Seasonable and healing instructions, humbly tendered to the freeholders, citizens and burgesses of the respective counties, cities and boroughs of England and Wales, to be seriously recommended by them to their respective knights, citizens and burgesses, elected and to be elected for the next Parliament. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A91262 of text R211738 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P4061). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). 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A91262) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 151655) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2270:2) Seasonable and healing instructions, humbly tendered to the freeholders, citizens and burgesses of the respective counties, cities and boroughs of England and Wales, to be seriously recommended by them to their respective knights, citizens and burgesses, elected and to be elected for the next Parliament. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.. [London : 1660] Attributed to William Prynne by Wing. Publication information suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in: Lincoln's Inn Library, London, England. eng Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Sources. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. A91262 R211738 (Wing P4061). civilwar no Seasonable and healing instructions, humbly tendered to the freeholders, citizens and burgesses, of the respective counties, cities and boro Prynne, William 1660 1507 7 0 0 0 0 0 46 D The rate of 46 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Seasonable and Healing Instructions , Humbly tendered to the Freeholers , Citizens and Burgesses , of the respective Counties , Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales , to be seriously recommended by them , to their respective Knights , Citizens and Burgesses , Elected and to be elected for the next Parliament . WE the Freeholders , Citizens , Burgesses , Commons and Freemen of the respective Counties , Cities , and Boroughs of England and Wales , taking into our serious Considerations the many late various Forms and Revolutions of our publick Government , with the miserable Distractions and Oppressions of our ruinated Churches and Realms since the violent changes of our antient established Kingly Government , and Constitution of Parliaments , consisting of King , Lords , and Commons , by whose united Counsels and Interests we were happily secured against all treacherous Plots and Conspiracies of forein Enemies , and pernicious Domestick Vipers , and advanced to the highest degree of worldly Peace , Prosperity , and Felicity . And finding by above eleven years sad Experience , that there is neither Hope nor Probability of restoring our 3. shipwrack'd Nations to their Pristine Tranquillity , Unity , Wealth , Honour , Traffick , Security , but by a speedy Restitution of our antient Form of Parliaments , and publick Regal Government ; and with all observing , that in the Writs of Summons now issued for a Parliament to be held at Westminster , on the 25th . day of April next , there is no known single Chief Governour , nor yet any real Commissioners nominated , ( but only Fictitious Utopian Keepers of the Liberties of England ) with whom the Members appearing in Parliament can neither conferr nor consult , concerning the difficult and urgent Affairs either of the Realm or Church of England ; And that all the Lords and Great Men of the Realm ( the antientest hereditary Members of Parliament , the Grand Councellors of the Kingdom , and Chiefest Assertors of our Liberties in all precedent times ) are totally omitted out of these new Forms of Writs , and all Clauses in them , contrary to all former Presidents , without whose concurrent Advice and Assistance with the Commons House in this approaching Parliament , no firm Peace or Settlement can probably be expected , a full and free English Parliament , ( from which no legal Members , much lesse the whole Englsh Peerage and Nobility ought to be excluded , being the principal thing the Generality of this Nation lately petitioned and declared for , as the only Instrument under God to compose all Differences and dissenting Parties , and put a happy period to our manifold long-lasting Distractions and Confusions : Have thereupon apprehended it our bounden Duty , seriously to recommend these ensuing INSTRUCTIONS to our respective Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses elected , and to be elected and returned by us for our Representatives and Trustees in this approaching Parliament ; who receiving full and sufficient Power for themselves , and the respective Commonalties of the said Counties , Cities and Boroughs from the said Commonalties alone who elect them , to do and consent to all such things as shall be ordained by Common Council of the Realm in the said Parliament , in their Rights and Behalfs , are thereby obliged in point of Duty and Conscience as their publick Servants and Proxies , vigorously to pursue all such just Prescriptions for the Common welfare and Establishment of our Native Country , as they shall present unto them . We therefore eanestly desire and require them in pursuance of the Trust reposed by us in them , to improve their uttermost Endeavours and Counsels , ( there being no particulars prescribed to them in the Writs themselves , as heretofore ) to effect these few Individuels . 1. To restore the antient Constitution , Rights , Privileges and Freedom of our English Parliaments , their respective Houses and Members , and to preserve them from all future Mutulations and Violations by armed Force or otherwise , that so they may by free un-interrupted and combined Counsels proceed to the speedy Settlement of our distracted Churches and Nations , without any Diversions or Obstructions by Souldiers or popular Tumults . 2. To re-establish the antient Fundamental Regal Government of this Kingdom , and the Dominions thereunto belonging ( under which we and our Ancestors in former Ages have flourished in great Peace and Prosperity ) according to our known Laws , Oaths , Protestations , Covenants , and multiplyed Declarations , and secure it against all future Underminings and Powder-plots of Jesuitical and Fanatick Conspirators . 3. To revive and ratifie the miserably subverted and violated Great Charters , Fundamental Laws and Statutes of the Land , made for the preservation of the Persons , Lives , Liberties , Free-holds , Estates and Properties of all English Freemen , against all Arbitrary and Tyrannycal Judicatures , High Courts of Iustice , Proceedings , Tryals , Executions , Iudgements , Banishments , Imprisonments , Confinements , Confiscations , Forfeitures , Attainders , Outlawries , Sequestrations , illegal Taxes , Impositions , Excises , and publick Charges whatsoever , not granted by Common-consent in Parliament , and to prevent all future Contempts and Violations of them , after so vast expences of Treasure and Bloud for their just defence . 4. To establish an able , learned , Orthodox Ministry , and just and righteous Magistracy throughout our Dominions , and to take special care that the Gospel of Christ may be duly and sincerely preached , propagated , the Sacraments and publike justice freely and rightly administred in all places , without neglect or obstruction , to the consolation , protection of all good Christians , and well-doers , and the terror and suppression of all Malefactors . 5. To advance all sorts of Trade , Merchandize , and Navigation , by diminishing all excessive Customs , Excises , Imposts at home , by making Peace and holding good correspondence with all forein Kings and Nations abroad , and using all other good means conducing thereunto . 6. To redresse all publick Grievances , Oppressions , Frauds , and Misdemeanours ; to diminish , retrench and regulate all exorbitant Taxes , Excises , Imposts , Fees , Extortions , Salaries and superfluous Forces , Garrisons , Officers , ( Civil or Military ) by Land and Sea . 7. To procure a speedy , honorable , safe , Christian Treaty and accord with our long Exiled Protestant King , and Royal posterity , upon moderate , just , righteous terms and Propositions on either side , whereby the bleeding Protestant cause and Religion , ( much endangered in all places ) may be promoted and secured , the Plots of Popish Enemies to extirpate them prevented ; the Peace , Government , Laws and Liberties of our Kingdoms , restored , preserved , and perpetuated to posterity ; the just publick Debts of the Nation and Souldiers arrears discharged ; a general Act of Indempnity ▪ Pardon and Oblivion for all sorts of persons justly capable thereof , procured ; all former Injuries , Feuds , Animosities totally extinguished , and all just sales of justly confiscated Estates , made without Fraud , Govin , practice or Duresses for valuable considerations , confirmed or recompenced ; that so all parties and interests being perfectly reconciled , may henceforth studiously endeavour to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace , and to live peaceable and quiet Lives under their lawfull Kings and Governours in all Godlinesse and Honesty ; being * all Members of one and the same Mystical politick Body , having all one Spiritual and Temporal Lord ▪ one Faith , one Baptism , and one God , and Father ; which should both perswade and oblige them to put away all bittern●sse , wrath ▪ anger , ●lamour , evil speaking , and all malice , and to be kind one to another , tender hearted , forgiving one another , even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven them , forbearing one another in love . But if we still proceed to * bite and devour one another , ( as we have done for many years by-past ) we shall sodenly be consumed one of another , and made a prey to our common Enemies , which the accomplishment of these Instructions by Gods blessing , and the Parliaments wisedom , will prevent , and make us once more THE GLORY AND LADY OF ALL CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS , as we are now their reproach . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A91262e-30 * Ephes. 4. 2 , 3 ▪ 4 , 5 , 6. 17 , 18. * 1 Tim. 2. 〈…〉 Gal. 5. 15.