31 4. Mr. NEAL's IIá Vol. of the * The humble Petition from the County ofHere- ford, fubfcribed by Knights, Efquires and Gentle- men of Quality 68 ; Do&ors 8 ; Minifters of good Repute, as will appear by the original Peti- tions 15o ; Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Hereford 3boo. Neal, p. 523. On the other hand, the Miners appointed to follicite their Remonftrance formerly men- tioned, addreffed the Houfe,December 20. acknowledg- ing their Piety and Zeal for the true Religion againft Popery and Superf ition, &c. Dr. Nalfon obferves upon this Petition, as fol- lows: t ' Were I to giveInftru&ions to draw the exa& Pourtrai&ureof a Non- conforming, Conform- ' ing Church-Hypocrite, with Peace in one hand, 4 and Fire and Sword in the other ; with a Con- ' fcience like a Cockle-(hell, that can flaut fo clofe, when it is under the fear of the Law, or lofing his Living, that you cannot croud the fmalleft Scruple into it; when a Tide of. Liberty wets him, can lay himfelf open and difplay all his Re- fentments againft that Government of the Church, 4 to whole Laws he had fworn Obedience, and by that horrid Sin of Perjury, muft confefs himfelf a Villain of no manner of Confcience ; to (wear without due Confideration, and to break his Oaths without a lawful Determination, that it 4. was unlawful ; I would recommend this Petition, 4 as a rare Original to copy after.' Neal, p. 525, The carrying up theft Petitions to Weftminfter, and e(pecially of the London Ap- prentices, occafioned great Tumults about the Parlia- ment-Houfe. The King was at his Palace at Whitehall, attended by great Numbers of disbanded Officers, whom his Majefty receiv'd with great Ceremony, and employ'd * Ib. p. 39, 40. y Ralfn V®1. II. p. 766,,. aS
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