Hifory ofthe Puritans, examin'd. 309 the firíf Hour of the King's coming to the Crown, to that Minute ; with all the (harp Refiedions which could be made upon the King himfeif, ' the Qeen and Council ; and publifh'dall the un- reafonable Jealoufies of the present Government, of the introducing Popery ; and all other Particu- lars that might difl urb the Minds of the People : ' whichwereenoughdifcompofed . TheHoufefeem'd generally to diflike it, many Paying,' that it was very unneceífary and unfeafonable: Unneceffary, all thofe Grievances having already been fully re- ' dreffed, and the Liberty and Property of the Sub- '. jeft being as well fecur'd for the future, as poffi- ' biy could bedone : And unfeafonable, after the King had gratified them, with granting every thing they had defied of him ; and after fo long Abfence in fettling the Diforders in another King -. ' dom, which he had happily compofed, to be now welcomed home with fuch a Volume of Re- ' proaches, for what others had done amifs, and ' which he himfelf had reform'd.' Neal, p. 5 [ 3. It met with fo ftrong an Oppofition, that it was carried but by nine Voices, after a longDe- bate from three in the Afternoon, till three in the Morning; which made one fay, that it look'd like the Verdict of a flarved jury. * Lord Clarendon lays, ' That many withdrew ' themfelves out ofpure Faintnefs and Difability to attend the Conclufion.' And Whitlock t, 'That fitting up all Night, caufed many throughweak- ' nefs or wearinefs to leave the Houle :' upon which Lord Clarendon adds, ' So near was the poor King- ' dom at that time to its Deliverance.' Neal, p. 5[4. 2'he Remonflrance was PYefented to the King at Hampton-Court, Dec. i. &o. 'Ds eafy to fuppofe it was not very acceptable, but the King * vol. I. p. 246. fi Whitlock's Memorial, p. 49. X 3 gave
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