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Title: A Compleat collection of papers in twelve parts relating to the great revolutions in England and Scotland from the time of the seven bishops petitioning K. James II. against the dispensing power, June 8. 1688. to the coronation of King William and Queen Mary, April 11. 1689.
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Print source: A Compleat collection of papers in twelve parts relating to the great revolutions in England and Scotland from the time of the seven bishops petitioning K. James II. against the dispensing power, June 8. 1688. to the coronation of King William and Queen Mary, April 11. 1689.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
London: Printed by J.D. for R. Clavel ... Henry Mortlock ... and Jonathan Robinson ..., 1689.
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TO THE READER.
ADVERTISEMENT.
The CONTENTS of the ensuing Collection.
Collection I.
Collect. II.
Collect. III.
Collect. IV.
Collect. V.
Collect. VI.
Collect. VII.
Collect. VIII.
Collect. IX.
Collect. X.
Collect. XI.
Collect. XII.
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To the King's most Excellent Majesty. The Humble Petition of William Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, and divers of the Suffragan Bishops of that Province, (now present with him) in be∣half of themselves, and others of their absent Bre∣thren, and of the Clergy of their respective Dio∣cesses.
His Majesties Answer was to this effect.
THE ARTICLES Recommended by the ARCH-BISHOP of CANTERBƲRY To all the Bishops within his Metropolitan Jurisdiction, the 16th of July, 1688.
Some Heads of Things to be more fully insisted upon by the Bishops in their Addresses to the Clergy and People of their respective Diocesses.
An Account of the late PROPOSALS of the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, with some other Bishops, to his Majesty: In a LETTER to M. B. Esq
The PETITION of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal for the Calling of a Free Par∣liament: Together with his Majesty's Graci∣ous Answer to their Lordships.
To the KING's most Excellent Majesty, The Humble Petition of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Whose Names are Subscribed.
His Majesty's most Gracious Answer.
license
A Modest Vindication of the Petition of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal for the Calling of a Free Parliament.
Extract of the States General their Resolution. Thursday, 28th October, 1688.
The P. O's Letter to the English Army.
An Account of a wicked Design of Poysoning the PRINCE of Orange before he came out of Holland. ALSO A Relation from the City of Orange of a strange METEOR, representing a Crown of Light, that was there seen in the Air, May the 6th, 1688.
An Account of a Design of Poisoning the PRINCE of ORANGE.
A Relation from the City of Orange, of a Crown of LIGHT that was there seen in the Air, the 6th of May, 1688.
Lord Del—r's Speech.
Prince GEORGE'S LETTER TO THE KING.
The Lord CHURCHIL's LETTER to the KING.
The Princess ANNE of Denmark's LETTER to the QƲEEN.
A MEMORIAL OF THE Protestants of the Church of England Presented to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of ORANGE.
THE PRINCE of ORANGE HIS DECLARATION of Novemb. 28. 1688.
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AN ENQUIRY Into the Measures of SUBMISSION TO THE SUPREAM AUTHORITY: And of the Grounds upon which it may be lawful or necessary for Subjects to defend their Religion, Lives, and Liberties.
An ANSWER to a PAPER, in∣titled, Reflections on the Prince of ORANGE's Declaration.
Admiral HERBERT's Letter to all Commanders of Ships and Sea-men in His Majesty's Fleet.
AN ENGAGEMENT OF THE Noble-men, Knights, and Gentlmen at EXETER, to Assist the Prince of ORANGE in the defence of the Protestant Religion, Laws and Liberties of the People of England, Scotland and Ireland.
The Declaration of the Nobility, Gentry, and Com∣monalty at the Rendezvous at Nottingham, Nov. 22. 1688.
His Grace the Duke of NORFOLK's Speech to the Mayor of NORWICH on the First of December, in the Market-place of Norwich.
TO THE. KING's Most Excellent Majesty, The Humble Address of GEORGE Lord DARTMOUTH, Admiral of Your Majesties Fleet for the present Expedition, and the Commanders of Your Majesties Ships of War now ac∣tually at the Spitehead in Your Maje∣sties Service under his Lordships Com∣mand.
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THE EXPEDITION Of His HIGHNESS the Prince of ORANGE For ENGLAND. Giving an Account of the most remarkable Passages thereof, from the Day of his setting Sail from Hol∣land, to the first Day of this instant December, 1688.
A further Account of the Prince's Army, in a Letter sent from Exon, dated Nov. 24.
THREE LETTERS.
I. A Letter from a Jesuit of Liege, to a Jesuit at Friburg, giving an Account of the Happy Progress of Religion in England.
II. A Letter from the Reverend Father Petre, Je∣suit, Almoner to the King of England, written to the Reverend Father la Cheese, Confessor to the most Christian King, touching the present Affairs of ENGLAND. Translated from the French.
III. The Answer of the Reverend Father la Chese, Confessor to the Most Christian King, to a Let∣ter of the Reverend Father Petre, Jesuit, and Great Almoner to the King of England, upon the Method or Rule he must observe with His Majesty, for the Conversion of His Protestant Subjects.
Popish Treaties not to be rely'd on: In a Letter from a Gentleman at York, to his Friend in the Prince of ORANGE's Camp. Addressed to all Members of the next Parliament.
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THE DECLARATION OF His HIGHNESS VVilliam Henry, By the Grace of God, PRINCE of ORANGE, &c. Of the Reasons inducing him to appear in Arms in the Kingdom of England, for preserving of the Pro∣testant Religion, and for restoring the Laws and Liberties of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
His Highnesses Additional Declaration.
To the Right Honourable My Lords of his Majesty's Commission Ecclesiastical.
The Speech of the Prince of Orange, to some Prin∣ciple Gentlemen of Somersetshire and Dorsetshire, on their coming to Joyn his Highness at Exeter the 15th of Nov. 1688.
The True Copy of a Paper delivered by the Lord Devonshire to the Mayor of Dar∣by, where he quarter'd the One and twen∣tieth of November, 1688.
A Letter from a Gentleman at Kings-Lyn, De∣cemb. 7. 1688. to his Friend in London.
To his Grace the most Noble HENRY Duke of Norfolk, Lord Marshal of England.
His Grace's Answer.
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Lyn-Regis, Decemb. 10. 1688.
The Duke of Norfolk's Second Speech at Lynn.
The Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in and about the Cities of London and Westmin∣ster, Assembled at Guildhal, Dec. 1688.
A Paper delivered to his Highness the Prince of Orange, by the Commissioners sent by his Majesty to Treat with Him. And his Highnesses Answer.
We, with the Advice of the Lords and Gentlemen As∣sembled with Us, have, in Answer to the same, made these following Proposals.
The KING's Letter TO THE EARL of FEVERSHAM, Upon his leaving Whitehall. Together with the Earl of Feversham's Letter to his Highness the PRINCE of Orange, after the King's departure.
The Earl of Feversham's Letter.
By the Prince of Orange, a DECLARATION.
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To His Highness the Prince of Orange. The Humble Address of the Lieutenancy of the City of London.
December the 17th, 1688.
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To His Highness the Prince of ORANGE: The Humble ADDRESS of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
The Speech of Sir GEORGE TREBY, Kt. Recorder of the Honourable City of London, to his Highness the Prince of Orange, Dec. 20. 1688.
Chapman Mayor. Cur' special' tent' die Jovis xx. die Decemb' 1688. Anno{que} RR. Jacobi Secundi Angl' &c. quarto.
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The hard Case of Protestant Subjects un∣der the Dominion of a Popish Prince.
The Laws and Decrees of the Romish Church against Hereticks.
An Answer to a late Pamphlet, Intituled, A Short Scheme of the Usurpations of the Crown of England, &c.
The following Paper was published by Mr. Samuel Johnson in the Year 1686. for which he was sentenc'd by the Court of Kings-Bench, (Sir Edward Herbert being Lord Chief Justice) to stand three times on the Pillory, and to be whipp'd from Newgate to Ty∣burn: Which barbarous Sentence was executed.
An Humble and Hearty Address to all the English Protestants in this present Army.
Several Reasons for the Establishment of a Standing Army, and Dissolving the Militia.
A Discourse of Magistracy; of Pre∣rogative by Divine Right; of Obe∣dience, and of the Laws.
CHAP. I. Of MAGISTRACY.
CHAP. II. Of Prerogatives by Divine Right.
CHAP. III. Of OBEDIENCE.
CHAP. IV. Of LAWS.
The Definition of a TYRANT, by the Learned and Loyal Abraham Cowley, (published by the pre∣sent Lord Bishop of Rochester) in his Discourse concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwel.
Several Queries proposed to the Sages of the Law, who have studied to Advance the Publick, equally with, if not more than their own private Interest.
A LETTER TO THE KING, When DUKE of YORK, Perswading him to return to the Protestant Religion, where∣in the chief Errors of the Papists are exposed, and the Ten∣dency of their Doctrines to promote Arbitrary Govern∣ment, proved. By an Old Cavalier, and Faithful Son of the Church of England, as Establish'd by Law.
Ten Seasonable QUERIES, Proposed by an English Gentleman in Amsterdam, to his Friends in Eng∣land, a little before the Prince of Orange came over.
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Advertisement.
Five LETTERS From a Gentleman in Scotland, to his Friend in LONDON. Being a True Account of what Remark∣able Passages have happened since the Prince's Landing; The manner of the taking of the Chancellor, and his Lady in Man's Apparel; The burning of the Pope, Demolishing of the Popish Chap∣pels, &c. with the total overthrow of the Roman Catholicks.
Edinburgh, Decemb. 3. 1688.
Edinburgh, Decemb. 20.
Edinburgh, Decemb. 22.
Edinburgh, Decemb. 25.
Edinburgh, Decemb. 27.
His HIGHNESS the PRINCE of ORANGE his SPEECH to the Scots Lords and Gentlemen. VVith their Advice, and his Highness's Answer. VVith a True Account of what past at their Meeting in the Council-Chamber at Whitehal, January 7. 1688/9. His Highness the PRINCE of Orange having cau∣sed Advertise such of the Scots Lords and Gentle∣men as were in Town, met them in a Room at St. James's, upon Monday the Seventh of January, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon, and had this Speech to them.
A LETTER to a Friend, advising in this Extraordinary Juncture, how to free the Nation from SLAVERY for ever.
Some Account of the Humble Application of the Pious and Noble Prelate, Henry Lord Bishop of Lon∣don, with the Reverend Clergy of the City, and some of the Dissenting Ministers in it, To the Illu∣strious Prince William Henry, the Prince of Orange, on Friday, September 21. 1688.
The Address of the Nonconformist Mini∣sters (in and about the City of Lon∣don) to his Highness the Prince of ORANGE.
The Speech of the Recorder of Bristol to his High∣ness the Prince of Orange, Monday, January the 7th, 1688. The Mayor, Recorder, Al∣dermen, and Commons of the Principal Citizens of the City of Bristol, waited upon the Prince of Orange, being introduced by his Grace the Duke of Ormond, their High-Steward, and the Earl of Shrewsbury: VVhere the Recorder spake to this Effect:
A Word to the Wise, for Settling the Government.
A Modest PROPOSAL to the present CONVENTION.
A Short Historical Account touching the Succession of the CROWN.
A Narrative of the Miseries of New-England, by reason of an Arbitrary Government Erected there.
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Proposals humbly offered in behalf of the Princess of Orange, Jan. 28.
The Heads of the EXPEDIENT propo∣sed by the Court-party to the Parliament at Oxford, in lieu of the Bill for ex∣cluding the Duke of York.
An Account of the irregular Actions of the Papists in the Reign of King James the Second: With a Method proposed how to rid the Nation of them.
The Present CONVENTION, A PARLIAMENT.
A LETTER to a Member of the CONVENTION.
An ANSWER to the Author of the LETTER to a Member of the CONVENTION.
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PROPOSALS Humbly offered To the Lords and Commons in the present CONVENTION, for Settling of the Government, &c.
proposal
SEVERAL QUERIES Relating to the present Proceedings in Parliament; More especially recommended to the Consideration of the BISHOPS.
A Protestant Precedent offer'd to the Bi∣shops for the Exclusion of K. James the Second.
Reasons humbly offer'd, for placing his Highness the Prince of Orange, singly in the Throne during his Life.
Good Advice before it be too Late: Being a BREVIATE for the CONVENTION: Humbly Represented to the Lords and Commons of England.
The BREVIATE.
proposal
King JAMES the First his Opinion of a KING, of a TYRANT, and of the English Laws, Rights and Priviledges. In two Speeches; The First to the Parliament 1603, the Second 1609.
In his Speech to the Parliament 1603, he expresseth himself thus:
In his Speech to the Parliament, March 21. 1609, he expresseth himself thus:
Proposals to this present Convention, for the perpe∣tual Security of the Protestant Religion, and the Liberty of the Subjects of England. Humbly Offer'd by the Author of the BREVIATE.
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A DIALOGUE between two Friends, wherein the Church of England is Vindicated in joining with the Prince of Orange in his Descent into Eng∣land.
His Majesties Letter to the Lords and Others of his Privy Councel.
Some Remarks on the late Kings pre∣tended Letter to the LORDS, and Others of his Privy Council.
Reasons for Crowning the Prince and Princess of Orange King and Queen jointly; and for placing the Execu∣tive Power in the Prince alone.
A LORD'S Speech Without Doors, To the Lords upon the present Condition of the Government.
Reflections on a Paper called a LORD'S Speech without Doors.
The Bishops Reasons to Queen Elizabeth, for taking off the Queen of Scots, taken out of Sir S. D' Ewes Journal: offered to the Consideration of the Pre∣sent Sect of Grumbletonians.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Reflections upon our Late and Present Proceedings in England.
Some short Notes on a Pamphlet, en∣titled, Reflections upon our late and present Proceedings in England.
The Scot's Grievances: Or a Short Account of the Proceedings of the Scotish Privy-Council, Justiciary Court, and those Com∣missionated by them, whereby the Consciences of good Men have been Tortured, the Peace of the Nation these several Years past exceedingly Distur∣bed, and Multitudes of Innocent People cruelly Op∣pressed, and inhumanely Murthered.
The Late Honourable CONVENTION proved a Legal PARLIAMENT.
The Amicable Reconciliation of the DISSENTERS to the CHURCH of ENGLAND: being a Mo∣del or Draught for the Universal Accommoda∣tion in the Case of Religion, and the Bringing in all Parties to Her Communion. Humbly presented to the Consideration of Parliament.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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AN ANSWER TO THE DESERTION DISCUSS'D.
SATISFACTION tendred to all that pretend Conscience for Non-submission to our present Governours, and refusing of the New Oaths of FEALTY and ALLEGIANCE.
In a LETTER to a FRIEND, By R. B. late Rector of St. Michael Querne, London, And now Rector of Icklingham All-Saints, Suffolk.
To the Right Honourable the Lords Spi∣ritual and Temporal, And to the Hon∣ourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses in this present PARLIA∣MENT Assembled; The Humble Petition of TITUS OATES, D. D.
An Account of the Convention of SCOTLAND.
A SPEECH made by a Member of the Convention of the States in SCOTLAND.
The Grounds upon which the Estates of Scotland Declared the Right of the Crown of Scotland FORFAULTED, and the Throne become VACANT.
The Opinion of two eminent Parliament-Men, justify∣ing the lawfulness of taking the Oaths of Allegi∣ance to King William and Queen Mary.
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The Secret League with France proved.
The REASONS why the late K. James would not stand to a Free and Legal Parliament; proposed to those that are fond to have him again.
The REASONS of the Suddenness of the Change in England.
The Judgment of the Court of France, concerning the Misgovernment of K. James the Second.
The Emperor of Germany's Account of K. James's Misgovernment in joining with the King of France, (the Com∣mon Enemy of Christendom) in his Letter to King James. viz.
An Account of what was done between the Time the Prince of Orange came to London, till the Proclaiming him King of England, 1688.
The Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons Assembled at Westminster; Con∣cerning the Misgovernment of King James, and filling up the Throne. Presented to King Wil∣liam, and Queen Mary, by the right Honourable the Marquess of Hallifax, Speaker to the House of Lords. With His Majesties most gracious Answer thereunto.
Die Veneris 15 Feb. 1688. His Majesties Gracious Answer, to the Declaration of both Houses.
Die Veneris 15 Februarii 1688.
The Declaration of the Estates of Scot∣land concerning the Mis-government of King James the Seventh, and fil∣ling up the Throne with King Wil∣liam and Queen Mary.
The manner of the Proclaiming of King WILLIAM, and Queen MARY, at White-hall, and in the City of London, Feb. 13. 1688/9.
The Coronation of their Sacred Majesties King WILLIAM and Queen MARY was performed at Westminster in manner following, April 11. 1689.
A Proclamation declaring WILLIAM and MARY King and Queen of England, to be King and Queen of Scotland. Edinburgh, April 11. 1689.
The Manner of the King and Queen taking the Scotish Coronation Oath. May 11. 1689.
The Coronation OATH of England.
The Arch-Bishop or Bishop shall say,
The King and Queen shall say,
Arch-Bishop or Bishop.
King and Queen.
Arch-Bishop or Bishop.
King and Queen.
King and Queen.
The Coronation OATH of Scotland.