A declaration and protestation of the Lords and Commons in Parliament to this Kingdome and the whole world

wherein (amongst divers of His Majesties late illegall proceedings) is discovered how severall commissions under the Kings authority have been granted to many profest papists ... : also how Sir John Hinderson and Collonell Cockram were sent to Hamburgh and Denmarke to raise forces there ... : for which and many other reasons they are resolved to enter into a solemne oath and covenant with God ... to defend the truth against the Kings popish army ...