Westminster Wednesday October 29.
A Bill for taking away of Purveyance and Composition
for Purveyance was this day read the first time and ordered
to be read the second time on Friday next.
A Bill was reported from the Committee of Trade, entituled,
An Act for the exportation of severall Commodities of
the breed, growth and Manuafacture of this Nation, which
was likewise read the first time, and ordered to be read againt
on Monday morning.
The House appointed a Committee to prepare and bring in
a Bill to compell those that are of Ability, and are or shall be
in prison, to pay their Debts; and also for Relief of such as
are or shall be in prison, and not able to pay their Debts.
The Bill for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries
was read the second time and committed.
This Day Alderman Robert Titchbers was sworn Lord
Major of the City of London for the year ensuing before
the Barons of the Exchequer.
Thursday was the East day. At. Margarets Church preeched
Doctor Owen, Doctor Goodwin, and Mr Griffith before the
Parlament. Their Texts were as followeth.
Dr. Owen, 2 Chron. 15.2. And he went out to meet Asa, and said [unr]
to him, Hear ye me Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, the Lord is wish
jon, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you,
but if re forsake him, he will forsake you.
He observed in opening the words, That the great concernment of
any people, is to know where lies the Spring of all their Success, and
to what it is proportioned; and from the whole Text opened he raised
this Doctrine.
[That Gods special presence with any people in providential dispensations
for their good, depends upon their obediential abiding with
him in National Administrations for his glory.] God is with you, while
pe are with him.
Mr. Griffith, 2 Chron 2D; 12. O, our God, wilt thou not judge them [unr]
For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us,
neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon thoe. The last words
were those he insisted upon, Neither know we what to do, but our eyes are
upon thee.
From the Context he observed, First, That as the Magistrates of a
Nation are so usually is the Body and Bulk of it, at least in show. Secondly,