THE LORD KEEPERS SPEECH TO THE HOVSE OF Commons, at the paſsing of Two Bills.
TOGETER WITH THE Kings Majeſties Meſſage to both Houſes, concerning the raiſing of men for Ireland, the taking away of the Biſhops Votes out of the Houſe of Peeres, the baniſhing of Popiſh Prieſts, and the ſetling of the Governement and Liturgie of the Church.
London, Printed for Iohn Burroughes, and Iohn Franke. 1641.
I Am commanded by my Lords to acquaint you with a letter I have received from his Maieſtie, authorizing the Earle of Northumberland, the Earle of Southampton the Earle of Bath, & my ſelfe, or any three of us, by uertue of his Maieſties Commiſsion under the great Seale of England, to paſſe two Bills ▪ the one, a bill for the raiſing of men for the preſent expedition into Ireland, to releive the poore diſtreſſed proteſtants there, from the preuailing partie of the blood ſucking Papiſts, A thing taken to heart by the King and2 all good men. In this Bill is a clauſe that doth much conduce to the ſecurity of the liberty of the Subiects of England. That by the law noe man ought to bee impreſt, nor compelled to goe out of his Countrie to ſerve as a Souldier, unleſſe by his owne conſent, or the common conſent in Parliament, or upon the necesſitie of ſome ſudden Invaſion of forraigne forces into the Realme.
The ſecond Bill that is to paſſe, is to take away the Biſhops Votes out of the houſe of Peeres, and to exempt them from all ſecular affaires: That ſo, being reduced to what indeed they were firſt inſtituted, they may ſolely attend the gaineing of ſoules to heaven. The whole man being too litle for ſo glorious and great a worke. Who is ſufficient3 for theſe things ſaith the Apo. And to avoid all delayes, his Maieſtie, having not the convenience to bee here in perſon, hath authorized us by his commiſſion to give his Roy all aſſent to both theſe Bills.
Then the Lord Keeper commanded his Maieſties meſſage to bee read in the preſence of both houſes as followeth.
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