 137
flesch: 55
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summary:
  I was now therefore put to a vexatious , and expencefull triall before the Lords of Leydon , after all my former experiments in publick , and my severall Octroys granted thereupon , to evince again the noveltie , raritie , and commoditie of my Frames , and Mils : and by this means I was forced to send to divers places for attestation , and for some Forms , and Works , which at last by a double operation visibly disproved Hornes pretences , and in the judgement of all gave me the victory . Whilest I lay in the greatest extremitie of my hurts , not able to take any order for my affairs , the afore-named Sasse , of whom I had rented some roomes for my Engines , and Works , sent to me for such an exacted summe of money , or else to throw my Engines , and Works out of doore .


id: A91339
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1643.0
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sentence: 210
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title:
  A political catechism, or, Certain questions concerning the government of this land, answered in his Majesties own words, taken out of his answer to the 19 propositions, pag. 17, 18, 19, 20. of the first edition; with some brief observations thereupon. Published for the more compleat setling of consciences; particularly of those that have made the late protestation, to maintain the power and priviledges of Parliament, when they shall herein see the Kings owne interpretation what that power and priviledges are. It is this twentieth day of May, An. Dom. 1643. ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning printing, that this booke entituled, A Politicall catechism, be printed. Iohn White.

summary:
  1. That all these are ordinarily in the King , Experience and Custom Teaches , even those that Know not the Law by reading ; but by what hath been noted before , and follows after , it is to be understood only so , as not to prejudice the Priviledges of the Houses of Parliament , specially in cases of Necessitie , ( of which hereafter . ) Also — 2. It is acknowledged here , that the Government , Trusted , is to be according to the Lawes , and so all these Things are not Absolutely in the King ; as for instance , Pardons , the Law denies Power of Pardoning wilfull Murther ; And Benefit of some Confiscations belongs to some Private Lords of Mannours . Then if those Delinquents get the King to Protect them , or surreptiously get Commands of him , to Raise Arms to Shelter themselves against the Iudgement of the two Houses ; the two Houses have Power by the Law to Raise not onely the Posse Comitatus of those Counties where such Delinquents are ▪ to apprehend them ; but also the Posse Regni , the Power of the whole Kingdom if need be ; or else the Power of Punishment is not in their hands according to Law , and it would be safer contemning and scorning and opposing the highest Iudicatory , the Parliament , then any Inferiour Court , a Judge of Assize , or the like : and they that could get Commands to Violate the Law before , would easily get Protection against the Parliament when they are Questioned , if the Parliament had no Power to Raise Arms to suppresse them .


id: A90100
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1642.0
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sentence: 145
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title:
  The Observator defended in a modest reply to the late Animadversions upon those notes the Observator published upon the seven doctrines and positions which the King by way of recapitulation layes open so offensive.

summary:
  It is therefore notoriously calumnious and inconsequent which the Animadversor from hence affirms , That the Parliament affects an arbitrary power , or the particular rights in ordinary course of Justice , as also the safety of King and people must at all times totally depend on their Votes exclusively of the King : Which in the following Position comes to be more fully disproved : Which power we confesse with him can never be safe either for King or people , nor is presidentable . Where then is the evill for which the Parliament must be so scourged by all sort of hands ? why did we engage them so studiously to wipe off that Rust , which began to eate so deep into the letter of our lawes , and all our possessions ? and to make new purchases for us of all our estates ? if now being assembled they cannot discerne what and where those lawes are to be found , by the luster and power of which they they should act all this for us .


id: A70879
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1642.0
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sentence: 110
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title:
  Some few observations upon His Majesties late answer to the declaration or remonstance of the Lords and Commons of the 19 of May, 1642

summary:
  Sence ; and it is inferred therefore , That they are dangerous , and may bring the life and liberty of the Subject to a Lawlesse , and Arbitrary subjection ; this supposition is inconsistent with one of the most sacred and venerable pillars of all Law and policy ; and yet here it is insisted upon , Let all Chronicles be searched , and let one Story be cited of any Parliament , which did tyrannize over King and Subiect , or ordain any thing to the mischief of both ; yet Kings I think will not make the same challenge , the best of them have done Acts of oppression , and the Reasons are apparant for it ; but no Reasons can be given why Parliaments should usurpe , or how they can usurpe ; yet the Kings inference runs against all Parliaments : He doth not say this Parliament tyrannizeth , and therefore he resides from them , and pronounces their Votes invalid , but because Parliaments may tyrannize ; therefore they have no power in their Votes at all , at any time whatsoever , further then the King ratifies them . For wee see in divers Monarchies and free States , some Princes which are limited from evill are not the more disabled from good , and if they be sometimes , that nation is perhaps happier , which intrusts Princes too little , then that which intrusts them two farre , and yet neverthelesse I desire to see no innovation in our English Monarchy , neither if this King shall upon this or that emergent occasion yeeld to some temporall restraint , would I wish to see it perpetuall , except in things onely tending to evill , for example , the King had a Prerogative to discontinue and dissolve Parliaments at pleasure , and the abuse of this Prerogative was the cause of all our late sufferings , but this Prerogative being restrayned , what injury is likely to follow eyther to the King or State , for in such restrictions , wch are from greater evills , but from lesse good , the King ought not to be difficult , and in such restrictions which may disable from good , as well as evill , the people ought not to be importunate ; but it is further obiected that by the same power Parliaments may disseise both the King and Subiects from their estates , as they make ordinances for the Militia , but in truth is not this a strange result , the Parliament have power to doe good offices by the consent of the people , & therefore they may have power to doe ill offices against the consent both of King and People , it is of dangerous consequence to suppose that Parliaments will do any iniustice , it looseth one of the firmest ●inewes of Law to admit it ; but to conclude that Parliaments can doe such iniustice as may oppresse both King and People , from whom all their power is derived , is unnaturall : and whereas the King claymes an interest in the Militia as legall and proper as ours are , in our Lands or Tenements , we must avoyd mistakes herein ; for in our goods and inheritances we have not so pure and unconditionall a right , but that it is inconsistant with the common right also , and in this respect the Kings possessions are not priviledged more then a subiect , for the States proprietie cannot bee excluded out of eyther , the same man also may have severall proprieties in severall things , for that propriety which the King hath in a Subiect , is not the same , nor so intire as that which he hath in his horse , for that right which he hath as a Prince , is by way of trust , and all trust is commonly limited more for the use of the party trusting , then the partie trusted ; in some cases also there are mutuall proprieties , and so the King ownes us as his Subiects , and wee owne him as our King , but that ownership which we have in him as our King , is of a farre more excellent and high nature then that ownership which the King hath in us as his Subiects ; that occasionall interest which the Scots had in Newcastle , or the Parliament in Hull , did not wholly drowne the Kings interest , nor the Particular owners , such temporary possessions may sometimes happen without the utter disseisin or dissinherison of each other , and we see in a breach of peace , the Constable by force takes my sword from me , and in such manner as hee may not take my cloake , although my interest in my Sword is as good as in my cloake , and yet my property in my Sword is not altered by that propertie which the officer seises to himselfe ; and doubtlesse had the same arguments beene pressed against disseisin of Lesley , as have beene since against Sir Iohn Hotham , they would have beene held much more impertinent then now they are , so much more are wee vilipended and harder treated then other nations are ; let not common sence then bee so much baffled as to make this temporary possession of Hull taken by Sir John Hotham , upon an extraordinary necessity of State so declared by the Judgement of Parliament , for the preventing of civill Warre ; and consequently for the preventing of great dis-service , both to King and State ; the same thing , as the violent intrusion of a private dis-seizor upon the just inheritance of his Neighbour : he which confesses , That the King hath a true and perfect interest in the Kingdom , doth not deny , That the Kingdom hath a more worthy and transcendent interest in it self , and in the King too : This is so far from contradiction , that he is farre from reason , that so conceives it .


id: A93628
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
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title:
  The speech of Their Excellencies the Lords Ambassadours Extraordinary. From the high and mighty States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, taking their leave of both the Honourable Houses of Parliament assembled at Westminster. 10. April 1645. Translated out of French into English: and printed by their Excellencies order. Steph. Taylor secr. Together with a moderate answer by a private gentleman. Printed according to order.

summary:
  This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A93628 of text R200014 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E278_9). 31 C The rate of 31 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words.


id: A91193
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 7718
sentence: 206
flesch: 54
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title:
  The cheif [sic] affairs of Ireland truly communicated. For a check and reproof to all such as walk Westminster-Hall, onely to spread false wonders of the Toryes, and landing of forrein forces in Ireland, that they may discourage any that are now willing to go over either to plant, or serve in the wars for the better speeding of the work yet behinde.

summary:
  4. The said Duke is to do nothing in abrogation of the Kings Authoritie , or jurisdiction in Ireland , but rather to amplifie it : and having restor'd the Kingdom , and Religion to their due , pristine estate , He is to resigne cheerfully the Kingdom to the King . The Pope would certainly govern Ireland intirely , and imediately by his own substitutes , if it were possibly to be obtained , rather then admit of these conditions for the King or Duke : but since all cannot be obtained , He will lay hold of what share he can .


id: A56328
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1646.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8519
sentence: 322
flesch: 63
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title:
  The Trojan horse of the Presbyteriall government vnbowelled wherein is contained, I. The power of the Presbyterian government, II. The persons in whom this power is placed, III. The exercise of the Presbyterian power in Scotland, and the lawes there imposed on the peoples necks.

summary:
  If they be not , they are the more to blame that seek to obtrude that yoke upon us , and inforce it by the obligation of an Oath , which they regard not before hand to acquaint us with , that we may knowingly ( as men and Christians ) resolve what is fit for us to doe . Men of best knowledge in Gods Word , and cleanest life , men faithfull , and of most honest conversation , that can be found in the Kirk , must be nominate to be in election , and their names must be publiquely read to the whole Kirk by the Minister , giving them advertisement that from amongst them must be chosen Elders and Deacons .


id: A91231
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1642.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8515
sentence: 215
flesch: 49
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title:
  The generall junto or The councell of union, chosen equally out of England, Scotland, and Ireland, for the better compacting of three nations into one monarchy, &c.

summary:
  I wish therefore the Government may be ever sweetned amongst us in England , Scotland , and Ireland , by Justice , and Equality ; for what attracts love amongst Nations , we all know ; and how far the Attraction is generalrally helpfull , we all know ; and how farre Nations naturally desire that help , we all know . The Generall Junto , or the Councell of Union , &c. TO perswade to Vnion , and commend now the benefit of it to England , Scotland , and Ireland , would ( I think ) be unnecessary : it will be sufficient to make an Overture , how a further , and more intimate Vnion may be maintained amongst us .


id: A56216
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1643.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 9252
sentence: 184
flesch: 41
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title:
  The oath of pacification, or, A forme of religious accomodation humbly proposed both to King and Parliament : thereby, to set an end to the present miseries and broyles of this discomposed, almost ship-wrackt state.

summary:
  Machiavell had never past for a wise man , had not all his subtill grounds tended to the pursuing of that advantage of KINGS , which consists in the peoples disadvantage ; and yet nothing can be more contrary to wisdome , or more repugnant to the Principles of solid Policie , then this very doctrine ; and without doubt , no wise man will seek to excuse him of sottish folly , but by accusing him of pernitious flattery ; for if he did not wilfully betray PRINCES , as perhaps Rehoboams Councellors did , surely he did but publish to the world , the sickly conceptions of his own narrow heart . But it remaines now in the last place that we suppose some doubt to be in the case , or some mixture of injustice in some circumstances : as that , though the King incline not at all to Popery himselfe , yet he has favoured ▪ and enabled Papists too farre to do mischiefe ; and though he cannot with safety cast himselfe wholly upon the fidelity of the Parliament : yet he has no cause utterly to reject their consent , and approbation in the filling up of all places of publike power and trust as the emergent necessity of the times now is , nor to persist in this all-consuming war , rather then to condescend to an Accommodation of that nature ; if we lay down but this for supposed , we must needs conclude that the King ha's not punctually and duly discharged his Office , so as that he can clearly acquit , and absolve himselfe before God of this lamentable effusion of Christian blood : For there must not onely be a perspicuous justice in the Cause , but an absolute necessity of the war , when kings take up the sword against such a considerable number of their Subjects as our King now fights against .


id: A56168
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1642.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 9218
sentence: 273
flesch: 61
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title:
  An appendix to the late answer printed by His Majesties command, or, Some seasonable animadversions upon the late observator and his seaven anti-monarchicall assertions with a vindication of the King and some observations upon the two houses.

summary:
  Rom. 13. and in the King or people , but onely secundariò & derivativè : Power or Dominion is not a gift of Nature , that is to say , naturally inherent in us ; for if it were , then might all men have equall power , for that by nature we are all equall ; but power is a gift of God to Nature , and is gratia gratis data ; and yet power is congruous in nature , as was the power of King , and office of Priesthood in Melchisedec : for surely he had them both given , or appointed to him by God , being by interpretation King of Righteousnesse , and King of Peace , Heb. 2.7 . And therefore it is not likely that he usurped to himselfe the Regall title of King , no more then he did of being Priest ; and yet it was very probable that it was also agreeable in Reason and Nature , and although not tyrannicall , yet peaceable Kingly reigne , and sacred Priesthood did fitly belong to him : for he is by most Divines thought to have been Sem , the eldest sonne of Noah ; and by the law of Nature , of Moses , and of most Nations , the eldest is to inherit ; so that what was the right of Adam , Seth , and Noah , might belong unto him by birth-right , although it may be God confirmed it unto him extraordinarily .


id: A91220
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
title: The cordiall of Mr. David Ienkins: or His reply to H.P. barrester of Lincolnes-Inne, answered.
date: 1647.0
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flesch: 46
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summary:
  These words of the Writ , though they are generall , and in some things ambigious , yet they are no more disadvantagious to the Commons , then to the Lords or King . Let Master Ienkins apply his owne words to himselfe here , for certainly hee ought to make a conscience of blinding the people with such untrue colours to the ruine of King and Kingdome .


id: A08939
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1640.0
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mime: application/xml
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sentence: 249
flesch: 50
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title:
  The case of shipmony briefly discoursed, according to the grounds of law, policie, and conscience and most humbly presented to the censure and correction of the High Court of Parliament, Nov. 3. 1640.

summary:
  The Kings words also since have beene upon another occasion , That he ever intended his people should enjoy property of good● , and liberty of persons , holding no King so great , as he that was King of a rich and free people : and if they had not property of goods , and liberty of persons , they could bee neither rich nor free . Divines of late have beene much to blame here in preaching one universall forme of government , as necessary to all Nations , and that not the moderate & equall neither , but such as ascribes all to Soveraignty , nothing at all to popular liberty : Some Lawyers also and Statesmen have deserved as ill of late , partly by suggesting that our English Laws are too in●urious to our King ; and pa●●ly by informing , that this King is more limited by Law then his Progenitors were , and that till he be as the King of France is , Rex As●●orum , he is but a subject to his subjects , and as a Minor under the command of guardians : bnt what hath ensued out of the Kings jealously of his subject , and overstraining his Prerogative ? nothing but irrepairable losse and mischiefe both to King and Commonwealth : and indeed the often and great infections and insurrections which have hapned of late , almost all over Europe , may suffice to warn all wise Princes , not to over-straine their Prerogatives too high ; not to g●ve eare to such Counsellors as some of out Judges are , who affirme our Kings Prerogative to be in all points unalterable , and by consequence not depending upon Law at all : by another exception of this word Prerogative in England , we mean such Law here establisht , as gives the King such and such preheminences and priviledges before any subject ;


id: A56364
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1642.0
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title:
  The vintners answer to some scandalous phamphlets [sic] published as is supposed by Richard Kilvert and abetted in some points by his brother Roger and Alderman Abel wherein the vintners vindicate their owne reputations to the world for satisfaction of all such as know not the said Kilvert wretched and lewed conversation : or have credited his foule impudent defamations suggested against them.

summary:
  Alderman Abel took upon him to be Master of the Company , his Shrievalty expiring at Michaelmas following , the Bishop of Lincolns triall being end●d about the same time , both he and Kilvert had good leasure to joyn , and to combine about the businesse of Vintners . That this Act of Court were not so main an Evidence for Kilvert , and fit to be so often insisted upon , if it were not mis-alleaged , and mis-applyed ; for if the major part of Vintners did appear , and consent , yet they were perswaded , threatned , intreated , but did neither perswade , threaten , nor intreat ; and they consented to comply with the King , and did not use means that the King might comply with them , as Kilvert most maliciously inverts it ; and their compliance was in appointing Committees to treat of an Imposition , but not absolutely to submit to it ; and if they had absolutely yeelded , yet all circumstances considered , it ought not to be held a voluntary yeelding , but such a violent one , as the Sea-mans is in a Tempest , when he submits to the weather , and chuses rather to cast away all his wares , then himself , and ship , and all .


id: A91163
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
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title:
  Accommodation cordially desired, and really intended. A moderate discourse: tending, to the satisfaction of all such, who do either wilfully, or ignorantly conceive that the Parliament is disaffected to peace. Written upon occasion of a late pamphlet, pretended to be printed at Oxford; entituled a Reply to the answer of the London-Petition for peace.

summary:
  The great contrivers of our sad divisions , which abuse the weake reason of the people , to keepe up an unfortunate misunderstanding between King and Subject are not named by the Replicant ; but they are clearely pointed out to be the Chiefe Lords and Commons in Parliament : for he saith , Every new Vote of late hath been a new affliction : and he makes Pennington and the Citty Lecturers to be but Iourney-men Rebels under them : and even this Hellish slander he venteth under the name of the Petitioners , whom he stiles the most considerable persons of the Citty : and at the same time affirmeth , that the people generally are of honest affections . Can the Parliament expresse zeale to peace better then by contracting all its rights and priviledges into one compendious proposition , for the setling of union ? To purchase true peace , the Parliament desires nothing but to retain the meere being of a Parliament ; that is , to be the supreme Court of King and Kingdome .


id: A56182
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
title: The contra-replicant, his complaint to His Maiestie
date: 1643.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 15257
sentence: 290
flesch: 40
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summary:
  Haselrig , are designed for the ●l●ck , and that u●on such charges , as shall intangle almost all the most eminent Gentry and Nobility , as well as them , That this is the Kings unhappinesse is aggreed , but that this is the Parliaments fault is not proved by the Replicant , and we are not bound alwayes to abate him proofes in matters of this consequence . H●● . the 4. was as wi●e ▪ as vali●nt , and as just a Prince as ever was Crowned in Eng●and , and no Prince ever had by experience a more perfect understanding of the English Genius :


id: A91248
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1645.0
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title:
  Jus regum. Or, a vindication of the regall povver: against all spirituall authority exercised under any form of ecclesiasticall government. In a brief discourse occasioned by the observation of some passages in the Archbishop of Canterburies last speech. Published by authority.

summary:
  yet may it be recalled again , but never at the Ministers will and pleasure ( which at sometimes is incident to authority ) but by the contrition and repentance of the obstinate party publikely promising , and vowing his amendment , upon which evidence the Minister may pronounce his absolution receiving him again into the bosome of the Church , and admitt him againe into the Communion of Saints , and this sentance is likewise ratifyed in Heaven , If the parties repentance be unfained and sincere , which notwithstanding may be hypocriticall and dissembled in him , albeit he doth refraine and forbeare from the performance of that wherein he gave the offence and scandall , and doth moreover proceede to amendment of his life , not onely in that particular , but doth walke unblameably and without any deserved reproofe from the judgment of men in all other , howsoever upon a visible purpose of amendment , the Minister not onely may , but must receive him againe into the bosome of the Church , and admit him againe into the holy Communion with others , so that nothing is left to the will of the Minister , nor to the finall judgement of the Minister , but all is referred to the will and knowledge of God , and where will and knowledge are excluded , their Authority is wanting , and though much may be effected and brought to passe by them , yet whatsoever is effected deserves not the name as differing from the nature of Authority : and the Ministers of Christ having no Authority in those things wherein they cannot ere so long as they follow the cleare light revealed in Scripture , they can much lesse have any Authority for such things which flow from their owne Invention , nor can they inforce obedience by any spirituall meanes or censures of the Church , unto any thing whereof they themselves are Authors , when no spirituall meanes are compulsive in regard of the Instrument that must apply them , and whatsoever efficacy or vertue they have , yet may they never be applyed for the inforcing of any thing whereof man is Author , for then it would follow that the will of man or something proceeding from the will of man would be a rule to the Justice of God , when one man must be as a Publican , or Heathen and consequently uncapable of the fruits of Christs death , for disobeying onely the will , or something depending upon the will of another , which no man dares to affirme , and having no compulsive meanes to inforce obedience , they can have no legislative power of making of cannons and constitutions binding to the conscience , for a law without a penalty or power sufficient to inforce it , is no law , nor neede they have any such power , for such a power is not conducible at all to that end of Religion which is committed to them , & to their care and paines , but is destructive to the end of government ; for Religion hath a two fold end , the one respecteth God , the other man , the end of religion in respect of God is to glorify God , that man who was therefore created to glorify his Maker should by a true knowledge of the true God glorify him aright , and the end of religion in respect of man , is to bring a man from all confidence in himselfe or the creature , to rely upon the Providence and goodnesse of God who is the Creator , to the end he may renounce his own righteousnesse to be made partaker of the merits and Righteousnesse of the Sonne of God , the Redeemer of Mankinde , that by faith in him he may obtaine grace and some measure of sanctification in this life , for the remission of sinnes , and fruition of Glory hereafter : and for this end of religion no humane lawes do contribute any thing at all , for unto this the Scriptures are sufficient being compleate in themselves , and the chiefe duty of the Ministers of the Gospell is to explaine and expound the true meaning of scripture to others , for doing whereof they should be learned in all necessary learning and skilfull , as also have a lawfull Calling by a lawfull Ordination , and for which it is very fit that they be set apart from all other imployment , and have a sufficient maintenance that they may the better attend that to which they are called ; but for the other end to glorify God , humane lawes doe contribute much , but they are required of Christian Kings and Magistrates , and not of Christian Ministers , for God did from the begining put Authority into the hands of the Magistrate , and endowed them with effectuall meanes for inforcing of obedience to what should be commanded by them , so did he never in the hands of the Priests and Levites under the Law , nor of the Apostles under the Gospell , and by consequence into the hands of no Ministers whatsoever succeeding them , and God doth require of the Magistrate to improve his Authority ( which is the talent that God hath given him ) for the gaining of others by force and compulsion , ( when no other meanes will prevaile ) to the performance of those dutyes that are required of them , as he requires of all who are called to labour in the Ministeriall function and office , to imploy their gifts and graces ( which are the talents bestowed upon them ) painfully and dilligently for the enlightning of the understanding of others , whereby every exalted thought and imagination may be brought downe , which the Magistrates Power and Authority can never reach , for the Power of the Magistrate reacheth no further then to the outward life & conversation , when the operation of the Ministry subdueth the will , and therefore the principall care of the Magistrate is and ought to be to enforce men to live uprightly and justly as they ought to doe , for by so doing men glorify God , but this is not all , the glory that is to be performed by man to God , for besides there must be a ready submission to the Will of God , springing from a perfect love to God , and grounded upon an assured confidence of Gods love to us , which may be begotten and kindled in a man , but can never be inforced , and to this duty tendeth the Ministers paines and labour , but it is and ought to be the Christian Magistrates care to provide for all that can onely be introduced by force and compulsion in the Service of God , wherefore the severall ends of Magistracy and of the Ministry are different but not contrary , but the severall meanes by which they attaine their ends are not onely different but contrary , and those meanes which are effectuall to the one , are not only ineffectuall but uselesse to the other , for the Magistrate can never attaine that end to which his Authority conduceth by no perswation nor information onely , nor can the Minister subdue the will nor informe the understanding by any Authority from or in himselfe , and both of them have their Commission immediately from God , and each of them are subject to the other without any subordination of offices from the one to the other , for the Magistrate is no lesse subject to the operation of the word from the mouth of the Minister then any other man whatsoever , and the Minister againe is as much subject to the Authority of the Magistrate as any other Subject whatsoever , and therefore though there be no subordination of offices , yet is there of Persons , the Person of the Minister remaining a Subject , but not the function of the Ministry , but there needes not two Tribunalls nor Independent Courts be erected to provide for their severall ends and dutyes required of them , for the Minister can never attaine the end of his labours , by no Judiciall processe nor legall proceedings whatsoever , and therefore all Judiciall courts are needelesse and uselesse to his ends , yet are they not so to himselfe having other ends then what are required of him for the discharge of his duty and function , but it is essentiall to the Magistrate to have a tribunall and judiciall Courts , for the attaining of his ends and duties required of him , without which he can never discharge his dutie as he ought , but whensoever the like Tribunall is erected in the Church as is necessary in the State , they must be Independent one of another in regard the severall offices governing Church and State are so , but all that is to be got by Independant Tribunalls , is either dissention and discord , which is the usuall fruite that devision of Authority beareth , or by compliance to provide for one anothers Interests , or particular ends differing from their publick dutyes , with the manifest losse of true religion on both sides , which many times drawes downe the Judgment of God upon one or both , as being a third person no lesse interressed in Justice and Honour then either , and many times the Justice of God is most greeveous when least apprehended , as suffering men to wallow in their sins to dye in security , nor is it a small Judgment to leave men to the necessary effects , which division of Authority produceth : for the end of all government is the preservation of humane society , the meanes of doing whereof is by union and unity , and Authority is the effectuall meanes of producing and propagating unity ? and therefore whensoever Authority is divided , Vnitie may alwaies , and sometimes must admit of division which destroyes it , for unity and division are destructive one of another , and when two Tribunalls are erected for the determining of severall and different causes and crimes , both armed with a forcible Authority , weilding swords of a different nature , agreable to their different constitutions , and without any dependency and subordination the one to the other , what lasting concord and agreement can there be beweene these two , they that mannage them must be juster then men are knowne to be , or advantages will be taken when given by the one , ( as no sublunary substances which are subject to change can remaine long in an equall ballance ) for subjecting the other ; and therefore it was , when the Christian world did by a generall consent beleeve that the Church having a sword though invisible , for the cutting off of all schismaticall and refractory Members , no lesse really and truly then the State hath a visible materiall sword , which for the preservation of union and unity , was esteemed necessary to be put into the hands of one , and therefore willingly submitted their necks , under the Imaginary stroake thereof , from the sentence of Popes , or Bishops of Rome ; How easie was it for them by reason therof to subject all Christian Princes and Magistrates unto a dependency and subordination unto them and their Authority , and how did they trouble the Christian world , by transferring of rights and stirring up of rebellion whensoever any of those Princes did oppose them , or contradict their wills by a supposed Intrenching upon their pretended Prerogatives though usurped ▪ but when the Popes right began to be questioned by some , whereby his reputation did decline , even amongst those who adhearing still to the doctrine of the Church of Rome as to that in which they had beene educated and bred , yet did not beleeve his censures to be so dreadfull as before they apprehended them to be ; but the edge of his sword being thereby blunted , and the edge of the temporall sword being not onely visible but sharpe , the advantage returned to Princes , whereby those Princes who continued in union with the Church of Rome , professing subjection and obedience to the spirituall Authority thereof , doe notwithstanding now reduce that power and Authority to which they professe subjection , unto a subordination of them and their Authority to be directed by them , which will be of no longer permanency , then that Church can insnare the world againe to an apprehension and beleife of the reality of their power , to beget which they continually indeavour and aspire , and have no small hopes from the differences and divisions amongst Protestants , for the increasing and fomenting whereof it is not to be imagined that they are idle ; but whatsoever their hopes and practises are , their greatest strength remaineth in this , that it is generally beleeved that the Church hath a spirituall Authority for the cutting off of all schismaticall Members , and that this Authority is to be preserved in some one forme or other without any derivation thereof from any humane power , for then it cleerely and undoubtedly followeth , that whosoever by such principles of reason taken from the end of government doth incline to Monarchy , and that this spirituall Authority can best be preserved by the Supremacy of one man , then the Bishops of Rome , having had for a long time , and for a long succession , and still having the possession , besides other advantages of greatnesse and power which begetteth strength and reputation , must and will be acknowledged by all those to be the onely spirituall Monarch in the Church armed with spirituall Authority ; and whosoever out of prejudice against the Church of Rome , taken against her by reason of either her errours or abuses , or both , doth seperate themselves from the Communion of that Church , and by consequence onely free themselves from her subjection , but doe notwithstand adheare to and retaine the grounds of those errours and abuses , by acknowledging and beleeving that the same spirituall Authority ( which was presupposed to have beene abused by the Popes and Bishops of Rome as Vsurpers onely over the rest of the Clergy , or too great a power and consequently dangerous in the hands of any one man ) is not onely lawfull but necessary as being Inherent in the function , and essentiall for the preservation of union and unity , to be preserved in some other forme which they agree upon and like better then the incontrollable Supremacie of one man , then this doth necessarily follow , that albeit they free themselves from all the errours and abuses which were introduced by the Supreamicie of one man , yet so long as they acknowledge that the same power and Authority is resident in others , they can never free themselves of all errours and abuses which are introducible by Authority , but that the property and condition of things in themselves indifferent will be changed from being indifferent and converted into the nature and necessity of absolute duties , which ever begets bondage and subjection , and sense of bondage doth ever beget desire of liberty , which can never be obtained so long as the opinion of a necessity of Authority in some forme or other is retained ; and experience hath now taught us , what could not be foreseene by reason alone , without some additionall helpe from divine illumination , that in the Church of England which did not onely shake off the Supreamicie of the Pope , but had purged her selfe of all those errours which had either crept in , or were introduced by the power of that Supreamicie , by retaining of Bishops , and giving them a part onely of that spirituall Authority , which formerly was acknowledged to Popes , and though quallifying that part by restraining it from all legislative power , or a power to inact any thing , but allowing it a Power of Iudicature , the effectuall operation and proper working of that part of spirituall Authority , hath now fully manifested it selfe to tend to propogate superstition and errour ▪ rather then the sincerity and truth of Religion ; and as the naturall motions of different bodies , differing in quality and substance tend to different centers , the naturall motion of Episcopacy , hath now discovered it selfe to indeavour continually to unite it selfe to such a head to which it is capable to aspire , rather then to be in subjection under such a head to which it hath no capacity to aspyre , and that received principle of State , that Episcopacy , is a support to Monarchy , is now likewise discovered to be fraudulent and deceitefull , for it is true that it is a support to a spirituall Monarchy or Monarchy in the Church , as being the basis and foundation thereof , but doth undermine and destroy Monarchy in the State , especially in that State which doth trust unto it as to a supporter , and the reason is cleere , for all supporters which have no solid foundation , doe ruinate those buildings , which are erected upon them being of greater weight and substance then the foundation can beare , and the foundation of Episcopacy being layed in the engrossing of spirituall Authority or Ecclesiasticall censures ; Spirituall Authority it selfe hath no other existence nor being , but what it hath in the Imagination and beleefe , which is too slippery a ground to support a solid substance , such as temporall Monarchy is , but may be sufficient to support an aery and imaginary bulk , such as spirituall Monarchy is , which Episcopacy not only supports , but continually tends towards as to its proper center , and my Lord of Cant. By which means , an equall allegiance should have been payed to them as to the King and his Successors for ever : And all this was presented to the blinded world , and abused King , as a remedy to secure men against any suspicion of revolt to Popery , which was nothing else but a publick setting up of Popery , though not yet of the Popes supremacy , which was to follow ; and imploying the help and assistance of the Magistrates Sword , and the force and power of the Laws of the Land to that very use and end ; For Popery consisteth neither in this or that superstition nor Idolatry , nor in this or that erroneous Doctrine , nor in all-together , principally and chiefly ; but in the absolutenesse of spirituall authority commanding Implicite obedience , to whatsoever Doctrine or Superstition shall be invented by man , as necessary and essentiall to the true worship of God , under the threatned pain and penalty of Excommunication and Interdiction , and promising the kingdome of heaven to whomsoever it pleaseth , as a gift or reward within the power of man : and the assumption of which so divine and incompetent a power to any man or mankind united together , and the deriving thereof from one solely to others , as inherent in the person or function of one onely , doth necessarily inferre and presuppose the gift of Infallibility in him who doth so assume it , that he may become an unappealable Judge , which doth exalt him , in the sight and esteeme of those men who do beleeve in him , and willingly submit unto him , to the nature and dignity of the incommunicable prerogative of God , and makes him undeniably the revealed Antichrist to others , by usurping and possessing the throne of Christ upon earth , for whom onely , such dominion and authority is reserved in heaven .


id: A91327
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1648.0
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title:
  Of a free trade. A discourse seriously recommending to our nation the wonderfull benefits of trade, especially of a rightly governed, and ordered trade. Setting forth also most clearly, the relative nature, degrees, and qualifications of libertie, which is ever to be inlarged, or restrained according to that good, which it relates to, as that is more, or lesse ample. / Written by Henry Parker Esquire.

summary:
  yet both admitting of severall degrees , and limitations , they are not so opposite but that some kinde of restraint may be reconciled to some kinde of freedome , for in as much as it is sometimes convenient to be restrained , though not alwaies , and from all things ; and sometimes it is inconvenient to be loosed , or inlarged though not alwaies , and from all things : in regard that restraint at sometimes onely upholds Order , and liberty at other times introduces confusion : Our mayne Quaere , is onely this ; Whether that restraint in Trade which hitherto has been establish't amongst such and such Companies of Merchants , be conducing to Order , or no : And whether that Freedome of Trade which irregular Interlopers dispute for be the usher of confusion , or no . Hen : the 4th . and Hen : the 7th . were as wise Kings as ever raign'd in England , and when the one of them granted our Charter , & the other inlarged the same , the main consideration , which both of them had in their eyes , was the prevention of many mischeifs empeachments , & obstructions which at that time sensibly oppressed Merchants , and confounded Trade , ob defectum boni , & sani Regiminis .


id: A91254
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1650.0
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title:
  A letter of due censure, and redargvtion [sic] to Lieut: Coll: John Lilburne: touching his triall at Guild-Hall-London in Octob: last. 1649. Wherein if there be contemper'd some corrosive ingredients, tis not to be imputed unto malice: the intent is, to eat away the patients proud, dead flesh, not to destroy any sincere, sound part.

summary:
  But if the judgement-seat be Gods , and not mans , and if the sentence which the Judges speak upon that seat be Gods , and not mans , ( as we must needs beleeve it is , if we will beleeve the expresse words of Gods book ) how can you deny God to have an extraordinary judiciall presence in the Court ? a presence to try and passe upon you ? for this is most plain , if God were not judicially , and extraordinarily in the Court , the Judges then should be said to determine for man , and not for God , to give sentence in their own names , and not as Gods ministers . No more need be said , if you professe the subversion of your Countrey , and a generall emnity to the kinde of man , your philosophy must be held impious , though not stolid : but if you propose these things for the good of your Countrey , and your kinde , you will be held , as stolid , as impious : but what shall I say ? in case self-love has wholly dementated you , all that I can presse will be to no purpose , neither can the various testimonies of men , nor the irrefragable evidence that shines out of common maximes , nor the experience of all ages convince you , that you are to credit any thing besides your self .


id: A56223
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
title: Observations upon some of His Majesties late answers and expresses
date: 1642.0
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sentence: 329
flesch: 31
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summary:
  The King sayes ; 'T is imp●obable and impossible that His Cabinet Counsellours , or his Bishops or seuldiers , who must have so great a share in the misery , should take such paines in the procuring thereof , and spend so much time , and run so many hazards to make themselves slaves , and to ruine the freedome of this Nation : how strange is this ? wee have had almost 40 yeeres experience , that the Court way of preferment has beene by doing publicke ill Offices , and we can nominate what Dukes , what Earles , what Lords , what Knights , have been made great and rich by base disservices to the State : and except Master Hollis his rich Widow , I never heard that promotion came to any man by serving in Parliament : but I have heard of trouble and imprisonment , but now see the traverse of fortune ; The Court is now turned honest , my Lord of Straffords death has wrought a sudden conversion amongst them , and there is no other feare now , but that a few Hypocrites in Parliament will beguile the major part there , and so usurpe over King , Kingdome , and Parliament for ever , sure this is next to a prodigy , if it be not one : but let us consider the Lords and Commons as meere Counsellors without any power or right of Counselling or consenting , yet wee shall see if they be not lesse knowing and faithfull than other men , they ought not to be deserted , unlesse we will allow that the King may cause whither he will admit of any counsell at all or no , in the disposing of our lives , lands , and liberties . Their chiefe leaders in this horrid tragedy , are Jesuites and meere Bandettoes , and the Authority of King , Parliament , and Magistracy is the principall thing which they strike at , and seeke to overwhelme in this deplorable deluge of blood , such a direct contrariety then being betwixt the true Rebells in Ireland , and the misnamed Rebells here in England , the same men which condemne the one , if they would be true to themselves , they ought to commend the other , for we have had experience often in England , and other nations have had the like , that Kings have marched forth amongst their enemies to encounter with their friends , so easily are they to be flattered into errour , and out of errour to seeke the ruine of those which ayme at nothing but perdition .


id: A56345
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1650.0
extension: .xml
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flesch: 5
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title:
  The true portraiture of the kings of England, drawn from their titles, successions, raigns and ends, or, A short and exact historical description of every king, with the right they have had to the crown, and the manner of their wearing of it, especially from William the Conqueror wherein is demonstrated that there hath been no direct succession in the line to create an hereditary right, for six or seven hundred years : faithfully collected out of our best histories, and humbly presented to the Parliament of England / by an impartial friend to justice and truth.

summary:
  This King not being able to suppress the Barons and people by his own strength , ( they having gotten not onely heart , but power ) sends to forraign Nations for aid , and entertains Poictovines , Italians , Almains , Provincioes to subdue his own people , and set them in great places ; which dangerous and desperate design the Barons much resenting , raised their spirits , and ingaged them in opposition to his Government , and set them on with more courage to look after their liberties ; therefore they several times stand up against the violence of Prerogative ; but what through want of strength or caution they were commonly disappointed ; yet rather ( if we may speak truly ) from the unfaithfulness of the King then any other defect , except it were their easiness to believe Kings , when their Prerogative , and the peoples liberties came in competition ; for after they had many times got , or rather extorted many promises , and confirmed them by oaths , ( the best humane security ) they were put to new designs , through either the suspention , or breach of them , witness these Instances ; after many foiles ▪ and tedious and various delusions by this King ( whose beams attracted most , dazled others ) the Barons , and people ( who were then unanimous through mutual oppressions ) fall more close , and severe on their principles , and wil not endure either delays , or delusions , and therefore effectually to redress their grievances , came very well armed to a Parliament then holden at Oxford ( intended rather for getting Subsidies , then removing oppressions ) in which Assembly they put the King to it , urge their former complaints with more zeal and reason , and with an addition of a mighty Spirit , demand the absolute confirmation of Magna Charta , and in a larger edition ( wherein are comprised those gallant priviledges of the Commons of England , which have yet been but kept by Ink , and Parchment ) and not trusting the King , got his son , Prince Edward , to seal it , with an addition of twenty four ( some write twelve ) Peers which Fabian stiles the douze Peeres , not only to see these priviledges truly observed , but to be as joynt Regents with the King ; and all the Lords , and Bishops in Parliament took a like Oath , to maintain these Articles inviolable ; yea , and all that would have any benefit of residence in the Kingdom , were enjoyned to take the same ; But these were too strict bonds for such a Princes wil , he soon finding advantages ( as he sought them ) recals all , gets a dispensation from the Pope for his forced Oath and to countenance his perjurie ▪ and acts in the old account ; the Barons again stand up with the people stoutly for the performance of the Articles of Oxford ; and sometimes brought him into straits ; yea , fully ▪ defeated him in many bloody battles , and regained the confirmation of the same laws , with security ; that all the Castles throughout England should be delivered to the keeping of the Barons , that the provisions of Oxford be inviolably preserved , that all strangers should be dismist the Kingdom , but those which by generall consent should be thought fit to remain ; this necessitous act though as it gave the people some peace and hopes , so it gave the King time to consider of new mediums , and therefore still to delay , and blind , he Assembles a new Parliament at London , where having ( by the sprinkling of Court water ) won many Lords to take his part , begins to surprise as many of the Barons as he could get , and spoiled their Castles and Houses , that success and authority grows strong on his side , and the Barons with some calme provisoes mediate a peace , insisting onely in generall that the Articles of Oxford might be observed ; But the King relying on his strength , defies them as Traitors ; which done , the peoples two Generals , the Earls of Leicester and Glocester , seeing no other means but to put it to a day , supply their want of strength by their wit and diligence , and carefully and artificially placing their battel ( which was fought at the Town of Lewis in Sussex ) overthrew the Kings Army , took the King , the Prince , the Earl of Cornwal , and his son Henry , the Earls of Arundel , Hereford , with many other Lords , and Gentlemen , both English and Scottish . His eldest Son Edward who was the fifth of that name , succeeded him in claim , & title , but rather lived then raigned ( being an infant ) had never any actuall exercise of his government ; for Ric. Duke of Glocester , and Uncle to this Infant , and made his Protector , that he might set up himself , causeth both the young titular King , & his Brother , ( these two Royall Infants ) to be barbarously murthered in their beds , and so wears the Crown himself , by the name of Richard the Third , untill Henry Earl of Richmond ( a twigg of a Bastard of John of Gaunt ) by his valour at Bosworth field , having overthrown his Army , slew the Tyrant himself , and created by his sword ( for other he had none ) a new title to himself , and was Crowned King , by the name of Henry the Seventh , who , what by his power and by a marriage of the Lady Eliz. the eldest daughter of Ed. the Fourth , confirmed his succession , & from him do all our later Princes derive their Title , as Henry the Eighth , Edward the Sixth , Queen Mary , Queen Elizabeth , King James , and our last Tyrant Charls .


id: A31932
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1645.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 24565
sentence: 628
flesch: 57
cache: cache/A31932.xml
txt: txt/A31932.txt
title:
  The Kings cabinet opened: or, certain packets of secret letters & papers, written with the Kings own hand, and taken in his cabinet at Nasby-Field, June 14. 1645 By victorious Sr. Thomas Fairfax; wherein many mysteries of state, tending to the justification of that cause, for which Sir Thomas Fairfax joyned battell that memorable day are clearly laid open; together, with some annotations thereupon. Published by speciall order of the Parliament·

summary:
  DEare heart , Since my last by S●…oquen I have had no meanes of writing , and as little new matter : that which is now , is the Progresse of the treaty , of which these enclosed papers will give thee a full accompt : but if thou have them sooner from London then mee , thou hast no reason to wonder , considering the length and uncertainty of the way , I am forced to send by , in respect of the other : for the businesse it selfe , I believe thou wilt approve of my choise of Treaters , and for my propositions , they differ nothing in substance ( very little in words ) from those which were last : wherefore I need to say nothing of them , and for my instructions they are not yet made , but by the n●…xt I hope to send them : Now upon the whole matter I desire thee to show the Q. and Ministers there , the improbability that this present Treaty shou'd produce a peace , considering the great strange difference ( if not contrariety ) of grounds that are betwixt the Rebe'ls propositions and mine , and that I cannot alter mine , nor will they ev●…r theirs , untill they be out of hope to prevaile by force , which a little assistance , by thy meanes , will soon●… make them so ; for I am confid●…nt , if ever I could put them to a defensive ( which a reasonable som●… of money would doe ) they would be easily brought to reason . yet we dare boldly say , that no English King did ever from that place , speak ●…estruction to his people , but safety and honour ; nor any that abhorred that Seat and Councell , but did the contrary .


id: A48309
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1641.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 24378
sentence: 533
flesch: 42
cache: cache/A48309.xml
txt: txt/A48309.txt
title:
  A discovrse concerning Puritans tending to a vindication of those, who unjustly suffer by the mistake, abuse, and misapplication of that name.

summary:
  And thus it does mischiefe to men , not commonly noted for Puritans , but if a man be so noted , though perhaps irregularly , then it is farther otherwise abused : for all such a mans evill shall be charged upon his Puritanisme , and all his good defaced for his Puritanisme . Charitie urges me not to censure any man in particular for an hypocrite , yet wisdome teaches me not to free all men in generall from being hypocrites : such charity may well stand and agree together with such wisdome , and such wisdome with such charitie ; but if I doe not at all scruple any mans integrity , this necessitates me not therefore to ascribe an infallibilitie : for if I can easily yeeld to hope and think well of all Puritans , yet it ought not to be expected that I should yeeld my consent to all Puritans in all things .


id: A56149
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 25587
sentence: 611
flesch: 50
cache: cache/A56149.xml
txt: txt/A56149.txt
title:
  The altar dispute, or, A discovrse concerning the severall innovations of the altar wherein is discussed severall of the chiefe grounds and foundations whereon our altar champions have erected their buildings / by H. P.

summary:
  My Lord of Canterbury , and Doctor Pocklington thinke it a good argument for Alta●worship , that 300. yeares agoe the Founders of the Garter did performe their Ceremonies with adoration before the Altar , and that the successors of that Order have continued the same adoration ever since . Leave thy gift at the Altar , and g●e and reconcile thy selfe to thy brother , &c.


id: A56187
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1644.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 28651
sentence: 720
flesch: 51
cache: cache/A56187.xml
txt: txt/A56187.txt
title:
  Jus populi, or, A discourse wherein clear satisfaction is given as well concerning the right of subiects as the right of princes shewing how both are consistent and where they border one upon the other : as also, what there is divine and what there is humane in both and whether is of more value and extent.

summary:
  For t is not by us questioned whether powers are from God or no ; but whether they are so extraordinarily from God , as that they have no dependence upon humane consent . T is true it proved afterwards fatall to Lot , that he did disjoyne from Abraham , and it had been farre more politick and advantagious for both of them perhaps , if they had incorporated one with another : but the question is not whether it was prejudiciall , or no , to esteeme the priviledge of an Independent liberty before the many other fruits and advantages of a well framed principalitie : but whether it was sin against God , or no , and a transgression against the constitution of power , to pursue that which was most pleasing , before that which was likely to prove more commodious .


id: A91392
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1641.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 31665
sentence: 648
flesch: 40
cache: cache/A91392.xml
txt: txt/A91392.txt
title:
  The true grounds of ecclesiasticall regiment set forth in a briefe dissertation. Maintaining the Kings spirituall supremacie against the pretended independencie of the prelates, &c. Together, vvith some passages touching the ecclesiasticall power of parliaments, the use of synods, and the power of excommunication.

summary:
  Wisdome and goodnesse are blessed graces in the sight of GOD , but these are more private , and Power is an excellence more perfect , and publike , and visible to man then either : if Ministers do sometimes in wisdome , and goodnesse excell Princes , yet in Power they doe not : and therefore though wisdome and goodnesse may make them more amiable somtimes to God , yet Power shall make Princes more Honourable amongst men . And for the same reason , when Princes are said to serve God as Princes , and so to serve him as none other can , we must conceive this spoken also with respect to their power , in as much as wisdome and goodnesse in other men cannot promote the glory of God , and the common good of man , so much as power may in them .


id: A56284
author: Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.
date: 1651.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 33507
sentence: 727
flesch: 46
cache: cache/A56284.xml
txt: txt/A56284.txt
title:
  Scotlands holy vvar a discourse truly, and plainly remonstrating, how the Scots out of a corrupt pretended zeal to the covenant have made the same scandalous, and odious to all good men, and how by religious pretexts of saving the peace of Great Brittain they have irreligiously involved us all in a most pernitious warre / by H.P. ...

summary:
  as they were afterwards by the solemn League and Covenant , when the Scotch Army was to enter England . The Scots by one interpretation of the Covenant are more strictly imbodied with us then formerly , and so to be assisting in our Reformation : yet by another interpretation , they are to maintain to us our Nationall rights , and not at all to interpose in judging of our English affairs : and how can they reform where they may not judge , or how can they judge where they have no propriety ? or how can they challenge more by vertue of this Covenant-union in England , then we do in Scotland ? or how can confusion of interests be introduced , where there remains a coordination so equally , and justly preserved ?


