To the honorable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament at VVestminster. The humble petition of ministers and other inhabitants in and about London. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74105 of text R210839 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[47]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A74105 Thomason 669.f.12[47] ESTC R210839 99869594 99869594 162840 2240939631

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74105) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162840) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[47]) To the honorable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament at VVestminster. The humble petition of ministers and other inhabitants in and about London. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1648] Imprint from from Wing. At end of document: "Signed by about 40 Ministers, and 60 Citizens of quality." Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 13th 1648". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Semitic languages -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800. A74105 R210839 (Thomason 669.f.12[47]). civilwar no To the honorable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament at VVestminster. The humble petition of ministers and other inhabitants in a anon. 1648 1 414 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the Honorable the COMMONS of ENGLAND assembled in Parliament at Westminster . The humble Petition of Ministers and other Inhabitants in and about London . Humbly sheweth ,

THAT in August last , in London-House a Lecture was happily begun for the propagation of piety , and learning , in the discovery of the orientall Languages ( to this nation remaining but yet obscure ) which hitherto hath been elaborately performed twice a week , since that time neer fourescore Lectures in Latine , and highly approved by those of greatest parts and learning that frequent the same : And your Petitioners fearing least a work of this nature , for the advancing such learning and Languages , should for want of maintenance and countenance from Authority fall to the ground . And forasmuch as an estimate hath been taken of the necessary charge which is requisite for the maintenance of Professors , and Students , as also for the erection of a Presse , for those Languages for the more effectuall prosecution of the desired ends . And your Petitioners considering Your Honours many Declarations , and that Reserve , which you have with so much constancy still kept to be a support to a preaching Ministery and learning , and being confident that a work of so publick concernment for the advantage of this and future ages will not want your due incouragement , and assistance .

Therefore are your Petitioners bold to make this humble addresse to your Honours , That if to your wisdomes this kind of learning , on which the clearer knowledge of the sacred Scriptures , and our usefulnesse for the propagation of the Gospel , to such as understand those languages , and their usefulnesse to us so much dependeth , and is therfore in the present age so much esteemed by other reformed Churches , shall also be judged usefull for this Kingdome . Your Petitioners hope that that which they have in readinesse to offer , will be sufficient to lay a good foundation to so blessed a work , and in such a manner as is most facile and suitable to the nature of the thing . If Your Honours shall deem it worthy of your consideration , And shall please to appoint a Committee to receive the same from us .

And your Petitioners shall pray , &c. Signed by about 40 Ministers , and 60 Citizens of quality .