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Show -~--~A~ Spee~ch ab~o;~t r~ecei~vi~g ~the f(~ingJ- MefJ-a'-ge_J_-.- - - h .t e ought to be tender as he is, likewire, of our w~oie ~11~ o;' J',e~~er into a trut>, and. 'indifferent, c_onhd..:rat·L7hcrhty' r e fus .. h th~ Cafe in Qy.efiion, rr.::ry touch hts Authf)nt;·, o. n d ow .ar or... A 1 · r. k I ·rl · Inn· }' how far forth our Libert)'· nc to J pea c ee .Y' ' ' ~pinion,. it concerns hi~ AuthoritJ, much j And our LJberty DO· thin(, atall. t • 1 s ' be Thh r.;) e o..'.IU,Cr.../·I Onsar eT"''O The one wntt1er our pea,ter, n• ? f 1 -·. '·} td from Delivery of a Meflage rom tt1C I< mg' Wl• 1- exem p ~ ·' The other whither it is not all one" wLt-out our Licence. ' f .r;fl · fh · d ther he received it from the Body o the ~ou11:;e , as; .e re~e1yn it immedi:ltly from the King. And I wtll fpeak o. the bft Fu , bccau felt 15 the Circum france' of the prefcnt Ca~e. Firfi I fa ) let us fee, how it concern_s the _K_1!1g, a~d then h · ' y , Vs 2 For the Kina:, certamly, tf It be O:J ferved, , €W It concern~ · 0 . h. 1 f b h' it can not bedcnyed butifyoumayno~rcce l~e 1sp ea ure:~ y 1s Rcprc cntati'vc Body, 'w h .'1 ch 1·~ h'I S ComzJ re l O f • hts Ftt+ ate '· yc·u, both n. · · h 1 · 71J · .fl-.11 1n notnt of Convemencv, And wcak._en the llttJg ten 115 .~.- tl]tJ':n r 1 d Rep~tation, of his counjell. All Kings, though they be Go J ~h Earth )'Ct(as hefaid) theyare God.I ofEarth: They m ~ybe ofEx;r me Age:, they may be indifpofed in Health; They tna.y bc:abf!nt. Jn thefe Ca(es)fth.:ir Co11ncell' may not fH p pl~ thretr Peifons to what infinite Accidents, do you expo(e thenT · N Y more, fometimes in Pollicy, Ki11gs w~ll nc;>t be fecn, ~ut cover themfehc~, with !heir coun~ell; And tf thts be taken from th~m, a great part of then faf<:ty, 1s taken away. Forth~ other pomr, ot weaftning the Cmmccl: you kn?~ th~y are nothmg, w:t~out h T7 · They are no Bod11 Polrtrque: They have no Commijfion t C1.\.1ng. .._, ·1· ·11.. d d. · under seal. So as, if }'OU begin, to d1!Lmgmw, ~n I ~J oyn them, from the K~1rg, they ar~ ~orpu~ o_pacum; For. they have Lumen de Iuminc; t\nd fo, by dtfimg~t~mg, you e:ctmgtuili,the principle Engine, of the Ejl:ate. For 1t 1 ~ trnl y dfirmed; l_'h.at coujilium non hrzbet po ·ejiatem ~e!~'-~ttt~m,Jc~ t n httrcntcm: And tt • ~, but Rex itt C:~thedra; The Kmg In his C h(ur, or Confijlory> where, his Will and Decree;, which are, in privacy~ mQre changeable~ ; are fetled an·d fixed. . . . j Now for that which concerns our f.!ves. F1rft for DJgntty~ no man mufr think this a Difparagement for us .. For the gr.cateft King.t in Europe, Ey their En~bajjad01~~s, receive ~nf wt:~s- and Dirtctions, from the Counce/!, m the l' 1ngs abfence '· And It th:lt Negoti1ztion be fit, for the Fraternity~ and Party, of Ktngs; It may 1 much leffe be excepted to, by suh;eu.r. . I . For ure'or Benefit, no Man can be fo Raw,~nd il_nacqu:n ntcd in the Ajfajres of the FVorld, a~ to conceive, ther~ fh.cnld be ~my \ Difadv;ntnge in it:, As iffuch Anfivcrs, \-rerc lcDc Fnm and ~fr- \ tain. For it cannot be fuppofed, that Men offo great Cauvrn, ::ss Counfel/ottrJ ofEjtate, comm~mly are; (whether you take C.~u- j tion, for Wifed om, or P rovtdence; Or for rledges, of Efta te, I or Fortune;) Will ever erre, or~dventurefofar, as toexcee? tr.etq A Syeecb about f.ecei-villg the iGng:t Mejfogei. their Warrant. And th~refore?l conclude, t~at, in- th_i_s -p-oi-n-t, 1 there can be? uato us, neither Dtfg.race, nor Dtfadvantage. / For the Pomt, o~ the Spea~er. Fufr, on the Kings Part, it may I have a fhrewd llla.t1on ~ Fo'l: It hath a fhew, as if, there could be a 1 frronger Du~y, then, the Duty, of a sub jell, to a Kif1g. we fee ! the Degrees, and D1fferences, bfbuties, in Families, bet wee~ I Father, and Son; Jtttifier~ and Servant; In Corporate Bodies be-tween C?m.munalties, a?d t~eir Officers; Recorders~ Stew~rds; and.the hke; yet all thefe, g1ve pl~ce, to the KiitgJ com man de' ments. !he Bonds are tnor~ fpec1all, but not fo Forcible. On our P_art, It concerns u_s nothmg. For firfi it is, but de Can ali, of 1 the Pipe j How the Kz~gs Mefiage fha1_1 be conveyed to u~, and not of the Matter •. Neither h~th the Speak!-r, any fuch DomiB ion; As that, commmg out ofhts mouth, it prdfcth us more then out of a rrivy CoUitcellourr. Nay, it (eems to be :1 great Ttl:lft of the Kings, towards the H01tfe ·; When the Kin(!,:~ doubt eth not' to put his Meffage, into their Mouth; As if, he Lfl10uld fpeak to ~he Citty, by·theRecorder: Therefore, tne thinks we 01ould not en terrain, this unneE:effary Doubt. It is one ~fe of wit to make clearThingsDoubtfull; Butitisatnuch better ufe~fwit to make Doubtfull Things clear; And to that) wo~ld, Men w~uld bend tht>mfel ves. A briefSpeech, in the End, of the Sejfion, of Parliament, 7°• Jac. Pt~{wadingfomt Supply, to be giv~n, to hiJ Ma} efly ; which feemed then, toft4nd) upon doubtfoll tervtJ; .And pajJed 11pon thiJ Speech. T~e proportion, of the Ki'!gJ 81pp!y, is not now in que~i?n : . For when ~hat than be, It may be, I fhall b~ of Optnton, that we fhould glve fo mow, as we tnay the better gtveaO"ain. But ' as Things fiand for the prefent, I think,the point of Hon°our and Repptation, is that, which his Majefly fiandeth molt upon i hat out Gift, may, at leafi be like thofejhower.r, that may ferve' to lay the WindJ; Though they do not, fufficiently, Wdter the Ea:th. j Tolabour, toperfwadeyou,IwUlnot;Forlknownot, into ~hat Form, to cafi my speech. If I fhould enter, into a Landa· • !Ive~ (though never fo due, and jufi,) of the Kings gre?a t Merits, It may be taken for Flattery: Ifl fhould fp~ak, of the firait Obligations, which intercede, between the King, and the S1Jbjet!, in cafe 0f t~e KingJ want, it were a kind of concluding the Houfe: If I fhould fpeak~ of the' dangerous Confequence, which Want may reverberate upon S~tbjt&s, it might have a fbevt, of a fecret Me· nace. T hefe Argument,, are, (I hope,) n~~dlefs ; And do better, in your 47 'I |