A Motion humbly presented to the consideration of the honourable, the committee of the high court of Parliament consisting of 18 queres concerning the Booke of common-prayer : October 8, 1641 : as also an honourable speech made by Mr. Pymme.

Mr. Pym his worthy Speech in Parliament,

THE distempers of this Kingdome are well knowne, they need not Repetition; for though we have good Lawes, yet they want their Executioner: if they be executed, it is in a wrong sense. I shall indeavour to apply a remedy co the brea∣ches that are made. And to that end, I shall discover first the quality of, the Disease.

1. There is a Design to alter Law and Religion, the Parties that effect this, are Papists; who are obliged by a maxime in their Doctrine, that they are not able to maintain their Reli∣gion but to extirpate all others.

2. The s••cond is our Hierarchy, which cannot mount to the hight they ayme at, without the breach of Law.

To which Religion necessarily joyne, that if the one, the other falls.

3. Agents and Pensioners to forraine States, who see, we cannot comply with them, if we maintain the Religion esta∣blished with us, contrary to Theirs, here we intend the Spa∣nish white Gold worke, which are of most effect for Earthly favorites, as for petty promotion, not Conscience. And such are our Judges Spirituall and Temporall. Such are also our Coun∣••ellors of State, all these setled in their contrivements, that ayme at one end, and to this purpose they walk on foure feet, discountenancing of Preachers and men vertuous for Religi∣on, persecuted under the Law of Purity.

Th•• second is the discountenancing of Preachers of contrary dispositions.

3. The negotiating with the faction of Rome, by frequent Prea∣ching, and instruction to p••each of the absolute Monarchy of Kings. Here follow severall IIeads.

THe politicall interpretation of the law to serve the times, and this to impose taxes, with the colour of law A Judg said it, when a habeas Corpus was paid for, by keeping the King in continuall want, that he may seeke to their Counsells for reliefe. To this purpose they keepe the Parliament in distaste that their Counsell might be taken. The King Himselfe is brought to this, like a woman that useth her selfe to poyson, when she might eate good meat. Search the Chronicles, and we shall see, no King ever used Parliaments that was brought to this want, Arbitrary proceedings in Courts of Justice; we have Law left to the Conscience of a single man, all Courts are now of Conscience.

Plotters to insorce a warre between France and Us; that when we had well wearied one another, we might be brought to what scorn they pleased. The petition wall is only Unity, the suddain dissolving of Parliaments, and punishing of Par∣liament men, to affright us from speaking what we think, one was committed, for not delivering up the Patitions of the House, a Declaration which slandereth our procedings, as full of lyes, as letters, who would have the first ground to be our Example; and Papists under appearance to the King his best Subjects; for they contribute money to the warre, which the Protestants will not doe.

The other is the Military, by getting places of importance into the Papists hands, as who were Commanders in the late Army, but they who were strong in Arms, but they, to whom their Armor is delivered contrary to the Statute.

Their indeavours are to bring in strangers to be billitted upon us.

We have had no accompt of the Spanish Navy, and our feare is from Ireland, the next is papisticall, that proceeds of Agents here in London, by whose desires many Monasteries and Nunneries are erected.

FINIS.