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Protestant Church. Great Sir! your Speeches to your Parliament Sufficiently discover your intent. Yea they revive our Souls; neither do we See cause to doubt of your Integrity. ⟨p. 116⟩[…] ⟨p. 117⟩[…] ⟨p. 118⟩But hope that God who such great things hath wrought, And by your hand this strange Deliverance brought, Will so endear you to the hearts of all True Englishmen, especially those that call Sincerely upon Heaven; That they may cry With Prayers and Tears for you continually, And never to the Throne of Grace draw near, But you upon their tender Hearts may bear. Your last most gracious offer, That you'll ease Your Subjects of so great a Tax, doth please, And them obliges to that high degree, They all will strive who shall most Loyal be. Your Justice in asserting each mans right, To worship God according to that Light He hath received, will multitudes procure, To own your Interest, and your Rights secure. For who will not to Caesars Cause be true, When Caesar unto God doth give his due? And the Almighty's Government will maintain, Who over Conscience is sole Sovereign, If any do the Civil State disturb, On such you justly ought to put a curb, But if like Men, and Christians they do live, Doubtless just Liberty to them you'll give. Nor will our Parliament this Right deny, Whose Protestant zeal, hath raised their Fame so high For you we ought to praise the God of Heaven, Who by your means such blessings hath us given, When all our Liberties were near infringed, And Englands Fundamental Laws unhinged, When all things both in Church and State did run To ruin; and we judged our selves undone, You under God, have now restored our Laws, And likewise have defended Scions Cause. The Mighty God (Dread Prince) chose you to be Our only help in great extremity. With double blessings may you both be Crowned, Who in compassion to us did abound. ⟨p. 119⟩My Children resolve unanimously With you to stand and fall; To live and dye: With hazard of your life their Chains you broke, And off their necks removed the Romish Yoke; With vast expense you this great act have done, And of your Person have much danger run. Shall I not then with all my Children cry, We with our King and Queen will live and die? Our lives we, under God, to you do owe, And therefore whatsoever we can do, Can't be too much; And in a grateful way We ought to strive your goodness to repay;