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             Mr. Grimstons speech, in the High Court of Parliament.
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           Mr.
           GRIMSTONS
           SPEECH
           ,
           IN
           THE
           HIGH
           Court
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Walkely
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           flying
           Horse
           neare
           
             Yorke
          
           House
           .
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           Mr.
           
             GRIMSTONS
             .
          
           SPEECH
           ,
           In
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             SPEAKER
             .
          
        
         
           THese
           Petitions
           which
           have
           bin
           now
           read
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           Remonstrances
           of
           the
           generall
           and
           universall
           grievances
           and
           distempers
           that
           are
           now
           in
           the
           State
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           not
           them
           alone
           :
           But
           his
           Majesties
           gratious
           Expressions
           the
           first
           day
           
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           calls
           me
           up
           to
           speake
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           contrary
           to
           my
           owne
           Intentions
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           head
           of
           the
           body
           politique
           ,
           and
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           hath
           complained
           first
           ,
           declaring
           his
           sensiblenesse
           of
           our
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           hath
           put
           us
           in
           mind
           of
           our
           grievances
           ,
           and
           hath
           freely
           left
           it
           to
           our selves
           (
           for
           our
           redresse
           and
           repaire
           therein
           )
           to
           begin
           and
           end
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           thinke
           fit
           .
           And
           this
           drawes
           me
           on
           with
           much
           cheerfulnesse
           and
           zeale
           to
           contribute
           my
           poore
           indeavours
           to
           so
           great
           a
           worke
           .
        
         
           And
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           I
           conceive
           it
           will
           not
           be
           altogether
           impertinent
           for
           your
           direction
           and
           guidance
           in
           that
           great
           place
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           favour
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           this
           House
           you
           now
           possesse
           ,
           a
           little
           to
           recollect
           our selves
           in
           the
           remembrance
           of
           what
           was
           done
           the
           last
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           where
           we
           ended
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           likewise
           be
           very
           considerable
           what
           hath
           bin
           done
           since
           that
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           who
           they
           are
           that
           have
           bin
           the
           Authors
           and
           Causers
           of
           all
           our
           miseries
           and
           distractions
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           sithence
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           the
           last
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           soone
           as
           the
           House
           was
           setled
           ,
           a
           Subsidiary
           aid
           and
           supply
           was
           propounded
           ,
           and
           many
           Arguments
           used
           to
           give
           the
           precedencie
           before
           all
           other
           matters
           and
           Considerations
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           a
           multitude
           of
           Complaints
           and
           Grievances
           of
           all
           sorts
           ;
           aswell
           concerning
           our
           Eternall
           as
           our
           Temporall
           estates
           were
           presented
           and
           put
           in
           the
           other
           ballance
           :
           The
           wisedome
           of
           that
           great
           Councell
           waighing
           both
           indifferently
           ,
           and
           looking
           not
           onely
           upon
           the
           dangers
           then
           threatned
           from
           SCOTLAND
           (
           which
           are
           now
           upon
           us
           )
           but
           likewise
           taking
           into
           their
           consideration
           the
           Condition
           and
           Constitution
           of
           the
           present
           government
           here
           at
           home
           ,
           concluded
           that
           they
           were
           in
           no
           capacity
           to
           give
           ,
           unlesse
           their
           grievances
           were
           first
           redressed
           and
           removed
           .
        
         
           For
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           it
           then
           was
           ,
           and
           still
           is
           ,
           most
           manifest
           and
           apparent
           ,
           that
           by
           some
           judgements
           lately
           obtained
           in
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           by
           some
           new
           wayes
           of
           Government
           lately
           started
           up
           amongst
           us
           ;
           the
           Law
           of
           property
           is
           so
           much
           shaken
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           say
           he
           is
           master
           
           of
           any
           thing
           :
           But
           all
           that
           we
           have
           ,
           we
           hold
           as
           Tenants
           by
           courtesie
           ,
           and
           at
           will
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           stripped
           of
           it
           at
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           Yet
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           desirous
           to
           give
           his
           Majesty
           all
           possible
           satisfaction
           and
           contentment
           ,
           aswell
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           supply
           for
           expedition
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           substance
           and
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           confined
           and
           limitted
           our selves
           but
           to
           three
           particulars
           onely
           ,
           and
           to
           such
           matters
           as
           properly
           and
           naturally
           should
           have
           reference
           and
           relation
           to
           those
           3.
           heads
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             first
             was
             the
             priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             second
             mattees
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             third
             ,
             the
             propriety
             of
             our
             goods
             and
             Estates
             .
          
        
         
           And
           we
           began
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           Arke
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           Religion
           and
           property
           are
           included
           and
           preserved
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           the
           violations
           complained
           of
           the
           last
           Parliament
           ,
           touching
           our
           priviledges
           ,
           were
           of
           two
           sorts
           ;
           either
           such
           as
           had
           bin
           done
           out
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           violations
           of
           the
           first
           sort
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           by
           vote
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Speaker
          
           refusing
           to
           put
           a
           question
           ,
           being
           thereunto
           required
           by
           the
           House
           .
        
         
         
           Or
           to
           adjourne
           the
           house
           upon
           any
           command
           whatsoever
           ,
           without
           the
           consent
           and
           approbation
           of
           the
           House
           it selfe
           ;
           were
           breaches
           and
           violations
           that
           highly
           impeached
           our
           priviledges
           .
        
         
           And
           having
           passed
           the
           vote
           ,
           J
           conceive
           it
           were
           fit
           we
           should
           now
           proceed
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           and
           consider
           of
           a
           way
           how
           to
           be
           repaired
           against
           them
           that
           have
           beene
           the
           violators
           :
           For
           Execution
           does
           
             animare
             Legem
             .
          
           The
           putting
           of
           an
           old
           Law
           in
           Execution
           ,
           you
           know
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           does
           oftentimes
           doe
           more
           good
           then
           the
           making
           of
           a
           new
           one
           .
        
         
           As
           concerning
           the
           violations
           of
           the
           other
           sort
           ,
           done
           out
           of
           Parliament
           in
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Counsell
           board
           ,
           where
           neither
           our
           persons
           nor
           our
           proceeding
           ought
           to
           have
           bin
           controlled
           or
           medled
           withall
           ;
           And
           as
           concerning
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           property
           of
           our
           goods
           and
           estates
           ,
           there
           were
           divers
           things
           then
           likewise
           agreed
           upon
           by
           vote
           ,
           whereupon
           a
           conference
           was
           desired
           to
           have
           beene
           had
           with
           the
           Lords
           :
           
           But
           what
           interjections
           and
           rubs
           we
           met
           withall
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           Lords
           countervoted
           the
           precedency
           of
           our
           grievances
           .
           And
           how
           our
           Speaker
           was
           taken
           away
           from
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           and
           what
           an
           vnhappy
           conclusion
           we
           had
           at
           the
           last
           .
           The
           remembrance
           of
           it
           were
           a
           subject
           too
           sad
           to
           begin
           another
           Parliament
           withall
           .
        
          Therefore Mr.
>
           Speaker
           ,
           I
           shall
           passe
           from
           what
           was
           done
           the
           last
           Parliament
           and
           come
           to
           what
           hath
           beene
           done
           since
           that
           Parliament
           ended
           .
        
         
           Mr
           Speaker
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           worthy
           Gentlemen
           now
           of
           this
           house
           that
           were
           members
           of
           the
           last
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           carried
           themselves
           in
           the
           matters
           and
           businesses
           then
           and
           there
           agitated
           and
           debated
           ,
           with
           great
           Wisedome
           and
           vnexampled
           moderation
           .
           But
           what
           had
           they
           at
           last
           for
           all
           their
           paines
           in
           attending
           the
           publique
           strince
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           As
           soone
           as
           ever
           the
           Parliament
           was
           ended
           ,
           their
           studies
           and
           pockets
           were
           searched
           as
           if
           they
           had
           beene
           Fellones
           and
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           they
           committed
           to
           severall
           
           Goales
           with
           an
           intention
           J
           am
           confident
           of
           their
           vtter
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           fore-seene
           a
           danger
           approaching
           ;
           For
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           if
           J
           be
           truely
           informed
           an
           information
           was
           drawne
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           directions
           given
           for
           the
           drawing
           of
           it
           ,
           against
           them
           in
           the
           Starre-Chamber
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           there
           hath
           beene
           since
           the
           last
           Parliament
           a
           Synod
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           Synod
           a
           new
           Oath
           hath
           beene
           made
           and
           framed
           ,
           and
           enjoyned
           to
           be
           taken
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           they
           might
           as
           well
           have
           made
           a
           new
           Law
           ,
           and
           enjoyned
           the
           execution
           of
           that
           ,
           as
           enjoyned
           and
           vrged
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           not
           being
           established
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           and
           in
           point
           of
           mischiefe
           ,
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           the
           freedome
           and
           liberties
           of
           the
           Subject
           are
           more
           concerned
           in
           the
           doing
           of
           the
           one
           then
           if
           they
           had
           done
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           exception
           J
           shall
           take
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           the
           matter
           contained
           in
           the
           oath
           it selfe
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           us
           at
           the
           very
           first
           dash
           sweare
           in
           a
           damnable
           Heresie
           ,
           that
           matters
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           are
           contained
           in
           the
           Discipline
           of
           our
           Church
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           it
           hath
           ever
           bin
           the
           tenet
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           are
           comprehended
           and
           contained
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Church
           onely
           ;
           And
           that
           hath
           alwaies
           been
           vsed
           as
           an
           Argument
           vntill
           this
           very
           present
           ,
           against
           
             Antidisciplinarians
             ,
          
           to
           stop
           their
           mouthes
           withall
           ;
           And
           therefore
           that
           for
           that
           reason
           they
           might
           with
           the
           lesse
           regret
           and
           offence
           conforme
           and
           submit
           themselves
           to
           the
           Discipline
           of
           our
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           for
           prevention
           in
           case
           the
           Wisedome
           of
           the
           state
           in
           this
           great
           Counsell
           ,
           should
           at
           any
           time
           think
           fit
           to
           alter
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           government
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           they
           would
           anticipate
           and
           forestall
           our
           judgements
           ,
           by
           making
           vs
           sweare
           before-hand
           ,
           that
           we
           would
           never
           give
           our
           consent
           to
           any
           alteration
           .
        
         
         
           Nay
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           they
           goe
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           for
           they
           would
           have
           vs
           sweare
           that
           the
           government
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           Archbishops
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Deanes
           ,
           Archdeacons
           ,
           &c.
           is
           
             Iure
             divino
             ,
          
           Their
           words
           are
           ,
           
             as
             of
             right
             it
             ought
             to
             stand
          
           ;
           Whereas
           Mr.
           
           Speaker
           ,
           we
           meet
           not
           with
           the
           name
           of
           an
           Archbishop
           ,
           or
           a
           Deane
           ,
           or
           an
           Archdeacon
           in
           all
           the
           new
           Testament
           ;
           And
           whatsoever
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           Function
           of
           Bishops
           it
           is
           one
           thing
           :
           But
           for
           their
           Jurisdiction
           it
           is
           meerely
           
             Humana
             institutione
             ,
          
           and
           they
           must
           thanke
           the
           King
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           their
           grosse
           ,
           absurd
           ,
           &c.
           wherein
           they
           would
           have
           men
           sweare
           they
           know
           neither
           what
           ,
           nor
           how
           many
           fathome
           deepe
           :
           There
           is
           neither
           Divinity
           nor
           charity
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           would
           put
           that
           upon
           vs
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           what
           they
           meant
           and
           intended
           by
           this
           new
           Oath
           ,
           and
           their
           booke
           of
           Canons
           ,
           and
           their
           booke
           of
           Articles
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           have
           our
           Church-wardens
           sworne
           unto
           ,
           to
           enquire
           of
           ,
           and
           to
           present
           thereupon
           ,
           J
           must
           confesse
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           
           had
           a
           purpose
           therein
           to
           blow
           up
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           and
           all
           the
           faithfull
           professors
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           advance
           their
           Hierarchie
           a
           step
           higher
           which
           I
           suppose
           wee
           all
           feare
           is
           high
           enough
           already
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           they
           have
           likewise
           in
           this
           Synod
           granted
           a
           benevolence
           ,
           but
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           things
           agrees
           not
           with
           the
           name
           ,
           for
           in
           plaine
           English
           it
           is
           sixe
           Subsidies
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           the
           Clergie
           in
           sixe
           yeares
           :
           And
           the
           penalty
           they
           have
           imposed
           upon
           the
           refusers
           ,
           for
           non
           payment
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           deprived
           of
           their
           Functions
           ,
           to
           be
           stripped
           of
           their
           free-hold
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           excommunicated
           ,
           and
           this
           Act
           of
           their
           Synod
           is
           not
           published
           amongst
           their
           Canons
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           might
           have
           some
           colourable
           seeming
           authority
           :
           But
           it
           comes
           out
           ,
           in
           a
           Booke
           alone
           by
           it selfe
           in
           the
           Latine
           tongue
           ,
           supposing
           as
           I
           conceive
           that
           Lay-men
           are
           as
           ignorant
           as
           they
           would
           have
           them
           ;
           And
           thus
           they
           thinke
           they
           dance
           in
           a
           Net
        
         
         
           And
           as
           in
           this
           ,
           so
           in
           most
           of
           their
           new
           Canons
           if
           they
           be
           throughly
           considered
           ,
           any
           Judicious
           man
           may
           easily
           discerne
           and
           perceive
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           therein
           like
           
             Water-men
          
           that
           looke
           one
           way
           and
           rowe
           another
           ,
           they
           pretend
           one
           thing
           but
           intend
           nothing
           lesse
           ;
           And
           certainly
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
          
           in
           this
           they
           have
           flowne
           a
           high
           pitch
           ;
           For
           a
           Synod
           called
           together
           upon
           pretence
           of
           reconciling
           and
           setling
           Controversies
           and
           matters
           in
           Religion
           to
           take
           upon
           them
           the
           boldnesse
           thus
           out
           of
           Parliament
           to
           grant
           Subsidies
           and
           to
           meddle
           with
           mens
           freeholds
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           the
           like
           was
           never
           heard
           of
           before
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           durst
           doe
           this
           will
           doe
           worse
           if
           the
           current
           of
           their
           raging
           Tyranny
           be
           not
           stopped
           in
           time
           .
        
         
           Who
           are
           they
           (
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
          
           )
           that
           have
           countenanced
           and
           cherished
           Popery
           and
           Arminianisme
           to
           that
           growth
           and
           heigth
           it
           is
           now
           come
           to
           ,
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ?
        
         
           Who
           are
           they
           (
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
          
           )
           that
           have
           
           given
           incouragement
           to
           those
           that
           have
           boldly
           preached
           those
           damnable
           Heresies
           in
           our
           Pulpits
           .
        
         
           Who
           are
           they
           (
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
          
           )
           that
           have
           given
           authority
           and
           licence
           to
           them
           that
           have
           published
           those
           Heresies
           in
           print
           ?
        
         
           Who
           are
           they
           (
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           )
           that
           of
           late
           dayes
           have
           beene
           advanced
           to
           any
           dignity
           or
           preferment
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           have
           beene
           notoriously
           suspitious
           ,
           in
           their
           Disciplines
           ,
           corrupt
           in
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           vitious
           in
           their
           lives
           ?
        
         
           And
           who
           are
           they
           (
           Mr.
           
           Speaker
           )
           that
           have
           overthrowne
           our
           two
           great
           Charters
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
          
           and
           
             Charta
             de
             Forresta
             ?
          
        
         
           What
           imposition
           hath
           bin
           laid
           down
           or
           what
           Monopolie
           hath
           bin
           damned
           in
           any
           Court
           of
           Justice
           since
           the
           last
           Parliament
           .
        
         
         
           Hath
           not
           ship-money
           ,
           Coale
           and
           conduct
           money
           ,
           and
           money
           for
           other
           military
           charges
           ,
           bin
           collected
           and
           leavied
           ,
           with
           as
           great
           violence
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           ,
           in
           violation
           of
           our
           liberties
           ,
           confirmed
           unto
           us
           in
           our
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ;
           notwithstanding
           all
           our
           supplications
           and
           complaints
           the
           last
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           who
           are
           they
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           that
           have
           caused
           all
           those
           dangerous
           Convulsions
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           desperate
           unnaturall
           bloudy
           distempers
           ,
           that
           are
           now
           in
           our
           body
           politique
           ?
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           J
           will
           tell
           you
           a
           passage
           :
           J
           heard
           from
           a
           Judge
           in
           the
           Kings-Bench
           .
           There
           was
           a
           poore
           man
           committed
           by
           the
           Lords
           ,
           for
           refusing
           to
           submit
           unto
           a
           project
           ,
           and
           having
           attended
           a
           long
           time
           at
           the
           Kings-Bench
           barre
           ,
           upon
           his
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           pressing
           very
           earnestly
           to
           be
           bailed
           .
           The
           Judge
           said
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           brethren
           ,
           come
           Brothers
           (
           said
           he
           )
           let
           us
           baile
           him
           ,
           for
           they
           begin
           to
           say
           in
           the
           Towne
           ,
           that
           the
           Judges
           have
           overthrowne
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           I
           would
           not
           be
           misunderstood
           in
           what
           J
           have
           said
           ;
           for
           rhere
           are
           some
           of
           both
           ,
           functions
           and
           professions
           ,
           that
           J
           highly
           honour
           &
           reverence
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           for
           their
           wisedomes
           and
           integrities
           .
           But
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           J
           may
           say
           it
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           have
           all
           felt
           it
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           some
           of
           both
           functions
           and
           professions
           ,
           that
           have
           bin
           the
           Authors
           and
           causers
           of
           all
           the
           Miseries
           ,
           Ruines
           ,
           and
           Calamities
           that
           are
           now
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Speaker
             ,
          
           This
           is
           the
           Age
           ;
           This
           is
           the
           Age
           (
           Mr.
           
           
             Speaker
          
           )
           that
           hath
           produced
           and
           brought
           forth
           
             Achitophells
             ,
             Hammans
             Woolsies
             ,
             Empsons
             ,
             and
             Dudlies
             ,
             Tricilians
             ,
             and
             Belknapps
          
           Vipers
           and
           Monsters
           of
           all
           sorts
           .
           And
           J
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           when
           his
           Majesty
           shall
           be
           truely
           informed
           of
           such
           matters
           ,
           as
           wee
           are
           able
           to
           charge
           them
           withall
           ;
           we
           shall
           have
           the
           same
           Justice
           against
           these
           ,
           which
           heretofore
           hath
           been
           against
           their
           Predecessours
           ,
           in
           whose
           wicked
           steps
           they
           have
           trodden
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           to
           put
           our selves
           into
           a
           way
           for
           our
           redresse
           and
           reliefe
           ,
           J
           conceive
           it
           were
           fit
           that
           a
           Committee
           might
           be
           named
           to
           
           take
           these
           Petitions
           ,
           that
           have
           now
           beene
           read
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           into
           their
           considerations
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           parties
           grieved
           ,
           may
           have
           just
           repaire
           for
           their
           grievances
           ;
           and
           that
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           Lawes
           may
           be
           contrived
           ,
           and
           framed
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           the
           like
           mischiefes
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           FJNJS
           .