A44672:26
The Case of the Protestant dissenters represented and argued
London : s.n., 1689
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Q. 3. Whether such Laws should be continued?
Q. 3. VVhether such Laws should be continued?
Against which, besides what may be collected from that which hath been said, it is to be considered, that what is most principally grievous to us, was enacted by that Parliament, that as we have too much reason to believe, suffered it self to be dealt with, to enslave the Nation in other Respects, as well as this; and which (to his immortal Honour) the Noble Earl of Danby procured to be Dissolved, as the first Step towards our National Deliverance.
Against which, besides what may be collected from that which hath been said, it is to be considered, that what is most principally grievous to us, was enacted by that Parliament, that as we have too much reason to believe, suffered it self to be dealt with, to enslave the Nation in other Respects, as well as this; and which (to his immortal Honour) the Noble Earl of Danby procur'd to be Dissolv'd, as the first Step towards our National Deliverance.
And let the Tenor be considered of that horrid Law, by which our Magna Charta was torn in Pieces; the worst and most infamous of Mankind, at our own Expense, hired to accuse us; multitudes of Perjuries committed; Convictions made without a Jury, and without any Hearing of the Persons accused; Penalties inflicted; Goods rifled; Estates seized and embezzled; Houses broken up; Families disturbed, often at most unseasonable Hours of the Night, without any Cause, or Shadow of a Cause, if only a malicious Villain would pretend to suspect a Meeting there. No Law in any other Case like this; as if to worship God without those Additions, which were confessed unnecessary, were a greater Crime than Theft, Felony, Murder, or Treason! Is it for our Reputation to Posterity, that the Memory of such a Law should be continued?